Serial TV Story
KYAA!
Sorry for being so loud this morning.
Let's first start with a review of last week.
Kyaa!
Wha... what's the matter?!
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?
Ah, my, this is serious.
Just where could that manga artist combo be?
Well, I don't think it will be all that serious...
...but let's get on with this week!
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 21 "A Miniskirt Breeze Is Blowing" (Episode 121)
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
Koiwai Muneo (flashback): Mineta Kazunobu
Takeuchi Kuniko (flashback): 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
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
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
Shimatani Jun'ichiro (flashback): Takeuchi Ryoma
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
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
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: Kawakami Takeshi
Your paw. Your paw. Your paw. Hey, give me your paw.
I wonder what's happened to those two?
Now that you mention it, I haven't seen them for a few days...
Really?
They ran off from their debts during the night, didn't they?
Eh?
I didn't think those boys were the sort to do that, either...
But they have been behind here at the apartment several times..
They've fallen behind on paying the house-rent?
Well, a little...
But it's never gotten to be that serious a situation.
They would just sometimes take work at construction sites like subways...
...and then those two would work from midnight till morning and so pay their rent.
They were serious when it came to doing that.
They were surprisingly diligent, weren't they?
Yes.
Ah my, they've had a sudden rise in their evaluation, haven't they?
Then, even if they were driven into a corner by something...
...it's unlikely they would just disappear, right?
That's true, huh... Yeah.
Still, there's that. Look, somehow or other...
...I've got this image of manga artists and novelists whose works don't sell...
...and then things get messed up for them because of it...
...so they shirk their debts...
...and stop paying their rent too, though.
That's true, isn't it? "Artists" do have that feel about them, don't they?
Yes. They are like that, aren't they?
That's true, huh? It's not unheard of.
Yeah.
And so... since they aren't like that...
Huh? What is it? What do you mean?
Well, that is...
So you're saying they have succeeded?
They weren't hopeless? They're not deadbeats? Really?
They wouldn't be like that though... right?
You could say they've become big-shots...
Yeah.
They're now petty bourgeois.
Petty, indeed.
Well Tomi-san, I'm a petty bourgeois, too.
As you'd expect, I'm not one to go saying that.
Ah... really?
Being petty is wrong?
Oh my... their evaluation is going down.
But they're like hopeless, cute younger brothers.
You could say they make us feel relieved... right?
Huh? Have they improved a bit again?
Well, we didn't even notice they were gone after three days...
...Tomi-san being the exception.
Well, except for me, too.
'Cause they're like background shadows, right?
They are, right?
Yeah, that's right.
Shadows.
Still...
I understand what Aiko-san said.
Right? Eh? What do you agree with? What did I say?
Um, when you said, "they're like hopeless little brothers."
Ah.
I wonder why? When I first met them...
Though I'm younger than them, somehow I felt they were like hopeless little brothers to me...
...and that I should even scold them at times.
Ah, I understand that. It was the same for me.
From the first time I met them, they looked so hopeless that it irritated me a bit...
Excuse me!
I didn't quite take it...
...that far myself.
But maybe that's why I suddenly started ordering them around.
How about this?
Huh? Let me see, let me see...
That's me?! Draw it much cuter!
Ow!
Me, too...
Thinking back on it now...
Excuse me!
6 Years Ago
Excuse me.
From Toyama Prefecture, I'm Tsubouchi Yuji and this is...
...Nitta Keisuke.
Pleased to meet you!
We're aiming to become manga artists, right?
Yes. That's our goal!
About the rent...
An advance payment...
...will be necessary.
Since it looks like you won't be successful.
Doom!
Ah, my...
You said that to them?
I did.
How about your first meeting with them, Sanae-san?
Me?
Ah!
Good morning.
'Morning.
Hold on.
Ah... yes?
You're the ones in Room 3, right?
That sudden cackling laugh of yours in the night... Stop that already.
It gives me the creeps.
Were we laughing?
Yeah. You two were cackling your heads off.
It's because we draw manga.
Manga...
Ah, yes! Like this one.
Please read it.
We're taking this to a publishing house right after this.
Mars Robot Geminiro
Hmm...
"Ah! Who are you?"
"I was made by the people of Mars."
"I'm Geminiro."
"Eh? Really?"
"I was made to look like a Martian."
"Then... they looked like you?"
"Yes."
If I catch cold, Mars will come."
(kaze)
"By the way, where do you get your energy from?"
"NaOH."
"Sodium hydrozide?"
"Yes. We call it Mars Sodium."
"You really were born on Mars!"
"Mars is unquestionably wonderful."
I didn't find even one laugh in this.
Kablooey!!
That was terrible of you, Sanae-san!
Right?
Huh?
She's the worst one of us, isn't she?
Yeah.
Eh?!
You younger girls crimes were harsher, though.
No, no, no, no, no!
But you had to say that, right?
That's right.
But it might be that...
What is it, Tokiko-san?
I feel I can understand them just a bit...
Look, those two wanting to be manga artists is similar to me wanting to be an actress.
Neither of us have any idea whether we'll become what we're aiming to be.
That's true, isn't it?
That's why I can understand their feelings a bit...
It might be...
...they just couldn't bring themselves to go on making manga.
I can understand why that might be.
After not having sprouted for so long...
...I don't have a lot of confidence that I can go on, either...
That's why I don't think it'd be unreasonable if they did stop.
I see...
It would have been better if we had been nicer to them, wouldn't it?
That's true, isn't it...
Since they were such good boys.
Yes... And always smiling.
It's like we tossed away a pair of puppies, isn't it?
That's true, isn't it.
Like a star in the sky
Sora ni hoshi ga aru youni
Like grain of sand on a beach
Hamabe ni suna ga aru youni
In my heart
Boku no kokoro ni
Ah, my...
Somehow it's become as if they don't expect to ever see them again.
Is this how the story is going?
I have returned, Keisuke!
Yuji...
Please... do your best.
She's deeply moved by it.
Beatles! We're waiting for you!
Read our manga!
Read it!
Whaa!
Good morning!
Shimatani-kun...
...likes Mineko-san...
Doesn't that mean... you're in love?
Eh?
Lemme try!
Yuji, how about that?
Oh... looks good.
Rock, paper, scissors!
All right!
You won, so you eat it, Yuji.
You can have half, Keisuke.
Keisuke! Keisuke!
You mustn't fall asleep!
Ah, there's lots more of me.
They shouldn't draw me this way. Ah, this one is much better.
Looks just like you.
Really?
"Love's Novice"?
Huh?
What is this...
Ah my, this is bad.
Mineko didn't know about this manga, did she?
Shimatani-san, I love you!
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Brothers uniting to help the family business!