﻿The product I designed...
﻿Before I knew it, they'd given it a name.
Even the advertising is done.
I want to see it with my own eyes if I can.
﻿I see.
It's hard to use a female employee
with small children.
﻿I guess that depends on how the boss thinks.
It's tough having a child.
She said she can't go back to work until she finds a daycare.
Kijima Toko
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.
﻿Does that mean I'll be leaving the baby division?
﻿I'll get back to you with the details.
﻿Kijima-san.
The EC site content meeting is at 4:00 pm in Conference Room B.
﻿Thanks.
Su-chan, look at me.
She just smiled at me, didn't she?
﻿What are you talking about? She saw me.
﻿Hey, Su-chan.
﻿Here's your tea.
﻿Thank you.
Su-chan, did you just laugh at me?
﻿You saw me, didn't you, Su-chan?
﻿What's wrong, Na-chan?
She so cute, we're feeling so high.
She's so cute.
﻿It's a little frilly, but...
Su-chan.
﻿How much should I prepare for the visit to the shrine?
﻿5,000 to 10,000 yen, I think.
﻿I've already prepared it.
﻿Here
﻿Keep it.
﻿No, no, no.
It's okay, it's okay.
﻿Buy whatever you want, like candy.
Candy?
﻿How about this? It's better.
Na-chan's no good at housework, but she's good at sewing.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿I hope you get back to work soon.
﻿I thought I'd be able to find a place to take care of my kids after I had them.
﻿Me too.
﻿I don't know why this is happening.
﻿Is it because the system is so stupid?
﻿I'm sure we'll find something.
Even further
Impossible
Osaka?
Give me a break!
Overseas
You're very ambitious
Announcing the completion of the Avril Baby Web Catalog
﻿Cute!
That's what we expect from Tokugawa-san.
﻿I think we'll be able to get by without Mimura-san.
﻿I'm not so sure about that.
﻿Did you look a little unhappy just now?
﻿Don't touch me. Don't touch me.
﻿May I?
﻿Okay.
﻿I'll take the picture now.
Su-chan, over there.
﻿Okay.
And again.
﻿Okay.
﻿I'll shoot again.
﻿Okay.
﻿Hey.
﻿Where's Kijima-san? At a meeting?
She's in a meeting with the PR department.
﻿There's an interview to be posted on the site.
﻿Keep up the good work.
﻿With fewer team mates...
﻿I'm sure you're feeling the strain.
﻿I think...
﻿I see it as a chance.
﻿Nice.
You're very ambitious aren't you?
﻿You too.
﻿So you're aiming to become the next Kijima Toko.
﻿No.
Even further than that, if possible.
﻿Ouch! Ouch!
﻿Dad, are you okay?
﻿Are you okay?
﻿It hurts so much.
You're so pathetic at the critical moment.
﻿If I could just sit down, I'd feel a little better.
﻿This is Mimura.
﻿About the other day...
﻿Yes.
﻿Can you spare some time tomorrow?
﻿I'd like to talk to you in private.
No problem.
﻿I'll see you tomorrow at 1:00.
﻿I'll tell you the place later.
﻿Okay.
﻿I'm sorry to bother you.
﻿I'm the one who called you.
﻿Welcome.
Coffee, please.
﻿Yes, ma'am, certainly.
How is your kid today?
﻿My mother's going to take care of her for a while.
﻿I haven't found a daycare yet.
﻿It's not going to be easy coming back to work.
﻿But I'm getting ready.
﻿We're getting ready for Christmas, right?
﻿Have you decided what we're going to do this year?
﻿Not yet.
﻿But we have a planning meeting at the end of next month.
Call for proposals for the 2020 Christmas shopping season
﻿Christmas is the time of year when Avril expects big sales.
﻿We're going to ask everyone to come up with an idea for a new product.
﻿We're going to present it in front of the board.
﻿I'd like to be a part of it.
﻿Under your current circumstances.
﻿I can't ask you to participate.
﻿I'll find a place to take care of my child before the planning meeting.
﻿I'll definitely make it.
﻿This is a lifting machine that stimulates the facial muscles and lifts the skin.
﻿It's so effective, it's even used in beauty salons.
I see.
﻿I'll take it then.
﻿Really?
﻿Mimura-san, can you show me how to use this?
﻿Sure.
﻿I'll explain it to you.
﻿I asked Mimura-san to do it.
﻿Mimura's serving a customer.
﻿Mimura-san.
﻿Shibata-san, I'll take care of it.
﻿Mimura-san.
﻿I'll explain.
﻿This is...
﻿This is a very popular product.
﻿May I wear it?
﻿This...
﻿It's a heart rate monitor. It measures blood pressure accurately.
﻿What's this?
﻿I'm home.
﻿That's why you should stay at home until you find a daycare.
﻿I can't leave dad alone for so long.
﻿Stay home until you find a nursery.
You say it like it's so easy.
﻿Welcome home.
Talking about work?
Does it have to be the job that you have now?
﻿Why don't you find another job like it?
﻿You don't understand, mom.
﻿I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Call for proposals for the 2020 Christmas shopping season
﻿Director Kijima, on your social networking sites,
you've been posting some great photos, haven't you?
﻿Yes, fashion is a source of energy for me.
It also allows for self-expression.
﻿Yes.
﻿I'm sure there are many people who feel the same way.
﻿If we can enrich our lives with what we wear,
﻿I think that's a very happy thing.
﻿The baby book is a very original idea, isn't it?
﻿Yes, it is.
﻿One of our talented staff members came up with the idea.
﻿That's right.
﻿So tell us again about the appeal of Avril.
﻿How are your preparations for going back to work?
﻿Would you like to have lunch with me?
﻿Mom's putting Su-chan to bed.
﻿Were you on the phone?
﻿No.
﻿I was just checking out baby clothes for tips on new products.
﻿I see.
Since my mom is here,
﻿I think I'll go do some market research.
﻿You're right. Maybe you can find some good tips.
Natsuki.
﻿Seto-san.
﻿Hi.
﻿Planning a new product, huh?
﻿I've been looking around today.
﻿I couldn't find anything that really caught my eye.
What about a pairing?
﻿Kids with their siblings?
It's hard, isn't it?
﻿But talking to you, Seto-san, is inspiring.
﻿I'll have to write that down.
Oh.
No pen.
Here you go.
﻿Open it.
﻿I bought this to celebrate your return.
I might have jumped the gun.
﻿I'm using one too.
﻿It's very easy to use.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿It hurts, Na-chan.
﻿Did you hurt your neck this time?
﻿I was protecting my back but hit my neck instead.
My goodness.
﻿It hurts.
﻿Why don't you go home, Mom?
﻿But...
You can catch the bullet train if you go now.
Will you guys be okay?
﻿We'll be fine.
﻿I'm sorry you're alone.
﻿I'm sorry I can't help you.
﻿Don't worry. Dad's in trouble now.
﻿It hurts.
﻿Ohhh...
﻿Sorry.
﻿We will now begin our regular sales and marketing meeting.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Let us begin.
Here goes.
﻿The material I've sent you,
are the sales results for last year's Christmas period.
﻿We don't have data for the baby division.
﻿I've attached the data of two of our competitors.
﻿Please refer to them.
﻿First.
﻿What's that?
﻿It's my ring tone.
﻿I wanted to feel closer to the baby's voice.
﻿It's not my baby.
﻿It's a relative's child.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Go on.
Okay.
﻿Two of our baby competitors from last year.
﻿Give me a break!
﻿I really thought I was going to get busted.
﻿I'm so sorry.
﻿But you've got great judgment.
You don't need to flatter me.
﻿So, what happened to Nakamoto-san?
﻿I'm Nakamoto, nice to meet you
﻿I'm Nanbu, from the baby division.
﻿You're talking about setting up a date with Mayu.
﻿I had a quick chat with her about it.
﻿Oh, no, that's hilarious
Pass
She's really busy right now.
She's thinking about it.
Alright!
﻿Thanks for the data.
﻿Let me know if you need anything else.
Okay. Got it. Bye.
Yes yes yes
Sounds like you were in a tough spot.
﻿You can laugh because you didn't get caught.
It might be difficult tying to come up with a new product.
﻿But if they make an employee work during maternity leave,
they can be punished by law.
﻿I can't go back unless I can find a daycare.
Like I said, if we keep on looking for childcare, something will open up.
﻿Mimura.
﻿Your sales doubled last week.
﻿Really?
﻿Who do you know?
﻿A group of mom friends.
﻿Mom friends?
﻿Yes.
﻿Welcome.
﻿Thank you for the other day.
﻿Welcome. What can I do for you today?
﻿Today, I have an announcement for you, Mimura-san.
﻿I'm home.
﻿You're early. What's wrong?
﻿I found a childcare!
﻿An acquaintance of Kitabeppu-san is being transferred overseas.
﻿They said there's a sudden opening.
﻿I applied right away.
﻿Are you sure we can get in?
﻿If not, my heart will be broken.
﻿No, it's fine.
﻿I left work early today and went to the childcare.
﻿Motoya...
﻿That's great.
You did it.
There is a God after all.
You can go back to work now
﻿I'll have to thank your mom friend.
﻿Let's go see her sometime.
﻿Yeah.
﻿Su-chan, we found a childcare!
﻿That's great.
﻿I found a childcare center.
﻿I'll be able to go back to work next month.
﻿I'd love to participate in the presentation of new products for the Christmas sales.
﻿Toko
﻿Still working?
﻿I'm done.
﻿Childcare hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
﻿And if you're going to be late for pickup at 6:00, please be sure to call me.
﻿Yes, ma'am.
﻿Are you okay?
﻿Yes, I'm fine.
Okay.
﻿Does it have to be today?
﻿Yes.
﻿Yes, sir.
﻿Okay. Okay.
﻿Okay.
﻿What's going on?
﻿I'm being asked to go to Osaka today.
Can you not decline?
﻿I heard it's kind of urgent.
﻿I don't know if I'll be able to meet any of your mom friends on my own.
﻿Don't worry. I'll call Kitabeppu-san.
﻿You know what?
﻿Maybe I'll have a better idea when I get out on the town.
Sorry.
﻿Mimura-san, it's too bad you couldn't come suddenly.
﻿He's so busy, he's even picking her up and dropping her off all by himself
﻿Mimura's wife may be sickly.
You might be right.
﻿Oh.
﻿I wonder if she'll be okay on her own.
﻿I told her to call me if she gets lost.
﻿The baby's supposed to be with her today.
﻿That's not her, is it?
She's looking over here.
﻿Don't make eye contact.
﻿Here. Tea. Tea. Tea.
﻿Hello?
﻿Is this Kitabeppu-san?
﻿Yes, it is
﻿Thank goodness, it's Mimura
﻿Thank you so much for everything.
﻿Kitabeppu-san saved my life.
﻿No.
I get one too?
﻿What is it?
She doesn't look sickly to me.
﻿Your husband's a kind man who can do anything, and he's really nice.
﻿Yeah.
﻿But he can be out of it sometimes.
﻿The other day, he made a pot of his favorite food,
﻿it was a failure.
﻿I heard you work at Avril.
﻿Thank you for the gift certificate the other day.
Oh, it's my pleasure.
﻿You work in the fashion industry, so your clothes are very stylish.
﻿I'm afraid the baby might tear my ears off if he catches me.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿I want to enjoy fashion until the day I die.
﻿It's not like I've given up on being a woman.
﻿You're right.
﻿Moms want to be fashionable with their babies, right?
﻿I see.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿Oh no, I'm late.
﻿What should we eat?
﻿I'll have fish today.
Fish?
﻿This is Kijima.
About tomorrow's planning meeting.
Yes.
﻿The start's been delayed.
﻿Conference room A, at 1:00.
﻿Conference Room A, at 1:00. Understood.
﻿Please send the materials to me by the end of the day.
﻿Okay.
﻿See you tomorrow.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿I'm finally back.
﻿Hello?
﻿Did you get a chance to meet the moms?
﻿I got some really good tips.
﻿I think I've got an idea for a new product.
Na-chan's head is always thinking about work.
﻿Is that so?
﻿I like that about you.
﻿What are you talking about?
﻿You know, I was on my way to the station today.
﻿I saw someone who looked a lot like Kijima-san.
She was with a guy.
﻿Really?
﻿I didn't get a good look at her face.
﻿You sure you didn't mistake her for someone else?
Maybe.
﻿Anyway, good luck with your presentation tomorrow.
﻿It's the first day of preschool, so be careful.
﻿It's training for childcare.
﻿Didn't I tell you that?
﻿It's only in the morning for the first week.
﻿Conference Room A from 1:00.
What???
﻿I know it's a lot to ask.
﻿But just for today, can you keep her until the afternoon?
I'm sorry.
I'm begging you.
﻿It's the rule.
﻿Mom, where are you?
﻿Mom, she's on vacation with her friends this week.
﻿Why is the timing so bad?
﻿Yes, I understand
﻿Mimura's not here yet.
She can't come this time.
She's not attending the presentation?
﻿As you know, our baby division is just starting up.
My proposal is,
﻿focusing on how to spread awareness of Avril Baby.
﻿That's all.
﻿That's all for now.
Please wait.
There is one more.
Mimura is going to present.
She had an emergency today.
﻿I'd like her to give the presentation remotely from home.
﻿I understand your situation.
﻿Then can you do it remotely?
﻿I think I can do it.
﻿I'm sure you'll agree.
All the other presenters...
are here for this meeting.
Different conditions,
make it difficult to see things impartially.
﻿Ideas can only come from one person.
﻿I'd like to hear what she has to say.
Is she ready?
﻿Yes, sir.
Everyone, I deeply apologize for this situation.
﻿I will be presenting remotely today.
﻿As I was raising my own child,
﻿I realized that there are a lot of mothers out there who are doing their best.
﻿This is what I came up with.
Providing clothes for parents and children that have matching elements,
this is a unique concept I would like to offer.
﻿Mom and baby,
or even father and baby patterns possibly,
we aim to create a design and functionality that will be
fun and soothing for the mothers who wear the clothes together.
﻿If you create one passionate fan, the passion will spread from there.
﻿I want to create a chain of such fans.
﻿Through the campaign, I want to increase the number of Avril Baby fans.
﻿I want families to deepen their bond by enjoying fashion together.
﻿I want to give a reward to mothers who are raising children.
﻿That's what I want to put into this product.
﻿Rewarding mothers with baby clothes,
﻿I never thought of it that way.
﻿Isn't this the best one so far?
﻿That was interesting.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿Yes!
Su-chan.
﻿It's finished.
Mom did her best.
Obayashi-san
Thank you for your hard work
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿I'd like to talk to you about something.
﻿I hope I'm just imagining things, but
﻿Kijima-san,
﻿I think she's pregnant.
Mimura-san, it feels like you got a power-up.
I'm glad you got your wish.
Please think of Su-chan first.
Seto-san hasn't changed a bit.
You still have a way to go, Naoto.
What's going on? Kijima-san.
﻿Yumi's fashion rules.
Refined office style.
Take advantage of [neatness x light color = good impression]
Pretty colors and slenderness are important factors.
Hide your ambition with pale tones all over [cunning]