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I'm home!
Mineko...
Oh, it's Mineko.
Nee-chan!
Sorry I'm so late.
Happy New Year!
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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 10 "One Yatabe Mineko, Coming In" (Episode 060)
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
Yatabe Miyoko: Kimura Yoshino
Koiwai Muneo: Mineta Kazunobu
Sukegawa Kimiko: Wada Michiko
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
Sumitani Kiyo: Shibata Rie
Sumitani Mitsuo: Izumisawa Yuuki
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
Tagami Manabu: Tsuda Kanji
Yatabe Chiyoko: Miyahara Kanau
Yatabe Susumu: Takahashi Rei
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
Yatabe Shigeru: Furuya Ikko
It's behbehbehry good!
You sounded just like a goat.
When considering her job, she could only stay overnight.
Even so, Mineko had come home.
This is great.
Yum!
Continue your story.
Geez, all right. And? How far had I gotten?
You had gone to Suzufuritei.
That's right.
Yeah.
So then I asked Suzuko-san if there wasn't...
...any odd jobs around that I could do...
...and then she said, "How about working here?"
Geez, I was far more surprised at that than I was happy...
...so all I could say was, "Eh?"...
...and then "Yes, please!" like that.
Ah, so that's how it went.
Right.
That's a story to be grateful for.
It is.
The people at that restaurant are like gods watching over our family, aren't they?
I'll write them a thank-you letter.
Ah... thank you.
Yeah.
Huh? Isn't that a story to smile about?
That's right; it's a story to smile about.
It was after that. After that it got really tough, geez.
At that restaurant, I had to take what they call the "Final Interview" and pass that...
Dad...
I kept talking as if I was in a dream.
Telling them about the factory and about everyone at the Girl's Dorimitory.
And then all about Suzufuritei.
I talked and talked as though I couldn't talk enough...
And she said, "manju are delicious"...
...and, "I love manju," and "give my regards to your family."
So I should bring her some of our manju, shouldn't I?
Ah! That's right.
You should.
You should take some manju for your landlady.
And then some for the people of that restaurant and for your Housemistress...
...and some for the people at your apartment, too! I'm gonna be busy!
I'll help out, too!
Thank you.
What are you saying?
So good!
Are they asleep?
I'm sure they didn't want to let you go, did they?
Tired, aren't you?
Thank you for coming home though.
No. I'm not tired in the least.
But, Mom.
Huh?
I am sleepy.
Good night.
Yeah...
What's the matter?
But about Chiyoko and Susumu.
And about Mom and Grandpa, too.
What is it?
None of you have asked about Dad, have you?
We've gotten used to not having Dad around, haven't we?
That's how it's become, hasn't it?
There's been nothing about him since then, has there?
Yeah.
I haven't gotten used to it.
I...
...haven't gotten used to your Dad not being around.
It's just I won't let anything come out of my mouth...
...that says I'm sad about it.
I believe your Dad will come back.
Yeah...
Get some sleep.
Yes.
Ah, just leave that.
No, it's okay.
Dad. I felt that those...
...weren't Mom's only feelings.
But I couldn't ask her any more than that.
It gets colder here than that warm Tokyo.
Yeah. I know.
Good night.
I was extremely sleepy somehow.
For the first time I thought...
..."Ah, this is the smell of home."
Though when I was here at home I never had...
...but when I came back from Tokyo, I felt I could smell it.
And the sounds of it, too.
They are totally different from the sounds I heard when sleeping at the Girl's Dorm.
And those sounds made me feel very sleepy, too.
I wonder if Onee-chan'll be surprised at the fried eggs I can make.
You've gotten much better.
I can't wait for it.
Here, the radishes.
Ah, thank you.
Ohh... quite a lot, huh?
I can't wake Onee-chan at all.
Really?
She must be tired. Let her sleep.
Yeah.
That's so boring.
Wouldn't the smell of breakfast wake her up?
Maybe so.
I see!
She's moving...
What's this? She still isn't up?
She'd want to eat with all of us as well...
...so I should wake her up, right?
You should.
Since if you didn't, she'd get angry and say, "Why didn't you wake me?"
That's for sure.
Nee-chan...
Nee-chan!
Huh? Is she up?
Is she sleepwalking?
What's the matter? Aren't you gonna eat?
Huh?
Let's eat.
Yeah, we should.
Itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu!
Onee-chan, I made this.
This is bliss.
Tagami-sensei is running quite fast.
I wonder what for?
Oi! Happy New Year!
Shh!
It's your Uncle Muneo...
Huh? What is it? What's going on?
It's Mineko.
Eh? Mineko's come back?
Oh my! Huh? Why are ya shushing me?
She's sleeping.
For a long time.
Eh?
Ah... She looks so happy asleep.
Like I thought, she's been going full tilt over in Tokyo.
That's true.
I see...
She's cool somehow.
Huh? In what way?
Well... she's got da feel of a city girl to her.
Not only is her body exhausted, but her mind as well.
A real city girl.
What is that about?
Happy New Year! I've come to make my New Year's greetings!
Shh!
What's the matter?
Oh my! Mineko's come back. And Tokiko...
Shh!
Tokiko didn't come back.
Since I heard all about Tokiko-chan from Mineko yesterday...
...let's go over there and talk.
How's Tokiko doing?
Tokiko just won't get in touch with me. For pete's sake, that girl...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Mineko's come home?! I just heard from Jiro-san...
Shh!
Eh? Why?
Ow! That hurt!
Eh? What's dat about?
I hadn't heard a thing about all dat...
...just dat she had gotten a job with a soap factory.
Yer totally behind da curve.
Eh?!
Yeah.
That's how it was.
How it was.
Mineko! You've come back?!
I heard the factory went bankrupt!
Shh! Shh!
Eh? Shh?
Yer even further behind da curve dan me, Sensei.
Wa... water! Water... water...
Dad...
I hadn't wanted the memories I left behind of my first trip back home...
...to be just of me having a good, long sleep.
Anyhow, all I did was sleep though...
And then, feeling completely revived...
Tokyo, Asakasa
...I returned to Tokyo.
After this I will be working at Suzufuritei...
...as well as getting started at living on my own for the first time.
I wonder what sorts of encounters are waiting for me?
I can't wait.
To Be Continued
Next Week Preview
Next week on "Hiyokko"... Mineko starts her new life.
Week 11 "Welcome to Akane Villa!"
Ah, please wait just a little longer.
There is no easy work in this world!
So tasty!
Shut up!
There's lots of peculiar people at Akane Villa.
Um...
You be quiet, god of poverty.
Stop spacing off and take this already!
Yes! Ah...
A series of failures at her job?
Will you be okay, Mineko?
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
Together forever