1 00:00:02,502 --> 00:00:05,471 It hasn't grown that much, has it? 2 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:07,506 We just planted it. 3 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,277 Help me down. 4 00:00:13,947 --> 00:00:16,315 Look at this. 5 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:21,320 It's still small, but it's a bud. 6 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:28,894 You're right. It's still so small... I wonder if the flower will bloom. 7 00:00:29,629 --> 00:00:30,863 I don't know. 8 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:36,001 I never expected you choose a plum tree. 9 00:00:36,002 --> 00:00:40,172 I thought for sure you'd pick the sacred bamboo (nandina) tree 10 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:47,513 that signifies turning misfortunes into good fortune... 11 00:00:49,482 --> 00:00:53,118 The plum tree is the same as my click click abacus... 12 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:57,156 You knew it was made from a plum tree? 13 00:00:57,157 --> 00:01:01,193 I did... Mom told me it was made from an unusual tree. 14 00:01:01,194 --> 00:01:05,865 I couldn't forget how you danced around shaking 15 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:08,000 that click click abacus... 16 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:16,442 Is she dancing? 17 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:20,946 I wanted you to play with it to your hearts' content 18 00:01:20,947 --> 00:01:25,184 so I had one made in Unshu that would give off a nice sound... 19 00:01:25,185 --> 00:01:27,686 So that's why it made such a nice sound. 20 00:01:30,991 --> 00:01:37,029 I love watching you use the abacus. 21 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:48,474 If you're retiring because of me, you're making a bad mistake. 22 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:51,110 What are you saying? 23 00:01:52,379 --> 00:01:54,713 I worked more than enough. 24 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:59,385 I think I've worked two or three times more than anyone else. 25 00:02:01,321 --> 00:02:03,856 I thought it was time to forget about business, 26 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:07,760 and spend some time together with you. 27 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:11,397 Does that mean... 28 00:02:11,398 --> 00:02:17,036 ...I'm more important to you than the business 29 00:02:17,037 --> 00:02:20,339 that you love more than anything else, 30 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:25,477 Asa Shirooka? 31 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:29,949 That's right. 32 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:36,622 There couldn't possibly be anything that I care 33 00:02:36,623 --> 00:02:38,424 more about than you. 34 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:43,862 I see... 35 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:50,202 If that's the case, it can't be helped, can it? 36 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:55,607 Please let me spend some time with you being your wife. 37 00:02:59,145 --> 00:03:00,346 Asa... 38 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:08,487 Thank you. 39 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,129 Shinjiro... The doctor is here. 40 00:03:18,231 --> 00:03:19,798 I'll be right there. 41 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:12,985 Mistress... 42 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:19,992 I'm sorry... Just because I said I'm quitting, 43 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:22,161 I don't want you to quit. 44 00:04:26,566 --> 00:04:29,134 Never mind that... I'm sorry. 45 00:04:30,336 --> 00:04:31,837 You have a visitor. 46 00:04:31,838 --> 00:04:33,205 A visitor? 47 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:39,478 It's that student... In that letter. 48 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:47,200 Asa ga Kita 49 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:51,623 Final Week "A Soft Heart" Episode 153 50 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:55,294 Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA 51 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:58,630 Screenwriter: Mika OMORI 52 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,967 Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI 53 00:05:02,635 --> 00:05:05,637 Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48 54 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:08,974 Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA 55 00:05:13,113 --> 00:05:16,448 Asa Shirooka: HARU 56 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:21,453 Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI 57 00:05:22,288 --> 00:05:25,624 Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE 58 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:28,961 Ume: TOMOCHIKA 59 00:05:28,962 --> 00:05:32,297 Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA 60 00:05:32,298 --> 00:05:35,634 Miwa: Sumika NONO 61 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:42,007 Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO 62 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:45,711 Haru Hiratsuka: Yuko OSHIMA 63 00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:58,757 I'm Haru Hiratsuka, a first year student at the 64 00:05:58,758 --> 00:06:00,325 Hinode Women's University 65 00:06:01,327 --> 00:06:02,661 I'm Yuka Takahashi. 66 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:04,796 I'm Nori Saito. 67 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,002 I've met you a number of times at the lectures, haven't I? 68 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:14,206 It must be cold outside. Thank you for coming. 69 00:06:14,974 --> 00:06:18,177 Nobu Tamura told me that you said if I was unhappy 70 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:21,046 about something that I should come right out and tell you... 71 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:24,950 That it was cowardly to talk behind your back. 72 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:29,254 When I heard that, I couldn't contain my anger at being 73 00:06:29,255 --> 00:06:31,456 called a coward, so I came here to Osaka. 74 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:33,125 Oh my! 75 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:35,928 In that case, let me tell you straight to your face. 76 00:06:37,864 --> 00:06:40,065 I don't know how important you are being from an 77 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:42,534 Osaka banking family, but I have no intention of 78 00:06:42,535 --> 00:06:46,071 being grateful to you or feel any respect for you for your 79 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:52,077 contributions toward women's education. 80 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,783 I read Mr. Narusawa's book, and couldn't wait to 81 00:06:57,784 --> 00:06:59,751 get into the university. 82 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:05,791 I'm sick and tired of the founders who are well-known financiers 83 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:10,362 and politicians finding excuses to visit the university, looking down 84 00:07:10,363 --> 00:07:16,835 their noses at Mr. Narusawa and the students catering to you. 85 00:07:18,972 --> 00:07:21,873 When I listened to your lecture, it sounded to me like you're 86 00:07:21,874 --> 00:07:25,978 saying that although you had no education, you've managed to 87 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:31,216 become quite successful... And we should be privileged to learn 88 00:07:31,217 --> 00:07:34,319 from your passionate teachings, so we should show our gratitude to 89 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,954 you by becoming better students? 90 00:07:35,989 --> 00:07:38,890 Your arrogance is all too apparent. 91 00:07:39,492 --> 00:07:40,892 It's just too offensive. 92 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:46,798 We're all unanimous in thinking that the great 93 00:07:46,799 --> 00:07:50,402 Ms. Asa Shirooka is nothing but a disgusting old woman. 94 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:55,440 I see... 95 00:07:56,843 --> 00:08:00,078 Is that all you have to say? 96 00:08:04,183 --> 00:08:07,252 Then let me have my say. 97 00:08:14,294 --> 00:08:18,196 I never thought I'd see a girl like you. 98 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:25,337 You're still a bit immature and biased, but I have 99 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:28,507 to give you credit for having your own opinions and 100 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:33,178 being able to express them like this. 101 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:41,486 Haru Hiratsuka... You might turn out to be someone 102 00:08:41,487 --> 00:08:45,090 of great importance someday. 103 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:49,061 I... 104 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:50,662 Do your best. 105 00:08:54,934 --> 00:08:57,069 Please learn to your hearts' content. 106 00:08:57,670 --> 00:09:00,372 Let's meet again at the autumn athletic day... 107 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:06,445 I'm planning to participate with the bicycle riding event with all of you. 108 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:20,659 What an interesting person. 109 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:21,493 Wasn't she? 110 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:22,627 What's so interesting? 111 00:09:22,628 --> 00:09:23,795 She makes me so angry. 112 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,564 What an arrogant woman. 113 00:09:26,699 --> 00:09:33,739 She may be arrogant or just plain rough, but without someone 114 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:37,976 to forge a path where there was no path, women like 115 00:09:37,977 --> 00:09:42,781 you might not be able to speak so freely. 116 00:09:43,916 --> 00:09:49,054 In the Edo period, someone like you would have been thrown into a prison. 117 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:51,857 I don't know anything about the Edo period. 118 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:54,726 I guess you wouldn't, would you? 119 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:58,697 But... 120 00:09:59,532 --> 00:10:01,032 I'm glad I met her. 121 00:10:03,803 --> 00:10:09,674 I'm going to become a new woman who's greater than she is. 122 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:19,384 This student, later known as Raicho Hiratsuka would 123 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:22,754 later found the magazine "Seito" (Blue Stocking)... 124 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:26,758 Proclaiming loudly that "in the beginning, woman was the sun," 125 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:30,162 she participated in numerous women's movements. 126 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,434 Some new woman she is... 127 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:38,570 Doesn't she know the meaning of gratitude? 128 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:41,573 I never thought I'd hear you say that, Ochiyo. 129 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:48,980 Mom? 130 00:10:50,716 --> 00:10:54,853 This time, I don't think I'll ever recover. 131 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:58,056 You mean you were actually depressed? 132 00:10:58,057 --> 00:11:03,195 I thought I was doing it for the sake of the future 133 00:11:03,196 --> 00:11:09,301 of women, but instead of being popular, she dislikes me that much. 134 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:17,242 I'm more surprised that you'd feel hurt because 135 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:19,578 of something like that. 136 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:25,717 Whether people dislike you or not, you'll say 137 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:27,686 what you want to, and you won't waver from 138 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:30,722 your beliefs... That's who you are. 139 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,096 Just hold your head high and be proud. 140 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:42,601 I guess you're right... 141 00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:47,706 Except for your dad, I can't expect 142 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:49,207 anyone else to like me. 143 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,042 That's who I am. 144 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:56,314 I don't expect anything in return... If I can be 145 00:11:56,315 --> 00:12:00,452 just a little stepping stone for the women of the 146 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:05,257 future, then that's all I need, isn't it? 147 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:07,392 That's right. 148 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:18,203 After that, Asa cut her ties completely with 149 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:24,409 her work, and just spent all her time with Shinjiro. 150 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:39,124 Lately, Miwa often comes to bring you confections 151 00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:41,960 like this, doesn't she? 152 00:12:41,961 --> 00:12:45,997 Chiyo's the one who's happier about it... 153 00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:53,171 That's true. I guess deep down inside Miwa still cares for you... 154 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:56,608 You really are dense... 155 00:12:58,444 --> 00:12:59,511 Dense? 156 00:13:01,347 --> 00:13:04,616 The other day, when Miwa was over here... 157 00:13:06,652 --> 00:13:07,752 Miwa-san! 158 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:13,191 It's time you dropped the "san" and just call me Miwa. 159 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:17,495 Pick that up. 160 00:13:22,201 --> 00:13:25,036 And stop saying "hei." 161 00:13:26,772 --> 00:13:30,108 Then what should I call you... 162 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:34,879 Just call me "omae" (you). 163 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:38,750 Like this...? 164 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:42,954 That's right. Shall we go? 165 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:45,190 My dear... 166 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:57,969 Is that true? 167 00:13:58,738 --> 00:13:59,938 When did that happen? 168 00:14:03,743 --> 00:14:05,610 Just eat a little bit. 169 00:14:06,545 --> 00:14:10,815 Maybe it's because of all the confections, but 170 00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:12,817 hasn't Chiyo gained a little weight? 171 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:14,719 That's because... 172 00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:18,223 she's pregnant with her second child. 173 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:21,326 Really? 174 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:23,561 I'm so happy. 175 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:29,267 I'm feeling good today... 176 00:14:32,438 --> 00:14:35,106 I'd like to play a little... 177 00:14:35,841 --> 00:14:37,342 Shall we take a walk? 178 00:14:38,477 --> 00:14:39,577 I know... 179 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:43,982 How about "that"? 180 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:47,886 All right. I'll bring it.