1 00:00:03,540 --> 00:00:08,210 In any case, we tried one idea after another to come up with this ramen. 2 00:00:08,210 --> 00:00:13,880 Everyone tried their best to sell Manpuku Ramen. But... 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,840 - We only sold 2 boxes worth. - It didn't sell at all. 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,650 And everything starts going from bad to worse... 5 00:00:21,690 --> 00:00:25,960 It's the price like I said. 20 yen is too much. 6 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,210 It's because of... the bad design? 7 00:00:28,210 --> 00:00:30,660 Maybe taking on ramen was my mistake to begin with. 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,840 Don't be ridiculous, Manpei-san! 9 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:34,770 Tadahiko-san. 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,910 Actually... I came up with an alternative plan. 11 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:40,760 Alternative plan?! 12 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:49,130 Manpuku 13 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:49,130 ♫Marumatteru senakani ni morai naki ♫I get infectious weeping looking at your stooped shoulders 14 00:00:49,130 --> 00:00:53,370 Please Come Up With a Strategy 15 00:00:49,130 --> 00:00:52,620 ♫Haji datte issho ni ♫We'll share the humiliation too 16 00:00:49,130 --> 00:00:53,370 Week 21 17 00:00:57,140 --> 00:01:00,880 ♫Hikoukigumo bonyari nagamu ♫Gazing absentmindedly at contrails 18 00:01:00,890 --> 00:01:04,900 ♫Kokoro kokoni arazu ♫Here in body, but not in spirit 19 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:08,540 ♫Nenkan totaru moshi shitara ♫If I was to calculate an annual total 20 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:13,130 ♫Tsukiau watashi sugoi? ♫Aren't I amazing for keeping you company? 21 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:21,090 ♫Toboketeru mayuge ni morai warai ♫ I get infectious laughter looking at your comical eyebrows 22 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:24,560 ♫Tere datta nandatte ♫Be it embarrassment or whatever 23 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:35,090 ♫Morai naki morai warai morai ikari ♫Infectious weeping, infectious laughter, infectious anger 24 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:40,600 ♫Moraippaji don to koi! ♫Infectious embarrassment. Bring them on! 25 00:01:40,620 --> 00:01:44,640 ♫Seiten mo donten mo hekireki mo ♫Sunny days, cloudy days, thunderous days too 26 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:00,080 I've been wondering if the previous design wasn't too avant-garde after all. 27 00:02:00,140 --> 00:02:01,890 Tadahiko-san. 28 00:02:01,930 --> 00:02:05,240 It's my fault that Manpuku Ramen isn't selling. 29 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:06,290 That's not true. 30 00:02:06,290 --> 00:02:08,010 - It's my fault. - No, it's my fault! 31 00:02:08,020 --> 00:02:13,200 - No, I'm saying it's my fault. - Why are you two so easily discouraged! 32 00:02:14,870 --> 00:02:17,700 We do not need this. 33 00:02:18,820 --> 00:02:21,810 We like the design we have now, Tadahiko-san. 34 00:02:21,810 --> 00:02:23,180 But... 35 00:02:24,180 --> 00:02:28,660 What's wrong with avant-garde? Manpuku Ramen is an avant-garde invention too. 36 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:31,560 - Isn't that right, Manpei-san? - But you know, Fukuko... 37 00:02:32,690 --> 00:02:35,720 I think the customers are skeptical. 38 00:02:35,740 --> 00:02:40,520 If you were shown an amazing magic trick you've never seen before, for example, 39 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,230 wouldn't you be dumbfounded before being thrilled? 40 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,300 Some people may even think it's uncanny, don't you think? 41 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:48,360 It's the same thing. 42 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,110 People are not going to understand the greatness of Manpuku Ramen right away. 43 00:02:53,110 --> 00:02:57,770 But sooner or later, if only there was some kind of opportunity, 44 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,790 it will sell without fail. For sure! 45 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,890 - Sooner or later like when? - What opportunity? 46 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,060 Huh? That's... 47 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,500 This is it. 48 00:03:17,410 --> 00:03:23,890 We have to let people know that this is truly nutritious. 49 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:30,850 It's avant-garde, but it's not uncanny and 50 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:35,890 it's nutritious. If we can convey that to the customers, I'm sure they'll buy it. 51 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,330 I do understand that. 52 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,490 But how can we... 53 00:03:42,580 --> 00:03:45,760 Remember the time with Daneihon. 54 00:03:48,230 --> 00:03:51,850 We have to get an endorsement from a respected person. 55 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,010 And the next day... 56 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:58,720 Hello. 57 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:04,900 Prove that it's nutritious? 58 00:04:04,940 --> 00:04:08,400 Yes. Manpuku Ramen should be packed with nutrients. 59 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,580 - Isn't that right, Manpei-san? - Uh...yes. 60 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,730 - That's what we want you to prove. - In other words, you want me to do a nutrient analysis? 61 00:04:15,730 --> 00:04:19,530 - Yes, can you please? - Please, Ohmiya Sensei. 62 00:04:19,530 --> 00:04:24,200 That would be impossible at our lab. 63 00:04:24,490 --> 00:04:25,690 Impossible? 64 00:04:27,420 --> 00:04:31,540 However, an acquaintance of mine works at the National Institute of Nutrition. 65 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:33,480 National Institute of Nutrition. 66 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,580 Let's ask him to analyze it there. 67 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:37,850 Thank you so much, Ohmiya Sensei. 68 00:04:37,850 --> 00:04:40,770 Thank you! I hate to ask this, but 69 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:43,930 - we need to get it done as soon as possible! - Fukuko... 70 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:48,370 - We don't have time to wait. - Oh, I understand. 71 00:04:48,380 --> 00:04:51,900 Then, please wait 3 days. 72 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:54,580 I'm really sorry for rushing you. 73 00:04:56,230 --> 00:04:57,520 3 days... 74 00:04:59,050 --> 00:05:01,170 Welcome. 75 00:05:01,170 --> 00:05:04,840 Those 3 days felt like eternity. 76 00:05:07,130 --> 00:05:09,880 Please wait 3 minutes. 77 00:05:09,890 --> 00:05:14,050 3 minutes. Just 3 minutes. 78 00:05:14,050 --> 00:05:17,850 It doesn't contain anything that's bad for you. 79 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:20,980 Please come and see for yourself. 80 00:05:20,980 --> 00:05:25,770 Fuku-chan and others were busy selling Manpuku Ramen during the day 81 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,770 while making ramen at night. 82 00:05:29,770 --> 00:05:33,340 - Okay, these are ready. Thanks. 83 00:05:40,210 --> 00:05:42,150 But... 84 00:05:43,330 --> 00:05:49,220 Why are we making all this when we can't sell them? 85 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:51,760 Don't say that, Grandma. 86 00:05:52,770 --> 00:05:56,100 There was an indescribable awkward feeling in the air... 87 00:05:57,020 --> 00:06:00,880 when they received the good news. 88 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,660 - Sorry to keep you waiting! - Ohmiya Sensei! 89 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:10,690 Calcium, phosphorus, iron... 90 00:06:10,700 --> 00:06:13,690 vitamins A, B1, B2, niacin. 91 00:06:13,690 --> 00:06:16,080 It was discovered that 92 00:06:16,090 --> 00:06:20,520 all kinds of nutrients were extracted from things like chicken cockscomb and frame. 93 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,290 - Let us take a look too. - Let me see it too. 94 00:06:23,330 --> 00:06:27,300 Do you see where it says that National Institute of Nutrition 95 00:06:27,330 --> 00:06:31,250 is recommending Manpuku Ramen as a health food? 96 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:34,870 - It does! - National Institute of Nutrition? 97 00:06:34,870 --> 00:06:38,540 - This is great! - Thank heavens, thank heavens. 98 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:42,210 - Isn't this great, Manpei-san! - Yeah! 99 00:06:42,210 --> 00:06:44,210 Fukuko! 100 00:06:48,260 --> 00:06:50,730 Packed with nutrients! 101 00:06:50,730 --> 00:06:53,480 National Institute of Nutrition 102 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,680 Highly Recommends 103 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,580 Manpuku Ramen!! 104 00:06:57,060 --> 00:07:00,400 Manpuku Ramen is packed with nutrients. 105 00:07:00,410 --> 00:07:05,400 It has been endorsed by the National Institute of Nutrition! 106 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:10,370 With plenty of calcium and vitamins, it's packed with nutrients. 107 00:07:10,370 --> 00:07:14,100 - I'll take 3, please. - 3. Thank you very much. 108 00:07:16,220 --> 00:07:19,420 - How much is it? - That will be 60 yen for 3. 109 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,840 How much did the sales go up? 110 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,720 80 percent. 111 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:30,490 - 80 percent? - That's great. 112 00:07:30,740 --> 00:07:34,720 - No, this won't do at all. - Why not? 113 00:07:34,730 --> 00:07:38,250 We're talking about an epoch-making product that can be made in 3 minutes that even got 114 00:07:38,260 --> 00:07:42,560 an endorsement from the Government. Sales should've increased by 3 or 4 times. 115 00:07:42,580 --> 00:07:45,600 - 4 times is a bit... - Listen, Tachibana-kun. 116 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,930 The important thing is whether we get orders from wholesale dealers or not. 117 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,780 Selling a bunch in the corner of a department store doesn't accomplish anything. 118 00:07:53,810 --> 00:07:57,610 For us to be able to sell nation-wide, we've got to get calls from wholesale dealers. 119 00:07:57,620 --> 00:07:59,450 - Wholesale dealers? - Yeah. 120 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:02,980 That's your job, isn't it, Sera-san? 121 00:08:03,010 --> 00:08:06,820 - That's right. You're not doing anything, Sera-san. 122 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:09,050 I'm doing my best to sell at the shopping center too! 123 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,250 What good does it do for you to be doing the same thing as us? 124 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,220 Why do we even have Sera Shoji? 125 00:08:14,220 --> 00:08:17,640 It's true that the reason for Sera-san's existence cannot be found at this time. 126 00:08:17,690 --> 00:08:20,140 W-w-w-wait a minute. 127 00:08:20,170 --> 00:08:23,640 We can't waste the endorsement we got from the National Institute of Nutrition. 128 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:26,740 Please come up with some kind of strategy, Sera-san. 129 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:28,860 Strategy? 130 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:32,180 You don't have any? 131 00:08:32,180 --> 00:08:37,210 Didn't you say, "Please let me sell Manpuku Ramen for you"? 132 00:08:40,860 --> 00:08:41,770 I do. 133 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:44,730 I do have a strategy. 134 00:08:44,730 --> 00:08:47,030 What is it? 135 00:08:48,970 --> 00:08:50,320 What is it? 136 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,560 Now's not the time. 137 00:08:56,810 --> 00:08:57,860 Huh? 138 00:09:00,210 --> 00:09:06,880 One has to choose the right moment to execute a fantastic strategy. 139 00:09:07,690 --> 00:09:10,130 This is not that time yet. 140 00:09:12,690 --> 00:09:16,430 - 80 percent, huh? - This guy doesn't have a strategy. 141 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:19,360 - He doesn't, does he? - I do too. 142 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:24,170 Let's contemplate how we can get the wholesale dealers to come calling, Manpei-kun. 143 00:09:24,170 --> 00:09:28,210 - I don't want to do this anymore. - Mom. 144 00:09:36,510 --> 00:09:37,920 This is delicious. 145 00:09:42,210 --> 00:09:43,810 It's so tasty. 146 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:58,010 Manpei-san is amazing to make something like this. 147 00:09:59,930 --> 00:10:04,500 Saki! Saki! Where have you been? 148 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,250 What do you mean? 149 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,370 You haven't been showing up at all lately. 150 00:10:11,420 --> 00:10:16,890 I have things to do too, Mom. 151 00:10:16,890 --> 00:10:22,230 That aside, I can't understand why a tasty ramen like this won't sell. 152 00:10:22,230 --> 00:10:25,600 I know. You understand my pain of having to work 153 00:10:25,620 --> 00:10:31,280 day in and day out making something that won't even well, don't you? 154 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:37,660 In the first place, something was wrong to start out with. 155 00:10:39,060 --> 00:10:43,560 I wonder if you can call this ramen in the first place. 156 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:48,550 - Huh? - It's not at all like the ramen you get at stalls, right? 157 00:10:48,550 --> 00:10:54,260 The noodles are curly and it doesn't have any green onions or bamboo shoots or chashu . 158 00:10:54,260 --> 00:10:56,330 Now that you mention it... 159 00:10:56,370 --> 00:11:02,020 It's like ramen, but it's not really ramen. But it's ramen after all. 160 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:07,010 Perhaps it's that ambiguity that's holding it back. 161 00:11:12,770 --> 00:11:16,210 Ah, it's so tasty. 162 00:11:16,210 --> 00:11:18,930 That's it. 163 00:11:19,550 --> 00:11:21,560 - Chashu? - Yes. 164 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,940 It's not selling because it doesn't have any green onions or bamboo shoots or chashu in it. 165 00:11:27,010 --> 00:11:29,540 The person eating it can add all that later... 166 00:11:29,650 --> 00:11:34,010 That won't make it ready to eat in 3 minutes then. 167 00:11:34,020 --> 00:11:40,260 It has to have green onions and bamboo shoots and chashu that can be reconstituted in hot water. 168 00:11:40,340 --> 00:11:44,460 - What? - There's no way we can make something like that. 169 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:48,250 And you have to drop the price. 170 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:50,520 Stop it, Mom. 171 00:11:51,850 --> 00:11:54,810 That's what Saki told me last night. 172 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,250 Saki Nee-chan?! 173 00:11:56,850 --> 00:12:01,530 She said this is like ramen, but it's not really ramen. 174 00:12:01,530 --> 00:12:05,400 That there's no green onions or bamboo shoots or chashu in it. 175 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:08,400 Manpei-san! 176 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,170 Don't take Mom's delusion seriously! 177 00:12:12,170 --> 00:12:15,480 - It's not a delusion. - Yes, it is. 178 00:12:15,540 --> 00:12:17,870 It's not delusion. 179 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,290 Things are getting strained? 180 00:12:20,210 --> 00:12:24,450 It's strained, or should I say, the atmosphere isn't good... 181 00:12:24,460 --> 00:12:28,700 Is that because Manpuku Ramen isn't selling as well as expected? 182 00:12:28,890 --> 00:12:30,960 I guess our expectation was too high. 183 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,560 That's not so. Manpuku Ramen is a great invention. 184 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:37,730 It's very popular at our shop. 185 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:41,890 - Very popular? - That's right. Look. 186 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:49,490 New Menu Item Manpuku Ramen. . . 20 yen 187 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,570 Manpuku Ramen's on the menu. 188 00:12:48,570 --> 00:12:53,100 - 20 yen?! - We're serving it at cost. 189 00:12:53,580 --> 00:12:57,560 It's nothing but promotion of Manpuku Ramen. 190 00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,460 Look around you. 191 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,720 Everyone's eating Manpuku Ramen?! 192 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,500 - No way. - What do you mean no way? 193 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:10,520 Listen. Just go around advertising the fact that Manpuku Ramen 194 00:13:10,530 --> 00:13:16,070 - is a big hit at Parlour White Rose. - Also that we're not making any money off of it. 195 00:13:16,070 --> 00:13:19,540 - I'll have one too. - Me too. - Me too. 196 00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:32,940 TV's sure nice to have. 197 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,850 We'll never be able to buy a TV 198 00:13:35,890 --> 00:13:39,220 unless we can get people to start buying Manpuku Ramen. 199 00:13:39,220 --> 00:13:40,920 Running a business must be tough. 200 00:13:40,930 --> 00:13:44,090 They say good products don't necessarily sell well. 201 00:13:44,250 --> 00:13:47,900 The design of the bag must've been bad after all. 202 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,040 Like I said before, that's not true, Tadahiko-san. 203 00:13:51,060 --> 00:13:53,170 What's Manpei-san doing? 204 00:13:53,260 --> 00:13:57,340 He's making ramen as usual. But... 205 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:10,220 - He's feeling down? - That's only natural. 206 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:16,250 - It was the design's fault... - Tadahiko-san! 207 00:14:17,860 --> 00:14:20,820 "Penguin Soap from P Brand." 208 00:14:21,130 --> 00:14:24,530 - What's this? - It's an advertisement. 209 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,580 - Advertisement... - It's on every day. 210 00:14:27,620 --> 00:14:30,560 - Every day... - Over and over. 211 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,440 Over and over... 212 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:37,240 "Penguin Soap from P Brand. It's 30 yen." 213 00:14:40,420 --> 00:14:42,890 This is it! 214 00:14:42,890 --> 00:14:46,290 TV's the answer~!