Original subtitles

I gathered them!

- Oh, is that right? - You found people to help us?

- I'm starving~. - Me too.

- Kanbe-kun. - So many?!

I worked hard to gather them!

Fukuko!

Manpuku

♫Marumatteru senakani ni morai naki ♫I get infectious weeping looking at your stooped shoulders

♫Haji datte issho ni ♫We'll share the humiliation too

Week 6

Are You Going to Make Salt?!

♫Hikoukigumo bonyari nagamu ♫Gazing absentmindedly at contrails

♫Kokoro kokoni arazu ♫Here in body, but not in spirit

♫Nenkan totaru moshi shitara ♫If I was to calculate an annual total

♫Tsukiau watashi sugoi? ♫Aren't I amazing for keeping you company?

♫Toboketeru mayuge ni morai warai ♫ I get infectious laughter looking at your comical eyebrows

♫Tere datta nandatte ♫Be it embarrassment or whatever

♫Morai naki morai warai morai ikari ♫Infectious weeping, infectious laughter, infectious anger

♫Moraippaji don to koi! ♫Infectious embarrassment. Bring them on!

♫Seiten mo donten mo hekireki mo ♫Sunny days, cloudy days, thunderous days too

Who would've thought you'd bring so many.

Haven't you heard of moderation?

I'm sorry. I thought the more help we got the better.

Hadn't you decided beforehand the number of people you needed?

I figured 5 to 6 people were the most he'd be able to round up.

Kanbe-kun may have a knack for gathering people.

- Thank you. - What are you thanking him for!

- I'm sorry. - If you only need 5 men, have the rest of them go back.

Wait a minute, Mother. I'd like to have as much help as we can get.

Remember, we have 81 iron plates.

What are you talking about? Where do we have room for 15 people to sleep?

There's the hall on the first floor.

I think it would work if they slept together on the floor.

Whose side are you on, Fukuko?

We're the ones who have to make their meals, you know.

We have to do it day in and day out.

I know it's going to be hard, but...

- What about the money for food, Manpei-san? - It will cost quite a bit, won't it?

And if they take a bath one at a time,

it will be midnight before we can take ours.

Manpei-san and the ladies can take a bath first.

I'm telling you to ask them to leave!

- But Mother. - Telling them to go back right away

after making them come all the way to Izumiotsu will make them mad.

- What? - They may get enraged and become violent.

Stop that. Don't be silly.

If that happens, we'll have to get down on our knees and beg for forgiveness.

Get down on my knees?! The daughter of a samurai get down on her knees?!

Enough already. Let's just have everyone stay.

- That's right. - Besides, they're all raring to go.

- What about the money for food? - Let's take it one step at a time.

- One step at a time? - Then...

do you want to get down on your knees?

I don't want to get down on...

My name is Oka Kosuke. I was born in Neyagawa, and

before I went to war, I was a an apprentice at a grocery store, but the store...

You don't have to go into that much detail. Next.

My name is Komatsubara Kanji. I was born in...

Your birthplace isn't necessary either.

My name is Morimoto Gen. Before the war, I...

Just your name will suffice.

I'm Akatsu.

I'm Sakai.

My name is Masuda.

- My name is Nagakubo. - I'm Takagi.

- I'm Nomura. - Nomura-san.

- Hori. - Sakuma.

- Kuranaga. - Ohwada.

- Minegishi. - That's it. 15 in all, including me.

Thanks for coming, everyone.

I don't have any experience with salt making, but if I can get paid,

- I'll do my best. - Me too.

After I came back from the war, I couldn't find any work.

This opportunity was a godsend.

We feel really fortunate.

- They're nice people, Mom. - I don't know about that.

We're gonna ask you guys to start working right away tomorrow!

- Hey. Hey! - Listen up.

Today, I'm going to explain what the job entails.

Before we start... This is Madam who will be taking care of you all.

Madam?

I'm Fukuko.

Pleased to meet you.

- And this is Great Madam. - Pleased to meet you.

- Great Madam.. - Pleased to meet you.

And this is Manpei-san.

...that won't do. This is Master.

- Master. - Don't call me Master.

No? Then... President!

- President. - No, this isn't a company.

- Then how about Boss? - Boss it is!

Boss!

Just call me Manpei.

We look forward to working with you.

- Mom, the suiton is boiling. - We don't have enough bowls.

Never mind that. Please take care of the suiton first.

Do we have to do this every day?

Finally, you spread out those sea salt crystals on the cloth and strain the nigari.

When all that's done, you have salt. Did you all get that?

- I see. - So that's how salt is made.

Looks like tough work.

Of course it is. We're counting on you all.

First, we're going to build a foundation to lay those 81 iron plates on.

Kanbe-kun, make 5 teams of 3 per team.

- Oh, it's good. - Sure is.

- It's good. - This is good.

- Is this all? - This can't be all.

- That's all. - I'm sorry.

Can't we get seconds?

- There are no seconds. - Please bear with it.

Manpei-san's bearing with it too.

- Actually, this is enough for me. - Say that you're bearing with it.

I'm bearing with it.

So I ask that you all bear with it too.

- Get out in 5 minutes. - Okay~.

- Hurry up. - Wait.

2 more minutes.

Oh... I'm exhausted...

- Thank you for your hard work. - You must be tired too, Fukuko.

- I'm just fine. - This is not the time to be so easygoing, Fukuko.

Frankly, Manpei-san, we won't be able to keep this up.

Taking care of those people day in and day out...

I'm terribly sorry for making you go through this, Mother.

Besides, we already decided to do it.

When will the salt be ready? When will we get the money?

It will take at least a week to line up the iron plates.

One week!

But after that, we can make salt everyday.

It's hard for me to believe that things will go that well...

The only thing is, before we line up the iron plates, we need to get things like a big pot and buckets.

I knew it. How are you going to get them?

Are you going to buy them? Where's that money coming from?

I'll go around the neighborhood and borrow the buckets.

Mom, you come with me too.

Manpei-san, go take a bath.

You're going to be busy from tomorrow so you should go to bed early.

You're right. Then I guess I'll go take a bath.

I can't imagine what lies ahead.

I'll go to Hana-chan's tomorrow and borrow some money.

- Didn't I just give you my secret stash?! - We have to feed 15 people, you know.

Oh... including us, that's 18 people.

I should've just stayed at Katsuko's house.

Just give up already, Mom. Let's decide the menu for tomorrow.

I can't think about anything!

Preparation to make salt began the next day.

- Manpei-san, shall I take over? - It's okay.

Being that there were 81 iron plates, there was a tremendous number of stakes to serve as their base too.

It's the first time I've seen Manpei-san like that.

- 14 people?! - 15 if you include Kanbe-san.

Did you hire that many people at once?

We need that many people to make salt.

So can you please lend us just a little more money?

Please.

Please help out Fuku-chan.

Hey, Oka.

Make sure you make it so that water won't leak.

- Mom, hurry up and flavor it. - I'm doing it right now.

Geez~.

- How d'ya expect us to get full on this? - Give us more food.

- There's so little. - Don't complain, guys.

Oh, I have to go get the bath ready. Mom, I'll leave the rest to you.

I can't do this anymore!

I should reinforce this part.

I'd like ask for an inspection for a salt manufacturing business.

Oh, you have 15 employees?

- Yes. The facility is ready as well. - When will the salt be ready?

Very shortly. Please conduct an on-site inspection as soon as next week.

W-w-water!

Why don't you slow down and eat?

- This is stress eating. - Stress eating, huh?

14 scruffy soldiers returning from war appear out of nowhere

and make me work like a housemother. I am the daughter of a samurai!

- 14 men? - Talk about smelling like sweat.

It's so much work making meals for them too.

Then you should order delivery from us.

That's right. We'll deliver for you.

We can't afford such luxury...

We'll make it cheap for you.

You can take it easy too.

It's delicious!

I never thought I'd be eating Chinese noodles here.

If you can give us an order, we'll delivery anytime. Right?

Yes. With pleasure!

We can't get it delivered that often.

But I can take it easy today. Thanks, Mom.

- But it needs more salt, huh? - For sure.

There we go again!

More so, since we've been working and sweating.

When our salt is ready, we'll share some with you too.

- Will you really? - Thank you so much!

All right. Stop talking and just eat!

Eating is the most important thing for humans.

Go ahead and eat.

Although it wasn't a company,

Manpei-san had the look of a president.

After coming to Izumiotsu,

Fuku-chan felt like she was seeing Manpei-san's true face.