Original subtitles

Saki! Are you all right?

Hearing the news that Saki Nee-chan was hospitalized, Fuku-chan and Suzu-san

as well as Katsuko Nee-chan rushed over.

This part here that's white.

Here too.

Tuberculosis...

Can my daughter be saved?

At this advanced stage, I can't make any promises...

In any case, treatment comes first.

♫Marumatteru senakani ni morai naki ♫I get infectious weeping looking at your stooped shoulders

MANPUKU

♫Haji datte issho ni ♫We'll share the humiliation too

Week 2

. . . I won't see you, for now

♫Hikoukigumo bonyari nagamu ♫Gazing absentmindedly at contrails

♫Kokoro kokoni arazu ♫Here in body, but not in spirit

♫Nenkan totaru moshi shitara ♫If I was to calculate an annual total

♫Tsukiau watashi sugoi? ♫Aren't I amazing for keeping you company?

♫Toboketeru mayuge ni morai warai ♫ I get infectious laughter looking at your comical eyebrows

♫Tere datta nandatte ♫Be it embarrassment or whatever

♫Morai naki morai warai morai ikari ♫Infectious weeping, infectious laughter, infectious anger

♫Moraippaji don to koi! ♫Infectious embarrassment. Bring them on!

♫Seiten mo donten mo hekireki mo ♫Sunny days, cloudy days, thunderous days too

Saki Nee-chan.

- How do you feel? - Do you still feel terrible?

I'm all right.

She's okay when she's not coughing.

The medication is working.

Why didn't you realize it before it got this bad?

That's why we told you the first hospital told her she just had a cold.

Couldn't you tell the difference between that and cough from a cold?

What's the point in getting on Saki Nee-chan's case?

I'm sorry, Mom.

I'm sorry. I should have know better.

I am the daughter of a samurai.

I will not be shaken by something like this.

Tuberculosis isn't such a dreadful disease anymore.

But the doctor said he doesn't know what will happen...

Don't worry Saki Nee is going to get better.

Mom! What's wrong?

Don't say that so easily...

Saki...

Mom...

Mom must be really worried.

You just think about getting well.

I'll be here with you.

All right...

Saki Nee was overtaxing herself. Trying not to worry Shinichi-san.

Like this?

Yes. That's good.

- I can't do it. - Let me see.

Is she going to get well?

Of course she will.

How would you know. You're not even a doctor. It's tuberculosis, you know.

At times like this, people around her can't get discouraged.

We have to believe that she'll get better.

What about your sister then?

Looks like she'll be hospitalized for a while.

I'm sorry for causing you worries about my personal matter.

Not at all. Don't you have to tend to her?

Her husband is there and besides, all she can do is rest.

I see.

We can talk at our leisure here.

- Over there. - Fine.

- Tachibana. - I'll be right there.

- Welcome. - Welcome.

- We're have a business meeting there. - Thank you for using our facility.

Your next day off is Thursday, right?

I'm free from late afternoon that day.

Uh...that day is a bit...

I see. Then I'll leave my calendar open on your next day off.

That day too is a bit...

Did something happen?

I'm on the job right now.

- Tachibana. Hurry up. - Coming.

You can slip out around the time their meeting is over.

You should tell Tachibana-san what's going on.

Thank you.

- Tuberculosis? - I have to go visit my sister at the hospital

- for the foreseeable future... - I see...

- I'm sorry. - Not at all. Your sister comes first of course.

- Is there anything I can do? - That would be...

Is that hospital a specialty hospital? Do they have a tuberculosis specialist?

I think he's a respectable doctor...

Not all the doctors in the world are experts on tuberculosis.

I'll look for a good doctor.

I'll contact you when I find one.

But...

I'm done eating.

- Already? - How can I have an appetite?

I'm done too.

It doesn't make sense that he didn't realize.

I'm talking about Shinichi-san. How can he not realize Saki was sick

- when he was living with her. - That's why we told you...

He treats her kindly in front of us, but

- maybe he's actually a cold person just as I thought. - Stop it, Mom.

I'm going to choose your marriage partner, you hear?

If this man is a good person...

- I won't go on a marriage date! - Fukuko!

How can I do that at a time like this?

When he asks, "What is your hobby?", am I supposed to say "Going to visit my sister in the hospital"?

In that case, you'd better not see that man either.

- I won't see him, for now. - For now?

Tachibana-san is really worried about Saki Nee-chan.

I don't wish to hear that name!

I thought you didn't have an appetite.

Stress is making me eat! Why don't

any of my daughters have any luck with men! For crying out loud!

Huh? What's that??

- I'm sorry to bother you so late at night. - Is something the matter?

This is the man who asked Saki to marry him...

I'm Maki Zennosuke.

Please give this to Saki-san. It's herbal medicine that's good for tuberculosis.

It's supposed to be very effective if you take it 3 times a day, at morning, noon, and night.

Please take it.

Thank you.

I know how anguished you must feel.

If you'll excuse me!

Let's go, Ranmaru.

Herbal medicine...

- No, we can't. - Why not?

It's a medicine that's good for tuberculosis.

The doctor will prescribe the medicine.

- Why can't she just take this too? - Mom.

Can't she?

I'll ask the doctor.

Don't cause any trouble for the nurse, Mom.

I was just thinking about you...

She can't take it without the doctor's permission.

Thanks, Mom. For worrying about me.

- Saki... - I'm sorry.

Are you all right?

Saki...

- You managed to get it done on time, huh? - Yes.

If this improved model is a go, we can start high-volume production right away.

I can always count on your work.

With this, we can achieve our target earnings.

I'm going to make this company much bigger. Leave it to me.

Kajitani-san.

Do you know any hospital that specializes in tuberculosis?

- Tuberculosis? - Yes.

A hospital that has a reliable specialist.

Actually, a friend got the disease.

I'll ask a doctor I know.

Looks-wise it's not bad either.

- I would really appreciate that. - Okay.

After that, Saki Nee-chan's condition was a cycle of better one minute and worse the next.

Please save Saki, Dear.

Fuku-chan and Suzu-san were starting to realize that tuberculosis was not

an easy disease to cure.

Good evening. It's Tachibana.

Tachibana?

- Good evening. - Tachibana-san.

I found a hospital that specializes in tuberculosis.

They have a specialist there. And they also have an open ward.

So please have your sister transferred there.

It may be none of my business but

I want your sister to get well soon.

Thank you.

Tachibana-san. I'm Fukuko's mother.

Excuse me for coming so late at night.

I had seen you at Saki-san's wedding 3 years ago.

I'm sorry, but I don't remember you.

Mom.

We will gratefully accept your kindness, but

can you please not see Fukuko anymore?

- Mom. - Fukuko-san and I talked about that.

- That we should stop seeing each other for a while. - I mean forever!

I'm going to have Fukuko marry a man who works for a stable big company.

Why are you talking about now...

Tachibana-san, please understand.

I'm sorry, but I cannot do that.

When her sister gets well,

I'm planning to ask Fukuko-san to marry me.

I will be back again then.