bokura ga ita chapter 51 ~ this is not the end

Apologies for the lack of updates in the last couple of weeks everyone. I haven't vanished but I am in the middle of moving to a new place *excited* there is a lot of packing, cleaning, painting which is keeping me away from the blog and awake from daydreaming. Nah, the second is simply not true. In fact I have been day dreaming all the time about the new chapters of BGI. The recent interviews with Obata sensei made me even more curious about it and I constantly find myself speculating on the possible developments after chapter 51. Come to think of it I never made a post about this chapter so here it is.

Among a pile of letters there is an envelope addressed to Yano Motoharu. we can see Yano's hands reaching for it and unsealing the envelope before the content is revealed: A wedding picture of Takeuchi and Nanami laughing happily announcing their marriage. Yano jumps awake in shock with his eyes wide open. He finds himself on a couch with a cover over his legs and a cushion behind his back. " it was a dream" ( or a nightmare, ha.) Yano realises.There are lipstick marks all over his face and neck and one of his workmate is lying on the floor completely passed out. but he struggles to recall how he ended up sleeping there . He then thinks that he didn't want to go home so he must have hang out all night drinking with his workmates. A colleague of his, who is in the kitchen making some coffee, asks him about the birthday cake he got last night . Yano replies he hasn't go a clue of what he's talking about. He g get off the couch but his foot steps over a box squashing it. His colleagues then tell him how, after a few drinks , he started rumbling nonsense as" the cake.. I need to buy the cake" so in spite being so late at night he went to the shop and bought himself a cake made by slices of different cakes ( since all the whole ones were already sold out) Yano opens the box and finds what his colleagues just told him was true.
That evening the group goes out eating ramen. One of the colleagues asks Yano if he is going to give the cake to that someone he mentioned last night. Yano, a bit shaken, asks if did he actually say who the cake was for and the guy replies it was someone called Lala or Nana, a name definitely similar to his dog's name, Yano laughs at first saying it must have been his dog but is not able to say a word when his colleague points out he was definitely referring to a girl. His workmate then asks if he does buy a cake for her every year and then goes out drinking alone. Yano tries to dismiss the conversation telling him not to worry too much about last night. Whatever he did was definitely something silly due to having a drink too many.
His friend doesn't look really convinced. To him, Yano is the kind of guy who can say what really is in heart only when drunk. Yano denies and says that whatever he says when he drinks is just nonsense.

Meanwhile, Nanami is in her office searching the internet to get Yano's work address and telephone number. She can't stop thinking about last night at the restaurant with Takeuchi. She feels terrible for what she has done to him all along. She will never forget Takeuchi's hopeful eyes and the way she deliberately destroyed his smile by refusing his ring. He never deserved to be treated like she did. " I can't accept this" she remembers, Those were horrible words.
Seconds later, Aki comes to talk to Nanami. She asks her to reconsider the whole situation with Takeuchi, Although she was the one pushing her to go see Yano initially. In fact, she has found out the answer to why Yano never came back to her. Now he is living with someone else. he has started a new life.
Nanami, however, is determined to see him anyway. She thought that being with Takeuchi was enough to forget about him and be happy. But it seems that she can't give up on Yano yet. She needs to hear the answer directly from him, even for Takeuchi.Until he proposed she never realised how unfair she was being to him.
She needs to know if Yano is happy now and why, back then, he didn't come back to her. she admits that needs to find the answers that she has been asking herself for the past 6 years.

Nanami is on the train on her way to Yano's office. She looks at her mobile and feels very insecure. Normally, whenever she checked it she would find an email from Takeuchi. He will not want see her ever again. She realises that after what happened it will be impossible becoming friends once again.

Meanwhile Take is sitting in a cafe all alone . He has a cup in front of him but he staring into nowhere lost in his own thoughts. then grabs the phone. He calls Aki and asks her if she can tell him something.

Nanami stands outside Yano's office. She stares at the building trying to gather courage and thinks about that same situation back in high school when a very amused Yano was watching her from the window of his room. She rings the door bell. A guy answers the door and tells her that Yano is heading to the airport for a two day holiday in Sapporo. Nanami thinks that this might be the only chance she has before loosing contact again, so rushes to the airport.

Once she gets there Nanami starts looking for Yano among the crowd of passengers. She feels like re-living the night at the school festival. Finally she spots a familiar silhouette walking ahead of her. Nanami stares at the figure and although she can't see nothing but the back of his head face she recognises him. It's Yano. In tears, Nanami calls out his name .

Takeuchi goes to Yano apartment and finds Yuri answering at the door. Take *not surprised to see her*, asks where Yano is . Yuri replies that since they haven't seen each other for so many years she was expecting at least a greeting but then again she is aware Takeuchi never liked her from the beginning. Then she tells him that Yano is away on a trip.....

So ladies and gentlemen, this is the story of Bokura Ga Ita so far. Ah, good thing we don't have to wait much longer for chapter 52. It's a relief although I am sure that the meeting between Nana and Yano won't be an easy ride. A part of me is afraid that Yano will try to be as elusive as possible leaving Nanami with more doubts than before, even towards Takeuchi. Obata sensei anticipated that there will be a big event between Takeuchi and Nanami. I wonder if the meeting with Yano has anything to do with it. This is mere speculation but I don't find hard to believe that Yano might come up with an excuse like a change of feelings just to push her back into Takeuchi's arms ( in perfect Yano's style, I would say). Plus, this would avoid any explanation about his relationship with Yuri and give Nanami a reason for breaking any contact ( or would it?). I was quite surprised to learn that Takeuch went to Yano and Yuri's place. What for? He asked if Yano was in but he never said he came to talk to him.. Gosh is the 12th of June yet?