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{\an8}IWAO TOMINAGA \ NOBUO FURUTA

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Asa's wish to expand their business
even more in the midst of an

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economic crisis was fulfilled, and
the negotiations for a merger

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went without a hitch.

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With this, our three companies
have merged, and established

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a single life insurance
corporate entity.

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I look forward to
working with you.

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We look forward to
working with you.

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We're counting on you.

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So you're Ms. Shirooka...

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I'm pleased to meet you.

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I heard that you were a spirited
woman in the Osaka business circles...

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She's more gentle and kind
than the rumors...

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I wonder about that.

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Asa ga Kita

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Week 25
"A Life To Be Proud Of"
Episode 147

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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 Shirooka:
Fuuka KOSHIBA

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Miwa:
Sumika NONO

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Heijuro Yamazaki:
Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

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Nobuo Furuta:
Seiji MIYANE

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Iwao Tominaga:
Sadatomo MATSUDAIRA

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Thank you...

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Sweet sake?

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This is a gift from Fukuoka...

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Thank you.

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Is this the name of the
new company?

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We had a lot of different
suggestions, but this

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is what we decided on.

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The water from places like
Kyoto, Nara and Shiga

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flows into the Yodogawa
river then flows into

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the ocean out into the world.

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Isn't it a great name?

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It is, but you have to take
better care of your health.

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You don't have to
worry about me.

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They say that a top won't
fall over while it's spinning.

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Have you...

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...noticed that my
husband's been acting

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a bit strange?

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Has he? It seems to me that
he's enthusiastic about

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Ochiyo's upcoming wedding.

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You think so? In that
case, it's okay...

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The woman's intuition in
a woman like me

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couldn't be right anyway.

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That summer, with the
approval from the

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government, Yodogawa Life
Insurance was established

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with their head office in the
Higashi ward of Osaka.

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Kano Life Insurance's Eizaburo,
Kano-ya's eighth generation

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Kyuzaemon Shirooka was
named as the first

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president of the company.

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Heijuro was named
as the director.

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It's time, Bank President.

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Aren't you ready yet?

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Trying on all those things
on your head...

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What do you think?
Is this okay?

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Of course... Have faith
in my selection.

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And Asa was recognized for
her distinguished service

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in establishing the company
with the title of advisor

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as a special member
of the board.

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Shinjiro was the second
largest stockholder

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of Yodogawa Life Insurance
Company next to Eizaburo

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You should dress in western
clothing once in a while.

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No... I like wearing this.

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You do? We're off to the
inauguration ceremony

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for the new office building.

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Have a good day.

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I'm supposed to
go with them.

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The capital for Yodogawa Life
Insurance was 300,000 yen

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so it was the largest enterprise that
Kano-ya had established in its history.

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It's strange, after all.

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You think so, too?

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Something about
my husband...

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No! What I think is
strange is that...

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They're getting
along too well...

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Come to think of it, he said
he brought his son and

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his mother over here when
they came home for a

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visit the other day.

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His son and his mother?

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Shall we go, Yashichi?

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Excuse us.

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I'll be back soon.

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Thank you. Come again.

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I heard the life insurance
company is in a splendid

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two-story building, isn't it?

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They finished the rebuilding
of the Osaka Station and

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it's now a really grand
stone building, isn't it?

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So being a representative
of Osaka, we had to do

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something just as grand.

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The scenery keeps
changing, doesn't it?

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What a waste.

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A waste?

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It's a terrible waste...

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To think that it's become
a company that deals

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with people throughout
Japan now.

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It makes me a little sad.

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We have more companies,
and with so many workers,

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I can't put all the faces and
the names together.

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Especially the branch offices
in Tokyo and Fukuoka.

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And being a director now,
the new workers will

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all defer to me...

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None of them will tease or
joke with me like Yashichi.

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That's true. In the past,
we all lived here, and

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ate our meals together.

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That's right. I miss those
days when everyone

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knew everything down to my
favorite pickled vegetable.

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And the person you were
in love with, too.

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How embarrassing.

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I came here from America
because I was interested

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in learning about Japan's culture
and views on religion...

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{\an8}AMERICAN ARCHITECT BOLLINGER

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My name is Bollinger.

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He studied architecture
in America.

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Have a seat.

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Japan was under the feudal
system for centuries

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without any influence
from the outside.

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You're talking about
Shogun Tokugawa?

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We were a closed country.

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Still, your Japanese
is very good.

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In just a mere 30 years,
what has happened...?

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You've thrown everything
out from the past, and

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now there's no question
that you're just trying

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to imitate the western world.

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The wonderland is gone.

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But it's all for the sake
of Japan's survival.

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In order to protect our
country, instead of

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fighting recklessly, we have
to be flexible enough to

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accept the western culture.

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So that our government and
economy could grow.

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You may be right.

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We owe that to the
new government.

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I wondered about how they
went about it though.

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The clans became
prefectures...

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We rushed to cut
of our topknots.

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Taking off on Sundays...

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That's right.

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But that's how we all got
on the boat called Japan,

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rowing the boat or
being cast adrift...

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And we're able to greet
this new morning.

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I see...

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I don't mean to sound
so arrogant, but

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our morning is about
to come to an end.

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We can't talk about
the sunrise anymore.

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That's true.

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Now all we have to do
is see what happens

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to this country that's
grown so big...

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I guess we have to have
a few drinks, so we can

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talk about such
important things.

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You're right. Shall I bring
out some beer?

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After some time passed...

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Excuse me.

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Shinjiro!

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I'm glad to see you.

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What's wrong?

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Osaka has changed
so much that I felt

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like seem what old
Japan was like,

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so I came here.

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Is that right?

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I feel a sense of relief.

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Uncle!

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Yonosuke!

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It's been a long time.

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I'm glad you came
home safely.

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Is this baby yours?

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Yes.

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Our first grandchild.

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I was just thinking
of writing to Asa.

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That's something to
celebrate, isn't it?

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So what's going on with
your orange orchard?

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We're watering the
trees every day.

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With oranges, you don't
just sprinkle the water

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over the trees, you have
to give each tree water

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one by one, or they
won't grow.

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At this time of the year,
we go down to the

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Arita river to get water, and
bring it back to water each tree.

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You're lucky... I can feel
the power of life in you.

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I'll go up tomorrow to
breathe the fresh air

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on the mountain.

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Aren't you drinking a
little too much today?

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But I'm so happy...

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Shinjiro who used to hate
the countryside, came

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to visit us because the thinks
the mountain is great.

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That's true...

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That's right. No matter how
much the world changes,

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we won't change at all.

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So whenever you come
to visit us, we'll always

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be here to greet you just
the way we are now.

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It may not be a big house
or big store, but it's

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still our precious home.

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But that's enough
for today.

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Why don't you
let me drink?

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When you get drunk,
all you talk about

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is wild boars.

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Wild boars?

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Didn't you know?

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The first time Dad left
Osaka and came to

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Wakayama, he ran into
a wild boar up on the mountain.

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That's right. I thought
I had to hurry back

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to Hatsu as soon
as possible...

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So I used my fist to
beat him down.

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You brought me some
oranges, didn't you?

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Back then, I was big
and muscular...

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I just used my fists like
this and fought him off.

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Right?

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That's right.

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I wonder what they're
talking about...

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It was the ending
of summer...