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(Uno Tora) "This is a story about food.
This is a story about humans, who without food cannot survive."
(Uno Meiko) Hey, don’t fight over it.
There’s enough for everyone. (Children) I want some!
"This is a story about my granddaughter."
Showa 20 (1945) - Osaka
"My granddaughter, who loved food, and loved serving her food to people."
Ma’am! Yeah? Gochisousan! (Thanks for the food!)
"To eat is to live.
This is the story of a single woman
who genuinely loved the bright spark found within each person’s soul."
Come back again!
~Music~
~Theme: "Ame Nochi Hallelujah" by Yuzu~
English subtitles provided by Kimigayo Fansubs.
Week One: A Once in a Lifetime Strawberry Episode 1
Suddenly, unexpectedly, or inevitably?
We don’t notice when it begins.
Things don’t always go as expected.
When that happens, all we can do is grin.
As the raindrops fall one by one, the colors of the town change,
and without an umbrella, I can sing to the rainy sky above.
I love you for who you are.
Please look up and let the light shine on your face.
So that the river of tears can return to the ocean.
Hallelujah! Everyone’s heart will make it through difficult times to the brighter days ahead.
Hallelujah! Things will clear up after the rain.
Meiji 44 (1911) Spring Tokyo - Hongo
“34 years earlier. My granddaughter was only 6 years old.”
Uno Meiko
“This girl loved to eat like it was nobody's business!
~Music~
(Uno Iku) Breakfast’s ready!
You had a dream about eating again, didn't you?
(laughing)
Wow!
Nuka zuke! (Japanese pickles made by fermenting vegetables in rice bran)
Natto! (fermented soybeans)
Soup!
An omelet!
(Uno Daigo) Looks delicious doesn’t it Meiko?
Your dad is the only one in all of Tokyo
who can make and fry such a big and delicious omelet as this!
Why is it so big?
Umm…I wonder why…
Pon-chan? (Yamamoto) Huh?
(Tora) Well, I’d like to eat it before it gets cold. (Daigo) Yes, that’s right mom!
Mom spoils you too much.
Itadakimasu! (Let’s eat!) (Everyone) Itadakimasu!
Mmmmm….!
Just watching the way Meiko eats even makes me feel refreshed.
(Daigo) It’s delicious isn’t it?
Dad’s food is the best in the whole world! Isn’t it? Yeah!
It’s melting in my mouth!
It’s amazing that you could cook such a ridiculously huge omelet!
Right? It’s so big, yet so fluffy!
It really is.
…but how many eggs did it take you to make it?
How many?
It’s fine. After 10 days, the yolks go flat,
so we can’t give them to our customers.
Grandma, if you use fresh eggs…
(Iku) Don’t talk with food in your mouth!
(Thinking to herself) Fresh eggs…
fresh eggs...
(Teacher) Umm..here we have 3 eggs.
And then we bought 2 new eggs.
Fresh eggs…
(Teacher) Uno-san! Yes!
How many eggs do we have altogether?
We have 3 old eggs and 2 new eggs.
So, if you add them together?
You can’t add old and new eggs together!
Kaimeikan - Western-style Cuisine
Ready for table one. (Iku) Ok!
Huh, this was supposed to have Apricot preserves, wasn’t it?
(Yamamoto (cook in training)) We couldn’t find it anywhere, so we had to use grilled pineapple instead.
Thank you so much for waiting.
Pozharskie croquette with grilled pineapple.
(Bell ringing)
Wow! Tomato flavored fried rice! Itadakimasu!
Mmmm….
(Genta) Hey Meiko!
(Chiyo) Ugh..Genta.
Why don’t you gimme some of that red rice!
Izumi Genta
I said gimme some!
(Genta) Hey!!
So sorry, it’s all gone.
Hey, I won’t forget this!
Good-bye. Good-bye.
(Thinking to herself) Fresh eggs…
fresh eggs.
It’s amazing Mei-chan could eat the whole jar of apricot preserves by herself.
It must be because my apricot preserves are so great!
She should be ashamed of herself!
I’m gonna have a nice chat with her when she gets home!
(Chiyo) Meiko’s mom! Oh, Chiyo-chan.
Mei-chan is…
Meiko!
Are you ok?
What the heck did you do?
(Teacher) She went into the chicken coop.
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Bock, bock, bock!
(Thinking to herself) Fresh eggs!
Ow!
Ouch! Mei-chan!
Ouch, ouch, ouch!
Ouch! Ow! Ow! Ouch!
Ouch!! Owww!
I thought if we used freshly-laid eggs…
the omelet would taste even better!
But it’s not nice to take things that belong to the school.
What do you say?
In this situation, there’s something you should say, right?
Umm…
Please give me those eggs!
They’ll go to waste if we don’t eat them!
You’re supposed to say “sorry”. SORRY!
What about dinner?
Mom said that you are to go without dinner tonight.
And she really means it.
But I really want to try an omelet made with freshly-laid eggs.
Do you think so too Grandma? I do, I do.
But Meiko, you have to be careful
when you eat things you find outside. Someone your Grandma knows
got typhoid fever from a persimmon that he stole.
He was lucky to survive, but it was pretty bad.
What will happen if you get sick from eating something you stole?
Remember when you got a stomach ache last year?
Crab… The delicious crab we received from the company president.
Meiko, you weren’t allowed to eat it, right?
You lose out on things when you get a stomach ache.
Grandma! I definitely won’t eat anything that isn't mine anymore.
Well, then I’ll give you a reward.
Castella!
What did you say? You're from Nagasaki?
Huh? What’s that? For goodness’ sake, I shouldn't cut you?
What? Instead of cutting you, you want me to break you off into pieces? Why's that?
That’s because breaking you into pieces
makes it taste even better!
Here you go.
You’re a strong girl, aren’t you Meiko?
To crave for food, is to have the will to live; The stronger the craving, the greater the will.
This is God’s gift to you.
~Music~
Chiyo-chan?
Hey you. Gimme a hand, wouldja? With what?
(Sound of chanting)
The offering for Buddha that’s next to the monk.
What is that?
Don’t you think you want to try it?
~Music~
To be continued…