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Life insurance? I never thought of that.

Congratulations.

I owe it to you.

No...

Thank you for waiting.

Did you get a chance to talk to Mother and to

the bank president and Kisuke, too?

I even offered a prayer at the family altar.

We have to get back to work, so just relax

and enjoy your visit.

Take your time.

People keep coming one after the other to

talk to me... I'm so grateful.

Is it your turn now?

Don't make it sound like it's so much trouble,

and talk to me.

But I see you've recovered nicely.

I have. I couldn't talk very much that time.

Of course! When I was in the hospital, I had a

hard time moving around.

That's right... I heard you got stabbed.

You shouldn't carry things to extremes like that.

You, too.

Asa ga Kita

Week 23 "The Palm of the Chief Clerk's Hand" Episode 138

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

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo Shirooka: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Miwa: Sumika NONO

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

It was as if I saw my grandpa, Mr. Godai

and even Father appear before me like this...

That's probably because you were half dead.

But I envy you for meeting the grand master...

I didn't have any dreams at all.

Really?

I was in complete darkness...

Then I saw a flash of light, and you and Ume were

rubbing my hands.

You remember that?

I wondered what it was.

I had no idea what was going on when I woke up.

How is the factory doing? Are things really okay?

It is... Right after I woke up, I realized the reason I was

alive is because there are still things I have to do.

Rather than being happy, it felt more like a heavy responsibility.

I can understand how you feel...

The reason we're still here is because we have things

we have to leave for the next generation.

So that strange young mistress who was

always asking "why," has finally reached that age.

I think it's time you stopped going to extremes...

No... I still have a long way to go.

Excuse me.

That's right! I have work to do...

You, too.

That's right.

Take your time, and catch up on what's

been going on. We have to be going.

Excuse us.

What was that?

They're as close as ever, don't you think?

Thank you for what you did.

I never thought you'd end up coming...

No... I didn't do anything.

I got to talk to your wife, too.

It's not as though we're back together again...

We're only together for the sake of the

family business and for financial reasons.

There's no love or passion between us anymore.

Gansuke...

Shall we "shay han"?

"Shay han"?

It's called "akushu" (shaking hands).

You grasp the other person's hand like this

In foreign countries, it's a symbol of friendship.

Please...

I'm glad I saw you again.

Please take care of yourself.

Don't overdo it.

You, too.

Don't overdo it.

We're at an age where we could die at anytime.

Yes, we are.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

The next day...

I'm home.

Welcome home.

I'm home.

Ainosuke!

Ainosuke came home without complaining at all.

Aren't you glad?

But...

It's okay, Mom.

Ainosuke...

I'm sorry.

Why are you apologizing?

You just got married. So don't let this get you down, and

just do your best.

About Chiyo...

Won't you let her have a marriage meeting with that man...

Who?

The grand mistress asked me to check into that

young man's background, so with the help of

Nobu, we looked into it.

That's right...

He's a very good prospect.

But Chiyo said she wasn't going to get married

yet, and would just train to become a bride.

Asa... You should see that young man and

Chiyo together just once.

The look on Chiyo's face when she's with him...

She looked so happy.

Is that right?

He's the second son of Viscount Higashiyanagi?

His name is Keisuke Higashiyanagi...

His father was the lord of the 10,000-koku

Oji Clan, and Keisuke is a student with excellent

grades and he's studying law at Imperial University.

He has a family background we can't complain about.

But do you think a man with that kind of family

background would come to Osaka and be adopted into our family?

In the past and present, Kano-ya has a family

background that's just as comparable to theirs.

That's right. And best of all, he's the second son.

In that case, we'll have to go ahead with this, won't we?

Are you sure about this, Asa?

Didn't you say that you wanted to go to the

university with Chiyo someday?

Is Chiyo going to the university?

You had a dream like that?

No... Chiyo has no intention of going to the university.

She doesn't?

If Chiyo has someone she feels that way about,

then I don't care about my dream.

I want the two of them to be together.

I see. I guess you're a mother, after all.

That's right... Even though parents take such care to

raise their children, they'll just leave their parents.

I'll have another.

Hei-san! You've had too much to drink today.

Hei-san's feeling lonely.

I'm sure he is.

But from a business perspective, rather

than someone she met by coincidence, we

could look for someone we know more about.

We can take our time to look for a better marriage prospect.

What do you think, Shinjiro?

He hates to admit it, but it seems he wasn't such a bad young man.

That's right... I wanted to think that he was

an awful man, but it turns out he's a pretty

good young man... It makes me angry.

I never expected you to think like that...

Thank you for the meal.

I'm leaving now.

He certainly ate a lot again today, didn't he?

Meanwhile, in Wakayama...

Yonosuke was setting off to recruit training.

I'll be going now.

Don't cry!

Leave the rest to me.

Do a good job, and hurry back home.

Be careful.

Ainosuke doesn't complain at all

and works hard, doesn't he?

Maybe he was looking for a chance to come home.

No... You're wrong.

We just happened to be suited for this kind of life...

I know.

I know.

Ready? I'm going to let go.

That hurts.

You fell down again, Aunty.

You keep falling down. You should give up.

She's right.

How old do you think you are?

This is heavy.

No! I'm going to ride this.

She's going forward...

Do your best, Asa!

Watch out!