"Bunto Publishing" Congratulations on your marriage!
- Congratulations! - Congratulations!
"Sayaka Kuroki" Well, I, Sayaka Kuroki
will be getting married three months from now, on June 20th,
which is also my 30th birthday.
I will be leaving Bunto Publishing as of today.
Hey! You just made it in time as a 29-year old!
I have learned so much for the last seven years here at "Weekly Edge".
We'll miss you.
I won't be working in publishing anymore,
but I plan to take what I've learned here to write
a happy new chapter, together with my husband.
"Harada, Chief Editor" Thank you, thank you.
Sayaka Kuroki will be hap...
"Dear Sayaka, congratulations on your marriage"
Hey, Kazuya.
"Kazuya lshibashi" What?
This... is not my underwear.
That's... that.
What is "that"?
It's a present.
It's a present for you, Sayaka.
Like I said, it's a present.
We've been together for almost four years,
thus I hid it so that I could shock you.
What do you call that again?
Do you mean "a surprise"?
That's it! A surprise!
The man who is going to take an eternal vow with me in three months,
is telling me a lie that is not persuasive at all.
Thank you! I've always wanted something like this.
Of course not! Then where did you get it?
Where did I get it?
I believe it was underground. Shinjuku?
So when you were walking underground in Shinjuku,
you found this and bought it as a gift for your girlfriend?
Though you've never done anything for any of our anniversaries before?
In four years? All of a sudden? A thong?
You liar!
We are getting married! Do you get that?
Tell me the truth.
I'm sorry... Actually...
He is going to confess about being unfaithful now.
If we were to get married, I might have to get over him cheating,
but I really don't want to hear him talk about being unfaithful.
Is it possible that he wasn't being unfaithful?
No, there's evidence here.
Well...
I...
Just apologise from the heart, then promise
not to cheat again, and to make me happy.
I can't marry you.
I'm truly sorry.
I...
I can't marry you, Sayaka.
What?
What are you saying?
Are you kidding? Next week we have a meeting at the wedding hall.
My mom already announced it to all my relatives!
I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
Kazuya, you did say you wanted to get married, right?
I never said now.
Then when?
How would I know?
Stuff like that
should be discussed between the two of us.
Why are you making all the decisions?
But still, why now?
I quit my job, you know.
I quit my job that I've been with for seven years.
- Today-- - I never asked you to quit.
Marriage, marriage...
it's heavy.
Let's end it.
It's too trying to be with you, Sayaka.
You said... you would marry me.
"Dear Sayaka, congratulations on your marriage"
Kazu...
ls this for real? Come running after me.
"Authentic Awamori, Fuehime"
Ouch.
Oh yeah. I had quit my job.
"Wedding preparations" "SABURINA, wedding dress"
"Wedding invitations"
"Let's have a happy wedding!"
Oh?
Custom-made dress, 256,000 yen.
The last memorable single's trip,
109,800 yen.
This month's rent, 83,000 yen.
I think I'm in a very bad situation.
Ka, Kazuya?
"Missed call, Mother"
Mother.
Kazuya!
Delivery!
"Forearm diet set"
It's 28,000 yen, with a processing fee of 500 yen.
This is too painful.
Eight hundred yen.
Kazuya?
"Incoming, Harada, Chief Editor"
This is Kuroki.
Hey, this is Harada. What did you do with the transfer files?
I looked through the shared server, but I can't find it.
Hello? Kuroki?
I have something I would like to talk to you about.
It's canceled? You want to be reinstated?
You want your job back?
What? You just left yesterday saying that you were getting married.
I'm sorry.
That's tough. You're all done here.
Even if we take you back, what reason will I give...
Could you please do something ?
I will work even harder on the Three-star Class B Gourmet.
This Three-star Class B Gourmet was very popular.
It always ranked high in reader reviews,
I'll go to the shopping centre, and do all the pictures and writing.
I'll do my best again.
Actually, we already have a replacement here.
Yuri, that must be heavy. I'll carry it for you.
- Thank you. - I'll hold it.
- Thank you. - Yuri,
- I'll show you to your seat. - Oh, yes.
Those guys...
It could be something else.
Is there any way I could work here?
Well, you know...
I'll take any job!
Why did I quit work?
Thank you for waiting.
- Welcome. - A cafe latte and a cinnamon roll.
It's 800 yen.
What? My usual cafe latte and cinnamon roll is 800 yen?
I was too extravagant, until yesterday!
Oh? My phone is ringing. Excuse me.
"Search. Publishing. In Tokyo"
"Harada, Chief Editor"
Hello, this is Kuroki!
You said you'll take any job, right?
Yes, I'll do my best.
You might be able to work for the editing department of "riz".
What? Really?
"Riz" is the most popular magazine of our company.
Yes, it's not like ours where the target audience is middle aged men,
it's a lifestyle magazine for ladies in their 30s.
Why would "riz" take me in?
When I spoke to their Chief Editor, Usami, he said he could take you.
He'll see you now.
Thank you very much.
Usami was an editor at a major company and he's also been abroad.
Isn't he the one who turned "riz" around quickly
as soon as he moved from another major company?
He changed "riz" that only handled artistic fashion,
to a lifestyle magazine handling mainly love topics and diet.
A woman's magazine is considered successful at 200,000 sales,
but he's selling over a million magazines.
On top of it all, he's just over 40 years old.
He might be strict.
Yes, but he just wanted someone like you.
What? ls that so?
Maybe he acknowledged my Class B Gourmet.
In that case, riz is a sensitive woman's magazine,
will I be covering stylish restaurants in West Azabu?
I can graduate from the pubs under the overpass.
What's the matter?
Yes.
And, by transferring to a new position,
my broken engagement won't be mentioned anymore.
- Hey, where are you going? - What?
Riz
Hello.
- Good day. - Good day.
Good day.
Could you copy this?
Yes, Chief Editor.
So this is Chief Editor Usami.
"Hiroto Usami" He's stylish, but that hairstyle...
ls that in style? ls it in? Oh well.
But he does have an eye for things to take me in.
He's Usami.
I'm Sayaka Kuroki, nice to meet you.
Have you gone golfing recently?
How about going to Ginza sometime?
That sounds great, for sure.
- I am-- - I'm back.
I just can't wait to try it.
"Takako Miura" Check the layout right away.
Please.
"Takako Miura"
Well, I'll leave it to you.
Sure.
Kuroki,
do your best, okay?
Yes.
Hey you!
You! Come quickly.
Yes.
You, can I ask you one thing?
Yes.
Why do you have a monkey on Marc?
What?
It's the Marc Jacobs tote bag you are carrying on your right,
last year's pre-fall one.
Well, why do I have it there?
I can't tell him I bought it in India and put it on.
Do you have any understanding at all,
that Marc Jacobs, who was raised in New York,
worked for Louis Vuitton, that was loved by the royals, for 16 years?
What? No, well...
This is the problem with you weekly magazine people.
If you are going to be part of riz, be more aware. You got that?
Yes, I understand.
I can get you back to work,
but under one condition.
What is this condition?
You'll have to get married within six months.
If you can't, you're fired.
"Survival Wedding"
Um... I don't quite understand what you are saying.
"Riz" sells well when we do a special feature on marriage.
That's why I'm starting a new series on marriage hunting next month.
You will do everything possible in marriage hunting and write about it.
Okay. When you hear of "marriage hunting", what comes to mind?
What? What comes to mind immediately is marriage hunting party?
Would you want to go to such a party?
No, no, not those...
Right? Marriage hunting parties, or marriage hunting sites,
have only loser men.
They feel too desperate. So the psychological burden is heavy.
Most people wish to meet someone, fall in love, then get married.
In reality, it's not that simple, so people are in distress.
That's why you will experience what real marriage hunting is like,
and deliver it to the readers.
Wait one second. Why me?
What? It could only be done by you.
You pushed to marry at 30, quit your job, and returned the next day.
Harada, you told him?
And he's assuming I got dumped.
I was dumped, but I'm not 30 yet. I'm still 29.
These guys are insensitive.
I don't want to get married for work.
Why not?
Because I don't want to.
What a pity. It can't be helped.
I don't want to be accused of moral or sexual harassment.
However, it must be tough to get another job at age 30.
Thanks for coming.
I forgot. I'm unemployed.
Wait one second, Chief Editor.
At Edge, I was doing a series called Class B Gourmet, and it was popular.
So, is it possible to do a gourmet piece at riz as well?
Riz's gourmet section can't be handled by a Class B woman like you.
Class B woman? What a rude thing to say to someone you've just met.
It's not rude. I just stated the facts.
What do you know about me?
I'll tell you why you got dumped by a guy.
I'll be nice and tell you.
It's because you are cheap.
What do you mean?
Cheap means that your market value is relatively low.
Market value?
That's right, market value.
Let's say you're going to purchase a purse.
If some fast brand's purse was sold for a million yen, would you buy it?
I won't buy it for sure.
Right? If Hermes Birkin was a million yen, someone might buy it.
Nobody would buy a million yen fast fashion brand purse,
because the value of the purse and million yen are not balanced.
I understand that, but how does that relate to me?
As with the purse, men automatically calculate the value of women.
Men will spend time and money for a valuable woman.
They gift when they are asked, and they'll drive when asked.
On the contrary, they're indifferent to others they don't care about.
In other words, your guy
decided that you are not worth it to compensate by "marriage".
In other words, if you could raise your value like Hermes,
guys will be easy for you.
Raise my value? It's not that easy.
It's easy.
Do you know why Birkin costs a million yen?
It's because they use high grade leather,
and it's handcrafted by skilled craftsmen.
That is part of it, of course.
Even if the same leather is used, and made by the same craftsmen,
if it wasn't Hermes, it won't sell for a million yen.
Hermes have no sales. Everything is made in-house with no outlet goods.
Rarity is high for an expensive bag with few years of waiting period.
The trust of it being repaired by the original craftsmen is there.
"Rarity. Trust. With the presence of a corporate effort"
With such corporate efforts,
the value that matches the price is given.
In short, the value of a woman could be raised by how it's marketed.
So...
What is it?
I won't be able to do this project.
Why not?
I still can't get over him.
The project itself is problematic,
but for me to find someone and marry him is impossible.
Then just get back together with him and marry him.
I think that is very difficult.
It'll be easy if you do it as I say.
How can you state such a thing?
Because I know the most about love in Japan.
What?
Just ignore his calls and texts from him for two weeks for now.
I will be coming up with a perfect strategy for you.
This is the worst. Ignoring contact sounds like
a typical tip that's in a magazine's feature on love.
I don't want to do it.
Oh, if you don't do as I say, you're fired.
"Hermes, Paris"
It's going to get... hot.
Riz
She will be working here now. This is Kuroki.
I'm Sayaka Kuroki. Nice to meet you.
Please use that desk over there.
"Sugi Yuko" Yes.
Can I get a shot?
Instagenic!
I'm back.
Takako. I'm so glad you are here.
What's with her?
Oh, that's Okuzono, she's in charge of social media.
"Chieri Okuzono" Upload.
There!
"Like!"
So I heard, your engagement was called off?
Ah, yes.
And now you're doing a piece on marriage hunting?
So, how many people know about that gossip?
Oh, the boss announced it in a division meeting, so everyone.
Chief Editor!
Kuroki, could you return these clothes to the brands?
Once that's done, check the store numbers in the April issue.
Also take care of catering for next week's conference.
Yes.
- Kuroki? - Yes.
Send out the corrections for the May line up.
Yes.
"Sayaka Kuroki's Marriage Hunting Column"
What? Return the clothes, check the numbers, then...
What was the rest?
What? What is this?
Check your email.
For one month, we can give as much work as we want to you.
It's very helpful since it's just before the proof approval.
Who would do such a thing?
"Chief Editor, Hiroto Usami"
It's heavy.
Sorry! Move! Move! Thank you!
Oh, that was close...
I'm sorry.
Ouch, I have a cut.
Thank you.
Good bye.
This is tough and dull.
"Mai Hashimoto" It's time, so I'm leaving.
Could you take care of the rest?
Yes.
See you later.
Part timer, unemotional.
"Received"
"Kazuya" It's been awhile, how are you?
A text from Kazuya after a week.
I have to respond to him right away.
Ah! Another advertisement email!
Time to work!
"Earth Sky Festival"
Could you look over here?
Can I get another shot?
Keita is so cute.
Can I get a shot?
This way too. There!
Keita-genic!!
Upload!
No, no, no.
Please move back.
It's a major success.
Nagase Section Chief,
Kawamura Pharmaceutical is here too?
Our drinks section has a booth.
I was told there was a very popular booth. Of course riz is involved.
Please remember our tie-up as well.
Of course, that is being handled by Miura here.
Yes.
Well, should we set the date for the next meeting?
Yes, let's do so.
Let's go then.
It's Usami magic.
It's a client.
I'll go then.
- This is Sugi. - It's okay.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you.
That was great.
There you go.
Oh? Did you grow taller again?
When I discovered you, you were like this little.
That's not possible!
I'm so grateful, Usami.
- Yeah? - Thank you very much.
This is warm. This is warm.
I'm sorry.
Hey, who ordered today's bento?
- Was it you? - No.
- Was it you? - It was Kuroki.
Yes.
It's the super-filling Chinese bento, most popular at weekly Edge.
Don't be so proud!
It's not a judo club training camp. Not good.
Riz's bento is either healthy or lnstagenic. That's the iron rule.
You'll buy that.
What?
Hello, Okamoto? I know it's sudden,
but do you know any place that could cater now?
- Instagenic one. lnstagenic. - lnstagenic one.
I'm sorry.
"Received"
I canceled the wedding hall.
These advertisement emails are so annoying.
Chief Editor, could I talk to you?
Is there anything?
You are not allowed to talk?
Are you hungry by any chance?
Oh? You'll eat these bento?
Wait one second, okay?
Here. Don't just take one, take two or three.
You only want one? Okay. Here you go.
Money? No, no, don't worry about it. I'm glad someone is eating it.
Well, then next time, next time if we meet somewhere again.
Okay?
"Earth Sky Festival"
- Great job. - See you later.
- There's Prince Kashiwagi! - Prince Kashiwagi?
- Great job. - Good day.
- Hey Kashiwagi. - Tanihara.
- Great job. - Thank you.
It helped us out a lot
since you took care of lots of things.
Are we a handyman or something?
I had fun.
Is that so?
You enjoy any kind of work!
You were definitely raised differently!
So, are people from riz...
Oh, there must've been some kind of problem,
they all left in a hurry after the shoot.
I see.
Yes. We're out of here too!
Let's go have fun!
What do you want to eat?
Feature on denim is going to be replaced. Our client had a claim.
"Wear denim in a feminine way"
We have two more days until the proof approval.
- Miura, check with the studio. - Yes.
Sugi, book the models. Tetsuo, contact the photographer.
- Yuki, a writer. - Yes.
Alright.
Chief Editor, what shall I do?
You will... run!
Yes?
I got you snacks.
I brought food.
Thank you.
A galley, Chief Editor, okay!
Kuroki, take this to the client.
Yes.
Great job!
I'm off.
Ah, and
once they approve, go directly to the print shop.
Yes.
- Thank you for waiting. - Yes.
It's approved. This is fine to use.
Thank you very much.
"Kazuya"
Just ignore his calls and texts for two weeks for now.
If you don't do as I say, you're fired.
This month's made it safely to proof approval. Cheers!
Cheers!
Great work.
Drink up, drink up!
It's a little late, but today is a welcome party for Kuroki!
Let's all drink till morning!
Are you all good till morning?
I'm going home after one drink!
- What? - Then just go home.
- Move then. - Sit over here.
Excuse me.
I won't let you say "another one."
"Proprietor" It must be hard on you.
An authentic marriage hunting column
the day after your engagement got called off?
That sure sounds like Usami,
he is so cold-blooded when it comes to his magazine.
Our editor in chief is one of a kind, right?
I never thought he was like that.
Everyone is shocked at first, but you'll get used to it.
You think so? I'm not convinced.
Oh?
By the way, where is the Chief Editor?
Oh, the boss can't drink at all, not even a single drop.
I wonder if the Chief Editor will reconsider my project.
I don't think so. That boss is very stubborn.
He's been in this industry forever, and he delivered results,
he won't change his mind.
I think it's cool. Marriage hunting for work?
It's the best.
There you go again, Yuko.
The composure of a married woman.
But marriage hunting by a female in her late 20s
is going to be on a national magazine?
She's advertising that she's a leftover and desperate,
her mom back home would cry.
They will cry.
Owner.
Yay!
But you are 30, single with no man,
and unemployed? Your parents will cry about that.
They will be wailing for sure.
Proprietor.
It'll be fine though. Our boss does think things through.
I think he certainly is talented.
He used a nude photo of a popular male star for the front cover.
He did a feature on a beauty clinic with a coupon attached.
He's made all these innovative projects a hit.
For the features on marriage hunting, he considered readership,
did a survey with men, analyzed everything completely,
and it was all sold out.
It's been exactly two weeks today.
Chief Editor told me
to ignore all contacts made by my ex-fiancé.
This tactic seems to be out of a piece about love.
He may be talented as a Chief Editor,
but that's different from leading someone's love life to a success.
We're talking about love, and yet he talks about brands,
and marketing?
Actually, listening to a 40-year old guy with a peculiar hair style,
would you really be willing to listen to him?
"Ryota Takahashi" Not exactly.
Shh!
Is it going to work
using this "tactic"?
It's ringing.
"Message, Kazuya. You have a new message"
I want to see you in person and talk.
Just as I said.
Then I'll be responding to him then.
Wait. When you see him will determine everything.
If you make an error, it can't be fixed anymore.
Well, can I do it my way now?
He is contacting me, so I need to respond.
No. If you rely on your meagre experience, you'll fail.
A fool learns from experience. A wise man learns from history.
But I think love is not something you put effort into.
You are definitely going to be single forever.
What? Why would I be single forever?
You want men to treat you well, right?
Of course.
Then why won't you listen to a man's point of view?
The basics in marketing is to listen to the needs of your client.
Who is your client now?
It's a man. So listen more to what a man has to say!
I did a lot for him too!
He said his work was busy,
so I spent an hour by train to see him at his place.
I cleaned his room all the time.
Kazuya insisted on me wearing a female police uniform,
so I bought it on the internet and wore a costume.
What am I saying here?
That's...
not meeting the needs of your client, but being controlled.
Listen, if you were going to do something to make a man happy,
then do something that makes a man's brain happy.
Makes his brain happy?
The human brain gets excited when people are in distress.
Do you know about the suspension bridge theory?
Yes, I do.
When a couple is on a suspension bridge,
they mistake the feeling of uneasiness as being in love.
Yes. So the next time you see him...
I'll have to take him to a suspension bridge!
Are you an idiot?
It's too sad to see a 30-year old
asking to reconcile on a suspension bridge.
What's important about the suspension bridge theory is
that people won't have tender feelings unless they are uneasy.
Uneasy situation?
Do you want to know? In that case, I'll let you know.
You are a class B woman, but your luck is a class A.
How much do you think this TV costs?
What does the cost of TV have to do with anything?
Just answer.
Is it about 100,000?
I would say so.
And this Gucci jacket I'm wearing is
260,000 yen.
That cardigan you are wearing is about 7,000 yen?
Yes, about there.
Then how much do you cost?
What?
Yes, your cost.
You don't know how much you cost.
TV has a price tag, or it could be searched online,
but you don't have a price tag,
and you're not listed on the internet.
Then how do you think men will value you?
I don't know.
Listen. Things don't
have an absolute value.
Human beings calculate relative values, that's all.
For example, a jewel is presented in front of you,
and you're told that it's valuable, that it costs 300,000 yen.
You won't know whether that's expensive or not.
Yes, you're right.
However, if they say "Only three exist in this world"
or "lt's from 500 years ago," then you'd think it's cheap.
When you don't know the value,
depending on how you measure it, the value dramatically changes.
A measure?
Right. In other words, what kind of men are after you,
will be the measure.
Once he knows you are being chased by attractive men,
then that'll be your determining factor and you'll be seen as worthy.
I see.
Do you know the Kelly bag of Hermes?
That's a name of an actress, right?
Yes.
The Kelly bag was first named "Sac a depeches".
When an American actress named Grace Kelly
married the Prince of Monaco and got chased by paparazzi,
she hid her pregnant belly behind that bag.
Then when that picture became the cover, the bag became popular.
So then they changed the bag's name to Kelly bag,
after getting permission from the royal family of Monaco.
It was named after an actress who married the Prince...
what a wonderful story.
Nike paid over 10-billion yen to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods
in contracts.
That means... the person who owns it
determines the measure of its value.
I do get that.
I do get it, but we are talking about love here.
When it's compared to bags and shoes,
you're asking for trouble.
Is this really going to work?
Be confident.
Thirty minutes?
Just see your ex-boyfriend for 30 minutes.
Then have another plan already made with some other guy,
and show that to your ex.
No, I don't want to.
Why?
If he sees me with another guy, he'll dislike me!
You're right. If it seems like you are with someone, he might back off,
but when you are looking for a buyer
in the process of selling, then your value will increase.
The question is, who will you show off?
An attractive guy who will stoke his competitive spirit,
because guys like to compete.
Shall I ask Keita?
Keita?
Yes.
Will he do it?
If I ask him, sure.
Treat him to a meal.
Sorry, did you wait?
No, not at all.
Let's go then.
Yes.
I'm nervous about seeing Kazuya after all this time,
but I'm supposed to finish it up and meet up with Keita?
I'm like someone who's very popular.
No, I can't afford to be brash.
It's been two weeks.
Yes.
Were you able to get your job back?
Tell him the latest, that you transferred to a fashion magazine,
and that your personal and work life is better. Embellish it a little.
It was fine since I was asked to move to "riz".
Betray the wish of a guy who wants you to be devastated of the breakup,
and make him uneasy that you might find another guy soon.
Everyone is counting on me,
and I have no days off,
but I went to a festival the other day, I take a break here and there.
I see.
I started a new project recently and am pretty busy.
Thank you for waiting.
His button.
Oh.
I can't put it on for him anymore?
Hey, Sayaka...
Do you remember the ethnic place we went together the first time?
That place with the interesting store manager?
Yes, there.
Their extremely spicy tom yam kung...
we ate it while crying.
Yes.
Have you ever been to Thailand?
No.
Tom yam kung.
How could I forget? That was a memorable spot
where I went on a first date with Kazuya whom I was in love with
in high school. Then we ran into each other in Tokyo.
Do you want to go now?
I've made a reservation.
What?
I want to go. I want to be with Kazuya a little bit longer.
What shall I do?
I can't make Keita wait.
Oh no.
Is something the matter?
Ah, nothing. I have to use the restroom.
Don't be late for sure!
Are you okay? You don't look so well.
Yes, I'm fine.
So, what do you want to do today?
I really want to spend more time with him, but...
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry to say, but I'm going home for today.
What's the matter?
Well, I have plans already.
What's your plan?
I'm meeting up with an acquaintance.
I see.
Shall we leave then?
Yes.
Are you meeting up around here?
Yes.
Okay. I'm going now.
What am I doing?
Keita is nowhere to be found.
Then the plan can't be carried out.
I think it's fine to spend time with Kazuya then.
Do not, I mean do not stop him.
Hey!
Maybe I was rushing...
things about our marriage.
Of course, I want to get married soon.
I'm almost 30,
I became anxious just seeing each other.
When I asked you, you weren't clear.
But I was wrong...
to have proceeded with the wedding on my own.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry about yelling at you...
without considering your feelings.
Kazuya.
I still love...
Kazuya.
It's better for me to tell him my feelings than to play games.
So, for us...
It's not Keita?
Get in quickly!
What?
You were late.
Why did you come?
I thought Keita won't do the job.
I am a perfectionist.
"I'm better than Keita"? Where does he get that confidence?
Hey, right.
Is there a car on the right?
I'm meeting up with an acquaintance.
I see.
What is this place?
You are the one who wanted to eat something.
Their gizzards are fresh and delicious.
I don't come to places like this.
Where do you go then?
Well, like a hotel lounge,
you know, the three-star places.
I see.
I was supposed to be eating tom yam kung with Kazuya too.
Why am I here with you?
Mineral water please, sparkling.
We don't have it.
Then flat, please.
Yes, one cold water!
Yes.
Cold water?
You can do whatever you like, hooray for you.
Oh well, everything seems so pointless now.
You know, it wasn't supposed to be like this.
I was supposed to enjoy work and marry happy as well.
When I started working, I figured that's how I'd be at age 30.
Soto gain experience, I always worked so hard.
I scrambled around shopping malls in search of stories,
I pulled all-nighters before deadlines.
My 20s was swamped with work, I was too vehement.
Then I realised that my make-up and clothes were neglected.
Then when I received several wedding invitations from my ex-classmates,
my goal was changed to get married, work an easy job,
and live an easy life.
But that didn't come true either.
What I wanted to be and what I am now, are too different.
You talk a lot.
You talked a lot too!
Wait, are you ignoring me? Are you completely ignoring
the screams of a 30-year old woman?
Let's go over our next strategy. The next thing you should do
is not to sell yourself short.
You don't want your raised value to plummet.
What he thought was his, might now be someone else's...
Your man will try to get you back,
to satisfy his ego.
Is that the case?
Maybe he thinks I went on a date right after I broke up with him.
Nope, to recognise you as his,
he will definitely try to sleep with you.
But, human beings cherish things
they worked really hard for to get.
And the easy catch won't be valued highly.
If you want to be treated nicely, don't give in to him.
I know that already.
Do you really get it?
I do get it.
If you don't think it through, it will be like the licence tragedy.
What is this "licence tragedy"?
Right after the Second World War in Paris,
there was a genius designer who was touted as one in a million.
He led the 20th century fashion industry along with
Coco Chanel and Christian Dior.
However, he had a very tough time
making his own brand a success.
Although he was one in a million?
I think it was caused by his extensive licence agreement,
and his brand value diminished.
Licence agreement?
You lend your brand name
and let other companies handle manufacturing and distributing.
That's a licence agreement.
But a licence agreement could be fatal for a brand.
Why? The one who purchased it
will try to profit from it as much as possible.
They will attempt to use the name as much as possible.
As a result, even mass-produced towels and slippers
will have the brand logo on it.
Then surely, the brand value drops.
If you think to profit in short term by giving away what's important,
then your value depreciates.
Whether you will be treated like a towel, or an heirloom...
is up to you.
Everything is up to you.
Would you like to try some? It's delicious.
No way.
Are you sure? Then I'll have it all by myself.
It's delicious.
Everything depends on me...
Okay.
"Rivage Asagaya"
Good morning.
I've written up the project for the marriage hunting piece.
You've finally decided?
The title is "Dream Wedding".
"Column series, Dream Wedding. Project Sayaka Kuroki."
How lame.
Please take a look.
Hey Kuroki.
Yes.
Don't forget the next strategy.
If I want to be treated right, don't sell short.
"Hermes Paris"
It seems...
it's going to be another hot day today.
- Good morning. - Hello.
Don't just take one, take two or three.
Ah, what? Money? Don't worry about it.
It's hot.
Thank you.
Next time, next time if we meet somewhere again.
Delicious.
Oh, the money for bento!
Kashiwagi.
You are early.
Hello.
Please come this way.
He told me not to sell short,
but I'm not even sure if he wants me.
Who was that guy?
That guy in the black convertible.
My new boss. I told you I changed departments.
Are you dating him?
Of course not.
No!
Kazuya.
"Column series, Survival Wedding"
What's going on with your ex-boyfriend?
I can't say anything about this to the Chief Editor.
Until I come up with your next strategy, don't do anything.
Let's forget about him now.
A super-handsome Prince.
I'm so glad I met you again.