Japanese Restaurant
Tsubuan
This is the 10-day story of struggling idols who fight to fill a 100-seat concert hall.
Working Idols
I'm stuffed.
You could really taste the egg wash.
There she is.
Congratulations.
You're finally the lead part-timer.
Thanks.
Pat yourself on the back.
Write it on your name tag.
Hey, lead part-timer!
Hey!
No way.
So, Aina, you're the most senior part-time employee now, huh?
I planned to quit once the Idolls took off,
but I've been dragging my feet for the last three years.
Working part-time while pursuing your dreams is great.
Totally rock and roll.
And unable to achieve anything as an idol, you turn 45 and finally abandon your dream.
As a middle-aged woman with no education or work experience, you can't find a proper job.
You eventually find yourself having to subsist on weeds.
What?
I have to eat weeds if I don't make it as an idol?
Well, chasing your dreams is a gamble.
I see. Eating weeds at 45?
At 45...
Ruka.
Over here.
Welcome.
Aina.
I'll have a pitcher of non-alcoholic beer.
Ruka, what's wrong?
Didn't you say your parents wanted you to come home?
My parents want me to take over the family business.
What? They run a business?
They make vermilion ink pads.
Ink pads?
You know, for stamps.
They run a small factory, then?
They're Japan's biggest ink pad manufacturer.
That's a huge industry! You're the Ink Pad Princess!
So what are you going to do?
Nah, she can't possibly work a full-time job and be an idol.
But it's an opportunity to get a stable job.
Miss this chance and you might end up eating weeds if your idol dream doesn't come true.
Weeds...
What? Does that mean you're quitting the Idolls?
But we promised we'd play the Budokan together!
Aina, what do you think?
I... I see you all as my best friends.
I'd hate for us to go our separate ways. I really would, but...
But I'd hate for you to end up eating weeds because you tried to become an idol
when you were supposed to be making wonderful ink pads instead.
Aina...
If we're friends... If I'm a true friend, I think I should push you forward.
You should quit the Idolls and make ink pads.
Yeah. Maybe Aina's right.
Then, let's send off Ruka together.
Yeah.
Here we go.
Ready, and...
Ruka-san, goodb—
Stop.
I'm not taking over the ink pad factory.
I'll continue being an Idoll.
Ruka-san!
Thank you!
We'll be together forever!
I'll buy a whole box of stamps!
Okay, okay. But first, could you get me that pitcher?
You really are amazing, Ruka.
You're giving up ink pads to choose the path of becoming an idol or eating weeds.
Yeah, but about that pitcher—
That's just how much she loves the Idolls.
Could I get that pitcher, please?
Are you sure about this?
Well, you see, on this morning's horoscopes, my sign was the unluckiest: 12th out of 12.
Horoscopes?
Yeah.
It told me to be especially wary of ink pads.
So that's how I came to my decision.
By the way, what was your lucky item?
Huh? Pitchers.
One pitcher, coming right up!
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