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Setsuko-san...
...if you don't become happy, that would be troubling for me!
If not for you...
...then that sad event that happened to Dad...
...might have been worse.
I... want to do something for that.
Good morning!
Last week's "Rescue Setsuko-san Mission" went magnificently.
"Hiyokko" has three weeks left.
In a marathon, we'd be at the 40 kilometer mark.
(with 2.2 kilometers left)
Everyone, let's finish it together!
You've changed a bit recently, Mineko.
Thank you very much.
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 24 "A Bright Red Heart For You" (Episode 139)
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
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Igawa Genji (flashback): Yatsui Ichiro
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
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
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
若い広場 楽しいドラマ Wakai hiroba tanoshii dorama Plazas filled with youths have such fun dramas
Kawamoto Setsuko: Kanno Miho
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
夢膨らむ 青い空 Yume fukuramu aoi sora Bursting with dreams, full of blue skies
Makino Shogo (flashback): Sasaki Kuranosuke
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Makino Suzuko (flashback): Miyamoto Nobuko
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
Directors: Tanaka Tadashi Itagaki Maiko
The third gong has sounded.
Go, Baba!
Baba!
Po!
One month had passed since...
...Setsuko-san had come to Akane Villa.
She is now living in Aiko-san's apartment.
Sounds like they're having lots of fun, doesn't it?
Sounds like so much fun, doesn't it?
Doesn't it?
Still, this is a good thing.
What they call "the sound of women's laughter."
Ah... Yes, that's true, isn't it?
Mineko is having fun, too.
She's been left to design her new uniform, hasn't she?
I think a new uniform should be made.
You think of one yourself.
And for Tokiko...
...the "Twiggy Look-Alike" contest is just 10 days from now.
Ebi, defense!
Don't give up!
Go, go, go!
16 style kick!
Our two neighbors are something else.
Right?
Setsuko-san has that kind of laugh, doesn't she?
Doesn't she?
Yeah.
Still, it's great that Setsuko-san is having so much fun.
I never expected her and Aiko-san to get along so well together.
Just what you'd expect of Aiko-san, isn't it?
Right?
Tokiko, what are you writing?
Umm... what I can say during the contest to promote myself.
I see...
How about you, Mineko?
Huh?
Ah! Your uniform?
Ah!
I'm wondering what sort of thing would be good.
Ah, I see...
Ah, how about this one? It has a cute miniskirt.
No, no, no. Well, it is cute...
...but I couldn't work if I went with something like this.
To here... Because it's to here!
This would be as far as I could bend.
Ah, that's right.
"Welcome" like that...
Right!
Ah, you're right. I'm sorry.
That's right. Just to here...
Kyaa! Ow! Ow!
Ah! Ebi, defense!
What is it they find that's so entertaining?
Right?
It must be a really fun talk they're having.
Right!
Still, Aiko-chan and Setsuko-san...
...are a bit too old to be...
...the lead characters in a shojo manga, aren't they?
That's true, isn't it?
Mineko-sama needs to up her game.
Eh?
Getting tea?
Carefree, aren't you?
Why are you looking at me that way?
Are you dissatisfied with my life again?
Ah... no, that's not true, right?
We wouldn't think that. Right?
Don't give up!
Ehh... How boring!
How boring!
Do your best.
If you would, please.
What was that?! Geez!
Ah!
What's this, what's this? So many cooking books.
That reminds me, Hide has been put in charge of making a new menu item.
I think we need to add a menu item.
Hide, Genji. I want you two to come up with a new menu item.
Whaa! What is it?
Hide-chan!
What is it?!
You've been working hard!
We have a real favor to ask.
Eh? What is it?
Somehow, Hide-chan... We hope this will all go well.
About the new menu?
Not that!
Eh?
Please, Hide-chan!
With your new recipes, could you somehow...
Pass them down to us!
Huh?!
You have our lives on your back.
That's right. And if not your back, then on your shoulders.
No, no, no! No way! I don't want such a thing on my back!
I won't!
Stop it, I said!
Po!
Actually, Setsuko-san is a major pro-wrestling fan too, isn't she?
Hmm... Po!
What is this all about?
These two are more like grade school boys, aren't they?
Just a minute, just a minute!
Po!
Figure 4 leglock!
Ah, I'm sorry!
It hurts...
Did I overdo it? I'm sorry.
Reverse 4 leglock!
All right! Do you surrender? Do you give up?
Ah!
The Chef is watching us!
Eh? Oh no!
Oh no!
Here, he's watching us.
Figure 4 leglock!
Here! Give up!
Don't show me the Chef!
Give up!
I won't give up! Don't show me that.
Dad...
...I'm truly glad that Aiko-san is here.
After all, Setsuko-san and I...
...will never be able to wipe away...
...the feelings of reserve we have between us.
What's the matter?
Yeah... Figuring out what to do is difficult...
I don't want to lose...
But I don't know what to do in order to win.
I do have lots of confidence that I can do it without feeling nervous though...
Yeah...
How about discussing it with Setsuko-san?
Eh?
But Setsuko-san doesn't want to think about such things right now.
I don't know what she's going to do about a job...
...but it looks like she's getting to the point where she'll quit...
I see...
Yeah.
Then... let's do this.
When we ask Setsuko-san to discuss it, if her expression turns cloudy...
...or she has this, "Ah, I don't wanna" feel, then we'll stop.
Of course; ask me anything.
Eh? Really?
Yeah.
Thank you very much.
Not at all.
Ah, but...
Yes?
Don't take this as sarcasm.
Sarcasm?
I never took part in an audition or a contest.
Since I was a lead actress from when I was a child.
I see...
There was a bit of sarcasm in that.
Guess so, huh?
Still, we'll forgive you. It is what it is.
Thank you.
Ah, but I do feel like thinking it out with you.
Yeah.
Yes, thank you very much.
That's great, isn't it Tokiko?
Yeah, thank you.
Let's all of us women think about it. I feel that's important.
And so to consider Tokiko's contest win...
...the Akane Villa strategy meeting was held.
Sorry about this somehow.
It's okay; I'm looking forward to it.
I would have hated not being called.
I think I would have been in a foul mood for at least two weeks.
Two weeks?! That's a long time.
And?
This time around, this is being called a "Twiggy Boom" or trend?
But I feel this one's a bit different from others up till now.
Different?
Yeah.
Twiggy is more popular with women than she is with men.
It's that difference that's important here.
I see.
Yeah.
Moreover, this contest is being organized by a textile company.
And that company will... Let's say for example that Tokiko-chan is the winner...
...and she becomes a star...
...and everyone wants to be like Tokiko-chan...
And thus that company gets to sell its products.
That's the entire purpose of this.
That's something else, isn't it?
Right?
The other day, I heard the staff at my company talking as well...
...about how buying miniskirts and stockings and underwear...
...meant replacing everything they had had up till then.
This isn't a boom that ends after buying just one product.
That's why they want to keep it steadily going.
Ah, my!
I see.
It certainly might be said that aspects such as that are part and parcel of any boom.
However, I feel there is something that transcends all of that.
Transcends it?
Yeah.
That it is a new breeze that is blowing...
...allowing both girls and women to transcend their expectations.
Yeah, I feel I can understand that.
That's true, isn't it?
And so, Tokiko-chan.
A number of the judges are women, aren't they?
Yes.
Moreover, lots of girls will be coming to the venue.
So go for that.
That?
In other words, what's important is how you get the support of those women.
Hmm... I see.
That's good.
Yes... Therefore don't become the conventional woman...
...that men would choose to be a star...
...but pursue becoming a star that women would choose!
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
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