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- Did it fail? - It failed.

- The ones you dried for 1 hour? - Yeah. - The ones you dried for 2 hours too?

Drying for 3 hours and 4 hours didn't work either.

Manpei-san!

You go to the library tomorrow and study up about noodles!

I'll do that.

Thanks, Gen.

Yes, that's right. I need to study some more.

Manpuku

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

We're Making Progress by 10 and 20 Steps!

Week 19

♫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

Hey, Fukuko!

- Fukuko! - Yes. You're home.

Yes. I did some research at the library.

- Come here for a minute. - Okay. Did you find out anything?

In the first place, the reason raw noodles become soft and chewy when boiled

is due to this gluten in the noodle...

- Gluten? - Yeah.

and this starch in the noodle

- gelatinizing. - Gelatanizing?

It's like when you cook grains of rice and they turn into rice.

- Huh? - But then the problem is the water content of the noodles.

- Water content? - Yeah. When noodles are boiled, they're gelatinized.

Then the water content in the noodles is increased by 30 to 50 percent.

Well, that's only natural since they're being boiled.

This prolongs the drying time of the noodles

and is the cause of the inconsistency. Then what can we do?

What do we do?

There is one more way for gelatinization to occur.

- It's to steam it. - Steam?!

Yes. When the noodles are steamed, their water retention rate hardly ever exceeds 30 percent.

- Really! - Yes. In other words, if the water retention rate is low...

- Oh... you don't need as much time to dry them. - Yes. And the inconsistency?

- There's less? - That's right!

It's been 4 minutes.

Okay.

- Shall I do it? - Yeah.

Fukuko.

- Fu-ku-ko~. - It's Mom.

- Oh, Mom. - What's going on?

You haven't visited me at all lately.

I've been busy with this and that and haven't had the time to go to Katsuko Nee-chan's house.

There's been big trouble at our house too.

Big trouble?

It's a divorce crisis.

- For Katsuko Nee-chan and Tadahiko-san?! - Because of that model.

You met her too, didn't you?

I'm Kinouchi Hideko. I just love Tadahiko Sensei.

Oh.

Did something happen between that model and Tadahiko-san?

Of course not.

So there's no longer a divorce crisis.

Huh? So what are you trying to say?

Instead, she started dancing.

Huh?

Since then, Tadahiko-san's style of painting completely changed.

Style of painting?

What is that a painting of?

I don't understand the meaning.

There's no meaning. Don't you think it's pretty?

It's pretty, but...

That's good enough.

That can't be helped since Tadahiko-san's an artist.

Artists live from moment to moment.

As if you understand him.

Although Katsuko Nee-chan may not find it too pleasant

if it was because of that model that his style of painting changed.

That's why I told her to marry someone with a respectable job.

What's the point of saying that now.

What's going on with you guys? Isn't the ramen ready yet?

It's progressing steadily.

When will it be ready?

The soup was delicious, wasn't it?

When will it be ready?

We're drying them until they can be stored at room temperature.

- Drying them? - Yes.

Oh, don't touch.

When you pour hot water over dried noodles, they'll be restored to the original ramen.

- Will that actually happen? - Yes it will.

Pouring hot water over dried squid won't restore it to squid, you know.

- What dried squid... - It's impossible.

Why do you say things like that!

I'm going home.

Mom...

It's okay, Fukuko. No one will believe it until they see the final product.

Since we're trying to make ramen that doesn't exist in this world.

But I believe that it can be made.

Thanks.

- It's going to take a while to dry, won't it? - Yeah, I guess so.

Then why don't we go out for a change?

It's really been a while since I took a leisurely walk like this.

- Times like this are necessary too. - Yes, you're right.

- Oh my goodness, Manpei! - I'm so glad you came.

So, are you done with the magic ramen?

- Huh? - They know because I'm always talking about you.

Ah... No, not yet.

Not yet?

- Fuku-chan, you said it was going to be ready yesterday. - Things don't work out that well.

But it will be pretty soon.

- Pretty soon? - Yes.

Is that right. The historic day is right around the corner, huh?

Manpei-san, would you like to eat something?

- Please come in. - Thank you.

What would you like?

- You can order anything. - Then, I'll have the rice curry.

One rice curry!

You are rice curry. Okay.

Oh, that's right. I forgot we were almost out of Fukujinzuke.

- I got some more yesterday. - Thanks, Fuku-chan.

We really appreciate your hard work.

- Here, it's ready. - Okay.

- Here you go. - Thanks.

Here you go.

- Man, I'm starving. - Welcome.

- Welcome, Sera-san. - You're cheerful as usual, Fuku-chan.

... or so I thought, but if that isn't Tachibana-kun that's sitting there.

- How have you been? - Hey, hey, hey...

Haven't you lost some weight? Are you doing all right, Tachibana-kun?

- Sera-san, what would you like? - Oh, rice curry. Make it extra large.

Okay. One extra large rice curry please.

- One extra large rice curry!

You are big, big rice curry.

- Okay. - Yeah, okay.

So, are you done making your ramen?

Oh... It will be done soon.

Soon? That just sounds like an overused excuse.

- It's the truth. - Fuku-chan, you just keep on working.

I've been rooting for Tachibana-kun for a very long time.

You've proved your skill as an inventor.

But no one in this world wants ramen they can eat by

just pouring hot water over it.

- But that's not... - There is no need nor is there any market

for a thing like instant ramen. You have no chance of succeeding with it.

- You never know though. - You keep on working too.

Okay.

You're just like the Japanese Army that started a war that was hopeless to begin with and lost anyway.

Manpei-san will not lose.

You make curry before you do anything else.

Right? It's a courageous withdrawal.

Pouring hot water over dried squid won't restore it to squid, you know.

You said the same thing as Mom!

Really? That's not good.

Sera-san. I'm not quitting no matter what anyone says.

Even if there's no need for it, I can see it.

See what?

Faces of people enjoying the ramen that I made.

Listen. That's what people call delusion.

Sera-san's eating it like you're enjoying it too.

I can see it too.

Oh, me too.

I can too.

What's with this delusional group.

What the heck is this nasty looking dish!

Is Dad still the same?

He's working on his incomprehensible painting.

He won't listen to anything I say.

Something has happened to Tadahiko-san.

Personally, I like it.

You do?

Yes. Just looking at it puts me in an exhilarating mood.

That's it. That's what I wanted to hear.

Shigeru-kun, you understand "art."

"Art"? Oh, you mean art.

- Hello. - Hello.

- Who's that? - I'll go see.

- Yoshino-chan... - Right away?

- Hello. - Hello. - Hello.

What are you guys doing here?

- We haven't seen Great Madam in a while so... - You lie.

Huh?

I tell you, it's true.

- Oh my goodness. How long has it been? - How have you been?

Since Tachibana Nutritious Foods was dissolved, so...

it's been 8 years, no, 9 years?

We apologize for neglecting our social obligation.

- You should be sorry. - Mom.

What's more, you're not their real purpose for coming, Grandma.

- It's Yoshino-chan. - Yoshino?

- That's not true. - We came to see you, Great Madam.

- Really, I swear. - Yoshino, is that true?

How would I know...

Since you're here, why don't you stay for dinner?

- Huh? - Would that be all right?

Then we'll start getting it ready.

Thank you!

Okay, they're dry.

It's crispier than before.

It's very crispy.

For the time being... let's wait 3 minutes.

It's going to work out this time.

Since the gelatin is glutenizing well.

- The gluten and starch are gelatinizing. - Huh?

Yes, that's it~.