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Farewell.
I don't think we will ever meet one another again...
...Yatabe-san.
Mineko, let's go. Sorry for disturbing you.
I'm hungry.
Let's eat something.
Okay? Let's do that.
We should.
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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 18 "I'm Sure It Will Be Okay" (Episode 107)
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: Sawamura Ikki
Yatabe Miyoko: Kimura Yoshino
Yatabe Chiyoko: Miyahara Kanau
Yatabe Susumu: Takahashi Rei
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
Yatabe Shigeru: Furuya Ikko
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
Fresh Soba
Ah, thank you very much. Thank you very much.
Here you go.
What should we have?
Hmm...
I think I'll have the Kitsune soba.
(lit. "fox soba")
Hmm... The Kitsune soba, huh?
Yeah.
When I was young...
...I was told I looked like a fox.
Really? By who?
Mineko, how about the tanuki soba for you?
(raccoon dog)
Eh? Why?
Because you would tell me about that long ago.
About how you and Mitsuo-kun would go watch the tanukis on Mt. Ooko.
Geez!
Even so, why does that mean I have to get the tanuki soba?
Eh?
No way.
Really?
What's the "really" for?
Um...
I think she should have the Okame soba.
(turtle)
Eh?
Ah!
I'm sorry.
Okame soba...
...is a soba made with yuba, matsutake mushrooms and kamaboko.
(tofu skin)
(fish paste)
Since the arrangement of the ingredients looked like a tortoise's face...
...that's how it came to be called Okame soba.
Mineko, which will you have? The Okame or Tanuki soba?
Geez! Why are those my choices?! Geez, the Tanuki!
Eh?
Ah, not that one!
The Kitsune soba! Geez!
Really? Are you sure about the Kitsune?
Don't say, "are you sure"!
What will you have, Minoru-san?
Eh? Ah... Ah, um...
I'll have the Kitsune soba as well.
Eh?
Shouldn't Dad have a soba that resembles him somehow?
Eh?
What does he resemble?
A camel?
Eh?
Eh? A camel? There isn't a Camel soba.
And, but, I really wouldn't want to eat that, anyhow.
Right?
Eh... Then what does he resemble?
Hmm...
A horse?
Horse? Horse?
Horse soba? Horse soba!
Ah... a horse...
Excuse me...
What can I get you?
Ah, that's right, that's right! Let's see...
Ah!
Then... three of your tasty Kisune sobas.
Certainly.
Tasty!
Three tasty Kitsune sobas! Please!
Huh? We don't have such a thing at this restaurant.
I'm sorry.
Say, young man.
Yes?
Could it be you're from Ibaraki?
Yeah... from Omiya.
Ah... I knew it! Um, we're from Ookuibaraki.
Eh?!
Yeah!
Ookuibaraki, huh? Ah... is that right.
Good luck ta ya!
Thank you very much.
Susumu.
Grandpa.
Huh?
We'll have curry rice for dinner.
Oh, really? I'm looking forward to that. Yeah!
"Even Indian people are surprised!," right?
Grandpa, that's old-fashioned.
Huh?
Nowadays it's...
"You can go play"
"Until the curry is done!"
I see.
Um...
I'm really...
For having worried you...
...and making things turn out like this...
For that...
...I'm sorry!
You aren't at fault in the least.
Um...
I understand that she... didn't mean to do anything wrong, either.
Thank you.
Am I scary to you? Do you see me as a scary woman?
As a bad woman?
No, that's not...
Because you don't have your usual expression with me.
Since I'm different from her.
Yes.
I'm from the countryside...
I just can't compare to someone like her... and you don't like it.
You wouldn't like it, would you...
And moreover, our home in Ookuibaraki...
...isn't as fine or wonderful as hers is.
And we don't have such... um... fluffy slippers as she has?
Ours aren't like those...
No, that's not...
Was I wrong in doing this? I thought it only normal...
...to come get you and bring you back home...
...but was I really wrong in doing that?
Since she did try to find my family.
But she is already...
That is no more.
It's just...
Well...
I'm sorry, I'm still a bit confused by this...
Um... How do I put this...
Um...
I... just don't know what's best to do yet...
Yes.
I'm sorry.
No.
Yeah...
That's true, isn't it?
"Starting today, these guys are my family."
..."This woman here is my wife," is what you're telling yourself...
...but that must be troubling, isn't it?
Mineko.
Huh?
Could your Father stay with you for a little while?
Eh? Ah... here in Tokyo?
Yeah.
Of course I'm fine with that.
Then... shall we do that?
Yeah. Sure, but...
Let your feelings calm down properly...
And then when that time comes, please think about what you want to do and decide.
I will be waiting in Ookuibaraki.
I want you to come home on your own. Once you think you're ready, please come home.
I think that's the best way. No, it IS the best way.
I want you to feel, "this is the home where I belong."
Since that doesn't have to be just right now...
...come back when you're ready.
Otherwise I think you wouldn't be happy there somehow...
That's what I feel.
Please think long and hard...
...about what you want to do, Minoru-san.
I will...
But...
Just don't keep quiet about it. I won't have that.
Yes. I understand.
Hey, didn't he just speak with his country accent?
Eh?
I guess that hasn't disappeared, has it?
I hope not...
Mineko.
Huh?
After I've had the soba, I'll be returning to Ibaraki.
Eh?
Since if I go to the station now, I can be home by today.
Take care of things after this. I'm sorry.
Yeah. All right.
Please take care of me.
Yeah.
Thanks for waiting.
Ah, looks so good! Whaa!
Here.
Thank you.
Da Boss said dat he made...
...dis Kitsune soba better dan his usual.
Ah, my!
But it's da same as always.
Thank you!
Thank you.
Itadakimasu.
Yum... It's delicious!
Yeah!
Mom went back to Ibaraki.
It's behhhhry good!
That was a goat, wasn't it?
It really was.
It was.
And...
...my life living with Dad began.
To Be Continued
"Behhry good," huh?
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
My smiling Dad and me