How do I do this?
I totally don't understand
Huh?
That old dude
is sitting there again
Isn't he staring too blatantly?
That's just too suspicious.
Why the hell is this happening to me?
I'm not supposed to be clearing landmines
﻿Thank you for your patronage
﻿Scared the hell out of me.
﻿Can I help you?
﻿This is the previous customer's cellphone. She forgot to take it.
﻿I'll put it away for her.
﻿She couldn't have gone far, you can catch up to her if you hurry
﻿Excuse me.
﻿What do you do here every night?
﻿You haven't hit the ball once and you've been sitting on the bench, right?
Oh
﻿I'm just watching people hit the ball.
﻿We're not a resting place. You're bothering us.
﻿If something happens, we'll alert the authorities
﻿What do you mean?
﻿You're a suspicious person, right?
﻿I won't keep quiet.
﻿I'm not a suspicious person.
﻿Then what's wrong with you?
﻿Batting fetish? It's disgusting!
﻿Mai-chan, you've got me all wrong.
﻿Wait, how do you know my name?
That's so scary
My skin is crawling, now ﻿I have to call the police.
﻿Everyone!! This person is a pervert who gets excited by watching others hit the ball
Hey hey hey, wait a minute
﻿Listen to me first.
﻿I'm here at the request of the owner
Owner?
﻿Anyway, you should return this cellphone to her quickly.
﻿Just in case, can you tell me your name?
﻿Ito, Ito Tomohiro.
﻿Ito-san, right?
Well then, I'm going
﻿And when you give it to her, give her a message for me.
﻿Tell her that if she holds her breath in her heart,
she won’t be able to hit the balls that she needs to hit
﻿I don't know what that means. What's that?
That's all right, you just have to say that.
﻿Quickly go.
﻿What the hell,
Round One [Hold Point]
﻿I'm the one who saved everyone's ass
﻿What's the SENDRUG customer so angry about?
﻿I don't know.
However, I do know it's a big risk if they terminate the contract.
﻿I guess it's because I didn't go to the customer meeting.
Akane, you didn't go?
﻿Yes, because I was on another case that was due to be paid.
﻿So that's what happened? That's the situation.
﻿Don't worry about the SENDRUG contract.
﻿Wait a minute.
I was the one who started this contract
﻿If it's so important to you, why don't you go to apologize?
﻿Why should I go?
﻿The person in charge now is you, right?
﻿If I go, they will only lose their temper.
﻿I think that if Yuriko, whom they like, goes to apologize,
will be better in calming them down.
﻿Isn't that right?
﻿That's true.
﻿Sakamoto, can you please go?
﻿I'm Sakamoto. I just finished my work.
﻿Oh, how was it?
﻿It seemed that the customer really wanted Kondo-san to apologize for the situation.
I'm sorry, is there a way around this?
﻿I've already found a way for them to accept it.
﻿The contract will not be terminated
﻿That's great!
﻿I'm glad you're good at clearing landmines.
﻿What?
﻿Oh, Sakamoto-kun is really talented at repairing relationships!
You're such a good model of middle management, hehe
Excuse me! What?!
﻿Ah,
you forgot to take your cellphone, I'm returning it.
﻿Ah sorry.
Thank you, that was a big help
Um,
﻿Earlier, a suspicious old man was watching you hit the ball.
﻿He asked me to give you a message.
Message?
﻿He said that if you hold your breath in your heart,
you won't be able to hit the balls that you need to hit.
﻿I'm leaving now.
﻿Did you give it to her properly?
﻿I guess so.
﻿I felt a lonely look on her face.
I knew it.
﻿You said you came here at the request of the old boss?
The old boss, your uncle, Natsuha, asked me to come here.
﻿So it's true.
﻿What did my uncle ask you?
﻿He asked me to watch people batting here.
﻿Why? That sounds disturbing.
﻿I have a special ability.
﻿I can understand when I see people swinging at the ball.
﻿Understand what?
﻿I understand what's bothering that person.
﻿You could say it's their pain.
Sounds suspicious.
﻿Although I don't know what you're after.
﻿Then you should wait and see.
﻿No need.
﻿By the way, that woman's troubles was due to the workplace
she's angry because she's not being recognized for her potential
﻿How do you know that?
﻿It's all shown in her action of waving the bat
﻿Plus her complaints when she waved the bat
When I picked up her cellphone, I also overlooked the contents of her text messages
﻿I can tell from the combination of the two
What do text messages have to do with batting?
﻿She will definitely come back.
﻿This month's performance is terrible, no matter how you put it.
Yes
﻿The performance of the junior staff is terrible.
﻿Your team members are underperforming
﻿This is your responsibility as their direct supervisor.
﻿Good morning.
﻿Oh, you're just in time.
﻿Kondo-kun, a major pharmacy has asked us to help launch their new product.
﻿Really? Isn't that great?
﻿I would like you to prepare a demonstration as soon as possible, okay?
﻿No problem. Nice.
﻿Now then, Sakamoto-kun you should stand-by to support at any time.
﻿I understand, excuse me.
﻿Mai
Mai, Mai!
﻿How long are you going to sleep?
﻿Come on, get up. - What's the big deal?
﻿Anyway, it's summer vacation, ahh
﻿No, your uncle has arrived and is waiting for you.
﻿Get up!
﻿Uncle?
﻿Uncle Mikiya
﻿Oh, Mai.
﻿What's up? You're here early.
﻿How's your summer part-time job?
Ah talking about, that person is how you say,
super suspicious
﻿In fact, I came here for this matter.
Actually my father-in-law came down with a sudden illness
﻿So I had to go to help take care of it
Ohh, that sounds hard
﻿So I'd like you to take care of the batting center today
﻿Eh, I don't want to have to work on my day off.
﻿Anyway, you're free
﻿There's nothing else to do.
﻿I guess so.
﻿That said, I have to run it by myself.
﻿That's why I called Ito so you wouldn't be alone.
That guy?! Yeah
Definitely not
﻿The two of you have to work together well
﻿I can't do it with that suspicious uncle.
﻿I can't. Okay, don't complain. I'm not complaining.
﻿That settles it
Hey wait a minute. All the best.
﻿Why? I said I can't.... I'll leave you to it!
﻿Hey, I said I can't.
What did you want to talk about all of a sudden?
You and I haven't caught up in quite a while, yes?
Yeah, I guess so.
﻿There are not many people from our batch left
﻿So, what did you want to talk about?
﻿The project that the boss gave me earlier.
﻿I haven't made any progress on it yet.
﻿It's going to be presented soon, isn't it?
﻿You see, I have several other jobs, right?
﻿I'm busy enough as it is.
Yoriko, can you help me with this job?
﻿Do you have any basic information?
Has Sakamoto's been doing badly recently?
﻿I heard she was scolded by the boss for that.
﻿Scolded again?
﻿That person is always so dark and gloomy.
﻿Totally unlike Kondo, who is so capable and nice to work with
﻿How many times do I have to tell you before you remember?
﻿If the ball is passes the machine hose, it will get blocked
You have such a bad memory.
﻿Your uncle only told me to just stay here,
he didn't say I had to do other jobs.
﻿What? I heard that you were going to cover for my uncle.
﻿What? That guy also said this?
﻿You just called me uncle, right?
﻿What's wrong with calling you uncle?
﻿What the hell. Good evening.
﻿Thank you so much for before.
Hey uncle, wait
﻿You...
﻿You didn't get what you wanted at work?
﻿Just look at your batting motion.
﻿You're putting too much effort in just hitting the ball
﻿You're not even relaxing while waiting
﻿Uh...
﻿In other words, your swing is too hard because you want to be recognized.
﻿Sorry to say this all of a sudden.
Was this man who gave the message previously?
﻿Yes, he said that he can tell a person's troubles from their batting motion.
So, are you really worried about your job?
﻿I'm wondering what I am.
﻿I'm always cleaning up other people's messes.
﻿No one will recognize me.
﻿I'm the subject of ridicule whenever I don't look good.
﻿But I'm not strong enough to say no, if I'm asked to.
﻿Do you want to hear my baseball theory?
Baseball theory?
﻿"Life is a baseball"
﻿What is this? Why am I dressed like this?
Hey uncle!
﻿What is this?
﻿Where is this place?
﻿It's a baseball stadium
﻿Of course I know that
﻿I don't mean that. Explain to me what's going on here,
because it's unbelievable
﻿Don't tell me we have entered your world?
We're completely in your realm.
﻿The level of detail is too high.
﻿The bases were loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
﻿It's a situation where there's a risk of losing a lot of runs.
﻿If we score a single run, the situation can be reversed.
﻿Look at the pitcher's mound.
That's Akane!
﻿Is this some kind of dream?
﻿It's not a dream, it's baseball.
﻿What's going on here?
﻿That starting pitcher pitched without permission and kept putting runners on base
﻿The bases are loaded and in danger!
﻿In this situation, the pitcher who made a big difference
﻿is the relief pitcher.
Relief pitchers are similar to you.
﻿They work in important situations.
But they don't get much attention
﻿While it's true that relief pitchers don't get a lot of attention.
﻿But to the team, his existence is indispensable
Isn't the current situation in the game similar to the trouble you encountered in the company?
This is the announcement of the replacement pitcher.
﻿The replacement for pitcher Kondo, is middle manager Sakamoto
﻿What?
﻿You're up
﻿What do you mean I'm up?
﻿It's impossible. I've never done this before.
﻿The announcement is over.
You have to get on the pitch
﻿What the hell? Why is it always like this?
﻿I'll leave the rest to you.
﻿Thank you for your hard work.
﻿I'm exhausted. - Take a good rest.
What the hell?
Akane always gets all the attention
Play ball!
﻿Yo the company's mine sweeper is on the scene!
Hey!
﻿What are you waiting for? Hurry up and finish cleaning up!
﻿Look, look, that batter is very powerful, isn't he?
﻿You better not spoil Kondo's hard work in this game so far
﻿It's alright
Believe in yourself
Hey hey hey!
﻿Hurry up and pitch
What's wrong senpai?
What's wrong with all of you, ganging up on her like that?
Hey uncle! Stop them now.
﻿You're just a relief pitcher, right? Just pitch already!
Shut up!!
﻿I don't want to be the one who always has to clean up the mess
No matter how hard I work hard through a crisis,
no matter how many times I have saved the day,
no one recognizes me and no one pays attention to me!
﻿This is too unfair.
﻿I just want to be recognized by others
﻿It's okay.
There are people watching you
﻿Wow!
﻿Okajima is great.
*Hideki Okajima, a former Nippon Professional Baseball and U.S. Major Leaguge Baseball player
We have a good substitute pitcher, change over
Sakamoto will be replaced by Okajima
﻿I'll take care of it.
﻿Replacement pitchers are heroes who stand up bravely when the team is in crisis
﻿Baseball introduced the hold point system in modern times
The value of the replacement pitcher is increasing every year.
"Strike"
﻿Okajima, who is active in Japan and America
﻿He is such a central figure.
﻿It's incredible
﻿Those who are eager to show that they are good and want to be recognized,
few will really pay attention.
﻿But for those who put aside such distracting thoughts,
people who work quietly,
﻿they will naturally build up an aura.
﻿People around will begin to recognize them.
Strike! Batter out.
﻿Isn't your job the same thing?
Nice pitch
﻿The other day's presentation was great.
They decided to give us the contract to launch their new product
﻿The person in charge of this project, Kondo-kun.
﻿Please come to the front.
﻿Applause!
Honestly, it was not easy either.
﻿But I think I managed to overcome the hurdles
﻿You prepared all the materials for this presentation, didn't you, Sakamoto?
Eh?
﻿I also participated in it. Thank you very much.
﻿How did it happen? What happened?
﻿Actually, I heard that this exhibition
﻿Sakamoto considered all the basic information and came up with the presentation materials
﻿Isn't it great?
﻿Yes
﻿By the way, how do you know so much about the baseball?
Well, I used to be a professional baseball player.
﻿What? Professional?
﻿Your name is Ito TomohiRo?
Wait, just like that ace player whose name is different by one character?*
﻿It's that word that makes a big difference
*She is referring to another professional baseball player named Ito TomohiTo (with a T, instead of R)
﻿I'm not that good of a player.
﻿I'm just an unknown player no one remembers.
Yeah
﻿That's right.
﻿That shot was too low.
﻿The was also too low.
﻿What was that?
﻿It's too high, right?
﻿She's learned baseball, right?
﻿It's too far.
﻿No, it's not.
﻿She's not experienced, is she?