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KYOTO 1865 (FIRST YEAR OF KEIO)

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Asa's older sister Hatsu's fiancée,
Sobei from Sanoujiya in Osaka

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came to Kyoto with his mother
Kiku to see Hatsu for the

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first time in four years.

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I have a favor to ask you.

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Won't you smile
at my sister?

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Why do I have to listen
to anything you ask me to do?

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I thought you'd grown
up a little, but inside

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you're still a fool.

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Hatsu's a boring woman.

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But she's better than you.

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You think she's boring?

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Miss Asa?

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Men hate pushy women like you,
so you should just stay in the kitchen.

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I feel sorry for Shinjiro.

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Miss Asa... Is something wrong?

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I should have thrown that
white snake down on the ground.

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Asa ga Kita

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Week 2
"Two Flower Petals"
Episode 8

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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 Imai:
HARU

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Shinjiro Shirooka:
Hiroshi TAMAKI

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Rie Imai:
Shinobu TERAJIMA

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Tadaoki Imai:
Takeshi MASU

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Sobei Mayuyama:
Tasuku EMOTO

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Kisuke:
Hiroki MIYAKE

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Gansuke:
Takaya YAMAUCHI

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Ume:
TOMOCHIKA

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Tadamasa Imai:
Yoichi k YASHI

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Kiku Mayuyama:
Hisako MANDA

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Yono Shirooka:
Jun FUBUKI

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Shokichi Shirooka:
Masaomi KONDO

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Hatsu Imai:
Aoi MIYAZAKI

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This was just delivered.

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I'll look forward to
the wedding day.

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So will we.

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It seems like Kano-ya
has been quite busy.

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What do you mean?

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It's just a rumor.

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If you'll excuse us.

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It's the first time I've met her,
but his mother's a bit peculiar.

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It's just as you said.

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Didn't I tell you?

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Are you okay Hatsu?

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This is...

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Dad... Mom...

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Is Sis really going to
marry that man?

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Asa! What a thing to say!

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That man...

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Stop it, Asa.

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Stop it.

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I'm sorry.

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Asa... Shinjiro can't come today.

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This is a letter from the
owner of Kano-ya.

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It seems because of
certain circumstances,

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he won't be able to
come for a while.

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I wonder if something
happened to Kano-ya.

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I don't know.

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He's not coming?

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Did you just start laughing
after looking at me?

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That's right...
You look so depressed.

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You were really looking forward
to today, weren't you, Asa?

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No, I wasn't.

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Last night, she was so
excited about today,

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she couldn't sleep, so she
was standing on her head.

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Stop it, Sis!

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You too, Ume.

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Asa!

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Yes?

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This one is for you.

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It's from Shinjiro.

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Shinjiro wrote you a letter?

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To Asa

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From Kano-ya Shinjiro

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What a surprise.

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Excuse me!

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Asa! Don't run in the hallway.

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Asa...

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Asa!

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Sis... Please!

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Read this with me.

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Of course.

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He has nice handwriting.

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He really does...

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He writes like Hikaru Genji.

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It's so different from my
fat, wormy writing.

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Hurry, and open it.

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I hope this finds you
in good spirits...

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I wanted to write to
ask how you are.

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It will put my mind at ease to know
that you are safe and sound.

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To Miss Asa..
From Shinjiro.

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Is this all?

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How nice. He's worried
how you're doing.

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Is that what it says?

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You should answer
it right away...

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It's such a wonderful love letter.

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Is this a love letter?

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That's right.

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It's the first time I've seen
a real love letter.

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Don't say that.
It's embarrassing

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How nice...
She got a love letter.

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However at that time...

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In Osaka, Shinjiro was...

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{\an8}SHINJIRO SHIROOKA

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Yono...

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{\an8}SHINJIRO'S OLDER BROTHER SHOTARO

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You're his mother.
You shouldn't be crying.

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We're not sure yet
he can't be saved.

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{\an8}SHINJIRO'S MOTHER YONO

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I know, but...

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SHINJIRO'S FATHER SHOKICHI

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It seems Shotaro has
a lung disease.

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He seems to be in
really bad shape.

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He is? What are they going to do
about an heir if something happens?

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Won't they make Shinjiro
the heir if that happens?

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That's impossible.

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Shinjiro may be fun to have
around, but it someone as

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carefree as he is takes over,
the business will go under.

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{\an8}MIDDLE HEAD CLERK KISUKE

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I wonder.

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Gansuke sure eats fast.

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This Kisuke, Kano-ya's
middle head clerk.

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And...

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{\an8}CHIEF HEAD CLERK GANSUKE

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This is Gansuke,
the chief head clerk.

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The money changers are the
predecessors to today s banks

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The money changers are the
predecessors to today's banks.

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Having worked at Kano-ya
since they were apprentices,

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the two of them were shrewd head clerks
who could handle the Kano-ya business.

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Please protect Shotaro.

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Shinjiro!

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Where are you going
at a time like this?

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It doesn't matter, does it?

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If a good guy like my big
brother is going to die early,

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then I should have gone
to paradise a long time ago.

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Shinjiro!

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{\an8}KYOTO IMAI FAMILY

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I wish I would get a love
letter just once in my life.

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And he has really
beautiful writing.

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Those girls... They're spending all
their time talking unnecessarily

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without doing any work,

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Nevermind. Let it go.

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What's going on? Sounds
like you're having fun.

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Dear...

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Asa!

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Asa... Is it true that you
got a love letter?

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{\an8}ASA'S GRANDFATHER TADAMASA

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How should l answer his letter?

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Never mind that... If I wrote
him a letter with my lousy

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handwriting, he won't
like me anymore.

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You mean you don't wan
him to dislike you?

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It's my punishment for not
practicing in calligraphy like Sis.

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Grandpa? I didn't know
you were here.

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Don't worry about it...

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A letter is meant to
express your feelings.

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No matter how lousy you are,
just put all your feelings into it.

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Still...

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When I was young, I used to
write to girls all the time.

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Who was it?

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Sis?

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Where is she?

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There she is.

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Sis...

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Sis...

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It's nothing. I just got
dust in my eyes.

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You're lying. Why?

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Why?

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Don't keep asking why.

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If you keep asking why,
Shinjiro won't like you anymore.

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But... You don't really want
to marry that white snake, do you?

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It's not that.

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I wonder why...

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I don't really know why
but once in a while,

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the tears will just come.

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But... for some reason,
when I'm with you,

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I just naturally
start to smile.

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So don't worry.

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If that's the case, then I'll do
anything just so you'll laugh for me.

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With a face like this...

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Or this...

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Stop it! I'm going
to start laughing.

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Or a face like this.

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So... don't cry.

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Thank you.

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I'm okay now.

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Still... You're lucky you're
going to many Shinjiro.

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It would have been better
if Shinjiro was my fiancée.

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I'm sorry... I shouldn't say
things like that even

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if it's just a joke.

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You were actually supposed
to marry Sanouji-ya's Sobei.

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Hatsu who was born first
was supposed to go to Kano-ya,

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and you were supposed to
marry into the Sanouji-ya family.

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That's what was decided from
the time you were both born.

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Why do I have to listen
to anything you ask me to do?

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Hatsu's a boring woman, but...

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She's better than you.

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Don't ever tell Hatsu.

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Grandpa...

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Will you teach me how
to write a letter?

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What's going on?