Anonymous-san: [Actually, the entirety of society is black. No matter where you work, it's tough!]
The interviewers for M Bank were a 3 idiot trio of fatso, baldy and glasses.
I was holding back my laughter but I was so desperate!
Ah~ I'm hungry~
A-la-ba-ma! A-la-ba-ma!
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Asagi Haruya
A-la-ba-ma! A-la-ba-ma!
Ah, Miu-chan!
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Noumi Miu
Ah, Haruya-kun!
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Kubodera Kazuomi
We're going to Alabama now, do you want to come too?
Okay!
Wow...
That looks tough.
It's late this year, the start I mean.
Company visits start in May of the 4th year, and the start of selections is in August.
Isn't it about the time when if they don't get a job offer, they start getting impatient?
You two know a lot.
Everyone knows that much.
Right?
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Shinohara Toshiki
The fast ones start taking internships during 2nd year.
Someone from the employment department said so recently.
Employment department?
Hey, since when do you go to places like that?
Isn't it about time you start thinking about that too, Haruya-kun? Job hunting.
What's with this job hunting, job hunting.
Aren't there other things to do?
Let's go eat!
Really? You want to work for an airline, Miu-chan?
Owner of "Alabama" Ishida Shizue
It's been my dream since I was little.
Dreams are important, but salary is important too.
I really feel that recently.
That having no money...
Really is hard.
Until you pay all your fees, you're only getting water.
This week we don't have work, so we don't have money.
Don't care.
Shizue-san's in a bad mood today.
Stupid! Shizu-chan isn't the kind of woman who changes her behaviour based on her mood!
Senior at Work Isobe Katsuo
Right, Shizu-chan?
I'm so hungry...
Shall I lend you some money?
Listen here.
A women lending money to a man is the entrance to hell.
Part-time Worker Fuyumoto Kaoru
Even a one-off lunch.
Is that so?
Hello, it's Pizzaccia.
Oh, Okajima-kun. This month's fees, right?
Please.
That and, this is a freebie from my manager.
Oh, thank you~
So you order pizza here.
That's right. We always have Pizzaccia. Right?
Tokyo Academy University, 4th Year Okajima Takeshi
Thank you for your patronage.
They're really staring.
Ah, it's fine. Don't mind them.
Here you are.
Thank you.
Which reminds me, you're a 4th year, aren't you?
- Yes. - Have you got a job lined up?
Ah... that...
What's wrong?
Well...
Oh~
It's alright. Think of them as scenery.
Right. If you think of the audience on the third base side at Koshien--
- Shut up! - Yes, sorry.
Please.
Actually, I've had a job hunting disturbance.
Job hunting disturbance?
A disturbance of my job hunting activities.
Someone pretended to be me,
And wrote something that shouldn't be, on a net message board.
Net message board?
It's a website for job hunting students to exchange information.
They used a username that's immediately recognisable as me,
And badmouthed the receiving companies.
Okaji @ T University-san.
Okajima, Tokyo Academy University?
It's that impersonation thing.
The recuiters of the company look at this sort of thing too.
When I noticed, I deleted it immediately, but it looks like it was too late.
I failed the final interview.
Wait, Haruya.
Hey, can't you do something?
'Something'...
These guys are actually detectives.
They're poor, but their arms are a sure thing.
Detectives?
They've caught criminals like stalkers and private videographers.
Wow...
Though of course, there'd be a fee.
If you do catch the culprit,
I'll give you the 200,000 in allowance I've saved.
We could pay our rent and electricity bills.
Help him out!
We might be able to eat pizza too...
Youth Detective Haruya ~ I won't forgive adults' evils! ~
This is a free fansub by mottofreaky/ihsarafes.
Eat up! It's my treat today.
- Yum! - Delicious!
Thank you for waiting.
Thank you Haruka.
- Hey Okaji. Again, the manager... - What?
Hey.
Hey, I told you not to tell him!
I got caught!
And they are? Your friends, Okaji?
Yes. Friends from uni.
I'm the manager, Tachibana.
This guy's a bit depressed from job hunting, so cheer him up.
"Pizzaccia" Manager Tachibana Keisuke
- I'll take out the trash. - Thanks, Tencho. (Tencho - manager)
You all get along.
The manager seems kind too.
There are a fair few high schoolers here too, regardless of age, we can have stupid talks. It's fun.
So, about the job hunting disturbance... Has it happened before?
It was the first time, with Misono Bank.
It's not that you just haven't noticed before?
That can't be it.
So far of the companies I've applied for, though I messed up, I received a job offer.
Didn't you simply fail this time?
No wait, Haruya-kun?
It's not a big deal.
This time too, I properly got feedback.
The person in charge too, said "That was good. Do your best on the next one too."
It was going well.
For that to be suddenly rejected...
Well, my head was reeling.
Then my friend found that something had been written the internet message board in my name.
Looking at what it said about the personnel, and working out it was your company,
Means they're words you actually said, right?
Well, I said what I said.
So the culprit's either at school or among your friends?
Right.
Basically, it's the work of someone close.
Wow. That makes me not want to trust people.
Job hunting is about dragging each other down.
Even friends and comrades
Kick eachother down,
Wanting to enter an even slightly good company.
You guys will know too when it comes to next year.
- Excuse me. - Yes?
Another serve.
Right away.
It's a shame about all the effort that went to Misono Bank.
No, that doesn't matter anymore.
It's not like I wanted to work there no matter what.
But...
It was your first choice, right?
Well...
If the lifetime wage is over 400 million yen, anywhere's fine.
So for now I looked at the well-paying companies that can be entered from our university,
And just listed the preferences in order from the top.
Is that what employment is about?
Hm? What do you mean?
"Well-paying" and "from the top"
I just feel like it's somehow off.
In essence, it's the money.
Everyone, so that they can enter a large company,
Tries to go to a good high school, and a good university...
Repeatedly taking exams.
Job hunting is the goal.
Anyway, I want you to identify the culprit before the test for my second choice next week.
If you work out the culprit, I'll deal with it myself.
Hey, give him a reply. A reply.
I understand.
But...
It must be tough to be working part-time while job hunting.
It's the opposite, actually.
Now's the only time to do simple work, right?
I don't have to use my head while transporting pizza.
It's like taking a breather.
That was delicious~
Miu-chan, next time let's go together.
- No thanks. - Ehh?
- You're still eating? - Of course. Just this is more than enough.
Haruya-kun! Let's go!
Job Hunting Share Space.
Hey, do companies look at this kind of stuff students write?
These days they thoroughly investigate someone on the internet.
Volunteering abroad to pick up rubbish in a park.
They're all amazing.
They're purposely posting it so it'll be seen, right?
I don't want to have to lie about myself to find employment.
Exactly.
People who go that far to get work are idiots.
Isn't that right!
You have to be more true to yourself.
Right.
You two kind of have the same air.
What, no way!
Really?
- Sup bro! Let's drink. - What? I don't want that...
I'll treat you...
So, what are you doing tomorrow?
To start off, he said there were two suspicious people.
Yeah.
What? You got another offer?
One is Sakaguchi Mina.
Though she has the top grades in the seminar,
She hasn't received a job offer, and is jealous of Okajima-san.
Tokyo Academy University, 4th Year Sakaguchi Mina
The other is a representative of the job hunting "Motivation seminar", Kondo Akinori.
Job Hunting School Representative Kondo Akinori
Please return the fees I paid in advance.
Last month when he quit, there was a quarrel.
It's highly possible he is resented for it.
First, shall we start from checking those two out tomorrow?
Okay.
Can I have a glass? Ah, thank you.
There we go.
Cheers.
According to Okajima-san, Sakaguchi Mina should come here today.
There she is.
Excuse me.
You're Sakaguchi of Tokyo Academy University, right?
I'm Asagi, from the same university.
Could I speak with you after this?
About Okajima Takeshi-san's case.
Wait!
You know Okajima Takeshi-san, from the same seminar, don't you?
Can you please stop talking to me?
I'm concentrating.
Well then. We'll guide you in in groups.
First, you, you, you, you and you.
- No, we... - Please follow me.
- We're not... - Please come quickly.
Please start with self-introductions.
I'm Noumi Miu, from Tokyo Academy University.
From an early age, I've admired your company's visionary business philosophy,
I too had a dream to someday work with such a business.
I feel that today is the start of that dream.
Thank you. Please consider me.
Thank you very much.
That was too amazing.
Okay, next.
I'm Asagi Haruya, from Tokyo Academy University.
Huh?
Uh...
You didn't hear me?
I'm asking if that's all.
It's a self introduction.
What's with your attitude?
No... My attitude is normal.
Was something weird about me?
No, it was very you, but...
You definitely wouldn't be accepted anywhere.
Okay, next!
Yes!
I'm Tokyo Academy University, from Sakaguchi Mina.
It's the other way around, you know?
Excuse me!
Okay, then please tell us your motives.
Um...
Uh...
Um...
The company's business philosophy... uh...
I feel the same way.
I feel the same way...
Is that so?
Then please tell me your strengths.
Yes.
Um...
Do you understand what I mean?
Your strengths.
The good points. About you.
You can't, Haruya-kun.
This might be a pressure interview.
Pressure interview?
One that purposely tries to get someone angry to see their character.
What with that?
My strength is to follow through accurately and without mistakes.
[TN: She uses archaic language.]
- Gozaru... - Is she a ninja?
Yes. I understand very well.
Isn't that attitude unacceptable?
What?
She's been trying her hardest to talk for a while now!
Even so, you're getting in the way, and laughing...
Isn't that strange?
What do you think you're doing?
Excuse me.
Wait, Haruya-kun?
Excuse me.
Ah... I've done it.
Of course, you're so cool!
Speaking of, how come you can say something like that on the spot?
Mine was just like a template.
No...
How do I put it... it's ominous.
Isn't it terrible to say that?
Thank you.
Actually, I...
I have really bad stage fright,
I've failed all my interviews so far.
But, you speaking up in that way earlier...
I got a bit more comfortable.
I wanted them to stop making fun of me,
So I could calm down quite a bit and talk normally.
Thank you.
That's just...
Because I got pissed off.
DIdn't you say you had something to say to me earlier?
So that kind of thing's happened to him.
Did you do it?
No way!
But that feels kind of good.
Even though he's received multiple job offers,
He keeps applying for others.
So you're saying it's okay for him to be interfered with?
Because...
It's because of people like him that some fail, right?
Just kidding.
I know.
I blame things that don't go well with myself on others.
I was told that at the job hunting school too.
You're attending a job hunting school too?
Yes, the same place as Okajima-kun.
I heard Okajima-san quit.
Because of something like a fight with the teacher.
That must be Kondo-sensei.
He's hated him to start with.
Sensei has?
Okajima-kun has sides that make people annoyed, doesn't he?
People that lecture at places like this,
Isn't it strange that they couldn't enter a large company themselves?
- Yeah. - Well, that's true.
In the end, those who get fired,
Are in the losing group, huh.
I think that irritated him.
Actually, for Kondo-sensei, a company was restructured,
And he started that cram school.
We will now chant the three principles of job hunting!
Excel!
Be disappointed!
Push forward!
Once more, excel!
Excel!
Huh? Didn't you say you weren't coming today?
Yeah... I realised I should preview it after all.
What?
My own job hunting.
Do that on a different day.
It's more fun to go together, isn't it?
This isn't a field trip.
Well, well, well!
Are you kids the ones here for a tour?
It's sudden, but here's a question.
What do you think job hunting is?
Finding a company to work in?
You're good.
The way you answer immediately.
That's your strength.
Really?
But you're wrong.
Job hunting is a battle with yourself.
Confronting your own weakness, and realising your strength.
And then to have aspirations of how you want to change this world, and paint a vision.
Assign yourself to your dream, and show the evidence.
That is job hunting.
Right.
Self-analysis! Self-PR! Entry Sheets!
It'll all be fine because you came here!
Win at job hunting!
Win...
Your voice is too low. Win at job hunting!
Win!
Louder! Win!
WIN!
That's good.
You're fired up. That's your strength.
Yes.
I kind of feel as though I've been awakened.
You can head off to the workshop immediately.
Thank you.
It looks like I'll need to explain this from the beginning for you two.
- Let's go. Let's go. - Yes.
Just how honest does he have to be?
So, someone referred you to this school?
Yes, a friend from the same university, Okajima Takeshi.
Oh.
He was outstanding.
That's right.
He was always receiving job offers.
He said he recently got an offer from Misono Bank.
Huh?
Something wrong?
No...
He passed.
Is that surprising?
No way... If it's him, it's only natural.
I'll guide you through the building.
Let's go.
This is the classroom, there are various lessons taken.
- And here... - Ah, sorry.
Please go ahead.
Hello?
Ah, Asagi-kun?
This is Sakaguchi.
I remembered a little something after that.
What is it?
The place that restructured Kondo-sensei out was Misono bank.
Is that so...
Thank you.
This is a lesson about taking interviews.
So let's have you actualy answer the questions.
Let's go with you!
Yes!
Frankly, when likened to an animal, I'm a dog.
I wag my tail when I'm praised, and I get attached to anyone.
I'll serve faithfully until my master's death!
- My rival is Hachiko! - Splendid!
Is he okay?
Please still have evidence...
For job hunting make up, what's important is the intensity of your eyes.
Just add a pale colour above the eyeliner.
So you have make up lessons too.
Job hunting is about fighting with every strategy, after all.
Password?
Damn. Like I know.
That's about it for the tour of the classrooms.
Do you have any questions?
I'd like to see the classroom for the make up lessons again.
You're really eager.
I can't believe someone like you hasn't secured a job yet.
What kind of company are you applying for?
Uh, that...
It's not that well-known of a company.
You...
Are you really job hunting?
Where's the other person?
You're good.
Bingo.
Idol fanatic president.
A representative of the job hunting school...
... is interfering with a student's job hunting?
What?
The email was forwarded to me.
An email you sent to Misono Bank.
"Okajima Takeshi's behaviour is the worst."
"He goes drinking every day, and there are problems in his relationships with women."
Wouldn't it be bad it it went public that you were tattling about this sort of thing?
Why did you do something like this?
He just annoyed me.
Getting damn cocky,
That guy that thinks he can get into the bank that restuctured me out with no trouble!
Isn't that just unjustified resentment?
You got in his way because of that?
Does someone like you have the right to run a job hunting school that influence peoples lives?
What do you mean, 'self-analysis'?
Why don't you try analysing your brain just once?
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry...
So that person interfered with his job hunting?
Yeah, it's just that...
Kondo only sending an email to his junior in HR,
Means he didn't write on the message board.
You were impersonating him on the net too, right?
Impersonate?
I didn't do anything like that.
It didn't look like he was lying.
Right.
Huh? Where's Kazuomi?
Well he...
It looks like that school suited him.
Well, well, well! Everyone!
From now on, I'll be acting as appropriate for a leading member of society.
Right?
You really are honest, a good kid.
He really is like Isobe-san.
Hm?
What did you say?
Don't move.
Thanks for your continuing patronage.
This is Pizzaccia.
Ah, hello.
Hello.
Who ordered pizza?
Me, me!
Shizu-chan, sorry. Pay for me.
It can't be helped, huh.
Ma'am! That's the entrance to hell!
This hell is okay. It doesn't look like it'll become a big deal.
What do you mean?
Isobe-san, I'm different to you.
What's with you suddenly, brother? Yo?
Excuse me.
So tomorrow there's no investigation?
No, we had Kondo call out the personnel from Misono Bank.
Anyway, I'll meet him tomorrow and try telling him that message board was an impersonation.
Maybe they'll reconsider Okajima-san's employment.
Here.
I am truly sorry.
Everyone, could you please explain the schedule regarding tomorrow to me from the beginning?
Well, I certainly received an email from Kondo-san regarding a student.
Aside from the email,
Did you see something written by Okajima-san on the net message board?
You saw it, didn't you?
Actually, that was something written in impersonation of Okajima-san.
The result is the same.
Huh?
This is my own opinion, but...
It's a fact that someone resents him to that extent.
It doesn't change that it is feed to doubt his human nature.
But...
That's too unfair.
Asagi-kun... right?
Employment isn't for the sake of the students,
It's for the sake of the company.
The criteria used is free.
Though, I do sympathise with him.
Please tell Okajima-kun I am praying for his good luck in the future.
Bye.
Yes.
What the hell is happening?
Something was written in my name again!
What?
This is the store Haruya-kun has been into recently!
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Years Kojima Momoko, Sakamoto Aoi, Andou Mai
Even an ordinary pizzeria looks shining!
- I'll upload it to my block in commemoration! - Me too!
Excuse me...
Um...
Could you please stop taking pictures?
What, why?
I'm very sorry.
It's kind of...
I'm just putting it on my blog.
Right?
Isn't it fine? Just photos.
Please stop!
I hate it.
Okajima-san.
Hey, what's this about?
The one interfering was Kondo, right?
Kondo said "I didn't impersonate him on the message board."
Then who the heck is it?
What did the message say?
"I failed M Bank once but I negotiated with the person in charge, it might out work out somehow."
It's about Misono Bank, I see.
I don't care about that bank anymore.
But if the same thing happens at the next companies I'm applying for it'll be troubling.
So that means that the culprit knew that we had some kind of negotiation with the bank.
Did you tell anyone about hiring us?
No, no one.
Ah, it's a new message.
"The stories told about my part time job at the interview are all lies."
"I was going through women at an izakaya job."
How come they even know about my high school job?
High school?
I liked dining part time jobs, so I did various things.
Among the people around you now,
Who knows about your high school days?
There shouldn't be anyone...
Is it true there's another message?
Exactly who is it?
Does someone come to mind?
Ah! I spotted Haruya-kun!
You know, just now,
We went to a pizzeria you went to recently.
Is that right?
Ah, but it was really unpleasant.
Really? The manager was nice, and the food was good.
What the heck, Miss Tougaku?
Did I have the appeal of going with Haruya-kun?
That's not really it...
Did something happen at the pizzeria?
Well, we wanted to take pictures to put on our blogs, but he got really scarily angry.
I hate the internet~, he said.
Though he was on the computer in the back the whole time.
Aoi was scared!
Welcome!
- Hello. - Welcome.
Okaji isn't here today.
That's okay.
We just wanted to eat pizza.
I see. Take your time.
Even so, Okajima-san is amazing, right?
He got an offer from his second choice, Shiroki Commercial, right?
He applied without telling anyone.
- That's so cool. - He's amazing.
But he said the interviewers looked just like a hippo and a raccoon.
That's terrible!
If they heard it themselves, they'd be angry.
Here you are. Are you ready to order?
The one we had the other day, with the whitebait on it.
Oh, customer! You have an expert eye, don't you!
Is two okay?
I'll make the whitebait a bit bigger, as a freebie.
Can you do that?
As if I can!
Tachibana-san, you always look like you're having fun working.
Oh, well. It's because I like this job.
Just like that.
Yeah.
When people say it's delicious, they smile, right?
That's why I think what I give to the customers,
Isn't pizza, but smiles.
Well, this is a secondhand opinion from my father though.
What kind of restaurant did your father work at?
Oh. A soba place.
Where is it?
No, it's no more.
Then, enjoy yourselves.
There's something I want you to investigate.
I'd like to ask you about the soba store here.
Ah, it was a delicious store.
Might you know about the reason it was led to close?
I am quite able to understand, so could you please tell me?
It's fine but... Can't you talk normally?
Meaning?
It's kind of creepy.
I don't get on well with stupidly polite people.
I feel the same way.
Haruya! I got it!
Look at his.
This...
It's here too. Okaji @ T University.
S Commercial's interview. They wanted me that much?!
The interviewers looked exactly like a hippo and a raccoon. Too idiotic.
There's no mistake.
This is what Haruya-kun and I were just talking about.
Which means the culprit...
You worked it out?
Yes.
What happened? You all look scary.
Tachibana-san...
It was you, wasn't it?
The one who impersonated Okajima-san and wrote on the message board.
Huh?
Tencho did it?
Why?
Why are you keeping quiet?
Say something!
Tachibana-san...
That's right.
What kind of grudge do you have against me?
You made a fool of me.
Huh?
It's because you made fun of our work!
I just have to transport pizza, I don't have to use my head, it's simple work.
You said that, didn't you!
That's true.
At least I'm doing more of a proper job!
Don't make me laugh! It's just a pizza place!
Doing dirty stuff!
Stop right there!
Let me go!
If it's money, I'll pay you later. Get lost!
I don't need money!
Huh?
Tachibana-san, that wasn't the only reason you did this, is it?
What?
What are you talking about?
We had a hard time finding it.
In your high school days. A prank photo you posted.
Even if someone skilled deletes them,
They're left somewhere.
What of it? That's not related to this!
It's my father's store.
Cheese!
Ah, that's good!
At the time, Tachibana-san, who moved out of his family's home and was living alone,
And you, working part-time, saw each other several times.
It's not impossible for him to not remember even seeing your face.
They say the store went bankrupt after this because of the photo.
But... my father didn't complain.
He said it was just a prank that went overboard...
And laughed.
But, he didn't know about the terror of the internet.
Ha.
That's not my fault.
That kind of restaurant would've gone out of business one day anyway.
How can you speak like that?
My father had pride in his work.
To make delicious soba!
What's with that?
He even thought of the part-time guys as cute, like his children.
The high school stories you guys had,
The stories about other stores you worked at too...
He heard it, thought it was interesting and told me about it.
That's why he knew about the izakaya job too.
He believed in you guys!
That's why you got in the way of my future?
Don't put it on the same level as a soba place, the level is completely different!
Cut it out!
Don't make light of the work people are putting their lives into!
Life? That's an exaggeration.
This floor, and the tables too!
The reason they shine is because someone polishes them every day, right?
They're putting their lives into it for the sake of the customers.
You don't understand anything. Do you have the right to make fun of it?
So you understand?
Some kid playing detective!
I don't understand!
But you know,
At least I don't do work I don't understand.
I can't yet see what I want to do,
I'm not doing what I don't want to do.
However...
What you did was the lowest too.
I know.
I'll go to the police now.
Hey, stop that.
I'll forgive you. I'll forgive you!
If this goes public, my future will be all messed up!
Shut up.
Feel the weight of what you've done yourself, trash.
Why didn't receive compensation from Okajima-kun?
I'm touched.
Haruya, you've understood, haven't you?
Understood what?
The aesthetic of a man.
That makes me remember Naniwa's Harudanji, Kawato.
With Hanshin, he earnestly said "If I can play baseball, I don't need money, I don't need fundraising either."
That's what's called a man's work.
It isn't convincing at all if you say it.
Really?
Oh, and so... Look at this.
It's Kawato's signature I got in Naruohama.
Why two teams?
Brother, you understand me, don't you?
Hello.
It's a customer.
Tachibana-san...
My apologies for the inconvenience.
Since then, I told everything to the police.
But they say he won't put out a damage report.
And so it's settled.
I'm truly sorry for getting all of you involved.
Don't be.
This is my apology.
If you'd like, please eat it together.
Thank you very much!
Well then, excuse me.
Excuse me!
This is your reward?
Wait...
What about my bills?
I'll really pay you another time.
Since they went to the trouble, let's all eat.
Is this Fuuka?
You see, I have something to discuss with you.
Discuss?
I'm confused.
In the future, should I be a pianist?
Or a ballerina? Or maybe an idol?
You can be anything you want.
I wonder about that.
Well, Mama told me to reduce my lessons, but
It's better to do my best with them all, right?
Yeah.
That's true.
I understand.
Thank you, I'll do my best with them all.
Onii-chan will do his best too.
See you.
Do your best, onii-chan!
Shut up, you!