﻿It's time to make the Christmas catalog!
﻿I want to be on the cover.
﻿It's your product.
Come up with a design for the front cover.
﻿Yes, ma'am.
Here are some designs for the cover of the ladies section catalog.
Can you add them to the list for consideration?
You're in the baby department now, right?
Kijima-san.
﻿What's wrong?
Her morning sickness may have been severe.
Morning sickness?
You cannot tell anyone.
﻿I'm not going public with this yet.
Chief, it's about Kijima-san.
﻿Did you talk to your wife about the transfer?
﻿Where's Motoya's contact book?
﻿Osaka?
﻿What's this?
You've been asked to transfer to Osaka?
Yes
It was issued when I visited the company headquarters.
﻿But I'm going to turn it down.
﻿You should go
Eh?
﻿Why are you turning it down?
﻿It's a career move.
You'll get a raise.
﻿You've been saying you wanted to do more projects for a while.
﻿I don't want you to sacrifice yourself, so that I can do the work I like.
﻿I want you to live the life that you want.
﻿Don't worry about it.
﻿When my dad gets better I'll call my mom and have her help us.
﻿Are you okay?
﻿It might be tough...
﻿I'll do my best
﻿I'll be able to see you on weekends in Osaka.
﻿I'll try not to rely on you too much from now on
﻿I've been so busy lately that I've dropped my responsibilities,
﻿I'll do the housework too.
﻿You don't have to worry about that.
It's fine
﻿You should rely on your wife once in a while
Oh, by the way.
﻿Can you do me a favor?
I want to have a baby!
I don't like being there
I'm looking at you Natsuki
I don't know, Motoya
I'm losing confidence
I'll take care of it
﻿I have a good feeling about it.
Natsuki
﻿Good morning Mayu
﻿Good morning.
﻿Hey, have you heard?
﻿What?
﻿You know what?
Tokugawa-san.
﻿I heard from the ladies' department,
that you submitted a proposal for the Christmas catalog.
﻿I did. So what of it?
﻿You're on the baby team, aren't you?
﻿I don't care what anyone thinks.
﻿I want to compete where my strengths are recognized.
﻿But...
﻿I appreciate your enthusiasm.
All of you, we don't have time to fight among each other.
﻿Yes, ma'am.
﻿I don't get it at all.
She didn't even say a word to us.
How can she work for another department?
She's got a lot of nerve.
﻿Kijima-san didn't seem to mind at all.
﻿Tokugawa-san's been hanging around Chief Obayashi a lot.
﻿Those two are definitely suspicious.
﻿I think the Ladies department will go with your plan for the catalog.
﻿Really?
﻿I'm so happy.
﻿I had a little run-in with Mimura-san earlier.
I really don't like being in that department after all.
﻿If it's possible,
﻿I would like to work under you.
﻿Thank you.
﻿I can go next time.
﻿When?
﻿You should go.
﻿You've been saying you want to do more projects for a while.
﻿You should rely on your wife once in a while.
[New message from Kitabepu-san]
"We are planning a half-birthday party for the babies this weekend."
﻿"Would you like to join us?"
Eh, I want to go!
﻿A half-birthday sounds like fun.
﻿Didn't you say you wanted to take the weekend off?
﻿They're the ones who gave me the idea for the new product.
﻿I'll go wherever they ask me to go.
﻿Ah! I'm sure you're looking for more ideas.
A little.
I'll do my best artwork for the photo shoot.
﻿Half birthdays are very popular these days.
﻿I think more and more people are doing it.
We all have different milestones.
﻿I think everyone wants to have an event for every milestone.
﻿Six months have flown by, haven't they, Su-chan?
﻿You've grown so much
﻿Motoya, Su-chan's awake.
﻿I'm coming
﻿Chief Nishi
﻿I've sent you the data for the catalog cover to your email
﻿Ahh, thank you.
﻿Please take care of me.
﻿We've got the entries from all the departments now.
﻿When will the results be announced?
It's scheduled for next Tuesday.
﻿Well, to be honest,
it would be a miracle if the baby section made it to the cover.
﻿But I'm counting on you guys.
﻿Thank you very much.
Okay, then.
Please be brief.
﻿I'll get straight to the point.
﻿I heard a rumor that you're pregnant.
﻿You're married, aren't you, Kijima-san?
﻿I'm just wondering why you're hiding it.
﻿I'm not hiding it.
﻿I was going to tell you about the pregnancy when the time was right.
﻿I see.
﻿You are...
our company's ace, so please don't be too hard on yourself.
﻿You can take your time and rest.
﻿That's fine.
Thank you for your consideration.
﻿Isn't this baby so cute?
You think so?
She looks like the father.
What?
﻿No, it's just...
﻿I like the casualness of it.
﻿Can you be more specific?
﻿Specifically.
She's starting to look more like Natsuki.
Kijima-san.
﻿I've submitted the materials for the Christmas catalog to Chief Nishi.
﻿I see.
What is it?
﻿Nothing.
﻿Ready, set!
﻿﻿Happy Half Birthday!
﻿That's nice isn't it?
﻿Su-chan!
﻿So cute!
﻿You've got great taste, by the way.
﻿Thanks to you, I was able to take some really nice pictures.
﻿And thank you for this, too. I've been wanting one of these.
﻿I'm glad you like it.
﻿That's right.
﻿This is for Motoya-san from us.
For me?
﻿Open it.
Thank you.
﻿It's a nice pattern.
﻿Really?
I'm so happy you complimented me.
﻿Thank you for thinking of us.
﻿You're always so helpful.
He's fixed my appliances and even carried my luggage for me.
﻿I love that you're a good cook as well.
﻿My husband doesn't do any housework at all.
﻿Please don't praise me too much.
﻿I'm very grateful.
﻿It's always been the case that women are the keepers of the home.
﻿It's old-fashioned to think that a woman should take care of the home and a man should work.
﻿That's right.
﻿I think it's fine for a man to be a homemaker.
﻿Me too.
﻿I'm so jealous!
﻿I wish I could've married a husband like Motoya-san.
﻿No...
Asako, don't say that in front of the missus!
﻿I mean it! Really!
﻿What's wrong?
﻿We were talking so much, you felt like coming over? Here we go.
﻿He's so cute.
﻿Thank you.
﻿This baby was born prematurely and very small.
﻿She was born with a high blood pressure level, so she had a lot of trouble.
You had high blood pressure, right?
﻿I thought I'd never be able to have another baby.
But
﻿I'm glad I didn't give up
﻿Although she was born small
﻿But she grew up so healthy.
﻿I'm really happy.
﻿I guess giving birth at an older age is quite risky.
﻿Kijima-san must've had a tough time getting pregnant.
Do you want a drink as well?
Yes
Na-chan?
﻿What if I said I'd become a homemaker?
﻿Why all of a sudden?
Were you influenced by Yuriko-san? ﻿
﻿I thought that might be a possibility.
﻿No, we can't right now.
﻿If you did, we'd have to give up licensed childcare.
﻿And our income would plummet.
﻿I see.
﻿Did they say anything about it at work?
﻿No, I was just asking.
﻿Okay.
﻿Thank you.
﻿I had fun today.
Su-chan was so cute.
She was so well behaved.
﻿Here, herbal tea.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Don't get too caught up.
﻿You never know when something might happen.
﻿I just want to do what I can while I can.
﻿If the company wants you to take the day off.
﻿I'm grateful.
﻿Take it as a sign of goodwill.
Only if they really meant it.
﻿In countries where the Ladies division is already established,
we have a certain name value.
﻿The Avril baby brand should be easily accepted.
﻿Compared to our competitors,
the quality and design of the product is highly regarded.
﻿The problem is price.
﻿First of all, we could narrow down the target to high-income earners.
﻿But I don't think we should go overseas.
﻿I think it's better to wait and see what happens in Japan before expanding overseas.
﻿What do you think, Kijima-kun?
﻿Seto-san, you're going to Vietnam next month, right?
﻿Have you already met with the person in charge there?
﻿Yes, they're very enthusiastic about it.
﻿I see.
﻿Then I think it's worth a try.
﻿Hmm, I see.
The timing might be good.
﻿Yes.
﻿I'll be sad to see you go, Mimura-kun.
﻿But if you're thinking about the future, I think it's better to go to Osaka.
﻿You can take the bullet train right back home.
﻿Besides, you can usually come back in a few years.
﻿I asked the Chief if I could wait at least one more year.
﻿What did he say?
﻿That there's a time limit on personnel matters.
Isn't that what that Chief would say?
﻿Could it be that your wife doesn't want a long-distance relationship?
﻿By the way, I'm totally fine with that kind of thing.
﻿If I was asked to wait, I'd wait for years.
﻿I've been told to wait and wait, and here I am.
I want to meet with Mimura-kun.
﻿I'm sorry Motoya! I've got to work late today.
﻿Can you pick up from nursery school?
﻿That's it... that's all.
﻿I'm glad I waited.
Eh?
﻿I'll head out now.
Thank you for your hard work.
The cover of the Christmas catalog
﻿It's finally going to be announced tomorrow.
That's right.
﻿How are you feeling?
﻿I'm fine.
﻿I know it's none of my business, but...
I think you should take it easy.
Chief Obayashi...
he asked me about the pregnancy.
﻿I haven't told anyone anything.
﻿I know that.
﻿What did he say to you?
﻿That I should take some time off.
﻿I know he's better off without me.
﻿But you're not taking any time off right now, are you?
﻿I doubt it.
﻿I've heard a lot about the risks of having a baby at an older age.
Can't be too careful.
﻿In any case, I'll be gone for a few months
for childbirth and maternity leave.
﻿I have a lot of things I need you to learn before then.
﻿I'm working on the manual at home.
﻿You're not just going to quit, are you?
﻿My husband remarried.
﻿He has a daughter from a previous marriage.
He sees her twice a month.
﻿And every time he sees her, he is so happy.
I really...
didn't want him to have that look on his face.
﻿I went to the clinic for a few years.
﻿After I had a miscarriage and got sick.
﻿I gave up.
﻿There are many people who are happy without children.
﻿I told myself that I had a job.
﻿But...
finally, this baby came to me.
﻿I really want to have this baby.
﻿Please give birth.
﻿I'm sure you've been told all this at the hospital.
﻿Watch out for bleeding and upset stomach.
﻿If you feel any pain...
take it easy and get some rest.
﻿If you ever overdo it,
I'll never work with you again.
﻿So we're back where we started.
﻿Just so you know.
﻿I'm a more senior mom than you.
So make sure you follow your senior's advice.
﻿Okay.
﻿I never thought I'd be having this conversation with you.
﻿I never thought I'd see the day.
﻿You're the first person I've ever talked to like this.
Did it kick?
﻿Was that a kick?
﻿I can't believe Kijima-san would show her soft side to someone else.
﻿I guess we're all going through something.
﻿As a senior mom, I'll do my best to support her.
﻿I'm sure you'll be busier than ever.
﻿Probably.
﻿But I'm ready for it.
﻿Ah, I'm sorry about earlier today.
﻿Sales suddenly asked me to send out a report.
﻿That's okay.
﻿I'll take over from now on.
﻿Actually, I need to talk to you about something.
﻿About what? You mean the transfer to Osaka?
﻿I'm thinking of quitting my job.
﻿I think if I keep working like this.
﻿I think I'll just be half-hearted and cause trouble for others.
﻿And for Sumire's sake,
wouldn't it be better if someone stayed at home?
﻿At least until Sumire gets a little bigger.
﻿I'll focus on housework and childcare.
﻿Wait a minute.
﻿Are you serious about that?
﻿Yeah, I've been thinking about it.
﻿Even if I say no, you won't change your mind?
﻿I didn't think you'd agree with me at first.
I'll be in charge of taking her to and from preschool for a while.
Na-chan, you can focus work.
﻿Just wait.
You haven't consulted me at all.
You're just deciding by yourself and telling me how it is.
﻿Sorry.
﻿Motoya, do you have any dreams?
Any career goals?
﻿My dreams have come true.
﻿I got married to Na-chan and Sumire was born.
﻿What are you going to do with your life? You can't live like that.
﻿I'll manage.
I've got some money saved up for a while.
﻿Then do what you want.
﻿Have they decided yet?
﻿Which one do you think it is?
﻿We've decided on the cover for this year's Christmas catalog.
﻿The cover is
﻿Ladies' division.
I guess it's the same as always.
﻿Congratulations!
﻿Thank you very much!
﻿Also, we've decided to make a special double-A-cover.
﻿We're going to use Avril Baby on the other cover.
﻿Does that mean...
﻿You mean they're both mains?
﻿Yay!
﻿Natsuki-san! Yay!
﻿The cover! The cover!
﻿Seto-san.
﻿Are you here for a meeting?
Go ahead first.
﻿I understand.
﻿You seem pretty happy.
﻿The Christmas catalog, my idea will be used on the double-A-cover.
﻿I see.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿I feel a little rewarded.
﻿So, do you want to celebrate after work today?
Just for a little while.
﻿Later.
No, no, no. You don't really have to quit, do you?
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿But I've already decided.
That's dissapointing.
﻿I was counting on you for our sales.
﻿I'll leave this with me for now.
﻿Go home and talk it over with your wife again,
﻿please.
Cheers. Cheers.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿No alcohol yet?
﻿I'm really in the mood for a drink, though.
﻿I'm still in the development phase,
but I'm thinking of expanding Avril Baby
to all of Southeast Asia, starting with Vietnam.
﻿First, we'll focus on the local Japanese and the wealthy.
﻿You always know exactly where you're going, don't you, Seto-san?
﻿I thought you were the same kind of person.
﻿I suppose so.
Something troubling you?
﻿Not really.
﻿Sometimes I don't know what Motoya is thinking.
﻿It's really difficult.
﻿I'm sorry for talking about this.
﻿Seto-san?
﻿I know I have no right to say anything.
﻿But...
﻿If...
﻿If you're not happy right now.
MOTOYA
﻿I have to take this call.
﻿Natsuki.
﻿Are you okay?
﻿I'm sorry she was with me while this happened.
﻿I just fell and twisted my leg.
﻿Thank you for coming all this way.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿Now, if you'll excuse me.
﻿I'll walk you there.
﻿Okay.
﻿I apologize for the inconvenience.
Myself as well.
﻿You're working with my wife now, aren't you?
﻿Yes, I am.
﻿Natsuki-san didn't tell you?
About what in particular?
﻿We're thinking of expanding Avril Baby throughout Southeast Asia.
﻿I'm going to Vietnam next month.
If possible,
﻿I'd like her to come with me.
﻿I'd like to introduce Natsuki to the local manager.
﻿Can you persuade her to go?
﻿I'll talk to her.
Come in.
﻿Excuse me.
May I have a moment?
﻿What is it?
﻿I need to talk to you about something.
﻿Make it brief.
Chief Kijima is pregnant.
﻿She's hoping to work the regular shift for the time being.
﻿But since she's an older woman.
﻿I've already told her not to push herself too hard.
﻿I think it's appropriate for her to take some time off.
﻿But who's going to take charge during that time?
Please let me
take care of it.
﻿The baby division is a major project that will determine the future of our company.
﻿We can't afford to fail.
﻿I'll carry on what she started,
and take it further.
﻿Did Seto-san say something?
﻿About what?
﻿He wants to take Na-chan with him on his business trip overseas.
﻿I didn't hear that.
﻿He wants me to convince you to go.
﻿Hey, Na-chan.
﻿What's going on with you and that guy?
﻿It's a working relationship.
﻿I told you before, didn't I?
﻿Seto-san is trying to grow the brand I worked on.
﻿He's helping me achieve my dream.
﻿Are you going to be with him forever?
﻿Can't you just stop working with him?
Why are you behaving like a child?
﻿I know it's pathetic jealousy.
﻿I know it's a horrible thing to say.
﻿But...
﻿I don't want to see you with him any more.
﻿I've made a clear distinction between my work and private life.
﻿Maybe he doesn't.
﻿[Please continue to shine brightly]
﻿[I'm always watching you, Natsuki.]
﻿[Seto.]
Don't look at my stuff.
﻿If you don't want me to see it, hide it somewhere I'll never see it.
﻿Motoya, you don't believe me.
﻿I believe you.
﻿But...
﻿I'm not sure if I can continue to believe in you.
﻿Natsuki's Fashion Rule
Office Coordinates with Pants
Match office pants with tops for more emphasis!
Emphasize a feminine, ladylike look with accessories.
Keep the emphasis on neat stylishness