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I was truly serious when I entered college...

...even thinking, "I'm a genius"...

But when I met these three, I became a little uneasy.

Huh?

These three are really incredible.

Each of these three has something I don't have.

Genta-kun, too?

Genta's incredible. Look...

We draw designs like these in our classes, right?

The lines that Genta draws are incredibly pretty.

Just seeing those lines I think...

"Ah, I wish I could make clothes as well as this guy can."

Ah... Is that right?

That's right.

It must be fun...

All of you will become wonderful clothing makers.

Yeah.

It is...

We want to become that.

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 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

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

Matsuda Megumi Rokkaku Seiji

Masako Genkaku Yūko

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

Saitō Genta (photo) Kaku Tomohiro Yoshimura (photo)\h Doitaiji Ozawa (photo) \h Noda Nironari

So long, come again!

Yeah.

Ah, Chiyo-san!

Is Nao-chan okay?

Ah, thankfully.

It was just a cold...

A cold, a cold.

That's good to hear.

Right!

Ah, thank you.

Take it easy.

Yes. See you later...

After going to vist Naoko, who had a cold...

...Mom had returned safely from Tokyo.

Eh, you used all 5,000 yen?!

No way...

Yeah...

Why?!

What did you use the 5,000 yen for?

You didn't do any sightseeing, did you?

Well now...

One friend of hers after another dropped by for sympathy visits.

And so I just had to take them out to eat.

We had unagi and sushi...

...and whatever was in season...

You didn't have to feed the students like that.

Really?

For potatoes like them, all they need to eat is potatoes.

Yūko, Yūko.

It's a waste. Anything you say to her is a waste.

True.

Still...

...whenever I took them out, they were always thrilled.

Young people need to be nourished, right?

Hmm...

Good afternoon.

Ala, welcome!

It has been one month since Yūko began with the store.

Well, she was getting into the work here and there.

In fact, Yūko tended to open up a lot more with our younger customers.

I'm pregnant...

Is that right! Congratulations for that!

Thank you.

Please wait a moment.

Sensei!

Yes!

If you would please.

Yes.

Welcome! Good afternoon.

Our guest says she's pregnant.

Ah! Congratulations to you!

What month are you in?

Thank you. I'm in my fourth month.

Ehh...

And for this time around...

...she wants us to make a sack dress she can wear to her friend's wedding ceremony.

Ah... I see!

Well then, let's get her measured.

Yes.

This way, please.

Yes, thank you very much.

Thanks.

So long, thanks for your hard work.

So long, please call on us again.

Here you go.

Yūko.

Would you...

...like to try designing it?

Eh?

Could you make this sack dress?

Yes!

I can do it.

I have confidence.

Then go for it.

Yes!

How's it going?

I've gotten a lot done.

Can I see?

Don't worry.

I'll show them to you when they're done.

Anyhow, it was fine since she was so eager to do it all perfectly.

The customer said...

..."I want to be able to wear it after my childbirth is over and my stomach's returned to normal."

Yeah.

As long as her stomach is big she can wear this...

...but once it returns to normal she won't...

Look...

You're overthinking this.

Eh?

Our customer's stomach will get bigger as they get fat and then skinnier again.

You mustn't get in a fog overthinking about that.

Then, what's the best thing to do?

Try to understand the customer's feelings.

It's best to make it so that when they wear it next month...

...they'll be happy at how good it looks on them then.

Right now she may be thinking she'll want to wear it after giving birth...

...but by that time it may be that sack dresses will already be out of fashion.

Eh?!

But...

What is it?

If I go to all this trouble to make it and they only wear it once, I wouldn't like that!

I want them to wear it for a long time.

You're wrong for deciding that!

Good afternoon.

Ah! Welcome!

Welcome!

Ala...

Have you gotten thinner?

Yeah... that's right. My morning sickness has been terrible.

That's wrong.

Well, we're very sorry it's turned out that way.

We'll do the finishing, so come this way.

The customer had gotten thinner...

...and so Yūko's calculations had gotten too complex for her again.

Sensei!

I should do that.

I'm sorry. Just a minute please.

Look...

...just hurry up and finish it.

If her stomach starts getting in the way, it'll be messy!

Yeah.

Do you understand?!

Yeah!

I'm sorry.

If you would please.

Will she be okay?

Well... Well, well.

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

No.

Ala, ala...

Well... Well, well.

Do you need a little bulge here?

I guess...

Look, we'll put something soft here.

That would be nice.

Do you wear a belt?

Is this okay?

Yeah.

Look, this could be used, too.

Would white buttons do?

That would be nice.

White then.

White buttons...

Yes!

So long, thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Go ahead and put them on, please.

Ah!

Ah, eh?!

Are you okay?

Here.

Are you okay?

What should I do?

That free space over there!

For now we'll take her over to that free space.

Can you stand?

Are you okay?

Excuse me.

I'm really...

...really very sorry.

What are you apologizing for?

Eh?

It was due to my selfishness that I collapsed.

You were taking so long...

...because you were being courteous to me, right?

Thank you...

I am...

...truly very sorry.

Why are you crying?

Stop that!

Yes. I'm sorry.

I am truly very sorry.

Don't worry about it.

Pardon her for making you help her so.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Please take care.

Thank you.

Be careful. I'm sorry.

Whether it was good or bad for Yūko...

...that she had by chance been given a kind customer...

I felt it might have been better for her own sake...

...if it had been a harsher customer who would have wringed the oil out of her though...

Ah...

Thank goodness...

Thank goodness...

I'm very sorry.

Now, now.

You can't expect to become fully-fledged...

...all in one bound.

All of us make mistakes and we rise a little bit more by doing so. Right?

Yeah!

Yes, yes, yes.

Yes, hello, this is Ohara Western Clothing store.

Even the seamstresses...

...don't know anything at first, but they stretch and grow.

I made my share of mistakes at first but I turned out okay.

Okay?

Ala, Nao-chan! What's up?

Eh?

Eh? What's that?

Eh? What is it?

What's the matter with Naoko?

Seems Nao-chan's won some sort of incredible award!

To Be Continued

Week 20 "I Want To Protect You"

Carnation

End

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