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Gansuke?

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Come with me.

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Let's go.

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Were you feeding
the cat again?

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The maidservants will
be getting up soon.

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You'd better put
it outside.

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I know, but...

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Will you...

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...leave this house
with me?

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Asa ga Kita

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Week 17
"My Final Duty"
Episode 99

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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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Tadaoki Imai:
Takeshi MASU

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Tomoatsu Godai:
Dean FUJIOKA

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Gansuke:
Takaya YAMAUCHI

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Ume:
TOMOCHIKA

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Eizaburo Shirooka:
Akito KIRIYAMA

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Chiyo Shirooka/Asa Imai:
Rio SUZUKI

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Heijuro Yamazaki:
Shigeo TSOJIMOTO

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Yono Shirooka:
Jun FUBUKI

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Kano-ya's business was
making rapid progress.

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In order to turn Kano-ya
into a bank, Asa first

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established Kano Shoten
for their commercial

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business with Shinjiro
as the president...

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{\an8}KANO COAL MINING

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She continued going to and
from the coal mines,

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expanding the mining
operations even more.

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Putting out five times more
coal than they did before.

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Kano-ya had you as
their first penguin.

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Someone who moved forward without

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showing any fear.

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Please take care of this.

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I will.

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Taking Godai's words
to heart, Kano-ya

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donated 3,500 yen toward
the coastal defense

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construction at the
Osaka wharf.

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It would make us happy
if development of the

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harbor contributes to the
growth of Osaka and

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in a way, to the
growth of Japan.

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It's our way of repaying
our obligations to the

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town of Osaka that supported
us and made it possible for

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us to get this far.

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I feel the same way.

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And finally...

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We plan to open next year.

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Articles of incorporation,
list of stockholders,

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list of bank directors at the
time of incorporation...

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Is that all the things we
need to submit for now?

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There's no official seal here.

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You're right.

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Here you go.

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After officially submitting the
request to establish the

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bank to the Finance Ministry and the
Osaka prefecture, and it's approved,

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the preparations will be done.

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We finally made it until
here, didn't we?

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No... It's going to get
worse from here on.

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We need to go around to
the various company and

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wealthy families to start
cultivating depositors

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and potential borrowers.

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We need to gather information
about public loans, investment

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stock, and we need to join the
Osaka Bankers Association

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which is the trade association
for banking businesses.

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We need to go around to
other banks in order to

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establish exchange and trading.

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Put in an ad in the newspapers
about the bank's opening...

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So on and so on...

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There's enough business waiting for
you to make your heart dance.

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When you talk, you seem
to be really enjoying it

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Hei-san is like a "takeya no kaji"
at times like this...

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"Takeya no kaji"?

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Like the crackling sound
of bamboo on fire...

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If you want an analogy, then
my words are like the

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"yamome no gyosui"
(a widow's bath)...

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"Katte ni yu tore" (take a bath
or say whatever you want).

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You got me there.

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I have no idea what
you're talking about.

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Asa... Shall we get going?

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That's right.

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We're leaving now.

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Asa and Shinjiro took Chiyo,
and went to Tokyo.

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They were invited to a celebration
in Tokyo for Asa's father, Tadaoki.

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It's so lonely without
Chiyo, isn't it?

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If it's a celebration for the
Imai Bank, it must be

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something really
extravagant.

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I'm sure it is.

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It's sounds like there'll be a
lot of people from the

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government there.

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So it's been 20 years since
the Restoration...?

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When you think about it,
in the world of business,

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Imai was the sole winner.

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Asa said...

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You're smart, and you've been
passionate about the business

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since you were little... You're
so different from my little

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brother Kyutaro.

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But even though she said that,
her younger brother,

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Tadatsugu isn't just the heir
to the Imai family, he's the

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president of the largest
mining company now.

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There's no way I can
compete with him.

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How can you be so
weak-minded...?

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You're going to be a
bank president soon.

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That's true, but...

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Now that you mentioned
that, I just happened to

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hear something that
Yashichi said...

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What did he say?

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It's about the chief clerk.

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The chief clerk was out with
a cold today, wasn't he?

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He is... But lately he's been
getting letters often.

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Gansuke's been
getting letters?

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So the rumor is that the
chief clerk will quit

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working here, and he's preparing
to work somewhere else.

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Oh, my!

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Thank you for
the meal.

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My husband...

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The chief clerk.

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Yashichi!

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Are the rumors about
Gansuke true?

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Kano told you,
didn't she?

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That blabbermouth.

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You're just as bad.

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What about those letters?

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The letters were from someone
I've never heard of before...

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And I don't know what
was written in them.

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There's not much behind
that rumor, is there?

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But we can't have that.

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The chief clerk is one
of Kano-ya's assets.

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If we lose him, the loss will
be bigger than we could

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calculate on an abacus.

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Just what I'd expect from
a genuine miser...

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Your way of thinking
is different, isn't it?

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And besides, he'll take
the person who's like

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his right arm with him.

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A capable worker?

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Could it be you, Yashichi?

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Of course not... I owe
a lot to Kano-ya.

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Several days later...

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You talked to Foreign
Minister Kaoru Inoue?

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Yes, that's right. Also
Masayoshi Matsukata

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the finance minister, and
lots of other people, too.

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I'm so grateful.

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What are you so
grateful about?

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As soon as you saw someone,
you went right up and

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introduced yourself... It sent
chills up my spine.

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I can just imagine.

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I'm exhausted from being
dragged all over the place.

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Were you able to talk
to your father?

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We were... He seemed
really busy, so I wasn't

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able to ask him questions
about the bank, but

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I was finally able to get
him to meet Chiyo.

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I'm so glad.

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I can still see the look
on Dad's face...

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Grandpa!

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Asa?

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I'm pleased to meet you.
I'm Chiyo...

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Of all things...

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It's only natural that
he was surprised.

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Although she looks exactly
like Asa when she was

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little, there's no comparison.
After all, she gave him

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a most proper greeting.

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I can imagine...

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Speaking of greetings... When
Asa first came here to meet us...

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For the sake of Kano-ya...

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I'll do my best to be a good wife...

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Can I really be one?

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That brings back memories.

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Gansuke. Are you okay?

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I'm just getting
over my cold.

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Can I talk to you, Shinjiro?

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What could it be?

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Mistress... Welcome back.

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I'm back. That's right...

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Mr. Ito told me if I was serious
about opening a bank, the

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first thing I should do is get
Eiichi Shibusawa to teach me.

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What kind of person
is this Shibusawa?

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Eiichi Shibusawa is referred to
as the God of Banks as well

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known in the East as Godai
was in the West.

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He was my superior
in the past.

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Like Mr. Godai, he quit working
in the government and

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devoted his life for the sake
of Japan's economy.

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So through Mr. Ito's introduction,
I went to see Mr. Shibusawa,

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but he was a busy man, so
I didn't get to see him.

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It's no wonder Shinjiro and
Chiyo are so exhausted.

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Before that...

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When you mentioned Mr. Ito,
are you referring to His

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Excellency Hirobumi Ito,
the prime minister?

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That's right... He's the one.

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He's really nice with a
sunny disposition.

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Is this Mr. Ito an important
person, too?

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He's important, but...

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I have to hand it
to you, Oasa.

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So I'm going to write a letter,
so I can meet Mr. Shibusawa.

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Chiyo!

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I heard you were able to
meet your grandpa.

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I did, but he had the air
of a really great man,

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so I was really nervous.

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Do you think he thought
I was a strange girl?

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He's your Grandpa Imai...
He raised your mother.

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It would take a lot more
for him to think of you

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as a strange girl.

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After all, you're
so adorable.

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Really?

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I'm sure.

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Your dad said you did a
real proper greeting.

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I hope so.

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I bought you
a present.

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Look at this.

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It's so cute.

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I thought you'd like it.

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It seems Gansuke is
still undecided...

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Eizaburo talked to
him again, but...

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He didn't give him
a definite answer.

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Is that right? Eizaburo
must be worried

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He's worried that he might
take someone else with him.

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But I think Gansuke has
already decided to leave here.

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Why do you look like
you're going to cry?

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It's nothing.

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It can't be helped.

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That's when Asa made
a painful decision...