"Subs by yuizaki_libra Special thanks to furransu and nomanymore" "Let us toast to Kurushima-kaichou." "Old Pal..." "This is the first cocktail that Kaichou praised as delicious?" " I think it is the most appropriate drink for this." " Indeed." "But it's really in a brink of an eye." "Today is already the seventh day after his death." "Yes." "As expected, it tastes quite bad when it's warm." " Sugiyama-san." " Because it really does taste bad." "Kaichou is weird, too, saying this thing is delicious." "He won't be telling us whether our drinks are good or bad anymore." "It's time." "Let's open the bar." "Yes." "I'm terribly sorry for taking such a long break." "It's okay." "You don't have to be that formal." "Thanks to you, my grandfather's funeral was able to go on smoothly." "It's okay to rest for 2 or 3 days more." "You look pretty tired." "I can't do that." "It's not often Henshuuchou assigns a project to me." "And then, I have to make up for the days I was on leave too." "Please take care of me from now on too." "Oh?" "We have a reservation for today?" "This is the seat where Kaichou often used to sit." "Let's leave it empty." "He has watched over us for a long time." " Let's offer him our respect and gratitude." " Mihashi-san..." "Regarding the selection of Cardinal's chief bartender, what has become of it?" "Even if the bar is completed," "Kaichou is no longer here." "Even if the bar is completed," "Kaichou is no longer here." "Normally, one's testament is only unsealed 49 days after one's death." "However, it's Kaichou's dying wish to have it unsealed as early as possible." "Yes." "Well then, I shall now be opening Kurushima-kaichou's testament." "Even if the bar is completed," "Kaichou is no longer here." "Miwa-san..." "Welcome to the bar." "It's been a long time." "Thank you all for coming to my grandfather's funeral... despite your busy schedule." "Have you been able to rest your mind a little?" "Yes, I'm fine." "Then, this way, please." "Welcome to the bar." "I have been waiting for you." "Leaving the seat empty for him..." "I think Ojii-chan must be very happy." "We can only do this much for him." "Like this, Ojii-chan can come to Lapin anytime, right?" "That..." "That makes me nervous!" "To think that our strict Kaichou is still watching us...right?" "I'm alright with it." "Don't give me such a tasteless reply!" "Eh?" " Be careful." "Can you walk?" " No problem!" "I'm not drunk." "But I'm really happy." "Everyone still thinks of Ojii-chan that much..." "Ah..." "Are you okay, Miwa-san?" "Hey, are you feeling ill or something?" "Miwa-san?" "My phone... won't ring anymore." "What?" "Ojii-chan... always called me before I went to sleep." "To say "good night" to me..." "Even though I told him "It's fine, I'm not a child anymore..."" "But since my parents are not here anymore, he did that so I wouldn't get lonely." "It won't ring anymore..." "From now on till forever, it won't ever ring anymore." ""West Park Hotel Group will buy out Cardinal?" Aiming at Japan's top brand." "Sorry about yesterday." "I was drunk and unconsciously became over-emotional." "Not at all." "It's okay." "This is my apology." "Drink it." "Thanks." "You know, yesterday, I met with our attorney and he opened the testament." "The shares worth some hundred millions that belonged to Ojii-chan will now be mine." "I see." "But under the circumstance," "I will become the main stockholder." "Which means I have to enter the hotel and to be treated as an executive." "You intend to succeed Kaichou?" "Of course, I want to protect the hotel." "But for me to enter such a position, it's absolutely impossible." "I can't imagine a Cardinal without Ojii-chan..." "Ojii-chan must have wanted to see it... when Cardinal's Main Bar is completed." " That?" " Yeah." "He left it a the ward room." "The Main Bar's blueprint." "Ojii-chan always looked at this and contemplated about it." ""What kind of bar should I create...?"" "Surely, just like before," "I wanted to realize it..." "Ojii-chan's last dream." ""Chief bartender to be decided."" "Manager!" "I am really sorry for calling you here like this." "There's something I would like to inform you." "Hello." "At the moment, our hotel Cardinal is being targeted due to its foreign capital strength." "We are in a situation where we must immediately begin all the preparations and get ready to open the main bar." "And then, Kaichou has put great trust in Kase-san and left it in his hands to select who the chief bartender will be." "In Kase-san...?" "If I can be of any help." "Kaichou has set his eyes on Kuzuhara Ryuichi and Sasakura Ryu." "He wants to choose between those two." "I understand." "I would like to hold the judgment at Bar Lapin." "At Lapin?" "More than any other bars," "I think it is only appropriate to hold it at Lapin, which has been loved by Kaichou for many years." "The date shall be March 24." ""Deadline to respond whether to succeed the inheritance" March 24, 2011" "March 24." "To me, opening the best Main Bar in Cardinal is to fulfill my wish to once again bring the happy dream" "I had at that time into this world." "I wanted to realize it..." "Ojii-chan's last dream." "Sorry for making you come all the way here." "No..." "Sorry." "This is the place where the Main Bar, Kaichou's long-time dream, is planned to be built." "This place is where our guests' dreams will be granted." "And that is the job of the person who will become the chief bartender of this Cardinal." "The selection of the chief bartender will be held at Bar Lapin on March 24." "The theme of the selection is..." ""The drink you will serve to the First Guest."" "First customer...?" "When this Main Bar is opened, what will you offer to the first customer that comes to us?" "Doesn't matter whether it's an already existing recipe or an original one." "I understand." "I promise that I will make the best drink that will not mar Cardinal's reputation" "That's all." "Excuse me." "Just before Kaichou passed away, I received a phone call from him." "He said that you would be aiming to become Cardinal's chief bartender." "After Kaichou passed away..." "I started to think whether there is still any meaning in my aiming to become the chief bartender." "But that is not it." "Even though Kaichou is no longer here, that thought does not disappear." "I will shape Kaichou's thoughts into a dream." "I won't lose to you." "Kaichou was... the person who gave me hope when I was about to give up being a bartender." "Eh?" "I am obligated to return Kaichou's favor." "That's why it doesn't matter who my opponent is." "I will use my own power to crush you." "I have no intention to be crushed by you." "The theme of the selection is..." ""The drink you will serve to the First Guest."" " Here you go." "My new dish." " Wow~" "I named it "The mix to cheer Miwa-chan up."" "Eh?" "He's like this when he's worried about someone." "If there's something bothering you, you can tell me anytime." "Rather than an old uncle like you, Ryu-chan is better, right?" " Then, let's call Ryu-chan here!" " You can't!" "Right now Sasakura-san is working very hard in making coctail." "He doesn't have time for this." "I'm perfectly all right!" "I'm digging in." "Looks delicious~" " What a brave girl." "Though she's having such a hard time." " Delicious~" "Well then, please begin making your drink." "Mihashi-san, what on earth is Sasakura making?" "Perhaps, American Beauty." "The... the one they say it's hard to make?" "It is said that if there are a hundred bartenders, there is only one among them who can make this cocktail perfectly." "One in a hundred people?" "...But isn't it pretty easy?" "No." "Here comes the challenging part." "It's difficult to make a small quantity of port wine float on the surface." "Because an alcohol with a high sugar content like port wine won't float on the surface and will sink easily." "Amazing..." "This is American Beauty in Cardinal's style." "Beautiful..." "It's perfect." "It is no doubt a crimson rose blooming on the counter." "Rose?" "Oh, you mean the color?" "American Beauty is a type of rose." "I know that!" "This glass is a "bouquet of gratitude" to the very first customer who comes to the bar." "Please help me with it." "Let me too." "I don't know what kind of cocktail Kuzuhara-kun will be making, but if you make this cocktail..." "Excuse me." "Is the shop closed already?" "No." "This way, please." "Are you enjoying your current job?" "As a bartender?" "Yes, thanks to god." "I see." "I'm envious." "I never thought my job is enjoyable." "I also hate myself for complaining like this." "This is what I think." "Isn't something you hate right now your chance to change yourself?" " It's good." " Thank you very much." ""Here lies Sir Kurushima"" "Finally, the outcome will be determined tomorrow." "If you become the chief bartender of Cardinal, what do you think is awaiting you?" "I don't know what is." "But I do want to become a true bartender." "When Kase-san told me about the Glass of God in France," " Ryu, do you know this?" " What, sir?" " The Glass of God." " The Glass of God?" "The ultimate drink that all bartenders aim for." "The final glass that can help rescue a broken soul hurt by loneliness, wandering about and heading nowhere" "is called "The Glass of God."" "There was never a day I have forgotten about that." "But, what should I do in order to be able to create the Glass of God..." "Even when I felt like I know something, it immediately disappears again to some faraway place..." "Deep down, you must have a heart that wants to save someone in despair right before your eyes." "If you don't have that strong heart, you can't be deemed a true bartender." "Can you persist in nurturing a heart like that?" "Tomorrow is finally the day, isn't it?" "Yes." "Sasakura, that thing... that." "Even if you lose, don't get too depressed." "You are Lapin's Sasakura Ryu." "Isn't that enough already?" "If you are gone..." "I will feel I..." "feel lo..." "I won't feel lonely at all!" "It is a hassle since there will be too much work." "Yes!" "That's why... just take it easy and do your best!" "Thank you very much." " Sasakura-kun." " Yes." "Can you give this to Miwa-san for me?" "I have got some great strawberries." "They are Miwa-san's favorite." "Yes." "Speaking of which, I haven't seen her lately." "Yeah." "If you're looking for Miwa-san, she went out to get some fresh air." " Then, I will wait here for a while." " You can't." "Go home." "Miwa-chan will get angry at us." "Tomorrow is the cocktail selection right?" "Even though Miwa-chan has been quite depressed lately, she doesn't want to bother Ryu-chan, because you yourself are very busy too." "She is really enduring the pain alone." "Well then, let us begin the selection for the chief bartender of Cardinal's Main Bar." "Here at the bar that Kaichou has always loved, Bar Lapin, and among people who are close to him, let us begin the selection." "I believe Kaichou will also give his consent." "I have one proposition to make." "Between Kuzuhara-kun and Sasakura-kun, who will be the more suited one to become the chief bartender," "the one who will decide that is not me." "Miwa-san, I'd like to leave it to you." "No.. that is... umm... eh..?" "I will...?" "Why?" "Miwa-san is the person who can understand Kurushima-kaichou's passion the most." "Besides, rather than a professional bartender like me, someone closer to being a customer is more suited to pass the judgment." "And most importantly, from now onwards, the one who will be deciding Cardinal's future... is no one else but you, Miwa-san." "I understand." "I shall take over." "Well then, the theme of the selection is "The drink you will serve to the first customer."" "The Main Bar opens, and the first customer is Miwa-san." "I want each of you to make a drink in which you will put all your pride as a bartender and your utmost soul." "Begin!" "What's wrong with him?" "From the bottom of your heart, you must have a heart that wants to save someone in despair right before your eyes." "If you don't have that strong heart, you can't be deemed a true bartender." "The heart that wants to save someone..." "What I can do for Miwa-san..." "How about that American Beauty drink?" "He seems to be making another one." "Even though he's been practicing to make it perfectly for today.." "Why...?" "Well then, Miwa-san." "This is an original cocktail?" "I will..." "make a miracle happen with this one drink." "Miracle?" "A bartender in Raffles Hotel in Singapore created a cocktail called "Singapore Sling,"" "which was loved by the whole world, and at the same time, made the name of Raffles Hotel well-known internationally." "With this cocktail," "I would like to create a turning point even more historic than that." "People will gather at Cardinal to seek this one drink." "I will, in turn, serve all of them equally, and offer them this perfect drink." "From the top of Japan..." "to the top of the world..." "This is the proof of my promise that I will create this miracle." "This is "Top of Cardinal."" "Top of Cardinal..." "Delicious." "The ice and the alcohol are miraculously balanced." "There's this gentle fragrance that tastes like honey, and a flavor of Bourbon." "Everything is perfect..." "It was very delicious." "Well then, please continue..." "Yes." "This is a cocktail called "XYZ"." "XYZ?" "As you know, those are the last 3 letters in the alphabet." "Its name means that there is no other than this ultimate cocktail." "But this is what I think." "XYZ is not the end." "Because there is an ending, people can once again look to the future and start afresh." "That's why, the end is also the beginning." "To people who is living in utmost sadness, there are no words I can say to them." "In the face of great sadness, words of sympathy are only useless." "But the glass does speak." "It knows your suffering." "It understands your loneliness." "It knows that you're never alone." "With the memories that pile up in your heart, you will definitely be able to face the future." "This is the glass of that beginning, XYZ." "Ojii-chan..." "I have decided." "I have decided." "Between Kuzuhara-san and Sasakura-san, who will become Cardinal's chief bartender." "Both cocktails were incredibly delicious." "I can't decide who wins based on the taste of their cocktails alone." "However, this is the selection... for Cardinal's chief bartender." "I have made my decision from that perspective." "The chief bartender shall be..." "Kuzuhara-san." "I believe that the one who can save Cardinal from its difficult situation right now... is none other than this one drink made by Kuzuhara-san." "Sasakura-san!" "Hm?" "Is something wrong?" ""Is something wrong?"..." "Um..." "That..." "By any chance, you are bothered about me?" "Because you didn't choose me?" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sure Kaichou is praising you in heaven." ""Well done, Miwa." "That is the right decision."" "You know, I..." "I was saved by your glass." "After Ojii-chan passed away, I was lonely," "I was so lonely that it seemed I really had to move on." "But I did not know what to do next." "I could not think..." "I hate myself like that." "But when I drank the cocktail made by Sasakura-san, my heart is resolved." "I have to accept that my old world is ending and that a new world is beginning." "It gave me the strength to move forward." "I..." "was saved by that glass." "To me, that glass is... the Glass of God." "I thought I was the most unhappy person in the world." "Getting sacked by Kase-san in Paris," "I came back to Japan and gave up on being a bartender..." "I thought I was the most unhappy man in the world." "But then I met Miwa-san." "You're Sasakura Ryu right?" "That bartender?" "Tonight is the first time after so long I was served such a good drink." "I met Kaichou..." "I was able to stand at the counter in the best bar and with wonderful seniors." "And now, like this, there is a customer who is delighted by the cocktail I made." "Even though she's always nagging me." "I can say that I am confident now." "And that I am..." "the happiest bartender in the world." "Sasakura-san..." ""To Kase Goto." "Please pardon my blunt request." "I hope you will guide Sasakura Ryu and Kuzuhara Ryuichi so that the two of them will be able to make the Glass of God." "Kurushima Taizou"" ""One month later"" "I'm so sorry." "I will redo it." "But she is really something right?" "Even though she inherited the shares, and became the main shareholder, she still entered as a new employee." "She said she is still only a novice, and that she wants to start from scratch in order to learn the job." "That's not something anyone can do." "True." "But that is just like her." "He quit?" " What do you mean, "he quit?"" " Oh please calm down." "Like I said, Sasakura quit last week." "What...?" "Miwa-san really thinks of Sasakura like that..." "As long as I'm here, I will end up spoiling myself." "In order for me to improve myself, please do me this favor!" "Welcome to the bar." ""Congratulations on opening." "To Bar Eden Hall." "From Kuzuhara Ryuichi"" "Welcome to the bar." "I have been waiting for you." "This way, please." "Thanks for watching!" "^^"