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Episode 206
A revelation was made to Oshin on New Year's day in 1940.
Yuu, whom she'd still considered a boy, was in love.
You're still up?
- You'll catch a cold. - I'm fine.
I'm wondering what to do about Hatsuko...
We have no choice but to send her home.
I guess they have it rough in the country, too.
Only the elderly and the women are there growing rice and crops.
It's good in a way... Hatsuko shouldn't be here.
But I feel so sorry for her... She wants to stay.
Oh, come on.
Who knows what will happen if we keep Hatsuko here.
Yuu is in love with her.
And Hatsuko probably feels the same about him.
You knew?
I was so surprised.
But I shouldn't be. He's already 18.
That's why we should send her away before something happens.
Why? We could keep her here for Yuu.
Don't be silly! Yuu is our eldest son.
I can't have my son marrying her.
We treated her like a daughter, but she's just a hired help!
How can you say such a thing!
What will people say?
What's wrong with Hatsuko?
Don't tell me you...
I think she'd do well as our eldest son's wife.
Oh, come on! Hatsuko is nice,
but she's just the daughter of a poor Yamagata sharecropper.
So am I...
But you're different.
How's that?
I was just the third son, I could do as I pleased.
But Yuu is our eldest son!
He has to assume family responsibilities.
Are we such an illustrious family?
I'm against it, no matter what you say.
Hatsuko is going home to Yamagata!
Parents are so selfish...
You can't force your will on your children...
Don't you remember?
Our parents opposed our marriage, too.
But we went on with it, and look at us now.
Besides, they're not talking about marriage right now.
They might even find others to love.
And if that happens, then so what?
But it's important to think of their feelings now.
You can't be too lenient about this.
I trust Yuu and Hatsuko. Let them be for now.
This is heavy, but take it with you.
What's all this?
Tempura cooking oil, rice and some sugar.
I don't need all this.
Your boarding house lady will appreciate it!
All right. I'll haul it.
It's so heavy...
If you're a man, you can carry that much!
Please take care of that matter for me. Promise me.
Hatsuko. Please look after Mother.
Will do.
We'll go with you to the station!
I'll write you.
Watch your head.
Bye
Hatsuko.
Hatsuko?
Hatsuko...
What's wrong?
- Hatsuko... - Mother...
I see...
This calls for a celebration!
It's just a sign that you've grown up.
Sit down.
Oshin could not help but look back upon her own life, and the path she took.
Thinking of Hatsuko, Oshin felt a tinge of pity.
- We have red rice with beans! - We're celebrating?
Yes. It's a very auspicious day.
What day is it?
- I'm home. - Welcome home.
Is that letter from my mother back home?
Wash your hands and have your snack.
She wants me to come home?
I graduate in a week. I'll leave then.
Hatsuko...
Father dislikes me.
Hatsuko.
He hasn't spoken much to me in the past three months.
He's very busy with his factory and all.
I hear all students will have to go to work in munitions factories.
If that is true, I'd rather go back to Yamagata.
If you're saying you don't like it here,
I won't try to stop you...
I want to stay with you always, but...
Then don't worry. I'll do all I can!
- I'm home. - I'm home.
People are all lined up outside the store.
Why are they lining up?
There's a food shortage, so they line up to buy early.
- But why? - Can't you figure that out?
I'm so sorry. The fish hasn't arrived yet.
We'll wait.
If you start lining up, there'll always be a long line.
Please wait until we're open.
You always say that,
but if we did that, we'd never be able to buy any fish!
Why is there a fish shortage?
No fuel oil. The boats can't go out to fish!
Young men are all in the service, too.
You'd better set a limit to how much people can buy,
or the early ones will buy them all up.
This isn't rationing. It's first come, first served.
If you don't like it, come earlier.
We all have to share and do our part!
If we did that, we'd all starve to death.
You only care about yourself? Traitor!
- What did just you say?! - Please stop.
I'm only selling fish to help all of you.
I'll do my best to sell to everyone here.
Oh sure! You people sell to the military.
Other fish stores had to close up for lack of fish.
You must be making huge profits!
It's like a war out there!
You sold out in no time, didn't you?
What a strange world we live in.
The food shortage is really serious now...
We're closing the shop!
What happened?
Somebody sent a letter to the military
saying that we're stealing from the military to sell at our shop.
Fish isn't rationed yet, and we've never sold
at high prices like the black market.
We've done nothing wrong!
The military knows that.
We get our fish because I wholesale to the regiment here.
But people are still complaining to the regiment.
There's nothing we can do, so why stay in business?
People are happy about the service we provide...
We can't be so concerned about other people!
We're in grave danger ourselves!
I won't get any more fish! We're closing the store!
It's finally come to this... They had opened this shop
as a way to get a new start on their marriage and to reconcile,
so Oshin had special memories tied to the store.
She felt a sense of loneliness as well as uneasiness about the war.
Soon the rationing of all foods would begin.
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.