Serial TV Story
Everyone, you've really worked hard.
First off, let's all acknowledge each other's service.
Kanpai!
Bando Sumire...
...Ozawa Ryoko...
...Murata Kimie...
...Ono Akemi...
...and I, Bando Norio...
...are thinking of retiring after this term.
That we were able to make this decision was because all of you will be here.
About the personnel changes for after we have retired...
As I'm the Representative Director...
Adachi Takeshi-kun.
Yes.
You will become the President.
Eh?
Please take care of things.
No, please wait...
No way?!
Hold on a minute!
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Serial TV Story
『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 143)
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
Nogami Yuri: Renbutsu Misako
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
Ono Akemi: Tanimura Mitsuki
Ozawa Ryoko: Momota Kanako
Murata Kimie: Tsuchimura Kaho
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
Ozawa Katsuji: Tanaka Yoji
Murata Shoichi: Hiraoka Yuta
Iwasa Eisuke: Matsushita Yuya
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
Ozawa Ryuichi: Morinaga Yuki
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
虹は もうそこにある Niji wa mou soko ni aru That rainbow will already be there
Nogami Kiyoshi: Kora Kengo
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
Oshima Tamotsu: Ibu Masato
Are you really serious about this?
About me being the President.
Do you think all of us were joking out there?
You weren't, but...
For the way you've sweated for this company... the way you've gently watched over its people...
...and for your straight-forwardness.
Please be generous in your connections with the next generation.
Ah... yes.
I see.. The times are changing at last, huh?
From here on, Adachi will be the President.
Let's please work together with him.
Introducing myself again, taking over as President, I am Adachi.
I have been working for Kiaris ever since I was 15.
Without any schooling, that I should be made President...
...is truly gracious of them...
And so to not shame the name "Kiaris" which they have built up until now...
...I intend to work as very hard as I can.
In this world...
...it's said that with a married couple, the wife follows after her husband...
...but you guys are the opposite.
The opposite?
You wives set the tune and walk forward while your husbands follow behind.
While the wives are singing their beautiful songs freely...
...their husbands are there behind them, watching over them.
In that way you were able to build happy families and a happy company.
Please carefully nurture and protect that.
I will.
Kimie-san.
Yes.
Akemi-san.
Yes.
Ryoko-san.
Yes.
Sumire-san.
Yes.
Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you for your hard work.
Norio-kun.
Yes.
Let's go out for drinks after work.
Ah... Yes, definitely!
I'll be coming.
Would some eel be okay?
Ah... Men's Orion has opened, hasn't it?
Please give it a try. Well then... excuse me.
It's all of you! Truly, thank you for your hard work.
You're all off to your next stage, aren't you?
Hasegawa-san!
Ah, Yuri-san.
It's been awhile. You've come?
Eisuke. Won't you come to work for my company?
It'd be promising if you did come to us.
Kiyoshi-san... That makes me very happy.
It does, but as I mentioned before...
...I bankrupted AIS and caused trouble for a great many people.
That's why I feel I can't work with a company anymore.
I have to get by with just myself.
It's just a little at a time right now, but my fashion manuscript is coming along...
...and I'm getting requests to give lectures, as well.
Well, I don't know just how long that will go on...
...but I feel it might be possible...
...for me to keep going at that forever as my profession.
I see...
In that case... it'd be best if you had a proper title.
A title?
Yes. Rather than "former President of AIS..".
...you need a new title.
For example...
...Fashion Critic.
Fashion Critic...?
Right! It fits these times, too... Eisuke, that's it.
From here on, you are a Fashion Critic.
Yes.
That the day would come when I could share a drink with Aniki again...
Thanks to you, Aniki, I've gotten to where I am now.
A lot of things have happened to us since the end of the war, haven't they...
Even so... let's both of us enjoy our lives.
Yes.
Let me fill your glass.
Let's make another toast.
Ah...
Welcome! Eisuke-san...
I went to yer lecture da other day.
Ah, thanks.
What's up?
I heard you had retired...
That's true...
Dat's right... I'm fresh outta spinach.
I should go and buy some.
And so? What's up?
I was wondering what you'd be doing from here on...
I'll live doing the things I like.
Reading books... watching movies... and making the foods I like.
Ah... and I'll go out for drinks, too...
Seems I'll be able myself to get by somehow.
Through my lecture work and my manuscript.
Ah, I read about that in a magazine the other day.
You said this before, didn't you? That you don't intend to make a family.
Why... do you suddenly bring that up...?
I totally understand that feeling as well.
When I returned from the war, both my family home and factory...
...and my Dad and my Mom and my little sister were all gone.
To be honest, I'm still in pain over that.
I am, but... don't you feel it's sad when it's said someone has died alone?
That's true, isn't it?
In that case... how about you and I getting together?
You and I?
Right.
With me...
That's right.
Ah... if you feel you'd rather not be with me, I'll be okay with letting you go.
I won't let myself become tied to this area and just play things by ear...
Will you live together with me?
If we do that, I'll build us a house.
Eh?
I've been a working single woman for decades now.
So I've saved up lots of money.
I couldn't let you do that.
I can't take it to the next world, you know.
Well, that's true, but...
I was wondering what it was I could do with that money.
I had thought about using it to build a house just for me...
But, if I'm going to be living with someone...
That makes it exciting!
Kind, aren't you...
What are you saying?
It's true.
What is this... Things are getting crazy...
Is this all of it?
That's everything.
The day has come when you leave here, Akemi-san...
What's more, yer buildin' a house...
That's right. Until that's built though, we'll be living in an apartment.
Take care, okay!
Into Akemi-chan's life, one small flower had blossomed.
To Be Continued
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
They were all born in October! Commemorative photo in their uniforms!!