As Long As You Are Here (君がいるだけで, Kimi ga iru dake de) is a one-shot story by Rumiko Takahashi, published in 1999. It was adapted in anime as the 6th episode of the Rumiko Takahashi Anthology.
Summary[]
An unemployed executive fills in for his wife at a Bento shop, only for his unchanged demeanor to be not suited for customer service and additionally intimidate the manager who also has to put up with a foreign employee.
Plot[]
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Characters[]
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| Character Name | Japanese Voice | English Voice |
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| Dōmoto | Chikao Ohtsuka | Alfred Thor |
| Atcharā | Keiko Han | Reiko Matsuo |
| Hosoda | Minoru Yada | Reg Green |
| Sumiyo | Ikuko Tatsu | Georgette Riley |
| Narration | Ichiro Nagai | ? |
| Part-Time Worker | Tomie Kataoka | Louise Chamis |
| Housewife | Chisato Nakajima | Hunter Mackenzie Austin |
| Housewife | Megumi Urawa | Megan Hollingshead |
| Young Man | Wataru Takagi | Sam Regal |
| Young Mother | Machiko Toyoshima | Carrie Savage |
| Young Mother | Sachi Matsumoto | Geeta Malik |
| Female HS Student | Yū Kobayashi | Qyen Regal |
Trivia[]
- Hosoda and Sumiyo were originally not named in the manga version.
- Some characters are voiced by seiyus who voiced other characters from other works by Rumiko Takahashi:
- Hosoda's seiyu voiced Mr. Ichinose from Maison Ikkoku.
- The Narrator's seiyu voiced Cherry from Urusei Yatsura, Happosai from Ranma 1/2, Mukoda from the One-Pound Gospel (OVA) and Yōreitaisei from Inuyasha.
- Shōhei from Aberrant Family F makes a cameo when Mr. Dōmoto and Atchāra are at a park.
- Various cameos would be featured in other episodes of the Rumiko Takahashi Anthology:
- Yūko Haga from The Tragedy of P appears walking past the Bento shop with Mr. Dōmoto in rabbit costume.
- Tadokoro from Living Room Lovesong reads the newspaper featuring Mr. Domoto
- Ritsuko Hirooka from House of Garbage speaks with the wife of her husband’s boss in front of the Bento shop with Mr. Dōmoto in rabbit costume, and meets Atchāra leaving a trash bag in front of her house at the end.
- Matsuko Kogure with the dog Gorgeous from The Executive's Dog appears buying 200 grams of pork next to the Bento Shop with Mr. Dōmoto in rabbit costume.
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