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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 23 "Don't Be Lead Astray" Episode 133

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 Natsuki Mari

Ohara Yūko Niiyama Chiharu

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Satoko Yasuda Misako

Yamaguchi Takae Takeuchi Miyako Ohara Rika \h Kojima Fujiko

Kawase Yuzuru Kawaoka Daijirō Yoshioka Einosuke \h Shigeyama Ippei

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Takayama Mamoru Touma Sora Real Estate Agents (voice) \h Masuda Hidekiko \h Tatsu Jun'ichi

Mizuno Kōji Kozasa Masatsugu

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

Being here was your idea, right?

It was your decision.

Go back to Tokyo.

Or else...

...take off that jersey.

Clothes, Rika...

...are to wear when walking around...

...and moreover can draw appropriate responses when you wander around in them.

With your hair like that and the jersey...

...I guess this was...

...the splendid result of those.

Do you understand?

No one person is unrelated to all the people of the world.

You need to think hard about...

...how you are seen by...

...those you meet in this world.

Think hard!

If you can't understand that...

...then you can't stay with me.

Go back to Tokyo.

Oi! Grandmother!

What happened? Are you okay?

Yes!

Ohara Dressmaking Store

Hey you!

What's with that outfit?

Are you a fool?! You'll catch cold in that.

Put on a sweater.

Your Mom sent you some, didn't she?

I don't want to wear Mama's clothes.

Huh?

This is fine! I don't want to put that stuff on!

I'm sick of Mama forcing things on me!

Here. Put this on.

This is a worn out Hanten, or workman's livery coat

Whose was this?

Dunno.

But, someone here with me used to wear it.

Put it on! You'll catch cold already.

It's Showa 61, New Year's Day.

Showa 61 (1986) January

On the day before the first sales...

...those fools came to call on me.

In short, this suit is the same as a kimono...

...and I decided to put strings here and here in order to tie it off.

That way, if they grow a little fatter, they can adjust it.

Ah!

The fabric is good...

...so by having one of these, they'll be able to wear it a long time.

What do you think?

This is an incredible thing, right?

Oh, I think so!

Look, take this.

The percentage for the design fee is fine as we've discussed.

But...

...work your hardest...

...until you've sold out your stock.

Yes!

Thank you very much, Sensei. What can I say again in thanks...

If you want to give thanks, say it to Yuzuru's great-grandfather.

Eh? My great-grandfather?

That story was from fifty years ago...

...so I wouldn't have thought his great-child would bring it up for a friend.

There was no reason for such fine people to hand that story down generation to generation...

...just to make me look good.

When we leave, I'll stop by at this guy's home and say that at his family's altar.

Do that.

Hey!

Bring some tea!

Yes.

There.

Ala?

Is this girl Sensei's grandchild?

This is Rika.

She's been here since recently.

Oh!?

Wait... Did something happen?

I suppose.

Now, that ends this talk.

You guys must be hungry, right?

Which would you like, sushi or eel?

No, no, we couldn't...

That would be a little wrong of us.

Just tell me! Which do you want?!

In that case...

Eel.

Sushi!

Eh?

So is she still wearing that jersey after all?

Or has she stopped?

Hmm... Which, I wonder?

What's with the "which, I wonder?"

What are you saying, Mom?

If Rika's stopped wearing jerseys, I'll come and talk to her.

Which is it?

Is she still in the jersey?

Is she not in the jersey? Which is it?

Hey Kō-chan, what do you think? Is she in a jersey?

Jersey?

Ah, a jersey...

...she is, isn't she?

Still wearing jerseys.

Wait Mom, answer me seriously!

What on earth is Rika wearing right now!?

My old clothes?

Yeah.

It has "Ohara Satoko" written in them.

Ohara Satoko

Ehh...

Rika's wearing my old clothes?

You should.

With such good taste, you could come help me.

Eh?

You'd be fashionable in London wearing old clothes.

Huh?

Wearing old clothes is fashionable there?!

In addition to wearing my old gym clothes, what else are you wearing?

There's a floral-pattern sweater...

...and someone's socks.

Sounds interesting.

I want to see you in them.

Ah...

...they have "Naoko" written in them.

Ala, who are you talking to?

Ah... Grandma's come out of the bath.

It's Aunt Satoko-chan.

Hello?

Ah, I'm healthy.

Yeah.

Even so, by and by, this wasn't be a situation to be laughing at.

I had to have a proper talk with her just once.

Can't stand any of these?

And she's sent so many...

...first-class clothes like these already.

If you can enter a good high school at last...

...why don't you want to go?

Grandma...

...you said, "if you stop wearing jerseys, you don't have to go to Tokyo."

I haven't said a word about sending you back to Tokyo.

What I want to hear is, "Why?"

I don't know...

You don't know?

Somehow...

Suddenly over these last six months...

I just absolutely feel like...

...I hate having to wear the clothes Mama buys me...

...and going to the high school Mama has chosen for me.

I also hate remembering...

...Mama's face...

...and Mama's voice, too.

You hate her that much?

I don't hate her...

...but I'm absolutely disgusted with her.

If she were cold and pitiful...

...I just couldn't be kind to her.

No matter what...

I don't fully understand, but...

This is...

...your way of becoming an adult, isn't it?

On the other hand, those people for whom it'd be better if they became adults even a day sooner...

Those people suddenly came over bringing yet another friend with them.

We've come...

...to talk to you about something today.

Talk to me?

Yes!

Ah... No, no!

I couldn't take anymore talk about troubles with you anymore, geez!

This is different, Sensei. Please listen to us.

No way, no way! Leave, leave! I don't know you anymore!

Sensei, Sensei. It's not a troublesome talk at all...

...it's a wonderful talk.

Ehh?

Sensei...

...sales of that suit of yours...

...have been incredibly good.

Huh?

I priced those suits resolutely...

...at 180,000 yen each.

180,000 yen?!

Even so, they've been flying off the shelves...

...and I've already sold out 95 of those 100 bolts of fabric.

Is that true?!

Sensei!

And that's why we've come to ask you for a favor today.

What is it, geez.

Could you please...

...allow us to make a Sensei Fashion Brand?

Huh?

To Be Continued

Week 24 "Declaration"

Carnation

End

Stylishly Dressed Photo Gallery

Favorite Kimono at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony (Showa 50 (1975) Akita-ken)