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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 6 "A Maiden's Devotion" Episode 32

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

かなしみ隠し震えて

Kanashimi kakushi furuete

Trembling with hidden sorrows

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

Ohara Haru Shoji Terue

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Yasuoka Tamae Hamada Mari Yasuoka Yaeko \h Tamaru Maki

Yasuoka Kansuke Onoue Hiroyuki Ohara Shizuko \h Yagyū Miyu

Komako Miyajima Mai Ohara Kyoko \h Maki Mei Ohara Mitsuko \h Yoshida Aoi

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Yoshida Natsu Kuriyama Chiaki

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

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

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?

How is Natsu taking it? Did she say anything?

I didn't see the young Proprietress.

It was the Proprietress herself who came out and told me.

Really?

Seems so.

I thought I could bring Natsu a Manjū.

Manju - steamed yeast bun with filling

Well...

Still, wouldn't it be best not to do that?

Why?

There's never been a time before when Natsu's accepted a Manjū from you, Ito-chan.

How do you know that?

I know.

You two have been competing with each other since the old days.

If you bring her a Manjū...

...it'd be as much as saying that the Ohara monkey pities her...

...and she'll get really sad.

Really?

Really.

Well then, you take it to her.

Me?

Yeah.

Here's the money.

Ah...

This is it?

That's all I've got right now.

Well, with this much you could only buy one Manjū.

Help out with the rest.

No, no, no. Ito-chan! Ito-chan!

Counting on ya! So long!

No, no, Ito-chan!

I understood the meaning of what Kansuke had said.

Given that Natsu had the strong spirit of summer (natsu)...

...it might be best for me not to worry if she was doing poorly.

Good afternoon!

Ah... Welcome!

I bought some Kaitenyaki.

Kaitenyaki - type of manju filled with sweet azuki bean paste and very popular in the Kansai region

Kaitenyaki!

I thought we could share it.

Yeah! Thank you!

I've made this, too.

Come up! Come up!

The customer had come to pick out the fabrics for the tacking herself.

Tacking - temporary stitching with loose ends for fitting purposes

Somehow we ended up becoming close friends.

I'll want you to make this for me next.

Ah, that's nice!

Would it look good on you? Yeah, it'll look good on you!

Ready?

Here!

Whaa!

It's completely different!

From the one before.

And the design form looks so much better on me.

It brightens up my face...

...and you can see my waist better, too.

Even my legs, too!

They look so long now!

I'm happy that you like it so much.

I do like it, Ito-chan.

Thank you.

I truly...

...thank you for this.

Koma-chan.

Don't cry.

Yeah...

But, I really am happy.

I don't know if I can make Ito-chan understand this.

I'm a geisha.

Everything about us is decided upon whether our talents are good or bad.

We only need to polish our performances...

...and read and study from books...

I'm treated as a fool if I complain about not being able to show off my looks.

I don't like that part of the work.

So from here on...

I wanted Western clothes made that would show how beautiful I am...

I'm really and truly happy!

Yeah!

I...

...can put this on and walk around town.

Yeah.

I wonder what my customers will say when they see me?

They'll say...

"Oh!"

"Those clothes make such a difference on her!"

"Such a beauty she is!"

They's say that! They'll definitely say that!

I know!

I'm so looking forward to that that I can't bear it!

Say! Let's go for a walk just like this!

Eh?

We definitely need to show you off to everyone.

It'll be a great feeling! Right?

But, I didn't intend to do that today.

It's okay, it's okay!

Let me see it! Let me see everyone looking at Koma-chan.

Eh?!

Right?!

After pestering Koma-chan to go outside...

...like I thought, she went into the town where everyone could see her.

That's pretty, isn't it?

She's a beauty.

Koma-chan's back gradually straightened...

...and she increasingly appeared as a beautiful woman.

Sirs, Ladies...

...this beauty is wearing Western clothes that I had made.

We've come.

Here!

My! You're dressed up!

She's like those girls who attract attention to food stalls in Shinsaibashi, right?

You made this?

You're the Western clothing maker?

Her name is Ito-chan.

Take one, take one.

Please come to us.

If you would please.

That's right.

Huh?

I completely forgot. I owe you your payment.

Ah, how much is it?

That's okay.

Eh?

You're going to have me make your next one, aren't you?

Well I said that...

...but you really don't have to do this...

It's okay. Really.

I'm...

...just really happy the first customer I made one for was Koma-chan.

It really turned out to be good work.

To make something that pleases the customer like this...

To have made something that the customer really appreciates...

That's really good study for me.

So afterwards Koma-chan...

...be sure to walk around town more in those clothes.

You definitely don't have to be ashamed to go to Shinsaibashi or some other town.

And that would be...

...plenty for me because of all the publicity it would bring to Ohara Dressmaking Shop.

All right.

Right!

But remember. I will return this debt to you.

Yeah. Thank you.

I'm the one who should be thanking you!

So long; take care.

So long. I'll come again real soon.

Yeah.

I was on cloud nine.

I thought I'd be a big-shot at home.

I thought I was a first-class person with a huge heart deep with passion.

I'm home!

Oh! Good, you're back in time.

Do you remember Yamamoto-san here?

Ah...

One of Dad's students in Noh chanting?

Yes, yes.

Seems Yamamoto-san has come to ask you to make some clothes for her daughter.

Really? Thank you!

Well, recently my daughter has been saying...

"I want Western clothes, I want Western clothes."

But there wasn't a Western clothing shop in Kishiwada, was there?

I told her to give up on it...

...but then earlier I happened to see your handbill over at Kinomoto-san's place.

So I decided to drop by.

Please leave it to me!

Just now I left a customer who was thrilled over the one I made for her!

Ah, really!

Look, I'll bring my daughter around tomorrow and stop by again.

Yes!

Please do come!

So long, Sensei. Excuse my disturbance!

Thank you!

If you would please.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Oi!

You're caught up in the moment there.

I guess putting out these handbills wasn't stupid after all.

Come to think of it, maybe I should make one for myself.

Yeah, yeah.

And... Did you collect the money owed you at last today?

Eh?

You also owe me...

...2 yen, 50 sen for the fabric charge today, too.

That's what's called the capital.

You can use the remaining money to buy the fabric for this next job.

What's left over after that is for your wages and sewing.

How long can you run with this...

You have to consider that, too!

How much money did you collect today?

What is it?

Forgive me!

What's that?

I didn't get anything.

Eh?!

And then, after that, well...

What is this?

I... Itoko!

Ah, Itoko!

What did you do this time?

Dad had told me.

"Do you intend to go..."

"...from one fool charity work to the next?!"

"Shameful, shameful, shameful!"

Well, Itoko...

...is still only nineteen after all.

Fool!

It's got nothing to do with how old she is!

After I thought...

...she had finally made something of herself...

...she turns out to be nowhere near that!

My Dad was crying over me.

So shameful!

He's crying...

So shameful!

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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