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This year, 2006, is said to be the 200-year memorial since cocktails were born.

I leave everything to the taciturn you, so just order something for me.

無口なあなたまかせでオーダーしてみてもいい

mukuchi na anata-makase de order shite mite mo ii

Battered by love, cornered by work, I can't cry just yet.

恋に破れ仕事に追われ泣いてる場合でもないから

koi ni yabure shigoto ni oware naiteru baai de mo nai kara

Your long fingers look so charming when I glance at them over the counter.

カウンター越しにちらり覗く長い指が綺麗

counter-goshi ni chirari nozoku nagai yubi ga kirei

I wonder how you will use those fingers to make me intoxicated tonight.

今夜はどんな指使いで酔わせてくれるつもりかしら？

konya wa donna yubizukai de yowasetekureru tsumori kashira?

Don't pretend or hide anything. Lay yourself bare under my extrasensory perception.

気取らないで隠さないで僕の千里眼に暴かれて

kidoranaide kakusanaide boku no senrigan ni abakarete

You're strong, but your heart is on the verge of breaking, is it not?

君は強いだけど壊れそうな心を抱いてるんでしょ

kimi wa tsuyoi dakedo kowaresou na kokoro wo daiterundesho

How about a stimulating flavor that will make your everything just burn away?

いっそ燃え尽きるような刺激的な味はいかが？

isso moetsukiru you na shigekiteki na aji wa ikaga?

The key that will satisfy you is appearing on the surface of your flushing skin.

君を満たす鍵は赤く染まる肌に浮き上がる

kimi wo mitasu kagi wa akaku somaru hada ni ukiagaru

Don't...

やめて…

yamete...

I'm not in the mood for that tonight.

今夜はそんな気分じゃない

konya wa sonna kibun ja nai

For sure, tonight I won't be able to go back.

今夜は後戻りできない

konya wa atomodori dekinai

Pardon the abruptness, but do you like spirits?

That single glass of beer after a bath...

You raise the head in cooled glass and all at once...drink it down.

However, the method for enjoying spirits is different for each person.

Talking with friends...

Whispering with a lover...

And tipping one's glass alone while deep in thought.

Such a place where all people gather... a bar.

Spirits give birth to a story... and the story creates your drink.

That is the beginning of the mystery that stands secretly in a quiet corner of Ginza, Bar Eden Hall.

Now then,

if you would be so kind, please join us tonight for the Glass of the Gods.

Bartender

Champagne mixed with Suze...

An etude.

That was the cocktail I preferred and drank often when I was in France.

It's nostalgic flavor superbly made me forget the stresses of that day.

Deep in the back streets of Ginza,

a small place easily missed by passerby.

I hesitated for a moment in front of the door,

but now thankfully, I'm able to relax completely...

...and tomorrow's obstacles at work don't seem so impossible anymore.

Now, what kind of cocktail is next?

A Suze Gimlet.

Wh- That's...

Would you have preferred a Charles Jordan?

Or perhaps, a different liqueur?

O-Oh, no...

This is fine.

Etude...

Suze Gimlet...

Charles Jordan...

Those were my usual orders in France...

Why does he know even the sequence?

I remember!

It had to be that one time at a hotel bar in Paris...

But that he remembers my order from that day...

It makes me so happy.

And this was...

...the bartender known as the Glass of the Gods, Sasakura Ryuu and my first meeting.

You must be joking!

That's nothing more than nonsense spoken to a mere barten!

I can't believe he'd remember the sequence of drinks from years ago!

That's a dream! A dream!

That's right; at least to me at the time it was all nothing more than a joke.

As for why...

I'm going to make this clear right from the start!

I don't expect a single thing from you bartens.

Taking advantage of the hotel's total remodeling,

I intend to recreate this bar as one that completely grasps user needs.

Bars that rely on the barten's experience or skill are already antiquated!

Even if you can attract customers with an interior space designer's name,

with a barten's name, you can't even attract a single cockroach.

Having said that, a test of skill is required, if only as a formality.

I will have you fellows make your specialty cocktail and...

...decide, based on my evaluation of that, whether or not I can entrust this bar to you.

Got that?

As you can see, he seems to hate bartenders.

He disparages them as "bartens" and treats them no better than furniture for the bar he's creating.

Whatever kind of bar will be created here, it will no doubt be Chief Kamishima's heart taken shape.

And I... hate that kind of bar.

Now then, you're all ready?

Then you first.

Yes sir.

I'll make a martini.

Enjoy!

Is my meal already finished?

Or have I not begun?

Uh...

You did not say anything about that.

The Martini is a strong cocktail.

You have gall to make one without knowing whether my stomach is empty or full.

Next!

I'll make a "Grasshopper."

While you're at it, make it in pousse-cafe style.

U-Uh... Yes sir,

Pousse-cafe style...

It is a way of layering ingredients of different densities so they don't mix.

But...

Grasshopper

It mixed...

A-uh, since the order changed suddenly...

It's like you're being spiteful to the customer.

You're the spiteful one!

She's right. I admit it.

I was being spiteful towards them.

As proof, I never called them "bartenders".

"Barten", that is what I barked at them.

This is not good, not bad. That's about all I should expect.

Well, thinking about it now, one should say I was being obstinate at the time.

After all, I detested bars in and of themselves.

A pretentious barten... a door so heavy as if to choose it's customers!

I couldn't accept a single thing about their existence.

And yet...

I was assigned the job of a hotel bar remodeling.

Of course, I had no complaints; it was my job.

Yes, with pleasure!

What you're doing?

The schedule is late for being late!

Weren't there mistakes in the marketing?

Do it over again!

How's the barten hiring?

You can lure them with money. just bring in a better group.

Same with the liquor.

Anythings fine!

Just make sure you fill the back bar luxuriously!

Quit dragging your feet!

At least get the bar design decided!

B-But still, I hate this kind of bar!

Silence!

I won't allow argument!

There will be a meeting tonight.

Come up with an answer that satisfies me even if you have to stay up all night!!

Even if it is pre-remodeling, it's like destroyed ruins...

Or... maybe leaving it like this would be novel and better.

OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T!!!!

What's going on?!

Your work this time is strange!

Your subordinates have been speaking out, too!!

Ah...

Listen up...

At least do something about the design posthaste!

Make it a bar the customers will push down the door for!

Bar, my ass...

Booze is the same no matter where you drink it!

No...

Even partying loud in an izakaya or having a drink at a food stand would be loads better!

And a beer after taking bath...

In any case, I can not stand bars!!!

This is...

A shine picking up one particular door...

...this was the beginning of the mystery between Chief Kamishima and Bar Eden Hall.

Even remembering it now, that moment was truly mysterious.

I, who detested those places called bars, stared at Eden Hall as if being drawn in by something

And...

Welcome.

Hey, what's that?

An ice sculpture in the shape of the Glass of Eden Hall.

Eden Hall?

Yes.

It is a legend told in the north of England.

One night, fairies who were holding a banquet...

...were surprised by the sudden appearance of a human, and all ran away at once.

At that moment, one glass was left behind with words, "If you break this wine glass, it's farewell to the happiness at Eden Hall".

And we are honored to recreate in ice and name this bar after what has, since then, been treasured as the Luck of Eden Hall.

A legend of a glass that musn't be broken, huh?

So he's the barten called the Glass of the Gods?

He's unpleasantly young.

Is your visit today thanks to someone's introduction?

Introduction?

Do I need to have an introduction?

No, that is not at all the case.

If I have offended you, please forgive me.

You might say that, but don't you actually choose your customers?

That door... is so heavy, it's like it's rejecting customers.

A bar, after all, is a hideout.

A hideout?

Yes.

It means a gang's hiding place.

Because it is a hiding place, the bar's door is heavy.

And the name plate is small and unnoticeable, as if to ward off passers on the street.

In exchange, once you enter inside, you can forget the world outside.

Then you can forget your status and age, and face your true self.

That is all because of that heavy door.

Is that how it is...

Well?

You're the barten rumored to remember orders from years ago?

Yes... that sort of thing has happened, but it is just one part of a bartender's job.

Bartender schmartender...

your job is just to make drinks according to recipes and serve them.

It must be relaxing to get paid just for that.

Don't be pretentious. "Barten" is good enough.

Ah yes, this is perfect.

I want you to look at this.

A bar remodeling?

Yeah, but I just can't make it work.

It's definitely in sync with the marketing but...

As a barten, what do you think?

Ahh... I am not quite sure.

–Just... –Just?

Could it be that you hate bars?

I was shocked.

He suddenly saw through my true feelings.

And his words made me remember how I came to hate bars.

It was when I was a student.

Having always wanted to try going inside a "bar", I finally gathered up the courage and pushed open that heavy door.

The charge is a thousand yen.

For ordinary nuts?

That's robbery!

Ah, were you introduced by someone?

I can't come in without an introduction?

Your order?

Beer.

Excuse me? ..

Huh? Beer's no good in this kind of place?

No, that isn't the case.

I can't help it.

That's the best a poor student can do.

That's good.

Although the flavor is just ordinary beer.

Worried about people's looks, for my second, I had whiskey.

But not one too expensive!

At that moment, I suddenly noticed...

That was one time I froze stiff as a board.

I just do not know what to do.

He must have noticed how I was acting...

Ah, would like the check?

Uhh, I had... one five thousand yen bill.

B-but ...

I-It's true.

I really had...

W-what?

All of you staring at me like that...

Dammit!

Sir, you may settle the check when it is convenient for you.

Mysteriously, before I realized it, I had told that whole unpleasant memory to this man whom I'd just met.

And...

If you do not mind, I would like to treat you to a drink to apologize for that time?

O-Okay ...

If there is a cocktail that you like ...

Y-Yes, let me see...

Wait a second, testing him might be fun.

The Glass of the Gods...

Well then, I'll have your specialty.

Very well.

In that case...

Now then, what kind of cocktail will this barten make...

A not-good-not-bad-flavor found everywhere?

Or a mixed pousse-cafe style?

Either way, this man isn't asking me anything about my stomach condition, just like that martini.

What kind of "Glass of the Gods" is such a man going to show me?

Come on...

Come on.

Come on!

May I pose you a quiz?

In the world, there are two jobs which must absolutely never betray the customer.

One is physicians and pharmacists.

Now, what is the other?

Bartenders.

What?

What's he going to make?

And the Eden Hall sculpture he's not supposed to break...

What in the world is he doing...

The answer is simple.

Why must physicians and bartenders never betray the customers?

That is because both sell things that can be medicine or poison with one change of recipe.

Whiskey mixed with water (a water-mix).

Don't screw with me! What do you mean water-mix?

What do you mean a drink to apologize?

First of all, the water-mix is a drinking style done only in Japan that whiskey companies thought up of to boost their sales!

And you go out of your way to serve—

This is... a water-mix?

The slight sweetness of talc and grain...

Strong depth...

The alcohol's edge is taken off, and it seeps into the tongue, but it's not watered down in the slightest.

The whiskey is a popular blend.

But this is the first time it's tasted like this!

There's a water-mix this delicious in the world?

No, this is a truly a cocktail named "water-mix".

Please tell me.

Just what is it that's different about this cocktail of yours?

It is you, sir, the weary customer.

For the bar's remodeling, you have not returned to your home for several days.

How do you...

There is stain left on the sleeve of your shirt.

That is unusual for a person in hotel-related work.

Due to clash of opinion with your superiors and subordinates, your stomach is irritated from stress.

But still, you gulp down liquor because you cannot sleep.

I thought for a battered tongue, the normal water-mix recipe would be too strong.

So, I lowered the ratio a bit...

No, not that.

This water-mix is certainly thin, but the flavor is strong!

The ice.

Solid ice that does not melt into the water and destroy the balance, even if you reduce the alcohol content to the limit.

Ice?

Then the Eden Hall glass that you mustn't break...

For just one glass of water-mix...

And for a customer who called you a "barten"...

Do you know the meaning of "bartender"?

Meaning?

A "bar" is a perch.

And "tender" as in gentleness.

Together, it means a gentle perch.

This wood is the bar.

By itself, it's mere board for placing liquor upon.

But because bartender is there, "bar" and "tender", gentleness is born.

So that's... a "bartender"...

That bartender back then must've believed I would bring money later on...

The Glass of the Gods...

For him, it may have been one glass of water-mix.

The Eden Hall glass ended up broken...

But the fairies will surely come back soon.

Welcome.

That was the beginning of the mystery between Eden Hall and me.

Thanks to that, my bar remodeling was completed nicely.

Yes, he taught me ...

Without the gentleness of people, it cannot be called a "bar".

If you would like, please join us once.

Recipe

Green Peppermint Cacao White Fresh Cream

20ml 20ml 20ml

You know, I will never forget about you.

ねえ 忘れないよ あなたのこと

nee wasurenai yo anata no koto

他の人を好きになった 今でもまだ

hoka no hito wo suki ni natta ima demo mada

Even now that I've fallen in love with another, still...

うしろめたく思い出してる

ushirometaku omoidashiteru

...I feel guilty as I recall.

ただ幼すぎて つないだ手 汗ばんでも

tada osanasugite tsunaida te asebande mo

We were so young... even if our hand-holding was sweaty,

はなせなかったね

hanasenakatta ne

We couldn't let go, could we?

卒業アルバム最後のページに

sotsugyou album saigo no page ni

On the last page of your graduation album ...

小さく残したメッセージ

chiisaku nokoshita message

I left a tiny message ...

30年後も誰よりあなたを この胸は覚えてるから

sanjuunengo mo dare yori anata wo kono mune wa oboeteru kara

Even thirty years from now, this heart will remember you more than anyone else.