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Hiyokko
愛の言葉をリルシャイなハートがドキドキ Ai no kotoba o riru shai na haato ga dokidoki A shy heart saying sweet nothings beats so fast
Week 5 "Young Girls, Safety First!" (Episode 028)
Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Miyagawa Akira
あの日観てたサウンドオプミュージック Ano hi mite ta saund oopu myuujikku That day when we saw "The Sound of Music"
Theme Song: Kuwata Keisuke "Wakai Hiroba" (Plaza of Youths)
瞼閉じれば蘇る Mabuta tojireba yomigaeru I can relive that day just by closing my eyes
Narrator: Masuda Akemi
幼い頃の大事な 宝物だけは Osanai koro no daijina takaramono dake wa It's the only precious treasure of my youth
Cast:
Yatabe Mineko: Arimura Kasumi
ずっと この胸に抱きしめて来たのさ Zutto kono mune ni dakishimete kita no sa One I've held in my heart all this time
Sukegawa Tokiko: Sakuma Yui
Akiba Sachiko: Kojima Fujiko
Kanehira Toyoko: Fujino Ryoko
夜の酒場でロンリーあの子今頃どうしてる Yoru no sakaba de Ronrii ano ko imagoro doushiteru The girl that night at the bar "Lonely," I wonder what's become of her
Nabatame Sumiko: Matsumoto Honoka
Natsui Yuko: Yagi Yuki
Mori Kazuo: Kageyama Hiroshi
さなぎは今 蝶になってきっと誰がの腕の中 Sanagi wa ima chou ni natte kitto dare ga no ude no naka That pupa is now a butterfly and is surely in someone's arms
Matsushita Akira: Okuda Yohei
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Nagai Aiko: Wakui Emi
Number 4!
One of the transistor's arms has been bent.
I'm sorry...
Dad... please help me.
Yes. At this point I would like to explain about transistor radios.
As the Showa 30's era came around...
(1955-1965)
...radios were converted from being large ones based on the earlier vacuum tubes...
...to small ones using transistors and running off of batteries.
They went from one a family to one a person. With it now being possible to carry one around...
...radios could be taken to beaches, campgrounds and baseball matches.
In one breath, the places it could be used had vastly expanded.
First off, what is called a "radio"...
...is made up of transistors, capacitors, resistors, oscillation coils, transformers, etc.
Transistor
Capacitor
Resistor
Oscillation Coil
Transformer
What Mineko and the others work at...
...is placing those pieces onto the circuit board.
Moreover, the work of attaching the antenna, and adjusting the frequencies were carried out...
...resulting in this, Mukojima Electric's transistor radio, as the final product.
A Few Days Later
Well then, let's pick up a few days after her starting day at work...
...and see how Mineko is faring...
Number 4!
You made a mistake in the position of the condenser!
I'm sorry.
It's okay. Since you'll be able to do it before long.
Sumiko...
Number 4!
You put the resistor in the wrong place!
I'm sorry.
I'm... so sorry!
Don't worry about it! Since you'll be able to do it before long.
Ah!
Stop!
I'm sorry!
How much do you think just one of those transistors costs?
Yes...
Please get it together!
Ah, sorry everyone. Thank you very much.
It'll be okay.
We're starving, aren't we?
Right? Ah, looks delicious.
Itadakimasu.
It's okay. Since you'll be able to do it before long.
It won't be okay, will it...
Dad... I'm sure I won't be able to do it even someday...
Since I inherited my clumsiness from you.
I bear you a bit of a grudge for that.
Ah... not again...
Number 6! The chemical capacitor fell out. Do it right.
I'm sorry! Sorry...
Dad... Tokiko clearly made a deliberate mistake this time...
It's okay, it's okay! Now, let's do our best!
Switch on!
Yes.
Here.
Thank you very much.
The max?
Yes!
Yes.
Here.
Thank you very much.
A small portion for me is fine...
Oh... sure thing.
Here.
Thanks.
The normal for me.
Is it good?
Yeah!
Really?
Dad... My head has been slowly turning 'round like a screw...
...and even now in my mind...
...I'm thinking, "You shouldn't be eating so much."
Make sure you eat. It's getting cold.
I've been nothing but useless and all I do is drag things down...
I have no excuse for it...
Don't say such things. Don't let it bother you.
That's right, Mineko.
It's your favorite Mineko, neapolitan pasta. Eat up.
Even if you don't eat, they'll still take food expenses from your salary.
"I know that."
"You can say that because you can do it."
That's what I thought in my head.
Look, Mineko-san.
Make sure you eat properly. If you don't eat, you can't do a good job.
"A good job"... That's what...
It'll be okay!
Since you will be able to do it before long. Okay!
For me right now, being told "It'll be okay" with a baseless smile...
...like that ends it somehow, just makes me angry...
Mineko! Look at this!
Ashikawa Izumi
Ashikawa Izumi is someone I like.
She's so pretty, isn't she?
Yeah... She is pretty...
Yeah...
Cheer up, Mineko!
Still... I wonder how Aiko-san can say it that way?
"Since you'll be able to do it before long."
I know she's trying to encourage me, but...
Well, I'm not sure how...
Right?
Why are you angry with Aiko-san just for telling you that?
Because...
Aiko-san worked at the factory before us.
Eh?
Right. Just the same as us...
...she's been working at this company's factory since she was 15.
And ever since.
She said her Dad and Mom died early...
...and since she lived with three younger brothers and sisters, Aiko-san had to go to work.
Back then of course, they didn't have transistor radios...
...so I wonder what they made back then?
Aiko-san said she was incredibly clumsy and was always making them angry.
Back then, the workers at the factory weren't as kind as they are now...
...and it seems she was shouted at and even kicked at.
And moreover, the factory machines weren't nearly as safe back then as they are now...
...and she said she was injured a lot.
The shining sun in the sky over downtown
Shitamachi no sora ni kagayaku taiyo wa
Reflects the joys and sadness in the glass windows
Yorokobi to kanashimi utsusu garasu mado
My grieving heart that morning
Kokoro no itamu sono asa wa
Aiko-san worked through all that...
...so her brothers and sisters could go to school properly.
But it damaged her health.
Still, since she really is a hard worker...
...and because she had worked for years without taking even a single day off...
...the company told her she could do office work.
And then they gave her her current job.
"Because you understand our workers so very well," they told her.
That's why she can say that.
"Since you'll be able to do it before long."
Dad...
...I feel so dejected...
The sun moves me to tears
Taiyo ni namidagumu
Whaa! You startled me! What's the matter, Mineko-san?
Aiko-san...
Yes, what is it?
I'm sorry.
It's okay, it's okay! Eh? For what?
I truly am... very sorry!
Eh? What for, I wonder? I don't understand, but I forgive you.
So long...
Mineko-san!
Yes?
It'll be okay.
You will be able to do it.
Yes...
I'm going to sleep.
Good night.
Um, Tokiko-san.
Huh?
You deliberately made that mistake today, didn't you?
I suppose.
Why would you do that?
I had to make one.
Eh?
I had to make a mistake. You should understand something like that.
After seeing that look of desperation on Mineko's face...
...I just had to do something.
Even if it was for such a thing...
...I think it strange you'd do it at our job.
Huh? Like I said, you should understand that I had to make a mistake, don't you?
In that case, nevermind then.
Dad. They're arguing over me.
To Be Continued
I want to get up...
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
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