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- You're going to knead the soup into the noodles, right? - Yes.

When you pour hot water over those noodles, soup seeps out of the noodles and...

Delicious ramen will be ready to eat before you know it.

Won't the soup become diluted?

Make the soup flavor more intense.

I thought about adding more soy sauce and other seasoning, but

in the end, boiling down is the only way to intensify the flavor of the chicken stock.

Manpuku

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

It Will Soon Be Complete?!

Week 18

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

♫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

All right.

Manpei-san. Were you up all night working?

It's soup extract made by boiling down the soup.

How is it?

I think this is strong enough.

- What about the taste? - It's good.

All right! We can finally make the noodles now.

Manpei-san, please rest a little.

- I can go without sleep for 2 or 3 days. - Then at least get something to eat.

You haven't eaten anything since yesterday, have you?

- Huh? - All right?

Then let's eat.

Gen, what happened to your face?

- It's nothing. - How can that be nothing?

- Onii-chan got into a fight. - Sachi.

- Don't say anything. - Why? Who did you fight with?

It's because a kid at school made fun of you again, Dad.

- I told you to ignore them. - But I won. I made him cry.

I went to apologize later.

I'm sorry you had to go through all that because of me.

It's those kids who are in the wrong. There are times a man has to pick up the gauntlet.

Gen.

Women do too.

Don't you dare do anything.

Sacchan.

- See you later! - See you later!

- Have a good day. - Be careful now.

Okay~.

Our kids have sure gotten stronger.

Yes, they have.

- I'm going back to work. - You should rest some more.

I'm all right.

Then, I won't get in your way

so can I go watch you work?

Just a little.

Sure.

There's sesame oil added to this mixing water.

- To bring out the flavor? - Yes.

Flour 500g Mixing Water

To that, we add an egg

1 egg

and eggshell crushed into powder.

1 egg Crushed Eggshell 5g

And soup extract.

Soup Extract 120ml

Here we go.

The speed is important.

You're good at this.

I learned diligently.

We're using this next.

Fukuko, would you mind turning this handle like so.

- Turn it? - Yeah.

- 1 2 1 2. - 1 2...

- Keep it up. - 1 2...

I'm so happy I get to help you, Manpei-san.

- 1 2 1 2. - This is strange.

What's strange?

Hold on for a minute.

Why is it turning out like this?

- Fukuko. - Huh?

- Are you here, Fukuko? - Oh, it's Mom.

- Meat for you... - Wow!

and eggs. Have them for dinner.

You didn't have to do this.

You still have to be frugal, don't you?

And here's some karinto for Gen and Sachi.

Thanks, Mom.

What's Manpei-san doing now?

He's in the midst of developing his ramen. He's in the process of making dough for the noodles.

Then Mother, if you would turn this handle clockwise.

- Clockwise? - Yes. - Go 1 2 1 2.

- Got it. - Fukuko, you can push the dough through this

- like I was doing earlier. - Okay. Ready?

I'll cut the noodles as they come out.

Then please start turning.

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2.

- 1 2 1 2. - Huh?

1 2 1 2.

-W-what's wrong? - Hold on a minute.

What the heck is this.

- What in the world is this? - It's not...noodles.

- Let's try eating it. - What? Eat this?

- But they're not cooked. - I'm just having a bite.

You have to parboil the noodles once.

You know, the thing that the ramen stall owner does.

That swish, swish.

You've got to do that swish, swish.

I just want to check out the flavor.

The hot water isn't changing color.

Is the soup not dissolving?

- How is it? - Well?

- Let me try too. - Me too.

It's awful.

- The noodles are all dry and have a floury taste. - I need water.

Parboiling won't help this at all.

I'll have to start all over from the dough.

Oh, that was disgusting.

And so? What's going on with Tachibana-kun's ramen making?

Well, naturally, it's going very well.

They tried tasting it for the first time this morning.

We just had a little taste of the uncooked noodles.

It came out well for the first try. Isn't that right, Fuku-chan?

It was good.

Thanks, that was good. The uncooked noodles?

Yes.

That's a lie.

No, it's true.

Your eyes are shifting, Fuku-chan.

- What! Was it no good?! - Did it taste bad?

- They were uncooked noodles after all. - It tasted bad, huh?

You won't believe how awful it was. It wasn't even edible.

But they were uncooked noodles, right?

Even before being parboiled, they were all crumbly and messy.

She's here again today.

In the first place, it's weird for uncooked noodles to have a flavor.

But what Uncle Manpei's trying to make is...

Right, Mom?

That model...

What was that?!

You always look so serious, Sensei, you make me laugh.

Of course I'd be serious.

KINOUCHI HIDEKO

You're more attractive when you smile.

Stop saying weird things.

Ramen you can make by just pouring hot water over it. There's no way you can make such a thing.

- Someone definitely needs to talk him out of it. - Grandma.

That woman's making eyes at Tadahiko-san.

What does that matter? Fukuko's going to be miserable.

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

Anything else... including money matters,

you don't have to worry about them at all.

Manpei-san.

I tried adding potato starch to prevent the dough from falling apart.

- I'll help. - Okay, thanks.

- Potato starch? - Yeah.

See?

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2.

How is it?

1 2...

It's no good.

Yam. Let's use grated yam as a binding agent.

I'll go buy it then.

- It's ready. - Okay, put it in here.

It's okay.

- Is that enough? - Yeah.

Please.

Is it different from the previous one?

Try turning it.

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2...

How is it this time?

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2.

- It's not tearing apart. - Really?!

Yeah, it's not tearing apart.

- Turn it. - Okay.

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

1 2 1 2 1 2.

It's no good.

Why does it turn out like this?

I thought the dough turned out well.

Damn.

Manpei-san...

Damn!

Manpei-san...