I probably won't go anywhere.
I think that's wonderful, too.
Huh?
I won't wash it.
Sunshine Chapter 3 "FIRST LOVE" Episode 16
Written by: OKADA Yoshikazu
Music by: WATANABE Toshiyuki
Narrator: WAKAO Ayako
Sudo Yoko: INOUE Mao
Tsutsui Ikuko: MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Soma Machiko: MAIKO
Sudo Shigeki: NAGAYAMA Kento
Murakami Kayo: WATANABE Eri
Sudo Ryoichi: TERAWAKI Yasufumi
Maruyama Tokuko: HIGUCHI Kanako
- Let's eat. - Let's eat.
Let's eat!
Why are you wearing a glove, Yoko? And only on your right hand.
I just wanted to . . .
But why?
Just because! You'll never be popular with girls being persistent like that.
That's none of your business.
Did you hurt your hand?
No . . . it's nothing.
I just felt like it.
I see . . . you just felt like it?
Yes.
See? That's how grown-ups talk. Aren't you too childish?
I really had a good time today.
Hurry up, take my hand.
I'll never wash this hand.
For some reason, I suddenly started crying.
When I thought about what happened that day,
I thought that it could never happen again.
And it made me so sad.
I washed it!
Really?
You mean it didn't even last one night?
But . . .
you don't have to laugh about it.
Maybe it's for the best. After all, you couldn't go without washing it forever.
It'd start to smell after a while, too.
That's right. It'd smell and start to itch until
you couldn't stand it anymore, and have to wash it.
You're right.
Just get him to hold your hand again.
That's right.
No . . . I didn't mean . . .
Will you come to my house on the way home from school today?
Someone gave us an unusual cake.
It's a cake from France. I kept it aside to share it with you two.
Really? I'm so happy!
I guess we can't pass this up, can we?
I can't wait! How many pieces shall I eat?
You're such a glutton!
We have to get past here.
Hey, you!
Why are you trying to hide and walk by the store like that?
- I'm sorry. - We're having cake from France today.
You'd better come by tomorrow.
We will.
Hello.
Oh . . . hello!
It's been a while.
They're so cute, aren't they?
Right, now is the most enjoyable time for them.
That's true.
Your daughter . . . Masako, wasn't it?
If she were still alive, she would be about that age now, wouldn't she?
That's right. She would be about that age.
I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that.
No . . .
it's the anniversary of Masako's death,
so I came to get the water candy that she loved.
Thank you. Is it that time already?
Yes. It's been 10 years already.
We had fun in Matsumoto, didn't we?
We did, didn't we?
Really? I'm glad.
I had fun. You have a wonderful brother, don't you?
Isn't he?
I envy you, Yoko.
Why? Because I have an older brother?
Yes.
Is that right?
This . . . ?
By chance . . .
That's right. The man I'm going to marry.
They sent a picture.
Really?
We're going to have a marriage meeting soon. Just as a formality.
You are? Do you think you'll like him?
I can't tell just from the picture.
That's true.
Are you okay, Machiko?
I'm fine. Like Yoko's brother said . . .
I'm the type who accepts her fate.
I'm fine.
Machiko?
Why?
How come? Why . . . ?
Why did you let me meet him, Yoko?
I blame you.
What?
I blame you.
I fell in love . . .
with your brother.
I wasn't going to love anyone.
If I were to love anyone, it would only be painful for me.
I had already decided that.
Machiko . . .
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry . . . I . . I . .
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I was only thinking of myself.
I'm sorry!
It's not your fault, Yoko. I'm sure Machiko knows that, too. Right?
I'm sorry I said such terrible things to you. I'm sorry, Yoko.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!
I'm sorry.
Why are you crying? That's why women are . . .
Welcome everyone!
Thank you. Pardon the intrusion . . .
Pardon the intrusion.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
Nothing? But . . .
Oh . . . well . . . the cake was
just too delicious! Thank you for the cake.
Just too delicious, wasn't it?
Yes. Thank you for the cake.
Kawahara Yoko
Goodbye.
And I made up my mind
to give up my first love.
Just get him to hold your hand again.
That's right.
No . . . I didn't mean . . .
Why did you let me meet him, Yoko?
I blame you.
What?
I fell in love . . .
with your brother.
Machiko . . .
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry. I was only thinking of myself.
Sunshine Chapter 3 "FIRST LOVE" Episode 17
The next day, Machiko didn't come to school.
She wasn't the type to stay home from school,
so I was worried about her.
Excuse me!
Hello!
Yes? Who is it?
Oh . . . we're Machiko's...
Hi!
Machiko?
Machiko . . .
What's going on?
My mother went to Suwa today,
so I stayed home from school. It's my chance.
What is this?
I'm going to eat it.
If you like, you can join me. Let's eat together.
Machiko . . .
Hey . . . Machiko!
You won't laugh?
Is it something to laugh about?
I won't laugh, so tell me.
I'm going to eat a lot, so I'll be nice and plump.
Huh?
I'll get so fat that I'll be hard to look at.
So then...
You're trying to make it so your fiance won't like you?
Machiko . . .
I heard if you eat a lot of rice, you'll get fat.
Is that because . . . you love Haruki?
That's so absurd.
Because that's the only thing I could think of.
But if you get fat and ugly . . . Haruki won't like you either, will he?
Oh . . .
But right now, this is all I can do.
Yoko?
I'll keep you company.
I'll eat with you.
It may be meaningless, but I'll eat with you.
Yoko . . .
I want to do this.
This is ridiculous!
I'm going to eat with you, too. Because I'm your friend.
Ikuko . . .
The three of us will get nice and fat!
It's good, isn't it?
Yes, it's very good!
But you know . . .
But just eating rice like this is pretty hard, isn't it?
It is, isn't it?
What's wrong?
Do you have a stomach ache?
But it's hopeless . . .
After all, I've always had a smaller appetite than most people to begin with.
I'm just no good.
I can't become ugly,
and I can't get people to hate me.
- Stop . . . - You too, Yoko.
Did I say something funny?
Because . . .
I did, didn't I?
I'm so hopeless.
Stop it! My stomach hurts.
I'm happy!
It hurts twice as much from eating too much and laughing.
Machiko! Is someone here?
My mother!
What are you doing?
What's going on here? Machiko!
Well . . .
It was me . . it's all my fault.
I . . . I . . .
I told her that I wanted to eat my fill of rice,
so Machiko made this just for me.
I'm so sorry!
It's my fault, too. I'm really sorry!
I'm sorry!
Yoko? Yoko . . .
I'm okay . . . I'm okay . . .
Ow! It hurts!
It hurts . . . I'm okay . . .
It hurts, Mom! It hurts . . .
It hurt so much that I fainted.
The diagnosis was that I probably overate.
It's only natural, right?
After eating too much, and getting so nervous all of a sudden
when Machiko's mother came home.
Are you okay?
You certainly gave us a scare.
This is what people mean when they say, "I'd like to see that child's parents."
I'm sorry for causing so much trouble.
I heard you don't have a mother.
Huh?
I wonder if that's why you'd do something like this
at someone else's house when the family isn't home.
It's unthinkable!
You're wrong . . .
I'm so sorry.
I'm really sorry!
Not at all. Take care.
Yoko . . . I . . .
I'll see you at school.
Are you okay?
Yes.
What? You brought this? You got carried away.
Because I got this. "Yoko collapsed. Please come to get her."
Can you blame me?
I'm sorry.
Get on, Yoko.
No, it's too embarrassing.
Never mind, just get on! After I went to the trouble of pulling it over here.
You just collapsed, so get on.
Okay. I'm sorry.
Shige?
What?
I rode this with Mom when we first came here, didn't I?
I wonder how Mom felt.
We're children without a mother, aren't we?
Did you ever think it would have been better if we had a mother?
Did they say something?
No.
I don't know what others think, Yoko.
But you're really trying your best. You really are.
You can be proud. Of course, I wish that Mom were still alive, but
I never once thought that I was deprived because we didn't have a mother.
So you can be proud, Yoko.
Okay.
I think the man who marries you
will be the happiest man in the world.
Silly!
When we moved here with this cart,
what do you think I was thinking as I pulled it
along with Dad and Haruki?
I don't know.
I thought I wanted to hurry and become a man who could pull this cart by himself.
Really?
Thanks to you, I've become one.
As I looked at Shigeki's back, I remember thinking that
we were always fighting and he seemed so childish,
but he had become a man already.
And I suddenly wanted to see my mother so much.
There was so much I wanted to tell her.
About school, about my friends,
and my first experience with love.
I missed my mother so much.
I heard if you eat a lot of rice, you'll get fat.
Is that because . . . you love Haruki?
I'll keep you company.
It may be meaningless, but I'll eat with you.
Ow! It hurts.
I heard you don't have a mother.
Huh?
I wonder if that's why you'd do something like this at someone else's house when the family isn't home.
Did you ever think it would have been better if we had a mother?
I don't know what others think, Yoko.
But you're really trying your best.
So you can be proud, Yoko.
Okay.
Sunshine Chapter 3 "FIRST LOVE" Episode 18
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- Shige? - What?
Do you know anything about Mom?
We've never had anything to do with
Mom's side of the family, have we?
That's true. Mom never talked about them either.
That's right.
Why?
No reason . . . just wondering.
Oh . . .
I don't know what happened, and I won't ask, but . . .
Good.
It's better if Dad doesn't know about today, isn't it?
Yes.
Okay . . . leave it to me.
You owe me one.
I do.
Someday, I'll need you on my side.
What?
I'm counting on you.
You want me to side with you? Against who?
It's not that I'm going to fight with him,
but it'll probably be against Dad.
I can't tell you now,
but I'll soon be making an important announcement.
So I want you to side with me when I do.
I got it.
I realized that Shige was serious.
He was serious about trying for the Imperial Navy's pilot training course.
Yoko!
Machiko! Ikuko!
- Good morning! - Good morning.
Good morning. What are you doing here?
Is your stomach okay?
Thanks. I'm just fine.
I even ate breakfast. I'm strong.
Thank goodness! I was so worried.
Thank you.
Something's been bothering me.
What is it?
Who's that?
That's Takeo. He was my grade school classmate, and a friend of mine.
Hello!
Good morning.
Oh . . . good morning.
This is Machiko and Ikuko. They're my friends from school.
Aren't they both cute?
Well . . .
I . . . I . . . think that Yoko . . . is the cutest.
There's one more thing that's been bothering me.
What is it now?
What could it be?
I think we're going to be late.
What?
This awful! What are we going to do?
Hurry, get on!
You just ride, Yoko.
Never mind, go!
Wait a minute!
Wait for me, Yoko! Wait!
I wondered who it could be. I'd never seen a car like that, either.
Hurry! Yoko!
Coming!
Hurry!
Let's go!
We have to hurry!
Who was she?
Who was that lady? I want to know!
Don't be impatient.
You'll know soon enough.
I will?
But it's nice, isn't it?
What is?
Back in those days . . .
you were all adorable!
Do you think so?
Of course. After all, at that time, you were
you were about the same age as my daughter is now.
But I don't think children these days are that much different deep down.
You think so?
I do.
I wonder about that.
Deep down, they aren't much different. That's what I think.
I see.
I have a question for you, Yoko.
Yes, Fusako!
Okay. Well . . .
what kind of people were your father and mother?
I know that they were from Tokyo, and they moved to Azumino
because of your mother's illness, and
your father did research on airplanes when in Tokyo,
but he gave all of that up to move out here.
I know that much.
But . . . I don't know anything else about them,
so I just wondered what kind of people they were.
Fusako . . .
Yes?
Did I say something I shouldn't have?
That's a good question.
Thank you.
Thank goodness. I'm so happy you praised me.
But I won't tell you about that yet.
So, let's eat.
- Let's eat! - Let's eat.
When I really thought about it,
I didn't know that much about my mother.
Such as what kind of daughter she was,
and how she fell in love with my father.
But I couldn't ask my father about things like that.
Is anything wrong, Yoko?
No.
Are you sure?
Well, Dad . . .
What is it?
Dad . . .
No . . .
What's wrong? You can tell me anything.
Well . . .
how's your work?
My work?
Yes.
Do you want to know about that?
Yes.
You do?
It's good to have an interest in working people
and about the work they do.
- Yes. - Shige! You listen to this, too.
Okay.
Let's see . . . where shall I begin?
The silk reeling industry where I'm working
is a very important industry to Japan.
I see.
And I think it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Japan's art of silk reeling is the best in the world, but
the level of that art depends on
the people who work in the industry. Do you understand?
Yes.
My father kept going on and on about his work.
I feel bad for my father, but I don't really remember what he said.
. . . you can't have the factory. Are you listening carefully?
Yes! Of course.
In other words, it's not just the research of
a handful of people, but the
high level of awareness of the various people who . . .
You're going to be a beauty when you grow up, Yoko.
After all, you're my daughter.
No matter how painful things may be,
just smile. Don't forget to smile.
I'm home.
She's your . . . grandmother.
Of all things . . .
dying in a place like this.
What a foolish person.
This was the first time I'd seen this person.
She was my mother's mother.
In other words, she was my grandmother.
And this is how I learned about a part of my mother that I never knew before.
Could you give this to Machiko?
Haruo's great . . . and an idiot.
What should I do, Yoko?
You three!
Don't you want to know about your mother?
- It's not... - You do, don't you?
I don't care. You don't need to tell me.