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We now have a news bulletin. We now have a news bulletin.

Showa 16 (1941) December 8th

The Imperial Headquarters for the Army and Navy has announced at 6am, December 8th...

...that on the dawn of the 8th...

...the Imperial Army and Navy were currently in a state of war against American-British forces in the western Pacific.

What's that?!

That's incredible!

...that they are currently in a state of war against...

...American-British forces in the western Pacific.

Far from being over, it's just starting up again.

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

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Carnation

Week 10 "Secret" Episode 55

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

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

かじかむ指ひろげて

Kajikamu yubi hirogete

I spread my fingers, numb with the cold

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 Haru Shoji Terue

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

遥か空へ身を預けて

Haruka sore e mi o azukete

I entrust my body to that distant sky

Sae Kurotani Tomoka

Yasuoka Tamae Hamada Mari

Ohara Masaru Sugura Tarō

。。。生きよう。。。

...ikiyou...

...and live...

Sawada Mishima Yuriko

Kioka Yasuo Uesugi Shōzō Yasuoka Yaeko \h Tamaru Maki

Yasuoka Kansuke Onoue Hiroyuki Ohara Shizuko \h Yagyū Miyu

何も要らない私が今

Nani mo iranai watashi ga ima

I who needed nothing, right now

Okunaka Sōjirō Komatsu Ken'etsu Masako\h Genkaku Yūko Rin\h Ootani Mio

Ohara Itoko (11 years-old) Ninomiya Hoshi Yasuoka Kansuke (11 years-old) \h Yoshioka Ryūki

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 Koshima Shikei

On Showa 16, December 8th...

Eldest Daughter Yūko

...the Greater East Asian War started.

Second Daughter Naoko

Oi! Come here, come here! Hurry! Hurry!

We've gone to war with America.

Will we really win?

What are you saying?!

Japan has it's combined fleet.

It does.

This was the same as that, wasn't it?

That once a man gets into a craze over a contest, they won't be quiet until it's settled.

Ah, geez...

Oi! You guys switch places with your father.

Eh?! No way! I'm taking him down in a landslide!

Never mind that; switch places for one round. Just one round!

Geez... Just one round?!

Okay, okay...

This time around...

...if I beat you, you pay for the drinks.

As you say!

Zen-chan, that's fool talk.

Just one round, right?! Definitely?!

Just one round, just one round.

Ahh! That's how it goes!

You finished?

Look, this time it's my turn!

Bring it on, bring it on!

Eh?!

Far from being over, they're just starting up again.

Ahh!

What's so interesting about war?!

I was itching for some fresh business.

I could care less who wins or loses, just hurry up and finish it!

Excuse me!

Excuse us!

Greater Japan Women's Country Defense Association

Did I... just say that out loud?

Or did I just think it in my head?

Good morning!

Go... good morning.

Thank you for your hard work.

I think you must have heard this morning's news.

The war with the American-British forces has begun at last.

We women who are informed about both home and battlefield...

...must protect the homefront!

Yes! Of course!

By the way, what's with your appearance!?

Why aren't you in Monpei?

Monpei - Women's work pants

We can't help but note the imprudent use of leisurely kimonos...

...still extends to this place!

Such things...

...are not fit for the defense of our homefront!

Ohara Western Clothing

Ahh...

Here Sensei, all done.

Eh?

Thank you.

They did tell us, "it's better to hurry and put these on."

"Such things aren't fit for the defense of the homefront!"

Damn!

I want to wring that old hag by her demon neck and rip her mask off!

Nee-chan!

Those aren't fit words for the shopkeeper of Ohara's Western Clothing store to use!

If Sensei would just put them on, they'd definitely become her favorite.

Look, Masa-chan.

This is a Western clothing store.

There's pride in wearing Western clothes in a Western clothing store, isn't there?!

Even if do have to, why do we have to wear such homely things for?!

For starters, the name "Monpei" itself turns my stomach...

I spat out...

...all the complaints I could think of...

In a complete about-face, I came to like Monpei.

These are fun.

We make Monpei

We'll order country defense clothing

At least we can put things on the inside, can't we?

The inside, right?

Yeah. Like this.

Let me show you.

Whaa!

I'm just keeping my fashionable side hidden.

I need to learn from you.

It's true.

I've gotten timid because of those "War Fellows."

Even during this war, we have to show our fashionable spirit.

Yeah. That's right, Ohara-san. You do your best!

Really! Yeah!

Hairdresser Yasuoka

Forgive us...

You're always doing this for us...

No. I get plenty from my customers.

No one has money these days, so they pay with things like this.

Give your Grandma my regards.

Yeah.

Ala?

What's happened with the perm machine?

Ah, I'm just covering it up a little.

Why?

Have you been told to turn it in?

We haven't been told that yet, but in any event, I can't use it.

That's true, but they should overlook people's stock-in-trade.

Both my sewing machine and irons are made from iron too, but I'll die before I let them be taken.

They are both stock-in-trade...

...but there's a bit of difference between a sewing machine and a perm machine.

Perms...

...face strong criticism against them.

Women in Western hairstyles are thought of as being the most useless of fools.

Well, such a thing...

Why did I have to buy that?

If I had only let a little more time pass before I did, it would have been better.

Now I'm just stuck with the monthly payments...

Still Ito-chan, about Kansuke-chan.

Eh?

He said that starting tomorrow he'd be working again at the Kashiya store.

Eh? Really?

He said, "I've caged myself up in this house long enough"...

...so Taizō-san suggested it to him.

Really?! Ah, thank goodness!

I see.

Murasame

Manjū

As I expected, Kansuke was still in a daze...

...but even so, unlike before, he was now sitting in the Kashiya store's storefront.

Like this, he looked far and away more vigorous than he had.

Confectionaries Murasame Manjū

Confectionery Shop

I felt he would become even happier and more cheerful, too.

So long, see you tomorrow.

Yeah, see you tomorrow.

Kansuke!

I was letting my thoughts rush far ahead of me.

It's cold, so can we go get some coffee? My treat.

No... that's okay.

Ah, no, no, no. It's like...

...I've been waiting to have some coffee with you.

Right?

Coffee Shop

Taiko

Summer of last year...

...Heikichi was sent to the front, too.

Hmm...

We saw him off, but it wasn't as flashy as it was when you left.

I guess yours was the flashiest of them all.

Yeah.

Ah, she's come!

Ah, it's been awhile, Ito-chan!

Do you remember Kansuke?

I do, I do remember him!

Say, it's been a long time!

Were you sent to the front? Looks like you returned safely!

You're now working at a munitions factory?

That's right. The dance hall closed long ago...

...so now all the dancers work in the factories.

Ahh...

Excuse me! Please give me a coffee.

Yes!

Kansuke?

Something the matter?

Kansuke?

Kansuke, are you okay?! Watch my child for a bit.

Kansuke!

Sensei?

Sensei!

Eh?

You've dropped all the udon noodles.

Ah...

Please use this.

What's the matter, Sensei?

You'd better take my place.

Here, Naoko. Your Dad'll feed you.

Someone's come.

Oba-chan... What's the matter?

What did you do to Kansuke?

Eh?

Ito-chan.

What did you do to Kansuke?

Has something happened to Kansuke?

He...

...tried to jump off the 2nd floor earlier.

Stop this!

Eh?

Ito-chan.

Would you never meet Kansuke again until doomsday?!

Why?

Look, Ito-chan.

Not everyone in this world...

...is as strong as you are.

They don't all prevail the way you do.

We're all much weaker than you.

We lose much more.

We don't have good things happen, but sad ones...

...making our portion miserable.

Yet even so...

...we just want to live and get by somehow in the end.

Can you even understand such feelings?

You have a good head for business...

...and your family is all healthy and wonderful!

You...

...couldn't understand us at all!

And here when he was finally able to go out and work...

Can you even imagine what's it like...

...when he's having a nervous breakdown?!

To Kansuke right now...

...your shamelessness is a poison!

Please...

Don't come around us anymore.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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