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We're the Finance Bureau. We're going to search this office.

- Search the office? - Please get out your ledgers.

Azuma Sensei?

With what authority are searching the office?

It's a compulsory investigation in connection with your income tax.

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 13

As Long As We're Alive

♫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

- Your office? - The Finance Bureau just barged in.

- Barged in? - Don't you have to go back to Tokyo?

You should, Sensei.

Even if I went back, nothing can be done about it now.

They can investigate us all they want. I have nothing to hide.

I wish you guys would put all this stuff away, I swear.

As a matter of fact, about the only things they took were ledgers.

Besides, if I went back now, they'll going to want to talk to me

- and it will get troublesome. - Is that because Manpei-san sued the Government?

They're applying pressure to withdraw the lawsuit.

But even before we filed the lawsuit, they've been on our case.

Why do they keep targeting Manpei-san?

- Like I said before, that's... - Because he's a celebrity. It's a warning to others, right?

But he's already been arrested and in prison.

You'd think that would be plenty as a warning.

Could it be that they have something to hide?

Something to hide like what?

Who has something to hide? Finance Bureau? Occupation Forces? The Government?

I'm not really sure, but...

It was the Occupation Forces that imprisoned Manpei-kun to begin with.

That's right.

That's what's weird about this whole thing. I'm going back to the hotel.

W-what's going on, Azuma Sensei?

Something must have inspired him. Like a spark.

- Spark? - Actually... a flash.

Flash?

We can't use any of this stuff. That law firm is squeaky clean.

We've got to find some material to make them drop the lawsuit.

I thought it was unreasonable, telling us to make Tachibana Manpei the scapegoat and collect taxes from him.

It's all because we let Occupation Forces tell us what to do.

I don't want to do a crappy job like this either!

Tachibana-kun, how did it turn out?

- I don't know. - What do you mean you don't know?

You picked a fight with the Government. You're not gonna get away with it.

But there's been no word from my lawyer.

No word. Then is it going well?

No, no, no, no. Or else, did something incredibly bad happen?

But I've braced myself for the worst. I'm fighting no matter what happens.

Admirable. You're...

admirable...

Goda-san... Why are you crying?

I don't know myself!

It's no use practicing with naginata.

There's no chance of winning against the Government.

- Ippon! - That's not fair! Mom, you're too tall.

- Your arms are too long too. - That's not the reason.

- You fought hard too, Taka. - That's right, Taka.

Both you and Dad are tall, so why am I such a shrimp?

Don't cry over such a thing.

Why do they have to do that when the war's over...

If you get into Osaka Imperial University and get good with naginata,

you can be an invincible woman.

- Who wants to be an invincible woman? - Hello.

- Kanbe-san. - How have you been, Taka-chan?

Why are you crying?

Why are you dressed like that?

- Sacchan. Peek-a-boo. - Isn't she cute?

- She's adorable. - Isn't she adorable, Tadahiko-san?

- Y-yeah... - Did you always like children that much?

Sure I did. When Gen-chan was born, I wanted to hold him too, but

Great Madam told us not to touch the baby with those dirty hands.

- Did you say that, Mom? - I did not.

- You did too. - Why would I say something like that?

Oh, you want your mommy back? Here you go, Madam.

You're sleepy, huh? Sacchan.

Taka-chan told me in her letter so I couldn't wait to see the baby.

- Congratulations, Madam. - Thanks.

- President must be thrilled too. - He's not president anymore. Just call him Manpei-san.

- Manpei-san must be too. - Of course he's thrilled. But...

He hasn't seen Sacchan yet.

Is that so...

Does Manpei-san really have to be imprisoned for 4 years?

The lawyer's currently trying his best.

There's nothing that we can do.

I see...

By the way, what's with the naginata all of a sudden?

- That's because... - No, Taka.

We don't want to cause Kanbe-san any needless worries.

What worries? Did something happen?

You don't need to know, Kanbe-san.

Anyway, Taka's going to be an invincible woman.

Invincible woman?

Would you still take a daughter like that for your bride, Kanbe-kun?

- Dad. - Hello.

Yes.

Sera-san.

I came to see the baby. With a gift of baby formula.

Oh, Urashima Milk.

- It's a famous one. - Makes me nostalgic.

What an adorable sleeping face.

- Isn't she, though? - I'd sure like to have an adorable baby like this too.

Do you like children too, Sera-san?

No one likes children like I do. People who love children can't be bad people.

That's what makes you so shady.

- By the way, is Tachibana-kun doing well? - He is, thank you.

Thank you? He hasn't done anything.

Why do you treat me so badly? I'm seriously worried about Tachibana-kun, you know.

Sera-san isn't a bad person.

- He helps us when he wants to. - That's right.

But he won't when he doesn't want to.

Now's the time we need people's help the most. We're fighting the Government after all.

- The Government? - What?

- Katsuko... - What this about the Government, Taka-chan?

- I don't know. - We can't have any secrets between us.

We already told you, you don't need to know.

- We just had a little trouble with Tokyo Finance Bureau. - Tokyo Finance Bureau?

- Stop it now. - You mean Manpei-san got into trouble?

- No. Things happened. - Like Occupation Forces.

- Occupation Forces?! - Mom!

- Why is everyone talking about it? - But...

- All right. I'll tell you everything. - Fuku-chan.

When we sold the company and the production method of Daneihon

and thought that finally we wouldn't have to pay the back taxes,

the Finance Bureau came here suddenly and took my bank book and seal.

And so Manpei-san and Azuma Sensei talked it over and decided to sue the Government.

Then this time, the Finance Bureau barged into Azuma Sensei's office, and

anyway, things are a big mess right now!

You got it?

- What the heck! - Sued the Government?!

Yes. But it's okay.

- It's not okay. - Hello.

That voice is...

- Azuma, what have you done! - Sensei, are you the one who instigated Manpei-san!

- W-what is this? - Come in.

Everyone, please calm down and listen carefully.

- What is it? - It's scary.

Tadahiko-san, yesterday you said that it was the Occupation Forces that imprisoned Manpei-san

to begin with, didn't you?

- Yes. - After that, I returned to the hotel

and asked my tax practitioner friend in Tokyo to confirm something for me.

- Confirm? - Confirm what?

He called me back a little while ago.

He said that there was a notification from the Ministry of Finance Government Taxation Bureau to every tax office.

- Notification? - About what?

Scholarship money is tax exempt.

It was a notification that taxes could not be collected on scholarship money.

What!

Then Manpei-san was arrested for...

It was a totally unjust arrest.

What the heck is that!

- Who do they think they are? - Poor Uncle Manpei.

This isn't a matter of pitying someone.

It's a problem. A big problem!

That was what they had to hide.

Yes. But even if you reproach the Occupation Forces for that, they may just get defiant.

That they're not obligated to follow Japanese laws.

What can we do then?

- Get the public on our side. - Exactly.

- The public? - In spite of such notification being issued,

Tachibana Manpei-kun who made Daneihon was found guilty of tax evasion.

What would happen if an article like that appeared in the newspaper?

- Newspaper? - Life is hard time after losing the war,

yet people are getting taxed severely. The citizens' frustration is surely growing.

If an article like that appears, I'm sure people will rally around you.

There's a lot of people I know at newspaper companies in Osaka.

- Oh, Sera-san. - You're the man!

You finally see me in a new light, huh?

I have a lot of seniors from Tokyo Imperial University at newspaper companies in Tokyo.

Seniors from Tokyo Imperial University?! I'm impressed!

They're in a different league from Sera-san's friends.

Aren't you going too far? You too, why are you agreeing?

But if we can get the public on our side, can Manpei-san get out of there?

That's right. That's the most important thing.

- That's what we'll have to bargain for. - Bargain?

They'll want us to drop the lawsuit.

Sure, we can do that. However, we'll give them a condition.

Release Manpei-kun.

- That's it. - That's a good idea.

It might work, Fukuko.

I knew we could count on Azuma Sensei.

However, dropping the lawsuit would mean paying the back taxes.

- What? - It means they'll take the 100,000 yen, right?

Why do they have to take it?

- That's because... - That's not fair.

But Manpei-san will be coming home.

But they'll take the 100,000 yen!

Mom! What's more important? Manpei-san or 100,000 yen!

- That's right. - Yes, indeed.

That would be...

What is there to think about!

It's the 100,000 yen, right?

What~!

Tachibana Manpei-shi Unjustly Arrested

Scholarship Money is Tax Exempt

Finance Bureau Out of Control Protesters are Everywhere

Other newspapers are publishing the same kind of articles...

There are anti-tax demonstrations in Tokyo as well.

Masuoka speaking.

What's the article?

You probably knew

that it would be like this after a while.

If we go to court against Manpei Tachibana,

we are the ones to lose, and

Japanese will no longer pay tax.

Whatever you say, it was wrong to arrest him!

Occupation Forces say they will release you if you agree to drop the lawsuit.

We did it, Tachibana-san!

- Azuma Sensei... - Yes.

That means by paying this tax, we'd be admitting defeat, right?

Huh?

No. I will not drop the lawsuit.

Tachibana-san!