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Oasa! Rub her back.

Bring lots of rags.

Sis! Are you okay?

Gently...

What's going on?

What's all this commotion?

She called her "Sis."

I couldn't believe that the vegetable seller was Ohatsu!

What are you talking about?

Please Asa! Let me go home.

I don't want to cause any trouble.

It's too late to be worried about that.

Everything's ready.

That's right, Sis. You have to do your best, and give

birth to a healthy baby.

Is it true that the baby's about to be born?

My husband...?

It's here!

Sis gave birth to her baby!

I'm so glad!

I'm glad.

I wonder if it's a boy or a girl.

It must be adorable.

I'll bet it is.

Which is it?

I wonder.

It must be adorable.

I'll bet it is.

Asa ga Kita

Week 6 "A Wife's Determination, A Husband's Decision" Episode 34

Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA

Screenwriter: Mika OMORI

Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI

Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48

Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA

Asa Shirooka: HARU

Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

He's so cute.

Such a healthy baby boy.

He really is.

10 DAYS AFTER HATSU GAVE BIRTH

If Sanouji-ya hadn't gone under, he would been a good heir for them.

Don't say things like that.

It's okay, Ume.

It's the truth.

Are you sure you should be walking around?

I wonder if he looks a little bit like my husband.

I'm really sorry for causing you so much trouble.

I have no words to thank you.

It's been a while since I've felt like celebrating.

Thank you.

Come, and visit us anytime.

I will. Thank you very much.

Thank you for everything.

I'll see her off.

Be careful.

Yono... What's wrong with you?

You've been sighing like that all the time.

You sound like you've been let down.

If only that was our grandchild...

Don't you feel that way, too?

It wouldn't be at all strange if we had a grandchild like that.

It would have been better if Ohatsu was our bride instead.

What do you mean by that?

Ouch!

Asa!

Did you hear what she said?

No... I didn't hear anything.

I just came to get Sis' vegetable basket.

Excuse me.

I wasn't being mean.

It's just what I really felt that came out of my mouth.

What a cute baby.

He has such an adorable baby.

I wonder what your dad is doing...

I'm going to work even harder, so

you grow up to be big and strong

Mother... Won't you carry him?

This is your grandmother.

Until your dad comes home, let's all be

strong and live together here.

If he hasn't come hack after all this time,

who knows if he's even alive.

Are you still saying things like that?

You're hopeless.

My husband...

Our child has been born.

So hurry, and come home.

1871 (4TH YEAR OF MEUI)

Some time after that, the Meiji government

abolished the clans throughout the country, and replaced them with prefectures.

The government was thinking of assuming

the debts that the clans carried.

However what they proposed was shocking.

They want us to write off the old debts that the

feudal lords earned, and the new debts will be repaid

over 50 years with no interest.

It's terrible.

You're right. Even if we devote ourselves to the

government, if this is all they're going to do for

us, we really have to start thinking of a new business.

Otherwise, we won't survive.

The young mistress has been working even harder.

What are you laughing at?

The head clerk with his abacus and the young

mistress look like the two guardian gods of the Todai-ji temple.

You're right.

We have two gallant men.

In any case, we have to figure out what the

total amount that the new government is going to assume.

You shouldn't laugh.

I'm so sorry.

Kisuke!

What are you grinning about?

I'm sorry.

This is one of your transactions...

Good afternoon.

Yohei from Yama-ya...

So this is coal?

It's so shiny and such a nice color.

Can you tell?

Just what I'd expect from Kano-ya's fourth son.

Fourth son?

Didn't you know?

You work just like a man, so people are saying that Kano-ya didn't gain a bride,

but another son.

Like a man?

It seems the owner of the mountain where

this good coal came from just passed away...

His name was Kushida.

Shall we try burning it?

Watch carefully.

Mr. Kushida's wife wants to sell the mountain since they have no heir.

Is that right?

This coal mine in Chikuzen has a lot of especially

good quality coal buried there.

Excuse me...

What's a rock doing here?

Treat it carefully...

This may be a treasure that could save Kano-ya.

So this is a treasure?

I'd better be going then.

I'm sorry.

Father... I don't think we can let this chance slip away.

Do we have enough money?

Even if we took the money from the debt that the

government is assuming and the money I managed

to put together, we still won't have enough.

I thought I'd go to see Mr. Kushida's wife, and

ask if we can put half the amount down, and pay

the rest in three installments.

Asa...

Are you really prepared for this?

It's not a good thing for a wife to be away from

the home for a long period of time.

Think about that carefully, and if you still want to do this, then...

I won't stop you.

Their fourth son...?

What are you doing looking at a map?

To walk to the coal mine after getting off the

boat in Moji in the morning, even if I get there within

that day, it'll still take three days.

I don't know how many days it'll take to negotiate the money matters...

It might take two weeks or it might take over a month.

So in the meantime, I won't be able to take care of your needs...

Then...

Then I...

What are you trying to say?

My husband... For the sake of the family...

Take a mistress.