Original subtitles

By switching this container on the top,

it can turn into a juicer or a mixer

or it can even chop vegetables.

We decided to lend money to Odajima Manufacturing.

Oh, the workshop Toshi-chan referred you to?

But the kids just think of me as an important person at the credit union.

They don't know the guy who was making salt and Daneihon in Izumiotsu.

Manpei-san... Are you regretting it?

Let's go to sleep.

Good night.

Manpuku

♫Marumatteru senakani ni morai naki ♫I get infectious weeping looking at your stooped shoulders

Are You Regretting It?

♫Haji datte issho ni ♫We'll share the humiliation too

Week 13

♫Hikoukigumo bonyari nagamu ♫Gazing absentmindedly at contrails

♫Kokoro kokoni arazu ♫Here in body, but not in spirit

♫Nenkan totaru moshi shitara ♫If I was to calculate an annual total

♫Tsukiau watashi sugoi? ♫Aren't I amazing for keeping you company?

♫Toboketeru mayuge ni morai warai ♫ I get infectious laughter looking at your comical eyebrows

♫Tere datta nandatte ♫Be it embarrassment or whatever

♫Morai naki morai warai morai ikari ♫Infectious weeping, infectious laughter, infectious anger

♫Moraippaji don to koi! ♫Infectious embarrassment. Bring them on!

♫Seiten mo donten mo hekireki mo ♫Sunny days, cloudy days, thunderous days too

Thanks, Fuku-chan.

- I'm not the one you should be thanking. - Tell Manpei-san I said thanks.

The wife of Odajima Manufacturing was very excited too.

Manpei-san believes that their multiipurpose food processor is definitely going to sell.

I'm glad I gave him the referral then.

I should order, huh? Then... coffee.

One coffee please.

You are coffee. Okay.

3 rice curry, 1 spaghetti.

You, you, you, rice curry. Okay.

And you get spaghetti. Okay.

That way back when, I used to make things like them too.

Sometimes I suddenly wonder.

Is this what I should be doing?

- Welcome. - Welcome.

Yes?

- Where's the Director? - He's gone home already.

Already? I wanted to get his approval on this.

Secretary

MOCHIZUKI AYA

Lately, the director leaves right on time.

Why?

Maybe he wants to hurry home and see his children.

Ah, must be the centipede.

- Centipede? - Yeah. Gen-chan and Sacchan

made a centipede from black beans and scared Suzu-san.

He looked pleased when he said how Fuku-chan told him they were definitely his children.

- The director was? - Yeah. That made him happy.

So that's why he wants to hurry home and see his children.

- It's too hard. - No, it's not.

Don't play a prank like before with those beans again.

- We won't. - If only you behaved as well as your answer.

Don't worry, Mom. I lectured them severely.

That Grandma's life will be shortened if they play a prank like that.

Don't say that. It might bring bad luck.

Hello.

It's Uncle Sera.

- Sera-san. - Coming~.

Woah! You've grown again, Gen.

Sachi, you too.

- We knew it was you. - We could tell by your voice.

Oh, yeah? That's right, I have a present for you two.

Here, American cookies.

Cookies?!

- Sera-san. - Hey, Fuku-chan.

- I got back from America yesterday. - Really?

This is tuna, and this is corned beef.

What was this... Oh, yeah, sardines in oil.

It's salty and tastes great.

- They're all canned food. - But of course.

America is the home of canned foods.

- It's delicious. - Is it?

Sera-san's half American already.

- Don't be silly! - But you're quite remarkable.

I don't know anyone else who goes to America so often like you.

It's because Sera Trading Company is doing well, right?

Well, I'd say once every 6 months,

I go to Los Angles to import soybeans.

Has your English improved, Sera-san?

That would be impossible. But I get by somehow with gestures.

It works out somehow. Some of our employees are pretty proficient in English too.

There's no problem at all. Japan lost to America, but

but if we go 1 on 1, we have a good chance of winning.

- That's our Sera-san. - You're amazing.

Uncle Sera, tell us about America.

- Huh? - Tell us about America.

- Tell us, tell us. - Oh yeah?

Let's see... Oh, yeah. This time, I went and saw a movie there.

- Movie? - Yeah.

Americans watch movies while eating and making a mess

with this thing called popcorn.

What kind of a movie did you see?

What was that called? Uh~ Sebun Ia... "Za Sebun Ia Icchi."

"Sebun Ia Icchi"? What does that mean?

"Sebun Ia" means 7 years, but... I don't know what "Icchi" means.

I don't know either. I couldn't understand what it was about either.

- You're so silly. - But the starring actress was incredibly beautiful.

Marilyn... Ma... Ma...

- You mean Marilyn Monroe? - Yes, Marilyn Monroe.

- She's a famous actress. - Oh, whatever, but

when breeze blows out from the ground and lifts up her skirt,

that was incredible. Made me say "Wow!"

That's "The Seven Year Itch."

"The Seven Year Itch"?

The name of the movie. They were showing it in Japan too.

- I went to see it with Mom 2 years ago. - 2 years ago?!

That's old news.

A woman's skirt getting lifted isn't something you should be talking about in front of children.

- You like it, don't you, Gen? - Sera-san! Forget what he just said.

- Go play outside. - Okay~.

Sachi!

- Don't be imitating that. - 2 years ago, huh? Is that right?

I'm glad I told you guys first.

I was about to go talking about it all over the place without knowing.

But Sera-san, Marilyn Monroe is a beautiful woman, but

don't say that to your wife. Your boy just turned 5 too, right?

But I already told her yesterday.

I see. Is that why she was in a bad mood this morning?

You never change, do you, Sera-san?

Anyway, whatever. By the way, why isn't Tachibana-kun here?

- The credit union closed hours ago. - He's been working a lot of overtime these days.

- He doesn't get home until 9 or 10. - That's strange.

I called his office earlier and was told the director left on time.

- What? - Isn't he working overtime?

Then where is he...

Maybe he got himself a woman.

- Woman?! - Working overtime

- is your standard excuse when a man's seeing a woman. - No...Manpei-san wouldn't do such a thing.

You never know. How long have you been married, Fuku-chan?

Going on 16 years.

Then it's... "The Sixteen Year Itch."

The sixteen year itch.

Don't be absurd!

- Manpei-san will never have an affair! - That's why I said you never know.

Serious guys like him are more prone to do it. Just so you know, I haven't done it at all.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

What's the matter, Fukuko?

Thank you for your hard work.

- Where's Gen and Sachi? - They went to bed a long time ago.

- Welcome home, Manpei-san. - What's the matter, Mother?

Come sit here for a minute.

Please come sit here.

What is it?

Fukuko probably can't ask you herself,

so I'll ask in her place.

You don't have to be so formal.

Why were you late today, Manpei-san?

I was working overtime.

- That's a lie. - Huh?

Sera-san was here today.

When Sera-san called your office, he was told that

the director goes home on time every day.

Why did she have to say that...

Where are you going everyday, Manpei-san?

Sera-san said you definitely have a woman on the side.

Woman?!

He said it was the sixteen year itch.

Come on... I'll never do such a thing.

What are you doing then?

Manpei-san, your hand...

What happened?

What's with that dirty hand?

Don't tell me...

I'm helping out Odajima Manufacturing.

- Everyday? - Yeah.

Odajima Manufacturing?

It's a workshop that our credit union is financing.

They're developing a new food processor, and I've been helping them out with that.

Helping them out? You're working at the workshop?

Well, yes.

Manpei-san...

What is this? The wife works at a parlour, and the executive director at a workshop.

I can't believe you two!

I don't know what else to say...

Is it all right if I sit comfortably?

Oh man, I'm tired.

The next day, Fuku-chan made a secret visit to Odajima Manufacturing.

May I ask who you are?

I'm Tachibana Manpei's wife, Fukuko.

The director's? We appreciate everything he's doing for us.

We really owe a lot to Tachibana-san.

- Is my husband here? - Yes.

Make this blade face up.

By doing that, it stirs while cutting, so the vegetable can be chopped more finely.

That makes sense. Let's give it a try, Dad.

- Then I'll be drawing up the blueprint here. - Thanks.

Please come in.

Oh, no, I just came to take a quick look.

I'm heading back now.

Sometimes I suddenly wonder.

Is this what I should be doing?

When it's completed, it will sell for sure. It will make people happy.

How long has it been since she saw Manpei-san looking that lively?

Fuku-chan was filled with mixed feelings.