Well then, being careful about not getting a heat stroke...
...let's do our very best again today while keeping hydrated!
Yes.
Shirasu Mika.
Chief Sangen'ya, I know.
After getting hydrated, I'll go post flyers.
Shirasu Mika, that will be meaningless unless you can sell a house yourself.
Do not get big-headed just because you are posting flyers.
It's because I was born with a big head. Joking!
Well then, Chief Sangen'ya...
...please give me a "GO!" to get me into the spirit.
Ignoring me... Well then, I'll do it for myself.
Shirasu Mika, GO!
Ah, you forgot the...
I know...
Um, ever since that, "I've set myself free!"...
...she gave after coming out of her family home, sobbing...
...she's been acting strangely.
I've set myself free!
Because I've been set free!
I wonder what on earth she's been freed from?
Chief Sangen'ya.
Yes?
What happened inside Shirasu's family home on the day it was demolished?
I have forgotten.
Eh...
I try to forget such trivial things as that.
I'm a free woman who's been set loose!
What movie should I go see...
Excuse me. Are you with Teiko Real Estate?
That's right...
I'm with Weekly Nishiro, a weekly magazine that's part of Oshiro Shuppan.
Oshiro Shuppan
I don't trust weekly magazines!
Just the other day a person I knew with Weekly Fact...
...wrote an irresponsible article about me!
Geez, please just go somewhere else!
Please don't lump us together with Weekly Fact.
Our company is different from those vulgar magazines.
Our next issue will have a feature on capable women...
...and over at your company there's a saleswoman who has been....
...Number One at selling houses for many years now, right?
Ah... that was good.
Would you like a refill?
Are you sure?
Of course!
Excuse me, one more cafe latte.
Yes.
And so Sangen'ya-san sold a house with a market price of 150 million yen...
...for twice that at 300 million yen?
That's right.
Who was the person who originally assessed the property at 150 million?
Section Chief Yashiro of our Brokerage Business Department.
And so how did she get it sold for 300 million?
That's because our Sangen'ya is crazy good at selling.
Ah... I see.
And do you happen to know who it was that bought that house for 300 million yen?
The President of Kintaro Electric.
When I first met him...
...I thought he was a homeless man.
I'm looking for a house right now...
No way, Sir!
But for that President, spending 300 million yen...
...is like us spending 30,000 yen.
I see.
Thank you for waiting.
Yes! Itadakimasu!
I've returned.
Say, say, say. Have you seen "Dynamite Soul"?
I don't have time to watch movies.
What is this...
Adachi-san, I watched that one today.
If you were going, Adachi-san, it'd have been better to have seen it together.
You went and saw it today?
Weren't you supposed to be going to hand out flyers?
Ah... Ah, well... I didn't throw the flyers away.
A man from the Editorial Department of the weekly magazine, Weekly Nishiro, of Oshiro Shuppan...
...said he'd take some of them off my hands.
I did post the other half.
You met with someone from a weekly magazine? Were they a customer of yours, Shirasu?
Um... he's collecting data about Chief Sangen'ya for a special feature on capable women...
...so he invited me out to be interviewed.
This is going to be bad, isn't it?
Eh? It won't be bad.
Because I told him how great a person Chief Sangen'ya is...
...and how I really admire how great she is.
And so Shirasu, you talked to him about how amazing Sangen'ya-kun is?
That's right. Because I hugely respect her...
...and I told him tons about all the splendid work she's done.
Just what "splendid work" did you tell him about?
For example, like when she sold that 150 million yen house for 300 million.
And then?
And then how she wonderfully sold a cramped, unsellable house...
...to a minimalist man and a woman who couldn't throw things away.
And then how she sold a house to a hikikomori with a plan so he could stay that way all his life.
And then?
And then about how I was sad at first when Chief Sangen'ya...
...was going to sell my family's home for just the land without the house...
...but how that let me loose and set me free...
Did you get a business card from that reporter?
Ah, yes.
Here it is.
Shirasu, do you realize what you've done?
Well, like I said, it's a feature on capable women...
You idiot!
If he was going to write a story praising Sangen'ya-kun...
...it's only natural he'd come and contact the company directly!
By not doing that but instead calling you out to get his story...
...then that means this man is going to write a negative article about her!
But I didn't get that feeling from him at all!
Of course a guy who was going to do that wouldn't give that feeling!
Geez...
I'm going to the Editorial Department of that magazine right now.
That will not be necessary.
Eh?
Since what Shirasu Mika told him were not lies.
We should allow that guy to write what he wants to write.
If I am fired because of it, I will go to work at another company.
That's not the problem here.
Because it's the company's image that's important.
Even if it is a lie, we can't allow a negative article to be released!
I'll prostrate myself if need be and get that article stopped!
Get going.
Weekly Nishiro
Ah...
Ahh...
My name is Yashiro and I'm with Teiko Real Estate, Shinjuku office.
Is Imaizumi Ryota-san of Weekly Nishiro in?
What's with this place?
Um, excuse me, is there a man by the name of Imaizumi Ryota-san around?
Imaizumi-san!
Seems he's not here.
Eh?
Imaizumi-san.
Huh?
Someone's been waiting for you.
Are you Imaizumi-san?
Yeah.
I'm Yashiro of Teiko Real Estate.
I've been waiting for you.
What are you going to write about Sangen'ya Machi?
I don't know what our company's Shirasu Mika told you.
However, Sangen'ya Machi is a genius.
A genius! Genius!
When you say the word "genius," it means that...
...they sometimes behave in ways we ordinary people just can't understand.
Since you're an editor, you'd understand that too, right?
You've seen up close all sorts of genius authors who have acted weirdly, haven't you?
It's true our Sangen'ya Machi has many strange things about her.
However, she is absolutely a person who would never do anything bad!
A genius, huh?
That's right. A genius.
Treating Sangen'ya Machi's way of life like you would some starlet who's having an affair...
...and making her into something humorously odd...
Such a thing would be a mistake!
If her or our company's honor is damaged by this...
...our company is resolved to litigate.
Now, now, now... Please don't get in such a fuss.
You'll wash your hands of this story, right?
I was a little charmed by the idea of a beautiful but unscrupulous real estate agent...
...but when I looked into it...
...there was no story there!
Huh?!
Since no one would say anything bad about her when I interviewed them...
...there was no article to write!
Obviously!
Still, to be so trusted and loved by both her bosses and clients alike...
...this Sangen'ya Machi must be one lucky woman, huh?
Sorry for bothering you during work.
Ah, Yashiro-san.
Actually, I want to sell my house.
Ah...
Though the house is a two-family house and unlikely to sell...
(a house meant for two generations of a family)
...your Sangen'ya Machi-san could sell it, right?
She's a genius, right?
Very well. I'll have Sangen'ya contact you later.
Thank you very much.
Oh...
Teiko Real Estate Co, Ltd.
I'm back.
Thanks for your hard work.
Things ended peacefully!
Ah... thank goodness.
Journalism that stands in the way of a diligent, hard working person isn't journalism.
When I told him that influencing their customer's lives is the work of selling houses...
...and isn't on the same level as some starlet who's having an affair...
...he fell silent. Dead silent.
You're so cool, Section Chief!
When the time comes for me to do it, I can do it.
Well, that's great, that's great that it ended peacefully.
What do you say in gratitude?
Thank you very much and I'm really very sorry!
Not from you, Shirasu... From Chief Sangen'ya.
I did not ask the Section Chief for anything.
I do not remember asking for any help.
The Section Chief flew out of here on his own.
Even so, you should at least feel something.
Now, now, that's okay, Fuse-san.
Don't say "now, now."
Even if it is hard for you to say, Section Chief.
Well, whatever.
I'm going home. Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for yours.
Have a good night.
That's right, Sangen'ya-kun.
That reporter with Weekly Nishiro...
...says he wants to sell his house, so contact him.
Understood. Please leave this to me.
Section Chief, you went in to yell at him and came out with work for us?
That's just what Chief Sangen'ya would do.
Ah... yeah...
But... will this be okay?
This Weekly Nishiro reporter is the one chasing a story about Chief Sangen'ya, isn't he?
I am a real estate agent.
Whomever they may be, a client is a client.
I... will sell that house!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
Ie Uru Onna (House-selling Woman)
Thanks for comin'.
100 million yen
"Hoya" 6 minute walk to train station
Two-family house
Thanks for waiting.
Here you go.
Gyoza-gal, you looking for a house?
No. I am a real estate agent.
"Real estate agent"? What's that?
A person who sells houses.
I'm a person looking for a house!
You wish to rent, right? I buy-sell houses.
Buy-sell? Bye-bye?
You're leaving already? Not gonna eat your gyoza?
I will introduce you to the Section where you can rent an apartment.
Please come here, anytime OK.
Thank you very much!
Ehh...
With this 3 LDK, you can have your own private room...
...as well as one for your child.
It is perfect for you and your daughter.
This is fine, isn't it? It's the best one we've seen so far.
Say Dear, let's pick this one.
Just a minute.
This room, as seen from the center of the house, is the southern one, right?
That's correct.
North
South
A south-facing 8 tatami mat room, huh?
My dead Grandpa said a south-facing 8 tatami mat room was bad luck.
Eh? What's that about? I've never heard anything like that before.
I've never heard such a thing either, and I'm a real estate agent.
Let's hold off a little longer.
A better property might turn up.
Hey, how long before you decide on one?
It was because you were slow about picking it the other day...
...that someone else stole that other property from us.
But still...
Geez, let's just pick this place!
Momo, you ask him for that, too.
This place is fine!
Hmm...
It's a south-facing, 8 tatami mat room, right?
Japanese-style Room (8 tatami mats)
North
South
My Dad told me a south-facing, 8 tatami mat room was bad luck.
Is that part of your family legend, Amamiya-sama?
This place is better than we deserve, but that one point...
Say, I've been wanting to ask you all this time...
...but Adachi-san, are you single?
I am.
Would our Haru here do for you?
I'm sorry for her saying such rude things.
No, it's an honor.
Eh...
If you were in a relationship with someone like Adachi-san, I'd be so happy, Haru-chan.
You love fair-skinned idols with faces like his, don't you?
Stop it, Mom. You're troubling Adachi-san.
I'm not troubled. Thank you very much.
Ah, could I ask you out for tea sometime?
Ah... That would be fine!
That's great isn't it, Haru-chan!
Enough, Mom.
Why?
But I think he's really wonderful.
That's true, but...
It's troubling when they can't bring themselves to pick one.
It's the same for me.
Though they won't pick a house, they will tell me their daughter likes me.
Eh?!
"You like fair-skinned idols like him," she said.
It's a crime being me.
Thanks for your hard work.
We have just returned.
Yes, welcome back.
Welcome back.
Adachi-san, welcome back.
Oi, what's with the gloomy face?
Well, a lot happened...
Well, lots of things do happen, don't they?
Yes, this is Teiko Real Estate, Shinjuku office.
Amamiya-sama...
That's mine.
That's for me.
On Line One for Niwano-san.
Yes, this is Niwano. Thank you for earlier.
I understand. I will search for a new place for you.
No, no, it's okay.
I will do my best to locate a property you'll like, Amamiya-sama.
Thank you for calling. Excuse me.
You've got an Amamiya-sama, too?
He says a south-facing, 8 tatami mat room is bad luck.
Have you ever heard of such a thing?
No way... My Amamiya-sama said the same thing.
Eh?
I haven't heard that one before.
Have you ever heard that, Chief Sangen'ya?
I have not.
Adachi, Niwano. Those Amamiya-samas are probably parent and child.
Please sell them a house even if they do think such a thing.
Yes.
I see. Both have been repeatedly touring houses for months...
...and neither can readily decide on a place for themselves, either.
Since they both inherited indecisiveness, didn't they?
Although parent and child, they each separately asked Teiko Real Estate to search for a home for them.
That means they are not close as parent and child.
In a situation where they cannot readily decide upon a property that they like...
...there must be some other reason.
Some other reason...
Both sets of Amamiya-samas aren't getting along with one another.
And neither can readily decide on a property.
What possible reason could there be for that?
It's like a mystery, isn't it?
Chief Sangen'ya, don't just say pretentious things like that.
If you know something, then just tell these two what it is.
Eh...
She ignored him.
Ah, Gyoza-gal!
I'm Victor Musa.
This is the person I love, Amamiya Haru-san.
Ah...
Amamiya?
The Amamiya we just talked about.
Adachi-san, I'm very sorry about the unnecessary things my Mom said to you earlier.
Not at all.
Haru-san, just who is that guy?!
The Adachi-san who is helping my Dad and Mom find a house.
Ahh... okay.
What's going on?
I thought I might meet Adachi-san here if I came...
...but Victor kept insisting, "I have an appointment to keep with Gyoza-gal."
"Gyoza-gal"?
That would be me.
Um, Adachi-san...
...please keep Victor a secret from my Dad and Mom.
Ahh...
He's no fair-skinned idol, is he?
Because you came to discuss things with me, let us go over there.
I have no idea whatsoever what's going on, so explain things to me, Adachi.
That woman just now is the daughter of the Amamiya-sama I am in charge of...
...but I just found out myself that that foreign man is her boyfriend.
And that boyfriend is an acquaintance of Gyoza-gal.
That's right.
And?
Oh! Gyoza! Lightly-browned gyoza!
Those are cinnamon-cookies; Kyoko sweets.
Sweets?
Have some.
Itadakimasu!
They're delicious!
I will tell Sangen'ya-san about our circumstances.
Hold on.
Me and Haru-san love one another.
I know that.
Eat this, too.
Oh... thanks.
Victor and I came to know one another a year and a half ago.
At a supermarket.
He's an international student from Nigeria...
...and goes to graduate school while holding down part-time jobs.
What with his costs for studying, he can't rent a very expensive apartment...
...and landlords hesitate when they hear he's Nigerian and so won't rent to him.
And so for now he's living in a tiny apartment...
...along with some troublesome people and it's a terrible environment for him.
Haru-san and I want to live together.
Amamiya Haru-san, you live together with your parents, right?
Yes.
So I believe it would be best if you got your parents to approve of your relationship...
...and then you and Victor-sama...
...as well as your parents could all then live together.
Do you think my Dad and Mom would approve of Victor?
That is something I do not know.
Since my Dad's a middle school Principal...
...he will say things from a liberal point of view...
...but in his head he's inflexible and if I told him I love a foreigner...
...the shock from that might give him a heart attack.
Since he did have one last year.
I love Haru-san.
I know that.
I've never loved anyone who looks like him...
...and of course I've never been married, and I don't have any work experience...
...and I rely on my parents to live.
Yet even to someone like me, Victor said, "I love you."
Believe it or not...
...but in Africa it's said that being fat makes one beautiful.
That's why I want to live with him.
There is one thing I must ask. As Victor-sama is a foreign student...
...he will be returning to Nigeria eventually, will he not?
Yes.
What will you do at that time?
I intend to go with him.
I see.
Then in any case, it is your intention to leave your parent's home?
Um, I do have a younger brother...
I think if I wasn't there, my brother would keep an eye on our parents.
Is that right.
Gyoza-gal, please help us out!
My work is in selling houses.
But let us do a rental this time around.
I will search for a love nest for you two.
(ai no su)
Ice cream for two?
(aisu)
A love nest.
Teiko Real Estate Co, Ltd.
First Floor.
Whaa! Chief Sangen'ya, what are you doing there?
I will accompany you during the tour today.
Eh?
As it's Amamiya-sama, they'll likely turn it down though...
Ah! That's right. There's no house Chief Sangen'ya can't sell.
Do not say troublesome things and GO!
Yes!
The view from here is bad... Yeah.
And it's too far from the train station.
Ken-chan, are you serious about buying a house?
I am. It's because I am that we should choose carefully, right?
This place isn't bad...
...but then neither was the property before this nor the property before that.
So why?
Is it that you really don't want a house?
Maybe that is it.
What is that about?!
Sorry; I was just joking.
Could it be, Sir...
...that you are considering living with your parents?
I won't let that happen.
Living at his parent's house is my husband's sister.
It would be happiest if his sister just lived with his parents.
At the memorial service last year, his Mother said...
..."Even if you gave me 100 million yen, I still wouldn't live with a daughter-in-law like her"...
That's what I overheard her saying to relatives.
"I don't think the grandchild she gave birth to is adorable, either"...
...is what she said to my husband.
So us living together with them...
...just will not happen!
If in the situation his sister was to go away somewhere...
...what would you do then?
"Go away"? Where would she go away to?
To the next world?
Don't talk that way...
But your sister isn't popular with men.
There's absolutely no way she'd find herself a boyfriend, now is there?
Well...
Understood. I said unnecessary things.
Living room Dining Room
Kitchen
Bathroom
My boyfriend is finally getting his divorce...
...but he's saying that once we get married we should live with his parents...
...but I'm totally against that.
He's getting divorced for your sake isn't he, Murota-san?
So listen to what he says.
Listen to what he says?
Takuma-san, did you just say, "Listen to what he says"?
That's what I said.
That's terrible. Thing is, it's tough having sex like that, isn't it!
It is tough having sex like that.
I wouldn't like that myself. Right, Adachi-san?
Oh Adachi, how about that?
Dunno.
I want to see him everyday...
...but why would I want to see his parents every day?
That has no meaning.
Hey, hey, hey...
Cut that out during work!
Ah, welcome back.
Welcome back.
Niwano, Adachi.
Yes?
Both of you end being in charge of the Amamiya-samas.
Eh?
What's that about?
I will peacefully settle this with the Amamiya family being as one.
At this rate, with Adachi and Niwano, they are moving to break apart...
...and we will not sell even one house.
By putting Chief Sangen'ya in charge, you could sell that two-family house...
...to both parts of the Amamiya-sama family?
That is right.
My Amamiya-sama doesn't wish for the two families to live together.
It's the same for mine.
Their feelings will change.
Changing how our clients feel...
...is not our job!
Now, now, now...
Chief Sangen'ya, why do you want to do this? Huh?
Taking away their clients without saying a word to them is being a bit unreasonable.
First off, explain your strategy to them.
And then think about how to make this an achievement for both Adachi and Niwano.
That's the work of a Chief.
That would be a bother.
It would go faster if I do it alone.
I will not hand over my Amamiya-sama.
I want to do things like you do, Chief Sangen'ya.
So I won't lose to you.
Oh... Adachi, you said that well.
He's standing up to her at last.
Adachi-san, you can do it.
Niwano, send all your information on Amamiya Ken'ichi and his wife to my PC.
Niwano, will you lose to Chief Sangen'ya?
I...
...don't know what to do.
Up until yesterday, I never wanted to get into a match against her...
...since I knew I would lose to Chief Sangen'ya.
You were cool there.
Niwano, should you be saying what you did when she was making a fool of you?
Since he loves Sanchi so much, he can't go against her, right?
Even if you do like her, isn't it okay to have a difference of opinion with your boss at work?
If all you do is obey her, you'll just be her dog.
Sanchi's dog. Her obedient dog.
Look, even Kokoro is saying it.
Look, just the other day...
...I was told, "I love Niwano."
Hmm... Who said that?
Chief Sangen'ya did.
No way!
That's why I'm in no mood right now to get into a fight with Chief Sangen'ya.
Things have progressed that much?
Maybe it wasn't "I love Niwano"...
...but what Sanchi said was,"I like Niwano."
Eh?
"I like the Section Chief. I like Niwano, too."
So Chief Sangen'ya likes them both.
Then I'm sure she likes me, too.
Sanchi likes all of us. Me included.
I wonder? I feel it's a bit different for the Section Chief and me.
What are you doing in our Section?
It got all syrupy.
There. Looks delicious.
So long; I'm off to give a house tour.
I'm going!
Adachi-san!
I brought Amamiya-sama's birthday cake.
Thank you.
What's that about?
Amamiya-sama is coming here.
I thought I'd give him a light celebration as it's the husband's birthday.
Oh... that's our shrewd Prince for you.
Niwano.
She whistles and he follows.
Niwano, call in the Amamiya you are in charge of.
Why?
It is in order to sell a house.
Right?
If you know, then do not ask! GO call!
Yes!
It is quite close to the station as you were hoping for...
...and the first floor has a Japanese-style private room...
...which continues out to a western style room you can use as a living room.
Looks good, doesn't it?
Yeah. We should take a look at it.
I will take you on a tour of it after this...
...but would you have a little time before we do that?
Please bring it in.
Even though I asked Murota to bring it...
A modest celebration from us with Teiko Real Estate.
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday, dear Amamiya-sama...
...Dear...
Happy Birthday to you.
Why are your Father and Mother here?
That's right. Today's Dad's birthday.
My, it's Ken-chan and Rei-san, too.
We haven't been in touch for a while.
Rei-san, you look as pretty as ever.
Oh no; you as well.
Why are you celebrating it at a place like this?
And what are you guys doing here?
We're looking for a house.
Since you've come all this way, please join in this together.
He hasn't blown out the candles yet.
Amamiya-sama.
Ah... that's okay.
Please do.
Congratulations!
Father, congratulations.
That's great isn't it, Dear?
As everyone in the Amamiya family is getting along so well...
...how about all of you living together?
Who is this woman?
Um, she is our Brokerage Sales Chief...
...Sangen'ya.
Living with them wouldn't be possible for us.
We would turn that down, too.
I and Ken'ichi-san heard this at the memorial service.
"Even if you gave me 100 million yen, I still wouldn't live with a daughter-in-law like her."
Eavesdropping like that; how indecent.
And because you said the grandchild I gave birth to wasn't adorable...
...I said I just couldn't live with you.
I told you that the other day! What, were you asleep or something?!
Now, now, now... For now, how about a slice of cake?
This is a sponge cake using Belgium chocolate.
I think it's delicious.
I don't want any.
I will have some. It looks so delicious, doesn't it?
Where's Sis? She's not here today? Though she was interested in it a little while ago.
Your Sister has come as well.
Come in.
Dad, Mom, Ken-chan, Rei-san...
...since it's rare for all of us to be together like this...
...I will introduce someone who is important to me here.
This is the man I'm dating, Victor Musa-san.
Nice to meet you. I'm Victor Musa.
Victor...
Musa?
Me and Haru-san are in love. We're getting married!
You're... doing what?!
What country are you from?
"Co... country"? What's that?
He's from Nigeria.
Nigeria... Ah!
I came from Nigeria to Japan to study.
I'm studying architecture.
Victor received a high-level education in Nigeria...
...and is an intellectual.
Even so...
Where did you two meet?
At a supermarket.
Such a thing... And besides, why my daughter?!
I love her chubbiness.
Her chubbiness...
Next year, when Victor has completed graduate school, he will be returning to Nigeria.
And I'm going to go with him.
Eh...
That would be troublesome!
What is troublesome about it?
Is it that when Haru-sama leaves Japan...
...the one who will have to look after and care for your Father and Mother...
...will be you?
That's right. Since when Ken-chan and I got married...
...he promised we wouldn't have to live with his parents.
I am absolutely opposed to this marriage!
I'm opposed to it, too!
I'm absolutely against it!
Whoever is opposed to it, it won't change how I feel.
Me and Haru-san love one another!
Haru-chan, I've told you I wanted you to get married...
...but I don't remember saying just anyone would do!
She's right! Mother, this is just strange.
That's right. Rei-san, let's oppose it together.
Yes.
Mother, you and I will oppose it together. We'll adamantly oppose it.
Adamantly opposed!
I was surprised by that woman and her Mother-in-law joining forces like that.
People will come together if they have a common enemy.
And for that you called for Amamiya Ken'ichi and his wife...
...as well as calling for Haru-san and Victor-san?
When the two Amamiya families have become one, I can sell that two-family house.
Section Chief, here you go.
Oh, thanks.
Welcome back.
Oh... how'd it go?
How did what go?
"How did what go..."
You took that Happy Birthday cake to Amamiya-sama, right?
Did that bring things to a climax? Did Adachi make the sale?
Everything went as expected.
Hmm...
Then... that's great.
But the crucial moment starts now.
Thank you for your hard work.
Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for yours.
Adachi, did you get it done?
It was a good match.
But I lost.
Adachi-san is wonderful, even when he loses.
What are you saying, Shirasu?
It didn't go the way you assumed it would?
What will you do now?
Wow!
Nansou Manor
This apartment was originally meant for singles...
...but as it seems couples are allowed...
...please rest easy about that.
This is a love nest for two, right?
Correct.
Victor, we can live together at last, can't we?
Yes! Gyoza-gal...
...thank you very much!
Haru-san!
Victor!
All right!
Be happy. I will be leaving.
Amamiya
Please Haru-chan!
Calm down a little and think this through again.
That's right. Do as your Mother says.
There's nothing left to discuss.
It's fine to just date...
...but I want you to live here.
True, true.
Um, have what's called a "commuter marriage"? I believe it's a new form of marriage.
Since you'll soon tire of him if you're always living together.
Victor told me from the start...
...that he was fine with living in this house, but Mom, you'd hate that, right?
That's, well... Our lifestyles are too different.
But Mother, isn't that better than her leaving?
That's true, but having him in this house is...
I've made up my mind! Whatever you say is useless.
My parents and brother didn't make their choice...
...but Victor is the man I chose of my own free will.
Any more than this and this quarrel will only keep going around in circles.
Niwano, accompany Haru-san out of here. GO!
Yes! This way.
Wait right there!
Sister!
Why are you acting so bossy?
You are all being selfish.
Because Haru-sama's boyfriend is a Nigerian...
...you say you oppose him because of his looks...
...but the truth is different.
Amamiya Rei-sama.
...because you hate that your husband wishes to live with his Father and Mother...
...having Haru-sama leaving this house is troubling to you.
Amamiya Tomoyo-sama, you have a daughter who takes good care of things around the house...
...so not having her here fills you with anxiety.
How rude... You don't know anything about a Mother's feelings.
You two are quite similar.
Although you may not have noticed it...
...you have very similar tastes in clothes.
You also have very similar tastes in men.
Both Amamiya Kaichi-sama and Amamiya Ken'ichi-sama toe the marks set by their wives...
...and are the spitting image of the other when it comes to being unable to say things to them.
Kaichi-sama and Ken'ichi-sama both wish to live together...
...but unable to say that to their wives...
...they repeatedly take house tours while not committing to buying one...
...and wave off both their wives and us real estate agents.
Is that true, Ken-chan?
Is that true for you too, Dear?
Still too scared to take that step...
...Kaichi-sama and Ken'ichi-sama are like two peas in a pod.
In other words, the Amamiya family is a collection of birds of a feather.
Truth is, this is a relationship where you understand one another the most.
Forcing two people who love one another apart is no good.
If it really does not go well for them...
...it would be best if that failure was burdened by Haru-sama and Victor-sama themselves.
Excessive worry or parental affection is what is called "unnecessary caring."
How about changing your way of thinking...
...and stop always depending upon Haru-sama...
...so she can to go to Nigeria next year in the Spring?
I will now guide you to the most suitable house...
...where all of you can live.
If it were here, it'd be the same as living separately.
We can live together without meeting if we don't want to.
In that case, wouldn't it be fine just to live far apart like we have until now?
If you are living apart...
...you would not know whether the other was alive or dead.
But, if it were here...
...there would be signs the other is either alive or dead and so you would know.
Far yet near, near yet far...
This is the perfect house for the Amamiya-samas.
Amamiya-sama, will you purchase...
...this two-family house for 100 million yen?
We'll buy it.
They fell for it.
All right! We've got a new home!
Momo!
I can come out from here, too!
Oh... awesome.
Victor Musa Amamiya Haru
Itadakimasu!
This is vinegared seaweed.
I know it's seaweed. Let's hurry up and eat!
Yes, yes. Then I'll say Itadakimasu, too!
Itadakimasu.
This is good.
Tasty, isn't it?
Haru-san, are your Father and Mother well?
I have no idea.
You don't know?
Since I won't think of them as my relatives any longer.
I don't really understand that.
It's okay. None of them will approve of you, Victor.
That's true...
As long as I have you, Victor, I don't need anyone.
I love you, too. Haru-san, I love you.
Then all's okay.
Ah, welcome.
Good afternoon.
Ah... good afternoon.
Hello. Welcome.
Hello.
Gyoza-gal, I'm troubled.
Is that right.
Gyoza-gal, I want to discuss it with you.
I am not one for consultations.
I can't consult with you?
I have already found an apartment for you.
I have sold a two-family house to the Amamiya family.
Anything that happens after that is no concern of mine.
Huh?
I will not answer your request for a consultation.
Oh! Gyoza-gal, you're a terrible person!
Fuse-san, what was his name again?
Eh... Doolittle?
No, it wasn't that.
Um, you there... I can consult with you, if you'd like.
Since Gyoza-gal there is only interested in selling houses.
Are you a great person?
Huh? Well, I'm a not-too-bad great person.
Very well.
My Haru-san says...
...she doesn't need her Father, Mother or brother anymore.
But it won't be any good unless she gets along with her family.
In Nigerian families, everyone gets along.
All wives, from the first to seventh, all live together.
Ehh?!
Even we fifteen children all live together.
That's awesome. But this is Japan.
But even in Japan, while Father and Mother are alive...
...it's wrong to think of them as being dead!
Hmm... And so you want...
...Haru-san and her Father and Mother to get along?
Yes.
Wonder what's best to do at such times...?
Ah, Fuse-san, what do you think?
Ah, sorry, I wasn't listening.
Is that right.
At such times, do that. Write a letter.
"Letter"?
Um, a letter.
Can you write with Japanese characters?
I can write a little.
Then I'll come up with the sentences and you write it out.
Yes.
"It's still hot every day..."
"...but Father, Mother, are you doing well?"
"I am living peacefully with Haru-san."
"And we talk about Father and Mother every day."
Hmm... It's childish and strange...
At this level of Japanese, it's not very natural sounding.
Eh?! What is it?
This is no good.
Eh?
It can be written in six characters.
Huh?
This is good.
A Japanese would be weak against such crummy handwriting when he tries hard at it.
You need to be firm.
Huh? What's this?
Victor Musa, Haru
"Victor Musa, Haru"?
From Haru-chan?
Ah... it's in that guy's handwriting.
Such crummy handwriting.
Anything Coupon
"Anything Coupon"?
Well, this does makes me feel nostalgic for Haru.
Like those coupons she'd make for a shoulder rub or to help out with something...
...or coupons to do anything...
I won't be tricked by such a thing.
A coupon for anything is the most troubling one, isn't it?
I never knew what to ask for.
Well, you're so easily moved to tears.
Be more resolute. Resolute.
Victor Musa Amamiya Haru
"Please come for a visit."
"Let's have a gyoza party. From Mom."
From Mom
Gyoza!
"Come for a visit."
Haru-san, let's do it!
I'm not going.
Eh?! Haru-san? Eh?
Though I thought we'd never meet again.
Let us go.
Let's go!
Yes?
It's Haru and Victor.
Welcome. We've been waiting for you.
Your Father turned all shy and is in hiding.
Mother, these are the ingredients for gyoza.
Thank you, Victor!
Come in.
Because there's a wall between us, it feels like we're not living together.
If we don't feel like meeting, we can go for days without meeting.
It's a well made two-family house, isn't it?
Haru-san, your brother and his wife aren't here?
They're on the other side of this wall.
Why a wall?
Because this is a two-family house.
A family that doesn't live together?
It's okay. Don't worry about this.
In Nigeria, all members of a family live together.
From first wife to seventh wife, they all live together.
My fifteen brothers and sisters all live together.
What are you getting so hot over?
You don't need this wall! Tear this wall down!
Haru-chan, this man is scary.
Hey, hey. We have to get the gyoza party ready.
We have to break down this wall first! That's the important thing!
That would be wrong.
What's wrong about it?
It is precisely because there is a wall and so cannot see each other all the time...
...that they can be considerate of one another.
Because they are not always together...
...and have to go out of their way to see the other, an attachment will be born between them.
Having everyone from the first wife to the seventh wife...
...all living together is part of the precious culture of Nigeria, is it not?
But... this is Japan.
Having humble, considerate partners is a Japanese virtue.
Casual endearments with a sense of distance between them...
...is a unique part of the Japanese culture.
And because you have a Japanese wife as well...
...it will cause trouble if you do not try to understand that culture.
Excuse me for intruding.
Grandma!
Momo-chan.
Ken-chan.
Yo.
Aunt, let's do this! Victor-san, you're cool!
Well, let's have our gyoza party today.
Rei-san, can you bring an apron, too?
Yes.
Long ago, I used to make lots of gyoza with Haru-chan and Ken-chan.
Mom, I'll help out.
Me, too.
Me, too!
It's been a long time since we made gyoza, hasn't it?
I don't like it 'cause it makes my hands stink. Geez...
That's true.
Ah... your Father.
Yes, here you go.
Now, let's dig in!
Itadakimasu!
It's so good!
Yum!
It's great!
It's tasty.
In every country on earth, people are connected by having roofs to keep out the rain...
...and love is nurtured under those roofs.
Curiously, this person without a sole relative to her, Sangen'ya Machi...
...has brought forth a tiny bit of happiness under one roof again today.
Because this heat wave still has a ways to go, be careful while making your rounds outside.
Then everyone, let's do our best again today!
Yes.
Now, should I have some coffee?
Yashiro-chan!
Huh?
Ah...
Yashiro-chan, save me!
Eh?
My shop is...!
Eh?
This Drama is Fictional