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When people finish their day
and hurry home,
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my day starts.
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My diner is open from midnight
to seven in the morning.
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They call it "Midnight Diner."
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Do I even have customers?
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More than you would expect.
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Thanks for everything, Master.
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I'll be going now.
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Okay.
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Take care, Tezuka.
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Is he all right? He looked ready
to jump in front of a train.
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He's going back to his hometown.
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Things didn't work out for him?
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No.
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It's hard to get back on your feet
after a bad fall.
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But you get used to it if your life
is just one bad fall after another.
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You're not from the country,
you wouldn't understand.
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None of us want to leave Tokyo
and go back to our hometown.
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But you're from Tokyo.
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Welcome.
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Hello.
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Tomato roll and beer, please.
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Sure.
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Sit down.
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-It's a nice diner, isn't it?
-Yes, it is.
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Did you bump into Tezuka?
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Tezuka?
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He was here just now.
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Really?
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How is he?
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He went back to his hometown
after eating my tomato rolls.
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I see. He went home.
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Master, let me introduce you.
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This is Hashimoto.
He won the Best Newcomer Award.
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Pleased to meet you.
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Congratulations.
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-Here you go.
-Thank you.
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Best Newcomer Award?
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For manga. Do you know Big Comic?
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I read that magazine all the time.
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You'll see his winning work
in the next issue.
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He may be starting a manga series soon.
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That's amazing.
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Maybe we should get his autograph.
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Or am I getting ahead of myself?
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Thanks for the food.
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This is really good.
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I know, right?
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His name is Osami Tezuka.
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It's hard to believe, right?
It's his real name.
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It's one letter away from Osamu Tezuka,
the father of manga.
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I think I saw his name a few years ago.
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He was a previous
Best Newcomer Award winner.
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I was his editor.
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I told him to change his name
because he would never live up to it.
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In the end, he fizzled out.
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He drew a few other mangas,
but none of them worked out.
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I see.
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I guess he gave up.
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Don't worry, Mr. Uno.
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I will never give up.
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I'm counting on you.
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I voted for you in the publisher meetings.
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I won't let you down.
I quit my part-time job yesterday.
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You're going all-in?
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Wow, that's a huge gamble.
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I'm rooting for you.
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Sit down.
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I can't eat.
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For safety reasons, please refrain
from rushing onto the train.
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BIG COMIC ORIGINAL
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-How much?
-That will be 320 yen.
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You won one million yen with this?
That's amazing.
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Lucky you. Your dream came true.
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And I thought you were an idiot
when you declined the job offer.
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-Would you like to read it, Yamada?
-Sure.
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Drawing manga is all I can do.
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I should have a dream too.
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Seriously? You're a public servant.
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I know! I'll represent Japan.
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In what?
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Teaching?
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Soccer.
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You were a bench player in high school.
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I'll be off now.
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Okay.
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Wait, Noriko.
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I don't have any money left
in my train pass.
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What do you think, Ms. Wakamiya?
Be honest with me.
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Well, I had a good laugh.
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You laughed?
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It's not supposed to be funny.
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Oh, no, let me explain.
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I know it isn't supposed to be funny.
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But it was so ridiculous
I couldn't help it.
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What about Mr. Uno? What did he say?
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He's busy sorting out the details
for our new magazine.
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That's unfortunate.
He's really good at his job.
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You have to convince
the chief editor you can do this
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if you want to make
your professional debut.
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I don't get her.
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I have serious doubts about Ms. Wakamiya.
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I think she has a good eye.
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That's not the point.
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She has to have the courage
to die with me if necessary.
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That's what editors do for their artists.
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I think you're taking this
a little too seriously.
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You would die with me, right?
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What?
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I won't give up.
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Manga is all I have.
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Sorry, Noriko.
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You could have paid the rent
with your drinking money.
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Where did my passion
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for manga go?
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I tapped into my personal anxieties
for this new manga.
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I stopped trying to overthink it.
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I just went with the flow.
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I think you should follow their example.
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She has terrible taste.
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You have to back me up here, Mr. Uno.
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Hashimoto.
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Do you actually find this interesting?
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What?
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Do you think your manga is interesting?
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Yes.
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00:12:20,706 --> 00:12:22,675
I'll be honest with you. This is boring.
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I would never pay
to read something like this.
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I don't know what she said,
but you have to stop blaming her.
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You drew this, not her.
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If you keep lying to yourself,
you'll regret it one day.
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That's your last glass of sake
for tonight.
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He hasn't contacted me since then.
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He probably lost his will to draw.
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00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:05,885
Well, it doesn't matter.
I've gotten used to being let down.
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You still look upset to me.
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After you make your debut,
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00:13:15,027 --> 00:13:18,798
you have to try to survive
in this dog-eat-dog industry.
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Some actually took their own lives
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just because they couldn't come up
with a good story.
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Those who have a home to return to
after giving up are the lucky ones.
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Are you talking about Tezuka?
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Every time I treat a new artist
to your tomato rolls,
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they always end up fizzling out.
145
00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:56,869
You're blaming my food now?
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I was only joking.
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00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:21,961
What are you doing?
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00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,132
I can't believe you.
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00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:46,485
I've had enough.
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Why won't you work?
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I'm working.
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00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:02,768
I think about my characters
and story arcs...
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00:15:02,868 --> 00:15:04,169
Are you stupid?
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00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,672
You don't get a single yen doing that!
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00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:11,777
I have to create something from nothing.
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00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:14,914
I'm a creator, not a wage slave!
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00:15:15,014 --> 00:15:16,949
Get off your high horse.
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00:15:17,516 --> 00:15:19,385
You're just a dreamer!
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00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:34,900
I'm done with you.
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00:16:08,934 --> 00:16:12,204
BIG COMIC ORIGINAL
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Hurry up!
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-Over there.
-Okay.
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Do you like to read manga?
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I enjoy drawing it too.
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Damn it!
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I've decided to quit drawing manga.
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I see.
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It's your decision to make.
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But I'm terrified.
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I'm nothing without my manga.
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You have it backwards.
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You threw everything away.
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But manga was the one thing
you could never toss out.
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Welcome.
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Master, it's been a while.
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It's me, Tezuka.
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I remember.
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-Tomato roll and beer, please.
-Sure.
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This is Ms. Yayoi.
We draw manga together now.
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-Together?
-Yes.
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I worked as a caretaker for the elderly
after returning to my hometown.
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That's how we met.
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I've been drawing manga as a hobby
since high school.
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I wanted to forget all about manga
as soon as possible.
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But after talking to Ms. Yayoi,
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I realized that I wasn't ready
to give it up.
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So we started to draw manga together.
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After a string of rejections,
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our publisher finally green-lit
our manga series.
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Your dream finally came true.
I'm happy for you.
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To mark the occasion,
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I decided to treat Ms. Yayoi
to your tomato rolls.
193
00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:17,716
I've heard so much
about your tomato rolls from him.
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I'll get on with it.
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Is your name still Osami Tezuka?
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Oh, sorry.
I should have introduced myself.
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I'm a manga artist too.
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Oh, really?
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I haven't changed my name.
It doesn't bother me anymore.
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Well? Do you like it?
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I love it!
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The tomato tastes sweeter
after you grill it.
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-It goes so well with the pork.
-Right?
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Master.
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For the food.
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Thanks for everything.
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00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:11,870
Anytime.
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Take care, Hashimoto.
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00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,556
If you can't take it anymore,
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walk away and try something else.
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00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:43,268
You can always pick up your pen again
when you're ready.
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That's how I did it.
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00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,109
Thank you.
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00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:28,547
He hasn't dropped by
for my tomato rolls since then.
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00:22:32,984 --> 00:22:35,721
I know you'll be back, Hashimoto.
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POKE
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PITTER-PATTER
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SIZZLE
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THIS STORY IS A WORK OF FICTION.
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