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The war...

...is over.

It's over.

It's over!

Still...

...it would best if you didn't dress like that.

Eh?

American troops will be coming. With nothing but women here...

...I don't know what might happen.

Ah... scary.

The order was handed down from above not to irritate the American troops!

Make sure you obey that!

I'll come arrest you otherwise!

American troops can come or anyone else can come!

Heiwa Fansubs Presents...

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 14 "A Bright Future" Episode 77

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

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

Sae Kurotani Tomoka

Hase Yasuko Nakamura Mitsuko

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Kioka Yasuo Uesugi Shōzō Ohara Shizuko \h Yagyū Miyu

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

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

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

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

We're off!

We're off!

Get going.

Showa 20 (1945) October

It's the Occupation Army!

The guys with the Occupation Army are coming!

This is awful! Let's go!

Turn off the radio! Shut the kitchen!

Close all the windows as well!

This is what you call a Shopping Street.

None of the shops are open.

Did we miss a turn?

I dunno.

No, but this is a Shopping Street.

There's not a soul here, man.

Guess it's a ghost town.

No way. No way.

You see anything?

Nope.

Do you see anything?

Let's try this one.

Ah...

Hey, I heard a baby cry!

Whoa! Uh, I guess there are some people living here.

Hey, hello!

Hello!

Anyone? Anyone in there?

No response.

Hmm. That's too bad.

Oh, better go home.

Yeah, this sucks.

All I wanted was some Japanese postcards.

Yeah.

Are they going?

They're going, they're going.

Naoko, you idiot!

Idiot! Idiot!

Naoko, you idiot!

Yūko, you idiot!

Yūko! Naoko!

Sensei!

Naoko, you idiot!

Yūko, you idiot!

Wait!

Let me go! Let me go!

Don't be hasty! Don't be hasty!

Yah! Yah!

Whoa there!

Yūko, you idiot!

Naoko, you idiot!

It's different if the children die!

Yūko! Naoko!

Let them go! Let them go!

Say, Mom.

Naoko made this owie on me! Look!

Don't know you.

Look!

A geta.

Geta!

Geeta?

That's right! A geta. Japanese shoes. Yes, shoes for your feet...

Shoes, yes!

The coming of the Occupation Army...

...wasn't anywhere near as scary as they had said...

Samurai? Oh, Samurai!

Samurai?

Um, Samurai would wear them...

Thief!

Is this cow?

Cow meat?

Ahh! Thank you!

Ōkini!

Ito-chan, Ito-chan! This is cow.

It's cow.

Oh!

And this is a coffeepot.

The Americans had brought rare things with them...

...and used them to buy Japanese things. We were very thankful for these people.

And... will this do?

No, no, that's absurd.

Eh?

These are brand-new articles?!

Brand-new?

Really?

I did my shopping by bartering in the black market.

This much.

Don't be ridiculous!

Ah, wait, wait!

There still wasn't enough finished goods in this world...

So even the leftovers meant for military stores could bring in a decent price.

Now there was real money to be had.

We're back!

We're back!

Welcome back! Good work!

By going around to one factory after another and taking in left-over government fabrics for sale...

...we finished up every last piece into something wearable.

Good afternoon.

Ito-chan!

Sae...

Ah... You made it through safely?!

I'm safe, I'm safe!

Thank goodness, Ito-chan's fine, too.

And you really have your store going!

But as well...

Sae had lost various people, including her younger brother as well as an uncle.

It must have been tough for you...

Yeah...

But Ito-chan, you too...

Well...

We're the same.

Still...

I think you'll be back...

...at making Western clothes again in no time.

Ah... I still have a long ways to go for that.

Eh...

Why?

That's... People aren't dressing fashionably again yet.

They all spend each and every day wondering where to get their next meal from.

What are you talking about?!

That has nothing to do with it!

Really?

Isn't that obvious?!

To come here and be able to get a smart looking skirt...

...I think they'd go without buying food for three days for that!

Eh?!

Why?

"Why..."?

Ito-chan.

You might be good at business...

...but you're lost when it comes to a woman's heart.

What do you mean?

Haven't you looked around town?

They're increasing, aren't they?

What is?

Men.

Men?!

The war's finally over...

...and the young men are starting to come back.

In addition to them, American soldiers are also walking around the neighborhoods.

Even now I can hear the increasing cries for fashionable things to wear!

Ah...

Just the other day...

...the Goken-cho danjiri was pulled, wasn't it?

Yeah. We pulled it.

And in the end, in this and other towns, the police were threatening the men into not pulling them.

It's the same for us!

Having nothing...

...and with eyes tired from thinking about losing the war.

Exhausted...

...and sad and regretful at all the death.

Just like the men who can't pull the danjiri...

...it's no good when women can't get all dressed up.

After that, I walked around searching for some...

...but there just wasn't any Western fabric to be had anywhere yet.

What is it, Nee-chan?

Good afternoon.

Yes?

Ah... Still no Western-style clothes available?

Ah... Well, we'll be putting out some before too long.

Ah, I see.

So long; I'll come again.

Ah, forgive us! We'll have some really soon!

Really soon, so please come again!

Enough!

For now, we'll make do with this!

The blouse was made from fabric used for the long underpants...

...and the skirt from the fabric for uniforms.

While it was still a long ways from something that could called "fashionable," even so...

Eh?!

Is that for sale? Is this for sale?!

Yeah...

Can I have that? I'll take it!

Me, too! I'll take one, too!

Wai... Wait just a moment.

It was true.

What Sae had said was right.

Ohara-san.

Ohara-san!

Yes?

I've made an order, so counting on you.

Please hurry and make it.

Thank you! I'll do my best!

Nagatani-san's three sons had been sent off to the front...

I wondered what had happened to those sons...

Ah... I want to sew!

I want to sew some really good clothes for these people to wear.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

Stylishly Dressed Photo Gallery

Commemorative Photo with Homemade Blouses (Tokyo, in Ikebukuro)