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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 10 "Secret" Episode 60

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

Ohara Masaru Sugura Tarō

Sawada Mishima Yuriko

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Ohara Shizuko Yagyū Miyu Masako\h Genkaku Yūko Kinomoto Setsuko \h Nishimura Ayako

Ohara Kyoko Sakaguchi Azusa Ohara Mitsuko \h Sugioka Shiori Rin\h Ootani Mio

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

At the end of Showa 17...

昭和１７年（１９４２） １２月末 - Showa 17 (1942) End of December

...my Dad set out to visit the Umaba's 37th Regiment.

Brr, it's cold!

But, in the end...

...he was told that having a meeting with Masaru-san wouldn't be permitted.

They wouldn't even let me see him.

Damn.

For pete's sake, the military's not a place with any emotions.

Cold!

Ah, Yū-chan!

Grandpa's back! I have a gift for you!

Welcome home, Grandpa!

Eat up, eat up.

Looks delicious.

There's one more daikon there.

Yeah.

It's a small one though.

Yeah.

Listen. When you take them, go around to the back of their houses.

Don't try to attract any attention.

Yes.

Yes.

Here.

Quietly.

Good afternoon!

Ah...

Dear.

Dear!

Yes, I'm sorry.

It's Ito-chan.

Ah!

Ito-chan. What's up? Huh? What is it?

Here.

Huh? What is it?

My Seibo.

Seibo - presents made at the end of the year

I was under your care this year.

Whaa... This is a help. Thank you so much!

You should be able to put them in your Onishime and Zōni and greet the New Year's nicely.

Onishime - vegetables such as taros, carrots, konnyaku, etc. cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water Zoni - New Year's dishes of rice cakes cooked with vegetables

Thank you. Set-chan, with these...

Have you gotten anything interesting in?

Nothing at all.

We'll have to take it all in for the metal.

Ah!

Do you need a flashlight?

It could come in handy during some crucial moment!

Don't need that. That's not the least bit interesting.

You're right; it's not interesting.

Enough already.

So long, Happy New Year!

Oh! Happy New Year. Thank you!

Ito-chan! Ito-chan!

What is it?

Here.

A pocket warmer.

Put oil in here and then light it. Use it.

Are you sure?

You're always doing things for us.

Thank you.

It's been really cold...

...so I'm very happy!

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

Even so, at least for this long-awaited New Year...

...I'd like to have some new underwear.

Of course!

Having new underwear will bring you an entirely different feeling.

Here!

Thank you.

So long; I'll come again!

Thank you.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

Ah, Happy New Year...

Happy New Year.

I have returned.

Ah...

Did you make sure to give the Yasuoka Hairstylist store their share?

Yes, I did.

Did they accept it?

Yes, just like this.

Seamstress Rin

Who did you give it to?

A woman. Very tall.

Yaeko-san, huh?

She said to tell Sensei, "Thank her sincerely for us."

Were there any men there?

Men?

One the same age as me and with a pale face...

Dunno. Didn't see one.

I see...

Only the tall woman and an Oba-san.

The Oba-san didn't talk to me.

Thank goodness.

That was a bit of relief.

Ohara Western Clothing

Showa 18 (1943) January

To ring in the New Year...

... we had to eat Zōni, didn't we?

We also cooked Onishime and Kinton...

Kinton - mashed sweet potatoes

...and all sorts of foods with vegetables in them.

There. Yes, eat up.

Sensei.

Okay, Itadakimasu!

Itadakimasu!

Delicious, isn't it?

I wonder if he's eating mochi...

Masaru-san?

Yeah.

Well, he'll be fighting hard from here on out...

...wouldn't they be feeding him Zōni now?

Hmpf.

Look you...

...the military isn't as easy-going as that.

Ohara Western Clothing

Thank you.

As the new year broke, increasingly strict regulations...

...were put on electricity and gas.

Grandpa, what's that?

This...

...is a body warmer...

Rather than having us scattered between two houses...

...having us all in one house would economize.

So Dad and the rest came to sleep at my home.

Well, since they could also do the baby-sitting...

...that was a big convenience for me.

Now this is dangerous.

Yū-chan, you definitely mustn't touch it.

Yes!

I won't touch it!

There!

Yo! Ito-chan.

Ah, welcome.

Ah.

Dad, it's Kinomoto-san.

No, well...

I came to talk to Ito-chan.

Eh?

What's going on?

Tomorrow...

Masaru-kun is being sent to the continent.

I had an "anyhow, my husband had an affair," kind of feeling.

Still, I also had the feeling of, "that's true, but he never once complained..."

"...or neglected either the family or work."

And, "he was a kind person," was in there too.

And, "no, I was just someone convenient to him so he could play around."

"But, he isn't a mean person."

Throughout the day, my head spun 'round and 'round between those thoughts...

I was sad and worried about him being sent to the front...

..."but that's not the point" was the other thing spinning around inside me.

But I couldn't go so far as to say his intentions were bad, either...

Excuse us!

Yes.

Hello...

Ohara-san.

I truly wanted to congratulate your husband for being sent to the front this time around!

Congratulations!

Thank you very much.

And, um, it's about your husband.

Yes.

He had his men's apparel shop on the second floor, didn't he?

I also heard that he had his own sewing machine.

Ah, that's right.

It could be said that...

...that sewing machine isn't being used, couldn't it?

Ah...

No, it's in use. I need it.

I can't turn that in.

Ohara-san.

Our country is currently in an emergency.

I know that.

Having two sewing machines may be useful.

But, you should be able to manage with just one.

Your husband was originally the only one who used it, wasn't he?

That's true...

...but when he returns from the war...

...my husband wouldn't be able to work!

You can't just selfishly ask me to turn it in!

Huh?

"When he returns?"

Ohara-san.

Are you still facing this holy crusade with such a lowly consciousness?!

Huh?

Don't you have even the slightest degree...

...of a Japanese wife's wish to push their husband forward bravely...

...until they return as ashes?!

Your husband's worth is the use he gives his country until he dies!

What?!

What the hell...!?

What is this? Hey!

Now, now, now, now...

We can hear what you have to say later; so for today...

Thank you for your hard work!

So long, thank you. Excuse us!

We'll be going.

Damn...!

What "value" is there in being dead?!

I was so vexed that I couldn't sleep.

Dear, are you still awake?

Yeah.

Somehow... I can't close my eyes.

Aren't you cold?

Yeah.

His large back.

His smiling, chatty face.

His heart.

All those things in his frame were what made up his value.

To only have him be burned up like a piece of coal...

Why on earth would Japan want that?

Just what is war?

Ah, I mustn't.

I mustn't think that way.

Sleep, sleep!

Anyhow, my husband was having an affair.

An affair. Affair...

What's that?

What's going on?!

What's happening?!

Kyaa! Dear!

Zensaku, are you okay?!

Dad! Dad!

To Be Continued

Week 11 "Fervent Wish"

Carnation

End

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