College student Sasaki Tsunehiro is down in the dumps. After a life of repeated failures, he's been given two years to live. He slips and falls off a bridge as he's chased down by loan sharks.

Takaaki is nowhere to be found, and Tsunehiro is filling in for him at work. The little information provided by Sasaki is fueling the imaginations of the convenience store colleagues.

Takaaki and Hiro run into each other on a bridge, where they had both planned to fish for sea bass. Takaaki is still reluctant to hear what Hiro has to say.