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Manpei-san!

Fukuko.

Finally, everyone came home, and Fuku-chan and Suzu-san were overjoyed.

- We have a feast from the morning today! - We get fried egg too.

You weren't getting anything decent to eat over there, were you?

That corned beef was sure good, though.

You normally don't get to eat fluffy bread like that either.

Really~? Are you trying to say that

- it was better than my cooking? - Mom!

Not at all. The food you make for us is the best, Mother.

- Isn't that right, guys? - Yes!

You should've said so from the beginning then.

You're getting better at dealing with Mom.

Not so loud.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

- Oh, it smells awfully good. - You're quite early, Shinichi-san.

I was so excited to finally get back to work that I woke up too early.

Me too.

- I'll get you some tea right away. - Thanks.

Hello. Tachibana Salt Company.

Oh... the Monopoly Bureau.

Yes, we can finally get back to work again.

What?

Refrain from doing business?!

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 11

Manpei Brand's Daneihon!

♫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

♫Ganko de mendou de hara mo tatsu kedo ♫Although you're obstinate and troublesome and you make me mad

♫Anata no jounetsu wa ♫Your passion is

♫Atashi no hokori de jiman de kakugo nano ♫My honor, my pride, and my resolve

♫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

We decided not to handle your salt for a while after all.

How can you...!

What's going on, Fuku-chan?

Why can't you buy our salt anymore?

It's a matter of credibility.

We were arrested by Occupation Forces, but we were cleared of any charges.

We didn't do anything to lose credibility.

- That's right. - But your news was reported in the paper,

and drew public attention, didn't it?

We're a government office, so until your credibility is completely restored...

At what point would you consider it completely restored?

In any case, we're going to refrain doing business with you.

But wait... Hello?

I'm sorry.

That things turned out like this while you were gone.

While everyone was away, the iron plates on the beach got in this state of disarray.

The big pot got all rusty too.

All this can be rebuilt right away.

We'll scrub the rust off the iron plate, and rebuild the base.

- Manpei-san. - Hm?

Why don't we...quit making salt now?

Quit?!

We're going to concentrate on Daneihon.

Does that mean Daneihon will be the company's sole product?

Either way, we can't sell the salt anyway.

So she's saying we should expand the sales of Daneihon from Osaka to nation-wide.

Nation-wide?!

There are lots of companies that make salt, but we're the only one that makes Daneihon.

- True... - Salt making is affected by the weather, but

weather doesn't affect Daneihon.

Purchase price of salt has a ceiling, but

we can determine the price of Daneihon.

I'm against it. Manpei-san, you worked hard to come this far with salt making,

you can't quit now, can you?

Well...since we all worked so hard.

Look how far you've come.

How can you quit so easily?

At first, you didn't like it at all, Mom.

- You didn't want to be a salt merchant. - I never said that.

- You did too. - Fukuko.

- The name of our company is Tachibana Salt Company. - So?

To quit making salt when we're called "Salt Company" is a little...

You can change the company name to whatever.

I know, but...

- I'm against it! - I'm for it.

Manpei-san, welcome home!

- Uncle Shinichi, welcome home. - I'm glad to see you're looking well.

- Katsuko Nee-chan. - You came too, Taka-chan .

- Are all the employees well too? - Yes. Thankfully, no one got sick or anything.

- That's good to hear. - For sure.

Setting that aside to celebrate at another time, it's finally done, Mother.

What is?

The portrait.

- Oh my goodness! - Portrait of Mom?!

- Oh my goodness! - Why a portrait of Mother?

Remember the time Mom ran away from home?

- Before Gen-chan was born. - Saying I'm not a saltmaker's kitchen maid!

- I remember. - At that time, Tadahiko-san told her he'll paint her.

Because Mom was sulking so much.

And that made Grandma feel better.

What a lovely...

So that's what happened.

I was putting the finishing touches in between working on my own paintings, so

the completion got delayed somewhat.

Thank you, Tadahiko-san.

A portrait. I'm so jealous!

In this painting, Mother, you look like Kannon-sama .

- That's right. It's Kannon-sama. - Oh, please~.

Exactly. I painted Mother

with the image of Kannon-sama who protects everyone in mind.

Oh my...

Mom the Kannon-sama?

The secret to portraits is making it look better than the real thing.

Katsuko.

I'm getting all choked up.

Thank you so much, Tadahiko-san.

You're welcome.

Where's Kanbe-san at?

- Married? - We can get married after I graduate.

- That's what Dad said. - What!

In two and a half years, I can be Kanbe-san's bride.

- Taka-chan... - Kanbe-san.

- Tadahiko-san said that? - After she graduates, he said.

Was Taka-chan and Kanbe-san in that kind of relationship?

Oh, but it seems someone did mention something...

But why would Tadahiko-san say something like that?

When everyone was taken away by Occupation Forces,

Taka was so worried about Kanbe-san she was crying everyday.

- So without really thinking? - He brought it up himself.

This is bigger news than Mom's portrait!

But he's regretting it now. He wishes he hadn't said it.

Look, Saki.

Tadahiko-san painted this for me.

He said I'm like Kannon-sama.

Mother, do you have a minute?

What's the matter?

I talk to Saki everyday too.

I tell her things that happened that day.

Do you?

Mother, this is what Saki's saying right now.

If you're Kannon-sama, please watch over everyone.

- What? - She's saying let's quit salt making now.

I can hear her.

- What! She agreed? - Yes.

- She said go ahead and concentrate on Daneihon. - Why did she agree all of a sudden?

The only one left is Manpei-kun, huh?

If we can convince him, the employees will abide by his decision.

Why?

You're sure getting big, Gen.

When we first got here,

you weren't even born yet.

We're going to start making salt soon. Let's do our best, everyone!

Do you want to give up making salt?

- I'll continue. - Me too.

- Me too. - Me too.

It's Tachibana Salt Company's first shipment! Banzai!

Banzai!

- Banzai! - Banzai!

While looking at Gen's face, I was remembering all kinds of things.

The time we all lined up the iron plates and made salt for the first time.

I feel just as emotionally attached to salt making as you, Manpei-san.

You're an inventor.

Perhaps no one else thought of making salt with iron plates.

But salt's been around for ages.

Lots of people are making it.

But Daneihon is something you came up with, right?

It's a true invention that wasn't in the world before.

Gen.

Your father is a great man.

He's helping people suffering from malnutrition.

There are people over Japan who are suffering, Manpei-san.

If Daneihon had existed back then, he may not have had to die.

Tachibana-kun made a meaningful thing.

I decided to quit making salt and concentrate on manufacturing and selling Daneihon.

Quit making salt?!

- Concentrate on Daneihon? - Are you serious?

The company name, Tachibana Salt Company,

will be changed to Tachibana Nutritious Food.

TACHIBANA NUTRITIOUS FOOD, LTD.