Those in their twenties and thirties who found jobs during the depths of this economy...
...have no ideals.
(1980's)
Those in their forties and fifties, who knew the bubble period...
...feel life has just given up on them.
Outwardly, all these men supposedly prefer peace and quiet...
However, a woman has appeared...
...who is jolting those values from the ground up.
The genius real estate agent, Sangen'ya Machi.
GO! GO! GO!
Niwano!
Because of Sangen'ya Machi...
...Niwano has glimpsed the truth that lies on the other side of common sense.
Yashiro, as well...
With his own heart instinctively seeking out love...
...he came to know just how dried up inside he has become.
And him, as well...
Everyone misunderstands this...
...but I am not a gentle-hearted Prince.
Sales Report Table
Because of Sangen'ya Machi's presence...
Adachi
...each of their true intentions have begun to be revealed.
Well then, next time we will go over the contract.
Yeah.
Shigeno-sama?
Ah, Adachi-kun!
Sangen'ya-san here found a great condo for me.
So long; thanks.
The door is closing.
Do you really want to have first place that badly?
Shigeno-sama is MY client.
"My client"? Who decided that?
"Who decided that"? He's the client I've been dealing with!
You ignored him for three months.
Adachi Satoshi, a client you had ignored...
...snatched up one of the flyers I was handing out and said he wished to buy it.
That is all.
Even if that was so...
...shouldn't you have at least told me one word about it!?
I do not have the free time for that.
Now, now, now... Calm down you two.
Has something happened?
Adachi-san! A new client is in Reception Room Two.
They don't have an appointment with me?
But they asked for you, Adachi-san.
Prince Adachi is hot around the collar, isn't he?
What's he so angry about?
Welcome. Thank you for waiting.
Nice to meet you. My name is Gomi.
Thank you very much.
Of the Brokerage Sales Department, my name is Adachi.
Have a seat.
Excuse me.
I meet you at last.
Huh?
Um... you were looking for a new home today?
I'll come straight to the point.
Adachi Satoshi-san.
Would you like to work for Life-President Life Insurance?
Wanting to speak to you directly about this, I pretended to be a customer.
Just a moment please. Why me?
I've done some checking up on you, Adachi-san.
Between the Adachi Town and the Adachi Club...
...you have quite the following of fans attached to your name.
That's rare in a salesman.
You are a talented salesman possessing the qualities of an idol.
Your current company just doesn't recognize that talent.
It's not that big a deal.
Will you meet with me again tonight?
I have a prior engagement for tonight.
Well then, please contact me at my cell phone number at your convienience.
I'll be happy to talk to you 24 hours a day.
The time to take wing is now.
Life-President Life Insurance
Well, I think it'll be impossible to move this one.
Ah... very well.
A special mission property from HQ.
What do you think of this?
A first class property in a prime location, 10 million yen.
($100,000)
Eh? What's that? I'll sell it.
Eh?! A mansion like this is only 10 million yen?!
But Shirasu, that's a psychologically defective property.
There is a psychological defect.
Eh? What does that mean?
It's a property where a criminal incident took place.
Eh...
A criminal incident property...
8 Family Members Brutally Murdered
I've been a real estate agent for a long time now...
...but I just don't understand guys who'll live in a property where there was an incident.
Don't say such things.
Eh?
Well...
A wife killed her adulterous husband and then committed suicide.
Normally it would list for about 250 million yen...
...but it seems the bereaved family wants to let it go quickly; even for just 10 million yen.
Drop me from this one.
Section Chief, no matter how much HQ tries to bulldoze you into it...
...I think it'd be best not to undertake an incident property.
I will sell that property.
Well said, Chief Sangen-ya!
Just what you'd expect of our Number One!
There is no house I cannot sell!
Yo! Sangen-ya!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
Ie Uru Onna (House-selling Woman)
'Morning.
Good morning.
Wow... it was terrible in there yesterday, wasn't it?
Huh?
I'm talking about that client Chief Sangen'ya snatched from you.
Say, say, say... Let's you and I be allies.
In your Anti-Chief Sangen'ya Alliance?
Of course the Prince would get it, right off!
If you joined us, that'd be a major power-up for us.
Sorry, but I hate making factions.
So not cute...
We've seen so many, but this is the best one, Mama.
That's true. I think so as well.
Well then, will you decide on it today?
This has already been your third tour here.
We have no objections to it...
...but that tree's an eye-sore, right Kao-chan?
Yeah! The way it impudently protrudes into this yard.
Right?
Yeah.
There's no helping about this.
Wonder what sort of people the neighbors are?
Dunno...
We'll be socializing with them our entire lives...
...so if the neighbors are disagreeable, it's not like we can change them.
We can't decide on this house until we know what sort of people they are.
Right?
That's true.
What sort of person would be okay to you?
Just normal people.
Normal people?
That's right. Normal people.
Normal people. I understand. I will inquire if they are normal people.
It's been a long time, Miyazawa-sama.
Are your wife, daughter and son all doing well?
Yeah. Passably well.
Here are some sweets for all of you.
Thank you very much.
Everyone will be thrilled by Miyazawa Sweet's expensive treats.
Ah, that's right.
This was in our in-house magazine last year...
...but I had this photo of your family placed in it, Miyazawa-sama.
Happiness Comes From Work That's Meaningful
I had this sent to your wife; did you see it?
Ah... That?
Truth is, I'm thinking of buying a condo and keeping it a secret from my family.
I want you to look for one that's somewhere between my commute to work and home...
...and so between my company and my home.
The budget is about 30 million, so a 1 DK or a 1 LDK.
Will this be like a workroom or something for you, Miyazawa-sama?
May I call another person in?
Eh? You brought someone with you?
Could you put away your in-house magazine?
Yes...
Just a minute...
A Designer with Shinpodo, Okuhira Reona-san.
I'm Okuhira.
Okuhira Reona
Shinpodo
Ah...
I am Adachi of Teiko Real Estate.
She and I developed a relationship when I asked her to design the packaging for these mizuyoukan.
(soft sweet jellied bean paste)
Mizuyoukan
I intend to have her live in that condo.
You're honest about how you go about your work.
That's why I hesitated asking you to do this for me.
Thank you very much.
As you well know, my children are still little.
So I have no intention of running away from my responsibility to my wife or children.
But...
I am very serious about her.
Though we can't become man and wife, as a testimony to her of my feelings...
...I thought I would buy her a condo.
If you would please.
Excuse me.
Ah, these are meant for everyone.
Thank you very much. I'll accept it.
It seems the President of Miyazawa Sweets...
...is hunting for a home for his mistress.
How do you know that?
They were holding hands under the desk.
That's bold of them, isn't it?
Disgusting.
I've done countless house hunts for mistresses...
...but the nerve of him using us as the forwarding address for his paperwork.
And thoughtlessly turning his home all topsy-turvy.
Ah... It's mizuyoukan.
Well then, I will propose some properties for you by tomorrow.
As for the fax... Would it be okay if I sent that to Okuhira-sama's home?
If you would please.
I'll be counting on you.
I acknowledge it.
I guess it just has to be green tea with sweets, right?
Please get it yourself.
I'm back.
Thanks for the sweets!
I put your share on your desk, Adachi-san.
Ah...
Something happen, Adachi?
It's not unusual having to look for a condo for a mistress...
...but this time around it's just incomprehensible to me.
Why's that?
Three years ago, when that President bought and moved his wife and children into their house...
...even though he was so grateful and so very happy then...
...now he wants a house for his mistress...
When I think about his adorable daughter and pretty wife...
What was he so unhappy about that he got himself a mistress, huh?
It hasn't been decided that his wife...
...is so much more alluring than his mistress!
Murota-san, what's the matter?
My boyfriend has a wife.
Eh?!
That was sudden...
I'm a mistress, too.
Eh?!
That's a shock...
But he's told me he's breaking up with his wife.
All men will say the same thing.
My boyfriend is different.
Since he says he loves me thoroughly.
(lit. "to the marrow of my bones")
That's scary somehow.
Adachi-san, please do your best.
The one who should be doing her best is Shirasu Mika.
Oh... welcome back.
I just had a look at that incident property and will be holding a local sale of it starting today.
Well, holding a local sale is fine and all, but a typhoon is supposed to be approaching.
I do not mind.
This is bad. I hate typhoons. I should hurry home.
Shirasu Mika, you will come along with me.
I won't! Section Chief!
Why not give it a try? You might learn something from it.
I have just returned.
Chief Sangen'ya, at last I'll be able to sell a house by myself.
They say they'll buy it as long as the neighbors are normal people...
...so I was going to look into that now. I think they're likely to be normal people...
...so it should work out fine.
Just what are normal people?
Normal people would be those who you couldn't call weird.
Am I a weird person?
That's... Well, you are a little weird.
If I am a weird person, then that client would not live next door to me?
Eh?
This is why you cannot sell houses, Niwano!
Shirasu Mika, gather the goods for a local sales event.
Section Chief!
Give it a try!
Shirasu Mika!
GO!
Niwano.
Yes?
Before I knew it, you're no longer reporting to me, the Section Chief, huh?
Ah... That wasn't my intention.
From here on, report everything to me first.
Since I'm the Section Chief here.
I'm sorry. I'll make a sale this time. I'll definitely sell it and report it to you, Section Chief.
Yeah. Do your best.
Teiko Real Estate
Local Sales Event
Place salt on a serving dish...
...and form it into the shape of a cone or a triangle with a square base...
Welcome.
Um... we saw this on the internet...
...but is this nice house really going for only 10 million yen?
Would you like a tour of the inside?
Wanna look?
Was there some sort of incident here?
That is correct. It was a murder incident.
Still, since it's so cheap, shall we have a quick look around?
We should.
Well then, I will guide you.
My... the entranceway is nice and bright, isn't it?
It feels like we've entered a haunted house.
You mustn't feel that way right from the start.
This is the main bedroom.
This is the room where the incident took place.
Yes. If there are any details of that situation you would like to ask about, I will explain them.
A real estate agent is obliged to answer when asked.
I do think it's best if we heard about it though, right?
Tell us.
Since we'll be fine with it.
Are you truly certain about that?
Don't put on such airs.
Well then...
There were two beds in this room...
...side by side, in this manner.
Into the heart of her husband, who was sleeping in his bed...
...the wife thrust a knife.
His blood accumulated right around here.
After that...
...the wife committed suicide with a cord around this doorknob.
You can commit suicide with a doorknob?
It seems she committed suicide by covering the doorknob with a cord and then falling forward under her own power.
Kyaa!
No strange noises!
As both the wallpaper and floor have been re-done...
...no traces of the incident remain.
I guess we won't take it.
That's true. Too creepy for us.
Hey, stop holding on to him. Come, let's hurry out of here.
I'm sorry.
You guys'll have it tough selling a house like this.
No one will buy this house.
I will stay here overnight.
Is that right. Well so long; I'm going home.
Shirasu Mika, you will stay overnight, too.
Then, um... I'll just go buy us a few things over at the convenience store.
No. If you went to the convenience store, Shirasu Mika, you would be sure to run away.
You will not leave here.
But, um... I'll just die without some mizuyoukan.
I have already prepared for that.
Here!
Since it's two women staying, I tried to think of everything you'd need.
I've got makeup remover and cleansing foam.
Ah, and then some frozen udon stew.
Wait, how do we eat this without a gas stove?
I've got solid fuel packs, too.
Though I wanted sandwiches and onigiri...
You shouldn't be complaining, Shirasu.
Ah, these are women's magazines.
Please read them whenever you get bored.
I'm surprised to find out it's been put up for sale.
Um... Do you happen to know what happened to the family that lived there?
Is that right...
Eh? It's being demolished? When?
Is that right... Yes, thank you very much.
What's up?
I was just looking for a house for President Miyazawa's mistress.
"Happiness comes from work that's meaningful."
It may be high-sounding of me...
...but I truly believe that.
Just how involved should you get with a client?
How about we go drinking tonight?
I'm sorry, tonight would be...
The rain will gradually increase over the Kanto region starting tonight.
Maximum winds at the center will be at 30 m/sec...
...with wind gusts at the center of up to 50 m/sec...
This'll be bad, this'll be bad. Okay...
We'll have to evacuate you since a typhoon is coming.
Yes, evacuate all of you. Okay...
Okay, okay, okay...
He's not normal... He's weirder than I could've imagined.
Life-President Life Insurance
Adachi-san!
I'm surprised. You came right away.
I thought I would come and ask you for more details about what we spoke of yesterday.
It's great meeting you again.
As am I. I was surprised and honored by your talk.
These are our opening terms.
Please take this with you and go over it carefully.
You will only be paid monthly for your first year...
...but we'll guarantee you 10 million yen for the year.
Since your bonus will be dependent upon your sales...
...if it's you Adachi-san, I'd say a low ballpark figure of 15 to 20 million yen as a bonus.
Please come to our company bringing with you...
...all of your personal connections, Adachi-san.
Rather than being Teiko Real Estate's Number Two...
...please become Life-President Life Insurance's Number One.
I will consider it positively.
Would it be okay with you if I contacted you when I've decided?
Of course. I'll be waiting to hear from you.
Yes.
Glory to the Sutra. Buddha, have mercy on us...
Amen, somen.
I'll be putting salt on us for now.
Chief Sangen'ya, you look like King Tutankhamun.
Sorry...
I can't take it anymore!
Wonder if there's anyone who lives at an incident property?
There is.
There is? Someone you know?
Me.
Nooo!
Shut up.
I'm sorry.
Um, has anything strange appeared at your house?
Doors will open and close on their own.
It does happen.
The house is not at fault.
Ah... I don't know what that means...
Kyaa!
Ah, welcome.
Section Chief Yashiro isn't here?
Ah, he was here earlier... What is it? You have something to tell him?
Huh? No.
Want some yakisoba?
Yeah. I should have some.
You don't have to force yourself.
I'll have some. Please.
Comin' up.
If you want to talk, I'll listen...
Kind, aren't you?
You only just noticed?
Here, thanks for waiting.
Thanks for your hard work.
Yes.
Kokoro-san, do you think you'll get married?
Hmm... I don't know.
My Father got himself a mistress, abandoned me and Mom and left the house...
...so I don't want marriage.
Is that right. And so Prince became everyone's Prince?
Three years ago, I sold a new house to a certain client of mine.
It was a married couple with an adorable little daughter.
They looked really happy to be in their new home.
Ever since then I've thought in my heart that selling houses...
...was a splendid work.
After that, a boy was born to that house.
Yet even so, today that client came to me...
...saying he wanted to buy a condo for his mistress.
He's not getting a divorce?
He's just going to cheat on her. He says he loves his wife and children...
...but he also says he loves his mistress.
I wonder if I should be proactively lending a hand to that.
Well, I do think there is such a thing.
Kokoro-san, do you understand the man's feelings?
Because there is no correct form to love.
How can you determine which love is precious to him and which isn't?
There's just one difference between them.
And that's just the order in which he met them.
That's true, but...
When I think of his wife's happy face, then somehow...
But by saying that, I just rob myself of the Number One spot...
Huh? Where's the sauce gotten off to?
Just what sort of thing is "selling a house"?
"The first person you meet on Saturday morning is your fated person."
The first person you meet on Saturday morning is your fated person
Lucky Fortune
Tomorrow's Saturday, huh...
Chief Sangen'ya, me and Adachi-san are going out together.
But recently he hasn't been answering my e-mails...
...and I think sometimes, "just what is love?"
Even though Adach-san was Number One for so long...
...because he was surpassed by Chief Sangen'ya, I wonder if in his heart he can't be honest about that.
Since he's got a high level of pride.
Geez, when I think about Adachi-san, I'm not afraid about being here.
Maybe I'll e-mail Adachi-san.
Yeah, maybe I won't.
Um, I'm gonna say this right out...
Niwano-san likes you, Chief Sangen'ya.
"Why?" you ask.
I didn't ask anything.
Kyaa!
Please don't just talk all of a sudden like that!
Well, um... Just like you have a real estate agent's intuition, Chief Sangen'ya...
...I've got a woman's intuition.
That's why I can listen to your problems, Chief Sangen'ya.
If you're troubled about Niwano, I'd be happy to listen.
Ah, I've got to go to the bathroom.
Chief Sangen'ya...
Eh? Are you asleep already?
Chief Sangen'ya... the bathroom...
The bathroom...
Bathroom...
Bathroom... bathroom...
Whaa! Hey!
What the hell is this?!
Bathroom... bathroom...
If I think about Adachi-san, I won't be scared.
Adachi-san... kiss me.
I don't want just a kiss.
Whaa... I'm gonna leak...
Kyaa!
Out of the way.
Ah, I'm coming, too.
I go first.
Shirasu.
Adachi-san...
Shirasu.
You came to get me first thing on Saturday morning, didn't you?
Shirasu.
Adachi-san...
Shirasu, good morning.
Geez, what are you doing here, Takuma-san?
You have a plain-looking face when you're asleep.
Well, they say men who stare at that will have a regrettable love.
That can't be.
Thing is, why are you here this morning?
I was told by Chief Sangen'ya to keep an eye on you...
...so that you didn't run away.
Thing is, Takuma-san, you don't like Chief Sangen'ya, right?
That's true, but when she told me, "GO!" on the phone...
...I just flew over here.
And? Where's Chief Sangen'ya?
At work.
She does nothing but work. Such a lonely woman.
I think women who won't work are lonely too, though.
Why do I get Takumi-san and not Adachi-san?!
I pray he'll be a normal person today...
Ah...
Did the typhoon scare you? Nothing much got broken, right?
You're great, you're great.
He really is a weird person.
What do you think?
Hmm...
I think you will like this place though.
It's rare to have an open kitchen in a 1 LDK...
...and since the living/dining room is large, you can have a work space in the corner.
The bedroom is Japanese style...
...but the plus in that is the tatami mats will control the humidity in the room.
I think it's fine.
Adachi-kun, I have a meeting starting at nine, so I'll leave the rest to you.
While this one is in first place, show her around to other places, too.
Understood.
Then Reona, I'll head out first.
Yes. Do your best at work.
Yeah.
If you don't care for this place...
...I can take you on a tour of other properties.
Adachi-san, is he...
...trying to get me to live somewhere between where he works and where he lives?
Eh?
That's what he ordered you to look for, isn't it?
It was no such thing.
It's just since I thought I would try to save both of you...
...even a tiny amount of time and energy by locating you somewhere...
...in the midpoint between the company and his home...
...I looked for a property in this area.
Is that right.
Is there something wrong with that?
Once I'm living between his home and the company...
...I will become a convenient woman to him.
I believe in that man's love for now.
But I think if I became the woman at the midway point for him, then gradually...
...he would consciously come to feel I'm just a convenient woman partner for him.
What sort of place would you like?
Hmm...
A place far away from both his company and home would be best.
Even so, I'd hate it if he had to go out of his way to see me.
Ah...
Welcome back. I've been keeping a close eye on her.
I've also replenished the food.
Thanks for your hard work.
And he's part of the Anti-Sanchi Alliance, too...
Excuse me... is this the 10 million yen house that's for sale?
That's right. Where did you get this flyer?
These were everywhere at hospital medical offices, nurse's stations...
...and the medical staff dorms as well.
Did you know that this listing is a property where an incident occurred?
What do you mean by "incident"?
A murder incident.
If the client is interested in it...
...it is the duty of the real estate agent to tell them...
...about said incident in detail.
Tell me.
This is the room where the incident took place.
What kind of murder?
While her husband was sleeping, his wife thrust a knife into him.
The wife...
...then committed suicide with a cord around that doorknob.
Ahh...
Since both the walls and the floor have all been re-done...
...no trace of the incident remains.
In that case, I'll take it.
Eh? You'll take it?!
There's absolutely no single-family home out there I could buy for 10 million yen.
I'm a nurse who works exclusively in the operating room.
People die there every day.
If I was someone afraid of death, I couldn't work as an operating room nurse.
I'm not afraid of ghosts or even restligeists. I'm fine with it.
(a residual ghost, or a ghost only repeating the past)
Ah... Well then, please fill out this application form.
All right...
Asking for their signature for the first time makes me feel kinda like a pro.
Shh!
There.
You handed out that flyer to all the hospitals in the area?
And to undertakers.
The incident property has been sold.
That's awesome, isn't it?
You made this brilliant achievement in just two days?!
Well... that's way too impressive.
Welcome back.
I'm here.
She sold the incident property?
Yes.
How did it go with the tour for the mistress?
Hmm... it's difficult.
It's rude to women to present them with a room so they can be kept like a pet.
He should just get properly divorced first.
Well but Miyazawa-sama still has little children at home, right?
Being understanding of him makes you the worst, Hachinohe-san.
Don't act like it's me who's doing it.
Adachi-san... it's been a long time, hasn't it?
Who are you?
With the fifth generation head of Miyazawa Sweets...
...I am Miyazawa Kazuyuki's wife.
It has been a long time, Ma'am.
I think you told me this many times, didn't you?
"I wish for the happiness of the entire Miyazawa family."
You even wrote that on your New Year's card to us this year too, right?
Yes. It's just as you say.
And yet even so...
...what do you mean by looking for a house for my husband's woman?
That's...
Ma'am, here wouldn't be... Our reception room is...
Right here is fine.
Yes...
All of you please listen.
This man told me he wanted to build a family for himself just like the Miyazawa family.
So I wonder how long it's been since he became an ally of mistresses?
To commemorate a son being born to Miyazawa Sweets...
...we launched a new mizuyoukan.
My husband began acting strangely from that time...
...and then yesterday, in his briefcase...
...I found a flyer for a 1 LDK condo.
As my husband left our home early this morning, I secretly followed after him...
...to where Adachi-san, that woman and my husband...
...had gone inside said condo.
Who is that woman?
That woman is my husband's mistress, isn't she?
That I do not know.
What I just can't believe is that I was betrayed by you!
I can't forgive my husband, but I can't forgive you, either.
Protecting women until the very last...
...weren't you an ally of our family?
Ma'am, I can sympathize with how you feel, but...
Outsiders will keep quiet!
I'm talking to Adachi-san.
Adachi-san... please confess it to me.
What sort of woman is she and what is her name?
I cannot tell you that.
Ah, I see...
In that case, I will only say this.
Please stop selling a condo to my husband for that woman!
That we cannot do.
Our job is to sell houses.
Then tell Miyazawa to break up with that woman.
That is not the job of a real estate agent.
Just who is this person?
I am a real estate agent.
I must ask you to leave. Our clients, to the end...
...are President Miyazaki and that woman.
Our job is to offer those two the best possible house that we can.
We can do neither more nor less than that.
Adachi-san.
My family is falling apart.
It will be your fault if Miyazawa and I separate.
That is wrong as well.
Whether your family falls apart is not our fault.
That is a problem between you and your husband.
I understand.
To you guys, whatever happens to my family...
...is fine, just as long as you get to sell a house, right?
The wife lost.
This is Adachi of Teiko Real Estate.
What is it?
Registration for Divorce
Your wife just came to the company...
I heard about that.
Since it's come out, I broke up with Reona.
Eh?
Since I'm going from here to meet my wife at her parent's home, don't call me for awhile.
No, wait... Though you said Okuhira-sama was precious to you...
...how could you tell her so quickly that you had a change of heart?
You went looking at condos just this morning, didn't you?!
I'm giving Reona a condo as consolation money!
The budget is up to 30 million yen.
Look for someplace she likes.
I'll leave all the rest to you. So long.
Wait...
Thing is, all this happened because he's the one who brought up buying a condo for me.
Ah, geez... I don't want to see him anymore.
And he's got some nerve asking the real estate agent who was in charge of getting...
...a home for his family to get me a place, too. He's just so strange.
Ah... Still, this might be for the best.
I've found out that with a cold man such as him...
...it's best just to finish things rather than growing old...
...as a woman that he finds convenient.
Okuhira-sama, it seems Miyazawa-sama wishes to buy you a condo...
...out of gratitude for what you have done up until now.
He has commissioned me to search for a property for you...
I don't want such a thing!
You only see Miyazawa, don't you?
You don't even consider how my feelings have been splintered to pieces, do you?
You're the lowest...
I'm leaving! And I don't want a condo!
Happiness Comes From Work That's Meaningful
Adachi-san.
How about going out for some beer and gyoza?
I'll decline.
Don't say such things. Come out with me.
Welcome!
You've got to be joking! Such a dirty place!
The owner'll hear you.
For now, have a seat.
Two rounds of beer and gyoza.
Comin' up!
This is the sort of place I care the least for.
This is the store where Chief Sangen'ya does her official business.
Eh?!
She always comes here to have a beer and gyoza.
How do you know all this?
How, huh?
And besides, what do you intend by bringing me to such a place? It's the pits.
You looked like you were suffering...
...so I thought it might refresh you to tell her, "I'm gonna kick your butt, Chief Sangen-ya"...
...and you might be able to make a breakthrough in your present situation.
Here's your beer.
Still, it might be best if you didn't.
That's right.
Since all she'd say is "Sell houses" anyhow.
That's true, isn't it?
Still, I've been thinking this recently.
"Though I could say Chief Sangen-ya is unreasonable..."
"...and that she stabs at one's essence..."
"...still, she's something else."
Like when the wife of Miyazawa Sweets...
...came storming in, Chief Sangen'ya was numb to her.
Ah, and that was when she came to your aid, wasn't it, Adachi-san?
Still, it might be best not to talk to her.
Ah!
Thanks for your hard work.
My bill.
One more plate of gyoza here.
Sure!
Have some.
Why have you come?
Let's see... Um...
To taste the beer and gyoza.
Adachi!
Yes!
Having sold a house which made that family happy...
...you then conceitedly misunderstood when told you were wanted for getting a house for his mistress...
...and, fearing you were going to be selling off the happiness of that home...
...that his main family would collapse as a result...
...and that you were then going to be the one selling a house to his mistress...
...you allowed yourself to become hesitant, irresolute and troubled.
And Niwano!
Yes.
When asked by a client to investigate if the neighbors were normal...
...you were unable to free yourself from your own narrow set of values...
...as to what constitutes "normal" and thus, unable to act...
...you just became hesitant, irresolute and troubled.
"Irresolute"...
I'm sorry!
Listen up, Adachi! Niwano!
I've given it a lot of thought...
...and I think it would best if you took that condo from Miyazawa-sama.
It'd be great for you to sell one...
...but my pride just won't allow it.
There's no feelings of gratitude in it; it's just plain consolation money...
And just what do such pretentious statements get you?
The spirit and pride of a woman he's just cast away...
...doesn't mean a thing to Miyazawa-sama!
You say amazing things.
I think it best for your sake, Okuhira-sama, that you be practical and take whatever you can get.
Let's buy a condo. Let's have him buy it.
You have been thinking about me, haven't you?
You're wrong.
I am not some evangelist for happiness.
I am just a real estate agent.
Fukawa
Yes?
Ah, ah, um...
I'm a real estate agent mediating in the sale of the house next door.
The house next door is being sold?
And so? What about my house?
That's...
Well... come on inside.
Take a load off.
And? What business do you have with me?
Ah... about that...
Those are photos of me and my late wife.
Ah...
Ah!
Did the typhoon scare you? Nothing much got broken, right?
This dress...
Were you wearing that the other day, Fukawa-sama?
You saw me, huh?
How embarrassing.
After my wife died...
...I would wear her clothes around the house all the time.
While she was alive, all I did was cheat on her...
...but when she died, I suddenly became captivated by my wife.
It's an embarrassing thing.
So that's it.
You think I'm some weird old man?
No... It's a wonderful story.
The hot water's ready.
This is rose tea.
Rose tea.
It's something I make with the roses that bloom from the trees around my house.
That tree's an eye-sore, right?
Yeah! The way it impudently protrudes into this yard.
This is from roses, right?
Itadakimasu.
It has a nice aroma, doesn't it?
This is the first time I've had a rose tea.
Because my wife would make it each year using the roses in the garden...
...I'm imitating that about her this year, too.
The color and aroma of the ones my wife would make were far better...
...since I'm only a beginner.
It's delicious.
And what business did you have with me?
Eh? Well, that's already...
Thinking an old man neighbor who dresses like a woman would be troubling, you came to see what I was like.
No, that's not...
You don't have to get so flustered. It's only natural a real estate agent would consider that.
Will you take a little more rose tea?
Yes! I'll have some!
Niwano-kun, did you bring this pot?
No. I borrowed it from the neighbor, Fukawa-sama.
Ah, my! That neighbor is so elegant, isn't he?
This is the rose tea he makes using the roses blooming in his garden.
Itadakimasu!
Yum! What a great aroma!
Feels like "The Rose of Versailles."
This aroma really is nice, isn't it?
Right?
The neighbor, Fukawa-sama, is an elderly gentleman who lost his wife last year...
...and in consideration of his wife, will wear his wife's clothing.
Eh?
Just from appearances, he might seem slightly strange...
...but when you meet and talk to him, he's a very nice person.
I don't know whether he is normal or not...
...but he is a wonderful person.
He doesn't seem to be a bad person, right?
This should be fine, right Mama?
We're likely to get this rose tea every year.
That's true, huh?
And even if his rose tree intrudes into our yard a bit, who cares?
Let's decide it here, Mama!
Say Niwano-kun, you've done well.
Then will you purchase this home?
We'll buy it!
Thank you very much!
I've sold the Tachikawa property!
The neighbor isn't normal, but he is a wonderful person.
Though I'm the Section Chief here, you did well in overcoming your slump, Niwano!
Yes, I'm sorry. I've sold the Tachikawa property!
That's enough.
With Niwano-san's first sale this month, his sales for this firm are 2.88 million yen!
Yo, Niwano! It's been a long time!
I have just returned.
Oh, welcome back.
How'd it go with that mistress condo sale?
What with that wife of his, it'd be impossible.
No. Using the consolation money to his mistress...
...she has decided to buy a 1 LDK in Nogizaka.
Really? That mistress won't lose, either.
When you go after something, you can get a whole bunch.
A mistress is a mistress and a real estate agent is a real estate agent.
Oh... Prince Adachi came to say a biting thing.
I am very sorry.
Did they present you with far better conditions than we did?
No.
I just feel like continuing to work in real estate for a little longer.
Or rather you could say I want to know the depths of that work a little more.
Is that right.
That you have been keeping an eye on someone like me...
...has made me very happy. Please encourage me in the future as well.
Thank you very much.
Section Chief!
Ah... what are you doing here?
I, um... am returning after a preliminary inspection of a property.
How about you, Section Chief?
Ah...
That house was one I sold off a long time ago.
But it seems they weren't able to keep up with the loan...
...and the family that lived there broke apart, too...
...and so that house was sold.
And then I heard it was to be demolished today.
And so...
It will be rebuilt anew and that house will have a fresh start for happiness...
...but a family like that is...
I see.
I saw some bad things there.
Yet I'm always saying, "don't get too involved with your clients."
I think this is different from "getting involved."
This is just the Section Chief's character.
Oh... how about going for drinks?
Yes.
This time around I was saved by Chief Sangen'ya.
I feel it was her words that clarified things for me.
Just what on earth did Chief Sangen'ya tell you guys?
Listen up, Adachi! Niwano!
Just what is your job?!
It is to sell houses!
That's what she's always saying, isn't it?
Yes.
That's pretty much Sangen'ya Machi's favorite phrase, isn't it?
But at that time, somehow...
...it felt like an electric current was running right through us.
"We've gotta sell houses!"
"Thinking about unnecessary things is just arrogance!"
That's what we thought.
Even I could have told you that!
Why don't any of you ever come to discuss these things with me?
That's Yashiro-chan's dearest wish.
Because I'm a Section Chief. Yet even though I am the Section Chief...
I'll give you a "Pui Pui" afterwards.
Pui Pui?
That's still ten years too early for you!
A minute.
Eh?
Hey! Give me a minute...
Ah, wait, wait...
C'mere, c'mere...
Eh? Eh?
What's this about?
I went and told her, I went and told her!
Told who what?
I told Sanchi...
..."Niwano-san likes you."
Eh?!
Since this is an important chance for you.
So someone needed to give you a push from behind.
"A push from behind..."
Don't joke around like that!
Now, now... You'll thank me for it.
So long, so long.
I'm just love's Cupid.
This Drama is Fictional