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I want you to make me an evening dress.

An "evening dress?"

That's just an advance payment.

If it costs more, I'll pay more.

Anyhow, make a good one.

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 6 "A Maiden's Devotion" Episode 35

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

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

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

Kawamoto Masaru Sugura Tarō

Sae Kurotani Tomoka

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Owner of "Royal" Store Dan Jirō

Ohara Shizuko Yagyū Miyu Ohara Kyoko \h 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

Matsuzaka Sadako Toake Yukiyo

With it being so hot out...

...you shouldn't intentionally go out to eat. Here.

It's just so stifling inside.

Thanks.

Tailor Craftsman Kawamoto Masaru

What are you going to do about that dress thing?

I'll make it.

You can make it?

Yes.

Starting today I'll leave work early...

...and work on it at my home.

Good luck with it.

Ah.

Ala? What's up?

Eh?

It's unusual for you to answer so dejectedly.

Ah.

I'm not in a position to say this, but...

Yeah.

I haven't made any progress...

...in making that customer's clothes.

Yeah.

A lot of things have been happening.

Hmm...

No, you can do it!

Yeah.

Well, it is my work!

I mustn't skimp.

That's right.

Do well at this and bigger jobs'll come your way.

Yeah. Well...

...if it works out well with that customer, she might ask for me again.

No, no!

Huh?

Not only that customer.

If the other dancers at the dance hall feel they're being upstaged...

...they'll come give you orders as well.

Ah...

There isn't a single store yet here in Kishiwada that makes dresses.

The other dancers'll say, "Me too!"

"Make one for me, too!" and be pushing one another aside to get to you!

I see!

That's true!

And once word gets around...

...our Boss'll start adding women's apparel in here, too.

Kawamoto-san had said some good things.

Thanks to him, all my doubts were blown away.

I would definitely, definitely make this a success!

Itoko! Didn't you hear me call you for dinner?

Eh?

Can you do this?

Isn't this from your Kobe Grandma?

You've taken it all to pieces!

Since this was the first time I had made one, as expected, I was as anxious.

So I decided that first off...

...I'd make a preliminary sample using some cheap cloth.

Hey!

Eh?

Just what time do you think it is?

2 am?

Hurry to bed.

There's no reason to rush that work, now is there?

Well, that's true...

...but just a little more.

Just to here.

No!

Don't complain and just go to bed!

Such a bad habit, really...

Geez, do as you please.

Thanks to Grandma's patience of a Buddha...

...I was able to complete the sample that night.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5...

Now raise your arms! 1... 2... 3...

What are you doing, Mom?

Ah, good morning!

Mom, what's going on?

Itoko, about this.

This won't work like this.

Eh?

An evening dress...

...really needs to fit the person's body perfectly.

Yeah.

You made this using your Grandmother's styles for a guide, didn't you?

Yeah.

I used Grandma's dress for the model, but adjusted the dimensions for the customer.

That's so, but take a look.

Say, did you see it?

You're good at that, Mom.

Doesn't it bunch up here in this area?

I didn't see that.

Why not?

Right around here?

That's right. It's bunching up along the arm.

Hmm... You're right.

I guess the best time to see those things is when the dancer has put it on and is dancing.

Ah, you're right.

Come, Itoko.

Eh?

I can't dance.

Like this.

Ah...

Say, say, Mom.

Huh?

But...

...how do you know about such things?

Such things?

Such things about dresses.

Ah, when I was younger, I would go out to dances.

Eh? Really?

Then that's how you know about evening dresses?

Well, I used to have such clothing.

Huh? Is that right?

"Can't see the forest for the trees," huh?

Back in those times, all of the Western dressmakers...

...were foreigners.

Such people would come to our home.

Those dressmakers...

...how would they fit them so exactly to your body?

Ah! Hmm...

I've forgotten.

What is that, geez...

Kinomoto Electrical Store

I've sold out of all my electric fans for this year.

Yeah.

And? I should re-do the tacking as many times as it takes?

That's right. Keep doing it again and again, making adjustments as you go.

Ehh... I see.

All right. Thanks.

Yeah.

If there's something you don't understand, call me up anytime.

Yeah.

And then, Grandma.

Huh?

Are you over your cold?

Ah, all over, all over it. Don't worry anymore.

Yeah.

Grandma.

Huh?

Live a long life.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Ah, well, you don't have to cry.

I'm hanging up, so so long.

Thank you, Sir.

Yeees!

Yeees!

Okay!

I guess I'll have to meet and fit her as many times as it takes.

I don't know if she'll want to meet me all those times, though.

Royal Men's Apparel

Here.

Ah!

This is very nice!

I'm glad to hear that.

Whaa!

However...

...this is just a sample...

...so I'll need to measure you one more time today.

No, this is fine just as is.

Huh?

Selling this to me just as is, is fine.

Well, this fabric isn't for dresses.

And for an evening dress, it needs to be made much more exactly.

I said it was fine, didn't I?

End all this mixed-up talk and sell it to me already!

I won't.

Huh?

Didn't you tell me at the start that you wanted me to make you something good?

There isn't anyone who will notice this is cheap!

This is expensive enough, isn't it!?

There's no way I can sell such cheap goods as if they were expensive.

They'd say I was a fraud in my work as a dressmaker!

Huh!?

So persistent, aren't you!

Oi, Ohara!

Huh?!

Um... Don't be rude to the customer.

I know that. Please go away over there!

But, you...

This is a woman's conversation!

Are you eavesdropping?!

Look, you.

Aren't you an expert?

Huh?

You're an expert dancer, right?

And I'm an expert dressmaker.

When you go out into the middle of that dance hall to dance...

...you want to look your absolute prettiest...

...and that's what the dress I'm making will do. Understand?

Fool.

Huh?

You're such a simple person.

Such dancing and such a dancer...

There's no need for me to be such a splendid expert, now is there?

Men touch me and dance with me and I make money. That's all.

Then leave.

Eh?

I can't make a dress for such a woman to wear.

I'm serious when it comes to making them.

I'd hate it if you weren't serious about wearing it!

I won't make it for you.

Please hurry and change and leave.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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