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Episode 220
Hitoshi is home.
He's here sleeping.
Mother...
He's snoring!
Are you all right?
What do you mean?
Get ahold of yourself!
I'm sane! It's true!
And he's so dirty!
It's Hitoshi!
He's alive! He's come home!
Hey, Hitoshi.
Let's let him sleep all he wants to.
You should've written us and told us!
He's so carefree.
See, he came back.
Let's make him a bath.
He smells. I'll go heat the water.
And I'll make some food.
We have mochi rice and azuki beans from Saga.
We'll make him red rice and beans.
But we'll make some dumpling soup first,
so he can eat it as soon as he wakes up.
The bath is ready, but he's still asleep.
The dumplings are ready, too.
He must be dead tired.
Smells good. Is it udon?
You're awake!
That's right... I'm home.
Why didn't you write us?
I didn't have the time.
As soon as the war ended,
we got busy burning all military documents.
We even talked about fighting the occupation forces.
Then we got thrown off the base.
The Imperial Navy just collapsed.
I thought you'd flown out on a suicide mission.
You sent us that postcard.
I was selected as the first flier to go from our class of junior fliers.
I was to go to Kagoshima.
But unfortunately, my plane broke down.
I couldn't even get to Kagoshima.
Then the war suddenly ended. That really angered me!
You weren't unfortunate.
If your plane had not broken down...
I was ready to die! If I had died,
I wouldn't have had to face our nation's defeat,
or this American occupation!
I'm ashamed to be alive!
Hitoshi...
What will I do now? I have nothing left to live for!
Welcome home.
I'm glad you came home to us safely.
Mother...
What was all my training for?
Why did so many of us have to die?
All for nothing... It doesn't make sense.
If the war was wrong, what did all of our men die for?
What are we supposed to do now?
I was ready to die for my country...
I believed it was my duty to die for the Emperor.
But they told us it was now our duty to live on.
Then they sent us all home...
What am i supposed to believe in now?!
I don't want to talk about how right or wrong this war was.
No matter what this war was about.
You devoted yourself to a cause. And that's enough.
You're lucky to have had such a chance.
You can cherish it as a memory.
You'll think back on it one day. Keep it with you always.
Your father, too.
He never had regrets about having cooperated in the war effort.
He was proud to have lived his conviction...
And he died a satisfied man.
Mother...
Go and tell your father that you're home safe.
I know how you felt.
We both believed, and we were both betrayed.
The Japan we believed in is gone,
and a new Japan is about to emerge.
I know how you felt about not wanting to live in such a place.
Hitoshi...
I wish I could die, too.
I want to die for my convictions like you!
But I don't have the courage like you.
I was ready to crash my plane into an enemy ship.
But compared to you, I'm just a coward.
After seeing Mother's face, I'm glad I'm still alive.
I'm prepared to live on with the shame!
It's all right. That's how it was supposed to be.
The American occupation will change everything.
The main thing is to keep living.
I don't want to be told what to do anymore.
I don't want to be forced
to believe in things that can change overnight.
From now on, I want to live for myself.
To hell with love of the country!
Nozomi.
One has to think like that in order to survive!
Sure... I'll be a coward and live on.
My beliefs have been betrayed.
I'll never belie in anything again.
I've died once. Now I'm afraid of nothing.
I'll face up to anything!
- Here you go. - Let's eat.
I know you hate dumpling soup,
but I'll make you red rice and beans for dinner.
Is this what you still eat?
We don't eat like the soldiers do.
The food wasn't good in Oita,
but they fed us white rice everyday.
Dumpling soup is a luxury!
People have to eat potatoes and vegetable tops.
I have sugar and canned foods from the Navy.
I'll trade them for some rice.
Then I'll sell the rice in town, and buy more goods to trade.
You want to do that?
That's black marketing!
Who cares! There's no more military or police here.
Our country can no longer protect us.
We each have to find our own way to eat.
I will work hard, and I'm willing to do anything!
I'll be the man of the house until Yuu returns.
More, please!
After losing Ryuzo at the end of the war,
Oshin was glad to have Hitoshi come home to her.
It gave her more hope about Yuu.
The very next day, Hitoshi went out to trade.
Where is he? He's been gone a long time.
He didn't even say where he was going!
What's he up to?
Remember when Nozomi took some of your kimono to trade for rice?
He failed, and he never wanted to go again.
They both talk big,
but those boys are only 16 years old.
He could never become a black marketeer.
I guess it doesn't hurt to try...
We can't wait for him forever. Let's eat.
Yes.
You're back!
I got rice and soybeans. This is for us.
You didn't...
Everybody wanted my sugar and canned foods.
What I took was gone in no time.
You just approached strangers?
Of course! I didn't know those villagers.
I told them I'm a survivor of the suicide squad,
and told them if I didn't do this,
we couldn't survive. They all felt sorry for me.
They told me to come back.
They want soap, towels and children's clothes.
So I went to town and traded the rest of my rice and beans for such goods.
Where did you go?
I'd just walk into the shops that were still standing.
I'd explain myself and trade stuff.
I did fairly well.
Do you need soap? I have towels, too.
No, we still have some.
I'll deal with the same people I dealt with today.
Then I'll expand.
I can earn enough for us to eat. We can go and get Tei, too.
There hasn't been any problems with the occupation forces.
Will you go and get Tei tomorrow?
Tell Tei that Father died from an illness.
She wouldn't understand why he committed suicide.
Who did you take after?
I never thought you'd be good at such things.
Once you consider yourself dead, you can do anything!
What good would it do to be embarrassed?
It sure is nice to eat with family members!
Eat all you want.
I'll make sure that you never go hungry again.
The meals were meager,
but Oshin was happy to be able to eat with her family.
In September, the schools reopened.
Oshin had to think of what to do about school for Nozomi and Hitoshi.
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.