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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 12 "Fading Hope" Episode 68

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 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

Ohara Shizuko Yagyū Miyu Masako\h Genkaku Yūko

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

Kinomoto Setsuko Nishimura Ayako Ohara Yūko \h Hanada Yusato Ohara Naoko\h Konoha

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Rin Ootani Mio Sachiko\h Takada Mai Tome\h Yoshizawa Shana

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 (Photo) Kobayashi Kaoru

Ah...

Dad's not here anymore, is he?

Itoko-neechan.

Huh? What is it?

It's about breakfast...

Huh?

What about the rice!?

Seems those Oba-chans from the Neighborhood Association used it all up.

Well, there was all those guests who came for the wake and funeral.

I see...

Take the remaining rice and make rice porridge.

Then split it among everyone.

Yes.

Ah, what'll I do?

Didn't you know that, Sensei?

That's what happens at a funeral.

Setting up an altar and calling in a priest doesn't come for free, you know.

Feeding the guests and giving them drinks, that takes a lot of money.

These days, you just finish these things by walking around to everyone.

That's true, but...

This is why Shizu-chan was so worried about money.

And then Sensei had to cut her with caustic words like...

"Now's not the time to be worried about money, is it?"

I know that, but...

Sensei.

Huh?

You're opening the store as of today.

Eh?

No, I couldn't...

There's no "no" about it!

No!

We won't open until after the Shonanoka.

Shonanoka - memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death

Then you're saying we won't have any meals until after the Shonanoka?

Well...

Well...

...for now we have the Kōden.

Koden - funeral condolence gifts

We have plenty of Kōden. We can use this to buy what we need.

That's true Sensei, but nowadays money's all but no good.

Places like the fishmonger or grocer don't have food to sell anyhow.

We won't know that until we check, will we!? Maybe today we can get some!

Sachi-chan! Tome-chan!

Yes!

Go out and do the shopping.

Yes!

This is porridge?

That's right.

Where's the rice?

This is just hot water.

We only have just a little rice.

I wonder if all our meals will be like this from now on?

Even so, porridge should be just right for you, Grandma.

Are you up, Grandma?

I'm up.

I see.

But, I'm not getting up.

Huh?

I don't want to eat porridge.

There's nothing good about...

...living longer than my own son.

Hey! Don't open that!

Boredom shortens your life.

It's cold!

Are you trying to kill me?!

Your one strong point is your longevity!

In such a good season as May...

Well, there wasn't anything decent about it.

We're back.

We're back.

What is it?

Like I thought, you couldn't buy anything.

Hey, what's happened?

"We won't sell to you?" What do you mean?

They told us...

..."We won't sell to either Ohara or their seamstresses."

Why not?

They were told, "you guys deal in the black-market."

Huh? Black-market?

Why would we deal with the black-market?

Who knows.

Sensei...

...this is an occasion to make things clear.

Sensei, are you dealing in the black-market?

I'm not!

I'm really not!

Dealing with the black-market? Do I, who work from morning till night, look like such a fool?!

If you think I'm dealing with the black-market...

...then you can just hurry on back to your homes in the country.

Why, even for the sake of feeding you guys, would I commit a crime like that!?

Ah, I'm sorry.

In the end, I couldn't wait for the mourning period to end...

...and so I opened the store.

I couldn't stand still while such strange rumors were going around.

Even one day sooner, I had to get rid of that misunderstanding.

Traitor

Maybe I was getting...

...a taste for what society was really like.

Bang!

The more I thought about it, the more and more I became afraid.

You'll see the entrance to the market on the right hand side just after you cross this bridge.

For the time being, I had them shop in the markets of a neighboring town.

So long, we're off.

So long, we're off.

Get going! Be careful!

Yes!

We're off!

Um...

Huh?

I don't want to say this...

...but wasn't it those Neighborhood Association Oba-chans?

About what?

They're the ones saying we're in the black-market.

I think so, too.

You shouldn't be saying such messed-up things.

We were under their care during the funeral...

That's true, but from those Oba-chans...

What is it?

They said, "It's strange that they have so much food like this."

I heard this, too.

"They don't have such things at the rationing centers."

No.

No.

I...

Because we had so much...

...I just felt reserved about going there!

Don't get angry with me!

I'm just telling you what they said!

Hey!

I just got some flour!

Flour!

And then add the mizu.

Just like our Grandma, huh?

Like I thought, being old is great.

I wish we had thought of this.

Yeah.

It's true I was reserved about going to the rationing center.

But...

...on second thought, that was wrong.

I was being obstinate, as well.

I thought of myself as being special...

...for not having to line up like other people.

I was thinking I was the only resourceful one.

What a fool I am...

Good afternoon.

Ah.

Thanks to you...

...the funeral went well.

Truly, thank you.

You've already opened the store?

Yeah.

I thought this was the best way.

Hmm...

I wondered if this Oba-chan was saying I was in the black-market, too?

That's right.

Um...

Tomorrow's the rationing for vegetables.

Thank you. I'll take a turn.

Yeah.

Um...

Eh?

Come with me.

Ito-chan, let's go together.

Ito-chan, your place here doesn't need food so you may not need to go...

...but there are delicious things at the rationing center.

Okay?

You don't want to go?

Thank you.

I'll go...

Let's go.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for inviting me.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Itadakimasu!

Hot!

Delicious!

Yeah, it's delicious!

The round dumplings are mine.

I'm the one who bought the vegetables.

Tasty! Tastes good!

Hey! Who did this one?

You're right!

It wasn't me!

Who was it?

Who could it be?

Who was it?

Wasn't it you, Mom?

I don't know!

What's that?!

Delicious, isn't it?

Traitor

Ito-chan!

Ah!

G'morning.

G'morning!

Just a minute.

Let's go!

It wouldn't be that simple to clear up the doubts...

...just by doing a complete about face.

Ala, Ito-chan?

Going to the rationing center?

Yeah.

I see.

Okay!

Then, I'll come with you!

Yeah!

Still, I would manage.

These people who believed in me were the treasures my Dad had left behind.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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