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Showa Year 19 , summer.

Japan's situation in the war was gradually becoming worse.

After Kitakyushu was attacked by air raids in June,

the Tojo Cabinet approved the guideline for accelerated evacuation of children.

Does this mean we have to take our children and flee?

In July, the garrison in Saipan was annihilated,

and the Tojo Cabinet was forced into a mass resignation.

Attack on mainland is a real possibility now.

The U.S. Forces are going to attack us?

Will there be air raids in Osaka too?

Showa Year 19 Summer

Then Mom, we're going. You take care.

Fukuko and Manpei-san too.

Have a safe journey.

Listen carefully to your mother, okay?

Yes!

- Mom, are you sad? - Of course I'm sad.

I won't be able to see my dear grandchildren for a while.

Come on, let's go. Say your goodbye, kids.

- We'll be going. - We're going.

- See you.

- Manabu, you too. - Goodbye.

Please don't say goodbye.

Let's go.

- Be careful. - If anything happens, contact us right away.

Thank you.

Manpuku

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

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

Week 4

I Will Find It for You!

♫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

Will Osaka really get bombed too?

- Of course it won't. - No.

You can't say it won't happen.

If they drop bombs on us, our house will burn down.

- That can't happen. - But prospects for Japan don't look too good

How can you talk about it as if it was someone else's problem, Manpei-san?

I'm not thinking that it's someone else's problem.

You don't want your house or company bombed, do you?

Of course I don't. But air raids may actually happen.

See? You're talking like it's someone else's problem again.

Like I said...

Why don't we evacuate too?

I'm scared.

I told you I don't want to. I have to protect this house.

If they drop the bomb, there won't be anything to protect, you know.

- No bombs will be falling. - Come on, Mother.

Japan will not lose.

That aside, why aren't you two having children yet?

Beget and multiply.

You won't go to war. You won't have children either.

People like that are called unpatriotic, Manpei-san.

- I'm sorry. - Wait a while, okay? One of these days...

- When is one of these days? - One of these days is one of these days!

Is that tomorrow? Or today?

Stop it! It's embarrassing! For heaven's sake!

What a nice day.

I'm sorry.

No, the pain is in a deeper location.

But it's eased a bit when you do that.

Please don't mind what Mom said to you.

I want to have your child, but

anytime is fine with me.

More than anything else, the priority is for you to get healthy again.

Come here.

Manpei-san.

You're a good wife. I'm a lucky guy.

I'm more than happy as things are too.

Mom. Mom.

Oh, Saki...

The moon is really pretty tonight.

You're right. It's beautiful.

You have to take time to look at the moon and relax once in a while.

Saki...Katsuko and the children evacuated today.

I know.

Fukuko may leave Osaka too with Manpei-san.

Leaving me behind.

Fukuko asked you to go with them.

Manpei-san's more important to her.

You're important to her too, Mom.

I can't believe all three daughters I raised with great pains are leaving me...

I'm here beside you.

Saki...

You're admirable, Mom. After all, you're the daughter of a samurai.

Please stand firm and protect this house.

Saki...

Showa Year 19 Fall

Fall had arrived.

Tanaka-san, please tighten this up some more.

I'm sorry, President.

That's all right. Just be careful next time.

President! Tokyo... Tokyo has been bombed!

What?

The first air raid on Tokyo began in Showa Year 19 , November 24.

It was not a large scale air raid, but people were shaken.

Looks like the time has finally come.

American planes are coming to Osaka.

I'm scared... what do we do?

The ramen stall's gone.

Of course it's gone. They can't be making ramen at a time like this.

I want to eat it exactly because it's a time like this!

Fuku-chan... The truth is, I decided to evacuate.

Me too. I'm going to stay with my relatives in the countryside.

Is that right...

We'll be apart, but we'll just have to bear it until the war's over.

Let's promise to live through this and meet again!

Let's eat ramen together at that stall again.

Everyone's leaving...

Fukuko. Fukuko.

Fukuko.

Saki Nee-chan!

Why are you hesitating? Osaka won't be safe soon.

Regardless of what Manpei-san or Mom says, you have to get away from here.

- Get away? - Yes.

Even if you have to grab them by the neck.

Saki Nee-chan?

It was a dream...

Manpei-san! Manpei-san, wake up! Wake up.

- Let's just evacuate. - Huh?

We're getting out of Osaka, Manpei-san.

- Saki did? - She appeared standing in my dream.

- Don't be silly. - It's true, I swear!

Saki's at my house. There's no way she could appear in your dream.

- I tell you, it's true! - Fukuko.

The family altar is here too.

Besides, Saki doesn't stand in your dream. She's always sitting down.

- She was standing! - What difference does that make?

Saki Nee-chan told me

to take Mom and get away from Osaka.

Actually, I think it would be better for us to evacuate as well.

If Tokyo was bombed, Osaka is bound to get it too.

I have a distant relative in Kamigori in Hyogo Prefecture. You come with us too, Mother.

Let's go, Mom.

Saki would never say anything like that. She simply personified your wish in your dream.

It's not a matter of what you dreamed anymore.

Then Saki-Nee-chan who appeared in your dream

- was the personification of your wish too. - Fukuko! Let's try to be more rational.

Mother, please listen.

I will not leave this place.

Right? Saki.

You told me to get away from here didn't you? Saki Nee-chan!

- Saki... - She really did say that!

You and your mother get too emotional. You end up digressing from the main topic.

Ah, I really want to evacuate but I can't leave Mom behind.

The New Year began, and it was now Showa Year 20 , January.

An American bomber flew over Osaka.

Showa Year 20

Air raid warning issued!

Fukuko.

Air raid warning issued!

Fukuko, wake up! It's an air raid!

That's around Tennoji.

Tennoji...

That's scary...

Imai-san. Look over there. It's all red!

- They've finally come. - We're gonna get it around here soon too.

And 2 months later on March 4.

It wasn't an air raid.

What a relief~.

What's that!

B-bomb?

No... paper.

Paper?

"This leaflet could have been a bomb."

They were propaganda fliers dispersed by the U.S. Forces.

"Until we put an end to this futile war, bombing will continue...time and again."

Manpei-san.

Mom! Mom!

I know.

You two are coming with us too.

On March 10, Fuku-chan left Osaka with Manpei-san and Suzu-san.

It was 3 days before the first air raid on Osaka.