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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 2 "My Destiny Is Opened" Episode 11

かなしみ隠し震えて

Kanashimi kakushi furuete

Trembling with hidden sorrows

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

Music Satō Naoki Musical Performance\h 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 Ono Machiko

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

Yasuoka Kansuke Onoue Hiroyuki Ohara Shizuko \h Yagyū Miyu

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Matsuzaka Isamu Watanabe Daichi Satō Heikichi \h Hisano Masahiro

Ohara Kyoko Maki Mei Ohara Mitsuko \h Yoshida Aoi Sakazaki\h Kibori Masahiro

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 Seizaburō Takarada Akira

Matsuzaka Sadako Toake Yukiyo

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

Ohara Dry-goods Store

What is she doing?

Oh, there she is.

Oi! Oi, oi, Chiyo!

Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry!

Yes.

I have just returned.

Enough of that!

How'd it go? Huh?

Did your father in Kobe lend you the money?

Well...

About that...

Why?

Why won't he lend you any?

Yes...

Well, Father said...

...he wouldn't lend us another issen until we had returned what we had already borrowed.

Issen - one-hundredth of a yen

This is so we CAN return it this time around!

That's the reason I told you we want him to make this loan!

Yes...

If I can make a cash payment to the wholesaler, they'll sell me the choicest goods.

By getting Shingūji-san a full trousseau...

...I can return all the older debt, with interest!

Yes...

That's what I told him, but...

What's that?

Mother gave this to me.

Give me that!

This isn't a situation to be laughing so easily about!

Don't you get it?!

At this rate we'll lose this store!

We won't be able to feed the children anymore!

Um...

My Father...

What is it?

He said, "Please have Zensatsu-kun come."

It seems he doesn't like...

...how you're always using me like this.

It was now the summer holidays.

However, since there wasn't anything the least bit fun to do...

...I slept in late.

Ito-chan!

Rise and shine! Ito-chan!

What is it?

Yo! Wanna go to the beach?

The beach?

I'll go!

Hold on a minute! Wait there and I'll get ready right away!

Here.

Yeah.

Ah, that's right.

Won't you take Itoko along with you?

Huh?

Itoko is Father's favorite...

...so she might put him in a good mood.

Fool!

I...

I'm going to Kobe to have a man-to-man talk with him.

I can't worry about his each and every mood!

Yes. I'm sorry.

Yasuoka Kansuke

Satō Heikichi

Hey!

You're bothering my store! Go somewhere else!

Okay! Let's go!

Whaa! Run fer it!

Where are you going?! Wait!

That's okay; you're going to Kobe anyhow. Get ready.

Eh?

To show your respects to your Grandpa.

I was going to the beach...

Don't answer back!

Just hurry and get changed!

It had been a long time since it was just Dad and me going anywhere.

He was sleeping...

Or was he... just pretending to be asleep?

As expected...

...now wasn't a good time to talk about the patch store.

Good afternoon!

Yes!

Ala, my, Itoko!

Itoko's Grandmother Matsuzaka Sadako

And Zensaku-san?!

Wha... why are you here?

What's this? Itoko?

Yo!

Oh!

What a surprise this is!

Itoko's Grandfather Matsuzaka Seizaburō

You came with your father?

That's right. We came to see Grandpa.

I see!

Thank you. Now, come in, come in!

Zensaku-kun, it's been a long time, hasn't it?

No, no. We haven't spoken in a long time.

Um, take this...

Eh?

It's truly just a trifle.

I don't need that!

Hurry and come in, come in!

Hurry, hurry! Hurry!

What would you like to eat?

What should I have?

Um, this is delicious!

What is this?

Baumkuchen.

Baumkuchen - type of layered cake popular in Europe and Japan

Is there any more?

Ah... there is, there is.

Just a moment.

That's okay, Grandma. I'll get it.

You know where it is?

Ah, Itoko.

Huh?

Sorry about this...

...but could you have it with Isamu?

Your father and I want to have a little chat.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And...

What business do you have?

I love Chopin.

And I love Beethoven.

Chopin's a little weak for me.

In that case, have you listened to Brahms?

Matsuzaka Isamu

Brahms? I don't know him.

Shall I bring over a record of his next time?

Yes, please bring it. I want to listen to it with you.

Isamu-kun! Hello there!

Ito-chan.

It's been awhile, huh!

It has.

Here, eat this.

Ah, thank you.

Your friend?

Yeah, this is Sakazaki-kun.

Nice to meet you.

Sakazaki-kun, eat some, too.

Thank you.

Sakazaki-kun...

...do you know what this is?

Baumkuchen, isn't it?

It's delicious, isn't it?!

I won't lend you money.

Do you know why?

Ah...

Because of all the earlier debts...

Huh...?

That's... That's the sort of talk...

...that makes you so small time.

I don't need to hear such tiny talk.

Listen.

From the start...

...you shouldn't have gotten into the kimono dry-good business.

From here on out, Western clothes will be increasingly influential.

Only those top-notch kimono stores will survive.

You and that little shop of yours...

...you have oh, at most...

...five years or so left.

You should close that business as soon as possible.

Well, because my factory over in Himeji could use some help...

...I could aid you that much.

However!

You would go by yourself.

I'll take good care of Chiyo and your daughters.

You're saying...

...you'll have Chiyo and the rest live here?

Sorry...

...but I can't entrust them with you anymore.

That...

...would likely be fun, wouldn't it?

On the train ride home, Dad didn't pretend to sleep again...

...but he didn't talk, either...

So I gave it a try.

Dad?

I want to quit the Girl's School and work at the patch store.

...is what I said.

Fool.

He said that with a look that was still half-asleep...

I didn't know why, but I just couldn't talk to him about the patch store any more.

Yasuoka Taizō

It's almost time again this year, isn't it?

Yes.

How many years will this be that you've ridden on the big roof?

My fifth year.

You're great.

No...

Oh, you're great.

Ever since I was a kid...

...I've thought about riding on the roof.

Eh?

Well...

There's not a kid here in Kishiwada who doesn't long to be a Carpenter.

"No matter what..."

"...I want to ride on that roof too..."

...is what they think.

Well...

In my case...

...I just didn't have the guts.

We're so late, aren't we?

We played around too long and now your father will scold us.

Ah!

Eh? What is it?

My geta strap broke.

Mom, carry Mitsuko.

Ah, here!

Mitsuko, over to me.

There!

Here. You can ride on me.

Here.

There you go!

We're home...

We're home!

We're late.

Here, Mitsuko...

What's this? He's sleeping.

I'm sorry. I did tell you we'd be back by nine.

Um...

Are you feeling ill?

It's nothing.

I don't know what it is...

...but he doesn't say anything and just stares into space.

Earlier...

...right after eating dinner, he said he was going to bed and pulled out his futon.

Maybe he's got some stomach bug?

Might be something like that. The teacher at school was talking about it.

He does?

If it continues like this for much longer...

...should we have a doctor come examine him?

We should...

Well...

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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