Original subtitles

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

The company name, Tachibana Salt Company,

will be changed to Tachibana Nutritious Food.

It was a new beginning for Fuku-chan and Manpei-san.

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

♫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

Pouring sea water on these iron plates was backbreaking work.

I thought I was gonna die during mid-summer.

I don't know how many times I thought I can't do this anymore.

But now that we're quitting salt making,

- it feels kinda sad. - I guess we're all gonna be making Daneihon now.

I find it hard to believe there's gonna be work for all of us.

What do you mean?

They might decide they don't need all of us and get rid of half of us.

- What!! - President would never do that.

I'm just saying that's a possibility.

You know the president is a kind man.

There's a clear vision of the new company in his mind.

You're not seeing the vision, Tachibana-kun.

- Vision? - What do you mean, Sera-san?

Expanding sales of Daneihon nation-wide is a good idea.

You were absolutely correct when you thought you needed Sera Katsuo to do that and called for me.

What is he not seeing?

The customers. Who are you intending to sell them to?

Well, since we've been selling them to hospitals in Osaka...

- Hospitals nation-wide. - That's what's no good.

- From now on, we're selling to the general public too. - General public?

We have to get everyone in Japan to know Daneihon.

But when we first made Daneihon...

We offered samples in Osaka.

It wasn't well received by the general public, right?

That's why we started selling wholesale to hospitals.

Then just improve the taste and make it more delicious.

- A delicious Daneihon? - People suffering from malnutrition

aren't only in hospitals.

Those who are bedridden at home, those who can't move around in the city.

- They're here, there, and everywhere. - True.

Indeed.

Delicious Daneihon...

But...

- My arm! - It's cramping up!

- You'll get used to it soon. - Shut up.

Stop.

- The ingredients for Daneihon may change. - What!

Good job. You did great, Gen-chan.

The Daneihon we made first tasted even worse than it does now, right?

We added sweetness to it with plums and managed to make it edible.

How to make that taste better...

- Are you going to add something else? - Huh?

Right now we get protein, vitamin A, vitamin D from beef bones.

Vitamin E from plums and vegetable oil.

Vitamin K from seaweed.

- Mineral from salt. - How about adding sugar?

Sugar's expensive. The higher the cost, the more expensive the product will be.

Then people won't buy it.

Argh! What am I supposed to do!

I'm opposed to changing the taste of Daneihon.

But we have to if we want the general public to buy it.

I don't know about the things Sera-san says.

In the first place, he's always been a little shady.

Manpei-san trusts him.

Manpei-san can be naive sometimes.

Please don't talk about my husband like that.

I'm just worried about you and Gen-chan.

What are you going to do if you get greedy and fail?

What shall I make the dashi from today?

Bonito flakes or dried sardines or...

Manpei-san! Kombu ! Kombu!

Huh? Kombu? - What kind of nutrition does kombu have?

Kombu, kombu... Ah, here it is.

Vitamin A, vitamin E,

vitamin K, protein.

Just as I thought, it has it all!

Let's use kombu instead of seaweed.

Will that make Daneihon taste better?

Kombu is used to make dashi, you know.

Kombu makes food taste better.

- Fukuko. - Yes.

Why didn't I realize a simple thing like this sooner?

- It's kombu. - For Daneihon?

Let's give it a try.

And that weekend, Taka-chan came to help as usual.

- Taka-chan. - Kanbe-san.

We're having a tasting party for the new Daneihon today.

- I'll carry that for you. - Thanks.

Let's go.

There's no room for us anymore.

There's no hope.

We've been completely cast away.

- Does everyone have it? - Yes.

Now then, we will begin the sampling of the new Daneihon.

How confident are you, Tachibana-kun?

- Naturally, I think it came out well. - It's definitely delicious.

But the question is, what will everyone think?

If it doesn't taste good, I won't hesitate to say so.

- Mom. - It's okay, Fukuko.

It doesn't have to be everyone, but

unless about 80 percent of those here say it tastes good,

- we won't be able to sell it. - Exactly.

Okay, go ahead and taste it.

It tastes better!

- Doesn't it? - I'm not sure about that.

I don't like it.

- What! - I think it's good.

Okay, let's take a vote.

Those who think the new Daneihon tastes better.

It might be better than before.

- The dashi from the kombu makes it taste better. - I like it.

I'll give it a passing grade.

The ones who didn't raise their hand are Nomura, Sakai, and Kuranaga, huh?

Honestly speaking...

I like the other one better.

Kuranaga?

I can't tell the difference.

- How can you not tell? - It's totally different.

Well, I don't think there are any products that are liked by everyone.

- I'd say this is more than enough support. - Yes.

We can cast away those who say they don't like it.

- Cast away?! - Are we going to get cast away?!

- That's cruel! - I feel for you.

- I understand how it feels to be cast away. - For real.

Then let's go sell this Daneihon all over Japan.

- All over Japan? - Will it really sell?

It's not gonna sell itself. We're gonna go sell it.

In order to do that, we'll have to expand to Tokyo first, Tachibana-kun.

- Expand to Tokyo? - Tokyo?

Now that it's decided, we're going to start up a subsidiary in the center of Japan for marketing and promotion purposes.

A subsidiary, huh? That makes sense.

Why is Sera-san deciding that?

Don't even think about exanding to Tokyo.

- There you go again, Mom. - Why not?

I heard that Tokyo is heartless. That everyone there is cold.

- I heard that too. - What do you mean cold?

They said when a pregnant woman suddenly went into labor and crouched down in pain,

no one stopped to help her.

- What? - Is that really true?!

- That's not simply heartless. - They're a bunch of ogres.

Did someone see that?

I told you that's what I heard.

Tokyo is out. So you have your baby in Osaka.

- Excuse me? - Hurry up with your second child.

What does that matter right now!

What are you talking about?

What are you going to do, Manpei-san?

I'm going to start a company in Tokyo.

In spite of what Mother said,

I totally agree with Sera-san.

It's true he's a little shady and

can get carried away at times, but

I just can't get myself to dislike him.

I think he's sincere when he says he recognizes my talent.

Even when he got caught in our backlash and got arrested by Occupation Forces,

he never bore a grudge against me.

Well, he did say "What are you going to do about it."

Once you trust someone, you're the kind of person who

trust them to the very end.

But I'm the one who decided to go to Tokyo.

If we fail, it's my responsibility.

I'll persuade Mom.

Aren't you worried?

Why will I be worried?

To the contrary, I'm excited.

Thanks, Fukuko.

But there would be no need for Fuku-chan to persuade Suzu-san.

What a nice painting.

You must be happy that you were painted so beautifully.

Saki.

Tadahiko-san painted it for me.

I know. Kannon-sama, right?

Yes. Me, the Kannon-sama.

Then you'll have to be more benevolent.

You're for the idea of selling Daneihon all over Japan,

but against the idea of expanding to Tokyo. That doesn't make sense.

Saki...

Go ahead.

I won't oppose starting a company in Tokyo.

I'm like Kannon-sama, after all.

Why all of a sudden?

- Good morning, Mother. - Good morning, Manpei-san.

- Mother. - Manpei-san.

Let me tell her myself.

- Mother, I have decided. - I have decided.

Tachibana Nutritious Food will expand to Tokyo.

- Let's go!

You must succeed. Remember, you are the husband of the daughter of the daughter of a samurai.

Oh, Mom. You're just killing me!

Manpei-san, wipe that look off your face!

- Are you sure? - Yes.

Fukuko.

What a relief. Really?