Later, grandma fell ill and Akira said that there was not enough money to treat her. Thus, both Miyano and Yuka started taking on some side jobs to raise enough money to take grandma for treatment. However, because of this, their grades dropped and Akira made them drop out of school to help work the fields, insisting that with their grades the way it were, there was no point in them wasting more money on learning. However, the girls refused and they had a big fight. In the end, Miyano decided to drop out, but insisted that Yuka stay in school because she still had time to make up and because she had a better head for learning than Miyano. Later, Akira suggested that Miyano get married so that they would have a son-in-law to help lift the weight off the family, but Miyano refused to marry. She persisted and waited for her 18th birthday to come and get her inheritance money, and just as there seemed to be hope, Hiroshi raped Miyano and Akira forced her to marry him. When Miyano finally got her inheritance, Akira took the money away, arguing that the money belonged to Hiroshi because he is her husband and that Miyano had to compensate for all the money the family spent on her to raise her to this age. As her grandmother's condition was really bad this time, Miyano did not give in and the fight between the two led to Miyano's death.
