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Showa Year 21 May

It's the ocean.

- It's the ocean~! - Fukuko! You're acting like a child!

Showa Year 21 , May, Fuku-chan, Manpei-san, Suzu-san, and Kanbe-san

decided to live in a town 20 kilometers to the south of the center of Osaka called Izumiotsu.

Izumiotsu, Osaka

- Manpei-san! - Water's still cold.

Manpei-san, the water feels good.

This is quite cold.

- You're going to get wet. - Oh, I got wet.

- Mom. - Mother!

The water feels good!

What on earth is this?

So this is it...

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 6

Are You Going to Make Salt?!

♫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

According to the realtor, Fuku-chan's new home

used to be a facility for soldiers.

Mom~!

Mom.

Why don't we take a break after you're done there?

I'm tired.

I'm exhausted too.

This isn't a very convenient house.

You have to go up to the second floor for everything.

But there are 3 rooms on the second floor.

There's a room for Manpei-san and me, and

and a room for you too, Mom.

What's with that 1st floor?

That needlessly large room with an entrance like that of a village hall.

- It was probably a conference room or something. - Is Kanbe-san going to sleep there?

- My room's so small. - Then why don't you sleep downstairs, Mom?

Absolutely not. That's such a dreary room.

But it's wonderful that we have a view of the ocean.

It's as if the sea breeze will make the drying laundry salty.

Oh, for Pete's sake, you should've just stayed at Katsuko Nee-chan's house then.

I can't possibly live there when they're getting help from Tadahiko-san's parents.

You could've been surrounded by grandkids.

Then you two should have children.

I didn't see that coming...

- It's about time... - Okay, back to work!

We're not finished yet, Mom.

Don't change the subject.

170 cm x 100 cm. Thickness 5 mm.

There are more than 80 iron plates.

I wonder what they were used for.

Maybe as bulletproof boards or something?

Is there any way to put these to good use?

- Oh. - Iron plates.

I found a fishing rod, Manpei-san.

- More than 80 plates... - I'll go catch tonight's dinner with this!

Kanbe-kun, this is... oh, what? Kanbe-kun?

There's a bunch.

Come, come, come, come!

This is like getting a bite with every cast.

Are we cleaning this room too?

We should clean the other room first, since that's where Kanbe-san will be sleeping.

Such a luxury.

Excuse me.

- Yes? - Who is it?

- Fuku-chan. - Oh my God, it's Hana-chan!

I can't believe Fuku-chan's really here.

I had heard from Toshi-chan that you were in Izumiotsu.

I got a letter from Toshi-chan too that Fuku-chan was moving here.

This is making me nostalgic. How long has it been?

These vegetables are from our field.

These carrots too.

Oh, my. Thank you so much. We appreciate it.

Hana-chan married a landowner here and

she's living on the other side of the station right now.

Is that so? Any children?

I have a 2-year old daughter. Her grandma is watching her now.

Is that right?

- Here. - Oh my goodness! Rice too!

That was so nice of Hana-chan to come over.

We were exhausted from cleaning, we didn't have the energy to go grocery shopping.

But I wish we could've at least had one fish per person.

I'm sorry. I was only able to catch one fish.

Manpei-san?

There were more than 80 iron plates in the warehouse.

- We heard. - You're trying to figure out how to use them, right?

Yeah, but I can't think of anything.

Why don't you just sell them?

If there's that many, they should sell for a reasonable amount.

Once they're sold, that's it. We got them at a bargain so

we've got to make good use of them.

- Oh! - What! Did you think of something?

There's only one grilled fish.

I'm sorry for being bad at fishing.

Hey! Stop it.

Okay, kids. It's dinner time. Go wash your hands.

Okay~.

Taka, please go get your father.

Dad.

Dad.

Dinner's ready.

Okay.

Can you paint under this kind of lighting?

I guess the color in my mind and the color you're seeing are different.

How will it turn out when the paint dries tomorrow morning...

Manpei-san, bath is ready.

Shall we go see the sea?

Before you go take a bath. The sea at night.

The whitecaps have a pale glow.

- How come? - Sea sparkle .

Sea sparkle. Interesting.

Your mother must be worried.

Moving way out here with no outlook on how we're going to make a living.

She's extremely worried.

But I'm excited.

We're at a new place. And there's ocean in front of us.

You've been thinking what you can do with those iron plates.

I think you're going to come up with something amazing this time.

Something to help society and make everyone happy.

Also... Mom has another worry.

She wants a grandchild.

Why not, I guess. The child can grow up in a carefree environment here.

What? Does that mean...

Yeah.

It's beautiful.

Oh, yeah? You think it's beautiful?

Yes.

- Taka, it's time to go to school. - Okay, See you later.

Yeah. Have a good day.

I liked your paintings from before, but I love what you're painting now too.

Seikouken

Here you go.

Four orders of ramen.

- Looks delicious. - Chopsticks for you, Great Madam.

So Chinese noodles are called ramen, eh?

- For you too, Master. - Smells good.

- You too, Madam. - Thanks.

Please eat.

It's good.

MIHARA TAKEHARU

MIHARA MASANO

Thank you.

It needs a little more salt.

But it's good!

It's true it's more lightly flavored than those at the ramen stalls in Osaka.

I'm terribly sorry. Actually, this isn't our original flavor.

- Huh? - That's right.

- It's hard to get salt. - Salt?

Even here, it's hard to get it through rations. They say we're short because of the war.

- See? I told you so. - I can't tell at all.

I had no choice but to go buy some at the black market in Osaka, but

those guys are taking advantage of the situation and charging an arm and a leg!

There were more than 80 steel plates.

I'm sorry. Please put up with the flavor for now.

And there's ocean in front of us.

I think the noodles are fine as is.

- I like the soup too. - Thank you.

That's right!

There's the ocean in front of us.

Can't we make salt with those iron plates?

- Salt? - With those iron plates?

What are you talking about?

What do I need to do...

Are you going to make salt?

- You are? - For us?

- We'd appreciate that. - But can you do something like that?

Speaking of salt, Ako's the place. Ako's close to Kamigori. You can get there in half a day.

Kanbe-kun, let's go to Ako tomorrow.

- Tomorrow? - What are you going to do there?

We're going to learn salt making. Mother.

Salt making?

Yes, indeed. Why didn't I think of it, mister!