Original subtitles

What Asa brought was Shinjiro's favorite shamisen.

Asa ga Kita

Final Week "A Soft Heart" Episode 154

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

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

It was now spring...

A single flower finally bloomed.

Do you think we'll have more blooming next year?

It's cold. Let's go inside.

Gansuke had come to Kano-ya for the first time in a while.

Sorry to worry you, too, Gansuke.

What are you saying?

Up until now, you've been worrying about everyone

else behind the scenes, so you should have others

worrying about you for a change.

Thank you.

Besides, I've retired, too.

You, too?

My wife died, and I've left the business in the hands

of my daughter and her husband.

So I have time on my hands.

Now he doesn't know what to do, so he ended up

helping out in the business.

That's so like you, Gansuke.

So the two of you are getting together once in a while.

That's not fair...

It's only been a few times.

But once I retire, I might go to visit more often.

I'm thinking of retiring at the end of this month.

Don't be ridiculous.

You have to work longer.

Your daughter's still a child.

He's right.

But without Shinjiro and you working...

Please, Kisuke...

Please watch over Keisuke.

We're counting on you.

Really? If you insist, then I guess it can't be helped.

You just wanted someone to stop you from retiring.

I'm so glad.

Gansuke.

Eizaburo!

The chief clerk told me once when I was little...

Don't you care for your mother?

Be sure to watch the way your mother works...

Back then, no matter how hand I watched Mom work,

I couldn't think of her as someone in the same world as me.

But after going out to learn, and having a child of my

own, I think I'm beginning to understand her a little bit.

Is that right? There are a lot of things in this world that

only time can resolve.

Tatsuko! I need to change your diaper.

Excuse me...

Chiyo!

It was such a surprise to learn that Oasa quit working.

Everyone would defer to her all the time, so she said if

you were still here, there would be something worth fighting for.

I've had enough of fighting with the mistress.

That's true... But she must have settled something inside her

because she really has a refreshing look now.

I can't believe we're sitting here just chatting like this.

Gansuke... you've gotten old, haven't you?

You should talk... So have you.

As long as I'm alive, no matter how the world may change,

I thought the only thing that wouldn't change was the

way that Oasa and Shinjiro enjoyed themselves as a couple...

That's true.

Is it okay if I write to you?

I thought we could write to each other every so often

to see if we're both still alive.

Okay.

Thanks to you, we had our first graduating class this spring.

Really? So three years have gone by since that entrance ceremony.

So I was thinking of sending Nobu Tamura overseas to study.

Nobu?

I'll have her research home economics and women's issues in America and

Europe from a sociological and economic standpoint.

And he's planning to having her as a professor of economics

at the Hinode Women's University when she comes back home.

Is that right? So Nobu will be a professor...

Yes. As much as possible, I want the students to

take on the responsibility of their alma mater.

And universities are able to be corporate organizations now.

I don't know how to thank you.

I don't need you to thank me.

You took on the backbreaking work of building what we

dreamed of for such a long time.

So what is there to thank me for?

I should be the one to show my appreciation.

That's a good idea.

How shall I do this?

You really aren't extravagant.

Do you think I should get him something to wear?

Let's see... Maybe a pocket watch or maybe a hat...!

So the university has become an incorporated foundation?

Yes. I owe it to your harsh point of view.

Please shake my hand.

To think that our number four soggy wakame is...

Mr. Narusawa!

Kisuke!

Please shake my hand.

Chiyo just told me about your husband.

But I never thought you'd stop working...

That's true...

I'm ashamed to admit this, but lately, I just sit and

watch my husband every day.

Then he really looks like he's so happy...

We've been married for 40 years, and during all

that time, I never had the time to do that...

I thought I hadn't paid much attention to my daughter,

but now I feel badly about how I treated my husband.

But that's why Kano-ya is what it is today.

You forged the path for Kano-ya.

The reason Mr. Narusawa has become one of the top

three educators in Japan along with Yukichi Fukuzawa

and Jo Niijima is partly due to your contribution.

And I'm sure Shinjiro is proud of that, too.

So please don't have any regrets.

You're right.

My husband and I often talk about how you

were raised in an affluent family, but it was your

hardships in the Kano-ya business that really nurtured you.

That's why such a courageous woman was born...

You're a true hero in the battlefield of life.

Ayako...

Thank you.

How's Mr. Okuma?

He wanted to play a game of Go with you.

So whenever you feel like it someday, please stop by

to visit when you're in Tokyo.

There's even a female ticket agent at the Shinbashi Station now.

Really? I'll have to buy a ticket from her, won't I?

A female ticket agent?

And something good happened today.

Remember Sakae, the bank clerk who worked here?

Mr. Kudo's daughter?

Yes... She came to the bank...

FORMER BANK CLERK SAKAE

Mistress... It's been such a long time.

Sakae... You look so matronly.

You really do... I didn't recognize you.

Actually, my husband is very understanding, so once

the children are grown enough, I could go to the university.

Really?

Yes. I don't know when that will be, but someday,

I'm thinking of going to the university that you helped

to build to learn.

Is that right? Isn't that great?

So your feelings have gotten through in a

lot of different ways, haven't they?

So it wasn't all for nothing, was it?

That's my wife.

From now on, you'll have to hand over your click click

abacus to a lot of people.

My husband...

My husband!

Someone! Come quickly!