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Good morning.
"Hiyokko" has become a somewhat painfully sad love.
Mineko and Shimatani's love has become like this now.
Do you remember Sayuri-san, the only daughter of the President of Taketomi Pharmaceuticals?
Yes.
They're offering a marriage between you and her.
Eh?
Is that right...
Yeah...
That's how it is.
Tonight... after you're done at the restaurant...
...I'd like to talk to you.
Yes!
Moondial
Dad...
My love... is coming to an end.
Mineko-chan.
Yes.
There's something I need to apologize to you about.
I...
...with the Shimatani family of Saga...
In other words...
...I'm thinking of...
...cutting my ties with my family.
Eh?
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
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 17 "Person of Destiny" (Episode 097)
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
Takeuchi Kuniko: Shiraishi Miho
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
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
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
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
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
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: Kurosaki Hiroshi
I apologize for not telling you.
Dad...
Shimatani-san talked thoroughly about his family...
...and about the troubles that had led to his marriage engagement.
But...
...I think I will turn it down.
I wrote as much in a letter to my Father.
Because the one I love... is you, Mineko-chan.
That's how I feel.
I feel I want to live... the rest of my life with you.
I'm very happy.
Thank you very much.
Dad...
...I'm happy.
I'm happy, but...
Then...
...what would become of your family and company?
I don't know...
Earlier you said you were cutting all ties with them, though...
Yeah.
That's what I have to do.
Since I can't allow it be just a halfway measure.
I can't help what happens to them. Since I have to go my own way.
Therefore...
...I will become a man who has nothing.
I'll quit the university, too.
I'll look around for a job, too.
I might become poor though.
I'm sorry.
But... I think that's fine.
Even without money...
...I can live, being myself...
Shimatani-san.
Huh?
You're still a child aren't you, Shimatani-san?
Eh?
It's not that simple a thing.
You can say words like "I don't mind if I'm poor"...
...because you don't know what it's like.
You can say such things because you don't know what it's like...
...to be poor and without any money.
There isn't one good thing about it.
It's sadness and frustration and loneliness...
...and nothing else.
A person without money...
I don't think there's any of them who feels they don't mind being poor.
All the same, they have no choice...
...but to go on living as brightly as they can.
Because otherwise, they would hate being alive.
And so... they just do their best.
I don't think I could ever feel that I didn't mind being poor.
But even so, Shimatani-san...
...you'll just throw away everything that you have?
You'll throw away the things...
...that everyone else wants so much?
Shimatani-san.
I...
...hate such unfilial people.
Dad...
...I feel it'd be nice if time stopped with things just as they are right now.
Since if either of us opened our mouths, it would be to say "Let's break up"...
Mineko-chan.
Yes.
I'll be leaving first.
Yes.
Thank you.
I'm glad I came to love... such a wonderful person.
Ah...
Huh?
I've turned 20 years old...
I see...
Ah... I figured you'd be here.
Ah, good evening.
Hello.
Huh? Isn't Shimatani-san with you?
Even though I thought he'd wait with you here 'till midnight to celebrate you turning 20.
Eh?
What's the matter, Mineko?
What's the matter? Did something happen?
Tokiko...
What is it, Mineko?
I told him goodbye...
Eh?
I didn't even tell him "thank you"...
All I did was tell Shimatani-san some incredibly terrible things...
Yeah...
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Family's yard swing