"Serial TV Story"
Kanpai!
- Kanpai! - Kanpai!
I think it would have been better if I had failed properly.
I see. I understand.
Please fail properly this time!
Hikari ga sashi The light is gentle
Kaze ga oyogi The breeze is swimming
Ikete yukeru to When you're alive
Sou omoeta no It really seems so
Anata ha watashi no kiseki You are my miracle
Anata ha watashi no kibou You are my hope
Dokoga de watashi wo kanjitete Somewhere I can feel
Soredake de ii no yo That alone is enough
"Showa 23, January (1948)"
"The New Year began..."
"Showa 23, January. (1948)"
"I received a long letter from Ikuko."
"Somehow I felt relieved and happy at that."
"'Ah, she isn't pushing herself too hard,' I thought."
"She also wrote about what condition Tokyo was in her letter."
"She wrote how little by little..."
"...reconstruction was going on and shortages were abating."
"And she also wrote about her job."
- Iku-chan! - Yes!
Iku-chan, what do you think about this article?
Let's have a little look.
"Being a teeny, tiny publishing company, her wages were also little..."
"...but she wrote about how busy she was and how much fun she was having."
It's wonderful!
Really? Okay! Then I'll go with this.
Iku-chan, take care of things.
Ah... yes.
If a problem comes up, you can discuss it with me.
Eh? Really? Thank you very much.
"Ah, I felt that Ikuko had found her place at last."
Aunty Ikuko seems to be doing her best.
"In February..."
"...Shigeki-niisan was to take the exams for the Matsumoto Medical Vocational School."
Shigeki.
Yes?
How's it going?
Well, I'm doing my best.
I see.
Well, it'll be a long fight.
Hang in there.
Thank you very much.
Ah, well, but Dad.
Since there is just the possibility I'll pass...
...to say "it'll be a long fight" just before even I take it is a little...
Ah, that's true, that's true.
Excuse me for that.
Then? How will it go?
No, I can't do that! I won't assert anything.
Ah... what's that?
Weren't you saying that from your heart?
I'm sorry.
Good luck.
- Yes. - Yeah.
"Please do your best on this memorial to pass on the first round."
"Well, how many times will you really end up having to take it?"
"You can't be thinking you'll pass it on the first round, can you?"
"Still, you never know what'll happen in this world."
"Good luck. To Shigeki... -kun."
"From Ikuko."
"Ikuko"
It should be "Shigeki-san," "-san!"
Did you say something?
Ah, no.
Really?
That's fine then, Shigeki-san.
Yes.
Huh?
Say ah, Hinako.
It's delicious. It's good.
You don't want to eat?
Don't you want your dinner?
- Oh, eat! Eat up, eat up! - It's delicious.
- Um... - Eh?
Well, um...
Why isn't anyone asking how my exams went?
Ah...
How did they go?
You're late.
I'm sorry. How did they go?
I was totally useless.
What's that, geez.
Even if you say that.
Don't worry. You'll do it.
Even if it takes a few years, that's okay.
Thank you.
- Kazunari-san. - Yes?
The exam results haven't come out yet.
Eh?
That's right. What are you saying?
I'm sorry.
You're already causing trouble.
Sorry, sorry.
Um...
How many years will it take?
Eh? Ah...
You and Hinako will be classmates, right?
Eh?
Hey you.
That's right, Yoko. That's too much.
I've stopped with all the jokes.
- Eh?! - Eh?!
Ah... no, no. Please don't say that so seriously.
Ah, no, no, I'm astonished.
Please give us a break, geez.
I'm sorry.
Now, now, Shigeki-san, have some.
Ah, thank you very much.
Are you sure about this? A student taking his exams and having liquor.
It's okay. I'm an adult, after all.
Ah... taking exams.
That brings back memories.
And so I'm still bad at them to this very day.
I didn't intend to say it like that particularly.
- Ah, is that right? - Yes, that's right.
Oi! Oi! Oi! Those two are just alike, right?
How true!
Hey, Shigeki-san, eat lots.
Ah, yes. Itadakimasu.
Yeah!
Umm!
Mmm!
"I should have been the one who died. Not brother..."
"Not brother."
"Your life isn't yours alone!"
"It's also Haruki's!"
Whaa.. that was great.
- That was great. - It was great!
Hinako.
Uncle Shigeki just might become a classmate of yours.
Say "nice to meet you" to him.
Until then, counting on you, Hinako.
That would be Shigeki's tragedy.
What are you saying, Dear?
I'll go bring in the tea.
Will the day come when this house becomes Sudo Clinic?
Well, it's best to support Shigeki in taking all the time he needs.
Good evening.
Ah, good evening.
- Yes, good evening. - Yo!
Good evening.
"Yes, yes... that happened at this time, as well."
Ah, Machiko-san.
- Welcome! - Oh, oh, Machiko-chan!
Good evening. Sorry for coming so suddenly.
What's going on?
I was acting as a guide.
Come in.
Ah!
Hello. Sorry for not having contacted you in so long.
Hello!
Ala, my... Murakami-san!
Oh, you're her husband, aren't you?
Yes. Well... I've wanted to meet you.
Me, too.
What's this about, Kayo-san?
Well that's...
Ah, Machiko-chan, you tell them.
The Murakami-sans were asking me, "How are Yoko-chan and Hinako-chan doing?"
And, "We should go see them."
Is that right. Thank you.
I see. Well... I'm so happy.
You took good care of Hinako during that time.
What are you saying?
I'm happy to come here, too.
Ah!
Where's Hinako-chan? Where's Hinako-chan?
Over there, over there.
Ah... Hinako-chan!
Do you remember me? It's your Azumino grandma!
Whaa! So cute! So cute! Hey, Hey!
How's your business doing?
Well... It's getting better, little by little.
Well, we're also a bit better able to get the ingredients we use, too.
Ah, our place, too.
We're both working hard.
Ah, that's true.
Ah, I've got something interesting for you. Come this way.
Ah, is that right? Sure, sure.
Yoko-san, I'm sorry for coming without warning like this.
No. Thank you.
Ah, I'm sorry. I'm keeping you waiting. Sorry, sorry.
- Your students? - Yes.
Ah, I see.
You're cute!
Ah, about Kayo-san's primary business...
Huh?
I've wanted to study.
Ah... My classmates. Nice to meet you.
Eh? Ah... yes.
I'm the junior here, aren't I? Senpais, please help me out.
Kayo-san.
Ah, yes, Yoko-sensei?
Move your hands rather than your mouth, okay?
Yes, Yoko-sensei.
Let's see...
Kayo-san, no peeking.
Yes!
Is this "Field"... What? Ah, "Cause" It's "Cause."
"Next up is "Good Life" performed by Iida Shotaro and the Octopus band. Go ahead."
How's Hinako?
Sleeping.
Here, look at this.
We use bonito to make the stock thicker, so it comes out richer.
I see, I see. This makes it thicker?
That's right. It's still there.
Oh, I can tell.
- Really? - Yeah.
This is karebushi. (type of dried tuna)
Karebushi. Oh...
This is your normal dried bonito. Has a different weight, huh?
This is fun, Sensei. Can I come again?
Sure. Please do.
"That was the Winter of Showa 23. (1948)"
"We were all moving slowly forward."
Yes, are you done?
- Yes! - Yes!
"Showa 25, Spring (1950)"
"And then... It was Showa 25 in the Spring."
- Ah, welcome! - Welcome!
"Hinako had grown this big."
Yes, 2 big platters set.
Yes!
"We weren't mixing in the konnyaku any longer."
"Maruyama had, at long last, returned to being a store serving true soba."
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
Your large serving of Zuru-soba. Here you go.
"To Be Continued"
Week 21: "Dreaming of a Sunny Place"
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