Thank you.
My late father's restaurant is now a coffee shop (kissaten)
called Kissa 10, and a relative's running it.
I was thinking about studying to be a librarian
while working part-time at the shop until 5:00.
As soon as he came in the shop, he said...
Excuse me. Is there a library around here?
That's where I was heading in 15 minutes.
He worked for a travel agency in Tokyo, and
he was there to check out the area for a tour they were planning when the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened.
The first and second time, he stopped by because he was there for business,
and from the third time on, he came to see me.
In this short period of time, Takamura-kun
already made 32 round trips between his home in Tokyo and Kissa 10.
I heard that you two are such close friends she can tell you anything.
- I can tell them, right? - You don't have to tell them.
- What? What? - I'm telling.
- I said don't. - You can tell us anything.
- I asked her to marry me. - Oh, jeez.
She hasn't given me her answer yet, though.
Why did you tell them?
Jeez. What?
Hey, Tanaka.
I'm going then.
I'll call you later.
She's the one who first made that pot-au-few, huh?
That aside, her boyfriend.
Among all the guys I've seen in the past 5 years, he's the coolest.
Why are you showing your ear? He's taken.
Be well prepared and have no worries, they say.
Although it's too bad if you're prepared but nothing happens.
I'm one of those great talents that bloom late. When it comes to romance, I'm the Cezanne type.
The type that gets recognized posthumously.
- Van Gogh. - What happens to a woman
- who becomes popular with men after death? - Anyway, you stay out of this.
Fujimura-san looked happy, didn't she?
I know.
I'm sorry, but lunch is over.
But if you just want a drink...
- Kyohei! - Oh, Nii-chan (older brother).
Congratulations on your marriage.
Why aren't you attending?
- That's because... - Both Aunt and Uncle were hiding it from me.
- That's why. - You'd better attend.
Mom? Where are you? A lot? You got caught in it?
- You're getting swept away? - Isn't she on Takeshita Street?
Takeshita Street? Okay, wait for me there.
Don't move, you hear? I said don't.
No, you can't.
She hung up.
I'll go get her.
Sorry.
Your mom hasn't changed?
We've been staying at Takamura-kun's place since yesterday, but.
3 minutes after we arrived, she was already cleaning the bathroom.
I haven't even given him my answer yet,
but she keeps bugging me when we're having the wedding.
Takamura-san's a nice guy.
But I just started moving forward to get a certification.
Oh, yeah?
Satsukigase, brings back memories.
I haven't told him about that.
The reason I quit my job.
I don't want him to know.
Does that have anything to do with
why you haven't given your answer to his proposal?
There's no other reason.
There are times I think we'd be better off breaking up.
In fact,
that's what I thought just yesterday.
I'll be celebrating with you in my heart.
Then we'll have the second party here.
Only my friends will be at the second party.
You already have a place reserved for the second party, don't you?
I'll change that to the third round.
And you're going to change the third to the fourth round? What about the fourth and the fifth rounds?
You and I are the only family related by blood anymore.
I couldn't tell my parents until the end
that I was gay.
I was told of my mother's death in Paris.
When I went home for the funeral wearing a skirt,
my relatives wouldn't let me in.
Then in front of all the relatives, my brother said,
"You guys are boring. You're boring, that's why
you don't like Nii-chan cuz he's interesting."
"Well, that's too bad. I prefer interesting people
so I like Nii-chan." Interesting brother, isn't he?
For my brother,
I want to make the best wedding cake.
- Please lend me your hand. - All right. Let's do it.
This time, you can ignore the cost rate.
I feel like I can celebrate someone's wedding for the first time in my life.
Someone!
Hey, someone!
Why doesn't this place have an elevator?
- I'm sorry. - Take this.
You're okay. It's just static electricity.
Here, here. Carry these.
People in Tokyo are really cold.
Here I am, lost on the street,
but even dogs try to avert their eyes.
Mom.
Oba-chan!
Chief Tsuchida will no longer be in charge of this restaurant.
Someone else will be coming from next week,
so please be prepared.
- Ow, ow, ow, ow! That really hurt! - I told you to separate egg yolk and egg white.
Oh, that's what you meant.
Ow, ow, ow, ow. Seriously, that hurts.
- Just do it. - Ow.
Sawamura-san, Matsuki-san.
I just made this, but would you mind tasting it?
It's great.
Isn't it a bit too tart?
What do you think about adding walnut oil?
That's a good idea. Please give it a try.
Hoshino.
You make the salad for lunch starting tomorrow.
- Who, me? - Can you do it?
- Yes. - Let's pull together and work hard, huh?
Hey, you have skillful hands.
Why don't you come be my third son's bride?
Anyway, let's take a picture. Okay?
- Picture? - I'm sending it to my son.
- I don't like to have my picture... - Hey, you there.
- Here, push this button. - No, no, no, no.....
Just a minute. You...
- look just like my son's first love. - No, I don't.
Come to my house. I'll let you wear a pretty Kaga Yuzen kimono.
- Phew, lucky. - I don't want to.
- Fukui's a nice place. - Yes, it's a nice place.
- I like living in Tokyo. - Fukui is where, you know.
You've heard of the famous 3 Michibata sisters, right?
Let's see, Karen, Angelica, Jessica, they're all from Fukui Prefecture.
And there's also Uno Jukichi (actor). Come on over.
- Go ahead and go. - No, never.
- Anyway, let's take a picture. - I'll take it.
- No, never. No. - Ready?
No. Knock it off!
- Sorry. - That's okay.
- Seriously, this is a lovely restaurant. - Thank you.
I wish I could work here too.
Someone who's about to get married
- shouldn't be saying things like that. - Mom.
If you drink too much,
you're gonna make friends again on the train on the way home.
- I'm going to spend the night here. May I? - Sure.
- Why? - Because...
you two have lots to talk about, right? You do, don't you?
- Of course you do, right? - Yes.
Let's eat.
- Sorry about that. - Huh?
For dropping in and leaving suddenly the other day.
Oh, not a problem at all.
- It was good. - Huh? Did you say it was good?
I have confidence in my skills, and my ingredients are better.
But I lost when it came to how much you love food.
- It was good, and I was mad at myself. - Oh, I see.
But I'm not gonna stay beaten. I gonna rebuild it for sure.
You're going to rebuild it?
We're losing now. But the one who keeps moving forward
in spite of losing will be the winner in the end.
- We'll be moving forward too. - The second round is just beginning.
Yes.
I don't see how you can run a restaurant there when you get cold so easily.
I don't see how you can be a chef when you can't eat food when it's hot.
I'm home.
Why do you have so many different kinds of shampoo?
Oh, I guess we all have different preferences.
Having the same smelling head is what makes a family.
Sensei, please look it over.
- No good. It's still clouded. - Sensei.
Do everything all over.
- Okay. - Here, Tama-chan. You too.
Here, put in lots of shredded seaweed.
It's delicious!
What time is the restaurant opening tomorrow?
- The restaurant's closed tomorrow. - Oh, really?
- Yes. - Oh, really?
Do you want to try it too?
Mine's done.
- "The Scream." - Legs taken at purikura (photo booth).
This is No More Movie Thief (anti-piracy mascot).
The best thing would be for Tama-chan to be our daughter.
You can't just keep on working forever, can you?
I want to just keep on working forever.
Satsuki used to say the same thing.
Is that right?
I was against it, you know.
When she said she wanted to work in Tokyo.
I should have opposed her more. Much, much more.
-Oh, it's gonna burn. - We're home.
Satsuki, I didn't know you were coming.
- That looks delicious. - It's yummy.
Restroom Restroom.
Can I spend the night here too?
- Yeah, sure. - What are you talking about?
- What about Takamura-san? - It's okay.
- Did you have a fight or something? - No, we didn't.
- What about his proposal? - I turned it down.
- What are you thinking? - I broke up with him.
I told you. I want to study to be a librarian.
Besides, I just went back home.
I want to spend time with you for a while.
You just got bit by a stray dog.
Why let it bother you when you just got bit by a stray dog?
Because...
it still hurts.
Sorry. I'll get a hotel room after all.
Satsuki.
Eight people, right?
- Homemade shumai? - I like to make foods
that are wrapped. Food like shumai, gyoza, spring rolls.
People don't make steamed meat buns at home too much, right?
- But it's easier than you think. - Why did you come here?
I told you, didn't I?
I said let's stop seeing each other.
I think I told you, but...
Safe.
Sorry.
It's okay. Don't touch it.
- Satsuki, leave it. - I'm thinking about filing a lawsuit.
I'm thinking about suing the president of the company I used to work for.
A case of food poisoning broke out at the restaurant I was working at.
Here's your tea.
What came into my mind at that time
were the faces of the restaurant staff.
I was thinking how I'd like to go drinking with them again,
that I'd like to
have barbecue with them again.
And I
followed the President's order.
I wasn't faking a smile when I was with you.
I wasn't faking it, but there were also times I was.
One time we were eating together, when I suddenly remembered
and I went to cry alone in the bathroom.
That's the story.
I love you, but I can't marry you.
Please understand.
I'm sorry.
Let's eat the meat bun.
Listen...
Let's register our marriage right away.
Let's get married as soon as possible.
- Were you listening to what I just said? - Let's share it together.
That's something that happened before we met.
But now,
it's a matter that concerns both of us.
I wasn't by your side and couldn't help you when it happened.
But now, I think we can share it.
Please give me half.
- Tanaka-san, do you happen to have mustard? - Oh, mustard. Here.
Thanks.
Let's file the lawsuit together.
We'll go to court together, and
we'll spend time together there, and go home together.
On our way home, let's go eat something good.
I felt it when I first met you, but
but I'm feeling it now once more.
I'm glad I got to meet you.
Tamako.
He's crazy.
He's saying let's get married right away.
But I want to study to be a librarian...
Make yourself at home and enjoy.
Oba-chan, is something the matter?
Hi.
Did you see my glasses around here?
Just a minute. What color is it?
Tamako-chan.
Why are you running a restaurant like this?
You're pretty, you shouldn't have any problem finding a man.
- I like my restaurant. - Even if women work,
nothing good will come of it.
The office is a place for men.
Mother, it's not that bad anymore.
Half of the employees at our company are women...
Can those women move up the ladder?
True, when it gets to the managerial level, there are definitely more men.
You can think what you want, but that's how society thinks.
That women get hurt at their workplace
because it's like they're voluntarily running into the middle of the road.
- Oba-chan, that's... - Yet,
why are you trying to go onto an even wider road?
Isn't that like making your wound bigger?
The reason we try to get on the road is...
I won't allow you to file a lawsuit.
They're going to make a spectacle out of you.
I'd rather die than see that.
She thinks that
the one who got bit is more at fault than the one who did the biting.
But
I can't go through with a lawsuit
at the expense of hurting Mom.
Oh, good evening.
Oh, you're still here, Monji-kun. How you doing? Good, of course, huh?
Never mind.
- Done. - We're done here too.
He's the guy that comes on "Unbelievable."
- A girl whose color contacts are too big. - A nurse at the end of her shift.
Oh no, the nurse screwed up on her job.
All done.
I'm going back to Fukui.
Satsuki just called and said she was coming to get you.
Give my regards to everyone.
Oh...just a minute then, Oba-chan. Wait just a minute.
Oba-chan, please talk with Satsuki one more time.
Hello? This is Ameki. How have you been?
That man we just passed...
is that him?
I see.
I'll call you again. Thank you.
Oba-chan.
Oba-chan? Oba-chan.
Oba-chan! Oba-chan!
- Oba-chan! - Round up all the staff.
What can I do for you?
Yes?
Oba-chan?
What is it?
She's a girl.
Satsuki is a girl.
- She's a girl. She's a girl, you know. - What do you want?
Oba-chan.
She's a girl, you know. I said she's a girl. She's a girl.
Let go.
- Let go of me. - Oba-chan!
Oba-chan.
- What happened? - Oba-chan!
Oba-chan.
What's the point in suing a guy like that?
Thank you.
Thanks.
What happened?
I have a bad back to start out with. I'm old, after all.
- Oba-chan, you're not old. - I'm old.
Because I don't understand you girls.
Even if she goes to court to fight it out,
she'll just get hurt.
Am I wrong?
Satsuki is your daughter.
Satsuki loves you very much.
But
Satsuki and Oba-chan are
two different people.
Are you telling me to leave her alone...
For now,
I think you should let Satsuki do what she wants.
And that's to fight it out?
I think it's the opposite.
Satsuki doesn't want to live her life hating someone, I think.
She can't forgive herself for not being able to forgive.
She can't forget
because she tells herself she has to forget.
She hurts because she tells herself she shouldn't be hurting.
The more she wishes he'd disappear,
it makes her want to disappear herself.
If this keeps up,
Satsuki will have to go on living bearing those thoughts.
I don't think she's going to court to fight it out.
I think
Satsuki's going
to get rid of those thoughts.
I'm sure what Satsuki wants to do right now from the bottom of her heart
is to laugh from the bottom of her heart.
Ashamed. What shameful thing did I do? Mom, that day was my birthday.
Sorry, sorry. I'm late. Where's Mom?
She's making a meal for the staff.
Mom, what are you doing?
They're having a wedding party at the restaurant today.
I figured everyone will be busy.
You know that Hotta-san. He's always wearing those weird jeans.
You mean overalls.
He's Kissa 10's master.
That guy was weird from the time he was a kid.
He picked up a piece of snake skin somewhere and kept it in his desk drawer.
I bet he still has it hidden somewhere in the coffee shop.
Actually, Mom, your sweater's pretty bizarre too.
- What, you have something against it? - Why does it cause so much static electricity?
- You've had it for a long time, haven't you? - Your father
bought this sweater for me when you were born.
It's that old?
It was a drafty, cold hospital.
The hospital blanket wasn't enough so
I asked your dad to go buy another blanket in the middle of the night.
He came back saying they didn't have any, and got this instead.
I had no choice but to wear it.
I just happened to wake up in the middle of the night,
and when I opened the curtain a little,
it was snowing.
I wonder who said it first.
The sound of falling snow really does sound like "shin, shin."
I started feeling lonely for some reason and couldn't help feeling uneasy, so
I decided to talk to you.
I can't wait to see you.
Your mommy's really looking forward to seeing you.
Let's play cat's cradle, okay? Let's play jump rope too.
Let's do lots of things together.
I'll be waiting.
Let's meet soon, okay?
In the morning, at 5:59,
we finally met. And now,
here you are, all grown up.
Go where you want to go.
This time, your mom will come see you.
If things get tough,
turn around.
You'll find me sitting there.
Oh no. The pot's boiling over.
Excuse me. I'm coming in.
- You're late. - Sorry.
- Is there something I can wrap? - No.
Then I'll chop the myoga (Japanese ginger).
Is that right? She made up with her mother, huh?
Yes.
If I had a little more courage too,
I could've shown them the real me.
I'm sure they're watching over you.
I guess that's about it.
It's starting to heat up now. Let's move on to the next question.
Where did you first kiss?
- At a park near my place. - What's the name of the park?
Lamb is coming up.
Poele is ready.
Wedding cake custom-made by Bistro Fou is here.
Nii-chan, thanks.
Nii-chan, let's take a picture of the five of us.
Five?
Okay, here we go. Haiji-san, get closer. Closer.
Ready, say cheese.
This is what I'm doing now.
I work with a lot of lovely people.
Nii-chan, come over here and have a drink.
A share of their happiness. I'll make some coffee.
Karasumori Law Firm
Like I told you the other day, due to the fact that it's been over a year since the incident occurred,
and also because there is no recorded video or audio evidence,
bringing it to criminal trial would be difficult.
Consequently, we will be demanding compensation for damage in civil court.
First,
we will send a notification via content certified mail to President Ameki Taro and the company.
In the event he refuses to accept our demand,
we will be taking the case to court.
Fujimura-san,
you will be asked to stand in court.
You will be asked to talk about
what happened in the conference room.
I didn't tell those two, but
if we do end up with a lawsuit, apart from winning or losing in court,
there's another positive effect.
Social sanction against Like Dining Service.
If this trial becomes known to the public,
both the president and the company will be bashed by society.
I think a number of their restaurants will go out of business.
Monji-kun.
Thanks for the other day.
How's Oba-san doing?
She's doing well and went back to Fukui.
I see. Oh, tada~.
Wild caught sole from Aomori.
- Wow~. Carpaccio? - Or meuniere.
I found a good vendor. Although I'll never tell you who it is.
Just wait and see. We're gonna overtake you soon.
Do you have some time like right now?
Is it about what you were talking about the other day? About a lawsuit or something.
You know, Monji-kun.
President Ameki did a terrible thing to my friend.
Something that robs a person of human dignity,
something painful and unbearable for a woman.
Can you understand?
For that, she decided to file a lawsuit.
So, from here on, it's my personal
honest feelings.
I think there are restaurants that are more suitable for you.
To be even more honest,
I wish you'd quit this restaurant.
Let me ask you a question.
Will that case have any effect on our restaurant?
- If our company loses the lawsuit. - It will, even if they don't lose.
- The restaurant may have to close. - The restaurant has nothing to do with it.
Symphonic is owned by President Ameki.
The ones who did that terrible thing to your friend
are the president and a few other people, right?
What a few other people did doesn't concern you?
I didn't do it.
I didn't do anything. Why do I have to quit?
What right do you have to say that?
- I see. - What do you mean "I see?"
- It means I know. - What do you know...
You know,
there aren't too many men I fall for.
I don't fall in love that much.
I don't fall in love with men too easily.
But on the other hand, once I fall in love...
I don't fall out of love that easily.
I can't get myself to not like that person very easily.
It hasn't changed all this time.
That's why I know.
That we can't be together.
A straight line and a straight line,
once it overlaps,
will remain parallel forever.
I think that's how we are.
Sorry I'm late.
Letter of Notification
The following causes of action and allegations are brought forth
against Like Dining Service Company, Inc., along with Mr. Ameki Taro.
On November 7, 2013, at approximately 10:00 am,
Fujimura Satsuki proceeded to the conference room of your company's main office.
There, you ordered Fujimura to take off her clothes to apologize.
This was a demand to force Fujimura to perform
an act that put unbearable psychological pressure on her as a woman.
It is evident that this was the worst and most heinous case of power harassment.
Marriage Registration
The severity of psychological distress inflicted on Fujimura due to that incident
cannot be described by words.
Fujimura seeks the following from you and your company.
1. For defaming Fujimura's character and honor by giving her the order as the president,
you and your company will jointly write a letter of apology addressed to Fujimura
and have it delivered to me, her counsel.
2. Compensatory damage for psychological distress in the amount of 5 million yen
to be deposited jointly by you and your company
to Fujimura's bank account.
Work at the restaurant
Play with Miyu
In the event you do not respond to the above demands within 7 days,
please be aware that we will be forced to take legal actions again you and your company.
Attorney representing Fujimura Satsuki, Karasumori Nanami