We won't let something like this beat us.
Let's find happiness.
Sunshine Chapter 23 "A HINT OF HAPPINESS" Episode 133
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Narrator: WAKAO Ayako
Maruyama Yoko: INOUE Mao
Maruyama Kazunari: KORA Kengo
Sudo Shigeki: NAGAYAMA Kento
Tsutsui Ikuko: MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Hatano Machiko: MAIKO
Sudo Ryoichi: TERAWAKI Yasufumi
Miyazawa Setsuko: SHIRAKAWA Yumi
Iwamoto Yasuko: YOSHIMURA Jitsuko
Maruyama Michio: KUSHIDA Kazuyoshi
Maruyama Tokuko: HIGUCHI Kanako
After Maru-An burned down, we were staying at the Sudo home.
We had to think about what we would do from then on,
but just couldn't think about it right away.
I'm glad . . .
that we still have all this left.
That's true.
Hinako . . . take this.
Okay!
Here, Grandma.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
What is it?
It's broken.
Let's see.
This will be okay.
Kazu can fix it.
Dad is great!
That's right. He is.
Thank you.
Well, it's good wood, so it's heavy, isn't it?
How about it? Can you use it?
Well . . .
we have to re-do the legs,
and shave this down a little, and it'll be fine.
I'm glad.
What is this, Mr. Maruyama?
That's a strainer we use
to scoop out the noodles from the pot.
Oh? How do you use it?
Hold it like this, and move it around the water
to gather the noodles, and scoop them up.
I see, I see.
Thank you.
Not at all.
Setsuko . . .
What?
Are you okay?
Yes, I'm okay.
Shall I help you?
Don't take the tools of my trade lightly.
I can't let an amateur handle my tools, can I?
That's so.
Thank you.
Just tell me anything. We're in this together.
Please . . .
Thank you.
Ready, big brother Shige?
Here!
You're very good, aren't you?
I'm going to throw it a little harder.
Here!
I see . . . you'll be going away for a while?
Yes.
Most of it burned down,
so I can't do much right away.
So, until then . . . I'm going to stay at my son's home.
You are?
Did you take "that" out?
What?
The safe . . . the safe.
The safe that you treasure more than your life.
Of course I did.
You did? I'm glad.
I'll bet that you saved a lot.
Of course!
Hang in there.
All of you, too.
So . . . how much did you save?
I'm not telling.
You haven't changed.
Is that bad?
I didn't say that, did I? Idiot!
Is that so?
If you get sick,
go to the best hospital, and get a good doctor to treat you.
You have money . . . lots of it, right?
So that's the one thing I don't want you to be stingy about.
If you die, you can't take the money with you.
All right.
I know that.
Okay.
What can I say?
Can I see that a moment, Kazunari?
Sure.
That's really good!
Not really.
Dad's really good, isn't he?
Yeah!
You know, Toku . . .
What?
It was fun living there, wasn't it?
Yes . . .
huh?
What do you mean?
I'm thinking of going to my daughter's place.
Even if I worked hard,
and got the shop open again . . .
I'm getting old.
I don't know how long I could go on working.
It's . . . I'm . . .
I'm just . . . tired of being alone.
So . . . I thought . . . I'd like . . . to take a break for a while.
There's nothing wrong with that, is there?
Of course not!
You've worked hard enough.
Thank you.
So, Michio . . .
What?
Take care of her.
This woman . . .
always sounds tough, but . . .
the truth is
she's just a coward.
She is.
When she was little, she'd come crying to us.
She would cry like a baby. Isn't that right?
I know . . .
If you go to Hamamatsu, and eat nothing but broiled eel all the time,
you might regain your spirit, Sis.
Maybe so.
What am I going to do if I get any younger?
Don't ask me!
I'm really glad.
Sis . . .
Toku . . .
Setsuko went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in Hamamatsu.
For this . . .
Thank you so much, Machiko.
What are you saying? You'll make me angry.
Thank you. It's a great help.
I'm sorry I couldn't do anything.
Machiko . . . thank you so much.
Thank you.
What shall we play, Machiko?
I wonder . . . but today, someone else is coming to play.
What? Is your husband coming?
No . . . someone really fun will be coming.
Who could it be?
I wonder.
Hello!
Ikuko!
Yoko!
Ikuko! You didn't have to come so far!
What are you saying?
You two came to Tokyo for me.
It was terrible, wasn't it?
I'm proud of you.
Ikuko!
You were great, just great.
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Ikuko!
You were great, just great.
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Well, now that that's done . . .
first is this . . .
Castella cake from Tokyo.
And . . .
delicious cookies.
- Thanks! - Thank you!
Thank you. They must have been heavy.
No.
Thank you!
It's really not much.
Aren't you lucky, Hinako?
Oh . . .
I have a present for you, Hinako.
- Here you are! - Thank you!
You're welcome.
Isn't it cute, Hinako?
Aren't you lucky, Hinako?
Isn't that great?
Thank you.
It isn't much.
It is. Hinako's toys were all burned, too.
Then I'm glad I brought it.
This doll . . .
let me have it a minute . . .
when you do this . . .
Try it.
And then . . . for Kyoko . . .
Huh? For me?
Yoko wrote about you in her letters.
I'm confident you'll like it.
Are you ready?
These are for me?
Yes. Aren't you glad?
Yes. Thank you!
Draw some nice pictures.
Isn't it great to be a good artist?
I'm a really lousy artist.
I know.
What?
How do you know?
Actually . . .
My sister lives in Tokyo,
and she drew me a picture of the elephant she saw at the Ueno Zoo.
But her drawing is so bad. It's really terrible.
So you saw that drawing?
Hinako . . .
do you know what you're laughing about?
You know, don't you? You know she's a funny person, right?
And then . . . let's start with the men.
Here you are!
They're from a store in Asakusa known for their hand towels.
Are these for us?
Isn't this great?
This is nice.
It has a nice design.
Use the new hand towels, and go at it with a renewed spirit.
We will. Thank you.
Thank you so much! I'm really happy.
This is so nice, isn't it?
- Wait, that's mine! - Just let me look at it!
And for all the women . . .
I got these cute handkerchiefs.
Here, Yoko . . .
Really? Thank you.
And then, here, Hinako . . .
Thank you!
You're so polite!
Kyoko . . .
Thank you.
Isn't it cute?
It's cute, and really pretty.
Thank you, Ikuko.
And next . . . for Yoko's mom . . .
For me too?
Yes, of course!
Thank you!
- Nice, isn't it? - It is!
You must be feeling terrible,
but don't forget your feminine side.
Being fashionable, and things like that . . .
Thank you, Ikuko.
It's pretty, isn't it? It's so cute.
Thank you.
And next . . .
I got one for Machiko while I was there.
Really?
I can get one, too?
I'm so happy!
I didn't think you'd be this happy about it!
I'm so happy . . . we all have matching ones, don't we?
Right.
I have one, too!
We all went back to being girls again, and it made us so happy.
It felt like it used to.
We're all women, aren't we?
That's right.
Hinako and Kyoko, too.
Ladies . . . have a good life!
That's right.
Right, ladies?
We're going to have a good life.
We're going to have a good life
from now on.
We are.
And of course, gentlemen too . . . have a good life.
How's this?
You two have a matching set, right?
Right!
Why do you look like it's something bad?
Why are you taking it off?
Okay, I'll wear it.
- This guy . . . - I have no choice!
They look alike!
The song you just heard was "Have a Good Life" by Iida Kotaro and Octopus.
What?
Did he just say Iida Kotaro and . . .
Octopus?
"Have a Good Life?"
That's what he said, right?
He did.
I'm sure of it.
He did. Which means . . . ?
What?
That man . . . ?
"Good taste . . . "
Delicious!
Really?
That guy . . . ?
Once more, Hinako.
You're great.
I'm glad she likes it.
Thank you for everything.
Are you sure it's okay? Spending all that money . . .
What are you saying?
I may not look like it, but I do earn a little bit in Tokyo.
That's right, Ikuko. I heard you on the radio.
I did, too. The "Man on the Street" show, isn't it?
Did you really?
I'm a regular on that program already.
Are you really?
I'm so embarrassed.
We're home.
Welcome home!
Oh, what a surprise!
Pardon the intrusion.
Did you come here from Tokyo, Ikuko?
Yes . . . it's been a long time.
Yes . . . you're looking well.
I am.
It's been a long time.
Oh . . . hello.
You must be working hard.
Yes.
You seem to have settled down . . .
Listen, you . . .
Did I hurt your feelings? I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Shigeki-KUN.
It's not KUN, it's SAN!
That's right. I forgot.
You haven't changed, have you, Ikuko?
Thank you!
I don't think he meant that as praise.
Of course he did, Shigeki-KUN!
I told you, it's Shigeki-SAN!
It's KUN!
So . . .
are you older than Shigeki, Ikuko?
Sorry.
Think about it, Kyoko . . . I'm Yoko's older brother.
And Ikuko-CHAN is Yoko's classmate, so that means . . .
You're older than her . . .
That's right!
Oh . . . I see.
Why do you look like it's so unexpected?
No . . . it's not.
He seems like he's younger than me, doesn't he?
No, I don't.
Yes, you do.
I don't!
You do!
Oh! That was half-hearted.
One more time. Show me how.
Okay.
Just watch me.
You can't do anything, can you, Shigeki-KUN?
If you fail again, I'll give you a permanent, okay?
So . . . they get along nicely, don't they?
They do, don't they?
It seems like they're a couple, doesn't it?
What?
They do, right?
Good.
Well, then . . .
I somehow felt a little sad.
After all, Ikuko would soon be going back to Tokyo.
But they really looked like they belonged together.
A lot of people dropped by to see how we were doing.
Thank you.
Ask me anything.
I'll do anything for you.
Thank you for taking the to come out of your way.
Yoko Sensei . . . I'm really sorry about
the terrible thing that happened.
Thank you, Keisuke. Thank you.
I'm going to be a military pilot, so I can fight the enemy together with my dad from the sky.
I'm a failure as a child of our nation.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You really have grown up, haven't you, Keisuke?
Not really . . .
Kanta and the others said they'd be coming by, too.
They are? Thank you.
I received a gift and a letter from my grandmother, too.
She wrote that even though the Maru-An she loved so much was gone,
she was just happy
that we were all safe.
Kazunari . . . Yoko . . .
Yes?
I think it's about time we thought about what we're going to do
from now . . .
Yes.
So I thought . . .
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I think it's about time we thought about what we're going to do
from now . . .
So I thought . . .
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So I thought . . .
It won't do any good to keep thinking about what's past.
Up to now,
we've even managed to survive a war.
That's true.
Yes.
Maru-An has been in her family ever since
her grandfather's time.
So we just took it
for granted, without thinking much about it.
And we expected you and Yoko to be taking it over from us.
I know.
That's what you've been told since you were little.
But that was because we had Maru-An.
Right?
We just thought about preserving what we had.
Huh?
That's right.
What do you mean?
In other words, even though it's gone now,
it would have eventually been yours.
So I thought we should think about
starting all over again. Right?
That includes the option of not having Maru-An as a soba restaurant.
Just do what you want with it.
That's what I was thinking.
Right.
I don't know . . .
It's not that we've
lost our spirit or
our will to go on.
I see.
Right.
I'm just so upset.
I'm angry and frustrated that Maru-An is gone.
So . . . how should I put it?
I was thinking that we should make use of this chance.
Right, Yoko?
The world has come into a new era.
It's your era . . . right?
So Mom and I decided that we would do
all we can to support what you two decide to do.
Now, don't look like that, Kazunari.
It's not that . . .
I realized that we can lose something we had
and just took for granted.
But . . .
even so we have to go on living,
and so
I thought we should use it to our advantage.
That's all it is.
I'd really hate it.
I'd just hate to end up losers.
So we're going to beat this.
Right?
I don't want you to think of this chance to do
something because you're the heir. I want you to think what you
want out of life and decide what to do. That's all it is.
I do . . .
know that, but...
But?
Just . . .
asking me that out of the blue.
I don't know right away.
That's true.
I've been raised knowing I'd take over the restaurant,
and I wasn't opposed to that.
So . . .
I don't know what to do yet.
What about you, Yoko?
Huh?
How about it, Yoko?
Oh . . . just . . .
I'll do whatever Kazu decides.
What are you saying?
You're so old-fashioned.
What?
This is an era when men and women are equals.
I know, but . . .
I'm still new to the Maruyama family.
That has nothing to do with it.
After all,
we're deciding what you're going to be doing for the rest of your life.
Isn't that right?
Yes.
So . . . what do you think?
What do you want to do?
I can't answer that right away.
I see.
I guess it's not easy.
The two of you talk it over, and decide.
But, you know,
we don't have much time.
We can't keep imposing on this family forever.
That's right.
Don't worry about that. I'm here, too.
I know that your father and Shigeki
think that way, too.
But we can't just keep taking advantage.
We have to make the effort to move out of here as soon as we can.
Isn't that right, Yoko?
Yes.
It is.
So, the two of you talk it over.
All right.
Okay, Yoko?
Yes.
Okay.
Dad . . .
you really had your act together, didn't you?
I was just thinking that myself.
I was thinking I
was rather good.
You were good.
Thank you.
What's with you two?
I was, right?
They're adorable, aren't they?
They are.
Did they fall asleep?
Thank you.
I'm so sorry.
Our strategy meeting is over.
Oh, a strategy meeting?
Yes.
Did your "strategy meeting" go well?
We decided it's time to pass the baton.
I see.
We're really
indebted to you.
What are you saying, Ms. Maruyama? You'll make me angry.
Oh?
Shigeki . . .
Yes?
Is your dad scary when he gets angry?
Huh?
Let's see . . . he is.
He was really scary when we were little.
Right, Yoko?
Yes, he was.
But it seems like he's gradually becoming more and more kind.
That's true, isn't it?
I see . . .
but that's to be expected.
What do you mean?
Well, your father
could be scary because your mother was there.
If only the scary father is there, the children will curl up within themselves.
If the father is scary, and the mother is kind, then that makes the perfect balance.
I see.
Mr. Sudo . . .
had to fill in for
your mother's kindness, didn't he?
That's why he's gotten kinder.
Isn't that right, Mr. Sudo?
No, no . . .
thank you for understanding.
But in our family, it was the opposite . . .
Dad's and Mom's roles.
Huh?
What do you mean?
You mean you don't know?
Not at all.
What?
I'm sorry.
He's right.
What's that look on your face?
Mr. Maruyama . . .
shall we have some sake while gazing at the moon?
- How about it? - Good idea!
That's great. Let's go!
Are you sure you should be drinking sake while you're studying for the exams you failed?
I need to have a change of pace once in a while.
Whatever . . . I'll prepare the sake so you can have your
change of pace while gazing at the moon.
Thank you very much.
Ahhh . . . you know, Mr. Maruyama . . .
Yes?
Don't you think it's an unusual chance for a father
to enjoy living with his daughter and family
like this after giving her away in marriage?
I'm grateful that you look at it that way.
I'm not just trying to be considerate of your feelings. I really feel that way.
Right, Shigeki?
You're right. I really enjoy it.
I do, too.
It is enjoyable, isn't it?
You too, Yoko?
I do.
This is pretty tasty, Yoko.
It's good, isn't it?
I'll make some tea.
Thank you.
Where's Dad and Mom?
They went for a short walk with Hinako and Kyoko.
They did?
Probably . . .
they're giving the two of us time to talk.
I see.
I hate that it's just due to their strategy,
but we hardly have the chance to be alone.
That's true.
Sit down.
Okay.
I'll tell you what I think. Okay?
Okay.
Sunshine To be continued . . .