# 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.
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
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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!