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Recently, Dad had thought up something new again...

...and had started giving out leaf moxa cautery.

Moxa cautery - heating acupunture points with muwort

He would heal bad parts of the body by pressing heated loquat leaves against them to heal it.

If it gets too hot, just say, "it's hot," please.

Yes.

It's hot.

Ohara Dry-goods Store

That wasn't the only thing we were doing...

...but we still couldn't understand why customers weren't coming to our store.

Loquat Leaf Moxa Cautery

Noh Chanting Lessons

Purses For Sale

Aprons For Sale

At this rate, we would definitely go bankrupt.

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Heiwa Fansubs Presents...

Carnation

Week 6 "A Maiden's Devotion" Episode 31

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

Music Satō Naoki Musical Performance\h Face Music

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

Theme Song "Carnation" Sheena Ringo

Period Research Myochin Kenji Video Titles\h Tsujikawa Koichiro Title Logo\h Kitayama Masakazu

Data Sponsor Motoke Shigeki Photography Cooperation\h Kishiwada-shi, Osaka Kurashiki-shi, Okayama Kawanishi-shi, Hyōgo

かじかむ指ひろげて

Kajikamu yubi hirogete

I spread my fingers, numb with the cold

Cast

Ohara Itoko Ono Machiko

風に揺れ雨に晒され

Kaze ni yure ame ni sarasare

Shaken by the wind and exposed to the rain

Ohara Chiyo Asau Yumi

Ohara Haru Shoji Terue

遥か空へ身を預けて

Haruka sora e mi o azukete

I entrust my body to that distant sky

Yoshida Natsu Kuriyama Chiaki

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

Yasuoka Yaeko Tamaru Maki Ohara Shizuko \h Yagyū Miyu

。。。生きよう。。。

...ikiyou...

...and live...

Yoshida Katsuichi Nabeshima Hiroshi Yoshida Shitsu \h Umeda Chie Komako\h Miyajima Mai

Ohara Kyoko Maki Mei Ohara Mitsuko \h Yoshida Aoi Kioka Miyo \h Iijima Junko

Fabric Shop Store Owner Tsumagata Sayonaga

何も要らない私が今

Nani mo iranai watashi ga ima

I who needed nothing, right now

本当に欲しいもの等

Hontōni hoshii mono nado

Of all the things and such I really wanted

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

Production Integration Shiroya Atsushi

唯一つ、唯一つだけ

Tada hitotsu, tada hitotsu dake

There's just one and only one thing

Director Adachi Mojiri

Ohara Dry-goods Store

One-piece dresses, Skirts, Blouses

Western Clothing Made

Whaa! They came out great!

After Shizuko had started working at a printing company that spring...

Showa 8 (1933)

...she suggested I have some handbills made.

This drawing looks just like Negishi-sensei, doesn't it?

Grandma, not everyone who wears Western clothes is Negishi-sensei.

Still, this part is no good, you.

The name of your dressmaking shop...

..."Ohara Dry-goods store," isn't very cool.

It's all right.

They'll find out you're just sponging off your parents like this.

I'm not sponging off my parents.

I make Appappas and purses and bring money into this family.

No, you're sponging.

The main point is...

...you're still over-reliant on me.

At that time, Dad had taken up the bad habit of drinking.

Rather than sponging...

...you should walk on your own...

Good afternoon!

Oh, welcome!

Yeah.

Oh, ah!

Sir, take some handbills.

Oh, sure. One-piece dresses...

Skirts...

Here on the radio!

There?

Yeah!

One-piece dresses, Skirts, Blouses

Western Clothing Made

It's well done, isn't it?

Right? Oba-chans, let me make these clothes for you, too.

Noo... Don't want one. I've gotten too fat for those.

Doesn't matter if you're fat. I'll just make you a big one.

Maybe so...

...but doesn't the price go up the fatter you are?

Right, right, right!

That's true. Don't need such things.

I can give you a discount.

A discount! A discount! You'll make it for the same price!?

Yoshida-ya Restaurant

Whaa...

You're well prepared!

Just like you, Boss.

You're going all-out for this.

He's marrying off his only daughter...

...so of course he'd go all out!

No, no. Well, I wouldn't say I'd go that far.

What sort of person is she marrying?

Hmm... Well, an honest, nice boy.

He's a bit helpless...

...but she's a sucker for a handsome face.

Really?

He's handsome?

Yeah. Well, he's not bad.

Really?

I'm home.

Welcome back.

Mom, you're late.

You were chatting away while eating again.

Aren't today's customers coming at 5:00pm?

Forgive me, forgive me.

I took the opportunity to have my hair done at Yasuoka-san's place. What do you think?

Nothing's changed.

And, I was given this.

What's this?

The Ohara-san daughter is making Western clothes.

Huh?!

Are they starting over as a Western dressmaking store this time around?

I hate it! Making Western clothing here in Kishiwada.

If she wants to make those, it'd be much better to do them at a shop in Shinsaibashi.

Still, wouldn't it be cheaper here than in Shinsaibashi?

Cheaper or not, I still hate it!

What's this about?

It's Natsu's classmate. She's started a Western clothing store.

Western clothes? Where?

A store in Kishiwada?

At the Ohara Dry-goods store in the shopping district.

Ohara Dry-goods store?

Don't know it.

Koma-chan. You know where Yasuoka-san's hairstylist shop is, don't you?

I was just going there tomorrow to have my hair done.

Yoshida-ya Geisha Komako

You can hear all the details from the young wife there.

Ah, I'll do that!

Good afternoon...

Ah, Yaeko-san.

Welcome.

Ito-chan, a customer.

Ah, welcome.

Ah, excuse me. My Dad's out collecting money right now...

Ito-chan, wrong, wrong.

Eh?

She's your customer!

Huh? Could it be...

...for a dress...?

Ah, hello! Nice to meet you!

I'm Ohara Itoko of the Western clothing store!

Hello...

Ah...

I just put up those handbills yesterday...

...so I didn't think a customer would come in so quickly.

Ah, come in, come in! Yes!

Um...

Look, am I your first customer?

Ah, please don't worry about that.

I have confidence in my skills!

Is there anything nice here that catches your eye?

Well...

This?

And maybe this.

This...

I see.

Something like those.

Hmm...

The customer seemed to prefer stylish clothes with a Paris feel to them.

But...

She had a round face and was tall.

Still...

Don't you get the feeling that a more fluffy style would suit you better?

Eh?

With a round collar... and a soft fabric...

Ah... like this.

Ah, I wouldn't look good in such a thing.

Think so?

I definitely wouldn't look good in that!

But, for the ones you picked out, your face would...

No, I'll find something appropriate...

No, I know.

I had one made like this last year.

Eh?

I saved and saved and went to Shinsaibashi to have it made...

...but the dress turned out really strange.

How?

Eh?

How was it strange?

Hmm... Somehow...

It made me look homely.

It made my complexion bad... And it looked like I had short legs.

That store did a poor job.

A poor job?

Yeah.

Because they made a mistake in picking the color for the fabric...

...that's why your complexion looked bad.

A skirt that doesn't match with your legs can make them look short.

Somehow...

Yeah.

...the clothes I bought made me look homely.

They told me I was making the clothes homely by the way I was wearing them...

I'll make you something that will look much better on you.

Really?!

I definitely think I can make you something that will look good on you!

You think so?

Yeah!

I'd be happy if that's so!

I...

...really do like these!

Right?

In order to see a happy smile on my customer...

...I thought I would definitely, definitely...

...make her something that would look really good on her.

Good afternoon.

Ah, good afternoon.

Dad, this is a Western clothing customer.

Ah, well then, hello there!

I thought it was unusual for her to bring a friend over.

A customer!

Oh!

So long. I'm looking forward to it.

Leave it to me.

Take care.

Dad!

What is it?

Loan me money for the fabric!

I don't have any money!

Liar! You have money left over from those patches yet!

There's none left, none!

Ah!

Say... please! I'll definitely return it!

After making those handbills...

...I really don't have any money at all!

Say, please!

And what's the interest?

Two yen...

Ah, I guess two yen, fifty sen!

And there's this.

They all look the same, but there are little differences.

I guess I won't know until I try it on her, huh...

That's true.

Buying little pieces for testing...

...won't fly, huh?

I wonder if I should bring the customer here...

Well, there's not only that...

Eh?

I could loan you these samples.

Huh? Samples?

In exchange, be sure to return here.

Yeah! Thank you! I'll return here. I'll return here right away!

Yoshida-ya Restaurant

Ah.

Ah, thank you for earlier.

It's Ohara-san. Is something the matter?

I wanted to check these fabrics against your face, but...

That's right...

You have face powder on...

Dunno. Definitely can't tell.

Ah, is there one that would look good on me?

There's that.

I went to buy the fabric, but I thought this'd be the best way to choose it.

In that case, I can come over to your store again tomorrow around noon.

Really?! Are you sure?

Yeah.

Thank you! This is a big help!

So long, I'll see you tomorrow. I'll be waiting!

All right. Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Good afternoon.

Ah, it's you two.

Forgive us, but go home for today.

Eh?

The Boss collapsed.

The Boss did?!

He's being examined by a doctor right now, but we won't know for sure until tomorrow.

For now he's asked me to say that you two were to go home for today.

Very well.

Eh? Natsu's Dad?

Yeah...

The rooms that were rented for today were lost as well.

I guess something big is going on.

Natsu...

Eh?

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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