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Episode 224
Mother... Japan is so far away.
I don't think I can keep my promise to you.
I'll have to break the promise I made to Hatsuko, too.
Please tell her to forget me, and have her find happiness in life.
If I could be reborn,
I'd like to come back to a world without war.
But I'd still like to be your son.
And meet Hatsuko again.
I'd be a filial son to you.
And Hatsuko and I could be happy.
I can't take it anymore!
Let's leave this house. Right away!
Hitoshi...
Father and Yuu won't be able to rest in peace
if they have to put up with that music!
Don't you feel badly for them?
It can't be helped.
I'll work hard and earn lots of money.
Father is gone, and Yuu isn't coming back.
It's all up to me now.
I'll never count on anyone ever again!
I'll regain everything that this war has taken from me.
I'll get it all back, on my own!
I will help.
I don't need to go to college. I don't want to live like this.
I don't want to be hungry anymore!
We'll be miserable forever if we have no money.
Hitoshi.
Isn't that so?!
Those who have money rule the world now!
Think about it... We have to go to farmers,
whom we used to look down upon for our food.
The successful are those with a full stomach.
To be a starving college graduate is meaningless!
He's right. I'm not taking my entrance exams!
You, too?
Please let me do what I want to do.
You both just want to get out of studying for entrance exams.
What is it that you want to do?
I don't know yet,
but I'm talking about after I'm finished with middle school.
Had I the chance to pick my own fate,
what would I have become?
I don't want to take over Father's business.
A historian? Or a college professor?
Maybe a teacher or a novelist.
If I could choose,
I'd have a difficult time deciding.
I long for freedom, but freedom isn't easily gained.
Is it because we're not used to freedom?
Just once... I wish I could have lived freely.
I told you to take the day off.
You haven't slept, and you haven't eaten.
You'll wear yourself out.
I'm sorry to make you worry.
Hatsuko.
I never talked about the two of you getting together,
because I thought it would be hard on you.
But I still think of you as my daughter,
and not just because Yuu is dead.
You give me so much strength to go on.
But for you to remain with us
would mean that you'd constantly be reminded of Yuu.
It would be painful for you...
Maybe it's best that you return to Yamagata and forget Yuu.
Find a nice man to marry.
Yuu wrote that in his diary.
And that's how it should be.
That would give me a sense of relief, too.
You're still young!
But I don't really know what to do to help you now.
If you're helping me out of a sense of obligation,
it's not necessary.
Going home to your parents can help you to forget Yuu...
I'm saying this for your own good.
You understand, don't you?
Hatsuko...
Hatsuko.
Hatsuko?
Hatsuko is gone. Where could she be?
I found this note under her bedding.
It's a letter from Hatsuko.
Dear Mother, I've decided to leave you, after all.
I've lived a life, and that life is over now.
I was very happy.
I'll never forget what everybody did for me.
I know I should tell you this in person,
but that would've been too hard on me.
Please forgive me.
Why did she do this?
She's deeply hurt by Yuu's death.
Where could she have gone?
She has gone home to Yamagata...
I told her to go.
Then why did she sneak away?
Now that she knows that Yuu will never come home,
she just left us!
You don't know how she really feels!
I know!
But it was her duty to put her personal sorrow to rest,
and help you!
She knows how hard you have to work.
Now she all of sudden leaves for Yamagata!
I didn't take her in so that she could help me.
That's not why I raised her.
Hatsuko has done so much for us...
I'm happy for all that she's done.
- Mother! - We're home.
Did a letter come from Hatsuko?
She could at least tell us that she arrived home safely.
You have a visitor. She insisted on waiting.
Who could it be?
Oshin.
I'm so glad to see you!
When did you get back?
Four or five days ago. I couldn't wait to see you!
It's been such a long time.
The world was in turmoil all around us.
We each had to survive on our own.
But I'm so glad you're safe!
When you're little girl showed me in...
I saw the picture of Ryuzo and Yuu on the altar...
It came as such a shock to me...
Thank you for all you've done for us.
You took such good care of my Yuu.
How is everybody in your family?
My son's house in Tokyo didn't burn down.
They're all safe.
Why are you here?
I'm back to stay!
We can put boats out to fish again.
Because of the food shortage,
they have a gasoline ration for fishing boats.
Then it's like the old days?
Yes.
None of my own boys want to be fishermen.
So it's all up to me again!
I see.
You're back to stay?
Ise is so nice... I love the sea!
My house is still there, too.
I miss that house on the seashore...
I've been wanting to go there, but I've been much too busy.
Come home with me.
Tei has told me about your problem.
Is it true that there's a deed dispute?
There's been so many misunderstandings...
They want you out of the house?
Tei has told you all that?
So it's true...
Then why stay where you're not wanted?
Let's all live together again.
It would be good for me, too.
So come home with me!
Hisa...
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.