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Manpei-san.

Yes.

This is... truly

delicious!

Finally, the new ramen was done. It was named

Oh! Add MANpei and FUKUko and you get Manpuku Ramen!

Manpuku Ramen.

But...

Shinichi-san?

Manpuku

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

It's Done! Fukuko!

Week 20

♫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

I'm going to quit my job at the credit union.

You two go upstairs.

This Manpuku Ramen is an amazing invention. You can even say it's revolutionary.

- You should start a company right away, Manpei-kun. - Company?

I want to join that company and help you with your work, Manpei-kun.

If you could hold it for just a minute, Shinichi-san.

Yes. That's being a little hasty...

I'm serious.

Manpuku Ramen is a dietary revolution. You should prepare immediately for commercial production.

I really appreciate your concern. But...

Shinichi-san, you have a new family. You shouldn't quit the credit union so easily.

You're in a position of responsibility there.

You can't just tell them that you're quitting tomorrow.

I suppose so. I guess handing over the duties may take some time too...

Manpuku Ramen just got made.

I'm sure Manpei-san will be deciding what to do from here on.

Yes. So please wait for a while.

Then for the time being, I'll help you out without quitting the credit union.

- But... - Of course, until I officially become your employee,

- I don't need a salary. - That's...

I don't need a salary.

All right.

That's how big of an invention this Manpuku Ramen is!

All right.

Thank you, Shinichi-san.

Hello.

That voice is...

Excuse me for a minute.

- Is Tachibana-kun still up? - Sera-san, what are you doing here so late...

Geez, what is he doing!

Tachibana-kun, I'll sell Manpuku Ramen for you.

- But it's still too early to be talking about that... - Don't be ridiculous!

- Manpuku Ramen is a dietary revolution, you know! - I already said that.

Start a company right away and get ready for commercial production.

I already said that too.

You make it and I sell it. We'd make an invincible pair.

- Well, yes. That would be... - Wait just a minute, Manpei-san!

Sera-san, do you remember what you told me before?

I'm saying this for Tachibana-kun's own good. Tell him don't even try, Fuku-chan.

Manpei-san will make it without fail.

And when that happens, this is what Sera-san will say.

"I was wrong. Please let me sell that instant ramen!"

Did we have such a conversation?

We did~!

I don't remember.

Manpei-san, let's get someone else to sell Manpuku Ramen for us.

Wait a minute!

Yeah, I remember. We did have a conversation like that.

You remember, yet, "I'll sell it for you"?

- Now, now, Fukuko. - Shinichi-san even offered to quit his job at the credit union

in order to help us.

But Sera-san, on the other hand, can only say "I'll sell it for you"?

- That's not good. - No, for sure.

Then... I'll sell it.

Manpei-san. Get someone else.

Please! Allow me to sell it.

Let me sell it! Please!

Well... might as well, huh?

Come on, Fuku-chan, give him a break.

All right, fine. Then we'll let Sera-san handle the sales.

Thank you very much.

But there are lots of things we have to decide.

Yes there are.

Like how much to charge for Manpuku Ramen,

- and what kind of format to sell it in. - Format?

The image of the product. That is, how to sell it. Don't you even know that, Fuku-chan?

Geez, like you know it all!

But that's absolutely true.

I want to send Manpuku Ramen out to the world with a novel image.

On cellophane paper?

And I want to pack Manpuku Ramen in that bag.

Customers buying it can tell what it's like

if they can see the content.

That's certainly true. But if you use it like this...

I know. We can't leave the whole thing transparent.

Just a small part has to be visible.

So I'd like to ask you to design that kind of a bag, Tadahiko-san.

Me?

At that time, hardly any food was wrapped in cellophane.

I'm an artist.

I know. I may not have requested such a thing

from the previous Tadahiko-san.

But now...

The design of the package is critical. You can even say it determines the image of the product.

Tadahiko-san, please do it.

All right. I'll think about it.

Thank you!

Manpuku Ramen was sure good.

Yeah. That was a mind-blowing taste.

It was so good. Wasn't it, Master?

I've never had a ramen like that before.

It was aromatic with plenty of chicken stock.

If I had to describe it... I'd say it's the taste of first love.

What kind of first love is that? How creepy.

But we never did get to help with making the ramen.

I wonder why.

I'm sure you'll get to help one of these days.

So what movie are we going to see today?

- What! - Will you go with us, Yoshino-chan?

The day has finally come.

"Chushingura" is this year's big hit.

- I don't like period dramas. - How about "Ghost Cat House"?

I don't like scary movies.

Can't you think of anything else? There's gotta be something.

"Milan Holi..."

How can an artist design packaging for ramen.

Aren't there specialists who do that kind of thing?

The somen's good.

But Manpei-kun asked me to do it personally.

I have to live up to his expectation.

Why would he ask Tadahiko-san to do something like that?

If you can't do it, why don't you tell him honestly that you can't?

There's no way I can do that. Ramen that no one's even imagined

is going out into the world, you know. How can I pass on this opportunity to someone else...

It hurts.

- Hurts? - It hurts. Ow, ow, ow, ow...

Labor?! Wait, we still have 2 weeks until the due date.

Am-ambulance, ambulance!

Am-am... huh?

- Hurry, hurry, hurry! - Am...

- Shigeru-kun. - Where's Taka?!

- In the delivery room. - She's bearing down now.

The baby's coming?! Our baby!

Calm down, Shigeru-san.

- The baby? - Net yet. She's bearing down now.

It's been more than 3 hours since they took her in the delivery room.

Could it be that there's some big problem...

- What! - Tadahiko-san, you calm down too.

- What big problem? - She's fine. She'll be fine.

Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu

- The baby's born. - It's born?!

- The baby's born, Shigeru-san! - Hear the healthy cry!

Can we go inside?

- Good job, Taka. - You really did well.

What a cute baby.

I'm happy for you, Shigeru-san. You wanted a boy, didn't you?

Yes.

This indeed is the birth of a new life...

It's the birth of Manpuku Ramen.

- Huh?! - I got it. I just had a light bulb moment!

- This is just great. - It's very unique.

Manpei-san and Fuku-chan went through a lot until now.

This is the big wave that tossed the two of you around.

But thanks to this, Manpuku Ramen was born.

That's why I made this raging wave colorful and gave it warmth.

Let us take a look too.

- This is certainly unique. - Isn't it too unique?

- This is where the content is visible, right? - Yes.

- It's too different. - With these colors, when the product is placed on the shelf,

they're going to stand out.

I like this "No cooking or seasoning required" too.

No cooking or seasoning required

Well, I guess this might be just right.

But what is this?

Manufacturer Manpuku Foods

Tentatively, the company name goes here.

I just wrote down something that came to my mind.

- Manpuku Foods, huh? - Oh, come on...

Manpuku Ramen from Manpuku Foods is a little...

I like this for the company name.

- I think it's good too. - I like it too. Manpuku Foods.

Thank you, Tadahiko-san. We will gratefully adopt your idea.

I'm glad.

Then shall we place an order with this?

For the funding, I'll try negotiating with Ikeda Credit Union. This will be my last job.

Shinichi-san, are you really quitting your job at the credit union and coming to work with us?

But of course. I'm going to be the employee of Manpuku Foods.

I look forward to working with you, Manpei-kun.

Manpuku Ramen.

The more I look at it, the more I like the design.

- Thank you. - Right? Tachibana-kun.

And 2 weeks later.

A huge amount of packaging was delivered.

It's pretty.

It's finally time to start making ramen.