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I'm... lacking in excitement, aren't I?
I'm drab, aren't I?
It's just it's come to a bit of a standstill, somehow.
A standstill? What's that about?
It's a little "drab" now, he said.
I'm thinking, "I've got nothing."
I ask myself, "What am I doing?"
Don't quit... Suzufuritei.
Eh?
Don't quit it.
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 123)
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
Koiwai Muneo: Mineta Kazunobu
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
Koiwai Shigeko: Yamazaki Shizuyo
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Igawa Genji: Yatsui Ichiro
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
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
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
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
Yatabe Shigeru: Furuya Ikko
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
Look, well...
Yes.
I... like the way you work, Mineko.
Eh?
I enjoy working with you, Mineko.
Are you enjoying yourself at work right now?
I enjoy it.
So you have confidence in what it is you're doing.
So why, if you do feel that way...
I don't know what it was that someone told you...
...but you should stop comparing yourself to other people.
I... told you that my Dad died early, didn't I?
Yes.
My Mom worked hard at an insurance company after that...
...so it was pretty tough for us kids...
Yes.
I wonder why...
I guess since you're a kid, it seems as though...
...everyone has a friend, so you want that too, right?
Yes.
And so... I got into this sulk once.
My Mom wasn't around...
...when I asked, "why can't I have any friends?"
And then my older sister got incredibly angry with me...
"Don't compare yourself with other people!" She was incredibly angry.
"Such a man is uncool and hated," she said.
She started crying while being angry and I felt sorry and started crying, too...
My little sister didn't understand what was going on, so she got scared and cried, too.
In the end, all three of us were crying.
I've taken that to heart ever since.
Comparing myself to others makes me an uncool man.
I enjoy working with you when you have confidence in yourself, Mineko...
...and I even think you're cool.
That's what I think.
Dad...
...it wasn't due to the onions.
I was crying tears of happiness.
Thank you very much.
Ah, what's this? You're doing okay even without me.
What are you saying? Please help us out!
Since we have other things to do, too.
It's okay not to overdo things.
We're not overdoing things. What is that about?
Huh? Did I just say something funny? What was it?
If you don't tell me, I won't be able to keep it alive for next time.
What on earth are you aiming at?
What part of it was funny?
Well, it wasn't funny at all.
Eh?
It just made me think, "There are all sorts out there."
What? What? Eh? What do you mean? Eh?
Geez, you shouldn't be over there, should you!?
Senpai, please sit over here and work!
It's okay! You two can finish this up even without me.
Like I said... Senpai...
...if you compared yourself to others just a little...
...then I think you'd realize it'd be better if you worked much harder though...
Eh?!
I hate comparing myself to others!
Like I said...
Because I'll be me... right to the end.
Huh?
Huh? Huh?
I don't know what's going on, but it seems I've tickled her funny bone.
Mineko'll laugh, whatever I do.
AH!
Get back to work.
Oi.
What is this? Why am I being used as the punch line?
As long as you're laughing, I won't move from here.
Mineko... Mineko...
Please hurry back to work.
Thanks for your hard work.
Ah... thanks for yours.
You've worked hard.
Suzuko-san.
What's up, Hide?
Chef.
Huh? What is it?
Senpai.
Huh?
Mineko.
I have a favor to ask of all of you.
What is this? Is this a talk about how since you work...
...you should take over my spot?
It's not. I do think that, but this isn't about that.
Thank goodness.
What is it about, Hide?
I'm sorry. Please let me take just one day off!
I don't mind. What's up? Has something happened?
I'm sorry; I can't tell you. But please let me do this!
You say it with such honest eyes.
Very well. I won't ask the reason why.
Thank you very much!
Don't know what's going on, but good luck with it, Hide.
Yes! Thank you very much!
And thus Hide-kun combined his one day off...
...with the restaurant's usual day off and went off somewhere for two days.
Where he went to without telling anyone...
...will become clearer a little further in the future.
Don't forget to remember about this, okay?
1967/Showa 42 - Summer
Youth...
Waka sa yue
Here's a question for you.
What new fashion prevailed in Japan starting in 1967?
That's right. Miniskirts!
Coloring the town this year is the miniskirt.
The trigger for it was the British model, Twiggy.
Twiggy
Called the Mini-Queen...
...she launched a new female image that was slender and active...
...that girls the world over yearned to be like.
Hmm...
Will this really be okay...?
Ah...! This is short, isn't it...
The influence of the miniskirt boom had even reached to places like this.
That's right. Mineko-san is making clothes to sell in Tokyo department stores.
Yeah, they won't be back yet. It'll still be okay for this.
Ah... this is...
...incredibly short, isn't it?
How do you... How do you even walk in this...?
Whaa! When it's this short... How do you even...
AHHH!
Sister-in-law!
A miniskirt, huh?
Whaa! Whaa! Since it's embarrassing, don't look!
No! No! Stop it!
Well, it was surprisin' seeing Sister-in-law in a miniskirt earlier.
Geez... don't talk about that anymore! Since it was really embarrassing!
I was just wondering what it was like is all, geez...
Still, I think dem miniskirts are wonderful.
Eh?
You letch.
Muneo's Wife Shigeko
Fool! I ain't sayin' it like dat!
I'm sayin' it's one form of liberation; liberation fer women.
Eh? Liberation?
What's that about?
In other words, da same as with da Beatles...
...women who are bound by da old ways of thinkin'...
...are gonna free demselves with it.
Women who were always in da habit of not doing immodest things...
...and dose women who're tired of being bound up by such things...
...will be liberated by dis.
Ah... really?
Yeah, dat's right, Sister-in-law.
I see. Wonder if I should make one, too?
Shige-chan, want me to make one for you?
Would ya really, Sister-in-law?
Yeah.
Ya'd wear dat?
What about it?
Right here. I've got a problem with it as a man.
When I say "women'll change," dat won't work unless da man changes, too.
It's impossible if it's just da woman alone.
Since da man is also bound up in da woman, too.
Surely even more so dan da woman.
Okay! Shigeko, let's go with da miniskirt!
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Put it on and see.
Should I wear it?
Ah... looks good on ya! Yeah!
Can't work da fields with dis on, can I?
Guess not.
She's popular, Mineko. Um, that woman named Twiggy.
That's right! She's extremely cute!
She is?
Yes!
How about it, Suzuko-san?
Huh?
Wearing a miniskirt.
What are you saying?!
Still, there is that. Um...
I've only worn it once...
I bought myself just one, but...
Eh?
Well, it was embarrassing...
...but it made my body feel lighter somehow.
Ehh...
Just somehow.
Twiggy
Look-alike Contest
Brother.
Ya got... somethin' ya wanna talk about?
Yeah...
It's about Mineko.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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