Serial TV Story
Please go on this way. Go ahead. Good afternoon.
Well then, the next group may come in.
Excuse us.
What is this about...?
Why are they here?
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Beppin-san
Serial TV Story
『雨上がりの空に七色の虹が架かる』 "Ameagari no sora ni nanairo no niji ga kakaru" "A seven colored rainbow appears in the sky after a rain"
Week 21 "Welcome to a New World" (Episode 117)
Screenplay: Watanabe Chiho
Music: Semu Yuko
って そんなに単純じゃない Tte son'nani tanjun janai It's not as simple as a saying like that suggests
Theme Song: "Atelier of Light"
この夢想家でもそれくらい理解ってる Kono muso-ka demo sore kurai wakatteru Even wistful dreamers know that much
Narrator (Bando Hana): Kanno Miho
Cast:
たとえば 100万回のうちたった一度ある奇跡 Tatoeba 100 man-kai no uchi tatta ichido aru kiseki Let's say a once-in-a-million miracle were to come along
Bando Sumire: Yoshine Kyoko
Bando Norio: Nagayama Kento
Nogami Yuri: Renbutsu Misako
下を向いてばかりいたら見逃してしまうだろう Shita o muite bakari itara minogashite shimaudarou You could miss it if all you're doing is just looking down
Ono Akemi: Tanimura Mitsuki
Ozawa Ryoko: Momota Kanako
さぁ空に架かる虹を今日も信じ Saa, sora ni kakaru niji o kyou mo shinji Now, believe a rainbow will appear in the sky again today
Murata Kimie: Tsuchimura Kaho
Bando Sakura: Igashira Narumi
Murata Kentaro: Furukawa Yuuki
歩き続けよう Aruki tsudzukeyou And keep on walking
Adachi Takeshi: Nakajima Hiroki
優しすぎる嘘で涙を拭いたら Yasashi sugiru uso de namida o fuitara After wiping away your tears from a too gentle lie
Nakanishi Naomasa: Mori Yusaku
Tokida Asuka: Onishi Ayahoshi
Sato Kumiko: Kurejo Kumi
Abe Yasuo: Kamikawa Shusaku
Shimano Naoko: Aoyama Yuka
Tsuchida Masakazu: Nakayama Yoshihiro
虹は もうそこにある Niji wa mou soko ni aru That rainbow will already be there
Nogami Kiyoshi: Kora Kengo
きっと 虹は もうここにある Kitto niji wa mou koko ni aru A rainbow will surely already be there
I am the Director of Human Resources, Nakanishi. Well then, we will begin the interviews.
First off, please introduce yourselves and tell us one of your strong points.
Well then, starting with Abe-san, please go ahead.
Yes!
With four years with the Economics Department at Hirakata University, I am Abe Yasuo.
My strong point is at customer service.
During my years at school, I worked part-time at a clothing store.
While there, whenever I saw a customer smile, my exhaustion would fly away.
As an employee, I would want to help Kiaris bring smiles to a large number of babies and their mothers...
...and so be of help to all society.
Please give me a chance.
Yes. Please have a seat. Next, Murata-san.
My name is Murata Kentaro.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, I studied management at a graduate school in New York, U.S....
...where I graduated this Fall.
I believe I am capable of working here. And then my strong point is in English.
I'm fully confident that I'll be able to help Kiaris expand its business worldwide.
Please give me a chance.
I'm very sorry. What did you say in English?
That I would be able to support Kiaris in expanding worldwide.
Please give me a chance.
Yes. Please have a seat. Well then, next is Bando-san.
Yes. My name is Bando Sakura.
The thing I love, as well as my strong point, is design.
After graduating from an art college in Tokyo...
...I studied design at an American design school.
I enjoyed my classes and studying so much...
...that I would become absorbed in it to the point where I would forget to sleep.
Please allow me to work at Kiaris. Please give me a chance.
Yes. Please have a seat.
Well then, next up is Tsuchida-san.
Yes.
Graduating from Kyoto University, my name is Tsuchida Masakazu.
Since graduating, I...
I was really surprised to see Sakura there.
I couldn't believe my own eyes.
Me, either.
Why would Kentaro be here...
Sakura.
We figured we'd get here in time to be in the final group...
How were we? Both me and Ken-chan were pretty sharp, weren't we?
You never said one word about coming to the interview.
Truth is, we decided on this when we were back here earlier this year.
Eh?
That we would take Kiaris' employment test. Right, Ken-chan?
Yeah.
Even so, were Sakura-chan and Ken-chan part of the 100 resumes we selected?
I don't think they were.
Could it be Nakanishi-kun, that you...
I'm sorry.
These two asked me to slip their names in secretly afterwards.
Such a thing...
We asked him to do it.
And to keep it hidden... It would have been troubling if you had opposed it.
I am opposed to it.
Eh?
If our real children were to join us...
...it would change the current atmosphere at Kiaris.
No... Even though we've felt we wanted to work at Kiaris since forever...
What about if you felt that way?
Everyone who came here...
...as well as the other 600 students who sent in their resumes...
...all felt that way, too. So if we were to let family members in...
Kentaro. I think the same as Sumire-chan.
Mom...
Not as your children...
See us as individuals. Even though we worked hard studying overseas...
I'll say this clearly.
Asking Human Resources Director Nakanishi to do that was, in itself, a violation of our rules.
Is that something any of the other students could have done?
They couldn't, now could they? And yet you say, "See us as individuals"...
How about you, Dad?
Are you opposed to us working at Kiaris?
I am.
Don't you feel they didn't need to put it the way they did?
Even though we worked our hardest for this...
Just what are parents and children for...?
I guess...
Ken-chan.
Our lives depend on this.
"I guess" just won't cut it.
Get some proper motivation going and be more persistent about this.
Yeah. I should, huh.
Ken-chan, are you motivated?
I am.
Since my entire life depends on it.
In that case, show me how good a man you are.
Yeah.
If you tell me you're giving up all too easily...
...then my love for you might disappear.
Don't worry.
In that case, it's fine.
Eh... I think we should narrow the people we interviewed today down to just ten.
I'll have those people come in for a second interview exam.
Well then everyone, please voice your opinions on each for the "Hire" or "Don't hire" baskets.
Yes.
Well then, Toi-san.
It's unfortunate, but it doesn't feel like he should be among the final ten, does it?
Yeah... You're right.
Not hired.
Yes.
Hire
Don't hire
Abe-san.
Abe Yasuo
During my years at school, I worked part-time at a clothing store.
While there, whenever I saw a customer smile, my exhaustion would fly away.
Ah...
Hire him.
President?
Yeah. Hire him.
Hire
Don't hire
Next, Tsuchida-san.
Tsuchida Masakazu
Graduating from Kyoto University, my name is Tsuchida Masakazu.
My strong point... is that I have won at everything in my life so far...
Argumentative, isn't he...
Just a bit.
He is smart, though...
I'm sure he could get into a company far better than ours...
Not hired.
Well, just a moment, please. I feel we'll regret it if we don't hire him...
Really?
Well, if Section Chief Adachi is willing to stand up for him...
Yes.
Hire
Don't hire
Murata-san.
Not hired.
Nakanishi-kun, you don't have to bring the other person up, either...
I believe that would be a waste.
Eh?
Well, both Kentaro-kun and Sakura-chan are extremely talented people.
Murata Kentaro
They also know the company inside and out.
Bando Sakura
And above all, they were serious when they said they wanted to work here.
Thank you for your excellent words. As a parent, that makes me happy.
Even so, though you say they know the company inside out...
...I don't think that in itself is a good enough reason for hiring them.
Of the others who've come, none of them know anything about us...
...and have only been doing their very best.
Yes... It's just as you say.
I'm sorry. Please just think of that as a figure of speech.
But even so, couldn't you...
...think them over one more time?
Nakanishi-kun...
Won't you listen to what the Human Resources Director has to say about it?
We'll put them on hold.
Yes.
Hire
Don't hire
Next is... Katano-san.
Not as your children... See us as individuals.
It's said that at today's interviews, the President and Sumire-san's daughter and Kimie-san's son showed up.
Asuka-chan, did she tell you about that? Their daughter was your junior at school, right?
She didn't tell me.
Is that true?
Yeah.
I wouldn't like that...
That's "Profiting from your parent's influence," isn't it?
If a junior of mine was made the face of this company...
...then I just couldn't take it.
And Sumire-san... wouldn't care about us anymore, would she?
That's true, isn't it?
What are you saying?
What'll we do!
Sumire-san, you were there...
I'm very sorry!
Please raise your heads. Okay?
I'll tell you this so there won't be any misunderstandings...
We don't feel there's any reason for us to hire our children.
And we absolutely won't let it affect any of you.
Sumire-san, if you say so...
Asuka-chan, I want to hurry back to work...
That's true, right? Look, work! To work!
To work, to work.
Let's do our best!
Never thought the day would come when we'd get to share a drink with Sakura-chan.
That's true.
Ah, is Shota doing well? He's at a university in Tokyo, right?
That's right. He's doing fine.
He says he'll be back for New Year's and for the summer break.
Is that right... And, anything else?
Huh?
Aren't you lonely?
Ah... I am lonely, but...
What do you do every day?
Hmm... Let's see...
Okay, let's make a toast. Norio-kun.
Ah... in that case, to celebrate Sakura's return home... Kanpai.
Kanpai.
What should have been a long-awaited, joyous celebration...
...had instead left Sumire preoccupied about what was going to happen hereafter.
To Be Continued
Our four-leaf clover of happiness
Beppin-san
End
We'll be friends forever!!