1 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:09,010 I found some unbelievable things. 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:14,680 As soon as Manpuku Ramen started selling, all kinds of fakes emerged. 3 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,590 What's more, at a cheaper price. 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,800 The Original Manpuku Ramen? 5 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:23,690 It's the taste of Manpuku Ramen. 6 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,820 You sent in a spy to our place 7 00:00:25,850 --> 00:00:29,700 and had him steal the manufacturing method of Manpuku Ramen, didn't you? 8 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:30,930 Spy? 9 00:00:33,370 --> 00:00:36,700 Everyone, take a look at this! An ad's out! 10 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:39,370 An ad's out? 11 00:00:39,370 --> 00:00:42,280 Who the heck is this woman! 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:50,420 ♫Marumatteru senakani ni morai naki ♫I get infectious weeping looking at your stooped shoulders 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:50,420 Manpuku 14 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:53,920 ♫Haji datte issho ni ♫We'll share the humiliation too 15 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:54,620 Week 22 16 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:54,620 Is Naive Thinking Unacceptable? 17 00:00:58,430 --> 00:01:02,200 ♫Hikoukigumo bonyari nagamu ♫Gazing absentmindedly at contrails 18 00:01:02,210 --> 00:01:06,240 ♫Kokoro kokoni arazu ♫Here in body, but not in spirit 19 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,710 ♫Nenkan totaru moshi shitara ♫If I was to calculate an annual total 20 00:01:09,710 --> 00:01:14,380 ♫Tsukiau watashi sugoi? ♫Aren't I amazing for keeping you 21 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:22,260 ♫Toboketeru mayuge ni morai warai ♫ I get infectious laughter looking at your comical eyebrows 22 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:25,730 ♫Tere datta nandatte ♫Be it embarrassment or whatever 23 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:37,740 ♫Ganko de mendou de hara mo tatsu kedo ♫Although you're obstinate and troublesome and you make me mad 24 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:42,410 ♫Anata no jounetsu wa ♫Your passion is 25 00:01:42,410 --> 00:01:46,280 ♫Atashi no hokori de jiman de kakugo nano ♫My honor, my pride, and my resolve 26 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:54,020 ♫Morai naki morai warai morai ikari ♫Infectious weeping, infectious laughter, infectious anger 27 00:01:54,020 --> 00:01:59,960 ♫Moraippaji don to koi! ♫Infectious embarrassment. Bring them on! 28 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:04,030 ♫Seiten mo donten mo hekireki mo ♫Sunny days, cloudy days, thunderous days too 29 00:02:23,350 --> 00:02:28,060 What is this faintly tasty pseudo Manpuku Ramen? 30 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:29,990 Why are you eating a thing like that? 31 00:02:30,210 --> 00:02:35,960 - Observing the enemy. Know your enemy and know thyself... - Stop wasting your money. 32 00:02:35,980 --> 00:02:40,430 - Wasting money? It was only 15 yen. - You let the enemy make money, you know. 33 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,250 Didn't you? 34 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,710 Oopsie. I'm sorry. 35 00:02:51,290 --> 00:02:55,370 And the incident finally occurred. 36 00:02:55,420 --> 00:02:59,290 What! Food poisoning from instant ramen?! 37 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,970 Surely it's not our ramen, is it?! 38 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:08,960 - Of course not. - Then whose ramen is it? 39 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,260 It doesn't say whose ramen it is. 40 00:03:17,740 --> 00:03:21,710 "Be very careful with instant ramen" 41 00:03:21,710 --> 00:03:24,610 Be very careful? 42 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,420 Manpuku Ramen's in there too. 43 00:03:29,380 --> 00:03:33,600 What are you going to do, Manpei-san? We're being treated like them too. 44 00:03:33,610 --> 00:03:37,250 - Mom. - Damn~...! 45 00:03:39,390 --> 00:03:43,250 Hello. Tachibana-kun. 46 00:03:44,060 --> 00:03:45,900 It's Sera-san. 47 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,480 It isn't Manpuku Ramen. 48 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:54,070 - You're sure about that? - Yes. I heard from a newspaper report I know. 49 00:03:54,070 --> 00:03:59,250 It's the fake being sold by a food company in Tennoji that caused the food poisoning. 50 00:03:59,780 --> 00:04:03,610 - Thank goodness. - That goes without saying, Mother. 51 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,350 Why won't the newspaper come out and clarify that point? 52 00:04:07,350 --> 00:04:10,690 There's no way our ramen would cause food poisoning. 53 00:04:10,690 --> 00:04:14,030 But you can't sit back and relax. 54 00:04:14,030 --> 00:04:18,370 Now the public probably thinks that instant ramen is bad for your health. 55 00:04:18,370 --> 00:04:21,490 Sales of Manpuku Ramen will probably decline too. 56 00:04:21,530 --> 00:04:24,460 People who spread bad rumors are sure to emerge. 57 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:29,290 This is why managing a company is scary. Even when things are going well, 58 00:04:29,290 --> 00:04:32,960 you never know what's will happen. Just like Dad's company. 59 00:04:32,980 --> 00:04:36,720 Mom. Right now, we have to think about the future. 60 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,490 In any case, we have to let the public know that 61 00:04:39,530 --> 00:04:41,590 Manpuku Ramen is safe to eat. 62 00:04:41,590 --> 00:04:46,730 That Manpuku Ramen is a product that was originally made by Manpuku Foods and is sold only by us. 63 00:04:46,730 --> 00:04:50,640 I sent out a warning letter to all the companies selling fakes. 64 00:04:50,660 --> 00:04:55,270 That Manpuku Ramen is our registered trademark and they should stop selling it immediately. 65 00:04:55,270 --> 00:04:58,270 Will that stop them all from selling? 66 00:04:58,270 --> 00:05:02,340 I would think so. There's no way they'd win if we take them to court. 67 00:05:02,340 --> 00:05:04,280 Teiko Foods too? 68 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:09,890 We've applied for a patent too. Immediately after Manpuku Ramen was invented! 69 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:14,350 But you just applied for it. It's not like it's been confirmed yet, right? 70 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,030 That dude isn't the kind of guy who'd back down just because of a warning letter. 71 00:05:18,030 --> 00:05:22,180 - That damn Saruwatari. - Please calm down. 72 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:27,700 Shinichi-san changes personality when we start talking about this man called Saruwatari. 73 00:05:28,650 --> 00:05:30,820 When will our patent be confirmed? 74 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,370 - We don't know yet... - Haven't you heard from the Patent Office yet? 75 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,530 After filing an application, they say it normally takes several months, more than a year if things don't go well. 76 00:05:39,710 --> 00:05:42,620 - More than a year?! - That Saruwatari's planning to 77 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:46,590 - continue making our ramen until then! - I can't take this anymore. 78 00:05:46,590 --> 00:05:50,520 Will that poster stay up too? 79 00:05:54,580 --> 00:05:57,400 Th-this isn't Fuku-chan? 80 00:05:57,570 --> 00:06:01,960 I was thinking Fuku-chan sure has changed. 81 00:06:02,460 --> 00:06:06,670 You can tell right away. Fuku-chan has more class. 82 00:06:06,670 --> 00:06:10,010 She wouldn't wear gaudy makeup like this. 83 00:06:10,010 --> 00:06:15,350 I'm glad you told me. Now that I know, I can sleep soundly tonight. 84 00:06:15,660 --> 00:06:19,560 You have no eye for women, Noro-kun. 85 00:06:19,620 --> 00:06:22,810 That's why you're still not married at your age. 86 00:06:22,820 --> 00:06:24,960 That's none of your business. 87 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,140 But who's this woman? 88 00:06:27,170 --> 00:06:30,700 But it says on there "Manpuku Ramen." 89 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:35,040 Look carefully. It says The Original Manpuku Ramen. 90 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,700 - Original? - It's a fake. 91 00:06:37,890 --> 00:06:42,580 The real one made by Manpei-san doesn't say things like "Original." 92 00:06:42,580 --> 00:06:47,380 The original is fake?! I've been eating this one. 93 00:06:47,380 --> 00:06:52,050 - What did you say?! - I thought it was good. 94 00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:57,720 - Do you consider yourself to be a chef! - But it was tasty. 95 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,990 In the first place, why am I carrying all this? 96 00:07:00,990 --> 00:07:03,900 The thing is, I'm the only one at the restaurant now. Sorry. 97 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:06,900 - I'm the executive director! - Executive director? 98 00:07:11,770 --> 00:07:15,680 "Manpuku Ramen is convenient and tasty." 99 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:22,210 "Manpuku Ramen from Manpuku Foods is endorsed by the National Institute of Nutrition." 100 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,450 "So you can eat it with peace of mind." 101 00:07:26,690 --> 00:07:29,590 "It's delicious!" 102 00:07:29,590 --> 00:07:35,360 "5 packages in every household, Manpuku Ramen." 103 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,160 The commercial changed. 104 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,850 They want to emphasize the fact that Manpuku Ramen is good for your health. 105 00:07:41,890 --> 00:07:45,710 And also the fact that everything else but ours is fake. 106 00:07:45,710 --> 00:07:49,580 But Teiko Foods hasn't stopped selling, has it? 107 00:07:49,580 --> 00:07:55,720 No. Even when other companies changed their product name after we sent them warning letters. 108 00:07:55,860 --> 00:08:01,320 That's why Manpei-san and Shinichi-san are both still stressed. 109 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,770 Is that why you snuck away from work, Mom? 110 00:08:03,780 --> 00:08:08,660 I'm sick and tired of hearing about this man called Saruwatari. 111 00:08:08,660 --> 00:08:15,340 I don't like managing companies because you have to get involved with people like that. 112 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,480 I'm tired too. 113 00:08:18,010 --> 00:08:23,340 - How come? - She can't sleep at night because of Daisuke's crying. 114 00:08:23,340 --> 00:08:27,930 He starts crying at night to make up for sleeping so well during the day. 115 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:32,650 And I'm not getting any help from Shigeru-san. 116 00:08:34,090 --> 00:08:39,360 He comes home late from work all the time so he leaves all the care of Daisuke to Taka. 117 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:44,230 - That's how men are. - But Dad... 118 00:08:44,230 --> 00:08:46,700 Tadahiko-san is special. 119 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:50,040 Since he's always home painting pictures. 120 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,910 You don't understand, Taka. Other husbands in the world 121 00:08:53,910 --> 00:08:59,050 leave everything about the house to their wife. 122 00:08:59,420 --> 00:09:01,950 Shigeru-san changed. 123 00:09:01,950 --> 00:09:06,320 He doesn't care about me or Daisuke anymore. 124 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:11,610 - You shouldn't brood over it too much. - That's right, Taka. 125 00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:14,140 Even when he comes home, all he says is he's tired, 126 00:09:14,330 --> 00:09:18,000 takes a bath, eats dinner, and go to bed right away. 127 00:09:18,130 --> 00:09:20,960 He won't talk to me about anything. 128 00:09:21,930 --> 00:09:25,530 Okay, okay, Taka. Don't cry. 129 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,700 - Thanks. - Thank you. Come again. 130 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:54,880 We really can't let Sakabe get away with it. 131 00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:58,370 I'm sure Teiko Foods headhunted Sakabe. 132 00:09:58,370 --> 00:10:00,370 Sakabe, huh? 133 00:10:05,290 --> 00:10:09,720 - Here's more. - Okay. 134 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,590 He was flirting with Yoshino-chan, wasn't he? 135 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:16,390 Yeah. I noticed it too. 136 00:10:16,390 --> 00:10:20,730 Which means it's a good thing that he's gone. 137 00:10:20,730 --> 00:10:24,400 What do you mean it's a good thing. The company secret got leaked out, you know. 138 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,730 - I know that. - We were talking about Yoshino-chan. 139 00:10:27,730 --> 00:10:30,300 Since when did the talk turn to Yoshino-chan? 140 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:35,440 - Those three never change, do they? - They left Yoshino-chan hanging in the air too. 141 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:39,540 Can those kids carry the future of Manpuku Foods on their shoulders? 142 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:43,620 You guys are being inconsiderate at a critical time like this. 143 00:10:43,890 --> 00:10:49,050 Just let them be. There aren't too many people who are mature at a young age. 144 00:10:49,090 --> 00:10:51,990 Those guys aren't really that young. 145 00:10:51,990 --> 00:10:55,430 I was living aimlessly at that age too. 146 00:10:55,430 --> 00:11:02,240 That's right. Although we were already married and had three kids. 147 00:11:02,340 --> 00:11:04,890 - You guys hurry up and eat - Who are you to give us orders? 148 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:09,450 Pregnant with our fourth child, you don't know how hard it was for me. 149 00:11:09,450 --> 00:11:13,050 - Do we have to talk about that now? - I'm just saying let's hurry back to work. 150 00:11:13,050 --> 00:11:16,520 - We know that. - Stop patronizing us. We're the same age. 151 00:11:16,530 --> 00:11:21,420 - I'm 2 years older! - Argh~ I'm getting pissed off! 152 00:11:31,530 --> 00:11:33,900 I sure hope they don't get in a fight. 153 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:38,530 - Are you talking about Manpei-san? - Shinichi-san and Sera-san too. 154 00:11:38,570 --> 00:11:42,000 Sera-san will stop them if they look like they might start fighting. 155 00:11:42,050 --> 00:11:44,980 We can't count on Uncle Shinichi. 156 00:11:44,980 --> 00:11:49,610 It seems he's unable to control his anger when he's with this man called Saruwatari. 157 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:54,160 Well, they should be okay today since they only went to Teiko Foods to talk business. 158 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,900 Yes, they went to talk business, but basically 159 00:11:56,900 --> 00:12:00,430 they want them to stop selling The Original Manpuku Ramen. 160 00:12:00,430 --> 00:12:03,700 I'm sure the other side won't stay quiet either. 161 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:06,600 - I guess so. - It's just going to complicate matters. 162 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,200 Uncle Manpei had this scary look I've never seen before when he left. 163 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,580 Yes, Manpei-san... 164 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,730 He's really angry over this matter. 165 00:12:17,740 --> 00:12:21,610 I've never seen Manpei-san cuss and swear like that. 166 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,410 I can't believe the president even took the time to come here today. 167 00:12:41,070 --> 00:12:45,260 Saruwatari-san, you received a warning letter from us, did you not? 168 00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:47,740 Ah, I recall seeing something like that. 169 00:12:47,740 --> 00:12:51,220 We have already completed the trademark registration for Manpuku Ramen. 170 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:56,280 - That is our trademark. - Other companies have all 171 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,690 withdrawn from instant ramen or changed the product name. 172 00:13:00,690 --> 00:13:03,590 - Ah, is that right. - What do you mean is that right. 173 00:13:03,590 --> 00:13:07,840 If the patent we applied for is confirmed, you folks will have to... 174 00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:12,300 It's not our product that caused food poisoning. 175 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:18,220 The Original Manpuku Ramen isn't the kind of inferior product that you get by just dipping fried noodles in soy sauce. 176 00:13:18,250 --> 00:13:21,600 While performing thorough quality control, 177 00:13:21,660 --> 00:13:28,380 we're making safe and tasty ramen and selling them at a cheaper price. 178 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:33,380 - But that came from copying my idea... - It certainly is similar. 179 00:13:33,380 --> 00:13:38,180 But you know, the making of things begins with copying. 180 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,410 It's same as art. 181 00:13:41,450 --> 00:13:44,540 Artists look at something and get inspired. 182 00:13:44,570 --> 00:13:48,210 - You just said copy, didn't you? - That's what's called "inspiration" in English. 183 00:13:48,220 --> 00:13:50,620 - Saruwatari-san. - You just said you copied. - I didn't say it! 184 00:13:50,660 --> 00:13:53,700 - You did too! - I was just talking about a hypothetical situation. 185 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:57,410 Great artists of all ages and countries were born that way. 186 00:13:57,410 --> 00:14:03,220 Great inventions were born that way as well. The same goes for The Original Manpuku Ramen! 187 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:06,220 - You're not making any sense. - It's not about making sense! 188 00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:10,690 The important thing is whether you have pride in your work or not! 189 00:14:10,690 --> 00:14:17,030 We're The Original. As The Original, we have our own will and pride! 190 00:14:17,220 --> 00:14:20,900 Don't lump us together with other crooked businesses! 191 00:14:33,450 --> 00:14:34,570 What was that about? 192 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:36,730 This is insane. 193 00:14:38,780 --> 00:14:41,220 Is he going on the offensive? 194 00:14:41,220 --> 00:14:46,350 Even if he goes on the offensive, once we get the patent, the victory is ours. 195 00:14:47,050 --> 00:14:49,360 That confidence of his... 196 00:14:51,460 --> 00:14:52,980 Where does it come from!