1. I wanted to shower her with everything that I had wanted when I was a girl.
2. I always wanted to spoil any little girl I had.
4. "Look, she likes it too!"
5. "Saeko is a perfectly cute name, isn't it?"
6. I thought that was love.
7. "I'm sure there are cuter names out there..."
8. "Hey, don't you want to re-think her name?"
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1. "This dress can hold so much sand!"
2. "Mommy, look! Ah ha ha ha!"
3. She was nothing like me as a girl.
4. ...did not grow up to be anything close to what I had imagined...
5. "Mrs. S-Sawatari..."
6. "My daugh- ter..."
7. She was a sassy little pain in the butt...
8. ...but that just made me love her more.
9. "Really? Okay!"
10. "Sae, if you keep doing things like that..."
11. "...I'm never buying you a dress again!"
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1. "Mrs. Sawatari, right here!"
3. "Come say hi!"
4. "Yohei, it's sae's mom!"
5. "Oh no. I wonder what they'll do about the photo shoot."
6. "It's snowing a little bit outside."
7. "Ugh"
8. "He's been moping around ever since he lost the tournament."
9. "How's shintaro?"
10. "Are you still playing volleyball?"
11. "Yohei... Congratulations on coming of age..."
12. "Can you tell him to toughen up the next time you see him?"
13. "Yeah, kind of."
1. "You didn't come together?"
2. "So, how's sae?"
3. "Ugh. She's still in her rebellious phase..."
4. "She doesn't want to attend the ceremony. I've given up."
5. "Oh..."
6. "There were a lot of rumors about her in middle school."
7. "I don't think it's her rebellious phase."
8. "Sure, everybody has to go through that kind of stuff, but still..."
9. "...musta been hard for her."
1. ...had become a prince of sorts.
2. My daughter, who had just started middle school...
3. "Nope. This ain't for you."
4. "I want this one, sae."
5. "Where did you..."
6. "...get all of this?!"
7. "Maybe you'll get some someday."
8. "Hm? They're valentine's gifts."
9. It was perfectly fine, at the time.
10. ...her fun-loving attitude must be attractive.
11. It's also her looks, I'm sure, but...
12. She's getting a big head.
1. "Sae, dinner!"
2. "It's gonna get cold!"
3. But one day...
4. "Do what- ever you want!"
5. "Fine!"
6. "What are you talking about?"
7. "Already told you I don't need any."
8. "Just come out."
9. In the beginning ...
10. ...I thought she was just being a teen.
11. But even so...
12. ...I knew it couldn't be that simple.
1. "Sae..."
2. "Saeko."
3. "You don't have to force yourself to go, you know?"
4. "Did something happen at school?"
5. "I'm your mommy, and that means..."
6. "...I'll love you no matter what."
1. She must have been at her limit.
2. ...and a classmate had seen them kissing in an empty classroom.
3. The girl who had come over to the house several times was her girlfriend...
4. She slowly told me what had happened.
1. Her girlfriend was being treated even worse in her own classroom.
2. The kids who had once been her friends were now starting to treat her differently.
3. ...could I have said something to spare her from all that?
4. As an adult and as a parent...
5. "Are you okay with that?"
6. "I like girls, you know."
7. "Hey..."
8. "Is it okay?"
1. "Of course I am!"
2. "I'm on your side, no matter who you fall in love with."
1. "Oh, are you sae's mother?"
2. "Please provide your school district and your name..."
3. "Congratulations on your coming-of-age."
6. "Ah... She said she's not coming..."
7. "Is sae here already?"
8. "It's been so long."
9. "Wow, you two look beautiful!"
10. "Yes... Oh!"
11. "Really? Kii's getting married?"
12. "Oh, by the way! I hear kiiyan is getting married."
13. "Well, she seems like she wouldn't like kimonos."
14. "Yeah. I heard she's having a baby!"
1. "I see."
2. "That's great news."
3. "Hmm?"
4. "Sae..."
5. "You'll probably run into the same problem over and over..."
6. "It's going to be hard for you to date girls."
7. "Don't you remember? I tried getting a boyfriend once."
8. "I know."
1. "But it was no good."
2. "I only feel that way about girls."
3. ...that she knows other people will always judge her for?
4. But how can she be happy with a life...
5. I want to support what makes my daughter happy.
6. A path that others would easily celebrate.
7. I wanted her to have a boring, normal life.
8. ...and learned how to talk...
9. Ever since she was born...
10. I wish she'd let me treat her more like a little princess.
11. I wish she never stopped calling me mommy.
1. ...but my role as a parent can't overcome my limitations as one person.
2. I wanted to let her grow up without a care...
3. ...I had dreams of what I wanted for her future.
4. I pushed through all the hard times on the strength of those dreams.
5. ...whatever else happens, at least keep smiling.
6. "Hey, sae..."
7. "Could you listen to one selfish request of mine?"
1. "I think we can close up registration now."
2. "Oh, yes."
3. "Shall we go get some tea until the ceremony ends?"
4. "Please put away the chairs."
5. "I hope that the snow didn't shut down businesses."
6. "Oh... Got it."
7. But I know more than anyone that some ceremony can't make you a proper adult.
8. I may never get to see her in a beautiful young lady's kimono.
9. My daughter's not in that event hall.
1. I wonder if she'll cut me off for good for being so selfish.
2. I wonder what she's doing right now...
3. If she ever forgives me, I want to be a true ally to her from now on.
4. If she'll let me apologize...
5. Sae, congratulations on becoming an adult.
6. I pray your future is bright.