It's good.
You made a lot of people
happy with this flavor.
Thank you.
It is all my faults that we are
not aligned within the company.
I decided to take the blame.
Letter of resignation?
For now, please try one.
- Who did you say made this? - Kikikajiri.
Inoue Kiki-san.
Would you rather hear the good news or the bad news first?
Eh?
Huh? A contest?
- Judging will be next week. - Why? I don't get it.
You said my cream puffs were good.
So why do we have to come up with another cream puff?
I just don't get it!
I saw that and thought,
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weets Division: Kitagawa Riho
Mitamura
Tsuchiya
Fujino
Kitagawa
Inoue
- I got it from General Affairs. - Thank you very much.
- Thanks for your help. - And, and...
- and this. - Ah, thank you.
Inoue Kiki
I wonder what she's like.
To make matters worse,
if your cream puffs doesn't pass judging, it'll never be marketed and you'll lose the job.
Eh?
So what's the good news?
You said it the other day, right? You said you wanted to make more sweets.
I... want to make more sweets!
You can work on it again, just as you want.
which is good, in a way.
Maybe, but...
What, you're not sure?
Then you don't have to force yourself to be judged.
But if you win,
I can officially hire you to join the sweets section.
Eh? You said it, right?
You said it just now, right? Don't ever forget that!
It's boring down here, isn't it?
What do you do every day?
I'm putting together a report for each department. What do you want?
Why were you transferred to the president's office?
You tell me.
That guy, Asaba...
He just slammed his resignation letter.
I've decided to draw a line.
- Hey, Asaba. - Are you retiring?
Yes.
To Exazon, that is.
What are you saying?
I will break away and dedicate myself to Coco Every.
He quit? Exazon?
Hmph.... that was just a performance.
There's no way that guy
would drop everything to work for us.
- But what's in it for him? - That's what I want to know.
Wouldn't you like to know what he's up to?
If you're with him,
I want you to get to know him better.
Eh? Are you really Kikikajiri? Did you make those cream puffs?
Yes, I'm sorry about that.
Huh...
That was delicious.
Thanks.
It was really delicious.
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weets Division: Kitagawa Riho
Well, I'm just shocked at the cost to income ratio.
The selling price for it would exceed 230 yen.
The lowest price a consumer can pay for a convenience store
cream puff is 160 yen.
Well, you should've just told me from the start that it's 160 yen.
If I had told you that, you'd have made something
boring and less adventurous in the first place.
This is the sweets section so far.
Kitagawa-san's project is already on track to be made at that price.
And your cream puffs need to be priced down to that level.
How?
We'll take care of the quality, cost and logistics
and finding the right materials at the right price.
Eh? So what do I do?
You have to recreate that taste as best you can within the selling price.
After two weeks, we'll compare the two cream puffs
and decide which one to commercialize.
That is all. Thank you.
Roger that.
Let's both do our best.
Hey! Hey, wait a minute.
Of course,
you're on my side, right?
I'm on the side of the one that sells.
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What the hell is this?
It's so pale...
Yeah, it's not even close.
The color is no good either.
It's hard to use cheap cacao after all.
- Do you want to take a picture? - Yes.
- Oh... - Ah...
That one there is theirs, this one is here is ours.
We'll just re-do the formula.
Let's add salt and butter.
- Okay. - Yes.
Ouch!
Ah, no, no. Wait, let's get this off at once, okay.
Just stay like that for a bit.
Okay, let's go to the infirmary.
I have your departmental reports.
Ah, thanks.
I'll just leave it here.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
I've brought him here.
Right this way.
- Excuse me, who's that just now? - Yes?
Director Tsuzuki of Exazon.
Exazon.
How unfortunate. I had high hopes for you.
As far as your concerned, it was a godsend, right?
My resignation means that
from now on we are equals.
You know what this means, don't you, Tsuzuki-san?
I see.
I have no interest in Coco Every.
But I will make the most of it.
What's that?
The enemy was kind to me.
Such a nice person.
Something like that....
There it is. What's that?
The smaller the vessel, the smaller the blessing you get.
You're still a kid, aren't you?
I'm a kid anyway.
Here, eat something sweet.
Ah. What's this?
My grandmother sent it to me as a souvenir from her trip to Vietnam.
Eh...
Delicious!
Right?
Here, eat some more.
Hey, why did you suddenly take part in the contest?
Didn't you tell me to do it?
The deadline for proposals was long overdue.
I feel bad about Shintani.
None of that matters.
Then what?
You get into the ring to have a fight with Taku-ani,
am I right?
Can you make it work out the way you want it to?
Kitagawa,
- About Taku-ani, he's still... - I'm done here.
Let me know if there's anything I can do to help,
and I don't mean to make this sound like an enemy, because it's not.
Well, good job today.
Good job today as well...
I think Kitagawa-san's cream puffs will only cost you 160 yen.
- We can do that... - Well, okay, we can do that today.
- Please. - Please.
- Good morning, everyone. - Good morning.
You're carefree and comfortable.
Show it to Shintani and he'll understand.
Butter and eggs and milk and...
Eh? You're changing these too?
Of course, you know how much you have to lower it.
Eh? The more we change it, the worse it tastes.
Isn't that your job to make sure it stays down?
This is Vietnamese sweets.
This chocolate candy has a very strong chocolate flavor
and it melts in your mouth and is very moist.
I'm going to use this cacao.
Huh?
Suu-chan said it's cheaper than in Japan
because it's made on a huge piece of land.
Hey, come here.
Don't decide what sweets you want to bring in here.
We decide on the ingredients for the cream puff to be placed in 3,000 stores across the country.
Convenience store contracts
are based on a year's worth of farmland and two years' worth of work.
There's no way you can use it without investigating the
raw materials of a manufacturer you've never heard of.
Where are you going?
To Mako... To work with Shintani-san.
- How long will you be gone? - Well, until I can.
- So you're going home directly (chokki)? - Chokki?
You're not going back here again and you're going home afterwards?
- That's what I'm asking. - Ah, well, maybe.
Then write it in there, write "chokki".
It's hard to get a hold of you.
Okay.
waistcoat
She wrote Chokki (チョッキ) - waistcoat, vest
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Why should we have to babysit that kid?
We have to endure it for 2 weeks, 2 weeks.
But then again, it was a crazy thing to say, right?
That girl, she's interesting.
- Huh? - It'll be somebody else's problem.
Ah, it's good.
I'm gonna go do some research.
- Welcome. - Excuse me.
I'm on my own. Can I come in?
I'm sorry. It's just that we're a bit crowded at the moment.
I got it. You came here to do research, right?
What? You don't care for sweets anymore?
No, but taste trends come and go.
If you are a judge, you should know that.
How is she, Inoue-san doing?
What do you think?
I was just wondering if she wasn't fitting in.
She's like a typhoon.
She tore up the place this morning.
Okay, that's good.
"That's good"?
She gave troubles to all her seniors.
I told her that if she wins the screening process, I'll hire her.
Otherwise, how could the screening process be more interesting?
Why did you transfer Chief Ichioka to the president's office?
Why did you submit a proposal all of a sudden?
- I'm listening. - That's your answer right there.
When you have one charismatic person, everyone around you is going to let that person decide.
The result of that face is a decline in influence.
You feel the wind has changed direction, don't you?
Isn't that why you submitted the proposal?
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No, it's not inflated at all.
This is the same as making a recipe from zero.
Oh, no.
I was about to flick the switch again.
Not from zero, but from scratch.
We've got a lot of stuff to build on
and I know what I'm aiming for.
Yeah, that's right.
Okay, I am restored!
All right, let's start over with the dough.
Okay, I'm restarted, restarted!
Asaba Takumi
Hey.
What, so you were with Kitagawa too?
You should have told me you were with Kitagawa.
If I told you, I know you won't come.
- You should've told me that you're bringing her. - Great job today.
I'm not going to be the only one out to eat with you when we're working together.
- Why not? You're a grown man. - What are you whispering about?
Nothing. I'm having fun.
Right?
This is fun.
Do you have any table manners?
I'd rather have a beef bowl than this.
Is that what you want?
I want a beef bowl!
I don't like these fancy restaurants either,
I like those Western-style foods...
...I don't know.
Kiki-chan, are you a ketchup person on your omurice?
Or are you a demi-glace person?
- I'm a mayonnaise person. - Mayo... Mayonnaise?
What is it?
What?
Can we order a drink or something?
- Right? - Yes.
- Excuse me. - Wine list.
- What about you? - I'll pass.
Ah, me too. I'm going back to the company to get my bike.
This. 2 glasses.
Right away.
Ah... I can't breathe.
Hey, come with me.
What's going on with those two?
- Eh? - No, I'm not sure,
but it's weird, isn't it? - What is?
Did you do it on purpose?
What is?
That was the wine we had the first time we dined.
That's my favorite brand.
You, you're really good at remembering details, aren't you?
Would you stop calling me "you"?
So what do I call you then?
It's "Kitagawa-san", right?
Now, let's continue.
Let's eat.
Yes, it's so good.
I think I'm gonna have a drink too.
- Don't wanna get in, Don't wanna go home. - Get in. Get in. Get in. Get in.
- Kiki-chan, get in. - No! Ah!
- She's a bad drinker, huh? - Are you sure it's okay?
It's fine. It's fine. Just go.
Sorry. Sorry.
Eh?
- Why are those two over there? - We're going in the same direction.
Why? Hey, Asaba!
Send her home. Don't leave me alone!
Hey! Are you listening to me?
You didn't hear anything.
Hey, do you feel like listening to me?
I don't feel anything anymore.
- Yes, there's a step. - Come on.
- Can you give me the key? - I'm tired. I can't take another step.
Where are your key? The key. You don't have a key?
- I have a key. - Which one is the key?
It's all right. Just push the button.
Suu... not.
- Eh? - Eh?
- Ah, the boyfriend? - Eh? Are you her boyfriend?
- Huh? - Are we not going in?
- Who is it? Who is it? - Eh? Ah!
- The father. - Huh?
Hey, come on, she's dead drunk, isn't she?
- No, um, dad, this is not what it looks like. - Huh? You, by any chance,
made my child cry the other day.
You did something nasty to her, didn't you?
Eh? They broke up?
- Why are you smiling? Why did you smile? - No, dad.
- Who are you? - So he's Inoue-san ex-boyfriend, right?
- Yuta? He's even hotter. - Huh?
Eh, really? Then who are you?
Eh... Are you guys...
Wait. Wait. Wait.
Ah... Come on!
- I'm sorry you had to get her home. - It's okay.
this house is close to the shop,
so when we don't have shifts,
we sometimes get together and have a potluck.
Eh... You're surprisingly close.
I guess...
Well, the other day.
She said she worked hard at her part-time job.
Maybe that's it.
Am I allowed to say it?
- It's fine. - I guess it's okay. It's overdue.
She's an ex-idol, you know.
- Cupid. - Eh, Cupid?
- Eh? - Ah, not that one.
- Not that one? - Their underground idol days.
As soon as Kiki was removed and they young one came in,
boom, they were all over the place.
And she's been sulking about it for a long time.
The front continuously remains unsold,
they expire and are thrown away.
It means that I am done.
Well, it looks like she's having a lot of fun these days.
- Ah, Shintani-kun. Eat up. Eat up. - Let's eat.
- Thank you for the food. - It's good.
- Which one do you prefer? - The hotpot?
Ah...
- Oh. - Good morning.
Where's your bike?
Well, I couldn't go back for it after all.
I got Kiki-chan home but then I got caught.
- You got caught? - There was food.
Who did?
How about you? Did something happen?
Eh? There was?
- There was, right? - Don't be ridiculous.
I'm sure it happened. I'm sure of it. It's in your face.
I'm so sorry!
Are you okay now?
- My head hurts. - Here you go.
Thanks.
A Can-Do kind of woman...
But this is the first time Kitagawa's proposal
went through. - Is that right?
The previous section chief, Ichioka-san, was a devil.
She has been an assistant for a long time because
no matter what she does, they say, "No, you can't" "No, do it again."
- Hmm... - Well, that what happened in the sweet section.
- Ah, that's good. - Thank you.
Then
I can't afford to lose.
The first time I baked cookies, I baked them thinking about the girl I loved.
- What is this all of a sudden? - From my experience.
I want someone to eat it. I want to impress that person.
It works better if you make it with that in mind.
Sweets are not made with that cold feeling.
So today, Let's try to do it with that in mind.
Not about winning or losing,
just that feeling.
The person I want to impress...
No color...
- Hmm... - It's no good.
- This cacao won't work. - That's an X. Next!
This is not good.
Well, well.
- Yeah, it's okay. - Eh? Are you sure?
Let's change the temperature to match. Ready.
So it's a triangle.
- It's getting better. - Are you serious?
Let's make the cacao, 35g.
Yeah!
Eh?
No... Let's go for it.
That kid didn't flip it over again.
Eh?
Yes. This. This. It's a pretty good copy.
Eh? What the hell are you doing?
What?
Convenience store sweets don't just appear on store shelves.
Bagged up, boxed up, trucked in,
trucked out store by store.
So a thin material like this won't hold up to that.
Seriously?
Ah...
- Thank you for your hard work. - Thank you.
How long is this going to take? They're going to think we're (a) black (company).
- I'm sorry. - But we're not quite there yet.
- Go home and get some sleep. - But...
"But, but, but, but". You're so annoying...
But I don't want to lose!
This time...
This time I want to be chosen.
This time I want to win.
What do you mean "this time"?
That's why I want you to let me do this.
That taste, that man...
Until we can recreate the taste that the president told us was good.
I can do it again and again for hours!
So, please!
Um, excuse me.
I'll join her too.
Your hair it's quite untidy.
Eh, really? I'm sorry.
Because you worked overtime voluntarily,
Please don't put out something like "I'm so sleepy".
Yes.
Business trip to Vietnam
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Fujino
You know, them, first thing in the morning, went to the raw materials department,
But then they went out and buy it themselves.
What did they buy?
They have a message for you.
"I'll let you use the cacao just like you begged us to,
so you can finish your cream puffs until you feel satisfied."
Because...
Ah, I left out one more thing.
"And don't complain about this." - No, It's...
Yes! Thank you very much.
I'm sorry.
This cacao is very rich and the oil content is ideal.
- Certainly, let's make a contract. - Please.
Please!
Oh, damn. It's here.
Yeah, it's got deep flavor.
- And the oil content is good. - Right?
Yeah, this will work.
Wow...
Yay! Yay! Yay!
- This. - It's good!
- It's good, right? - Yes.
This cacao could work for 20g.
Hmm...
Thank you, Vietnam.
Hmm... Nine grams. Ten grams would be more like it, right?
Right.
The firmness is good too.
And it's getting better, isn't it?
Really?
All right.
Please god!
And...
It's crunchy!
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Kamiko Ryo
So did you find out what he was up to?
I look at departmental reports every day.
I'm starting to get it.
Ah. Human Relations are not working well here.
This place has poor leadership qualities.
A whole new world of possibilities is brewing here.
- Huh? - Huh?
If you're interested, you can look it up yourself.
Okay.
- Good work today... - Sorry for leaving first.
- Hey, Good job. - Good work today.
Eh...
Are you the kind of person who eats such things?
No, I can see it better from here.
You've been working late too, haven't you?
Judging is tomorrow.
I'm sure Inoue-san and Shintani will pull an all-nighter today.
Yes, I know. If you read a report every day, you'll understand.
So what are you doing here? Are you waiting for them to finish?
For now... Since I got her involved,
I'd at least offer her some food.
I'd rather have a beef bowl than this.
Is that what you want?
And it was a pretty good find.
Perfect!
The coloring gonna stick.
He was here.
I'll leave the report here.
Are you getting used to the job?
Yes.
Why did you bring me here?
Someone as good as you, can't you see it?
The Sweets Section has changed
since I was gone.
This afternoon, there's a judging for the cream puffs.
Yes, I know.
You were 24 years old when you joined the company.
You made the "Fresh egg and a rich milk with a gentle twin cream sandwich."
It's a hit product that's still being sold today.
Yes.
Since then, you've carried the hopes and responsibilities of the Sweets Section with you.
I only know sweets in terms of points.
Points?
I have nothing to rely on but my intuition at this point in time.
But you're different.
You've been on the front lines for over 15 years,
with knowledge and experience.
You know sweets inside out.
Today's screening, I want you to be there.
- Who's that? - Ichioka-san
The demon chief who used to work in sweets section.
Let's begin.
Thank you very much.
- I'm feeling very nervous. - Me too.
I'm sure there's a line here for Inoue-san's cream puffs.
- Wasn't that great? - Haven't you heard from her yet?
- Not yet - Not yet
All right, let's look at the results.
We unanimously decided to commercialize Kitagawa-san's cream puffs!
Yes!
Thank you very much.
Congratulations!
The taste and the concept were amazing.
Chief...
Not anymore. Right? Section Chief Mitamura
Please don't do that.
Congratulations on a job well done Kitagawa.
- Thank you very much. - You've worked hard for it.
- Yes! - That wasn't a waste of time!
Kiki-chan, good job.
Yes. Yes.
Well, it can't be helped.
She's a pro at what she does.
The world isn't as sweet as it seems.
Ah, I'll go ahead first, okay?
There's a meeting coming up.
I'm not part of this anymore.
Ah... Just leave her alone.
So, what's the schedule for the rest of the year?
That girl... She's gone.
Eh? She's gone?
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much
Inoue Kiki
She was like a real typhoon, wasn't she?
Inoue Kiki-san...
I could definitely tell that it was a well done cream puff.
It looks and it taste good,
It's hard to believe that this is her first time making it.
You've all changed.
That new wind
was coming from that girl.
You saw it all coming, didn't you, President?
By throwing in a different molecule called Inoue Kiki,
what kind of chemical reaction will occur in the Sweets Section?
What we were able to do was beyond expectation.
I think "more than expected" is the correct word.
President, she left this with me.
Just now, Inoue Kiki-san came to see me.
Really.
Hello?
We've been through this before, haven't we?
There were grains of rice from the beef bowl on the jacket.
Huh? You are complaining about that?
Let me tell you something.
you've come to hang up your jacket, why didn't you carry me out to the couch?
My neck and back hurt too much.
You should be ashamed that a grown woman would sleep sloppily
in a place like that in the first place.
It's been a long time since I've climbed one of these things.
How nostalgic.
Hmm...
I'm feeling nostalgic about these things.
Part of me feels sorry for you because you worked so hard and didn't get the results you wanted.
It wasn't so bad.
It wasn't that bad...
I lost 10-0.
That's not it.
It's your work.
All the convenience store chains
are the same for their customers.
They just happened to be in the neighborhood,
so they had bento, onigiri, and sandwiches, they all look about the same.
However, in sweets, we can differentiate ourselves from others.
If we can catch a trend or a need,
revitalize it and do it on a grand scale
then Coco Every will change as a whole.
You were the reason Kitagawa-san submitted a proposal.
Because of you, Sweets Section has shown great teamwork.
Your presence ignited the pride of the Sweets Section.
Those cream puffs were only possible
because of you.
Well, judging was a total loss on that one.
This talk is kind of redundant.
But you won the battle.
Huh?
Get it cleaned and return it to me again.
What do you mean by "return"?
Application for issuance of employee ID card
Take a picture and bring it tomorrow.
Eh?
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