Original subtitles

I'll admit that I overcame the chaos after the end of

the Tokugawa era, and people say that I came

out victorious, but...

There are two things that I misread from the

very beginning, and failed.

It was Sanouji-ya during the Restoration, and...

About Asa.

Hatsu...

I...

...made you suffer.

No, Dad... I'm glad I married into that family.

Asa ga Kita

Week 22 "A Daughter I can Boast About" Episode 131

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

Rie Imai: Shinobu TERAJIMA

Tadaoki Imai: Takeshi MASU

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Chiyo: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Ayako Okuma: Keiko MATSUZAKA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

Thanks to the path you chose for me, I was able to marry my husband, and

Ainosuke and Yonosuke were born...

I couldn't be happier.

So please...

...don't regret it anymore.

You're right. If I think that way, it would be rude to

my grandson who seems to be so happy.

That's right.

Shinjiro...

Yes.

Asa has caused you so much trouble.

No, she hasn't caused any trouble at all...

Asa's helped me instead.

Every so often, I thought about what my father

had jokingly said, and let Asa take over the Imai family...

I wondered what would have happened to the Imai family.

Dad... You're being rude to Kyutaro.

Even if it was a joke, if I hadn't been so

set in my ideas about women...

I would have let Asa learn more.

And she might have become an even greater woman.

Unlike my father, I couldn't see what Asa was capable of.

I nipped the potential that Asa tried so hard to develop in the bud.

But...

You gave water to the seeds that I had thrown out

and neglected once in a while, and made it blossom...

No... As you know, I haven't done anything at all.

Besides, Asa often says that she used to lament that

she was never allowed to learn when she was little, but

in reality, she was able to learn a lot.

She told me the same thing.

Asa wasn't suited for learning housework and the arts...

That's true.

Besides, if Asa gets to be any greater than she is now,

it would be a problem for me.

I see...

Did you sneeze?

I wonder what it is... f felt a little chill...

Thank you for waiting.

What an adorable young lady...

I'm pleased to meet you.

I'm Chiyo, Shirooka's daughter.

When I told her how magnificent your furnishings were, she said

she wanted to see them and came along with me.

How nice... I'm Ayako, Okuma's wife.

You're planning to enter the university that Mr. Narusawa

is establishing as soon as it's completed, aren't you?

I was hoping she would, but... It's my daughter's decision.

I plan to let her decide whatever she wants.

Children never turn out the way parents want them to.

My mother was probably always wondering why I turned out

to be the way I am.

Is that right?

It seems such a waste.

But it can't be helped.

This is a new list that I made.

Thank you very much.

Have a seat.

Dad?

I'm sorry that I was out.

I'm so glad. You're looking much better today.

I heard you're going back to Osaka tomorrow.

I would have liked to stay longer and talked with

Sis and Kyutaro about our memories of Mom, but...

My business is waiting.

I see...

We can't possibly compare to the Imai family, but

I have a lot of employees waiting for me.

That's good.

I'll be back again soon.

Unlike the past, I can take the train back and forth.

So I can come back right away.

While traveling to and from the coal mines, I've gotten

used to taking the train.

I'm collecting tickets.

Tickets? What a thing for a woman to do.

That's true. Even at my age, I haven't turned into the

kind of woman you wanted me to be, have I?

I did nothing but cause Mom to worry.

I even talked to her about the women's university.

Asa...

About the women's university...

Is it going well?

It's harder than I thought.

We've been gaining support a little bit at a time, but...

We haven't even gotten one tenth of the funding

we were hoping for.

I see...

Where are you planning to build the university?

Osaka, of course.

We have supporters in Tokyo, too.

If... by some chance you decide on Tokyo,

what do you think about using the Imai family villa in Mejiro

as a building site?

It's quiet there and it has nice surroundings...

If you leave the trees in the yard it might turn

out to be a nice university.

Are you planning to sell that villa?

I'll admit it's a nice place.

No...

I want to give it to you.

Not to you... I want to donate it to what you're trying to do.

But, Dad...

This is... something your mom and I decided.

You and Mom?

That's right... Your mom and I talked about it lately...

About how you turned out...

What is that? By any chance, are you praising me?

Having you praise me would tickle me so much

I couldn't stand it.

I'd rather hear you scolding me.

Before you got married, you said that you

weren't a good daughter at all.

I did, and you told me that it's something we'll

find out from now...

You were a good daughter.

You've become a daughter I'm proud of now.

Asa!

I want to make up for trying to nip your love

of learning in the bud.

So please... Accept it.

So be sure to make it into the best university in Japan that someone

who loves to learn like you can get a good education.

I will.

Give my regards to your dad.

Take care of Ainosuke.

We will.

Hatsu and Yonosuke went back to Wakayama...

Asa returned to Osaka with Shinjiro, Ume and Chiyo.

I'm home, Grandma.

What's wrong, Grandma?

I was thinking how sad it is that people my age are

going one after another...

I wonder when Grandpa will come and get me.

Grandma...

Grandma... Live long.

Chiyo... Thank you.

And Asa was...

...moving ahead with her plans to make the women's university a

reality like she promised Tadaoki.