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Mother...

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I...

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...wanted to go
back to Osaka.

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How could you take my
final dream from me!

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The weekend came, and
Chiyo came back...

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Mom... Nobu Tamura came to visit
again... To see how you're doing.

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Nobu...

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Hello! My name
is Nobu Tamura.

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"Boku" (masculine form of me)?

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Is this a calling card like the
men often use these days?

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Yes.

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To meet Shirooka-Sensei again
when she's in good health...

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This is what they mean by
a stroke of good fortune.

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She's an amusing girl, isn't she?

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Asa ga Kita

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Week 21
"People Who Dream"
Episode 126

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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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Ume:
TOMOCHIKA

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Eizaburo Shirooka:
Akito KIRIYAMA

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Chiyo:
Fuuka KOSHIBA

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Miwa:
Sumika NONO

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Izumi Narusawa:
Koji SETO

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Heizaburo Yamazaki:
Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

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Kiku Mayuyama:
Hisako MANDA

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Eitatsu Mayuyama:
Takuro TATSUMI

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Yono Shirooka:
Jun FUBUKI

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Hatsu Mayuyama:
Aoi MIYAZAKI

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I think women need
a university, too.

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Really? Do you really
think that?

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I wish you would establish
one soon, so I could get into it.

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I'm so happy. If girls
nowadays feel like

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that, then it gives me
even more incentive.

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I'd like to tell Mr. Narusawa.

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I've always wanted
to talk to you.

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I've read all about your bank
and the coal mine in the

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magazines, and I've heard
about you from Chiyo.

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You probably thought I'm a really
strange woman, didn't you?

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No! Ever since I was a child,
I've never wanted to be

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beaten by the boys.

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I don't know how many times
people have said to me

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"for a woman" or "in spite
of being a woman."

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When I was at home, they
treat me like a young lady,

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but when I step out, society
treats me so coldly...

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Even our girls' school that's
considered the top school

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in Kamigata, is full of girls who
want to get men to love

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them, so they're always
making eyes at them.

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I'm floating on air...

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Just when I had lost hope
that there could be any

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reform for women in a place
like this, I met Chiyo.

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And to be blessed with the
good fortune of being

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able to talk with someone
like you, Shirooka-Sensei.

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There she goes again.

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Why does she refer to herself
as "boku" when she's a girl?

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She read in a magazine that
it's a popular trend in the

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girls' schools in Tokyo to use
"boku" and "kimi" like men.

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That's how she got started.

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Up until then, she preferred to
use the more feminine forms

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we use at our girls school.

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From now on women must work
and make a living like you...

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I won't rely on men, and be independent,
and forge my own path in life.

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You might be just like
I was in the past.

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Really? That's a stroke
of good fortune.

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But, Nobu...

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Yes?

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I don't think it's necessary
for women to become just like men.

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I think it's okay to rely on
men once in a while,

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and it's good to be able
to rely on them.

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You think so?

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As proof of that, the way
you refer to yourself

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as "boku" doesn't
really suit you.

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You have such a kind face,
so it would suit you more

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just to use the normal
feminine terms...

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No... I'll stack with
calling myself "boku"...

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Is that right? I guess it's okay.

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I can't pretend to
be that great...

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Since I've been only thinking
about myself lately.

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I used a lot of time and
effort to get donations.

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No... I think it's precious.

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You're not making any
money from it, but

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you're working hard for the
sake of women's education.

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But the word "people" is written
with the characters that mean

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"between people," isn't it?

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You're able to live your life
thanks to others, so

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you have to do things for
the sake of others rather

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than just for yourself.

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Those are great words, too.

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I have to remember that.

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You're like me in
that way, too.

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She really is.

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Nobu...

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Yes?

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I have a favor to ask you.

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There's a girls' school
student here.

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You're...

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If you're looking for
Higashiyanagi,

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he went back to Tokyo.

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Higashiyanagi's girl friend?

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He's fast, isn't he?

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Don't say things
like that.

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She's related to the Kano Bank
president who's hospitalized.

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That's impressive.

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Higashiyanagi's impressive, too.

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Even though their glory from
the past has waned,

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he's from a family of nobles.

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Excuse me.

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Is something wrong?

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No... Nothing.

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Excuse me...

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Yes?

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Who are you?

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I... I'm Nobu Tamura from
the Shirakawa Girls' School

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in Kyoto... I came here as
Shirooka-Sensei's messenger.

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Mrs. Shirooka?

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Yes.

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Since it hurts just to write
a letter, I came here to

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give you her message.

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She said she wants to talk
about the women's

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university, so she wants you
to come to the hospital

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as soon as you can.

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What a surprise.

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You just walked right in.

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I must change the old established
perception that good-looking

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men will deceive a woman, and
they're all good-for-nothing.

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What did you just say?

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Never mind. Let's go.

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Let's go to Dotonbori, and
have some "zenzai"

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(sweet azuki bean soup
with rice cake)...

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Come in...

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Good evening.

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Sensei!

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It's all my fault that
this happened...

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If you think it's your fault,
then it's just conceit.

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When I started the coal mine
and the bank, I always staked

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my life on what I was doing.

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I can't have you feeling
responsible for this.

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But...

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The reason I didn't die is because
I still have a mission.

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Grandpa, my father in-law
and Mr. Godai told me

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to hang on for a little while
longer and they would be watching me.

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I don't have time
to look back.

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For the sake of the future of
young women like Nobu,

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let's work even harder. Okay?

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Yes.

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Asa spent New Year's
in the hospital...

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Happy New Year.

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And before spring came,
she was finally released

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from the hospital.

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Let's go.

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In the meantime, in Japan,
after the Tokaido railway

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line, the Sanyo Railway a railway
line running from Kobe to Hiroshima opened...

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So it was now much easier
to travel to Tokyo and

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to the coal mines
in Fukuoka.

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We're here. We're
finally here.

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Your mom sure walks
slow, doesn't she?

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Kisuke!

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Shinjiro!

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Are you Kisuke's and
Ofuyu's daughter?

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Welcome to Osaka.

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{\an8}KISUKE'S DAUGHTER NATSU

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Hello.

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And in March, the
Sino-Japanese war ended.

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With the postwar boom,
the savings at Kano Bank

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reached 670,000 yen, and
increased their presence

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as a bank in the Kansai
region even more.

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Did Asa go to the
hospital today?

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If we let Asa go alone to
talk to the doctor, she'll

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lake everything as a good
sign and over-exert

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herself again, so I sent Ume
with her to talk to the doctor.

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You did? Thank you.

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Now that Kisuke's back,
I can finally relax.

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Good evening...

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You brought Omasa...
I'm glad you're here.

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Masa... I'm your grandma.

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How's your leg
today, Mom?

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The other day, Chiyo rubbed
it really well, so it's better.

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Isn't that great? I have to
take my hat off to Chiyo.

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What about you? You've given
Mom two grandchildren,

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so you're the epitome
of a filial son.

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That's so true.

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I heard from Mom about
Chiyo's marriage offer.

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She'll be graduating next
spring so you don't

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have that much time.

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Whoever Chiyo marries will
have to work with us

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to protect all of Kano-ya's
businesses, so he's very important.

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So I'll have to think
about it, too.

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I'm home!

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Welcome home.

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Masa! You're here.

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Welcome home.

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How did it go at
the hospital?

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The doctor said my
prognosis looks good.

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He did say that.

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That's good.

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Sounds like you're all
enjoying yourselves.

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We were just talking
about Chiyo...

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About her marriage offer.

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Marriage offer?

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Is that why?

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Excuse me.

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Look at this.

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It's a letter to the bank
president from Gansuke.

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From Gansuke?

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Read it.

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How is he?

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Wait a minute! The letter's
addressed to me.

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Calm down.

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Meanwhile, in Wakayama...

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Grandma?

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Grandma! Grandma!

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What's wrong?

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Mother!

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Mom!

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Is it your back?

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Mom!