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It's spring the following year...

Chiyo graduated from girls' school.

Good morning!

Good morning.

Asa talked to Nobu's parents and convinced them to let

her work as Asa's apprentice secretary for a while instead

of getting married right after graduation.

Well be leaving now.

It's like a typhoon just swept through here.

As for Chiyo...

Just as she had originally wanted, she was

training at home to become a bride.

I finished it.

You're good, aren't you, Sae?

You did it.

Let me see yours.

Okay.

What's wrong, Oasa?

Mr. Kudo brought us some apples.

You can peel it and eat it.

It's an apple.

What a beauty.

We can't build a women's university anywhere other than Osaka.

That's right. All of the people who suggested it are here in Osaka.

I guess you're right.

We might lose the supporters that we have here, too.

I see...

I can't have you being so enthusiastic about

your work... She has Ume at home, and if

you're here with her when we're out, won't have

any work to do as her secretary...

"I won't have..."

...anything to do...!

You don't have to write that down, too.

Mr. Narusawa... Where were you?

Everyone...

Look at this...!

This is...!

Asa ga Kita

Week 22 "A Daughter I can Boast About" Episode 132

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

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Ayako Okuma: Keiko MATSUZAKA

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

So it's finally been published as a book, hasn't it?

What a beautiful book.

From now, I'll go out and sell this book...

I'll put an ad in the newspaper, and get more and more

people to understand it.

I'm counting on all of you.

It says here that the author, Izumi Narusawa who is

recommending the movement toward establishing a women's

university hasn't lost heart at all...

It may sound sarcastic, but it's still praise...

Look here...

"As a result of his studies in America, in his book, he

"summarizes the principles of women's education, moral

"education, physical education, intellectual training, business..."

"...business training, dividing each one and giving actual

"examples from western countries using any means in detailing the

"methodology of women's education..."

That's exactly what it says.

I think if more people will read this book, I'm sure that it will

spread the understanding of women's education in society.

It's our golden opportunity.

Sounds like something to look forward to...

I enjoy everyday.

I'm enjoying it so much.

You are?

What about you? Do you enjoy babysitting?

Of course I do. Seeing them grow a little bit at a time

is so enjoyable. It makes me happy.

Is something like that enjoyable?

What about you? I can't see what's so enjoyable.

It can't be helped. Even though we're both ladies,

what we're aiming for are entirely different.

Can I sleep over there tonight?

Sure... Come on.

They sound like they're enjoying themselves, too.

Nobu... I need your advice.

I...

...have a friend who I've known since I was little, who's troubled

because she can't stop thinking about someone who she

doesn't even know the name of.

Is it a man?

Yes, so it seems. They just passed by each other a

number of times, and even if she knows they'll never see

each other again, but she just can't forget him.

Why can't they see each other?

It seems he lives far away like in Tokyo...

Is it a young man or an old man?

A young man... A student of the Imperial University.

Imperial University! A hateful elite.

She's wondering what this feeling could be...

That's easy... I already know what it is.

What is it?

It's... a first love.

First love?

First love!

It can't be!

First love...?

In order to gather donations and attend meetings, Asa

was traveling between Osaka and Tokyo regularly...

I heard Mr. Narusawa went to make a direct appeal to

Prime Minister Ito today, didn't he?

If it'll get things moving quickly, then it's the

best way to do it.

He said he should tell him the important points himself.

That's true... He has to hear the theory of education

directly, doesn't he?

But I'm a little worried...

Unlike you, he's a bit indecisive.

I guess he is.

Everyone! Listen to me.

How did it go?

When I arrived at the Prime Minister's

residence at eight this morning...

There was a horse and carriage ready at the entrance...

And...?

No matter how many times I asked the houseboy

that I wanted to see the prime minister even for

just a little while, he just wouldn't let me in.

It must have been exhausting for you.

And...?

Maybe he heard my pleading voice...

Prime Minister Ito...

...appeared at the entrance.

Right there and then he took the time

to listen to what I had to say.

That's great!

I got down on my hands and knees

at the entrance, and begged him to give

his support to women's education in Japan.

And...?

He nodded in agreement to what I had to say,

and agreed to give us his support.

You did it, didn't you?

With the support of Prime Minister Ito,

we'll be able to get even more supporters.

You must be exhausted.

No... I'm not tired at all.

You're exhausted.

It's hard riding in the lower class car, isn't it?

Riding the train is hard on the butt, isn't it?

No... This is no time for me to be complaining

about how hard it is.

Before I go to bed, I have to read my book.

And I have love troubles.

Love troubles?

It's my friend's... No my friend's friend's problem.

Your friend's?

No... In my experience, when a girl says she's

talking about a friend nine times out of ten,

it's about herself.

Come to think of it, that's true, isn't it?

When it's a little embarrassing talking about yourself,

you can easily talk about it if you say it's about

a friend, can't you?

Which means...?

That first love is Chiyo's...?

Chiyo?

Chiyo's?

Shinjiro! No! It's not!

I thought so.

I'll have to tell the grand mistress.

Dad...

What's wrong all of you?

It's nothing.

What is it?

Meanwhile, at Hatsu's home, they were preparing

for the wedding.

It's the cries of a turtledove.

After I came back from Tokyo, and I heard

the cries of the turtledove, I felt so relieved.

You did?

I'm home.

Welcome home.

Hatsu...

I wondered when I would give this to you, but...

Open it.

This is...

How did you get this?

I bought it when we went to Osaka.

It's too expensive...

I wanted you to wear it for the wedding,

so Yonosuke and I paid for it.

Ainosuke helped pay for it, too.

But it's nothing like the kimono you used

to wear in the past.

But at least for such an auspicious occasion,

Yonosuke wanted to see you dressed up beautifully...

Me, too, of course.

Mother... Mom...

I'm... such a lucky person.

It's a "tsuyushiba" (dew-on the-grass) pattern...

He's in a bad mood again.

Shinjiro... You have to go to Amagasaki today...

I know!

I'm the one in a bad mood.

The people in Osaka and Kyoto won't even listen

when it comes to women's higher education, so it's useless.

Shinjiro! This is terrible.

What's wrong?

I got a letter from Gansuke's wife.

Gansuke hit his head at work and collapsed.

Gansuke?

His head?

Why?

It was so sudden.