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So I'm sure your friends who made fun of you

will some day eat the ramen your father made, saying how delicious it is

with a smile on their face.

I'm going to make the kind of ramen that will take the world by surprise.

Instant ramen?

It's delicious ramen that can be made easily and conveniently.

Oh, sorry, Fukuko. I'm going to build my lab here.

Lab?!

I'm going to develop my instant ramen here.

Manpuku

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

It Will Soon Be Complete?!

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

Week 18

♫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

This is great.

2 weeks later

It's finished, Fukuko.

- This is the lab for the instant ramen. - It's going to be made here.

Here...

Take a look inside too.

- Woah, it's cold. - Take your shoes off.

With Morimoto-kun and Oka-kun's help, I even got electricity running in here.

I'm glad we were able to help.

Has it been 8 years since we worked with you, President?

- Yeah. - Not since we made Daneihon, right?

I'm thinking about putting a stove here to make the soup

and making the noodles here.

The ramen making is finally about to begin, huh?

Yeah.

Oka and Morimoto are my colleagues at work.

It's not fair that they get to help Manpei-san and I can't do anything...

You have no choice, since you promised.

To come straight home after work.

I know, but...

Who the heck did I promise?

- It was me. - You scared me!

It's not a matter of who you promised, is it?

Taka isn't doing well because of morning sickness.

Who's more important? Taka or Manpei-san.

Taka is.

Can't you eat dinner?

I don't want anything.

- Are you all right, Taka? - I'm not all right.

It's quite obvious. Can't you tell by looking?

But still, Shigeru-san's been wanting to go to Manpei-san's place.

Didn't I say that was...

I'm not going. How can I go?

Right? Taka.

- Stockpot and stove? - Yes.

What is the executive director going to do with those things?

I'm not the executive director anymore. I'm going to make ramen.

Excuse me?

Ramen.

- Thank you. - This is quite heavy.

- Be careful now. - Okay, thanks.

- Huh? - Isn't that Ikeda Credit Union's...?

Yeah, Tachibana-san who used to be the executive director. He said he's making ramen.

- Ramen? - Yeah.

Is he opening a ramen shop?

- I dunno. - You dunno? But you're jack of all trades.

You should go ask him.

The reason for Fuku-chan's sigh was because half of Manpei-san's

severance allowance disappeared due to the construction of the lab and purchase of ramen making equipment.

I'll have to do something about it.

Okay, I'll work harder.

- Oh, can you use the stove already? - Yeah.

- I'm going to start by making soup first. - Soup?

Yeah. I'm getting ready to go buy chicken bones.

If you're going to the shopping center, let's go together. It's time for me to go to work.

Okay. I'll give you a ride on my cart then.

- I don't want to. - Why?

That should be obvious.

How can I sit in the cart that my husband's pulling?

Don't mind what other people think.

But I do mind!

See? Everyone's laughing.

I'm afraid I'm putting you through a lot of trouble, Fukuko.

A man who's almost 50 without a job making ramen.

I know that I'm being selfish.

I'm going to make the kind of ramen that will take the world by surprise.

Coming up with ideas for the new ramen is your job, Manpei-san.

Anything else... and that includes money matters too,

you don't have to think about them.

Thanks, Fukuko.

Your husband dropped you off?

- He let me off the cart in front of the shop. - How sweet is that.

Then let me give Shinobu-chan a ride in a cart...

Don't. That's embarrassing.

But to tell you the truth, it was a little embarrassing.

But you did enjoy it a bit, didn't you? I can tell by your face, Fuku-chan.

- Yes. - See? What did I tell you?

What are you bragging for?

Is your husband making ramen already?

Yes. He's starting out with soup first.

Does he have experience with cooking?

- No, he doesn't. - That will make it tough.

Ramen that's already flavored from the beginning and all you have to do is pour hot water to eat it.

It would be interesting if a magical ramen like can really be made.

It's possible. For Manpei-san.

Give me all the chicken bones you have.

Everything I have?!

What in the world are you starting, Mr. Executive Director?

Like I said, I'm not the executive director anymore.

Thanks.

- Thank you very much. - Thanks.

I also need ginger to get rid of the chicken smell.

I heard he's starting a ramen shop.

- What?! - And to think he was the executive director of a credit union.

He sure went down fast.

Fukuko.

Fukuko!

Hello!

Manpei-san!

What!

What in the world is this?

You came home without saying anything?

- But... - But what?

He was throwing chicken bones into the stockpot.

In a hut, wearing a hand towel around his head...

That Manpei-san who was dressed smartly in a suit and was the executive director of a credit union

is now the owner of a ramen shop...

But he did say he was going to be making ramen.

Does that mean it was distressing?

Of course it was distressing.

Do you mean it was unbearable?

Of course it was unbearable.

- It was pathetic? - Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe it.

Didn't we all decide to support him?

That was you guys. I never agreed to it.

I don't even want to imagine Fukuko running a ramen stall with Manpei-san~.

We told you, they won't be running a stall.

You guys should go take a look too.

You'll see what I mean then. You'll find it hard to watch.

- Maybe I'll go take a look. - Go take a look. You'll find it hard to watch.

Are you going?

I just want to take a look at the lab. What kind of hut he built with Oka and the guys.

- Just for a bit. - Shigeru-san.

It's just for a bit. Thanks for dinner.

Shigeru-san just can't help thinking about Uncle Manpei, huh?

I don't blame him. I'm curious too.

Manpei...

- Kanbe-san. - Oh... Madam.

This is the first time I've seen Manpei-san looking like that in a long time.

I know.

Manpei-san's risking his all to making his new ramen.

Instant Ramen Research Lab

The next day, Katsuko Nee-chan and her family came over this time.

This is certainly...

Isn't it just as I said?

It's just a hut.

- Are you making ramen in here, Uncle Manpei? - Yeah.

Do you want to look inside?

Please take off your shoes.

Doesn't it smell good?

I was here for 4 days making soup.

Are you staying in this hut until you finish making the ramen?

Lab, not hut.

But isn't this hut too small?

Tadahiko-san, I told you, it's a lab.

Oh, sorry.

Then please try tasting the soup right away.

I used chicken bones for stock, got rid of the chicken smell with ginger,

and flavored it with soy sauce and mirin .

I haven't tasted it yet either.

It has a nice fragrance.

I want everyone in Japan to eat the ramen I made.

So if everyone here doesn't agree that it's good, I'll make it over.

Don't hold back. If it isn't good, please say so honestly.

Of course, if it's good, please say it's good.

Then, let's eat.