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Duralumin is material used for the root crop cutting machine that we supply to the Army.

He was secretly selling that off to a black market agent behind my back!

There's no way he would do something like that!

You! You sold it on the black market knowing that it was a military-regulated item, didn't you!

Let me talk to that person! Where is he!

Katsuragi is no longer here. He committed suicide.

Suicide?

Help~. Toshi-chan, Hana-chan...

MANPUKU

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

That's nothing but a lie!

Week 3

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

♫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

- Help? - Yes.

Help, help, help... Help...

Fukuko!

- Help, help... - Fukuko.

- Please help! Help... - Fukuko~! Fukuko.

What's the matter? Hm?

You were crying out in your sleep again.

I'm all right.

You're not all right, are you?

That's been going on every night.

What kind of nightmare is she having?

It must have something to do with Saki.

She's dreaming about the time Saki died.

I had a scary dream too. A raccoon was chasing me.

Oh my goodness! Which reminds me that this morning too...

Help me, Saki Nee-chan...

Fukuko.

I'm going to work.

I feel the same way too. Now that Saki's gone,

I feel as if I have a big hole in my heart.

- Don't worry about me. - How can I not worry?

Don't keep it bottled up inside.

Thanks. I'll see you later.

I don't want you to thank me... Fukuko!

And that smile was so unnatural.

The pain of not having Saki around must be getting worse day by day.

But isn't it a little strange to ask Saki Nee for help?

That's why I've been telling you she's acting strange.

Something's wrong with her.

I wonder if she's doing all right at work.

Noro-san and Maki-san were both waiting for me at the staff entrance again yesterday.

Saying, "If you're done with work, would you like to go for a cup of coffee, Megumi-san?"

Before I knew it, they were calling me by my first name.

- Really~. - "With me." "No, with me," they say.

I finally yelled at them to stop it.

People were giving me funny looks. It was so embarrassing.

Is that so?

Oh, you made a mistake, Imai-san.

Look, over here.

- Oh, I'm sorry. - That's two days in a row.

I'm sorry. I'll try to be careful.

What's wrong?

Did something happen to you too, Imai-san?

Nothing in particular.

Your smile is strained.

Really, there's nothing we can do about it anyway.

- Hoshina-kun. - Yes?

- Can I ask you to wait on a customer?

- Yes, sir. - I can manage by myself.

Then thanks.

Fess up already.

How much did you make selling duralumin to the black market agent!

Answer me!

I never sold anything on the black market.

You bastard!

It's for your own good to own up like a man.

I didn't do it!

Don't lie to me!

Good night.

Maki-san.

You've worked hard, Megumi-san.

- That's why I told you... - Hoshina-san.

I'm off early today too. Megumi-san, if you'd like, let's go get a cup of coffee.

- I asked her out first. - You stay out of this.

- That's my line! - Stop it already!

- I seriously like... - I like you, Megumi-san.

I get that. I appreciate your thought.

But the person that's on my mind right now is neither one of you.

Neither one of us?

It's Imai-san.

Imai... Fukuko-san?

Did something happen to Imai-san?

She's acting strange. Her smile is strained, and she's always sighing...

When I ask her what happened, she just says there's nothing we can do about it.

- All right. I'll check what's going on. - Huh?

I've known her for a long time.

- Maki-san! - No, uh... I'll check.

I'm the one who gave her canned food for 3 years.

- Noro-san! - You can leave it to me.

No. Leave it to me...

- I'll do it! - I'm doing it!

Then! Then...

please do it together.

This was around the time when the war that was going on at a faraway place

was starting to feel close to home for the people of Osaka as well.

I'm sure you folks had a feeling too, but

it doesn't look like the war with the Allied Powers will end anytime soon.

Now is the time to endure. All right. Let's get back to work.

President.

I'm going out to see President Endo.

What's going to happen to Tachibana-san?

You're going to be enlisting soon. Don't worry about unnecessary matters.

- Good night. - I'll see you tomorrow.

- That's Imai-san. - I know that.

I call her Fuku-chan.

Hana-chan. Toshi-chan, too. Thank you.

Are you really going, Fuku-chan?

- Yes. - I'm getting a little scared.

You promised you'd go with me.

You've got to set your mind now.

All right.

- Who are they? - Her friends.

I can tell that much.

- It's starting to rain. - You can go home.

Hey, you!

Here's your food.

Don't you want it?

I'm gonna eat it then.

What're you thinking?

Who can eat nasty food like that.

East Osaka Detachment Squad Captain

SEZAWA GORO

He won't eat?

No. Tachibana won't eat his meals at all.

He's on a hunger strike to protest.

We'll see how long he can last.

Show no mercy. Interrogate him even more severely.

Yes, sir.

- Tachibana-san is here, isn't he? - Huh?

His name is Tachibana Manpei-san.

Is Tachibana-san being subjected to interrogation?

What do you want?

- What are they doing? - The military police is staring down at them.

Please let Tachibana-san go!

There's no way he would do anything bad!

- Please! - Please!

- What are you talking about! - Tachibana-san...Tachibana-san...

- Tachi... - Hold it!

Tachibana-san is absolutely innocent!

That's enough!

- Fuku-chan! - Do you guys want to get arrested too!

Please, we beg you! Please let Tachibana-san go!

We're terribly sorry! She recently lost a close relative.

- Please forgive her. - Please let him go!

- Let's go! - Please let Tachibana-san go!

- Hurry! - Please! Please!

- Over there. - Megumi-san.

What's going on, Imai-san?

This is Megumi-san. She works with Imai-san.

- I'm Kano Toshiko. - I'm Ikegami Hana.

These two are Imai-san's friends.

What made you turn on the military police, Imai-san!

But...

Hey.

Tachibana.

You can pick fights with the military police, but you ain't gonna win.

If you did it, you should hurry up and fess up.

I didn't do it.

I bet you're starving, aren't you?

You're not gonna be able to keep that up forever, you know.

Rather than admit to doing something I didn't do,

I'd just as soon die.

That was the side of Manpei-san that Fuku-chan didn't know.

Fukuko.

Where were you until...

What happened, Fukuko?

Look how dirty you are...

I'm Fukuko-san's co-worker, Hoshina Megumi.

Fukuko-san has something important to tell you...

It's about something very important.

She said she just couldn't tell you until now.

What is it?

- It's about Tachibana-san. - Tachibana Manpei-san.

What~!