Leaving on the 15th Spring (旅立ちの島唄　十五の春)

360 km east of the main island of Okinawa

are remote islands, long known as the Great East islands.

Minami Daito island has no high school

so all the children leave

in the spring of their 15th year.

Yes, at last!

Borojino Girls!

"Borojino Girls Graduation Concert"

From the Naha sky, by plane,

everyone has come. Welcome all

The island drums invite you

Humanity overflows, stay for a while

Borojino Island is an island of dreams

A Pacific Ocean paradise

Good evening.

Here, Akio.

Ruriko, too.

Thanks.

Will Fumika go by herself?

Yes, I'd love to go with her, but...

This one's still young.

It's for the best.

Toshiharu.

Thanks for today.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Too tight? Ok?

It's fine.

Good luck, Fumika.

Thanks.

Fumi.

Tomorrow, you'll be Borojino Girls' leader, Yuna.

Be strong.

Ever since I was little

I've lived here

But for my future

I must leave this island

Goodbye

Goodbye

All the best, Yuna.

Good luck.

Hey, Sakura!

Takeshi!

Thanks.

Is Sakura's mum going too?

Yes, Masaru couldn't stop her.

Look after yourself, Mum.

Study hard.

Good luck.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

Take care!

How many will return?

Come on! Quickly.

All together now!

Fumi.

Fumika.

See you.

LEAVING ON THE 15TH SPRING

Look at our locomotive

Carrying its sugarcane

Troubled choo-choo, troubled choo-choo

Good morning.

Good morning.

A year seems long but it flies by.

Here.

Especially this year, your last on the island.

Wake up.

Why are you sleeping?

The main island has lots of high schools.

Normal ones, agricultural, trade, industrial ones...

Number ones!

Idiot!

Interviews are next week

so talk it over with your family, ok?

Ok!

Right, textbooks out.

"Living arrangements for the main island"

Not fu chanpuru again?

Tiny portions.

Let's eat.

Yuna.

What?

Can I skip practice today?

Why?

A great TV show's on at 7.

The AKB one?

A K-Pop special.

Get Koshin to record it.

Sure, for a 100 yen.

Tightwad.

Don't skip the practice.

Idiot.

Me?

I'll go to Itoman, like my brother, or a trade school.

Will you live with your brother?

Dad says I can't live by myself.

I bet he'd call every day.

Probably.

Will you live with your Mum?

She's still on the main island, right?

Yes, in Naha.

Cool, I'd like to live there.

Look at our locomotive

Carrying its sugarcane

Troubled choo-choo, troubled choo-choo

Minami Daito is a sugarcane island

With a sweet gentle breeze

Right, let's try.

Yes.

Remember the part you always get wrong.

Here we go.

Sit properly. Yu, too.

Here, Yuna.

I restrung it.

How long have you had it?

7 years.

Only 7?

Mum gave it to me 7 years ago. She used it before that.

It's a good one.

But it needs a new skin.

Want dinner?

Not today. Sis is coming home.

Ok. Send her our best.

This'll do for now.

Ours too.

How long are you staying?

Haven't decided.

For a while then?

Yes.

This is too heavy.

Dad, buy a new one. A lighter one.

Where did you buy that top?

OPA. Cute, isn't it?

That's what I want.

Serve the rice, Yuna.

Hey, Mina!

Come here.

It's your Mum.

Let's eat.

Thanks for this food.

Next week is career consultation.

Where will you go?

Can I go to East High? From Mum's house?

It's an hour away.

That's tough.

How long from yours?

About 20-30 minutes.

I wouldn't mind.

If I'm there.

Yuna, choose the school you wanna go to.

Ok.

Mina, you're back?

Ah, Aunt Ruri. It's been ages.

Yuna.

Can I come in?

Wait a sec.

Ok.

Lend me the dryer.

Sure.

Thanks.

How's our brother?

Busy with work.

He's upset he's being outsold by his junior.

Will he come back for Obon?

Not sure.

And Mum?

When did you see her last?

Last spring.

Ah, when you came to see Mei?

Why won't she come back?

She isn't from here.

Island life doesn't suit her.

Will she leave Dad?

Why?

She doesn't call anymore.

Mum's staying on the main island 'cos your coming next year.

When you graduate and are independent,

she'll probably return here.

Don't worry yourself, just study hard.

Mina.

What's happened with Katsuya?

Nothing, it's fine.

Good night.

Good night.

Riko!

Riko!

What?

Play with Rin.

Ok.

Is the baby cute?

Very.

Do you fancy anyone?

What? Among this lot?

Chiro?

What about that boy from Kita-Daito.

You said he was cute.

No, I never.

You did.