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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 22 "Youth Without Regret" Episode 123

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 Satoko Yasuda Misako

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

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 Yasuoka Yaeko\h Tamaru Maki

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

Masako Genkaku Yūko Suo Ryūichi (flashback)\h Ayano Gou

Miura Heizō Kondō Masaomi

They're dead.

Eh? Who is?

Dead.

Like I said, who is it? Who is it that's died?

This person who had died...

...I found out who it was one week later.

That's what happened to me.

I was harshly told that at first as well.

Really?

Yeah.

"Shinsaibashi is the Bridge of Worries."

Shinsaibashi = "Shinsai Bridge"; Shinpaibashi = "Bridge of Worries"

"This is a harsh town and while I don't know what you hicks from Kishiwada are like..."

"...but you'd better give it your best effort!" they told me.

Well... That'd piss me off!

Right?

I can't forget that man's face even now.

Well, even so, as parents we should be telling them what's best.

Kitamura-san told me this.

That's it, that's it!

He should become a Mom!

Right!

Senshū Textile Trade Union

Look Mom, I'm going first. Excuse us!

So long! See you again!

Yūko-chan, want to go get something to eat?

Let's go!

Um... Union President.

Huh?

Has someone died?

Eh?

Who is it that's passed away?

Oh?

Have you heard something?

Yeah. Well, Kitamura seemed to be...

...on his way back from a funeral the other day...

...and, while stinking drunk, he said, "They're dead."

And then, without saying who it was that had died, he left.

What was he doing...

It was a really troubling talk.

Ah, I really am sorry about that!

Eh?

Well, no, uh...

Even though I had already told him it was my duty, Kitamura insisted and said...

..."I have to tell her about it from my own mouth alone."

That fool, geez!

Now you don't know anything!

Who was it?

Yeah...

It was...

...Suo's wife.

I see.

Since he...

...finished paying off the loan to me the year before last...

...I haven't heard anything about them.

Is that right...

I didn't know about that.

Ah, even so...

...I wonder why Kitamura couldn't have told me that?

Eh?

You don't know?

Huh?

I would recall that time over and over again.

Longer than the time we had been together...

...the times I would remember had become far longer.

Strange partner...

I'm opening it.

Yes.

Ah!

Say...

Huh?

Is this really good?

Umm!

Because of this design here...

...you look really good in it.

It's not weird?

Not at all. You look cool!

Well, maybe I should take this.

Really? Thank you!

Even so...

...this would look really good on you, too!

Even so, I guess it'll still be long ways yet before you can turn over the signboard to Sato-chan.

Well, the customers love her personality...

...and both Nao-chan and Yū-chan say she has a good sense for fashion.

Yet even so, it's essential that a Manager be a different type of vessel.

I suppose.

Well, my choice would be for the steadiest of the three, Yū-chan.

And then falling below her, Sensei and then Nao-chan.

And then, falling way below them in last place, Sato-chan.

Hmm...

Could she marry a guy into the family?

Eh.

I was just thinking that myself.

Right?

A smart son-in-law with a clerical or management side who could...

...take care of all the confusing things for her.

That would be good.

And be a handsome man!

Ah... That would be nice, huh!

Well, it would be very exceptional if such son-in-law just happened to come along though.

Even so...

...hasn't that girl been bringing boys around from time to time?

Itadakimasu!

Kyaa!

Ala, my!

What was that?

That was, probably...

...Sato-chan's boyfriend at the time.

You did great at tennis, didn't you?!

Then there were her usual classmates.

Then there was that one time with that boy who only came to eat a meal.

Really?

That girl is stupid.

She's not going out with any of them.

It might be hopeless to tell her, "keep a good eye out for someone to go out with," huh?

Like that one just before!

I was told, "Let's make a bet on..."

"...the Father watching his daughter's wedding."

Who won?

"The joke is that neither of us wins!"

What about that boy?

Well, whatever. He's amusing.

Ah... even so...

What should I do about my retirement?

Ohara Dressmaking Store

Satoko being ready for that...

...was still a long ways off.

Ala? Welcome!

Welcome back.

You've come.

Yeah.

What's going on?

Look, Ito-chan.

Yeah.

Recently, Mother...

...has gotten skinnier suddenly.

Yeah.

I took her once to the hospital for an exam...

...and it went fine but I had to take her in again the other day.

Mmm.

And then...

...they told me...

...she only has six months left.

Eh?

At most six months.

I see.

Take this nanjin, too.

It's been boiled until it's soft.

The hospital that Oba-chan had been hospitalized at...

...was ten minutes away by bicycle.

I'm off!

Once every two days, I would pack side-dishes and a dinner...

...and go make a sympathy visit to her.

Good evening!

Ala, Ito-chan! You've come again.

That's right! These days, coming out here has been my only recreation.

Ah? Has something happened again?

That's right. Oba-chan, just listen!

The other day, I was talking with those fool wholesaler men.

What happened?

Those guys are really...

Ala?

These are pretty, huh?!

Those were given to me by Yū-chan and Nao-chan.

Ehh...!

Even so, when they make you a sympathy visit, they should have gotten you smaller ones.

These are too big.

That's not true. I'd be happy with whatever they got me.

Whether it's flowers or clothes, those girls think the gaudier the better.

Oba-chan, eat this. Mom said she cooked this until it was soft.

I felt I wanted to make Oba-chan's remaining days as bright as I possibly could.

Eat well. Chew it well.

Yeah, that's good! That's good!

Delicious, isn't it?

Whaa... Delicious!

It's soft.

It's soft? Don't let it get caught in your throat.

Eat slowly.

I wanted her...

...to be calm and happy.

That's how it seemed.

Oba-chan. What is it?

I...

...was watching TV in the lounge yesterday.

Yeah.

It was about the war.

Yeah.

They were talking about what...

...the Japanese Army...

...had done during the war.

Ito-chan...

...I think...

...Kansuke...

...had a very terrible time of it.

He was damaged by it...

And then became like that.

But...

...it was different.

He...

...did it.

He...

...did it.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

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Youthful College Students (Showa 40 (1965), at Lake Nojiri)