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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 71

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

Yoshida Natsu Kuriyama Chiaki

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Sawada Mishima Yuriko Yasuoka Yaeko \h Tamaru Maki

Ohara Shizuko Yagyū Miyu Masako\h Genkaku Yūko

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

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Ohara Yūko Hanada Yusato Ohara Naoko\h Konoha 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

Showa 19 (1944) April

In April of Showa 19...

...a funeral line for the second son...

...of the Dai-nippon Women's Association's Branch Chief passed by.

Namuamidabutsu I sincerely believe in Amitabha

Since that spring, Yaeko-san was working with us as well.

In the end, the Yasuoka hairstyling shop had had to turn in its perm machine...

...so the store had to close.

Shizu-chan.

Thank you.

That's true, but I'm troubled, too.

Tarō is saying that he'd like to go and join the Navy.

Tarō is?

Yes.

These days, Army and Naval men have been coming to the middle school...

...and enthusiastically encouraging them to join.

Ah... is that right?

To those children, the soldiers have the same sort of cool to them...

...that the Carpenters who pulled the danjiri did.

That's true, isn't it?

You don't know this...

...but long ago my Dad was a Carpenter, and was so cool, too.

Eh?!

Ah... That was true, right?!

I remember that!

Taizō-niichan was really cool as one!

I wish I could have seen that, too!

Sato-chan, I'd better check your diaper. Out of the way, out of the way!

That's true, but I really thought I could be like Taizō-niichan and the other Carpenters, too.

You thought you could become a Carpenter?

That's right.

By becoming a Carpenter's wife?

That's not what I was thinking.

How like our Sensei.

There was a girl who was eager to become one's wife, though.

I wonder how she's doing?

So wondering, the phone rang.

Business Closed

It's closed?

You were told, weren't you?

Business Closed

Ah.

Why would I know?

Since last month, Tokyo ordered all stores like restaurants and cafés...

Business Closed

...to be closed.

Ah, the newspapers had mentioned that.

That flow has come down now even to Osaka.

Then, where should we go?

What is it?

No, nothing.

This is the room where I had my wedding, huh?

That's right.

You don't have any business?

Yeah.

I see.

Could you...

Huh?

Could you buy my restaurant?

Huh?

This building and the land...

...could you buy them?

For how much?

10,000 yen.

Huh?

Where would I get that kind of money?!

Such a poor person.

Sorry about that.

Rather than...

...talking to someone like me...

...you should take that to a more appropriate partner.

There are other, richer, people, aren't there?

Like the Shingūji-sans.

I did take it to them.

They turned me down.

I took it to everyone I know who has any money...

...and they all turned me down.

No one can afford it anymore.

Without that 10,000 yen...

...you'll lose it.

It's all for...

...the store's debt.

Eh?!

10,000 yen of debt?

That's right.

How...

...did you manage to get 10,000 yen in debt?

It couldn't be helped.

The prices for supplies kept going up...

...and customers kept saying they were sorry, but couldn't pay.

No matter how hard I tried, it just got worse.

It's not my fault.

Fo... fool!

Having the smarts to make ends meet is a Proprietress's job!

What's with that "it's not my fault?!"

You...

What have you been doing?

Why didn't you come reconcile with me before this?

10,000 yen...

10,000 yen...

Geez...

It's too late to be telling me this now!

I'd like to save you, but I really can't save you!

I didn't say anything about "saving" me!

Did I say even one word of that?

Of asking you to save me.

No...

But from the start, it was you who called me to have this talk.

It was only to talk about business.

If you don't want to buy it because you don't have the money, then not buying it is fine!

Why do I have to be preached to by the likes of you!?

Because...

...I don't have the money, I can't buy this store.

I see.

Well then...

...leave.

I think she must be a fool.

Getting herself 10,000 yen in debt.

That's true, but while she may be a fool, I do feel sorry for her.

Her father died early, her husband ran off on her...

...and her mother's health is weak again, isn't it?

I didn't know that.

Nat-chan...

...without depending on anyone, was trying to protect that restaurant all by herself.

That's true, but...

Why couldn't she just have asked for help?

Yeah.

That's the regrettable thing.

That's...

...how Nat-chan is, huh?

Grandma?

Yeah, we're fine.

Look...

...would you want a restaurant, Grandma?

I took it up with my Kobe Grandma.

Well, it's a really nice restaurant.

It also has a huge garden...

But she said she didn't want a restaurant just now.

Take yellowjacket hornets, their larvae and pupa and boil them in soy sauce.

Take diving beetles, remove the wings, legs and head...

...and roast only the body in soy sauce.

And everywhere...

...hunger was a way of life.

So there just wasn't any need for a restaurant.

Is there anything I can do to help her?

Masa-chan.

Yes?

You know...

There's something I want to discuss with you.

We're not buying a restaurant.

How did you know?

I heard it from Yaeko-san.

No...

...well, even I don't think we could buy a restaurant at a time like this.

I wasn't going to ask for that, but...

Could we hire one new seamstress?

Impossible.

That'd be impossible!

We just added Yaeko-san here recently, so we already have way, way too many!

Forgive me.

Sensei, it's impossible!

Sensei, wait! Sensei, don't you understand?

There was just no way I could abandon that fool.

Yoshida-ya Restaurant

You too, huh?

Eh?

How much did you lend her?

Huh?

She's run off.

Run off?

What? You came not knowing that?

That Proprietress and her mother done cleared out.

They left behind their kimonos and furniture...

...but the store and the land seem to have been bought by a munitions factory.

They'll turn it into a dormitory for the factory.

How much?

Huh?

How much did she sell it for?

Ah. That I don't know.

Well, they probably haggled it down pretty good. That's the times.

Even so, this hurts.

She shirked 500 yen outta me.

She done run off?

Yeah.

The insides are empty.

Damn it.

Think she's still in the area?

She had her dried-up old mother with her, right?

If they're together, she may not have gotten far!

You idiot!

Eh?

Idiot! You fool!

What are you doing?

You fool!

This here's the army's now! Don't go breakin' it!

Idiot!

What'll you do if you run away?!

What'll you do!?

I understand how you feel, but stop this!

What are you gonna do?!

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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Flower Patterned One-piece Dress (Showa 16 (1941) Hokkaido-otaru)