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It's stomach cancer. He has 3 months to live.

What?

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 12

Things Will Work Out Somehow!

♫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

Mitamura-san has cancer?

To think that we never got to return the favor after he did so much for us.

But he didn't look like he was suffering at all.

To the contrary, he had a very benevolent look on his face.

Is that so...

I'd like to die like that too.

Stop that.

When Saki went, I wanted to die too.

I told you to stop that.

- Saki hasn't been appearing in my dreams lately. - Huh?

I wonder if she's forgotten about me.

That's not right.

You're the one who's having the dream, Mom, so you're the one who's forgotten.

That can't be true.

That's right. Today too, I just remembered something out of the blue.

It was around the time you were still in high school.

Remember the time Saki suddenly started talking about chocolates

when we were at Katsuko's house?

Chocolates?

The 14th of February is St. Valentine's Day.

It's a day when women give chocolates to men who they like.

- Valentine's Day? - Yes.

- You give chocolates to... - What? What are you talking about?

It's an ad for Valentine's Day chocolates taken out by a confectionery in Kobe.

- Valen... what? - It says February 14th is Valentine's Day.

The day women give chocolates to the man they love.

- Oh my goodness, how vulgar. - To make a long story short, this is an ad for chocolates.

Why are you reading that out loud to us?

Oh! Do you have someone you like, Saki Nee-chan?

- No, I don't. - You're lying! You do.

- Do you? - I just thought it was interesting.

I don't have anyone I like.

When I think back on it now, she did have someone.

Saki Nee-chan had already met Shinichi-san at that time.

Back then, Saki...no, it wasn't just Saki... everyone looked happy.

But Saki became ill and passed away...

You got married to Manpei-san, and just when we thought his work was going well,

things turned out like this...

Happiness and misfortune take turns coming to us.

I don't think that I'm unhappy right now.

What?

That's how I decided to think.

Of course, things are tough, but I'm getting help from a lot of people.

Plus, you're going to have another cute grandchild soon, Mom.

You seem to have gotten stronger.

Remember, I'm the daughter of the daughter of a samurai.

- Thank you. - Oh, Azuma Sensei.

Was the temperature of the bath all right?

It felt very nice.

You must be tired from the long trip.

I've prepared your bed in the sitting room, so please get a good night's rest.

Thank you.

- I'll start going around promoting sales tomorrow. - Promoting sales?

The trademark and production method of Daneihon.

Ah...thank you in advance for your efforts.

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

Tokyo Finance Bureau National Tax Investigation Unit

It's been a week already.

There hasn't been any word from Tachibana Nutritious Food.

It doesn't look like they have any intention of paying the back taxes.

What shall we do, Chief?

Tokyo Finance Bureau

MASUOKA JOJI

Prepare to seize their assets.

They were sold, Manpei-san.

Trademark and production method of Daneihon.

Kitahama Foods bought them for 120,000 yen.

120,000...

Please use this as seed money to start a new business.

But I can't do anything when I'm in here.

I haven't given up yet.

As far as I'm concerned, the battle isn't over yet.

Sensei.

So please don't lose hope.

Thank you.

Thank you, Azuma Sensei.

Have you told the employees about this?

Of course.

Everyone was surprised and depressed at first, but

now they're prepared to accept it.

What about their new jobs?

Don't worry. Azuma Sensei helped me with that too.

Thank you.

That's okay.

You've helped us with everything.

Thank you so much.

Didn't I tell you? The battle isn't over yet.

Manpei-san.

It's all right.

It's going to be all right.

Kanbe-san.

Oka-san. Morimoto-san.

Sakuma-san. Akatsu-san.

Nagakubo-san. Owada-san.

Takagi-san. Minegishi-san.

All of you will be making Daneihon like before at Kitahama Foods.

You also have the important job of teaching how to make Daneihon to the employees there,

so we're counting on you all.

We got it.

Unfortunately, Kitahama Foods can only take 9 of our employees.

Nomura-san, Sakai-san, Kuranaga-san, Hori-san.

Mitamura-san has arranged the four of you to work at Okuni Shokai.

Komatsubara-san, Masuda-san.

Sera-san referred the two of you to work at Umeshita Electric.

It will probably be hard for you at a new workplace, but

you're all still young. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

That's right.

Take care of yourself and work hard.

We will.

Thank you.

Taka.

Everyone's going to be scattered all over.

I hate it. I hate it...

You'll still have Kanbe-san, Taka-chan.

- That's right. - You won't miss us.

You know that's not true.

After we worked so hard to come this far.

It's precisely because you worked so hard up to now

that you can't waste what you accomplished.

Please make good use of it in your future.

That's my wish.

Now then, effective today,

Tachibana Nutritious Food is hereby dissolved.

Two days later, the Finance Bureau came to seize the assets.

What happened here.

Oh, I've been waiting for you.

What is going on here?

Tachibana Nutritious Food has been dissolved.

Dissolved?

Yes. To tell you the truth, the company was in debt.

We didn't have a choice.

How dare they do this...!

Does that mean you sold the company? Where's that money?

I...exercise my right to remain silent.

The battle isn't over yet...

But that this battle would turn out to be something beyond their imagination,

Manpei-san nor Suzu-san,

nor Fuku-chan had no way of knowing.

Let's sue the Government.

You picked a fight with the Government?!

Doesn't that lawyer want to get Tachibana Manpei released?

Week 13 "As Long As We're Alive"

Finance Bureau.

Wait... please wait!

Noro-san! With a flash?

Will this fight make or break me...