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This contains just one gold thread, doesn't it?

Yeah.

You should buy it.

Showa 15 (1940)

Eh? I should?

Yeah. The Boss here's in trouble.

To be honest, I'm about to hang myself over it.

Very well.

Eh?!

Well, for now, I'll take one roll and see what I can do with it.

By sewing a black ribbon on top of the gold thread...

...I could take advantage of the black line in my design.

As for any leftover portions from the garment body...

...I should be able to use those so they wouldn't go to waste.

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 9 "Always Feeling" Episode 52

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

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Haru Shoji Terue

Ohara Masaru Sugura Tarō

Ohara Shizuko Yagyū Miyu Kawase\h Nanjō Kōki

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

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

Kinomoto Satsuko Nishimura Ayako Masako\h Genkaku Yūko

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

Masa-chaaan! Come here a minute!

Yes!

Stand there.

Why?

Ehh... This is a nice fabric, isn't it?

Hold still a moment.

Yes.

Here.

Stand still.

Yes.

Whaa!

That's nice!

It is nice...

This should work.

It's a nice material and it feels good as well.

It has a light feel to it, too.

It should sell well.

Well, it should sell, but...

We'll have to give those sales a bit of a push, though...

A push?

We have one hundred rolls of this.

Huh? One hundred rolls?!

From where?

A fabric wholesaler store's warehouse.

They're prohibited from selling it.

One hundred rolls is impossible! What are you saying?!

That's true, but if we don't sell it, their Boss'll hang himself.

You shouldn't say such things to people!

Please don't stick our necks into unnecessary things again!

We've got our hands full around the shop as it is!

Masa-chan...

Didn't you hear me?

To what I just said.

For now...

...wear this around the store.

Huh?

As a mannequin.

It looks really good on you.

If the customers see you in this, they'll definitely want the same thing.

Huh?!

You want me to?

Yeah!

That's right!

That's a great idea!

Hah... Now I'm a mannequin...

And you guys, too.

Eh?!

Eh?!

Footwear

Wait, Shizu-chan!

What is it?

That is one smart skirt there!

Let me see it.

Ahh...

Nee-chan sewed it.

It's the most fashionable fabric around right now.

This black thread here is so nice...

I should have one sewn for me, too.

Is your sister in right now?

She's in.

Yeah.

Ala?

What a cute skirt!

You're right!

We have nice one-piece dresses, too.

Everyone at our store is wearing these right now.

Ehh... Let's go look.

Yeah. Right! So long.

Ehh...

Say, say, Itoko.

Huh?

Um, you still...

Grandma, you too!?

Surprisingly, it even looks good on her.

That fabric is incredibly fashionable.

Ehh...

Ohara Western Clothing

Luxury Clothing Shirts Children's Wear

Thank you so much!

Well, I thought it would be a total loss...

...but I'll be able to survive with this half that you've bought.

I am really and truly thankful!

No...

There's still that other half left.

Eh?

This fabric'll also work for winter wear, and I should be able to sell those in time for New Year's.

Now, now, if it doesn't sell this year...

...you could try and sell it again next year.

No, Boss.

Women's Western wear is a fickle thing.

I see. It's quite difficult, isn't it?

I'll do all I can to sell everything out.

Eh?!

Really?!

Oi! One of you come here!

Okay! Ah, give me Nao-chan.

After just a short time, all of the store's girls were back in their kimonos and working.

Kinomoto Electrical Store

Instead, our customers took their place...

There's actually gold thread in here.

Ala, really.

So that when the July 7th Ban is removed...

...I can take this ribbon off!

I see!

Over here...

...and over there...

Ala!

How unusual to see you wearing Western clothes!

Right?

I had it made next door.

It was wonderful publicity.

For 29 yen, 90 sen?!

Eh, that cheap?!

Yeah!

Ohara Western Clothing

Luxury Clothing Shirts Children's Wear

All that's left is the sewing.

How long will that take?

Hmm... It'll take a little while...

But we'll definitely have it in time for New Year's.

Please.

Yes.

At this rate...

Thank you!

...we really would be able to use that other half.

Here, take this.

Wait, Sensei! Wait!

What is it?

Please shape up!

Huh?!

This is impossible!

What is?

We only have five seamstresses here!

To make these in time for New Year's...

...even with everyone rushing, we're already way over our heads in them.

Please don't accept any more orders!

Got that?

Any customers who come in after this should be turned away.

Ah, wait, wait, wait...

What is it?!

I'll do something!

Huh?

Just increasing the number of seamstresses we have will do.

I'll do something about that...

...so don't worry.

Since that's how it is, could you help us out downstairs until year's end?

Please do this!

Sure.

By year's end, the Kokumin-fuku will have kicked in anyhow.

Kokumin-fuku - National uniforms mandated for males in 1940

Really?

Yeah.

Thank you!

Please do!

Is that okay with you guys?

Yes!

Okay!

With these three craftsmen, I could do it.

After them...

...there were my usual second-stringers I could pull in to help out.

Mitsuko

Kyoko

Whaa...

So many of them.

There's not enough rice. What should we do, Chiyo?

Well...

What... what should we do?!

I don't know!

Ah...

Itoko!

Huh?

Is this okay?

Ah...

Well, put it more along this side.

Around here.

Along this side, huh...

Yeah.

Good afternoon...

Ah, good afternoon.

Forgive her.

Second Daughter Ohara Naoko

Nao-chan!

Mom, some sweets!

Eh, some sweets?

Yeah.

Ah, okay, something sweet, right?

Yeah.

Okay, come with me, come with me.

Um...

Eh?

Yesterday, everyone at the store said they wouldn't be coming back.

Why?

Because there are no sales due to the war, they don't want to come to the store anymore.

Eh?

Only the Boss and his wife come to the store...

...so now I'm the only baby-sitter.

Because of how hard it is...

...I told the Boss, "I'm saying that I can't take care of her as of tomorrow."

Yeah. Alright, alright, alright. Ah, forgive us.

Mom, where are those sweets!?

Ah, ah, sweets. Just a minute. Sweets. Sweets. Sweet things.

We'll get you some sweets.

Sit here. It's okay already.

Ah, you're crying again.

Yes, yes, yes... Forgive us, forgive us.

Ohara Western Clothing

Isn't there some way that Dad could take care of her?

I think that'd be impossible.

He was saying that he would be taking Yūko to the kabuki tomorrow.

Huh?! Kabuki?

How elegant!

Right?

So long, Boss, I'm off first.

Yeah.

Huh?

Leaving already? You have that much free time?!

No, I don't have free time, though.

If you have that much free time...

...you should be baby-sitting Naoko. Right?!

Don't hit him!

Please forgive me just for this.

So long, see you tomorrow!

Thanks for your hard work!

Hey, wait!

Itoko.

Calm down. Sit, sit.

I wonder... if we could ask my younger brother?

Eh?

He's in the Umaba mountain recesses...

If we asked him, he could probably take her in for a little while.

Let's go up there tomorrow...

...and ask him to take her in until the end of the year...

Well...

I'd feel a little sad for her though...

That's true...

...but we're gonna be busy until year's end.

And we have no one else we can leave her with.

Yeah...

Right?

Yeah...

And so, substituting her from my stomach to my back...

...and taking along a mountain of gifts, we went to his younger brother's place.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Is it this far?

You haven't come before since it's so far away?

That's not really true. I've come empty-handed before and enjoyed myself.

The only time we could have come before and been at ease...

...was right after our marriage.

Before the war started...

...and when Kansuke was still around.

We didn't have any children then...

...and I was much younger and more beautiful.

My complexion was much whiter then...

...and my legs were longer.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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