Original subtitles

- Please call. - Who?

- The midwife! - Go get the midwife!

I-it's gonna be all right, Fukuko.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

"Fukuko in labor."

In labor?!

I can't wait to see the painting.

Make me look pretty, okay?

I know. You can look forward to it.

- Mom! Mom! - Be quiet.

Fukuko's having her baby!

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 8

A New Adventure?!

♫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

Now, push.

Hang in there!

Fukuko!

One more time!

Good. I see the baby's head.

Hang in there, Fukuko! Hang in there! Fukuko, hang in there!

- Fukuko! Where's Fukuko! - Great Madam!

- How's the baby? - The head's coming out.

Head's coming out? Fukuko! Fukuko!

Hey, Fukuko! Are you all right!

Just a little bit longer and the head will be out.

Fukuko, you're almost there.

- Hang in there! - One more time!

It's born.

It's a boy, Fukuko.

You worked hard.

It's the first time I saw a baby being born.

Here's your mommy.

Baby boy...

Yes, Fukuko. Yes, indeed.

Manpei-san. Manpei-san. It's a boy.

- Hey, don't push! - He's so cute.

It's a boy!

- It's a boy! - A healthy baby!

He's our baby.

Yes. Good job, Fukuko. Good job.

Naturally, Tachibana Salt Company was closed that day.

And since Fuku-chan and the baby was in the great room where everyone usually slept...

Kanbe-san and the guys...

Then one more time to the birth of President... President and Madam's baby, cheers!

Cheers!

Today may be the day I was moved the most in my life.

- Me too! - Women are amazing, huh!

Cheers to women!

He's so cute. He's truly cute.

We have to think of a name.

About the name,

I actually had one in mind if it was a boy.

When I first met Fukuko,

I was making a magic lantern.

The next time we met, I was making a root crop cutting machine.

After that was the drinking water purifier, name seal, and saltmaking using iron plates.

If I do say so myself,

- people call me an inventor. - Indeed.

Yes. I want to keep on making things that would be useful to the world.

We were talking about a name...

Talk about inventors, there was a great inventor in Japan.

Hiraga Gennai was his name.

He was a great inventor who invented the electrostatic generator in the Edo period.

- Could he perhaps... - What do you think about Gennai?

Gennai...

Tachibana...Gennai?

- Yes. - Tachibana Gennai.

- It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? - What's Gennai?

- In the Edo period... - Don't be ridiculous.

Tachibana Gennai? You've got to be kidding.

- Why not? - The poor baby.

- Why? - Now, now, now, now...

Both of you, calm down.

I will think of his name.

- You, Grandma? - Wait a minute.

Tachibana Yoshitsune.

Yoshitsune?!

That baby's ancestor is Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

No, no, no, no... Yoshitsune in this day and age?

Gennai isn't exactly modern either.

Hiraga Gennai is from the Edo period. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is...

Hold it!

You like Yoshitsune, don't you, Taka?

You like Gennai, right?

- He's my son. I'll decide his name. - He's my grandson.

What's the hurry? Let's come up with several choices. Okay?

- Oh, Fukuko. - You shouldn't get up.

What about Gen?

Gen.

Gen from Hiraga Gennai. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is Gen as well.

Take a character from each and make it Tachibana Gen.

- Tachibana Gen? - Tachibana Gen.

- I like it. - I like it too.

- That might work. - It's not bad.

Then Tachibana Gen it is.

How do you like that, Gen-chan.

Gen-chan.

The baby's name has been decided!

Tachibana Gen!

- Then Mom, please take care of Fukuko. - Okay.

Don't let her push herself too hard.

You do all the housework, okay?

What are you sighing for?

I made up my mind and ran away from home, yet, how do I say...

I can't believe I'm back here unintentionally like this.

Look, you're already back, so what can you do?

You have duties to do, Mom.

Taking care of the employees. Tachibana Salt Company's bookkeeping.

Fukuko can't get back to work right away since she just had her baby,

so if you're not around, everyone will be in trouble.

I'll have Taka help out during spring break,

so think about Fukuko's health too.

You should be happy you'll get to hold your cute grandson everyday.

All right, fine.

Be a good mother, Fukuko.

What's wrong, Gen? Are you hungry?

I just fed him a little while ago.

- Manpei-san. - Yes?

I know you love the baby, but

you should get back to work now. I'll make sure to keep my eye on him.

Fukuko says she feels exhausted. Is she all right, Mother?

You don't need to worry, Manpei-san.

She just gave birth to a baby. It's only natural that she'd feel exhausted.

Be on your way.

See you later, Fukuko.

See you later, Gen.

Do you feel that bad, Fukuko?

I'm all right.

But even after one week, Fuku-chan wasn't feeling any better.

She was having a hard time recovering from giving birth.

Let's drop the heat a bit.

I wish they'd let me hold Gen-chan too.

Great Madam would never allow that.

She's gonna say I won't let you guys touch him with those sweaty hands.

- She could let us take turns after we take a bath. - I tell you, there's no way.

What's more worrisome is the madam.

- How can she not get up yet... - Yeah, that is worrisome.

I think she's lacking nutrition.

- Do you know where Kanbe-san went? - Kanbe?

- Isn't he at the beach? - He's not there.

He'd better not be making advances on Taka-chan again.

- You guys still talking about that? - Give us a break, will ya?

Thanks, Kanbe-san.

- That's good enough. - Don't hold back, Taka-chan.

That's really enough. I have to go make porridge anyway.

Is Madam still not feeling well?

No.

Are you having a hard time, Fukuko?

I just don't have any energy.

- Her complexion isn't good either, Mother. - You're right.

Even though the baby's doing well...

Gen-chan.

What's the midwife saying?

That we should keep her body warm and feed her plenty of nutritious food.

Nutritious food...

- Chickens? - President wants Madam to eat eggs.

That's enough...

You have to eat, even if you don't want to.

That's right, Fukuko.

I'm sorry. I'll eat it later.

She says she can't see at night.

What? You can't see?

When it gets dark, I have a hard time seeing things.

Does that happen when you have a hard time recovering from childbirth, Mother?

How would I know? That never happened to me.

But you gave birth to three children.

Speak for yourself, Manpei-san. You're an inventor, yet you don't know?

How am I supposed to know something like that. I'm a man, you know.

Oh, Fukuko. Fukuko. Fukuko...

Are you all right?

Gen-chan...

It's all right.