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Showa Year 20 , spring.

The tide of war was beginning to look dire.

Japan was getting bombed everywhere, and the U.S. Forces landed on Okinawa.

In Europe, Japan's ally, Germany, surrendered.

Japan was heading straight on its path to defeat.

Found it.

- What is this? - Oh, probably hosta montana.

Probably?

I know very well how you're curious about everything, Manpei-san, but

I don't want to die from food poisoning!

Oh, there's more here. These are mitsuba .

They went to pick wild edible plants?

Yes, they went together. They said they were going to pick a lot.

They get along so well. Not like us at all.

- That's not true. - You're the only one who thinks so.

Huh?

Getting along well can be questionable too.

A full-grown man who can't go to war, nor is he working.

When the war is over, how is he going to make a living?

But Manpei-chan's health is getting better after moving here, isn't it?

He'll be just fine. He can do anything if he's healthy.

Anyone home~?

- Does Tachibana Manpei-san live here? - Yes.

Congratulations.

It's a draft notice.

Akagami* ...

Manpuku

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

I Will Find It for You!

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

I thought it would come again.

I hope you can pass the physical exam this time.

Your condition has improved quite a bit since we came to Kamigori.

I know.

But someone at town hall was saying that

there were major air raids on Osaka and Kobe, and Tokyo was hit too.

- That Japan may not have a chance anymore. - Fukuko.

That soldiers who get sent to the battlefield now won't be able to come home alive.

That they're going to throw themselves at enemy tanks carrying bombs!

But... but...

Your sisters' husbands are both fighting in the battleground.

It's not right for me alone to live in peace here.

If I'm told to go, then I must.

Come on. Let's eat dinner.

Good.

It's good, Mother.

Come on, Fukuko. Eat.

It's good, isn't it?

Isn't it, Fukuko?

Yes.

That night, Fuku-chan had a hard time falling asleep.

If he enlists now, Manpei-san will surely be sent to the battlefield.

And he will never return.

There was no way she could sleep.

You must be happy, Mom.

Fukuko will be a widow now.

What a terrible thing to say, Saki.

But you didn't like Manpei-san, did you?

If Manpei-san dies in action, this time for sure,

you'll have to have Fukuko marry a stable white-collar worker.

Why are you saying such terrible things!

It's what you've always been saying, Mom.

However, something terrible happened the next day.

Manpei-san?

Manpei-san?

What's wrong?

My stomach...!

Did you get food poisoning from yesterday's wild plants?

You have a fever too.

I'll go get the doctor right away.

Is there a doctor in this village?

You'll have to go over the mountain and into town to find a doctor.

- What's wrong? - It's Manpei-san!

It's here. In front to Kamigori Station... Saito Clinic.

- How are you getting to town? - Please keep your eye on Manpei-san.

- I'm counting on you! - Are you running there?

Manpei-san.

What's wrong?

I have a stomachache.

- For real? - Yes.

You're not pretending to be sick because you don't want to go to war, are you?

N-no, I'm not...

- Really? - Yes!

Are you really sure?

- Tachibana-san! -Manpei-chan!

Over here, over here! Please hurry!

- What on earth happened! - He says his stomach hurts...

It doesn't look like he's feigning it.

Of course he isn't! He's breaking out in cold sweat.

What happened then?

When Wakabayashi-san's son took to bed, wasn't he in pain like this?

- That's right! - Can you go get him?

Sure.

Does it hurt?

I've been telling you that it hurts...!

No, it's different from mine.

- Different? - How's it different?

I couldn't come out of the toilet at that time.

You don't have diarrhea, do you?

Then what is it?

It's similar to Grandma Shiozawa's case.

- Is it the husband? - Did he get food poisoning?

Could be, since he's from the city.

It's different from the time I had it.

- Different? - You have a stabbing pain, right?

Yes...

Mine was a dull thud~.

Thud?

Please help... Please...

Manpei-san!

Mister's gonna die...

Don't make Fukuko a widow!

They're here! The doctor's here!

Sensei! Sensei! Sensei, hurry!

Excuse me. Let me through. Manpei-san!

Fukuko...

Where does it hurt? Does it hurt here?

Your wife told me that you were captured by the military police and got beat up pretty good.

- What?! - Sensei!

- Military police? - Is that the cause?

Does this hurt here?

It could be peritonitis*.

- Peritonitis? - Is that serious?

In the worst case...

- Manpei-san? - Morphine.

Hang in there!

Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu.

He's all right for now.

The painkiller's working right now and he's sleeping.

What a relief... I thought he died.

He's going to be all right, Granny.

Mister...

But we can't be sure yet.

We just have to hope that he'll get better with medication.

Will medication cure him?

Sensei.

I'd say it's 50-50.

- What? - 50-50?

Manpei-san...

Is there a shrine around here?

Please cure Fukuko's husband.

I just want to do work that would be useful to the world.

I want to do work that would make people happy.

Fukuko-san...

I didn't think I'd live to see you again.

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