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No, you don't need to apologize to me.

I'm sorry… I'm so sorry.

But it was Daiki's fifth birthday.

Yes, and you happily talked about

giving him a present, didn't you?

I did.

He's always liked Super Sentai toys.

I wonder if he liked it.

I wonder if he's played with it.

When I think about him growing up…

When I think about it…

You got impatient

and went to your ex-husband's house screaming Daiki's name over and over.

I'm crazy, right?

No.

It's natural for you to want to see him.

The problem is that it was 2:00 a.m.

I'm hungry.

Why do people get hungry?

Even though

I ate until I was stuffed last night.

Have you eaten since then?

That's why you'll get fat.

Somewhat.

You could learn from Mr. Kakei

and exercise a little self-restraint.

This might sound harsh,

but if this is arbitrated, you'll look bad in the eyes of the court.

The opposition will dig into

your health condition even more than now.

Please help me.

Not a single part of me

wants to destroy his new family.

I just…

I just want to see Daiki.

That's it.

I understand.

Usually the court allows monthly meetings.

Let's not give up.

Don't compare me with Mr. Kakei.

I mean, the way he looks…

Was Ms. Imada okay?

She calmed down and went home.

What?

We were talking about how Mr. Waka eats too much at night.

But it was crab yesterday!

My client's originally from Hokkaido

and sent me this much.

Apparently spring is the season for crab.

Osamu, your house is a ten minute walking distance from mine.

You didn't think of sharing?

Uh, well, you see…

Right? You got crab.

No… My two kids have huge appetites,

and even if the crab is huge, there's not that much meat inside.

Well yesterday I ate

leftover meat and potato stew all alone.

What did you eat yesterday, Mr. Kakei?

Yesterday?

I ate miso soup with vegetables,

yam, and mentaiko pasta in soy sauce and vinegar

with wasabi and nori on top,

sweet-and-spicy stewed chicken wings and daikon, broccoli with bonito flakes,

and white rice mixed with one-third sprouted brown rice.

Okay.

Huh…

Well, I'm going home.

Good work today. Bye.

Hey, Shino,

Mr. Kakei always goes home at six with a spring in his step.

I heard he has a girlfriend.

They love each other.

Ms. O, we say they're "in love."

But based on that detailed menu,

I think Mr. Kakei is definitely the one cooking.

Mr. Kakei can cook?

But I don't like something about him.

Why?

Doesn't a man who cooks score a lot of points?

He's 45.

Someone like him looking like that…

Frankly, it's unsettling.

I bet he spends a lot of money on his cooking,

filling his cart at a high-end supermarket

with the best ingredients.

BIG SALE GOBEN DIPPING SAUCE 418 YEN

BIG SALE RECOMMENDED

418 yen?

You call this a "big discount"?

Gonben dipping sauce is 299 yen at the lowest.

You're not tricking me.

As planned, I'm going to buy two cartons of low-fat milk

for 98 yen during the flash sale.

SPRING SALE

One pack of maitake is 78 yen.

A bundle of radishes is 100 yen.

Burdock is also 100 yen?

Nakamuraya is still the place to buy vegetables.

SPECIAL SALE! TODAY ONLY LOW-FAT MILK 92 YEN

LOW-FAT MILK

Here it's…

six yen cheaper!

Wasn't low-fat milk on sale here every Thursday?

BIG SALE! FRESH!

TODAY ONLY! LOW-FAT MILK 92 YEN

I overlooked this…

I'm home!

CANCEL / OFF

Three minutes later and the rice cooker would have started.

I'll add burdock and maitake to the rice.

CANCEL / TIMER / COOK

I dump out two scoops of water with a ladle,

add kelp,

lightly season it with sake and soy sauce,

add in one slice of salted salmon for every cup of rice,

and add in shavings of the burdock I bought.

Burdock releases polyphenols, which give an umami flavor,

so it mustn't touch water.

Then I break off some of the maitake and add it in.

COOK

What soup should I make?

Pork soup went with the rice and burdock,

so I'll make miso soup with pork, radish, and radish leaves.

I'll stew the mustard spinach and aburaage from yesterday.

DIPPING SAUCE

I still have the daikon and scallops,

so one more dish.

I want to use up the eggs.

Maybe I'll stir fry some Chinese pickles with the eggs and vegetables.

I'll go with this.

All that's left is to wait for the rice.

It's satisfying finishing up

a troublesome task.

Cooking dinner is great.

It provides me with a sense of satisfaction every day.

And finishing up a day

content like this…

I'm home.

It smells like you're seasoning rice.

What useless thing did you get today?

What? Ice cream?

It's Haagen-Dazs.

You got it at the convenience store?

Yeah.

Haagen-Dazs has a 20% discount

at Nakamuraya on Fridays.

Why did you buy it there at the regular price?

No…

I'm always telling you to think of how much ten or 20 yen is worth.

Saving 25,000 yen each month from breakfast and dinner

is a high priority for me…

This expensive!

It's fine. I'm paying.

It's fine. Give it to me.

You need to save!

KENJI REIMBURSEMENT

But…

Nakamuraya doesn't sell this one.

You said earlier you wanted to eat it.

Sorry.

Fine. I get it.

It's time to eat. Wash your hands.

Okay.

Thank you for dinner.

Shiro…

You like money, don't you?

The rent for this apartment is just 100,000 yen, right?

Don't lawyers make piles of money?

If I were in a public relations firm, I would.

But I don't want to work myself to death.

I'd much rather live a more human life

on a modest salary.

That's very you.

And what's wrong with liking money?

I don't have a child to take care of me in the future

so I can only rely on money. Right?

That's true.

Don't make that face when you're eating.

It tastes good?

It's sweet, spicy, and sour.

Each dish tastes great.

It's good.

You cut the salmon

so it'd be easier for me to eat, right?

The sesame also adds a nice accent!

It's good.

I don't know much about balance,

but this rice is so good.

Give me seconds.

No, you'll get fat.

Wait until you're over 50 to become a bear.

Shiro, what's that?

What are you doing?

Come on…

So can I take all of this?

I said no! Nothing will change, though.

It's so good. I can't help it.

Oh…

I've told you so many times, Mom.

I'm not like those kinds of people.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So I met them in…

What would you call it?

An offline meeting?

I went to one.

You don't need to do that.

Well, you know…

I learned a lot from that group.

I came to understand a lot of things.

Shiro,

you've come out to the people at work, haven't you?

You've told them you're gay?

I haven't.

There's no need for me to tell people at work that I'm gay.

Why?

Tell them!

Being gay is nothing to be ashamed of!

Hello?

Hello? Shiro? Are you listening to me?

Every single human is unique,

and that's a wonderful thing.

So Shiro--

Yeah, yeah, I know.

I have to go. I need to get up early tomorrow.

Goodnight, Mom.

Hel--

What do you think?

Actually, I'm not sure.

Isn't the back here kind of plain?

Look, my face is pretty strong.

Well…

Shall we glam up this part by curling it a bit more?

I'm sorry, and right at the very end.

I couldn't bring myself to say it.

You see, I'm so timid.

No, I'm glad you told me.

It's for your relative's wedding?

A special occasion calls for a special hairstyle.

Are you still okay on time?

It's fine.

You can tell by Ken's face

that he's not lying at times like these.

Yeah… If it were me, I'd be annoyed.

Mrs. Sengoku always finds faults with the style

and makes them redo it.

Ken, I like that you're so easy to talk to.

Hey…

How about going out next time?

Oh, sorry, I'm gay.

I haven't told you?

Oh… Seriously?

And I'm living with my boyfriend.

He's so handsome, dependable, and great at cooking.

Oh, and he's a lawyer.

-Oh, really? -Yeah, but…

I'm more of a man than he is.

What?

This looks pretty good.

-It's good… -Isn't it?

Ms. Sengoku has gone silent.

Ken is such an amazing character.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

There's no way we can entrust such a senseless woman with a precious child.

It was two in the morning.

I sincerely apologize.

Ms. Imada has promised to never do it again,

so please forgive her.

Daiki is used to my new wife now.

We don't want to confuse him.

But Mr. Nishina,

you unilaterally took her off your family register

when she was hospitalized.

You had been dating your current wife before then, hadn't you?

Despite all that, Ms. Imada has said that

she doesn't intend to blame you.

-She just-- -She can't meet him.

She's not asking to meet him.

She's only asking to see him from a distance.

His birth mother is conceding this much.

No, no way.

If she does something like kidnap Daiki

the second I look away…

The woman is capable of doing that.

I can assure you, that won't happen.

Please.

I can't.

How can you possibly assure me?

If you could constantly supervise her every month

and keep a watch on her, things would be different.

You can't do that, can you?

I can.

So I should accompany her once a month, correct?

Understood.

Why did I ever promise that--

every month, on my precious day off…

Shiro!

What's wrong? Overtime?

That looks heavy. I'll carry it.

No, that's okay.

I bought salad oil and rice, and it's heavy.

Your hands are important.

What would happen if you got tendonitis?

Shiro, you're so cool. I'm falling in love all over again.

Oh, come on…

I'm happy we could run into each other.

That's right!

-Let's go see the cherry blossoms. -Cherry blossoms?

There's a boardwalk out there.

They're blooming beautifully right now.

I saw it the other day and it made me want to see it with you.

Oh my God, Ken!

Mrs. Sengoku! Are you going home now?

Yes, I am.

Good, your curls are still there.

Everyone was telling me how beautiful they were.

That's wonderful.

Your husband?

Yeah.

This is Ken, my beautician.

I had him style my hair today.

Hello.

Your wife comes often.

You have a beautiful wife.

No, no, I'm not like that.

Hey, Ken,

Is this the boyfriend you mentioned?

Handsome lawyer who's the woman in the relationship?

You two really suit each other!

Don't they?

-You're right. -He's so handsome!

Really…

He's nice.

He's so nice!

-He is. -Yeah

Why did you tell a customer?

What were you thinking?

Coming out to people at work

and blabbing about me are different!

And I can't believe you told your customer!

Unlike you, I haven't told people at my office.

I'd hate it if random people knew that I was gay!

And first of all… the woman in the relationship?

Going as far as saying I'm the bottom…

In any case,

if you can't act like you understand my stance, you can leave!

I'm serious.

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

But…

But my boss talks about

his wife and kids to the customers.

Why am I the only one…

who's not allowed to talk about who I live with…

to anyone else?

Well then…

Let's make dinner.

Today it'll be the boiled bamboo shoots and rapeseed flowers.

That's not fair! You tricked me!

I love this with the garlic and onions heaped on top.

Because of your work,

you can only eat a lot when you have a day off.

Because I'm off tomorrow?

I'm happy.

A boiled dish and sliced bonito are the best!

Really? Good.

Eat the rapeseed flowers, too.

Yeah, I will.

Spring is here!

LAWSON

HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES

NAKAMURAYA

What? What happened?

This month we spent 17,368 yen on food!

That's 8,000 less than our 25,000 budget!

Really?

What, really?

Yay!

Let's go eat something with that!

What are you saying? We need to save.

This is why you can't save even at your age.

You're 43! Think a little.

You may be working as a beautician,

but you can't work forever--

Yes, yes. Again with the nagging.

-Nagging? -Oh, Shiro!

Let's eat that Haagen-Dazs.

It wasn't on sale, but we saved on our meal.

You idiot.

If you eat that now, it'll show tomorrow.

Oh, it's fine. Let's split it!

I'm not eating it!

It's delicious!

This has 297 calories?

I'll take a walk tomorrow.

You're so insensitive.

Don't ruin something so good.

It really tastes like macadamia nuts, doesn't it?

You're right, this is good. It's worth the price.

I told you.

We should treat ourselves sometimes.

No way.

Body and money need to be controlled. Otherwise they end in failure.

Failure… Wow, Shiro.

Human happiness

comes from fraying seams.

Even meeting your partner often comes about by accident.

What do you mean "by accident"?

Accident?

For example, if you're

hospitalized with an illness,

and the medical intern comes to see you.

He diagnoses you, and you fall in love.

Like "We're dating now!"--

What are you saying? That's not right.

What?

No, what I'm saying is…

What are you saying?

What? My "accident" example--

Stop imagining that.

No, what I'm asking is,

what you mean by "accident"?

Accident?

What does "accident" mean?

Accident… An accident is

you know… Just an accident?

A nice accident? No?

But Shiro,

you've dated a woman before.

This man's gay.

If you're concerned, go and have a look.

I know I did something bad. I regret it.

That's why I…

Subtitle translation by: Kelsey Lechner