Serial TV Story
Did I write this character well?
The character for "beautiful"...
...becomes beautiful when written big and clear.
This sort of thing... is so nice.
Isn't it?
Ah! My!
Good morning!
Good morning, Suzu-chan.
Good morning.
Today is the morning of their day off.
Recently everyone's favorite thing has been to study in the plaza out back...
...and relax while drinking tea.
Somehow it's only women here...
Since we're all unmarried women.
Eh?
Ah.
Ah!
Eh? I'm included in that?
That's right.
And me, too.
By the way, I'm single, too.
Oh my!
We're all singles here.
The Akane Villa's Single Women's Association, right?
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 25 "I Love You" (Episode 147)
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
Kusaka Sanae: Shishido Kafka
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
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
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
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
Kawamoto Setsuko: Kanno Miho
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Makino Shogo (photo): 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
My, my! These manga artists are up to...
It seems they're suffering over something.
It was about this.
Eh?!
If you do as I tell you... it will sell!
If you do it like I've told you...
...it will sell!
That's unreasonable.
That's unreasonable
What on earth did he tell them to do?
We'll continue with them later.
There's a lot of "I'm curious" faces here, somehow.
Since there's so much I want to ask. This is fun, isn't it?
What will you do about your work from here on?
Eh?
Well, you suddenly cut straight to the point, didn't you?
Oh? Did I?
She is just like that.
I'm just no good at beating around the bush.
Things that are hard to say or difficult to ask...
...just zip right out of my mouth.
Right, Mineko?
That's true.
Eh? It's true?
No, no, no, don't say "It's true?" like that.
Eh? Well, Setsuko-chan?
Yes.
Still, this time around all sorts of confusing things happened...
...and so I had to leave from my work...
And then Mineko-chan brought me here.
This is the first I've had a time such as this.
That's true, isn't it?
You've worked ever since you were young, right?
Yes.
Sorry if this is a bit vulgar...
Huh?
Yes.
Are you going to cut ties with your Uncle and Aunt?
Hmm...
As you'd expect, I am fed up with them...
I wondered if at this rate I'd end my days just paying off their debts.
And I did discuss with someone about breaking my ties with them.
What those two said about me really was terrible after all...
It was so awful I just have to laugh about it somehow...
Umm, still...
I wonder if I shouldn't help them once again.
Really? Why?
I guess it's because my Uncle is my Dad's younger brother.
He didn't come to love me and he wasn't kind to me, either...
...but he certainly did give me a place to stay when I had nowhere else to go.
And besides...
...there's something I can't forget.
On the day I got my first movie guarantee and was going home...
...I was feeling very proud of myself and saying, "I've done it!"
And I thought, "With this, they won't have to look at me like I was a bother anymore."
And then, when I got home...
...I handed the guarantee money to Uncle and Aunt with a "Here!"
Naturally they were surprised...
But Uncle... cried.
Yeah. He cried when he saw the money.
He had this overwhelmed look on his face somehow.
Since I was a child at the time I didn't understand what it meant very well...
But thinking back on it now, you could probably call it a look of vexation...
I think it was a feeling he just couldn't put into words.
Since that money equaled a year's income from the milk shop, after all.
But I figured being rich would be a wonderful thing.
I thought a lot about how wonderful it'd be and how much fun it'd be.
But, whenever I was being drowned in so much money...
...my Uncle's sad face from that time would appear...
Ah, sorry for going long like that.
Huh? What were we talking about?
What you were going to do about your work.
Ah... that's right!
I think you do love that work, Se-chan.
Eh?
I feel you do love it. I think you want to do it.
What makes you think that?
Truth is, she and I shared a room for awhile.
She says out her lines when she sleeps.
At first I thought she was just talking in her sleep...
...but she'd say things like, "Let's build a rainbow in that sky together."
Let's build a rainbow in that sky together.
And she'd say it again and again.
Let's build a rainbow in that sky together.
Let's build a rainbow in that sky together!
Ah, that's a line from the movie, "Rainbow-colored Daughter."
I did?
Ah, a line from a movie? I've heard that, too!
Sleep roleplaying?
Must be.
Must be, huh?
Um, I've regretted how I spoke that line ever since...
...and I've felt I could've done it better.
That's what I said?
Yes.
Ehh! Really...
Ehh... I'm a little happy about that somehow.
So I do feel that way about it...
I wonder if I wouldn't like giving acting another try.
I wish you would.
Thank you.
Right?
Sleep roleplaying, huh?
Ah, still, her sleep singing beats mine.
Eh? No way! Again... I'm singing again?
Yeah.
Eh? She sings in her sleep?
Yes, she sings. It went like this...
Ah, don't, don't Se-chan! Look, because Suzuko-san...
...is the mother of my adorable Chef-sama.
I don't want her thinking bad of me.
Suzuko-san is the one who gave birth to Chef-sama! Okay?
I see.
Ah, that's right.
It's okay. Singing in your sleep is cute.
Eh?! Really?!
"Cute..." Telling it is okay then.
Eh? Really?
Let's see... it's that Russian folk song...
Yes.
Ah, "Troika"!
Yes, yes, yes! That's the song.
She was conducting and singing it.
Eh?!
Conducting? Like this?
That's it.
Dark eyes await us just beyond that forest
Kuroi hitomi ga matsu yo ano mori koseba
While conducting, Ai-chan would sing the soprano's part...
...while it felt she was giving direction to the alto part.
Eh?!
And then?
So I thought maybe I should sing along, too...
...while following her direction for the alto part.
Towards a happy banquet
Koyoi wa tanoshii utage
Our troika races along towards a happy banquet
Hashire toroika koyoi wa tanoshii utage
As a finish...
Wonderful!
...she said, "Wonderful!"
Eh?! Is that true?!
Yes, it's true.
Sleep conducting.
Eh? Eh? Eh? Aiko-san, could it be...
...you want to try conducting a chorus?
Truth is, I wouldn't mind giving that a little try.
Adorable, isn't she?
I like you, Aiko-chan.
Eh?
How about you be in love with my son?
"How about it"?
Unless I can move forward and proclaim that myself, then I can't move forward with him.
Ah, is that right.
Yes.
I don't have the courage to move forward...
I hope it goes well.
If Aiko-chan became my daughter-in-law, that would be fun.
Ehh... Suzuko-san.
Though he won't say it, my son's at a good age to be in love.
Still... since he could become happy with that...
I'll be rooting for you.
Thank you very much.
That's great, isn't it Aiko-san?
Yeah. I'm happy.
That the mother of the man I love said such a thing to me...
But if he rejects me... it'll be painful...
Ah, that's right... Ah, I'm sorry.
It's certainly true that would be painful, wouldn't it?
True, huh? Nothing to be done about that, is there?
Eh?!
I see.
Well, if he does reject you...
...why don't you become related to Suzu-chan as her daughter?
Ah, that's right.
Eh? Become siblings with the man I love?
That... would be painful in it's own right.
You've got a point.
Good luck, Aiko-san!
Yeah...
And? What about you, Mineko?
Eh? You're done with me?
Yeah. How about it?
Huh?
No, it's nothing.
How about it, Mineko-san?
"How about it"?
Ah, that's today, isn't it? Your date with Hide-chan.
Ehh...
Is it that sort of thing?
No, no, no, no! You're wrong, geez!
It's not a date, geez... It's for study! Study!
Mineko...
Study!
It's not a date...
What are you saying? Of course it's for study!
Always, on my day off...
Yes.
...I go to restaurants.
Next time around...
Ah, it doesn't have to be every time...
...but would you go out with me to them sometimes?
I'll go!
I want to go!
I'm going, Ichigo.
Oh my. Hide-kun looks like he's thinking hard about something, doesn't it?
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Onii-chan and I go yahoo!!