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Still, I don't know what you may have learned at Teacher's school, Sudo-san.
But it seems to have been a waste.
Eh?
"Soldier" Our job is to make these.
A smile isn't necessary for this, now is it?
Ow!
Don't have such an expression.
Get going...
Your students in that classroom are yours.
I am Sudo Yoko.
Please call me 'Yoko-sensei.'
Yoko-sensei!
Yes!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Ohisama" "The Sun"
Week 7: "The Sun's Classroom" (Episode 38)
Screenplay by: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki Performance: Face Music
Narrator: Wakao Ayako
Sudo Yoko: Inoue Mao
Takahashi Natsuko: Itou Ayumi
Nakamura-sensei: Pierre Taki
Fukuda-sensei: Dankan
Principal Umeda: Ayada Toshiki
Sudo Ryoichi: Terawaki Yasufumi
"Arakeyama Common Elementary School"
"Back then, we women school teachers were very busy."
"At any rate, I was busy."
"It's an unthinkable thing now..."
"...but almost all the chores at the school were done by the female teachers."
Excuse me.
Ah, yes.
Ah, so pretty!
Aren't they?
They were in bloom along the banks of the Hotaka river.
Ehh!
"But in those times, it was quite proper."
Here you are.
"I thought if I was busy, I could think more deeply that way."
Haru ha na no mino kaze no samusaya Though it's spring in name only and the wind is chilly
Tani no uguisu uta ha omoedo I think of the valley nightingale's song
"Our Fathers and Brothers have gone to the southern continent..."
"...to risk their lives working."
"This work will take a long time and is a big, big job."
"Before long we will travel to that continent in their place..."
"...so we can take over their work someday."
"After the lessons were finished..."
"...there was the cleaning of the class and staff rooms.."
"...then cleaning and preparing the futon for the male teacher who had night duty."
"And so there was always something."
Are you okay, Yoko-chan?
Ah, yes, I'm fine.
You also have house chores to do, too, don't you Yoko-chan?
It must be tough.
Yes... But I'm used to that.
That's right...
You had a beautiful mother, didn't you?
Yes!
Ah, it was my mother's dream to become a teacher, too.
Really?
Then your mother's dream was granted.
You're very filial, aren't you?
No, no.
Well but, you'll be truly filial as a teacher...
...when you've become a good teacher.
Yes...
Natsuko-sensei, what kind of teacher is a "good teacher"?
I don't know.
Isn't it for the students to decide whether we've been good teachers?
When those children are adults and say...
"Ah, that teacher said that. She's a good teacher."
When that happens, we'll be good teachers, won't we?
I see.
It takes time, doesn't it?
Yeah, it does.
Then, Natsuko-sensei is a good teacher.
Because I say so.
Ah...
You've said a wonderful thing.
Ow!
- Sensei, that's quite painful. - Ah, I'm sorry.
Can I become a good teacher?
Who knows?
Eh?
Ah, were you just thinking, "I'm already one," weren't you?
No, I wasn't thinking that.
Liar!
You were definitely thinking it. Confess!
I wasn't thinking that!
Good afternoon!
Welcome back.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
You've worked hard. It was cold, wasn't it?
No. I'm sorry, Dad.
You're hungry, aren't you? I'll hurry and make dinner.
- Ah, Yoko. - Yes?
Don't worry so much about me.
You have it tough every day too, don't you?
No!
I'll prepare something right away.
Thank you very much.
Since there's nothing to be done about it, let me take care of you.
All right.
"After that, it was finally time for me."
Listen up.
These are the fields and rice paddies near the Guardian of Travelers deity.
Do all of you know them?
"Yes!" they'll all answer.
Today we'll study this area.
To start off first...
...please look at this trapezoid picture of a field.
The upper base is 15 units long and the lower base is...
"As a novice teacher, I wondered how to inform them."
"Trying to hold the children's interest..."
"...I barely had time left to sleep."
Kanta-kun...
Here, get to your seat...
Be serious...
'Morning!
- Sensei! - Good morning!
Bang! Bang!
Hey, Kanta-kun, get to your seat!
Yes!
"But all the stiffness was blown away whenever I saw the faces of the children."
Good morning!
"I felt I could do anything for these children."
"It might have been a feeling like that of a mother, huh?"
Abe Satsoshi-kun.
Here!
- Ishii Keiko-san. - Here!
It's good to be energetic.
Ueda Kanta-kun.
Here! I'm even more energetic!
Yoko-sensei!
How did it go? Is it born?
Yeah, it was just born!
Ah, thank goodness.
Everyone, it was born!
Congratulations!
Dad...
Dad said, "it might be dangerous for her,"
and "If she dies, what'll I do?"
Hanako really did her best, didn't she?
"Ah, who I just called 'Hanako' was the name of Hiroshi-kun's family cow."
Don't cry. Here, take your seat.
Yes.
Yes, then class will begin.
Take out your Japanese language textbooks.
Eh... Today we'll read "From Dalian," on page 19.
"Many of them were very poor."
"I would always bring in a bento for the child named Hana-chan."
"I would always quietly place some onigiri in the child's desk."
Hana, where'd ya get that?
Yoko-sensei gave it to me.
Eh? Why? That's sneaky.
It's sneaky, only Hana-chan getting them.
I wanna bite, too.
No. No way! They're for me. She made them for me.
Please! Please!
"But, the next day..."
Eh?
None of you really brought your bentos?
Yes!
Ehh?
What'll we do?
"And then that day we had an unexpected extracurricular class."
"I said we would collect wild grasses so we could all eat a hodgepodge soup."
Sensei, we got some. What are these?
Thank you.
Ah, but unfortunately, we can't eat this.
Ehh...
Sensei! What's this?
This is, this is...
Ah, this is Nobiru. We can eat this. (Wild rocambole or garlic)
All right!
- Itadakimasu! - Itadakimasu!
Well? Is it good?
It's good!
Ah, thank goodness.
Let's go without bentos again tomorrow.
No! Make sure you bring them tomorrow.
Yes!
What was that all about?
It felt like they were on a picnic.
Indeed.
I didn't understand that situation at all.
It's because the women teachers from Teacher's School cause trouble.
Isn't it just fine?
- Huh? - What is?
If the students go to war...
...that sort of extracurricular class will surely be useful to them.
It think it is important to distinguish which wild herbs can be eaten and which can't.
I think that's a wonderful thing a girl can do during these times and this economy.
More!
Me, too! Me, too!
Yes, in order, in order.
Here, line up.
Hey, hey! There's plenty, so take your time eating.
Yes. Yes, here you are.
"Arakeyama Common Elementary School"
"My Dream"
Yes!
What is everyone's dream?
- To be a soldier! - I wanna be a soldier, too!
Me, too!
Yes! If all of you talk at once, I can't understand you.
Each of you raise your hands.
Yes!
- Yes, then Keisuke-kun. - Yes!
My father is at the front right now.
I think I want to be a flight soldier...
...and want to fight against the enemy from the sky with my father.
My Dad's gone there, too.
Mine, too.
I see.
Thank you.
Then next is...
Me!
- Then, Keiko-san. - Yes!
I think I want to become a campaign nurse and be of help to the wounded soldiers.
- Me, too! - Me, too!
All of you are great, aren't you?
Sensei, what is your dream?
Eh? Mine?
Hmm... Let's see, for me...
If I became a grandmother...
...and that all of you became grandfathers and grandmothers, too.
And, I think, that all of us would still be on good terms with each other.
That's my dream.
Sensei...
Oya! Is that Kanta-kun over there?
Yes! That is my dream.
Maybe we'll all be able to meet someday.
Sensei, I think that'll be impossible.
Eh? Why?
Since we're resolved to sacrifice our lives for our country...
...I don't think we'll be alive until then.
"I can't forget those sparkling eyes from that time."
"Such very beautiful eyes."
"To Be Continued"
"Ohisama" "City of Ueda's Daffodils"