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Thank goodness.
Ah...
Oh... a letter, huh?
Yes.
I was writing an answer to Mineko.
I see...
Huh?
This came to me alone.
This is a secret conversation between women only.
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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 089)
Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
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"
Music: Miyagawa Akira
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
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 (photo): Sawamura Ikki
Yatabe Miyoko: Kimura Yoshino
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
Asakara Takako: Sato Hitomi
Fukuda Yasue: Ikuta Tomoko
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
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
Yatabe Shigeru: Furuya Ikko
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
Could it be you're Shimatani's girlfriend?
Is she?
Yeah.
She's my girlfriend.
Ehh...
Is that right?
This is Yatabe Mineko-san.
I'm Yatabe Mineko. Pleased to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Eh?
Haven't see you around; do you go to our university?
Ah, no.
Eh?
Then, which university do you go to?
Um...
She...
...lives in the same apartment house I do.
And she works at a restaurant.
Right?
Yes.
Ehh... is that right?
Eh? What's the name of the restaurant?
It's a Western food restaurant in Akasaka's Akane Hill Shopping District by the name Suzufuritei...
...and it has incredibly tasty food.
Ehh...
Western food, huh?
That's great.
You like that kind of food?
Yeah.
I'll come and eat there sometime.
My favorite is beef stew. Do you have that?
Yes, we do. Please be sure to come.
Ah... so long.
Yeah.
Bye.
Shall we go?
Shimatani-san.
Huh?
Thank you very much.
Huh? What for?
I was happy that you introduced me as your girlfriend.
Because you are, aren't you?
Yes.
Yeah.
But...
Weren't you embarrassed?
Why?
That someone like me...
In other words, how do I put this...
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say we live in different worlds.
Um, well, after all...
...your friends seemed to have thought I would be a university student.
I guess a girl like that would be more suitable for a man like you, Shimatani-san...
"A man like me..." What sort of man would that be?
"What sort of man..."
A rich college student?
Well, that might be...
I'm not the one who's rich... that's my Dad.
I'm not the one paying the tuition fees to come here.
I'm not someone who could be named "a rich college student."
Then Mineko-chan...
...are you just some pitiful girl who came here to Tokyo so she could look for her Father?
That's wrong, isn't it?
You are Yatabe Mineko, right?
The one I love...
...is Yatabe Mineko-san.
Yes...
Then... don't say things like you just did... ever again.
Promise me.
Yes.
Then, let's go.
Yes.
Dad...
...I've come to love a wonderful man.
And that wonderful man has come to love me.
I'm so very happy.
But...
...Shimatani-san is too wonderful...
...and that scares me somehow.
Happiness...
...is scary.
Yatabe Miyoko
Mineko-sama, thank you very much for your letter.
I was happy upon hearing of your love.
Since you went to Tokyo...
...out of all the letters you have sent me until now...
...that was the one that made me the happiest.
Shimatani-san... is a very fantastic man, isn't he?
a very fantastic man
I haven't met him, but thanks to your letters, I know him very well.
To be in love with such a fantastic man...
...and to be loved by him...
...is simply wonderful.
You may be worried about all sorts of things...
...but as long as you have faith in the one you love...
Having faith in the one you love it the most important feeling.
Because that means you have faith in yourself.
And, please enjoy this love with all your might.
Mineko, you are a very lovely, very fantastic woman yourself.
Have confidence in yourself, okay?
I'm back.
Welcome back!
How was your date?
Did it go okay?
Yeah!
I had fun.
I see.
Geez, you're so late!
I've been waiting here to tell you about it.
Really?
Say, listen, listen.
Yes, yes, very well, very well.
And, what happened?
So I'll tell you a bit about it.
Wait.
Have you told the others in the apartment house? Like Sanae-san and the rest?
Yeah.
Eh?
Well, because it'd be wrong to wait until this late, wouldn't it?
I told Sanae-san about it as soon as I got back.
I see.
And? How'd it go at Tokyo Tower?
About that...
Whaa!
What's going on?
Are you okay at that height?
Huh? What's this about?
After all... Right?
Yes!
Are you okay up there?
Shouldn't you be holding onto the wall or the handrail?
Huh?
Are you okay up on the 2nd floor?
You're not scared being up there?
Ah...
If you are, maybe you should change apartments?
I'm fine with it.
He's no good with heights!
Whaa!
Are you okay?
I'm fine!
The two of us went up to the observatory part.
While I was looking around, Shimatani-san stood as stiff as a board in a corner the entire time.
I thought something was strange with him.
When I'd ask him something, he'd say, "yeah, yeah"...
...and would only look forward to talk.
"Mineko-chan, why don't you go look? I'll just stay right here," he said.
"Eh? But you can see Akasaka and the ocean; it's so amazing!" I said.
When I'd say, "Shimatani-san!"...
...he'd say, "Since I'll stay right here, why don't you go look, Mineko-chan?"
A girl's laughter is so nice, isn't it?
That's true.
I wonder what it is they find so funny?
Huh? Haven't you heard?
I haven't.
Hmm...
Actually...
Mineko-san and Shimatani-kun have started seeing one another.
And...
...they had their first date today.
Moondial
It's with Mineko-chan, isn't it?
She told you?
No, she didn't tell me...
...but I felt from the way she's been acting at work recently...
...that something good must have happened to her.
Ehh...
And?
Have you become boyfriend and girlfriend?
Yeah.
Ehh... I see.
Is this a time to say "congratulations"?
I wonder...
Still... thank you.
Yeah.
Here, your drink.
Thank you very much.
Kanpai.
Yeah.
I thought there were such wonderful people...
...and I thought, "There are such kind people, aren't there?"
And we talked about all sorts of things...
She's a nice girl.
Yeah.
A nice girl.
Do you love her?
Eh?
Of course you would!
You would, wouldn't you?
Since you're boyfriend and girlfriend.
Yeah... I love her.
As ever, you're a straight shooter, aren't you?
Am I?
Yeah.
This is a trite way of putting it, but...
Don't make her sad.
Yeah.
I ask this as a favor from her workplace colleague.
Please.
Yeah.
Making anko is
Anko-dzukuri wa
Making anko is
Anko-dzukuri wa
In knowing red beans, red beans, red beans...
Aan aan aan'an kan
You just love your Father, don't you?
Eh?
Four anmitsu.
If you would, please.
Eh?!
Ah, my!
That's how it is.
Kinda embarrassing.
But I wanted to tell all of you about it properly.
Ah...
Ah, I see.
Mineko's in love, isn't she?
That Shimatani-kun's a handsome man, isn't he?
Yeah, he's wonderful, right?
Right?
Yes, he is!
Huh?
I'm sorry.
I see...
Your first boyfriend, huh?
Yes.
Being in love is fun, isn't it?
But, Mineko.
Yes?
Will this work out okay?
Huh?
Shimatani-kun.
Yes?
Could I have a short talk with you?
Do you have some time?
Yes.
Come in.
Yes.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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