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Ah!

Huh?

What is it?

My Akagami came.

Akagami - Draft papers - named, in part, for the red (aka) color they were in

Eh?

My Akagami.

"Akagami..." That Akagami?

That's right.

To become a soldier? You?!

Yeah.

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 9 "Always Feeling" Episode 49

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

かじかむ指ひろげて

Kajikamu yubi hirogete

I spread my fingers, numb with the cold

Data Sponsor Motoke Shigeki Photography Cooperation\h Kishiwada-shi, Osaka

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

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

Ohara Masaru Sugura Tarō

遥か空へ身を預けて

Haruka sore e mi o azukete

I entrust my body to that distant sky

Yasuoka Tamae Hamada Mari Kioka Yasuo \h Uesugi Shōzō

Yasuoka Taizō Suga Takamasa Yasuoka Yaeko \h Tamaru Maki

Yasuoka Kansuke Onoue Hiroyuki Ohara Shizuko \h Yagyū Miyu

Kioka Miyo Iijima Junko Ohara Kyoko \h Sakaguchi Azusa Ohara Mitsuko \h Sugioka Shiori

。。。生きよう。。。

...ikiyou...

...and live...

Satō Heikichi Hisano Masahiro Kinomoto Satsuko \h Nishimura Ayako Masako\h Genkaku Yūko

Oyama Haro Yasuko

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 Suenaga Hajime

To become a soldier? You?!

Yeah.

Ehh...

Showa 12 (1937)

If you're a soldier, where would you go?

That's... over to the continent, isn't it?

Ah...

Ah, um, is it because of the China Incident?

Yeah...

Ehh... To the continent...

Ah! I hate it!

What do you hate about it?

It's an honor being chosen as a soldier.

I don't want that honor!

I don't want to be a soldier.

Why?

Because being in the armed forces'll be even harsher than the factory was.

I don't want to be afraid of guys who look like demons and who beat me every day.

And they'll have nothing good to eat.

And if I get hit by a bullet, I'll die.

You won't die!

My Dad went to the previous war...

...but he came back just fine.

My Dad died of dysentery in Qingdao.

Japan had occupied this city in China from 1914-1922

He just got unlucky.

I'll die of dysentery, too!

Before you get dysentery, we'll win and you'll come back, so it's okay, right?

Get a grip!

Hey!

Kansuke was stingy about talking to me after that.

Thinking that being sent to the front was an honor and feeling sorry for him...

...I felt from the bottom of my heart that we should celebrate.

Well, you won't let yerself get hit here or here with a bullet!

Think so?

You won't get hit.

Look, being a soldier...

...doesn't mean each and every one of you is out firing a gun, right?

That's right.

You'll rarely get to do such a flashy thing.

Well... Today you'll train, tomorrow you'll train and occasionally...

...you'll get to hide in a forest.

During our time in the Russo-Japanese war...

...we thought how we might not set one foot in Kishiwada again.

Even so, before we knew it...

...we were back in Kishiwada, drunk every night.

Yeah... That's true.

Even so, just watch out you don't get any stomach problems.

Right, right.

Right?

Once yer stomach starts up, that's fatal.

My stomach, huh? That's important.

Yeah.

I'll bring you a stomach band. Shall I make one for you?

Yeah. Please.

You have a strong appetite, don't you?

If you find something strange, don't just eat it.

I'll eat it!

He'll eat it.

Right?

I won't!

You always eat it.

I won't eat it.

Listening to their stories, I felt that as long as Kansuke didn't have any stomach problems...

...he would be able to come home safely.

Even so...

I guess his mother didn't feel it would be as simple as that for him.

Ohara Western Clothing

Hurry, hurry, Nee-chan!

Here, a flag.

Yes.

Like this, even Kansuke looks like a splendid man, doesn't he?

Right?

Atame Soldier, Yasuoka

Who'll do the honors?

That would be the neighborhood association chief, right?

Oi, Neighborhood Association Chief!

No, no, I caught a cold yesterday and my voice won't come out.

A cold? Gimme a break.

Ah, you do it.

Oh, electric store dealer, you.

Zen-chan'd be better than me.

Zen-chan, I guess you should do it.

I need my throat for Noh chanting.

For this sort of cheering, I guess a young man's voice is best.

You there!

Eh? Me?!

Hurry it up!

We'd better hurry it up.

Dad, you'd be the better one.

No, no... I can't. I just can't.

Hurry it up!

Ah... This person'll do it. Him.

All... alright. I'll do it.

Yes! Yes!

Let's see, um... Everyone of Gokencho...

...let's give three cheers to celebrate Yasuoka Kansuke-kun's...

...going to the front!

Let's do it.

This is fine, isn't it?

Banzai!

Banzai!

Banzai!

Banzai!

Banzai!

Banzai!

You don't need to join them!

Ohara.

Huh?

I'm leaving.

Why? You should see him off until the end.

I hate it...

Eh?

I can't watch; it's too sad.

What is?

Why would you say such a thing?!

And this is the special day when he's being sent to the front...

And then, about two months after Kansuke had been sent to the front...

...we received a letter from him.

Take a look, take a look.

Osaka Kishiwada, Gokencho Yasuoka Tamae

Still writing in block letters as always.

Ala?

What's this?

Ah, that fool boy...

...wrote things he shouldn't have without thinking.

Like soldiers who died and such?

Ah... Seems so.

Eh?

But this... To ink out his long-awaited postcard!

Mother, how are you? I am xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx Since it's as cold as it is in Kishiwada - Watch over your health and please don't catch a cold. Kansuke

Now, now, just read it.

I really can't forgive them...

Huh?

Inking over a person's postcard like that!

Just like that disgusting ink...

...after that...

...pieces of our lives began being blotted out as well.

The first trouble on the continent was called the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" (June 1937)...

...which was then changed to be called the "China Incident" somewhere along the way...

China Incident (Sino-Japanese War)

...and the government was beside itself over how great it was.

The next year brought the National Mobilization Act with the pretext...

National Mobilization Act

"...Now is a time of emergency in our country..."

"...so the citizens must cooperate with the army somehow!"

Final Day to avoid the Diet Party's National Mobilization Act

And, "No luxuries, but economizing."

National Mobilization Act

National Mobilization Act

"Turn over any surpluses to the army. It's for our country's victory!"

National Mobilization Act Lower House of the Diet Passes Draft Bill

National Mobilization Act Lower House of the Diet Passes Draft Bill

National Mobilization Act

Ohara Western Clothing

Showa 14 (1939)

\h\h\h\h\hAfter that, cotton goods were immediately put under control...

Making and selling of raw cotton was regulated...

...and the city of thread, Osaka, was thrown into confusion.

While according to the newspapers Japan was scoring victory after victory...

...there were still no signs that the war was coming to an end.

Then the month before, July 1939, the National Draft Order was announced.

National Draft Order

The people were asked to economize and cooperate with the army even more...

But on the other hand...

...we were doing wonderfully.

G'morning!

G'morning!

G'morning!

It's so hot first thing in the morning, huh?

Well, I wonder why.

Okay!

My, my, my!

Ala... You've stretched out even more!

Ah, somehow this one's so busy!

Ah, come in.

Thank you.

G'morning!

G'morning!

Just a moment.

Shizuko! Shizuko!

Yes!

Bring out Kanda-san's dress.

Yes!

It turned out nice.

Ah... I'm so happy!

While the government was furious about the war from the start...

...the women of Kishiwada were furious about the latest in Western clothing styles.

They had their own National Mobilization Act.

Customers would come in continuously each day...

...and so Ohara Western Clothing Store was breaking all records.

We can do that.

Really?

Yeah. Just a moment.

Ah, Oyama-san. Here, here.

Here's the current issue of "Women's Beauty!"

Look for anything good that you'd like.

Thank you.

What should I have made?

What would be good?

Ah...

Ah!

Sensei?

Sensei, are you okay?

What's the matter?

Boss! The Sensei is...

Hurry and come!

What's happened?!

What's happened? What's happening?!

Here, look.

Nice, isn't it?

Each piece has staple fibers in them.

It's genuine, pure cotton!

Really?!

I should have this.

This looks good.

Right, nice aren't they?

Okay, stand up over there. There.

I... Itoko!

Sensei!

Ohara Western Clothing

Oh...

Would you be the young Miss, Yūko-sama?

Oh, has it come to meet us?

Yes!

The car just stopped out front.

I'm really okay. I just got a little dizzy when I stood up is all.

You're not okay!

I don't want to hear any more from you. Go to Kobe.

Don't return until you've safely had the child.

We can take care of your work here for you!

But if I'm not here, the store...

The store'll do fine without you. Shizu-chan and I can handle things.

This isn't just your child.

It's Masaru-kun's child and my grandchild.

And my great-grandchild!

Listen to what your told!

Be careful.

Yeah.

Your Mom is going to Kobe.

It's almost time for Yū-chan's little brother to be born.

We don't know if it'll be a little brother.

No...

...this time it'll be a boy.

The Ohara heir.

It'll be great, Yū-chan, having a little brother, right?

So long, please excuse us.

If you would please.

So long, take care.

Take care. Bye-bye!

Bye-bye!

Mom didn't know if it would be a younger brother or not.

She was just worried about the store.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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