# E8 - Good Day for the Pottery Wheel
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGE3JQ/good-day-for-the-pottery-wheel)
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**[00:05] Dad**
What a nice morning.
**[00:08] Dad**
I guess it is a bit cold, though.
**[00:11] Nao**
Is this spot okay?
**[00:13] Hime**
Yeah!
**[00:15] Nao**
Looks good.
**[00:17] Hime**
We're all done, so why
don't you go take a seat?
**[00:20] Nao**
Yes, sir!
**[00:22] Hime**
Sorry to be asking for
your help on our day off.
**[00:26] Nao**
It's fine.
**[00:27] Nao**
It's not like I had anything
to do this morning.
**[00:30] Nao**
But yeah, yesterday was a lot of fun, huh?
**[00:34] Hime**
Yeah, I'm also happy that
everybody liked my mom's mugs.
**[00:41] Nao**
This picture's good, too.
**[00:47] Nao**
Have you been worried
about that forever now?
**[00:49] ---**
Oh, well...
**[00:52] (Flashback) Dad**
It'll be the spot for Toyokawa
Himeno's masterpiece.
**[00:58] Hime**
I don't know.
**[01:00] Hime**
Maybe it is weighing on me.
**[01:05] Nao**
There, there.
***SIGN*** Good Day for the Pottery Wheel
**[02:51] guy**
It might be a little too early still.
**[02:54] guy**
It's been a while. I guess
I'll take a walk around here.
**[02:59] Hime**
Pretty!
**[03:00] Hime**
You're doing great!
**[03:02] Hime**
That's fab!
***SIGN*** The one to put in the shelf! Pretty You're doing great That's fab Brilliant
**[03:03] Hime**
Brilliant!
**[03:07] Hime**
Why am I playing shiritori?
**[03:12] Hime**
This pressure!
**[03:15] Hime**
Or is it?
**[03:20] Hime**
That's Tokikawa Himena's world, over there.
**[03:32] Guy**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Café Tokishirou
**[03:33] Guy**
Café Tokishirou.
**[03:35] Guy**
That's a happy name!
**[03:38] [Messenger] green**
Let's talk about it tomorrow.
**[03:38] [Messenger] red**
Thank you so much!
**[03:38] [Messenger] txt**
Touko-senpai, I need your advice.
**[03:39] txt**
Touko-senpai, I need your advice.
**[03:43] Grand**
Hime-chan, can you come down?
**[03:46] Hime**
Coming!
**[03:48] Hime**
What is it?
**[03:49] Grand**
I need you to take out an iced coffee
for me and get an autograph.
**[03:53] Hime**
An autograph?
**[03:54] Grand**
Arai Keitarou-san is here!
**[03:57] Hime**
Who was that again?
**[03:59] Grand**
Right here!
**[04:00] Grand**
Don't you know him?
**[04:02] Grand**
He was a big star in the Showa era.
**[04:04] Hime**
Wow! So what's such a famous
person doing in Tajimi?
**[04:09] grand**
I'm not sure.
**[04:10] grand**
He was in the area ages ago
for a movie shoot, though.
**[04:14] Dad**
Here you go.
**[04:15] Dad**
A card for the autograph and an iced coffee.
**[04:17] Hime**
What, me?!
**[04:22] Hime**
Thank you for waiting.
**[04:23] Arai**
Thanks.
**[04:25] Both**
So, um...
**[04:26] Arai**
Can you tell me where Juubeh kiln is?
**[04:29] Arai**
I'm not quite sure which
bus I need to get on.
**[04:32] Hime**
Uh, ah, the Juubeh kiln?
**[04:35] Hime**
Oh, wait! I know!
**[04:37] Hime**
My senpai's grandfather owns it.
**[04:39] Arai**
Is that right?
**[04:41] Arai**
It's been a while since I've been to Tajimi
and all this walking around has got me worn out.
**[04:45] Grand**
We'll bring the car around.
**[04:47] Grand**
It's quite a ways from here, right?
**[04:50] Grand**
You can do that, right, Toki-kun?
**[04:51] Dad**
Sure!
**[04:53] Arai**
Oh, I couldn't.
**[04:56] Grand**
Oh, it's not a problem!
**[04:58] Grand**
You did a movie shoot in Tajimi
a long time ago, right?
**[05:01] Grand**
I was in high school when I went to see you.
**[05:04] Arai**
Did you now?
**[05:06] Arai**
Well, what do you know?
***SIGN*** No Bicycles or Scooters
**[05:12] Arai**
You know, my first leading role was playing
a potter named Kawada Tokishirou.
**[05:19] Hime**
Tokishirou?
**[05:20] Hime**
That's my dad's name, too.
**[05:22] Hime**
Oh, so that's why you came into our café.
**[05:25] Arai**
That's right. The sign made me so happy.
**[05:28] Dad**
You won the best leading actor
award with that first role, right?
**[05:32] Hime**
That's amazing!
**[05:33] Arai**
Oh no. All of that happened so long ago.
**[05:36] Arai**
So are you a potter, too?
**[05:39] Hime**
I just started.
**[05:42] Arai**
You're going to make something really wonderful and put it up in the café, right?
**[05:47] Hime**
What?! You told him about that, too?
**[05:50] Hime**
It's not funny!
**[05:54] Hime**
So are you friends with
my senpai's grandfather?
**[05:59] Arai**
Back when I was cast for the movie, I didn't
know the first thing about pottery.
**[06:09] Arai**
At the time, Aoki-sensei was an
energetic potter in his thirties.
**[06:13] Arai**
He taught me the basics, but
he was really kind to me.
**[06:17] Hime**
Wow, really?
**[06:19] Hime**
I always thought of him
as someone really strict.
**[06:21] Arai**
Not at all.
**[06:23] Arai**
We kept in touch afterwards as well.
**[06:26] Arai**
When I'd sent him photos of my passionate
but horrible attempt at a bowl,
**[06:30] Arai**
he'd give me advice.
**[06:32] Arai**
He also made sure to watch movies where I had
the leading role and sent me a written review.
**[06:38] Hime**
So he'll look at things Arai-san made...
**[06:42] (Flashback) Tou**
He's never shown up, though.
**[06:48] Mik**
*I didn't see this coming...*
**[06:50] (Flashback) Mik**
Wow, this is so different?!
**[06:53] (Flashback) Mik**
What's going on, Touko-senpai?
**[06:55] (Flashback) Tou**
Is it weird?
**[06:56] (Flashback) Mik**
It's not weird at all! It's wonderful!
**[06:58] (Flashback) Mik**
But I thought blue was your color!
**[07:01] (Flashback) Tou**
The thing is, I've been wanting to try
something like this for a long time.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Mik**
Oh, I see.
**[07:08] (Flashback) Tou**
So I just stopped worrying and did it.
**[07:13] Mik**
Actually, I had somehow
known she wanted this...
**[07:17] Mik**
But I always liked the blue she created...
**[07:23] Mik**
So I couldn't encourage her.
**[07:28] (Flashback) Hime**
You don't have to worry
that it's not like you!
**[07:32] (Flashback) Tou**
Toyokawa-san...
**[07:42] Mik**
I'm a bit jealous.
**[07:45] Mik**
Why can Hime-chan just come
out and say it like that?
**[07:50] Tou**
Mii-chan, good cat.
**[07:52] Tou**
Huh?
**[07:56] Tou**
Hello! It's been so long, Arai-san!
**[08:01] Arai**
Touko-chan?
**[08:02] Arai**
Wow, you've really grown!
**[08:04] Arai**
You look wonderful.
**[08:06] Tou**
Thank you!
**[08:08] Arai**
Is Aoki-sensei in the usual spot?
**[08:11] Tou**
Yes, please go in.
**[08:18] Tou**
Toyokawa-san?
**[08:22] Tou**
Oh, you came with him.
**[08:23] Hime**
These are some sandwiches and
coffee from my grandmother.
**[08:27] Hime**
She's a big fan of Arai-san.
**[08:29] Tou**
I see!
**[08:30] Hime**
So, uh...
**[08:32] Hime**
Later, we could have that talk?
**[08:34] Tou**
Huh?
**[08:35] Arai**
Touko-chan!
**[08:38] Arai**
Where's the bathroom again?
**[08:40] Tou**
Just in the back there.
**[08:42] Tou**
Come with me.
**[08:43] Hime**
Thank you.
**[08:46] Arai**
I'm so sorry to come unannounced.
**[08:49] Aoki**
Oh, no. Please don't be so formal.
**[08:52] Aoki**
But anyway, it's really been a while, huh?
**[08:55] Arai**
I apologize for being such
an incompetent student.
**[09:01] Arai**
I'm glad to see you in good health.
**[09:02] Hime**
So how has it been with your grandfather?
**[09:06] Tou**
Nothing's really changed.
**[09:08] Tou**
I still haven't had a chance
to show him the big plate.
**[09:11] Hime**
I see.
**[09:13] Arai**
Touko-chan.
**[09:15] Arai**
Will you join me? It's been so long.
**[09:21] Arai**
This is quite hard.
**[09:25] Arai**
Oh, no! Not like that.
**[09:27] Aoki**
You got careless.
**[09:31] Arai**
I'm embarrassing.
**[09:36] Arai**
Just what I'd expect from you, Touko-chan.
**[09:38] Arai**
That's perfect.
**[09:40] Tou**
Not at all...
**[09:42] Aoki**
Your movements are stiff, Touko.
**[09:46] Tou**
Sorry.
**[09:47] Arai**
Are they?
**[09:48] Aoki**
I can tell by looking at the
muscles in her right arm.
**[09:51] Aoki**
You're putting too much force into it.
**[09:54] Arai**
He's too hard on you, huh, Touko-chan?
**[09:58] Tou**
No, I really was getting too stiff.
**[10:08] Arai**
Talking about being hard.
**[10:11] Arai**
My father was also hard on me,
in a different way.
**[10:15] Arai**
He's never praised my work, not even once.
**[10:18] Hime**
But you're such a great actor.
**[10:20] Tou**
Right?
**[10:22] Arai**
He was the type of person who wouldn't accept
anything but governmental work or banking.
**[10:27] Arai**
When he found out I was becoming an actor,
he said he'd disown me and cut me off.
**[10:31] Aoki**
There were many people like that, back then.
**[10:35] Arai**
I figured I'd just cut
him out of my life, too.
**[10:39] Arai**
But at some point I realized,
**[10:41] Arai**
I was trying to put on performances
that would make my old man praise me.
**[10:46] Aoki**
Is that how things go?
**[10:50] Arai**
However at the wake, my sister
showed me a notebook.
**[10:55] Arai**
There were 30 years worth of clippings
about me from magazines and papers...
**[10:59] Arai**
And he had written,
"This performance made me cry hard."
**[11:02] Arai**
"He might not be the best,
but he's become a first-rate actor."
**[11:07] Aoki**
That's quite something.
**[11:09] Arai**
The moment I saw that,
my heart felt so much lighter.
**[11:13] Arai**
It was right after that that
I won an award in France.
**[11:17] Aoki**
It's so great that there
was such a notebook.
**[11:21] Arai**
I would have liked to reconcile
with him before he died, though.
**[11:28] Hime**
We don't have to talk today, Touko-senpai.
**[11:32] Tou**
Huh, are you sure?
**[11:34] Hime**
Yeah, I kind of...
**[11:41] Arai**
Thank you so much for everything today.
**[11:44] Aoki**
Of course. Please take care.
**[11:54] Tou**
Then I guess I'll go too, Grandpa.
**[11:57] Grand**
Touko,
**[11:59] Grand**
do you have some time?
**[12:07] Arai**
You really helped me out today.
**[12:10] Hime**
No, thank you! I had such a fun day!
***SIGN*** To Tokikawa Sachie-san
Arai Keitarou
**[12:13] Arai**
This is for your grandmother.
**[12:16] Him**
Wow, thank you so much!
**[12:20] Arai**
I'm sorry. All we did was
talk about ancient history.
**[12:24] Him**
Not at all! It was very inspiring!
**[12:27] Arai**
I'm glad to hear that.
**[12:29] Arai**
So now I have yet another reason
to come back to Tajimi.
**[12:33] Arai**
I'll see you again at your café for
some sandwiches and fresh coffee.
**[12:37] Hime**
Definitely!
**[12:49] Tou**
It's been so long since
we've come here together.
**[12:53] Aoki**
Yes.
**[12:58] Tou**
The fall leaves are so beautiful...
**[13:02] Aoki**
Yes.
**[14:25] Dam**
The bob-haired one gets a sudden
invitation from Forehead.
***SIGN*** Mini-Mini Pottery Club
**[14:28] Dam**
The truth that gets revealed there is
quite unexpected for the bob-haired one.
**[14:32] Dam**
Our next episode is "Beyond
the Calm Autumn Sky."
***SIGN*** Next time:
***SIGN*** Beyond the Calm Autumn Sky
**[14:35] Dam**
No matter when or where, when the going
gets rough, someone's got your back.