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Episode 203
Mother...
I didn't know Yuu wanted to be a soldier either.
He's terrible.
It's not his fault.
He thinks it's his duty to become an officer.
The world we live in requires it...
It is scary, but there's nothing I can do.
If I oppose it, I'd be labeled the bad one.
If it's for the good of the country...
Not even a mother can stand in her son's way.
After all I've done for him...
It's not fair to me... His mother!
Thank you!
You've only been getting the same fish lately.
Is it because of the war?
The military gets all the good fish.
That's not true.
The prices have gone up, so I can't afford to buy them.
Will you watch Tei for me?
I have exams to study for, so I need quiet.
The exam is tomorrow and I can't study like this.
Okay.
Do you really plan to go to Officers' Candidate School?
- Yeah. - Why?
As a Japanese male, I must serve my country.
You're not being filial.
You are causing Mother to be unhappy.
She doesn't realize the situation our country is in right now.
To become a soldier is to protect my parents.
You don't know how Mother feels.
She just doesn't want me to die.
But if one is afraid to die, one gets nowhere.
It's our duty to protect our country even if we lose our lives.
It's only natural that she worries about you.
Try to understand how she feels.
Then there would be no soldiers!
If all boys listened to their mothers,
there would be no soldiers to protect our country!
- I refuse to listen. - Yuu.
Mother will understand how I feel someday.
Do you realize what she went through to raise you?
- Never mind! - No. Listen!
I only know what she's told me, but she's mentioned the hardships.
She kept you with her even when she was separated from Father.
She took you everywhere with her.
She persevered because of you.
You can't make her sad now.
I didn't know you were like that... I thought you loved Mother a lot.
Hatsuko...
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have said anything, but I just feel so sorry for Mother.
I remember how hard Mother had to work...
I saw it with my own eyes.
We were always together.
Her smiles greeted me each morning.
We'd sing together as we peddled our fish.
I had fun...
Even when Father wasn't with us,
I was never lonely because she was always there.
I grew up watching her smile.
I never saw her sad. Not until earlier today.
She was crying...
She never cried in front of me before,
but she was crying.
Yuu...
Boys have dreams.
All boys nowadays want to become soldiers.
If one is going to be a soldier, it's best if he's an officer.
If he has the ability to pass the exams,
let's wish him well, and let him go.
Mother.
I won't be taking the Officers' Candidate School exams.
Yuu!
I don't have the confidence.
I'll try to get into a private school.
Or a college prep school.
But it'll cost you money.
Army schools are free, but not private schools.
If you can't pass the Officers' Candidate School exam,
you'd never get into a good school anyway!
I don't think I can beat the competition.
But I can manage other schools.
I don't really have to go to college...
I could help you in your business after graduating from middle school.
That is a perfectly honorable thing to do.
What are you saying?!
I don't want you to be a fish dealer.
If you have the ability, I'll pay for your schooling!
Don't worry about the money.
One needs a college education from now.
Or you'd never get ahead.
I'll find a way to pay your tuition.
You don't think you can get into Officers' Candidate School?
Why not give it a try?
If not this year, how about next year?
But if you've given up on the idea I can't do anything about it, can I?
I want to et into Kyoto Third High School.
I want to go to Kyoto Imperial University, too.
If you can't pass the Officers' Candidate School exam,
how will you pass the entrance exams for a Third High School?!
I'm good in the humanities.
And there are less people trying to get into the humanities.
I know I can pass. I want to study history in college.
History... What good will that do you?
As a scholar, I can help my country.
Is it all right?
Yes.
I'm sorry I couldn't live up to your expectations.
I guess parents can't have their way with kids...
In the spring of 1939,
Yuu passed the exams and was accepted to Kyoto Third High School.
The war was spreading even wider,
and people's lives were affected even more.
Yuu was going to high school under such circumstances.
I packed two sets of bedding for him.
I sewed him two new sleeping robes.
He has to do his own wash?
Of course! Nobody is going to help him there.
I feel sorry for him.
Love is letting a child journey alone.
It'll be a good experience for him while he's young.
We'd better give him some detergent, too.
Yes. It's hard to get soap nowadays.
We're home!
Welcome home.
You must both be tired from your trip.
Did you find a nice place?
We visited the dormitory where he'll be staying.
We met the couple who runs the place, too.
You'd better ship your things out tomorrow.
Goods are hard to get in Kyoto now.
So we'd better give him all that we can spare.
I'd better get it all packed tonight.
I'll do it.
You'd better go to bed. You have to get up early.
Yuu is finally leaving the nest...
That's it. All done!
With this shipped off, you won't have to lug it to Kyoto by yourself.
Thank you for everything.
Oh, come on!
Yuu.
Why did you decide not to go to Officers' Candidate School?
You can't tell me you had no confidence...
You made me very happy.
I may not be t he most patriotic citizen, but...
Mother...
I'll take good care of myself. I'll never make you unhappy.
May I come home to visit once in a while?
Maybe...
Oshin recalled all the hardships
that she and Yuu had gone through together.
She didn't want Yuu to go to war.
She wanted to protect him from the war.
And she thought that she'd succeeded...
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.