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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 18 "Rival" Episode 99

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

Ohara Yūko Niiyama Chiharu

Ohara Naoko Kawasaki Asami

Matsuda Megumi Rokkaku Seiji

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Yasuoka Tamae Hamada Mari

Yasuoka Yaeko Tamaru Maki Masako\h Genkaku Yūko

Ohara Satoko Murasaki Māya Yoshida Natsu (photo)\h Kuriyama Chiaki

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

Kioka Miyo Iijima Junko Yoshikawa Masayo \h Kuno Asako

Showa 29 (1954) December

Good morning.

So that I wouldn't sleep in too much...

...since the start of this year I would...

...promptly open my eyes at 6 am every day.

Wake up! It's morning!

Hey!

Hurry and get up!

I said it's morning!

Here!

Here!

Ahh!

Feels good!

Hey!

You guys are bugs!

Here, here!

You bugs!

Get out!

Bugs! Bugs!

Bugs!

Hey, you bugs! Really!

Each and every morning you do the same irresponsible things!

These three sisters all had the same bad habit of not being able to wake up.

Eldest Daughter Ohara Yūko

Second Daughter Ohara Naoko

The way they ate their breakfast was wonderful though.

Third Daughter Ohara Satoko

Grandma, please give me seconds!

Hmm.

Me, too!

Yes, yes!

Give me a little extra!

Me, too!

Sato-chan, put on some socks.

Huh?

Your Mom'll get angry again.

Umm.

So long; thanks for breakfast!

Yeah.

I'll be counting on you again today.

Yes.

Counting on you.

Mom!

Huh?

Yoshikawa-sensei is coming today.

Yoshikawa-sensei? What for?

What are you saying?!

My drawing teacher is coming at 3pm today to have some clothes made.

Ah... Ah, ah... You did mention that.

Remember these things!

Don't be rude to her!

Ah... Masa-chan, remember that.

Ah...

3 pm?

3 pm...

Remember it!

So long, I'm going!

Have a nice day!

I'm going!

I'm off!

Have a nice day!

I'm going!

Satoko, you haven't put your socks on!

Hmm, I don't need those!

In this cold, you'll catch cold. Here, here!

I don't want 'em! They're hot!

G'morning.

G'morning.

Geez!

Good morning.

G'morning!

Um... Sato-chan's going barefoot again...

Let her. She's like a monkey anyway.

A monkey?

Spicy!

Yūko-chan is truly excellent and you should be looking forward to her future prospects as well.

That's good...

If Sensei says so, I'm happy, but the truth is, I'm not counting on anything from them.

Well, is that right?

42.

Yes.

All three of my daughters have said, "I'll die before taking over this dressmaking store"...

...and they insistently say that while giving me dirty looks.

Ah!

136.

Come this way!

Well, I think it's fine that Yūko keeps moving forward in doing the paintings she loves.

That's true.

Still, well, the path to painting is an extremely steep one.

I think to really support yourself through painting...

...it can't be done through the soft application of your talents or energies.

Ma'am?

Ah... I'm sorry.

Well... That's true, isn't it?

Eh?

Well, you're right.

It's obvious...

...that it would be intense.

The path of an artist would be far steeper...

...than that for a dressmaking shop.

Is my daughter...

...truly resolved to climb up that?

Ma'am.

May I be honest?

Yes.

As she is now, Yūko-chan does not have the resolve to get there yet.

Eh?

She wants to go to art school in Tokyo.

The feelings she has for that are strong...

...but I don't think it's enough so that she will be able to support herself from it.

Ah...

Oh, oh, oh...

I'm home!

Welcome back!

Mom!

Did Yoshikawa-sensei come today?

Come with me for a bit.

Eh?

Never mind; just come.

Look, you.

Do you really want to go to an art school?

Yeah.

Why do you want to go?

"Why?"

Because I love painting.

I briefly tried out piano and calligraphy...

...but I guess ever since I won first prize for my drawing...

...I feel that's where my talent is.

Do you seriously have...

...the resolve to become a painter?

Eh?

I understand you're trying to become a real painter...

...but it's not that simple a thing.

Until you've become truly recognized...

...you have to resolve yourself for incredible poverty and hardships.

Well...

...while it would be best if you were recognized while still alive...

...there are many who aren't recognized until after they're dead.

Do you...

...really have the sort of resolve that you can want to be accepted to art school?

Eh...

Well?

That's...

That's not something I can say so suddenly.

No!

Eh?

No!

Eh?!

You cannot go to art school!

Why?

Why are you saying this out of the blue?!

Why?

Think about that for yourself!

Why?

Why...

Eh... Why?

I'm home!

Welcome back!

Satoko.

What happened?

Eh? I have no idea.

Don't cry!

Look, eat your onigiri.

Why did she say that so suddenly for?

I've been studying with all my might...

...just so I could to go art school in Tokyo!

Never mind that and eat.

You'll make yourself far sadder when you get hungry.

Your Mom...

She has a Mom's logic.

I don't know about that...

...but that logic's all messed up!

I don't know what Yoshikawa-sensei told her today...

...about all the courses I've been interested in up until now...

...but to have her suddenly tell me "You can't go to art school!"

That's terrible!

Don't cry.

It's best not to cry.

If you want to go...

...you should go.

Grandma will let you go.

Really?

Umm.

Umm. Thank you!

Yamaue-san will come at 4pm.

Yamaue-san, yes.

I'll make her a one-piece dress.

Ah, it should be ready on the 16th around 7...

From that day, Yūko wouldn't speak to me anymore.

Ala, Yū-chan, get going!

I'm off...

What's up?

Nothing!

Ehh! Wait, wait! What is it, what is it?

You can discuss anything with your Oba-chan here.

Yasuoka Beauty Salon

Good afternoon!

Ala, welcome!

Welcome!

Here. I'm sharing these.

My... These are splendid apples!

Kitamura-san sent me some again.

"Kitamura-san"? That Kitamura-san?

Yeah.

Ah, I only met him the once...

...but well, he didn't seem like such a generous man.

He just has too much time on his hands.

Mother!

Ito-chan's brought apples!

Ala, ahh...! Thank you as always.

Ah, Ito-chan!

Ala, Yōsuke!

Yes, it's Ito-chan!

I'm Ito-chan! You're so cute!

Tarō's Eldest Son Yasuoka Yōsuke

Oba-chan. Have you gotten over your cold?

Ah, thanks to you. I'm completely over it.

Really?

Yū-chan came over.

Was it last week Friday?

Ah...

It's because I yelled at her, right? "Mom's a demon."

I guess.

That girl's been saying things like that here and there.

It's really a pain.

Wherever I go I get preached at...

..."Let Yū-chan go to art school."

Even so, you really aren't going to let her go?

I didn't say I wouldn't let her go.

I just said she couldn't go as long as she can't tell me she's truly serious about taking art school.

Isn't that something different?

A little different.

If she really does want to go...

...she should listen to what I say about not going.

You're a scary Mom, aren't you?

Ah, welcome back!

I'm home.

Welcome back.

Mom.

Huh?

Even until I die, I won't succeed you at this store!

Huh?

No one was taking about that, were they?

Still a ways to go...

You still have a ways to go yet.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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