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Manpei-san was running into difficulties making his ramen.

I'm going back to the drawing board and try thinking it over.

Manpei-san decided not to flavor the dough and...

I'm going to soak this in soup extract, and let it absorb the flavor.

- The noodles got all mushy. - There's no texture or anything.

But this method made the flavor of the noodles too strong and was nixed.

It's good.

By quickly dipping in soup extract, he managed to make edible noodles, but...

The next problem is how to make it storable at room temperature.

How about preserving it in salt?

However...

It's salty!

Preserving in salt failed.

Sun and shade drying failed as well.

Finally, using koya dofu as a hint...

"Repeat freezing and evaporating and completely draw out all moisture."

However...

It doesn't taste good.

It failed again.

Still, Manpei-san did not give up.

I'm making delicious tempura right now, so eat this and cheer up.

- This is it! - Wah! You scared me. Huh?

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

Manpuku

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

Week 20

It's Done, Fukuko!

♫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 it! - Wah! You scared me. Huh?

Tempura is it, Fukuko.

Tempura?

What do you mean "Tempura is it!", Manpei-san?

- What do you think those bubbles are? - Bubbles?

The bubbles you get when when you fry tempura.

Moisture is evaporating.

Moisture...

Is the stove all right, Fukuko?

Oh... No, no, no, no, no~.

Gen-chan, Sacchan. You two go ahead and eat first.

- It's tempura! - What's this?

Don't mind it.

I'm going to see Dad for a while.

The moisture in the ingredients evaporates from heat of the oil.

Those are the bubbles that are formed when frying tempura.

Oh...when it starts popping.

Maybe that will dry the noodles well.

Are you going to make tempura out of noodles?

Get me the steamer, Fukuko.

Okay... huh?

- Soup extract. - It's ready.

- I'm pouring. - Just a minute.

Here it goes.

- Moisture is evaporating, right? - That's right.

- That should do it. - Already?

Yeah.

It's good.

Really?

Yeah. Try it.

It's good.

- Isn't it? - It's like a snack.

Okay, let's reconstitute it with hot water.

- How much? - A little more.

How many minutes should we wait?

The noodles are still warm, so maybe about 2 minutes. That's enough.

- 2 minutes? - Yeah.

It's been 2 minutes.

The noodles have reconstituted.

Yeah.

Me too.

It's delicious!

It's good, it's good, it's good, Manpei-san!

The noodles have gone back to their original state.

And the added aroma from being fried in oil.

It's delicious.

Gen, Sachi. Come here!

- Coming~. - Why do the noodles reconstitute in hot water

when they're fried in oil?

- What's the matter, Mom? - Come taste this.

- Is the ramen ready? - Just eat it.

How is it?

- It's good! - Me too, me too!

- It's good! - I want more! - Me too!

Manpei-san! This means you finally did it!

Why!

So you never went to see the movie?

- No. - She said it was more fun to watch Manpei-san make ramen.

Don't you feel sorry for Oka-san and Morimoto-san?

It's all right. You don't have to go to any movie.

Actually, I also have my doubts about those two and Yoshino-chan, but

even I thought they looked pitiful.

I'm sure they were looking forward to it too.

But Uncle Manpei's eyes were sparkling as he worked,

saying, "Okay, it's dry. Let's freeze it now."

There's no way ramen can be made as if you're making koya dofu.

It's true that was a failure. Honestly speaking, it wasn't good.

It must be tough for Uncle Manpei.

It's Fukuko who has it tough. Having to go along with her husband's pastime.

You haven't heard Fukuko say it's tough, have you? She believes in Manpei-san.

I think men working hard doing what they love are attractive.

Yoshino, you like men like Dad, don't you?

- Yes. - That's why I'm telling you that only 1 in 1,000 or 1 in 10,000

succeed as artist or inventor that are similar to a speculator's job.

That's a different story, Mother.

Aren't you happy, Dear? Taka praised him too today

- so he's in a good mood. - Compliment?

Dad.

I'm trying to concentrate right now.

I'm starting to like your painting, Dad.

I think it's really good.

Taka...

Stop it. Not in front of everyone.

What do you like about that incomprehensible painting?

- Mom. - I don't like it. I don't get the meaning.

Like I said, there is no meaning. It's here.

I can't believe paintings like that will sell. Are you all right with that, Katsuko?

Taka's baby will be born soon too.

There's still 2 more months.

I'm the one who will provide for Taka and the baby, not Father.

- Good for you, Shigeru-san. - I'm thinking seriously about it too.

- That's admirable! - But in truth, half of your mind is thinking about

Uncle Manpei's ramen, isn't it?

- Huh? - You're just itching to go help him.

Are you still talking about that?

No, I think about it, but I'm not actually going to do it.

I'd like to help. I want to root for him.

- Of course, I do too. - Me too.

- I do too... if it wasn't now... - Right?

I want nothing to do with making ramen. I...

- Seconds, Shigeru-san? - Please｡

- I am the daughter of... - These beans are sure good.

- I like them too. - I made them. - I am the daughter of...

I'll get it.

Oh, for crying out loud!

Hello. This is the Koda Residence.

- Hello. Yoshino-chan? - Yes.

- This is Manpei. - Ah...

- Is Kanbe-kun there? - He is. Just a minute.

- Shigeru-san. It's Uncle Manpei.

- This is Kanbe. - Ah, Kanbe-kun.

Uh~... The guy from your college who helped us make Daneihon...

Um~ As I recall, Ohmiya... Ohmiya Sensei, was it?

Ah, yes. I believe he's still at Osaka University.

Is he? I want you to contact him as soon as possible.

3 days later, Osaka University's Ohmiya Sakichi Sensei came to Fuku-chan's house.

It's that sensei who got caught up in

the toad explosion incident when they were making Daneihon.

This here... The noodles have gone through porosification.

- Porosification? - What is that?

It's written like this.

Anyway, just take a look.

Oh, I see pores...

It has a lot of pores like sponge, doesn't it?

- Yes. - The heat from the oil evaporated the moisture in the noodle

- and created pores in it. - I see.

Let me take a look too.

In other words, when hot water is poured over it, the moisture penetrates into those pores?

Yes. That's why the noodles reverted back to their original state.

It's the same thing as koya dofu drawing moisture and reconstituting.

- Koya dofu. - Then the idea you had back then

wasn't mistaken, Manpei-san.

That aside, how did you ever come up with the idea to fry the noodles?

This is an epoch-making invention, Tachibana-san.

Thank you. We finally came this far.

This means it's finally complete, right?

- Complete? - Yes.

Don't be silly, Fukuko. We're just getting started.

- Right? - Yes.

Here, try this.

- Isn't it good? - This is good by itself like this.

- It's quite good like this. - Just getting started?

Fuku-chan knew very well that Manpei-san was a perfectionist.

But with just Fuku-chan's earnings, their savings was started to get depleted.

Ah... what should I do...

What should I do~.