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Asa came home to Kano-ya for the first time in a month and a half.

OSAKA

I'm home.

What's this?

KANO MINING COMAPNY

Kano Mining Company?

What do you think?

Isn't it well done?

I made it.

It's the beginning of a new Kano-ya.

Welcome home, all of you.

Welcome home.

I'm home.

It's strange, isn't it?

Looking at it like this, I feel as though this

town and this house are my hometown now.

That's a good thing.

I'll have to go and tell Yono in a loud voice that...

I'm home!

I'm home!

Welcome home, Oasa.

Welcome home!

I'm home.

I'm so glad you're all looking well.

You're looking well, too.

You've gotten even prettier.

Really? I wonder...

Asa ga Kita

Week 8 "Kyoto, Final Parting Gift" Episode 46

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

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Kazu: Yasuko TOMITA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Jirosaku: Gonnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

Asa took on the coal mining aspect of

Kano-ya, and worked with even more

enthusiasm than before.

I'm sorry! This side isn't the money changer.

It's on this side.

Please step over here.

Just about then, in the autumn of 1872,

in Tokyo the railway from Shinbashi to Yokohama

started running so the demand for coal kept increasing.

So as the person in charge of the coal mine that was

starting to get off the ground, Asa was traveling between

Osaka and Kyushu frequently.

Are you going to the coal mine again?

I got a letter from Mr. Miyabe, the manager, and there's a

big difference in the amount of coal they're mining when

I'm there and when I'm not there.

So I have to go there every often to check on them.

Is that right?

Will you come with me?

No, I won't.

I thought so.

Shinjiro...

You poor thing...

Are you here again?

That's not nice, is it, Ainosuke...?

See? He's smiling. You're so adorable.

Our tiny shed is filled with toys that you've brought for him.

If you love children that much, then

why don't you have your own?

Easy for you to say.

That's right... Don't say unnecessary things.

But Ainosuke called Shinjiro "Daddy."

Daddy...

See? He said it again.

You're right.

I can't be helped. You were gone for such a long time.

Isn't that right, Ainosuke? I'm your daddy.

That's true... No! That won't do.

Ainosuke... I'm your daddy.

Let's go.

I didn't know a person could change so much.

That's his true self.

I suppose if you had an adorable child like that,

no matter what happens. you can do your best

KYUSHU KANO COAL MINE

Drink some water.

You drink some, too.

Be careful.

Mistress! Good morning!

It's the Boss Lady!

The Boss Lady's here.

Good morning.

Are you all working hard?

Of course we are!

Asa sometimes worked together with the

coal miners and sometimes took her meals with

the women, so everyone called her Boss Lady.

She was well-liked.

HEAD OF COAL MINERS GROUP SATOSHI

COAL MINE MANAGER MIYABE

If the amount of coal we mine continues

like this, Kano Coal Mine will be secure.

That's fine for you to say, but that means we have

to work that much harder to mine the increasing

amount of coal... The coal miners are tired.

It's not good that you're all working so hard and

yet your lives haven't gotten any better.

I'll have to think of something.

Boss... Can I talk to you?

The coal mine is important. Go ahead, and talk to him.

If you say so...

What's wrong?

Who is that coal miner?

That's Satoshi... The head of a group of miners here...

He's young, but he's a really hard worker.

I'm grateful for that.

OSAKA

When she came back from the coal mine in Kyushu,

Asa always went to see Hatsu.

I heard you're practicing how to ride a horse.

The mountain is so vast that if I walk

around to see it, it takes days.

So I'm learning how to ride a horse.

I heard she's gotten pretty good at it.

I guess you're more suited for riding a horse than

playing the koto, aren't you?

You're so right.

You think so?

I couldn't finish the pickled vegetables

you asked for, so I'll bring it to you.

Thank you. Father and Mother will be happy.

But are you okay?

You don't look well.

It's because...

Don't tell me...!

That's right.

Your husband just came home, and

you're already pregnant?

If Father and Mother heard that. there's

going to be a big commotion.

We haven't told them yet.

I'm sorry.

But it looks like they haven't come back

from their walk with your son yet.

I can't compete with you, can I?

What are you saying?

You're the capable young mistress of Kano-ya...

No one says I'm capable.

They call me the strange young mistress.

They even call me Kano-ya's fourth son.

That's true... It's good to work hard, but...

You'll have to make more time to be with your husband.

What do you think?

Who do I think I am anyway?

Acting like the big sister... I talk as if I'm so great.

All I can do is make babies.

Hatsu...

I...

...don't have any desire to work as a money changer anymore.

If it's okay with you, we could buy a

small piece of land, and make a living as farmers.

We'll become farmers?

That's right.

I feel bad to make the daughter of a rich

merchant like Imai-ya live that kind of life...

I never thought about it...

But...

It sounds like a good idea.

If we could become farmers someday,

it would be great, wouldn't it?

Wouldn't it?

Right now buying land is still a dream, but...

Someday, we'll have large fields of rice and crops,

grow lots of vegetables and fruits, surrounded

by our children calling out to us...

That's the kind of life I want to live.

You have nice handwriting, don't you, Shinjiro.

I saw one of the letters Shinjiro wrote to Oasa a long time ago.

I always wondered what kind of person could

have such beautiful handwriting.

You did?

What do you think of my writing?

It's nice and rounded, so it's cute.

Really?

You sound like you're all enjoying yourselves.

Welcome home.

Kisuke's writing a letter to send to Fuyu's family.

That's nice of him, isn't it?

Thank you! Excuse me.

Ofuyu.

She left.

Rather than cute, your writing looks more like earthworms.

I could have written that.

What are you saying?

I'll be going out then.

Just as you said, Ofuyu's really popular here.

Is she?

What is this feeling anyway?

Young Mistress!

What's wrong?

Mom!

Asa!

Her mother, Rie had come from Kyoto to say goodbye.