"If Talking Paid"
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
I wonder if that was the last time
I'll have eaten the stir-fried noodles you make.
Yeah, probably, because you'll move on Sunday.
I'm not talking about that.
If that indeed was the last time,
I wish I had savored it more.
You mean I won't make it again?
I mean for the rest of our lives,
we won't have lunch together on our own like this very often.
True, even if I stay at your home,
it won't happen unless we're both jobless.
When I think about that, it makes me want to savor what you cook.
Maybe there are many dishes you've had for the last time in your life
without being aware of it.
There are.
When I was in high school, a ramen shop I used to frequent closed,
and I collapsed in front of it.
I feel you. No ramen made by another restaurant can replace it.
I called the ramen of that restaurant "ramen,"
but it was totally different from other ramen.
That's what my dad's meat sauce was to me.
Oh...
Why?
- Was it on the coffee shop's menu? - Yes.
Mum makes it as the recipe says, but there's a subtle difference.
I've made it many times too,
but it never tastes the same as I remember.
Maybe he added a secret ingredient that isn't on the recipe?
No, Mum also confirmed that Dad didn't.
I sometimes have an urge to have
the cabbage rolls Ayako used to make.
She is still alive.
But the single Ayako is dead.
Just ask her to make you some.
But I can't ask her, can I?
Ow...
it needs lots of effort, and I’m jobless.
Should I ask her strongly for you?
Seriously, don't.
I want to move back peacefully.
- The meat looks awesome. - Amazing...
- Ma'am, you'll come too, right? - Go where?
We've finally finished installing the solar panels at Mr Danno's home.
Have you? Well done.
Using the power generated by the sun for the first time,
he's going to hold a party with meat in main dishes.
Are you not gathering people to advertise your company?
No, I'm not.
You should grill meat with charcoal!
Why do you use electric power at the party?
He has the most advanced oven made in Germany.
It's one that is used even at Michelin restaurants.
Is it okay for me to go?
You have to come, or it'll be pointless!
You see, Kouji and his family will return to the new house,
so we'll make it a farewell party too.
I'll ask Ayako, then.
I think it's the first time I have proper game dishes.
Rabbit and venison are delicious.
I can have this piece of paper with rice.
What's the direction you're heading to?
It's Mr Danno, the meat he prepares must be very good.
Yes, of course.
So all of us will attend, right?
- I won't go. - Why?
Because I'm not the party concerned, and I'm not leaving.
I'm the same if you say so.
But he invited our whole family, didn't he?
Just go without me.
Oh, I get it.
If you see Mr Danno,
he'll talk about the job vacancy, so you say no.
No, idiot.
At least I won't mention it anymore.
Yes, you will.
I don't want to fight before we move.
I've totally given up on finding you a job, so don't worry.
That's not the problem.
Why, then?
I don't want to go to someone's home just to have meat.
But you love meat, right?
I like fish more, if I must say.
And we're having sashimi, I can't think about meat.
Fine, then. The four of us will go.
Don't complain later and say you wish you had meat.
Don't worry, I won't.
"Sincerity Moving Center"
"Rairaiken"
- Hello. - Welcome. Please come in.
Oh?
You didn't go to Mr Danno's?
Why would I?
You should have some proper meat occasionally.
I'd have to keep listening to Danno bragging just for the meat.
- Ramen, please. - Okay.
Do you feel a bit lonely?
Why?
Ayako will move back home, right?
I don't feel lonely. It'll be quiet, and it's nice.
But aren't you and your niece close?
Not at all. I only babysat her, and it was so troublesome.
What?
You say the opposite no matter what people say!
No, that's not true.
See? You denied it again.
You just happened to say things I wanted to deny one after next.
Is that so?
Well, it is.
- Good evening. - Welcome.
Oh?
Wow, Mitsuru!
Hey.
It's takeaway for you.
You might want to warm the horse meat and wild boar meat.
Thank you so much! I'm so happy!
Why didn't you come to Mr Danno's home?
I don't like meat very much.
Hang on, the zoo's proud lion doesn't like meat? It's impossible!
Watari, you love talking about lions.
My girlfriend often says it's annoying.
Your niece, Harumi, is so pretty!
- She was there too? - She had more meat than us all.
She gets desperate when it comes to food.
She said she'd miss you when she returns to the new house.
- Who said that? - Harumi.
She enjoyed living at your home more than she thought.
She has to thank me, then.
No, we didn't say that.
But I'm obviously the reason.
You'd better not say that yourself.
Nobody gives me compliments, so I have to say it myself, right?
- What? - Cheers...
Okay...
When will they finish eating?
"Chapter Nineteen, Sukiyaki And Moving House"
Have some.
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
Can you finish packing by tonight?
We've got more things than I expected.
But you sold a lot at the flea market.
She sold many, but bought new ones too.
You bought a coat and a pair of boots too.
Not as many as you did.
- Excuse me. - Okay.
Excuse me.
Oh, did Mr Danno talk to you about the secretary job last night?
No, not a word.
As far as I know, nobody talked about you at all.
That makes me sad in a way.
I thought you didn't want anyone to talk about you.
Mitsuru, Kouji.
Yes?
Will you two come downstairs?
Sure!
- How about sushi? - We had sashimi two days ago.
Right.
- What's the matter? - We haven't finished packing,
so we'll order supper.
What would you like?
- I'll have anything. - It's the most difficult answer.
- Just anything besides meat. - Same here.
What about sandwiches?
I'll make rice ball and miso soup in that case.
Wait a minute. What are you talking about?
There can only be one thing for supper.
Why can there only be one?
It's sukiyaki.
Wait, have you been listening?
We had too much meat last night, and none of us want sukiyaki.
- It's just you. - It's everyone besides you.
Kouji, you said you'd have anything.
I would rather not have sukiyaki.
That's why you should've gone to Mr Danno's home too.
- It's not about him. - We confirmed with you.
We told you not to ask for meat later.
Even if you had loads of meat at Mr Danno's,
we're still going to have sukiyaki today.
Will you not take revenge like this because only you didn't have meat?
Do you think I'd insist to have meat for something so trivial?
Is there another reason?
The day three months ago.
If the five of us hadn't had sukiyaki,
we wouldn't have lived together like this.
So on that day, at that moment,
sukiyaki became a special dish to our family.
What are you talking about?
You hated sukiyaki and complained so much.
Yes, at first, you said sukiyaki was absurd
and refused to live with us.
But because of my big heart, we lived together in the end.
What big heart?
We had sukiyaki that day, that's why Harumi came.
If Harumi hadn't come, she might still refuse to go to school now.
That's impossible.
You cycled 45 minutes from your home to have sukiyaki here.
Where has the passion gone?
Is that how little love you have for sukiyaki?
It's still my favourite, but not today.
I wanted to talk passionately about sukiyaki with you for one last time.
Do you know how much I've been looking forward to today?
If you insist on having it, have you prepared the ingredients?
I thought Ayako would prepare them, obviously.
Of course I won't!
Who was benefited most in these three months?
Ayako, wasn't it you?
Well, I didn't have to pay any rent and food expenses, so it did help.
I'm not talking about money.
There were more problems in your family, right?
Harumi refused to go to school. Her romance with Riku Takahira.
Kouji quit his job without talking to you.
And Harumi refused to go to high school.
Who saved the Akiba family from their crises again and again?
The relationship between Kouji and Harumi
was your longest pending problem.
Who restored it?
We're all grateful to you.
No, if you were,
I didn't have to ask, and you'd have prepared sukiyaki.
You hated sukiyaki so much and complained,
why would we prepare it?
I will never forget that day, three months ago.
I had sukiyaki for the first time after 15 years,
I'm embarrassed to say that I thought it was delicious.
And I loved sukiyaki.
You made such a fuss of it, but you dare say that?
But you were the one who came uninvited with the Yonezawa beef.
I resisted and said I wanted to have it as shabu-shabu,
but you made me find out what sukiyaki tastes like after 15 years.
You got me to have such delicious sukiyaki,
but you now tell me to forget the taste.
Isn't it too selfish of you?
All right, fine!
I'll invite you to my home after we move
and treat you to the best sukiyaki.
You can't complain now, right?
- This will not do. - Why won't it?
The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games
are held at the same place.
Yes, for the Olympics!
The Tokyo Olympics will open at the new National Stadium,
nobody will accept it if it closes at the lnokashira Park.
Seems that our new home is the park.
Ayako and I went on our first date there.
- Was it? - Say nothing unnecessary.
At the opening ceremony three months ago,
like the Olympics rings,
the five of us sat together and had sukiyaki,
and I want to have it again when it ends.
Also, from now on, as a token of our family's love,
we should gather once every four years and have sukiyaki.
Is what I want that awful?
Ayako, let's have sukiyaki.
But only Mitsuru wants to have sukiyaki!
After listening to Mitsuru, I want to have sukiyaki more and more.
Mum, you spoil Mitsuru too much.
You said you didn't want to fight before you move, was it a lie?
I don't mind having Sukiyaki too. I just won't have any meat.
I'll go shopping and cook, so don't worry.
All of you can concentrate on moving house.
You're so annoying!
In the name of the whole Kishibe family,
I promise that we shall dip the meat in egg
in the true spirit of "Sukiyakimanship"!
Yes!
It's the best!
Fine quality meat is tasty even if I have it for two days.
Right?
How strange.
The first one was hard to swallow, but I ate smoothly after that.
Do you know why?
The fine-quality oil acts as wax and transports them to your stomach.
Will you not talk to me?
Mitsuru ate eight pieces of meat three months ago.
I aim to break the record today.
The spirit of the Olympics is to outdo one's past self.
If you still stick to the meat in the game of sukiyaki,
you won't get the gold medal.
"Meat doesn't matter" sounds a lot like what an expert would say,
but in the end, it does.
Someone who started to love sukiyaki 3 months ago is still too shallow.
You nearly retired two hours ago. Look who's talking.
I just don't want to have it today, why is it retirement?
Stop arguing, it's noisy.
Mum, what will you do on New Year's Eve?
Nothing.
Mitsuru will probably go to Kaisei's bar,
so I'll clean the house, have some beer and sleep.
- Come to ours, then. - Yeah, please come.
Thank you, but I'll feel sorry for leaving your dad at home alone.
Why don't you bring his photo with you, then?
What?
Does bringing his photo mean spending the New Year with him?
Yes, it does.
Athletes bring photos of deceased family members to the Olympics.
They only bring the photo to encourage themselves,
it doesn't mean the family member is there with them.
But to the family that's there to cheer for them,
the photo means the person is there.
But if you acknowledge that the photo represents dad's existence,
it'll get complicated.
But I talk to the photo every day like I do to him.
Why didn't you bring it
when you went to stay at the hot spring last year?
I can't walk around the town with his photo.
Then leaving him at home for three days
without changing the food and water is abuse.
Nobody wants such an elaborate profile.
Why does dad's photo lead to the topic of abuse?
That's what you get yourself into by personifying dad's photo.
If there's a game to nitpick what someone says,
- you can win a medal. - A gold one for sure.
The ability won't make anyone happy, so it won't be a game or a job.
You can't tell what will happen in 10 years.
I might be the world champion of Talk Fencing.
"Talk Fencing"?
You call nitpicking what people say "Talk Fencing"?
So lame.
It doesn't reflect nitpicking at all.
Mum, we won't make mochi this year?
- He changed the topic. - Admitted defeat.
Shut up. You two are skilful enough to aim for championship too.
We aren't interested in such a brutal game.
- Right? - Yeah.
Mr Makimoto asked me to make mochi again.
Dad used to make mochi on Christmas day.
Yes, once on Christmas day and once on New Year's Day.
We always had mochi during New Year when gramps was alive.
Yeah.
Mum even tried to put the mallet and millstone in dad's coffin.
The millstone couldn't fit into it, but I wanted him to have the mallet.
Won't it make him look like the god of death?
- Not at all. - Why?
Because the mallet looks like the god of death's scythe.
No need to be so kind and explain it.
- Are you embarrassed? - What's wrong with you?
I put the mallet and millstone in the storage room and won't use them.
- Take it with you tomorrow. - I don't want it.
Can I pound mochi too?
You can! Ayako knows how to do it.
Kouji, no need to try.
But I want to have freshly made mochi occasionally.
Harumi says she wants to have mochi you made.
It doesn't have to be Kouji.
You really should do it.
It gives you a father's authority if you do it annually.
Yes, you should be in the limelight just once a year.
The way you cheer for him is rude.
Why?
I'll try to do it on the coming New Year's Day.
Mum, Mitsuru, please come.
I have to if you'll make mochi.
- Will you bring dad's photo? - Forget about the photo!
But you need dad's photo when you make mochi,
because it's the game that dad would want to watch most.
- Why don't you bring it? - I won't go.
What?
Impressive, World Champion of Talk Fencing.
- You're so annoying! - Look who's talking.
Do we not want the udon noodles to finish?
Don't be silly, nan. You need udon for sukiyaki.
Says the world champion of sukiyaki.
- Gosh, all of you are like this. - Look who's talking.
Just so you know, you all kept complaining,
but you ate more than me.
That's because you talked more than us.
Exactly!
- One full point. - One full point.
Oh, it's so good!
"Bar Clutch"
Kouji, will you be taking a short break?
I can't afford to, so I'll find a job when we return.
What do you plan to do?
I want to be a taxi driver.
Oh, do you?
If I want to play music as a hobby,
an office job will be too restrictive.
You can only take the weekend off.
I hope we can play together someday.
Yes, I hope so too.
Mitsuru, I can't thank you enough.
Same here.
Kouji, you have helped me on various things too.
Life here is so comfortable that I sometimes don't want to go home.
If you can't stay there anymore,
just run away to our home anytime.
Thank you.
In the sense that I now have a place to run away to...
the three months have been invaluable.
- Let's have a drink again. - Sure.
Looking forward to it.
"Winter City Half Marathon 14th December"
it was over in a flash.
Yeah.
Various things happened.
It makes me sad that the five of us won't live together again.
But that means all of us are happy.
Does it?
Yes!
Because if the five of us live together,
it means that Mitsuru is still not independent.
Yes, indeed.
We live quite close, so we can meet anytime.
Let's have Sukiyaki every year instead of four years.
Yeah, Harumi will be happy.
Oh? You've packed all your things?
Yeah, I haven't got many things to begin with.
Has Kouji told you what job he wants to do?
Taxi driver, right? Mum told me.
What do you think?
Mum wasn't happy, but I think it's nice.
I want him to continue to play music,
and if Kouji can work at his own pace,
I want to cheer for him.
Harumi, you better cheer for him harder.
Why?
There's another reason that Kouji wants to be a taxi driver.
If your dream of being a radio presenter comes true,
he can listen to your show when he has a break.
Don't pretend you don't care. You're extremely happy, right?
- I don't know if I can be one. - You surely will.
The fortune teller said your future job would require talking,
and you were excited about it.
Don't embarrass the old man.
Anyway, I'll make efforts.
You're really not honest.
What about you? Will you continue to live like this?
Who knows?
You still haven't found what you don't hate?
When you look for something, you can't find it if you try hard,
because you falsely assume that it can't be here.
But if you forget about it,
you'll find it when you least expect it.
You'll be fine then. You can find it soon.
I can't count on you to give me advice on life.
Find it if you say that, so that you won't embarrass me.
Then what I said will be correct.
Indeed.
It's done!
Sorry, I'll do it tomorrow.
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
They're going to leave you here.
"Sincerity Moving Center"
Let's burn dad some incense before we go.
Oh, where's Harumi?
She just put on her shoes and went out.
Hey, mum.
Yes?
- My bicycle isn't on the lorry. - Why?
That's why I told you to put it at the entrance yesterday.
But it'd be hindering the moving process.
Sorry, I said we've put everything on the lorry
when the guy checked with me.
Mum, it's your fault, so you'll ride it home.
- Why? - I'll use it tomorrow.
- We'll play rock, paper, scissors. - Me too?
Because you said we got everything when the bicycle is still here.
Hurry up, or the staff can't work.
- Okay, ready... - Hang on.
Thirty minutes by bicycle?
Forty-five if you lose.
I can't lose, then.
Ayako... Ayako, come.
Gump's smash.
Okay, let's begin.
Rock, paper, scissors...
- I won! - Yes!
This is awful. I haven't ridden a bicycle for over 10 years!
Don't worry, you don't forget how to ride it.
Harumi, are you okay being alone with Kouji in the car?
Why not?
The situation changed in these three months.
But you haven't. How dare you say it.
Ayako, we'll go home first, then.
You can do it.
- Come and visit anytime. - Kouji, be careful.
I'm expecting you when I make mochi on New Year's Day.
Harumi and Kouji will go to the new house alone. Who'd have thought?
What a beautiful finale!
- It's your fault, Mitsuru. - Why?
I lost because you said Gump's smash.
You assumed that you could win with paper.
You thought I told you something great
and when you nodded, your face was like...
- Cycle on the shortcut with me. - What?
You should, because you made me lose.
You've come by car many times.
The way is longer.
The shortcut will just make it three minutes shorter.
But do you have any idea
how much the three minutes can make my muscles hurt tomorrow?
Use your smartphone as your guide.
But I can't when I'm riding a bicycle.
Gosh, you're such a pain in the neck!
In that case,
buy some fried meat cake at Sakaiya on your way home.
Making supper today takes too much trouble.
- Come on, let's go. - No.
- Come on! - No.
- Come on, let's go! - No!
So annoying!
"Chapter Twenty. Coffee And Marathon"
The message was sent by Timimi, a 51-year-old lady.
It's the first time you sit next to me and I'm nervous.
If this makes you nervous, you can't drive a taxi.
- Harumi, what do you think? - About what?
Will it upset you if your dad is a taxi driver?
No.
Dad, if it's what you want, then just do it.
Are you okay?
Sorry.
I'm a bit surprised.
I won't call you that again. Don't worry.
What?
Don't look so shocked.
Please do from time to time.
Once every four years, then.
That's good enough.
I can go home on my own now. I know the way.
Of course you do, your house is right over there.
Sorry, I had no idea that we're so close to it.
Would you like some cold tea at my home?
No, I'm not that tired.
Didn't you play in a softball match there in the past?
I did, the last match in my third year in middle school.
Dad and I came to cheer for you.
You were cheering for me?
- What do you mean? - I thought you were being nasty.
Come on, I wouldn't have rode the bike here just to irritate you.
But you kept making noise.
It wasn't noise, I was cheering for you.
"Wrong posture! Elbows too low! Tuck your chin more!"
This is cheering?
I desperately wanted you to win, so I gave you expert's advice.
I couldn't concentrate because of you.
I knew you couldn't concentrate, that's why I told you to.
The audience laughed every time you said something pompously,
that's why I couldn't concentrate.
Then you should blame Dad,
because he should be giving you advice, but he laughed as well.
I've been blaming you for our defeat the whole time.
No way, you're exaggerating.
You couldn't have beaten your opponent anyway.
So it was worth disturbing you.
You really won't come to our house?
Why? Do you want to brag about your remodeled house so much?
All right, fine! I was an idiot to have asked.
I have to hurry, or Sakaiya's fried meat cake will be sold out.
Thanks for everything in these three months.
I didn't do much.
I'm especially grateful for what you did for Harumi.
Oh, don't bully Kouji too much.
I'll be nice to him.
What?
Hey, will you do me just one favour?
Yes?
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
"Sakaiya"
"Toy Captain"
What?
I'll apply to Josei Senior High School as my first choice.
You can't possibly get in.
Our teacher and my parents said the same.
But I want to go to the same school as you, so I'll do my best.
Mitsuru advised me not to apply to the same school as my friends.
Why?
Because when he did, only he passed and he felt bad.
It's because he believed
that he could go to the same school as his friends.
His starting line was different from ours.
But what if you pass and I fail?
- That'll be the funniest! - What's wrong with you?
It's for you.
"Success on exam Lucky charm"
Do your best.
You say that to me?
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
"Bar Clutch"
"Reserved for a private party today!"
It'd never occurred to me that I would see it again.
Does it taste weird?
It's the same as three years ago.
It's absolutely good!
I had no idea that it would make you so happy.
Mitsuru asked me to make it for you once.
Did he?
I'll thank him next time.
I should go to pick Harumi up.
Don't worry about it, I'll go pick her up.
That's so helpful of you.
"Do it"
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
Good morning.
All right, fine. I'll do it.
What will you do?
If you insist, I'll have the job interview.
- What job? - You have to ask?
The one for the Diet member's secretary.
What? But I didn't say anything, did I?
You don't have to say it out loud. Your face says it all.
I seem to be telling you to have the job interview when you see me?
Not "seem to," you're saying it.
Your face says it every time you see me.
Your face says more than anything when you aren't speaking.
Is it possible that you want to have the job interview?
What?
Of course I don't.
You're embarrassed that you want to go.
Fine, I won't, then.
Why do you say that?
You want me to have the interview, right?
Yes, I do!
You do, right?
So I don't know if you're aware of it,
your face tells me to have the job interview every day.
All right, then.
Oh, and...
Ask what documents I should bring and how I should prepare myself.
Well, bring your personal history and CV, I think?
I'm not asking you. Check with Mr Danno.
All right, I'll check with him.
And I have to buy a suit too.
We bought you one for your coming of age ceremony.
It'll be rude to wear a cheap suit like that.
- What will you wear, then? - I'll buy one.
Do you have money?
I have enough to buy a suit.
Did you earn so much by walking the dog?
You are so annoying about everything!
Don't say things that discourage me.
"Super Sale, Max 83 percent off"
"Best price: 19,800 yen plus tax"
Would you like one made with a subdued color like this?
We can make one at 220,000 yen with this piece of cloth.
Okay... I see.
Well, but this time, I'm going to have one made at a lower price.
I see. Is that so?
Mitsuru will have his job interview tomorrow.
We won't see him, then?
I wanted to see him in a suit.
I'll ask mum to take lots of photos.
As someone who's been watching over Mitsuru for years,
what do you think?
I'm happy, but I'm also sad.
You wanted him to stay jobless?
It doesn't hurt to have someone like this around, right?
I expected you to say that.
No wonder people say you're one of the biggest reasons
that Mitsuru is jobless for so long.
I hope he'll still come here, whether he gets the job or not.
That's all I wish for.
Nice.
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
- Good morning... - Good morning.
You look so great! it suits you!
What are you doing?
Ayako asked me to take photos of you.
Today could be the last time.
Don't say that. It's bad luck.
Hey, stand at attention over there.
No.
Let me take photos properly later, then.
Mum, would you like some coffee too?
It's been a while, so I'll have some.
Oh? ls the flash attached?
No, it isn't.
You're so handsome!
You're disturbing me.
"Fusae Kishibe, Mitsuru Kishibe"
"Coffee Shop Polaris"
So good.
You can do it!
Do your best!
- You can do it! - Do your best!
You can do it!
- Do your best! - You can do it!
- Wow, so fast... - Well done!
- You can do it! - Do your best!
- Oh, Gen, do your best! - Good luck!
Nice! Well done!
- Oh? - Go!
Do your best!
Isn't that Mitsuru?
Whoa! He's wearing a suit!
Where is he?
- It really is him! - I have to take a photo.
Go!
Not you!
- Mr Morozumi, let's do it. - All right!
You can do it!
- Do your best! - You can do it!
Go!
- Don't be beaten by yourself! - Exactly! Go for it!
You can do it!
Hold your head up!
Go with confidence!
Good! That's the spirit!
Your elbows are too low!
Tuck your chin more!
- Good luck! - You can do it!
- Do your best! - Go for it!
Concentrate!
Do your best!
- You can do it! - Go for it!
You can do it!
Do your best!
- You can do it! - Do your best!
You can do it!
You look good in a suit!
Here I go.
You won by being patient.
It took me six long years. Can you say I won?
The amount of time doesn't matter.
Mitsuru starts moving on again on his own,
that's what matters.
If he actually gets the job, how do I go to the family's grave?
I can drive you there.
But you just got your driving license.
I'm very familiar with the way to the cemetery.
I go there so often
that the staff at the car park thinks I'm suspicious.
Maybe I'll ask you once this month.
Really?
But my husband gets jealous easily, so be very careful.
What? it suddenly gets scary.
"First Members' Office Building of House of Representatives"
What made you want to take the job interview?
People around me keep saying that I'm cut out for the job.
So I thought, if they say it so often, then I should go.
You mean you're not that desperate to have a job?
Nobody said that, right?
First of all, if I don't want to work,
I wouldn't buy a new suit for the interview.
The jacket and the trousers cost me 70,000 yen.
Also, it took me 30 minutes to knot this perfectly.
This morning, I woke up at half-past five.
"If Talking Paid"
"The end. Mitsuru"
NEET, NEET, dawn still hasn't come?
A NEET in his 40s And a NEET in his 30s
NEET, NEET, is supper ready?