"CONCERTO" "They want to start building the church by next spring." "Since the basic blueprint is fine as is, they want to move on to an operational blueprint." "I think it'll take at least three months." "Looking at our schedule, it'll be impossible for me to do both sides." "I thought it would be a good time to resign..." "I feel terrible since you hired me and..." "Please accept my resignation." "I refuse." "You have much potential." "You're in charge of the Sky City site and there are other future jobs..." "You can't leave now." "You have Mr. Kuromitsu." "He isn't tough enough." "I want you to help me." "The church is my dream." "Sky City is important to me." "To you, but..." "To me, my own work is..." "Then do both." "Ridiculous." "It isn't." "When I was young, I did it." "If you have the desire you can do it." "If you can't, your talent is limited." "In the first place, why did you come to my firm?" "To test yourself, right?" "Test yourself!" "You're mean." "Are you going to tuck your tail and run?" "Your decision?" "After my arm heals, I'll return to work." "I apologize for coming early in the morning." "CONCERTO" "Episode 6 FAREWELL, SENSEI" "A MONTH LATER" "Didn't I tell you to make the crossbar as thin as possible?" "Hearing that for the first time." "How thin?" "6 mm x 15 mm." "I told Kakeru." "He didn't tell me." "Did he tell you guys about the crossbar?" "I inspected up to the fifth floor." "You didn't tell Oka about the crossbar?" "I forgot to." "I'm sorry." "I already told him." "I was going to tell him at tomorrow's meeting." "I told you about it last week." "I'm sorry." "I'm going back to the office." "Kakeru hasn't been himself lately." "He's pale and sometimes I catch him daydreaming." "Maybe he's tired." "What's this?" "!" "Kuromitsu, where's Kakeru?" "He's gone for the day." "These days, he's usually gone by now." "I still have things for him to do and then." "Where's Mr. Takakura?" "He isn't home." "Not home yet?" "Do you work with him?" "I'm Ebisawa." "Excuse my rudeness." "Kakeru should be home any minute now." "I see." "Is it urgent?" "Please come in." "He asked me to clean his apartment and" "I just finished." "Please wait inside." "Kakeru talks about you all the time and" "I met your wife once." "You're his..." "I live next door." "My name is Tatsumi Kyoko." "Kakeru's arm isn't completely healed yet so I'm doing house cleaning for him." "Thanks." "Don't you think they're wonderful?" "I studied architecture in college so" "I know how to read blueprints." "What do you think?" "They're good." "His combination of straight lines and curves is strikingly beautiful." "I think it's cruel of you to stop him from taking on other projects." "I'm sorry." "It's pathetic." "The lights are on all night and I wonder if he slept before running off to the office in the morning." "He's in agony because he can't draw now." "He's almost burned out." "Please, protect the talent he has." "Please lessen his workload." "At this rate, you'll destroy him." "He hasn't been waiting long." "I made the stock for your miso soup." "Thank you." "May I help you?" "She told me what kind of shape you're in." "I don't know what she said but don't take it seriously." "She does things I don't ask her to do." "It's irritating." "I'll just say what I came here to say." "You made a mistake at Sky City's construction site." "Mistake?" "I left you in charge for four days." "Why did you allow safety glass to be installed?" "I indicated that all glass was to be plate glass." "Why does it have wire in the glass?" "Up to the third floor." "For aesthetics sake." "I wanted transparent plate glass, 310 cm from the street." "You knew that, didn't you?" "I did, but I didn't notice." "You said you checked." "I'm sorry." "I wasn't paying attention." "Apologizing won't do any good." "I'll ask them to replace the glass." "You're going to ask them to redo it?" "At Toshin Komuten's expense." "I told them I wanted plate glass." "But, it was my mistake." "They won't redo it." "Are you going to leave it like that?" "Of course not, but..." "But, what?" "Safety glass is transparent." "I couldn't tell the difference." "The quality is different!" "You'll probably give in at the end." "What was that?" "The guys from Toshin Komuten said that." "You say a lot but in the end, you make compromises." "That's how they see you at the site." "I realized that the first time I went to a site." "I don't know how it was before but" "Mr. Oka is the only one who listens to what you say." "Not even the guys from Toshin Komuten..." "Anyway, replace the glass." "That's that." "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you come in." "Where did you find those?" "Behind the books on shelf upstairs." "I thought they were x-rated slides but they are all buildings." "Is this interesting?" "It is!" "You designed all these buildings." "I can learn about the young Kosuke I didn't know." "I'm hungry." "Let's eat." "Right away." "I want to go and see the actual building." "I passed the October Building In Ochanomizu many times but never knew you were the architect." "That's old it's been over ten years." "It's even in here." ""This is one of the buildings of the 80s."" "Give me credit." "Since I have lots of time." "I'm learning all about my husband." "Good for you." "Will Kakeru be an architect worthy of a book like this?" "Is he doing okay?" "Handling his own and the firms projects?" "Let's eat." "I went to see the October Building." "I'll be back by eight." "Hana." "What're you doing here?" "This building is well built." "Just by looking at it, you can't tell, but the frame is slanted." "The pillars are sturdy enough to withstand the many difficult functions and demands of the building." "This building is built like a giant tree." "Ebisawa Kosuke built this when he was 36." "Eleven years older than I am now." "Sometimes I come here and think..." "Could I build something like this 11 years from now?" "I ask myself, can you?" "It is so perfect, I can't take it." "The church isn't going well?" "Ready to give up?" "Sort of." "But I don't even have free time to say that." "I want time." "Time..." "No way." "It'll cost 10 million yen to replace the glass." "You got steel materials cheap." "You can cover it." "Please, my reputation." "Besides, for safety's sake, wired glass is best." "We can't spend another yen." "It specifically states plate glass on the blueprint." "It's your oversight." "But, Kakeru's supposed to check that." "It doesn't matter to us which one we install." "It doesn't matter?" "They're entirely different materials." "You think I'd recommend something so ugly?" "Even the sponsors will let it go like this" "If you tell them it'll cost another 10 million yen." "No one wants to take out more money." "The problem will be solved If you just let it go." "It's only glass." "Only glass?" "I went too far I take that back." "Change them." "It was on the blueprint." "Replace them with plate glass." "If Kakeru had checked it would've been done properly." "I realize that." "That's why I'm begging you." "There are things we can and cannot do." "Isn't Kakeru's inspection just as good as yours?" "Besides, it's almost five o'clock." "Close your eyes to this one." "He's pushing his weight around." "He wants to prove that he's the famous Ebisawa." "He'll forget about it in a couple of days." "Sensei, please stop him." "Kakeru said he's going to ask my boss to change the glass." "If he does that, I'll lose face." "Stop him." "I'm from Ebisawa Architecture." "My name is Takakura Kakeru." "I'd like to see the president." "Is he in?" "Someone from your office is..." "Please, let me see the president" "Please!" "It's about Sky City." "I mistakenly had the wrong glass installed from the first to the third floor." "I flawed Ebisawa Kosuke's art piece." "Sky City is wonderfully designed." "Toshin Komuten will be proud of the finished building." "Please, allow the glass to be changed." "Please, change the glass!" "Please!" "I'm a fool, I wasn't paying attention, the wrong glass was installed." "I apologize." "Glass changes light." "It really does." "Light is important to a design." "Please, change the glass." "Please!" "I have company." "What's all that racket!" "I'm very sorry." "Don't bother." "Was that Ebisawa Kosuke?" "The one shouting was his apprentice?" "Yes, his last name is Takakura." "Kakeru went to Toshin Komuten?" "It must have really bothered him." "What a rarity... for you to tell me about Kakeru regarding work." "You hardly do." "Kakeru respects you highly." "When I went to October Building this morning," "Kakeru was there." "He said he goes there sometimes, when he hits a dead end on the church project." "He told me a lot." "He said you work too hard." "If you limit your workload, maybe you'd be able to build another October Building." "Thank you, It was delicious." "Perhaps you don't mind since you built that wonderful building." "But, it may be cruel to force Kakeru to keep up with you." "He isn't as strong as you are." "He may not be able to build that church." "So?" "So..." "I was hoping you'd give him his freedom." "What about my work?" "If my next project isn't prepped, I'll lose it." "I can't handle everything by myself." "Kakeru has only been with you a year." "I suffered without him." "Sky City's rooftop idea was his." "Sky City will be a masterpiece." "I need Kakeru." "You can't design masterpieces like October Building without Kakeru?" "Take his advice and reduce your, workload." "Then you can work better and take pressure off Kakeru." "Who are you worried about, him or me?" "Both of you." "Who are you more worried about?" "You, of course." "But, I watched him labor over the church plans for 4 years." "Can't you see?" "Enough!" "From now on, mind your own business." "Stay out of my work." "I'm sorry." "Were you waiting long?" "No." "You look pretty today." "I always dress like this for work." "I'm accustomed to seeing you at home." "That's why I asked you to meet me here." "I'm sorry for taking you away from work." "It's okay." "I couldn't draw a thing today." "There's someone who'd like to meet you." "Will you agree to it?" "As usual, you're on time." "If I keep the president of Tatsumi House waiting, the employees will scold me." "Since times have been difficult and" "I can't pay them well I'm kept waiting all the time." "Allow me to introduce you to my father." "The name is Tatsumi Shugo." "She's told me all about you." "Takakura Kakeru." "I'm sorry I ran out of business cards." "I heard you today at Toshin Komuten." "I was moved." "I've been the president's friend for years but he is a stubborn man." "It's senseless to request anything from him." "Tatsumi House, the ready-built homes?" "A simple company, in the sticks." "I'm sure you've noticed but, my daughter is quite unique." "Refusing help from her parents, she's been living out on her own for five years." "Four years." "She told me she lives next door to a genius." "His name is Takakura Kakeru." "He drafts blueprints for Ebisawa Kosuke." "I'm unworthy of being called a genius." "If I was a genius, I'd be done with that church by now." "I looked at those plans with St. Marie Church's permission." "Then, I called Kyoko to praise her and tell her that she was absolutely correct." "Looking at blueprints is my business." "Here's the deal." "I want to buy your talent and passion." "Not now, one, even two years down the road." "I want you to work for me in Drafting." "If you prefer to have your own business" "I want to financially support you." "I want to contract your talent." "Will you think about it?" "He'll finance me?" "My father doesn't mind paying for talent." "He's ashamed that he doesn't have any." "Her sharpness comes from my late wife." "Ask him for the world." "He'll just cut a check for one, two hundred thousand yen." "I'm not worth that much." "To my father, you are." "If I can help, I'll backup the church project." "Then..." "Would you lend me ten million yen?" "Ten million yen?" "If I have 10 million yen it would put me at ease." "I can correct my mistake." "Do you need it right away?" "Ten million yen..." "That isn't for you to do." "I'm surprised to see you." "What're you doing here?" "How do you expect to pay for the broken glass?" "I have money." "It's my responsibility." "I'll take care of it." "It's not that I don't understand but." "I'm responsible for designing and building Sky City." "This is my piece of art, not yours." "You have no right to destroy it." "But..." "This'll work better." "I should've done this earlier." "Do you agree this building will be a masterpiece?" "It's the best design I've come up with in five years." "Agree?" "Then, no compromises." "How is the church coming?" "Having a hard time?" "Sort of." "Resign and concentrate on the church project." "I can't show you preference and give you time off." "I'll have to fire you in order to set you free." "You gave me the idea for the skylight." "You're leaving that as a parting gift." "You were going to quit after you broke the glass, right?" "I wanted to teach you more, but" "I think I managed to pass on the basics." "Learn the rest on your own." "It's what I did." "Take care." "Someone's coming." "Go on home." "I'll be fine." "I have another floor to do." "Better hurry." "See ya." "Drop by the office tomorrow for your paycheck." "Sensei!" "Thank you for the past year."