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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 69

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

Sawada Mishima Yuriko

Kioka Yasuo Uesugi Shōzō Ohara Shizuko \h Yagyū Miyu

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Masako Genkaku Yūko Kioka Miyo \h Iijima Junko Kioka Yasushi \h Tatano Hitoshi

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

Ohara Yūko Hanada Yusato Ohara Naoko\h Konoha Sachiko\h Takada Mai Tome\h Yoshizawa Shana

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

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

Ohara Western Clothing

Ah, G'morning!

Good morning!

Ah, Yamauchi-san!

Ah!

Thank you very much for your kōden the other day.

You don't have to say that.

More importantly, is your mother doing well?

Thank you. Thankfully, she is.

How is your Grandma doing?

Grandma, huh...

She's still not quite there yet.

Ah, my.

Tell her, "hurry and feel better," for me.

I'll tell her. Thank you very much.

I'll drop by the store again.

Yes, please do.

So long.

Having had a taste of what society was like...

...I now kept lowering my head.

And then...

Hey!

Yes?

What are you doing, staring off into space like that!

We had a customer just now. You should have lowered your heads, too, shouldn't you?

Ah... yes.

I'm sorry.

Here!

Yes.

Increasingly, I found myself griping about things.

I shouldn't have been worried that the rumors would affect business...

...for once I resumed the monpe classroom, the customers returned right away.

This is truly delicious. They're delicious boiled.

This one and this one and this, too. These are all tasty when pickled.

Very well.

Come on in!

Well, truly, thank you so much! Forgive me!

No.

I'll definitely bring money next time!

Please do. Please come in.

Even though we must live frugal lives, don't all of you enjoy dressing up a little?

That's why I thought I could teach you to make these "Fashionable Monpe."

Please everyone, be sure to remember this as you go home today.

Well then, let's begin!

Go ahead and take out your kimonos.

Excuse me!

Excuse us!

No...

Wait, wait.

These old ladies are a part of that "society."

I should really study what's good and what's bad in that world.

Thank you for your hard work!

Excuse me a moment.

What is it today?

The Imperial Support Association is warning against fashionable monpe!

At a time of emergency in this country...

...you should not be happily showing these rude persons...

...how to make show-off monpe!

At last, the Imperial Support Association...

...has issued this warning to the Ladies Association.

Decisive Battle! Making monpe that way is a waste!

"Making monpe that way is a waste!"

Ohara-san.

We have repeatedly preached to you to have the proper mental attitude towards the homefront.

In this current Japan...

...you have no free time to be excited about dressing fashionably!

You only seem to face those things unrelated to the war.

Have your sewing machine up for delivery.

I will come receive it tomorrow.

Soldiers at the front...

...are risking their lives in this battle!

Rather than having a sewing machine with no value or use to this place...

...it would be much happier if it was turned into bullets for guns.

Here! Distribute these handbills to the people in the back!

Yes!

This classroom is canceled! Go back home right away!

Please wait!

You should be the ones lowering your heads to my guests here!

You please leave!

Hurry and get yerselves outta here!

Thank you for your hard work.

"Hurry and get yerselves outta here!!"

Whaa!

That was the Boss...

That's just like our Itoko-neechan, right?!

That's true. Your sister learned some different ways.

She didn't learn from some amateur, did she?

I don't think so...

Well, I don't know.

But we don't know for sure, right?

Right?

That's true, but...

Will she really let the sewing machine be taken from the store...

That would be terrible...

Never...

Absolutely never.

I can't let this be taken away.

This is my treasured, treasured means of living.

It's what Dad sold off all his fabrics to buy for me.

Say, Dad...

What should I do?

Dad...

Tell me.

Say, tell me, Dad.

What should I do?

That's right!

Yūko, lets cut your hair.

Cut my hair?

Yeah.

Yes, yes, I had forgotten.

Grandpa's not here anymore, so it's okay to cut your hair.

Come on!

Yes, this way.

It's weird! I hate it! This is just weird!

It's not weird. It's cute.

Mom, why did you do this?

You definitely made it weird!

It's not weird. Just go and ask your aunts. Go on.

Say!

This is weird, isn't it?

Yū-chan, it's not weird at all!

Ehh... It's cute, isn't it?

Yeah! It's cute.

It looks good on you.

You really do look good like that.

Eh? What's the matter?

Say! It's weird, right?

It's not weird, Yū-chan.

It's very cute!

It's cute, it's cute!

Ala, ala, ala! It's cute! So adorable!

Yo!

Ala, Yū-chan! Did you get your hair cut?

That's cute!

It makes me look weird, doesn't it?

It's not weird. It's cute.

It's weird!

She's Zen-chan's granddaughter.

Oh, the daughter of the girl from the dressmaking shop?

That's right.

At the funeral the other day I told her that...

"If your dressmaking shop is going through some hardships..."

"...just tell me and I'll drop off some work for you."

But did I do something unnecessary?

It's not unnecessary.

Business is tough these days.

Dressmaking shops have it easier though.

Say.

Tell your Mom this.

What is it?

Hmm...

"The man from the military uniform store who bothered you the other day sends his regards."

Okay!

Hmm?

I'm home.

I'm home!

Like I thought, it does make your face pretty.

The man from the military uniform shop.

Huh?

He said, "I bothered you the other day."

Hmm...

The man from the military uniform shop, huh?

The man from the military uniform store is still next door?

Yeah.

That's just the help I need!

Good afternoon!

Ito-chan?!

Wha... what is it?

Uni...

Huh?

Uni...

Uniforms.

Huh?

Uniforms!

Huh?

Please let me make uniforms!

Huh?!

Uniforms!

Excuse me!

Excuse us!

Thank you for your hard work.

I've come to collect the sewing machine!

Starting today...

...we'll be using it to make uniforms for the troops.

Eh?!

It's a happy thing to be using a sewing machine for the sake of the country.

With such a small household as ours, I don't know if we can be of much use...

...but we will exert ourselves to the utmost.

Thank you for your hard work!

Please do your utmost!

Thank you for your hard work.

Dad...

...somehow we were able to save the sewing machine.

Dad, it was you who taught me... that I have to do things for myself.

Uniforms!

Huh?

Please let me make uniforms!

Uni... uniforms!

The man from the military uniform shop...

That's just the help I need!

Tell your Mom this.

It's weird!

It's cute!

Go ask your aunts.

This is definitely weird!

Yūko, let's cut your hair!

Cut my hair?

Like I thought... it was all Dad.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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