E4 - Flower of Asakusa Rendezvous

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SIGN    Meiji Tokyo Renka
[01:54] Ougai
    Let's go.
[02:08] Classmate
    I heard that Mei-chan can
    hear ghosts talking.
[02:11] Classmate
    Did you know?
[02:12] Classmate
    Apparently, that girl can see ghosts.
[02:14] Classmate
    Whoa, really?
[02:18] Classmate D
    You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
[02:21] Classmate D
    Do you wanna come with us?
[02:23] Charlie
    Mei-chan.
[02:24] Charlie
    Mei-chan!
[02:48] Mei
    What was that about?
SIGN    Meiji Tokyo Renka
[03:10] Aunt
    I will be going then, Rintaro-san.
[03:13] Aunt
    Be sure to look over all
    of them closely.
[03:19] Aunt
    Oh?
[03:22] Aunt
    Who is this young lady?
[03:24] Ougai
    The Little Squirrel.
[03:26] Aunt
    Little Squirrel?
[03:27] Ougai
    She is the fiancée I was
    telling you about earlier.
[03:31] Aunt
    She is?!
[03:35] Aunt
    You cannot be serious, Rintaro-san.
[03:39] Ougai
    I am.
[03:44] Aunt
    Of all the selfish—!
[03:46] Aunt
    Do you have any understanding of your
    position as the eldest son of the Mori family?
[03:50] Aunt
    Marrying such a lowly girl as this...!
[03:53] Mei
    L-Lowly girl?
[03:55] Aunt
    Listen to me.
[03:56] Aunt
    You will choose a suitable partner
[03:58] Aunt
    from the selection of pictures
    I brought you, Rintaro-san.
[04:01] Ougai
    There is no other woman more suited
    for the Mori family than her, Aunt.
[04:08] Aunt
    I will not accept this little girl!
[04:11] Mei
    Little girl...
[04:28] Ougai
    I am sorry about that.
[04:30] Ougai
    It seems that my aunt has heard about
    me declaring you my fiancée
[04:34] Ougai
    at the Rokumeikan a few days ago.
[04:36] Ougai
    Yesterday and today she came to the
    mansion with matchmaking photos.
[04:41] Mei
    Matchmaking photos?
[04:43] Syunso
    So that's who your unfortunate
    visitor was yesterday.
[04:48] Ougai
    Unfortunately, I am expecting
    a visitor this evening.
[04:52] Syunso
    Your aunt will probably come again
    tomorrow from the sounds of it.
[04:56] Ougai
    Well, about that...
[04:59] Ougai
    A party will be held next month
    at the Rokumeikan, and key people
[05:02] Ougai
    from various circles will be there.
[05:04] Ougai
    I would like to formally present
    you as my fiancée there.
[05:09] Mei
    Formally present?
[05:11] Mei
    Fiancée?
[05:12] Mei
    Wha?! Formally present me?!
[05:15] Syunso
    You can't. That's the grand event
    nobles and government officials will be at.
[05:21] Syunso
    You would be making a fool of yourself.
[05:25] Ougai
    Don't worry. It will be fine.
SIGN    Flower of Asakusa Rendezvous
[05:58] Mei
    Formally present me as his fiancée...
[06:01] (Flashback) Yakumo
    That is how he is protecting you.
[06:08] Ougai
    Little Squirrel.
[06:17] Ougai
    Why don't you join me for a bit?
[06:21] Mei
    Eh?
[06:37] Mei
    U-Umm... Where are we going?
[06:40] Ougai
    To an enjoyable place.
[06:42] Mei
    Eh?
[06:45] Ougai
    Are you familiar with
    the flower of Asakusa?
[06:48] Mei
    Asakusa? Yes, I am!
[07:02] Mei
    I don't know this Asakusa...
[07:05] Young Man
    Hey now! Don't just stand
    there spacing out, ya idiot!
[07:08] Mei
    S-Sorry!
[07:10] Ougai
    We should probably hold hands
    so you don't get lost.
[07:14] Mei
    O-Okay...
SIGN    Picture Postcards
[07:32] Ougai
    Apparently, they're selling
    picture postcards.
[07:34] Mei
    All these people are here
    for picture postcards?
[07:39] Ichiyo
    I'll take this one.
[07:40] Ichiyo
    And this one, and this one.
[07:43] Ichiyo
    I'll take them all!
[07:44] Woman
    That's so unfair, Higuchi-san.
    Buying up just Kawakami-san's pictures...
[07:49] Ichiyo
    A heart ardently in love is
    as precious as the divine.
[07:53] Ichiyo
    Otojiro-sama!
[08:01] Ougai
    Now I see. All these people are here because
    they're after Kawakami Otojiro-kun's actor photos.
[08:07] Mei
    Kawakami Otojiro?
[08:10] Ougai
    You met him at the Rokumeikan, remember?
[08:12] Ougai
    He is a handsome actor who is
    extremely popular right now.
[08:16] Mei
    At the Rokumeikan?
[08:18] Mei
    Kawakami Otojiro...
[08:21] Mei
    W-What?
[08:23] Ougai
    Do you really not remember
    meeting a handsome man
[08:27] Ougai
    with scores of women in love with him?
[08:30] Mei
    Not really. I met a lot of people
    for the first time that day.
[08:35] Ougai
    Ah, well, it just so happens that today he
    has a performance at the Tokiwa Theater.
[08:40] Ougai
    We'll go see it later.
[08:42] Mei
    We're going to see a play?
[08:45] Ougai
    Yes, but before we do that...
[08:52] Ougai
    This ice cream is very popular right now.
[08:54] Ougai
    I thought you might like it.
[08:57] Mei
    Yes! Yes! Yes! I love it!
[09:02] Mei
    So sweet!
[09:04] Mei
    Cold! Sweet! Cold!
[09:09] Ougai
    My, you got some on your face.
[09:18] Ougai
    The perfect amount of sweetness.
[09:21] Ougai
    Your ice cream is dripping, Little Squirrel.
[09:26] Mei
    What a waste!
SIGN    Enami Photography Studio
[09:40] Photographer
    Miss, your expression is a bit too stiff.
[09:43] Mei
    I-I heard that photographs in this
    time period were really expensive.
[09:47] Photographer
    This time period?
[09:48] Mei
    U-Umm... How much does this cost?
[09:52] Photographer
    Ah, well, one photograph is 16 yen.
[09:55] Mei
    So cheap!
[09:57] Mei
    I mean...
[09:58] Mei
    Then, how does that convert into sukiyaki?
[10:02] Photographer
    Huh?
[10:03] Ougai
    You could buy 320 bowls of sukiyaki.
[10:07] Mei
    T-That much?!
[10:09] Photographer
    I accidentally took the picture.
     That will be 16 yen.
[10:13] Ougai
    You're so cute, Little Squirrel.
[10:20] Mei
    Amazing. It's a full house.
[10:23] Mei
    Kawakami Otojiro-san really must be popular.
[10:27] Mei
    So, what kind of play is this?
[10:29] Ougai
    It is The Golden Demon by Ozaki Kouyou.
[10:32] Mei
    Huh, I feel like I've
    heard of that before...
[10:37] Ougai
    It was recently serialized in the newspaper.
[10:41] Ougai
    Have you read it, Little Squirrel?
[10:43] Mei
    No, I don't know what it's about.
[10:47] Ougai
    It is a love-hate play depicting a tragic
     relationship between a man and a woman.
[10:51] Mei
    So it's not going to have
    a happy ending, then.
[10:55] Ougai
    A happy ending? I'm surprised you
    would use English so casually.
[10:58] Ougai
    Are you perhaps familiar with
    foreign plays, Little Squirrel?
[11:02] Mei
    No, not at all.
[11:04] Mei
    The only foreign plays I know about are...
[11:07] Mei
    Uhh... Just Romeo and Juliet, I guess.
[11:12] Ougai
    Oh, that's impressive.
[11:15] Ougai
    Isn't that by Shakespeare?
[11:17] Mei
    Shakespeare...
[11:19] Mei
    A-And I believe he also wrote Hamlet.
[11:23] Ougai
    "To be or not to be, that is the question."
[11:28] Mei
    Shouldn't it be, "To live or not
    to live, that is the question,"
[11:33] Mei
    or something?
[11:36] Ougai
    So that's how you translated that passage?
[11:38] Mei
    I-I didn't exactly translate it.
[11:42] Ougai
    You replaced "to be" with "to live"
    and "not to be" with "not to live."
[11:47] Ougai
    And I believe the passage after that is,
    "to die, to sleep,"
[11:50] Ougai
    which means that to die is to sleep,
    so that is a very natural translation.
[11:54] Ougai
    In fact, it's quite reasonable.
[11:56] Ougai
    You are incredible, Little Squirrel!
[11:58] Mei
    Uh, sure.
[12:00] Ougai
    Just how much must you
    impress me before you're content?
[12:04] Mei
    U-Um...
[12:06] Mei
    I'm grateful that you're pleased.
[12:17] Man
    A diamond!
[12:19] Woman A
    That is a diamond!
[12:20] Woman B
    That is the 300 yen diamond that
    has captivated the heart of Omiya!
[12:26] Mei
    Three hundred yen for a diamond? That's cheap.
[12:30] Ougai
    That's worth about sixty million bowls of sukiyaki.
[12:32] Mei
    T-That's so expensive!
[12:35] Narrator
    Having been dazzled by a diamond,
[12:37] Narrator
    Omiya chooses a rich suitor instead
    of her childhood friend Kanichi.
[12:44] Narrator
    Our play begins with a disturbance
    along the beach of Atami.
[12:46] Narrator
    What will the fate of these two people be?
[12:52] Fan
    Otojiro-san!
[12:54] Fan
    Otojiro-sama!
[13:00] Mei
    That man...
[13:02] (Flashback) Otojiro
    You went through all this just because
    you wanted to dance with me, didn't you?
[13:10] Mei
    That was him!
[13:12] Omiya
    Kan'ichi-san! I... I...
[13:15] Otojiro & Kanichi
    I will never forget the moon
    on this night, even if I die.
[13:21] Otojiro & Kanichi
    And on this night next year,
     the year after that,
[13:25] Otojiro & Kanichi
    and even ten years from now,
[13:29] Otojiro & Kanichi
    the moon will surely be
    clouded with my tears.
[13:39] Mei
    On this night next year, huh?
[13:42] Mei
    Where will I be when that comes?
[13:53] Mei
    I can't believe there are buildings
    this tall in Asakusa.
[13:57] Ougai
    Looks like it was a good
    idea to have you come out,
[13:59] Ougai
    rather than staying stuck
    inside the mansion.
[14:02] Ougai
    I thought the various stimuli
    might help you regain your memories.
[14:10] Mei
    He did this for me?
[14:12] Mei
    Umm, I...
[14:14] Ougai
    It's fine. Take your time.
[14:16] Ougai
    You are always welcome to stay at the
    mansion as you are now, if you'd like.
[14:25] Ougai
    Now, let us go have the
    most exceptional lunch.
[14:31] Mei
    Okay!
[14:47] Mei
    This beefsteak is so good!
[14:52] Mei
    What is it?
[14:54] Ougai
    I'm impressed by how skillfully
    you use the knife and fork.
[14:58] Mei
    Really?
[15:01] Mei
    I think I'm pretty average.
[15:03] Ougai
    Take a look around you.
[15:06] Fork Woman
    You eat the meat by piercing
    it with this rake.
[15:10] Fork Woman
    Ouch! I stabbed the inside of my mouth!
[15:19] Soup Woman
    This soup is delicious.
[15:23] Ougai
    Table manners are not something
    that are mastered in a day.
[15:27] Ougai
    And with that Shakespeare comment from
    before, you are truly a mysterious girl.
[15:31] Mei
    Mysterious?
[15:34] Mei
    I guess so.
[15:38] Ougai
    I am sure you will be able to
    handle the formal presentation.
[15:42] Mei
    The formal presentation?
[15:44] Mei
    N-No way, I can't!
[15:46] Ougai
    Why not?
[15:48] Ougai
    You are fond of Shakespeare,
     you have mastered Western table manners,
[15:52] Ougai
    and you enjoy food without hesitation.
    That makes you perfect.
[15:57] Mei
    I-I'm not so sure...
[16:01] Ougai
    Believe in yourself.
[16:02] Ougai
    You just need to remember your usual smile.
[16:07] Ougai
    Now, eat up, eat up.
[16:09] Mei
    Okay, I will.
[16:18] Mei
    It's so good!
[16:35] Mei
    S-Sor— Sor— Sor—!
[16:36] Arima
    Well, well. What an unexpected
    surprise, Mori-sensei.
[16:43] Mei
    Eh? Eh?
[16:46] Ougai
    It is, Arima-san.
[16:48] Arima
    I have not seen you since
    Senju's poetry party.
[16:52] Arima
    My daughter has been eagerly
    awaiting an invitation from you.
[16:59] Arima
    Shino, say hello.
[17:01] Shino
    Of course.
[17:06] Shino
    It has been quite some time. I am Shino.
[17:10] Ougai
    It has indeed. I am pleased
    to see you are doing well.
[17:14] Arima
    And who would this young
    lady be, Mori-sensei?
[17:18] ---
    
[17:23] Ougai
    My fiancée.
[17:25] Arima
    Fiancée?
[17:27] Arima
    Then... the rumors of your
    engagement are true?
[17:33] Ougai
    Indeed they are true.
[17:38] Arima
    Pardon my rudeness,
[17:40] Arima
    but which noble family
    are you the daughter of?
[17:43] Ougai
    She is not from any noble family.
[17:47] Arima
    You are planning to marry a commoner?
[17:51] Ougai
    Yes. I was not attracted by her pedigree,
[17:54] Ougai
    but rather by her soul.
[17:59] Arima
    Is that right?
[18:02] Arima
    Well, then, congratulations on such
    a well-mannered young lady.
[18:09] Arima
    Have a pleasant day.
[18:13] Ougai
    Shall we get back to eating?
[18:42] Syunso
    Hey, you.
[18:49] Syunso
    Was it that bad?
[18:52] Mei
    Huh?
[18:53] Syunso
    The beefsteak.
[18:54] Mei
    Oh, not at all.
[18:57] Mei
    It was incredibly good.
[18:59] Mei
    We should've invited you to come with us.
[19:02] Syunso
    No, I'm not really familiar
    with formal table manners.
[19:07] Syunso
    I wouldn't want to bring shame on Ougai-san.
[19:14] Mei
    I ended up bringing shame on him.
[19:19] Mei
    She was so pretty.
[19:22] Mei
    I wouldn't stand a chance against her.
[19:26] Mei
    Do I seem even a little bit like
    I should be Ougai-san's fiancée?
[19:35] Syunso
    He was the youngest person to
    graduate from medical school.
[19:39] Mei
    Huh?
[19:40] Syunso
    He studied abroad in Germany
    at government expense,
[19:42] Syunso
    and much is expected of him in
    the future as an army official.
[19:47] Syunso
    Moreover, he is highly valued
    in the literary world.
[19:51] Syunso
    Ougai-san.
[19:54] Syunso
    If such an incredible person is saying
    you're fine, isn't that enough?
[19:59] Mei
    What?
[20:00] Syunso
    In your case, no matter what
    unreasonable demands you make,
[20:05] Syunso
    I can tell that, unexpectedly, you have
     the fighting spirit to see things through.
[20:08] Mei
    Syunso-san...
[20:10] Syunso
    Anyway, will you please stop doing that?
[20:52] Mei
    The more I look at everything...
[20:55] Otoyakko
    Watching the river flow,
[20:58] Otoyakko
    The strike of Shinonome...
[21:05] Gentleman
    You dropped your handkerchief, Miss.
[21:10] Otoyakko
    Thank you for picking it up,
    but that is not mine.
[21:14] Gentleman
    My, pardon my rudeness.
[21:16] Gentleman
    To apologize for my mistake,
    will you join me for tea?
[21:18] Otoyakko
    Excuse me?
[21:20] Gentleman
    Of course I would not mind if we go to
    a normal tea house or a romantic tea house.
[21:25] Otoyakko
    What are you doing with your hand?
[21:29] Otoyakko
    Sir, you really shouldn't
    underestimate a geisha.
[21:35] Otoyakko
    And get lost.
[21:37] Otoyakko
    Oh, no. My nails.
[21:45] Otoyakko
    Huh? Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
[21:50] Mei
    Excuse me...
[21:52] Mei
    Please make me into a woman!
[21:55] Otoyakko
    Huh?
[22:01] Otoyakko
    You must have a reason.
[22:03] Otoyakko
    All right then. Follow me.
[22:09] Mei
    Okay!
[22:14] Otoyakko
    My name is Otoyakko.
[22:15] Mei
    Otoyakko-san! What a wonderful name!
[22:18] Otoyakko
    You've got some spunk.
[22:19] Otoyakko
    I was amazed when you asked
    me to make you a woman.
[22:21] Mei
    Thank you very much!
[22:22] Otoyakko
    I wasn't exactly praising you.
[22:25] Otoyakko
    You are such a strange girl.
[22:26] Mei
    Yes, I get that a lot.
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[23:30] Otojiro
    Come on now!
[23:31] Otojiro
    How many times do I have to
    tell you to prop the tip
[23:33] Otojiro
    of the bottle up with your left
    hand when pouring alcohol?!
[23:36] Mei
    Sir, please have one!