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I didn't get what I wanted in life.

Order whatever you want.

This one!

Really? Why that one?

HOJICHA SET 350 YEN

You can order this fruit pancake, or chocolate banana parfait,

or whatever you like!

It's my payday today.

Excuse me.

What can I get for you?

-This hojicha set and a water, please. -Yes.

-Life was difficult for my mother and me. -Certainly.

But...

Here.

You can have some.

Thank you.

Let's eat.

Let's eat!

The moment I took a bite of my sweet treat,

I really believed it. That my mother and I were happy.

You know,

I used to work part-time at this restaurant when I was in high school.

It was my very first job, so I'd mess up and get yelled at all the time.

But there was a man from the head office

who came here for training, and he always stood up for me.

He was so kind.

That man was your mom's first love.

First love?

I wonder when your first love will be?

Haru?

You remember me?

My mother and that man, who were each other's first love...

...met again...

This is my son.

...and fell for each other.

When he heard that my father wanted to marry my divorced mother,

Grandpa was furious.

My father was usually too timid to go against my grandfather,

but this time, he stood his ground, saying he'd move out if he had to.

My grandfather had no choice but to allow the marriage, on the condition…

that their future child would take over the company.

It was only a few years later…

that my mother fell ill.

Don't forget to be grateful to your grandfather,

and repay his kindness in full.

And your father is too kind to stand up for himself,

so be there for him, okay?

That is… the life my mother wanted for me.

Have you decided your post-grad plans?

I think I'll go work at my grandfather's company.

You're giving up on being a researcher?

Think hard before deciding.

It's your life.

TEITO UNIVERSITY

Can I help you?

Oh, well, I came to Tokyo to see my daughter,

but I had some time before the meeting,

so I thought I'd drop by to see what her school's like.

But where do I go?

Well, this is no place for an old man like me.

I'm sorry. Excuse me.

-Um... -Huh?

If you'd like, I can show you around.

No, no, no…

What?

This way.

Are you sure?

I'll carry those.

Oh, no, no!

-Thank you. -No problem.

Thank you.

Well, now, this place sure is fancy.

And it's so nice on the inside too.

Oh, excuse me for barging in.

This is the literature classroom.

Oh, classroom?

Isn't this building from before the war?

Yes, though I heard they did some renovations a few years ago.

Renovations? Well, history goes on no matter how we dress things up.

Wow, there are students all over the place out here, too!

This is the courtyard.

After classes, everyone meets around here to talk and have lunch.

I see! That's what they're all doing out here, huh?

This is the cafeteria.

Oh, the cafeteria!

Wow. Such a large cafeteria.

Do they serve fish here? My daughter likes fish.

Well, I recommend the mentai butter udon.

-Mentai butter udon? -Yes.

These stacked--

What are all those things stacked up there?

-Those, over there? -Yes.

Those are the thesis collections.

-Thesis? -Yes.

I see. I wonder if my daughter is writing a thesis too?

Wow.

This is a really nice place.

I guess there's greenery like this in Tokyo too.

My daughter really likes the scenery of Toyama.

Kurobe Gorge, Gokayama, and the Jinzu Bridge.

On our days off, I would take her all over the place in the car.

I never thought she would end up in Tokyo.

She's a sweet girl.

I'm afraid she's too nice sometimes.

It's just been the two of us for a long time now, you see.

It was the same for me too.

My mother and I.

Is that so?

If so, your mom must be proud of you.

No... I wasn't able to do anything for her.

I couldn't give my mother the happiness she deserved.

Nah. Kids don't need to worry about making their parents happy.

Your happiness is your mother's happiness.

I wanted to protect my daughter at least until she got married,

but things have started to fall apart.

TEITO UNIVERSITY

If you're going to Jimbocho, you can take the bus from here.

-Oh. I see. Thank you. -You're welcome.

And thanks for holding my bags.

Well, thank you so much for everything.

I always thought Tokyo was full of shady guys,

but it's nice to know there are decent young men like you out here.

Oh, and please have some if you'd like.

-It's okay. -Toyama fish cakes.

You brought those for your daughter.

But thank you.

Really?

Well, then...

I'm sorry, this is all I have.

Give me your hand. Your hand.

Here.

Oh, right.

Do you want to see a picture?

Let's see.

Here.

My daughter. Misa.

GRADUATION

Good morning, Kamekichi Did you eat breakfast?

Come on! That way!

Are these oranges? Do you think they're edible?

She's pretty, yeah?

Oh, well. Thanks again.

You should come visit Toyama sometime.

All right.

Huh?

WINTER-SPRING SEASONAL PRODUCT PROPOSAL

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK

Everyone, today,

we are going to decorate these delicious gingerbread cookies

and put them on the big tree right here!

Okay, so choose your favorite cookie shape

and have fun drawing with the chocolate and sugar pens we have here!

-Don't give up, Mr. Rabbit! -Hang in there!

For some reason, whenever I saw her...

I felt free.

-I wanna eat it now! -Yeah!

Hello?

Wataru. Where are you? What are you doing?

I'm waiting for my car.

It's Christmas Eve, so you'll be home for dinner, right?

No, I'm going back to the office. I'll be a little late.

Come on, you know you're the only one working on a day like this.

For me?

Thanks.

Merry Christmas.

It's the first snow.

But our lives... never crossed paths.

SUZUTOYA FIRST HALF-YEAR OPERATING PROFIT -52,012,607 YEN

It's not much, but please enjoy this together.

Oh, yeah? Really? Thanks, thanks.

-Thank you. -Thank you so much.

-Congratulations. -Congratulations.

You two look good together.

What is this you brought us?

They're chocolates.

Chocolates.

Let's have a coffee break then.

-Yes, please. -Thank you.

STAFF TRANSFER ANNOUNCEMENT

WATARU SUZUKI DIRECTOR OF RESTAURANT OPERATIONS

2016

2025

Suzutoya Holdings has decided to withdraw from the restaurant business.

For over 50 years,

this restaurant has been a place of comfort for this community.

And now, you're just going to tear it down?

The decline in revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

was the decisive factor.

I sincerely regret that it turned out this way.

When you were little, you used to come here often.

With your mother.

This is a real shame.

Hurry up, Mom. I want to eat a matcha parfait.

Director Suzuki.

You're from the second planning division, aren't you?

I'm Sumiyoshi.

Nice to see you again.

You too. I left headquarters a long time ago.

I heard that you transferred over to Restaurant Operations.

Yes.

How is everyone at the second planning division?

Actually, I left the company.

I have some issues with my health...

As my successor, Ms. Kanbe was doing her best, but...

I remember her being a hardworking and talented employee.

God is... really unfair, don't you think?

What do you mean?

I heard Ms. Kanbe was diagnosed with cancer...

and that it's terminal.

Her husband Hirano...

He's too busy with some other woman to even visit.

Even if I end up bothering her...

if I can do anything at all to help her, I will.

Excuse me.

Is Kanbe... No.

Is Ms. Misa Hirano here? I'd like to see her.

Ms. Hirano has returned to her home for the day.

I see.

I understand. Thank you.

What a disgraceful way to die!

There's no way I'm letting her ashes into our family grave.

She's nothing but bad luck!

Tomoya Hirano. Reina Esaka. You are under arrest for murder.

Huh? Wait. No, sir!

My son didn't do anything! That woman jumped off on her own!

Will you come with us too?

It's about the revisions to her life insurance.

Let go of me, you bastards!

My daughter really likes the scenery of Toyama.

Hey, Tomo! Tomo!

Let go of him! Hey... He didn't do anything!

That woman jumped off on her own!

Tomo!

Tomo! No!

Tomo. Hey! Let him go!

Tomo!

Let him go! Tomo!

We don't know anything!

I told you that woman jumped on her own!

I'm never... going to let you die again.

I'm sorry. Please come in.

No, I'm fine...

Please come in.

Excuse me.

Please change into this.

No, I'm fine.

I don't want you to catch a cold. At least just the top.

Thank you.

Are you okay?

Yes.

What happened?

I got sick of it all.

I tried to change my fate.

I told him we're breaking up.

I said I didn't want to get married.

But... it doesn't seem to work that way.

Without a substitute.

A substitute?

I was the one who was supposed to get burned.

But then you stepped in...

Why were you at that apartment?

I was taking a cab through the neighborhood...

and saw you heading to the apartment.

Why are you helping me?

Why are you trying to get involved with me?

I don't understand why.

Actually...

What's wrong?

I'm sorry.

It's just... It looks terrible on you.

Actually...

we've met before. In college.

What?

At the pond, near the bench where I was always reading,

you were always talking to a turtle.

What? That Daidai Pond?

Yes.

We went to the same university?

Yes.

You saw me... talking to the turtle?

Always... just you and that same turtle.

I didn't have any other friends...

So you just spied on me?

You're the one who came into my line of sight.

Can't miss the strange, lonely girl that talks to a turtle, right?

Right.

When you joined the company as a new hire,

I kept hoping that I'd get a chance to speak with you.

You should have just talked to me.

You're right.

That's why...

I'm talking to you now.

That day,

you jumped into the elevator.

Sorry, sorry!

It...

It made me want to... change my life.

Ms. Kanbe, it's Miku.

Hello?

Tomoya?

Reina. What is it? What happened?

Misa hasn't been well lately, so I'm getting worried about her.

Like maybe something happened or...

Reina...

I think I might be screwed.

Misa said...

she wants to break up!

This sucks!

Tomoya?

Calm down.

Tell me what happened.

Don't worry.

I'll talk it over with you.

I'm never... going to let you die again.

Never... again...

"Again"?

What did he mean by "again"?

Maybe I misheard it...

What are you going to do with the apartment?

I think you should definitely cancel the contract.

Even if it was an accident, almost falling from the eighth floor?

That's seriously bad luck.

That's true, but...

When I tried to force my way out of the wedding,

the same ending that my first life had came to me again.

Without a substitute, fate can't be changed.

If that's true, then I have to...

Misa...

I'm sorry I made things confusing for you with my horrible apology yesterday.

So, about not getting married, or breaking up, or whatever...

We've spent so much time building this relationship,

throwing it away over something like this is just...

I don't know what happened,

but an ambush on the way to work is just plain creepy.

This has nothing to do with you.

Oh, sorry, Miku. Could you go on ahead?

Sure...

Are you okay?

I'll be fine, thanks.

I was got too emotional yesterday. Sorry.

I'm not hung up on it at all. Really, it doesn't bother me at all.

Let's just say we both messed up and call it even.

Anyway, crypto's up again, so I invested more.

At this rate, I might be able to buy that new condo in cash.

You eat breakfast yet?

If it's a guy I dumped, Reina won't want him.

I'll treat you.

Misa, are you listening?

Why doesn't she just dump him already?

I guess the more a girl has it together,

the more likely they are to fall for a sleazebag.

Are you talking about Ms. Kanbe?

Honestly, I'm worried.

Let's do another girls' night out soon.

Yep.

Reina,

wanna go to lunch with me?

I've got some things to discuss about Tomoya.

Of course. Tell me everything.

Let's eat!

Anyway, let's dig in! If you don't eat, you won't have energy.

We decided on the day to meet his parents.

Huh?

I'm meeting Tomoya's parents for the first time,

so I don't know what kind of clothes to wear.

I'm really stressed out over it...

Is that what you wanted to talk about?

Yeah. Reina, you have good taste, so I wanted your advice.

Will you go shopping with me?

I thought things weren't going well with Tomoya?

Huh? No, no, it's not like that at all!

Actually, just yesterday, he surprised me by reserving a brand-new condo.

But he should've talked to me first, so we argued a bit.

But we made up this morning.

Reina, I heard you told Tomoya about my mother.

It was hard for me to tell him.

I thought Tomoya might not like me anymore,

but he said he didn't mind at all,

and he was all worried about how hard it was for me.

So it actually brought us closer together.

Thank you so much.

Let's eat!

Ladies and gentlemen,

thank you very much for attending

the Suzutoya Holdings Hospitality Tasting Event today.

In 2020, five years from now,

the Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo.

The Tokyo Olympics will be

a major event to promote our country as a tourist destination.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan is targeted at 40 million per year.

We need to reconsider.

Investing so much into an Olympic-related business is risky.

I'd like to propose measures to reduce losses in restaurant operations.

That's exactly why you're not fit to be a leader.

Enough. Stop talking!

At Suzutoya, we believe it is our mission to share Japan's rich culinary culture

with guests from around the world,

and to offer heartfelt hospitality in everything we do.

Please relax and enjoy the event today.

HOSPITALITY TASTING EVENT

These are mushi manju.

-Brown, white? Here you are. -Thank you.

Hey, what's going on, Second Planning Division?

Is there a problem?

There's a problem, all right.

The chairman of Asahi Department Store was hospitalized

for his peanut allergy after eating a mushi manju served at the tasting event!

What?

His wife said that a female employee gave her this list of ingredients.

Someone gave her the wrong ingredient list.

Of all people, the chairman of Asahi Department Store?

Who was it? Who was in charge of the live kitchen at the tasting event?

Here you are.

-Would anybody like one? Thank you. -Yes, thank you.

That's right, at this time...

Excuse me.

Please only serve mushi manju with red bean paste and white bean paste today.

Please do not serve ones with peanut paste.

Yes, we've been informed.

Huh? By whom?

Director.

What are you doing?

One of our guests who loves this shop's mushi manju will be visiting tomorrow.

Are you keeping some on hold?

Yes.

This many?

Yes.

Just the peanut ones?

Ms. Kanbe.

-Yes. -We have a lot of guests.

Should you really be wasting your time here?

Come to think of it, Misa...

said that Director Suzuki made a pass at her too.

Director Suzuki, may I have a word with you?

What is it?

As director, I think you should

refrain from any behavior that could be misunderstood.

And what kind of behavior is that?

Well...

For example,

hitting on your subordinate's fiancée.

Oh... Does that ring a bell?

Is this something to talk about at work?

You know that Ms. Kanbe and I are engaged, right?

You even celebrated with us at the vineyard the other day.

I didn't celebrate anything.

Huh?

You two don't suit each other at all.

Can't you see that yourself?

You're not a good match for her.

So exhausting with all the VIP guests.

Why are these back here?

What a waste.

Oh, the chairman of Asahi. Are you on your way out?

Who are you?

I'm Tomita of Suzutoya Holdings' second planning division.

I'm already done greeting people, so I'll be leaving.

Then, I'll see you out. I'll go get my boss.

No, no. I don't want to make a fuss.

In that case, may I at least offer you a gift?

These are mushi manju from a very famous confectioner.

Could you give us the list of ingredients?

-A list of ingredients? -Yes.

Please wait a moment.

Ms. Esaka.

Can you bring me the list of ingredients for the mushi manju?

Hurry up.

-We'll bring it right away. -Yes. Thank you.

Well, today...

Always when I'm in the middle of something.

WHITE BEAN PASTE - PEANUT PASTE

You can never be too careful nowadays...

Yeah.

Thank you for your patience.

Here is the ingredient list for the mushi manju.

Thank you. Okay, let's go.

Nitpicky old hag.

Ms. Kanbe, can you attend to that group over there?

-Yes, got it. -Thanks.

-Are you enjoying the event? -Yes.

-Very good time. Thank you. -That's good.

Did you have anything you liked?

Misa!

Still working, huh? That's so you, just like the class representative.

I have to prepare for the noon session tomorrow.

Everyone's already at the reception.

But honestly, that sounds like a hassle.

Wanna grab a drink, just the two of us?

I got a few tips on some good local izakaya.

But I'll be a while, so you can go with someone else.

What?

Okay, I'll just wait right here until your work is done.

Oh...

Am I intruding?

Oh, well, you're not intruding but...

You asked me earlier!

About what to wear to meet Tomoya's parents.

-You wanted to talk about it. -We can do that another time.

"Let's go shopping together"?

"Let's pick out clothes together"?

Misa... do you really want my opinion?

What do you mean?

You don't mean it, do you?

Like when you said, "Thank you so much for telling Tomoya

about my mom abandoning me for a man."

Hey, Misa, what are you so angry about?

Angry?

Tell me how you really feel.

I don't know how you feel at all these days.

You're really angry, aren't you?

-What are you talking about? -That's enough!

There's something that's bothering you, right?

Is it about the class reunion?

Maybe you still haven't forgiven me for what happened with Yuto?

-That was a long time ago. -Then what?

What did I do to you?

Just tell me already!

It's just...

I'm just getting a little tired of being friends.

I always thought that I would be lost without you.

That without you, I would be alone...

But that wasn't true.

I have Tomoya.

Oh, sorry.

I'm actually meeting up with Tomoya tonight.

The view from my room is amazing at night,

and we're planning to have some drinks there after work.

Reina,

don't worry yourself so much over me.

Find someone nice.

Oh, I'll help with that!

Reina.

What's up?

What do you want?

Have you seen Misa?

I'm looking for her, but I can't find her anywhere.

She's working.

She's still working?

I just... want to cry.

There, there.

I'm... always trying so hard.

You are.

Good for you.

I always feel so alone!

You poor thing.

It's okay.

You're so nice.

What do you think this is?

The key to Misa's room.

She said the view is just gorgeous at night,

but hard-working Misa is working until late.

Can you imagine how exciting this situation could get?

Just tonight.

Just once before you get married...

let's do something bad.

-To Grand Stay Hotel. -Got it.

You'll get cold.

That's not how you're supposed to drink whiskey.

You're not going to ask me anything, are you?

When I saw them in the cab earlier, I thought of something strange.

Something strange?

How I fell in love with that man.

Do you want to exchange contacts?

I thought, "Oh, here we go again."

Everyone who talks to me ends up liking Reina.

Actually... I think I won't.

What?

I don't want Ms. Kanbe to misunderstand.

Just from that one small thing...

I found myself thinking, "I can trust this person."

It was such a tiny gesture,

but back then, it meant the world to me.

For some reason, I suddenly remembered that moment from so long ago.

Silly, right?

Do you regret it?

Not at all!

Let's think about the future.

There's so much to look forward to.

I hope so.

You don't believe so?

Life is harsh.

And you don't have the will to dream of something better?

Honestly... I don't.

What about you?

Huh?

Do you have anything?

Like a dream or...

My dream...

Shall I talk about it?

My dreams for the future...

Yeah.

We get to know each other a little better.

So far, the only thing we have in common is a love of monaka and hojicha.

We need real conversations.

Yeah.

Because...

we don't know each other's favorite books, music, or movies.

That's why...

we need to spend a little more time together first.

Strolling through the park, having tea...

watching movies and exchanging thoughts afterward.

Let's go watch Your Name and La La Land.

We'll stroll around after the movie,

join the line with the high school girls in Harajuku,

and have some tapioca milk tea.

If you want to take pictures at Instagrammable spots...

well, I'll just have to tag along.

When the state of emergency gets declared, we can't go see each other,

but we'll talk online.

And during the no-spectator 2021 Olympics,

let's cheer on the skateboarders winning gold...

from the sofa at home.

Once the pandemic calms down,

and our daily lives come back...

Let's go wherever...

together.

Even to Toyama, where you were born.

Or...

we can go to Los Angeles to watch Shohei Ohtani.

This is...

the future I wanted to spend with you.