Original subtitles

Everyone, take cover~!

Showa Year 20 , August 15.

The long war was finally over.

The end of the war was received with mixed feelings.

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 5

You have to Believe!

♫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

♫Ganko de mendou de hara mo tatsu kedo ♫Although you're obstinate and troublesome and you make me mad

♫Anata no jounetsu wa ♫Your passion is

♫Atashi no hokori de jiman de kakugo nano ♫My honor, my pride, and my resolve

♫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

Showa Year 20 Autumn Osaka

In October, children who had evacuated Osaka

under government guidance returned.

Katsuko Nee-chan and family, who had evacuated to their relatives' in the countryside, returned to Osaka as well.

Oh... there used to be a grocery store here...

Koda Shigeyuki

Koda Taka

Shige-chan, it's heavy, isn't it?

I'm okay.

Koda Manabu

Koda Yoshino

We're almost there, Manabu-chan.

Thank goodness Katsuko Nee-chan's house was safe.

But the birds are all gone.

You let them go before we evacuated, didn't you?

They're doing fine somewhere.

And upon their return from Kamigori, Fuku-chan, Manpei-san, and Suzu-san

ended up staying at Katsuko Nee-chan's house.

Taka-chan has really matured, hasn't she, Manpei-san?

But...

Manpei-san's company was...

burned down to the ground from the air raids, and...

Fuku-chan and Manpei-san's house had also burned down...

Nothing was left of Fuku-chan's family home, Suzu-san's home too.

I'll never get over this...

You're supposed to be the daughter of a samurai, Mom.

Katsuko doesn't understand.

Katsuko Nee-chan's worried sick about Tadahiko-san too.

Katsuko Nee-chan's husband, Tadahiko-san's...

whereabouts were still unknown 2 months after the war had ended.

Saki Nee-chan's husband, Shinichi-san too...

It was not even known if he was dead or alive.

Fuku-chan's best friends Toshi-chan and Hana-chan.

Megumi-san and her husband, Maki-san. Their whereabouts were also unknown...

It's a blackout again.

It's the same thing again today.

I'm sick and tired of suiton .

Don't complain.

It might taste better with soy sauce.

- Can I have some soy sauce? - You can't waste it like that.

Sorry.

What happened to the living expense you were getting from Tadahiko-san's family?

Weren't you guys living on help you were getting from his parents?

- Mom! - The financial assistance has stopped.

- How come? - Because Tadahiko-san isn't here.

But his children are here. Don't they love their grandchildren?

They probably have a lot of things going on too.

Oh, I think I'll go to Kamigori tomorrow.

I'll go with you.

I'd better pull out some kimonos that I can exchange for food.

- Take mine too. You have some too, don't you, Mom? - What?!

You can't take my kimonos.

They're all kimonos of great value that have been carefully handed down for generations.

- This is no time to be worried about that. - Let it go, Katsuko Nee-chan.

We don't have to sell everything at once.

We'll save Mother's kimonos as a last resort.

- What do you mean last resort? - Oh, sorry.

I'm not selling my kimonos.

If we don't have money, I'll work.

- Me too. - Me too. - Me too.

You guys don't need to worry about things like that. You just study hard.

- I can't study. - Taka Nee-chan will teach you.

That's fine, but who's going to teach me?

You have Fukuko. Katsuko too. I made sure both of them graduated high school.

There was mass confusion everywhere in Osaka immediately after the war.

There were people who made money by taking advantage of shortage of commodities,

and there were many common folks who were forced to pay exorbitant prices

for basic necessities.

15 yen for soap?!

Why is it so expensive?

- What're you stealing! - I didn't do ti!

How vulgar...

This is no time to be acting prim and proper. This is war, Mom.

Since we lost to the U.S., do Japanese people have to fight each other now?

Please buy these kimonos. They're good quality.

- I'll give you 50 yen. - 50 yen?!

No thanks. I'll take them elsewhere.

Wait a minute.

- 100 yen. - 100 yen?!

- 100 yen... - Too cheap, too cheap.

- Deal. - That's too cheap!

- Root crop cutting machine? - Yes.

When you put vegetables in here and turn the handle...

- Wow! Oh my! - This is amazing!

You can easily chop anything from carrots to onions.

It's very handy, Yae-san.

- Did you make this, Manpei-chan? - Yes.

That's impressive.

All right. Yae, bring him the rice.

- Okay. - I appreciate it.

Wait, Yae-san. I have a kimono too.

Kimono? Oh my goodness~ It's beautiful!

But I'll never wear something this nice.

Do you know anyone who might buy it?

- Unless you go into town... - there's probably no one.

Fukuko... I'm sorry.

If I was a little shrewder, you wouldn't be going through such hardship.

I'm just fine.

Manpei-san, you have a resourcefulness that other people don't have.

One of these days, you're going to start something crazy

and make us all happy.

You make it sound like you already know it's going to happen.

But that's the truth.

My husband is that kind of a man.

I can't do anything... I can't do anything!

That's...

Here you go.

Everyone's lined up for the ramen stall...

Ramen, huh?

We ate ramen together way back when, didn't we?

I remember.

- Would you like to go get something to drink? - Then...

- You haven't had lunch yet? - No.

It's not something I want to remember, though.

That was how our relationship got started.

Let's not forget it.

Here you go.

Just noodles.

But it sure smells good.

Well, let's eat.

You go first, Manpei-san.

Okay then.

It's good!

It's delicious!

Ah~ this is ramen.

Go ahead and eat some more.

- Let's take turns. - Okay.

It's as you always say.

The most important thing for people is to eat.

The quickest way to happiness may be to eat something delicious.

You may be right.

- 2 ramen. - Please.

Got it.

Fuku-chan!

You were safe!

Manpei-san too. Both of you were safe.

The baby was born.

Oh, it's gonna spill! The ramen's gonna spill!

Watch it, watch it...

I'm so glad you're fine~.