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Kisuke... Smile!

But...

Don't move!

Kano-ya had a lot of good things happening...

Here's a gift from our family celebration.

...with the addition of Eizaburo's bride Sachi to the family.

I'm Sachi I'm pleased to meet you

EIZABURO'S WIFE SACHI

Thank you for coming.

You have a beautiful wife.

That adds stability to you as the eighth generation.

I'll work even harder now.

With Sachi, the Kano-ya household grew even more.

That's very good.

So we've finally gotten ourselves a normal

bride here, haven't we?

That's so true.

But what shall we call Sachi?

Asa is the young mistress...

But she's no longer young, so should we still call her

"Young Mistress"?

You're right about that.

You sound like you're having fun here.

Oasa's back from the coal mine.

Welcome home.

You're so dignified now, so we can't possibly say

you're young, can we?

From this time on, Asa was called "Mistress" and Sachi

was called "Young Mistress" and Yono was called

"Grand Mistress."

Mistress?

Mistress!

Will you look this over?

Mistress? I'm no longer young?

What a surprise.

Asa ga Kita

Week 15 "Osaka's Great Benefactor" Episode 85

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

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

1881 (MEIJI 14)

A year went by...

I'm home.

Welcome home, Dad.

We're having dinner soon.

We are?

Chiyo... Isn't this nice?

Use it when you're playing house.

What a beautiful leaf. Thank you.

Chiyo was now six years old.

Are you the mom today, Chiyo?

Yes.

I'm going now.

Where are you going, Mom?

I have to go to the coal mine.

I'll buy you presents.

Now that the Kano Coal Mine had been rebuilt and

back in operation, and with the efforts of Kisuke and Fuyu,

it was gradually beginning to show more profit...

Kisuke... Fuyu... Thank you.

We're not showing a loss, are we?

We managed to make it through this month.

Up to this point, these two got along, but...

Let's start preparing to open a bank.

I won't do it.

There are over a hundred banks throughout Japan.

Hashiyakiya who's a money changer like we are

has opened up a bank.

Even Origuchi, the meat shop opened a bank...

They have their ideas we have our own

We're finally at a point where we know that

we can repay the loan for rebuilding the

coal mine after the explosion.

But I want to start the preparations.

During the years that Kano-ya suffered

with the rebuilding of the coal mine, a lot of new

businesses have come up in the world.

Are they at it again?

They never get tired of doing this every day.

The reason that a lot of the new businesses

are closing down is because they don't have money.

We'll open a good bank lend money to people

with ambition, and help them.

That's how the money should start flowing from now on.

Who's going to guarantee the money that we lend?

If they have the ambition...

You can't do business with just ambition.

if someone comes to you and tells you they have

ambition are you just going to hand over the money

to all of them, and tell them to do their best?

That will lead Kano-ya into bankruptcy right away.

But if they succeed, they'll repay the money...

How are you going to differentiate between

the people who will succeed?

What's the standard you're going to judge that on?

You...

...just have to look into the person's eyes...

It's started again today, hasn't it?

Trying to see who can outglare the other.

Which one will win today?

Don't be ridiculous! Eizaburo... What do you think?

Me?

That's right.. .You're the eighth generation head.

I...

The predecessor has put the reins of this business in my hands.

In order to preserve our business that's been

in existence for 200 years, we can't put this store

in danger with something as vague as ambition...

Well said! Just what I'd expect of the eighth generation head!

Thank you.

But... The business of money changing is a

thing of the past.

No matter how far our history goes back,

money changing just doesn't fit into an era where

feudal lords and clans no longer exist.

If we can't switch to becoming a bank,

Kano-ya will eventually...

No... I'll admit defeat for today.

I'm sorry I'll think about it more carefully...

Let's get back to work.

It doesn't look like she's going to give up on the idea, after all.

What did you expect?

Asa just couldn't give up on the idea of starting

up a bank, so she kept studying on her own.

Chiyo... Kayo... Mit-chan... I'll be going now.

Come and decorate the Tanabata tree with us.

Is it already Tanabata?

It seemed like New Year's was just yesterday.

Let's decorate it when I get back.

I have to go to see Mr. Godai today, and talk about business.

Kuma... Look after her.

I'm counting on you, too, Sachi.

Hurry back.

Let's continue, Chiyo.

The Osaka Commerce Training Institute that Asa was going

to was a school of commerce for people who would

eventually run the various businesses in Osaka.

It was opened by Mr. Godai and his associates.

There may be those whose families run a business, but

you have to forget what you learned up until now, and

learn a new way to run businesses.

Think of it as your duty to spread it to the rest of society...

If the young people are nurtured like this,

Osaka doesn't have anything to worry about.

If there was a place like this to learn when

I was young, I may have been able to run our business

a little better.

But why? Why is it that we're finally able to learn about

business, but there isn't a single female student?

TOMOATSU GODAI'S SUBORDINATE MISAKA

If there were women in here, it would corrupt public morals.

Why? Why would it corrupt public morals just because

men and women are together?

How ridiculous!

Ridiculous...? That Godai! Where did he go?

Satsuma sake is fragrant and reaches down to your core.

Doesn't it? Japanese sake and whisky are delicious,

but there's nothing that can beat this sake.

You're using the Satsuma dialect.

This sake goes well with the Satsuma dialect, doesn't it?

Here you go... This Satsuma dish goes well with it, too.

Here it is...

Let's see...

Welcome.

Good evening. Are the two of you drinking together again?

Did you get roped into Mr. Godai's idea, and

decide to start a business in Hokkaido?

Hokkaido? What are you talking about?

You don't know anything about business...?

But every time I come here, I get to hear things that

I want to hear about, so I'm grateful to you for

opening such a good place.

It makes me happy to hear you say that,

Have a seat over here.

Come to think of it, although we talk

about sake we've never talked about business once, have we?

That's true...

The only thing we have in common is our taste in sake.

That's true... The reason I can be here drinking

sake is because you've raised Asa into a full-fledged businesswoman.

Don't tell me you understand English?

No... Of course not. Not at all.

You're a realty shrewd man.

Asa was complaining that no matter where she

goes, she never runs into you.

Is that right? Lately, I've left my business here in the

hands of my subordinate.

That's right. Those two have gotten to the point

where they call each other Asa and Miwa now.

So won't you stop calling me "Mr. Godai" already?

What should I call you?

My name's Tomoatsu, so call me "Tomo-chan."

I'll call you "Shin-chan."

Shin-chan? Tomo-chan?

That's right.

Really?

I'm just kidding.

Just call me Godai.

What a strange joke.

You surprised me.

I'm sorry... I wanted to see the confusion in your face...

You always seem so aloof.

I'm not aloof... I'm dizzy...

What a surprise. This is delicious.

But, Shin-chan...

Asa won't stop here...

She's someone who can change Osaka and Japan.

I want to encourage her.

I want to watch over her.

Seeing that school made me realize how great

Mr. Godai's ideas are.

Mr. Godai really is Osaka's benefactor isn't he?

He is.

I wonder how I can repay my obligations to him...

I have to make Kano-ya even bigger...

No! Your business bug is biting you again.

Mom...

What's wrong, Chiyo?

Why? Why is it?

Why are you different from other mothers?

Why? Why is it?

Asa who always used to question why

was so surprised when her daughter, Chiyo

started asking why... It was too sudden.