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Asa...

What do you want for Chiyo's future?

I...

was hoping that she would work together with me here.

Just as I thought.

But that's my selfish wish.

Just as Ainosuke said, I need to let her

choose her own path.

But in order for her to do that, I want her to go

to a girls' school.

Girls school?

Learning a lot will be Chiyo's ticket to find different

paths in life from now on.

Asa ga Kita

Week 18 "Welcome to Our Bank" Episode 105

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

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Tomonobu Tamari: Tsurube SHOFUKUTEI

Yukichi Fukuzawa: Tetsuya TAKEDA

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

"Shinro."

That's it. "Shinro."

I've been thinking about the word "shinro" all this time.

The characters mean "the path you take" and

read as "shinro."

Try imagining it.

A harbor where there are lots of ships...

Up until now, the only paths a woman had open to her

was to marry and protect the family or help in the family

business or establish herself as an artist or work as a maidservant.

But now, there are so many different paths opening up

for a woman to take.

Rather than just staying home and taking care of it, it's

starting to change gradually.

So those ships go out to sea, and decide which path

they're going to take.

For example...

If you enter the government run music school in Tokyo...

You could become a pianist or a violinist.

If you go to learn at a school for training teachers...

You could become a school teacher.

If you study and pass the medical license exam....

You could become a doctor.

There's more...

A nurse...

What's wrong, Ume?

Oasa's acting strange again.

Ume... I can do the cleaning.

It's nothing new that Mom's acting strange.

Just graduating from higher elementary school, you'll

have enough tickets, but...

In order to get even more tickets for the sake of

your future, I think it's better to graduate

from a girls' high school.

I see...

With the cultural enlightenment, a lot of new industries have come up,

and there are lots of different opportunities open to everyone.

To begin with, there are a lot of jobs that women

are suited for...

It's like a dream to be able to choose one of those

paths yourself, and take it.

That's your dream.

Chiyo! How long have you been there?

I don't need that kind of tickets.

I have no desire to go to a girls' high school

or help with the family business.

It's my life, you can't just start dreaming about what I should do.

I've had enough of this.

Chiyo!

Let me handle this.

It's no good if you start fighting again.

But considering you were born during a time when

there were no tickets, you certainly did a

good job of getting your ship moving ahead.

But aren't you glad you didn't become a ship in distress?

Ship in distress? Me? A ship in distress?

That's right.

For a woman like you to take a ship out to sea so freely and

at your own will, it wouldn't have been strange for you

become a ship in distress, and sink to the bottom of the sea.

The reason that never happened until now

is due to the guidance of your father in-law, Shinjiro,

your parents and so many other people.

That's so true.

Father... Mr. Godai... And all the rest of you...

Thank you so much for helping me.

Mom really doesn't understand.

There are hardly any girls who graduate from higher

elementary school who try to learn even more.

That's true.

There might be maybe just one or two in our school...

Even for boys, maybe only one in 20 go on to higher education.

I wanted to be...

One of that 20...

But way out in the country where I come from, ifs

more than enough education to graduate from higher

elementary school.

But the son of the village head we were indebted to, went

on to a school in Tokyo after graduating from middle school.

I was so envious of him.

Thais because you're a boy.

It might come in handy for a boy if he learns more.

But if a girl learns the teachings of Confucius or Mencius, and

she starts to quibble all the time, no one will like her.

And I'm a girl...

After I graduate, I want to train to become a bride.

Like I told you before, I want to be a good wife and mother.

I wonder...

If I get married, I'd want to be able to talk to her

about the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.

Why? Why is that?

Because... It would be more fun when we're together.

Please excuse me, President.

Just because he's a little bit older...

He thinks he's so great.

Ainosuke had the highest grades in school...

But because his family circumstances, he

couldn't go on to middle school.

He may always seem so innocent, but

he's really thinking about his own path in life.

He is?

It's me... Can I come in?

Come in.

Grandma... Can I sleep with you?

Of course. Come over here.

My mom isn't the type that men would like, is she?

I guess that's true.

What a thing to say about your own mother!

But she and Dad really get along well together.

Not as well as your grandpa and me.

Is that right?

Shinjiro and Asa can't beat me and my husband.

Isn't that right, Dear?

Grandma!

But it seems Asa was the person he loved second best.

He loved her so much that he treated her as if she

were his own daughter.

You're...

...going to become the number one female merchant in Japan.

You should become a female company president someday.

Aren't you glad you didn't become a ship in distress?

For a woman like you to take a ship out to sea so freely and

at your own will, it wouldn't have been strange for you to

become a ship in distress, and sink to the bottom of the sea.

What is it? What happened?

I'm sorry... I dreamed that my ship was in distress.

You mean you were just dreaming.

Give me a break.

But... Where should my ship be heading for now?

Never mind. Good night.

Thank you.

But watching Ainosuke work really makes

you feel good, doesn't it?

It does... His working posture is good, so

I think he has potential.

He's serious-minded and thorough...

I wonder who he takes after.

I wonder why Chiyo doesn't even want to work.

I wonder who she takes after...

Now that you mention it, I wonder who...

Thank you.

Yusaku... What kind of greeting was that?

You sounded like your nose was stuffed

up with a cold.

Thank you!

That's how it should be done.

I'm sorry.

And when you bow, you need to bend this low.

Didn't Hei-san teach you all that?

Yes, but that customer just want to get

change for 10 sen...

You have to treat even small customers like

that with care, too.

Listen to me, everyone!

I'll tell you over and over again.

For people like us who are handling people's

precious money, it's important for us to be sincere.

Each and every one of you is the face of Kano Bank.

I'm relying on all of you.

Leave it to me.

Yashichi! Right here.

You wrote the wrong number.

Darn! I'm sorry!

Welcome!

This gentleman is...

Mr. Kudo... Welcome.

His name is Tokueimon Kudo, and he has a large amount

of savings in Kano Bank.

We've been waiting for you.

I'm sorry, Bank President...

Taking up your time take this.

What are you saying?

You didn't have to come all the way over here.

If you told me, I would have gone to see you.

I have a favor to ask of you today.

I wonder if you might know of a good marriage prospect.

Marriage prospect?

WAKAYAMA

Meanwhile, at Hatsu's home in Wakayama...

A letter came from Asa.

Did you find out where Ainosuke is?

Yes...

He's at Kano-ya's place in Osaka.

HATSU'S SECOND SON YONOSUKE

Hatsu.

Don't look like that.

It's our fault for not listening more carefully to what he had to say.

No...

I...