The Haunted Lantern Page #2

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foryour family, right?

My father has tried to set me

up with quite the fellow.

That's right.

Shinzaburo.

Would you show me

your sketches sometime?

I don't mind, but...

My elder sister...?

Where have you been?

To buy decorations for the bon

lantern festival of the dead.

This is Shinzaburo Hagiwara.

Father and I were meeting

with him.

So he is the proposed suitor?

I'm interested in this man.

I am Tsuyu, her elder sister.

It's a pleasure.

The pleasure's all mine.

My elder sisterwill marry

in one month.

It's sweltering!

Won't anything interesting

happen to help cool us off?

For instance, that woman...

That fine woman we met

by the river...

It would be nice if she

would come visit us.

Right?

- Tomozo.

- Huh?

About the marriage proposal.

Yes?

I'm thinking of accepting.

I won't be a nuisance.

Really?

I'm disappointed.

So in the end you're going to

become a samurai again?

You were just using me

foryour own purposes.

You and I really are different,

after all.

We're on different levels,

so we can't communicate.

That's not the case!

Tomozo!

Sister.

What do you think of Shinzaburo?

What do you mean?

I think he's a fine man.

Since I was a child, I've

always envied what you had.

We were given the same things.

But the best went to you.

I've always felt that way.

But now things are different.

I can be proud of this marriage

proposal with Shinzaburo.

Sister.

I hope this is a misunderstanding.

What is it?

Do you know Shinzaburo

from somewhere?

I got that feeling.

Ridiculous!

How could I?!.

No, I suppose not.

Thank goodness!

When you leave to marry...

I'd like to receive

something from you.

Yes, I suppose.

What would be suitable?

A sash.

The one you cherish most.

I'll wear it to my wedding.

Forgive me for startling you.

Not at all.

Where is Suzu?

She seems to be out.

I let myself in.

Do you mind if I stay

for a while?

Please do.

Thankyou for helping

me before.

I thought you'd forgotten.

Of course not!

Why did you pretend not

to know me?

You did the same.

But I've stopped pretending

that I don't know you.

Today I came here to

see you, not Suzu.

I can't get you out of my mind!

I was interested

in the marriage proposal...

because I heard the name Iijima.

Suzu is smart and lovely.

But my heart was already

taken byyou.

I will speak the truth

to your father...

and ask foryour hand.

Or would that be a burden?

Do you not feel the same way?

The lanterns are supposed to

greet our deceased ancestors.

But the bon decorations

look so uninviting.

I brought my art materials

with me today.

Don't say anything to my father.

It's an impossible situation.

It's too late to cancel the

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