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In this world, there are a lot of strange things.

The story I'm going to tell now

happened to our family.

It's an extremely strange tale.

Mama suspected Papa of having a girlfriend.

But that was all a misunderstanding on Mama's part.

Papa was teaching a girl

named Yamagishi Hoshimi-san from his office

to help her study for the full-time employment exam.

Don't meet with my husband anymore.

You can say that all you want.

And then a strange old lady appeared in front of them.

Neither one of you can see what's really important.

And somehow Mama and Hoshimi-san switched bodies.

What the hell? What is this?

After you two have overcome an obstacle

and the appropriate time comes, you will return to normal even if you don't wish to.

And if you tell anyone about having switched bodies,

you will never be able to return to normal.

And so Mama and Hoshimi-san

switched bodies and began living the other's life.

It's serious! Mugi has been taken to the hospital!

Ah~ I did that?

Mugi's having an affair? With a subordinate--who?!

Me?!

So you're going to play dumb?

Mugi came to my apartment because

he was helping me study for the employment exam.

Eh?

At long last, Mama realized her misunderstanding.

I'm truly sorry. But it's not like getting switched

was just your fault.

I was definitely part of the problem, too.

If possible, I want you to think about

working alongside me.

Hoshimi-san, your mother

is the owner of Patisserie Fumiko?

That's incredible!

And she's a good mother, isn't she?

Don't say stuff just because you think it's appropriate.

This won't be the end of it.

Coming, coming~

Thank you for the other day.

Today, I have come to ask a favor of you.

And then a new problem presented itself...

Oops!

This time, it's my sister and Ishiguro-san who

have the misunderstanding.

Mika-chan!

Why am I hiding?

Ah... Sorry.

A-are you all right?

Yeah. Sorry, sorry.

Shall we sit down over there? Ok.

Since when has this been going on?

Ah, slowly! Are you all right?

Oof.

Without a doubt...

those two are intimate.

Um.. why have you come?

I really wanted to thank you\for the other day.

Thanks to you,

I was finally able to talk to my daughter.

If at all possible, I'd like

to ask you a bit more about my daughter.

Komatsubara-san, the plates--

Oh gosh, you have a visitor?

Instead of standing around out here, why don't you come inside?

We don't have that kind of relationship.

Hey, would you like to have dinner--

Huh? Huh?

Have we met somewhere before?

Ah... I'm not sure...

Ah! I've seen you on TV!

Aren't you the president of Patisserie Fumiko?

Ah... yes.

I knew it! I'm a huge fan of your roll cake!

The interview you gave on TV was extremely touching.

Oh.. I'm embarrassed.

With your husband dying and raising your child,

and being a working woman, you've been through a lot!

Look, um, if you don't mind,

would you go home for today?

Why?

That person is my husband's subordinate, so there's nothing for me to say about her.

If you come here again, it will be bothersome.

Ah, you're right.

I understand.

Please continue to

look over my daughter.

I will.

How do you know each other?

She's a complete stranger. Hey, who is her daughter?

Well, I'll be going.

Thanks for everything.

About earlier... Eh?

No, it's just that

for a second I felt just as though I were with my wife.

Papa...

Sorry, sorry. I don't mean anything weird by that.

Of course not.

For me to say that 20-year-old Yamagishi seemed like my wife,

it's weird, right? It's not weird at all.

You wife is a really lovely person.

Yeah. To me, she's the best wife in the whole world.

Somehow.

Papa... it's me.

It's me, Hishiko, your best wife in the whole world!

Um, I...

Something wrong?

Get well soon.

Yeah. Looks like I'll be released from the hospital soon.

Give my regards to everyone.

I will.

The best in the world...

Sorry to keep you waiting.

It looks delicious. For real!

Irish lamb stew is my specialty.

The buerre manie really gives it a nice thickness.

It warms the body.

Big sis is late.

What would Mika-chan be doing until this hour?

Here she is.

There's plenty here.

Welcome back. You're late. We're having dinner now, so go change.

I don't want any. Eh?

Hey, Mika-tan.

What is it? We're eating dinner.

Ah, sorry. I went to the hospital today.

And even though Papa was with me, he said he somehow mistook me for his wife.

Huh?

He said I was the best wife in the world--no, the universe.

For a married couple, words aren't always necessary for mutual understanding.

What's with this happy-go-lucky news flash?

I guess I can't tell him after all, huh?

Tell him what? That I'm his wife.

Obviously not!

Jeez... How many times have I told you the same thing?

Sorry. I just thought I'd ask.

This is giving me a headache.

Missus, you don't get it at all.

C'mon, if we're found out, we can never go back.

Never go back?

Ah, nothing, nothing. Dinner... let's finish dinner.

The stew's going to get cold. I'm coming. I'm coming right now.

I'm coming now, wait up!

Hello? Aikawa-san?

Yeah. She said it was fine, that she'd come over to make dinner.

You've gotten that close with her?

Sort of.

Anyway, stop it with your joking around.

By the way, you aren't meeting unnecessarily with my mother, are you?

She showed up here today out of the blue.

Eh? No, we haven't been in contact.

Well, good.

Family is a dangerous thing. so you always have to have your guard up.

I understand.

Well, I'm gonna hang up. Aikawa-san is gonna get suspicious.

Ok. See you.

Ah...

Thanks for everything, everyone.

Congratulations on getting released from the hospital!

Did you gain weight there?

Of course not.

Congratulations! Thanks.

Congratulations.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Ah, Komatsubara, you got released?

Well then we're gonna have to have a barbeque really soon.

Another one? What are you talking about?

It's to celebrate his full recovery. My wife...

Barbeque? The boss's in-laws are butchers.

So whenever something happens, he has a barbeque.

Ah~

You were a nuisance to your family this time, ya know.

So invite your wife and kids!

Eh?!

So that means

I'll have to see Hoshimi-san in front of everyone?

We gotta treat our families sometimes, right?

No way! Papa, turn him down!

But actually, I still have some pain in my foot...

Ah~ do you really?

But it'll be cured by the time of the barbeque!

Yeah, you gotta come!

Section chief is so cool! Then it's settled.

You guys should all bring your boyfriends and girlfriends.

Ok. My son will be really excited.

Good, I'm looking forward to it.

Why did he accept? I have to tell Hoshimi-san about this.

Yamagishi.

What is it?

Ah... are you gonna go to the barbeque party?

I might not make it.

I already have plans for that day.

I see.

Of course she can't meet the wife of the man she's having an affair with.

Ah...

But nothing happened before when we went over to his house.

Which means their relationship has only recently started!

Sorry, Ishiguro-san, but I'm in a hurry.

Yamagishi, as your senpai, I'm going to give you a piece of advice.

You should cut off unproductive relationships as quickly as possible.

Um...

If you're ok with it coming from me, I'll be happy to give you advice anytime.

There, I said it.

Of course I'm not going to the barbecue.

All the families and workers side-by-side, are they freaking kidding?

If Masato says he wants to go, I'll ask Mugi to take him, and only him.

You're right. I'll leave it to you, then.

Ah, also... Yes?

About the study sessions with Mugi and Ishiguro,

could you suspend them?

Is that all right?

There's really no point in you doing the studying for the exam.

But what if we're not back to normal by the time of the exam?

I want to take the exam in my own body.

I'm not about to give up on becoming a full employee, even now.

So until I return to my own body, I'm going to study on my own.

I'm going to take it as Yamagishi Hoshimi.

I understand.

Ah~ I'm tired.

Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something.

What's that?

What does Yamagishi feel like saying?

It's about our study sessions.

Ah, you ready to restart them?

I think I'd like to work hard and study by myself for now.

Eh?

You two have really helped me out a lot up til now,

but I don't want to inconvenience you anymore.

It's not an inconvenience to me.

I understand. Eh?

If this is something Yamagishi has thought about and decided herself,

I will respect those feelings.

Thank you.

But even so, if there's anything that stumps you, come and ask anytime.

If you're ok with it being me, I'll give you advice on whatever you need.

Yes sir.

Well, I'm going to clean this up.

She seems to have matured a bit.

What's this turn of events?

Could this be... a plot to shut me out?

It's a trap...

The hambaagu is done, yay! It looks delicious.

What're these? Starfish?

No, they're stars, stars! Stars?

Ah, it's kinda pretty.

This one came out the best. Ah, Mika-tan, dinner will be ready soon.

Onee-chan, we're having hanbaagu today.

So what?

Eh? Isn't that one of your favorites?

Not really.

Seems like she's in a bad mood.

What's going on?

I'm home~ Ah, it's Papa!

Welcome back~ Thanks.

Is your foot ok? Yeah.

Mika, I'm back.

Huh?

Hey, hey, hey...

Mika's been a little weird today.

It's probably puberty, huh?

Oh, right. This weekend, do you guys want to go to a barbecue?

Huh, a barbecue? I'll go, I'll go! Hurrah!

What? A barbecue?

Hey, didn't you say before that you wanted to go to one?

This year the families are invited too. Even though it's always just employees.

Woohoo, barbecue! I wanted to go to one!

I'll stay home.

Eh? Why?

Even though it's a day off I'm gonna be a little busy.

Plus I'm afraid of causing trouble with all those people from your office there.

Aww, Mama, let's go.

Masato, you and Papa go.

Ah, Mika-tan, you'll go, won't you? We'll stay home together.

I want to go. Eh?

Oh! Mika's gonna go too! W-why do you wanna go?

I want to see how Papa presents himself in front of his co-workers.

Oh really?

But-- Or--

will it make you feel uncomfortable if I go?

No...

That Yamagishi girl has been

in front of the house since morning.

You had better watch out.

Shit!

Mama will go too. Eh?

Mama's going to the barbecue too.

Woohoo! Everyone's going to the barbecue!

Barbecue with everybody~

Barbecue with everybody~

I can't wait.

I hope it will be sunny. I wonder if it will be sunny.

Mika is?

I have a really bad feeling about this.

A bad feeling?

Maybe Mika thinks that

you're actually Mugi's girlfriend?

Eh? That girl has excellent intuition.

The other day, she caught you peeping outside the house.

She did... What should I do?

I guess you should address it directly. With Mika?

Since we're on the brink of being found out just say it bluntly.

That there's nothing between me and Papa.

But that girl, she's so sensitive.

If I'm not careful in how I word it, she likely won't speak to me ever again.

C'mon, do it. Don't get cold feet on me.

Ok?

We can't just leave it as it is now.

Don't say anything weird in front of the people from the office.

We don't want a misunderstanding.

I understand. Then I'll go to the barbecue too.

The one who understands that girl the best

is me, her mother.

I'm relying on you. But don't expose anything you shouldn't.

Gatherings consisting of family and co-workers can set a terrible pattern, you know.

Right.

Oh? You're already out of the bath?

Yeah. What are you talking about in here?

Oh, you know.

Well, I'm going to take a bath now.

Ok.

Yamagishi-san, over here.

Yamagishi. Didn't you say you had plans today?

Ah, is it bad for me to come to such an important office function?

No, not at all.

I brought some water. Where should I put it?

Um, just set it over there.

I'll take it in a bit. Ok.

Good morning. Morning.

Why is she here even though the chief's family is gonna be here?

Good morning. Ah, good morning.

Everyone's here so early. Thanks for your hard work.

Don't tell me Yamagishi is going to confront the chief's wife.

Thanks for always looking after my husband.

I'm Komatsubara Mika. I'm Masato.

Hello.

Onee-chan, hello.

Masato-kun, we meet again.

Yeah.

What's with this atmosphere?

Eh. His wife has noticed...

The only one who doesn't know is the chief himself?

Oi, is everybody here? Yeah.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Hey, I'll introduce everybody.

This is my wife,

You write her name as the character for "love" ("ai") but it's pronounced "Manami."

We're still lovey-dovey even after 20 years!

Hush, that's embarrassing!

Manami-san~ We prepared some good meat, so

please eat a lot of it!

I will! Ok, let's go!

Mika-tan, take this.

Hishiko-san, it's been a long time.

Ah~ hello, I'm Komatsubara's wife.

C'mon, I know that!

Ah, thank you very much for the O-bon gift.

Did you get what we sent?

Uh.. yes. It was delicious.

Eh?

Ah, if memory serves,

it was a set of laundry detergents...

Ma'am,

Everyone's already gone, let's go.

All right, see you. See you.

Yay!

Is it ready yet? Yamagishi, this one is done already.

This one's all right, right? This one, too.

I have enough.

Well then I'll take some meat around.

Ma'am, would you like some meat?

Yes please.

You can eat this.

I've been thinking this for a little while, but

the chief's wife, she somehow seems to have become crude...

Eh?

I think so, too. When I saw her before,

it's like she was higher quality.

That's true.

Really? Really.

That's freaking hilarious.

Hey, what do you think?

I was higher quality. Eh?

I was careful in how I dressed.

Huh?! No, here-- Let's eat some vegetables.

Usually we don't eat it, right? But we need to get proper nutrition.

You sounded like my mom just then. Worn out by the life of a housewife.

What's she doing?

She sure is getting along well with her senpais.

Yamagishi, are you eating meat? Yes.

Since you live by yourself, make sure you get a lot for proper nutrition.

Thank you.

Hey!

What the heck is she doing, getting so chummy with the department chief?

Yamagishi, I brought meat~

Here, eat up. Thank you very much.

Yes, yes. Our meat is the best.

Cook a bunch of 'em, there's plenty here.

Papa, shouldn't you be with that group over there?

Eh?

What're you saying, Mika-tan. Of course not.

But it's made up of all young girls.

Papa thinks it's more fun to be with Mika and everyone.

Me too! Mama too!

Right?

Thank you for the meal.

You've had enough already?

What's wrong?

Could you try to be a little more "high quality"?

Sorry? Something the senpais said to me.

That somehow you've become more crude lately.

So, please put a little more care into how you dress.

Huh? But these are your clothes!

And anyway it's not like I know much about mom-fashion.

Hey, I'm making do and going to the salon once a month.

And I haven't been able to do facials. Have you been doing those things properly?

No... Even though everyone from the company is here

My hair and makeup are appropriate.

People are going to speak badly about you. Please try to dress more like me.

Fine, I'll be careful from now on. Just calm down already! Put that down!

Are you having some kind of disagreement?

We're not having a disagreement.

Ishi-yan, go somewhere else.

Ok.

Shit! They were really battling over there!

But Ma'am, what we should worry about

is what to do about Mika-tan.

She is really suspicious of you.

A moment ago, she was glaring in this direction.

I don't know if she'll listen to what I say or not,

But Ma'am, she definitely misunderstands the situation.

Do you understand the purpose of why we came here?

I understand it.

Ok, go over there.

Mika-chan, can I sit next to you?

Did you eat some meat?

You're still a growing child, so you have to get your protein, ok?

You sound like my mom.

Ah, wait, I wanted to talk to you.

Mika-chan.

Ah~ sorry.

Hey, how was it?

Eh? Hoshimi.

Why?

Ah, you arrived. I'm Kumi. Thanks for yesterday.

No, thank you. Sorry to put you out.

No, no.

Why are you here all of a sudden?

Are you surprised?

I wanted to properly greet the people who have looked after you for so long.

Chief, you know my mom?

No, yesterday your mom

contacted me at the office saying she'd like to greet your co-workers,

I asked about today's event and thought I would surprise you.

This is the worst...

Please accept this, it's for everyone.

Oh really? Thank you, oi!

We have some refreshments here from Yamagishi's mother.

Thank you very much.

Do you know this person? Party, party...

Patisserie Fumiko! She's the CEO.

Eh~!

Wow, you have status! I love this roll cake!

That's who your mom is? Why'd you hide it all this time?

Yeah!

It's super tasty. There's so much.

Nice to meet you. I'm Section Chief Komatsubara.

Oh my, section chief. Thank you for looking after my daughter.

And your wife as well.

My wife? Yes.

Ah...

Thank you very much.

Nice to meet you, ma'am. I'm Ishiguro, from the sales department.

I'm a friend of Yamagishi-san's.

Oh my, thank you very much. Please continue to look out for her.

Yes, with pleasure. Mom,

today is a company function, so-- Yes, yes, I understand.

I won't overstay my welcome.

Thank you for always looking out for my daughter.

My daughter and I are both grateful for the

experience she has gained as a result of your help.

She's still learning by observation

and therefore has many imperfect aspects

but please continue to guide her without giving up.

That's enough, Mom. Yes, yes.

I'll take my leave now. Thank you very much.

Ah, Hoshimi.

If you're not going to answer your phone,

give me a call once in a while.

From now on, let's discuss things properly.

You know, your mom wants to understand more about your life.

Stop kidding around.

See you.

I'm surprised! Yamagishi-san, you're a daughter of a rich household!

That's right! It's not like that.

Are you going to take over your mom's company one day?

No, we haven't yet...

Looks like you're gonna graduate from our place someday, huh?

When that happens, remember Daito Mills's Komatsubara, ok?

The daughter of a company president, huh.

Somehow Yamagishi feels distant.

She has nothing to do with her parents.

I want to keep working at Daitou Mills the way I am now.

I like everyone who works here.

I have no desire to succeed my mother's company.

Huh?

...is what Yamagishi was saying to me.

Oh. Really, Yamagishi?

Then please do your best on the employment exam, Yamagishi.

Yes.

Yes, I will.

Thank you very much.

Ok, oi! Let's eat! Ok!

This is delicious~

Itadakimasu

Let's eat.

Ah, yes, here we go.

All right~ I'm gonna have some.

Itadakimasu~

It's delicious!

I'm glad. Eh?

Seems you made up with your mother?

I don't know about "made up"...

But I was surprised that your mother and my wife are acquaintances.

They've said hello to each other once before.

Is that so?

I didn't think she would come here out of the blue like that.

She worries about her daughter, after all.

Try to understand a parent's feelings, ok?

We're going to clean up in 30 minutes~

Ok, got it!

What?

Hoshimi-san, I still haven't been able to talk to Mika.

No matter how many times I try to talk to her, she ignores me.

Ma'am, about Mika-tan,

you said yourself that the one who understands her best

is you, didn't you?

If you have things you want to say to each other, it's best to say them even if it causes a rupture.

Because she already thinks that you're Papa's girlfriend, right?

A rupture...

Ma'am, you've never had a huge fight with Mika-tan, have you?

You really hate it when someone dislikes you, right?

But there really aren't any people who like being hated, are there?

That's right. So you always

talk about only topics that have no obstacles, right?

But kids aren't like you think.

They wait for an opportunity to make you crack and show your true colors.

You say you understand your kid, but

parents only understand themselves and just ignore the rest.

Stop it, that's not true.

You've never even raised a child.

Then do whatever you want.

Oi, everyone, make sure you don't forget anything. Ok.

And hey, it's still a barbecue until we get home, so

don't forget that! Ok.

Ok, that's all. Let's move out.

Thanks for your hard work. Thanks everyone.

See you later. See you.

Chief, thank you very much for today.

Sure. Well, see you tomorrow. Hishiko-san, see you later.

Yes. We'll be going now.

Yamagishi, why don't you go halfway with us?

Eh? No, I'm all right.

Don't be so reserved.

I'm really all right. That onee-chan is really amazing.

How? She isn't amazing at all.

But her mom is a CEO and everything.

So she's rich and she can eat cake whenever she wants.

Are you stupid?

That person is our rival.

Rival?

She's Papa's girlfriend!

Girlfriend?

That woman is going to take Papa away from us.

Take him away?

Because of her, our family is going to break up.

No!

No! I don't want that! We can't break up!

It doesn't matter if you don't like it. You're just a kid, so you don't understand.

It's a lie! You're stupid! Onee-chan, you're stupid!

What's going on? Are you all right?

Mika-tan, don't shove Masato.

I don't like it. Eh?

I don't like any of you.

I hate you all!

Mika! Ouch. I'll go.

Look after Masato. Ok.

Are you all right? Masato, are you ok?

Ma'am, I'll look over here. Ok.

Mika-tan!

Mika-tan!

Mika-tan! Jeez.

Mika!

Mika-chan!

Mika, Mika...

Enough already.

Enough! Jeez.

Hey, hey, what happened? You don't look good.

Big brother will take care of you.

Hey, c'mon... Please stop it.

Aw, calm down. Let go!

What are you doing? She doesn't like that, ok?

Who the hell are you? I'm her mother... er, friend.

You're supposed to be a proper member of society.

If you mess around with a minor, you'll screw over the rest of your life.

Your parents will be devastated.

Your mom, who carried you in her stomach and gave birth to you, will cry her eyes out

The hell's wit you? You're like a bitchy old lady.

Are you all right?

I'm not all right.

It's all your fault!

Mika-chan. I'm begging you, listen to what I have to say.

I have nothing to say to Papa's girlfriend.

Listen to what I ave to say to you.

Let go!

Listen!

There's no way your Papa has a girlfriend.

I saw him hug you at the hospital.

I was merely helping him out with his rehabilitation.

Papa stumbled and I just held him up.

You don't expect me to believe that.

Your Papa would do anything for his family.

He told me so himself.

Would his girlfriend say something like that?

Believe me.

Your Papa is not the type of person who would ever

do anything to cause pain to his family.

Mika, even you like your Papa, right?

I don't like him.

Eh...

He snores really loudly. And he takes forever in the bathroom in the mornings.

He even falls asleep in the bath sometimes.

And Mama runs her mouth and worries all the time about stupid things.

Mika-chan.

Parents always, ALWAYS worry about their children.

No matter how annoying you think it is, they can't stop.

When you were in your mom's belly,

She worried about delivering you safely.

When you were a baby, she worried about raising you to be healthy.

When you got big, it was painful for her to think that you might get injured.

She can't help but worry day in and day out.

That's because

you are the most important thing.

Papa and Mama both

love you very much, Mika.

They truly love you.

I know that.

But I was worried.

I was incredibly worried.

I know. I'm sorry.

Mika-tan.

Let's go home.

Oi!

Mika.

Papa...

I was worried about you.

Onee-chan, let's go home.

Sorry, Masato.

Onee-chan.

Thanks.

You were able to tell her properly.

Yes. Thank you so much.

You're amazing, Ma'am. You were thinking about so many things.

Of course I was. That's what parents do.

Oi! Hey, Chief!

I lost you guys along the way! Ah~

I'm tired...

Sorry to have you come all this way.

Nah, it's dangerous for you to go alone so late at night.

Today was fun, at the barbecue, huh?

Yes.

What were you talking about with the chief's wife?

Ah, just, things.

Is everything all right?

Yes, everything's all right, somehow.

Well, there's something I'm a little worried about.

Yamagishi. Yes.

Today, I got to meet your mother.

It was an important day for me.

Not really...

Lately, you've become good at cooking and you've shown you love children.

It's a side of you I didn't know about before.

I feel like before I didn't really know anything about you at all.

And I'd like to know more about you.

I'll wait for you. Eh?

I'll wait until you are able to forget about our section chief.

What? No--

I like you! Yamagishi.

Eh~ hang on a second.

I'm not Yamagishi, though.

Ishiguro-kun!

I wonder if she's home yet.

No.

Eheheh, Papa, you took a quick bath today, didn't you?

Oh, did I?

Mama. Hm?

Who have you been calling lately?

Eh?

Is it someone you can't tell me about?

What are you talking about, Papa?

You couldn't...

be having an affair, right?

Of course not!

Then who is it?

Mama.

No, Hishiko.

Tell me the truth.

The truth is

something I can't tell you!