I promised
my mom
that I would protect Chizuko. I promised her, so
I have to be strong.
Sunshine Chapter 12 "ANY NEWS" Episode 70
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Narrator: WAKAO Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: INOUE Mao
Tsutsui Ikuko: MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Soma Machiko: MAIKO
Takahashi Natsuko: ITO Ayumi
Fukuda Sensei: Dankan
Miyashita Keiko: HATSUNE Eriko
Principal Umeda: AYATA Toshiki
Miyazawa Setsuko: SHIRAKAWA Yumi
Maruyama Michio: KUSHIDA Kazuyoshi
Maruyama Tokuko: HIGUCHI Kanako
Please!
To your home?
Yes. School will be on break soon, so even for just that time . . .
No . . . I want to take her and her little sister home even for just a few days.
I wonder about that.
To go that far would be pampering them too much
or even be considered as favoritism.
I don't care if it's favoritism . . .
no . . . I should show them favoritism.
But everyone in Japan right now is enduring a lot.
They've endured more than enough! As much as they can!
That's why I'm worried.
All right.
Please do that.
I'll talk to the relatives
who have taken them in.
What's wrong? Don't you want that?
Thank you!
Well, I'll go over there now.
Okay. Thank you!
The principal . . .
the principal lost his younger brother in Tokyo, too . . .
in the air raid.
We haven't gotten any rations,
have we?
Aren't you hiding them?
Wait a minute!
There are things you shouldn't joke about.
Do you understand?
I do.
But can't I say that? After all, we've been friends since childhood.
That's true, but . . .
- So . . . are you hiding them? - Listen!
Wait a minute! You're the only ones
who would joke about rations in these times.
Welcome home.
I'm back.
Hello.
She's my husband's mother.
I'm Kurata Kyoko.
I'm pleased to meet you.
This is my younger sister, Chizuko.
She's adorable, isn't she?
Nice to meet you.
Oh, and over here .. .
These two old ladies are our neighbors.
Wait a minute!
That's a terrible way to introduce us!
You see, I'm the wonderful and kind grandma . . .
and she's the greedy old lady.
How dare you!
She makes me so mad.
Ow! That hurts!
Never mind these two. Let's go inside.
- Good idea. - Come on!
That's not nice!
Hey . . . wait a minute, Yoko.
Come on inside. Don't be shy.
Mom . . . um . . .
You don't have to explain right now. I'm pretty sure I know.
You must be hungry.
First, take a bath. Heat the bath water, Yoko.
Okay.
- I'm home! - Welcome back.
Welcome home.
I'm Kurata Kyoko. This is my younger sister, Chizuko.
Is that right? Welcome! What's with those two fighting outside?
Are those two still at it?
I got something good today . . . sugar!
That's great! Good job, Dad!
Shall I make some "zenzai" (sweet red bean soup)? I'll bet you like that.
Yes.
It can't be helped . . . should we invite those two out there?
What are you doing, Yoko? Heat the bath!
Oh, right!
Will the two of you go out and call in the two old ladies?
Ask them if they want to have some "zenzai."
Okay.
Ouch! That hurts! Try grabbing a little higher . . .
Excuse me . . .
Yes?
Would you like to have some zenzai?
Yes!
It's good, isn't it?
It's sweet and delicious, isn't it?
How is it?
Good! Right?
Yes!
Are you okay? Eat slowly.
- Hey, did you look? - What?
You looked at what I had, didn't you?
It's her bad habit. Isn't it awful?
She wants to see if I have more than she does.
She peeks over like this.
I wasn't looking!
You were looking without even realizing it.
Don't fight! Try to get along.
See? She scolded you.
Can I have seconds?
Did you eat it all already? That was fast!
Sensei?
What?
Why?
Why what?
Why . . .
are you doing this for me?
Because I like you a lot.
I really like you.
Don't forget that there's someone who likes you a lot and is always there for you.
And remember to take good care of yourself. And treasure yourself.
Do you understand?
Shall we go to sleep?
What is it?
I didn't say anything.
I can't help it if I won.
I'm strong . . . I'm just good at this.
I told you I didn't say anything about you being childish.
Yes, you did.
Stop fighting. You should play together nicely.
See . . .
Hello!
We were waiting for you. Thank you.
Not at all. Shoichi's happy to have someone to play with.
Really? I'm glad.
Shall we play?
Let's go.
Oh, aren't you lucky?
Don't go too far.
All right.
It's much better than playing with these two old ladies, isn't it?
How rude, right?
Yoko Sensei?
What is it?
I . . . want to draw like this.
I want to become an artist like this.
Mom and Dad both told me they loved my drawings.
Can I do it?
You can.
You can. I'm sure you can.
Okay.
I spent just three days like this with Kyoko and Chizuko.
I finished it.
Wow, you're very good!
That's awesome.
You're good-looking, Dad!
I like a man like this. But wait a minute!
Isn't it strange?
This picture is missing all the wrinkles over here . . .
You have wrinkles, too!
Don't fight!
Thank you.
No, thank you.
Please come again anytime.
Be sure to come back.
I will.
Well, now . . .
Machiko!
I found her! I found Ikuko!
Was she okay?
Yes.
Thank goodness.
I'm so glad.
Yoko Sensei?
What?
Was Ichiro's sister safe?
Yes.
I'm so glad.
I'm so glad for Ichiro.
Meanwhile, Ikuko had fallen in love for the first time in her life.
It was a sad first love.
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Is she hurt?
Probably.
What did Ikuko's family say?
They're relieved to hear that she's alright, but
it's not possible for them
to go to Tokyo.
Tokyo . . . ?
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How do you feel?
Thanks for asking.
How about you?
Yes.
I'm okay. More importantly...
I'm glad.
I'm so glad.
Why did you do something so reckless?
When I saw you under all that rubble,
I fell in love with you at first sight.
Please don't tease me.
It's the truth.
I fell in love.
I'm glad that I did.
I'm a medical student.
I was supposed to report for duty soon.
But I didn't want to go to war.
I didn't want to kill people
or get killed.
But if I can die like this, I'm happy.
Besides, I was able to fall in love with you, Ikuko.
It was a wonderful life.
Don't talk about dying.
I don't look it, but I'm a doctor.
So I know.
To be honest, I don't even know if I have hands or legs.
And my eyes . . .
I can't see your face clearly.
Thank you.
Please! Let me go to Tokyo.
I know it's reckless.
But . . . I just have to go to Ikuko.
I'm so worried about her that it's driving me crazy.
Please. Please!
But . . .
we don't know what it's like in Tokyo
right now.
It must be dangerous!
I know.
Yoko . . . ?
Yes?
I understand that you're worried about your friend.
Yes.
But . . . we can't let you go.
What parent would let their precious daughter
go to a dangerous place like that?
I won't let you go!
I absolutely refuse!
Absolutely not!
Do you hear me, Yoko?
I . . . lost my daughter,
and I sent my son off to war.
So I can't
let you go, too.
I can't! I just can't!
No! I won't let you!
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry!
Dad . . . Dad?
Okay . . . three trays of soba noodles.
I'm not talking about soba noodles!
Just wake up! Get up!
What is it?
She's crying.
Yoko . . . is crying.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry . . .
The thing is . . .
about your going to Tokyo . . .
it's not that we don't understand how you feel, Yoko.
No . . . I'm sorry.
But I understand what she's saying, too.
Or should I say . . .
as the head of this family . . .
as the head of the Maruyama family . . .
I should give you my opinion about this . . . but . . . in regard to this matter
both of us can understand...
That's enough! It's so irritating! What was that, anyway?
I have no idea what you want to say!
What is this? You're the one who told me
to leave it to you!
But I'm not used to being in this position, so it can't be helped, can it?
What are you saying? You're always like this!
Please don't fight.
I'm really sorry.
Go ahead, Yoko.
What?
You want to go, don't you? So go!
But . . .
In exchange, promise me this.
If you feel it's really too dangerous, even if you're still on the way there,
just turn around, and come back home.
And . . . and . . .
promise me you won't leave me alone!
Mom!
Thank you!
I promise! Thank you!
I'm not kidding, okay?
Don't leave me alone!
I won't.
Um, you're not going to be alone, are you?
Not that it matters . . .
Oh, that's right.
From then on, the change in Mom was unbelievable.
This is for motion sickness, and this is disinfectant.
This is sterile gauze . . . and this is for stomachaches.
Yoko? Are you all right?
I'm not the one going.
I'm a little nervous.
I'm sorry. I'm okay.
Okay then.
Good morning! Excuse me.
Good morning!
Here comes another unfilial daughter.
I'm sorry.
You must have had a hard time with your parents.
Yes . . . they cried a lot.
I feel really bad about it.
You should feel bad!
Yes.
- Good morning. - Yasuko!
You don't know what can happen over there,
so this is for self-defense.
It's the sharpest knife.
Okay.
Here's some dried cuttlefish. It'll fill you up, and it keeps long, too.
It's for you both. There's enough for two.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
So you were hoarding after all, weren't you?
It was for times like this.
Thank you.
Why are you crying? Pull yourself together, Yoko!
Come on, you!
We'll be leaving now.
You're my daughter,
so you'll be okay. Do you understand?
I do.
They're all depressing stories, aren't they?
It must wear you out listening to them.
I'm sorry.
Don't be.
When I was in grade school, one of my summer vacation homework assignments
was to ask our grandparents about the war,
but my grandma wouldn't tell me.
She'd say that she forgot all about it.
She never did tell me anything at all.
I think that's okay, too.
What?
People have the right
not to talk about things they don't want to remember or talk about.
The right?
It's their memory, so they're free to do what they want with it.
You must have something
you don't want to talk about or tell your children about.
Don't you?
I do!
I thought so.
So you went to Tokyo with Machiko, didn't you?
Yes . . . the closer we got to the center of Tokyo,
neither of us could talk at all.
It was so frightening that it stopped us in our tracks.
Nevertheless, we kept walking.
We held tightly onto one another's hand.
Excuse me . . . we were told Tsutsui Ikuko was in this room.
Do you know where she is?
Excuse me. We were told that Tsutsui Ikuko would be in this room.
She's about this tall, and on the skinny side. She's our close friend.
I'm sorry.
Ikuko!
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Ikuko!
Why? Why did you come to this kind of place?
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It doesn't matter . . . what happens to me.
Ikuko?
What's wrong, Ikuko? What happened?
The place where I lived was
burned to the ground in the air raid.
I tried desperately to run away.
The place that I ran to collapsed . . .
I cried out frantically for help,
but there was no one around.
I thought . . .
I was going to die there like that.
I thought the gods were punishing me.
For lying to everyone, and being so pretentious.
So I thought I was being punished,
and there was nothing I could do.
Just then, I heard a man's voice
asking if I was okay.
The man's name was Uehara.
He smiled when he saw me.
And all he said was, "Hey!"
I thought he was so strange.
"Don't worry. I promise to get you out," he said.
And he saved me,
and he smiled. Then . . .
then the building just collapsed.
I just screamed.
I don't remember anything after that.
I thought it was awful.
I didn't want him to die.
He mustn't die . . .
just for my sake.
What happened to him?
He died.
If he hadn't saved me . . .
that wouldn't have happened.
Even though he couldn't move his body, he still tried to make me laugh.
You may not believe this, but we were in love.
Mr. Uehara said he was glad he found someone to love.
And I thought I loved him, too.
And yet . . .
I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to do!
Tell me what I should do!
Ikuko . . .
let's go home.
Let's go back to Azumino together.
No . . . I made up my mind. I'm taking you home. Even if you don't want to, I'll drag you if I have to.
We're going home!
Let's go home to Azumino, Ikuko.
I told you I decided, didn't I?
I'm not leaving you alone! I can't just leave you! There's no way!
If you don't like it, then you can run away again.
But . . . Machiko and I are going to watch over you until we think you're okay.
I absolutely . . .
I absolutely refuse to leave you alone!
Understand? We're going home.
I want to be with you, Ikuko.
I can't leave you alone now.
So please . . .
let's go home together.
Please!
Ikuko came home to Azumino.
The three of us held on tightly to each other's hands, and didn't let go all the way home.
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Yoko!
Mom!
Welcome home.
I'm so glad you're home.
That's great, just great!
I was so scared.
I'm sorry.
I was scared.
I'm sorry.
Are you scared or sorry?
Both!
I'm so glad.
I'm just so glad!
All I seemed to do was cry.
April 1945
In April of 1945, the new school term began.
I continued with the same class that was now in the fifth grade.
Ready? Go!
The air raids intensified in cities throughout Japan.
There was a greater feeling of tension in Azumino, too, during our evacuation drills.
I just wouldn't let any of my students die in an air raid.
Listen! You're taking too long!
I'm sorry for all the trouble.
You really owe us for this one . . . doesn't she?
That's right. We risked our lives. You owe us big time.
I know I do.
Sitting here like this makes it feel like we're back in high school, doesn't it?
It really does. Thanks to you both.
I . . .
wrote a letter to Mr. Uehara's parents.
I wrote everything that happened. I wrote how I felt, too.
You did?
And I got an answer from them yesterday.
They told me to live enough for two . . . in place of their son.
They did?
They sent me this . . .
What a wonderful person.
He seems nice.
That's enough!
Ikuko treasured Mr. Uehara's picture always.
She said it was her good luck charm, so she keeps it with her all the time . . . even now.
I . . .
have to live until I'm 200 years old.
Yes, you do.
I'm sure you'll make it to 200, Ikuko.
Thank you.
What did you mean by that?
Didn't you mean Yoko?
Why me?
Because I'm so delicate.
What? Delicate? You liar!
You said that you were being pretentious and lying all the time, didn't you?
She did.
That was . . . how do you say . . .
We'll have to clear it up a little at a time, won't we?
What?
What was the truth, and what wasn't.
You're right. Shall we get paper and pencil?
That's right. Like a police interrogation.
All right. I'm sorry!
You don't have to be pretentious, Ikuko. You're wonderful as it is.
She's right.
It'd be a waste to bury all that out in the country, wouldn't it?
I'm sorry!
You haven't changed, have you, Ikuko?
Ikuko was healing a little bit at a time in Azumino.
Although I'm sure her wounds were really deep.
Even so, she still recovered a bit at a time.
But the enemy suddenly appeared even in Azumino.
May 1945
It's an air raid! It's an air raid!
Everyone, calm down! Just do as we practiced,
and we'll be okay. Hurry! Hurry!
Get down, everyone! Get down!
Come on! Get down!
It's okay! It's okay! You'll be all right, I'm here.
Is anyone hurt?
Don't move! Don't move yet!
That day, for the first time in my life, I hated the sky.
The war is over, isn't it?
Let's be proud that he was part of this family.
You're a liar, Yoko Sensei!
What I taught you all before . . . was wrong.
I'm sorry!
- I'm back! - Welcome home!
Welcome home. Welcome home.
Sunshine To be continued . . .