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We're going to broadcast an advertisement for Daneihon.

"Packed with nutrition Daneihon."

"Tasty, tasty Daneihon."

"Manpei Brand's Daneihon."

- Manpei Brand? - Huh? Manpei Brand?

This is it!

- Is that... - Manpei-kun?!

Yeah. As the president, you're gonna play a part in advertising too.

No!

- Why not! - Manpei-san!

Manpuku

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

Manpei Brand's Daneihon!

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

Week 11

♫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

- Absolutely not! - Why not?

Think about it. I'll look like an idiot wearing a bow tie like that.

No you won't. People who see this will think,

"This Manpei-san sure is a personable, funny man.

If Daneihon is something this man made, maybe I'll give it a try."

- No way, no way... - You may be right.

- Hey, Shinichi-san! - If you really don't want to do it,

I won't mind doing it for you.

If Fukuko's reading the advertisement, she should appear on the sign.

Me?! That would be so embarrassing, I could never do it!

It's embarrassing for me too.

If it's okay without the glasses and in a kimono, I can do it.

It would leave more of an impression if the president himself is in the advertisement.

Exactly.

If it's Manpei Brand's Daneihon, Manpei-san should definitely appear in it.

- Wait a minute. - Let me do it.

This will raise the employees' morale too. They'll see how far the president's willing to go.

I said I'll do it if you don't want to.

- I think you should do it. - I do too.

- I want to do it. - All right.

All right! Way to be the president!

- Manpei-kun. - You can do it!

W-what about me~!

Production of the advertisement began immediately.

First was the recording of Fuku-chan's narration.

I didn't think we'd be recording here.

Saves us money by doing it here.

That makes sense.

"Tasty, tasty Daneihon."

"Packed with nutrition Daneihon."

"Manpei Brand's Daneihon."

How is it?

I think you should go a little bit easier on Manpei Brand.

What's the point then?

We're ready to go.

- Please get started. - All right!

Coming!

Her voice is cracking already.

Don't get nervous, Fuku-chan.

Just say it normally, Fuku-chan.

With "Tasty, tasty Daneihon," make the listener turn around.

With "Packed with nutrition Daneihon,"

grab their attention.

Finally, with "Manpei Brand's Daneihon," make them want to buy it.

Just say it normally.

That's easy for you to say.

- Fukuko's an amateur. - She can do it...

Broadcasting the advertisement should suffice. I say there's no need for signs.

Would you like to practice? Or shall we get right to it?

This is making me more and more nervous. Let's just do it.

All right. Here we go. Quiet, everyone.

- You can do it, Fukuko! - Sh~!

Start it.

"Tasty, tasty Daneihon.

Packed with nutrition Daneihon.

Manpei Brand's Daneihon."

- Okay, that was great. - Wonderful! Made it on the first try!

- Amazing! - Who knew you had this kind of talent!

Thank you.

Now, it was Manpei-san's turn.

You're looking good, you're looking good.

- Come on, please smile some more. - I'm not smiling yet.

- Sorry. - Come on, let's show some spirit, Tachibana-kun.

Manpei-san, take a deep breath.

Breathe in~, breathe out~.

Now, smile.

More.

This is impossible. I can't do it after all.

- Why? - Shall I take your place now?

Manpei-san, you want to make everyone happy with Daneihon, right?

You want to make everyone smile, right?

Yes...

What kind of smile?

Is that all?

Yes.

More!

"Tasty, tasty Daneihon.

Packed with nutrition Daneihon.

Manpei Brand's Daneihon."

Now!

What the heck is this.

"Manpei Brand's Daneihon."

President took the initiative to go this far.

We've got to work hard too.

- Really, huh? - That's for sure.

Let's do it.

Now then, the employees of Tachibana Nutritious Food Sales Company

will now leave for Tokyo.

Good luck to you all.

Take good care of yourself.

Make sure you eat properly.

Yes.

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

Banzai!

Banzai! Banzai!

Thank you!

Banzai! Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!

- Take care. - Banzai! Banzai!

Showa Year 23 February, Tokyo

Shinichi-san and his crew

got to work immediately upon arriving in Tokyo.

This way, this way.

10 each for Shinagawa Ward, Meguro Ward, and Setagaya Ward.

- Arakawa Ward and Katsushika Ward get 8. - 8.

Do whatever you can to get them posted where they stand out.

- Got it! - Let's go do it!

Then let's go!

This would stand out here.

"Manpei Brand's Daneihon"?

It's nutritious food that everyone in Osaka knows.

This is our president.

"Tasty, tasty Daneihon."

This is it! This... this is this.

"Manpei Brand's Daneihon."

"I'm worried.

Aren't there lots of pretty girls in Tokyo?

I'm worried that you'll end up liking one of them."

There's no way that's going to happen, Taka-chan.

Taka.

- Did you do your homework? - I'm all done with it.

Okay. You've got to study hard, you hear?

In the future, it will be necessary for girls to have higher education too.

Go to college.

With your grades, you can even get into Osaka Imperial University.

- Dad? - After studying at the university for 4 years...

- Don't you want me to graduate? - You'll be an educated woman...

Don't you want me to marry Kanbe-san?

You're awful!

The stamp's on.

- Excuse me. - Go right ahead.

Thank you.

All right.

- It sold?! - Yeah.

We had a Daneihon tasting event today.

- This is packed with nutrition Daneihon. - Please give it a try.

- This is packed with nutrition Daneihon. - Please give it a try.

- Please give it a taste. - This is called Daneihon?

Yes, it is. The name Daneihon

comes from a German word for nutrition.

- Really? That's cool. - How much is this?

- It's 60 yen. - I'll take one.

Thank you!

That will be 120 yen. Thank you.

This way, this way. This way please.

All right. We're going to open one more box.

We sold out 10 cases in no time.

What! That's amazing!

That's amazing, amazing, amazing, Shinichi-san!

I have one more good news.

You should dress like that every day, President.

- That looks good on you. Doesn't it? - Sure does.

- Wear a bow tie. - It looks great.

- Stop teasing me. - You look amazing in it.

Everyone! The sampling sale of Daneihon was a great success.

10 cases sold out immediately.

Is that true?

There's more good news.

Shiramatsuya will be selling Daneihon.

- Shiramatsuya? - That's a department store in Tokyo.

- The long-established big department store? - That's right.

This is a big deal!

Shinichi-san was saying that if Shiramatsuya can sell Daneihon,

- it will get known all over Japan. - Yeah...but if it's sold at a department store,

people may think it's too high-class.

We have to make Daneihon available in delis and rice shops all over town.

Make it available to everyone suffering from malnutrition.

- That's right. - Got it. I'll let Shinichi-san know.

Manpei-san, your dream is starting to come true.

Your dream to do work that would be useful to the world.

It's not my dream.

It's our dream.

Yes.

Okay, we're gonna churn them out.

Move your hands.

I'll help too.

Then if you could help us here.