"Didn't Kindaichi have no" " use for you in the end?" " Are you quitting?" "You're all not being honest to yourselves." "That's how you get results in business." "Nothing to do with the process." "I know that I like the way he does things." "Anyway, you know all this right?" "You know where you should go." " Welcome back." " Welcome." "I'm back." " Thanks for waiting." " Sure." " Go?" " Are you going?" " Moai-san." " No, Kindaichi." " I'm..." " I'll go then." "This way." "Ah, excuse me." "Excuse me." "Thank you." "Wow, great!" "Kindaichi-san, Moai-san." "This is really good." "It really shows off my figure." "Want to look?" "I won't show you." "This is a bit tough." "Why didn't you buy a coat?" "It was warm in the shop." "I think this looks good on me." "Perfect fit." "Like a woman would wear in Manhattan." " Really?" " Yeah." " What about me?" " You've got some impact now." "I'd probably notice you if I saw you in town now." "Is that a compliment?" "You said probably." "Right?" "Wow!" " Let's go?" " It's cold." "Let's go." "Oh, they wrote it in." "Are you okay?" "That's not a door." "Haha, terrible." "This is the famous thermos from the newspapers and magazines." " Welcome." " Wow!" " How do I look?" " Well," " it looks good." " It does." "It does but you still don't have that Presidential feeling." "Really?" "Is it that important?" "That color, maybe it's too flashy?" "It's cool but maybe a bit much." "A flashy guy?" "Wait a second." "This is a bit much." "Yeah, right." " I'll take it." " Thanks." "Okay okay, Moai-san." " Put it somewhere." " Why me?" " Why did you give it to me?" " Put it here." " Good morning everyone." " Good morning." "President!" "You don't need to stand up for me." "And stop with the President business." "But you three look quite different." " Huh?" " Wearing those expensive suits." "We decided to go for it" " to celebrate the new office." " Looks good." "Happiness Thermos has been soaring like a bird." "It's all thanks to you guys." "Thank you." " Thank you." " Although I think this office is a bit too big." "Right." "We should have moved out of the apartments before changing offices..." " So to celebrate the office..." " Didn't listen to me." "Let's have our first Happiness Thermos meeting at the new office." "Things seem to be going well for Happiness Thermos." "Your investment gave us some breathing room." "Thank you." " Thanks." "Go ahead." " Thank you." "You've expanded the company." "Maybe now it's time to think about new products?" "Well, I thought about sticking with thermoses for the time being." "Our manufacturers have been thinking about going from two to" " three day thermoses." " I see." "You're trying to keep alive the dying" " wishes of the old President." " No no," " that's not it." " I see." "I heard from Yoko that you're a Hiroshima Carp fan?" "Ah, yes." "My Dad was a fan." "That's all I remember about him." " What do you mean?" " Well, I..." "I only met my father once." "My first and last time, it was my first baseball game, a Hiroshima one." "He got Kitabeppu to sign a ball for me then." " Kitabeppu?" " Yes." "When was that?" "First title for Carp in four years, so 1979." "Oyashiki Iwao" "Dad!" "Let's play catch." "I'm going back to work." "You should study instead of playing." "The reform was a big success." "Profits and stock prices are up." "Your father would have been proud." " About that matter you brought up." " That matter?" "To take down Happiness Thermos?" "Make it happen." "Happiness Thermos have been quite successful for awhile now." "This will be interesting." "End it all." "Let's eat." "My fish seems to be a bit small." " Look.\" " I think you're seeing things." "I'm not." "Look, compare them." "It's fine, let it go." " Huh?" " Don't be so greedy Kindaichi." " You're being immature." " Hey now," "I'm the one who got the fish." "Did you get it just so you could tell us all about it?" "That's not what I intended." "Ichirin-san, your fish is so big!" "The poor don't let go of the things have so easily." "Anyway, how long are you going to stay here?" " How long?" " This place is for people who don't have much money." "If you're making money, you should move on." "That's right." "That's what I said." "Last time, I said we should think about moving out." "Yeah, we could affair that at least." "Why?" "It's comfortable to live here." "We started Happiness Thermos right here." "Yeah, you've been a big help here." " Why?" " With you here we get more food, haha." "You!" "You lose your pride as a poor person, it's all over." "You'll be like those guys." "Hmm?" "Ah." "Thanks for the gift!" "You can't get full on just pride anyway." "Then Kindaichi can stay here and we'll move out." " Serious?" " I'm very serious." "I mean, you don't want to sleep like a river with Nikaido-san forever, right?" " That's right." " I feel like my luck will run out if I stay here." "Ow!" "Sorry." "You don't to worry so much." "It's my sixth sense." "I feel something is going to happen." "I mean, we've just been flailing around here eventually something will happen..." "What?" "Stop it!" "Go-chan said so too!" "Go-chan?" "That strange fortune teller?" "He said there will be a big disaster." "Disaster?" "What kind of disaster?" "Excuse me." "Oh, surprising." "Disaster?" "Is President Kindaichi in?" " Calling for you." " Me?" " Did you buy something?" " What what?" "Yes?" "What do you want?" "I'm Tsukuda, the corporate lawyer for Miracle Electronics." "Corporate lawyer?" "Ah, thanks." "I'm here today to discuss a serious violation of patent rights with our company." "What?" "Patent rights?" "The patent for your latest thermos is currently held by Miracle Electronics." "You have no rights to deal with the product." "Now wait a minute." " That thermos is our..." " There is no mistake in this matter." "In the meantime, while we settle this patent case in the courts, sales of your thermos have been temporarily suspended." " What?" " But..." "Suspended?" "Translation:" "Rollins Timing: furransu" "Priceless" " There's no such thing!" " Hurry up." " Oh here it is!" " I saw it in the paper." " I'm sorry." "We currently can't sell this product..." "What's all this about patent rights now?" "Miracle is claiming patent rights over the thermos you made." "But why now?" "They probably have other things in mind too." "We're on the verge of getting bigger" " so he wants to stop that?" " But I don't understand why he's doing this." "We're the ones who made it." "He said that he was done making thermoses too." "Yeah." "But I don't know if we can win this though." "They've got a bunch of lawyers ready to go." "And regardless of the trial result our image will suffer." "So in other words, we're in" " a bad spot.\" " Yes." " Kindaichi-san!" " Yes?" "Those guys from Miracle are trying to take" " us out." " What happened?" "They're trying to buy up all the involved companies." "This is bad." "Get out!" "Your company is the absolute worst!" "We'll come and talk at another time then." "You don't have to!" "Get out!" "I can't do this..." "We've started talking about buying up the companies." "Now it's just a matter of time." "The longer this goes on the harder it gets for them." "A patent battle is the most embarrassing thing a company could suffer." "Make sure we're ready to recoup our damages." "Understood." "Don't look so down." "We wouldn't turn on Happiness Thermos that easily, okay?" "Of course!" "We can get through this." "But, what can we do right now?" "We can prepare for the trial." "And start thinking of a new product." " Right now?" " Since we can't make any thermoses now, we need to make something else people will enjoy." "Let's think about it." " Dad, you have a moment?" " Yeah." " What are you doing?" " I'm looking for an old photo album I had." " What's up?" " Oh." "I think things were getting tough for Happiness Thermos." " Yeah." " What are you going to do?" "I'll talk with them." "Before things get any worse." " I'm home." " Welcome back." "Where did you go today?" "Visiting some of our partner companies." "It seems things are getting a little more complicated." "Found a lawyer?" "Yeah, we spoke but it sounds like we have a small chance of winning." "With no sales, we have no profits." "We won't be able to pay our partners or rent our office." " Where's Kindaichi?" " President Hirose asked to see him." " Sorry to bother you when you're busy." " Not at all." " Take a seat." " Sure." " Hello." " I didn't hear anything" " about him coming." " Because I didn't say anything." "I didn't tell Kindaichi-kun either, so I could get the two of you in this room." "So, what do you want to talk about?" "It's about the patent issue." "Our preparations for trial are going well." "It has been made quite clear that our company has been taken advantage of by Happiness Thermos." "Don't talk like you've already won." "Let the court know of any complaints then." "Well, I don't know if they'll listen" " to you anyway." " What?" "Let's calm down." "President Oyashiki, I'd like to talk to you about dropping the complaint." "Of course, I don't want to see my investment in" "Happiness damaged here." "And it won't be for free." "How about you get a 8% share of any profits that the thermoses make?" "I have to refuse." "Our company is steadfast in our opinion on this matter." "Excuse me." "A failed negotiation." "I mean, after you did all this too." " I'm sorry." " Don't worry about it." "By the way, Kindaichi-kun." "Why did you start working for Miracle Thermos?" "Well, there was no big reason." "When I graduated from university, it was a tough time for jobs." "I applied to a lot of companies but couldn't do it." "But, there's was one company that lasted, which happened to be Miracle Thermos." "I thought I couldn't do it at first." "But things started going well." "I made it to the final interview." "Who was there at the final interview?" "Ah the former President Oyashiki." "Thank you." "President Oyashiki, did something happen?" "Ah, yesterday I went to a baseball game with my son." "Oh." "Toichiro-kun?" " Ah, no." " No?" "Six years ago, I fell in love with a woman other than my wife." "And we had a child." "Actually, I just found out about him recently." "I offered to pay some child support, but she refused my requests." "I was able to get one chance to go to a baseball game with him." "I got Kitabeppu to sign a baseball for him." "He was really happy." "I think he'll be a big Hiroshima fan now." "Cain and Abel." "Understood." "Next time then." "Okay." "Goodbye." "Ah, we had to come back here after all." "We have to reduce expenses." "We only used that big meeting room twice!" " Right?" " Yeah, true." " Welcome back.\" " Hello." "Moai-san!" "We had to move all this stuff, where were you?" "Ah, sorry." "I was walking around." "Kindaichi, what are you planning now?" "Planning?" "All we have is the trial." " That's all we have to do." " We're going to lose." "We're basically going against a tank." "So what, should we just surrender?" "I'm talking about withdrawing." "We're just stuck in the mud like this." "Then Moai-san, you think we should let this all go?" "We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves." "That's not it." "We can't just sit here with our tails between our legs." "We told our partners that we were going to fight." "We can't let Miracle do as they please." "We need to think of new products too." "If we pull back now we'll lose everyone's motivation." "I agree with him, Moai-san." "Could you two come with me for a bit?" "Moai-san, hello." " Hello." " Hello, where's the President?" "He's making a few visits." "He'll be back soon though." "Hows work going?" "We've stopped making thermoses." "We've had to stop everything because of this." "Hey hey..." "I'm sorry." "They're not just losing Happiness business." "The rumors about the case are spreading." "No one wants to work with a company associated with trouble." "But nothing's been decided." "This is reality." "The other companies are the same way." "Kindaichi." "Everyone wants to follow you." "So we need you to step up and apologize on behalf of everyone" " But..." " I..." "I know how you feel." "You're not the only one who feels bad..." "Moai-san?" " Moai-san?" " Are you okay?" "Overwork?" "Moai overdid it again." "What was Moai-san doing all this time?" "He was visiting all the clients of our partner companies." "He did what he could to help them." " I'm sorry for this." " No," "I'm sorry for not understanding how you felt." "Ah, I'm just a little tired." "I'll come back to work tomorrow." "You can go." "You surprised me." "Don't look so down." "You still want to continue Happiness Thermos?" "So keep looking forward and be a President." "We'll be there with you." "It'll be okay." "Haha." "Get out of here." " Make sure to rest up." " Thanks." "Here." "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "I guess I'm not suited for all this." "Being a manager." "I think I just got all caught up when things were going good." "Doing things by chance, getting everyone involved but then overworking everyone without knowing why." " It's terrible." " That's not true." "I won't deny you do things by chance and get everyone all involved in things." "But, everyone is having a good time." "I mean, just think about it." "If you weren't here we wouldn't have accomplished all this." "Me too." " Huh?" " Well..." "I mean, I can't respect how Miracle does things." "A big company like that, pushing around small guys." "Next time I see that guy, I'm going to punch him." " Where are you going?" " To see the President." "Thanks." "Hello." "I'd like to see President Oyashiki." "Do you have an appointment?" "Could I just have maybe five minutes?" "Could you wait a moment?" "President." "It looks like Kindaichi is downstairs." " You don't need to see him." " There's a chance he might be violent because he can't win the case." "It's no problem." "Let him in." "Excuse me." " So, why are you here?" " President Kindaichi." "I know that you don't like the way I do things." "But the business world is a severe one." "Your company can be doing well one day and then go bankrupt the next." "It's possible." "Yes, I know all about that." "So, then why are you here?" "You know that you have to respect the law." "You don't need to see him directly...hey, you!" " I have a request to make." " A request?" "Can Miracle start making thermoses again?" "I'd like to give everyone that I worked with another place to start making thermoses again." "If you do this, then I'll give Miracle all the rights to making thermoses." "And..." "I'll have no problem with closing up Happiness Thermos." "You come to us now with this..." "I know it's a big request." "And I'm sorry for my behavior up to now." "So...please." "Please!" "Understood." "I'll think about it." " Really?" " I have to take responsibility for my employees and their partners too." "Thank you very much!" "Ah, great." "Well, thank you again." "Is that enough for you?" " Huh?" " So simply." "Closing up your company so simply?" "It doesn't matter where." "At least those guys will be able to keep making thermoses." "That's what important." " What about yourself?" " I'm fine." "I'm just back at square one." "In any case, please take care of everyone." "Excuse me." "Kindaichi-san?" " Hey." " What's going on?" "I just met with the President." " Huh?" " I told him that Happiness Thermos is finished." " The patent case?" " Yeah." "Yeah, we're beat this time." "So there will be no more thermoses?" "Ah, Miracle will take over that." " Really?" " Yeah, I'm relieved." "But what about you?" "I'll figure something out." "You worked so hard on the thermos though." "I'm blessed with good friends." "I couldn't have done it without them." "They're irreplaceable." "There's no substitute for the people around you." " You too." " Huh?" "Work hard, okay?" "Come on." "Today is the last day for Happiness Thermos." "Huh?" "What?" "Why?" "So you want us to work for Miracle again?" " Yes." " There's no way..." "Even though you're going back to them, you can still work on the thermoses." "The most important thing is that you guys can keep working on making them." "It's not that easy!" "We want to do it with you!" "Right!" "We don't want to go back to them!" "We all feel the same way, Kindaichi-san!" "That's right!" "Moai-san." "Everyone." "Please wait a minute." "Are you okay?" "He wants to work on the thermoses with you more than anyone here." "However, times are tough now." "Even if Kindaichi has to pull a few strings, he doesn't you all to lose a place to make them." "That's why he's doing this." "You need to understand why." "Please." "Everyone." "Please keep on doing your best." "Thanks for everything up to now." " Thank you." " Thank you." "Understood." "We'll do our best." "You guys too!" "Yes." " Good luck!" " Do your best!" "Make sure you do your best too!" "Okay?" "Moai-san, are you sure you're okay?" "Ah, I'm fine." "Sorry to make you worry." "I guess it's back to the drawing board for us." "Yeah, we'll have to leave that office too." " Hey." " Hmm?" "For you two." "Hmm?" " What's this?" " Severance." "It's not much though." " Hmm?" " For helping you leave this place." "Start a new life." "What are you saying?" "We're at the start line together, right?" "Yeah." "Just like when we started." "You couldn't do anything" " by yourself." " But," "Kindaichi did get this for us." "That's right." "He did." " Thanks." " Thanks." "Ah!" "What a waste!" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Ow!" " Ow!" " Didn't hurt." " Kindaichi, we're going to the park!" " Park?" "Get some wild flowers." "Want to help?" " We'll go fishing at the river too." " Okay." " Let's go." " Us too?" "I need to buy something then!" "We can't waste that money, we're poor!" " I have to change!" " Me too!" "I need to change!" "Ow ow!" "This is my only good suit!" " Hello." " Please come in." " Hello." " Hello." "Everyone, please." "I have no intention of changing my plans." "We do not plan to restart make thermoses." "I hope you all understand." " That's..." " What!" "Wait, that's not what you promised." "Enomoto-kun?" "Kindaichi-san asked you to help." "He wanted you to keep making thermoses." " That's why everyone..." " He doesn't work for Miracle Electronics." "I'm the one who decides the future of this company." "All of you can be replaced." "You need to understand that." "This is always good." "Yeah, it is." "It's been awhile since we were selling these." "Yeah, a lot has happened." "Then we made a thermos, made a company and started selling beyond expectations." "And then Miracle took us out in the end." "I wonder what kind of person is President Oyashiki?" "I wonder too." "But why?" "You didn't figure it out when you were there?" "Well..." "Selfish, arrogant, and smug." "He gets people around him to do what he wants." "He's like you in" " that way." " What?" "But it feels like he's a bit more lonely." " Lonely?" " Yeah, it's just a feeling." "But yeah, I think he's a lonely guy." " Why?" " Do you like him?" " What?" "Are you stupid?" " You've got something..." " What?" " Here." "You're smothered in it." " Sorry." " What are you doing?" " I had to wipe it off." " Use a napkin." "Your sleeve was there." "It sounds like management and accounting are going to decide what happens to the Happiness people." "Then all the staff is going" " to be cut then." " He just thinks of everyone as gears in a machine." "All of you can be replaced." "There's no substitute for the people around you." "We're not gears in a machine." " Enomoto, a moment?" " Sure." " Can you redo it?" " Sure." " Right." " I think so too." "Sales with the nice pitch!" "I'm from accounting." "I think so too." " We're not gears!" " I think so too." " Enomoto, nice line!" " You're great!" " It's true." " A company of yes men" " is boring." " I can't take anymore." "We have to do something now." "I'm sorry for what happened with Happiness." "I know that it cost you one of your investments." "Well, it happened based on your data." "Thank you." " What is it?" " Oh, sorry." "My daughter was a fan of Happiness Thermos." " You can put my coffee over there." " Okay." "I did what was necessary for business." "Of course." "Business is at the front of my mind too." "I didn't call you here to argue about that." "Then, I look forward to your continued help." "I'm sure the profits from my company will make up for any losses from Happiness." "I'm sorry, but I need to break off my connection with Miracle also." "Termination of Contract" "What?" " Are you serious?" " You of all people" " know why I'm doing this." " I don't!" "My partnership..." "Miracle Electronics's partnership has been beneficial for you President Hirose." "You said you put business first." "So that's why you can't look down" " on people." " What do you mean?" "Toichiro-kun." "You didn't take down" "Happiness Thermos, a rival company." "You took down your younger brother, Kindaichi-kun, right?" "Younger brother?" " Ow!" " Come on." " Moai-san, come on!" " It's too narrow!" " We need to get rid of all of these." " No complaints!" " My leg!" " Don't move!" "It hurts!" " Stupid!" " It's going to fall!" " Watch out!" " Hey!" "What are we going to do now?" "Let's get some food first at least?" "We should start working first." " Work?" " Haha!" "Kindaichi, haha!" "A moment!" "Haha!" "You have guests!" "Haha!" "President." "Big trouble!" " What's wrong?" " Well..." " Oh, just you." " Good morning." " Hey." " What's up?" "It's really early." "No one is here." "No one here either." "Actually, I quit my job." "Oh?" "There's no one in the whole building!" "I quit Miracle." "I wanted to work with you." "You want to work with us?" "Happiness Thermos is closed, you know." "I know." "Could you come outside with me?" "All 1,507?" "President." "What's going on?" " It's Kindaichi." " What?" "They all went to Kindaichi." "Come on, could you come out?" "What's going on now?" " Sorry." " What is it?" " Your shoes." " Outside?" " Yes." " Why?" "It's cold." " Us too?" " It's not that cold." "Everyone, please." " Really?" " Come on." " Ow!" "N" " Stop pushing!" "Huh?" "What's this?" "Everyone at Miracle quit." "A company where all the employees quit?" "I've never heard of it." "It's not even a company anymore." "You have still employees!" "I'm still here!" "What are you going to do?" "Kindaichi, what are you going to do?" "Well, let's have some tea inside first?" "We can't fit that many people here!" "There's no way they'd fit." " No way." " Right." "Can I rinse out my mouth first?" "Sorry."