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Actually, Satoshi, the group leader, ran away from the coal mine.

Satoshi?

On the day that Gansuke arrived at the coal mine.

Who are you?

You're Matsuzo, aren't you?

After that, the two of them talked a number of times...

Then after several days, I didn't see him around.

All of his belongings were gone, too.

If a group leader is gone, won't that cause a lot of problems?

It would...

Why? Why did Satoshi...?

Asa ga Kita

Week 12 "The Best Father in All of Osaka" Episode 68

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

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

To tell you the truth, the cleanup of the

coal mine is going really slow.

The bedrock in the tunnel where the explosion

occurred has gotten really fragile...

So trying to build a new tunnel while trying to

clear that out will lead to another cave-in.

That's true. You have to be really careful while you work, don't you?

Gansuke goes into the tunnel everyday with

the boss and the group leaders, trying to

supervise everything closely.

But it'll still take months to reopen the coal mine.

What about the costs?

What did Gansuke say?

He said it's going to cost a lot more than we thought.

I see..

Once we finish the cleanup at the coal mine, let's

sell the coal mine.

You're going to sell the coal mine?

That's our only choice, isn't it?

If it'll take time to get it into working shape

again, even if we use all the money in the business

now, it won't be enough.

I think the best thing to do is to sell it.

But up until now, thanks to the coal mine...

I'll admit that thanks to the coal mine, our

business was making a profit for a while.

But as Gansuke said, it was impossible for a money

changer to run something as different from our business

as a coal mine to begin with.

Isn't that why this happened?

No! I won't do it.

I promised Ms. Kushida that I'd turn that mountain into

a mountain of treasure, so she sold it to me.

Besides, as long as we don't save up money by selling

coal, Kano-ya can't become a bank.

If we don't become a bank, we'll be left behind the...

Asa!

We're in no position to become a bank anymore.

Kano-ya has to start over from the beginning.

Young Master?

Why?

Why did this happen?

It's possible that this wasn't an accident, but someone carefully planned this.

From the next day, Kisuke was now sitting in the

chief clerk's position since Gansuke was in Kyushu.

Grand Council of State bills... Government notes...

Government issued coins... National bank notes...!

How much will they change the monetary system

before they settle down?

I guess the government doesn't know what to do.

They're using a lot of the country's money for the

war that's going on now.

It's such a waste of money to use money to fight wars.

I wish they'd share some of it with us.

You're right. The government certainly is a problem...

Never mind the government, the problem is those two.

They're creating a really awkward atmosphere here in the store.

That's so true.

When she's pouting like that, it means she won't give in.

What a strange look...

What war are you talking about?

Yashichi! You're a cleric in this business, and

you don't know something like that?

The war that's going on now is the battle that

Takamori Saigo is waging to overthrow the current government.

Oh, that?

Don't give me that!

Come to think of it, Mr. Godai is from Satsuma, isn't he?

It's noon! It's noon!

What do you think you're doing coming into the store like that?

Today's Saturday... And it's lunchtime.

Lunch?

You were at the coal mine all this time, so it's been

a while since you've been in the store on Saturday and Sunday, hasn't it?

That's right. Business is really slow today...

Last year, the government office decided that

they will close on Sundays and Saturdays will be half day...

Since then, a lot more businesses have followed suit, so Kano-ya is copying them.

We're closed on Sundays?

Only a little while ago, the calendar changed...

When did things get so complicated?

Head Clerk... Sitting at the chief clerk's desk, and you

don't even know something like that?

What's that, Yashichi?

Come back here, Yashichi!

Come back here!

There sure is a lot of data.

What's wrong, Fuyu?

There's a man that I've never seen before in front of the

store, and he's been staring at the store.

It's like he's glaring at it.

There's no one here.

I'm sorry. Maybe I overreacted.

What kind of man was it? How tall was he?

How old was he? How was he dressed?

Didn't anything stand out about him?

Maybe his appearance or the way he was dressed.

Let's see... I didn't notice anything that stood out.

Kisuke!

Wait, Kisuke!

That's right. Coming out to a big road like this, no one

will know anything about that man...

But it bothers me.

It sure does.

She laughed...

Chiyo...

Several days later...

A letter from Gansuke in Kyushu?

There's one addressed to the master and Shinjiro...

Where did Shinjiro go again?

Shokichi Shirooka Shinjiro

Gansuke

Master...

Just as you said, that man, Satoshi was Matsuzo.

From what the miners told me, Matsuzo wasn't too happy

about Kano-ya buying the coal mine from the beginning.

And I found out that it was Matsuzo's group that set

the explosives in the tunnel.

KYUSHU KANO COAL MINE

I really regret letting Matsuzo get away.

I'd like to go through the mountain looking for

him, but restoring the coal mine to working

order is taking more time and effort than we thought.

Since there's no time to spare, I'll leave finding Matsuzo to the police.

That's all. Please work hard again today.

Please be careful not to get hurt.

Just as the chief clerk says, be careful not to get hurt.

We're going to work hard again today.

But the boss who was hurt in the accident told me

to forgive Satoshi... He's not really a bad man...

Will you be more gentle?

There you go complaining again.

It's just proof that he's well.

I put together the repair expenses and estimate

of the work progress, and the schedule and

enclosed it, so please give it to the young mistress.

Thank you for your hard work.

The boss' wife said to tell the young mistress to

bring the baby and come to the coal mine.

Life here doesn't agree with me yet, but

I'll whip myself into shape, and do my best to be of use to Kano-ya.

Make sure the chief clerk's tea is really strong.

Really strong, and so bitter you can't even drink it.

Right?

From faraway northern Kyushu...

This is delicious.

I'm praying for Kano-ya's prosperity from the bottom of my heart.

Gansuke...

Gansuke seems to be fitting in better than we thought.

That's true.

But...

I have to hand it to Gansuke...

He's really precise in putting all these figures together...s

When he said he didn't know a thing about coal mines.

My husband...?

I didn't believe it, but...

You were absolutely right.

Who would have thought we'd run into Matsuzo like this?

What an ironic twist of fate.

Matsuzo? Who's Matsuzo?

I'm sorry I didn't say anything until now.

Matsuzo is my childhood friend.

I told you about him once before, didn't I?

You did.

I never expected that Matsuzo would be in

Kyushu now and working in a coal mine.

When I was little, I had a childhood friend.

He was the son of the chief clerk who worked at our store.

When he and I were ten, because his father

opened a branch of Kano-ya...

He and his mother suffered miserably

and they left town.

At that time, Matsuzo told me that...

I was a murderer.

We were such good friends.