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(Kazuyuki) I heard you are going back to Okazaki, so I came right away
I want you to stay in Tokyo (Iso) aye?
I'll be drafted in autumn, so I don't have much time left
I want to be your good son to my mother till then
mother... mother you are my mother, aren't you?
after that I pressed my father for an answer and made him confess
I heard about the whole situation
so don't lie to me anymore!
I told them my honest feeling to them and both father and mother understood
the mother who raised me
the house in Kojimachi has a small annex you can do your sewing work there
just only for a short time let's live nearby
after living far apart I want to make it up with you
say yes, mother Kazuyuki...
thanks I am the happiest woman in Japan now
that's okay then? no!
let's say good bye like this
I've been given up for a while
I thought I'd be just a middled woman
who you came across
but you called me mother now
I became your mother that’s enough for me
but I'll be back to be your aunt from today
nosy aunt Iso
mother...
no, I'm not
please take care of your real father and mother right?
for them
you must take care of yourself
as long as you are fine and enjoying your life
that's enough for me
mother!
I'm not your mother
(Iso) I'm not your mother
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(Sachi) onechan!
where have you been?
(Momoko) yes? I was with people at home
but I won't go anywhere any more, so don't worry
I've decided to remain in Tokyo
well, Sa chan how do you write "Sachi" in Chinese character?
it's written "happiness" I see, nice name
well, Sa chan let's become happy with me
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(whistle)
(Momoko) hello!
(Tokujiro) welcome back! you are okay? great!
Kazuko and Touru?
say hello Kazuko and Touru
(Touru) hi (Kazuko) hello｡
hello (Touru) hi
you had hard time (Togo) thank you very much, sir
(Yasuji) excuse me...
these are heavy where should I put them?
Togo's paintings are the heaviest who is this man?
he is a freeloader I've seen you somewhere
is it okay to let a strange man like him stay here?
(Sakurako) don't worry, grandpa Yasuji san is a nice person
I'll try my best like I married into this family
that's over the top yes, it was
(laughter)
please work on your art work as much as you like from now on
as much as I like... aye?
no, nothing
Sakura chan what do you plan to do now?
well I wonder what I should do
last 2 years, between work and looking after my mother,
I did a little bit of composing,
but I didn't make anything good
but I haven't forgotten music
if it's possible, if I am to get a job, I want to do something to do with music
if you were in my shoe, what would you do, Togo san?
(Togo) your mother was a school teacher, wasn't she, Sakura chan?
how about teaching music to children?
to children? right, both Kazuko and Touru love
to listen to your piano, Sakura chan
you love music and that conveys to them
and makes them feel good, Sakura chan
that won't be a bad job, will it?
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a mayor of neighbourhood association found me a job for me
he said how about post person post person?
I think I'll do it it's okay, right, Togo?
of course but Sakurako
if you don't do anything, you'll be forced to be into women's volunteer corps
what are you going to do?
I'm thinking about becoming a substitute teacher
(Fueko) a substitute teacher? I'm thinking about asking Miss Nishino
to find a position for me
well, I hear every national school lacks teachers
I see, to be a teacher against it?
nope I think it's hard to teach anything
to people at the time like this right
yep, try your best
so Yasuji san yep
please look after the kids me?
thanks to his ankle injury, Togo was exempted from military service
so he can concentrate on his art work from now on
in order not to get the kids his way
I'd be thankful if you can take them outside
don't ask a thing like that to anyone
I do my art work when I want to
but Yasuji san is here
yep, right that's okay
I'll look after the kids during the day
well, let's be friends, kids
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(Masa) after the air raids
Togo hasn't done any art work at all
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(Nishino) that reminds me
when you played Rentaro Taki's "Flower" in jazz style
I am sorry about that, Miss
that Sakurako san is going to be a teacher
can I be a teacher like me?
of course, you are qualified enough
but I want to hear about your commitment first yes
Miss the circumstance when you resigned
I still feel guilty, Miss
but the classroom since then hasn't changed at all
the subject taught at national schools are not only music
there are moral and Japanese as well
Sakurako san do you think you can put up with it?
the things I want to teach children
are not only music
I want to teach them
"life is fun and wonderful"
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I lost my fiancé in the battlefield 2 years ago
when the things are hard, music always supported me
I can’t encourage the children to go to war with pride
but I feel I can tell them
"live with hope no matter what happens and never give up"
it isn't good enough?
I see, right I'll ask around
thank you very much Miss, please
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good on you, Sakura chan seems like you'll find a job
yep
well yes?
do you still think about Tatsuhiko san now?
is it hard when you do?
Tatsuhiko san went far away battle field by himself
and worried about me till the last moment
no matter how long it takes
I can never forget about Tatsuhiko san
isn't it okay to forget? you are still young
you might fall in love again in the future
you might want to marry him
I hope that'll happen stop it!
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sorry... it's impossible to think about that now
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Togo san...
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Togo san, what's wrong?
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I can't
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I can't create any art work any more
that was the first time Sakurako learned Togo's agony