I'm impressed. You're good at writing, huh?
- Excuse me. - Oh, you come this way.
Yuki-chan.
- Uh, um...is this place...? - This is the place
where girls who want to realize their dreams gather. A fun place.
My name is Nitta Yumi. For what it's worth, I'm went to Todai.
I'm here to discuss funding for a venture business.
Can you talk about that over there?
Big shots from all kinds of industries come to the party.
Is it all right to talk about funding there?
A lot of them make one or two hundred million in a matter of seconds.
Is that 6 billion in a minute?
- 8 trillion 640 billion yen in a day? - Oh, man.
Don't be so stuffy. Anyway, go get dressed.
Uh... Does everyone wear these costumes?
Yeah, everyone does. We have party games and stuff too.
Anyway, show them you're serious and
go grab your chance. You got something to say?
Uh, no, it's not that.
You brought over one girl, right?
Hope to do business with you again.
Excuse me, Yoneda-san.
This has something to do with ventures too, right?
Don't worry about it. We do that kind of stuff too.
Oh, ah...I see.
You know how they have like a realtor's fee when you rent an apartment.
I think it's something like that.
You wanna go eat yakiniku (grilled meat)?
I got so excited, I forgot to push the button.
Quit work and be my wife.
Eat and give me your answer.
- I'm not quite sure what you mean. - It's gonna get cold.
Yes, it's getting cold.
You're gonna miss the timing to eat it when it tastes the best.
Don't you even know that when you're in this business?
No, I do understand that, but...
How is it?
How is it? Wait a minute.
Weren't you the kind of person who'd get mad if someone made a remark about your food?
It's good. Very good.
No.
I'm asking if it has heart.
I'm asking if it tastes warm.
How is it?
Were you perhaps bothered all this time?
By what I said about your food not having heart.
Never mind that. I'm asking you how is it.
It's a heartfelt warm pot-au-feu.
Shut up. Answer.
- Answer? - To what I said earlier.
- About being your something or other? - Yes, that.
Why are you laughing?
I thought you were joking.
Then I'd like for you to... Then tell me.
The reason you didn't answer my calls, no matter how many times I called...
is it because I criticized your cooking?
Was is just that? Just for something like that?
Cooking is everything to me.
Do you even know how I felt?
I wanted to be open and honest with you.
That is, what happened at work and here are...
I can't be with someone who rejects my cooking, can I?
- But still. - I feel bad about that.
That's why
I made this.
I see.
So that's it.
Okay.
You wanna go to the beach?
Sometime...beach.
I'm not going.
Then...can I come again?
That's...
yes.
Then
I'll come again.
Oh, that's too bad. All right. Take care.
- Bye now. - Good morning.
Kawana-san said she caught a cold.
Maybe she overdid it last night and fell asleep right there, huh?
Maybe you should hire a part-timer.
- Love. It's gotta be love. - Without a doubt.
That's what I call being in love.
Were you watching from somewhere?!
I'm sure Haiji-san's in love.
With who?
- It's good, isn't it? - Maezono-san?
Not him. He came alone yesterday
and brought Maezono-san today. That good-looking guy next to him.
- Robin-san. - It hasn't even been ordered,
but he's making dessert.
- Maybe as a freebie? - But he isn't making one for Maezono-san.
That's not good, is it? He has to make one for Maezono-san too.
Dessert is ready to go.
Haiji-san, we need one for Maezono-san too.
Hurry up and take it.
You should take it yourself.
Excuse me. If you'd like,
- this is a treat from the pastry chef. - Oh, I don't do sweets.
If you don't want it, I'll eat it.
- Did you find it? - No, it's not here.
- How about over there? - No, not here either.
Oh, found it. Over here, over here.
- This way. - Where?
- I heard they found a rat.
That's terrible.
Maybe it's cooking for them.
Only in anime.
I bet even the person who created "Ratatouille"
won't go eat at Remy's fine restaurant in the live action version.
Maybe there's already a live action version of Remy.
I just saw something.
What the heck. It's just a cookie cutter.
What's this?
- Isn't this a talisman? - Don't open it.
If you open it, you're a loser. Everyone here will be cursed.
Don't be silly. Things like this
should just be opened casually without being so sensitive.
I'm going to be busy for a while.
I'll call you after about 49 days.
This is delicious.
It's not hot, it's not hot. It's not hot, it's not hot.
Water, water. Water, water, water.
It won't work. It's broken.
It's the curse.
Putting a curse by breaking the bath is a curse for who?
Does that mean we can't take a bath?
- What are you doing? - We're in the food business.
We can't smell bad.
What are you doing? Stop that.
Come on, I said stop it. Cut that out.
- No, not mine. Not mine. - Haiji-san.
No, don't. Stop it.
A birthday dinner? Wine from the birthday year?
What year would that be? Yes.
19...57.
Excuse me. Do you have a 1957...
You were mistaken? 1956. Yes, certainly.
We're not handling any from 1956 right now.
Found one!
It was 1957 after all?
Certainly!
- Happy birthday, Grandma! - Happy birthday.
Hello, this is Bistro Fou.
An engagement ring?
Here it is. I found it, I found it.
That's just a 50 yen coin.
What? It was in your pocket?
- Check, okay. - Check, okay.
I said cut that out.
Stop that.
Coffee after a meal tastes great.
Bitter chocolate that even a non-sweets person can eat.
- Where's Maezono-san's? - Hurry up and take it.
Excuse me. This is a treat from the pastry chef.
Isn't Nanami-san coming today?
Nanami? Oh, Karasumori-san.
I'm not sure when she'll show up.
- Do you know her? - I'm her ex-boyfriend.
If you don't want it, I'll eat it.
What did Robin say? Should I go introduce myself?
Oh, uh...
You have a separate stomach for sweets like a girl.
- Uh, that's... - I'll go out there real quick.
- Why? Why, why, why, why? - Get out of my way.
Why are two of my ex-boyfriends here?
Two?!
- Here's your salad plate. - You're always like that.
You're just being selfish.
- You're the one who's selfish. - Can you shut up for a minute?
What are you mad about?
Hey, I'll introduce you to a good divorce lawyer.
Are you divorced too, Karasumori-san?
- The rest of the order is canceled. - Why?
- The couple started talking about getting a divorce. - I'm going to eat this then.
- I'm gonna peel off your skin. - What are you mad about?
Karasumori-san, please take this back with you.
- Why me? - If you hadn't opened this,
I wouldn't have had to go buy wine so many times,
the customer wouldn't have lost her ring, the customers wouldn't have talked about divorce,
Haiji-san wouldn't have a broken heart,
and the bath wouldn't have broke and our feet wouldn't have smelled bad.
- Tanaka, do you have smelly feet? - Right now, all our employees have smelly feet.
- Stop that. - Please take that back with you.
Work? It's fun. I've been given all kinds of responsibilities
like running the restaurant. Everyone treats me well too.
They're all nice people. Huh? No, I just thought I'd call.
I was wondering how you were doing. Huh? No way.
What? Have I been calling that much? No way. Did I?
I guess I did. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm perfectly fine.
Hi!
My brother.
I'm off today. We're going for a ride.
Nitta-san?
Attention, everyone. Nitta-san came back.
Are you embarrassed that this is the second time you've left and come back?
What? Did your company already go bankrupt?
Even if you've had a setback, your bumps and bruises will hardly be noticeable here.
Don't worry.
Pardon me? What kind of a misunderstanding do you all have?
Setback? I've never suffered a setback in my entire life.
There are numerous companies who seek my skill and want to invest in me.
However, since I did agree to take on the consulting work at one time,
I figured I wouldn't mind helping you all out until the restaurant got on track.
If I'm not here, this restaurant will go out of business within 60 days, you know.
Welcome back, General Producer.
Hi there, General Producer.
- Have you been eating properly? - Actually, I was invited for dinner every day
by these companies, so I've been fed well.
I'm a Todai graduate, you know.
- Welcome. - Table for four, please.
This way please.
Oh, excuse us.
Ah, there she is. Yumi-chan.
- Yumi-chan, we came to see you. - Yumi-chan, you're so cute.
Welcome. Please have a seat.
Are you serious? This is outdoors. Won't it get cold?
- This is outdoors. - I want to go in there.
Yumi-chan, I want to go in there.
All right.
Man, it's cold.
- Please have a seat. - This way, this way.
- Please wait for a moment. - I'll be waiting.
Come back soon.
- I'll wait on them. - It's nothing to be concerned about.
They're just acquaintances. There's no problem at all.
Please help out in the kitchen. It's a party of four..
- Welcome. - Oh, where's Yumi-chan?
We're Yumi-chan's fans.
Is that right? Can I get you something to drink?
Uh...white?
A bottle of white.
Yumi-chan, come over here and let's drink together.
Show us that super play again.
What super play?
The other day, Shibamoto-san had a party, and
- everyone got all fired up. - You mean the one where
girls wear swimsuits and bunny girl outfit?
Yumi-chan was the bunny girl.
- Wasn't she too cute and awesome? - She was the MVP.
She got all the laughs.
Does she say something funny?
It's not that she's funny, but she's really serious.
She was so desperately serious that she was funny instead.
I took a picture. Of Yumi-chan, the bunny girl.
Every time I look at it, I laugh.
Go back to the room.
She gave a presentation in front of Shibamoto-san dressed like that .
- On venture business. - That's hilarious.
So Shibamoto-san plays to the gallery and asks her seriously.
And she answers seriously. That was too funny.
The delivery cost is...kaboom, something like that?
Can you do that again?
- The delivery cost is... - kaboom.
Everyone was rolling on the floor.
And Yumi-chan sort of got transfixed.
So someone put a stocking over her head.
- This one. - Ah, this is it.
Shibamoto-san was praising her. He said
girls have to eat, drink, or make people laugh.
- But that's her job, right? - Sure, she got paid.
Yumi-chan's boyfriend called Hoshino got 100,000 yen.
That means she was sold.
Yumi-chan, did you get your share?
If you don't say something, he's gonna give it to his girlfriend he owes money to.
What? Is he two-timing her?
What's wrong with having two girlfriends?
Haiji-san, please take care of Nitta-san.
- Can you bring the wine? - Can you please leave for today?
- Why? - Hey, Yumi-chan.
Where are you going? Yumi-chan?
Let me see that for a minute.
Why are you deleting?
Either I break it, drop it in water, or delete.
- I chose the most moderate approach. - Please leave.
Tanaka-san.
When was the first time you had a romantic relationship?
It's okay if you don't want to answer.
It was someone from the company I worked at.
What kind of a person was he?
He was a javelin thrower.
The company had a track and field team. So... oh, jeez.
You're scratching too hard. It's getting red.
How did it end?
Huh? You would ask me that, wouldn't you?
I was too busy being busy,
and he found someone else.
Tanaka-san.
I'm...
really excited right now.
I'm having a girls talk about love that I could never participate in before.
Until now, even when I listened to love songs, I felt no empathy.
I didn't know that feeling of trembling from wanting to see someone so badly.
But I'm going to start downloading like crazy from now on.
Do you think there's a love song about a girl
who was sold for 100,000 yen without ever being loved?
- I think there is. - Good.
Is there anything you want me to do?
I'd like to find out if he really accepted the money.
I'll go find out.
If he did accept it?
That's terrible. How can that happen?
That's not unusual. It happens all the time.
I wouldn't be surprised if something worse happened...dammit.
- We open in 15 minutes. - Okay.
You order the drinks here.
- Welcome. - Is Hoshino-san here?
Hoshino?
- Hoshino is... - Tanaka-san.
Tanaka-san. What's the matter? We're not opened yet.
Oh, Nishiwaki-san. It's all right. You can go to the back.
Ikebe-kun, you too.
You too.
Please have a seat here.
- What can I do for you? - I'll talk directly with Hoshino-san.
I'm the one in charge here.
Then can you please call him out here
sit in on our discussion?
I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do that.
Hoshino-san lied to an employee of our restaurant.
He received money and ended up hurting her.
- We are not aware of such a fact. - Then can you become aware of it now?
Our employees have been thoroughly trained.
Since we sternly remind them about their conduct on a regular basis,
an incident like that is impossible.
How can you say it's impossible without even verifying?
Okay, let's do this.
We will look into the matter and get back to you at a later date.
It's about time for the customers to start coming in.
Tsuchida-san.
I only worked under you for a short time, but
I've always wondered.
Why you disliked me so much.
- I don't dislike you. - You treated me
and other female employees as if we were your disobedient personal belonging
and you despised us.
- Tanaka-san, you misunderstood me. - It's the opposite.
Not me, but you.
It's not me who understood, but you.
- I wanted to... - Hey~!
It's time to open! Get ready!
Wah, wah, wah, wah. I don't like this, I don't like that.
Wah, wah, wah, wah. That's sexual harassment. That's power harassment.
Wah, wah, wah, wah. I'm hurt, I'm hurt.
Huh? What's with this I'm hurt generation?
We only have honest, hard working
good staff here.
If you insist on posing as the victim and try to accuse us...
- I'm sorry... - Good morning~.
- What, Kawana? - I got on the train going the opposite direction
- and that's why I'm late. - I thought you said you weren't feeling well...
Am I not feeling well?
Oh, Tanaka-san. What are you doing here?
- Having lunch in enemy territory? - Never mind. Go away.
What are you talking about?
I have something to say too. May I?
- I'll talk to you later. - I can't talk to you later.
I have to go see the ophthalmologist.
Ikebe-san, Ikebe-san. Where are you going?
You've been sticking to me like glue.
You can't disappear at this stage of the game.
I was beat up by that man.
Am I going to be accused of posing as a victim too?
Where did you take a fall?
What? Did I take a fall?
Ikebe-san, did I take a fall by myself on my own?
There's no need to talk about it here. This is our problem.
He said this is our problem.
- You keep your mouth shut. - But she's the one who
- gave me the eyes. - You heard what he said.
Kawana-san, you said yourself that
you were addicted to love, didn't you? It's that kind of attitude that...
No matter how much I love cakes,
you don't think I even like lousy tasting cakes, do you?
I like men that I like, but naturally, I dislike men that I dislike.
- I... - Shut up!
You get back there. Hurry. Hurry.
As for you...let's talk at the main office.
- Oh, no. That's scary. - You're the scary one.
I know, right? Men always
dismiss women who are smarter than them
by saying women are scary.
Hoshino. Come here for a minute.
She says she has something to discuss with you.
Hoshino-san.
There's something I want to ask you.
- About Nitta-san... - Is it the money?
If it's about the money, I haven't spent it.
I haven't spent it.
I had no intention of keeping it all for myself.
I have a message from Nitta-san.
We came out even.
I think the reason we shed tears when we part
is because there were smiles when we met.
So please tell him
Thank you.
I had a good time.
It's been a pleasure.
I liked you.
Good bye.
That's it.
Tsuchida-san, you misunderstood me.
I wanted to get along with you.
I wanted to do good work with you.
Hurry up and leave.
Sorry to bother you.
Good bye.
Everyone's at the restaurant.
Oh.
Do you want ice cream?
This one.
- I'll help. - Thanks.
- Where's Kawana-san? - She said she's going home.
"I'll be seeing you," she said.
I'm sorry...
- Power outage, huh? - Mofuku-chan, get that.
That...flashlight.
We're terribly sorry.
Apparently, this whole neighborhood lost power.
Check the refrigerator.
- The refrigerator isn't working. - Okay.
It happened before too, I heard. Something about rats chewing the electric wires.
I guess we'll have to shut down for today.
It's this way.
Oh, watch your steps.
11, 12, 13. I have 13 people here.
Oh, my bad. I included myself. It's 12 people.
- Can you take them all? - Sure.
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Bistro Fou.
This way please.
Welcome.
Table No. 2. Marinated eggplant. Pot-au-feu. Sirloin.
Table No. 3. Octopus carpaccio.
Bouillabaisse. Pork sauté.
Table No. 5. Tomato au gratin, 3.
Chicken alla cacciatora. That's it.
I'll come eat again.
Wait, wait, wait.
- Yes? - Give us a hand.
You scared me. I thought I did something wrong again.
Hey, Ear. Please help us.
You brought all 12 of those people. You've got to take responsibility.
You've got to.
- Will your butt fit in it? - It'll fit with room to spare.
Okay, okay, okay. Let's get in the spirit.
- Kaboom! - Kaboom!
Tapenade sauce is ready.
Chef, taste it, please.
Mofuku-chan, gas cartridge.
Whitefish poele is up.
Tomato au gratin is up.
Excuse me. This is your tomato au gratin.
5 glasses should be enough, right?
Ah, yes. Thank you.
Excuse me while I pass through.
How's the food, everyone?
- It's delicious. - I'm glad to hear that.
We're especially proud of our bouillabaisse.
Please have your fill.
Lights are back on.
Lights are on.
Tanaka-san.
I think he has something to tell you.
Are you perhaps feeling uneasy because of me?
Don't worry about me. I've placed Monji-san in a waste receptacle already.
Go ahead. Please take him from the waste receptacle.
We went to Hamamatsu yesterday. My brother said to give this to you.
- Oh, thank you. - My brother said to give it to you.
- He just went and bought it without telling me. - Oh, okay. Thanks.
- You don't ride bikes, do you? - Huh? Uh...no.
Then next time. This place is, you know. Maybe next time.
Oh well, whatever.
I thought you took the day off today.
- I'm the only chef they got. - That's right, huh?
Things happened and I was at your restaurant earlier today.
- You weren't there at that time, right? - I was there.
- You were? - In the kitchen.
- You were arguing about something, right? - You heard us?
Although I started listening to music halfway.
Huh?
- Why were you listening to music? - What do you mean?
We got into an argument about Hoshino-san and Ikebe-san
- from your restaurant. - So?
Why were you listening to music?
Huh? That has nothing to do with me.
I mean, I don't know what they did, but
that has nothing to do with me.
What?
There are vinyl umbrellas in the umbrella stand.
First, an umbrella thief comes along
and takes one of those umbrellas and leaves.
After that, another person comes, and leaves with an umbrella.
But that's not that person's umbrella,
since that person's umbrella was already stolen.
The next person who comes along also takes someone else's umbrella without realizing it.
The next person and the person after that also take someone else's umbrella and leaves.
Until finally,
there's no more umbrella left for the last person.
Despite bringing an umbrella, the last person has to go home getting soaked in the rain.
I think that
the second and third person who came along, although not intentionally,
are umbrella thieves as well.
I won't say they're responsible. I won't say they should apologize.
But they should have verified whether that umbrella was really theirs.
They should've thought about the person who went home soaked in the rain.
Are you trying to say that I'm the second or third umbrella thief?
It's not only you. We all are. Me too.
Why does it have to be so bothersome?
You're making things way too complicated.
- You're probably right. - Why not keep things more simple?
You're right. That's what I'd like to. But I can't anymore.
Why?
My friend was...
Thanks.
Good night.
What was that all about?
Uh...what was that?
In addition to stalking a female employee in our department,
he also assaulted her.
Is it an internal matter? What about money?
- It's internal. No indication of embezzlement was found. - All right.
Kyushu should be fine.
Kumamoto or Oita, which do you prefer?
Excuse me. This is Beef Cheek Simmered in Red Wine.
Looks good.
Good morning. I turned in my kotobuki (congratulations - usually for marriage) resignation.
- Would you call that kotobuki? - Resigning for a fresh start
- are all considered kotobuki resignation. - What happened to the perpetrator?
The case of the beautiful office worker stalker was squashed by the management and is now closed.
- Is that how it is? - That's the way it is.
- That's about it. - Kawana-san.
Oh, hi!
I'm worried whether I can work with her.
- It'll be fine. I won't feel uneasy. - I'll feel uneasy.
Oh, that's right. I got one for Kawana-san too. Here.
We're going shopping to stock up.
What? We have the same sweater.
You don't care what you wear, do you?
I'm not changing.
- Tanaka. - Oh, Karasumori-san.
Do you have a minute?
It's no big deal, but
uh...something just occurred to me,
or should I say there's something I just can't put up with.
I'm thinking about ending my break
- and going back to work again. - Of course. You're welcome anytime.
That's not what I meant.
I have...a profession.
I have this thing.
- What? Is this... - An attorney's badge.
- Whose is it? - Mine.
If I was drinking milk right now, I would've spit it out.
- Right at me, huh? - I'm sorry.
Are you really an attorney?
Well, yes. I haven't been practicing for almost 10 years, though.
Let's fight together.
I'll win for sure. That's what I promised this girl.
In a trial, they asked her about every little detail.
I made her go through a very painful experience.
In the end,
we lost.
And so...10 years.
But anyway...I'm thinking about going back again.
- To that side. - That side?
At restaurants,
life's festive, joyful, happy events congregate.
At the other job, life's sad, painful,
unpleasant events congregate.
Running a restaurant is a very important job.
But the world isn't made of just flower fields.
Someone has to reach out to people drowning in mud.
If you avert your eyes and just complain,
those people in the mud would become isolated.
Someone has to go in the mud with them. That's what this other job is.
You can't take revenge by just being angry.
You can also take revenge by living happily and cleanly.
Tanaka, you strive to live happily and cleanly.
Me,
I'll do the angry part.
Introduce me to Fujimura Satsuki-san.
I told myself that I'd never promise that I'd win for sure again, but
I never told myself I'd never fight again.
I wasn't supposed to change my mind.
When I tried to find the reason why I started changing my mind,
I realized
it's because I came to like those girls.
Thanks.
What genre?
Schubert. It doesn't suit me, right?
- Did you play music? - When I was little.
- Me too, when I was little. - Me too, when I was little.
Let's go sit over there.
It's good to be alive, isn't it?
Let's live.
The CEO and President of Like Dining Service Corporation, Ameki Taro.
We're going to sue him.