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Since yer a girl, I'll let it pass.

A woman must always walk one step behind the man and look after the man.

Ohara Itoko

That is a woman's role.

This is the power of a man! You're just a girl who has to be carried along.

A girl can't compete with a man!

Itoko's Father Ohara Zensaku

Heiwa Fansubs Presents...

Carnation

小さく丸めた躯は今

Chisaku marumeta karada wa ima

My body, tiny and curled up, is right now

Week 1 "Yearning" Episode 5

かなしみ隠し震えて

Kanashimi kakushi furuete

Trembling with hidden sorrows

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

Music Satō Naoki

Musical Performance Face Music

Theme Song "Carnation" Sheena Ringo

命を表していろのね

Inochi o arawashite iro no ne

My life is represented by my color, isn't it

Cast

Ohara Itoko Ninomiya Hoshi

Ohara Chiyo Asau Yumi

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Haru Shoji Terue

Yasuoka Taizō Suga Takamasa

Yoshida Natsu Takasu Ruka

Yasuoka Kansuke Yoshioka Ryūki

Satō Hirayoshi Kimura Fūta

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Ohara Shizuko Arata Yūra

Ohara Kyoko Murakami Rin

Ohara Mitsuko Hanada Tsutsumi

Tomeko Nishikawa Kanoko

Teacher Katsuchi Chagama

Yoshida-ya Master Nabeshima Hiroshi

Yoshida-ya Proprietress Umeda Chie

心を育てているのね

Kokoro o sodatete iru no ne

That's how a heart is raised, isn't it

Matsuzaka Sadako Toake Yukiyo

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

Yasuoka Kansuke

Dorya!

Go, go!

Go, go!

Go, go! Go, go!

Go, go!

Why was I born a girl?

"Men and Women are born with different bodies..."

Men's Duties

Women's Duties

"...and their natures are different as well."

"Just by looking at them, it is clearly obvious that their duties would be different."

"To be strong is the nature of Men while the nature of Women is to be gentle."

Yes, that's far enough.

Yoshida Natsu

The next one should be...

Me!

At long last, Ohara-san must certainly be the one to continue. Ohara-san.

Yes.

Common Grade School Ethics

"As head of the family, the father of the family must do a variety of work outside of the home."

"The mother..."

In a much louder voice!

"The mother is a housewife, who stays inside to keep the house in order and help the father."

"When the Man and the Woman fulfill their duties, the family and even the country prosper."

Yes, that's far enough.

How about it, Yoshida-san?

Are you able to fulfill the duties of a woman?

Yes, I can.

Well then Ohara-san, how about you?

Huh?

Can you fulfill the duties of a woman?

Can you?

You don't have an answer...

...do you Ohara-san?

Ah, ow, ow, ow...!

What are you doing?

My head! My head!

What are you doing, geez!

Stop showing off!

Sōrya! Sōrya! Sōrya!

Who's there?!

Yasuoka Taizō

What's this, it's Ito-chan.

What are you doing here?

I want...

...to ride the Danjiri.

Get on.

I'll get off.

Thank you very much.

Have you got it out of your system?

I'm home!

Welcome back!

Has Aunt Tomeko come?

A divorce! I'll get a divorce!

Look...

...men are like that from the start.

You aren't the only one.

A woman just has to bear up with these things.

No!

Why is it only the woman who has to bear these things?!

Look at this! It's swollen up this much!

That's...

Hmm...

Oi!

Her husband's coming to pick her up. Hurry and send her back.

I can't send her back so quickly.

Eh?

She's still crying and making noises about getting a divorce.

A divorce?! The fool!

He's hit her again.

We don't know that.

You've talked to her enough, so send her packing.

Na-chan.

What is it?

It might be best if you don't get married.

It's only a woman's loss.

I learned it in ethics class today.

Eh?

"When the Woman and Man get along and help each other..."

"...both the family and country prosper."

That's only if they do get along, right?

Thing is though, it's not that simple getting along with one another.

Why?

"Why?"

Why, I wonder?

Oi.

Why isn't Itoko going outside to play?

Huh?

Well, well, it's always the moment she gets back that she flies right out again.

What's she doing up on the second floor when the weather's so nice out?

Dunno...

Has she lost her vigor...

...and become despondent?

Itoko's Mother Ohara Chiyo

Ahhhh! I'm sure that must be it.

What?

Hold on a minute.

It's not "that must be it"! Eh!

And in the first place...

...why are you so calm about this?! Eh?!

Why was I born a girl?

They're weaker than men...

...so they can't pull the Danjiri.

I can't do ANY of the jobs I want to do.

You've been spacing out.

Once a girl become an adult...

...she gets scolded by the man, every day, year in and year out.

And then, even when that's finished, all she does is cook sardines.

Itoko's Grandmother Ohara Haru

Hot!

I hate it! That just exhausts me.

I hate it, hate it! I hate being a girl!

I have to think of something fun.

Something fun I can look forward to.

Loan me some of those.

I'll draw something really good for you.

Huh?

Good afternoon!

Yes.

A package addressed to Ohara Itoko-san.

Ohara Itoko

It's addressed to Itoko from your mother.

I wonder what she's sent her?

From my mother? Ehh...

Hurry and take this to her.

Later... After I finish this.

Never mind about that!

Hurry and take this to her!

Yes.

On the front...

...it was all fou-fou along here.

It's called a Doremu.

A Doremu?

Doremu

It was way prettier than this, though.

Hmm...

Itoko!

Your Grandmother in Kobe has sent you something.

Grandma did?

Go ahead and open it.

Is it okay if I open it?

It's yours.

Whaa! What a beautiful box!

Pretty.

What a nice box. Pretty.

Mom, Grandma sent me a box!

It truly is pretty, isn't it?

Shiny, shiny!

Is it from a foreign country?

I'm so happy! I wonder if something's in it?

There is something inside.

She says what's in the box is for Itoko.

Western clothes.

"I received this from a foreign guest..."

"...but since I only have boys here, these clothes are for you."

Itoko's Grandmother Matsuzaka Sadako

Whaa!

Whaa! It's a Doremu! A Doremu!

This is the Doremu like that one!

A Doremu!

Doremu?

Don't you mean, Dress?

That's not it! A Dress!

A Dress!

It's a "Dress."

A Dress!

I was so, so happy!

What's that?

It's a dress!

I had finally remembered that it's name was 'dress.'

Grandma, look, look!

Eh?

Whaa!

It's rare to see one of those.

It's a dress!

Try it on!

Eh... Eh...

That's embarrassing!

But I'll wear it!

But it was truly disappointing.

It really does shine...

...on Shizuko.

The dress was far too small for me.

It's pretty.

If I put a ribbon in your hair right here...

...you'll look just like a doll!

I'm supposed to be wearing it!

If you can't put it on, you can't. Just can't be helped.

It'd tear if you tried forcing it on.

Say, I wanna wear it when I get bigger.

That's true. Once Shizu-neechan gets too big for it, then you can wear it.

Me, too.

That's true. When Kyo-neechan outgrows it, Mitsu-chan can wear it.

It was the same as the Danjiri.

I couldn't get ahold of that, either.

When I thought about it...

...while there was only one Danjiri...

...someday I was gonna get ahold of something that a woman could do.

To Be Continued

Carnation

Stylishly Dressed Photo Gallery

End

Early Showa Era, Ohatori's Photo Studio