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Excuse me...
This is a Cutlet for Table 2.
Yes. Thank you very much...
Will she be okay? Oi. She looked about to cry.
Thank you for waiting.
I'm sorry; excuse me.
Mineko-chan, will you be okay?
Some cold water, please!
Yes, right away.
Sorry for keeping you waiting.
Calm down. Calm down.
Excuse me.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
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 11 "Welcome to Akane Villa!" (Episode 064)
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
Asakura Takako: Sato Hitomi
Fukuda Yasue: Ikuta Tomoko
Igawa Genji: Yatsui Ichiro
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
Maeda Hidetoshi: Isomura Hayato
Kashiwagi Yasuharu: Furutachi Yutaro
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
Makino Shogo: Sasaki Kuranosuke
肩寄せ合い声合わせて Kata yose ai koe awasete Arms around one another, their voices unite
Kashiwagi Ichiro: Miyake Yuji
Makino Suzuko: Miyamoto Nobuko
希望に燃える 恋の歌 Kiboueru ni moeru koi no uta In a burning with hope, song of love
Oh my! There seems to be a queue lined up at Suzufuritei.
The business is prospering and they're very busy.
Hey Dining Hall, hurry and get this.
Yes, right away!
Yes!
Ah, sorry, give me some water.
Yes.
Excuse me, me too.
Yes.
Thank you very much.
Dad...
This is obviously my fault.
Please enjoy your meal.
Um... sorry about that. Thank you very much.
I only carried them out because I hate to see the food get cold.
Yes.
Suzu-chan, it was delish!
I stuffed myself!
Thank you very much.
Take this...
Yes.
Ah, I'm beat...
3:00 Break
Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for your hard work...
Oi, oi.
You look like someone who's just run the Olympic Marathon, Mineko.
What's more, if feels like you didn't even get a medal, either.
Ah... today's lunch was exhausting!
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
My feet were dragging...
...and that made things even busier for you, didn't it?
That didn't make us busier.
It just means we had lots of people came.
Okay, about today's lunch time!
We had sales of 20,000 yen!
Ohh!
It went well!
Went just like I told you, didn't it?
You didn't say anything.
I didn't?
Those are very good sales.
Ah...
You worked well. Yeah!
But Mineko, you joined us on an exceptionally busy day.
Ah...
Still, you're lucky to have had an experience like that as your first time.
That's true. I'll feel easier after this.
Ah...
All you're saying is "Ah"!
Now, now, take a break! Have a good rest.
Ah... I'm tired!
Wanna go play pachiko, Hide?
I won't go.
Eh? Why won't you go?
I have no reason to.
Taka-chan, shall we go?
Ah, yes!
Mineko, you come, too!
Eh?
I'll treat you to some anmitsu if you do. You don't have to come though.
(syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit)
I'll come! I'll come! I'll come!
Okay, okay, let's go.
Ya-chan! We're going over for some wagashi!
Wanna come? No? Wanna come? Which?
Which is it?
I'll come, I'll come, I'll come!
Thanks for your hard work.
You've been working hard.
This will be a women's only welcoming party. Okay?
Yes!
Okay then, let's go.
Okay, let's go, let's go, let's go.
It's delicious here, Mineko.
Good afternoon.
Ah...
It's not "Ah..." Yasuharu. Four fruit-cream anmitus.
Wagashi Shop Kashiwagi's Noble's Son Yasuharu
This is incredible.
Your favorite customer special, okay?
Don't make a false bottom using agar. Got that?
(vegetable gelatin)
Ah.
"Ah," he says...
You really don't have any drive to you.
Please wait.
Hello, Suzu-chan.
Ii-chan. You didn't have to come out.
Well, I haven't talked to anyone yet.
Wagashi Shop Owner Kashiwagi Ichiro
My son isn't much of a talker...
...so I've been itching to talk for awhile now.
So noisy. Just hurry up and make it already, geez.
You and that no-drive son of yours.
I can return those words right back at you.
You don't have to return them.
It isn't necessary to have drive to run a wagashi shop.
It's true, isn't it? After all, when you come in...
...you'd hate to rushed with a "Welcome!" wouldn't you?
So it's best for us to just keep quiet.
"Three kinsuba, please!" Like that.
(confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough)
Right? That's why he's perfect for here.
Hmph!
Says Suzu-chan, who hates losing.
Geez, enough of that and hurry and bring out our sweets.
Yes, yes, yes!
Go, go, go!
The Dad is like that so the son is like that, too.
Still, the flavor here is great. Their predecessors were terrific at this.
What was that?
Never mind.
Are you tired?
Ah, well...
Your feet are tired, right?
Yes... well...
Because you made a lot of useless movements.
That's what it is, isn't it?
That's what it is.
You'll get used to it.
Thank you very much...
But...
There's still so many things I have to learn yet...
Suzuko-san.
Huh?
Would it be okay if I borrowed a menu today?
I thought I'd try memorizing it before going to bed tonight.
Ah... that's admirable, admirable.
I'd like to say it's okay, but don't do that.
What is called "work"...
...is something only done during a fixed time.
The salary I pay you is just for that time.
Work as hard as you can within that time. When it's over, forget about it.
Unless you do that, you can't do a good job. You'll come to hate it.
That's what I think.
Yes. I understand.
I think you're doing quite well, Mineko.
Eh?
Yeah, yeah.
Taka-chan here, on her first day she...
Suzuko-san, Suzuko-san, don't, don't, don't!
Think of my position as her senior.
Ah, that's true; that's true, isn't it?
It's true.
She was terrible.
I don't know how many dishes she broke.
No, Suzuko-san!
We could hear the sounds of the dishes crashing even over in our restaurant.
What's this? You too, Yasue-san? Geez!
After all... Right?
Right?
What's with that "Right?"
On my first day, I tripped...
...and dropped a bowl of ramen on top of a customer!
It was a huge mess.
Dad...
...all of them are so kind.
Here, here, here, here, here.
Thanks for waiting so patiently. Here, your anmitsu special.
It's incredible!
Right?
As a bit of an explanation, after cooking it thoroughly for an hour...
...we put in some special things.
Geez, that's enough, that's enough. You guys just go over there, go, go!
What is this?
This is a women's only gathering, after all.
But I wanna talk! I just wanna talk!
Never mind that. See you again. See you later, Ii-chan.
See you later.
Yes. Well then, itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu.
Huh? Yasue-san, isn't your anko bigger than mine?
Huh? Really?
Ah, wait. Mineko-chan got so much!
Ah!
Right?
No way; I don't want to change it.
Ah, wait, you should exchange it with your senior...
Since I'm on my break hour right now.
Then, let's eat.
Itadakimusu.
It's been so long!
Mmm!
What does "Mmm" mean? I don't understand it.
It's great!
It's good!
5:00 pm Evening Opening
Want to taste it?
Yes!
Excuse me.
It has a deep beef aroma.
All right. Okay...
Yes, ready to go.
Yes!
The dobi is ready.
Yes.
Thank you for waiting.
Smells great... looks delicious.
Excuse me. Please enjoy.
Compared to lunch...
...since there were slightly fewer here at night, I felt I could do it.
The flow and atmosphere between lunch and evening times were totally different, too.
I guess during lunch hours...
...because it's a meal that everyone doesn't have much time for, they get fidgety...
...but for their evening meal, many people want to take their time and enjoy it.
9:00 pm Store Closing
Good evening.
Ah, good evening.
There, I did it.
Let's go in.
Yes.
Oi Hide, wanna go drinking?
I don't.
You worked hard!
Thanks for your hard work!
Oh, it's been awhile; wanna go drinking? I'll invite Goro-san, too.
Yes! I'll accompany you!
What's that, you! I'll take you up on that.
Ah, then let's go.
We're off.
Sho-chan.
Don't drink too much.
Yes, yes. So long.
Bye!
Thanks for your hard work.
The men are going drinking, aren't they?
Eh?
That just feels like the city to me somehow.
I see.
There are no bars where I'm from for men to go drinking at...
...and if they did want to go, they'd have to walk for 2 hours along a mountain path with no towns around.
Then that would just sober them up, wouldn't it?
That's true.
Okay! Then it's about time we wrapped things up here, too.
Yes.
Yeah. Thanks for your hard work.
Thank you for today. And we'll be counting on you for tomorrow, too.
Yes, have a good night!
Have a good night!
Yes, have a good night.
Dad. My long first day is over.
At various Tokyo restaurants right now...
...I think they'll be saying, "Thank you for your hard work."
I want to say that to all of them, too.
Thank you for... your hard work today.
I will be repeating this day again and again from here on, won't I?
That's a bit fun.
It's fun having a workplace where I have friends.
Okay!
Ow, ow, ow...
It came rushing back to me the moment I was done.
I thought of the saying, "It's too painful to even walk"...
Like this.
To Be Continued
Showa Era Trip
Hiyokko
End
A smile for our longed-for apartment