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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.
Yes. I understand.
My life living with Dad has begun.
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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 108)
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 (photo): Kimura Yoshino
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
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
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
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
Here it is.
Huh? I've come here before.
Eh?
Eh? Ah, sorry.
Um... I just remember going by recently.
Ah.
Eh? Really? By here?
Yeah.
Come to think of it, these two did just pass one another, didn't they?
Good afternoon. It's me, Mineko.
Coming!
My Father.
Thank you for your hard work.
Ah... hello.
This is great! Right, Mineko?
It is.
Yeah.
I'm glad we got to meet again.
Ah...
Thank you very much... um...
It's okay.
I remember you.
Thank you very much.
Thank goodness.
They're nice people, aren't they?
Yeah.
This is the place.
Yatabe-san seemed a bit refined.
Say, Sho-chan.
I... just a little... I was thinking this just a little.
That it had become too hard for him or there were too many painful things...
...and that he came to hate it all and ran away...
...and by doing so, he could abandon himself...
I was thinking that...
I see.
You wouldn't be blamed for thinking that.
But I was wrong.
I could see I was from his eyes.
Yeah...
Huh? She's not around.
That's unusual of her.
Since my room's on the second floor, let's go there.
Yeah.
Ah...
Eh?
Let's go.
Yeah.
Tokiko!
Welcome back, Mineko.
I'm back.
Um...
I'm Sukegawa Tokiko.
I'm from Ookuibaraki as well.
Ah.
Me and Mineko are childhood friends and best friends.
Ah, our Mothers are also best friends.
So, it's like we've been growing up together...
...ever since we were young.
Is that right.
Welcome back, Minoru-san.
Mineko... this is great, isn't it?
Thank you, Tokiko.
Ah... Aiko-san!
Oh my! Did you see me?
Is it okay now? Would now be okay?
Yes.
Let's go! Ah Minoru-san, you too!
Dad, you too.
Eh?!
Come, sit down, sit down!
Please have a seat.
Dad.
Aiko-san suggested...
...that if you and your Dad and Mom happened to come, we should have a welcoming party.
And besides, since it'd be tough introducing him to us one by one...
...she said we should do it all at once. That's why we've gathered to greet you.
Um...
Yes, what is it?
I was thinking...
How do I put this... That I might give you some advice.
Yes.
Since I've gotten this old, right?
I may not look it, but I've got quite a few years on me.
I may not look like it, though.
Ah...
I was born in Meiji 22.
(1889)
I don't look like it, do I? Right?
Yes...
And, when I was 14, I joined the world of the geisha...
And being such a beauty, in the blink of an eye...
...there wasn't anyone in Asakasa who didn't know me...
...and I became famous...
...and was being called Asakasa's most beautiful geisha.
Ehh...
Tomi-san, this isn't what you were going to tell him, right? Haven't you gotten off track?
Eh?
That's true, huh. Then I should get back on track, right?
Please listen.
Yes.
In other words, when you get a lot of years on you...
...you forget so many things.
You rapidly forget things.
It is sad...
But those things are not everything.
Even so, you can live just fine.
Since new things will happen every day!
Yes. Thank you very much.
Huh?
Eh?
Huh?
Huh? Is something the matter?
Huh?
I feel there was something off about that...
Aren't you saying that it's okay to forget things?
That was it... wasn't it?
Yeah...
It is off.
That's true, isn't it?
What did I say?
You've forgotten already? Eh? You're lying, right?
In just what direction is our manga headed...?
I don't know, but...
...life is made of such things.
Ohh!
What I said just now was great, wasn't it? Who should we have say it? Right?
Thank you very much. Minoru-san looked happy.
Really? That's great!
It was a wonderful way to warm things up.
Wonder if my Dorm Headmistress blood got to stirring?
That's true, huh?
Yeah.
You must be exhausted, Dad.
Huh? Nope...
Dey're all nice people.
You just spoke with a bit of a country accent.
Did I?
I have to apologize.
My disappearance... brought you hardships, didn't it?
No... that's fine.
After all, not just the people here in this apartment complex...
...but also the people at Suzufuritei and the neighbors around here...
...as well as the girls who I was with at the factory dorm...
...will be my best friends all my life.
If I hadn't come to Tokyo, I wouldn't have met them, right?
And because of that, I had so many fun and happy things happen.
Thank you.
It's awkward sleeping together like this somehow.
That's true, isn't it?
Still, this is like being in a dream.
I'm so happy.
Good night, Dad.
Good night.
I thought, "It will be okay."
Although Dad has lost his memory...
...and even if he remembers nothing...
...I guess my kind Dad hasn't changed...
The time might not come when he's fully okay, but...
...I'm sure it will be okay.
To Be Continued
Next Week Preview
Mom! Grandpa!
Week 19 "I'm Home. Welcome Home."
Next week on "Hiyokko"...
Let me start over again once more here.
Wonder if he can fall in love with me once again?
At last, back to Ookuibaraki!
"After a storm comes the calm."
Ya don't remember dat I was yer first crush?
Eh?!
Ya kin do it, Mineko!
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Family photo at Yamashita Park