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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 19 "Confidence" Episode 108

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

Ohara Satoko Yasuda Misako

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Matsuda Megumi Rokkaku Seiji

Kitamura Tatsuo Hosshan.

Yasuoka Tamae Hamada Mari

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

Yasuoka Yaeko Tamaru Maki Masako\h Genkaku Yūko

Saitō Genta Kaku Tomohiro Kioka Miyo \h Iijima Junko Kinomoto Setsuko \h Nishimura Ayako

Kajimura Satoru Uchida Shige

Celebration

Crown Prince's Wedding

Showa 34 (1959)

Recently, the first issue of the men's equivalent of "Women's World"...

..."Men's World," was launched.

Ivy Shirt

Ivy Jacket

What do you think? How about this Ivy?

Hey. Hey, Megumi-san.

Oi!

Huh?

What do you think of this?

Ah...

There are many beautiful boys out there these days, aren't there?

No, not that. Look at the clothes!

Clothes?

Ah.

Whatever a beautiful boy puts on, he looks good in them, doesn't he?

This isn't about whether they look good in them.

Is this okay for a man?

Huh?

What about it?

Well, shouldn't a man be...

...much more proper?

Men like this couldn't pull a danjiri!

You're an old-fashioned Oba, aren't you?

What was that!?

Ivy!

Huh?

It's Ivy!

That's what this era'll be.

Look around you.

In just a little while from now, every man around here will have the Ivy look.

Kitamura would say so, being a maker in the mushrooming trade of ready-made goods...

This is the home of Ivy

Home of Ivy

Ivy Jacket

...still anyhow, there has been a push for Ivy.

Ivy Sweater

Dressing up is fine.

Because we are born, it's okay to dress up.

Oi, are you yawning? Oi!

Have you been listening to me?!

I'm listening, I'm listening.

You're returning home to help your Mom with various things?

Celebration Crown Prince Wedding

That's great of you!

Yeah!

No! That's just a natural thing for a daughter to do!

No, no, no, it's good of you!

Right?

Yeah!

Yūko! Oi!

You've come back home!

Kitamura-san!

Oh!

Yūko was graduating from her Tokyo college...

...and would soon be coming back home to Kishiwada.

And dressed so nicely, too!

I made this myself!

Really!

Ehh! Jirō-chan's getting married, too?

That's true, thanks to all of you.

And the bride seems to be very pretty.

Eh! What kind of girl is she?

Didn't you bring a photo of her?

Ah, I forgot! I should have brought one.

Do bring it. I want to see this pretty girl!

Mom, by the way.

Around next week...

...a friend of mine from Tokyo says he'd like to drop by here for a visit. Is that okay?

Yeah...

Here.

My!

Oh!

That's one handsome man!

Let me see!

What a nice looking man!

Oh, so good-looking!

These four Oba-chans already knew full well what the meaning of this was.

He has a great Ivy Look! He has some good prospects!

I felt Kitamura was enthusiastic for him as well.

Even so, is this okay?

Eh?

If only one's coming, will we need to put out a futon?

The other day, Naoko brought along three boys with her.

Eh?

Huh?

The only one who understood what that meant was me.

Such a handsome man!

He's good looking!

Is it that you'd like to get married?

Yes.

Married! Married! Married!

Hey!

I was thinking I'd be fine with coming to Kishiwada.

I support Yūko-san succeeding to this store...

...and I think my parents will give me permission to marry into this family.

Ah.

Even so...

...what do you intend to do about work?

Yes, about that.

Would you be able to introduce me to some places using your connections?

Kajimura Satoru

Yeah.

I think for someone like me who doesn't know Ōsaka that well, it would be difficult otherwise.

Don't worry!

My Mom is known far and wide, so she'll be able to use her connections for you. Right?

No.

I won't do that.

Eh?

Huh?

Well...

...please don't even think of me doing that.

Ah.

When men of the family at last become adults and are increasingly out in society...

...they shouldn't be depending upon their wife's parent's connections.

Please think about what kind of work you want...

...and then search for and find a company on your own.

I think you'll have a variety of difficulties at first.

However, since such things will become an asset to you later...

...I wouldn't want an adopted son-in-law who couldn't attain that for himself.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry about it.

It's because...

...my mother really is obstinate.

It's okay.

You won't stay overnight?

I guess I should get a hotel room.

Because I'm not good at staying over with people.

I'll write a letter soon.

Yeah.

Say...

I love you.

Me, too.

It's fine for those in love to get married.

That's a relationship.

That's different though from a relationship in which the people are best suited for one another.

For better or worse...

...when the people involved can retrace the path they've cut for themselves...

...they will eventually come up with an answer for themselves.

And that's for the best.

Hey! Come down!

Get to work!

Look you.

You can't just go up to the second floor and do as you like...

You have a business to run!

I know that!

Good afternoon!

Welcome in!

Eh?

What was that?

Welcome "in"?

You just meant Welcome!

Hello there, welcome!

Ah.

I'm sorry. This is my daughter.

Ah! I see.

She's just gotten back from Tokyo, so the way she talks is a little strange.

It startled me! I thought I'd walked into a different store!

What can we do for you today?

I thought I'd get some summer clothes today.

Summer clothes? Sure.

In the end, Yūko graduated top of her class.

Although there was talk from the school about her becoming a lecturer there...

...as promised, she came back home to Kishiwada.

Maybe I've gotten fat.

No way!

It was fine for her to be irritated...

...but she needed to study.

Yū-chan.

Could you take a quick look at this?

Yes.

The numbers are all lined up here.

It's me! Coming in!

Thank you!

Naoko!

Grandma!

Ala, my!

Are you okay?

Ah!

I'm not okay!

Do you have a fever? A cough?

Grandma!

There, there!

It'll be okay. I'm here.

Is the taste too thin?

No, it's great!

Really? That's good.

Yes.

It's okay for you not to force yourself to eat it.

I'm not forcing myself. It's delicious.

Yeah.

Ala?

Where is it that you can make a phone call from here?

Ah, the landlord has one at his place.

I see. Look, I'll call your Mom later.

They're all really worried about you!

Your fever hadn't gone down, even after a week.

I'm sorry.

It's a long ways for you to come from Kishiwada.

It was far...

...but I'm glad I came.

Just seeing your face...

...I'm relieved.

Ah...

...this room is kind of like a Kōbe treasure box.

A Kōbe treasure box?

It was a box we used to get a long time ago.

What kind of box was it?

Your Kōbe great-grandmother...

...would send presents to Itoko and the rest...

...from time to time.

If she were alive...

...she'd have given all sorts of things to you guys, too.

Anyway, she was a person who loved giving away presents.

It's too bad she isn't.

That's true.

But I...

Huh?

Having you as my Grandma is plenty for me.

Really?

Yeah.

I'm so happy.

Grandma.

Huh?

Live a long time.

Umm.

Leave it to me.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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