﻿I trust my wife.
﻿Even if she chooses work.
﻿I believe in her.
It's toasted.
﻿It's fine.
﻿What's the matter? You're all flustered.
﻿I had a little too much to drink, didn't I?
﻿How was the farewell party?
﻿It was fun.
Na-chan.
﻿Are you okay?
﻿I'm fine.
﻿How are you feeling?
﻿The baby?
﻿It's fine.
﻿Toko.
﻿I know your job is important to you.
﻿I submitted my resignation.
﻿At first,
it was out of defiance,
against your previous marriage.
Is that so.
﻿But...
as I continued my treatment,
﻿I really wanted to see my baby.
Will you take care of it for a while?
﻿Is it true that Kijima's quitting?
﻿Boss.
﻿Did you accept it?
﻿No.
﻿But...
it looks like she's determined to go.
Kijima is the very definition of ﻿Avril.
﻿Especially with the baby division just starting up.
﻿Wouldn't it be difficult to survive without her?
﻿I'm thinking of leaving the baby division to Chief Obayashi.
﻿As of yesterday, Tokugawa-kun was transferred to the ladies' department.
﻿A transfer?
They've been assigned to the baby division instead.
﻿Mori and Taguchi.
﻿I'm looking forward to working with you.
﻿You can put your stuff down.
Yes.
﻿Regarding the Christmas sales competition starting December 1st.
﻿The marketing department has announced the target sales figures.
﻿The target for the baby division is...
﻿It's 100 million yen.
﻿We'd like you to achieve this between December 1st and 25th.
﻿One hundred million yen?
﻿That's the same as the target for the women's division.
﻿That's how much we expect from you.
﻿But how do we do it?
﻿To increase the numbers,
we just need to sell more.
﻿What happens if we don't reach the target?
﻿The baby division's chances for survival,
might be tough.
We will achieve this target.
﻿We can't let the baby division go under in Kijima-san's absence.
﻿Natsuki-san.
﻿If the time comes when you don't meet the goal,
﻿you know what comes next, right?
﻿I don't mean to be a jerk, but...
I'm confident.
Try to grow it
Come with me.
We're breaking up.
Leave it to me
Bullfight.
﻿Good morning, sir.
﻿Good morning.
﻿So, tell me.
﻿You bypassed Chief Obayashi to see me.
﻿I'm sure there's a good reason.
﻿The baby division's sales target for the Christmas sales season is 100 million yen.
It's almost the same amount as the women's department's sales target.
﻿One hundred million?
﻿Yes, sir.
﻿Our advertising budget is not even half of the women's department's.
﻿I won't say we can't achieve it.
﻿We'll find a way to do it.
﻿As long as our products are recognized, I'm confident we can sell them.
Impressive confidence.
﻿What makes you so sure you can sell it?
﻿Because,
I'm a mother.
﻿Thank you for your time.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Are you sure you're okay to say something like that?
I had no choice.
﻿Would you like some coffee, Natsuki?
﻿Here, here.
﻿This is a special blend of home-roasted beans from Vietnam.
﻿It's a special blend of home-roasted Vietnamese beans, just the way I like it.
﻿It's really delicious.
I'm fine.
﻿You don't like my Nanbu Special, do you?
﻿I'll make it for Mayu next time.
﻿She mentioned her name again.
﻿What's going on with you guys?
﻿Nothing's going on.
﻿It's really nothing.
Su-chan, we're having a feast today.
It's Dad's special day.
﻿Thanks to you, Mimura-san, we sold lots of products.
﻿Shibata-san.
﻿Because...
﻿Here.
﻿They're all for you, Mimura.
[Customer Feedback Cards]
﻿Mimura-kun must have been really special, for these people to write this.
﻿Your wife's work may be amazing,
﻿Mimura-kun, you also did a great job.
﻿If you were the manager, I'd come to the store every day.
Shibata-san.
﻿Good luck.
﻿Yes.
﻿It's all cleared up.
Chief.
﻿The shelves in the lighting section are a little off, so please check them.
﻿And the rice cookers...
﻿I heard the catalog's been revamped, so I thought you might want to contact the manufacturer.
﻿Are you really quitting?
Chief.
﻿Ahh, here.
﻿You're number one in sales again this month.
"Doctor Arrivo" in particular is a big seller.
﻿It's number one in the whole country.
﻿Wow, that's amazing!
﻿Thank you very much.
Chief.
﻿You sold so many.
﻿We're sure to see a drop in sales next year.
﻿What am I going to do about it?
Chief.
﻿What are you going to do?
﻿Thank you very much.
Chief.
﻿You're crying too much.
﻿Thank you for your hard work.
﻿And now, Happy birthday!
﻿You remembered, Na-chan?
﻿Of course I do.
﻿Thanks.
﻿Here you go.
﻿This is what I wanted.
﻿Let's have lots of family memories.
﻿Okay.
﻿Thanks, Na-chan.
Su-chan, I got this!
[Christmas Sales Competition - 24 days to go]
﻿The Christmas sales competition is finally starting.
﻿We've got this.
﻿What's with the 100 million yen (target)?
﻿100 million yen?
﻿What are you talking about?
﻿It's the sales target for the baby division.
﻿I don't think the marketing department can come up with a number this high.
﻿What are your intentions for the Baby Division?
﻿If we don't meet the target, we'll dissolve the Baby Division.
﻿You don't like the baby division Kijima created?
﻿I'm not that childish.
﻿It's time for a change in the company.
﻿We're going to speed up the new product release cycle to make products that more people will love.
﻿We need to speed up our new product release cycle.
﻿We need to mass produce.
Are you thinking of shifting to high-volume sales?
﻿I'm not talking about lowering quality.
﻿It's about attracting new customers.
﻿If you deny the new and keep the old
﻿The company,
will be ruined.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿I'll take over tomorrow.
﻿I'm sure you'll be busy now that the Christmas sales competition has begun.
﻿This is the biggest crisis in the baby department.
﻿If we don't meet our Christmas sales target,
we may lose the baby division.
What?
﻿The target is too high.
﻿How much is the sales target?
﻿100 million yen.
﻿What's the sales per customer?
﻿Less than 10,000 yen.
﻿Why?
No.
﻿I wanted to know if that sales target was reasonable and how it could be met.
﻿I don't know what the profit margin is, however.
﻿I didn't expect you to be so good with numbers.
﻿The chief wasn't good with numbers.
﻿so he left me in charge of managing the store.
﻿I guess so.
﻿Hmm, 100 million..., that means 4 million per day.
Considering sales per customer, we need to sell 400 items per day
﻿That's a tough number.
﻿But if you don't try, you'll never know.
﻿But we don't have the budget for advertising,
and by the time people know that Avril has a Baby division,
﻿Christmas would be over.
﻿I know a way.
﻿I think it's worth a try.
﻿What?
Power blogger.
﻿Thank for taking time from your busy schedule, Takeda-san.
﻿It's okay. It's Motoya-san's request.
﻿Takeda-san is a former CA.
She's now a power blogger with 300,000 followers.
﻿300,000 people?
﻿That's great!
﻿It's nothing, I've just been doing it a long time.
﻿No, thanks to your introduction.
﻿Thanks to your introduction, the sales of that beauty tool went up.
﻿Really?
﻿I'm glad to be Motoya's friend.
﻿I'm definitely in Motoya's camp.
Takeda-san, we wanted to talk to you about something today.
Na-chan.
﻿A Christmas catalog?
﻿Yes.
﻿Cute.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿It's a new product I made for Christmas.
﻿Can you take a look?
﻿Lovely.
﻿Avril Baby isn't very well known to the public yet.
﻿When I was thinking about effective advertising.
﻿I heard about you, Takeda-san.
﻿I was wondering if you could introduce it.
﻿I only post things,
that I like and bought myself.
So when I post something on my blog, it's like a thank you.
﻿And when something is really good,
﻿I want to tell people about it.
﻿My blog is a tool for that.
﻿So,
you, too.
﻿If you're confident about what you've made,
sell it to me.
﻿I'm confident.
Come in.
How are you?
﻿I'm sorry to bother you.
Please sit.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Did something happen at the company?
﻿Matsuura Natsuki.
She's Mimura-san now.
﻿What about her?
﻿When I heard you were moving to the baby division.
I thought it was insane.
﻿But then I saw her.
﻿I understood the reason for her passion.
﻿I'm sure she must have done something wrong.
﻿She's a... bullfighter?
﻿Bullfighting...
﻿That's a good analogy.
I've always wanted to groom her
﻿I had so much more to teach her.
﻿But there wasn't enough time.
﻿Are you seriously not going back?
﻿What do you think will happen to the company once you're gone?
﻿If the president retires...
the direction of Avril will change from the past,
﻿even if it is a new era, that's all I'm saying.
Chief Obayashi, right?
﻿Him too.
﻿He seems to have his own beliefs.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿You're caught in the middle, aren't you?
﻿Obayashi-san.
﻿Here's the sales report.
﻿The numbers are in line with previous years, so we're off to a good start.
﻿You're doing well.
﻿Thank you for your hard work.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿I've come up with a design for next year's spring collection.
﻿Would you mind taking a look?
﻿I'll take that.
﻿Please do.
﻿Are you ready for your trip to Vietnam?
﻿I'm thinking of asking one of the staff from Avril to accompany me.
﻿That's a good idea.
﻿I'll let you choose.
﻿Yes, sir.
Ah, it's posted.
Oh, it really is.
﻿That's great.
[Christmas Sales Competition - 20 days to go]
﻿I see.
﻿So the reason for the sudden increase in orders is because of this blog.
﻿I think my target audience and the audience of my blog are a good match.
But we still have a long way to go.
﻿Maybe I should start a blog.
﻿How are the sales going?
﻿Yuriko was interested in it, so you should talk to her about it.
﻿Yuriko-san.
﻿I heard about your sales target.
﻿I was wondering if there's anything I can do to help.
For example, I could reach out to influencers,
and ask them to introduce your products on their blog.
﻿What do you think?
﻿What do you do for a living, Yuriko-san?
﻿I'm on maternity leave right now, so I'm not working at the moment.
﻿My day job is network consulting.
What?
﻿Leave it to me.
﻿Thank you, Motoya.
﻿I'm not doing anything.
Na-chan's passion is what's driving everyone.
﻿I can't even raise a child properly.
﻿I think it's okay to have different roles.
﻿Motoya
She's turning over.
﻿Amazing!
Su-chan!
﻿I missed it.
﻿Video video!
﻿That's right.
﻿Let me see it again, Soo-chan.
Su-chan.
﻿One more time.
﻿Can you do it?
Su-chan.
﻿This way, this way.
﻿The Christmas sales competition,
has been going well for all departments.
﻿How's the baby department?
﻿So far, so good.
﻿I see.
﻿You're doing great despite Kijima's absence.
﻿Actually...
﻿I'd like to officially put you in charge of the baby division.
﻿Okay.
﻿Natsuki.
﻿Seto-san.
﻿Are you here for a meeting today?
Yes.
﻿About that overseas business trip we talked about...
﻿I'd like to officially ask you to accompany me.
﻿I've already gotten permission from my boss.
﻿I'll talk to Chief Obayashi myself.
﻿About that...
﻿Your husband quit his job, right?
﻿You don't have to worry about childcare, do you?
How did you know that?
﻿Seto-san.
﻿Actually...
﻿I had a drink the other night,
with your husband.
﻿Seto-san told me,
﻿that you two had a drink together.
﻿Why didn't you tell me?
﻿Sorry.
﻿I just wanted to talk about guys stuff.
﻿Things?
﻿You're supposed to take care of me.
He is your business partner, right?
﻿That's weird.
﻿You're suddenly so understanding, it feels weird.
﻿That's mean.
Aren't you worried,
that I'm going with Seto-san?
﻿You're the one who told me to trust you.
﻿Do you know how I feel about that?
﻿It's Na-chan's dream.
﻿I feel the same.
﻿When you rejected the transfer to Osaka...
Na-chan.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿I was mad at you back then...
I don't want that kind of discussion.
﻿I think I understand now,
﻿Motoya's feelings...
Na-chan...
﻿Thank you
﻿But...
﻿My family is important too. Work is important too.
I won't give up on my dreams.
﻿But...
﻿I'm not going this time.
﻿I've already decided.
﻿I understand.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Okay, okay.
﻿What's wrong, Su-chan?
﻿What's wrong?
[Christmas Sales Competition - 15 days to go]
﻿Good morning.
﻿Nanbu-chan?
Natsuki-san, this is serious.
﻿Our sales numbers are exploding.
﻿Wow.
﻿Amazing!
﻿Yes!
﻿Good morning.
﻿What's up?
﻿Sales are up.
﻿We've reached 50% of our goal in 10 days.
﻿At this rate, we may be able to reach our goal.
Mimura-san,
can we have a moment?
﻿It's about Kijima-san.
﻿Her resignation notice was accepted this morning.
﻿Kijima-san,
has resigned from Avril.
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