Episode 6: Don't Go!

So in this episode Ellie almost returns to Scotland.

1. We open up with Masaharu's mother and Ellie alone. She tells Ellie a series of stories about her son that illustrate how much she loves him, and then she breaks down in tears and begins to beg her to let her son go, because no matter how hard Ellie tries, no matter what she does, in Japan she will always be viewed as an outsider and his mother believes that because of this they will one day regret being together

2.Ellie breaks down in tears listening to this, and in a flashback we learn that for her, this reminds her greatly of her own mother who not only said the same things, but Ellie rejected what she said and left in the middle of the night to leave with Masaharu. She whispered to her through her bedroom door, believing she was asleep, and apologized and said she can't stop loving Masaharu. But the audience sees her mother laying down, in tears, as she listens to her daughter. It is so sad because it is probably the last time they will see one another.

3.Meanwhile, Masaharu goes looking for Ellie and can't find her. So he starts asking the servants and his sisters and no one has seen her. Finally he goes to his mother, who has a serene look on her face as she prays and he yells at her, where is she, and her answer is: you should just get over her. Eventually, he learns the truth (I assume) because in the next scene he is running like a madman to catch Ellie, who is about to get in a car to go.

4. He is able to catch them, by taking a shortcut, and since he won't move she goes to talk to him and tells him that his mother loves him so much, and she understands, and that her only regret is that she left her home without her mother's approval and she doesn't want that for Masaharu.

5.His response is SO GREAT. He basically yells : Japan is a country of domineering husbands and wives are quiet and obedient and so you can't leave because I said so! (it's like really immature but at the same time just really speaks to how much he loves her because he has never talked to her like that)

6.Essentially they reaffirm their love and she decides to stay.

Awwww!

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