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I found some unbelievable things.

What's this?!

- Manpuku Ramen?! - They're all fakes!

- Fakes?! - They copied ours?

All these appeared almost overnight.

Yes. As soon as Manpuku Ramen started selling,

all kinds of fakes emerged.

What's more, at a cheaper price.

What are you going to do, Tachibana-kun?

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

♫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

What the heck is this!

It's noodles fried in oil with just soy sauce on it.

- Just soy sauce on it? - How shoddy can it get.

- This one's the same too. - You can tell it's a fake right away.

That goes without saying. Manpuku Ramen that Manpei-san went through so much trouble to make

can't be duplicated that easily.

- Heat hasn't gone all the way through. - It's only half cooked.

- It will go bad after a few days. -You could get sick eating something like this.

However, those things are selling like crazy.

There are lots of people who've never had the real Manpuku Ramen yet.

From those customers' perspective, they probably all look the same.

- In which case, cheaper is better. - But it's not the same.

- If you eat it, you can tell right away. - I'm sure it tastes terrible.

If they eat things like that, the customers will get the impression that all instant noodles taste terrible.

- Our ramen too? - No way.

What's wrong, Tachibana-kun?

This is different from the others.

Different?

The Original Manpuku Ramen.

- The original?! - What the heck is that?

- How shameless can one get? - Fukuko, boil me some water.

- Huh? - Hurry.

5 seconds left. 3 2 1... It's been 3 minutes.

Appearance-wise, it looks just like Manpuku Ramen.

It smells similar too.

How is it?

Me too.

- Let me try it too. - It's similar.

It's the taste of Manpuku Ramen.

Let me have a bite too.

Me too.

No. There's no egg in here.

- Egg? Now that you mention it... - It doesn't.

- But other than that... - The production method is probably the same.

The customers might think they're the same.

- If you were served this without being told... - You may mistake it for Manpuku Ramen.

You've got to be kidding. The ramen Tachibana-kun worked like hell to make...

- It's the same. - And this is 15 yen.

They can reduce the price by not putting any egg in it.

Teiko Foods, huh?

But how did they find out how to make Manpuku Ramen?

Come to think of it, there was someone who quit right away.

Ah, Sakabe. Right?

Sakabe...

SAKABE MASARU

Could he have been headhunted?

- Headhunted? - That guy?

- By this Teiko Foods? - Maybe he was told he'd get paid twice as much.

- And told them how to make it? - Surely he wouldn't.

No, that's quite possible. Maybe he joined us

to be an industrial spy from the very beginning.

- Spy?! - That guy?!

He was a good kid who worked diligently.

He was diligently trying to learn how to make it.

Damn!

- How can such a thing be allowed! - Manpei-san.

That's why I don't like managing a company. One scoundrel after another keep appearing.

Umeda, huh? I'm going there.

I'm going to show up at this Teiko Foods and sue them!

- You can't go Manpei-san. I'll go! - Fukuko, you can't go!

- I'll go! - No, Yoshino-chan.

Leave these matters to me. I'm used to dealing with conflicts.

That's right. This is the time for Sera-san to show what he's got.

Let's go, Shinichi-san.

- M-me too? - What do you mean "M-me too"?

That time with Daneihon, we barged in together, didn't we?

Hey! Where's the president!

- Is it you? - No, I'm not.

- Come on out! - You'd better not take us lightly.

Ah, you're right.

Leave this Teiko Foods to us, Tachibana-kun.

I'll be counting on you.

All right. Let's go, Shinichi-san.

- Let's go. - Shinichi-san, I'm counting on you.

Will you move it?

TEIKO FOODS

I'm the president, Saruwatari.

President of Teiko Foods

SARUWATARI KENSAKU

What can I do for you folks from Manpuku Foods?

What can you do?

What else could it be?

It's this!

Saruwatari-san, how can you do such a shameless thing?

What's with this Original Manpuku Ramen? Original?

That's because we made it first.

- Don't give us that bullshit! - Who do you think you're talking to?

You sent in a spy to our place

and had him steal the manufacturing method of Manpuku Ramen, didn't you?

Spy?

Come on out, Sakabe!

Come out here, Sakabe-kun!

We don't have an employee by the name of Sakabe.

Then how can you make ramen that's exactly like ours?

That's why you're the ones who copied us.

Like it says, we're the original.

Your jokes aren't funny anymore.

We've watched Tachibana-kun overcome one difficulty after another to make Manpuku Ramen

with these very eyes.

No one but Tachibana Manpei can make an amazing product like that!

I went through a lot of difficulties too.

Listen here. We're the ones who own the registered trademark for Manpuku Ramen.

Even a child can tell who was first.

You say registered trademark, but both manpuku and ramen are common words. They're generic names.

- Generic names?! - They can be found at diners anywhere.

Manpuku plate. Manpuku combo. The same can be said for Manpuku Ramen too.

Enough of your quibbling!

- Keep your hands off of him! - The design of the bag too...

Tadahiko-kun put in a lot of effort to come up with it! And you dare to copy it unscrupulously!

- Stop it, stop it! Stop! - We must not resort to violence.

- I'm calling the police. - Sure, go ahead.

You're the one who's getting arrested, Saruwatari!

It's not just the registered trademark! We've applied for a patent too.

Immediately after Manpuku Ramen was invented!

Look, Sera-san! Sera-san!

His face just got tense. Did you see that!

Calm down, Shinichi-san. Get a hold of yourself.

Patent, huh? But you just applied for it. It's not like it's been confirmed yet, right?

Look at that. This guy's just as we thought!

You're scheming to sell all the fakes that you can until the patent's confirmed, huh?

Who's scared of the police?

In fact, being in the news would be good advertisement.

Hold it. Let's behave like adults here, Saruwatari-san.

That's my line. Why don't we just live and let live?

Wha... Live and let live?!

Stop! Stop, I said!

- Stop! That's enough! - Saruwatari!

Let's devote ourselves to our respective business without interfering with each other.

Damn!

Okay, okay. Okay, okay. Okay.

What an asshole! He really pisses me off! Argh!

A guy who has no redeeming value is someone like him.

Shinichi-san has completely lost sight of himself.

- Shinichi-san has?! - I just couldn't hold myself back.

- He grabbed the guy. - Grabbed?!

- Shinichi-san did?! - Can't you tell by looking at him?

I don't want to see any more conflicts.

- So how did the talk go? - You won't believe what happened.

This president, Saruwatari, is planning to go on selling as if nothing happened.

How can they say original? Customers are going to think that we're the imitation.

Can't you at least get them to change "The Original" to "The Other"?

- That's not the point, Mother! - Calm down now, Shinichi-san.

No, I can't put up with this either.

Manpuku Ramen is the fruit of everyone's blood, sweat, and tears.

- I know, Manpei-san. - If we let they get away with this...

I understand how you feel, so please calm down.

In this situation, the one who lets blood rush to his head is the loser.

Yes. Fuku-chan is absolutely right.

Shinichi-san, you stop looking like that too.

Manpei-san.

Anyway, sit down. I understand, I understand.

But this time, an incident occurred that would make Fuku-chan explode.

"5 packages in every household, Manpuku Ramen."

Everyone, take a look at this! An ad's out!

An ad's out?

It was posted on the wall over there. This poster!

- Huh? - What's this?

The Original Manpuku Ramen?!

It's Saruwatari! That bastard!

That aside, this woman...

He has some guts posting something like this in our neighborhood.

- They're definitely picking a fight with us. - That's for sure.

I knew it was going to turn out like this.

Who the heck is this woman!

- Wait a minute. - If you look closely...

- She looks just like Fuku-chan! - Don't tell me Fukuko, you...

- It's not me! That goes without saying! - There's no way.

But still, how did they find a fake Fuku-chan like this?

I can't take it... I can't take it anymore!

A fake Manpuku Ramen and... a fake Fukuko!

- It's so creepy! - That's why I told you that bastard pisses you off!

Stop it! Get a hold of yourself! The one that loses sight of himself will lose in fights!

That's right. This woman is much uglier than Madam.

Seeing this won't make anyone want to buy ramen.

That's right. Look how ugly this woman is.

Please stop it.

It's not this woman's fault, is it?

Stop it, don't look at me.

Food poisoning from instant ramen?

Those people stole our technology.

I copied it too.

If I was to fight seriously, you're gonna see blood.

Week 22 "Is Naive Thinking Unacceptable?"

I've never seen Manpei-san cuss and swear like that.

It's whether you have pride in your work or not!

It's come to a point where

we need help from someone who has power.

Don't let them confess. Have them come introduce themselves to me first.

It's too confusing.