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

It's born?!

Good job, Taka.

You really did well.

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.

Manpuku Ramen.

It's pretty.

It's finally time to start making ramen.

♫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, thundeous days too

I'm really sorry.

It's okay. Don't worry about it. It can't be helped.

That's right. Of course you should help Manpei-san with the ramen.

This is not the time to be helping out at a worthless shop like this.

- What do you mean worthless shop? - Ouch! I'm sorry.

- It's your own shop. - Yes indeed.

Fuku-chan.

Your pay for this month. Since it's the last one, I added a little extra.

Thank you very much.

She took it out of my allowance.

It's sad that we won't be seeing you every day anymore, but we wish you the best.

We'll be rooting for you.

Come show us your face once in a while.

I will.

That's right...

This is the packaging for Manpuku Ramen.

- This is "very good". - It's exciting.

From here, the content is visible.

Oh, yeah.

- Amazing. - Fuku-chan, well done.

- This is Manpei-san's idea. - No.

Manpei-san came this far because you supported him.

- Master. - Yes indeed.

I'm happy as if it was about myself...

- Why are you crying... - Not you too, Mama-san.

Fuku-chan, when Manpuku Ramen goes on sale, I'll go buy a bunch.

I'll eat it every day.

- Me too. - Thank you.

Good luck.

We'll be rooting for you.

Okay then, will this fit here...

This is the flow of the ramen making process.

First the soup extract. Then make the noodles,

and in order to turn them into curly noodles, crumple the noodles like this.

Next, steam the noodles and pour soup extract over it.

With a watering can.

Then deep fry the noodles that have been shade dried.

Finally, cool it down and package it.

I see.

The making of the soup extract is our unique method of making Manpuku Ramen tasty

- so we'll make it ourselves. - It's a trade secret.

- But of course. - But for the noodles, for efficiency's sake,

we decided to have Matsuki Noodle Making Factory in the Ikeda Shopping Center make them for us.

Leave it to the specialist, huh? - Yes. - Making noodles is a lot of work.

Is all the work going to be done here?

- Of course. - We'll use the lab in the back, the kitchen here,

and this living room to get the work done.

That's how you're going to make thousands of packs? That's going to be a major undertaking.

So here's the main issue.

In order to mass produce Manpuku Ramen, this series of processes

must be performed by a number of people in an assembly line operation.

First of all, we need at least two people to

handle the processes of making soup extract to shade drying.

I'll do it, so we need one more person.

I'll handle the process of deep frying the noodles.

Finally, cooling down and packaging.

I'm thinking of having the children help out with this, but...

Gen and Sachi can only do it from the time they come home from school until they eat dinner.

I'll take over after that.

I'll rush over as soon as I'm done with my job at the credit union.

We'd appreciate that. But don't you need more than one person to do the packaging?

Which means besides us, we need two more people.

- I'll help. - No you can't, Shigeru-san.

- After I get off work. - Daisuke is still a newborn, you know.

You want your father's attention, don't you, Dai-chan?

Of course he does. Don't count on Shigeru-san.

Give up.

Okay...

I'd like to help too, but I have my own work to do.

I'd like to stay home until Taka recovers from childbirth.

I'm sorry, Uncle Manpei.

- That's all right. We're not trying to force anyone into it. - That's right.

I can do it after I get off work. I can help.

Really? We'd appreciate that, Yoshino-chan.

Shinichi-san will be coming in the evening too, so we'll ask you two to help with the packaging.

What's left is help during the day.

Yes.

What?!

- Mom, won't you help us? - Me?!

- You're the only one that's left. - What do you mean only one left...

I am the daughter of a samurai. The daughter of a samurai does not make ramen...

- What does that have to with... - Excuse me?

Of course it does.

But if you won't help them, Grandma,

Auntie Fukuko has to do everything from making soup extract

to shade drying the noodles.

Day in and day out, all by herself.

That's a lot of work. She's going to fall ill.

- Tadahiko-san. - Yes.

I'll make the soup extract by myself so you don't have to come so early in the morning, Mom.

Please help us, Mother.

Please.

You're not going to help when they're practically begging you?

I'm not helping.

- Grandma. - Grandma.

What do I need to do?

Just a minute. First...

See these noodles? You crumple them like this and turn them into curly noodles.

What? A-all this?!

Yes.

Do you think Grandma's doing all right, Dai-chan?

I wonder if she really is.

Steaming time is 7 minutes.

A-all this?!

Then Yoshino-chan's going to President's place?

She's going there to help every day.

That means going to see a movie with us...

- Would be impossible. - Those poor guys.

Actually, this is more like comedy.

That aside, the problem is the fact that Manpei-san didn't ask you guys for help.

- You're right. - Why didn't he?

You've been forgotten.

- It is a comedy. - Isn't that what I said?

- Pour soup extract on them like this. - On all this?!

Yes. The goal is 400 packs a day.

400 packs!

Okay, this is good.

At the time the noodles are deep fried, the water content should be 45 percent.

Can you tell just by touching with your fingers?

Wah! He's really frying the noodles!

It will be done in 2 minutes. Please keep them coming.

This is not the time to be watching, Mom.

Okay. There, it's done.

The two of them worked endlessly.

- I brought them. - Thanks.

At 3 o'clock, Gen-chan and Sacchan came home from school and helped with the packaging.

I did it.

- Here. - Thanks.

Uncle Shinichi.

In the evening, Shinichi-san and Yoshino-chan came and...

We'll take over from here.

Gen-chan and Sacchan, you'd better go to bed as soon as you eat and take a bath.

- Thanks for coming when you're tired. - It's all right.

You can go home, Mom.

I'm exhausted~.

I can't believe I'll be doing this every day...

Days like this continued for 1, then 2 weeks.

Manpuku Ramen.

I'm amazed you were able to make all this in 2 weeks.

We made 400 packages a day and right now we have a total of 5,000 packages.

- 5,000! - Fuku-chan's working the hardest.

She's working nonstop from morning to night.

- Are you all right, Fuku-chan. - I'm physically tough if nothing else.

Don't overexert yourself. Right now, I'm negotiating with

Daikyu Department Store to see if they would sell Manpuku Ramen.

- The place in Umeda? - Yeah.

- It's the store with the longest history in Osaka. - That's awesome!

I'd like to start selling them in August, but are you all right with that, Tachibana-kun?

Yes, I'll do my best.

Then the problem is the price.

Wouldn't you like to sit down and talk? Please come inside. I'll get you some tea.

How much are you planning to charge per pack?

I was thinking about 10 yen would be reasonable.

10 yen?! Don't be ridiculous! Manpuku Ramen is an epoch-making product, you know.

30 yen... No, it's worth 40 yen.

- 10 yen is definitely too cheap. - Right?

But cheap is the criteria for the new ramen.

- A serving of udon noodles is about 6 yen. - Even if you bought a serving of udon noodles.

you have to spend some time for this and that before you can eat it.

But all you have to do with this is pour hot water over it.

You're selling time too.

- Sera-san certainly has a point here. - Don't I?

Why don't we take the middle ground and decide on 20 yen.

Will housewives buy it for 20 yen, Fuku-chan?

- Fuku-chan! - What's the matter, Fukuko!

Fukuko! Fukuko! Fukuko! Fukuko!

- Call for an ambulance! Hurry! Hurry! - Telephone, telephone...

Fukuko!

What's wrong, Fukuko? Fukuko!