1 00:00:01,890 --> 00:00:03,780 Release the patent?! 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,280 I'm going to let other companies use the manufacturing method of Manpuku Ramen. 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,220 Licensing agreement? Why the heck do we have to pay you folks? 4 00:00:11,270 --> 00:00:15,480 No company would sign a licensing agreement with Manpuku Foods. 5 00:00:15,620 --> 00:00:22,350 So...won't you please help him out again? 6 00:00:22,780 --> 00:00:30,780 Manpuku 7 00:00:22,780 --> 00:00:30,780 ♫Marumatteru senakani ni morai naki ♫I get infectious weeping looking at your stooped shoulders 8 00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:34,270 ♫Haji datte issho ni ♫We'll share the humiliation too 9 00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:34,970 Week 22 10 00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:34,970 Is Naive Thinking Unacceptable? 11 00:00:38,780 --> 00:00:42,550 ♫Hikoukigumo bonyari nagamu ♫Gazing absentmindedly at contrails 12 00:00:42,550 --> 00:00:46,550 ♫Kokoro kokoni arazu ♫Here in body, but not in spirit 13 00:00:46,550 --> 00:00:50,270 ♫Nenkan totaru moshi shitara ♫If I was to calculate an annual total 14 00:00:50,270 --> 00:00:54,810 ♫Tsukiau watashi sugoi? ♫Aren't I amazing for keeping you company? 15 00:00:54,810 --> 00:01:02,750 ♫Toboketeru mayuge ni morai warai ♫ I get infectious laughter looking at your comical eyebrows 16 00:01:02,750 --> 00:01:06,220 ♫Tere datta nandatte ♫Be it embarrassment or whatever 17 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:16,560 ♫Morai naki morai warai morai ikari ♫Infectious weeping, infectious laughter, infectious anger 18 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:22,300 ♫Moraippaji don to koi! ♫Infectious embarrassment. Bring them on! 19 00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:26,790 ♫Seiten mo donten mo hekireki mo ♫Sunny days, cloudy days, thunderous days too 20 00:01:34,250 --> 00:01:37,580 I'm Oka Kosuke. 21 00:01:37,690 --> 00:01:40,920 My name is Morimoto Gen. 22 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,780 Do you guys like Yoshino? 23 00:01:47,260 --> 00:01:49,610 - Dad. - That's too straightforward. 24 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:51,120 Do you like her? 25 00:01:51,980 --> 00:01:54,880 - Yes. - I do. 26 00:01:55,930 --> 00:02:00,540 Yoshino is our precious daughter. 27 00:02:00,540 --> 00:02:06,880 She's always been gentle and cheerful and she grew up to be this beautiful young lady. 28 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,810 Dad. 29 00:02:09,130 --> 00:02:11,750 He's not saying this as a doting father. 30 00:02:11,750 --> 00:02:13,460 - He IS a doting father. - Taka. 31 00:02:13,530 --> 00:02:17,890 - Yoshino-chan is adorable. - There's no one as beautiful as her. 32 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:21,130 Are you trying to get close to her because she's beautiful! 33 00:02:21,130 --> 00:02:23,740 - Is that the only reason! - No, no. That's not it. 34 00:02:23,770 --> 00:02:26,380 How do you feel, Yoshino? 35 00:02:26,410 --> 00:02:30,180 It sounds like Oka-san and Morimoto-san are going to confess to you. 36 00:02:32,530 --> 00:02:36,970 I think both of them are nice guys. 37 00:02:37,910 --> 00:02:40,380 - Yoshino-chan. - Thank you. 38 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:43,620 Yoshino, they're not the only men, you know. 39 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:46,590 There are plenty of good men in the world. 40 00:02:46,590 --> 00:02:49,620 But now that you've met these two, 41 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,490 you can see that they're not bad guys, right? 42 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,740 - Well, yes. - Then 43 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,450 - please give them a chance too. - Chance? What do you want me to do? 44 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:03,440 You don't have to do anything. Just let nature take its course. 45 00:03:03,570 --> 00:03:06,770 Yoshino-chan will surely find a good guy for herself. 46 00:03:07,730 --> 00:03:14,080 - Will you be all right, Yoshino? - I'll think about it carefully and choose the right man. 47 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,780 Then let's just let them be, Dear. 48 00:03:25,050 --> 00:03:29,900 All right. Then 49 00:03:30,010 --> 00:03:33,570 you may confess to Yoshino when the right time comes. 50 00:03:33,570 --> 00:03:35,900 - Yes. - Thank you. 51 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,620 - When the right time comes? - They've already confessed. 52 00:03:40,580 --> 00:03:43,440 It was 5 days later that a phone call came from Sera-san 53 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,720 who had gone to Tokyo. 54 00:03:46,250 --> 00:03:48,370 - Doigaki Sensei? - Yeah. 55 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,020 A Metropolitan assemblyman who I met through the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce 56 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:56,920 introduced me to a House of Representatives member, Doigaki Ryuzo Sensei. 57 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,410 - House of Representatives member?! - What! 58 00:03:59,420 --> 00:04:03,460 - He's the former head of the Food Agency. - Head of the Food Agency?! 59 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:05,960 - Oh my! - Will someone like that see you?! 60 00:04:06,010 --> 00:04:08,530 I already made an appointment. 61 00:04:08,530 --> 00:04:13,210 This is a job only I can do, Tachibana-kun. 62 00:04:13,330 --> 00:04:16,290 - I'll be going to Tokyo. - If I do say so myself, this ability to take action ... 63 00:04:16,330 --> 00:04:19,210 - Mother, Fukuko, please take care of business while I'm gone. - Tachibana-kun. 64 00:04:19,220 --> 00:04:20,740 - Certainly. - Will do. 65 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:24,180 Are you listening to me, Tachibana-kun? 66 00:04:26,930 --> 00:04:31,970 Kagurazaka, Tokyo 67 00:04:27,890 --> 00:04:32,330 Manpei-san left Osaka on the first train the next day 68 00:04:32,330 --> 00:04:34,860 and arrived in Tokyo by evening. 69 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:41,900 Frankly, I have no idea what kind of a person Doigaki Sensei is. 70 00:04:42,010 --> 00:04:45,460 We'll just have ask for his favor with our fighting spirit, Tachibana-kun. 71 00:04:46,410 --> 00:04:47,280 Got it. 72 00:04:51,380 --> 00:04:53,110 Excuse me. 73 00:05:00,890 --> 00:05:02,850 Sorry I'm late. 74 00:05:02,850 --> 00:05:08,190 The council meeting dragged on. 75 00:05:08,190 --> 00:05:11,780 I'm Sera Katsuo from Sera Shoji. 76 00:05:13,090 --> 00:05:16,540 I'm Tachibana Manpei from Manpuku Foods. 77 00:05:16,540 --> 00:05:21,000 Thank you for setting aside some time for us out of your busy schedule today. 78 00:05:21,020 --> 00:05:24,220 No, no, no. No need for a formal greeting. 79 00:05:24,250 --> 00:05:26,020 - Madam, beer. - Certainly, Sir. 80 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,440 This sashimi's sure tasty. 81 00:05:37,580 --> 00:05:40,230 What's the matter? Isn't it to your liking? 82 00:05:40,230 --> 00:05:46,570 - Not at all. It's very good. - I'm enjoying it. 83 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:51,520 DOIGAKI RYUZO 84 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:51,520 House of Representatives Member 85 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:50,900 You can't be eating when we haven't gotten to the point yet, huh? 86 00:05:55,370 --> 00:06:02,500 I heard a lot about it from my secretary, but just to be sure, let me hear it directly from you. 87 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:08,520 Certainly. You see, there is a product called Manpuku Ramen. 88 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,860 This is an epoch-making food item. 89 00:06:10,860 --> 00:06:14,840 It's ramen that can be eaten by just pouring hot water over it and waiting 3 minutes. 90 00:06:14,860 --> 00:06:19,690 - Oh? - And the person who invented that 91 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,300 is this Tachibana Manpei here. 92 00:06:24,260 --> 00:06:28,980 Thankfully, Manpuku Ramen has been received well 93 00:06:29,050 --> 00:06:33,210 and is being bought by an extremely large number of customers. 94 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:38,180 However, many similar products are appearing on the market. 95 00:06:38,210 --> 00:06:41,740 Among them, they are inferior products that are capable of 96 00:06:41,890 --> 00:06:45,560 harming the health of those who eat it. 97 00:06:45,770 --> 00:06:51,430 Whereupon I decided to release the manufacturing patent. 98 00:06:51,540 --> 00:06:54,230 - Release? - Yes. 99 00:06:54,410 --> 00:07:00,510 From the manufacturing method of the chicken soup extract to how to make the noodles, 100 00:07:00,510 --> 00:07:07,380 to the temperature of the oil and frying time, I made everything available to any company for their use. 101 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:09,850 However, 102 00:07:09,850 --> 00:07:14,190 there weren't any companies that were willing to sign a licensing agreement with us. 103 00:07:14,190 --> 00:07:17,090 "What's wrong with our inferior products," they'd say. 104 00:07:17,090 --> 00:07:22,860 They're only concerned about their immediate profit and they're ignoring the health of the consumers. 105 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:26,530 It's come to a point where realization is impossible 106 00:07:26,530 --> 00:07:29,870 without assistance from a powerful person. 107 00:07:32,420 --> 00:07:38,040 Doigaki Sensei, won't you please lend us a hand? 108 00:07:38,090 --> 00:07:39,730 Please. 109 00:07:43,090 --> 00:07:48,890 In short, are you saying that you're working with the well being of consumers in mind? 110 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:50,060 Yes, sir. 111 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:54,680 Even if that means lowering your own profit? 112 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,840 Absolutely. 113 00:07:57,660 --> 00:07:58,900 That's not true. 114 00:08:00,170 --> 00:08:03,860 By getting rid of the inferior products, ultimately 115 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:07,470 your company will be able to reap the profit. 116 00:08:12,980 --> 00:08:14,920 You're absolutely right. 117 00:08:14,930 --> 00:08:19,520 But our company's profit isn't our top priority. 118 00:08:19,690 --> 00:08:22,530 To have the customers acknowledge the fact that 119 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:27,390 this new product called instant ramen is safe and tasty food. 120 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,530 For instant ramen to infiltrate the dietary habits of the Japanese people 121 00:08:31,530 --> 00:08:34,580 and for its convenience to be of help to many people, 122 00:08:34,870 --> 00:08:37,200 that is what I'm hoping for. 123 00:08:48,550 --> 00:08:52,170 Quite interesting. 124 00:08:56,090 --> 00:08:58,360 You guys are interesting. 125 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:09,060 Then you should give proper shape to your industry. 126 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,980 - What did you say? - Give it a shape? 127 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:15,780 Form an association for instant ramen, 128 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:23,680 Joining it will be the condition to manufacture and sell instant ramen. 129 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:33,060 However, if they join the association, the manufacturing patent of Manpuku Ramen 130 00:09:33,060 --> 00:09:35,280 may be used for free. 131 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:39,170 - For free?! - Yeah. If you don't go that far, 132 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,330 the industry won't come together as one. 133 00:09:43,130 --> 00:09:46,740 But, uh... that means 134 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:49,210 - our profit will be... - That will be fine. 135 00:09:49,340 --> 00:09:50,890 We will do as you say. 136 00:09:59,550 --> 00:10:02,100 We will do as you say. 137 00:10:03,810 --> 00:10:07,600 The Food Agency is going to have a lot to say, but... 138 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:13,730 Hey. There's nothing wrong with what you're thinking. 139 00:10:14,230 --> 00:10:19,900 If the Food Agency makes a decision, businesses have no choice but to abide by it. 140 00:10:21,730 --> 00:10:23,880 Thank you very much, Doigaki Sensei. 141 00:10:23,940 --> 00:10:25,300 Thank you. 142 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:32,120 But why are you doing so much for us when we've just met? 143 00:10:32,570 --> 00:10:36,420 That's because... 144 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,450 I love Manpuku Ramen. 145 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:54,700 That is truly delicious. And also convenient. Between campaign speeches 146 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,420 I can eat it quickly like that. 147 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,910 Thank you very much, Doigaki Sensei! 148 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:08,540 Now then... 149 00:11:08,610 --> 00:11:14,220 Japan Instant Ramen Industry Association Launching Ceremony 150 00:11:08,930 --> 00:11:14,000 The instant ramen association was launched 1 month after that. 151 00:11:21,490 --> 00:11:25,840 And Manpei-san was appointed Chairman of the association. 152 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,540 I'm Tachibana Manpei. 153 00:11:29,570 --> 00:11:35,410 Come on, it's bath time, bath time. It's bath time~. 154 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,770 - We're moving? - Yes. I heard our old house is vacant now. 155 00:11:40,530 --> 00:11:43,380 8 years in this house... 156 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:49,010 The people who bought that house are moving to Tokyo. 157 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:50,970 Oh my! 158 00:11:51,050 --> 00:11:58,540 We don't have to worry about money anymore so we can go back to living like before, Mom. 159 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,570 What's wrong? 160 00:12:08,050 --> 00:12:13,020 Your husband is really something. 161 00:12:14,980 --> 00:12:21,610 To be honest, when he said he's making ramen out of the blue, I thought it was all over. 162 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,420 All over? 163 00:12:25,530 --> 00:12:30,730 Ramen that's ready to eat in 3 minutes by just pouring hot water over it. 164 00:12:32,690 --> 00:12:37,840 But he really made it... 165 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:41,480 Dad, stop making ramen! 166 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:46,250 Sachi and I were getting picked on all this time! We've been enduring it all this time! 167 00:12:46,250 --> 00:12:48,590 So I'm sure your friends who made fun of you 168 00:12:48,590 --> 00:12:52,920 will some day eat the ramen your father made, saying how delicious it is 169 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,860 with a smile on their face. 170 00:12:54,860 --> 00:12:59,600 I'm going to make the kind of ramen that will surprise the world. 171 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:07,560 Now, people all over Japan are enjoying eating it. 172 00:13:12,450 --> 00:13:15,810 Your Manpei-san is admirable. 173 00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:25,300 He's an amazing man who far exceeded my expectation. 174 00:13:28,090 --> 00:13:30,590 Mom. 175 00:13:36,380 --> 00:13:39,770 I'm almost 70. 176 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:46,880 Manpei-san's 50, and you're 40. 177 00:13:51,580 --> 00:13:59,880 I hope I can spend my remaining life in peace like this. 178 00:14:07,530 --> 00:14:11,200 Peaceful remaining days, huh? 179 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:17,160 Mom finally acknowledged you. 180 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,810 That makes me truly happy. 181 00:14:21,410 --> 00:14:23,850 But I'm still 50. 182 00:14:27,490 --> 00:14:29,000 We're just getting started, right? Fukuko. 183 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,620 We'll just have to come up with something that's truly new. 184 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:48,090 Week 23 "A New Product?!" 185 00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:45,130 I can't believe Manpei-san and Gen are working together 186 00:14:45,130 --> 00:14:47,130 to make something new. 187 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:48,820 Noodle, not ramen. 188 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,780 What if they're lovers? 189 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,120 This is chaos.