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Well then, we'll discuss Yuka.
Yes!
Good morning!
At this point in the "Moondial" meeting...
...Tokiko's height problem...
1. Tokiko's height problem
2. Mineko's Shimatani problem
3. Yuka's way-of-life problem
...and Mineko's Shimatani problem have been solved...
1. Tokiko's height problem
2. Mineko's Shimatani problem
...so now the discussion continues with Yuka's way-of-life.
I just didn't understand somehow.
What I should do once Mom had died...
Suzuko-san apologized to me.
She apologized again and again, "It was my fault."
And Dad, too...
I will give
Hitotsu nokorazu
Sho-chan, come here.
Each and every one of them to you
Anata ni ageru
I'll make you a red-ribboned bouquet
Akai ribon no hanataba ni shite
Yasuharu. Your singing's gotten better.
Say, let us listen to you.
No, no, no...
It's okay, let us listen to you.
It's okay.
Go on, go on.
Seeing them looking at me with their sad faces...
Seeing them while I said whatever I wanted...
...would just piss me off somehow.
Slowly but surely I became a hateful daughter and a hateful granddaughter.
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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 20 "Well Then, a Problem" (Episode 120)
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
Takeuchi Kuniko: Shiraishi Miho
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Makino Yuka: Shimazaki Haruka
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
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
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
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
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
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
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
And then... I had this thought.
"I wonder if it would be best if we weren't together," I thought.
You could say that I had been suppressing myself...
...and that maybe I was the one unable to change herself...
...but when we were together it was just painful, somehow.
Something sad had happened...
...but we couldn't live thinking only about that.
Even if we couldn't forget it...
...I felt we just couldn't go on living unless we didn't have to think about it.
But my existence...
...wasn't making Suzuko-san's or Dad's life any easier.
You could say the memories I brought just made them feel guilty...
...and I felt they wouldn't be able to enjoy...
...their everyday life like that.
If I had been a cheerful, good girl...
...then things might have been okay... but I wasn't any good at that.
And if I did try to be that way, it just gave me this disagreeable feeling...
And that made it harder for me in it's own way...
Since I really do love...
...both Dad and Suzuko-san.
I will give you everything
Kono hiroi sekaiju no nanimokamo
From this vast world over
Hitotsu nokorazu anata ni ageru
So write a letter to me
Dakara watashi ni tegami o kaite
Write a letter
Tegami o kaite
Write a letter
Tegami o kaite
Where have you been practicing?
So this "troubled daughter" feel I have?
It's like acting... in a play. Understand?
Truth is... I'm a sweet, good girl.
Wonder if you can understand that?
Eh?
What's with the "Eh?"
As someone who is studying to become an actress for now...
...I have this to say.
Huh?
I think that's some very wonderful acting.
It's perfect. I need to study from you. Yes.
This is giving me the creeps...
Then how about you going back to the real you this instant?
Ah!
Yes! Then let's do that! Okay... action!
You're cute!
Geez, stop... It's impossible for me to go back.
A pain-in-the-neck person, aren't you?
Huh?
Still...
I can understand that somehow.
Well, I don't know if I could tell you how it is that I understand...
...but I do understand how you feel, Yuka-san.
I feel I can understand you.
Thank you...
Yes.
Well, I still think you're just a pain in the neck, though.
Sorry about that.
Therefore we could say that the problem of what Yuka was like originally...
1. Tokiko's height problem
2. Mineko's Shimatani problem
3. Yuka's way-of-life problem
...has been settled somehow.
3. Yuka's way-of-life problem
Right.
But you can't do that.
You can't go taking money from them.
It's no good unless you're sending them an allowance.
That's true, right?
Yeah!
Huh? Are you sending money home too, Tokiko?
Just a little, though.
Well, I promised my parents I'd only do that if I was having money problems.
Back when I left for Tokyo.
Hmm... I see.
By the way, while it's smaller, I've been sending a remittance home all this time, too.
Eh?
Is that right?
For now.
And? What will you do from here on, Yuka?
What will I do?
Keep going on like this forever?
Well, it's not like that.
Firstly, it's like my buttons are all misbuttoned.
So things don't quite mesh.
Since my buttons are all misaligned, I can't get back to how I was originally.
They're so far off, going back to how I was might not go well.
Hmm... In that case it might be best if you undo all your buttons...
...and re-button them up again.
Huh?
Huh? Am I wrong?
Me?
Yeah.
Would you hate doing that yourself?
After all...
It's just because of such things that I think you're a child, Yuka-san.
What do you mean?
She's expecting her parents to do something about it somehow.
That's proof that she's a child.
She should think of her parents and act on that. They'll forgive her.
I think that's being an adult.
You've been thinking about that sort of thing?
I have.
Ever since my Dad disappeared and until he was found.
If Dad had deserted his family...
...what it was I would do...
...and if I could forgive Dad in that case.
"Considering how we're both human beings..."
..."and, well, all sorts of things have happened..."
..."and I don't know that I can just give up on him..."
..."so I'll forgive him." That's what I thought.
And when I thought that...
...I realized I wasn't a child anymore.
Ehh...
I see.
Ah, in the first place, just how old are you, Yuka-san?
I was born in Showa 21.
(1946 - she's 21)
Huh? You're the same age as us!
Yeah.
What is this?
What's the "what is this?" for?
Then we don't need to add the "-san," do we?
Yeah.
Yuka. Just "Yuka."
Right? Just "Yuka."
Right? Yuka! Yuka!
That's weird. Yuck.
It ran long, didn't it?
The "Moondial" meeting has ended at last.
Ah! Oh no!
Akane Villa! Aiko-san! I'd forgotten them.
Tomi-chan, you scared me, geez. What is it?
I was a bit worried about something and couldn't sleep.
Eh?
Those two manga artists? They haven't shown up here for three days now.
Eh? Ah, that reminds me, I haven't seen them.
That's right; they're not around.
Really?
I'm wondering if they're dead in their room.
Eh? No way...
I'm worried about that...
Stop it. If you say that, Tomi-chan...
...I'll think that it is true, so stop it.
Come with me.
Eh?
They aren't dead, are they?
Right? I wonder what happened to them?
KYAA!
Kyaa!
Wha... what's the matter?!
Because Tomi-chan suddenly screamed.
Because that drawing is so terrifying!
AHH!
Ah?
Ah.
Ah...
Huh?
That's probably you, Tomi-chan.
Eh?!
Why are you in here? Where are those manga artists?
To Be Continued
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Next week on "Hiyokko"...
Week 21 "A Miniskirt Breeze Is Blowing"
Mini! Mini!
A whirlwind of blowing miniskirts brings the liberation of women.
It can't? Even if done properly?
Why don't you treasure your own feelings?
Setsuko-san, are you okay?
I'll get it back... Definitely.
Twiggy!
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
With big sister and brother