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UNAYAMA CLAN STOREHOUSE

This is the only place you can spend the night.

How about it?

What a surprise!

Now will you just go home?

Pardon the intrusion.

Excuse me...

Oasa! Oasa!

Don't tell me you're really going to spend the night in here?

It's much better than outside.

We can avoid the wind and rain...

You can go on home, Ume.

I want you to tell my husband and the

family that I won't he coming home, but

they don't have to worry.

But...

Don't worry... Kisuke and I will be fine here.

No! It's not fine!

All right.

I'm sorry... I'll be going now.

I can tell them...

She left!

Kisuke! Hurry and come over here.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

What are you doing?

Young Mistress. Why do you have to go this far?

What are you saying? This is a golden opportunity...

Up until now, they've turned me away at

the gate, so this is proof that they're beginning

to acknowledge me just a little bit.

This is the sailors' room.

Is that what it's called?

Good evening. This is the first time I've been in

a samurai's residence...

There sure are a lot of you sleeping together, aren't there?

But in this season you'll stay warm, so it's good, isn't it?

I don't believe this! Suit yourself!

He hasn't acknowledged you.

He's just appalled at what you're doing.

Shall we go to sleep?

You're going to sleep?

I don't know how long they're going to make

me wait here, so I'm going to rest while I can.

But...

Good night.

She's unbelievable.

Asa ga Kita

Week 4 "The Young Mistress Underlying Strength" Episode 21

Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA

Screenwriter: Mika OMORI

Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI

Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48

Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA

Asa Shirooka: HARU

Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume. TOMOCHIKA

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

How is it going?

I had a good sleep.

She hasn't come home.

Will you calm down? Act like a man.

Once you've left it up to her, you need to trust your wife.

What about you? How many times have you put the same

numbers on your abacus?

No matter how many times I put it in, they don't add up.

It's my fault. It's because I told her I had no

interest in the business, and ran away from it.

I forced this on Asa.

It's unusual for you to say something like that.

If I knew this would happen, I should have gone with her.

No. It's impossible, after all... No matter

what I wouldn't want to sleep in a sailors' room.

I couldn't sleep.

That's true.

I'm worried too, but I haven't seen Oasa

so full of life since we came to Osaka.

Full of life?

I don't know about the money, but

she'll come hack home in one piece...

As you know Oasa isn't just an adorable young lady.

That's true.

Shinjiro!

The young mistress is back!

Really?

Out of the way!

Where? Where is she?

Where is she?

My husband!

Asa!

Don't run with big strides!

Father... My husband... They repaid the loan.

They did?

Here it is...

It's only 1/10th of the money we lent them...

It's money!

How did you get them to pay you this money?

How? I didn't do anything exceptional.

Just spending the night is exceptional enough.

You're absolutely right.

When the sun came up, the account manager

finally came out, and he said he couldn't bear having

the young mistress staying any longer, and he paid her.

So the samurai lost to a woman...

She wore down his patience.

As soon as he paid her, she kept saying she

was hungry and she even had breakfast with the workers.

It was really delicious.

I'm so sorry... Master and Mistress Imai!

Give me a break!

Do you know how worried I was?

I'm sorry for making you worry, but

I feel like I've finally made myself useful.

You idiot! I wasn't worried about the money!

I was worried about you.

A woman alone in a place like that.

If worse came to worst, who cares about money!

What's important is your safety.

My safety?

Nevermind. I'm going to take a bath.

Last night, he didn't even take a bath,

and waited for you.

Is that right?

I'm sorry, my husband.

Well done. Thank you for your hard work.

But it seems like I might have overdone it.

That's true... But just being able to continue

swimming means you'll be able to ride the wave of the times.

That might be what it boils down to.

Swimming? Are you talking about saury again?

Starting from today, you're officially one of Kano-ya's workers.

I'm counting on you.

Of course.

From that day on, Asa...

went around to the clan storehouses that

Shokichi asked her to, and began collecting

their debts even if it was just a little at a time.

In contrast to Asa who was working like a fish that was put in water...

Hatsu was...

Ohatsu...

You shouldn't be doing something like that.

Don't worry. This is nothing.

Lately, we have less workers here...

I have to do at least this much myself.

But cutting firewood.

I used to be the head clerk here.

So I'm used to doing things like this.

See?

You have big blisters.

You really do.

I'm sorry.

I just thought you might regret marrying into this business.

That's not true...

It's okay... It's the same for me, too.

The predecessor acknowledged my skill, and moved me from

apprentice to head clerk then finally as the

adoptive husband... I kept moving up.

But right now is the harshest time...

You've seen how my wife is...

But she's desperately trying to protect the

family that her ancestors had built up...

So don't think badly of her.

What's wrong, Sobei?

This is terrible...

The Tokugawa shogunate....

is no longer in power.

My husband...!

1868 4TH YEAR OF KEIO

Shogun Tokugawa lost the war, and

ran away to hide in Osaka Castle.

Shogun Tokugawa lost?

Why?

Head Clerk!

This is terrible!

I thought there was a lot of commotion outside...

What?

What is it?

And the curtain rose on a tumultuous era...

For Osaka and for Asa...

OSAKA CASTLE BURST INTO FLAMES

Osaka Castle s burning...

What's going to happen to Osaka?

In place of the Tokugawa Shogunate it was a

new government centered around the Satsuma and

Choshu clans that took over the administration.

They want all the merchants in Osaka to gather...

What do they want anyway?

It can't be anything good.

It's scary.

Father went to Nijo Castle?

That's right. He was called out there by the new

government or whatever they call themselves.

I wonder what it is.

The new government?

What's wrong?

Water!

Someone! Bring water for the master.

It's a...

It's a crisis for our family.

Master?

Master! Are you okay?

That hurts!

100 thousand ryo!

That's right... They want Kano-ya to raise 100 thousand ryo.

How much is 100 thousand ryo?

That would be 100 1000-ryo boxes.

100?

You're good with numbers, aren't you, Young Mistress?

That's a large sum of money. Maybe you heard wrong.

That's right... It's just impossible to do.

The new government is heading for Edo to

attack the shogunate, so they need 100 thousand

ryo in military funds.

There's no way we can pay...

Father?

Master?

Father!