I think it might be worth it to stay close friends.
(I can't forget my ex-boyfriend. 27 year old, stage lighter) I think it might be worth it to stay close friends.
(I can't forget my ex-boyfriend. 27 year old, stage lighter)
How mysterious.
How guy and girl find each other together. (I don't know real love. 24 year old, looking for a job)
That's my phone number. Ogura Saki.
(They say I'm too serious. 22 year old, online shop employee)
You are too serious. It's your personality. (They say I'm too serious. 22 year old, online shop employee)
Hikari-chan.
It's very popular with people doing marriage interviews.
Marriage interviews!?
I owe a lot to your father from
- my university days. - Is that so?
Sorry, I think
- we're just a little nervous. - No.
- I'm back. - Welcome back.
- What are you doing? - Huh?
- Jack O Lantern. - Hmm?
We put a light inside of this.
We're all testing it out now.
I never thought the big boss would have to do something like this.
Ah! I connected the eyes and mouth...
Tamu-san, please be serious.
- Tamu-san you're... - Don't say clumsy.
- It hurts. - What do you think?
Oh? Ah, it's good. Looks fun.
Right? I figured my partner would be on board.
Ah, I'll get it.
- Hurry up. - These are simple.
Hey, Yu.
- Hmm? - Ah, nothing.
- What? - Hasegawa-san, phone.
- Ah sorry, thanks. - Yep.
Hello, this is Hasegawa.
Ah, thank you very much. Yes.
- Okay, champagne. - Me too!
Yeah, it's my treat tonight!
- Okay? - Yeah!
I'm going to drink up tonight!
Come on, Maya-chan.
You're always on your phone.
Maybe I should hold onto it until we close.
Ah, no. It's okay. I'm sorry.
Come on.
What's wrong with Maya-chan?
Ah, nothing. It happens a lot.
She's falling for some guy.
How about a date on the next day we have off?
Oh sure, I've wanted to go to the aquarium.
What? What do you want?
Yes, I do want something.
Emi. You should do some marriage interviews.
- Marriage interviews? - Yes!
You're already at a good age. You don't have a boyfriend, right?
Hey. If I had one, I wouldn't have to do these interviews, right?
What? You have one!?
Ah no no. Never mind.
So then do them! There's a lawyer.
Hey, do you want to meet him?
Ah, I'm fine for now. I'll call later. Bye.
Emi! Hey!
Ah, I said I won't meet him.
Sorry. I know you're off
- but are you free? - Yu?
Sorry. What is it?
Well, wondering if you want to help with a pumpkin hunt.
Pumpkin hunt?
Shiraishi-san. Shiraishi Misuzu-san.
Yes.
No problems with the exam results.
- Yes. - But it's always good to have
a check up before things change.
The chance for having a child starts to lower after 40.
Yes.
Are you and your husband still having intercourse at regular intervals?
Ah, well...
- Morning. - Hey, morning.
- Sorry to ask you on your day off. - Nah.
Haha, you're copying me!
What?
Ah, no I'm not!
- Yes you are! - No, you are!
- What are you doing? - Look!
Become a light hearted girl.
I've decided. I'm not going to be a serious girl anymore.
I'm going to be light hearted.
- I see. Good luck. - Yep.
What am I doing?
Hello.
Is this Ogura Saki?
Ah, yes.
I'm with personnel at Yamanami Publishing.
It's about the employment exam.
Miss Ogura, you've made it to the official interviews.
Really? Thank you very much!
So about the interview day...
- Yes. - It will be October 24
- at 2 PM. - October 24, 2 PM.
Yes yes. I got it. Thank you.
All right!
I'll have to tell him.
(Ogura Saki)
I'm back.
Welcome home.
Are you free now?
- The house? - Yes.
I looked at the blueprints.
- Really? - Yes.
What do you think?
Well, I think it'll cost a bit much.
It's fine. I can take some loans in my name.
What?
I was wondering if we really need to have a house?
Ah. Well, I want a child.
I was wondering if that maybe
that would change your mind.
You're the one who said we didn't need children.
But, I'm getting close to the point of no return.
I want to be a mother.
What do you want from me?
You have one new message.
Ah, uh...it's Ogura. Ogura Saki.
Ah, well. I took the test at the publisher I want to work for.
And, I passed the first stage. Yeah. That's it. Bye.
- Here we are. - Okay.
Wow, awesome!
Awesome. This is a good place.
- It's big. - Yep. Hey, uncle!
- Oh, Yu? You're here! - Hey!
- Here. - My uncle.
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Welcome.
- Ah, Saki. - I'm home.
Dad, I'm home.
I got past the first stage at Yamanami Publishing.
Help me with the next stage.
What? Are you celebrating something?
Ah yes, we're getting work with a magazine now.
- Awesome. - Your dad would be happy.
He always liked to say that you
- would be a literary talent like him. - Really?
Wow, looks good.
- Now I can relax. - It's been awhile.
I've been busy.
Have you been eating well?
I've made extra so bring some home.
Ah, thanks.
- Here you go. - Oh, looks good.
Yep, haha.
- Here. - Thanks.
Here's this month's.
- Saki. It's fine. - Don't worry about it.
I make enough money.
Dad would be happy.
- Thanks. - Thanks.
- Sure. - Let's eat.
- Looks good. - Where to start?
- Hey. - What?
- How about we make a carriage? - A carriage?
- Yeah, a pumpkin carriage. - Oh, Cinderella's?
Yeah. It's not just an Halloween image.
This is a bit more romantic than I'm used to from you.
- Shut up. - You two!
- Looks like fun. - Hey uncle.
- Here you go. - Thanks.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
Is this the girlfriend you said you were bringing today?
Ah, no. This is a coworker.
- Oh, I was wrong. - Yeah.
But you suit each other. Especially with the matching look.
I'm jealous. Haha.
Well, I expected him to comment on the look.
Is Hikari-chan supposed to come here?
Yeah, I was thinking about introducing her to my uncle.
But she said she suddenly came down with a cold.
Hmm.
Have you met her parents already?
Ah, not yet.
Things have gotten a little complicated lately.
- Like with Hikari's father. - What do you mean?
I mean, wouldn't he want another doctor for his daughter?
Come on. One sec!
Yes yes yes.
- Evening. - Momoko?
I can't make it home anymore.
- So I'll just stay here. - Were you drinking?
Today was a big failure.
- I lost. - Then it's your loss!
Hey! Don't just come into my room!
Dad and Mom are going to be worried.
- They're not worried. - Come on.
I'm jealous. You don't work full time and you
use your part time money to just play around.
- All right. - Done!
I'm going to return the rental car.
- Ah okay. Thanks. - Yep.
Why are you here now?
Did you go with Fujii-san?
Yeah. Is your cold better?
I don't understand you nowadays.
Huh?
Do you really want to marry me?
Well, yeah.
Then why won't you meet my parents?
Why are we keeping this a secret?
Ah, sorry.
You're going so slowly, I'm...
- What? - Nothing.
Sorry. I'm going home.
- Ah, Hikari, I'll take you home. - I'm fine.
Ah sorry. I didn't mean to eavesdrop.
She's been weird recently. Emotionally unstable too.
Ah well, maybe it's...
Maybe she's getting cold feet?
- You think so? - I do.
I mean, come on. Girls are just more delicate
- than guys. - You're telling me this?
I mean, you haven't told people about all this.
That you're getting married to her.
I mean, I haven't even met her parents yet.
Why are you hesitating?
I'm not hesitating.
Have some more confidence.
Be like you usually are.
Go there and be a man. Come on.
Okay.
So right after the party, we'll clean up as soon as possible.
That's all the important points if there are no questions.
Looking forward to your help tomorrow.
Thanks.
- All right, chief, good luck. - Thanks.
- See you. - See you.
See you.
- Misuzu-san. - Yes?
- Do you have a moment? - Yes.
Hey hey, your first event. Good luck.
You should be a little nervous about it.
It's fine. I've got Fujii-san
- to back me up. - Right.
- You're going to make me worry. - I'm hungry.
- Do you want to get lunch? - Sure.
- Oh Rumi-chan, want to come? - If you're treating.
Hikari-chan, you should come too.
Ah, okay.
(Be friends with guys who aren't your target)
Oh, haha. Hanzawa-san, a bento?
- Yes. - Huh.
I've started to bring bento too.
- Can I sit here? - Oh, sure.
- Do you want to go out to lunch? - Oh, sure.
- Let's go. - Okay.
- Where should we go? - It's nice to
- eat outside. - Huh? Ah, yes.
- Thanks for waiting. - Thanks.
- Let's eat! - Oh, this is really good.
By the way, are those two really married?
- Those two? - You mean the chief and Misuzu-san?
Yeah. I mean, they seem so formal.
- They don't even wear the wedding rings. - Ah well,
that's because you don't want it caught on machinery. Look at me.
Tamu-san, you just want to pretend you're single.
- Terrible. - No, when I get
- home I put it on. - Yeah, at home.
- Outside is outside. - That's even worse.
- You're serious about taking it off and putting it on. - Well in married life,
you need to be serious.
After all, you're spending your whole life with someone else.
In that case, those two don't feel like a married couple.
Well, that's the perfect marriage for the two of them.
There's no such thing as a perfect marriage.
My wedding ring was only shiny for about the first three months.
After that it was like my freedom was taken. Huh?
Now I don't think I want to get married anymore.
No, it's not like that.
I think marriage interviews are good, you can meet people who meet your conditions.
- Don't you think so? - Well...
Hasegawa-san, what do you think?
- Huh? - Yeah.
Ah.
- My ring is gone. - What do you mean?
It's because you keep taking it on and off.
What if you just go home without it?
Don't say such scary things!
- Ah, good. - Don't scare us like that.
- Yu? - Hasegawa-san?
What is it?
We're getting married.
Huh?
I haven't been able to tell you all.
- Really? - Really.
Huh? What is it?
Sorry. I'm happy.
What, you were going out?
That's good! Congratulations.
- Congrats. - Thanks.
- Surprised me. - Amazing!
Good work today.
Ogawa Saki
Hello.
- Congrats. - Huh?
Your interview. Good job.
Ah, thank you.
What's up?
I'm at the bus stop.
I was getting tired of waiting. It hasn't come yet.
Haha, the bus?
Your call.
You want to make it up? Let's go somewhere fun.
Haha, you're a fast one.
Fast is more exciting. I'll be waiting then.
Heading out already?
Ah, yeah.
Can we talk a little bit about yesterday?
Ah sorry. I have some other work now.
- Okay. - See you.
- Good work today. - Good work.
Good work. Wow.
So this is your idea. Cinderella.
Yeah. When I saw the pumpkins, it came to me.
You have to get all of these ready? That's a little tough.
It is. We have a warehouse full of mistakes.
- Really? What a waste. - Haha, you're right.
You're waving too much!
- Everyone is watching. - No one is watching.
Let's go.
We're almost there.
- Here. - Wow.
- Looks nice. - Yep.
And it's bigger than you expect inside.
- I'm home. - Hello.
- Welcome home. - This is Shiraishi Misuzu.
- Nice to meet you. I'm Hanazawa Mako. - Hello.
- Nice to meet you. - Yep.
- Ah, here. - Oh! Thank you.
- Ah, where's Saki? - She's going to be a little late.
Ah. Well, there's another roommate here too.
Oh, sounds lively. Three girls together.
It does get a little loud. Please.
- Where are we going? - It's fine!
- This is the fun place? - Yep, you'll feel refreshed.
- Here. - I haven't really
- played table tennis much. - Really?
Okay, here we go.
Ah, I'm sorry.
Cheers.
- Ah good. - Yep.
Let's eat. Please.
- Let's eat. - I have confidence in my food.
Please try it.
- Is this cheese? Pumpkin? - Yes. Pumpkin cheese.
It's probably a little hot.
- How is it? - Great!
- Really. - It's good.
Ah, I'm glad.
This is nice. Just hanging out with the girls.
I think it's nice to eat with your husband though.
I want that.
But we don't eat together.
- We don't have the time. - But the boss can cook.
So you can leave him alone just fine.
How nice, to have a husband that can cook.
Misuzu-san, how did you meet your husband? - Ah.
Oh, I want to hear about this too.
Well, we met by chance at first.
At the first event I was in charge of,
he was working a part time lighter.
After that, we suddenly met again.
- And then, a few more times. - Wow.
- So then it was fate. - Not like that.
But, somehow, we got along.
Wait a second.
- Oh, getting hot? - It's hot.
- I'll put it here. - Go again?
Yeah. We were on the same wavelength.
So it was fun being together.
And it eventually happened.
- I feel in love. - That's the perfect way.
Well, things are different nowadays.
- Huh? - Love and marriage are different things.
Is it bad just to like someone?
Hmm, yeah.
Like, even if you have someone you like,
you still go out for marriage interviews?
- Huh? - Fujii-senpai, are you doing marriage interviews?
What? No no. I could never do that.
I think falling in love naturally is the best way.
But meeting people. Is there any chance left to just meet someone?
Well besides that,
have you actually made the effort to meet people?
- Huh? - What do you mean?
Do you know why the prince called out to Cinderella?
Cinderella?
Men are attracted to movement at first.
For example, crossing your legs, or putting hair behind your ears.
- Movement? - Cinderella
was worried about midnight and was always watching the clock.
So she wasn't focused on what was important
and her stepsisters
were able to get in and get the prince's attention.
- Ah. - I see.
If you don't do anything, you won't meet people and
you won't fall in love. Just like the pumpkin.
You'll fall into the field and be just like Cinderella.
Damn it. All right! I'm going to eat all this pumpkin.
Just like that. That's how girls fall in love.
That's right! Chekhov said so too.
"A woman who doesn't associate with men will fade away."
- So mean, Che-san. - What? Chehofu?
Chekhov. Do you know him? Do you?
- Yeah, I do. - I love him!
- Thank you. - Sure.
- Well, I'll head home now. - Please come again.
Be careful on your way home.
Ah, Saki-senpai. Welcome home.
- Ah, I'm home. - Welcome.
- Hello. - Good evening.
Good evening.
This is Misuzu-san, I work with her a lot.
- Ah, hello. - Well, see you.
- See you tomorrow. - Yep.
Good night.
Wow, she's beautiful.
- Right? - Yeah.
- Hey, be careful. - I know!
Okay! An hour break.
- We'll get the chute ready first thing in the afternoon. - Okay.
- Ah, Fujii. - Yeah?
- Thanks. - Huh?
Ah, for yesterday.
I'm glad I told everyone. Really, thanks.
Don't worry about it. See you.
- Ah Fujii-san! - Oh, Hikari-chan.
- Are you on break too? - Yeah.
- Want to go out together? - Ah, okay.
Okay.
Sorry for the uproar yesterday.
Ah, not at all.
I was surprised to hear him say it all of a sudden.
- Ah, hey. - Yes?
Were you at the restaurant at Kipou Park recently?
I had a meeting there and well, I saw you.
I see.
Recently, my dad hasn't been doing too well.
He's sick. And now we're not sure how our
own practice is going to hold up.
They said I should just meet him.
A meeting with a doctor.
To be honest, I was a little confused.
Yu-chan wasn't doing anything about the whole marriage thing.
I didn't know what to do if things stayed the way they were.
But yesterday, Yu-chan said it proudly.
I finally understand.
I told them the marriage interviews were over.
I'm going to marry Yu-chan.
I see.
That's good.
We wish you the best of luck in your future efforts.
Thought I already had that.
- Hey. - Hey.
- What? Another look before the real thing? - Yeah.
I let my employees take care of everything.
I'll need your help with the sound.
I see you've still got that presidential appeal.
Stop calling me that.
It's fine. It's a big deal!
We're all here thanks to your wife.
You better make sure you thank Misuzu-san.
Ah, is there anything I can help with?
Huh? Ah, I'm fine.
Isn't it time for you to go anyway?
I'm fine here. Good work today.
Good work today.
Hanzawa-san, are you done for today?
- Yeah. - If you'd like, do you want to get a drink?
- Huh? - Ah well, I was
wondering if you could teach me some good bento side dishes.
Ah sorry. Today is...
Standby.
Go.
Wow.
- Isn't that cool? - Yeah, it is.
Wow.
Fujii.
It's not your turn for awhile, right? I'll take the pin spotter.
- But... - Take a walk around.
If you go out to the assembly hall, you might learn something.
There might be a good guy.
- Thank you. - Sure.
- Excuse me. - Sure.
Fujii!
- Excuse me. - Sure.
Hello.
I never know what to do at places like these.
- I'm actually kind of nervous. - Oh, me too.
I wonder if Cinderella was this nervous at the ball.
Huh?
Ah, right.
I bet she was, for sure.
Yeah, probably.
One of my high school seniors told me to think of everyone
as pumpkins in a field if you're nervous.
I was told the same thing when I had to give a wedding speech.
- Hello? - Hey, sis?
- I'm at the reception now. - Reception? My company?
Yeah. I wonder if you wanted to get dinner.
Ah, I've already left.
Sorry, maybe next time. Bye.
Stingy!
Ah! Hello.
Oh, you're the girl who was with Hanzawa-san.
- Yes! - She already went home though.
Ah, looks like it.
I was going to ask her to dinner.
Ah, I'm hungry.
- Good work. - Good work today.
Ah, I forgot to give you
something when we met earlier.
I was talking with your husband about something else
and I think he left this. It's his, right?
- See you. - Ah.
Thanks.
Oh, did something go wrong?
Hmm?
Maybe.
- My whole body is sore. - Sore? Oh, come on.
I would've been fine in my high school days.
- What club were you in? - Baseball.
Really!
So, did you want to be a pro baseball player?
What, is that bad?
Well, what did you want to be?
- You won't laugh? - I won't.
- A writer. - A writer? Really?
You're laughing!
Sorry.
Well, your dream now? To work at a publisher?
- I want to see the sunrise. - Huh?
You'll forget all your troubles and start fresh, right?
Sometimes, I want to run away.
Friends. Family. Other things, just everything.
- Maybe you should run away. - Huh?
There are times like that too.
Ah, sorry.
Haha, why are you apologizing?
I'm married.
I see. Of course. Married.
So then, I guess we don't need to meet like this anymore.
Just killing time.
Oh man, when did it get serious? Haha.
So, this is the end.
Give it to me. I'll erase it.
Okay.
Go home. It'll definitely rain tomorrow.
- Hello? - Hey, sis?
I think I'm going to be late tonight. Let me stay over.
Be serious.
I'm running out of battery. Come on.
- Really... - Ok!
- Buy some yogurt. - What are you saying!?
Come on...
All right.
Takahashi, can you help with the roses on the second floor?
Got it.
Oh.
Ah, is it this?
Ah sorry. That's mine.
- Thank you. - I'm glad.
Later
Feels like after a festival.
Yeah.
Ah, will you make the last train?
Huh? I'm not Cinderella.
- Haha. - Are you going
- to be all right? - Yeah.
I'm not Cinderella either.
Maybe I'm just one of the pumpkins instead.
- A pumpkin? - Yes.
I don't have any glass slippers.
- I think it's fine if you're a pumpkin. - Huh?
I like it.
(They say you don't have a chance to meet that special someone, but maybe we just don't notice that we do.)
(As time goes on, then we realize, it was the start of love...)
- It was fun. - Yeah, it was.
I like them. Pumpkins are good.
Oh, is something funny?
No no. That's right. Pumpkins are good.