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Episode 207
Why do you want to hold on to this store?
We started this fish store together.
I wish we could keep it open.
But when people accuse us of taking advantage
of our military connections for our own benefit,
it's not worth keeping the store open.
So what's the use of working so hard to keep it going?
What about our loyal customers?
You probably don't realize it,
but it's not as if there are no more fish.
People who have shut their stores down
still manage to sell fish secretly.
If one has money, one can still buy fish!
That means only people with money can buy fish and enjoy life's luxuries?
It can't be helped. There's a shortage of supplies.
I think rationing has to be instituted.
Rationing limits how much people can buy?
That's right. And it keeps prices in check.
People won't be trying to out-buy one another.
Then people will feel more prone to sharing. And that way,
the people can band together, and win this war, once and for all!
I wouldn't want us to have to sell at set prices.
That's not how to do business.
We'd become nothing but a rationing station.
I'll close the store down...
I don't want to become a mere rationing station.
I'll give it up.
Good.
Are you really going home to the country?
You promised to stay with us forever!
I have to go home after graduation.
Why?
I have your graduation clothes all ready!
Hatsuko is getting ready to go home to Yamagata.
I'd better start packing.
If I had been sold off to Osaka, who knows what might've happened.
But you let me stay here and go to school.
And you treated me like your own...
Mother... I've been very happy here.
It hasn't been decided that you have to go.
It's all right.
I'll go and buy my ticket home today,
so that I can leave the day after graduation.
Oshin had no words to say to her...
She can override Ryuzo's objections and let Hatsuko stay,
but she also knew that Hatsuko was aware of how Ryuzo felt about her.
The day of her graduation finally came.
You look great!
It's as though you grew up all of a sudden.
Thank you. I know fabrics are hard to get now.
I wanted you to remember this special day.
I wanted you to have that dress.
Thank you very much.
Go on to your ceremony now.
Are you really going back to Yamagata tomorrow?
Wait till Yuu comes home.
He'll be shocked to see you.
You're so pretty!
Isn't Yuu coming home?
It's spring vacation.
I'm going to the ceremony.
- I'll go, too. - Me, too.
- Welcome home. - Father, look at Hatsuko!
She sure is pretty.
She was a mere child when she first came to us.
We're going now.
I need to talk to you.
I will be opening up another factory.
We'll be making military undergarments.
Just simple things, but we'll be producing a lot!
You're going into clothing manufacturing now?
I have to do what they want me to do!
Listen...
Of all the people doing business with the regiment,
they chose me! I guess they really trust me.
It makes all our hard work worthwhile.
We have our hands full with the kamaboko factory!
We have to consider fortune and luck.
When the chance comes, we have to grab it!
Miss out, and one will never succeed.
Will you be able to do it?
Yes. It's clothes for the military.
We'll get all the fabric and workers we need.
And we will never go out of business.
I need a favor from you...
I want you to manage that factory.
Me?
It's not much work. The workers will sew everything.
You'll be handling quality control and the factory operations.
I don't have anybody else to ask... If you're at the factory,
we'll need Hatsuko here to manage the house.
It'll be hard to get a good housekeeper now.
We can count on Hatsuko. We need her here.
Just watch out that Yuu and Hatsuko don't get too close to one another.
The future is ours for the making!
By the time Yuu graduates from college,
we will be an established company!
Wait!
- I'm home. - Welcome home!
I've graduated.
Thank you for taking care of me for so long.
This is my diploma.
Congratulations. You worked hard.
- Did you take a class picture? - Yes.
Then make sure your mother in Yamagata gets one.
She should be the first one to see it.
I'll change clothes and help you.
Before you change, go and get a refund on your train ticket.
The situation has changed. We need you here.
I'm sorry for your mother back in Yamagata, but...
We'll write her an apology later.
What happened?
Father is always deciding things on his own...
I never know what he will do next.
I'm just happy that you can stay with us.
Father says I can stay?
He wants you to stay!
Really?
We'll be needing your help more than ever.
Did you hear Tei?!
I'm so glad!
Hatsuko will be staying with us.
I guess it was meant to be.
But I'm worried about your father expanding his business so much.
He won't listen to me anymore.
I guess I'll just have to do as he says.
Will you be coming home for your spring break?
We'll be waiting.
Mother!
- Yuu? - What's going on?
I wrote you that we were moving, didn't I?
Moving? I didn't know.
I guess the letter didn't reach you in time.
You're lucky you caught us. We were about to leave.
Why are you moving? Did something happen?
Your father found us a new house.
He sure is adamant about things, isn't he?
He says we have no reason to stay here,
since we're not running the fish store anymore.
I guess it's goodbye to this house now...
Is that all for this load?
So you're back!
We'll be moving into a big house.
You can enjoy your spring break in comfort.
Hurry and finish up before it gets dark.
Father seems so energetic.
- Isn't he? - Come on, and get to work!
This is it!
It's close to our factories. It's perfect.
We're here!
Come on inside.
Welcome home!
I'm home.
Yuu is home, too.
We're all done with the cleaning.
- There are so many rooms. - And a big bathroom, too!
Come inside and see.
What did I tell you?
I'm impressed. There are six rooms!
I've always wanted to be able to afford a home like this.
What about the rent? It must be very high...
Don't worry. We'll manage!
We shouldn't live like this in wartime...
It's too extravagant.
I serve our country. Don't worry!
Oshin was concerned...
How could Ryuzo afford a house like this?
Translation: UTB Channel
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