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I'll challenge you.

What are you challenging us to?

Sumo wrestling.

Come on. Come at me.

I'll take you on.

No. Let me.

I'll do it.

You idiots!

What good will it do to throw a woman down?

That's nothing to brag about!

When did you all turn into such cowards?

I'm sorry.

But, Boss... she's the one who said she wants to do it.

That's right.

I have no intention of being thrown over that easily.

I see... I guess we'll have to accept the challenge.

You don't have to accept it.

In that case how about it, Boss?

Me?

Unfortunately, we mountain men don't take on challenges from a woman.

Let's see...

You do it.

Mr. Miyabe?

Why me?

Just what I was hoping for.

Please accept my challenge.

Asa ga Kita

Week 7 "My Husband's Secret" Episode 42

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

Rie Imai: Shinobu TERAJIMA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Fuyu: Kaya KIYOHARA

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Tadamasa Imai: Yoichi HAYASHI

The Mistress is still standing.

Idiot! What idiot would seriously try to win against a woman?

You're right. Asa! Throw him over!

Show your pride as a man, Mr. Miyabe!

Don't lose, Mistress! It's no fun if you lose.

That's right, Mistress!

The coal mine is riding on this!

Don't lose to him!

Go, Asa!

You've got the right handed belt grip!

Asa Shirooka wins with an underhand throw!

Mistress!

You're strong!

That was really, really great!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Mistress

I'm sorry for being so rude all this time.

I'm amazed at your determination.

Boss... Please raise your head...

When you took out the pistol, we thought

we had no choice but to work.

But... From now on, it'll be different.

From now on, we'll all do our best to mine the

coal for Kano-ya's sake.

Please let us work for you.

Please!

Really? Thank you. Thank you!

Listen, everyone! Just as we promised, we have

to dig up lots of coal to make up for the time we took off.

I'm counting on all of you.

This is how Asa was finally able to gain the trust of the coal miners.

Be careful!

Are you realty going back tomorrow?

That's right. Do you expect me to stay

here in the mountains for three days?

There's no place to go to play.

How long will you stay here, Asa?

I'm thinking of going into the mine to

see what the tunnels are like in there.

You're going into that hole?

The boss said he'll go with me, so there's nothing to worry about.

I want to see with my own eyes what kind of place

they're all working in and how dangerous it is.

I can't take charge of the coal mine without knowing anything about it.

So you're going to be here for a while then.

I'm sorry. But I owe it all to you.

All I did was run away. I didn't do anything.

I can work because of you.

Being apart for a little while, made me

realize again just how much I need you.

My husband...

If it's okay with you, the two of us together can make Kano-ya...

When I was little, I had a childhood friend who

was the same age as me.

A childhood friend?

He was the son of the chief clerk who worked

at our store... When we were 10 years old,

his father opened a branch of our money changing

business in the neighborhood.

OSAKA

The chief clerk had worked for the master for a long time...

He had a good disposition and a hard worker, so

the master wasn't worried at all about him.

But the store went under in no time at all...

Why?

When he was short of funds, he fell victim to temptation

to raise more money, and got involved in gambling.

As a matter of principle as a merchant, the master

refused to loan him any money...

That chief clerk left his son and wife behind,

and ran off somewhere.

KYUSHU

My childhood friend and his mother had rocks

thrown at their house, and harassed by debt collectors.

After going through all that misery, they left town.

No one knows what happened to them after that.

Money is a scary thing.

No matter how good a person you are when

you don't have any money, you change completely.

Even a family that gets along together can be torn apart easily.

After that, I really hated our business of lending people money.

Yesterday, we talked about weapons, didn't we?

It's the same with a money changer.

Money is a money changer's weapon.

We're always thinking of getting more money.

That idea still sends chills up my spine.

Then what I'm doing...?

You're not doing. anything wrong

I know that we owe it to you that we're able to survive.

So. That's why I came here to give you encouragement.

My dad and Gansuke are the only ones who know about this.

Is that what happened?

A man's world is hard, isn't it?

Do you eventually want to start your own business?

It's too much for me to handle.

And besides, I want to always work under the master.

KYUSHU

Take care.

Shinjiro went back to Osaka.

KYOTO

Meanwhile, at Asa's family home in Kyoto...

Father!

Father! Father!

OSAKA KANO-YA

Osaka is nice, after all.

Excuse me.

Thank you.

This is...

Is something wrong?

This is great tea.

You've gotten good at it while I was gone.

I may not look it, but I'm picky about my tea.

I'm glad.

You're a hard worker aren't you, Ofuyu?

Good work.

KYUSHU

I wonder if Ofuyu's forgotten about me.

Hey!

Pay attention!

I'm sorry.

So this is Kano-ya's coal mine...

This is how Kano-ya's new business started.