Mare (まれ)

Serial TV Story

Having made the equivalent of a night flight by leaving Tokyo for the Noto Peninsula...

...Mare and her family then met...

...the married couple, Okesaku Ganji and Fumi, and their saltpan business.

Okesaku Ganji

Okesaku Fumi

Tsumura Mare 10 years old

A salt field... Awesome!

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Mare

The Witch-Princess Birthday Cake

Week 1 (Episode 2)

Screenplay: Shinozaki Eriko

Music: Sawano Hiroyuki

Narrator: Toda Keiko

Tsumura Mare: Matsumoto Kurumu

Tsumura Toru: Ooizumi Yo

Tsumura Aiko: Tokiwa Takako

Kuramoto Haru: Suzuki Sawa

Kuramoto Koichi: Sasai Eisuke

Teraoka Makoto: Tsukaji Muga

Kado Shin'ichiro: Guts Ishimatsu

Teraoka Kumi: Fuse Eri

Obara Maki: Nakagawa Shoko

Okesaku Ganji: Tanaka Min

Okesaku Fumi: Tanaka Yuko

さあ翔け出そうよ Saa kake dasou yo Come, let's soar

今すぐに Ima sugu ni Right now

未来が今は遠くても Mirai ga ima wa toukute mo Even if the future is far off for now

ひとりぼっちのままで Hitori botchi no mama de And it means staying alone like this

泣く夜が続いても Naku yoru ga tsudzuite mo And crying all through the night

本当のわたしへ Hontou no watashi he I'll still head towards the true me

風が強く冷たいほど Kaze ga tsuyoku tsumetai hodo The wind, strong and cold

教えてくれる Oshie te kureru Tells me of

出会うべき人のことを Deau beki hito no koto o The people I should meet

どうか希望の地図を Douka kibou no chizu o Please, gently open up

そっと開いてみてね Sotto aite mite ne The map of hope

あたたかい未来たちが Atatakai mirai-tachi ga A warm future

僕らを待っているよ Bokura o matte iru yo Is waiting for us

"Agehamashiki."

That's the technique used since ancient times in Noto for drying beach water...

Agehamashiki Enden

...to make salt.

First, draw seawater from the ocean...

What is this?

Ochoke.

"Ochoke."

...then use the energy of the sun to dry the sand on the surface of the saltpan.

Once dried, the sand is collected and then filtered seawater sent through it...

...to make a water with a high saline concentration.

Once that is boiled down for a whole day...

...the delicious Noto Peninsula salt is completed at last.

This takes about a week to complete.

Awesome... Sure and steady.

Don't come! Don't come! It's dangerous!

Outta the way! Outta the way!

Tsumura Toru

This is impossible for me!

Ah!

Then me.

There's no way. Don't bother. 'Cause it's a good 100 kilos.

Yer exaggerating things. It's 80 kilos at most.

Tsumura Aiko

Surprisingly, I can do it.

Ala?

Look! It's her superhuman strength.

You'll break your hips.

Yes, Guests...

Yer salt farm experience is over. That'll be 100 yen each.

You can't charge money for this!

100 yen per pair then.

Can we get a family discount...

Nope.

This is sooo good!

Hey Mare, eat the sashimi. It's tai. Tai!

That's okay...

Since they said it's fine to take it all.

I don't want to eat it.

Ganji-san's salt is so delicious!

It's very mellow!

It is, isn't it?

Yeah!

These crystals were made sure and steady...

How much per gram do you get for this when you sell it?

What?

Well, Ma'am, this is delicious.

Here.

Ah, thanks, thanks.

Guests, please eat before it gets cold.

Oh no, please call us by our names.

To be formal, this is my husband, Toru, our children, Mare and Ittetsu, and I'm Aiko.

It's very nice to meet you.

I must be polite. Anyhow, our relationship will be a short one of only 2 or 3 days.

Still, it totally feels like they'll drive us out of here.

I'll go to the Village Office again tomorrow and ask about a house.

You have to hurry and find a job, too.

There's that, isn't there? Gotta get a job that suits me.

It'd be nice if you could work at the saltpan, right?

I just love that sort of sure and steady thing.

No way whatsoever. Since I'm the intellectual type.

One night and two meals is 4,200 yen.

Wonder if we could get half-off for the children?

Mom, use this.

That's the allowance you were saving for something important, isn't it?

Fool! There's no way we could use our children's money, now is there?

Right?

Thank you, Mare!

I'll definitely get it back to you, okay?

You are gonna use it?

You'll use it?

Now, let's sleep for today.

I still wanted to read, though.

Turn off the lights.

I wanted to read, though.

Lights out.

I can't go to sleep this early.

"Anyhow, I have to be level-headed"...

...Mare thought strongly to herself.

But for today, have a good long sleep, Mare.

Good night.

Okesaku

Ah, she woke up!

In that case, let's go!

Eh? What is this?

One, two...!

Let's go! Let's go!

What is this?!

Hakke yoi!

What is this?

Go!

Ichiko wins!

Takashi wins!

Kakke yoi! Go!

Teraoka Minori

All da children practice sumo wrestling fer the Summer Festival.

Sumo wrestling's huge here in Noto.

Is it true dat Tokyo's a village where only celebrities gather?

Kuramoto Ichiko

Eh?

In Tokyo, everyone's like a model there, ain't dey?

Ichiko-chan, ya still love Tokyo.

Say, say, it's true, right? It's true, right?

Keita, it's yer turn next, ain't it?

Kontani Keita