Original subtitles

Minami-Nagasaki, Toshima Ward

Let's see here...

It's this way.

An app development company... What on earth do they do?

*Mainly for calls, texting and email, not for apps I'm still using a flip phone*, so I wouldn't know.

Yeah... Yeah.

But since the PHASE has changed.

...we have to DRASTICALLY change the AGENDA, right?

Yeah... no, no, no.

Identify the ISSUE. ISSUE.

Yeah.

Using English-based business jargon and slang. There are people who talk like that lately, I guess.

Tomorrow at 10:00 then.

I'll set up a REMOTE MTG (meeting).

Why not just say "meeting"?

Okay, thanks.

Sorry about that.

Many of our employees can't adjust to our KGI (Key Goal Indicator).

It's been hard.

Do people in your industry also set up KGIs?

We do...

What about KPIs (Key Performance Indicator)?

Yes, I can't sleep at night worrying if I don't set them up.

Man, that's so COOL!

I have no idea what those weird abbreviations are.

"Cool"? I'm so bad at this.

MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA INOGASHIRA GORO

Regardless of time or society...

Let's see Over there?

Maybe this shop?

When someone indulges in satisfying his hunger...

Wonder if this is a good one?

Alright! Trying my luck with this!

Oh well, here goes nothing!

For someone who's "belly" hungry Huh? Unexpectedly just right...

for someone who's belly hungry

...he will become selfish and liberated for a moment.

Liquor? Nope, I don't "drink" so.

...28cm, right

Without being disturbed by anyone...

Well, let's see Okay!

It's good! Oh...

...to eat freely is an act of aloofness.

Now this is what I'm talking about, this one

This act is the best comfort given...

Have no problem with this whatsoever Mm Mm Slurp Huff

Excuse me? Can I order for take out? Su~re

Is there something here I could take home?

Fully Enjoying A Solo Meal

Ah, I'm enjoying this I'm really enjoying this shop!

...equally to every man.

WABI-SABI SUBS PRESENTS

K O D O K U N O G U R U M E

Ep. 6: "Meat and Eggplant Stir-Fried in Soy Sauce and Chicken Karaage of Minami-Nagasaki, Toshima Ward, Tokyo"

I brought you a proposal for the interior of the new office based on the drawings you emailed me.

SUBTITLES BY WABI-SABI SUBS

I'm totally OKAY doing this via REMOTE though.

Translation / Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS

Since it's our first time, I thought it would be better if we met in person...

You're the kind of person who cares about that kind of thing, aren't you?

Yes, well...

Does that mean my way of doing things is old-fashioned?

Yes, hmm...

All THREE TYPES are SO GREAT. Nice.

Thank you.

I'm just hoping it HAMMERS (fits) into our BUDGET but what about the COSTS?

On the last page, each of them...

Excuse me.

Yes? What is it?

*summarize So just REVISE the SCHEME and SUMMAru* it, okay?

"Amend the business plan and finalize it."

Since the SCHE(dule) is TIGHT... add some BUFFER. BUFFER.

Whatever that is...

OKAY. Thanks.

Sorry about that.

I put notes on the costs of each type on the last page.

Just as I thought...

I prefer the TASTE of A, but with the COST of C though.

I'll try to meet your request as much as possible and put it together.

YES! Then, please do so ASAP.

"Asap"?

"AS SOON AS POSSIBLE".

"Naru haya de" in Japanese. When will it be ready?

The day after tomorrow.

In two days then. I'll look forward to it.

So then...

Good day.

Thanks.

Next time, let's do it via remote. Since it'll be our second meeting.

Of course.

Yes... yes...

Um, I'm not on a smart phone. Sorry about that.

Could you please just email me?

Yes... thank you. Sorry for the inconvenience. Okay.

So the way we work and the way we live has changed.

When one thing becomes convenient, some other thing becomes inconvenient.

Isn't the total number of conveniences and inconveniences constant?

The CEO earlier may not be a bad person...

...but our gears are not in synch with each other.

Because of that, my brain is exhausted....

And on top of that...

I'm... hungry.

Alright, let's find a place to eat!

What do you do in a situation like this?

I want food that will clear up the fogginess.

No new words, no new systems, no new tricks. Just proper food!

An honest-to-goodness meal!

Where am I?

There doesn't seem to be anything here...

No! There ought to be something...

Better go search at a different street.

I think that's it!

This... this looks proper to me.

Kappo • Teishoku SAGARA

KaPpo (Japanese cooking) and TeiShoku (Set meals).

Not "KP". Nor "TS".

It's "Kappo-Teishoku".

Exactly the shop I'm looking for right now.

Even the shop's name "Sagara" is proper and straightforward. Let's go in!

Hi, welcome!

Hello, come on in!

Welcome!

Lunch. And half a bowl of rice.

Yes.

Okay.

Lunch with half-rice.

Got it!

Oh, sorry. Please take that counter seat.

Excuse me, sir. Here's your hand towel.

Oh excuse me... Ramen, half curry.

Yes?

Ramen, half curry, Got it.

I'll have the Lunch.

Lunch.

Ramen-Half Curry plus Lunch!

Oka~y!

Got it!

This busy atmosphere, I like it!

Welcome!

Come i~n!

Oh, hello! Please take that table at the back.

Let's see~ I'll have the Lunch.

Mixed Fry for me.

Lunch and Mixed Fry, right? Lunch and Mixed Fry!

Yep!

Lunch is very popular!

The unpretentious feeling of everyday patronization.

So? What is today's Lunch?

LUNCH: Bacon-Eggs Katsuo no Tataki ¥700

700 yen with Katsuo no Tataki (lightly seared skipjack tuna)\nis a good price.

So many items!

Ninikyu Yakiniku Set Meal Garlic Yakiniku Set Meal

"Ninikyu (garlic) Yakiniku" and "Garlic Yakiniku".

What's the difference?

No, no, no. This shop is the right place.

Grilled/Pan-Fried Fish Set Meals:

Fish-based... Single items...

Menchikatsu Curry Katsu Curry Korokke Curry Hamburger Curry Omelette Curry Curry Rice CURRY

Menchikatsu Curry.

I see...

Hello sir. Thanks for waiting.

Lunch, right? With half-rice.

Oh~, katsuo... looks good!

What's with the number of these set meals?

Wah! There's more here!

There's too many choices even if you don't include fish!

So many, I can't decide...

Okay here's Ramen, Half-Curry!

Here you go. Enjoy!

Ramen at a shokudou sounds good too...

Oh no, my mind is getting blurry!

Focus on set meals, set meals...

I'm done!

Thank you!

Thank you for the business!

I'm so torn with this...

But should I have this... and this?

Oh, right. I was going for a set!

Here's your change.

Thank you very much.

Thanks and come agai~n!

I don't think so~!

Thank you very much~!

Maybe not? Eh~?

Welcome!

Hello~!

Over here, please!

This is bad!

I'm gonna be one lap behind in this Lunch Marathon.

Excuse me.

Yep!

Are you ready to order?

Do you have a set of Meat and Eggplant Stir-Fried in Soy Sauce, and Chicken Karaage?

Sorry. We don't have that set.

Ughuh!

Then, can I have the Meat and Eggplant Stir-Fried in Soy Sauce Set Meal...

...and a separate order of Chicken Karaage?

Oh, I'm sorry, we don't serve single items in a set meal for lunch.

Buhah!

But, we can make an exception today.

Sorry for the inconvenience but thank you.

It's okay. It's okay.

I've finally decided.

I've now made it at the starting point.

Excuse me?

Yes!

Spicy Pork Set Meal with one piece of Aji Fry!

Got it.

SINGLE ITEMS Korokke 1 pc Menchikatsu 1 pc Oyster Fry 1 pc Aji Fry 1 pc Ebi Fry 1 pc

She's good! I see. Very clever.

Bet she's been patronizing this place a lot.

Water and Tea are Self-Service. Thank you.

I see~. They have Zaru Soba too.

Hiyashi-Chu(ka) and Marinated Tuna Sashimi Bowl too.

It's like a combination of punches to the side of the body to take advantage of a gap in the guard.

I like that.

Excuse me. Coming through.

Thanks for your patience. Here's Mixed Fry. Enjoy.

How "volumey".

Okay, sorry to keep you waiting. Here's the Meat-Eggplant.

The Chicken Karaage will follow shortly.

[Meat-Eggplant Stir-Fried in Soy Sauce Set Meal] [Chicken Karaage]

I humbly receive.

[Meat-Eggplant Stir-Fried in Soy Sauce] One heck of a dish with a normal face Superb stir-fry with a scent of soy sauce

This is more meat than I expected!

Oh, it's good!

This is it! This seasoning.

Eggplant... yum!

The more I chew, the more umami oozes out.

Soy sauce stir-fry. Just exquisite.

When combined with white rice... Mmm~.. oh my oh my...

No bluffing. No tricks.

It's a proper meal!

How an honest-to-goodness meal should be!

Yes, yes.

This is what I've been talking about.

My body has been craving for a set meal like this!

[Chicken Karaage] Popular item in the world of side dishes! There is no end to this deliciousness

Here is Karaage. Freshly fried.

As always, fried food is the source of energy.

Fried chicken in specialty stores are good, but the fried chicken at a set meal shop ain't bad either.

With nostalgia as their weapon, they'll win over my taste buds.

Macaroni.

Actually, I've loved it since kindergarten.

Oh, welcome.

Welcome!

Oh, hello!

Looks like you're busy today.

Thank you. Please.

Okay.

Oh, then give me some Meat-Bell Peppers.

Meat-Bell Peppers? One order of Meat-Bell Peppers!

Got it!

This shop is the perfect example for the term 'everyday patronization'.

Pork, eggplant, and soy sauce.

But it's a taste you can't get at home.

That's why it's a blissful feeling to eat a meal with it.

Gotta do this too, right?

See? It's good with tangy mayo.

Thanks, it was delicious.

Thank you!

Thank you for the business!

Thank you~!

Are you stuck with that?

Huh?

I think I've seen that somewhere before.

Who was it?

Welcome~!

Welcome~!

Come in~!

Here, please!

I'll have the Lunch.

Me too.

Sorry. We only have one Lunch left right now.

Is that so?

Then, I'll have Nikujaga with Tuna Sashimi.

Okay!

Even though they're already busy...

...plus there's more and more things to do in these times...

I really appreciate the efforts of all restaurant staff and bow down to them.

Thank you for your hard work, day in and day out.

Even though it's my first time here, I feel like I'm at a familiar place.

Karaage.

No matter how many times I eat it, it still tastes new and delicious.

This is how a nostalgic taste grows in me.

This soy sauce-based sauce...

...could be an everyday miracle.

The sauce for Karage is good too. Yummy yum yum.

An old-fashioned, cheap and delicious restaurant for the masses.

The usual people are here and you can see their smiling faces.

There's no greater happiness than that.

Excuse me.

Yep!

Can I have Hiyashi Chuka, please?

Sure thing!

[Hiyashi Chuka] Summer with you is The best summer

Nice.

It's good with nori too, just like zaru soba!

Excuse me. Can I have some vinegar?

Su~re!

Here you go~.

I sure like it sour.

It's exquisitely balanced. Sourly good.

I can't help ordering whenever I see it. Hiyashi Chuka are a summer treat.

My stomach went into a frenzy over the two-way meat dish of ham and chashu!

I think about this every year.

I only enjoy thin strips of omelette when used in Hiyashi Chuka.

I didn't expect I'd go as far as to order noodles for a finisher.

I think it was the coziness of the restaurant and the delicious set menus that made me do it.

Minami-Nagasaki Lunch Marathon... I'll enter it again.

Thank you for the meal.

Thank you very much!

Please come back aga~in!

I've found a good shop.

The fatigue from earlier is gone.

NAGASAKI GINZA

Huh? I've come to Higashi-Nagasaki Station.

That shokudo where I ate Ginger Pork Rice Bowl with Sunny-Side Egg... The featured shop in Season1 Ep10

Let's go check it out.

How many years has it been?

Western Food KITCHEN NAGASAKI

That Western food restaurant...

Right, I remember...

I was wondering whether I should try that Western food restaurant or the shokudo.

It was here, right...

I guess it's gone now...

Is there something wrong?

I was looking for a certain shokudo but...

Is it Sekizawa Shokudo?

Yes.

It closed a long time ago and the owners moved back to their hometown in Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Their son took over the business and the three of them are running the shokudo together.

Oh, is that so?

Yes.

The location wasn't at this building. It was in that area.

This is not the one?

It wasn't this one.

I see... Thank you.

When a building disappears, it's amazing how much you forget what the previous townscape looked like.

Based on the manga "Kodoku no Gurume" Story: QUSUMI MASAYUKI Art: TANIGUCHI JIRO (Published by Shukan SPA!)

Screenplay: TAGUCHI YOSHIHIRO

'Inogashira Goro' MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA

'Morimoto' HYUGA JOE

But you do try to remember.

'Entertainer Duo' TAJIMA NAOYA (Identity) MIURA AKIHIKO (Identity)

'Shopowner Son' MIZUHASHI KENJI

I'll definitely go there when I'm in Kashima.

Opening Narration: NODA KEIICHI

Music: "THE SCREEN TONES" QUSUMI MASAYUKI FUKUMURA SATOSHI KONO FUMIHIKO SHAKE KURIKI KEN

Ginger Pork Rice Bowl with Sunny-Side Egg.

Subtitles by WABI-SABI SUBS

Translation / Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS

Producers: KOMATSU YUKITOSHI KIKUCHI TAKEHIRO YOSHIMI KENSHI

Chief Producer: ABE SHINJI

Director: KITABATA RYUICHI

In cooperation with: KYODO TV

A 2021 Production of: TV TOKYO

This drama is fiction

Author Qusumi Masayuki will visit the shop where the show was filmed...

FURATTO

Ochiai-Minami-Nagasaki Volume Narrator: UEKUSA TOMOKI (TV Tokyo Announcer)

Japanese Cooking Set Meals SAGARA

This time we'll be visiting this shop in Minami-Nagasaki, Toshima Ward...

Japanese Cooking Set Meals SAGARA

...Set Meals, Sagara.

Oh wo~w...

"Kodoku no Gurume" Original Writer QUSUMI MASAYUKI

I can't decide at all, I swear...

It's REALLY hard to decide!

I'm really curious about the ramen...

RAMEN with: Half Fried Rice Half Curry Rice Half Marinated Tuna Sashimi Bowl Half Tororo Rice

LUNCH: Bacon-Eggs Katsuo no Tataki ¥700

The Bacon-Eggs with Katsuo no Tataki (Lunch Set) sounds really appetizing, too!

Pork Kimchi is probably good too, and to die for...

I know that.

Excuse me!

Yes sir!

I'll have Ramen...

And half Marinated Tuna Bowl.

SAGARA MITSUNORI-san

Marinated Tuna. Sure!

Ramen and Marinated Bowl!

Yep!

That was so ha~rd...

There's no shop that gave me this much trouble!

Okay, thanks for the patience.

Yessirree~.

Here you go. Enjoy.

Wo~w... Yesss...

Oh, my God! It looks super-duper delicious!

Ramen Half Marinated Tuna Sashimi Bowl

Haven't had this kind of ramen for a long time.

Excuse me.

It's good.

I smelled this when I came in. The aroma of classic ramen.

You don't get to eat this kind of ramen at a ramen shop very often.

With thin and curly noodles.

The pork chashu is huge... Two large ones.

Yummy chashu.

I love this kind of ramen~

And then, Marinated Tuna Sashimi Bowl.

There's nori underneath...

Mmm... it's good.

Seems like medium fatty tuna...

It's a lot of tuna for the rice.

This is a splendid marinated tuna bowl.

Oh, I'm happy!

Thank you for the food.

It's nothing, thank you so much.

Taisho SAGARA MASAMI-san Proprietress SAGARA ASAKO-san

It was delicious. I ate like crazy.

I think it's going to take me...

...6 years to conquer (or master) this shop.

It's because we change our lunch set everyday.

Oh, is that so? You change it everyday?

That's right.

Yes.

Really...

I have to come here everyday then!

Featured Eatery: Teishoku SAGARA Tōkyō-to, Toshima-ku Minami-Nagasaki 5 - 18 - 2

The shop with plenty of delicious items: Teishoku Sagara.

When you come to the shop, please check our program's website.

Next on "Kodoku no Gurume"...

"Guizhou Home-style Twice-cooked Meat and Natto Hot Pot of Shin-Koiwa, Katsushika Ward, Tokyo

Tune in next time.