I think
I'm in love with my husband.
You should go to him, then.
Hokuto.
Hokuto, are you all right? Hokuto!
Hokuto. What happened?
Hokuto!
One, two, three!
Can you hear me?
He's bleeding profusely.
-Can you hear me Mr. Mamiya? -Mr. Mamiya?
-Has the patient been prepped for surgery? -Yes.
-Suture tray, please. -Yes.
I LOVE YOU
What is this?
It's so not cool.
He probably won't show up. I'll get going, then.
-Please wait. -Excuse me.
Mr. Mamiya couldn't be here due to illness.
I'm here on his behalf.
I'm here to discuss business in his stead.
Hokuto.
Chiwa.
I'm relieved.
Did you eat the cake?
I couldn't eat it.
It's all in pieces.
I see.
This is a terrible birthday.
Indeed.
Hey.
What did that say?
I...
Huh?
I didn't hear it well. Say it again.
I love
you.
I love you too, Hokuto.
EPISODE 9 I LOVE YOU
HAPPY MARRIAGE!?
TWO WEEKS LATER
Hokuto was attacked by a thug.
It was a misfortune.
Are you feeling all right now?
Yes, thank you.
I left the hospital three days ago
and I'm currently resting at home and undergoing rehabilitation.
Intelligent people sometimes incur hatred. You must be careful.
Yes.
While you were away,
Takayuki worked hard and closed the deal.
Mamiya Fiber was thus able to avoid the crisis.
Well done, Takayuki.
Thank you.
Father,
the president of Mamiya Fiber doesn't have to be Hokuto.
Wouldn't Takayuki work just as fine?
Doesn't his last success eloquently prove that?
You're right. It was an unfortunate incident
but Hokuto should take the responsibility for having opened his post for a while.
If this were an unfortunate incident, that's how it should be.
Are you saying it's not?
Sadly, this was planned by a horrible family member.
Someone who's not worthy of bearing the Mamiya name
is among us right now.
Takayuki,
I'm talking about you.
What you did is undeniably a crime!
However, I won't report it to the police.
Because this is a shame to the Mamiya family.
What do you mean?
The man who attacked Hokuto was a professional hired by Takayuki.
He was ordered to avoid the vital organs.
If Hokuto were to be late to an important meeting
and could not function as the president,
he thought he could take the position for himself.
Is that true, Takayuki?
The Rene Claire incident was originally your fault.
One of the subordinates that you bribed has confessed.
That's the degree to which you're not respected by people!
You are dismissed from your position and permanently banished from our family,
is what I want to say,
but you will be exiled to our subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh.
It's my small kindness to your mother and wife.
Hokuto,
you will continue to be at the head of Mamiya Fiber.
No objections?
I guess it can't be helped.
Seiji doesn't seem to be coming back.
You will have to eventually take over the position anyway.
Father cannot come back?
What do you mean?
Seiji is in the last stage of cancer and won't live long.
He only has two more months left to live.
Pancreatic cancer?
He himself knows that he doesn't have much time left.
Does Hokuto know about this?
I'm home.
Welcome back.
I'm done cleaning so I'm going home.
I will pick you up first thing tomorrow.
Okay.
-Hokuto, about your father... -Let him die.
His room costs tens of thousands of yen,
and he's receiving the best treatment before he dies.
A lot different from my mom, who got hit by a car.
You're not going to visit him?
I'm not seeing my dad!
But he's your father.
-You're going to regret... -Shut up!
Tomorrow I'm going to visit him.
-Don't go! -I will!
Do whatever you want.
Come in.
Good morning. It's been a while.
Take a seat.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
You're nervous.
No, I'm not.
Is it because you found out
that I don't have much time left?
No.
You don't need to worry.
The person in question is not that shocked about it.
Rather,
he's looking forward to dying.
If I go to the other world,
I'm going to apologize to her.
I
told Hokuto he should come to the hospital to visit you.
But he wouldn't listen to me.
That's not his fault.
I stole from him
his one and only
beloved mother.
I took her from him.
Is that true?
Was it really you?
Yes.
To be at the top of the Mamiya family,
I wanted an heir.
My younger brother
had a boy,
but my wife and I
didn't have one.
I needed Hokuto.
But...
Yoko never agreed to it.
And
she tried to run away from me.
I killed her.
I'm home.
You're really late.
I'm sorry.
You went and saw my dad.
How did he look?
Did he look sick?
If you want to know,
you should go see him.
Actually,
Yagami started an IT company with his friend from university.
And I joined them.
Really?
Do you want me to be a housewife?
You're always working hard.
I really respect that.
So I want to work as hard as you do.
I want to take pride in what I do.
Is that okay?
Well,
it's fine, but...
I just don't want...
What?
Random guys
spending time with you alone.
Are you worried?
Are you that worried?
"I love you so much that I'm worried."
Say that.
Silly.
Mamiya Fiber and Mitchel Hearts
have launched an underwear brand, Meilleur.
Hokuto Mamiya, President of Mamiya Fiber.
Misaki Shitara, President of Mitchel Hearts.
Now we'll start the Q&A.
Do you have any questions?
Lady in the first row.
I'm Suzuki from Girls' Illustrated Magazine.
Mr. Mamiya and Ms. Shitara have known each other for a long time.
Did that play a big role in making this joint development happen?
That might be partly true.
Is it true that you two have dated in the past?
We met abroad.
This is a common way for close friends to greet each other.
Some may misunderstand this kind of action.
But Mr. Mamiya and I have always been good friends.
Right?
Yeah.
This project has been a great success.
We already have a lot of pre-orders.
Is that so?
The fact that we were on the tabloid helped achieve this success.
Older women who didn't know about Mitchel Hearts
are also buying this product.
We should continue acting as if there's something between us.
Thank goodness you survived the awful situation.
Thanks to you. I appreciate it.
Now that we know our partnership is very successful,
I want to continue our joint development.
What do you think?
I agree.
However, I want to take a break before starting the next project with you.
Why? This is a great opportunity.
I no longer want to use this gossip for business.
I don't want to continue work
while the society is suspicious of our relationship.
I thought you would utilize any strategy to increase your profits.
Wasn't that your way of doing things?
It has been until now.
But I want to change that way of doing things.
What do you mean?
Until now, work was everything for me.
I worked day and night
and made my wife worry.
I no longer want to make her sad.
Okay.
The media will get bored with this news eventually.
I will take the time to prepare a new business plan until then.
Okay.
Please do that.
-Bye. -Bye.
What are you doing?
I need to finish listing all the orders today.
You're working with great enthusiasm.
What is it, Hokuto? Do you have some free time?
The doctor told me not to work until I've recovered from my injury.
But I have too much free time now.
How about we go on a date?
It's so peaceful.
Yeah.
I never imagined I'd have a peaceful life like this
when I met you.
All your relatives are mean.
And you have many rivals.
I was worried whether I could do this.
"Chiwa,
"you're the best.
"I love you.
"Forever."
What is that?
Isn't that what you're thinking?
I can tell.
You're just too embarrassed to say it out loud, aren't you?
You sure got me there!
-Let's go. -Let me get my bag.
Hokuto.
Chiwa, are you okay?
I'm all right.
What was with that car?
Grounded?
You can work.
But don't leave home for a while.
Your coworkers should come here.
You want me to work here?
It will be uncomfortable for Yagami and Okudera.
It would be difficult.
They'll have to put up with it.
It's a matter of life and death.
They might come after you too.
No way.
His mother died from a car accident.
That's why he's very worried about you.
Please understand him.
I do understand.
How did that car approach you?
Hokuto was walking
and it came towards him fast.
If I hadn't pushed him,
he certainly would've been...
Soma,
did Hokuto's mom really die in an accident?
Can it be that Hokuto was about to get run over
and she tried to rescue Hokuto?
Why are you asking me such a thing?
Well, it just seems like you know everything.
If Mr. Mamiya really was the target,
that perpetrator must have been holding a grudge for a long time.
The Master is out for work today.
Would you like to leave a message?
I want to see Hokuto's childhood photo albums.
Photo albums?
Yes. I only just met him recently
and I don't know much about him yet.
So I wanted to see his childhood photos.
I see.
Cute.
Hokuto.
He's not smiling.
So, you're really not going to tell the truth?
I don't know
what the truth is.
Who are you protecting?
You're not the one who killed Yoko.
It couldn't have been you.
You loved her so much.
You loved both Yoko
and Hokuto.
Hokuto
watched his mother die
right in front of him.
He had to blame it on someone
to overcome the sadness
of his mother's unreasonable death.
That's why
I'm going to leave things the way they are.
Mr. Seiji!
Doctor!
Dad and mom.
Huh? This...
Welcome home.
Is anybody here?
It's you.
Hello.
I got a call from the hospital.
Seiji's condition is serious.
Get everyone together at the hospital.
Yes, sir.
I'm heading to the hospital.
I'm coming too.
INCOMING CALL CHIWA
What?
Come right away, Hokuto.
Your father's condition just took a turn for the worse.
He is in critical condition and is receiving emergency care.
It seems very serious.
Okay.
Soma, where's Hokuto?
I gave him a call too.
Whether he's coming or not is up to him.
That's not good.
They need to reconcile.
That's for him to decide.
Hokuto has misunderstood his father.
His dad loves his mom so much he keeps her photo next to his pillow.
He wouldn't kill someone he loves that much.
I think it was Hokuto that was being targeted.
Stop it.
I don't know what you're taking about
but you shouldn't talk about that here.
Come with me.
Ma'am...
This is you, isn't it?
This is... Why are you in this photo?
Please explain.
Yoko and I
were best friends from university.
So,
I decided to protect
her only son, Hokuto, my boss,
for the rest of my life.
Yoko sacrificed her life
to protect this precious boy.
So, Hokuto was the target?
Why did his dad hide the truth and consent to being the bad guy?
Soma.
Mr. Mamiya?
Sorry, I need to go somewhere.
NEXT EPISODE
Is Hokuto really Seiji's son?
A DNA exam?
Do you want to know who killed your mom?
I might be the one because of whom Yoko died.
In the end I couldn't rebel against the family.
EPISODE 10 REBELLION
If something like this were to happen again,
I can no longer help.
Hokuto, there's something we need to talk about before it's too late.
To be honest, I wanted love.
Whatever happens, I'm on your side.
I love you.
THIS PROGRAM IS A WORK OF FICTION.