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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 8 "Lucky Fellow" Episode 44

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 Haru Shoji Terue

Yoshida Natsu Kuriyama Chiaki

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

Kawamoto Masaru Sugura Tarō

Yasuoka Yaeko Tamaru Maki Matsuzaka Seiichi \h Tanaka Ryūzō

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Yasuoka Kansuke Onoue Hiroyuki Satō Heikichi \h Hisano Masahiro

Komato Miyajima Mai Ando Chiyoko

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

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

Itadakimasu!

Any good?

Yeah.

Well, truth is...

...that Royal store you worked at once before.

Eh? Uncle, you know about Royal?

No, no, no. I didn't know you had been working there at all.

I just found out by chance when I happened to come to Kishiwada.

Why?

Well, for what you could call market research.

I wanted to find out which of the threads our company makes...

...was selling in which fabrics these days.

I've found that retail stores are the best places to hear about that.

Hmm...

And I was with the Boss of Royal at the time...

...when by chance Kawamoto-san came out.

We got to talking about women's wear and other such things.

And then Kawamoto-kun here told me that there was...

...this one really great craftsman who used to work there.

He kept going on about how she had the best skills in all Kishiwada.

He was talking about you!

Ah, so that's it, huh?

Eh?

Is that why you two have come today?

Yeah.

Well, that's it.

I see, but forgive me.

Huh?

I won't go back to Royal.

Eh?

I was finally given the Ohara Dressmaking Store sign...

...and so I don't intend to be a craftsman at some other store any more.

No, no, no!

Wrong, wrong!

This is about something else.

Then, what is it about?

Well, what is it about. Well...

In other words...

...we came to see your face.

Ah.

Um, Ohara-san.

I...

I and Ohara-san...

No good, no good!

Not yet. Now's not the time.

Ah. Yes.

There's an order to doing these things.

Today we'll just go into a wait-and-see mode.

Ah. I'm sorry.

Inochi mijijaski koiseyo otome Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

Akaki kuchibiru asenu ma ni And thy crimson lips, before they fade

Atsuki chishio no hienu ma ni While youth and blood are warmer

Asu no tsukihi no nai mono o For tomorrow ye may be dying

Ito-chan.

We brought some chimaki!

chimaki - cake wrapped in bamboo leaves

I see.

Almost time for Ito-chan, huh?

Came so soon!

What's with you guys?

I heard, Ito-chan.

You've been suggested for a marriage, right?

Huh?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

You should have made a guess.

Huh? About what?

That that guy's got it bad for Ohara.

Fool. That's just your gutter imagination in action.

You're the one who's a fool.

She's hopeless.

She just doesn't get what you're saying.

About this.

What are you talking about?

Wanna know?

That was your uncle who came today, right?

Yeah.

That person also came to the restaurant the other day and met with your father.

Huh?

According to Heikichi, this took place about a week ago.

Cafe Taiko

Welcome!

Good afternoon!

Co... coffee.

One coffee.

Yes.

Hello. Sorry for not having kept in touch.

And I've called you out when you're so busy.

No, no, no.

Well? How is your new job going?

Ah, well, thanks to some luck...

...we've been getting by somehow.

Now, now, now.

Ah.

Heikichi seems to have thought...

"Ohara's father is very servile to him."

"Is this that great a person?"

Anyhow, he's a good youth. There's nothing to criticize about his social standing, either.

More importantly, he seems to understand full well about Ito.

That boy said this to me.

"I am the oldest son with two younger brothers."

"If it is required..."

"...I wouldn't mind being disinherited to become the son-in-law of the Ohara family."

He would become this family's eldest son.

And, he treasures your daughter.

And he's given a lot of thought about you, Zensaku-kun.

He acknowledges the frequent disagreements she has with her officious father.

Yet even so...

...I feel he speaks very highly of Itoko.

Please think positively about moving forward with this.

Please!

And then my Uncle lowered his head one time.

I'm very thankful to you for this.

He said that my father lowered his head about twenty times.

No, no, no. I'm the one who called you out.

You can't! I can't allow you to!

It will be quite expensive for you from here on!

There's the amount of the expenses for the wedding ceremony. Right!

Well, well, this is not a problem! Just this.

That won't be a problem?

Just this, just this! I'll pay.

All right then.

What was that about?

And so like that, they selfishly moved forward on it while I knew nothing about it.

I had no intention of getting married just yet.

Seconds.

You've had enough.

Why?

You know full well why.

You see the daily ledger too, don't you?

Such little money coming in.

That doesn't translate to you eating all you want.

Good afternoon!

Ala?

What is it?

"What?" Ito-chan!

I heard from Kansuke.

Huh?

Mother, Ito-chan can't bring herself to mention such a happy thing.

What is it?

What? About the marriage?

Kyaa! You said it!

You went and said it!

What? That's what it's about?

Eh?

That's just other people's idle talk.

I have no intention of doing such a thing.

Eh!

Really?

The handbills I put here haven't gone down at all.

Really? But the thing is, I hand them out to pretty much any customer who comes in.

We make women's clothing.

Ohara Dressmaking Store

Hmm...

Why is it that I can make other stores flourish...

...but my own store doesn't go anywhere?

"Income!" is what I said I wanted.

Ohara Dressmaking Store

Yet even so, it wasn't turning into earnings.

Leave the dressmaking to us

Blouses

Skirts

One-piece Dresses

That's it!

They still can't see in.

Customers wouldn't want to come to such a half-finished store.

If I were more like a Western fashions seller in Shinsaibashi...

Around here there would be a smart-looking door.

And the sign...

...like this...

And right here, a sparkly shop window that goes BAM!

First off, what is this?

Do I need this?

I don't, do I?

If this wasn't here and it was just glass...

...it would look more like a shop window.

I'll cut it!

Ala, my! Breaking down the store at last?

I had heard it had been turned into a dressmaking shop...

...but have you gone bankrupt already? What a pity.

Good afternoon!

What's this? This is rare. You two coming together?

Yes, that's right.

When I said I was going to see Ito-chan today, the Young Proprietress said she would come, too.

I haven't come to have any clothing made particularly, so don't be mistaken.

What's this? It's just a kimono dry goods store.

If you're a dressmaker store, you should make it more like one.

I know that!

Koma-chan!

Have a seat.

No. I'm fine.

Hey! Can you hurry up and leave so Koma-chan can have a seat?

What's your business?

You...

Huh? What is it?

Are you getting married?

Huh? Not at all.

Liar. Kansuke told me.

And that you and a relative of yours even went to Heikichi's store about it.

I told you not at all, didn't I?

That's just Kansuke talking!

I'll glue that mouth of his shut.

Either is fine, but you...

What?

The talk is that the ceremony is to happen at my place.

Huh?

None of the other restaurants mentioned would accept it.

If such a thing were to happen, I would receive complaints for generations.

In that case, it just won't happen, now will it!

That was all.

So long.

Say, this has been on my mind.

Huh?

Do you and the Young Proprietress have a good relationship? Or a bad one?

Who knows.

We make women's clothing.

Ohara Dressmaking Store

Nevertheless...

...there had been my Matsuzaka Uncle and Kawamoto-san.

My Dad and my Matsuzaka Uncle.

Natsu and Koma-chan.

There are a lot of unusual pairs going on these days, huh?

And at a point that was unknown to me, there was someone surprising connecting all of it.

It was like this.

It was that big?

Even I was surprised.

I see.

That's good then.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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