Good morning.
To Teiko Real Estate's Shinjuku office one day...
...there suddenly came the house-selling woman, Sangen'ya Machi.
Pick just one card.
The color blue will open your destiny.
Her original techniques at selling houses, which broke the common sense rules of the real estate industry...
...had led to sales from the Shinjuku office's Sales Division to jump by leaps and bounds.
Sangen'ya
Sales Report Table
Sangen'ya
However...
GO!
The once idyllic workplace at the Shinjuku office had changed completely.
NOOO!
What's going on with you two?
I have sold this house.
Eh?
Neither Takuma-san nor Shirasu Mika sold it; I did.
It appears that this woman has rescued the Shinjuku office's poor sales results.
However, no one knows what her true goal is though.
Sales Promotion Regular Meeting
For the first quarter of this year...
...as Number One in personal sales, Sangen'ya Machi!
Sales Promotion Regular Meeting
Congratulations.
Having held the Number One position for five consecutive quarters...
...she is Teiko Real Estate's treasure and flower!
Disliking gala events such as these...
...she hasn't attended any awards ceremonies until now.
So today is her first appearance at one.
C'mon, show a smile! A smile!
Continuing, here to announce office rankings based on their monthly sales...
...is the representative from Sales, Managing Director Nishida.
I will announce them. In First Place...
...the Setagaya office.
All right!
Eh?!
We've done it!
Because the Section Chief and Chief...
...are at HQ for a convention, I will be holding this morning's meeting.
Well, not much need to hold one, now is there?
We'll do it for now...
...but there's nothing in particular that I have to say.
After going to all this trouble, at least give us a word.
Ah... then... Today, please...
...be careful not to get into any traffic accidents.
Just do what you have to do indifferently. That is all.
Yes...
Yes, this is Teiko Real Estate...
In sales per office...
...we came in at Second Place!
Section Chief?
Hey, are you listening?! In a ranking of sales by office...
...we came in at Second Place this time around!
With so small a difference from First Place, let's aim for First next quarter!
All of you do your best! Chief Sangen'ya and I are heading back now.
From 13th Place to Second in one bound, huh?
But we didn't do anything.
Well, keeping us forever at First Place...
...would complicate things for Prince Adachi, right?
No, not at all.
Really?
Yes.
And if all of you were energized by this, that would be wonderful.
Whaa, it came out. What's that talking down to us about?
What a terrible way of speaking about him.
Huh?
Oi Shirasu, who do you think you are?
Before you complain about someone else...
...consider the baggage you're carrying around first.
I'm very sorry! Shirasu-san's not the only one...
Ever since the Chief came here, I've totally felt like giving up, too.
Like I'm lacking somehow...
But that's just an excuse. I'll try my best!
Never mind about you. The one I'm talking about today is Shirasu!
Couldn't you say that Hachinohe-san being so strict with Shirasu-san...
...is due to the influence of Chief Sangen'ya?
Be quiet.
Fuse-san, if Chief Sangen'ya's growing sales were to take us to First Place...
...wouldn't that lead to increases in our bonuses?
That wouldn't have any effect on us.
The Section Chief might be made a Section Chief over at HQ...
...but then the Section Chief here... would be Sanchi, right?
Look, if you thought about it...
...weren't we doing just fine in 13th Place?
So it's okay not to work your hardest like that.
Indifferently... Indifferently, okay...
Okay with that, the morning meeting is over. That's all. Adjourned.
Ah... that was a pretty good meeting...
I'm going to the restroom.
I was told by the President to sell that 700 million yen condo in Minami-Aoyama.
With this big job, we can leave the Setagaya office in the dust!
Ah but, I can't leave this one just to you.
Since I need to increase my own sales, I'll work hard on it.
I will sell that condo!
You say that so easily. It's 700 million yen, isn't it?
Section Chief.
Huh?
There is no house that I cannot sell!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
Ie Uru Onna (House-selling Woman)
Sawaki
All French Cuisine
It's been over 17 years already...
Authentic French Cooking To Enjoy At Home
French Full Course Recipes
...since you purchased your home, hasn't it?
You were still barely in your thirties back then, weren't you?
You were so adorable!
After that, I helped you purchase several condominiums for investment purposes.
And that was all?
Eh?
Ah... exhausted from doing business...
...I would crash out in the afternoons on this sofa.
It brings back memories.
Of those days when we would run up life's slope together.
True.
And? What about today?
I don't need any more condos to invest in.
This is sudden, but I'm here today to propose a change of residence for you.
A special, new building.
Where at?
In Minami-Aoyama.
It's the top floor of a new condominium...
...that includes a spacious kitchen with enhanced features.
I thought it would be the perfect property for becoming...
...your private cooking school, Sawaki-sensei.
"The luxurious dream condo that connects to your future."
The history of the chosen ones are already carved here.
The luxurious dream condo that connects to your future
"The history of the chosen ones are already carved here."
What does this mean?
Eh?
Ah, um... it means in that magnificent house...
...you will have a happy life.
Smells fishy to me.
But this condo really is a magnificent property...
...and its scarcity value ranks it above all others.
700 million yen, huh?
700 million yen
Sell Price
I'll think about it.
Thank you for your consideration.
I would be happy to accompany you whenever you want to look at it.
I do have one favor to ask of you, too.
Anything.
Have you remarried already?
No, I'm still single.
Thank goodness. At my studio tonight...
...I'm holding a Matchmaking Cooking School.
It's awkward for me since one man and one woman canceled suddenly.
Merely for form's sake is fine, but could you participate in it, Yashiro-kun?
And bring along a single female.
Marriage hunting? Me?
I said "merely for form's sake is fine," didn't I?
Um, this "Matchmaking Cooking School" is...?
It's been fashionable recently to have omiais...
(formal marriage interview)
...where the couples cook and eat together.
The woman must be between twenty and thirty years old.
If possible, a young girl who is refined and pretty.
I'm different from those marriage bureau places...
...in that I, Sawaki Mineno, rarely give out personal advice during it.
I consent.
What's the participation fee?
Ah, 50,000 yen per person.
($493)
Of course if you bring someone along, Yashiro-kun...
...I'll waive the fee.
If, along with having the finest of foods and wine...
...you were to also find your future companion...
...wouldn't 50,000 yen be cheap?
It's just as you say.
Teiko Real Estate Co, Ltd.
Eighth Floor.
Ah... Murota-kun.
Yes?
An important client of mine...
...is holding a Matchmaking Cooking School tonight...
...so I wondered if you could participate at it with me?
Marriage hunting with you, Section Chief?
Yeah. The client asked me this as a favor.
Seems she's short of people attending.
I have a boyfriend, so I don't need a marriage-hunt.
No, this is just for work.
I think such extortion violates compliance though.
Eh...
Please try someone else.
Section Chief.
What is it?
If it's causing you a problem, would it be okay if I came?
Eh?
I'm fine about going to a Matchmaking Cooking School.
Not you.
Ehh...
Shirasu Mika.
Yes?
What are you doing?
The Section Chief invited me to a matchmaking function just now.
A matchmaking function?
Oi, what's up?
Section Chief.
Yes?
About the matchmaking function you invited Shirasu Mika to just now...
Eh?!
No, that's not what I...
I will go.
Eh?!
Do you know what a matchmaking function is?
I do. It is a hunt for a marriage partner.
You'll go, even if it means you don't get to sell a house?
I do not mind.
I'll say this one more time, but you won't be selling houses there.
I understand.
Sangen'ya-kun, you're...
...really not seriously considering hunting for a marriage, are you?
I am considering it. What about it?
Well, nothing really...
I feel I want to meet a partner, fall in love and have a family.
I have gone on many marriage-hunt parties.
Ehh...
Section Chief.
Huh?
Why am I no good at these things?
Hmm... Let's see... You are beautiful...
But if you forced me to say it...
There are things about you that make you a little... A little hard to approach.
Ah but, this is a compliment.
You are amazing at your job.
But at work too, you might be a little... just a little over the top about it.
Well, there's that, right?
It might be better if you treated people a little more kindly.
Kindly?
Yeah.
How kindly?
Hmm... That's a tough one.
Kinder...
Both the Section Chief and Sanchi are gone...
...so how about we leave early and go do some drinking?
At "Chinchi Pui Pui"?
Right!
I've got plans.
Ah... your boyfriend, right?
I'll go with you.
Okay!
I'll come, too!
Okay!
Niwano?
I'll come.
Okay, okay, then let's go.
Sawaki Mineno
Cooking Studio
My! It's been forever!
Ah! Sensei!
Please go and enjoy.
Yes!
What an incredible beauty.
Wonder which table she'll go to?
Nice to meet you.
I am Sangen'ya.
What is she? An actress?
Since I've never seen her before, isn't she just an ordinary person?
You two take separate tables, okay?
Sawaki Mineno
Cooking School
Yes.
Then let's do our best.
Yes.
Oh. Is she coming to our table?
Please work with me.
And please work with us.
If you would please.
Let me help you out.
Oh... thank you.
All done.
Ah... thank you very much.
Everyone, nice to meet you.
Thank you very much for coming tonight...
...to Sawaki Mineno's wonderful encounters and authentic French cuisine.
First off, before I detail the recipe...
...I will ask each of you to introduce yourselves.
And since we will have some chat time afterwards...
...please just speak briefly about what your charm points are...
...or about your hobbies.
I'm Kinoshita Eriza, 25. I'm a company employee.
My hobby is listening to music. Nice to meet you.
I'm a researcher with Futaba Securities Research Institute.
My hobby is in taking trips overseas. Nice to meet you.
I am Ichihara Yo. The same "Yo" as in the actress, Yoshida Yo.
My age is 28 and I'm unemployed.
Nice to meet you.
I am Sangen'ya Machi, thirty years old.
My hobby...
...is selling houses!
Ow... "Hobby," huh...
This Challans duck...
...was flown in from France especially for this occasion.
Eh!
Although we will use salt and pepper for the preliminary seasoning...
...before that, let's make the dessert while waiting for it to warm up.
You'd make a good wife.
Then, why don't we make the soup?
Yes, lets.
We should. Yeah.
Let's see... Then let's first get the edamame beans out...
...and peel the potatoes.
Ah... It's sticking to me!
Ah... try adding a little flour.
Flour?
Yeah.
Ahh! Flour, flour!
Then, maybe I'll do it.
Please do.
Good at that, aren't you?
Please wash that.
You're not cooperating with the others in your team!
Eh?
"Eh?" she says...
I'm sorry. I'm Sangen'ya's boss, Yashiro.
Sorry for bothering you.
Please just listen while you are cooking.
Everyone, what is called "eating," is life.
In other words, you could say making dishes is a living thing.
Although cooking hasn't been something men or women do much of recently...
...all of you do please become people who can cook...
...even if you don't get married.
That is my, Sawaki Mineno's, final wish for you.
Eh...
Did Sensei just say, "final wish"?
Eh? Sorry, I wasn't listening.
Ah...
Yashiro-san...
...you're practiced at cooking, aren't you?
Since I've been living alone for a long time.
How wonderful!
Do you have any dishes you're proudest of?
Well, I get by with some.
Um... Have you been alone forever?
Um... I'm divorced.
Hmm...
Divorced! How wonderful!
It's not wonderful.
Being divorced is wonderful.
Whoa!
Kinda creepy, her making it all by herself.
Don't mind about her. Shall we do the washing up?
Yes...
I don't know why I even came.
A slightly strange person, isn't she?
She's not for me.
True. I didn't get to do anything.
How did it turn out?
That Vichyssoise using edamame that each of you made.
And your orange sauce for the Challans duck.
It's delicious.
Really?
I only just made it and I'm totally full already.
I didn't get to do anything...
The wine is a Bordeaux Chateau du Rue.
From 1996.
Luxurious, isn't it?
Isn't it...
This is just my thought, but doesn't Chief Sangen'ya...
...come across like a mortician?
A mortician?
Well, that is, like how the mortician at a hospital...
...always seems to appear the moment he hears someone's on their death bed?
I'm sure Chief Sangen'ya's goal is to stick to any couples that form at that marriage-hunt party...
...and sell them a house, right?
Adachi-san, your analytical skills are so awesome!
Chief Sangen'ya is celibate, isn't she?
I just can't imagine her falling in love, getting married...
...and raising children.
Can't imagine that.
So she went to that marriage-hunt party tonight just to sell houses.
That's a possibility, isn't it?
If she can even sell houses at a marriage-hunt party, then she's a goddess.
You're Sanchi's dog.
What did you say?
You're Sanchi's dog!
I am not a dog!
That's just like the Dog of Flanders!
When I was a child, my Mom would read me "A Dog of Flanders" before I went to bed.
Just a little bit every night.
I remember crying bitterly at the last part.
I am not a dog!
Don't keep saying that, you drunk!
Don't fight in my shop!
Yes, yes, don't drink so much. In moderation.
Mama, another round.
Yes.
Oh Niwano, going for it today, huh?
Mama, give me a dark beer.
Yes.
And then seconds on your potato salad.
Yes.
Eh? No way; are you sure?
Then I'll see you later.
Yes.
She's a good woman, isn't she?
Who is?
The one you brought along. Sangen'ya-san.
Eh...
I feel sorry about how Sangen'ya is ruining the atmosphere...
...by being off to herself like that...
That's not true.
She doesn't flatter those around her. That's wonderful.
She has more finesse with cooking than anyone else here...
...and she does what she should do properly.
And even when alone, she lives resolutely.
And what's more, she's a beauty.
A woman such as she is rare.
Just like you to pick her, Yashiro-kun.
Eh?
No, no... She's just a subordinate of mine.
Since I needed to recruit someone today, no matter what...
...I just brought her along for the time being.
She's shining brilliantly.
Seems the someone meant for you wasn't there today.
Well, don't be too upset.
Ah, that after-meal drink didn't quite hit the spot.
Wanna go for another round? Or something like that...
Don't want to go, do you?
I will go.
Ah, you will go?!
Yes.
Then let's go.
The same again.
I'll have what she's having.
The same again.
The same for me, too.
You're strong at drinking too, aren't you?
Yay!
The yay as in "house," yay.
(ie)
(iei)
Like I said, the yay in "house"...
Why don't you ever smile?
Isn't that a part of you that makes you unpopular with men?
Were you hurt by that?
Yay.
I'm useless.
I'm weak at drinking, too.
You're strong.
You're incredible.
Let go.
I can't walk if you've got your arms around me, can I?
Noo... Don't wanna let go.
You mustn't do this, Shirasu-kun.
Don't tell me I mustn't...
Ah, sit over there.
Sit over there... and do what?
Just sit.
Adachi-san, you sit, too.
Sit here.
What do you do...
...while sitting on a bench?
"What do you do"? You rest, don't you?
Adachi-san, would it be okay for me to lean on you while resting?
Isn't this what they call a "nice atmosphere"?
I'll call for a taxi to come, so wait here.
I'll come with you.
No.
Since you're tired, it's best you just wait here.
Will we go home together by taxi?
We'll go together.
You'll stay with me till morning?
You got it.
Adachi-san...
Adachi-saaaaan...
Miss, what're you doin'?
You'll catch cold sleeping at a place like that.
Adachi-san...
Ain't no Adachi-san here.
Adachi...
Adachi!
They all just bad-mouth Chief Sangen'ya...
...but I don't think she's that awful a person...
My. You don't hate her, Niwano-chan?
I don't hate her... but she is a strange woman.
You don't hate her? Then you like her?
Well, more than liking or hating her...
...you could say her way of working is radical, overbearing and kind of messed up.
But she did teach me...
...something fundamental about myself.
Something fundamental?
That my job is to sell houses.
You didn't know that without having to be taught it?
But you could say she's so intense.
Her, huh...
She's living in a house where eight family members were murdered.
8 Family Members Brutally Murdered
It's this amazing mansion... but it's only 50,000 yen a month!
That's scary! Niwano-chan, why would you know about such a thing!?
I followed after her on her way home the other day to this amazing mansion.
Eh? You followed after her?
Eh?
That's love, Niwano-chan!
It's not that.
"I love her" is written all over your face!
No... that can't be. If told her "I love you"...
...she'd just yell at me with, "Rather than that, sell houses!"
Go and be yelled at already!
Eh?
To that mansion!
I'm not going to such a scary home as that!
Liar! You want to go.
I don't want to go!
Then I'll cast a spell that'll make you want to go.
No thanks.
I'm casting it!
Please stop it.
Niwano-chan...
That beauty...
What was her name?
It's Sangen'ya.
You love Chief Sangen'ya!
You want to go see her right now!
I don't want to go.
Chinchin pui pui...
Puin, paine, boin!
Stop it...!
I really want to quit the company.
But because Adachi-san is there, I can't quit.
Where's your company?
My company?
Yeah.
My company is...
...right here!
You're a real estate agent, huh?
I'm looking for a house right now...
No way, Sir!
You can't buy a house for just 100 or 200 yen, right?
Shirasu-san!
Are you Shirasu-san?
Huh?
Ah, a man named Adach-san...
...told me to pick up the girl in the park by the name of Shirasu.
Where is Adachi-san?
He went home in a different taxi.
Eh?!
Drink up, drink up.
Pui... Pui... Pui... Pui...
Eh?!
I don't love her... Don't love her...
Chichin, pui, pui...
I don't love her!
Yeah.
You're something else.
You're not afraid of being left by yourself...
...you don't suck up to anyone...
...and you lead a confident existence.
Huh?
I'm talking about you.
Compared to you...
...I'm just no good.
I'm always worried about how people look at me.
Both those above me and those below me.
And...
Your expression just now pierced right through me!
I'm no good...
You are not no good.
I am no good.
Seven years ago, when I was with a tiny real estate agency in Tsukishima...
...I got into a contest over the sale of a condo in Azabu...
...with a man from Teiko Real Estate named Yashiro...
...and I lost.
That was my one and only loss.
Only to you, Section Chief.
Eh...
This is the first time I've heard this story, though.
Just I alone will be getting off at the next signal.
Thank you very much for tonight.
Sangen'ya-kun.
Yes?
Sorry about that, Sir!
Ah no, not at all, not at all.
Ah...
Eh?!
OHH!
'Morning.
Good morning.
What is it?
Nothing really.
The door is closing.
Good morning.
'Morning.
Over at the Setagawa office, which took First Place in sales...
...each and every one of their Purchasing and Sales Division members has a high potential.
They pile up the small jobs and so raise their results.
We should, too...
What's the matter?
I have a hangover.
How can you go saying such a thing?
Such things happen at times, don't they?
Unusually for me, I drank too much last night, too, and...
The meeting is hereby over.
Yes.
Who are you?
Mika-chan, good morning.
Sir! Oh no, why have you come?!
I told you I wanted to buy a house, didn't I?
Come over here for a bit. Over here.
Good morning. This is Teiko Real Estate, Shinjuku office; Adachi speaking.
So you're Adachi, huh?
Adachi is an inexcusable guy who up and left a girl all alone in a park.
Huh?!
I'm sorry! Come over here, I said! Over here...
Who was that? Is he Shirasu's Grandpa?
They do look a bit alike, don't they?
Section Chief, a Sawaki-sama is on line 2.
Sawaki-sama?!
Yes.
Sorry for keeping you waiting. This is Yashiro.
Hey!
If you want a cheap apartment, there's a real estate agency by the train station...
...that's better for that, so go over there instead.
Though I went to the trouble of getting acquainted with you, you're just an unmotivated gal.
Geez, don't just come to the company without asking, okay?
Ohh... I'm off.
Have a nice day.
Adachi.
Where's your answer?
Yes.
Do you know the man who just came to see Shirasu Mika?
I don't.
He said, "So you're Adachi, huh?" though.
I don't know him.
Shirasu Mika.
Yes.
How do you know the man who was here just now?
I met him last night at a park.
I'm sorry. I've sent him away already.
Though he said he wants to buy a house, did you listen to his story?
No. Since that man isn't that kind of man.
What do you mean, "that kind of man"?"
The kind that has any money.
Do you know he doesn't have any money?
Just by looking at an old man like him...
You cannot tell just from appearances whether someone has money or not!
Your job is to sell houses!
Even though someone came wanting to buy a house...
...you chased him off without even talking to him!
Well, because...
NO EXCUSES!
Shirasu Mika, you will take me to that park.
Niwano!
Yes!
You come along as well.
Eh...
Thank you very much for allowing me to have that very valuable experience last night.
And so when I received your call today...
...I immediately flew over here.
Have you made your decision about that condo?
That isn't why I called for you.
Truth is...
...I'm on the verge of bankruptcy.
Eh?
Recently, only simple, quickly-made dishes are being touted...
...so there's no work for a classic-school person like me.
TV and magazine spots regularly don't want me...
...and even students at my Sawaki Cooking School...
...are down to just a tenth of what they were in its heyday.
I had to let go of those condominiums I bought from you as investments a long time ago...
...but I'm still 300 million yen in debt.
I'm about ready to tie a rope around my neck.
I'm really not in any position to be buying a 700 million yen condominium.
That such a thing was...
I had no idea.
Yesterday's Matchmaking Cooking School was the last for that, too.
But I am happy that when...
...I asked you to come to the final one, you came with that wonderful girlfriend of yours.
No, she's not my girlfriend...
You have splendid subordinates, don't you?
Sawaki-sensei, could it be the business you spoke of for today...
...is about selling this house?
Right.
17 years ago, I bought it from you for 300 million yen...
...but I wonder how much it would sell for now?
Since it was old from the start, I don't think it would go all that high, though.
About 150 million yen.
Then... sell it at that price.
You don't know just how much...
...I have been under your care until now, Sawaki-sensei.
In order to repay that kindness, I will make every possible effort to sell it...
...for even a slightly higher amount of money than that.
Please... do that for me.
Sensei... Please raise your head.
This is it.
Wait.
Ah...
Ah, is that the old man?
Please call for him.
Sir!
Oh!
Yo!
As I thought, that old man is homeless, isn't he?
Yo, Mika-chan. Skipping work this afternoon?
And who's this pretty gal?
Of Teiko Real Estate's Shinjuku office, I am Sangen'ya.
Shirasu Mika was extremely rude to you this morning.
No, no, she wasn't rude.
I just went 'cause I heard this funny gal say she sells houses.
We had a lot of fun drinking last night.
Let us have even more fun drinking today...
...Tomita-sama.
You are requesting a house, are you not?
Yeah...
I wanted to listen to what you had to say.
Day drinking?
That has no relevance.
You're a good drinker!
Thank you very much.
And is there some reason why you're at home drinking in a park?
I have lived in just such a place.
Huh?
I was homeless.
I like you!
This gal here ain't got no motivation in her, but you're interesting.
Such a pretty face like you was homeless?
That's good! That's good!
Okay! I'll buy a house from you!
Like I said, if you want an apartment, talk to the real estate agency next to the train station.
Miss, find a house that agrees with me and take me to it.
Please leave it to me. I will search for one.
Ah!
I knew it...
What's happened, Prince?
Please come take a look at this.
What about the Chairman of Kintaro Electric?
Kintaro Electric
Don't you get it yet, Fuse-san?
This is the old man who came to visit Shirasu this morning!
Greetings From The Chairman
Ah! The Chairman of Kintaro Electric!
Kintaro Electric
Greetings From The Chairman
The snow that falls on the high peak of Mt. Fuji
Ah, that!
And the snow that falls on Kyoto's Pontocho
Ah, it does!
There's no difference in those snows
Ah, why?
It all melts and flows away just the same
Ah, it does!
Zunchan chaka chachancha
I see, I see.
I'm tipsy...
Huh?
I'm gonna die...
I'm sorry. Shirasu often talks in her sleep.
You like him so much you're gonna die?
I'm gonna die...
She answered me!
Wanna go eat some steak before you die?
I'll go!
I'll go.
You answered.
Just before she dies, Mika-chan'll want to eat steak.
Eh?
I don't want to eat steak just before I die.
What then?
Yoshiikeda Patisserie's maple roll cake.
How pathetic. What the hell is that?
Ah, how about you there?
What I want to eat just before I die?
Yeah.
Ah... some miso ramen, I guess.
Miserable!
Young people of this country are miserable!
I will want... white rice.
Freshly cooked rice.
That's it.
That's it for me, too.
Before I die, I'll want to eat white rice.
White rice like what my dead Mother used to make.
Adachi... Adachi...
Please take her to this address.
I'm gonna die...
I was homeless.
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Go... going on ahead!
17 years ago, I bought it from you for 300 million yen...
...but I wonder how much it would sell for now?
About 150 million yen.
About last night.
It was only the push given to me by the alcohol. Yeah.
Nevertheless, it wasn't simply because of that.
Yeah.
Wonder if you could say there's a certain something...
...that happens between us fellow adults sometimes?
What is this listing?
Huh?
Huh? Huh?
Section Chief.
Yes.
Please allow me to sell this house.
Eh?
This way.
As you can see.
Is that man really the Chairman of Kintaro Electric?
He wears jerseys, though.
It is definitely him.
Good morning.
This is my Section Chief, Yashiro.
Our Shirasu Mika was extremely rude to you yesterday.
Oh... this house, huh?
It won't be that easy getting me to say "yeah" to it.
I believe you will like it.
What amazing self-confidence!
Tomita-sama, this is the cooking expert who represents Japan, Sawaki Mineno-sensei.
Very nice to meet you.
I'm Tomita.
This is the founder of Kintaro Electric...
...and it's current Chairman, Tomita Kiyotaro-sama.
Sangen'ya-san, please go ahead.
All of the rooms are designed to be connected via this stairwell.
It has become a daringly aged, antique interior design.
Please look at the landscape from here.
Mt. Fuji, huh?
It's nice.
Is this the end of it?
This is the answer Sangen'ya Machi came up with for me?
And finally... please look at this.
I believe you will be able to cook white rice with this stove.
This is... This is it.
This is it! This is it!
This is what I wanted! This is exactly what I wanted!
I kept on making the world's best electric rice cookers and selling them.
It was my goal in life to make an electric rice-cooker I could boast of...
...as not losing to rice made in a stove.
But... I never could make rice...
...that was better than the rice my Mom would get up early every morning and make in her stove!
This is it!
This is what I've yearned for! This is it!
Sangen'ya-kun... this is it!
He fell for it.
This is a reproduction of the stove that was in my parent's home, long ago.
I was considering not selling it...
...but you do like it, don't you?
Of course.
You knew full well, didn't you?
Since I am a real estate agent.
I'll buy it.
To buy this house, money is no object.
Well then, Tomita-sama...
...will you buy this house for 300 million yen?
300 million yen?
Okay! I'll buy it for 300 million yen.
Thank you very much.
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I never thought it would be sold for 300 million.
With this I may be able to liquidate my debts and make a fresh start.
That really is great.
All of it was thanks to meeting you again, Yashiro-kun.
Thank you.
Someday, when it comes time for you to buy a house again...
...allow me to be in charge of that then, too.
Yashiro-kun, you must be happy having such splendid subordinates, aren't you?
I am grateful.
She may be your subordinate, but truth is...
...you and her do suit one another.
Eh? Ah, no, no, that's not...
Tomita-sama, we'll send you off by taxi.
No, that's okay since my car is coming.
Eh?
So long. Bye-bye.
Sangen'ya-kun, Sawaki-sama is like a benefactor to me.
I truly thank you for today.
Since it is my job to sell houses.
Chief Sangen'ya...
Did you know from the start that that man is the Chairman of Kintaro Electric?
I am a real estate agent.
It is only natural I would recognize the faces of people...
...whose total assets place them in the highest ranks.
What is it?
Nothing really.
This Drama is Fictional