Merging with Matsuyoshi department store.
There are already all kinds of rumors and speculations flying around.
Is our meal pot-au-feu today?
It warms up our bodies and is easy to make.
(Amano Kinue - Echizen-ya Department Store, Assistant Buyer)
Tabuchi-san? (Amano Kinue - Echizen-ya Department Store, Assistant Buyer)
(Shirokawa Nicolas Bouquet - Echizen-ya, Assistant Buyer)
(Ozaki Takashi - chief manager of the Business Development Department)
Wrong.
Mm... this one's wrong too.
(Hachiya Hideaki - Goldy Boutique, Buyer)
Don't feel like it.
Yes. See, it is cute.
(Tabuchi Yusaku - Echizen-ya, Chief Buyer)
Aaaahhh.
Original knit project.
Using the best material...
(Jinbo Miki - Echizen-ya, Women's Clothing Department, Executive Manager)
...to produce Echizen-ya original knit goods is the project for this time. (Jinbo Miki - Echizen-ya, Women's Clothing Department, Executive Manager)
...to produce Echizen-ya original knit goods is the project for this time.
The designer is Hippo Essence's Mr. Futaba Kimihiko.
These are his works up to now. (Tamura Aya, Kimura Mizuho - Jinbo Miki's assistants)
They're lovely.
His knitting skills are self-taught, a born-designer.
We will draw out his talent to the fullest.
Yes.
However, watch out for his sudden illness.
Huh...an illness?
What? Illness?
The key of fashion?
Well, it has to be... flowers, lace...
...and also fluttery and fluffy stuff makes me excited!
This was made by a Japanese designer.
We tend to see knit products from abroad, but...
I also hold excellent domestic artists in high regard.
The point of fashion?
I don't think about it each time.
Ta-dah!
Recently, I started a blog.
It's full of information about recommened products that I've bought.
Would you be able to give us some fashion advice?
To love clothes, maybe.
Wearing what you like is the most important thing, isn't it?
How about women who hesitate about what to wear?
Naked is fine, isn't it?! Being naked!
Excuse me...
Nico is good enough for these kind of questions.
It's a freaking busy time, so give me a break!
I'm sorry for calling you in this freaking busy time.
What does the business development department need from me?
Your name is on the list for a prospective executive position.
You heard about the movement to merge with Matsuyoshi Department Store, didn't you?
If agreements are reached, only people with the power will survive.
Senior level people want to pull out young, capable people, and...
...lay the foundation for Echizen-ya.
So you're basically saying...
That I'd be leaving my field?
You've been in the women's clothing field for long enough already.
Are you not interested in managing business?
Or, do you intend to be a department store's chief buyer for the rest of your life?
To be buried, to be successful...
Or perhaps, to run away.
What do you want to do?
(Futaba Kimihiko - Hippo Essence, Knitwear Designer)
Hachiya-kun!
You look really nice.
Cute.
You look like a boy in a French movie.
Really? I'm glad.
Actually, I'm a fan of your knits so...
...I just keep on buying them.
If you like... take this.
Wow, I'm glad.
Actually, I have something too.
"Magic of night."
It's an image of you in my mind.
Lovely.
Oh.
You're a hard worker, aren't you?
But once in a while, you should drink some Jasmine tea and...
...breathe easy, okay?
Well, let's go.
Tabuchi-san.
About the schedule for meeting designer Futaba-san...
Tabuchi-san?
Hey!
Helllllooooo?
Tabuchi-saaan.
Hey!
Since that, Boss has really been a little weird, hasn't he?
Since that? The "suddenly got dumped by fiancée" incident.
To the person who cannot stay by me in a stormy night...
I'm breaking up with you. Goodbye.
Ah, from your fiancée?
Yeah.
He wants to get back together but can't do anything. He's been indecisive.
Tabuchi-san, there's a problem!
Tabuchi-san? Tabuchi-san!
Huh?!
(Tamura Rika- Echizen-ya assistant buyer)
I just received word that... (Tamura Rika- Echizen-ya assistant buyer)
Futaba-san is stepping down from the project due to a sudden illness. (Tamura Rika- Echizen-ya assistant buyer)
Futaba-san is stepping down from the project due to a sudden illness.
What's that?
Sudden illness?
Tabuchi-san, for now, let's go anyway.
Huh?
Hurry up! Stand up!
Hurry and run!
Ah, please take care of this.
Hurry up!
Please, may Hachiya-kun like me...
I bought flowers for the visit.
I'm worried about Futaba-san.
Don't worry. It's probably not an illness.
What?
Ah!
Futaba-san?
Futaba-san!
Hello, it's Tabuchi from Echizen-ya.
Ah, Tabuchi-san. Hello.
Runing away? A grown-up adult?
Get him!
What? Wait.
Wait!
Wait!!
What is this? Scary!
Wait!
Nooooo!
Ah, I've got a stitch.
Go Amano!
Huh? Me?
Capture him!
Ah, it hurts.
All right.
Indeed, she's a former athlete.
Hold it!
Hold it right there!!
Noooo!
Futaba-san!
I've got you!
Noooo!
Wait!
Yaaah!!
Captured!
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How lovely.
It's fluffy.
It seems so warm.
It feels good.
This one's cute too!
Futaba-san. Please take these.
It's cherry sweet. Pretty.
These flowers are pretty too.
Magic of night.
Aren't they beautiful?
Yes.
Please.
I'm relieved that you're not seriously ill.
Take care of yourself and...
...please continue to work on our project.
I beg you.
Please.
But...
But?
But what?
I'm scared.
Scared? Of what?
If I sell my work at the department store...
...I'd be told that as a creator, it's all over.
The best yarn, the best factory and the best knitters...
...we won't compromise quality.
It would hurt my pride as an artist.
"He sold out," is what'll definitely be said.
Hold on, Futaba-san.
Please wait.
Who'd say that you sold out....
Who... if it's who it's...
Excuse me.
Ah!
I see.
Hm? Nicolin-san too.
[Shirokawa Nicolin: I love cute things!] Hm? Nicolin-san too.
[Shirokawa Nicolin: I love cute things!] Heh heh.
Hmm?
[Tabuchi Yusaku: Naked women are the most beautiful.]
Did you change your mind suddenly because...
...someone put an idea into your head?
That has nothing to do with it!
I just don't want to.
Coming to buy side dishes from the deli, but ending up buying my knits...
...is absolutely unacceptable.
Waahhh!
Hello.
Hachiya-kun...
That person is awful.
Waahhh.
Tabuchi-san, I don't know what happened, but...
If you hurt Futaba-san who's so sensitive...
I won't forgive you.
He really doesn't understand a woman's heart.
I was just getting ready to go out.
Ah! You put them in a vase, didn't you?
The tulips I gave you as a present. I'm glad.
I love these flowers so much.
Let's go.
Again, using his charm...
I don't feel like I can win.
Let's think about who's the next best.
Suzuki Makoto is a good designer.
For 10 years, he's been active in the centre of fashion, Italy.
He knows everything about knits.
Nico, get an appointment with Suzuki Makoto immediately.
Yes.
Wait.
Huh?
Please wait.
Futaba-san...
Isn't Futaba-san's knitwear special?
They're gentle and in some way nostalgic.
They remind me of a happy time wrapped up in a warm sweater when I was little.
For all that, the designer has to be Futaba-san.
The factory is waiting. It's a serious schedule.
The design deadline is coming soon.
Because of that, you're giving up so easily?
Work is doing the best you can under the given circumstances!
But, that's... not like Tabuchi-san.
There is no reason for love. If Futaba loves him seriously...
...anything we do would be a waste of time.
Nico, let's go.
For now, we need to explain it to the factory.
Yes.
Wait right there!
Wait?
Co, co...
Co..!
Co?
You're being a coward, Tabuchi-san.
What did you say?
Just because you can't do anything about your fiancée...
You're going to give up on this too?!
Boss, control yourself here.
Amano-san, too.
Look here!
Boss...
I will never give up.
Coming to such a place... what's your reason?
The nice coat is ruined.
Don't bother. It's not trendy anymore...
...soon it'll be in the trash can.
You're a cold person.
Clothes are just a tool for me.
There's no reason to be emotionally attached.
What'd you come here for?
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Futaba-san, Futaba-san.
I brought you some snacks.
I'm on diet.
How about producing perfumes and room sprays with your knits?
This is just a sample, but it's a cashmere fragranced Eau de Cologne.
Ah, I really like this scent.
Right?
But no. Doing all of that would be tiring.
I hope you can do something.
How about selling it with flowers?
It would be a special sales floor surrounded by flowers you select.
That sounds nice.
Doesn't it?
Ah!
You won't be able to trick me like that!
What is this?
Ah, Futaba-san created this knitting pattern before.
If there's a sample with the yarn we plan to use...
...it might help motivate him.
Uh, uh, uh! That's wrong.
(Hayashi Yoko - "The Space" Sales Person) Uh, uh, uh! That's wrong.
Look. In this way, rope it and slip it off. (Hayashi Yoko - "The Space" Sales Person)
Look. In this way, rope it and slip it off.
Eh? Slip it off?
What? What is it?
The yarn. (Sasaki Ryo - "The Space" Sales Person)
It's reckless. (Sasaki Ryo - "The Space" Sales Person)
...then slip it off.
Wait, you're too.. too fast.
Echizen-ya will start up a knit brand using the best material.
I would like Suzuki-san to design it.
(Suzuki Makoto - Knit designer)
Thank you very much. (Suzuki Makoto - Knit designer)
I could not ask for more. (Suzuki Makoto - Knit designer)
However, the time limit is one week.
That is... impossible.
The business' scale is millions of dollars.
Our plan is to update this series annually.
We'll clearly state who the designer is.
I think that it'd be a very tough schedule, but...
...it's also a great chance for you.
Please consider it.
We are changing the designer to Suzuki Makoto.
What is the reason?
Futaba-san's sudden illness.
A solid choice.
You did well.
I did well...
I think you should properly talk to her, after all.
Hm?
To your ex-fiancée.
You and Amano... why're you meddling with another's private life?
If she says 'no' it means 'no' in this situation.
Relationships are not such simple things.
Even if one side says "no", it might change depending on what the other side does.
Ah, it's pointless, pointless, pointless.
She rejects all of my phone calls and has moved out her house.
You can go to her restaurant.
Visiting her at work for such a thing'd be too much like a little girl.
This is the first time we're having dinner with just the two of us, isn't it?
Look. There is a really good restaurant.
Hooray!
I can't wait. What should I eat?
It's the boss's ex-fiancée's restaurant, though.
What?
This is his ex-fiancée?
This is a mission.
A mission?
We will go there, call her out...
...and have her see the boss.
Um.. and Tabuchi-san?
He'll be waiting at a nearby park.
I kinda think he should go himself.
He doesn't want to go to her restaurant because that'd be like a being little girl.
But why do we have to?
I don't like it either.
Seeing the boss continue to be a coward.
Not everyone can work...
...the same way that Boss or Miki-sama work.
It's the same for me.
All I can do is...
...diligently update the blog which I don't even know is reaching customers or not.
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I want the boss to be cool always.
I want him to be a real man.
Would you be able to help me?
I'm glad.
Also, I have some sad news.
Yes?
I have to go to a business meeting now...
Amano-san, please go there by yourself.
What?!
Please take care of it.
Hold on, Nicolin-san! Please take care of it.
What do you mean? Wait!
Wait!!
Whyyyyy?
Argh! Why me?
Good evening.
I'm sorry.
It's already past our last order time.
Oh, I see... then, I'll come another time.
Have a seat.
If it's okay with you, we'll offer what we have left. It's cold outside.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for waiting.
It's pot-au-feu.
It warms you up.
Itadakimasu.
Mmm! It's yummy.
(Miyazawa Yukino - Yusaku's ex-fiancee)
You can make it easily at home too. (Miyazawa Yukino - Yusaku's ex-fiancee)
Just take whatever you have in the fridge and simmer it over low heat.
Excuse me...
My name is Amano.
I'm one of Tabuchi-san's assistants.
Tabuchi-san is waiting in a nearby park.
If it's okay, won't you see him and talk to him?
I decided not to see him any more, so...
I won't see him.
But...
The pot-au-feu is getting cold.
He liked pot-au-feu too.
I suggested that he cook it himself once in a while, and gave him a pot as a present.
I wanted to support his work and acted like things were okay...
...but truthfully, I missed him a lot.
I didn't like my troubled hesitant self...
...so I found my goal and did my best at work.
However, one day, I realised...
...that even without him, I'm fine.
It must've been a shock for him, being so sudden.
I've been hiding my feelings. Truthfully, I always...
...wanted you to be with me more.
It's over with him.
So...
I won't go see him.
Um... well...
I'm sorry!
Hey!
Yes?
Let's go drinking!
Eh?
Yes.
My parents had a pastry shop.
Our main meal was doughnuts, the side dish was cake.
The dessert was pudding, and snacks were cream puffs.
Carbohydrates hooray!
Of course I was obese.
At the end of elementary I weighed 60kg.
I was called "Tabu-pig".
What?
My clothes were uncool, uncool.
Sweatshirts that mom bought at the supermarket...
...and elastic jeans.
Uncool, uncool!
In middle school I fell in love, and dieted till I thought I'd die.
When I lost weight, more so than women, clothes became interesting.
More than women... more important than women...
That's right! More important than women... work!
What did you eat?
What?
You ate it didn't you? Her food.
Ah... pot-au-feu.
Ahh... That's delicious!
Super delicious!
But now, I can make it myself.
I can make it myself too! Yay!
Yay.
Tabuchi-san?
Heeeey! Tabuchi-san!
Tabuchi-san, we're nearly there.
Tabuchi-san, where's the switch?
Here.
Oh.. your place is quite nice, isn't it?
Who are you? A burglar?
I've got it. I'll bring you to your bed.
Where is your bed?
This way.
Yes.
Please sleep now.
Don't wanna.
Go to sleep!
No way!
Sleep! Ah!
Seriously!
Hey, Tabuchi-san.
He-hey.
Hey, Tabuchi-san! Hey!
Yukino...
What?
Yukino...
Good work today!
He liked pot-au-feu too.
I suggested that he cook it himself once in a while, and gave him a pot as a present.
His breathing stopped.
Tabuchi-san, Tabuchi-san!
Tabuchi-san! Tabuchi-san!
You won't die from just a broken heart.
You'll definitely be cheerful again.
I overcame it, too.
With work and time...
Also, because you helped me a lot, Tabuchi-san.
Do your best.
Tabu-pig.
Hey Tabuchi-san?
Tabuchi-san! Tabuchi-san!
Tabuchi-sa..!
Oh, I can't go home now.
Just because you can't do anything about your fiancée...
You're going to give up on this too?!
What do you want to do?
A solid choice.
You did well.
Clumsy work.
When do you think a man's face looks the most vibrant?
What?
When he starts doing something.
I don't want to do well.
[Hachiya-kun o^^o]
Yes? Hachiya-kun.
Good afternoon.
Futaba-san. Today I bought delicious doughnuts.
Futaba-san?
What's wrong?
Are you not feeling well?
Your stomach? Your head? Are you alright?
Waaaaaahhh!!
Futaba-san! What's wrong?
It couldn't be that... something happened with Hachiya-san?
With one phone call... completely.
What?
Just then, our business relationship ended.
"If there's another chance, looking forward to working with you," he said like a different person... bluntly.
I'm an idiot, really an idiot.
I understood it, I perfectly understood it.
That he only approached me for business reasons.
That was our only relationship.
But.. I can't help but hope, after being treated that kindly.
I'm an idiot. It's always like that.
Again... I'm all alone.
A much better man will appear!
What?
You'll be together and... it'll feel as natural as breathing.
You'll be able to laugh and cry with each other.
This person'll fit you perfectly.
You're not all alone.
He'll appear for sure! For sure!
For me too... and also for Tabuchi-san.
Amano-san.
Yes.
Isn't the deadline soon?
Yes.
I'll do it.
I will work.
Yes!
Futaba-san is okay?
We did it!
But, I wonder why Hachiya-san backed out...
...so suddenly.
I've gotta go so I'm hanging up.
Nico, get ready to go.
Yes.
Futaba-san, here you go.
Ah, thank you.
You put them in a vase, didn't you?
The tulips I gave you as a present. I'm glad.
I love these flowers so much.
Madam.
How about this dress?
I didn't come here to shop.
Then, a private matter?
It isn't.
It's about Futaba-san.
Really, Tabuchi-san got me.
What?
You restored Futaba Kimihiko as the designer?
Yes.
What about his sudden illness? Was it alright?
To heal his illness, I used slightly drastic measures.
Drastic?
A brand with close connections to both of us...
...told us they'd withdraw from us more and more...
...this morning, suddenly.
To get these clothes...
Or to get Futaba Kimihiko?
It's my job to think calmly.
You mean... Tabuchi-san was applying pressure?
He isn't picky about his means.
Your reason for taking such a risk?
Even if I take a risk, I concluded that getting hold of fascinating articles would be well worth it.
Fine.
Excuse me.
:P
If you like, you can have these.
I don't need them anymore.
Please tell Tabuchi this:
I hope you and Futaba-san'll get along well.
Hold it right there.
"Not picky about his means,"... doesn't that go for you too?
Doesn't your heart hurt even a little bit?
Futaba-san seriously liked you...
Using someone's weakest point in this way...
This is the way I do work.
Such unfair methods...!
Unfair?
I'm honoured.
To me, that is a compliment.
Even if it's unfair or against the rules...
It's only the outcome that people notice.
I'd do anything.
In order to not become a loser.
Kinue-san.
Very soon, something interesting will happen.
I'm back again.
Ah, welcome back.
- Nicolin-san.
- Hm? - Nicolin-san.
Futaba-san's designs are really cute.
You wanna see them?
Yep.
Look!
Wow. Cute.
It's definitely because you did your best without giving up.
Our cool boss, as we know him, has returned.
It's great, isn't it?
That we can work with Futaba-san.
Yes.
Tabuchi-san.
Ahh, shh!
Please don't wake him up yet.
Today he's exhausted.
Because he had to apologize.
Apologize?
Yes.
To Suzuki-san, from whom we ordered designs.
Are you kidding me?!
I sincerely apologize.
Fine. Get it to the factory ASAP.
Yes.
You did a good job.
I'm frustrated.
It was Tabuchi who did it all.
It's vexing.
I said smug things to Tabuchi-san...
...but with my ability, nothing I did was able to sway Futaba-san.
So what?
Don't tell me you thought you could do anything by yourself?
I didn't mean...
I don't want excuses.
Yes.
The way I did things was childish.
I couldn't do the work the way Tabuchi was doing it.
Tabuchi-san's method is not necessarily the right answer.
Devising plans, observing and waiting, attacking head on.
Each person has their own fighting-styles.
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What do they use as a weapon, how do they fight?
For people who work...
The way they fight is the way they live.
If you have enough time to feel frustrated...
...find a way to work that suits you.
But, being frustrated's fine, isn't it?
If you feel frustrated...
...it's proof that you want to move forward.
Maybe you began to like work a little.
Thanks for your hard work.
Well... Tabuchi-san.. umm...
Geez, are you making fun of me?
What?
What's this? This jumbly stitched cushion cover?
Well this is... meant to be a tunic coat.
Shut up.
Try turning this crappy thing in.
Any contract would be broken off.
Um, Tabuchi-san?
About recently, thank you very much.
Yeah.
In return can you... keep it a secret?
What?
The... thing.
What?
The... thing.
Pardon?
The... thing.
Pardon?!
The Tabu-pig thing.
As you command, sir.
Tabu-pig Senpai!
Hahaha!
Hey you!
I'll get to work.
Ah! Want something to eat?
Here!
He-hee, Tabu-pig, hehe.
By the way... You've heard it before, right?
My desires. What I want to do.
Dig up a brand which nobody in the world knows.
Connect a new talented designer with customers.
Make a breakthrough in Japan and spread it over the world.
We will be the fashion mecca.
That was close.
I was about to forget this.
It might be difficult to pull it off in a department store...
...but you could do it, for sure.
Who said I'll do it at Echizen-ya?
Eh?
You're rejecting the promotion?
Yeah.
For a job that seems so difficult, please find someone else.
Is this your answer?
So basically, from now on, you don't mind staying as Echizen-ya's chief buyer forever.
No. I've no intentions of doing that at all.
If I stopped moving, I'd be over as a man.
Good morning.
I didn't know.
What does this mean?
What's gonna happen?
What what? What what? - Now's not the time to eat.
Don't tumble so easily, please.
If the enemy is strong, it's more interesting.
You look happy.
You're wearing a vibrant face.
Next news: A big change in the department store sector.
Major department stores Matsuyoshi and Tenman store have announced...
That they've agreed to incorporate businesses in a merger.
As the sector's number 2 Matsuyoshi and number 3 Tenman merge...
...a giant department store with about 1.75 trillion yen profit...
...will arise and will...
...leave the recent top profit department store Echizen-ya...
...far behind.
Tabuchi...
What? Wait.. what?
Ah!
Eh?
What's gonna happen?
If we crush her, it's the end of Echizen-ya.
High heels?
Takeuchi in Asakusa.
I have a good deal for you.
Head hunting?
I'm coming now.
Miki-sama's love story?
In the whole world...
A pair of shoes for you only.
I'll leave Echizen-ya.
Tabuchi-san, it's hot in here.
Eh?
In here it throbs and prickles. Ah, anyway, it hurts.
Wear good shoes.
Eh?
Long ago, there was someone who told me that.