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Gansuke?

Come with me.

Let's go.

Were you feeding the cat again?

The maidservants will be getting up soon.

You'd better put it outside.

I know, but...

Will you...

...leave this house with me?

Asa ga Kita

Week 17 "My Final Duty" Episode 99

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

Tadaoki Imai: Takeshi MASU

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka/Asa Imai: Rio SUZUKI

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSOJIMOTO

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Kano-ya's business was making rapid progress.

In order to turn Kano-ya into a bank, Asa first

established Kano Shoten for their commercial

business with Shinjiro as the president...

KANO COAL MINING

She continued going to and from the coal mines,

expanding the mining operations even more.

Putting out five times more coal than they did before.

Kano-ya had you as their first penguin.

Someone who moved forward without

showing any fear.

Please take care of this.

I will.

Taking Godai's words to heart, Kano-ya

donated 3,500 yen toward the coastal defense

construction at the Osaka wharf.

It would make us happy if development of the

harbor contributes to the growth of Osaka and

in a way, to the growth of Japan.

It's our way of repaying our obligations to the

town of Osaka that supported us and made it possible for

us to get this far.

I feel the same way.

And finally...

We plan to open next year.

Articles of incorporation, list of stockholders,

list of bank directors at the time of incorporation...

Is that all the things we need to submit for now?

There's no official seal here.

You're right.

Here you go.

After officially submitting the request to establish the

bank to the Finance Ministry and the Osaka prefecture, and it's approved,

the preparations will be done.

We finally made it until here, didn't we?

No... It's going to get worse from here on.

We need to go around to the various company and

wealthy families to start cultivating depositors

and potential borrowers.

We need to gather information about public loans, investment

stock, and we need to join the Osaka Bankers Association

which is the trade association for banking businesses.

We need to go around to other banks in order to

establish exchange and trading.

Put in an ad in the newspapers about the bank's opening...

So on and so on...

There's enough business waiting for you to make your heart dance.

When you talk, you seem to be really enjoying it

Hei-san is like a "takeya no kaji" at times like this...

"Takeya no kaji"?

Like the crackling sound of bamboo on fire...

If you want an analogy, then my words are like the

"yamome no gyosui" (a widow's bath)...

"Katte ni yu tore" (take a bath or say whatever you want).

You got me there.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Asa... Shall we get going?

That's right.

We're leaving now.

Asa and Shinjiro took Chiyo, and went to Tokyo.

They were invited to a celebration in Tokyo for Asa's father, Tadaoki.

It's so lonely without Chiyo, isn't it?

If it's a celebration for the Imai Bank, it must be

something really extravagant.

I'm sure it is.

It's sounds like there'll be a lot of people from the

government there.

So it's been 20 years since the Restoration...?

When you think about it, in the world of business,

Imai was the sole winner.

Asa said...

You're smart, and you've been passionate about the business

since you were little... You're so different from my little

brother Kyutaro.

But even though she said that, her younger brother,

Tadatsugu isn't just the heir to the Imai family, he's the

president of the largest mining company now.

There's no way I can compete with him.

How can you be so weak-minded...?

You're going to be a bank president soon.

That's true, but...

Now that you mentioned that, I just happened to

hear something that Yashichi said...

What did he say?

It's about the chief clerk.

The chief clerk was out with a cold today, wasn't he?

He is... But lately he's been getting letters often.

Gansuke's been getting letters?

So the rumor is that the chief clerk will quit

working here, and he's preparing to work somewhere else.

Oh, my!

Thank you for the meal.

My husband...

The chief clerk.

Yashichi!

Are the rumors about Gansuke true?

Kano told you, didn't she?

That blabbermouth.

You're just as bad.

What about those letters?

The letters were from someone I've never heard of before...

And I don't know what was written in them.

There's not much behind that rumor, is there?

But we can't have that.

The chief clerk is one of Kano-ya's assets.

If we lose him, the loss will be bigger than we could

calculate on an abacus.

Just what I'd expect from a genuine miser...

Your way of thinking is different, isn't it?

And besides, he'll take the person who's like

his right arm with him.

A capable worker?

Could it be you, Yashichi?

Of course not... I owe a lot to Kano-ya.

Several days later...

You talked to Foreign Minister Kaoru Inoue?

Yes, that's right. Also Masayoshi Matsukata

the finance minister, and lots of other people, too.

I'm so grateful.

What are you so grateful about?

As soon as you saw someone, you went right up and

introduced yourself... It sent chills up my spine.

I can just imagine.

I'm exhausted from being dragged all over the place.

Were you able to talk to your father?

We were... He seemed really busy, so I wasn't

able to ask him questions about the bank, but

I was finally able to get him to meet Chiyo.

I'm so glad.

I can still see the look on Dad's face...

Grandpa!

Asa?

I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Chiyo...

Of all things...

It's only natural that he was surprised.

Although she looks exactly like Asa when she was

little, there's no comparison. After all, she gave him

a most proper greeting.

I can imagine...

Speaking of greetings... When Asa first came here to meet us...

For the sake of Kano-ya...

I'll do my best to be a good wife...

Can I really be one?

That brings back memories.

Gansuke. Are you okay?

I'm just getting over my cold.

Can I talk to you, Shinjiro?

What could it be?

Mistress... Welcome back.

I'm back. That's right...

Mr. Ito told me if I was serious about opening a bank, the

first thing I should do is get Eiichi Shibusawa to teach me.

What kind of person is this Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa is referred to as the God of Banks as well

known in the East as Godai was in the West.

He was my superior in the past.

Like Mr. Godai, he quit working in the government and

devoted his life for the sake of Japan's economy.

So through Mr. Ito's introduction, I went to see Mr. Shibusawa,

but he was a busy man, so I didn't get to see him.

It's no wonder Shinjiro and Chiyo are so exhausted.

Before that...

When you mentioned Mr. Ito, are you referring to His

Excellency Hirobumi Ito, the prime minister?

That's right... He's the one.

He's really nice with a sunny disposition.

Is this Mr. Ito an important person, too?

He's important, but...

I have to hand it to you, Oasa.

So I'm going to write a letter, so I can meet Mr. Shibusawa.

Chiyo!

I heard you were able to meet your grandpa.

I did, but he had the air of a really great man,

so I was really nervous.

Do you think he thought I was a strange girl?

He's your Grandpa Imai... He raised your mother.

It would take a lot more for him to think of you

as a strange girl.

After all, you're so adorable.

Really?

I'm sure.

Your dad said you did a real proper greeting.

I hope so.

I bought you a present.

Look at this.

It's so cute.

I thought you'd like it.

It seems Gansuke is still undecided...

Eizaburo talked to him again, but...

He didn't give him a definite answer.

Is that right? Eizaburo must be worried

He's worried that he might take someone else with him.

But I think Gansuke has already decided to leave here.

Why do you look like you're going to cry?

It's nothing.

It can't be helped.

That's when Asa made a painful decision...