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The first one is... Yozaemon Yorozuya.

That's Mr. Yorozuya who was just here, isn't it?

Right now, he's on the top of the list of people we need to look out for.

The second one...

Yohei Yamaya?

Mr. Yamaya?

Why Mr. Yamaya?

Now that you mention it...

Asa ga Kita

Week 19 "The Orange Season" Episode 113

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

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Ainosuke Mayuyama: Daichi MORISHITA

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Yozaemon Yorozuya: LaSalle ISHII

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

Recently, Mr. Yamaya turned over the reins to the next

generation and retired, didn't he?

So he hasn't been going to the meeting room...

But if he stays at home, he's told that he's

in the way by his son's wife...

Probably because he has nowhere else to go,

he'll come to Kano Bank, and spend the whole

day here, idling the time away.

Mr. Yamaya...?

Your father didn't have any trouble turning the reins over to you, did he?

And I can't be keeping him company all day long...

So he'll go to the bank clerics he's familiar with,

and start talking to them.

If I have time, I'll keep him company, but...

We can't let our bank president using his precious time like that.

So that's why he's number two on our list of persons to watch out for.

I feel sorry for him. I'll have to go and visit him.

Shinjiro...!

He's gone.

The third one is Mr. Kudo?

But he's our biggest client!

It's my fault.

I'm so for the trouble my father is causing.

Thank you!

Probably because he cares so much about his daughter,

he'll come by regularly to see how she's doing.

Dad!

Who's this fourth and last person?

"Fuyaketa wakame..." (soggy seaweed)?

We don't know his name, but he wears a kimono that

looks like it's been stained with soggy wakame,

and comes in and just stares at our female workers.

Our female workers?

He's dressed in filthy clothing, but his eyes are sparkling.

Welcome! May I help you with something?

This bank is wonderful, isn't it?

Having women working along with the men with such spirit.

Who's in charge of teaching these women?

What do you want?

If you want to talk about a loan...

It's over here...

If you want to open a new account...

It's this way...

I don't have any money to open an account.

Pardon me...

Just what you'd expect of Hei-san.

He sent that strange fellow away with just a minimum amount of words.

He's conserving again today.

We have a customer like that? That's something to worry about, isn't it?

He didn't use the Osaka dialect, so I don't think

he'll come back again.

As we get more customers, we'll get more customers

like this coming, too. I guess we should be delighted.

Be very careful, and watch who comes into the bank.

MAN WITH SOGGY WAKAME STAINED COAT

Meanwhile, in Wakayama...

It was time for Ainosuke to leave for Osaka.

Do you have the amulet from Susa Shrine?

I do.

What about your stomach medicine?

I have it.

Your boat fare and your wallet?

Thank you.

Mom... This is far enough.

I guess it is.

Don't think about becoming great...

As long as you keep your feet planted firmly on the ground,

and walk along your path...

That's good enough.

I will, Mom. Thank you!

KANO BANK

Ainosuke stayed with the Shirooka family while

he started as an apprentice to train as a bank clerk.

You don't have to make so much noise while you clean the floors...

I'm sorry.

Speak up when you say you're sorry.

I'm sorry!

AMAGASAKI SPINNING MILL BUSINESS REPORT

Then in the year that

SUMMER, 1894 (MEJI 27)

the Sino-Japanese war began.

Welcome home, Mistress.

I'm home.

I see children still play at war like they used to.

But what they're holding in their hands are different.

The children's spirit are different, too.

In the past, when it came to war, it was something

the samurai warriors did, but now, all the citizens are the soldiers.

Before the war began, it seemed like no one

wanted to get involved, but now, the people are all for it now.

Even the kids at the coal mine, were playing at

war whenever they found the time.

You mustn't help them anymore.

Once the rifles come out, I can't help anymore.

And the economy's gotten a lot better, hasn't it?

I heard in Tokyo, the canning factories have started to prosper, too.

At my Amagasaki factory, with the way the

economy is going, we don't have enough female workers.

That's not good.

But I wonder if the good economy can continue

like this... I'm getting worried.

That's true. But I already quit.

What?

This Kyushu confection really is delicious.

What did you quit?

The Amagasaki Hanshin Spinning Mill.

Up until now, you've been thinking about what path

Chiyo should take, haven't you?

That made me think...

About my own path... Whether it's long

or short... Is this the path I want to take?

And I thought... It really isn't.

Don't give me that!

How could you quit as the president?

No... That company can get alone just fine with or without me.

I'll just concentrate on the family business.

The family business? I'm grateful, but...

But then, I'm the president in name only at Kano Commerce,

and I've left everything to you and Kisuke in Kyushu, haven't I?

That's right... I'm an advisor for the bank, so from now

on, I'll listen to Eizaburo or anyone else's complaints.

Where are you going?

That's it... The role of an advisor... That's my true

path in life... I'll see you later.

Wait a minute!

What's going on anyway?

Our devil's list just keeps growing, doesn't it?

It can't be helped.

Because of the good economy, people think that Kano Bank

has a limitless supply of money. So we're getting more

customers come in with shameless requests.

We're getting more people asking to see the mistress,

but we need to be more careful about this, too.

Using up her precious time to find out that they're just

curious about her as a female entrepreneur.

I'm at my wit's end.

Excuse me...

Is the mistress in?

No, she's not.

He's here again!

It's number four... "mizu ni fuyaketa wakame..."

He really is filthy looking, isn't he?

The mistress should be back from Kyushu by now.

She's back from Kyushu, but...

She's not here.

That's what I was told yesterday, so I've

been watching the bank from the front.

But from five in the morning until this time, a woman

who could be the mistress has not set foot outside the bank.

Could it be that you don't want me to meet her, so

you're hiding her?

All right. But having been faced with numerous

difficulties from the time I was born, I'm able to

rise to the occasion, no matter what difficulties I'm faced with.

So don't think that I'm giving up now.

Considering his appearance, he sure is optimistic, isn't he?

He really is.

I'm leaving now.

Where are you going, dressed like this?

It's okay... I'm only going to see people I know really well today...

I wonder where my husband went.

He still hasn't come home.

She's out here.

Don't worry! Dressed like that, he'll just think that

she's a strange mistress...

He'll never see her as the well known female entrepreneur.

Asa Shirooka?

I finally got to meet you.

My name is Izumi Narusawa.

I've been waiting so long to meet you like this.

It's been a while since anyone wanted to shake hands...

But...

Number four...?

Wakame?

I have to go to the coal mine again next week,

so I have a mountain of things to do before I go.

If you'll excuse me...

Wait! If you'll just give me a little bit of your time.

Please listen to what I have to say.

I'll be back in two weeks.

Two weeks? I can't wait that long.

Is it something that urgent?

The sooner the better.

What could this be about?

Did you say your name was Narusawa?

Yes... I'm Izumi Narusawa

What is it that you just can't wait to see me about?

Thank you.

It's delicious.

I'll bring you more right away.

If you don't mind my asking, what do you do for a living?

I'm unemployed.

You are?

Yes.

At this time, Asa didn't realize that this would be a fateful encounter.