Japanese → English transcript

She saw the number one appear behind people walking by on the street.

She had a blind date at a restaurant,

and the moment her date tried to leave— A number suddenly appeared behind him too.

But it was not a one.

As Mizuki wondered what was going on, a handsome guy walked up.

Remember me? It is me, Yoda.

We bumped into each other yesterday.

When you touched my hand, I passed my psychic power to you.

You saw those numbers, right? It was a three, right?

That means you can only meet him three more times. After those three times,

the two of you will never meet again.

Mizuki finally understood.

That is why everyone walking by on the street had a one behind them.

But she was still half in doubt. She hurried to the office.

There were no numbers on her coworkers’ backs,

except for a two on the back of one male coworker.

He told Mizuki he was quitting. That today was his last day at work,

and that he would come next week to complete his resignation paperwork.

Mizuki started to believe in this psychic power a little. The next day came,

a day to meet her blind date again. The two really hit it off.

The man said he liked Mizuki,

and Mizuki also had feelings for him.

But when she saw that the number on his back had changed to two,

she realized that including this time,

she would only be able to see him once more in her entire life.

There was no future for the two of them. Mizuki was frustrated.

Could fate really be something that is already decided?

What would happen if she tried to forcefully change fate? That day, she waited

outside the man’s company and asked him to meet her tomorrow. He was briefly

surprised but gladly agreed. The next day, Mizuki went early to the meeting place.

But the man never showed up.

When she tried to contact him again, he suddenly blocked her.

Now you believe it, right? At that moment, Yoda appeared again.

He said,“ Numbers only appear when you will meet someone fewer than three times.

So relax.” “ I just transferred it to you, that is all. It will return soon.

Before the power disappears, think about how you want to use it.”

Those words woke Mizuki up. Later, during her work,

at the company’s hiring interviews, she made no evaluations at all.

Just by looking at the numbers on their backs, she knew whom they should hire.

If you want to change jobs to a big company and the interviewer’s number is one,

do not chit- chat, just leave right away.

If you go to a matchmaking date and your partner is a three, you know the

relationship will not last long. It will be a short relationship,

but I look forward to your company. As expected, on their third date,

the other person contacted her.

Excited, Mizuki told Yoda, I have gotten the hang of this.

As long as this person has nothing to do with my future,

I do not need to pour my emotions into them.

That ability of yours is amazing.

Hearing Mizuki’s words, Yoda started to say something but stopped.

Just then, Mizuki got a phone call.

After she hung up, she told Yoda that her father, whom she had not seen in years,

was suddenly coming to see her tomorrow.

When she was little, her father cheated and divorced her mother.

Her mother is gone now, and she has no contact with her father.

Mizuki resented her father and did not want to see him. However,

Yoda encouraged her to meet him and even recommended a yakiniku restaurant.

The next day, Mizuki ended up meeting her father.

He greeted her with a smile, but Mizuki did not want to get involved with him.

The atmosphere was awkward.

Mizuki still could not forgive her father’s affair in the past— at least,

not until she saw the number on his back.

After their awkward conversation ended, her father gave her two mint candies.

They were her favorite when she was a child. See you. Work hard, okay.

Watching her father’s back as he

walked away, and realizing she would only see him

twice more in the future, Mizuki let go of all her resentment.

Dad, how about one more drink?

she said. At the bar, Mizuki kept telling her father,

Please make sure you get regular checkups.

Her father was puzzled by his daughter’s sudden change in attitude.

Anyway, you are getting old now, so you have to be careful about various things.

Her father nodded over and over, saying he would take care of his health.

Then, looking pleased, he took out a cigarette,

but Mizuki took it away and he could not smoke.

Still, that night he was very happy.

So your current wife is not the woman you cheated with back then? She dumped me.

What is that supposed to mean? After the second bar, the two of them had drunk

quite a lot. The time came for them to part. See you, her father said,

and started to walk away. Mizuki, looking puzzled, called out to him.

The reason I came to Tokyo wasn’t because I had business here,

there was nothing at all, if I didn’t say that,

you wouldn’t agree to see me, right?

See you, don’t

drink too much.

Right after seeing her father off,

Mizuki turned around and saw Yoda.

Yoda invited her to go for a walk together, and Mizuki said to him…

Chased by everyday life, I lost my dreams,

and before I knew it, I was thirty, going to one matchmaking date after another,

just searching for someone who would stay with me forever. Because if I do that,

I can find the strength to keep going, no matter how hard the days are.

Because of his psychic powers,

Yoda had never been able to have a long- term relationship with anyone.

He kept changing jobs one after another, and moving from place to place,

because when he saw a three on a partner’s back, he knew it was time to break up.

Mizuki had one question.

What even is the definition of“ meeting”?

Does a video call count as meeting?

Even if two people are in faraway places and just look at each other…

Does that still count as meeting?

It does. If I can feel that you exist, and you can feel that I exist,

that is what it means to meet. Mizuki suddenly noticed a bug.

If the count goes down every time they break up,

then if the two of them stay together forever and never separate,

maybe the count will not decrease. No.

Even if we stay together tonight,

by tomorrow morning the number will have gone down by one.

The two of them talked all the way until dawn, and Mizuki looked at Yota.

No number appeared behind him, and she felt relieved.

Meanwhile, Yota quietly looked at Mizuki’s back,

and his expression grew slightly sorrowful.