﻿I've been thinking about it ever since we met again.
At the time,
﻿I wondered why I didn't ask you to come with me to America.
Natsuki?
I think my water broke.
﻿Are you Natsuki's husband?
Yes.
Na-chan.
You're late!
Here we go.
Sumire.
There's no nursery!
I didn't
Happy.
Reassignment.
Wonderful.
Su-chan, I'm your father.
I'm your mother.
﻿It's been a month since our daughter Sumire was born.
Our days have become richer and colorful.
On our days off,
we go for a walk as a family.
Cheers!
﻿Sometimes we have dinner together as a couple.
﻿Our days are full of life.
Or it was supposed to be...
What time is it?
Two o'clock.
It's been less than an hour.
Okay, okay.
Not again
I finally got her to sleep
Sorry.
Why?
That's not what we agreed.
Wake up!
﻿Motoya, you said you'd do everything!
And that's the situation.
That's tough.
﻿When he's sleeping he's an angel.
But when she starts crying, she's an alien.
When I wake up in the middle of the night
﻿my breasts are hanging out.
﻿I'm like a feeding machine.
﻿But Motoya-san is helping you too, right?
He got 2 months of parental leave
﻿But Motoya is totally useless when it comes to childcare
For 2 months?
His company let him go?
﻿Because he made a promise.
﻿Anyway, I can't believe you started to give birth at the event.
Thanks to Seto-san.
﻿I've been thinking about it ever since we met again.
At the time,
﻿I wondered why I didn't ask you to come with me to America.
So...
What's going on with the team now?
They're doing well.
﻿They're going to start selling the products that Natsuki designed.
Here
baby'n book
﻿Who came up with that name?
There were internal applications for the name.
I think I'll end my parental leave early and go back to work.
﻿Su-chan's still small.
﻿You can take over a year off if you want to, so why don't you take it easy?
﻿If I want to, I can go back to work six weeks after giving birth.
It's almost time. I'll talk to Motoya when he gets home
Didn't you hear me?
﻿Weren't you planning to take 6 months off?
﻿I was planning to...
﻿It's like I threw away my own project halfway through.
﻿but I wonder if it's okay to start working so early.
It's alright.
I'll manage work and childcare somehow
﻿I'm worried about Na-chan's health.
I said I'll be fine.
﻿Do you really want to work so badly?
﻿The product I designed...
﻿Before I knew it, they'd given it a name.
Even the advertising is done.
﻿I know I can't help it, but it's still frustrating.
I want to see it with my own eyes if I can.
I see.
﻿I'd like to pop in to the office next week, if that's okay.
Sure.
﻿I'll watch Su-chan, so go ahead.
Thank you.
Thank you for your hard work.
It's Mimura!
﻿You haven't changed at all!
﻿What's the matter?
﻿I was just in the neighborhood.
I brought you something.
Thank you.
﻿I'm gonna go make some coffee.
Where is Kijima-san...
﻿Kijima-san's having a meeting with the press,
then a board meeting.
I see.
I wanted to talk to her.
﻿I'll let her know if you want.
Tokugawa-san, do you have time for lunch?
Do you know whose naming idea this was?
Ahh,
it was mine.
Kijima-san chose it from a list of applications she received.
I see.
﻿You really love your job, don't you, Mimura-san?
If it were me,
leaving such a cute girl to go to work,
I'd be heartbroken.
﻿I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt.
I'm going back to work.
Tell Kijima-san
﻿Tell Kijima-san I'll come back when I find childcare.
﻿I want to be responsible for my own work.
I understand.
﻿Just between you and me...
﻿I hear there's going to be a reorganization.
Thank you for your time.
All right.
Director Kijima.
﻿Any progress on the Baby catalog?
﻿Yes, sir. Everything's going well.
Don't worry.
﻿I wasn't expecting my promising subordinate to suddenly give birth.
﻿It's hard to use a female employee with a small child.
﻿I guess that depends on how the boss thinks.
I think I'll have pasta today.
Is everything all right?
Yes.
﻿It's OK. Don't cry.
Thank you.
Oh, that's my fault.
Earlier...
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿No, thank you. I'm glad you're not injured.
It's like you said.
Right?
Hello.
﻿Do you have a baby at home too?
Yes, he's a month old.
Ahh, just like my kid.
I see.
﻿I'm looking forward to it.
Please do.
﻿Are you raising her by yourself?
No, I'm raising them with my wife.
﻿My wife has a lot of work to do, so I'm in charge of cooking.
That's wonderful.
﻿I wish my husband could cook for me.
Oh, it's nothing.
Do you live near here?
On the other side of the station.
We're neighbors.
﻿Well, then we'll have to exchange information.
Would you like some tea afterwards?
Sure.
You're going back to work after 2 months, will you be okay?
Don't force yourself, okay?
Yes. I'll be careful.
It's hard for people nowadays to get daycare for a baby.
﻿I'm trying to get her used to formula milk.
﻿I really want to breastfeed her as much as possible.
﻿But I can take care of her if she's on milk.
Let me feed her.
Okay.
Here's your food.
Good, good, good.
Good girl.
You'll be fine.
﻿I guess she thinks I'm a bad mother.
﻿That's not true.
﻿But I'd like to talk to you about childcare.
HOKATSU
﻿It refers to the activities that parents undertake
to get their children into daycare centers.
﻿I got some information from a mom in my neighborhood today.
﻿In Tokyo's Setagaya Ward
there are not enough nursery schools approved by the government.
﻿A point system has been introduced as a criterion for admission.
The higher the points
the higher the priority for admission to the approved nursery schools.
If both parents work full-time, five days a week or more, they get 100 points.
This is only if there is no grandmother or relative living with them.
In addition, points are awarded for years of service, maternity and parental leave, etc.
So how many points did we end up with?
109 points
﻿But the licensed nursery schools start in April.
﻿If by some miracle there are no openings...
we won't be able to get in.
﻿Then we'll never get a licensed nursery!
﻿I can't stand this situation for almost another year!
﻿If you're going back to work sooner,
we'll have to go to an unlicensed daycare.
But they're expensive.
For an infant,
80,000 to 100,000 a month.
100,000?
﻿I'll extend my paternity leave. I'll watch her.
No, no, no.
﻿We've got a lot of expenses coming up.
﻿I need to go back to work to earn some money.
﻿I have to start looking for a daycare tomorrow.
﻿I'd like to take a tour.
Sure.
You're already fully booked?
I understand.
﻿That's a bit sudden.
I'm all for it.
﻿Then you'll start your regular shift next month.
﻿I'm looking forward to it.
Listen, Mimura.
﻿A man's job is to provide.
﻿Leave parenting to your wife.
﻿I've got five kids.
﻿I've never had to take time off for family reasons.
﻿It's not easy to get into an authorized daycare.
﻿I'm sure you're having a tough time raising your kid.
How are you?
Hello?
It's been a while.
I'm fine
﻿Thank you so much for your help during the birth.
﻿Actually, I met your husband that day at the hospital.
﻿Please wait a minute.
﻿I'm sorry I couldn't greet you properly earlier.
﻿I'm Natsuki's husband, Mimura.
How's Natsuki?
﻿She was born safely, and both mother and child are healthy.
﻿Congratulations.
Thank you.
﻿Are you from my wife's company?
﻿No, I'm from a trading company we do business with.
﻿We just happened to be at an event together today.
A trading company?
Yes, sir.
What's your name?
My name is Seto.
Seto-san.
﻿Truly, thank you so much.
Excuse me.
It was nice to say hello.
﻿Is it going to be long before you're back at work?
﻿I'll talk it over with the company and try to get back as soon as I can.
I see.
﻿I'm glad to hear that.
﻿Natsuki shines when she's working.
﻿I'll come back as soon as I find a daycare center.
Then I'll wait for you.
Bye.
﻿The overall image is not that of children's clothing.
﻿I want to create a catalog that highly sensitive adult women will want to pick up.
﻿That's the kind of catalog I want to create.
I see.
﻿For example, how about using ash gray as the text color?
with a very delicate and chic font?
I like that.
﻿Then go ahead and make a sample for me.
Okay.
﻿That's the design department. They're so amazing and quick.
Nanbu.
Sorry.
﻿Dad's got a sprained back.
﻿I guess we'll have to postpone the shrine visit.
It can't be helped.
﻿How's the hunt for nursery school going?
It seems you can't just pay to go to an authorized daycare.
﻿You have to visit before you go, and most of them are booked up.
I see.
﻿We'll just have to be patient.
Motoya.
﻿I heard you met Seto-san at the hospital.
﻿I just wanted to say thank you.
﻿You should've told me if you saw him.
I forgot all about it.
﻿You met him? With Seto-san.
We just chatted on the phone.
﻿Na-chan was seeing him before, right?
﻿He's just a business partner now.
﻿What? Are you suspecting anything?
No.
You are my wife now.
﻿I can't help what happened in the past.
Anyway...
﻿A couple of senior mothers invited us to lunch this weekend.
﻿Why don't you leave Sumire with your mom and come along?
﻿Su-chan's got a runny nose so I want to stay with her.
﻿Why don't you go ahead, Motoya?
﻿And while you're there... get me some information.
Okay...
﻿If you're looking for a pressure cooker... this is a good place to look.
﻿I'm using this electric pressure cooker too.
This model can cook over 200 kinds of dishes.
﻿I'll let you choose.
﻿Oh, and thanks for fixing the remote control.
Thank you very much.
﻿No, I'm always at your service.
He can do housework and fix appliances.
﻿I'd like to trade for my husband.
That's right.
﻿My wife would like you to have this.
From your wife.
Yes.
Oh, my.
So cute.
Lovely.
﻿It's baby products from the company my wife works for.
﻿I'm not trying to advertise, but...
have a look.
﻿Avril started selling baby products?
You know them?
﻿I've used them a few times.
There's even a gift card.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿Give my regards to your wife.
Yes, ma'am.
﻿I'd love to have your wife join us next time.
Yes, please.
﻿I'm sure she's a lovely lady.
Can we take a look?
﻿Thank you very much.
Yes.
I'd love to come visit you.
I managed to get a visit.
That's great news, Su-chan.
Yes!
Yes, Su-chan!
﻿What do you want to eat?
Dumplings
You're so spot on!
You're not answering?
Sorry.
Hello?
Okay.
﻿I'll pick you up now.
This is Mimura.
﻿It's been almost two months since my daughter was born.
﻿I'd like to discuss when I can return to work.
﻿Do you have some time to discuss?
I see.
﻿I'm glad you got an appointment.
It's not close to the station.
but all the other places close by are unavailable.
Su-chan, I'm home.
Oh, by the way,
it's my mom's day off, so I'll ask her to come.
﻿It'll be hard to take Su-chan with you.
Thanks, that'd be great.
﻿I hope it goes well.
﻿My return to work depends on it.
﻿It's good that you're relocating the store.
﻿It's in an area where we can expect to get a lot of customers.
﻿Now we just need to train the staff.
﻿I'll call a cab.
﻿By the way, I talked to Mimura-san the other day.
﻿It's tough having a child.
She said she can't go back to work until she finds a daycare.
﻿She sent me an message asking for advice.
﻿Mimura's busy with housework and childcare, she's not sure she's ready to go back to work.
I'm sorry.
I got lost.
You're five minutes late.
I'm sorry.
Sorry...
﻿Did you say we have to pay for extra time and diapers in addition to the basic fee?
﻿No, you have to bring about 10 diapers every day.
Ten diapers!
Kotoko-chan.
I understand.
﻿So how long can you extend the stay?
﻿Are you assuming an extension?
﻿No, that's not what I meant.
﻿I'm assuming I'll be punctual.
Tired face.
Vanity Light.
Natsuki.
Seto-san.
﻿Are you buying the vanity light?
No.
﻿Well, it says here it's good for remote meetings.
I wasn't expecting you.
﻿This is my husband's workplace.
Oh, I see.
Have you lost some weight?
﻿No, not really.
﻿I'm just tired of everything going wrong.
I'm a little tired.
﻿Is there anything I can do?
Motoya
Hello.
Thank you for the other day.
You're shopping?
﻿I was on the road and my phone's charger broke.
﻿Thank you very much.
I'll leave you to it.
﻿I'll see you when I get back.
You too.
What?
Nothing.
﻿We just ran into each other.
I didn't say anything.
﻿Are you jealous?
I'm not jealous.
Yes, you are.
﻿Are you looking for a vanity light?
﻿Yes, I'm looking for this one.
This one?
Daddy's leaving.
See you.
Have a safe trip.
﻿You can change the color, too?
﻿I'd like to make the VMD more eye-catching.
﻿How about blue as an accent color?
That's good.
Let's go in that direction.
Okay.
Daycare centre rejection notice
﻿I can't take this anymore...
﻿I'm the one who wants to cry. Why are you crying?
I gave you a bottle and changed your diaper
Su-chan...
Sorry, sorry, sorry
Are you OK? It's OK. Are you OK?
﻿Sorry, Su-chan, are you OK?
﻿There's nothing wrong.
﻿Just keep an eye on her for the rest of the day.
﻿Thank you very much.
Na-chan
Motoya
Na-chan
It's okay now.
It's my fault.
I...
﻿I wasn't ready to be a mom.
﻿I was just rushing to get back to work.
That's all I've been thinking about.
﻿You're working so hard, Na-chan.
﻿You don't have to give up on work.
﻿Rely on your parents when you can.
﻿Let's do what we can at this time.
﻿I'll do everything I can to support you.
﻿Next, in the baby department.
﻿Mimura-san is on maternity leave.
﻿Do you know when she will return?
﻿She's hoping to return as soon as possible.
﻿Even if she does return,
it'll be difficult for her to work the same way she did before giving birth.
﻿I think it would be wise,
to put her in charge of general affairs so she doesn't overwork herself.
Thank you for the advice.
Personnel matters of my team
will be decided by me.
Kijima Toko.
Kijima here.
﻿I'm sorry for the delay.
﻿I've been on a lot of business trips lately.
﻿No, thank you.
It's about your parental leave, right?
Yes.
﻿I thought I'd wait until my daughter started preschool.
﻿But if it's possible, I'd like to end my leave as soon as possible.
Actually... about that,
you're being offered a reassignment.
I don't know why this is happening.
I hope you get back to work soon.
It's not going to be easy coming back.
Does it really have to be your current job?
I'll take my chances.
So you're trying to become the next Kijima Toko.
There's a planning meeting at the end of next month.
I'd like to be a part of it.
﻿Natsuki's fashion rule.
Natsuki's Sneaker Coordinates for moms
The best way to dress in a pair of sneakers is to make it sweet.
Match your head and feet with a pair of tights.
﻿Take full advantage of the sweetness and avoid the casual look!