﻿Kijima-san.
She quit Avril.
﻿I'm officially
taking over the baby division.
﻿Kijima-san,
is feeling that bad?
﻿I'm told she's out of the hospital.
﻿Good.
﻿But then why did she have to quit the company?
﻿The company is
going through a big change right now.
﻿They don't need people who can't keep up.
Mimura Natsuki
﻿I'm sorry, I can't answer the phone right now.
﻿After the tone...
Priorities change.
I will carry on your vision
The best thing to have are customers
I want to protect them.
Come to my place.
I'm at your service.
﻿Hey, check this out.
﻿Ten thousand likes.
﻿That's right!
﻿I'm getting a lot of inquiries from people who've seen the link code.
﻿I've been inundated with inquiries from people who've seen the products.
﻿I know a lot of people,
they're all over social media.
﻿You're both amazing. Thank you.
﻿How's Motoya-san?
﻿It's tough supporting your wife's work, isn't it?
﻿That's right.
﻿To be honest, I didn't think it would be this hard doing this full-time.
﻿There are times when I think it would be easier to work.
﻿And when I saw Yuriko-san and Takeda-san...
﻿I realized that there are many different ways to work.
﻿That's right.
﻿Motoya-san should just find something he likes and do it.
﻿Motoya-san can do anything.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿That's right Motoya-san
﻿Listen... about this beauty tool you gave me the other day...
﻿Yes.
﻿Something's wrong with it.
﻿About this...
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Yuriko, may I borrow your outlet?
﻿It's right there.
﻿Sorry.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿I don't know.
﻿It's most likely the adapter or the cable.
﻿I'll order both and see what I can do.
﻿Thank you so much.
﻿You're really something!
﻿Motoya-san!
﻿I might have an idea.
﻿What?
﻿What? What?
﻿There are only 10 days left in the Christmas sales competition.
﻿In order to increase the final sales.
﻿I'd like to send out an e-mail newsletter to Avril members.
﻿May I suggest something?
﻿Please do.
﻿Why don't you send out a discount coupon as well?
﻿The coupon can only be used until the 25th, when the Christmas shopping season ends.
Tokugawa-san.
﻿Avril has never given discounts outside of the sale period.
If we simply issue coupons,
﻿I think it would lower the brand value.
﻿I think the priority right now is not to preserve the company's tradition.
﻿The priority right now is to achieve the goal at hand, right?
﻿That's true.
﻿Avril has never given discounts.
﻿That's why it's no good.
﻿Any new initiative is bound to be criticized.
﻿I'll leave it to you, Tokugawa.
﻿Yes, sir.
﻿Ever since she joined, things have been a mess.
﻿Tokugawa-san?
Chief Obayashi only listens to Tokugawa-san's opinion.
﻿Are those two dating?
﻿Why?
﻿A hunch.
﻿What?
I know I'm right.
On that note, you're dating Nanbu-chan.
What?
Why?
Hunch.
﻿Anyway, I heard...
100 million.
﻿Can you clear it?
﻿You know what?
﻿What's up?
﻿Kijima-san quit her job.
﻿Is that why?
She's been posting recently about fashion and lifestyle.
Lately...
﻿All I see are pictures like this.
﻿Su-chan, is this it?
﻿No, it's mitsuba!
﻿What's this? Not this?
That's not it.
﻿Do you come to this area often?
﻿My husband's office is nearby.
﻿My wife told me you've been absent.
﻿My wife was very worried.
﻿She had to take care of things in your absence.
﻿She's very enthusiastic.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿I resigned.
﻿I see.
﻿Su-chan.
﻿Su-chan...
Give her?
Would you like to hold her?
She's Sumire.
﻿Su-chan.
﻿Sumire-chan.
﻿So cute!
I'm sorry.
﻿I know I've put your mom through a lot.
Mori-kun and everyone,
you can go now.
﻿But I still have to enter the data.
﻿Young people shouldn't be working late.
﻿This?
﻿Here.
﻿Okay.
﻿This is when you should rely on your seniors.
﻿Thank you.
Then, please take these too.
﻿Okay.
﻿If you'll excuse me.
﻿Thank you for your hard work.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Let's all do our best tomorrow.
﻿This sucks.
﻿You have a date, don't you, Nanbu-chan?
How can you tell?
﻿Because it's too obvious
﻿Where is it?
﻿I'll do it later.
﻿Natsuki.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿I'll leave you to it.
﻿Goodbye.
﻿I'm off.
﻿Have a good day.
﻿I came to get my things.
﻿Why?
﻿I was going to quit sooner or later.
﻿I got pregnant.
﻿It just happened a little earlier.
﻿I didn't want to stay at the company any longer.
I'll cause trouble for everyone.
﻿You can come back after the baby is born, right?
﻿I returned to work three months after giving birth.
﻿I had a promise to make to Kijima-san.
﻿And yet...
you are quitting?
﻿Isn't quitting a bad idea?
﻿We've talked about priorities in life, right?
﻿Well, those priorities have changed for me.
﻿How's the Christmas sales competition?
﻿It doesn't matter now, does it?
﻿I'm disappointed in you, Kijima-san.
﻿I ran into Kijima-san today.
She got to hold Sumire.
﻿She's got the look of a mom.
﻿I heard.
She quit her job.
﻿Na-chan.
﻿I was going to protect the baby division until Kijima-san got back.
I feel so stupid.
I'm suddenly left on my own and left in charge of everything.
﻿And I'm surrounded by enemies.
I wonder if I should quit.
﻿Na-chan.
﻿What about the people who gave you their support?
﻿Takeda-san and Yuriko-san thought of a lot of things for you.
﻿And...
what about the customers who want the products you make?
The best thing you can have is your customers.
﻿To the customers,
isn't it important to give them what they want?
﻿Na-chan.
﻿But...
Na-chan's best friend is me.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Come in.
﻿I hear sales are increasing.
﻿Yeah.
﻿I can't believe we've gotten this much response from the moms' network.
We're still shy of our goal.
﻿We got a full-page Christmas feature in the web magazine.
But the money?
That's okay. I took care of that.
﻿The target audience is women in their 30s.
﻿They're doing a feature on moms for the first time.
﻿I thought it would be a good idea to promote a product that links parents and children.
﻿Really?
﻿There is a lot of interest.
The schedule is going to be tight.
﻿Do you want to handle it?
Absolutely, let me handle it.
﻿It could be the last push of the Christmas sales competition.
That's right.
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿Excuse me.
[Christmas Sales Competition - 8 days to go]
﻿Mimura-san, how do you develop products?
﻿I'm a new mother myself.
﻿I get inspiration for my products from my daily life with my children.
﻿Avril Baby offers baby clothes that make mothers happy.
﻿I would like to continue to develop baby clothes that make mothers happy and that they can enjoy together.
﻿I understand.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Yes?
﻿How was the interview?
﻿It went well.
Thanks for your help.
﻿About the proposal I sent you the other day...
﻿I'm sorry, I haven't seen it yet.
﻿I see.
﻿How's it going?
Good morning, how was it?
﻿Good morning.
﻿The article's supposed to go up at 9:00.
﻿What the hell is this?
﻿I'll be right back.
﻿Okay.
﻿Natsuki, what's wrong?
﻿Where's Chief Obayashi?
Chief Obayashi? Right now?
﻿Is this about the interview?
﻿I took care of it.
Did you know it was originally for the baby division?
﻿Yes.
They requested it.
﻿What do you mean?
﻿I believe the original project was a feature on mothers.
﻿In the course of the interview, they said they wanted to include women's products.
﻿That's all.
﻿She said she was interested in babies.
﻿You seem to be suggesting that we intentionally interfered with the publication of the article about babies.
﻿It's their decision what to write about.
﻿We can't make them do what we ask them to do.
﻿It's just...
﻿I wanted to make the story bigger.
﻿I did pay for the ad.
﻿I'd heard that the article might be smaller if ads were included.
﻿I didn't expect the ladies' ad.
I'm sorry.
﻿No, please.
﻿How far along are we?
﻿Seven days to go and we're 70 percent of the way there.
﻿I thought it would help in the last push.
Natsuki.
﻿I see.
﻿Kijima-san resigned.
Many things have happened.
﻿I'm not sure if the company needs me in the baby department anymore.
﻿What do you mean?
﻿If we don't produce results this Christmas,
the Baby Division won't survive.
﻿You don't know that yet.
﻿I thought you said sales were up.
﻿Yes, they are.
﻿When I saw the reaction of people overseas who actually got their hands on our products,
﻿I could see the potential in the Avril baby.
﻿I wish you could have seen it.
The look on the mothers' faces when they opened their gift boxes.
﻿Can you come with me for a minute?
﻿Can you change this packaging?
﻿I'd like to be able to see it at a glance when I open the box.
﻿But I can't start now.
We won't make today's delivery.
﻿I'll help you.
﻿Merry Christmas.
﻿It's beautiful.
﻿Hey, Su-chan.
﻿It's your first Christmas.
﻿It's wonderful.
﻿Just having Sumire here makes everything fresh.
Thanks, Su-chan.
﻿It's finally tomorrow.
﻿All right, let's take some pictures.
﻿Let's do it.
﻿Okay.
﻿Here we go.
﻿What do you think?
﻿Did we make it in time?
﻿Hold on a second.
﻿Nice.
Ouch.
﻿Toko!
﻿Are you okay?
﻿Does it hurt?
[Christmas Sales Competition - 0 days to go]
﻿Yes.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿The Christmas sales results are in.
﻿Well, well, well.
﻿The ladies' department met its sales target.
﻿I see.
﻿With Kijima leaving the ladies' department.
﻿I thought we'd have a tough time.
﻿Well done.
﻿Of course.
﻿The Baby Division did well.
But it's a shame.
﻿That's to be expected.
﻿I think you're making good, interesting stuff.
﻿I know for a fact we didn't hit our target.
What are you doing with the baby division?
﻿We're merging it with the ladies' department.
﻿What about the employees?
Mimura-san...
said she'll take responsibility.
﻿But...
﻿I think she's a valuable asset to the company.
﻿But...
﻿I'm sure she's going through a tough time raising her child.
﻿I think it's best for her to work in a department where she can work with a little more freedom.
﻿I think it's for her own good.
﻿What do you want to do with Avril?
﻿I will carry on your vision.
﻿I'd like to make it even bigger and better.
﻿Natsuki.
﻿Seto-san.
﻿I just heard from Nanbu-kun.
﻿I'm sorry to hear that.
﻿Yes.
But...
﻿It looks like our overseas sales channel is about to take off.
﻿It's just the beginning.
﻿Natsuki?
I think I'll be out of product planning for a while.
﻿I said so myself.
﻿I would take responsibility.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Natsuki.
﻿I'm so frustrated.
﻿Su-chan.
Go for it, go for it!
You're standing up! Su-chan, you did it!
﻿That's great! That's great, Su-chan!
﻿Sorry.
﻿Come to my place.
﻿Please do.
Toko's Fashion Rules
Adult maternity style wear
Wear tops with outfits. Put together a sharp impression.
Use shoes and accessories to enhance the mannish look.
﻿Make your maternity look cool! Shift to a more handsome look.