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Episode 11
That Oshin!
I thought she'd give up if we held out on lunch.
She's so stubborn.
Oh come on. Give her lunch!
I don't want word to get out that we don't feed our people.
Our reputation as a business will suffer!
Am I wrong?
I didn't say that...
Nobody else lets their employees go to school!
I'm sure people are all laughing at us!
Oshin does her job...
Mr. Matsuda says she takes good care of Takeshi
and does well in school too.
For a girl of seven she has determination!
She's hung in there a month already so...
Master says to let up on her too.
To train her properly is my job!
Sorry to be late!
I'll take Takeshi now.
He has such a nice disposition!
He gets cuter each day.
Take good care of him.
I will.
It's been a month since Oshin started school.
She had endured hunger and overwork.
Mr. Matsuda's support is what got her through.
Good morning!
Sorry I only have potatoes for you today.
I'll get you lunch each day so don't give up!
Let's go.
Mother I haven't missed a single day of school.
I'll be able to write you letters soon.
I don't have it hard. I get to go to school!
I'll endure anything.
Mother... This is good!
The river led to her home upstream where her mother was...
Oshin would come to the river to think of home.
Mr. Matsuda began giving her food when he learned that
Oshin wasn't being given any lunch at work.
Mr. Matsuda was married and ha children.
Life wasn't easy for him either.
Oshin always ate the lunch he brought at the river.
But Oshin's happy days did not last.
Don't shuffle around us!
Stop his crying!
You just keep working!
But...
Don't talk to her that way.
Oshin wants to learn that's why she comes to school.
You're all her friends. Help her out!
Five and two is seven.
Seven and six thirteen.
Don't come to school anymore or leave that baby at home!
We can't study!
Babysitters shouldn't be in school!
My mother says so too.
I got yelled at today because of you!
Get down on the ground and apologize!
What did I do?
It's because you bring that baby to school!
The teacher said I could bring him.
You think you're his favorite?
We know that he gives you lunch!
Yes but...
You should quit!
I...
Or I'll make it so that you can't come!
I'll hurt the baby too!
Do you want me to hit you?
You think you can make me quit?
Stop it!
I'm sorry.
Please don't hurt the baby.
You can hit me but not him.
You shouldn't be in school!
And don't you dare tell our teacher.
Or I'll beat the baby!
Are you okay Takeshi? Don't worry it's my fault.
I'm sorry it's my fault. It's all my fault.
I'm glad you didn't get hit.
Where were you? You forgot feeding time!
We were worried that something happened.
You're bleeding!
I'm sorry. I fell down.
Clumsy child! Is the baby all right?
Take care of her hand. It's all swollen too.
Your legs too?
You didn't fall down did you? That's not from falling down!
I fell...
There were sharp stones.
The baby's fine and I'll be more careful.
I'm sorry.
You must've been horsing around in school!
I'm sorry. And I'll quit school too.
Oshin!
It's wrong that a babysitter goes to school.
Tell me what happened!
A babysitter should just babysit.
Did somebody say something?
I just feel like quitting...
So you finally understand?
That's good.
I'm sure it was rough going without lunch.
Want some mochi we got for a celebration?
I withheld lunch not because I hate you.
I wanted you to wake up!
A girl has to learn things they don't teach in school.
I wanted you to learn that in one year.
Yes I know it isn't easy but the hard times now will help you later!
She didn't want to leave school.
If it had been just her she could've gone on.
But she didn't want baby Takeshi to be hurt.
She felt she couldn't continue as before.
Oshin...
Oshin.
Why aren't you coming to school?
I've quit.
And I left the books and things on my desk.
That's why I'm here.
Did your employers tell you to stop coming?
I just felt like quitting.
The studies are too hard.
Oshin why...?
Nobody told me anything. I decided on my own!
I'll never forget your kindness.
If I work hard I'll get to go home in a year.
Working hard?
I enjoy doing the wash in the summer!
It gets hot carrying the baby around.
But it's so hard in the winter. You could die!
I'll get to go home one day.
You haven't lived through the winter here yet.
If I make it through the winter I'll get to go home.
I'll be going up the river to float lumber down.
Will you be making a raft like the one I came down on?
Yes I'll be passing by your house I could stop by.
You don't get to go home on your days off.
They must be worried about you at home.
I'm sure you'll want to know how they are too.
Let me know if you want to send a message.
But don't tell the master.
I'm not supposed to make any stops!
I wish I could go with you.
I'll be your messenger.
I'll write a letter. Let me use that!
I know how to write!
A i u e o. I learned all the letters!
Just give them my note.
Tell mother that it's all in that letter.
That night Oshin wrote her mother a letter under the faint light of the moon.
It was her first letter.
It was almost dawn when she finally finished it.
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.
Translation: UTB Channel