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Episode 50
Thank you for coming.
With the last customer gone
the busy day at the hairdresser was coming to a close.
Oshin still wasn't sure if she was hired
but she spent her first day in Tokyo working feverishly.
Taka the owner was the only one she could turn to
in a strange city so she decided to persevere.
Hurry up with dinner!
I will get it after I'm done cleaning.
Never mind that. We're all hungry!
Go help out in the kitchen.
Okay.
What will you do with that girl will you hire her?
We have an extra bedding.
Put her to bed with the rest of you.
You'll keep her?
She has nowhere else to go.
You don't even know her.
The last girl stole money and ran off.
Haven't you learned? We don't feel safe either!
I hire that last girl because I owed someone a favor.
Does this new girl have a guarantor?
What good is that?
The last one had a guarantor and she stole our money!
What's important is the person herself.
You trust her?
She's only been here half a day.
Don't tell me what to do.
Let's give her a chance.
We'll find out in 10 days or so if she can take it.
Someone with a guarantor can always find work
but that girl has nowhere else to go.
Her whole life is at stake.
I don't want to feel guilty about it later.
If she doesn't work out we can let her go.
What's your name?
It's Oshin.
Take Oshin to the bath with you.
I'm not worthy of a hot bath.
Ma'am.
Will I get to stay?
I can't chase you out since you have nowhere to go.
But you'll have to go if I tell you're fired.
- Keep that in mind. - I will.
Thank you very much!
It's too early to thank me yet.
You all go on to the bath. I'll clean up.
Shall I bring you tea?
You didn't go to the bath?
No I didn't.
They left you behind?
I was slow and I have no change of clothes.
I've never been to a public bath before.
You'll have to learn to do things like the others.
They only get to bathe once every three days.
I see.
You probably don't know where your bed will be.
Follow me.
You'll be using this room and use the spare bedding.
Okay.
Don't expect people to do things for you.
Remember that.
I will.
And don't get left behind again going to the bath!
What will my job be?
Don't expect to be told. Learn things on your own.
You'll never amount to much if you can't figure it out.
I'll make about two sho of rice.
They had cold rice for lunch and dinner.
That means it's cooked once a day.
What's next?
Use the comb in your hair...
- Pull it harder! - Okay.
You're pulling my hair out!
I'm sorry.
Ouch!
- Tie it well. - Okay.
Good morning!
The rice is done and I've done the cleaning.
Shall I make miso soup too?
You're taking my job away!
Will you put that daikon in the miso soup?
Then let me make it.
How old are you? You must still be 12 or 13.
I'm 16.
I can do more hard work on less sleep than you.
You can sleep later from now on.
If I don't work I'll be sent home!
I'm sorry. I'm not trying to steal your job.
I just felt sorry for you because you're young.
I have to work. I can't just go home.
Where's your home?
Chiba.
What does your family do?
We are sharecroppers and we are poor.
My brother got married so there's no room for me.
I want to learn to do hair and be able to make a living on my own.
My mother told me not to depend on anybody.
If you do everything I'll get thrown out!
We all have it rough.
I have to work as a maid for three years
before they teach me anything about doing hair.
I have no idea how many years I have to apprentice.
You have to do maid's work for three years?
That's how everybody learned.
Onatsu's the youngest at 16. She started at 12
and just started doing hair six months ago.
Otoyo and Osono are good enough to teach.
It took Otoyo 10 years and Osono seven years to get that far.
That's a lot of work!
But it's good to have our owner teach us.
She's good and she has a lot of important clients.
What do you use for miso soup stock?
Are you really planning to work here?
I'm no match for you.
They don't need two maids and rice prices are going up.
I'll surely be fired.
- I'll bring you tea. - Thank you.
Good morning.
Thank you for everything but I can't stay.
I'll look for another work.
I'm sorry to have forced my way in on you.
You've had enough after just one day?
I guess you're surprised at how tough it is to learn to be a hairdresser.
I won't stop you if you can't take it.
I don't mind hard work. I've had worse jobs.
But I don't want Oritsu to lose her job.
I realized that and I'm sorry.
Nobody spoke to me yesterday
and now I know why.
They were all trying to protect Oritsu.
If I stay I'll be taking her job away.
I don't want to have to do that in order to stay.
I know that it's a burden on you to hire an extra person.
I'm grateful to you for giving me a chance.
Thank you.
How can you tell me such nonsense!
You think I'm that narrow-minded? The rest of you too!
As long as people prove themselves I'll keep them.
Even if they're slow or not perfect
I would never turn my back on them!
Oritsu is still just 13 she will learn.
You have to have determination.
Even if you have to take jobs away from people!
If you think you're as good as Oritsu let's see!
I don't have to hear this kind of nonsense.
Go polish the mirrors instead of talking!
Oshin was happy to hear Taka talk like that.
She still hadn't gotten full approval to work
but now she could work as hard as she liked.
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.
Translation: UTB Channel