The sun can brighten the whole world.
You don't have to worry because I'm here.
Because I'm Yoko, the sun.
Doctor! Doctor!
Is Mom going to die?
Mom!
Good morning, Mom!
Godd morning, Dad!
Good morning. That smells good.
Shige!
Ouch!
Good morning!
Good morning.
Excuse me . . .
Sunshine Chapter 2 "A MAIDEN'S PRAYER" Episode 7
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Sudo Yoko: INOUE Mao
Tsutui Ikuko: MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Soma Machiko: MAIKO
Sudo Shigeki: NAGAYAMA Kento
Sudo Haruki: TANAKA Kei
Iida Kotaro: KONDO Yoshimasa
Sudo Ryoichi: TERAWAKI Yasufumi
Haraguchi Fusako: SAITO Yuki
Maruyama Tokuko: HIGUCHI Kanako
Sudo Yoko (Narrator): WAKAO Ayako
You're an adorable young lady.
Judging from your uniform, are you from Azumino Girls' High School?
Yes. I'm in my fourth year.
Then you're sixteen . . . which means you were born in the Year of the Dog?
Yes.
I see.
Then your mother was born in the Meiji era, wasn't she?
In what year was she born?
My mom passed away when I was ten.
Is that so? I'm sorry.
It's okay.
- What's your name? - Sudo Yoko.
The "yo" in "Yoko" is the "yo" in "taiyo" (sun).
That's a nice name, isn't it?
Thank you. My mother named me.
Is that right?
I have lots of memories of my mother here.
We often came here together.
You did?
The soba (buckwheat) flowers are beautiful, aren't they?
Yes, they really are.
I have a soba shop called "Maruan" in Matsumoto.
Is that why you're here?
Come and eat at my place one of these days. I'll treat you.
The noodles made from the soba from this field are delicious.
Really? I'm going to take your offer seriously.
May I bring my friends?
Of course. I'll be waiting for you.
But we eat a lot.
It's okay. You can eat as much as you want.
All right!
Aren't you going to be late?
Oh, no! If I'm late, I'll really get scolded.
They're so strict. I hate it!
Is that right? I'm the one who kept you.
I'm so sorry.
Not at all. I'll be going then.
Have a nice day.
So who was that lady?
Don't be in such a rush.
Put that aside.
What? We're going to put it aside?
That's rght. We'll put it aside for now, so don't forget about it, okay?
Well, then . . .
Mmmm! This is delicious, too!
Is that so? Thank you.
But...
When you call it a "jogakko" (girls' high school), it has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
It's different when you call it a "joshiko," isn't it?
I went to a "joshiko" and strangely enough
I got a love letter from an underclassman.
Back then, I was slim and cute.
If you were slim and cute, what happened?
Were you about to ask how I turned out to be like this?
What? Oh, I'm sorry.
No . . . it's okay.
I wonder what happened . . .
I got married, had children, and for some reason . . . nothing really mattered anymore, I guess.
That sounds so sad.
Sad? What do you mean?
A woman has to treasure herself.
You're the only one who can treasure yourself.
I suppose.
More than anything, keeping yourself beautiful will make you happy.
I see.
By chance . . . did you just acknowledge that you think you're beautiful, Yoko?
Well .. .
Didn't you?
We were talking about the girls' high school, weren't we?
The year before, the war with China had begun, but
we weren't really aware of it
because our lives hadn't changed much.
"A student should have the knowledge necessary for oneself."
Eh! Eh!
But . . . I don't know how to put it, but the atmosphere in our world seemed to be hale and hearty.
Since there were people being sent out into the battlefields, we must have felt that we had to live our lives properly.
It felt as if everyone was standing straight and tall.
I was busy taking my mother's place, but every day was really enjoyable,
and I really looked forward to going to school.
Good morning!
- Sudo Shigeki -
Maybe except for Shigeki.
Haruki, who was living in the dormitory at his school in Matsumoto, was at the top of his class.
I felt I had to do my best to keep up with him.
Ouch!
Don't move the needle. Move the material.
- Okay. - Give it a try.
Okay.
- Good morning! - Good morning!
You're late.
I'm sorry.
Were you fussing with your hair?
But the biggest thing was that I had made two wonderful, close friends.
Machiko was the daughter of the richest landowner in Azumino. She was the prettiest girl in school,
and was everyone's idol.
Big sister Machiko
You're as popular as ever, aren't you, Machiko?
Thank you.
We'd better be careful. She may not look it, but she's a real temptress.
A temptress? What's that?
Um, please read this.
Thank you. You're so cute.
See what I mean? She's a temptress.
Are you okay?
- Um... - I don't want it!
I'm not your big sister. I'm not interested in girls.
Ikuko was the daughter of the town bookstore,
and when I think about it now, she might have been adorable,
but at the time, she was a real bad girl.
These two stood out the most at school,
while I was just an ordinary girl with no special characteristics.
Why did I become close friends with these two?
Don't talk with your mouth full.
The year before there was a certain incident that brought us together.
Can anyone translate this into English?
Isn't there anyone?
I really haven't the faintest idea
why you cannot answer this question.
Why don't you understand this problem?
I truly can not comprehend it.
The classes at the school were very strict.
Out of all the teachers, the strictest one was Iida Kotaro.
- Iida Kotaro -
I think it's useless to even try, but
I'm giving you an exam tomorrow.
What?!
I don't mind that he was strict,
but what I couldn't forgive was . . .
Women should know their place. You're just women.
Women should really know their place.
You are all women! Women should know their place.
So vulgar for a lady . . .
If anyone blames anything on you being a woman, you can fight them. I'll allow it.
Women should know their place, shouldn't they?
I just can't forgive that octopus!
Octopus?
Tako!
The one thing I can't forgive him for is the way he's always saying women should know their place.
That's right.
I hate that, too.
As a protest, what if we all hand in a blank exam?
Blank exam?
That's a good idea.
The octopus will be so surprised and angry that he'll become a boiled octopus!
Boiled octopus?
Yude tako (boiled octopus)?
Shall we do it?
We'll all do it.
That's it then.
You'd better not betray us.
Oh gee . . .
More rice.
I guess you'd call it my first act of rebellion.
That day, I was as grimly resolute as if I were going to take part in a revolution.
Hey!
Here . . .
Thanks.
Yoko?
Yes.
Is anything wrong? Did anything happen?
No, not yet.
Not yet? Does that mean that something is going to happen?
What?
I'd . . . better be going.
What?
Dad?
What is it?
I'm sorry!
Huh?
I'm leaving now!
But . . . a most unexpected development was in store for me.
Sunshine
Be quiet!
What is this? Women should know their place.
Women should know their place.
The one thing I can't forgive him for is the way he's always saying women should know their place.
As a protest, what if we all hand in a blank exam?
Really?
But . . . a most unexpected development was in store for me.
Sunshine
Chapter 2 "A MAIDEN'S PRAYER" Episode 8
You know why I called you out here, don't you?
The three of us were the only ones who turned in blank exams as we had promised.
- Those traitors! - I won't forgive them.
That's how the world is.
- What? - Why didn't you turn traitor, Machiko?
I was the one who proposed it. And besides, I don't lie.
What about you, Yoko? Why didn't you turn traitor?
I believed in everyone.
I'll admit that I was a little scared.
But if there were even one person who turned in a blank exam as we promised, I didn't want to betray her.
And besides, I just wanted to protest against Octopus.
My mother . . . my late mother told me . . . if anyone blamed anything on being a woman, I can fight them. She'd allow it.
- I see. - What a wonderful mother!
Thank you! What about you, Ikuko?
Me? I just like doing things like this!
I can't believe it was just the three of us.
I know ...
The three of us are "birds of a feather," aren't we?
That's true. We are, aren't we?
- Let's be best friends who will never betray each other. - I'm for it!
- Shall we give ourselves a name? - A name?
Some kind of alliance . . .
Do you have any good ideas?
The Lavatory Alliance!
What's that?
After all, we promised eternal friendship in the lavatory.
But still . . .
How about the Blank Paper Alliance?
- That's good. - It's wonderful!
It's settled? The Blank Paper Alliance . . .
- It's settled! - It's settled! - It's settled!
Our hands are dirty, aren't they?
That day, we promised to be friends for eternity in the school lavatory.
- One year later -
Oh, no! We're late!
Our first class is English. It's Octopus!
As best friends, the three of us did everything together.
♫ the chill of the wind . . . ♫
♫ giving no reward . . . ♫
You don't have the basics down. Give that to me.
You over there!
Do it yourself!
Okay.
Eh! Eh! Do!
- Yoko . . . is anyone looking? - Let me check.
It's okay. No one's looking.
Let's go.
Hello!
- Welcome! - Three "mizuame" (thick malt syrup candy).
Got it!
Hello! Hello!
- Here you go. - Thank you.
Let's eat.
It didn't seem like much, but back then, stopping somewhere to eat after school
would get you called into the principal's office.
- It's good, isn't it? - It is!
Is that so? My husband may be ugly and not very bright, but
the sweets he makes are the best in the land.
I just love sweet things, so when they told me to
marry into his family, I didn't really like that man,
but I was blinded by this "mizuame."
- You three should be careful. - We will!
Thanks to that, I ate so many sweets that
I turned into this!
She always looked like that.
What?!
It was as if I were in love, wasn't it?
I used to even dream about those two.
My first love? That will come just a little bit later.
All right. Let us review.
What kind of woman is the ideal woman?
- Ms. Tsutsui? - Yes.
"Supporting a man in the shadows. Protecting the home."
"Not wanting to stand out. Always smiling."
"Not being forward. Uncomplaining."
A woman like that . . .
isn't what I consider to be the ideal woman.
I have no intention of becoming a woman like that.
- My idea of the ideal woman is a woman who is free... - That's quite enough!
- I don't want to hear it! - That's too bad!
How deplorable! Listen, everyone!
The ideal woman is gentle and virtuous.
A woman should be obedient and quiet.
Chaste and modest. That's the ideal!
All rise.
- Bow. - Thank you! Thank you!
You're going to be a teacher, Yoko?
Um, well...
Then are you going to a teaching school?
I guess.
You don't sound too sure.
I haven't talked to my father yet.
What about you, Ikuko?
First of all, I'm going to Tokyo.
I'll find a job dealing with clothing, and eventually, I'll go to America.
Really?
If I'm going to marry, maybe I'll marry an American man.
Oh, no!
I'm sorry.
How nice that you both have dreams.
What about you, Machiko?
I'll probably get married right away.
- You will? - Who will you marry?
- I have a fiance. - What's he like?
I've never met him, so I don't know.
- You're both so awesome. - I'm not awesome.
Back then, not many girls went on to higher education or went to work after graduating from a girls' high school.
Most of the girls got married.
School was a like a training school for brides so that they could become good wives and wise mothers.
I have something here . . .
"Style"
Do you want to read it?
Back then, just having a magazine like that would make you a delinquent.
Do you want to go see a movie together?
A movie?
"Dance Program"
- It's magnificent. - Where is it playing?
The three of us will go to Matsumoto.
- If we get caught . . . - We'll be in big trouble, won't we?
That's right.
- But . . . - I want to see it. - Don't you?
Yoko!
Are you going out?
I'm going to my friend Soma Machiko's house.
Is that right? Give my regards to her parents.
- What? - Huh?
Yes, I will.
I'll be going now.
Please don't worry. I'll be fine.
What do you mean?
It's nothing.
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!
I'm leaving!
Good morning.
What's this?
You're late!
I'm sorry.
Ready? Let's go.
- Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture -
Loneliness is the same wherever you are.
That day, for the first time in my life, I wanted to die.
Sunshine
Do you want to go see a movie together?
- A movie? - The three of us will go to Matsumoto.
- I want to see it. - Don't you?
I'm going to my friend Soma Machiko's house.
Is that right? Give my regards to her parents.
That day, for the first time in my life, I wanted to die.
Sunshine Chapter 2 "A MAIDEN'S PRAYER" Episode 9
Subtitling adapted from original English subtitles created by Nippon Golden Network. Timing brought to you by The Sunshine Lovers @ Viki
Her dress at the ball was so beautiful.
All of the clothes that Christine wore were wonderful!
I loved her hairstyle, and her hat, too! And her shoes, too!
Really, right?
But it was a story that made it seem like life was so full of sadness, wasn't it?
It was.
The ending made me cry.
The scene with Gerard?
Exactly!
Are you still crying?
Was it that moving?
It's wonderful, isn't it?
That's not it.
What do you mean?
You're not crying because
you were moved by it?
Does your stomach hurt?
Yoko!
Yoko! Is anything wrong?
Did anything happen?
I want to die. I want to die.
I can't go on living.
I'm dirty . . .
I can't get married now.
Huh?
Was it a movie that makes you feel that way?
No, it's not the movie.
Then what was it?
You won't hate me
and tell me you won't be friends with me anymore?
We wouldn't do that!
We promised we'd be friends for eternity.
Thank you.
So what happened?
Yoko?
How could he! It's unforgivable!
Why didn't you say something right away?
- Because . . . - Because what?
Because I was afraid, and
you were both caught up in the movie, and
I was so embarrassed.
You're such a fool.
You really are.
What kind of guy was he?
He was somehow . . .
strange with a face like a round onion.
An onion?
Let's go back and catch the guy!
Huh? What are you going to do?
I don't know, but I can't forgive a guy like that.
He's an enemy of women!
We'll catch him, and teach him a good lesson!
I want to kill him.
We'll catch him, and
I'll ask my father to do something.
What?
Are you really going to kill him?
No, I meant to teach him a good lesson.
It's not funny when you say it, Machiko.
I'm sorry.
It's nothing.
I . . . can't get married now.
No, I won't get married.
I hate men!
I'm going to live my life all alone.
Then I'll do the same.
If you're not going to get married, I won't either.
Let's live our lives together. Just the two of us.
Ikuko . . .
You're right. Let's do that.
I'm sure it'll be fun.
Machiko!
Thank you.
Of course, neither of them kept that promise.
But still, I was happy.
But when I was alone, I felt depressed, after all.
We cancelled all of our plans for that day.
I'd been thinking of surprising my brother Haruki, who was living
in a dormitory in Matsumoto by showing up all of a sudden.
I wanted to see my kind-hearted brother, Haruki.
Welcome home, Yoko.
I'm back, Takeo.
I brought over lots of vegetables to your house like my mom asked me to.
Thank you.
- Oh, um... - I'll see you later. Thank your mom for me.
Well, see you.
I'm home.
Welcome home. How was your friend's house?
Good.
Yoko, Takeo left these.
He said to eat this.
It looks like a good round onion, doesn't it?
What's wrong, Yoko? I thought you liked onions.
I hate it. I really hate it.
- Really? - What are you saying?
You're not picky about your food, Yoko.
I am! I won't eat another onion until I die!
Yoko?
What's wrong? What happened?
I'm sorry, Yoko.
Huh? Why?
I'm a man, so you probably don't want to tell me what's troubling you.
You think that even if you did, I wouldn't understand, right?
I'm sorry.
It's not your fault, Dad.
So don't apologize.
I'm sorry.
What?
It's nothing serious.
Actually, today . . .
What's that?
Oh, no.
What kind of man was he? I'm going to beat him to death.
What's wrong?
It's okay. Thank you, Dad.
Why? You can't forgive him, can you?
Tell me what kind of man he was.
I'll go to the theater and catch him.
What is it?
I was thinking how lucky I am.
What do you mean?
So it's okay already.
Thank you.
Really?
I'm sorry about what happened earlier . . . about the onion.
Oh . . . huh?
Actually . . .
Is that why you hate onions?
I give up. That's it!
Shigeki was keeping a secret from his family.
It was about his future.
But we didn't know about it until much later.
Yoko . . .
Yes?
You lied, didn't you?
You told me you were going to your friend's house, but you went to see a movie.
Yes . . .
I'm sorry!
You were a bad girl.
Yes. I regret what I did.
But I like that.
Huh?
That's probably what Mom would say.
But lying isn't good.
No.
So I'll have to punish you. What should I do?
I'll do anything you ask.
Then I'll have to keep this.
What is it?
It's a postcard from Haruki.
What?! Dad, please! I'll respect your wishes and
do anything you ask, so please give it to me.
Please! Dad!
Here you go.
I'll read it in my room.
I'm sorry!
Okay.
She's gotten to a difficult age, hasn't she?
But then she can be like a little girl again.
"I haven't been in touch for a while now."
"Actually, I'm thinking of coming home during my next break."
I thought if you wish for something, it would come true.
He wrote that he was bringing a friend home with him.
And that friend was actually my . . .
Sunshine