"No matter what the situation is, as long as you have passion, you should be able to create something new." "This is our precious restaurant!" "Thanks to me, this place will remain a French restaurant." "You tricked my dad, and stole our restaurant!" "I've finally got it, Hanako-san." "French Restaurant, Le Petit Chou, Grand Re-Opening!" "We'll get in the face of that new restaurant's opening!" "Cheers!" "This is a..." "French restaurant?" "I hate guys like you." "Eh~ Go ahead." "But..." "I can't hate your 'taste'." "...more like, I love it." "I might be in love with it." "Le Petit Chou?" "Leaving already?" "Yeah..." "I've got a ton of things to do." "I see." "You sure are busy these days." "I think I'm going to have to move out." "Eh?" "!" "When considering the restaurant costs, and a bunch of things..." "I just don't have enough cash." "What is this?" "Ah, I had a lot of orange peel leftover, so I made some marmalade." "Help yourself." "What a pretty color." "Should have studied more when I was being trained." "Hey, Eisuke." "I don't mean this in a bad way." "I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but... why did you start it up again?" "The restaurant." "She said "wrong way" twice..." "No, but I can more than understand Mariya's concern." "My current daily schedule is, recipe development and cooking practice starting at 7:30." "At 10, the rest of the guys show up, and I prepare for the day while teaching them." "Please take one!" "When that ends, we hand out fliers." "Then, restocking." "Then we return to the restaurant, and eat leftovers in 10 minutes." "Then we prepare to open." "Then we open at 5 PM." "And close at 1 AM." "Then comes dishes, packing up, cleaning the place, and the accounting." "After everything, I only leave by 3 AM." "It's past 4 by the time I've showered and hit the sack." "Why am I sacrificing so much of my life..." "Why?" "This is so good!" "Yeah." "This is great." "But seriously... aren't today's leftovers a bit 'too' good?" "This is a bit overly extravagant." "Yeah." "Yeah." "The fragrance of this rosemary...." "The winter vegetable terrine." "Even the chicken's grand mere..." "Do you know why... it's this extravagant?" "We haven't had a single customer all week... and there are so many damn leftover ingredients." "DAMN!" "He's tired." "Yup." "Again." "Hmm?" "What's wrong?" "I don't know." "Is this what they mean by "entering forbidden territory"?" "What, cigarettes?" "Or... bad drugs?" "You..." "Drugs, wha- even so, that's too much." "Drugs..." "What do you mean drugs?" "Geez." "You didn't fall in love with some strange man did you?" "No way." "It's not love..." "But it kinda feels like love." "No matter what I do, I can't forget that taste!" "Hey Eisuke, during this week," "I tried not to think about it, but... isn't this restaurant in a bit of a pinch?" "So we had 26 customers on day 1." "The sales added up to 96,500 yen." "But for the 6 days following, we haven't had a customer." "So, 0 gain in sales since then!" "So fees..." "Foodstuffs will cost 1,600,000 a month." "And the rent is 200,000 plus water and gas." "In addition the Grand Opening cost us a bit." "Plus, if we have to consider everyone's salaries..." "Oh, that's true." "What happens to all of our salaries?" "Ok..." "I don't care." "Damn it!" "You can't use a calculator?" "I'll do it." "Ah, please." "I've got it." "350,000 each." "Yay!" "Looks like we actually make quite a bit." "No, you're wrong." "It's -350,000 each." "Minus?" "!" "Eh, wait..." "What do you mean by minus?" "Meaning we get no salary?" "Or rather, you want us to pay?" "!" "Shut up, I'll pay your salary." "It's just that we're that much under." "I mean, no customers are coming, so profiting would be impossible." "A single customer's approximate purchase, ranges from 3,000 to 5,000." "so we'd need at least 30 customers a day, to stay afloat." "30 people... not happening..." "Did you even have a plan when you started this place?" "Management plan or the restaurant's concept." "Concept?" "I didn't think about those things." "I was just all into starting the restaurant." "The problem is probably this place's appearance." "Huh?" "Actually I..." "Is this even it?" "It is." "This is it." "See?" "Le Petit Chou." "This is it, ok?" "See?" "They came all the way to the front of the restaurant, but after checking out the exterior, this couple left." "Hey, quit it already." "You!" "If you're going to do this, make it a more proper restaurant!" "Proper restaurant?" "Yeah." "If we do this, we gotta get customers, and make this a place where we can consistently get paid." "I want a real job so I can get married!" "Hey, is it that!" "Now that you're 30... you've become like one of those office ladies who are worried about marriage?" "Yeah, I'm worried." "Got a problem with that?" "!" "Marriage, stability... you wuss!" "This is my restaurant!" "I don't give a damn about your life plans!" "You're the one who started this place so half-heartedly!" "You dog!" "That's dangerous!" "It wasn't half-hearted!" "Calm down." "What should we do?" "It's nothing new." "Hello." "Mina-chan, it's been a while." "Hey hey hey, let's meet up." "Eh?" "No, I was never in prison." "No, I was just..." "Geez, she hung up on me." "Huh?" "French Restaurant?" "What is going on in there?" "Seriously, what are they doing?" "Oh, I'm nobody suspicious." "Right, I'm here on delivery." "It has nothing to do with love, it's just a delivery." "I see." "If that is the case, then I suggest finding some new customers soon." "This place is going to go bankrupt soon." "Eh... bankrupt?" "There is no sense of a plan or concept here." "The owners probably lack the brains to do so." "This is a common pattern among restaurants that go bankrupt." "It not a restaurant that I have to worry about." "Bankrupt..." "This restaurant?" "Wait!" "Stop!" "Wait!" "Stop fighting!" "What are you doing?" "Are you ok?" "Ow..." "You're bleeding!" "Geez!" "Hurting a girl is totally a crime!" "She was the one that got in the middle of things." "Are you alright?" "I'm fine!" "I'm fine!" "I'm great!" "So... could I have... some of this food?" "Huh?" "Translators - yanie and koitsu" "Editor" " Enggrrl" "Re-timing  QC - koitsu" "I've had troubles even before all this." "I spoke with the higher ups, but... a major debut isn't happening." "Your songs and performances aren't bad." "(Seven years ago)" "(Seven years ago)" "But, even if you had some success during your school days, the world of pros is different." "But, you said that Eisuke's songs have appeal." "They do." "Now we just need to figure out how to take off." "Well, you're all young." "Take some part-time jobs, and slowly wait for your chance." "Hey, is this Taku?" "It's been a while." "Damn, that woman is way too laid back." "Geez, I haven't done any job searching." "Hey, just sleep with her." "Don't joke, as if I'd do that!" "Hey, you guys!" "Interested in letting a new vocalist in your group?" "Huh?" "Eh?" "Sup!" "Umm... your arm?" "Oh this?" "Well, yesterday... this girl got pissed and hit me." "Doesn't it hurt?" "Can you still play your guitar?" "No worries, I never could play it to start out with." "But, my voice is like godly." "Seriously, I want to hear it." "You want to?" "Let's see." "Well, I kinda got a cold." "Wonder what Taku is up to these days." "Who cares about that dumbass." "There, all done." "Thanks." "Now, eat up Miss." "Thanks a bunch!" "Why are you eating, pops?" "Stop scamming free food off me." "If you're gonna eat, then pay up!" "Money?" "If you're talking about that, then I have already." "That painting." "With that, I deserve around 5 years of free meals." "Eh?" "You painted that?" "Yeah, truthfully, that painting..." "Right now, that means nothing!" "You too." "Eat up, then hurry up and leave!" "We've got pre-opening prep to do." "What is with your tone?" "Your food sure is great, but how come your personality sucks?" "It sucks?" "Yeah." "You're always angry or stubborn." "Shut up." "It is none of your business." "It may not, but if you keep it up this place will totally go under." "Randomly fighting inside..." "That's why that curly-haired weirdo outside said you were brainless and were going to go bankrupt." "You can pay for the goods next time." "Excuse me." "If you keep it up, this place will totally go under." "Why did you start up that restaurant?" "Did you even have a plan when you started this place?" "Can I really continue this restaurant?" "Now, the people with the worst luck today..." "Sorry, its Aquarius!" "Something unexpected will cause a large disruption." "Work hard to withstand it." "But don't worry." "The lucky item for you is pink fancy goods." "Let's work hard today!" "Geez, that's some bullshit." "Wouldn't have to work hard if that's all it took." "If that is the case, we can't loan you anything right now." "Sorry to say this but, unless you put together a better plan, managing the restaurant will be tough." "I see..." "Huh?" "It's been a long time." "Hanako-san's son, right?" "Please leave a message at the..." "Still not picking up, eh?" "Huh?" "Weren't you out?" "Yeah, the meeting ended, so I came back." "I got these, so I wanted to invite my boyfriend." "Your boyfriend likes that stuff?" "Yeah, his father is an artist and his mother was a chef in a French restaurant." "He is blessed with art, like painting and music since childhood." "You're praising him again." "So, he's a musician?" "Yes." "I wish he would have remained a musician..." "They're precious guests." "Show them to their table." "Very well, Sir." "This way, please." "This is bad, man." "We're standing out." "You should've come here by yourself." "Trying the flavors of various restaurants is good research." "They'd serve us the food for free anyway, and we should observe how the staff work here." "Amuse Melted Cheese." "This is good!" "They arranged the food so artistically too." "Yeah." "You don't drink?" "I don't drink during work." "One beer, please." "Beer, beer." "Very well." "Hey, this isn't a bar." "Your parents had been very good to me." "I feel so honored that I was able to take on" "Hanako-san's restaurant like this." "Take on?" "Yes." "I heard you have opened a restaurant too?" "Wonderful." "Just one thing, though." "Could you do something about your restaurant's name?" "Huh?" "Le Petit Chou is... exactly the same as the name that Hanako-san's restaurant was known by." "If people mistake..." "No, actually there's no way people would mistake your restaurant with mine, but... if there's anyone who'd mistake that and go to your place instead, I'd be troubled." "What do you mean?" "In other words... it could leave a bad impression of this restaurant." "So I'm saying you better stop misleading the guests." "Do you understand?" "I was trying to avoid being straightforward, though." "Don't worry." "I don't consider your restaurant as a business rival at all." "I only hope you won't disturb our business." "That's all." "I don't consider your restaurant as my rival, either." "What do you mean?" "The restaurant that took on Yamate Hanako's spirit is not this creepy restaurant." "The French restaurant where we are working," "Le Petit Chou is the one!" "In other words, if you want it straightforward, this restaurant has absolutely nothing to do with my mother and it's completely crap!" "Crap?" "Apparently, I've invited some unsuitable guests." "They're leaving." "Young master." "Why is he here?" "What are you doing, Chef?" "We've got an order." "I like the taste of your food better though." "No, it's fine." "It was a good restaurant." "The atmosphere, the staff and more than anything, the food." "They arranged the food beautifully." "Well, the taste is a common taste, but..." "They're doing their job properly." "Well, its gotta be the owner's influence." "He's famous, after all." "You don't seriously intend to compete with this place anyways, right?" "Seriously?" "There's no way we can compete with them!" "Eisuke!" "It's the same painting." "It has the same name too." "Does that warehouse-like place have something to do with this restaurant?" "I wish I could have a single bite of that food this morning." "I'm so stupid, stupid, stupid." "Then just come to our place normally as a guest." "My restaurant is not your personal kitchen." "If you want to eat the food, then don't just come for the leftovers." "Just come normally as a guest and pay for the food." "I didn't come for the leftovers..." "Besides, I'm just a common college student." "I don't have a part-time job, so I don't have enough money to come and eat in a French restaurant often." "I see..." "Oh right." "This is our payment for the vegetables." "What's this?" "How cute!" "Give it back!" "Hey!" "Sorry, I couldn't resist." "I love those kind of things..." "Then, it's yours." "It's fine." "Is your leg okay?" "Yes, absolutely." "Actually, I should be apologizing for being so nosy earlier." "I'm very sorry." "Somehow, hearing some stranger say that the place would close down, made me feel worried." "Why would you be the one who feels worried?" "I'm the one who is supposed to feel that." "If it closes down in just two weeks, then its all my fault." "What are you talking about?" "!" "It's gonna be fine!" "Ow!" "What are you doing?" "!" "I mean... the food is that delicious!" "Actually, every night... no, I've been thinking of that food several times a day." "The fluffy tomato, the juicy meat, the melting canape..." "I can't wait to taste them again." "That's why, until the day I receive my pocket money, even when I have a bad hair day, or when I'm ignored in group date meetings, or when I have to write difficult reports, I decided to always give it my best." "That wasn't a canape, it was rillettes." "Actually, those weren't up to par..." "Those weren't good enough." "Listen." "Don't be satisfied with that level of taste!" "In this world, there are foods that would make you groan and become feverish because they are that good." "Really?" "I'll make you some." "One day, I'll make that kind of food for you." "So, come in legitimately on occasion." "I'll think of a menu thats affordable for college students." "Alright." "So you better not close down the place before that." "Who would?" "Plus, I don't need you worrying about me." "I wish that restaurant never closes down." "I wish that we'd finally get some customers today." "Okay." "Seriously?" "Dammit." "You sure aren't pulling punches today?" "Shit." "Can't believe it's raining today." "You really bring bad luck till the end." "Stop complaining." "Let's find a nearby place to..." "Let's go there." "We're lucky." "Here?" "We have guests?" "!" "You're too loud." "Why?" "We haven't opened up yet." "We know that." "But if we let this chance go, who knows when the next one will come, right?" "The rain has blessed us with our first 'normal' couple!" "If we're successful with our first normal guests..." "We'll find the motivation to change." "Alright." "Let's make a circle." "Okay, let's calm ourselves down." "This is our fight!" "We can do it." "It'll definitely go well." "Let's put our body and soul into performing the best live" "Oh, it's not a live performance." "It's not." "The best... meal that we can serve our customers." "Yeah!" "Ye... yeah." "Okay, let's go!" "Hey, this place is shady." "Let's leave." "Let's just stay here." "The rain is still pouring hard." "Again." "Another sigh." "I didn't sigh." "I was just normally breathing." "Why are you acting like this till the very end?" "I'm so sorry!" "You tend to make mistakes when you're nervous." "We have no choice..." "Take the order, Tsuyoshi!" "Me?" "Better not." "You've got tattoos all over your arms, they'll get scared." "Fine, leave it to me." "I was a manager in a bar for 3 years, y'know." "Thank you for waiting." "What would you like to have?" "This is good." "Middle-aged people like them would demand high-class service in a restaurant." "You better be careful with your words." "The menu is surprisingly pretty thorough." "Then, I'll have "Horse Mackerel Rillettes ~ Forest Winter"." "And Wagyu Beef Shiogama in Cuts..." "Wagyu?" "Don't order beef as you like." "You know that I'm currently on a dental treatment." "It's fine." "I'm ordering these for myself." "Oh, I see." "Then do as you please." "I'll have..." ""Hot Tara Pot and Tomato Pot-au-feu"." "Um, ma'am..." "If you don't want the hard ones, we do have rice here." "Oh, really?" "Then, I'll have that too." "Okay." "We'd like to have wine." "Red one." "White one." "Does red wine goes with mackerel?" "Can't believe it." "It's fine." "Let me drink what I want on the last day." "Oh no, this is bad." "Are they a couple on the verge of divorce?" "Batten maido!" "("thanks for the order")" "Ba... batten?" "Maido?" "I got the order from the new guests!" "Uhh..." "MackRille!" "WagyuShio!" "TaraPot!" "And 1 bowl of rice!" "Also, wine!" "Red and white, one each!" "Crap." "He had been working at a Kyushu bar." "Yeah." "Can't be helped." "Umm, you're..." "Ebina Mutsuko." "Mutsuko-san." "Mutsuko-san, you..." "In any case, just keep watching the guests." "If they're running out of water, immediately fill their glasses." "Just don't make them feel uncomfortable." "Let's do it!" "Yes!" "Okay!" "Looking at that order, they clearly have a refined palate." "They know what is freshest in this season." "Okay!" "Tsuyoshi, get me the horse mackerel, tara fish, and the pork caul (crepine)." "Um... that woman keeps looking this way..." "That's because you're sighing all the time." "Are you saying it's my fault?" "!" "She's definitely laughing at us." "How terrible." "The bad atmosphere between us is quite laughable, after all." "It's because you keep giving that sour look." "What a terrible restaurant." "Where are our dishes?" "Yes..." "Thank you for waiting!" "Here's the appetizer, "Horse Mackerel Rillettes ~ Forest Winter"." "It's finally here." "It took so long." "It's fine." "Stop complaining." "Can't you just stay quiet?" "You're the one who keeps complaining." "When I don't talk, you would complain that I sigh too much." "Not to mention, you..." "What's the sauce?" "Oh..." "It's a tomato dressing." "Coriander was also added to it." "I see..." "This is good." "Really?" "Delicious!" "Thank you." "Ouch." "Me too." "Welcome." "Oh, the girls." "This way, please." "No, actually I didn't want to come today." "But, um, my best friend has nothing to do and asked me to come here with her." "What are you saying?" "You like this place so much, that you couldn't stand it anymore and begged me to come with you." "Don't say that out loud." "But, is this okay?" "I only brought 2000 yen with me." "Hey, poor girl!" "Chou Farci and a Baguette won't cost more than 1000 yen." "With a glass of wine, it'll be a total of 1500 yen." "How's that?" "What's Chou Farci?" "You know that... it's cabbage roll in Japanese." "I'd like to have that." "How about that one?" "Not canape..." "Rillettes." "Then, it'd be 1800 yen." "Yay!" "Thank you for waiting." "Cheers!" "They have quite young guests." "Yeah." "Here's the main course!" "This looks great too." "Thank you for waiting." "Bread and our special rice." "What's that?" "You guys came again?" "You won't believe it." "Our CD release is postponed again." "I knew it." "We can't take it anymore." "Feed us with beer, and the awesome potato, okay?" "Sure, welcome!" "Batten maido!" "Beer and potato, please!" "It's "pommes frites"." "And now they're playing that music again." "We finally have new guests here." "They'll mess up the atmosphere." "Isn't it great?" "We have 10 guests, y'know." "That's right." "This is a miracle." "Thanks for waiting, guys!" "The food is delicious, but it's definitely a different restaurant." "Didn't you like this kind of noisy music long ago?" "When's your plane tomorrow?" "10 o'clock in the morning." "I see..." "It really is the same." "What's wrong?" "Does this place have anything to do with that remodeled restaurant that used to have the same name?" "So you know Hanako-san's restaurant?" "That's right." "That place was my wife's, his mother's restaurant." "That man is this owner chef's son?" "Yes." "That cabbage is him." "Le Petit Chou means little cabbage kid." "When Eisuke was a baby, Hanako-san had always call him that dearly." "Le Petit Chou, Le Petit Chou..." "like that." "Little cabbage kid..." "Yes." "Thank you for waiting." "Here's Chou Farci." "What a fancy cabbage roll!" "Let's have some." "Delicious!" "I feel so happy!" "This is the first time I've ever eaten such a yummy cabbage roll." "It's Chou Farci." "Alright!" "How about another glass?" "What?" "It's so noisy." "I said I want to drink another glass." "Better not." "You don't hold liquor well, and you must be full too." "Why are you always like that?" "What?" "It's so noisy here that I can't hear you." "I'm saying I don't want to go back home yet!" "This is our last night!" "We don't have to rush home that quickly." "I just thought you wanted to go back home soon." "You've been getting angry at me all day, after all." "I am." "Of course, I'm angry." "You decided on your own to go to the Paris branch because of your promotion." "We have talked about that already." "You were the one who said, "Perfect, then let's break up!"" "We have no choice." "There's no way we can maintain a long distance relationship at our age." "What?" "A couple with difficult circumstances?" "So they're not married." "Enough." "It's enough already." "Airing our dirty laundry so publicly is unbelievably embarrassing." "Embarrassing?" "The bill, please!" "Wait!" "The main course..." "We haven't serve you all of the main course!" "I'll pay for that." "No problem with that, right?" "No, it's a problem." "That's not enough." "What do you mean?" "You guys are our first normal guests!" "I'd like you to taste our main course, no matter what." "Okay?" "Please." "Just a bite." "Stuff some down!" "Stuff some down!" "?" "What kind of restaurant is this!" "?" "Red wine..." "Two more glasses of red wine." "Let's just have the main course we ordered." "Wait..." "I actually didn't want to break up with you." "I don't want to break up." "I don't want to go home just yet." "I'm very sorry." "Two more glasses of wine and the main course, please." "Very well!" "We have to thank the rain." "Let's come again sometime." "Together someday." "Then, cheers." "It's so good!" "I'm not sure what's happening, but I guess it's a relief." "Yeah." "Anyways, about the concept for the restaurant..." "I've thought about it." "What is it?" "I'd like to make this place a comfortable French restaurant." "Comfortable?" "Yeah." "A French restaurant that welcomes anyone." "I'll serve guests who wants to enjoy food with the genuine French stuff." "Guests who don't care much may eat anything they want." "We'll just serve them snacks and wine." "But the most important thing is, be it random or regular, we will welcome any guest who would open that door and come in to have a meal." "In any case, we will do everything we can, to make them enjoy the food and smile." "That's the restaurant I'd like to make." "That's nice." "That's definitely us." "Don't you think?" "Yes." "Well... for now, that'll keep our hands full." "But one day, I'll make better stuff, and make more guests happy." "One day..." "Let's surpass that creepy restaurant!" "Yup." "The restaurant that took on Yamate Hanako's spirit is not this creepy restaurant." "The French restaurant we're working at..." "Le Petit Chou is the one!" "He's more irritating than I expected." "Guess I'll crush them." "Crush?" "That place is easy to crush." "Sir, the guest who came earlier..." "Don't bother." "He doesn't matter." "No." "He is..." "Eisuke is..." "Cabbage kid..." "So you're falling in love after all, with that chef." "Huh?" "No, I'm not." "He's so rude..." "I only like his cooking...." "What?" "My Mom told me this." "To capture a man's heart one needn't get a hold of their heart but rather their stomach." "Get a hold of their stomach?" "Yup." "Open your eyes, Chie." "That guy has got a hold on you!" "Through your stomach!" "That guy has... through my stomach?" "That's it." "Love that starts from your stomach instead of your heart..." "That's very you." "Love..." "This feeling is..." "love?" "Sorry!" "You called me?" "The restaurant is finally closing down." "This late?" "Sorry." "I'm angry." "You must be." "I'm angry." "So..." "I came to scold you." "No way!" "Didn't you say you're out of town for a business trip today?" "I was on a business trip, I was working overtime." "But I missed you." "Eisuke, you smell." "Sorry, do I smell like oil?" "No." "I'm not sure but it's a delicious smell." "Today was a super great day!" "Really?" "Glad to hear that." "Ow, ow, ow!" "Takkun?" "Hey, you two!" "Yo!" "What?" "You're getting lovey-dovey here?" "You two still get along so well." "What are you doing here so late?" "!" "Hey, are you okay?" "Taku!" "Taku!" "Taku!" "Hey, Taku!" "Can you please call the chef here?" "I don't mind working for you." "You haven't been paying attention to me." "I brought along my office colleagues." "You better taste his cooking once." "I'm thinking of changing a bit too." "Alright!" "Let's do it!" "I really did fall in love with him after all." " Of course!"