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About ten days have passed since Tokiko won the contest.
Twiggy was coming to Japan at last.
She would be staying at a hotel in Akasaka, and so to the shopping district there...
Kyaa!
Twiggy!
Wonder how Tokiko is faring.
That's true, right?
Speaking of Tokiko, actually, this was happening to her.
Just can't believe it, can we?
Huh? Ah... dat's true.
Dat don't feel like my kid sister, somehow.
True, right?
Well, still, dis is all thanks ta me.
Since if I hadn't entered her, she wouldn't have won.
Understand, you two?
Yes, yes.
I understand.
In dat case, all's well.
What's that? Is someone coming?
I'm home!
Tokiko?!
Oh, Tokiko!
What's up so sudden like dis?!
Sorry for coming out of the blue like this.
And one more thing I'm sorry about.
I can't stay long. There's a car waiting for me.
Sit down, sit down!
Sit down, sit down.
I'll get some tea...
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 143)
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
Sukegawa Kimiko: Wada Michiko
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Sumitani Mitsuo: Izumisawa Yuuki
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
Abe Saori: Ito Sairi
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
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
Sukegawa Shoji: Tooyama Toshiya
Sukegawa Toyosaku: Shibuya Kento
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Shimatani Jun'ichiro (flashback): Takeuchi Ryoma
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
I've come today to apologize.
Huh? Fer what?
Well...
I'll be taking a stage name.
The name, "Izumi Makoto."
Eh?
Even though I was born to the Sukegawa family...
...and was given the name "Tokiko" by my Father and Mother...
I'm truly very sorry.
Izumi... Makoto...
You can't use "Tokiko"?
Yeah... That's right...
I'm truly very sorry.
Ain't dat okay?
Don't ya goin' worryin' 'bout such a thing, Tokiko.
Dat's right. 'Cause it's just yer work name, right?
Tokiko is Tokiko.
Whenever yas returns here, ya'll be Tokiko, right?
Yeah...
Dat's true, right?
Thank you fer thinking of us in dis way.
We're happy 'bout dat... right?
Yeah.
Do yer best, Tokiko!
Become Japan's best actress... become rich...
...get a mansion in Tokyo...
...and den ya and I kin live der.
Eh?
Do ya got any time? Kin I make some mushrooms or such fer ya?
I'll eat it! I'll eat it, I'll eat it!
Yeah, all right.
Ah, Tokiko! Ma worked really hard ta make dis.
She went around ta all da bookstores she could!
Did article here? I'm da one dat found it!
And, as for what is going on over here...
Not yet, huh...
Um...
Yes. Were you about to ask...
...what it is I'm waiting for that hasn't come yet?
Yeah, well... Ah, but, ya don't have to force yerself ta answer...
I'm waiting for you, Mitsuo-kun.
Eh?
After all, that thing with Tokiko is totally and completely over with, right?
Well, "totally and completely"...
It's not?
Well, it is, but...
All you ever say is "Well, well, well"...
..."Please wait a minute" and "that's wrong."
You won't turn me down clearly.
You won't say that you love me or that you hate me.
Is that your way of being kind to me?
Well... Well, what can I say to that...
In that case, thank you.
But enough of that.
I'm being serious...
So please give me a serious answer.
A woman won't wait forever.
Eh?
Oh!
Huh?
What's going on, Mineko?
Ah... um, I'm watching over the place.
Suzuko-san and the Chef and Yuka went out to Ginza...
Ah, it seems they decided to do that early this morning.
And as the man from the appliance store is coming today to do repairs, I'm tending the place.
Ah, is that right?
Yes.
Huh? Ah, working on your uniform?
Yes. I borrowed these from the library. The Akasaka Library is something else, isn't it?
Isn't it? I borrowed some, too.
Fundamentals of French Cuisine
For the new menu?
Yeah.
Ah, may I sit here?
Yes.
Ah, where's Genji-san?
Weren't you going to think of something together?
I would offer up suggestions and he would just complain about them.
That's just like Senpai, isn't it?
It is.
Still, well, what he means is that he trusts me with it.
I see... that's true, isn't it?
Yeah.
There's a nice atmosphere about them, isn't there?
Which reminds me, Hide had done this.
I... love her.
Good luck... Hide.
Somehow there's that, isn't there? This feels like we're back in middle school or high school...
...and we've both come back to school in the summer for supplemental lessons, doesn't it?
It does. You had to take supplemental lessons?
Yeah. Since I didn't care much for studying.
It was the same for me.
Ah, how's it going? Is your uniform coming along?
Well... It's quite difficult for me.
So I say, but in the first place, there are no books related to uniforms.
Really...
Yes...
Yeah.
Hide-san, what sort would you like?
Eh? Well, I don't understand women's clothing.
Really?
Ah, well, I was hoping you'd say, "Leave it to me," just a little though.
Really? You were hoping for that?
Well, I have to do it.
Ah, then, out of these for example, which of them do you like?
Eh?
Ah...
Hmm...
This one!
Eh?!
What is this? You ask me, then say "Eh?!" like that?
I'm sorry.
And how is yours going, Hide-san?
Yeah. It's troubling.
I'm looking forward to your new menu item.
Yeah. In any event, I want to make an item that's popular.
But it has to have Suzufuritei's quality or it's no good...
What's more, I have to make it with ingredients the restaurant carries...
For the sake of our current menu...
...I can't bring in any new ingredients for this item.
If I can't do it with what I've got, it'll be meaningless.
Ah, but still, if my menu item is adopted...
...and when a customer orders it for the first time...
...I'm sure I'll cry.
You'll cry?
Of course I'll cry!
Is that right...
I'm looking forward to seeing you cry, Hide-san.
Why would you look forward to that?!
Ah, um, when it's time to take an order, those abbreviations we use?
Like "Omelet" and "Hash." Who was it that decided on those?
Well, I'm not sure, but maybe it wasn't anyone.
It was just easy to say it that way.
I see.
I want to decide on the one for yours.
You do?
Ah, then... Please do so.
Really? Are you sure?
Yeah.
I see. I'm looking forward to that.
Ah... um... Mineko.
Yes?
Always, on my day off...
Yes.
...I go to restaurants.
Ah, I go to all these restaurants in order to study.
At midday.
Many of them have cheap lunches and I can't go much at night...
Ah, yes.
Next time around...
Ah, it doesn't have to be every time...
...but would you go out with me to them sometimes?
Eh?
Ah, um...
When I'm alone, I have no one to exchange impressions about what I've eaten...
Ah, and besides, if the two of us go, then we could order different things...
...and divide them between us and I'd get to eat all sorts of things...
And moreover, about the look and feel of the restaurant and such...
I could get a girl's opinion about that...
How about it?
Ah! You don't have to if you don't want to...
I'll go!
I want to go!
Really?
Yes!
I'm so looking forward to it.
Ah, thank goodness.
Yes. Thank you very much!
No, thank you.
Ah, please do this with me.
Yes, let's do it together!
My, my, this development...
This was clearly an invitation to go on a date, wasn't it?
Where should we go?
Coming.
Eh?!
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Gazing upon her sweet mother