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Episode 205
By 1939, the war loomed heavily over the population.
Kota got married in order to forget his past,
and Hisa left Ise after no longer being able
to put her fishing boats to sea.
Oshin's and Ryuzo's lives were also affected.
But Ryuzo's situation was a little different...
- Hatsuko, bring out some ice. - Okay.
Yuu!
I'm home!
You wrote and said you weren't coming home
during the winter break because of your studies.
I have many books to read.
Who knows when I'll have time to read again.
Being a student isn't all fun and games.
If students can't read, Japan is finished!
Yuu!
Father.
- You're home! - You told me to come home.
He told me to be sure to come to the opening of his new factory.
You came home just for that?
He does pay for my tuition and books.
He just wanted to see you, that's all.
Of course!
The eldest son needs to be home for the New Year.
The whole family must celebrate together.
Then that factory story wasn't true?
It's true. We will begin production right after New Year's.
What will you make?
Processed fish products. I told you!
I know, but what is that?
A fish dealer's son doesn't know?
You know. Kamaboko and satsuma-age.
We're going to be a kamaboko store?
I thought it was you!
- Hello, Hitoshi. - Welcome home.
- How are you? - Good.
How long are you going to be home?
I guess until about the sixth of January.
Let's relax now.
The food at the boarding house must be terrible!
Well, the whole country must conserve now.
Take some tempura oil for the dorm lady.
- It'll be hard to get very soon. - No, thank you.
With the boys here growing up, you need all the food you can get.
Don't worry about us!
There's plenty of oil at the factory.
The oil is to cook food for the military.
You can't just give it away like that!
A little bit won't hurt.
As long as we sell to the military,
our family will always have a lot of everything.
- The military is almighty. - Yes.
Only those making goods for the military prosper.
All other businesses are suffering.
The military factories are taking all the workers
or there's a shortage of raw materials,
so they either go bankrupt or get absorbed by big businesses.
But we have nothing to worry about.
We're also fulfilling our patriotic obligations.
What could be better?
I never thought that you had such scruples.
I'm finally getting lucky...
I was waiting for a chance like this.
I won't stop at just making kamaboko.
I plan to branch out and expand!
This war will go on, so we may as well let it help us.
Then you're just being a profiteer!
Somebody has to do the job. And I've decided to do it myself.
I'm worth just as much as the soldier at the front.
I'm serving my country!
Your father has his own ideas. He won't listen to me...
A woman should just follow her man!
I wish the war would be over soon...
Don't be like that!
She sure is a problem...
How did the opening ceremony go?
It was a big affair. Father has to go out to dinner
with officers from the local regiment.
That means he'll be home late again.
Do you plan to keep this store open?
Why do you ask?
There's not much profit to be made in it.
Why don't you just take it easy? That's what Father thinks you should do.
I'm not doing it for the money.
I want to keep serving our faithful customers.
We owe it to them that we were able to survive.
And as long as we sell to the military,
there will always be fish for our store.
That's true. We should always give back
to the community that supported us.
Father has forgotten all that...
And he's too busy to listen to me...
But I'd rather have him busy and excited,
than being dejected or depressed.
That's right. He seems so lively.
Confidence suits him!
He's now able to do everything on his own.
That's right. You were the one who started this shop.
I'm glad for Father now.
I don't like dealing with the military,
but I'm sort of relieved, too...
I don't care as long as he's happy.
Just seeing him happy is enough.
I guess your troubles are never over.
What about you?
Do you regret going to high school instead of Officers Candidate School?
No. If I had gone to a military school,
I wouldn't know what it feels like to study freely.
I have good friends and teachers.
And I've learned the value of books.
I want to read as many books as I can now.
I can never have enough time to read all I want.
I feel bad for disappointing Father, but I'm grateful to you.
I have five more years before I finish college.
I'm really grateful.
By the time you graduate, this war will be over,
and you'll be happy that you chose college over that military school.
Enjoy your life as a student now.
The Tanokura family celebrated
New Year's of 1940 as the war raged on in China.
And a girl's life was to be affected by it...
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Where are Mother and Father?
They went to a celebration at the regiment.
I bought this at the shrine. Isn't it cute?
- It's for you. - For me?
I'm so happy...
I'll cherish it.
I'll keep it with me in Yamagata.
I have to go home to Yamagata once I graduate from school this year.
Why? You're a Tanokura now.
My mother in Yamagata wants me home.
That's ridiculous!
Mother and Father agreed to you going away, didn't they?
I'm so glad...
I thought I would never see you again.
I'd heard that you weren't coming home for your winter vacation,
and I would have been gone before the spring break.
So I'd given up on it.
Why didn't you say anything?
I was going to say goodbye just before you left.
It would be easier that way...
I asked you to stay with us always.
I won't let them send you back to Yamagata.
You have to stay here!
You promised!
You said she could stay.
She's graduating from school. We have done all we can.
What will happen to her in Yamagata?
You're sending her away to a life of misery!
Things aren't that bad in rural villages now.
Girls don't get sold off anymore.
Besides, her family wants her back home.
No matter what, you have to keep your promise!
Hatsuko's family is having a hard time of it.
They have to grow rice,
but all the men have been drafted into the military.
Only old people and girls are available to work.
They need Hatsuko's help.
It's the war...
- It's not up to us. - If she goes back to Yamagata,
she won't be able to come back until the war is over.
It can't be helped. It's for our country.
She can stay here, and serve our country, too!
Can't you do something to keep her here?
Yuu!
Please don't send her home to Yamagata.
I want her to always be here with us!
Yuu was in love with Hatsuko.
Oshin realized that for the first time.
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.