My first ever high school summer has come!
Stretched out in front of me
is the beautiful sandy blue sea...
Yoshino, c'mon.
Join us.
And enjoying beach volleyball with my classmates.
I'm coming.
-Here's the ball. -Thanks.
Oh, it's hot, hot, hot....!
Be careful.
The sand is still hot, you know.
Aruto-kun...
Thanks.
This is the prime of my youth's summer vacation.
But rather that...
Oww~...
What're you doing?
Quit messing around, you're wasting time here!
Sorry...
In reality...
what is stretched out before my eyes...
are lots of machines that I've never seen before...
Flowing oil... mysterious gears..
Hey Yoshino, c'mon! Help out here.
And also, do assistance work with my classmates.
Ok, I'm coming.
Here's your cap.
Thanks.
Oh, it's hot, hot, hot...!
Be careful, will ya?
Freshly made gear is still hot, you know?
This is a real factory.
This is for sure the prime of my youth...
Asuko-style summer vacation.
~ASUKO MARCH!~ ::Episode 7:: "The Final Chapters!! Infiltration of a Real Factory... World-Class Craftsman VS. The Asuko Army Corps"
Why,
you may ask...
did my summer vacation turn out like this...?
['1 week before the summer vacation']
For your summer break...
all of you have to undergo internship training.
So troublesome!
Hey, what's an 'internship?'
What? How come you don't know?
See... it's a temporary training program that'll be done in a real company.
Oh, it's like we get to experience what if feels like to work in a real company?
Well, yeah, something like that.
The class will be divided into
4 groups.
One week...
will be spent training in a company by each group.
One week?!
I don't wanna go~!
Sorry but everyone has to participate.
But c'mon... To be able to work in a real factory...
...we could benefit from the training.
Oh, Tamaki, you said it well!
Of course, we'll get paid by the hour, right?
You don't get paid while on training.
Then I don't want to go anymore.
Tamaki...
you really disappoint me.
Anyway, don't cause any problems for me.
This time, your Sensei...
is going with his wife
to Las Vegas.
Eh~!
You're a sly dude.
Sensei, together with his wife..
...is going to Las Vegas.
Huh? Why 2 times?
Alright, guys, say it with me...
...Sensei with his wife...
Alright, already.
Internship, huh?
Well, why not just do it?
You've already decided to do this, right?
Guess, you're right...
But when you decided to remain in Asuko...
you hadn't really thought about your future, huh?
Well,
I didn't entirely think how it would turn out....
What are you going to do?
Well, anyway...
Going to college seems the right path.
Somehow, you seem to be drifting...
You can't make the proper choice...
is there something bothering you?
That hurts! Oww~...
Goodbye...
What is it that's bothering me...?
That's for the hard work you have done.
Is it this...?
Nao-chan.
You didn't leave Asuko in the end, huh?
Uhm, yes.
Even after all the warnings...
You really are shameless.
Wait!
Speaking of shameless,
can I ask you for something?
What?
What do you say we go out and do something together?
...What?
It's just us girls for this school year...
I'd like you to be the friend I can confide in.
Just because you chose to stay
doesn't mean you can come and sweet-talk me into it.
I don't want any female friends!
What do you mean friend...?
It's impossible.
I'm home~.
Viva aloha~!
~Tererere...~
Grandpa! What're you wearing?
Aren't I dressed for the season? C'mon, don't you remember
that once summer break starts we plan to go to Hayama beach?
Oh, well, I can't go.
Wai- wai- wait...
I've got to do this internship thing. You'll just have to invite someone else.
EH~?!
You know Grandpa is shy to be seen like this.
And I'm no good with other people, don't you feel sorry for me?
It doesn't concern me.
Just go, go!
Nao, let's go swimming!
Stop it. Aren't you acting childish? Grandpa, really!
But~....
You're over 60... just bear with it.
Fine~....
['Shioiri Gears Factory']
This is the one...
Oh, wow~!
Oh~! That sure is fast!
That gear shaver is so cool~!
This is so exciting!
Whoa~ a gear cutting machine. I'd like to learn to do that.
So you'll be my groupmates...
Aruto-kun, too...
Your eyes are sparkling when you look at Aruto, huh?
Sparkle-sparkle~!
They're not sparkling!
Oi!
This is not a kid's playground.
Oh, sorry.
-We are interns from Asuko... -Out of my way.
Uhm, do you know who'll be in charge of us?
How the heck do I know?
Can't you see I'm busy?
What do you mean you're busy?
This old man's looking for a fight...!
Wait, stop it! We're not in school, you know....
Oh! You're the ones from Asuko...
Yes.
I'm the factory manager, Nujamiri.
For one week. they will be undergoing training here.
They're from Asuka Tech.
Please take care of us.
If you have questions feel free to ask anyone.
This is a busy period... we're all be working a lot.
We'll be delayed if we have to teach a bunch of newbies.
Oh, well then...
Noguchi-san,
if you please.
Me?!
That old geezer...?
I am not gonna baby-sit a bunch of kids.
-Huh? -What did you say?!
No, no... the only one here who has vacant time
is Noguchi-san, right?
Well then, you'll all be under the guidance of Noguchi-san.
-Ok, back to work. -Okayy~.
Guys, let's just go with it.
Maybe it's free time...
This is probably what an internship's like?
Nah... they just want us out of their way.
Why did we have to be assigned under that guy?
Huh? Where's Aruto-kun?
Being idle, what else?
He's somewhere off in a high place.
Hey you, Onee-chan*!
[*Big Sis]
C'mere...
You mean me?
Yeah, you, you.
C'mere, c'mere....
For you, Onee-chan, I'll teach you an important technical trade secret.
Yes?
Ah, that's it!
Just press more in that area there.
What's this technical trade secret you were telling me about?
This is it.
If you master this...
It'll be easy for you to get into any work.
But this doesn't have anything to do with technical stuff.
Anyway, why do you want to work in a factory anyway?
Doesn't a girl like you rather do something else than industrial work?
I've recently become interested in manufacturing stuff.
Ah, no way, no way!
A kid like you... I bet you're not gonna do it.
Of course you can't know what I'm going to do!
Anyway, you're gonna go to college or something...
then waste your time idling over silly stuff and spend most of it on match-making dates.
Please don't decide what I want to do with my life!
Oh~ That's it... like that.
Continue with it... Good good.
To get to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas...
['Las Vegas'] Should we go by helicopter or by car? I wonder what I will choose?
I came here to consult you on something.
Oh, sorry sorry.
Can you let us do our internship with another company?
But what I recommended to you was the best.
I used to worked there before, you know.
-Eh? Really? -Yeah.
There's a person there with world-class skills.
I benefited from this person, you know...
But we weren't placed under the care of that person....
Well, then ask for that person to guide you.
His name is Noguchi-san.
Eh?! But Noguchi-san was the one handling us...
I know... how about by helicopter~?!
Wait, didn't you hear what I just said?
Eh? You mean that old dude?
That geezer wouldn't know a thing about technical stuff.
It's true, I looked him up on the internet. There are pictures, too.
'World Technology Competition...'
'The first Japanese to have won a gold medal..'
'Noguchi Kazuhito-san.'
So maybe that useless dude's teaching us something?
Maybe if we keep uprooting these weeds...
we're exercising the muscles needed for our training...
-Yoshi~! -I see what you mean!
No, it's not, it's just plain odd job.
Huh?
You guys are just interfering with the factory work...
Just be thankful I gave you something to do.
You're saying...
we're gonna pull out weeds all day long?
What?
But don't you do that in school. too?
It's basic housekeeping work.
But still...
there must be something useful you could teach us.
Alright, good job.
Wha-? That bastard....!
Our summer break is a disappointment,
seems like a waste, huh?
It would've been much better if I had gotten a summer job.
Aruto.
Kyoko-chan.
I came to pick you up.
Let's go home together.
Wow, I'm jealous!
You said it.
That guy is one lucky dude...
Why did you come here?
I was worried.
So I came to make Yoshino-san realize it.
Eh?
That the two of us
are dating, right?
That isn't my intention.
In that case...
return all the money that I lent you.
For your mom's medical expenses.
Let's eat on the way home?
You like yakiniku?
...Ok.
What?!
You want to change your mentor?
Noguchi-san isn't teaching us anything...
Can I think about that later? In the next two days we have to finish a large order for computers...
Right now, I have no time for this.
Oh, can we do anything to help?
Thanks but...
you can just observe around.
They're just treating us like kids...
Oh...
Say,
maybe we could do something with these?
We could ask them how to finish cutting these gears?
No need for that.
I think I got it.
Eh?
During our free time, I managed to take note of the process in cutting these.
We can do it ourselves.
As expected of Takeuchi-kun!
-Alright, let's do this. -Yossha~!
Finally, we did something today.
Yosh!!
Alright then, let's have lunch... Then, finish these off later!
Yeah~!
Ah, those damn fools...!
Hey, what the heck are you doing?
-Hey, mister! -You bastard!
-Stop it...! -Let go!
Let me go!
What were you doing?
Who taught you to do this?!
We just taught ourselves...
Well,
we already know how to do it.
What do you mean you know...?
What the hell do you know, huh?!
You bastard!
-Wait, guys, stop it! -What?
Let me go, you sh*tty brat!
Sh*tty brat, huh...?!
How dare you hit me, you twerp!
-I'll smack your head off.. -Come at me then...
-You come here, interfering with our work! -Stop it guys!
Wait...!
Oww~...
This is preposterous!
High school internship students fighting with an employee?!
Sorry...
Besides that...
These!
Huh?!
Look!
Do you understand how much damage you've cost?
It's because of that old guy..!
It's your fault that those are now unusable!
What the-!
Stop it now!
Stop messin' around!
You're all interfering with the work around here!
Noguchi-san!
They were your responsibility,
you were supposed to look after them!
Stop being a nuisance to the company.
Quit dragging down this factory.
That guy is just full of pride.
I sincerely apologize for what happened.
Ok, back to work, back to work.
Let's go.
Sorry...
For coming here and apologizing for us.
Instead of training here tomorrow, you'll have the training in school.
'Kayy~...
What's up, Yoshino?
I want to ask you something.
He used to be an amazing person, wasn't he?
I wonder why's he like that now?
Most factories require
world-class technology...
So as a sub-contractor, that company has to cut costs.
Noguchi-san, being a world-class technician
looks down on the company's standards.
So...
As a result, they treat him as a nuisance.
He became grumpy and irritable.
Adding to that,
his family has also left him.
He has it tough, huh?
It's the same as me not going to Las Vegas.
What...?
You're not going anymore?
Yeah...
Forget it.
Instead of going to Las Vegas,
we'll just settle for Nishiizu.
I booked ourselves in a pension house* called 'New Las Vegas.'
[*A 'pension' in Japan also means 'western-style inn']
I'm really sorry...
You wanna come, too?
Don't **** with me!
Don't tell me when I should go home!
You can't treat customers this way!
Noguchi-san?
I'll never go to your place again, you bastards...
Oh... look out!
Oww~....
Noguchi-san.
Noguchi-san?
You can't just lie here!
Where do you live?
Wake up, Noguchi-san!
Nao-chan?
What happened?
Over there...
Thanks for the help, Sensei.
What do you mean 'thanks'?
You interrupted my 'gokon'*, you know.
[*Match-making party]
But I didn't force you to come.
Shut up!
Oh, wait...
Toilet... where's the toilet?
Are you ok?
Ah! Madoka, Madoka, Madoka~!
-I wanted to see you~. -Wait, it's me!
Yoshino of Asuko!
Eh?
Huh? Why it's only you...
Huh?
What happened...?
Do you always go out drinking like this?
Huh?
Today you see, is a special day.
After I will get this month's salary, I've decided I will quit that factory.
You mean...
I blame you guys!
Eh?
Except you.
Uh,
why did you break the gears we worked on?
Eh?
Cause they're useless.
The pitch is disjointed and the balance is all wrong.
Not sure to what extent...
But if those were used
the machine would rattle and fall apart.
But you didn't tell us that...
What do you mean I didn't say it? Before I got to tell you...
Your guys beat me up. Look, look what they did...
I'm sorry....
Anyway...
it might as well be...
My ways doesn't match that company anyway...
They've hated me for the low evaluation I gave them, making me always so mad...
that's why my family left me.
['Dad']
C'mon now, oji-san...
Whatever place you work in,
you oughta cherish your family...
You gotta love them a whole lot, you know.
Who the heck are you?
I'm telling you
to stop before you regret it!
Stop blaming your workplace...
for losing your family.
You're a stranger, you know nothin' 'bout me!
Whadda you care anyways...
Sensei, why did you just say that right now...?
My ex-husband got
full custody of my child.
Oh.
Well,
it was my fault, I admit.
I spent more hours at work.
Huh?
Toilet... Gotta go again...
Nao-chan,
wait!
Thank you again for yesterday, Sensei.
Here.
What is that?
I got this by mistake last night. It belongs to that oji-san.
I'll entrust it to you, ok?
Oh~ still got a hang-over.
Sensei.
I still have to deliver this...
Excuse me...
Are you going to throw them away?
Yeah, that's right.
Hey, guys, can you help out?
What are these?
I got them from the Shioiri Gear Factory.
I want to try fixing them.
Fix?
But that old geezer broke them.
Noguchi-san said we ruined them.
That's why he broke them.
Why are you believing what that old guy said?
Because of what happened, Noguchi-san has decided he'll quit his job at the factory.
Well, serves him right.
I don't care what happens to him.
But... are you just going to let that company dismiss us like little kids?
Does it matter?
A place like that... I don't need their evaluation.
Besides these are already broken, they're practically useless.
I understand.
Well, I'll do it alone then.
What? But it's just too impossible.
I'm used to it, even if it's frustrating.
I'll go from here.
Okay.
Take care.
Yeah...
Ok, time to work.
Oww....
What am I doing....?
There's something on your shoulder.
Thanks.
Not again...
Just because it's me, you don't have to look so disappointed.
Of course not. Thanks for helping.
Seems you can't concentrate on your work at all.
Are you only thinking of Aruto?
I knew it.
You're always like that.
What?
When someone has a hold over you, you tend to run away from that person...
That's why it's making you anxious all the time.
Instead of allowing Aruto to have a hold on you, strike back by confronting him already.
But...
Aruto-kun and Kyoko-san are...
You won't know if you won't tell him...
how you're feeling.
I can't tell him that!
But...
Tell me what?
Oh... I have to go.
W-wait...
Me, too.
Stop running away anymore.
Uhm...
...what is it?
I, uh...
I...
I like you, Aruto-kun!
That's why...
I want to know if
if you can like me, too.
I want to know
if it's possible or not...
Sorry.
Ok.
Thanks.
Bye...
It's good that I said it, right?
I shouldn't cry about it...
Why am I crying then....?
Nao, I brought your meal.
Sorry,
I'm not hungry.
Nao,
for giving your best efforts
I'd like to praise you.
Eh?
I may not know exactly what happened but...
Your tears are proof of your sincerity.
But...
you gotta eat please.
So that you can move on towards tomorrow.
Grandpa...
Even if you're not hungry,
I made you something easy to eat... Boiled soba noodles.
Thanks.
Wanko soba...
[*noodles served in small bowls;] ['Wanko' or 'little dog' also means 'little bowl' in Iwate dialect]
Easy to eat, right?
It is, actually.
You can ask for seconds.
Yoshi~.
It's been a long time since you invited me out...
...how long has it been?
About 10 years?
My students... have inconvenienced you lately.
True, true... They've given me a great deal of trouble.
Sorry...
Today I'll treat you out.
Well, you should, ya know.
Huh?
What's wrong?
Oh, no...
Sorry.
It seems I forgot my wallet in school.
Eh?
Please wait here for awhile.
-I'll just get it myself. -Ok.
Oh.. She's trying to repair the gears...
Even if it seems unfixable...
I don't think I can stop her from trying.
I'm such a sly dude indeed.
Don't you think you're just wasting your time?
Noguchi-san.
Even if you fix them,
the factory will not take them back.
Well, you can never know it if you don't try, right?
No, I already know that's why I'm telling you.
But...
whatever the results are...
Try to to see it like it's your first time.
I also know that...
if I don't say my thoughts...
I won't be able to move forward.
But you do know it, don't you?
Oh... that's mine...
It may look difficult...
But I wouldn't be able to move forward without these.
I may not able to reach your level of standards, but I'm still going to try...
You can't just look into that randomly.
What would a kid know about this anyway?
Guys, what is it?
We're done over there, so we came here to help.
Are you sure?
You said it might be a waste of time.
Well, you'll never know if you don't try, right?
-Yeah! -Alright, let's go!
You heard it, huh?
Takeuchi-kun, what if we increase the number of holes...
No, it's better if we increase the diam.
'Diam?'
It means 'diameter.'
Oh, I see. Let's do it then.
-Let's cut it by 7 mm. -Roger.
I gotta pee!
What is it you want?
The other day, these were broken because of us... sorry.
Eh?
We fixed them. Please use them again.
-Those are unusable. -Eh?
These require professional expertise, you know.
We can't possibly use them if they're done by high school students
who learned it just by observation.
But you hardly even looked at them...
Sorry, guys, ok? I just don't have the time for this.
What the hell!
These look pretty useless, huh?
Ah... what an awful welding job you did here.
An elementary kid could do better than this.
What?!
We don't need to hear such a thing, especially from you.
But it looks like...
you guys are willing to take up the heat and be able to bear it.
Alright,
I'll teach you my techniques.
Come on.
Oi,
Blondie and Bandanna,
you both set up the gears.
Make sure they're equally spaced by 15 mm.
15 mm...
That's so narrow.
And you,
Stupid Wig and Bad Wig,
you handle the welding.
-'Stupid Wig?' -'Bad Wig?'
Bean Sprout and...
Narcissus,
you guys take charge of the gear cutting.
-'Bean Sprout...'? -What's a 'Narcissus?'
And then, Onee-chan and....
You!
You can bring the tester.
... Yes.
Why am I the only one without a nickname...?
Some more.. some more.
-Oi, that's too much already. -What? Oh, sorry.
His accuracy is amazing.
You see?
With this kind of material...
every single one is not the same thing.
You need to see through each of their uniqueness before you handle them.
Just like people.
Yes!
Noguchi-san!
Wait! What are you doing?
They're not supposed to train here anymore!
Please allow us back in!
You haven't taught us anything yet.
Look, ok?
This is not a school...
Be quiet!
You want to minimize the losses, don't you?
These gears, these guys... and me, too...
You can't dismiss us like useless and unnecessary things.
Consider yourself lucky that we're making these reusable again..
Fine, just don't interfere with the work around here.
So cool~!
Yes, it's cool, isn't it?
Yes, that's right.
Yes, please try to come.
Thank you very much.
What were you doing there?
Nothing!
Oi!
Let me borrow that.
You're doing it too slowly...
Look closely.
Amazing!
I thought it's useless to work on those gears.
For Noguchi-san, it just comes naturally.
That guy is really this company's best craftsman.
Please tell us what you think.
We were able to do this by relying on Noguchi-san.
I think.. we can use these.
What?
It seems...
You all did a good job.
Yossha~!
Please take care of us for one week.
If ever you want to work here,
I'll wait for you after 2 years.
You'll still be here by then?
Yeah.
I think I'd like to still keep working in this factory.
I've now realized that I belong here.
Thanks to you.
I'm glad I also remained in Asuko.
Eh?
I'm happy to be doing this.
Learning and doing more things little by little.
I see.
Oh, by the way,
I still have to apologize for one more thing.
Hmm? For what?
I took a look inside your notebook....
['Do your best.']
And I called someone up...
Madoka...
It's okay.
She says you're a cool dad.
She thinks highly of you.
Go on now.
Ok..
but you didn't have to do this, you know.
Who's that?
She's his daughter.
-She's pretty... -She doesn't look anything like the father?!
Oh, that's right! You guys wanna head out to the beach after this?
Yossha~!
This is how we spent our summer vacation.
This is the summer vacation at the prime of our youth...
Hello!
Aruto, did your girlfriend come to pick you up?
No, I made some boxed lunches for everyone today.
Alright, karaage*! Let's eat!\
[*fried food]
Mmm.. Yum! Your karaage's yummy!
The tamagoyaki is sweet, tastes good.
[*egg omelette]
Thank you.
Aruto, you have rice on you.
Thanks.
-You're like newly-weds! -Hot! Hot!
What should I try next?
-The tamagoyaki's good. -The pickles, try the pickles!
C'mon, eat it!
Are you ok?
Oh... what do you mean?
I'm having a great time.
Yoshino...
...instead of Aruto, can it be me?
What?
I have always liked you.
Subtitled by: earthcolors
Retiming by: furransu
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