Kyoko, pass the salt, will you?
Did you hear me, Kyoko?!
It's your fault for going to the Mr. Otonashi
and telling him that she quit her job as manager.
What's wrong with that?
She's abandoned her job for a week already.
She should be fired for that.
Kyoko, it's okay.
I'm grateful that you've lasted this long.
Anyway, I've already hired a new manager,
although he's a temporary one.
That gang would never accept a new manager.
Only I am capable of that job.
Gimme a break!
I'll never have time to go get Manager at this rate.
By the way, I hope you broke it off with Kozue.
Wh-What do you mean?
Unless you do,
it's no use trying to get back the manager.
It's futile!
Or why don't you just get together with Kozue?
Now that you've successfully landed a steady job.
Don't mock me!
Anyway, stop partying here!
Geez!
What'll I do?
I can't just show up at Maison Ikkoku.
So Godai's the acting manager?
And he's using his position
to prohibit partying in the hallway.
What an unreasonable man.
Welcome!
Hi.
Manager?!
Wh-What's everyone doing here?
It's you!
The nerve of you to show up here,
after all the trouble
Please, Akemi.
Don't make her feel bad.
To make amends, she says she'll pick up our tab.
Right, Manager?
I never said such a thing.
Boo.
So? What're you going to do?
You're not gonna quit, are you?
I don't intend to.
But.
But you're waiting for Godai to end things with Kozue?
That'll take another hundred years.
Here's your coffee.
They might get together while you stay away.
If that's the case, so be it.
Really? Then maybe I'll seduce him.
Did you hear that, Mrs. Ichinose?!
That was a very interesting statement
Lately, I'm starting to want more
than just sleeping next to him.
You mind?
I'm gonna.
If that's the case, so be it.
You don't care? Then I'm gonna seduce him.
Be my guest!
Good-bye.
350 yen.
- Your change! - Keep it.
Hey!
Why don't you stop by Maison Ikkoku on your way home
and say hello to the new manager?
That's what I plan to do.
Unfortunately for the new manager,
I'm not planning to return to work for a long time.
Come again!
I had no idea you had feelings for Godai, Akemi.
Please! It's a joke.
It doesn't sound like a joke
when it comes out of your mouth.
It's okay.
If I don't scare her like that, she'll never come back.
Such a drag.
If she wants to seduce him, let her.
If he's one to fall for her, then...
He might fall for it.
He is faint-hearted, after all...
Why is Godai sweeping?
Manager?
Manager, the bathroom lock is broken.
All right, but stop calling me Manager.
But you are the manager.
He's the new manager?
Manager, phone.
I can hear that! I'm busy, you know.
I didn't need to panic.
I'm going home.
Where's the heck is Akemi?
She said she has a date.
Date? With whom?
I do not know.
Could it be Godai?
Maybe she wasn't kidding.
I'm sure she was joking.
It's just that Akemi sometimes carries out her joke.
It's entirely possible.
Thanks for holding. This is Godai.
Akemi?
I'm in your neighborhood. Guess where?
Are you drunk?
Can you bring some money to the address
I'm gonna give you?
Money? You must be joking. I'm working right now.
Fine! I'm going to kill myself!
Are you crying? Hello? Akemi?
I'm so busy!
Turn this corner, and it's the second building.
It's a love hotel? The address is right.
What's she doing here?
Are you here to see the guest in room 302?
Well, yes. She's an acquaintance.
She's waiting for you.
O-Oh.
The elevator is that way.
T-Thank you.
What's going on?
D-Did she just lure me here...?
Akemi?
Akemi? I'm here.
It's open.
Akemi?
A-Akemi! Hey! Get up!
Akemi! Hey!
Hey!
H-Hey!
Hey!
P-Please...A-Akemi.!
Huh?
What do you think you're doing?!
Why the hell are you here?!
You called me here!
I called you? Why?
That's what I want to know.
Sorry!
The guy I was with left after I've had too much to drink.
Look how much I drank!
Let's go home.
What's the dilemma?
You should marry the man with a reliable income.
Why live a hard life?
But if I'm not with him, Godai might-
A loser will always be a loser no matter who he's with.
You think so?
Definitely
What're you doing?
This is bad. Someone might see us.
You'd never run into someone you know around here.
Oh, good evening!
Kozue...?
You know them, Kozue?
I don't know them. Let's go.
She must be hurt.
Morning!
How are you? Invigorated?
Why would I feel invigorated?
Why not? You were able to cut Kozue out of your life.
Really?
She dumped him good.
Isn't that great?!
How'd you do it?
Easy. She saw me and-
Akemi!
- What? - Come here!
So what if she finds out?
It's not something you tell people.
What are you panicking about?
I'm not panicking.
Did something happen between you two?
Absolutely nothing.
I would have been impressed if something had happened.
You better be grateful
You have me to thank for ending it.
But that was a bad way to end it.
Hello? This is Godai. Is Kozue-
Kozue? Are you listening?
I want to see you
to explain about last night and some other things.
Kozue?
Kozue, who was that for?
Wrong number.
You're trying to patch things up?
Since when have you been standing there?!
I heard everything from Akemi.
Leave it alone.
After you explain yourself,
you have to talk about breaking up anyway.
Yes, but.
"I want her to remember me as a special man in her life,
"even after I break up with her..."
That's just selfish.
No.
Idiot.
Soichiro.
I'm home.
Kyoko, someone from Maison Ikkoku's been waiting for you.
Hey! How are you?
Oh, it's you, Mrs. Ichinose.
Sorry I'm not Godai.
I didn't mean that.
They broke up?
Yes. Completely.
So.
isn't it time you come back?
But.
It's what you wanted, isn't it?
No. I never--
But hadn't he proposed to Kozue?
So.
Misunderstanding. Just a misunderstanding.
No one told me that.
You wouldn't listen.
Besides, Godai's a crude and careless manager.
I can have Godai come and pick you up tomorrow.
No, I can go-
I can go back.
on my own.
Great
I hope you're taking the dog with you.
Why would I leave him here?
Yes, yes.
I wonder if Godai told Kozue about me?
So.
Manager will be returning tomorrow!
So now she understands?
Don't you dare try to talk to Kozue again.
After all, it's true that you and I...
came out of the love hotel.
Love...love hotel?
Godai, I'm envious!
We only came out! That's it!
You came out because you went in.
Actually, when I woke up, you were on top of me.
Did you do something to me?
Of course not!
If you're telling me the truth, look into my eyes.
How dare you return evil for good!
W-What're you doing?!
I saw that
I saw that, too!!
Token of my appreciation.
Pay me back for the hotel bill!
How dare you make a woman pay for the hotel?!
These two have a thing going.
Yes!
Listen!
Manager's coming home tomorrow, and now this.
You have no faith in me?
I'm joking. I know you don't have the guts.
You better go easy on him, Akemi.
It's a joke!
It's so much fun to pick on Godai.
Anyway, let's celebrate in advance
the return of the manager!
Cheers!
'Morning, Manager!
Hey!
I know! You're going to be fired today.
Geez.
It's backed up from the railway crossing.
May I get off here? We're very close.
It might be faster.
Kozue?
Hello.
Traveling?
Sort of.
Bye.
Umm..
May I talk to you?
I didn't know...Godai was in love with someone.
I had no idea.
Godai did tell her about me.
I don't know what to say.
It's okay. I was shocked, but now I know what to do.
Please tell him that I won't see him anymore.
I have my own.
I'm so dense.
Godai's so nice, I assumed he had feelings for me.
It never occurred to me that he had a woman like that.
Huh?
I'm such an idiot!
"A woman like that"?
Akemi at Maison Ikkoku.
What?
No way.
I saw them! I saw them coming out of a hotel!
She's late.
Maybe she's shopping.
Is she really coming back?
Coward! Lowlife! Wimp! Two-timer! Scum!
So they've made up.
But that always-surprising Kozue.
Marriage?
Next: Wedding Bells for Kozue! Is Godai's Love Eternal?!
Good-bye, Kozue.