﻿Christmas is the time of year when Avril expects big sales.
﻿I'd like to be a part of it.
﻿So you're aiming to become the next Kijima Toko.
Even further than that, if possible.
﻿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.
Obayashi-san
﻿I hope I'm just imagining things, but
﻿Kijima-san.
﻿I think she's pregnant.
﻿Pregnant?
﻿What makes you say that?
﻿Kijima-san's been wearing sneakers lately.
﻿High heels are a woman's combat uniform.
﻿I can think of only two reasons why she'd take them off.
﻿Two.
Being pregnant,
or she's suddenly grown taller.
﻿Thank you
﻿Motoya, where's the parents communication book?
﻿Motoya?
Parents communication book
﻿Maybe it's in my bag.
After I put her down.
Make sure you take it out
﻿Sorry. Sorry.
Su-chan, here you go.
﻿Okay.
﻿Let's see.
Su-chan is in a very good mood at school.
She took a three-hour nap.
She's a good girl
﻿Are you listening?
﻿What's wrong?
﻿Something happened in Osaka.
﻿No, nothing happened, I'm fine.
﻿I'm glad things worked out for you, Na-chan, the new Christmas products.
﻿Thanks.
﻿I guess I deserved it.
﻿It's a testament to my ability.
﻿For Christmas, we make a special catalog.
﻿Every year, the products that appear on the cover are said to be a hit.
﻿This time, the project went through, so I guess I'm finally getting started.
﻿Good luck!
﻿Milking machine.
﻿I'm sorry.
Internal Memo
As of April 1, 2021, you are hereby assigned to the Planning Office at the Osaka Headquarters.
It looks plain
Doubtful
Ignore budget?
I want to be on the cover
Not a good match
Natsuki's dream?
Yume Noha Nursery School
Here's Su-chan.
﻿I'll leave her in your care
﻿Yes, ma'am.
﻿When will you pick Su-shan up today?
I'll pick her up at 6:00.
﻿Okay, have a good day.
﻿See you later, Su-chan.
﻿Su-chan's mom
﻿I'll keep that for you.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Have a good day.
﻿Good morning.
Mimura-san is looking even more powerful.
She won't be able to work overtime,
and I don't want to pick up her slack.
﻿Good morning.
﻿Sneakers?
﻿Well, I'm glad you got your wish.
﻿I'm happy for you.
You're worth the effort.
﻿Manager.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿Congratulations!
Congratulations. Thank you very much.
﻿The other departments' new Christmas products are all here.
﻿It's time to make the Christmas catalog!
﻿I want to be on the cover.
﻿By the next meeting, each department
has to submit a design proposal for the front cover.
In previous years, it was ladies.
﻿Kijima-san produced both of these.
Really?
﻿Kijima-san's products have been on the cover for five years in a row.
﻿Three of them even won the President's Award.
﻿The President's Award! Does that mean it's the best-selling product of all time?
﻿Seriously?
﻿That's amazing.
Oh, Tokugawa-san is here again.
﻿Okay.
﻿In order to win the Christmas competition,
﻿the cover must be selected.
﻿The cover will be a great advertisement.
﻿Not only that, the budget will naturally go up.
﻿First, we have to get the Chief Nishi of the Advertising Department who has the authority to make decisions.
Chief Nishi is known as the "walking dictionary".
Kijima-san and Narabu Uchino are the two female staff members.
﻿Without either of them...
﻿Avril wouldn't be what it is today.
﻿They seem tough.
Scary.
﻿I said the wrong thing at the interview, and they made me cry.
﻿I'd be in big trouble now, wouldn't I?
﻿I guess even you cry sometimes, Natsuki.
﻿No.
﻿By the way, who's scarier, our boss or you?
﻿I wonder which one.
﻿Who's scary?
﻿Welcome back, ma'am.
﻿What are you talking about?
﻿The strategy to get the cover of the Christmas catalog.
﻿Kijima-san has done it five times, amazing!
﻿Do you have any tips?
Tips?
﻿Sorry.
I'm back.
﻿It's unheard of for baby clothes to be on the cover of a magazine.
﻿But right now, sales in the ladies department has reached a plateau.
﻿We need to broaden our consumer base.
﻿The baby department is a great opportunity to gain new customers.
﻿If we're going to do this, we have to get on the cover.
Mimura-san.
﻿It's your product.
﻿Come up with a design for the cover.
﻿Yes, ma'am.
﻿The two of you must follow Mimura-san's instructions and cooperate.
﻿Yes.
﻿What is it?
﻿It looks plain.
﻿What do you mean, "plain"?
﻿Try rushing to the train and picking up kids from daycare.
﻿I wish Kijima-san could have a taste of her own medicine.
So much?
Breasts aren't just for decoration, are they?
I seem to be losing my fashion sense.
﻿No, I'm not.
﻿As a mom, I'll wear what I want.
﻿You're married, so it's OK.
I guess I do look plain.
I hear you.
﻿What's up with Tokugawa-san and Chief Obayashi?
﻿Why?
﻿I've never seen anyone talk to Chief Obayashi like that.
﻿Even the design for the Christmas cover.
﻿No matter what ideas we come up with, Chief Obayashi won't budge.
﻿We have to resubmit by the end of the week.
﻿That's tough on you too.
﻿How about this?
﻿Can you make it a little more noble?
﻿For example, make the background white.
Noble, eh?
I'll give it a try.
Please do.
﻿What do we do with photos?
For the samples,
we're over budget to get a model and a photographer.
﻿I'll talk to them.
﻿We already had a budget in mind for the competition, didn't we?
Mimura-san,
are you trying to with the competition without regard for the budget?
I believe we can win the competition within the plan.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
﻿We'll try to keep it within budget for now, right? OK?
﻿I'm sorry.
We can deliver this to you by the end of the day.
﻿Please excuse me.
﻿Sorry Motoya, I can't pick her up at 6. Help me
I can't make it in time either.
﻿I'm sorry. I'll have someone attend to you.
﻿Shibata-san.
﻿I have a favor to ask.
﻿Leave it to me.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Thank you very much. You've been a great help.
﻿Daddy's here.
﻿Here you go.
﻿I'm sorry, Su-chan.
﻿I was on the way to pick up my kid.
﻿I overheard the teacher talking on the phone about Mimura being late.
﻿Nursery schools are strict if you're late, right?
﻿And the extension fee is significant.
﻿Thank you so much for your help.
﻿When in trouble, it's mutual.
﻿Don't hesitate to call me if you're going to be late again.
﻿I will.
﻿The key to raising a child is to take advantage of those around you.
﻿Thank you very much.
Don't forget this.
﻿Sorry about today, you had to pick her up.
﻿It's okay.
﻿Don't say sorry, Na-chan.
﻿No need to apologize.
﻿We're raising a family together.
﻿Well...
﻿If you want to thank me.
﻿I'll accept this as well.
﻿Alright! Now I can do my best tomorrow.
Enough.
Saying you're leaving because you have to pick up the kids,
takes a lot of courage, doesn't it.
﻿It's ironic, isn't it, that I make baby clothes?
﻿I'm sure if they had kids, they would understand.
Everyone sees me like the enemy.
﻿You have me, right, Na-chan?
Yes.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Please have a look.
﻿What's this?
Here are some designs for the cover of the ladies section catalog.
Can you add them to the list for consideration?
﻿You did this?
﻿Yes.
You're in the baby department now, right?
﻿I'm an employee of Avril.
﻿I'll take it.
﻿Thank you very much.
Welcome.
﻿Iced coffee, decaf.
﻿Yes, ma'am. Iced coffee decaf.
﻿That'll be 319 yen.
Okay.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿One moment, please.
﻿Good morning.
﻿Here you go. Iced coffee decaf for you.
Okay.
﻿Excuse me.
I'll go first.
﻿Decaf?
﻿Good morning!
﻿Good morning.
﻿It's tonight, right? Mimura's return celebration.
﻿Yes, but I can't stay too long.
﻿But even if it's only for a short time, we have to do it right.
﻿Nanbu-chan.
﻿Make sure you invite Nakamoto-san.
﻿That's your real motive, isn't it?
﻿No, that's not it
I've prepared a guest for you, so please look forward to it
﻿Guest?
﻿Yes.
﻿Who?
﻿It's a secret.
﻿That's not important.
﻿Please invite Nakamoto-san too
﻿Good work
﻿Thank you for your hard work.
﻿Mimura, can I talk to you tonight?
﻿I'm sorry, I have to pick up my kid today.
﻿I heard you left early yesterday too.
﻿Sorry.
﻿You know what time it is, right?
﻿Yes, I do.
﻿Did you talk to your wife about the transfer?
﻿Yeah, well...
﻿It'll be a big burden on your wife if you're moving out on your own.
﻿But you're the breadwinner of the family,
so you have to concentrate on your work.
﻿I think it's around here.
This is it.
﻿Nakamoto-san
﻿Thank you for coming today.
﻿Here you go.
Yes.
﻿This way please.
Yes.
﻿Watch your step.
﻿Thank you.
Is this the way?
﻿This way, please.
﻿Thank you.
Take your time.
﻿Thank you for your help.
Isn't this for me?
﻿Right this way.
﻿Yes, sir.
﻿Right there.
Sorry for waiting, they're here.
﻿Seto-san?
Surprised?
﻿Well, we met at work,
﻿and he mentioned Mimura's return, so I invited him.
﻿Let's sit down.
﻿This way.
﻿Okay.
﻿Here you go.
﻿Thank you.
﻿What would you like to drink, Seto-san?
﻿I'll have a beer. Natsuki?
﻿Are you okay with alcohol?
﻿No, non-alcoholic.
﻿Non-alcoholic, yes.
﻿Well, well, well.
﻿Okay.
﻿I'd like to congratulate you on your return.
﻿Cheers!
﻿Excuse me.
Sure.
﻿Seto-san and Natsuki-san get along well, don't you?
﻿Because of the way you called to him.
She used to work with Seto-san while she was in the ladies' department, right?
﻿That's right, I'm younger than him.
﻿How old is Seto-san?
﻿He'll be thirty this February.
﻿Why don't you have a drink, Nanbu?
Sure. I'll pour you one. Thank you.
﻿Sorry, sorry.
﻿Yes, it's full. Thank you.
﻿Oh, by the way, well done Natsuki, on your new Christmas product.
﻿Thank you for your advice.
﻿I've been helping out a lot with that.
﻿That's encouraging.
﻿I have high hopes for the baby division too.
﻿We're planning to start full-scale overseas expansion next month.
﻿Really?
﻿That's great. I'm so happy for you, Natsuki.
﻿There are still many countries where interest in baby products is low.
﻿But I think that's going to be our strength.
﻿For starters, I'm going to Vietnam next month.
Vietnam!
﻿When I think that our products will be distributed to people all over the world,
﻿I feel like I've become a bit of a global person.
﻿I love it!
﻿Let's drink to our hearts' content today!
﻿Yes, yes, yes.
﻿One more time?
Một – Hai – Ba – dzô!
﻿I lived in Vietnam until middle school, so I got a little carried away.
﻿Nanbu, you were a foreign student? Bilingual?
﻿I speak English, Vietnamese, and Japanese, so I'm trilingual
﻿Wow!
﻿You're already global!
﻿Indeed.
﻿Here you go, sir.
﻿Prosciutto and salami on top.
﻿Amazing.
﻿You're not ready yet, Naoto.
﻿Go easy on me.
﻿You're still a student.
﻿I'm sure the boss was mad at you.
So what's going on today?
﻿I heard you're having trouble coming up with a design for the ladies' department.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿It's time for the advertising department to get serious about the Christmas catalog.
﻿It's a yellow alert.
﻿The ladies department
has seen a serious drop in sales recently.
﻿We're choosing carefully.
﻿Kijima-san's departure from the ladies department must have been a blow.
The decision will definitely be made at the next meeting.
﻿We've finally come up with a good design.
﻿I think the ladies department can make the cover.
﻿All right.
﻿Good.
﻿I see.
﻿I'm full.
That's right.
﻿Okay, I'm going this way.
﻿Okay.
Bye.
﻿Um...
﻿Nakamoto-san
Yes.
﻿It's nice to meet you again.
Business card? We work in the same company.
﻿I thought about it all night yesterday
﻿I thought this way, you can
﻿choose freely whether to contact me or not.
Yeah.
Then...
﻿Let's exchange contacts.
﻿Are you sure?
﻿All right! Thank you very much!
﻿Let's go.
﻿Okay, okay.
Mimura Motoya Natsuki, Sumire
Why did you come all of a sudden?
﻿I came to see my grandchild.
﻿Good evening.
﻿Where's Natsuki?
She's late today.
﻿Working?
Was that your dinner?
﻿Yeah.
﻿There's a celebration for Na-chan's return at the office tonight.
﻿I see.
How's your work coming along?
﻿Don't worry. I'm good too.
So, you should always be thinking about Su-chan first.
Su-chan.
﻿Thanks for letting Grandma see you.
﻿Su-chan...
﻿Thank you for today.
﻿It's good to see you before I get too busy.
﻿I'm going to be traveling overseas a lot next month.
﻿That's great.
﻿I'm not there yet.
﻿Avril's going to get even bigger.
﻿You haven't changed at all, Seto-san.
You keep fulfilling your dreams.
﻿And Natsuki?
﻿Natsuki's dream is to become a world-famous fashion director.
I'm also a mom now, though.
﻿But I still have a dream.
﻿It may be a long way off.
﻿I'll make it come true too.
What time do you think you'll be back today?
﻿I'd like to talk to you about something.
Mimura-san, the rough draft of the catalog design has arrived.
﻿I'll open it.
Oh, looks good!
﻿Very nice.
﻿A photo of the model wearing the product here would be perfect.
﻿Can you call them and let them know we're moving forward with this?
﻿Okay. I'll do it right away.
﻿Kijima-san.
﻿What's wrong?
﻿I'm fine.
﻿You're not all right.
﻿Kijima-san.
﻿I'll call someone for help.
﻿Are you okay?
Hang in there, Kijima-san.
It's severe anemia.
She hasn't been eating enough.
Her morning sickness may have been severe.
Morning sickness?
Yes.
﻿My wife is indebted to you.
﻿I'm Mimura.
﻿Thank you for today.
﻿The mother and baby are fine.
﻿She'll just have to rest for a while.
﻿I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
﻿No
﻿But I'm surprised.
﻿She's the kind of woman who wouldn't tell anyone.
She's had a lot of morning sickness?
Yeah.
She hasn't eaten in a while.
﻿I've been very worried.
﻿I told her to take it easy.
Here.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Kijima-san,
she's pregnant.
﻿She was married, too.
﻿I see.
﻿Why didn't she tell me anything?
﻿Am I that unreliable?
﻿Na-chan
﻿I'm sorry Motoya.
﻿I think I'll be busy with work.
﻿I might cause you trouble...
﻿I'll do my best too.
﻿That's right, you wanted to talk?
﻿Don't worry I'll talk to you later.
﻿You get some rest today.
﻿I'm so sorry.
﻿I can't go to Osaka.
﻿But, working at Planning Office's been your dream since you joined the company.
﻿You even requested a transfer.
I even put in the recommendation for you.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿I have a family now.
Mimura.
﻿What the hell have you been working so hard for?
﻿I'm counting on you.
﻿Cool your head and reconsider.
﻿What?
﻿Are you okay now?
﻿I'm fine.
Can I talk to you for a second?
﻿Thank you for the day before.
﻿I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Can I say something?
﻿When I got pregnant, you said...
﻿You said marriage and pregnancy would get in the way of your work.
﻿You said you were disappointed.
﻿That's not what I meant.
﻿I said I was disappointed that you kept your pregnancy a secret.
﻿I'll take that back.
﻿You also said you couldn't work with someone who was so reckless.
﻿What will you do if something happens?
You should tell everyone what happened and save your job.
You cannot tell anyone.
﻿I'm not going public with this yet.
﻿Don't tell anyone.
﻿Understood?
Chief.
﻿I need to talk to you.
What is it?
﻿It's about Kijima-san.
﻿I'm home.
﻿Welcome back.
﻿Su-chan, I'm home.
﻿Mom's home.
﻿Motoya, where's the parents communication book?
He left it in there again.
Internal Memo
As of April 1, 2021, you are hereby assigned to the Planning Office at the Osaka Headquarters.
﻿Osaka!?
Motoya...
Happy half-birthday!
I want Motoya to live his life the way he wants to
I think it's fine for a man to be a househusband.
I heard that Chief Kijima is pregnant.
Is something bothering you?
What's going on with her?
I'm thinking of quitting my job.
Toko's Fashion Rule
Elegant Sneaker Coordinates
Make sure your entire body, even your feet, have the same tone.
A sense of class is important for sneakers and bags.
﻿Elegant and Rich Sneaker Coordinates