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Please accept me.
I ask of you, too... Please accept me, as well.
Good morning! This is Masuda Akemi.
It's been awhile since I mentioned that. I'm sorry.
First off, a review of last week.
I'm very happy.
You've wanted to go to the Tokyo Tower that much?
Yes.
At last, Mineko has made herself a wonderful boyfriend, hasn't she?
I was thinking of going home to Saga tomorrow.
That's what happened.
And this person's state is somewhat strange, too, isn't it?
Whaa!
Aiko-san!
Geez!
Why was it so hard to find you, geez!
Eh?
And like this, Week 16 starts!
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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 16 "Love Love Umbrella and Knock" (Episode 091)
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 mite ta 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きたのさ Zutto kono mune ni dakishimete kita no sa One I've held in my heart all this time
Shimatani Jun'ichiro: Takeuchi Ryoma
Asakara Takako: Sato Hitomi
Abe Zenzo: Saito Satoru
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: Izumisawa Yuuki
Abe Saori: Ito Sairi
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
Igawa Genji: Yatsui Ichiro
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Sumitani Tarou: Onoe Hiroyuki
Sukegawa Toyosaku: Shibuya Kento
若い広場 楽しいドラマ Wakai hiroba tanoshii dorama Plazas filled with youths have such fun dramas
夢膨らむ 青い空 Yume fukuramu aoi sora Bursting with dreams, full of blue skies
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
Executive Producer: Kashi Hiroshi
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Director: Horiuchi Yuusuke
Have a seat, have a seat, have a seat.
Hey... what's going on?
Want to know?
Eh? Yes...
Really? Then, if you press me like that...
I didn't say anything that would "press her" into it.
I definitely want to hear it. Please tell me.
Really? Then I'll tell you.
Aiko-san hasn't changed one bit.
Since Mukojima Electric is no more...
Aiko-san, after Mukojima Electric went bankrupt...
...went to live in Odawara with her younger brother and his family...
...and seems to have become a dependent on him.
All of them were kind people, but being a sponger was difficult for her...
...so she lied to them that she had found a new job...
...and returned to Tokyo.
Nevertheless, for a single woman of my age...
...there just aren't that many jobs.
I'm looking for a job right now.
Still, when I thought about how you were here...
...I just had to see and talk to you, so in the end I came.
Thank you very much. That makes me happy.
Really?
Yes!
It makes me extremely happy.
Mineko-san.
Aiko-san!
Ah, ah!
Huh?
Ow...
Are you okay?
I'm fine. Right, Mineko-san?
Ah, um, I spoke to you about her before...
...she was Headmistress at the factory's dorm, Nagai Aiko-san.
Yes, I'm Nagai. I'm Aiko.
Ah, my name is Makino Shogo.
I'm the Chef for Suzufuritei.
Yes... Makino Shogo-san...
Yes.
Right...
Ah, um, if you'd like, come into the restaurant for some coffee... My Mother's there, too.
You should, Aiko-san...
Ah, this way.
Yes.
Come in.
Thank you very much.
Ah, my!
Hello, I haven't been in touch.
Ah!
Eh? Ah!
Have you ever met her, Takako-san?
Well, have we ever met...
Go ahead.
Welcome.
Who is she?
Ah, I spoke of her before; the Headmistress at the factory.
Eh?
Eh? What is this about?
Various things didn't go so well for me...
...so I came to see Mineko-san about it, but it was hard for me to come in here...
Ah, my.
I'm sorry.
I see... It's been tough, hasn't it?
No... Thank you very much.
I've made things sad somehow...
I feel that for a single woman like me at my age...
...there really is no place for her.
"I wonder if I'm just worthless," I thought.
"I wonder what will become of me?"
Aiko-san, you told me this, didn't you?
"I've had my share of hardships..."
"...so from here on, I will have happiness."
"From here on, there won't be any difficulties."
Only happy things will come to me after this.
There won't be any more difficult things...
...for me from here on.
Ehh...
You're right.
Eh? I'm right?
I had forgotten that for a bit.
Aiko-san?
Ah, I'm not, I'm not. I'm not crying out of sadness.
I'm happy now somehow.
You're happy?
Yeah. Just a moment ago, I became happy.
I was wondering what would become of me... But I won't say that anymore!
A woman should be bold as brass. Right, Suzuko-san?
Eh? Ah... eh?
Earlier... Just a moment ago...
With Shogo-san... With the Chef...
I fell in love with him at first sight.
Eh?
Eh?!
I went "Whaa!" and fell in love in an instant.
And then suddenly I was all cheered up.
Ah, I'm still not okay, even yet.
I thought, "There's a lot of young maiden left in me."
And then I felt I could do my best.
Thank you very much for appearing before me.
Eh? Ah, no, no... Eh?!
Ehh... I see.
I'm sorry.
Not at all. If he's okay with you, take him at any time.
What is that?
And? What'll you do?
No, "what will I do"... Eh?
Ah, no, no. It's okay; it's okay.
What's important is to be in love; not the end result...
So please don't let me be disappointed at love again.
Well, um...
Eh?! Ah...
Dad...
That very day, Aiko-san found a job and is doing just fine now.
It seems her company is close by.
And she's so adorable somehow.
Chef! One omelet for Aiko-san!
What's with you?
Chef! One omelet for Aiko-san.
Chef! One omelet for Aiko-san, please.
Like I said, what's with you guys?
The power of love is something else.
Ehh...
To hear such words coming from Mineko.
What about it?
Mineko, are you missing your boyfriend?
I wasn't particularly saying such a thing, now was I?
You were staring at Shimatani-san's room earlier.
Was I?
What's with that "was I?"
You long for him, don't you?
Why are you teasing me?
I wonder what Shimatani-san is doing right now?
You would know that.
Huh?
Just what is he doing?
Mitsuo, that is.
Mitsuo. Why are you rushing the polishing of the rice?
Ah, Sir. Hirano-san says he's in a hurry today.
Ah, don't worry. I'll get 'er done.
Oh? Yeah...
Ah, Saori-san.
Um, I rewrote da sales slip.
Well, ya might not have been able ta read it a bit.
Ah, thanks.
No.
Well, it's goin' da way I figured it would.
Huh?
Mitsuo, before I knew it ya were able ta do dis work, right?
Ah, is that right.
Mitsuo, have a seat.
Listen, Mitsuo.
Dis shop ain't got no heir fer it.
It's normal ta think my only daughter would marry a man inta our family...
...and den he'd inherit it. Understand?
Yes.
But da weak point is dat my daughter, well, she ain't amiable at all.
In other words, she ain't popular.
Huh?!
Therefore, as her parent, I had ta do somethin'.
And dat's why I hired ya, Mitsuo!
Eh?
Stop joking!
What are you selfishly saying?
What about it?
I'll marry the man that I love.
You won't be the one who decides that!
She's right, Sir. What Saori-san says is right.
"Saori"? Who's dat?
Eh? Saori-san is Saori-san.
Dis gal's name ain't Saori.
Eh?
Hmph!
She went and changed da name her parents had given her.
Eh?!
Rice Dealer Daughter Abe Saori
What kind of name did my parents give me? Who in their right mind...
...would give a rice dealer's daughter the name Yoneko?!
(lit: "Rice Girl")
Rice Dealer Daughter Abe Yoneko
It's easy ta understand, ain't it?
Don't give me that crap!
Yoneko?
Real name Abe Yoneko
Anyhow...
...I will not allow you to decide who it is I marry.
Ah, is dat right.
But... in Mitsuo-kun's case, I do like him.
Eh?
So, not because you decided on him...
...but because I like Mitsuo-kun.
Eh?!
Okay. Got it. Den it's decided.
Yeah!
No, no... eh?!
Good afternoon!
Yes, welcome!
Eh? Niichan!
Yo.
Yo, Mitsuo. Doin' well?
Onii-sama!
Um, please give me Mitsuo-kun!
Eh?!
No, it ain't me. Over der.
Eh? Ah...
Um, please give me Mitsuo-kun!
Yes, alright.
No, no, what're ya sayin', Niichan!
Ya been hiding her till now?
Seems all sorts of love is sprouting, doesn't it?
Ah, Shimatani-san has come back from Saga, hasn't he?
I'm in love
Aishi chatta no yo
I'm in love
Aishi chatta no yo
You and only you until I die
Anata dake o shinuhodo ni
Mineko-chan.
Yes!
Sorry about this, but could you help out for a bit?
Yes!
Mineko
Jun'ichiro
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
The day Dad and Mom met