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Manpei-san can get so absorbed when it comes to work.

I know that's how he is, so I don't want to bother him, but...

I understand how you can get absorbed in your work,

but you've got to eat.

- I told you... - What's going to happen if the person

making nutritious food becomes malnourished?

If we can get them all to eat Daneihon and become healthy,

there's nothing more satisfying, huh?

Isn't that right, Gen?

Manpuku

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

That's Not It, Manpei-san

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

Week 9

♫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

Today is Saturday, the day Taka-chan comes to help.

- Thank you for the ride. - You're welcome.

We've been waiting for you, Taka-chan.

- We look forward to the weekend when you come, Taka-chan. - Me too.

- Taka-chan, did you cut your hair? - No, I didn't.

- Taka-chan. - Kanbe-san.

Come. I'll show you the lab.

This is the lab for Daneihon.

And this... is Daneihon.

We boiled the bone marrow and added salt to it.

- It stinks. - It's not done yet.

- We'll do something about the smell. - It also looks kinda...

We'll do something about the way it looks too.

- So what about Daneihon? - Is it that great?

The Daneihon Team is getting carried away.

Kanbe...san.

- Kanbe... - san.

- Manpei-san. - Huh?

Gen's feeling a little feverish.

What?

- Is he? - He feels hot.

That's not enough to worry about. Kids get fever all the time.

If you're worried, take him to the hospital.

I'll go with you.

You have to get lunch ready, Mom.

It's okay. Taka and Akatsu can do it.

I'll go by myself.

What if Gen-chan has a terrible disease?

Don't say an awful thing like that.

- Gen-chan... - Great Madam.

- The Saltmaking Team is complaining. - Saltmaking Team?

Yes. The guys making salt like Morimoto and Komatsubara are feeling they're being treated unfairly.

That President's giving preferential treatment to the Daneihon Team.

- You do something about it. - What the...

After conferring with Ohmiya Sensei, we decided to get vitamin E from

vegetable oil, and vitamin K from seaweed.

- Vegetable oil and seaweed. - Vegetable oil's cheap too.

We can harvest seaweed from the sea out there.

- Okay, let's gather the stuff. - I'll go buy the vegetable oil.

- I'll come with you. - Then I'll go get the seaweed.

I don't see any.

There it is.

150 yen for 1 liter, huh?

Come down a little more.

- Come on, give me a break. - No, I say this is too expensive.

- You'd better not mess with me! - Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Hey! You think you're being funny!

- This should be enough. - Yeah, should be.

- Shall we go then? - Let's go.

We got lots.

- Will it work? - I'm sure it will.

Hey. Is that their job?

It's nice they get to go swimming.

When we're suffering like this.

It's not fair.

Okay, that should be enough.

Hey, how's the seaweed coming along?

We've got to grind it down some more.

Or it won't be in paste form.

Uncle Manpei, you have a phone call from Sera-san.

Sera-san? What does he want?

Keep going.

What are you doing now?

Were going to mix in the seaweed that we grinded.

Daneihon will be ready soon.

I can't wait.

Nutritious food?

Yes. It's in paste form so that it can be spread on bread.

Tachibana-kun. There's no way something like that's gonna sell.

But there are lots of people out there who are suffering from malnutrition.

That's because they're hungry.

If they had money to buy something like that, they'd all buy real food.

But Daneihon has vitamin A and protein and...

We're the ones who put out the money, you know.

The 31,500 yen that Chairman Mitamura and I invested.

We won't get any of it back if you spend it on God-knows-what that is.

- It will sell, I guarantee it. - No, it won't.

It will sell!

- What the heck! - There's no way it won't sell!

- Manpei-san? - Oh, did you go see the doctor?

Yes.

- Tachibana Salt Company. - Tachibana-kun.

It will sell without fail!

- How did it go? - The doctor said it was nothing to worry about.

That it happens to kids all the time.

That's exactly what I told you.

Isn't that doctor a quack?

Gen will wake up.

What are we going to do if he has a terrible disease?

What am I supposed to do? The doctor said he'll be fine.

Look, he still has a fever. Gen-chan...

His head... I'll get something to cool his head.

Thanks.

That's not enough?

- I need you to go fish some more. - We're tired from making salt everyday too.

- There are days we can't get any fish too. - I know that, but...

Have Kanbe-san and his guys do it. Those folks making Daneihon.

That's right. Those guys have it easy!

How can I tell them that? They're making Daneihon by President's order.

- Fine. You just want us to get fish, right? - That's right.

- Takagi-san? - It's okay. Move.

Why do we have to do it?

All right. Yes. Thank you.

- Akatsu-san. - The Monopoly Bureau?

They want our salt.

But the Saltmaking Team's resentment is growing by the day.

What?

- It's ready, huh? - Yeah.

Daneihon is now complete.

Let's taste it.

- This is... - Not very...

- It's not good. - It's not that bad. - It tastes nasty.

- It's not that bad! - It tastes nasty. - This won't sell.

You won't know until you try!

- Manpei-san. - What?

You'll wake up Gen.

Did something happen?

It has nothing to do with you.

Didn't Daneihon come out well?

You can't expect things to go the way you want from the beginning.

But I know you'll end up with a good product eventually.

That's how it was with the salt too, remember?

But you'd be better off saying even half of what you're thinking like your mother.

Manpei-san.

I can understand why you're working so hard, but

please think about the people around you too.

- What? - The people making salt,

like Morimoto-san and Komatsubara-san, are getting disgruntled, I hear.

- Disgruntled? - That President only cares about Daneihon

and has forgotten about them.

- That's not true. - I think so too.

- If things go on like this... - That's absurd!

Don't tell me every time trivial things like that happen!

You're the president, Manpei-san! If you only think about yourself,

everyone will lose their motivation.

- Only think about myself? - I feel the same way too.

Gen is my first child.

It's only natural I'd worry if he has a fever.

- But you... - The doctor said he'll be fine, right?

That's not the point!

It's because we're husband and wife... Because Gen is our child.

Enough already!

I want to concentrate on work!

I'll leave the child rearing to you.

I'm sorry... I'm so sorry.

They were fighting?

Uncle Manpei was yelling, and Auntie Fukuko was yelling back.

Really? She yelled back?

That's what she gets for waiting on him

- hand and foot! - Watch out!

Fukuko must have finally realized that I was right.

Grandma.

Nothing good happens at a time like this.

- This thing is sure heavy. - There's a secret method

- to catch a lot of fish at once. - A secret method?

Yeah. I found it when I was cleaning this area yesterday.

What!

- What is this? - Don't be surprised.

We won't get caught here.

Takagi-san.

Wow! Fishes!

They're floating up like crazy!

It's a great strategic success! Let's go!

That this would later lead to a dreadful incident...

Fuku-chan or Manpei-san or anyone never imagined.