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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 5 "Look at Me" Episode 26

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

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Chiyo Asau Yumi

Ohara Haru Shoji Terue

Kioka Yasuo Uesugi Shōzō Yasuoka Yaeko \h Tamaru Maki

Negishi Ryōko (flashback) Zaizen Naomi 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

Ohara Kyoko Maki Mei Ohara Mitsuko \h Yoshida Aoi

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

Hanamura Kiichi Kunimura Jyūn

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

I'll correct whatever doesn't work!

Don't be so irresponsible, geez!

My primary point is that these are ordinary.

Good afternoon!

Good afternoon.

Yaeko-san.

Hello there!

Has Ito-chan come back?

Didn't work out?

Still...

...though I was turned down once, I won't give up.

They haven't decided on anyone else yet.

I'll bring them something however many times it takes.

Women's Picture Magazine

"Mogue" and "Women's Picture Magazine," too? You bought all these?

On my way back from Shinsaibashi.

Even so...

...none of them has been very helpful to me.

I see...

Say.

Wouldn't this one do?

It's a one-piece dress, but the sleeves are like long-sleeved kimonos.

Why this again?

He called them "ordinary..."

...so I thought it best just to change it somewhere.

This is just another long-sleeved kimono, isn't it?

Ahh... Ah, what should I do?

I want to hurry and bring him something before any others get there.

Ah!

Still, no matter how much I think and think, I can't come up with anything.

Might it not be best to give him a surprising change?

Because, if the store clerks were given a surprising change in the clothes they wore...

...the customers might feel more at ease while buying things.

The Manager did say...

...that their uniforms are the face of the department store.

Look, when you think about it...

...it might be bad to make too big a change.

But in a department store, I guess...

...they have to deal with all sorts of customers, don't they?

Yeah.

So if the shopgirls were recognizable at a glance...

...and if the customers felt happy being guided around by them...

...wouldn't they be more likely to buy things...

...from people who were wearing such clothes?

Yeah.

Come to think of it...

...I was struck by that the entire time I was watching that shopgirl yesterday.

She gave off this feeling of falseness as I was following after her.

Her appearance from behind...

...needed to be made much more pleasant...

...so it would make me feel good about following after her.

That's it!

I would draw clothes that would make you feel happy.

Ones that, with just a glance...

...you'd look forward to talking to them and following them around.

Those were the clothes I'd draw.

Is it done?

Dad.

Yeah, I'm done.

I'll take them to him now.

Yeah.

And... If he likes it even a little...

...I'll make him a sample and bring that to him.

Let me have a look.

Eh?

Let me have a look at your drawing.

Eh? But it's Western clothes.

Just show it to me!

Be quiet and let me see it!

You...

...think I don't know about Western clothes.

But I do know.

Because they use the same thread.

Hmm...

Still...

...all you've got is that boring speel of yours.

Eh?

It'd be best to hurry and make a sample for him instead.

Huh?

Rather than showing him these drawings in trickles...

...with some stock in hand you could say, "here it is"...

...plop it down for him to see and that way make it really interesting.

Yeah.

You're right.

Just plop it down for him.

Ah...

That would make it more interesting.

Right?

Well, just a minute.

To make it though...

...there's the cost of the fabric plus the time to make it...

...and if he doesn't like it, it'll be a total loss.

Yeah. That's how it goes.

Hmm...

So I'm placing a bet, huh?

But...

...that's how you make it interesting.

Dad.

Huh?

How much will the charge for the fabric be?

Nothing!

At such times, our trump card was this box.

It's what we called our Kobe box...

...and it was filled with things from out of a dream.

They were all celebratory presents sent to us by my Kobe Grandma.

And though this and that were rich or wonderful things...

...they were mostly useless junk.

Grandma didn't know anything about that yet...

About how we would separate everything out...

...and then how we would mostly just pawn them in...

...to become stationary or athletic shoes for my sisters.

I guess these are beautiful, aren't they?

After going to two pawn shops in Shinsaibashi and two tool shops as well...

Well, a little more, just a little more!

Just this much!

No, no, that's no good!

Just take a look at this lace! This is the tops!

On the third day...

...I went to ten different fabric shops, looking to buy some fine cloth.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Please let me have this.

I was doing it with all my might.

Okay!

Done!

When I thought about it, I hadn't slept in two whole days.

This is good!

Ah, look, look!

Ohh!

Great, isn't it? This is nice, right?!

It's nice!

Look at the back, too!

Whaa!

This is what that man at the department store was talking about, isn't it?

He'll like it, won't he?

He will, he will!

Dad, what do you think?

You...

...should wear it just like that.

Eh?

About that Manager.

If you ambushed him with your head lowered...

...then just opened the wrapping to let him see it...

...that would be a pesky thing, right?

But if you go in and show it to that man while wearing it...

...he'll just have to say, "this is it!"

Ah!

Then tell him about it quickly. That'll make it interesting!

Yeah. That's right!

Sharp.

My Dad's surprisingly sharp about Western clothes.

Kioka Footwear Store

G'morning! Oba-san, Oba-san!

You're looking stylish there, Ito-chan. What's going on?

Sir, forgive me for coming over so early, but I want you to sell me some shoes.

Shoes?

Yeah.

Please forgive me this, but on credit.

On credit, huh?

That was why...

...for the first time at my own expense...

...I was walking around the Kishiwada Shopping District in high heels.

I could hear Negishi-sensei's words.

Be magnificent.

Think of it as your mission to wear Western clothing...

...while walking with your chest thrown out.

My legs were freezing...

...but I wasn't going to lose to that!

Shinsaibashi Department Store

Good morning!

Good morning!

Ah... that's right.

What do you think?

Eh?

Of your uniform.

Ours?

Yes.

It's nice.

Really?

I'd like to wear it, too.

Ah, thank you! Thank you!

Okay!

So long, I'm off!

Have a nice day.

Going up.

Going up.

It was about the time he would come down.

Going up.

Oh no, I'm so tense.

I worked so hard to make this sample.

He's the one I have to show it to the most.

I can't wear this poorly like the girl I had been before.

Throw out my chest.

Oh no, what am I going to do?

Throw out my chest!

Yeah!

Hello there!

I'm Ohara.

Ah.

This is the sample I've made.

Oh.

What do you think of it?

Yeah...

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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