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I was wondering if it wasn't about time that I...
I was thinking the same thing.
Ah... you too, Akemi-san?
Me, too.
And me.
You mean... retire from Kiaris?
Right.
Truth is...
...I was thinking the same thing, too.
You too, Norio-san?
Yeah.
How many years has it been?
I wonder how many years it has been...
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『雨上がりの空に七色の虹が架かる』 "Ameagari no sora ni nanairo no niji ga kakaru" "A seven colored rainbow appears in the sky after a rain"
Week 25 "A Time of Magic" (Episode 142)
Screenplay: Watanabe Chiho
Music: Semu Yuko
って そんなに単純じゃない Tte son'nani tanjun janai It's not as simple as a saying like that suggests
Theme Song: "Atelier of Light"
この夢想家でもそれくらい理解ってる Kono muso-ka demo sore kurai wakatteru Even wistful dreamers know that much
Narrator (Bando Hana): Kanno Miho
Cast:
たとえば 100万回のうちたった一度ある奇跡 Tatoeba 100 man-kai no uchi tatta ichido aru kiseki Let's say a once-in-a-million miracle were to come along
Bando Sumire: Yoshine Kyoko
Bando Norio: Nagayama Kento
Ono Akemi: Tanimura Mitsuki
下を向いてばかりいたら見逃してしまうだろう Shita o muite bakari itara minogashite shimaudarou You could miss it if all you're doing is just looking down
Ozawa Ryoko: Momota Kanako
Murata Kimie: Tsuchimura Kaho
Ozawa Katsuji: Tanaka Yoji
Murata Shoichi: Hiraoka Yuta
さぁ空に架かる虹を今日も信じ Saa, sora ni kakaru niji o kyou mo shinji Now, believe a rainbow will appear in the sky again today
Murata Sakura: Igashira Narumi
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
優しすぎる嘘で涙を拭いたら Yasashi sugiru uso de namida o fuitara After wiping away your tears from a too gentle lie
Nogami Yuri (photo): Renbutsu Misako
虹は もうそこにある Niji wa mou soko ni aru That rainbow will already be there
Bando Isoya (flashback): Namase Katsuhisa
きっと 虹は もうここにある Kitto niji wa mou koko ni aru A rainbow will surely already be there
Asada Shigeo (flashback): Ichimura Masachika
The very beginning...
...was when we started in that corner of Asada-san's shoe store...
That was the year they put a block on withdrawing deposits...
So it's been about 30 years since then, hasn't it?
It went by in the blink of an eye...
I had my arms full with Sakura...
But Kiyo-san was there to give me support...
Then you came to work with me, Norio-san...
Then Sakura and Ken-chan, too...
And Ryoko-chan... and Kimi-chan... and Akemi-san, too.
Kiaris... has greatly colored my life.
A major part of my life... has just been a bonus.
Since my body was weak from the time I was born...
...I was told it wasn't known just how long I might live.
When I graduated from the Girl's School...
...I thought, "Ah, everything after this will be a bonus."
I thought I'd never get to marry...
...and I never thought I'd give birth to a child.
Let alone being able to work cheerfully like this...
...was probably nothing more than a dream to me.
I would always think this whenever watching you at work, Kimie...
..."having something to live for" are wonderful words.
"Something to live for"?
Living with something worth doing brings you joy.
That you found me makes me the truly lucky one.
That's right.
Shoichi-san... thank you.
I'll be at my retirement age before too long, too.
When I do, let's you and I go on a trip.
Sounds good.
I'd like to go to Hawaii.
Oh... Hawaii, huh? That's good!
That the day would come when I would have my meals made for me...
...by you this way, Katsuji-san...
I'd like to tell you about the me of those days.
Huh? "The me of those days?"
Yes. The me when I was a Girl's School student...
I've gotten a marriage proposal.
A marriage proposal?
He's a man 15 years older than me.
At my age, why do I have to get married to a man 15 years older than me...
You're turning it down?
Well, that... You would do that.
Right after we were married, you got sent off to the battlefield...
...and holding Ryu, I was all alone and anxious...
...so I was always praying, "Please let him come back to me alive."
I did but, once you did come back and we started living together...
...you wouldn't talk at all, Katsuji-san.
And that's when you went and did that, wasn't it?
Katsuji-san... thank you.
After that, it's only been Ryu who caused me worries.
All that's left is to get him a wife, right?
Right.
I can't ask for a level-headed woman...
...but if at least an ordinary one came along...
Yeah.
I wish, like Kimi-chan and Sumire-chan...
...I could have a grandchild, too...
It'd be great if that day would come, but I wonder how much longer it'll be?
That's true, isn't it...
I wonder if it's still snowing?
Ah... Akemi-san!
Welcome back.
I'm back.
You should've hurried in so you wouldn't get cold.
Welcome back.
This is the entrance to your home, right?
Sorry for being being a nuisance to you.
I'm used to it.
I...
Never mind.
What is it? Don't stop in the middle like that.
Never mind, never mind.
Norio-san.
It's just a story from long, long ago.
Eh?
In that case, it'd be fine to tell it, wouldn't it?
What is it?
Okay... Whatever! I should just tell it.
Just tell it.
Back when we were children...
...my Dad would bring me along with him to the Bando family house, right?
Yeah.
Father!
Sumire!
I didn't have the faintest idea about what was going on, but...
Please forgive me!
I did wrong.
I'm the one who did wrong, so please stop being angry with all of them!
Mother has asked him to make shoes for me.
So I feel I should wear the shoes Asada-san makes.
When I go to Girl's School and when I go to get married...
...I want to wear the shoes that Mother has ordered for me!
And so... please allow Asaya Shoe Store to make my shoes forever!
I see...
If something happened to you...
...I couldn't face your Mother, now could I?
Father... I'm sorry.
Yeah... I remember what happened that day very well.
I was really surprised.
That the quiet and absent-minded Sumire...
...would state her opinions so frankly...
...right there in front of everyone...
That was when... you became my first love.
Eh?
I fell in love with the Sumire who passed under the sakura blossoms on her way home from Girl's School...
...because Sumire was that kind of girl.
Yes, the end.
Norio-san.
Huh?
Thank you.
No... I'm the one... who's grateful to you.
We've been together a long time, haven't we?
This is just the end of this chapter of our lives, isn't it?
That's true.
Will the snow pile up?
Will it pile up...?
Ah... you've got a gray hair, Sumire.
Eh?
Shall I pull it for you?
I'll pull it out.
Just a minute, just a minute.
Okay, pull it. Gently, okay?
Hold on...
Ow, ow, ow, my back...
Hey, pull it out already.
Ow, ow, ow...
Here goes.
Ouch...
Ow!
It is gray.
Those things that lead us to the path we chose to walk along.
And because of the path we chose, we are where we are now.
And from where we are now, that path will lead us to our future.
To Be Continued
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
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