Serial TV Story
Here you go.
Today is Akane Villa's tea party.
It's been over six months since Setsuko-san arrived here.
Itadakimasu!
Itadakimasu.
Um...
Eh?
Huh? What is this?
What is it they want to say?
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
Final Week "Goodbye, Tears-kun" (Episode 152)
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
Tsubouchi Yuji: Asaka Kodai
Nitta Keisuke: Okayama Amane
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 (flashback): 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
Kawamoto Setsuko: Kanno Miho
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Tachibana Tomi: Shiraishi Kayoko
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
What's up?
Ah, please, you go first.
Eh? Can we? To have it handed to us like this... Right?
Thank you very much.
No, no, it's nothing...
It really is okay, right?
It is, right?
Never mind that and spit it out.
I'm sorry...
Actually...
...we were told this by our Editor... right?
Yes. It's what he told us.
That my story is drab?
No... Ah, yes. No.
Which is it?
Still, Mineko-san has started a new love, right?
That's right. You've got a fun feeling now, right?
That's true.
And? What did he tell you?
He asked if the heroine Mineko...
...couldn't be turned into a space alien girl.
Space alien?
Yes.
Or that you come 50 years from the future; in other words, the 21st century future...
...where you have become a robot girl.
In the first place, doesn't that mean it won't be about Mineko anymore?
No, that's not true. It's about taking the storyline...
...and making the heroine more fascinating, he said.
I knew it; I am drab.
Ah but, we turned down that storyline.
Eh?
We turned it down.
That made us angry somehow, right?
Yes.
It was like he was bad-mouthing an important friend of ours...
...so we didn't feel like accepting it. Yes.
That is our report for up till now.
Please work with us from here on, too.
Please.
But...
If it's me you're worried about, don't. It doesn't bother me.
No, we couldn't...
That's right.
I am me...
I, Yatabe Mineko, I'm living very happily.
So it's okay if you want to do that.
Eh?
Huh?
Besides, that might make your manga more interesting.
And, well, as for me...
...I'd like to see the me from the future. That'd be fun.
Really?
Are you sure?
Yes.
50 years from now, huh...
That would be the year 2017, wouldn't it?
What would 2017 be like?
Let's see...
First off, I think cars would drive through the skies.
Through the sky?
Yes.
And then, even ordinary people would go on trips to the moon.
To the moon? My, I want to take that trip.
Ehh... Is that right?
Yes.
I wonder what I'll be like 50 years from now...
I'll be 70...
130, huh... Yeah, I see.
Eh?
"130" she says...
You give the feeling you will make it there, Tomi-san.
My... you could tell?
The setting is that Mineko-san comes from the 21st century..
...styled like a tanuki.
(raccoon dog)
Huh? Why a tanuki?
Our editor said, "How about as a cat type?" and then Yuji told him...
..."Rather than a cat, she's more like a tanuki, right?"
Right?
Huh?!
Ah, I'm sorry...
That'd make for a good story.
But you turned it down, didn't you?
Yes.
I wonder if it's too late now?
Eh?
Ah... that's true, isn't it?
Might not be possible since you've turned it down.
Oh my, is it hopeless?
Seems so, doesn't it? That's too bad.
No, no, no, no, no... Eh?!
I think it'd be best if you told him you'll do it as soon as possible.
We're off!
Ah! Good luck!
Yes!
They left all of a sudden.
Full of life, aren't they?
Ah...
Huh?
Setsuko-san, what did you want to talk about?
Ah, that's right.
What's it about, Setsuko-chan?
Yes...
Mineko-chan.
Yes?
I truly want to thank you... for bringing me here.
Truly... thank you.
Not at all.
Ai-chan.
Sanae-san.
Tomi-san.
Ah, the manga artists took off, so I can't thank them...
I truly thank all of you... for becoming my friends.
What are you saying, geez!
We thank you, too.
That's right.
I've felt I've wanted to be at a place like this for so long.
Where I would be like family and where there was a place for me.
Where I could talk about the bad things and the good things...
...and we'd laugh together and eat together...
I wanted a place like that so much...
I did feel I had that during the time I was with Ameo-san.
But I guess somewhere inside...
...I knew that time couldn't go on for very long.
I thought I just couldn't have a place such as this.
That's why I'm so happy.
I'm truly happy...
But all of you are doing your best at your individual jobs.
While I'm not doing anything...
I worry if that won't become bad for me before long.
But I guess there's nothing else I can do but act.
Ah, and moreover...
...this feeling has been growing inside me of wanting to work as an actress.
Really?
Yeah.
That might be thanks to Tokiko-chan.
Really?
That's wonderful. We're happy about that, too.
That's true, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yes.
And so...
Yes?
Would it be okay for me to go on staying here?
Eh?
Huh?
Eh?
Ah, could it be... that?
"I'll be going today. I'm leaving here."
You thought I'd say that? You were expecting that?
No, no, we weren't expecting that. We weren't expecting that.
It's just... it kinda crossed our minds, right?
I was all set to cry.
Ah! That's right. You would, wouldn't you... Yeah, you would...
Eh? Somehow it was like that? Somehow...
No, no, no!
You feel disappointed?
What'll I do? Wait... Eh? What should I do about this?
Eh? What should I do about it? What'll I do... What can I do?
Se-chan, you do want to stay here, right?
Ah... yeah.
You do?
Ah... yes.
Yeah... then, well, do that. Just be careful when you start working.
About reporters and people like that.
Ah, that's right...
Don't worry. Because I'll be there at the entrance.
You'll deal with them, won't you?
We'll be fine, just fine! With Tomi-san there, we'll be fine!
Sanae-chan...
Ryuji-san...
Sorry. It took me awhile... but I've come to get you.
Eh?
Could he be...?
That man?
The one in the elevator?
The "I'm a drummer"?
Won't you go to "Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair" San Francisco with me?
It's lots of fun.
Huh? Are you angry?
Could it be you're already with someone else...?
Ah... She's not! She's not!
She's not, she's not, she's not!
She's been waiting for you all this time!
You're so late! Geez...
Tomi-san, thank you very much.
Be happy, okay?
I will. I was under your care for 12 years.
Sanae-san went on a journey with him to "Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair" San Francisco.
She was so very, very happy.
And so very, very pretty and cool.
And then the manga artists...
Sensei! Tsuboda-sensei!
...soon found their manga was selling well right after that.
Sensei!
Meow!
Eh?
It's a cat.
Sensei!
Mineko, a tanuki-type robot, who comes from the future.
It seems to be pretty popular.
I thought it was very cute...
...but because it's a tanuki...
...I don't mention that I was the model for it very often.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
A call from the apartment veranda