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Ainosuke?

Ainosuke seems depressed.

Will you check on him?

It's almost the three years that he promised Ohatsu.

I wonder what he plans to do from now.

I hope he'll continue working for us...

And Chiyo...

Maybe while going to school, Chiyo's been influenced a

little by Nobu and it might have changed her way of thinking...

Changed her way of thinking?

She might want to study more or

maybe she'll say she wants to work eventually...

I wonder about that.

Mistress... Is this where you were?

Advisor... I can do that.

Never mind.

No matter how many times I practice making tea,

I can't do it as well as my husband.

That's why I like having him make my tea.

It's delicious.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

I see you two still get along really well.

When a girl is going to girls' school asks for

her mother's advice what do you think it's about?

Let's see... Maybe it's about some fashionable dress...

Or her school teacher is too strict.

Or maybe she found someone she loves.

That would be a problem, but...

I can't wait to hear!

Asa ga Kita

Week 22 "A Daughter I can Boast About" Episode 128

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

Chiyo: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heizaburo Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

You wanted advice about Nobu?

At this rate Nobu will be forced to get married

as soon as she graduates.

And she won't be able to continue her studies.

Depending on who she marries, he might not even allow

her to study at all.

Please, Mom...

Won't you do something to help Nobu?

But it's not easy to meddle in someone else family affairs.

But you know Nobu, don't you?

She might be a little bit strange the way she wants to study so much.

But I think girls like her should be able to continue their studies.

I see... I'm happy that going to girls' school has made you

into someone who's so thoughtful of her friend.

I don't know what I can do, but since you asked me to,

I'll think about it.

Thank you.

I was thinking about what you could do after you graduate.

Until the women's university is established, I want you

to help me in the business.

You can work under Kisuke, and as soon as the

women's university is open you can go to school there.

And eventually, we can work together and...

What is that?

What?

How can you try to decide what path I should take?

That's what I hate most about you.

What do you mean?

You act like you're an understanding mother

while deep down inside, you think that you're

always right, and that you're such a good person.

And you force your way of thinking on others.

I've never thought that I'm always right.

No! That's what you think.

Even if people hate you or stab you, that part

of you hasn't changed at all, has it?

Why? I'm just saying this for your own good.

You have no idea what's good for me.

I'll never talk to Chiyo again.

Don't lie like that.

I've never told her to do as I want.

How can she say that I'm forcing it on her?

Why does she always take everything I say in that way?

She's not always that selfish.

That feels so good.

It feels so much better when you do it for

me rather than the acupuncturist...

Does it? How's your hip? Is the pain gone?

She had such a kind look on her face, didn't she?

Like an angel...

Didn't she?

I guess she's only that harsh when

she talks to me.

Until you regained consciousness,

she sat there rubbing your hands and legs like that.

She did?

That's right.

Besides, even if you're always together, there are mothers

and daughters who get along, and those who don't...

They refer to girls as butterflies or flowers...

In terms of a butterfly, Chiyo is still in the chrysalis stage.

A chrysalis?

That's right. During that stage, no matter how much she may

hate you or curse you, the only thing a mother can do is to

shine brightly over her like the warmth of the sun.

That's really hard to do, isn't it?

WAKYAMA ARIDA

Mother! Mother!

What's wrong?

It was just a dream...?

I was dreaming about the storehouse...

Storehouse?

Get in there!

No! Open the door! Open the door!

Come to think of it... I locked you in there once, didn't I?

You must have been so scared.

When I was little, my mother often locked me in there.

She did it so often.

I was Sanouji-ya's only daughter...

That's why I was always being scolded about my

behavior as the successor.

Telling me if I intended to destroy the family.

I was so scared.

It was so scary.

I used to lock Sobei in there all the time, too.

He used to cry so loud.

But eventually, even if I locked him in there

or wouldn't let him eat, he didn't say anything.

Something probably made him realize that it would

end sooner if he didn't resist.

Compared to him, Ainosuke and Yonosuke would just

laugh it off no matter how much they were scolded.

I ended up spoiling them.

I doubt that... You have such a kind looking face,

but you're a really strict mother.

Ainosuke and Yonosuke both acknowledge your prowess.

I don't know about that.

They won't do as I tell them.

We're both scary mothers but I wonder what's

different between us.

Thank you.

That feels so good.

I've been living together with you for so long,

but there's one thing I forgot to tell you.

Thank you for giving birth to and raising my husband,

your son, Sobei.

Even now, I have no idea how hard it was to give birth to

and raise a child while carrying the burden of preserving the Sanouji-ya name.

And yet, you raised such a kind, strong and healthy son.

Thank you.

Thanks to you, I'm blessed with a warm home and cheerful sons.

I owe it all to you.

How can you call this broken down old house a warm home?

You think so? To me, this home is warmer

than the Sanouji-ya house we had in Osaka or any

magnificent western style mansion.

What a sarcastic daughter-in-law.

Pretty soon, when Yonosuke gets married, this house will be even more lively.

That's true... He seems like he'll be able to have a lot of children.

He does, doesn't he?

Thank you.

One day, after Asa's wound had healed...

This is written so it's easy to understand.

It's finally going to be published.

Yes. But I didn't think it would be this difficult

to get funding... I guess the concept of donating

money hasn't taken root in Japan yet.

That's true... I'm thinking of going to Kyoto to

see if I can find people to support our cause.

Kyoto?

Are you going from now?

You have a meeting at the bank first thing tomorrow morning...

I'll be sure to come back by the end of the day.

If I take the train from now, and go to the three places

that Mr. Okuma told me about, and there's one

more place I want to go.

One more? There you go again...

I'll be going now.

Wait! Wait for me

Mistress!

Excuse me!

Have a safe trip.

It's over there...

Thank you.

The other place in Kyoto that Asa wanted to go to was...

CHIYO SHIROOKA NOBU TAMURA

This is it.

What did she find there...?