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"It's delicious!"

"5 packages in every household, Manpuku Ramen."

This is amazing! We sold 5 times as much as before.

- Wow! 5 times. - Won't we run out of stock

- by the day after tomorrow? - Commercials are just amazing.

- 10 boxes, right? - Your address?

Got it. Please pay in advance.

They're calls from wholesale dealers, Manpei-san.

That's when Manpuku Ramen starting selling like crazy.

Manpuku

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

Please Come Up With a Strategy

Week 21

♫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

- Nation-wide?! - That's right.

Tokyo, Sapporo, Nagoya, Hiroshima, as well as Fukuoka.

Manpuku Ramen's going to be sold there.

- That's not nation-wide. - Why don't we let that go, Mother.

Eventually, people all over Japan

will be eating Manpuku Ramen.

We can even call this a social phenomenon.

- But we can't keep up the production. - Yes, we'll have to do something about that.

- This is what you call overwhelmed but delighted. - Exactly.

Actually, I've decided to enlarge the lab to build a plant.

Plant?

It's the plant to mass-produce Manpuku Ramen.

Accordingly, we'll need more employees too.

Oka-kun.

Morimoto-kun.

And Kanbe-kun.

How would you like to be a full-time employee of Manpuku Foods?

Which means you'll have to quit your current...

- I'll quit! - I'll come work for Manpuku Foods.

- Oh, yeah? - I'd been planning to be

- a full-time employee for some time already. - Thanks.

- Oka-kun's gonna cry. - Morimoto-kun too.

What's wrong?

Why are you crying?

Finally... Finally...

Finally, Manpei-san called out to me.

Oh.

All this time... all this time...

All this time we felt unneeded.

Is that right.

- See? - They're like an open book.

This makes me happy too.

Are you sure he's going to be okay?

Either way, Shigeru-san said he's already decided.

He didn't consult with you or Taka, did he?

Shigeru-san just loves Uncle Manpei.

I knew from the beginning that that was his intention.

Excuse me. The diaper...

Daisuke was just born, you know.

I don't see how you can be so nonchalant about it.

Mother, you're also an employee of Manpuku Foods, aren't you?

Do you object to having Shigeru-kun coming to work for your company?

Manpuku Ramen's been selling well.

There's no reason for you to worry. Oh, look at the time already.

That's only for now.

Your father was doing well for a while, but

before we knew it, the money was gone. You can't imagine how hard it was for me.

Manpei-san has Shinichi-san and Sera-san supporting him so don't worry.

Shinichi-san may be trustworthy, but Sera-san's...

I forgot to tell you, Grandma, but I'm quitting my current job

and going to work for Manpuku Foods too.

They're saying they need more people. We have to all cooperate.

What are we going to do? If the company goes under, everyone will lose their livelihood.

Actually, I'd like you to handle our finances, Mother.

- Finances? - Together with Shinichi-san,

he wants you to responsibly manage the company's money.

We'll have to hire several more people in addition to Oka-kun and Morimoto-kun.

We'll have to make sure we can pay our employees properly.

You've always diligently kept books of household expense

and you're precise with money matters so you're perfect for the job.

If you entrust me with such an important job, I won't be able to quit.

- Quit?! - What are you talking about?

You're going to be the managing director of Manpuku Foods, Mom.

Managing director?

Ah...that's right.

Managing director?

Yes.

I guess I have no choice.

If you insist, I'll be the managing director.

- Thank you very much. - Thanks, Mom.

Managing Director.

It's past midnight, Manpei-san.

You should go to bed.

Manpuku Ramen is short on stock. We can't just sit back and wait

- until the plant is up. - Then let me help too.

- You go to bed first. - I can't take it easy by myself.

If you keep saying things like that, you're going to wear yourself out.

That goes for you too, Manpei-san.

We're of one mind and body, Manpei-san, bound together by a common destiny.

- Here you go. - Thanks.

All right. Then we'll call it a day after I finish frying up this batch.

Okay.

Yum, it's delicious.

Saki Nee-chan.

Long time no see, Fukuko.

Manpuku Ramen is finally beginning to sell.

- We're building a plant now. - I know.

Oh, that's right. I heard you appeared in Mom's dream some time ago.

She said you told her Manpuku Ramen isn't selling because

it doesn't have have green onions or chashu or bamboo shoots.

That's just what Mom was thinking.

That Manpuku Ramen's like ramen but it's not really ramen.

That's Mom's opinion too.

That's a relief. I knew you were on my side, Saki Nee-chan.

That's right. After all, Manpuku Ramen is delicious.

I drop a raw egg in mine.

Raw egg?

I eat Manpuku Ramen three times a day.

I just love Manpuku Ramen.

I just love it too.

Fuku... Fukuko.

One month later, Manpuku Foods' plant was completed.

It was constructed on a rush job.

We'd like you all to make the dough.

I'll start out by teaching you how to make the mixing water that you add to flour.

You can count on us!

Steam the curly noodles in here for 7 minutes,

and then pour soup extract on it like this.

How I envy Oka.

Morimoto-san~. Are you listening carefully~?

I'm listening.

The temperature of the oil is 160 degrees. Once you fry a batch,

the temperature goes down a bit, so

make sure the temperature goes up to 160 degrees before you put the next batch in.

160 degrees.

Only after it's packed in the bag is Manpuku Ramen ready to go.

Do your work meticulously.

This is Manpuku Foods.

200 cases of Manpuku Ramen.

I'm terribly sorry, but we're unable to make the shipment until next month.

I'm terribly sorry. We're in a situation where we can't keep up the production.

There's nothing for Sales to do. This is what they call living in ease*

- I guess that would be this hand. - You get to work! - It's okay, relax.

It was no exaggeration to say that Manpuku Ramen was a hugely successful product

that changed the food culture of Japan.

"5 packages for every household, Manpuku Ramen."

There's no need for us to promote it anymore, huh?

Thank goodness.

Although I got to slack off since all I had to do was pour hot water.

But our profit was zero. I'm glad we're back to normal.

Welcome.

Who would've thought things would turn out this way.

Considering Uncle Manpei was penniless until 6 months ago, huh?

Before that, the executive director of a credit union.

Before that, he was arrested by the Occupation Forces and was in jail.

Before that was Daneihon. And before that was salt making.

Before that was... Oh, I can't remember anymore. Anyway, he did a lot of things.

His life was certainly full of ups and downs.

- Draw it well, Dear. - Hm?

Remember, it's Daisuke's birthday present.

Don't tell us you were envisioning Uncle Manpei's stormy life or something

and end up with a nonsensical painting.

Oh...

He was thinking about it.

There's no doubt.

However, the days of smooth sailing didn't last very long.

Okay. 3 minutes.

Wait a minute. Today, let's drop a raw egg in here first.

One per person.

- It's a special treat just for today. - Raw egg?

- It was Saki Nee-chan's idea. - Saki?

But Manpei-kun racked his brains to perfect this taste of Manpuku Ramen.

That taste might change if you put an egg in it...

Is that not good, Manpei-san?

I made it so that it's tasty no matter how you eat it.

It may not be a bad idea for people to get creative with it.

- Then give it a try. - Let us try it too.

It's good! This is good!

The egg enhances the flavor of Manpuku Ramen.

- Really? - Madam, Madam. Let me have one too, please.

- Me too. - Me too. - Give me one too, Fuku-chan.

It's good.

It's delicious.

Looks good. I can't wait to eat it too.

- Give me one too, Fukuko. - Oh, I forgot about you.

Sera-san. Sera-san, why don't you eat too?

We don't have time for that now, Tachibana-kun.

I found some unbelievable things.

What's this?!

Manpuku Ramen?!

- They're all fakes! - Fakes?! - They copied ours?

All these appeared almost overnight.

What are you going to do, Tachibana-kun?