1 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:43,770 Yamazaki Shuichi, congratulations on winning a My Star Award! 2 00:00:43,770 --> 00:00:46,100 Well done, Yamazaki! 3 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:49,910 You're the first My Star winner from the Sales Department, and the youngest ever winner! 4 00:00:49,910 --> 00:00:51,840 What a legend! - A genius! 5 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,610 Thank you. - I'm so proud of you. 6 00:00:54,610 --> 00:00:59,280 Is there anything you want? - A reward, Yamazaki? I'm jealous! 7 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,850 In that case, please transfer me to RandD. 8 00:01:02,850 --> 00:01:05,390 Just think about it. Okay? 9 00:01:05,390 --> 00:01:08,290 What is the My Star Award? 10 00:01:08,290 --> 00:01:15,230 Once a year, employees who have made a particularly great contribution to the company get the My Star award. 11 00:01:15,230 --> 00:01:17,170 Isn't Yamazaki amazing? 12 00:01:17,170 --> 00:01:19,400 The winners are usually a bunch of old men. 13 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,300 In any case, Loophole-mura is enjoying himself too much. 14 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:24,570 It's not like he won the prize. 15 00:01:24,570 --> 00:01:27,410 Have you ever won it, boss? 16 00:01:27,410 --> 00:01:28,360 No. 17 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,880 Of course, the Accounts Department never wins. 18 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,250 If the figures match, it's normal. If they don't, we failed. 19 00:01:33,250 --> 00:01:36,590 We get criticised, but never praised or thanked. 20 00:01:36,590 --> 00:01:41,420 No, we should be able to do accounting work that gets praised or thanked, too. 21 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:44,760 I'll aim to win a My Star Award for accounting. 22 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,700 Do your best. - I will. 23 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:49,100 Yu and Asabuki are getting along well lately. 24 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:51,580 Oh, are they? 25 00:01:51,580 --> 00:01:53,700 I'm handing over the Production accounts. 26 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:56,440 Takura is going on leave tomorrow, so we've had to work fast. 27 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,480 Right, Asabuki is taking over for the Production Department. 28 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:06,000 What? I thought Takura and Asabuki suited each other, like that. 29 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,550 Right, Moriwaka? 30 00:02:10,550 --> 00:02:12,080 I can't agree. 31 00:02:12,860 --> 00:02:15,560 Boss, that's clearly sexual harassment. 32 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:23,230 Oh, it is? But I just wanted Takura to be happy... 33 00:02:23,230 --> 00:02:27,070 It's unusual for Yu to take more than one day off. Are you going somewhere? 34 00:02:27,070 --> 00:02:31,240 No, I just thought I'd use up my paid holiday before our next busy period. 35 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,140 I'm sorry, but please do your best without me for the next 2 days. 36 00:02:34,140 --> 00:02:37,110 Employees are entitled to paid holiday. 37 00:02:37,110 --> 00:02:39,110 Wow! 38 00:02:39,950 --> 00:02:42,750 Tomeda Tatsuhiko is coming. - What?! 39 00:02:42,750 --> 00:02:45,250 He applied for travel expenses for the award ceremony. 40 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:47,590 Sendai plant, Tomeda Tatsuhiko. 41 00:02:47,590 --> 00:02:50,490 You mean the man who's won the award 20 years in a row? 42 00:02:50,490 --> 00:02:55,460 Yes! I can't believe I'll finally get to see the legendary "My Star" of soap. 43 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:57,600 Mr Tomeda isn't a river demon. 44 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:58,940 If he was, I couldn't see him. 45 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:01,250 Is he really such a big name? 46 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:03,370 He's very famous within the company. 47 00:03:03,370 --> 00:03:05,840 But he never comes to the awards ceremony, 48 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,780 and he always refuses to be interviewed. 49 00:03:07,780 --> 00:03:12,050 But if he just follows RandD's recipes for large-scale production, 50 00:03:12,050 --> 00:03:13,980 what's the point of giving him a My Star Award? 51 00:03:13,980 --> 00:03:17,920 Because Tomeda is in charge of the hot process. - Hot process? 52 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:21,220 We have always made soaps using both the hot process 53 00:03:21,220 --> 00:03:24,260 and by neutralisation, which has greater productivity. 54 00:03:24,260 --> 00:03:27,100 As the Production accountant, you should know that much at least. 55 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,570 Yes, master. - Don't call me that. 56 00:03:30,570 --> 00:03:36,440 Compared to the neutralisation method, where everything is calculated and anyone can make it with reliable quality, 57 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:41,210 the hot process requires a craftsman's intuition. 58 00:03:41,210 --> 00:03:45,580 A craftsman's intuition? - Yes. And the man with the best intuition 59 00:03:45,580 --> 00:03:48,420 is Tomeda. - Even if you follow the recipe, 60 00:03:48,420 --> 00:03:52,890 slight changes in temperature, humidity or raw materials can lead to big differences. 61 00:03:52,890 --> 00:03:55,590 So without fine-tuning the machines and the timing, 62 00:03:55,590 --> 00:03:57,530 you won't get the same quality of soap. 63 00:03:57,530 --> 00:04:01,700 But couldn't you quantify the fine-tuned parameters so that anyone could do it? 64 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:04,200 Apparently they did try that once. 65 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,540 But it's not like "if the humidity goes up, this happens," 66 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:10,840 or "if the temperature goes down, that happens". 67 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,210 You need intuition, and so Tomeda... 68 00:04:13,210 --> 00:04:18,080 Nonsense! A business can't rely on the intuition of one special person. 69 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:23,220 If the hot process can't be quantified, why don't we switch to just using neutralisation? 70 00:04:23,220 --> 00:04:28,560 Or are we deliberately refusing to quantify it so that we can monopolise the market? 71 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,860 Don't get so irritated. - But what is it? 72 00:04:30,860 --> 00:04:33,560 This inexplicable intuition... 73 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,400 That's why he's "My Star" is, I'm sure. 74 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,570 Tomeda Tatsuhiko is coming?! - Yes! Everyone's freaking out already! 75 00:04:41,570 --> 00:04:44,610 I wonder what's going on... - Right? 76 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:46,740 He's never attended a single time before. 77 00:04:46,740 --> 00:04:49,240 Let's make sure there are no careless mistakes. 78 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,080 I hear he has a craftsman's temperament, very set in his ways. 79 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,580 So let's... - Let's make sure not to offend him. 80 00:04:55,580 --> 00:04:58,100 Yes! - Yes! 81 00:04:59,660 --> 00:05:02,520 Call the Sendai Plant right away and ask to interview Tomeda. 82 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,460 But he's always refused so far. 83 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:07,200 That's all the more reason, isn't it? Don't lose this chance. 84 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,830 He refused because he didn't want to leave the plant just for that, but that's not the case this time. 85 00:05:11,830 --> 00:05:15,040 I see. When will you be back? - In two days. 86 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,370 I'll be back on the morning of the ceremony. I'll leave this to you. - Okay. 87 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:23,980 Husband 88 00:05:34,390 --> 00:05:37,730 Hey, is this Accounts? - It is... 89 00:05:37,730 --> 00:05:40,630 Tacchan! It's here, it's here! Hurry up! 90 00:05:40,630 --> 00:05:45,600 Um... - I heard I could exchange my receipts for cash here. 91 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,870 Are you talking about expenses? - Yes. 92 00:05:48,870 --> 00:05:51,740 I'm sorry, but who are you? 93 00:05:51,740 --> 00:05:54,580 I'm from the Sendai Plant. - Sendai? 94 00:05:54,580 --> 00:05:56,880 Tacchan got over-excited and spent too much money, 95 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,680 so he ran out, didn't you? - Don't say that, Ai! 96 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,690 Hilarious. - Here. 97 00:06:02,690 --> 00:06:04,690 Oh... 98 00:06:06,490 --> 00:06:08,820 103,500 yen. 99 00:06:08,820 --> 00:06:12,360 He came too early, anyway! The award ceremony's not for 3 days. 100 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,360 Award ceremony? 101 00:06:16,030 --> 00:06:18,030 Ah... 102 00:06:16,900 --> 00:06:21,080 Patient Registration Yamagata Prefecture Cherry Hospital Tomeda Tatsuhiko 103 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,540 Tacchan, stop dropping things! - Oh, thank you. 104 00:06:23,540 --> 00:06:26,210 Tacchan? - Are you... 105 00:06:26,210 --> 00:06:28,540 Tomeda Tatsuhiko? 106 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:31,450 Yeah, so? - It's the river demon. 107 00:06:31,450 --> 00:06:35,720 The legend of soap, my star! 108 00:06:33,330 --> 00:06:35,950 Production Department 109 00:06:33,330 --> 00:06:35,950 Tomeda Tatsuhiko 110 00:06:35,950 --> 00:06:40,390 I'm sorry, but I can't accept these for expense claims. - Huh? 111 00:06:40,390 --> 00:06:44,260 Please write the purpose and who you were with on the back, 112 00:06:44,260 --> 00:06:47,260 and have it approved by your manager... - I don't know what you mean. 113 00:06:47,260 --> 00:06:50,730 My plant manager will be here tomorrow, so can you ask him? 114 00:06:50,730 --> 00:06:53,440 Oh, Tacchan. Didn't that count as a business expense? 115 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:54,740 No, no... - It's fine, come on! 116 00:06:54,740 --> 00:06:58,610 What is it? - Well, it's this. 117 00:06:58,610 --> 00:07:01,240 The two of us ate pancakes together earlier. 118 00:07:11,020 --> 00:07:13,360 Really? What was he like? 119 00:07:13,330 --> 00:07:20,410 Volume 7/10: The secrets of soap and kissing 120 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,390 He didn't really seem like "My Star". - Why not? 121 00:07:16,390 --> 00:07:18,690 He brought in some girl who kept calling him "Tacchan" 122 00:07:18,690 --> 00:07:20,630 and that "legend" was eating pancakes! 123 00:07:20,630 --> 00:07:23,530 Just because your preconceptions didn't match reality, 124 00:07:23,530 --> 00:07:25,570 I don't think it's fair to be disappointed. 125 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,840 Well, but I... 126 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,040 Right, Moriwaka? 127 00:07:31,710 --> 00:07:35,210 Moriwaka, you're using a lot of lip balm these days. 128 00:07:35,210 --> 00:07:39,550 A-Am I? - I saw you use it 7 times today. 129 00:07:39,550 --> 00:07:43,720 Please don't count. - Oh, I use that one! Peach! 130 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,720 Me too! Isn't it good? 131 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,560 The first product in Ten-Ten Corporation's organic series, 132 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,730 the peach lip cream. Of course, I use it too. 133 00:07:52,730 --> 00:07:55,560 That was so forced. Like an advert. 134 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,230 It's only natural for an employee to use their own company's products. 135 00:07:59,230 --> 00:08:02,140 I use peach soap and peach hand cream too. 136 00:08:02,140 --> 00:08:04,810 Although the peach soap isn't that great. 137 00:08:04,810 --> 00:08:06,880 It dries my skin... It's no good. 138 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,340 I thought so too. It gives me dry skin. 139 00:08:09,340 --> 00:08:12,250 I keep hearing that the peach soap is no good these days. 140 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:14,680 Really? I thought it just didn't suit me. 141 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,520 The test product did really well in consumer panels, 142 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,560 and it was fine when it first went on sale, too. 143 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,030 How could this happen? Did they change the ingredients? 144 00:08:23,030 --> 00:08:27,360 If RandD change the ingredients, they're supposed to inform the Accounts Department. 145 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,400 Because it affects the budget. 146 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:34,540 So there are fine-tuning issues at the plant, like Master Takura said? 147 00:08:34,540 --> 00:08:42,040 Maybe, but My Star Tomeda is responsible for the peach soap. 148 00:08:43,550 --> 00:08:45,550 Tomeda... 149 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:59,390 Sorry to keep you waiting! 150 00:08:59,390 --> 00:09:01,330 Sanako, do you like motorbikes? 151 00:09:01,330 --> 00:09:03,800 Not really. - But you were really staring at it just now. 152 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,500 I wasn't! 153 00:09:11,010 --> 00:09:16,350 Here. Won't you hold hands with me? 154 00:09:16,350 --> 00:09:18,550 What?! 155 00:09:24,220 --> 00:09:26,420 Thank you! 156 00:09:31,530 --> 00:09:33,840 Taiyo? 157 00:09:34,030 --> 00:09:38,370 Juna? - What a coincidence! How long has it been? 158 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:40,400 Who is that? 159 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,600 She's my junior from university. 160 00:09:45,140 --> 00:09:48,710 Is this your girlfriend? 161 00:09:48,710 --> 00:09:50,650 Yes. 162 00:09:50,650 --> 00:09:54,580 She's so pretty! Great job! And she's older than you? 163 00:09:54,580 --> 00:09:58,050 Yes, well... - Wow! 164 00:09:58,050 --> 00:10:01,720 See you. - What are you doing these days, Taiyo? 165 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,560 I'm in sales at Ten-Ten Corporation. - The soap company? 166 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,500 Yes. - I've heard of it! 167 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:08,430 That's amazing! - No, no. 168 00:10:08,430 --> 00:10:12,300 She's touching him? - Sorry for interrupting your date. 169 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:14,270 Oh, no... 170 00:10:14,270 --> 00:10:16,870 Is your phone number the same still? - Yes. 171 00:10:16,870 --> 00:10:19,240 Okay, I'll message you later, then. 172 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,180 It was so great to see you! 173 00:10:21,180 --> 00:10:23,880 She keeps touching him. - Bye! 174 00:10:30,590 --> 00:10:33,090 I'm sorry. - "Girlfriend." 175 00:10:33,090 --> 00:10:35,420 No, she was really just my junior. 176 00:10:35,420 --> 00:10:40,300 So I'm... your girlfriend. 177 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:42,300 That's what you meant? - Huh? 178 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:47,900 I mean, you're my girlfriend, aren't you? 179 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:52,400 So normally, we would message each other. 180 00:10:54,780 --> 00:10:57,580 Sorry. I got carried away. 181 00:10:57,580 --> 00:11:01,380 Not during work hours. 182 00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:03,320 Thank you! 183 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,340 Moriwaka, do you have a moment? 184 00:11:20,340 --> 00:11:24,270 Yes. - About the peach soap we were discussing yesterday, 185 00:11:24,270 --> 00:11:27,740 since users have also started saying that its quality has decreased, 186 00:11:27,740 --> 00:11:30,080 I don't think we should overlook it. 187 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,580 That's not our job in Accounts. 188 00:11:32,580 --> 00:11:36,080 I'm not so sure about that. - What? 189 00:11:36,420 --> 00:11:41,500 Um... Actually, I keep thinking about it too. - Mayu? 190 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:45,300 My mother told me that our soap hasn't been so good lately, too. 191 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:47,530 The peach kind? - The Premium. 192 00:11:47,530 --> 00:11:52,450 What? - Premium soap is Tomeda's most famous product, isn't it? 193 00:11:52,450 --> 00:11:53,550 Yes. 194 00:11:53,550 --> 00:11:56,770 I don't believe in things like "craftsman's intuition", 195 00:11:56,770 --> 00:12:01,610 but if there's no problem with the fine-tuning, there must be another reason. 196 00:12:01,610 --> 00:12:05,050 First, I checked the accounts to look for anything odd. 197 00:12:05,050 --> 00:12:07,720 Here are the results. Attention please. 198 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,650 Huh? Huh? 199 00:12:09,650 --> 00:12:12,050 These are the Sendai Plant's expenses over time. 200 00:12:12,050 --> 00:12:14,440 They've gone up in the last 3 months. 201 00:12:14,450 --> 00:12:15,750 Exactly. 202 00:12:15,750 --> 00:12:21,060 Raw materials, utilities and miscellaneous expenses have all gone up by 5%. 203 00:12:21,060 --> 00:12:24,930 Could this have something to do with the peach soap starting to go down in quality? 204 00:12:24,930 --> 00:12:28,570 The calculations are a bit off, aren't they? - The calculations? 205 00:12:28,570 --> 00:12:32,410 It takes 3 months to make products in the hot process series. 206 00:12:32,410 --> 00:12:34,340 Oh, I see! - What? 207 00:12:34,340 --> 00:12:36,880 3 months? That long? 208 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:42,440 So the soap made during the 3 months where their expenses went up hasn't gone on sale yet. 209 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:48,620 The poor-quality soap that's on sale now was made before that. - God. 210 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:51,890 Oh, I get it. Huh... 211 00:12:51,890 --> 00:12:53,830 Excuse me. - Hm? 212 00:12:53,830 --> 00:12:57,270 I'm the manager of the Sendai Plant. My name is Sumiya. 213 00:12:57,270 --> 00:13:01,700 Speak of the devil. - Sir! 214 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:03,710 Do you have a moment? - Yes. 215 00:13:03,710 --> 00:13:06,540 There's no need for that. 216 00:13:06,540 --> 00:13:10,050 Mr Sumiya, I'm Moriwaka from the Accounts Department. 217 00:13:10,050 --> 00:13:12,950 Is this about Tomeda's receipts? - Oh, yes. That's right. 218 00:13:12,950 --> 00:13:14,920 Here you are. - Thank you. 219 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,220 That man is a natural-born craftsman, so he's no good with this kind of thing. 220 00:13:16,330 --> 00:13:18,830 Production Department 221 00:13:16,330 --> 00:13:18,830 Sumiya Mitsuo 222 00:13:18,220 --> 00:13:20,860 That's expensive! 10,000... 223 00:13:20,860 --> 00:13:24,730 Do you know how to categorise it? - Yes, I'll check this and then fill it in. 224 00:13:24,730 --> 00:13:27,400 I'm Asabuki Mika, in charge of Production accounts. 225 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,870 "Asabuki" means "linen blowing in a refreshing breeze". 226 00:13:30,870 --> 00:13:33,320 "Mika" is written as "beautiful" and "brilliant". 227 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:34,740 Oh... - Please ignore that. 228 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:37,070 Let's get to the point, Factory Manager Sumiya. - What? 229 00:13:37,070 --> 00:13:41,860 Asabuki! - Tomeda's guest for the ceremony is someone called "Fujimi Ai". 230 00:13:41,860 --> 00:13:43,850 What is her relationship with Tomeda? 231 00:13:43,850 --> 00:13:46,580 Oh, she works at the Sendai Plant. 232 00:13:46,580 --> 00:13:49,890 She was originally a part-timer, but we hired her full time 3 months ago. 233 00:13:49,890 --> 00:13:52,000 3 months ago? 234 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,420 Was she the person who came in with Tomeda yesterday? That cute young woman. 235 00:13:56,420 --> 00:13:59,760 Fujimi came with him? 236 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,200 It's unusual to bring another employee as a guest. 237 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,230 I said the same thing. 238 00:14:05,230 --> 00:14:07,370 I told him that people usually bring family. 239 00:14:07,370 --> 00:14:10,270 But Tomeda insisted on bringing Fujimi. 240 00:14:10,270 --> 00:14:12,840 I wanted him to bring his wife this time. 241 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,710 But he can only bring one guest, after all. 242 00:14:15,710 --> 00:14:18,210 Anyway, please excuse me. 243 00:14:18,210 --> 00:14:22,850 Oh, can you tell me where the research lab is? 244 00:14:22,850 --> 00:14:26,040 Third floor. - Thank you. 245 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,060 What do you need in the research lab? - What? 246 00:14:29,060 --> 00:14:33,140 Um, I want to ask them something about our ingredients. 247 00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:38,400 Is it related to the 5% increase in the Sendai Plant's purchases and utility bills in the last 3 months? 248 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,000 Ah... - Don't look so obviously flustered. 249 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,580 Well, the 2nd product in the organic series is coming out soon. 250 00:14:44,580 --> 00:14:48,740 It seems Tomeda is working on that by trial and error. 251 00:14:48,740 --> 00:14:51,650 Don't look so obviously suspicious. 252 00:14:51,650 --> 00:14:54,540 Excuse me. 253 00:14:55,340 --> 00:14:57,590 What did you think, boss? 254 00:14:57,590 --> 00:14:59,890 It's a grey area. - Boss! 255 00:14:59,890 --> 00:15:01,890 "Boss"? - Asabuki, 256 00:15:01,890 --> 00:15:04,560 I asked you to consider the TPO when you speak. 257 00:15:01,890 --> 00:15:04,560 TPO: Time, Place, Occasion 258 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,530 Unless he has a guilty conscience, what's the problem? 259 00:15:07,530 --> 00:15:09,830 He really did look very guilty just now. 260 00:15:09,830 --> 00:15:11,900 I'm going to the research lab. - Why? 261 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:14,540 To follow him. - Um... - You shouldn't. 262 00:15:14,540 --> 00:15:17,440 Exactly! - Asabuki, you stand out too much. 263 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,210 Oh! - That's not it. 264 00:15:20,210 --> 00:15:23,710 Being so beautiful and brilliant is a pain in the neck sometimes. 265 00:15:23,710 --> 00:15:28,410 Listen to me! - Who stands out the least here? 266 00:15:31,250 --> 00:15:33,250 Why? 267 00:15:37,730 --> 00:15:41,030 Why? Why is this happening? 268 00:15:50,870 --> 00:15:53,070 Excuse me. 269 00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:04,050 Oh, hello. - Ah-- 270 00:16:04,050 --> 00:16:06,250 Ah. 271 00:16:08,110 --> 00:16:10,110 The stalking is over 272 00:16:11,030 --> 00:16:14,060 Quality testing for the peach soap? 273 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:16,700 Yes. - Yeah, and the Premium. 274 00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:20,200 So, the soaps that Tomeda is in charge of. 275 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,240 But Mitsuki usually works with bath salts. 276 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,540 I asked her to do it. - But why? 277 00:16:29,710 --> 00:16:33,760 Moriwaka will keep it to herself. I guarantee it. 278 00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:41,920 It seems like the quality of Tomeda's soaps is going down. 279 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:46,560 Based on marketing surveys? - That too, but it's my own opinion. 280 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,730 Huh? - I've always had thin skin, 281 00:16:50,730 --> 00:16:53,400 and my skin cracks easily if I use poor-quality soap. 282 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,740 But Tomeda's Premium soap was always fine. 283 00:16:57,740 --> 00:17:04,410 Since starting this job, I've learned how difficult it is to keep making soap with the same level of quality. 284 00:17:04,410 --> 00:17:11,520 It's all thanks to Tomeda that I've been able to keep using Premium with no problems all this time. 285 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:16,020 But recently, even the Premium soap has been damaging my skin. 286 00:17:16,020 --> 00:17:19,890 Just to check, I tried some soap I had left over from last year, and that was alright. 287 00:17:19,890 --> 00:17:25,030 Hm... It's within the margin of error, 288 00:17:25,030 --> 00:17:27,540 but the results of my tests weren't good. 289 00:17:27,540 --> 00:17:31,210 This would have been unthinkable for Tomeda before now. 290 00:17:31,210 --> 00:17:37,210 Is there any link between this and your increased spending on ingredients and utilities in the last 3 months? 291 00:17:37,210 --> 00:17:39,850 There have been more rejects. 292 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:43,720 Products with air bubbles, or with the wrong scent or colour. 293 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:49,060 That kind of error suddenly started to increase in the last 3 months. 294 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:51,860 Why is this happening? 295 00:17:51,860 --> 00:17:54,730 I think it started when Fujimi Ai showed up. 296 00:17:54,730 --> 00:17:57,400 What? 297 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,240 She started working part-time at our plant 6 months ago. 298 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,010 That's when our product quality started to go down. 299 00:18:04,010 --> 00:18:08,180 Ever since then, Tomeda started taking a lot more half-days. 300 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:13,010 And as soon as she was hired full time, the number of rejects started to go up. 301 00:18:13,010 --> 00:18:16,820 So then why was she hired full time? 302 00:18:16,820 --> 00:18:20,520 It was Tomeda's idea. He recommended hiring Fujimi. 303 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,460 Just trust me! 304 00:18:22,460 --> 00:18:26,690 To put it bluntly, I didn't think she was that good. 305 00:18:26,690 --> 00:18:30,700 But Tomeda started saying those things, 306 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:33,200 so I thought there must be something to her. 307 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,070 But since she was hired 3 months ago, 308 00:18:37,070 --> 00:18:42,280 Tomeda stopped taking half-day holidays, and instead he started slacking off, 309 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:49,380 and I hear he goes out with Fujimi almost every day after work, to eat and so on. 310 00:18:49,380 --> 00:18:52,220 Crazy for love! - Oh! 311 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:54,720 When did you get here? - I'm sorry, I tried to stop her. 312 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,560 So, he's fallen for this young woman and stopped paying attention to his work? 313 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,460 Are they in a romantic relationship? - If I had to say, 314 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:05,730 I think he sees her more as a daughter or granddaughter, or maybe as a cute pet. 315 00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:10,640 I heard that Tomeda lost his daughter when she was very young. 316 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,340 Perhaps that's why. 317 00:19:12,340 --> 00:19:16,680 But it's a problem if it's affecting his work. 318 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:21,350 I once spoke to Tomeda and suggested transferring her to another plant, 319 00:19:21,350 --> 00:19:25,750 but he said that if I did that, he'd quit. He was really angry. 320 00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:29,190 God... - But looking at these quality test results, 321 00:19:29,190 --> 00:19:31,130 I've made my decision. 322 00:19:31,130 --> 00:19:34,700 I'll send Fujimi to another plant. 323 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:42,440 Maybe I'm being selfish, but I want our genius to stay as a genius. 324 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:46,040 I'm sorry. Please keep this to yourselves. 325 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,380 Oh, right! Please try this, if you like. 326 00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:52,310 Our cherry soap that's about to go on sale. 327 00:19:52,310 --> 00:19:54,850 The 2nd product in the organic series after peach. 328 00:19:54,850 --> 00:19:56,780 Does Tomeda make this too? 329 00:19:56,780 --> 00:20:00,050 Yes. It got a pretty good response in the consumer panels. 330 00:20:00,050 --> 00:20:04,250 I hope this wakes Tomeda up. 331 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,870 It smells really good. 332 00:20:10,870 --> 00:20:13,770 My skin feels so smooth. 333 00:20:20,730 --> 00:20:31,160 Yamada Taiyo 334 00:20:20,730 --> 00:20:31,160 I'm getting up at 5 for a business trip tomorrow... 335 00:20:26,930 --> 00:20:36,100 Moriwaka Sanako 336 00:20:26,930 --> 00:20:36,100 Please go to bed soon. 337 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:41,260 Will you call me in the morning? 338 00:20:37,030 --> 00:20:42,700 If I'm awake then. 339 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,700 Yes!! 340 00:21:00,310 --> 00:21:02,310 I'm kind of happy 341 00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:06,850 Good morning. - Good morning. 342 00:21:06,850 --> 00:21:08,790 Did you try the cherry soap? 343 00:21:08,790 --> 00:21:11,560 Yes. - Isn't it great? 344 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,230 It smells good, made my skin smooth and didn't dry my skin at all. 345 00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:16,940 I agree completely. It's a sure-fire hit. 346 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,570 What's that smell? - Oh, sorry. Does it bother you? 347 00:21:20,570 --> 00:21:22,600 It's not a strong scent, so I thought it would be ok. 348 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,740 It's fine. It smells good. 349 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:26,670 It could work for aromatherapy. 350 00:21:26,670 --> 00:21:32,880 Right? It makes you feel kind of floaty, smelling this soap. I'm happy with it. 351 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:37,420 Excuse me. - Good morning Tomeda, Fujimi. 352 00:21:37,420 --> 00:21:41,590 Sorry to bother you in the morning, but what about it? - You mean the receipts? 353 00:21:41,590 --> 00:21:44,090 Your factory manager hasn't put it through the system yet. 354 00:21:44,090 --> 00:21:47,130 What? - Sumiya hasn't submitted it yet. 355 00:21:47,130 --> 00:21:50,600 That guy! This is bad, I'm running low... 356 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,530 I told you I'd lend you some money. 357 00:21:52,530 --> 00:21:54,470 No, I can't do that, Ai. 358 00:21:54,470 --> 00:21:56,770 It's fine. You can pay me back with interest. 359 00:21:56,770 --> 00:22:00,110 What?! - It's fine! 360 00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:03,080 Oh, Tomeda! This is great, isn't it? 361 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,710 Oh, the peach? - What? 362 00:22:05,710 --> 00:22:10,220 Ha ha, hilarious! Tacchan played the fool 363 00:22:10,220 --> 00:22:12,250 but no one realised it was a joke! 364 00:22:12,250 --> 00:22:14,720 It was a joke? - This is obviously cherry! 365 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,560 Look, it's bright pink and it smells great. 366 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,860 I'm very sorry for not realising it was a joke. - Ha ha, I give up! 367 00:22:21,860 --> 00:22:25,730 Right? I understand how you feel. 368 00:22:25,730 --> 00:22:27,670 Oh, you're here, sir? 369 00:22:27,670 --> 00:22:30,070 I've been here the whole time. 370 00:22:30,070 --> 00:22:33,410 Oh! Hey, are you wearing the peach lip balm? 371 00:22:33,410 --> 00:22:35,340 What? Oh, yes. 372 00:22:35,340 --> 00:22:38,250 I use that too! Isn't it great? 373 00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:40,280 How did you-- - Oh! We're late! 374 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,880 Our reservation for pancakes! - Oh no! 375 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,820 Let's go, let's go. - Yes, let's go! 376 00:22:44,820 --> 00:22:46,460 Come on, quick! 377 00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:52,920 Good work today. - You too. 378 00:22:59,770 --> 00:23:03,640 It takes 3 months to make this soap. 379 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,580 The poor-quality soap that's on sale now 380 00:23:07,580 --> 00:23:11,580 was made between 3 and 6 months ago. 381 00:23:11,850 --> 00:23:14,720 She started working part-time at our plant 6 months ago. 382 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,180 That's when we started producing soap with worse quality. 383 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:22,890 Ever since then, Tomeda started taking a lot more half-days. 384 00:23:26,730 --> 00:23:29,230 Don't chase the rabbit... 385 00:23:28,550 --> 00:23:30,180 Tomeda Tatsuhiko 386 00:23:31,780 --> 00:23:33,250 Attendance Record 387 00:23:39,940 --> 00:23:42,740 Oh, the peach? - This is obviously cherry! 388 00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:45,000 It's bright pink and it smells great. 389 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,250 Patient Registration Yamagata Prefecture Cherry Hospital Tomeda Tatsuhiko 390 00:23:50,420 --> 00:23:52,450 Tacchan, stop dropping things! 391 00:23:52,450 --> 00:23:53,600 Oh, thank you. 392 00:23:58,090 --> 00:24:00,290 This rabbit is... 393 00:24:06,530 --> 00:24:07,880 Huh? 394 00:24:09,570 --> 00:24:11,480 This is... 395 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,480 Why? 396 00:24:21,550 --> 00:24:23,840 Sanako, where are you? 397 00:24:23,850 --> 00:24:27,000 Yamada Taiyo 398 00:24:23,850 --> 00:24:27,000 Sanako, where are you? 399 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:29,180 Moriwaka Sanako 400 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:29,180 At the bus stop. 401 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,180 What are you doing after this? 402 00:24:33,010 --> 00:24:37,860 What are you doing after this? 403 00:24:34,130 --> 00:24:50,200 Nothing in particular. 404 00:24:38,260 --> 00:24:50,200 Really? My train gets into Shin-Yokohama station at 7:20. Will you come to meet me? I have souvenirs! 405 00:24:50,730 --> 00:24:57,010 Let's meet at Wheat Café by the station. 406 00:24:55,900 --> 00:24:57,010 Okay. 407 00:25:12,030 --> 00:25:14,330 Yu... 408 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:20,370 What? Oriko? 409 00:25:20,370 --> 00:25:21,840 Ahh! 410 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,880 I didn't mean to see that!! 411 00:25:58,110 --> 00:26:02,520 Why...? Oriko is married. 412 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:07,750 I'm at the station! I'll head to the café now. 413 00:26:09,260 --> 00:26:16,000 I'm sorry. I can't be there. 414 00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:16,000 What happened? Are you okay? 415 00:26:23,630 --> 00:26:28,060 I'm fine. 416 00:26:40,990 --> 00:26:42,380 Huh? 417 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,080 I'm here. 418 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:50,060 Is that bad? 419 00:26:50,060 --> 00:26:54,060 I'm sorry. I was worried about you. 420 00:27:04,460 --> 00:27:08,520 Isn't Tomeda amazing? He's a real genius. 421 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:13,040 Yamazaki said the same. I was picking his brains about sales techniques. 422 00:27:13,390 --> 00:27:17,830 Techniques? It's just about feelings. 423 00:27:17,830 --> 00:27:21,440 Feelings? - Like, I should press them now, or I should pull back here. Like that. 424 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,380 Like an aura... - An aura? 425 00:27:25,030 --> 00:27:28,840 An aura? - He's really a genius, isn't he? 426 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,040 Hm.. 427 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,220 But this is great! - What? 428 00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:37,310 Since I just turned up at your house, 429 00:27:37,310 --> 00:27:40,050 I was worried you'd be put off by that. 430 00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:43,720 Maybe I would have been, normally. 431 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,520 So something did happen, Sanako? 432 00:27:51,230 --> 00:27:59,030 You don't have to tell me if you don't wanna... I mean, "don't want to". 433 00:28:06,670 --> 00:28:11,780 If you saw someone that you really respected and trusted... 434 00:28:11,780 --> 00:28:15,020 How should I put it? 435 00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:20,890 ... doing something that wasn't like that, what would you do? 436 00:28:20,890 --> 00:28:24,890 By "not like that", you mean they did something bad? 437 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:32,530 Well, it depends, but in general I'd be happy. 438 00:28:32,530 --> 00:28:35,200 Happy?! - Yes. - Why? 439 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,400 Because it would show that they were human, too. 440 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,380 If you respect them, there's something amazing about them, right? 441 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:46,710 You were impressed by them, right? 442 00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:52,640 So then, they made you happy, didn't they? 443 00:28:53,390 --> 00:28:58,860 That won't go away, no matter what. 444 00:28:58,860 --> 00:29:03,660 That will always be important, I think. 445 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:06,860 It won't change, no matter what. 446 00:29:08,540 --> 00:29:12,040 Ah... Did I miss the point? 447 00:29:13,810 --> 00:29:20,010 I just thought "I really like him". 448 00:29:20,010 --> 00:29:22,820 I mean, you. 449 00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:26,350 Wait! Ah... ahh! What?! 450 00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:31,690 Don't just suddenly hit me with a bombshell like that! - A bombshell? 451 00:29:31,690 --> 00:29:38,830 Yes. You know, I really like you too, Sanako. 452 00:29:38,830 --> 00:29:41,030 Thank you. 453 00:29:53,210 --> 00:29:54,460 Wait! - I'm sorry. 454 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:57,550 No, just wait a minute. - Okay. 455 00:30:03,220 --> 00:30:06,860 Sorry to keep you waiting! - Ahahaha! Just-- hahaha! 456 00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:10,060 Just a minute! - What is it? 457 00:30:11,730 --> 00:30:14,930 You're too cute! Are you trying to kill me? 458 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,760 Good morning. - Good morning. 459 00:30:46,770 --> 00:30:50,570 Good morning. - Morning. 460 00:30:52,270 --> 00:30:54,180 Can we talk? 461 00:31:02,380 --> 00:31:07,050 About yesterday... - Yu. 462 00:31:07,050 --> 00:31:12,730 I really respect you. 463 00:31:12,730 --> 00:31:15,180 That will never change, no matter what. 464 00:31:17,870 --> 00:31:22,070 I think you know this already, but I'm no good with small talk. 465 00:31:22,070 --> 00:31:26,740 I'm not interested in discussing rumours, either. 466 00:31:26,740 --> 00:31:32,410 Let's go back to work. We have the award ceremony this afternoon, after all. 467 00:31:32,410 --> 00:31:34,750 Thank you. 468 00:31:34,750 --> 00:31:36,440 It's nothing. 469 00:31:42,250 --> 00:31:47,100 Reiwa Year 1 (2019) Ten-Ten My Star Award Ceremony 470 00:31:42,260 --> 00:31:48,130 Okay, okay, okay, okay... stop! 471 00:31:48,130 --> 00:31:49,700 Thank you for coming today. 472 00:31:50,130 --> 00:31:52,270 What are you doing, Mr Niijima?! 473 00:31:52,270 --> 00:31:53,840 Go over there, sir. 474 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:57,610 Here you are. 475 00:31:57,610 --> 00:32:01,380 These entertainment expenses cover a very large number of people. 476 00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:04,710 Was it for a client? - Well, I suppose. 477 00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:08,550 The equipment and mould manufacturers and our ingredient suppliers. 478 00:32:08,550 --> 00:32:10,850 What do you mean, "I suppose"? 479 00:32:10,850 --> 00:32:14,720 If there's anything bothering you, please tell us about it now. 480 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,740 The longer it takes to spot a problem, the bigger it gets. 481 00:32:20,060 --> 00:32:23,400 Tomeda really hates group meals. 482 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,870 It's hard to imagine him with this many people. 483 00:32:26,870 --> 00:32:31,640 I wondered if this receipt was really for Fujimi and her friends. 484 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,740 Did you check with Fujimi? 485 00:32:34,740 --> 00:32:38,750 She's been out all morning, meeting up with a friend. 486 00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:42,250 What can she be thinking? - She seems the type to have lots of friends. 487 00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:45,290 If you have doubts, we can't accept this as a business expense, 488 00:32:45,290 --> 00:32:48,240 and submitting inaccurate documents would be forgery. 489 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,760 I don't think any of this is Tomeda's idea. 490 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,090 Fujimi probably put it into his head. 491 00:32:54,090 --> 00:32:56,760 I should never have hired her. 492 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,770 I'll transfer her next month. 493 00:32:59,770 --> 00:33:02,000 Please wait. - What? 494 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,700 Would you let me deal with this? 495 00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:08,150 Prizewinners' waiting room 496 00:33:10,210 --> 00:33:12,140 Excuse me. 497 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,320 Excuse me. 498 00:33:25,990 --> 00:33:30,040 I want to ask you about this receipt and this soap. 499 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:31,500 Oh, the cherry soap? 500 00:33:33,070 --> 00:33:36,400 Tomeda. Please tell me the truth. 501 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:41,240 What? - I'm sorry for deceiving you. 502 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,980 This isn't cherry soap. It's peach. 503 00:33:47,750 --> 00:33:53,890 I'm sorry, Tomeda. I checked your attendance records, 504 00:33:53,890 --> 00:33:59,090 and you started taking 2 half-days per week 6 months ago, didn't you? 505 00:33:59,090 --> 00:34:04,370 Every Tuesday morning and every Thursday afternoon. 506 00:34:04,370 --> 00:34:08,240 I thought it was odd that you live in Sendai, 507 00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:13,580 but you have a patient registration card for a hospital in Yamagata. 508 00:34:14,380 --> 00:34:16,710 So I looked into it. 509 00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:21,550 On Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons, 510 00:34:21,550 --> 00:34:25,050 that hospital runs an outpatient clinic for elderly patients. 511 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:33,740 But 3 months ago, you suddenly stopped taking those 2 half-days per week. 512 00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:40,890 Is that related to Fujimi being hired full time 3 months ago? 513 00:34:43,570 --> 00:34:46,770 You're amazing. 514 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:53,100 I stopped hearing the soap's voice. 515 00:34:55,180 --> 00:34:58,420 Why am I trying to sound cool? 516 00:34:58,420 --> 00:35:04,530 Over 40 years ago, I started working here part time. 517 00:35:04,530 --> 00:35:11,530 Of course, I had no interest whatsoever in making soap as my life's work. 518 00:35:11,530 --> 00:35:16,200 It was about a month after I started work... 519 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:20,040 Huh? Something's different from usual. 520 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,080 I felt it while mixing the ingredients. 521 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,380 Something was just off, I guess. 522 00:35:25,380 --> 00:35:29,550 Off? - I can't explain it in words, 523 00:35:29,550 --> 00:35:36,860 but the smell, the colour, the sound of the bubbles and the atmosphere around the oven 524 00:35:36,860 --> 00:35:38,790 were somehow different from usual. 525 00:35:38,790 --> 00:35:43,230 I went to report it, just in case, to a veteran called Kijima. 526 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:49,100 So you can hear it? The soap's voice? 527 00:35:43,230 --> 00:35:49,100 I still can't forget how Kijima's face looked back then. 528 00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:54,380 At the time, I didn't understand why he was looking at me like that. 529 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:59,580 But the next day, the plant manager called me into his office. 530 00:35:59,580 --> 00:36:03,350 Kijima had told him "this guy's a soap prodigy, 531 00:36:03,350 --> 00:36:08,820 so you have to hire him full time". 532 00:36:08,820 --> 00:36:14,190 After that, Kijima spent every day at work and after work 533 00:36:14,190 --> 00:36:17,700 teaching me everything he knew about soap. 534 00:36:17,700 --> 00:36:20,530 I was a big eater. 535 00:36:20,530 --> 00:36:25,200 Now that I think about it, I guess he bribed me with food. 536 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,240 It's been 40 years since then. 537 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:34,380 I've spent my whole life making soap. 538 00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:38,220 I don't have any children. 539 00:36:38,220 --> 00:36:42,560 We had one, but she got sick. 540 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:50,300 So my wife and I always said that soap was our child. 541 00:36:50,300 --> 00:36:56,100 But then I suddenly stopped hearing it. 542 00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:58,940 The soap's voice. 543 00:36:59,870 --> 00:37:02,680 It's because I'm getting old. 544 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:07,350 My eyes and my nose... Everything's aging. 545 00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:10,820 That's why you went to the hospital. 546 00:37:10,820 --> 00:37:15,690 And they told me it's not something that can be cured. 547 00:37:15,690 --> 00:37:24,400 But if I can't make soap, then there's nothing else I can do. 548 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:28,240 But more importantly, 549 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:33,240 what about the soaps I've spent my life protecting? 550 00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:41,550 I clung on desperately, 551 00:37:41,550 --> 00:37:45,220 rushing to find a successor. 552 00:37:45,220 --> 00:37:50,390 But I could never explain it properly in words. 553 00:37:50,390 --> 00:37:52,940 It was a lonely time for me, back then. 554 00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:55,110 And that's when it happened. 555 00:37:55,110 --> 00:37:59,700 Huh? Isn't something different today? 556 00:37:59,870 --> 00:38:02,170 Then I knew. 557 00:38:02,170 --> 00:38:08,670 I must have been making the same face that Kijima made back then. 558 00:38:10,810 --> 00:38:15,650 That was 3 months ago, wasn't it? 559 00:38:15,650 --> 00:38:18,550 When we started making the cherry soap. 560 00:38:18,550 --> 00:38:23,710 So the reason that the poor soap quality improved again for the cherry soap was... 561 00:38:23,710 --> 00:38:25,360 All thanks to Ai. 562 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,290 She's a prodigy. 563 00:38:27,290 --> 00:38:30,030 And so you stopped going to the hospital. - Yes, right away. 564 00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:39,040 It was a waste of time. Now I'm teaching Ai everything that Kijima taught me about hot process soap. 565 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:44,910 Thinking about that makes me act like a child again, always looking forward to tomorrow. 566 00:38:44,910 --> 00:38:47,750 Until she came along, I was afraid of tomorrow. 567 00:38:47,750 --> 00:38:51,050 So you did the same thing for her. 568 00:38:51,050 --> 00:38:53,390 What Kijima did for you, 569 00:38:53,390 --> 00:38:55,860 you're doing for Fujimi. 570 00:38:55,860 --> 00:39:00,690 But it's difficult to bribe her with food. 571 00:39:00,690 --> 00:39:05,530 She's on a diet, so she'd rather get pancakes than have dinner. 572 00:39:05,530 --> 00:39:08,800 And the reason for all the rejects was... 573 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:13,170 I was helping Ai practice in secret. 574 00:39:13,170 --> 00:39:19,950 Kijima did that for me, too. 575 00:39:19,950 --> 00:39:25,750 Why didn't you tell the plant manager about this? 576 00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:29,520 Sumiya doesn't understand your relationship. 577 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,560 He thinks you're too fond of Fujimi, 578 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:35,260 and that she's distracting you from work. 579 00:39:38,230 --> 00:39:42,540 He was suspicious about this receipt, too. - What? 580 00:39:42,540 --> 00:39:46,210 He couldn't imagine you entertaining such a large number of clients, 581 00:39:46,210 --> 00:39:49,710 and thought Fujimi just brought along her friends. 582 00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:52,710 Ah, I get it. 583 00:39:52,710 --> 00:39:55,380 I see why he'd think that. 584 00:39:55,380 --> 00:39:59,220 It's true, it was very difficult for me. 585 00:39:59,220 --> 00:40:04,060 But I just had to introduce Ai to everyone. 586 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,730 Please correct Sumiya's misunderstanding. 587 00:40:08,730 --> 00:40:13,600 If not, Fujimi will be transferred to another plant. 588 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:19,070 I'm sure Fujimi would just accept the transfer without saying anything ,too. 589 00:40:19,070 --> 00:40:23,880 After all, she's been working so hard to protect you, Tomeda. 590 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:28,040 Tacchan, stop dropping things! - Oh, thank you. 591 00:40:28,580 --> 00:40:32,890 Oh, the peach?l - Ha ha, hilarious! 592 00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:36,640 Tacchan played the fool but no one realised it was a joke! 593 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:41,680 Hot process soap is one of Ten-Ten Corporation's main product lines. 594 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:46,270 We make about 450 million yen per year from it. 595 00:40:46,270 --> 00:40:50,770 If Fujimi is transferred, product quality falls again and sales go down, 596 00:40:50,770 --> 00:40:55,440 that would mean a huge loss for the company too. 597 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:59,910 I guess you wouldn't understand. 598 00:40:59,910 --> 00:41:03,720 I can't correct his misunderstanding. 599 00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:06,220 I don't understand. 600 00:41:06,220 --> 00:41:12,390 Because I'm not a genius or "My Star". 601 00:41:12,390 --> 00:41:14,730 But I am an accountant. 602 00:41:14,730 --> 00:41:19,400 I can work hard to learn the truth behind the numbers. 603 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:27,740 Tomeda, these entertainment expenses are proof of the trust you've built. 604 00:41:27,740 --> 00:41:32,040 This is how many people came just to see you. 605 00:41:36,750 --> 00:41:43,590 Over 40 years, 52.5 million people have used the soap you made. 606 00:41:43,590 --> 00:41:52,430 That includes people who don't have to worry about skin damage from your soap, so they can use it without fear. 607 00:41:52,430 --> 00:41:57,300 You gave us happiness and peace of mind. 608 00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:03,080 That will always be important to us. 609 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,580 It won't change, no matter what. 610 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:14,420 The Ten-Ten My Star Award is given by Ten-Ten Corporation to employees who develop superior techniques and know-how, 611 00:42:14,420 --> 00:42:18,060 develop and produce products, or increase our customer base 612 00:42:18,060 --> 00:42:20,390 or sales figures significantly. - Sanako! 613 00:42:20,390 --> 00:42:23,300 Let's announce our My Star award winners. - Sanako! 614 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:29,400 But first, a word from Ten-Ten Corporation's Managing Executive Officer, Sato Kyotaro. 615 00:42:34,570 --> 00:42:38,880 Thank you. I'm Sato. 616 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,750 I'm impressed you could tell. - What? 617 00:42:42,750 --> 00:42:44,280 That I use the peach lip balm. 618 00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,620 Hey, are you wearing the peach lip balm? 619 00:42:46,620 --> 00:42:50,300 It had been hours since I put it on. 620 00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:54,590 Aren't I creepy? Just like a dog. 621 00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:01,530 Hey, hey. You see that woman in white, at the back? 622 00:43:01,530 --> 00:43:04,040 That's Tacchan's wife. - What? 623 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,370 I invited her as a surprise for Tacchan. 624 00:43:06,370 --> 00:43:10,240 So the friend you were meeting today was... - Yeah, his wife. 625 00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:13,550 Don't worry. I paid for everything myself. 626 00:43:13,550 --> 00:43:16,580 He only gets one guest, after all. And Tacchan brought me. 627 00:43:17,580 --> 00:43:19,420 And next, 628 00:43:19,420 --> 00:43:21,860 the pride of our company, the "My Star" of soap, 629 00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:26,560 Tomeda Tatsuhiko from the Production Department's Soap Production Section. Go ahead! 630 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:11,540 Not being able to make soap any more wasn't what I really feared. 631 00:44:11,540 --> 00:44:14,440 That was just pride. 632 00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:20,850 If everyone found out that I can't make it any more, 633 00:44:20,850 --> 00:44:26,220 I thought they'd see me as worthless. 634 00:44:26,220 --> 00:44:31,860 That's what I was always afraid of. 635 00:44:31,860 --> 00:44:38,400 But that was wrong. 636 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,230 That pride. 637 00:44:41,230 --> 00:44:43,430 Tacchan... 638 00:44:46,870 --> 00:44:51,750 I'd like to decline this My Star Award. 639 00:45:00,420 --> 00:45:02,420 Tomeda... 640 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:13,070 I finally understand. 641 00:45:13,070 --> 00:45:16,900 This is what I'm really proud of. 642 00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:20,370 There's no need to worry. 643 00:45:20,370 --> 00:45:27,150 I will continue to protect Ten-Ten Corporation's hot process soap from now on. 644 00:45:27,150 --> 00:45:31,850 With my excellent comrades who love soap. 645 00:45:31,850 --> 00:45:38,630 And with the future "My Star" of soap. 646 00:45:38,630 --> 00:45:43,460 Caustic soda makes up 50% of the raw materials for soap. 647 00:45:43,460 --> 00:45:46,070 It's a strong poison. 648 00:45:46,070 --> 00:45:49,870 If you get it on your skin, it will burn you. 649 00:45:49,870 --> 00:46:03,820 But even that, if used properly and mixed with oil, will make a gentle and cleansing soap. 650 00:46:03,820 --> 00:46:08,520 At the moment, the future "My Star" of soap 651 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:15,300 is a cheeky young lady who's more interested in pancakes than in soap. 652 00:46:15,300 --> 00:46:18,830 But don't worry. 653 00:46:18,830 --> 00:46:25,540 I will definitely train her well. 654 00:46:25,540 --> 00:46:35,280 I'm good at fine-tuning both soap and reckless people. 655 00:46:53,230 --> 00:46:55,870 Wait for me. 656 00:46:55,870 --> 00:46:57,800 What? 657 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:03,010 One day, I'll definitely become the My Star of soap and bring him with me. 658 00:47:03,010 --> 00:47:05,010 I'll bring Tacchan back here. 659 00:47:07,180 --> 00:47:10,680 As my guest. 660 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:14,350 I'll be waiting. 661 00:47:14,350 --> 00:47:18,690 And if you have the receipts for his wife's travel expenses, please bring them to me. 662 00:47:18,690 --> 00:47:20,630 I'll process her as a guest. 663 00:47:20,630 --> 00:47:23,530 What? But he only gets one guest, doesn't he? 664 00:47:23,530 --> 00:47:29,140 I should be able to change your travel fees into expenses for training his successor. 665 00:47:29,140 --> 00:47:32,070 Seriously? 666 00:47:32,070 --> 00:47:36,840 Yes. This is a business expense.