Original subtitles

- Go to court?! - Sakabe-kun will testify for us.

He told us everything.

This makes Manpuku Ramen the sole winner!

The Manpei-san you see now isn't the real Manpei-san.

You're the only one who can point that out to him, Fukuko.

Manpuku

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

♫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 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

Manpuku Ramen was now invincible.

Of course, there were many similar products that had changed

their name and manufacturing method, but...

- I'll take this. - Sure.

- Excuse me... Why did you buy that? - I'm sorry?

When there's so many Manpuku Ramen.

Why did you buy that ramen?

Because it's cheaper.

Here you go. Thanks.

200 boxes of Manpuku Ramen.

Yes, we'll make sure they get delivered.

Thank you for your order.

- Where's Shinichi-san? - He went with Manpei-san to

check out the location for the new plant .

The new plant.

Is it really going to be all right?

Building a big plant and hiring tens of employees

just because Manpuku Ramen's selling well.

What are you going to do if something happen?

At this rate, we can't keep up with the orders.

Aren't you happy too that Manpuku Ramen's such a success, Mom?

Well, yes...

This is Manpuku Foods.

Manpuku Ramen, a big success.

Nevertheless, don't you think 2,000 tsubo is a bit too big?

Remember what Sera-san said?

Manpuku Ramen is selling well nation-wide,

so the bigger the plant, the better.

But... you're taking a big chance, Manpei-kun.

I know.

What's this. They're using terrible oil.

We're home.

Oh, Mom's eating ramen.

- I want to eat it too. - But this isn't Manpuku Ramen.

How come?

Kids shouldn't eat this.

- I want to eat it. - You really can't eat this.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Go ahead and start eating first. I'll go get Dad now.

Then you decided to go with that location, huh?

If we build our plant there, the Manpuku Foods sign

can be seen very well from the train.

It'll have a great advertising effect.

- Manpei-san. - You're gonna get even busier now.

Leave the sales to Sera Shoji and Tachibana-kun, you keep on making ramen.

I'll do that.

Manpei-san, dinner's ready.

Oh, the three of us are going out to meet someone.

- Now? - The architect for the new plant.

We decided on the property today so we'll start discussing the specifics.

We'll eat dinner somewhere. Go ahead and take a bath first too.

This makes Manpuku Ramen the sole winner!

The Manpei-san you see now isn't the real Manpei-san.

You're the only one who can point that out to him, Fukuko.

- Noodles are done. - Got it.

Yoshino-chan, I'll give you a hand after I'm done with this.

- It's all right. - No, I'll help.

- I'll help. - No, I'll help.

Are they still doing that?

- Good night. - Good night.

- Good night. - Good night. See you tomorrow.

- If you're waiting for Yoshino-chan, she already left. - When?

She said she was stopping by the beauty salon today.

- What the heck. - We waited for nothing.

You guys, if you like Yoshino-chan,

- isn't it about time you made it clear? - Make it clear like how?

Confess together openly. Ask her to choose one or the other.

One or the other? We have this thing called friendship.

What are you gonna do if Yoshino-chan gets snatched away by someone else while you're talking that nonsense?

Someone else?

Maybe that's the reason she's going to the beauty salon too.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey! - What's that supposed to mean!

- Does Yoshino-chan have a man like that? - I don't know.

-Hey, Kanbe! - Are you planning to desert us!

I have to hurry home today too!

My scary mother-in-law... I mean Taka's waiting for me.

I'm home~!

- Welcome home. - I ran home.

Are you happy, Daisuke?

You're happy to see your father, aren't you, Dai-chan?

- What a cute smile. - Right?

- Taka looks happy. - Of course she does.

It would be nice if this continued every day.

It should. After the scolding he got from you.

Did I say something harsh to Shigeru-san?

It wasn't harsh, but you're scary when you get mad.

- That's not true. - No, you're scary.

There's a look of menace in your eyes. Like a snake glaring at a frog.

That's not true.

This is what I mean.

The family is finally together.

- He's already sound asleep. - He is. Daisuke's so cute.

Oh, Shigeru-kun. Look this way.

I can't wait until it's finished.

- Mom, would you like more? - I'm fine, thank you.

Is Dad out again today?

Yes. He has work to do.

He's working all the time. He has no time to play with us.

All dads are like that.

Kohei-kun said he takes a bath with his dad every day.

Kei-chan too.

Dad's all fired up now.

After you're done eating, go take a bath together.

You miss him too, don't you, Fukuko?

Manpei-san got busy and has less time to spend with the family.

- But... - That's not it.

It's not that I feel lonely.

I feel bad for Gen and Sachi for making them feel lonely, but

- I, myself... - That's a lie.

Lately you've been sighing a lot.

- Really, that's not it. - What is it then?

It's because Manpei-san... changed.

Naturally, after Manpuku Ramen started selling

Manpei-san has responsibilities as a business owner, so

it only looks to me like he's all fired and full of vitality.

Maybe so.

Are you worried too?

About what will happen if he fails someday like your father did.

- All right. - Huh?

When he comes home, I'll talk directly to Manpei-san.

I'm home.

- Welcome home. - Are the children asleep already?

Yes.

- I'll go take a bath. - Oh, Manpei-san.

- Hm? - I'd like to talk to you first.

- Is is about Mother? - No.

About the children then?

- No. - What is it?

Now that the Original Manpuku Ramen is gone

and I don't have to see that poster with the woman who looks just like me,

- I'm feeling quite relieved. - I'm sure you are.

But Manpei-san, you were rejoicing, saying this, remember?

This makes Manpuku Ramen the sole winner.

Is that what you really want?

What are you trying to say?

Today... I bought this and tried eating it.

Frankly speaking, it wasn't good.

The quality of their oil is inferior too.

But there are people who are buying this.

Because it's cheap.

Well, that's understandable.

Are you okay with that?

There are still a lot of inferior products like this out there.

There are lots of people who buy them because they're cheap.

I still haven't forgotten those words of yours.

I just want to do work that would be useful to the world.

I want to do work that would make people happy.

But...are you making everyone happy right now?

If Manpuku Ramen hadn't come along,

inferior products like this wouldn't have appeared on the market.

Don't you think you have the responsibility?

Responsibility...

I don't like the Manpei-san who goes around rejoicing, "I'm the sole winner!"

But then, what is it that I want you to do, I don't know.

But if it was the Manpei-san from back then, before building a bigger plant

and worrying about sales figures for Manpuku Ramen,

he would have bemoaned the fact that inferior products like this

were floating around out there.

He would've thought that he had to do something about it.

Manpei-san... please think about it.

Please.