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The multipurpose food processor is almost complete.

No banks anywhere?

They say they can't give us financial support.

We have no choice but to give up.

Let's try asking Umeda Bank one more time.

They'll say they'll need a collateral to lend us money.

A collateral is required.

Collateral?

I want to use this house and property as collateral.

What!

This multipurpose food processor is the dream of the people at Odajima Manufacturing

as well as the dream of Kanbe-kun and me.

Please, Fukuko!

All right.

Fukuko!

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 16

All We Can Do Now is Climb Up!

♫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

You put up your residence as collateral?!

If I put up our house and property as collateral for Ikeda Credit Union,

it will give them peace of mind. Let's ask Umeda Bank for financial assistance.

- Has Fuku-chan agreed to it? - Yes, of course.

Mother too?

Yes. Albeit reluctantly.

I never said I agreed to it!

You did too, last night.

That's because you asked me to trust Manpei-san.

And so you agreed to it, didn't you?

That's because he said that multipurpose food processor will sell for sure.

So you agreed after all.

I had the Mother of Dotonbori read my fortune today.

I was told that "rain solidifies the ground."

Why go to a fortune teller now?

"Rain solidifies the ground" means that it's going to rain first, right?

It means something bad's going to happen, right?

Mom.

Putting up our house as collateral is a bad thing.

But the ground's going to solidify, right? Things will eventually get better.

And she said the same thing again.

That Manpei-san's a late bloomer.

Huh?

Becoming the executive director of the credit union isn't considered a success for him.

- It means he's still a failure. - Why are you so negative?

I don't want to be kept on the edge of my seat anymore.

Mom, you just worry way too much.

You should learn to be more easygoing like Katsuko Nee-chan.

- Fukuko. - Grandma.

- It's Katsuko! - Taka-chan too.

When we were shopping in Umeda, we won some toys in a raffle.

- Menko and marbles. - Oh, my.

We thought we'd give them to Gen-chan and Sacchan.

Thanks for thinking about them.

A model?

A woman named Nahomi-san comes and models for Dad.

- Is she still coming? - You knew about it, Mom?

- It's not a big deal. - That's right.

Grandma, you were saying what if something happened between them?

It's not like anything happened, right?

She isn't even that pretty either.

Dad likes that woman, you know.

Taka-chan.

But this is already his third painting of her.

Here it is October already, and he's making her dress so lightly...

His painting's starting to look lewd.

- Lewd? - There's no way Tadahiko-san would paint something like that.

-You worry too much, Taka. - I know you're worried too, Mom.

- I am not. - Even when she's cooking,

- she mistook sugar for salt. - Katsuko Nee-chan did that?!

Today too, I don't know how many times she bumped into people because she's so spaced out.

I am not worried about any model.

- Yes, that's not important. - What?

- Grandma. - Compared to our big problem,

it's not a big deal at all.

- No, Mom. - To tell you the truth, Manpei-san...

- Don't say it! - Taka's the daughter, so

you may not like your father painting pictures like that,

but I've been a painter's wife for 27 years.

He and Nahomi-san are cooped up in the studio every day, you know.

- Don't call her Nahomi-san! - What am I supposed to call her then?

- That really doesn't matter. - Mom.

We may not be able to live here anymore...

- No, no, no, no. No, no... - Thanks for the tea. We're going home, Taka.

- Listen to what I'm saying too! - There's no need for that. See you then, Taka-chan.

Auntie Fukuko, you may think that Mom's easygoing, but she definitely is not!

Thank you!

What a discombobulated exchange that was.

All that did was give Fuku-chan a headache.

The ant was working hard transporting its food.

"Hey, Mr. Ant. Stop working all the time

and come listen to me sing,"

said the grasshopper, to which the ant replied,

"I'd like to, but I'm in a hurry."

- Welcome home. - Hi. Where are the kids?

It's their bedtime already. Mom's reading them a book.

- Would you like to take a bath first? - Yeah.

Did you have a tough day at work?

Actually Kitamura-san from Umeda Bank is coming over tomorrow.

It could be that he's coming to tell us they can't loan us any more money.

Even though we put up our house as collateral?

I'm sure he doesn't know about that yet.

But when he finds out...

For the executive director to put up his own house,

he might think we're really desperate.

Well, we are actually desperate.

I'll go see the kids before I take a bath.

Okay.

- Something's wrong with that. - What's wrong?

In"The Ant and Grasshopper" we read at school

the ant helped out the grasshopper in the end.

- He let the grasshopper in the house and gave him food. - Really? I don't know what to say.

It says here that "He got what he deserved."

That he turned the grasshopper away.

- It doesn't matter either way. - It does matter. The ending is the complete opposite.

You sure are argumentative for a child.

You must have taken after Manpei-san in that respect.

Read us the real "Ant and Grasshopper."

There is no such thing. Just go to sleep now.

- I can't sleep. - Go to sleep.

The next day, Kitamura-san from Umeda Bank came to Ikeda Credit Union.

- Thanks. - Don't let anyone in this room.

Yes, sir.

The reason for my visit today is to verify Ikeda Credit Union's financial condition

as well as your loan plan.

Will that be used as a determining factor as to whether Umeda Bank

- will give us financial assistance? - That's correct.

Depending on the details, is there a possibility we may not get the financial assistance?

It's quite possible.

Let me ask you frankly. Whose property did Ikeda Credit Union acquire

to put up as collateral?

Is it perhaps Executive Director Tachibana's private residence?

- That's... - Yes, it is.

I'm taking out a mortgage on my property, house, and household goods.

Honestly speaking, I can't say that's a good idea.

I realize that. However, we'd like

Umeda Bank to give us financial assistance no matter what.

- If that's what it takes to... - Even if we provided financial assistance,

if that money is loaned to a company that... a company that can't achieve results,

your residence will be taken away, you know.

It cannot be helped if we find Ikeda Credit Union in a difficult

financial condition and its loan plan careless.

Kitamura-san, there's someplace I want you to come with me.

That's delicious!

Thank you.

And by switching over to this container... Here it goes.

This can easily do the chopping.

By switching over to another container,

it turns into a mixer too.

In short, it's a three in one multipurpose food processor.

Three...

You made that here?

Odajima Kenzo-san, the CEO.

His son, Tadashi-san.

Tadashi-san's wife, Kumiko-san.

Odajima Manufacturing consists of only these three people.

Kanbe-kun and I joined them, and this multipurpose food processor was completed.

Multipurpose...food processor...

It's a product that doesn't exist anywhere else which we were able to create precisely because we're a cutlery maker.

It's ready for commercialization any time.

Kitamura-san.

Hello, this is the Tachibana residence.

We did it, Fukuko.

Umeda Bank agreed to give us financial assistance.

- What! - Now we can commercialize the multipurpose food processor.

We can give loans to other credit union members too.

I'm so happy for you, Manpei-san.

Sorry, sorry. I beg your pardon.

- Are you done making your phone call? - Yes.

Oh, thank you.

Then Tachibana-san, let's continue to work hard together!

I look forward to it.

That's good!

Here, let me.

Why are you smiling, Mom?

Did something good happen?

That's because... your dad's dream is coming true.