01x05 - Grandma's Memory Turns Young Again

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I don't know who this "Grandma"

you are referring to is,

but are you meaning to say it's me?

Ine Sasaki.

That's my name.

So you're not actin' or jokin'

You really don't know me?

Correct.

Well, I'll be damned.

Her memories also turned young again.

If she's referring to herself as Sasaki

Then she's from back

when she hadn't met me?

When I woke up,

it seemed like the world

a century later

Depending on the situation,

I should've panicked.

However, judging from the wedding ring,

it seems like what you said is true.

I might be the strange one.

Mr. Saito.

The one who proposed first

was me, right?

I'm really curious.

Why did I fall for you,

and spend half a century with you

in this world?

I have a proposal.

Could you

make me fall for you again?

A STORY ABOUT A GRANDPA AND GRANDMA

WHO RETURNED BACK TO THEIR YOUTH

EPISODE 5: GRANDMA'S MEMORIES TURNED YOUNG AGAIN

Grandma's Memories Turned Young Again.

I'm sure ya have a lot to process

after losing memories,

but we should eat for now.

What a weird mess kit.

This is a machine called rice cooker

that can cook rice with electricity.

Try some of the rice.

What is this?!

This isn't the rice I know!

Pretty good, I guess.

Right?

It's just leftovers,

but let's eat.

STARE

STARE

I'm relieved.

Some things haven't changed

in future Japan, I see.

Y-Yeah.

Thanks for the food.

TIME TRAVELER GRANDMA

TIME TRAVELER GRANDMA

Natto in a container of mysterious ingredients

TIME TRAVELER GRANDMA

This soy sauce bottle's design is amazing!

What's up with that curious look?

I was just a bit surprised

I'm never used to seeing the head of

a family doing housework

Oh

My father was a domineering husband

HEY, GIMME SOME BOOZE!

He was a bad example.

I used to be so bad at cooking,

I left most of it to Grandma

But other than that,

I can do anything.

That's amazing.

This much ain't amazin'.

You've always been workin'

at the field with me

Then, I can't just gulp down

some booze

after a day's hard work alone.

I guess times are changing now.

We had always been like that.

We just hated it

if we couldn't make compromises.

The daily life that

has continued for years

I guess that's what it is.

Even when he's doing housework,

he's not showing off or asking to be praised.

KITCHEN WRAPPER

This wrapper thing is so amazing!

KITCHEN WRAPPER

It just keeps coming!

KITCHEN WRAPPER

Yer wastin' our precious wrapper, so stop.

Hourglass? Turning young again?

What do you mean by that?

How do I explain

Anyway, you'll know after you sleep.

Well, this is what it is.

Did ya have the hourglass dream, Grandma?

N-No. Hang on, are you really Mr. Saito?

You really turned young again!

Remember anything

after seein' me like this?

Um

I'm sorry. I don't.

Sorry for startlin' you.

Me too.

How strange.

I thought I had no recollection

about your look and voice now

But I wonder

When I look at your lonely back,

it makes me feel like

I have to feel the pain too

The reason for this strong wish

Are they our children and granddaughter?

Yeah!

We made them!

We never fight,

it's all filial piety.

All our grandkids are kind and cute!

Is that so?

They would be shocked

if they found out I lost my memories.

Grandpa, I came to visit!

Oh, noes! I forgot Yoshiaki

and his family is comin' today!

What do I do?!

Mr. Saito I mean, Grandpa.

I'll act as their grandma today.

How about your accent and memories!

Please back me up for that.

I don't know anything about

my son and grandchild.

However, even in different generations,

the role of a mother shouldn't change.

It's a mother's job

to not make her children cry, right?

Huh? Your hair's all black, Grandma!

I miss ya, Mino!

ACTING STAR

How's your body doing?

As peachy as ya can see.

I'm also peachy, mind you!

Say what?

Ah, well

It's from the culture festival.

The other day, Grandma was wearin'

a uniform at Mino's school.

She's been talkin' like she was

in the high-class school since.

Y-Yes, that's right.

What did future me do?!

I see. Okay, then.

It's so refreshing

seeing you speak politely!

I think it's cool!

Right?

- So she is my grandchild

- Hey, Grandma!

- So she is my grandchild

- Hear me out!

- A kind girl who cares about her grandparents.

- Dad and Mom

- A kind girl who cares about her grandparents.

- said something interesting in the car!

- And she has my blood inside.

- And she has my blood inside.

I wonder what this feeling is.

Grandma?

Grandma

So cute

Mom, could you let Mino go already

No can do.

Grandma, you're so warm!

CURRY ROUX

If we cut the ingredients and put this in,

we can make rice curry

Is that true?

Yeah, it's true.

I heard some noise there.

Are you okay?

Everything's good here!

Don't tell me ya forgot how to cook?

My attendants always did it for me.

I can at least cut the vegetables.

You must be laughing inside

that I can't cook.

No way I'd do that to you now.

You don't wanna make 'em worry, right?

So you can cook, Mr. Saito?

Well, I can at least make curry.

Tell me how to use a knife, please.

Gladly!

Don't spread your fingers.

Yeah, pull the knife.

When I'm in this kitchen,

it feels somewhat nostalgic.

The meal by the "Grandma"

that I ate yesterday was so good.

What caused me to act so much,

despite my being bad at the kitchen?

I had been thinking about that

But now, I feel like I understand.

It must be because of you.

The potatoes are too big,

or is it just me?

Nah, it's just you, Mino.

GRANDMA KEEPS PEELING THE CARRO

GRANDMA KEEPS PEELING THE CARRO

Grandma keeps peeling the carrot.

YOSHIAKI SAITO

YOSHIAKI SAITO

I got a perfect score in the exam, Mom!

I got a perfect score in the exam, Mom!

Attaboy. Ya done well.

YAMADA - SAITO - SUZUKI

There are things you can't achieve

YAMADA - SAITO - SUZUKI

with simply working hard.

Saito, you need to give us results.

Yes.

Just working hard isn't enough!

Work harder!

The company's going to be bankrupt?!

If this keeps going, that is.

The branches are also going

down due to depopulation.

It won't be long before that happens.

What's yer plan?

Worst case scenario,

ya can work in our field.

No

I can't trouble you any more.

Don't worry, it'll work out.

No, I'll figure something out.

It's simply because I didn't work harder.

If working harder fails

I'll just have to work even harder.

Yoshiaki.

You don't have to work so hard.

As long as your superiors

keep on pickling your

kindness and hard work

Try as hard as you might,

the situation won't change.

You're a human,

so you can lose heart.

It's also important to not work hard.

Just remember to get back up.

So

Feel free to escape here anytime.

No matter how old you are,

you'll always be our son.

So, that dratted boss of mine

He really doesn't look like me

He looks like my dad, though

Hey, Mom.

Yeah?

You

You're not Mom, are you?

I guess I can't say for sure

You're Mom, but you're not Mom

Oh, a watermelon's floating!

I don't know

if he's drunk or sober.

Your appearance and glance are different,

but you look like Mom

when I was young.

Besides, what you said earlier

Feel free to escape here anytime.

Just the usual Mom in the flesh

You sure are Mom

I really am no match

for my own son.

So I proposed to you here?

Yeah. Recall anything.

So far, none.

Can I propose something?

Oh?

If we reenact

what we did in the old days,

I might remember something.

So I grabbed your hand first?

Yeah.

I'll k*ll you if you lie.

All right, all right.

I'll do as you said, then.

Like this?

Y-Yeah?

Well?

Recall anything?

Did I really do this?

Yeah, that's right?

Can I say something?

What is it?

This is stupid!

You must be lying!

Unbelievable!

My body itches

Well, uh, sorry

AWKWARD WALK HOME

AWKWARD WALK HOME

Aww

AWKWARD WALK HOME

Awkward walk home.

HIROSAKI CHUO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL

Sis, I'm scared of the lightning.

Can I sleep with you?

Geez, what a spoiled girl you are.

Sis?

The current of the times sure is cruel.

I rushed here after hearing

my sister is still alive,

but all she could remember was Mother

There's no one in this world

I can be selfish too.

Someone I can be selfish to

He's been silent all the time

All he's doing is just sit there, in silence.

Are you trying to say,

"You're not alone?"

You don't have to be so considerate.

I'm used to being alone

Being alone

I wanna take a leak,

but I can't stand

She used to be good at piano.

Is that so?

She sometimes would sit by the piano.

Although, she doesn't play it at all.

Grandma?

I'll play anything you play.

So go on, pick a song.

I'll go with Furusato, Sis.

My sister now

doesn't remember about

her hometown or me.

She might also no longer

know who she is.

I still dream of those days even now

No way!

I'll be waiting

for you here again tomorrow.

Okay! Promise me!

You're so good at piano, Ine!

I don't know who you are,

but you're so good at piano.

They've been playing

for an hour now

No way we can stop this!

Sorry, Grandma,

I have a union meeting tonight,

so go on and eat without me.

In the end, weeks have passed

without my memories back.

It's my first time being alone.

As of now, I don't seem

to be falling for him.

Never mind that, he himself doesn't

approach me so actively.

He's down a point for leaving

the amnesiac me alone.

The curry he left me

isn't so good either.

Another point down.

Don't you understand?

I feel uneasy without you now.

Uneasy?

In the past weeks,

I've learned how to live in this era,

so even without him,

there shouldn't be anything

making me uneasy.

And yet

Why am I feeling so uneasy?

He doesn't have to come back soon,

but I'm longing for his return?

I'm beginning to see his worth

just by his staying by me?

I'll never leave you behind at all.

So don't worry.

Grandpa?

When I was sixteen,

I proposed to him.

I meant it as a joke,

but he kept coming

to the shrine every day.

Don't go to that shrine.

My relatives were on bad terms

with his parents,

so I was forbidden from seeing him.

In order for us to have

an official relationship,

he bowed and bowed

And when we were allowed

to meet after some time,

his face was full of bruises.

I just had a fight with my dad.

Then, I fell seriously ill,

and got bedridden.

He paid for my hospital bill, all of it.

Mr. Shozo, you can't do this

You'll only be unhappy with me.

I don't care how irrational it might be.

I love you, Ine.

Even if yer unhappy

for a thousand years,

I just have to give ya

the same amount of happiness.

Even if that means giving my life as well.

Finally, he fulfilled that promise.

I'm home, Grandma.

Make me fall for you again?

What am I even saying?

Even if I lost my memories of him

for so many times

It's just the same thing again!

Grandpa!

Grandpa!

Welcome back.

Grandma

THE NEXT DAY

How can ya be so calm?

To me, the you in the past,

and the you now matter a lot.

I didn't want to decide which one's better,

the you with or without memories.

By the way, Grandma?

Yes?

Yer fingers are touchin' mine

I mean to do that

NEXT EPISODE: GRANDPA AND GRANDMA'S

HONEYMOON (TOKYO ARC)

This is a lump of glucose and cholesterol!

Just eat.

How much was this?

Come on.