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Yes, "This is Kickjaguar".
Nat-chan, it's Akane-chan.
Thank you very much.
Yes? Hello?
Nat-chan...
I'm sorry... Yu-chan seemed to have a bit of a fever.
You were worried that Yu-chan was in a bad mood this morning, weren't you?
I'm sure she's okay, but I just wanted to let you know.
I'll pick her up as soon as I can.
Yes... I'm sorry. I'm counting on you.
Yes, I understand. Bye.
I thought you were about to go home...
I understand.
What's wrong, Nat-chan?
Umm... Is Ikkyuu-san there now?
Ah... Ikkyu-san is out for a meeting with the screenwriter right now.
Ah... I see.
What's wrong? Is this about Yu-chan?
Well...
What is it?
I think she got a bit of a fever...
Ah... No, I'll take care of it somehow. Yes.
ECOTV Presents
Natsuzora
Week 22 Natsu, Your Sweet Child, Yu (Episode 129)
重い扉を押し開けたら暗い道が続いてて Omoi tobira o oshiaketara Kurai michi ga tsuzuiteite Pushing a heavy door open. A dark path unfolded
Screenplay: Omori Sumio
Music: Hashimoto Yukari
Theme Song: That Sweet Girl SPITZ
めげずに歩いたその先に知らなかった世界 Megezuni aruita sono saki ni shiranakatta sekai Not faltering, I kept walking to an unknown world on the other side
Narrator: Uchimura Teruyoshi
氷を散らす風すら味方にもできるんだなあ Kori o chirasu kaze sura mikata mo dekirun da na Even the wind that scatters ice, could become a friend
Sakaba Natsu: Hirose Suzu
Okuhara Saitaro: Okada Masaki
Sakaba Kazuhisa: Nakagawa Taishi
Shimoyama Akane: Watanabe Mayu
切り取られることのない丸い大空の色を Kiritorareru koto no nai marui ozora no iro o The color of the unbroken, vast sky
Arai Kosuke: Hashimoto Satoshi
Okuhara Chiharu: Kiyohara Kaya
Horiuchi Yukimasa: Tamura Kentaro
Nakajima: Sakaguchi Ryotaro
Announcer (Voice): Suzuki Kenichi
Sakaba Yu: Masuda Mio
優しいあの子にも教えたい Yasashii ano ko ni mo oshietai I want to tell her, that sweet girl
Shimoyama Meiko: Takarabe Kahomi
ルルル Rururu rururu rurururu
Osawa Asako: Kanjiya Shihori
I'm home.
Oniichan, I'm sorry.
Shh! She's asleep.
So?
I took her to the doctor. It's just a cold.
I got some medicine.
Ah...
She took the medicine and calmed down.
Thank you... you've been a real help today.
Are you always this late?
Today, I'm the one who left early, but...
Now it's hard because it's before the program airs, so there's a lot of fixing to do.
I understand that, but...
Are you paying attention to Yu?
I'm looking out for her.
You can't just look at her.
You said she was acting strange this morning, don't you think you knew it at that time?
And if something like that happened, would you have no choice but to leave it to Akane-san?
I'll try to be careful from now on.
When Yu gets sick, I'll try to be there for her.
Can you do that?
Even if I can't do it, I have to do it.
You know, you don't have to say every single thing like that. I know what I'm doing!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that I bothered you...
It's fine by me.
Yu is really cute, huh?
It's just that I feel sorry for you, Natsu.
For me?
That you can't be with Yu all the time, who is always so cute.
Oniichan...
You're a good mother.
I'm sorry I was out of line.
No... Thank you.
You really helped me today.
Good...
She's really so cute...
She looks like Chiharu when she was born, doesn't she?
You think so? You too, Oniichan.
Natsu... I'm going to protect Yu together with you.
Thank you...
Good night. You too, get some rest.
Good night.
Ah, it's fine. See you then.
Take care, okay?
Yes.
Yu... Come here.
I'm sorry. Yu... I'm sorry.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
I just met Saitaro here outside.
Yes.
She had a cold?
Yes...
Mako-san told me about it earlier in the evening.
This evening?
Hey, if that's the case, why didn't you call me right away?
I'm sorry...
Tomorrow, I'll be working from home.
They made it possible for me to do that.
Eh?
We can't leave her with Mei-chan because she might get sick.
Is that okay?
It's okay. I've had enough meetings.
I'm sorry...
Maybe I shouldn't have taken
the animation director job after all...
What are you talking about?
It's normal for a child to catch a cold.
You can't raise a child if you get upset
every time over something like that.
We'll figure it out, just the two of us.
No, let's do our best together, Yu, the three of us.
Huh? What's going on all of a sudden?
What did my brother say to you?
Eh? No... Nothing. He said nothing.
But thank you.
Thanks to the couple's efforts and everyone's compassion,
Yu quickly regained her strength
and, thanks to this,
she grew up without any major illnesses.
Yu-chan, you're so good.
And then, Natsu gradually grew up to be
a working mother in her own way.
Three years have passed, and it is now September 1972.
Showa 47
September
Yu is now 4 years old.
It's Yabe's turn kick!
What about the challenger? He won't go down, he won't go down!
Oh, no! That's another critical hit!
"Kickjaguar" was a smash hit.
The broadcast went on for a long time.
Kickjaguar!
I'm going to kill you this time!
All right, bring it on!
I'm going in!
Ah... I'm down...
Mama, my feet hurt.
Eh?
Yu has finally been able to enter nursery school since she was three years old!
I'm leaving...
Have a nice day.
But the nursery school doesn't stay open until 6 in the evening.
Yu-chan! Yu-chan!
Akane-san!
When Natsu is late coming home, she still spends her time at Akane-san's house.
Excuse me, may I ask you to check the cut
of the vacuum kick?
Ah...
Hmm... I'll take care of this, so you can go home now.
Ah... I'm sorry.
Horiuchi-san, I'm sorry. I'll go ahead first. I'll bring back the repairs.
Yes, I understand. Great work.
Great work today.
Thank you for your hard work.
Good evening.
Mama, you're back.
Yu, I'm home. Akane-san, I'm sorry for being late again.
Yu-chan and Mei just finished eating dinner.
I'm always really sorry.
It's fine. You paid for the food, too.
Hey, Mama. Let's go and play in the park.
Yes?
Eh? It's already dark, Yu-chan.
It's haunted.
Haunted?
Yes. If you play outside in the dark, there will be scary ghosts.
They're going to eat a cute girl!
Let's go home quickly. Mama's got some work to do.
Hey, Mama.
Hmm?
Read me a picture book.
Yes, okay. Then get in the futon first and wait for me.
Ah! Kickjaguar!
Yes.
Mama is going to let Kickjaguar win now...
Amazing!
Right?
We're back in our usual place,
and we're all together, Kokekokko.
And everything is settled.
Yu, what are you doing?
Hey, Yu-chan!
Ah...
Natsu, don't be angry...
Don't get angry...
To Be Continued
Natsuzora
Natsuzora Animation
END
Kajitsu-san from Hokkaido