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How much do we have in our safe right now?

Can you at least let me continue financing Odajima Manufacturing?

I really understand how Manpei-kun feels.

But still, he's too obsessed with Odajima Manufacturing.

- It will be over soon. - Soon?

Yeah.

I'm glad. Yeah, I'm glad.

That's good. That's good.

Manpuku

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

Are You Regretting It?

Week 15

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

♫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

♫Ganko de mendou de hara mo tatsu kedo ♫Although you're obstinate and troublesome and you make me mad

♫Anata no jounetsu wa ♫Your passion is

♫Atashi no hokori de jiman de kakugo nano ♫My honor, my pride, and my resolve

♫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

- It's ending? - Yes. He said

the multipurpose food processor is almost complete.

I think Manpei-san knew that he was being self-centered.

Is that so... I'm sorry, Fuku-chan, for causing you to worry.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Talk to you later then.

Good morning, Director.

Good morning. Let's work hard again today.

Yes, sir.

I have to go to work too.

Fukuko. I'm going over to Katsuko's for a bit.

Taka wants my advice on something.

- Taka-chan wants Mom's advice? - Yes.

That's unusual.

Model?

She's here everyday.

Everyday?

Her name's Hanamura Nahomi-san.

Here's here from 9 am until 4 pm.

Other than for lunch, the two of them are cooped up in the studio.

They're cooped up?!

Well, she is the model after all.

Why did he start painting woman all of a sudden?

That's because Mom told him to do as he pleased.

What if something should happen between them?

Mom. Tadahiko-san is a painter by trade. That will never happen.

She isn't even that pretty.

How would you know.

Taka, you're the daughter of a painter, so you should try to understand too.

Your father's an artist. He's not like other fathers.

Look what they're doing~!

Are you okay with that, Katsuko?

I don't mind.

I don't care either then.

You were saying things like man is the ship, woman the sea, like you're so understanding,

but don't come crying to me when something happens.

Is there something sweet to eat, Taka?

Man is the sea, woman the ship. What does that mean?!

Ouch!

There's hardly any cash left in our safe anymore.

At this rate, it will be empty before long.

Let's stop providing new and additional financing now.

- For Odajima Manufacturing too... - We can't stop theirs.

Director!

They're almost there. The multipurpose food processor is almost complete.

Please, Shinichi-san.

Can't you please do something to help us out?

We promise to repay the favor to Senba Bank some day.

Yes.

I understand.

Fuku-chan didn't know that Manpei-san was getting backed into a corner.

Will this do?

By making the input slot smaller, there will be less burden on the motor.

Let's give it a try then.

Please work.

Whatever it may be, if you try as hard as you can, you will succeed.

Manpei-san and Fuku-chan both firmly believed that.

And finally, that day arrived.

The multipurpose food processor was ready.

It's done.

Dear...

Thank you so much, Tachibana-san, Kanbe-san.

I'm speechless with emotion too.

The problem now is how to commercialize this.

It's done.

No banks anywhere?

They say they can't give us financial support.

We have no choice but to give up.

Let's try asking Umeda Bank one more time. They're our primary bank after all.

They'll say they'll need a collateral to lend us money.

Collateral...

Look!

Isn't it awesome?

This is the multipurpose food processor.

- Multipurpose food processor? - Yes.

- Can you just throw it in like that? - It's okay. Watch.

- Look. - Oh my goodness!

It made apple juice.

Okay, have a taste.

It's good!

- Delicious! - Isn't it?

Let Grandma try some too.

- It's apple juice. - Let me try too.

It's apple juice. It's truly delicious.

This is the multipurpose food processor made by Odajima Manufacturing.

It's a product that doesn't exist in the world yet.

I've never seen anything like this before.

Didn't you just hear Manpei-san say it doesn't exist in the world yet?

Okay, go take a bath now.

When you come out, I'll make you tangerine juice this time.

- Okay. - Tangerine juice, tangerine juice!

They looked so happy. They must have really liked it.

Actually... Fukuko, Mother.

The thing is, I have a special favor to ask of you.

- Favor? - Yes.

What's going on so suddenly?

The next step for this multipurpose food processor is the commercialization.

That is, manufacturing large quantities of this same product.

- That goes without saying. - We understand that much.

But in order to do that, we need capital. Odajima Manufacturing doesn't have that kind of money

nor does Ikeda Credit Union have any funds to lend.

There's no other way than to get financial assistance from Umeda Bank.

You should get it then. Umeda Bank is Ikeda Credit Union's primary bank, isn't it?

Even so, in this time of bad economy, it's hard to borrow money.

A collateral is required.

Collateral?

I want to use this house and property as collateral.

What!

Wanting to support Odajima Manufacturing is my own strong personal desire, not as the executive director

of Ikeda Credit Union.

That's why I can't cause trouble to the credit union.

- Wait a minute please. - Putting our house up as collateral

means we'll lose it all if things don't work out!

- No, that won't happen. - How can you say that?

I guarantee you this multipurpose food processor will sell. Without fail.

There is no such thing as without fail in this world.

You said it was delicious too, Mother.

Hold it, please. This is not how I understood it.

Because you said it was almost over,

because I thought this was merely your hobby,

I didn't say anything.

But when it comes to putting up the house and property as collateral,

- that's a different story. - That, I do understand.

That's precisely why I'm consulting you.

Consulting? If you're consulting, my answer is a big fat no.

I will never allow it!

Then I'm pleading with you. Please grant me my request.

The answer is still no!

The reason I accepted that unfair back taxes 8 years ago

was because I wanted to concentrate my effort on something I wanted to do

instead of fighting the Government.

But by an unforeseen turn of fortune, I became an executive director of a credit union.

Because I thought this was a job that would benefit people and make everyone smile.

I don't think that was a mistake.

The job gave me a sense of accomplishment, and seeing that I was able to continue for 8 years,

people around me must have recognized me to a certain extent.

But once I started helping out at Odajima Manufacturing, I realized.

That this was the kind of thing I wanted to do all along.

I was holding myself back all this time.

This multipurpose food processor is the dream of the people at Odajima Manufacturing

as well as the dream of Kanbe-kun and me.

We finally got this far.

To let it stay buried without getting it out in the world

is a thought that is unbearable to me. Please, Fukuko!

Won't you please grant me my selfish request?

Just as it did to Gen and Sachi earlier,

it's a product that would make people smile and happy. Please!

Don't do it, Fukuko!

Sometimes I suddenly wonder.

Is this what I should be doing?

I just want to do work that would be useful to the world.

I want to do work that would make people happy.

All right.

Fukuko!

I was thinking the same thing too.

I'm the one who told you to go back to being the real Manpei-san 8 years ago.

Thanks, Fukuko.

It will sell for sure.

It will sell without fail. Mother, it will be fine.

Thanks, Fukuko.

Terminate financial assistance?!

There is no future for Ikeda Credit Union.

Are you abandoning us?

Week 16 "All We Can Do Now is Climb Up!

Your residence will be taken away, you know!

I dare them to take it away!

It's true that she was naked.

I just can't stop feeling anxious.