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Why do I have to go out and find this guy?

I don't even know what he looks like.

He looked weak and skinny.

If he really collapsed on the road somewhere,

I have no way of finding him.

I'm leaving now.

Thank you for your hard work.

Give my regards to your mother and your son.

Maybe I'll have a beer first.

Shinjiro... And Heijuro!

Good evening.

Welcome.

It's unusual to see you two together.

I didn't expect it either...

Someone as straight-laced as Hei-san liking beer.

It's going to start now.

Is that an English song?

That man!

Asa ga Kita

Week 20 "What I Want To Talk About Now" Episode 116

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: TDMOCHIKA

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

Aren't you surprised?

The people that man is with told him they'd treat him

if he sang a song, so he suddenly started singing.

What a strange man.

That's right. He's "that" man.

Number four... The wakame!

I mean Narusawa.

Thank you!

Another suspicious man who speaks English.

Several days later Asa came home from the coal mine in Kyushu.

Welcome home!

Narusawa-Sensei!

Just as you asked... I found him.

So you really went to look for him.

Thank you!

Once I got serious, it was easy.

If you'll excuse me...

Wait! Stay and listen to...

He left!

Ms. Shirooka!

I'm deeply moved. Your husband told me that you kindly read what I wrote.

No... I'm the one who was deeply moved.

I was surprised by what you wrote about what you thought about women's education.

"Bikkuri-pon" (surprised)?

The present state of women's education in the world, and

how far behind our country is.

Your insight was eye opening.

I'm grateful that even one person understands...

And if that one person is Asa Shirooka...

I feel as though I've suddenly acquired 100 allies at once.

A hundred?

I'll seriously think about how I can help you.

No... I'm just grateful if you'll be one of my supporters.

In order to establish a women's university,

I wanted a highly intelligent woman

as one of the founders.

I want you to point out things that we don't realize from a

woman's point of view.

Knowing how busy you are, just that alone may be

presumptuous of me...

Wait a minute, Narusawa-Sensei.

Are you saying you just want to use my name?

When you handed this to me, I told you that...

I didn't think you could do it...

Pardon my rudeness.

Not at all. It took me three years to finish writing this.

I'm worried how it can be done.

A nail that sticks out will be hammered down.

No matter how much you want to do something

new, if you don't get people to understand,

then that's the end.

So how many supporters do you have including me?

Probably about 110...

Even if you think of me as being 100 allies,

please don't count me as 100...

Eleven...

Eleven?

Even with this wonderful guidebook, you only have 11 supporters?

I'll admit that right now, a lot of people treat

me as though... I'm a nuisance.

They probably would.

The mistress is so busy, why listen to what

that fellow has to say?

What surprised me when I came home after

three years, instead of promoting women's education, the trend

toward women staying at home and not needing an education is greater.

The number of girls' schools has decreased, and my

way of thinking is treated as a nuisance.

The reason why there hasn't been any progress in women's

education is because of the government's fickle policies

since the Restoration.

That's why we need to determine policies on women's education

now for hundreds of years into the future.

Your ideas are really wonderful.

You're not a nuisance...

You're the first penguin...

You're someone who has the ambition and brains to be like

first and foremost penguin.

First and foremost penguin?

But right now, before you can even jump into the ocean,

you'll slip and fall in, and be eaten by a shark.

I just can't help but feel that's what will happen.

It's really such a waste.

I'll be eaten by a shark...?

Excuse me... Could you be more specific?

Let me help you.

I want us to work toward the same goal, and actually

be of help to you.

I want to help you so you wont slip and fall into the ocean

before you fulfill that big dream of yours for a women's university.

What can I say...?

Let's get into the specifics...

I thought about what would be the most difficult thing...

What is it?

Money.

In order to establish a university, you'll need money, of course.

Have you raised the money to build the university?

Eventually...

I thought so. You haven't raise any, have you?

I agree that it'll take a lot of money, but...

Also, for now, I have an order for you...

I'm staking everything on this goal.

I won't even hesitate to lose all my household possessions

in order to establish a women's university.

In that case, you should think about financing...

Financing?

Even if you don't have any collateral, since you have a clear goal

of establishing a women's university, the bank will...

What are you saying?

We won't lend him any money!

Hei-san! Why not?

Women's education is a business that has more

than enough potential with high aspirations.

I'll admit that right now, we don't know when

it'll be profitable...

We don't even know if something like that can be done...

We can't lend any money for something that dangerous.

Someone has to keep their eyes open for something

new that will benefit society, and lend him the money.

No!

I don't want to borrow money.

I don't want to be in debt for even a penny.

What are you doing?

You know that you'll need a lot of money,

so how can you say you don't want to borrow money?

Why is that?

Once I borrow the money, in order to repay the

money, I'll have to run the university.

I'm not an entrepreneur or a businessman.

I want to be an educator.

You really are naive, aren't you?

If you're serious about doing this ,it's really

going to cost a lot of money.

How much will it cost?

Let's see...

A rough estimate would be...

About 300,000 yen.

What did you just say?

300,000 yen.

300,000 yen back then would be roughly

one and a half billion yen today.

Did he collapse again?

Sensei? Are you okay?

Sensei!

300,000 yen... Don't you mean 30,000 yen?

If a cup of rice is 11 sen... Cold soba is 1 sen 2 n...

A wind chime from a fair is 3 sen 5 ri...

I'll admit that 300,000 yen isn't a small amount.

If you had that much, you'd be a very wealthy man in Osaka.

That's right... It's too high for an estimate.

That's a lot of money for...

I can barely afford to eat and I'm going around,

and staying with friends.

On top of that, you're saying you don't want to borrow any money.

What were you planning to do?

In the West, most of the schools are run on donations.

Donations...?

That's right. In the spirit of supporting the founding

of a school they get the people to donate money.

I see...

That's why I was going to continue to find more

supporters and establish a school that corresponds

to the amount of donations.

Do you really think you can realize your big dream of

building a school that corresponds to the amount of donations?

You're a person who can't calculate financial revenues and expenses.

It's admirable that you have high aspirations,

but if you don't plant your feet firmly on the ground,

it's just an empty theory.

Right now, even getting 30,000 yen would be difficult for you.

So what am I supposed to do?

Excuse me.

They're here.

All right, Sensei... Shall we just start with what we can do?

Pardon me...

Several days later...

Welcome!

He's no longer a soggy wakame.

Clothes really make a man, doesn't it?

Having you do all this for me...

No... I'm indifferent when it comes to appearance,

but if you're going to be coming to our bank.

I didn't think it would work the way you were dressed.

I'm going to take a bath once a week from now on.

But what about payment for these clothes?

Including the clothing, I'll donate this much to you...

This money has nothing to do with Kano-ya's business.

It's my own money.

Please use this as your capital.

Shall we get started?

Meanwhile, in Wakayama...

Another failure?

It was a scramble for freight space again.

The people who are working with the people in Tokyo

are pulling strings in the background again...

If we continue to have trouble like this, we won't be able

to improve the way we sell our oranges.

It's no good unless we have the power to bring the association together.

Mom... You got a letter.

Thank you.

AINOSUKE MAYUYAMA

It's from Ainosuke.

Hatsu felt a sense of relief.