Cobalt Blue (群青 愛が沈んだ海の色)

Cobalt Blue

It had been e year since I last! saw my hometown

Seeing her now

her smile had disappeared

It all began one spring, twenty years ago

Chapter One

What's going on?

A piano

A piano?

A famous pianist named Yukiko Morishita, I hear

She's staying with the mayor to recuperate from an illness

How'd they get that big piano to this island, anyway?

You're in a good mood for a change

Something happen?

You know, Mamoru

Art is a good thing, huh?

What?

This art thing, it's nice

Makes your heart feel like it's soaring...

or enriched, somehow

Um...

Ryuji, have a seat

Ah, mister fisherman, good evening

Would you like some?

Not much company, are you?

You've had too much

You'll ruin your body

What are you...

Your sickness... Is it really bad?

My body's been mined, long ago

Leave me alone

Hello?

Hello?

Hello? Mr Nakamura?

Ryuji!

Where's Ryuji??

I don't think he's here

Go tell Mamoru!

Did something happen?

Nobody's seen him for two days

Let's get going

Can't be helped

Let's call the Coast Guard

it's Ryuji

What is it?

Coral

Coral...

Corals are amulets that protect women

Wear it and it'll cure you

Cure me?

It'll happen

Just believe in it

Hello

When I played the piano,

you cried, didn't you?

That first day I played the piano

Oh, right

I was happy

I didn't cry

The tears fell on their own

There's nothing on this island,

yet it fulfills me more than Tokyo

I think...,

it'd be nice to stay here forever

Then you should stay

Yeah?

Yeah

Besides,

I'm in love...

with your music

l See...

Thanks

The two soon fell in love,

and held e modest wedding the following year

Two springs aft?er the fisherman met the pianist..

Don't you love Mommy's piano?

A daughter was born to them

That summer;

the pianist had a relapse and passed from this world

She left behind the fisherman and the daughter they named Ryoko

Chapter 2

The year the girl was born to the fisherman and the pianist,

two boys were born on the island

Here I come, Daisuke

Bring it!

Me, Daisuke Higa...

Own,

I win You're next, Kazuya

Alright!

And him, Kazuya Uehara

C'mon, that's cheating!

I beat you fair and square

Forget it! I quit!

Wait a second!

Kazuya, wait!

Come on Why don't you act like a man?

Oh well Daisuke, we'll play together

Daisuke, come here!

Daisuke!

I gotta go...

Why should I apologize?

When you two fight, it sucks for me

Why?

Because we're the only three kids on this island

So lust hang out with me

H just isn't the same

Yeah, I know",

it's Ryoko

You peel better than Dad

Of course, I'm a pro at this

Did you always want to run a restaurant?

I went to Tokyo hoping to be a musician,

but I came back disenchanted

Disenchanted?

I just didn't have the talent, I guess

Boys, what do you want to be when you grow up?

I'm gonna be a fisherman

Ever since Dad died, Mom's been toughing it out alone

Can't stand seeing her like that, so I need to hurry and become a man

That's awfully impressive

Dad, do the spirits really come home during Obon festival?

Sure, for most families

I think ours might be a bit different

Why? So Mom isn't home?

That's not it

I get the feeling...

Mom isn't just here during Obon

She's always somewhere dose to you

You think so?

I think she's always looking over you

Sometimes I can't help but feel that way

l See

You're right, Dad I think you're right

When the three of us graduated junior high,

we took separate paths

Ryoko and I went to high school in nearby Ishigaki Island;

I know

But every weekend and summer break

we were beck together the three of us

Daisuke and I are back home, so what's with the attitude?

You're always at sea, you don't answer the phone

You ignore your messages and you don't call back

Can't you skip fishing for just one day?

Look, Kazuya

There's not much time left for us three to be together