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Episode 267
Michiko had gone home to her parents to have her baby,
and she was now in her final month of pregnancy.
It was now the fall of 1956.
- Let me help you. - Thanks.
Please don't try to lift anything heavy.
I don't want you to drop it and get burned.
I'm all right.
Don't be overconfident.
Don't treat me like an old lady.
You'll be a grandmother soon.
We should hire people to cook from now on.
I want you to take it easy.
There's a limit to what one family alone can produce.
I don't want to have to hire people.
Then you could just be a manager.
You'd have time to hold your grandchild.
I don't want to babysit.
I raised five children all by myself.
The baby is here.
- I just got a call! - Is it a boy or a girl?
It's a boy!
Make sure he's named after your father, Ryuzo!
Yes, I know!
Take some money out of the register.
You'll need it to pay the hospital.
I'll be back tomorrow.
- Take care. - Take care.
Be sure to thank everybody!
I'm so relieved...
I was so worried. The baby was late.
I'm so glad...
It's a boy.
I'll bet he'll be just like his Uncle Yuu.
I'm so happy.
Why don't you go over there tomorrow?
I can't leave the store.
But...
Maybe we should expand our selection of prepared foods.
I want to make the business bigger for the baby.
You're talking like a grandmother already!
- I'm home. - Welcome home.
How is Michiko and the baby? Does she have milk?
The baby was big, and it was difficult,
but she had a good doctor, so they're both fine.
The Kawabes are making a big deal out of it.
It's their first grandchild, too.
I should visit on his seventh day of birth.
Yes. Don't worry. We'll take care of the store.
Mr. Kawabe named the baby Takeshi.
It means he will grow up to be strong.
I told you to put a "ryu" character in his name.
After your father!
Mr. Kawabe had the name chosen already.
The baby now has a very masculine name.
He's not a Kawabe baby. He's a Tanokura!
Why is Michiko's father naming the baby?
He's the baby's grandfather!
They're so inconsiderate! And it's an insult!
Hitoshi is always letting his in-laws push him around!
I'm not visiting them at all.
Who do they think they are?
Times have changed.
It doesn't matter who names the baby.
The baby is a Tanokura first-born no matter what.
Oshin did not attend the baby's ceremony.
Hatsuko and Tei worried that her absence
would make relations with the Kawabe family worse.
But Oshin had her pride.
After the first 35 days of his life,
the baby and his mother were coming back home at last.
Michiko is not quite back to being herself yet.
We would like to keep her here longer.
No! We've had our way enough.
We must think about Mrs. Tanokura.
We don't owe her anything.
She didn't even attend the baby's first ceremony!
I'm sorry. We couldn't both be away from the store.
She values her store more than her first grandchild.
I gave him milk, and he fell asleep.
Please continue to take good care of Michiko.
She has no one to turn to but you.
I will be all right. I'll be with Takeshi,
and Hitoshi has promised to be on my side.
He looks just like Father. Don't you think?
He looks like Yuu, too.
He's a good baby. His eyes are so kind.
Yuu was like this when he was a baby.
Isn't he sweet?
I don't want you to spoil him.
It's not good for so many people to hold him.
See, he's already picked up a bad habit.
I will just make it harder for Michiko.
And let me get this straight from the start.
She'll be taking care of him herself.
We don't want other people to meddle.
Michiko will be too busy with the baby from now on.
She won't have time to do any housework.
She'll devote herself to raising our heir.
Is that clear, Mother?
I want Hatsuko to go back to doing the household chores.
It's all for Takeshi's sake.
Shall we go upstairs and rest?
Let's go.
That's enough. You must be tired, too.
Thanks.
Tei will have a baby too, one day.
Takeshi won't be your only grandchild.
Don't worry. I'm not upset.
Takeshi belongs to Hitoshi and Michiko.
I'm wrong to expect to have things my way.
This is how it should be.
Hitoshi, Nozomi, and Tei...
They're all grown up now, so they don't need me anymore.
I want you to find someone, too.
I want to stay here with you.
No.
After Tei and Tatsunori get married next year,
and after we celebrate our new store's first anniversary,
I want to hold a memorial service for Yuu and his father.
I want to include a service for Mr. Kawamura, too.
He was Yuu's friend in the army.
And we owe our store's existence to him.
And after that, you'll be able to forget about everything.
About Yuu, and Mr. Kawamura.
It's all right to forget. You must forget.
Tei and Tatsunori were married in February of 1957.
Soon afterwards,
the Tanokura Store celebrated with its first anniversary sale.
In April, the 13th-year memorial service was held for Yuu and Ryuzo,
and a service was held for Yuu's friend, Mr. Kawamura.
All the Tanokura family members gathered.
I can't believe it's been 13 years already.
As they say, a decade is history.
Time sure flies...
So much has happened, too.
You've come such a long way.
I've managed to keep the store from going bankrupt.
I'm sure Yuu and Ryuzo have been watching over us.
It's all due to your hard work and efforts!
- How is Yuri? - She's fine.
- But she couldn't come today... - I understand.
I'm just happy that you and Yuri are happy together.
How is your work coming?
I'm still learning,
but I have had some sales of my work.
That's great! Work toward owning your own kiln.
I have no idea when that will be.
You'd better be more ambitious than that!
How about a baby?
I'm waiting on that, too.
You'll soon be having a lot of grandchildren.
I don't want to spend my days being called Grandma,
and having to babysit.
I was poor for most of my life,
and now, I finally have my very own business.
Work for me is just beginning!
I'll do everything that Ryuzo, Yuu and Mr. Kawamura
were not able to do.
I think of it as a duty for those who survived.
- Mother. - Yes?
It's about to start.
- Shall we all go? - Yes.
Economic growth was just beginning to take shape in Japan.
Oshin, at age 57, was about to embark on a new beginning, too.
Translation: UTB Channel
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