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And the Shimatani-san that Mineko likes, right?
Eh? Hold on!
Mineko, just accept it.
Even if you say such a thing...
Which is it?
I do feel I like him and that he's wonderful, but...
Ah, then, how about a welcoming party? We could have it out of here.
Oh, let's go have some booze.
Eh?!
Let's go!
Yes, let's go out!
Moondial
This is it.
Hmm...
I didn't know there was a stylish place like this around.
Eh? Do you come here to drink sometimes, Mineko?
Eh?
There's no way I could, now could I?
The Chef just brought me here once.
The person who runs this is Kuniko-san...
...and she's an incredibly nice and pretty woman.
And, to make it interesting for...
...her customers who come from other regions, she's...
Um...
Ah, me?
Like I thought, it is you.
I've been looking for you since forever!
I meet you at last...
Thank goodness...
Eh?
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Hiyokko
愛の言葉をリルシャイなハートがドキドキ Ai no kotoba o riru shai na haato ga dokidoki A shy heart saying sweet nothings beats so fast
Week 15 "I'm in Love" (Episode 087)
Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Miyagawa Akira
あの日観てたサウンドオプミュージック Ano hi miteta saund oopu myuujikku That day when we saw "The Sound of Music"
Theme Song: Kuwata Keisuke "Wakai Hiroba" (Plaza of Youths)
瞼閉じれば蘇る Mabuta tojireba yomigaeru I can relive that day just by closing my eyes
Narrator: Masuda Akemi
幼い頃の大事な 宝物だけは Osanai koro no daijina takaramono dake wa It's the only precious treasure of my youth
Cast:
Yatabe Mineko: Arimura Kasumi
ずっと この胸に抱きしめて来たのさ Zutto kono mune ni dakishimete kita no sa One I've held in my heart all this time
Yatabe Minoru (flashback): Sawamura Ikki
Koiwai Muneo (flashback): Mineta Kazunobu
Shimatani Jun'ichiro: Takeuchi Ryoma
夜の酒場でロンリーあの子今頃どうしてる Yoru no sakaba de Ronrii ano ko imagoro doushiteru The girl that night at the bar "Lonely," I wonder what's become of her
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Sumitani Mitsuo (flashback): Izumisawa Yuuki
Takeuchi Kuniko: Shiraishi Miho
さなぎは今 蝶になってきっと誰がの腕の中 Sanagi wa ima chou ni natte kitto dare ga no ude no naka That pupa is now a butterfly and is surely in someone's arms
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
Maeda Hidetoshi (flashback): Isomura Hayato
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Sukegawa Shoji (flashback): Toyama Toshiya
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Everyone, do you remember this girl?
That's right. She's the girl Muneo-san gave the Beatles ticket to as a present, isn't she?
Thank you very much for the Beatles ticket at that time!
Ah, no, that's not...
It was an incredibly good seat; I'll remember that my entire life.
I will never forget it. Truly, thank you very much!
Yes.
Thank goodness... I got to meet you.
Ah, so long...
Well then, we'll come again.
So long; thanks.
Thank you very much.
Ah, Mineko-chan.
Owner of the bar Moondial Takeuchi Kuniko
I was wondering if we could come in now.
Eh? To my place?
Right.
Right?
You guys over there.
Mineko, here. This is fine for you.
Well, what'll you have?
Then I'll have a whiskey with water.
Same for me.
Me too, please!
I'll have that on the rocks.
Ah, then, on the rocks for me, too.
Yes.
Tokiko, do you drink?
I do. I've turned 20.
You sent me a letter saying Happy Birthday, didn't you?
I did send that, but...
Well, I didn't answer back at all, did I?
'Were it?
Tokiko-chan, yer from Ibaraki, right?
Yes.
Ah, are you from there, too? Where in Ibaraki?
No, I'm Tokyo born.
Eh?
Kuniko-san...
...so that people from other regions can feel relaxed in Tokyo...
...is learning all sorts of dialects so she can to chat with them.
Ehh!
Are all of you from the countryside? Where from?
We're from Toyama, right?
Yeah.
Doin' yer best in Tokyo? Come'n gimme news 'a times.
Whaa...!
We'll git ya news.
Can you tell where I was born?
Would it be... Iwate?
Yeah, correct. The city of Ichinoseki.
Here.
Thank you very much.
Ah, I'm from Saga prefecture.
Saga would be...
I wanna cup 'o tea. A Marbot.
That was perfect.
Really? I'm so happy.
Here you go.
Then, let's have a toast... Yes, a toast!
Kanpai!
Look... I hate this sort of thing.
Eh?
Even though we're all curious...
...this dare of yours to avoid the subject is just irritating.
I understand! I hate it, too.
Right?
Well anyhow... clear things up.
This liquor'll go bad if you don't.
That's true, isn't it?
I'm not drinking alcohol, so I'm fine.
Yum! That's delicious!
How about it, young man?
It's about that, right? About that girl earlier.
She said she had gotten a Beatles ticket from me.
Right.
Yes.
Mineko-chan...
...in order so that Muneo-san could go and see the Beatles...
...you worked with all your might to buy toothpaste and apply for a ticket, right?
But you weren't able to win one.
Yes.
I know about that from her letters as well.
At that time... a ticket for The Beatles arrived from my Father.
Because they are popular among young people...
...he thought for sure I'd want to see them...
...so it seems my Father asked a favor of a friend associated with the music business in Tokyo and got one.
I... didn't want to see them that badly.
But...
Somehow I couldn't just give it to you.
"Here. I got this from my Father. Please take it."
Why not?
I don't know if you could understand, but I hated that ticket.
I was embarrassed by it.
Ah, my Father said it was merely goodwill...
...and that he thought he was doing something for his son...
But somehow it was so embarrassing.
Even though you needed a ticket so badly...
...and even though there were girls like her struggling to get one...
...I was just simply handed one...
I didn't want you to think of me as being that sort of person.
Mineko-chan, you said this once, right?
When you told us about your Father...
...you said you didn't want to be thought of as a person to be pitied.
Yes.
This and that are the same.
I don't want to be thought differently of...
...as just some guy who's been blessed.
I don't want you... thinking of me in that way.
This means that...
...Shimatani-kun...
...likes Mineko-san.
Isn't he saying... that he loves you?!
Eh?
What is this? For something this important...
...why would you look at me that way?
You really don't get it.
Keisuke... I pretty much think you don't, either.
Huh?
Sorry. This is the first we've met, but me, too.
That's true, huh!
What is this...
Ah! That means...
Mineko and Shimatani-san are mutually in love, right?
After all, Mineko acknowledged that she likes Shimatani-san today.
Eh?
Is that right...?
Yes.
Hey, Tokiko!
That means this is the birth of their formation as a couple!
Yeah, it is that, isn't it?
Congratulations!
Congrats!
Ah!
Shimatani-kun! Give us a word!
Eh?
C'mon!
Um...
Please accept me.
Here Mineko.
But...
But I...
After all, I...
Because...
It's okay, Mineko. It's okay.
It's okay to be happy.
Yeah...
I ask of you, too... Please accept me, as well.
Congratulations!
Mineko, I congratulate you, too!
Dad...
...it seems I've gotten myself a boyfriend somehow or other...
Ah, my, what should I do?
Hey, Tokiko?
Is it a heavy drinker's tears?
What's wrong?
Shimatani-san!
Mineko... this girl...
...please take good care of her!
I will.
She's like a relatives' drunk old uncle somehow.
She is, isn't she?
Huh?!
Ah...
What was that?
I'm sorry.
Somehow, for reasons I don't understand anymore...
...I'm sorry, but I just can't stop these feelings.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
A high pose with summer oranges