Come to my place.
Work in my company,
﻿I'll recommend you to my superiors.
﻿Let's go to Vietnam together.
﻿We can start a new fashion brand.
﻿You don't have to give me an answer right now.
﻿Take your time.
I definitely won't accept it.
I was serious.
I can't do it.
I don't regret it.
Interesting life.
Why did you choose him?
The design is cute and the feel is great.
﻿I'm very satisfied with the quality of the material and the care taken in sewing it.
﻿It's really popular, isn't it?
I guess so.
﻿Good job!
Thank you for your hard work.
Mimura-san, you have a call on line 2.
Thank you
Hello.
﻿Yes
﻿Out of stock?
﻿Yes
﻿Yes, I understand.
﻿I'll see how much more we can produce.
﻿Parent-child link coordinates for next month,
﻿they're ordering 2,000 more sets.
﻿That's great!
Hello, this is the baby division.
Mimura-san, you have call on line 1.
﻿This is Mimura.
﻿Yes, I just heard.
﻿I'll arrange it right away.
Mimura-san, MD says they're going to carry more link coordinates.
﻿Got it.
﻿Can we borrow the women's department's production line?
﻿I'll go talk to Chief Obayashi.
﻿Yes!
﻿Natsuki, dash, dash!
﻿How are you feeling?
﻿Baby in the nursery?
﻿Yes, he's sleeping well.
﻿I want to go see him.
﻿Are you okay?
﻿Yeah, I'm fine.
﻿I want to encourage him,
and tell him myself.
﻿I'll go ask the doctor.
Tokugawa-san, where's Chief Obayashi?
﻿He was called out by the Chief Nishi and left a while ago.
Do you know where he went.
﻿I don't know.
﻿Too bad about Kijima-san.
Kijima-san, can you hear me?
Kijima-san?
Vitals?
﻿In the 60s.
Main power!
OK.
﻿Toko.
Toko!
﻿The idea of getting rid of the baby section...
﻿I haven't changed my mind.
﻿About that.
﻿I've gotten the president's approval.
﻿But we're getting a lot of orders here.
﻿You don't get it, do you?
﻿You know what?
﻿The baby division is just a drag on our core business.
﻿You can't spend time and money on every single thing.
﻿It's the height of futility.
﻿Now that Kijima's gone,
﻿I'm sure you'll be in charge of the fashion business from now on.
﻿But let me be clear,
﻿I don't think you're capable of that.
﻿That's quite a comment.
﻿As someone who's been watching the company for a long time.
﻿Let me at least say this clearly.
﻿If,
I was the president,
﻿I wouldn't take the risk of creating a baby division.
﻿If you ask me,
﻿In my opinion, it's a waste of money.
﻿So let me get this straight.
﻿You were planning to dump Kijima from the start, weren't you?
﻿Kijima's the only one in the company who won't do as you say.
﻿I was just acting out of concern for the future of the company.
﻿I'll give Kijima-san credit for her ingenuity.
﻿The boss gives her too much leeway.
﻿I can't believe she was mentioned as a candidate for the next president.
﻿I'll never accept that.
So that's your honest opinion?
﻿Excuse me.
Mimura
﻿What are you doing?
﻿Were you planning to destroy us from the start?
The baby division and Kijima-san.
﻿Get out of the way!
﻿Answer me!
﻿You're just an employee.
﻿Don't meddle in my business!
﻿Are you Kijima-san's husband?
Yes.
﻿Where is Toko-san?
What?
﻿The baby was born safely.
﻿It's a boy.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿It's earlier than expected.
﻿I was relieved to see that she's doing better than I expected.
﻿I'm so relieved.
Although,
she'll be on total bed rest for a while.
﻿I'm so glad it's finally coming.
﻿I really want to have this baby.
﻿What's wrong?
﻿I couldn't sleep.
﻿It's been a rough day.
﻿I'll make you some hot cocoa.
﻿What are you writing?
﻿Yuriko and the others...
﻿Yuriko and the others asked me to write a blog on how to use home appliances.
﻿A blog?
﻿Takeda-san...
﻿introduced me as a blog that knows everything in electronics stores.
﻿I'm getting a lot of questions.
﻿You can't say no to a request, can you?
﻿I...
﻿I was invited to join Seto-san's company.
﻿I haven't responded yet.
But...
﻿I don't know if I'll be able to stay at Avril.
﻿I see.
What do you think?
﻿No matter how it turns out,
﻿I'll respect your decision.
﻿So...
go with what you think is right.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Good morning.
﻿What's the matter?
﻿I'm....
the distribution center.
﻿What's the meaning of this?
﻿If you want to transfer me out, I understand.
﻿But all the employees in the baby department?
﻿It's a department that has nothing to do with fashion.
﻿It's still unofficially announced,
can you give me some time?
﻿I'm going to introduce you all to a new staff member today.
﻿Starting next week.
﻿She'll be working as an Asian strategic advisor.
﻿This is Ms. Liu Reika.
﻿She's still young,
but she's had more career experience than any of you.
[In Mandarin] Introduce yourself.
Yes, sir.
Hello, everyone. I'm Liu Lihua.
It's an honor to be working with you.
﻿I'm Liu Reika.
﻿It's an honor to be working with you.
﻿I look forward to working with you.
Tokugawa-san, you'll be working for her next week.
﻿Nice to meet you.
Chief Obayashi.
﻿What?
﻿Why do I have to work for her?
﻿She's someone who's going to be a valuable asset in the future.
﻿I'm sure you'll learn a lot from her.
﻿Did you even see my designs?
﻿That again.
﻿You said you had high hopes for me.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿It doesn't fit with our current plans.
﻿You're switching to that woman?
﻿I was serious.
I'm grateful,
to you.
Come in.
﻿Good afternoon.
﻿Don't worry about it.
﻿Did my husband tell you?
﻿I heard it's a boy.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Are you okay?
﻿I'm fine.
﻿I'll try to be brief, so as not to stress you.
﻿What's going on? It sounds bad.
﻿We've all been reassigned.
What?
﻿Kijima-san.
﻿You haven't told me the real reason you left, have you?
﻿I thought...
﻿I didn't have a future there.
﻿I can cover some things with my energy,
but physically, I can't work the same way I used to.
﻿Besides,
﻿I couldn't live up to the expectations of the company.
﻿You're still young,
and you have ideas and communication skills.
﻿In the future....
﻿I'm quitting too.
﻿I've had a confrontation with Chief Obayashi.
﻿I have no intention of working for him.
﻿I don't regret it.
﻿Bullfighter.
What?
﻿When I was first brought into the baby division.
﻿I thought you were so arrogant and mean.
﻿Marriage and childbirth interfering with work nowadays?
﻿I couldn't believe it.
﻿I thought I'd quit right away if anything happened to me.
﻿But...
﻿I still aspire to be like Kijima-san.
﻿What are you going to do now, Kijima-san?
﻿It might be tough if you're on your own.
﻿But if you've got capable subordinates.
﻿I'm sure you can handle it.
﻿What's that?
Is that your pitch?
﻿Have you made up your mind?
﻿I intend to quit Avril.
Then...
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿I can't join Sumihiro Trading Company.
﻿Why not?
﻿I'm thinking of starting a company with Kijima-san.
﻿I've never started a company before.
﻿I know it'll be a lot of work.
But I want to try it, and I think it's worth it.
﻿I really appreciate what you're saying, Seto-san.
﻿But...
﻿I'm sorry.
I'm defeated.
﻿Organizations...
﻿There are times when nothing moves unless someone takes the heat and pulls it along
﻿I was really attracted to the energy you give out.
﻿Maybe your husband was the same way.
﻿Seto-san, you're overestimating me.
Is that so?
﻿Seto-san...
﻿You're the one person I want to continue to aim for.
﻿Can I ask you something?
﻿Yes.
Why did you choose him?
﻿What was the difference between Mimura-san and me?
﻿Well...
you asked me so suddenly.
You're right.
﻿Sorry.
﻿I'll call you when I know the date I'm leaving for Vietnam.
﻿Amazing.
﻿Motoya-san... this is really good.
﻿Really? I'm glad. Eat up!
﻿You're a genius.
﻿You're too kind.
In the end...
﻿I mean, it was like I affected everyone in the baby department.
You don't all have to quit, right?
﻿I'm ready to go.
I'll follow you, Natsuki.
﻿But what about you, Mayu?
﻿I'm going to wait and see.
﻿But if Mayu stays, I think I'll stay.
Karu?
﻿You have that much faith in me?
﻿Yes, I do.
﻿Starting over.
﻿It takes courage.
﻿But maybe it won't be so bad once you get going.
﻿You're right.
﻿If we quit together, there's nothing to be afraid of.
﻿Will you shut up now?
﻿I will.
﻿I'll shut up.
﻿I will.
﻿I'll eat.
﻿Please eat.
﻿Delicious!
Come in.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿I understood your plans for the company.
﻿Nothing is going to stop you anyway, are you?
That's right.
However,
please, just take care of yourself.
﻿If something like this happens again.
﻿I'll lose my nerves.
﻿I will.
﻿Hey... I worry about your mom.
Let me get it.
Thank you.
Here.
﻿Thank you for your help.
﻿I heard from Mimura-san about your new company.
﻿There's something I'd like to discuss with you about the future.
﻿Can you give me a moment of your time?
You can decide on how you want to run things around here, while you get used to things.
Getting used to the work environment, is the most important thing for employees
Thank you.
Excuse me a moment.
﻿This is Obayashi.
﻿The members who started the baby division have all submitted their resignations.
﻿What do you think of this result?
﻿People who can't keep up.
﻿I think they'll just leave.
﻿That's not true.
﻿You've just divided the company,
and caused an exodus of talented people.
﻿That's not true.
﻿People are an asset to a company.
﻿Products sell,
not just because the product is good,
but the people who make and sell them.
﻿Human connections are what make a business.
﻿If you don't understand that,
you will never get to the top.
﻿I'll continue as president for two more years.
During this time,
﻿you will go to a related company and study the textile business again.
﻿If you can't change after that,
﻿I'll fire you without mercy even if you're a family member.
﻿Uncle.
﻿What's wrong?
﻿I've decided to quit too.
﻿You're staying in the fashion industry, right?
﻿It's the only thing I've got going for me.
﻿It's what I wanted to do,
﻿I guess I'm the same as you after all.
﻿Congratulations on your promotion.
﻿Thank you.
﻿I'll be shuttling back and forth between Japan and other Asian countries for a while.
﻿Thank you for the Vietnam opportunity.
﻿I've already spoken to Kijima-san and President Wakui.
﻿I've already talked to our clients about changing our contract.
I've also gotten their approval.
Uhm.
What you said the other day.
﻿What was the difference between you and Motoya?
﻿When it comes to matters around the house, I'm terrible.
﻿I'm not a good cook, and I'm not good at cleaning.
﻿I'm sloppy.
﻿It's not something I could show Seto-san.
﻿But...
in front of Motoya...
﻿No matter how uncool I am.
﻿I can just be myself.
﻿No matter how I look.
﻿I feel like he'll accept me no matter how I look.
﻿That's harsh.
﻿You're seriously praising your spouse.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿You're not even aware of it.
﻿Let's work together again.
﻿Yes.
﻿So, Mimura, you're going to be a MeTuber?
﻿No, no, no. I'm just going to make videos and post them online.
That's an actual profession in this age.
﻿It's not that easy.
﻿We'll take advantage of Motoya's skills and knowledge.
to introduce him online as a home electronics expert.
﻿If you do that, this store will be thriving.
﻿I'm all for it!
﻿Actually, I've been paying attention to your knowledge as well, Mimura.
﻿Mimura! This camera is great! Buy it!
﻿Excuse me.
﻿It's hard to find a good deal.
﻿That's true.
﻿How's it going? Are you ready to start your own company?
﻿It's really hard to build a company from scratch.
﻿Did you find any backing?
﻿We've asked Sumihiro Trading Company to help us expand overseas.
﻿But we're not ready for the domestic market yet.
I have a proposal.
﻿Yes, sir.
An in-house venture.
﻿Would you be interested in running Avril Baby as an in-house venture?
﻿Right now, we don't have the resources to take over the baby division.
﻿You guys put a lot of love into your products.
﻿and tried to deliver them to our customers.
﻿That's what made Avril the company it is today.
﻿I'd like to work with people like that.
﻿Will you think about it?
﻿Thank you very much.
♪ あと少しでいいから ここにいて ♪ ♪ Just stay here for a little while longer. ♪
One month later.
♪ それくらい いいでしょ? 気づいてよ ♪ ♪ Isn't that enough? You should know that. ♪
Here's the cake.
♪ 振り返るたび いつもまぶしくて ♪ ♪ Every time I turn around, you're always staring at me. ♪
﻿Su-chan.
﻿Su-chan, blow.
♪ あなたの笑顔が よく見えな ♪ ♪ I can't see your smile clearly ♪
Ready, set, go!
﻿Happy birthday!
﻿Happy birthday, Su-chan.
﻿Happy birthday!
♪ かけがえのない時間 これからもずっと ♪ ♪ It's a precious time that will last forever ♪
﻿I'm so happy for you!
﻿Say hello to your grandparents in Nagano, too!
♪ 続いていけるような ♪ ♪ I hope it will last ♪
﻿Happy birthday, Su-chan!
Did you get your present?
♪ ありふれた願い抱えた手を ♪ ♪ A hand holding a common wish ♪
﻿I'll come see you soon, Su-chan.
Grandpa is coming!
♪ 零さないように 重ねて ♪ ♪ I want to be there for you ♪
♪ ただ笑ってたくて そばにいて欲しくて ♪ ♪ I just want to smile, I want you to be by my side ♪
♪ 誰よりもその心に触れたくて ♪ ♪ I want to touch your heart more than anyone else ♪
♪ あなたの優しい声 聴かせて欲しいんだよ ♪ ♪ I want you to let me hear your gentle voice ♪
﻿It's been a long time since we went for a walk alone together.
♪ 目を閉じてほら ♪ ♪ Close your eyes, see? ♪
﻿It's nice to do it once in a while.
♪ 消えないように包みこんでいて欲しいんだよ ♪ ♪ I want you to wrap me up so I don't disappear ♪
﻿I hope Su-chan doesn't resent me for being so busy.
﻿I'll take care of that part, as dad.
﻿That's right.
﻿Thanks.
﻿But...
﻿I never thought I'd be posting on MeTube.
﻿Thanks to you, Na-chan.
My life has turned out to be more interesting than I expected.
﻿Because of me?
﻿I'm grateful.
﻿Here.
﻿Open and have a look.
What's this?
﻿Am I sharing Su-chan's present?
﻿No.
﻿It's a gift for Mom, too.
﻿That was part of Na-chan's plan, right?
﻿It's been exactly one year since you became a mom.
﻿I know you've been through a lot.
﻿Thank you for giving birth to Sumire.
﻿You don't have to try to do everything perfectly.
﻿There are many kinds of couples,
and many ways of raising children.
﻿I look forward to another year with you.
Me too.
﻿There's a saying in a movie.
﻿Life is like a box of chocolates.
﻿You don't know what you're going to get until you open it.
﻿Good morning.
﻿I jumped in without looking,
while crying and laughing, what I got
﻿are all my treasures.
Kijima-san,
here's the design for the new kids' line.
﻿It's not bad, is it?
﻿Go ahead and make the samples.
﻿Okay.
﻿I'll see what the factory can do.
﻿It's already done.
﻿What do you think of this material?
﻿I think it's stretchy.
﻿I like it.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Home appliance knowledge, brought to you by Mo-chan TV!
﻿My favorite lipstick broke.
﻿That's shocking.
﻿Don't worry. Today's product is...
a hair dryer.
﻿I'll have some orange juice.
﻿I'll have an orange juice too.
﻿You're not drinking (alcohol)?
﻿That's unusual.
﻿You know what?
Actually....
﻿I'm having a baby.
﻿We're having a baby.
Really?
Yes.
﻿That's right, actually.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿Thank you.
﻿Congratulations, Mayu!
Simple isn't it?
﻿It's hard to live every day.
Hold on to the treasures in your daily life
﻿Us moms will live fully today.
﻿Hey~ Motoya!
﻿You washed this with the diapers, didn't you?
﻿Sorry
﻿Nacchan... didn't you leave it in the basket again?
﻿But this is my favorite...
﻿If it's your favorite, why don't you just wash it by hand?
﻿I always say that.
﻿But you put it in there with Motoya.
﻿I get it! You want me to take it off?
﻿All of it.
Mama!
﻿Did she say something?
﻿Su-chan.
﻿Did you say "Mama"?
﻿Su-chan.
﻿Did you say "Mama"?
﻿Did she say it?
She did! And Papa?
Papa.
Mama.
﻿Where's Mama?
﻿Su-chan.
Mama Mama
Natsuki's Fashion Rules
﻿Winter Coat & Boots Style
No flashy outerwear, no matter how large the area.
Use colors and patterns even in winter!
﻿Working moms are going to be aggressive in fashion today!