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Which of the group leaders
is disagreeable?

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That guy over there.

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I was told that only his
group of miners was

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mining less than
the others...

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So I warned him once...

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Chief!

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When I tried to warn him,
he just turned and glared at me.

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That group leader's name
was Satoshi, wasn't it?

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That's right.

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The other groups complained that only
Satoshi's group is taking it easy...

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And he's taking a big
percentage from the miners...

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Taking a percentage?

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It means he goes to the
miners and take part

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of their earnings
for himself.

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That isn't good, is it?

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That's not the only thing.

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It's the group leaders who
determine the price of

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the miners' tools, towels
and their sake, and

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he's taking a cut of
the sales, too.

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He's taking a cut
from that, too?

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That's why the group leaders
are the only ones making

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money, and no matter how
hard the miners work,

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their lives aren't
getting any easier.

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Are you allowing them
to do things like that?

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It's been like that
for a long time.

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Even if I'm the manager, I can't
interfere with what the miners do.

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But...

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The miners only listen to
the boss or to the group leaders...

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The group leaders do everything
from hiring them to taking care of them.

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No one can go against them.

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But we can't let this
go on, can we?

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Young Mistress!

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I didn't know you
were here.

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Boss! I'm back.

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Asa ga Kita

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Week 9
"The Light from the Coal Mine"
Episode 50

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Original Story:
Chieko FURUKAWA

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Screenwriter:
Mika OMORI

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Music by:
Yuuki HAYASHI

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Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki"
Sung by: AKB48

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Narrator:
Keiko SUGIURA

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Asa Shirooka:
HARU

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Shinjiro Shirooka:
Hiroshi TAMAKI

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Sobei Mayuyama:
Tasuku EMOTO

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Kisuke:
Hiroki MIYAKE

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Miwa:
Sumika NONO

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Kazu:
Yasuko TOMITA

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Satoshi:
Keishi NAGATSUKA

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Jirosaku:
Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

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Genkichi Miyabe:
Zen KAJIHARA

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Kiku Mayuyama:
Hisako MANDA

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Eitatsu Mayuyama:
Takuro TATSUMI

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Hatsu Mayuyama:
Aoi MIYAZAKI

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I need to reorganize
this coal mine.

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Reorganize? That
sounds ominous.

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What are you planning to do?

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If all the money the miners
make goes to buy sake

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and tools no matter how
hard they work, then

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their lives will never
get any easier.

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There aren't any
dream or hopes.

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Dream?

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I want everyone working
here to have the hope

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that the more they work, the
better their lives will be.

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Hope?

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But how are you going
to give them hope?

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First, for the group that mines
the most coal, they'll all be

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equally rewarded for the
amount they mined above the rest.

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Reward?

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The reward won't go through the
group leaders, but will be given

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to them directly
from Kano-ya.

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Won't that raise their morale?

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Give it to them directly?

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And I was thinking of
prohibiting the group

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leaders from selling what
the miners need.

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From now on, Kano-ya will
buy whatever they need,

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and sell it to them
at a low price.

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Sell it at a low price?

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I don't think that's possible...

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The living quarters have
been doing things a

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certain way for
a long tame.

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If you change that, it's
going to cause a big commotion.

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That's right. What you're
proposing will be taking

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away the work of the
group leaders who

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are between the miners
and Kano-ya.

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I don't intend to
take it away.

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But if we don't deal directly
with the miners, their

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lives will never get
any easier.

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If that happens, that would
really help us out.

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I'm so sorry.

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Wait a minute! Stay and listen
to what I have to say.

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No... You don't need
me here.

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Wait a minute!

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Young Mistress! Wait!

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Young Mistress?

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She's gone.

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Do you know how angry
the group leaders will

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be if they heard what
she just said?

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That's true...
What am I going to do?

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Why are you laughing?

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Kazu! What do you think
about what I just said?

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We'd be grateful if that
happens, of course.

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We all don't have
enough money.

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I thought so.

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But the group leaders all
have masculine spirit

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and they have authority
over the miners, so

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no one will go
against them.

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Is that right?
In that case...

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Also...

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And what you said about
dreams is something for

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people who have the time
to think about their future.

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The people here don't
have such dreams.

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In the coal mine, you're
so close to danger.

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So the men are just
naturally rough...

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Living their lives thinking
that they could die

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any day and feeling the need to
live their short lives boldly.

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That's why dreams and
hopes are too bright

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for us to see, and we can't
even imagine what it's like.

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But...

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I know you're thinking
about us, and I'm

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sorry to throw a damper
on your ideas...

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Asa's ideas for reorganization doesn't
seem to be that simple to accomplish.

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OSAKA

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What?

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Are you telling me
to leave Osaka?

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We didn't tell
you to leave...

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We just want you to
come to Wakayama

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with us, and start
something new.

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I like being a farmer.

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Dad and Hatsu grow the vegetables,
and I go out and sell them.

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And you'll look after
the household.

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It's not an easy
occupation...

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We'll have to fight against
the forces of nature every single day...

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We don't even know what kind of soil
they have on that land in Wakayama.

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But...

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We won't have to deal with
the ever-changing world.

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We'll all plant our feet
on the ground,

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and start working again.

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For us to be able to own land
is something that we should

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be grateful for... We're truly
indebted to Imai-ya...

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No, you're not.

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Listen to what they
have to say, and

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let's all go to Wakayama
and start over again.

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No wonder the great
Sanouji-ya collapsed.

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Because the men are
all so pathetic.

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Mother... My husband...

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I always thought that
no matter what

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we have to do now, someday, you'd
bring Sanouji-ya back to life.

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That's why I put up
with this miserable

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way of life up until now.

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And what are you
telling me now?

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You want to be a farmer?

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Sanouji-ya went
out of business.

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Bringing it back to life is
a dream that can never come true.

154
00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:11,376
Please... Start looking
toward the future.

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You don't understand
anything at all...

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Do you realize what I had
to go through to protect

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the Sanouji-ya name
here in Osaka?

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Do you realize how
frustrated I am now?

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I know how you feel, but...

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I'm the wife of Sanouji-ya,
the top merchant in Osaka.

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I absolutely refuse to
go to Wakayama.

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Why won't you understand?

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I thought it was for the
sake of this family...

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Are you going to try to
stab your mother again?

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Go ahead and stab
me if you want to.

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Rather than going to
a strange place, fall

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into ruin and die, I'd be able
to face our ancestors.

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00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:06,631
Please calm down...
Ainosuke's sleeping.

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I won't go anywhere.

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If you insist on going
to Wakayama, you

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can cut your ties
with me.

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My husband...

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This is my fault, too.

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Ever since I was born, I did
everything Mom told me.

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But this time I just can't
let that happen.

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I heard your wife went
to Kyushu again...

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I envy you for being able
to play all the time.

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Thanks to you.

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I'll be going now.

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Thank you.

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Be careful.

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I know you're lonely.

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Do I look like I am?

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No matter how hard
you try to hide it,

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I can hear the truth
when you play...

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You'd better pull
yourself together.

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Don't blame it on
the shamisen.

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I'm going to be playing at a private
party for the first time in a long time.

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You are? Why?

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Someone I was indebted
to asked me to.

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Someone important is coming...

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Someone important?

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Young Mistress... You seem
to be exhausted.

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No... I don't have time
to be tired...

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I wanted to hurry home for
my husband's sake this time, but...

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It's not going to
happen, is it?

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So it seems.

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At this rate, I can't
look for a wife.

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Me, too. Last night,
I was going to write

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to my husband but before
I knew it, I was fast asleep.

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00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:23,795
At this rate, it wouldn't be
strange if I start to grow a beard.

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A beard?

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00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:28,833
Wait a minute.
You want milk?

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Kisuke...

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00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:40,278
Actually, I...

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Yes?

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00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:50,522
It was something Asa hadn't
been able to tell anyone.