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Please sit wherever you like.

- Yoshino-chan. - Shigeru-san.

Do you come here often?

She was off when the three of us came during lunch break the other day too. Right?

What's wrong with you guys?

Huh?

Draw me. Sensei, draw me!

Break away from your preconceived notions!

Come on, draw me!

It's salty!

Preserving in salt is not an appropriate method of preservation.

At least we learned a lesson from the failure, Fukuko.

Let's figure out what do to next. Okay?

Yes.

Manpuku

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

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

Week 19

We're Moving Forward by 10 and 20 Steps!

♫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

I'm sure those two are interested in Yoshino-chan.

- Huh? - I'm talking about Oka and Morimoto.

Didn't you notice they couldn't keep theirs eye off of you?

That was love at first sight.

- Oh, stop it, Shigeru-san. - That's right. You should stop it right here.

You don't like unsophisticated guys like that, do you, Yoshino-chan?

- It's not that I don't like them... - In any case,

I'll make sure you don't run into them anymore, so don't worry.

Okay...

- I'm home. - I'm home.

I'm back...

What happened?

- Yoshino. - Oh, Shigeru-san. You're home.

Is it that time already?

- I have to go make dinner. - Taka, you just sit there.

- That's right... - Oh, I'll have to get the bath ready too.

What happened, Taka?

I can't explain it.

You can't draw anything, Sensei.

You can't break out of your shell, can you?

Then I'll see you tomorrow.

- We're going to sun dry it. - Sun dry?

In order to make the noodles storable at room temperature, we have to take the moisture out.

In other words, they have to be dried.

I see. Put them under the sun and dry them out, right?

- Shall I do it? - No, it's all right.

Hot!

- Looks like they're dry now. - Already?!

This just may work.

I'll go boil some water.

Okay, that's good.

How's it looking?

I can't tell yet.

Okay, a minute has passed.

It doesn't look ready yet.

- Okay, 2 minutes have passed. - Okay, let's try eating it.

It's a mixture of hard and mushy noodles.

When it's dried in the sun, the outer layer dries first.

That's certainly true.

Why don't you try drying it in the shade then?

That's it.

Okay. Dry these for 1 hour, these for 2 hours, and these 3 hours.

We'll try different drying times.

I'll have to go to work.

Oh, is it that time already?

Although I'd rather be helping you.

- I can manage by myself. - But I want to taste it too.

But oh well, I can't very well take a day off.

Sorry, Fukuko, for making you work by yourself.

Please don't worry about that.

Your job is to make ramen, Manpei-san.

Then I'll see you later.

Both the master and mama-san at the parlour are good to me and it's an enjoyable workplace.

- Take it easy. - Okay.

Thanks.

Around that time, that woman was at Katsuko Nee-chan's house again.

She's dancing again...

What in the world is that woman...

But Dad's...!

Way to go, Sensei. Look, you're drawing.

Keep going. Draw some more.

Drying in the shade?

After trying various ways, he says drying in the shade is the best.

- Is Manpei-san doing it by himself? - Yes.

He might be eating the first ramen already. I wish I was there to eat it too.

What's the first ramen?

He divided them up into drying times of 1 hour, 2 hours, and 3 hours

and he's going to sample them.

- He has to think of all kinds of things, doesn't he? - Sounds like a lot of work.

But I think he's getting closer to completion.

It may get finished today.

- What! - Can I taste it too when it's done?

But of course.

- There, it's ready. - Got it. Thanks.

Here's your coffee.

If he can really make it, it will be an epoch-making product.

Today will be a historic day.

It's finished...

Let me see.

This is wonderful, Sensei. It's truly wonderful!

This is my...

new ground.

Today turned out to be a historic day, didn't it, Sensei?

As of today, my job is over.

- What? - Over?!

Yes. Since Sensei has completed his painting.

- Completed?! - Yes. Now then, good bye.

Oh, Madam.

The wife of an artist should not be bothered by something like that.

What's this?

The title is "The Dancing Woman."

"The Dancing Women"?!

- It doesn't look human. - It's okay if it doesn't.

It's not like Hideko was posing. She was dancing.

I drew a picture of Hideko's "passion".

Do you understand "passion", Taka? It's energy.

This is her surging passion.

I was able to express that on canvas!

In any case, she won't be coming here anymore, right?

Manpei-san!

- Did It fail? - It failed.

- The ones you dried for 1 hour? - Yeah. - The ones you dried for 2 hours too?

Drying for 3 hours and 4 hours didn't work either.

How did they turn out?

Moisture still remained after 1 hour. Same thing after 2 hours.

After 3 and 4 hours, they were only half dry. It would be impossible to store at room temperature like that.

Then why don't you spend more time drying them?

No. If the noodles are left out any longer, they will go bad.

- They will eventually get moldy too. - Oh no!

They're still okay.

Yes, but still, that's a little... That's not good...

What in the world is this?

It's Dad's new ground.

New ground?

I don't get it at all.

What a beautiful moon.

Please eat, Manpei-san.

- What's wrong, Dad? - Ramen-making isn't going well?

Dad's taking on a difficult challenge. It's not an easy thing to do.

- Maybe you haven't studied enough. - Gen.

You tell me all the time.

When I tell you I don't understand what the teacher's saying, that I haven't studied enough.

- You tell us to study more. - Yes, but this and that are...

- No, they have a point. - Huh?

Simply blindly trying different things won't work.

I have to study up some more about ramen and noodles.

That's right.

Why didn't you tell me that sooner, Fukuko? That I should study.

How am I supposed to know that...

You're the one who understands me the most.

You're the only one who can stop me from going on a rampage.

- That's right! - What's rampage?

All right, fine.

Manpei-san!

You go to the library tomorrow and study up about noodles!

I'll do that.

Okay, eat now.

Thanks, Gen.

- Yes, that's right. I need to study some more. - You guys eat up too.