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I found some unbelievable things.

As soon as Manpuku Ramen started selling, all kinds of fakes emerged.

What's more, at a cheaper price.

The Original Manpuku Ramen?

It's the taste of Manpuku Ramen.

You sent in a spy to our place

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

Spy?

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

An ad's out?

Who the heck is this woman!

♫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 22

Is Naive Thinking Unacceptable?

♫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

♫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 is this faintly tasty pseudo Manpuku Ramen?

Why are you eating a thing like that?

- Observing the enemy. Know your enemy and know thyself... - Stop wasting your money.

- Wasting money? It was only 15 yen. - You let the enemy make money, you know.

Didn't you?

Oopsie. I'm sorry.

And the incident finally occurred.

What! Food poisoning from instant ramen?!

Surely it's not our ramen, is it?!

- Of course not. - Then whose ramen is it?

It doesn't say whose ramen it is.

"Be very careful with instant ramen"

Be very careful?

Manpuku Ramen's in there too.

What are you going to do, Manpei-san? We're being treated like them too.

- Mom. - Damn~...!

Hello. Tachibana-kun.

It's Sera-san.

It isn't Manpuku Ramen.

- You're sure about that? - Yes. I heard from a newspaper report I know.

It's the fake being sold by a food company in Tennoji that caused the food poisoning.

- Thank goodness. - That goes without saying, Mother.

Why won't the newspaper come out and clarify that point?

There's no way our ramen would cause food poisoning.

But you can't sit back and relax.

Now the public probably thinks that instant ramen is bad for your health.

Sales of Manpuku Ramen will probably decline too.

People who spread bad rumors are sure to emerge.

This is why managing a company is scary. Even when things are going well,

you never know what's will happen. Just like Dad's company.

Mom. Right now, we have to think about the future.

In any case, we have to let the public know that

Manpuku Ramen is safe to eat.

That Manpuku Ramen is a product that was originally made by Manpuku Foods and is sold only by us.

I sent out a warning letter to all the companies selling fakes.

That Manpuku Ramen is our registered trademark and they should stop selling it immediately.

Will that stop them all from selling?

I would think so. There's no way they'd win if we take them to court.

Teiko Foods too?

We've applied for a patent too. Immediately after Manpuku Ramen was invented!

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

That dude isn't the kind of guy who'd back down just because of a warning letter.

- That damn Saruwatari. - Please calm down.

Shinichi-san changes personality when we start talking about this man called Saruwatari.

When will our patent be confirmed?

- We don't know yet... - Haven't you heard from the Patent Office yet?

After filing an application, they say it normally takes several months, more than a year if things don't go well.

- More than a year?! - That Saruwatari's planning to

- continue making our ramen until then! - I can't take this anymore.

Will that poster stay up too?

Th-this isn't Fuku-chan?

I was thinking Fuku-chan sure has changed.

You can tell right away. Fuku-chan has more class.

She wouldn't wear gaudy makeup like this.

I'm glad you told me. Now that I know, I can sleep soundly tonight.

You have no eye for women, Noro-kun.

That's why you're still not married at your age.

That's none of your business.

But who's this woman?

But it says on there "Manpuku Ramen."

Look carefully. It says The Original Manpuku Ramen.

- Original? - It's a fake.

The real one made by Manpei-san doesn't say things like "Original."

The original is fake?! I've been eating this one.

- What did you say?! - I thought it was good.

- Do you consider yourself to be a chef! - But it was tasty.

In the first place, why am I carrying all this?

The thing is, I'm the only one at the restaurant now. Sorry.

- I'm the executive director! - Executive director?

"Manpuku Ramen is convenient and tasty."

"Manpuku Ramen from Manpuku Foods is endorsed by the National Institute of Nutrition."

"So you can eat it with peace of mind."

"It's delicious!"

"5 packages in every household, Manpuku Ramen."

The commercial changed.

They want to emphasize the fact that Manpuku Ramen is good for your health.

And also the fact that everything else but ours is fake.

But Teiko Foods hasn't stopped selling, has it?

No. Even when other companies changed their product name after we sent them warning letters.

That's why Manpei-san and Shinichi-san are both still stressed.

Is that why you snuck away from work, Mom?

I'm sick and tired of hearing about this man called Saruwatari.

I don't like managing companies because you have to get involved with people like that.

I'm tired too.

- How come? - She can't sleep at night because of Daisuke's crying.

He starts crying at night to make up for sleeping so well during the day.

And I'm not getting any help from Shigeru-san.

He comes home late from work all the time so he leaves all the care of Daisuke to Taka.

- That's how men are. - But Dad...

Tadahiko-san is special.

Since he's always home painting pictures.

You don't understand, Taka. Other husbands in the world

leave everything about the house to their wife.

Shigeru-san changed.

He doesn't care about me or Daisuke anymore.

- You shouldn't brood over it too much. - That's right, Taka.

Even when he comes home, all he says is he's tired,

takes a bath, eats dinner, and go to bed right away.

He won't talk to me about anything.

Okay, okay, Taka. Don't cry.

- Thanks. - Thank you. Come again.

We really can't let Sakabe get away with it.

I'm sure Teiko Foods headhunted Sakabe.

Sakabe, huh?

- Here's more. - Okay.

He was flirting with Yoshino-chan, wasn't he?

Yeah. I noticed it too.

Which means it's a good thing that he's gone.

What do you mean it's a good thing. The company secret got leaked out, you know.

- I know that. - We were talking about Yoshino-chan.

Since when did the talk turn to Yoshino-chan?

- Those three never change, do they? - They left Yoshino-chan hanging in the air too.

Can those kids carry the future of Manpuku Foods on their shoulders?

You guys are being inconsiderate at a critical time like this.

Just let them be. There aren't too many people who are mature at a young age.

Those guys aren't really that young.

I was living aimlessly at that age too.

That's right. Although we were already married and had three kids.

- You guys hurry up and eat - Who are you to give us orders?

Pregnant with our fourth child, you don't know how hard it was for me.

- Do we have to talk about that now? - I'm just saying let's hurry back to work.

- We know that. - Stop patronizing us. We're the same age.

- I'm 2 years older! - Argh~ I'm getting pissed off!

I sure hope they don't get in a fight.

- Are you talking about Manpei-san? - Shinichi-san and Sera-san too.

Sera-san will stop them if they look like they might start fighting.

We can't count on Uncle Shinichi.

It seems he's unable to control his anger when he's with this man called Saruwatari.

Well, they should be okay today since they only went to Teiko Foods to talk business.

Yes, they went to talk business, but basically

they want them to stop selling The Original Manpuku Ramen.

I'm sure the other side won't stay quiet either.

- I guess so. - It's just going to complicate matters.

Uncle Manpei had this scary look I've never seen before when he left.

Yes, Manpei-san...

He's really angry over this matter.

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

I can't believe the president even took the time to come here today.

Saruwatari-san, you received a warning letter from us, did you not?

Ah, I recall seeing something like that.

We have already completed the trademark registration for Manpuku Ramen.

- That is our trademark. - Other companies have all

withdrawn from instant ramen or changed the product name.

- Ah, is that right. - What do you mean is that right.

If the patent we applied for is confirmed, you folks will have to...

It's not our product that caused food poisoning.

The Original Manpuku Ramen isn't the kind of inferior product that you get by just dipping fried noodles in soy sauce.

While performing thorough quality control,

we're making safe and tasty ramen and selling them at a cheaper price.

- But that came from copying my idea... - It certainly is similar.

But you know, the making of things begins with copying.

It's same as art.

Artists look at something and get inspired.

- You just said copy, didn't you? - That's what's called "inspiration" in English.

- Saruwatari-san. - You just said you copied. - I didn't say it!

- You did too! - I was just talking about a hypothetical situation.

Great artists of all ages and countries were born that way.

Great inventions were born that way as well. The same goes for The Original Manpuku Ramen!

- You're not making any sense. - It's not about making sense!

The important thing is whether you have pride in your work or not!

We're The Original. As The Original, we have our own will and pride!

Don't lump us together with other crooked businesses!

What was that about?

This is insane.

Is he going on the offensive?

Even if he goes on the offensive, once we get the patent, the victory is ours.

That confidence of his...

Where does it come from!