"Subs by yuizaki_libra Special thanks to furransu and nomanymore@ourhour" "Ojiichan, maybe it has finally been found... (note:" "Ojiichan = Grandpa)" "The Glass of God." "Let say if all people in the world become your enemies," "[A YEAR AGO] and you're left with only one person to be your ally, who do you think that will be?" "A bartender." "Bartender?" "A bartender... will never betray the customers sitting opposite him at the counter." "Moreover, only the chosen bartender can create the ultimate Glass of God." "Glass of God...?" "One that helps rescue a broken soul hurt by loneliness, wandering about and heading nowhere." "That final cup is... the Glass of God." "If there is really such a thing," "I would like to drink it too." "This time, definitely..." "Ah!" "I'm sorry." "Sorry." "Yes I'm fine." "If it's this person..." "Excuse me." "I'm Kurushima from" "Weekly Tokyo Wonder Night." "I'm here to cover the event." "It has just started." "The entrance is over there." "Yes." "Thank you very much." "These twelve candidates will be aiming for the championship," "This year, we will be having ex-champions of the previous tournament to compete against each other." "Excuse me." "Thus, we can anticipate that this year's tournament will be of much higher quality." "With that, I would like to introduce our special guest for today." "A current member of Bartender Association, the owner of Bar Kizaki, please welcome Kizaki Shinya-san." "Excuse me." "Umm..." "Wasn't today's special guest supposed to be Sasakura Ryu-san?" "They just rushed to change to another one." "Sasakura Ryu quit his job at Ratskeller Hotel in Paris." "Seems that he's gone missing." "No way..." "I want to leave to all the bartenders working in branches of my hotel franchise" "This task of making the Glass of God." "That is my dream." "I even expected so much from him." "Kurushima-san." "Yes?" "You plan on chasing after bartenders forever?" "Henshuuchou..." "The manuscript for "Idols' Republic"" "(note:" "Henshuuchou = editor-in-chief) is not done yet right?" "I'm sorry." "The target audience of our magazine is generally young girls." "How can "Special edition: the hiding place of reputed bartenders"" "be popular among them?" "I.. umm.." "I just want more young people to know about the appeal of bars." "Then I will ask you," "What's so fascinating about bars?" "That is..." "In the case you can't produce an article until next week," "You will need to switch to other subject matters." "like "Special feature: collagen hot pot for young girls" okay?" "Bye." "The person who needs collagen now is Henshuuchou." "Young girls don't need it." "Did you say something?" "No." "I didn't." "The manuscript for "Spring edition:" "Idols' republic - a war of bargaining"" "is due tommorow okay." "Yes." "All-nighter today too huh?" "Hah!" "Oh!" "Miwa-chan." "You don't seem well." "A few things happened." "I know." "When you're young, many things happen right?" "Alright!" "Oji-chan will make you" "(note:" "Oji-chan = Uncle) a delicious cocktail right now." "Cocktail?" "Isn't it becoming more popular?" "That thing called highball." "Telling people that even our shop serves it, he gets all sprightly." "Really?" "Oh?" "What a handsome guy." "Who's that?" "He's Sasakura Ryu, a bartender." "Bartender?" "He was the winner of this long-established Europe Cocktail Competition." "A top-notch bartender." "At the moment he's the one I want to meet the most." "Haa~" "Yes!" "As usual!" "Here's your beer order." "Ah can you replace it with that one over there?" "Yes!" "Like you're "taken at first sight"?" "Certainly." "If he's here, my heart might beat very fast." "Haa~ Then go see him!" "But I don't know where he is currently." "Hey you're the new guy?" "Yes." "Please be kind to me." "Sure." "One glass to make us friends?" "Ah I'm in the middle of work..." "Don't be so inflexible." "I have got this great whiskey." "Tada!" "Oh isn't that Royal Lochnagar?" "Then one glass please." "No matter how you look at him, he is a fine man isn't he?" "Everyone is captivated by his cocktails." "He seems very well-bred." "You think so too?" "Somehow he looks very elegant right?" "High-ball is the best!" "What's happening?" "This sort of indecent laughter." "Start searching from scratch again huh?" "I'm going back to the office." "You're gonna stay late today too?" "I will be doing an all-nighter." "Must be tough right?" "Thank you for the treat!" "Thank you very much!" "Sure." "That hurts..." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Are you ok?" "Ah!" "My glasses are broken!" "That's great." "You're not injured." "What is great?" "Breaking other people's glasses?" "Ah..." "That.." "I will compensate for you." "Compensate." "I don't bring money with me, though." "Are you kidding me?" "Nope, I'm not kidding you at all." "I will really..." "Ah!" "What?" "You're Sasakura Ryu?" "Eh?" "You are right?" "That bartender?" "There's no mistake." "You were a bartender at Ratskeller Hotel in Paris" "The first Japanese to win at the highly-regarded" "Europe Cocktail Competition." "Your height is 176cm." "Weight 58 kilograms." "Blood type AB." "Hobby is gateball." "Sasakura Ryu right?" "How did you know that my hobby was gateball?" "I wanted to meet you!" "Er..." "Um..." "Pardon me." "I'm happy you feel that way." "Sorry." "I have work to do." "See you." "Hey wait wait wait!" "Wait wait!" "What is it?" "Make a cocktail." "One is enough." "Sorry." "I'm not a bartender any more." "Huh?" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Ah, my bag..." "Huhh?" "Huh...?" "Ah~" "TANAKAYA Wine shop." "Ryu, you're fired." "Why?" "Kase-san!" "You might be a professional bartender." "But you're not a true bartender." "Umm." "You're from yesterday..." "My name is Kurushima Miwa." "I'm a reporter for a magazine." "Are you by any chance, picking up men?" "I'm not!" "I'm just concerned about why someone like you would quit being a bartender all of a sudden." "Ah!" "Contact lenses?" "Huh?" "Aren't you cute?" "You look a bit jaded though." "Suits you!" "Good good!" "Are you really Sasakura Ryu?" "Recognized worldwide as an excellent bartender?" "I told you right." "I'm not a bartender any more." "Excuse me." "Yes." "I'll be right there." "Sorry, I have work to do." "What are you looking for?" "Umm..." "I want a slightly different vodka from usual." "Oh if that is the case, how about this Ciroc?" "It's different from normal vodkas, as it is extracted from grapes." "When you drink it, it will leave a unique aftertaste." "I'm sure this is going to be a new discovery." "Then, can I have this please?" "Yes!" "This way, please." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Uwah!" "You're still here?" "Until you compensate for my glasses." "Sorry." "I'm broke now." "Can you wait until payday?" "Then, pay with your body." "Eh?" "Eh?" "That's great!" "Finally Miwa-chan has got a boyfriend." "Huh?" "You know, Oba-chan," "(note:" "Oba-chan = Auntie) ever since a year ago when you first moved to the second floor," "I have noticed all along." "Each night you just eat dinner alone, pull a bunch of all-nighters." "I thought you don't have any friend or boyfriend." "Right?" "Umm... the person who's coming is not my boyfriend." "Hmm?" "He's just paying back his debt." "With his body." "Right, with his body huh..." "With his body?" "That's why, I'm going to borrow this table for a moment." "Eh?" "You're...you're doing it here?" "Even if I run away now, she's so insistent..." "Good evening!" "I've been waiting for you." "You should take a shower." "Isn't a Japanese-style bath better?" "If he's going for the bath, what's she gonna do?" "If he doesn't wash fast enough..." "Then you can make a cocktail now." "Eh?" "Huh?" "Even one glass is fine." "Nah, about that..." "Hey, why me?" "If you want to drink cocktail, you can go to bars." "I want to drink the cocktail that you make." "Miwa-chan is such a poor girl, having no friend or boyfriend." "Since she's asked, why don't you drink with her?" "I'm begging you too." "Please do as she asked." "I give up." "Look." "A bear is coming out." "Huh?" "Still the same clothes as yesterday's." "If you're busy and worn-out, you should go to sleep." "Oji-san, umm... do you still have that highball whiskey from yesterday?" "Hmm?" "Yeah." "Can you wait for a while?" "Hey!" "You want to run away?" "He's late." "How about this Ciroc?" "He was making such a pleasant face then..." "Sorry for being late." "It took me longer than I thought." "What's that?" "Nothing." "After drinking one glass, you have to go to sleep ok?" "Oji-san, can I borrow this wagon?" "Yeah." "Woah you're good." "Here, you can have it." "You're really a skilled bartender aren't you?" "Don't make a fool of me." "I requested you to make me a cocktail." "Isn't this just a mizuwari?" "(note: mizuwari is whiskey mixed with ice and water." "It's a common way of drinking whiskey in Japan)" "Or are you thinking that for this young lady who can't even tell wine's taste, just serve her a mizuwari?" "Enough said, just try drinking it." "Which part of this is cocktail?" "No way..." "This is..." "What's wrong, Miwa-chan?" "Let me." "I will drink a bit too." "Delicious!" "Mizuwari is the best!" "How come?" "It's easy to drink with the low concentration of alcohol, but the flavor is still retained." "The sharpness of alcohol is gone." "Even though the taste is mild, it's not watery at all." "You're quite knowledgeable about wine huh?" "This is not merely a mizuwari." "It's a cocktail with a name of mizuwari." "How did you make it?" "It's mainly because of this hard ice." "Hard ice?" "For women who are busy and exhausted," "A high concentration of alcohol would be bad for the stomach." "That's why, a mizuwari that has a balanced taste and is just nicely watery would be good." "Since normal ice will melt very fast, hence breaking the balance of the taste, this hard ice is very important." "Then during more than an hour, you went to search for this ice?" "To make a drink for someone who forced you to." "Well now, this can be in place of my compensation for your glasses right?" "Then, I will stop here." "Uncle you can use this." "Oh really!" "Thanks." "You liar!" ""I'm no longer a bartender"?" "You're lying." "You are... a bartender!" "Good night." "I'm not giving up." "Come in." "Ojii-chan." "Ah~ Miwa." "Hey." "Hm?" "Is it alright for a newcomer like you to sneak out from the office like that?" "It's fine it's fine." "Reporters from the magazine go out for a stroll as part of our work." "Ojii-chan, you're not eating again?" "Every day, I'm forced to eat a full meal." "I thought so too." "That's why I've made you some sandwiches." "There you are." "Kaichou and Ojou-sama," "(note:" "Kaichou = Chairman, Ojou-sama = Granddaughter) are you two going out?" "Yeah." "Then I will prepare a car." "No need no need." "We're going out for a little walk only." "Well then, please go safely." "Hi!" "Hmm!" "This was really made of love." "The Chief must be sad right?" "Everyday she makes you such wonderful dishes, but you never eat them..." "Nah!" "She only does it because that's her job." "By the way, Ojiichan." "Hmm?" "You're going there tonight too?" "Of course." "Thanks." "Really I drank too much last night." "Are you gonna be ok?" "Kurushima-kaichou will come today." "It's the 22nd already?" "Good evening." "Miwa-san." "Oh!" "Good evening." "Isn't it rare?" "For you to come here alone like this." "Umm..." "I have a favor to ask of Sugiyama-san and Mihashi-san." "What's the matter?" "Please tell me anything you want." "Actually tonight, besides Ojii-chan, there will be another guest." "Good evening!" "I'm from TANAKAYA." "Ah!" "This way please!" "Yes." "Please excuse me." "Ah!" "Please put it at that side of the pillar." "Yes." "Oh!" "Aren't you everywhere?" "My bad." "I need to talk to you." "Anyway, sit down first." "Nah..." "Don't you see, I'm in the middle of work." "Yeah well, could you stop saying that and sit over here please?" "Ahh..." "Is this the first time you've been to bars like this?" "Ah...well.." "I can understand." "Every man longs of entering a bar." "For the first time, the atmosphere here may be overwhelming." "However, please rest assured." "Tonight, let me treat you to.." "Here is your Cool Collins." "Here is your Cool Collins." "Since you're in the middle of work," "I have made you a non-alcoholic cocktail." "Thank you." "What do you have up your sleeves?" "I want you to meet someone." "Welcome, Kurushima-sama." "Sorry for having made you wait" "So you remember there will be this uninvited guest huh." "Ah no..." "Ojii-chan." "Yo!" "Ojii-chan?" "My Grandpa." "This is the person I told you about during lunchtime, Sasakura Ryu-san." "Oh is he?" "Well, so what poison are you going to make me swallow tonight?" "Well then." "Here is your Martini." "Hmm..." "No good." "I am terribly sorry." "Then, please try one glass from me." "Okay." "Here is your Baccara." "Hmm..." "No good." "I am terribly sorry." "Here is your Bellini." "No good." "Here is your Sidecar." "No good." "Here is your Jack Rose." "Are those peole type M?" "Huh?" "(note:" "M = masochistic)" "And then your Grandpa is type S?" "(note:" "S = sadistic)" "He isn't." "My Grandpa has been a close friend with the previous generation of this shop" "Three years ago, the late Master passed on." "Every month, he will come here like this, drinks everything and has only said "No good" ever since." "Here is your Gin Rickey." "No good." "Kurushima-kaichou, I am terribly sorry for not being able to meet your expectations again." "I am terribly sorry." "Well, I shouldn't have expected so much right from the start huh..." "The previous Master wouldn't make this sort of tasteless drinks." "I want to drink something to clear the bad aftertaste." "Anything you want." "Go out to buy some canned sake for me." "You can keep the change." "Certainly." "Please." "Make Ojii-chan one of your cocktails." "Huh?" "Err..." "For this kind of person who has no taste whatsoever, just playing around, I don't want to." "Young guy." "You said I have no taste whatsoever?" "Ah..." "You heard?" "Because, without having tasted the drinks well enough, you already said they were no good." "I thought you were making fun of bartenders." "A bartender who can't make a drink that satisfies customers isn't he the one that's making fun of others?" "Miwa, he might have been a bartender at Ratskeller Hotel, but he is not a true bartender." "This guy." "You may be a professional bartender, but you're not a true bartender." "Miwa, let's go back already." "Ojii-chan..." "Please wait." "If I can make you a drink that you're pleased with, would you tell me what it means to be a true bartender?" "Okay!" "Fine with me." "Do you have any request?" "I leave it to you." "Certainly." "My original cocktail that won at the Cocktail Competition," "Reverie." "No good." "Hey Miwa, let's go home." "I have gone back now." "The wine... the wine.." "I'm sorry for my intrusion." "Ah..." "Eh...?" "Excuse me." "What's happened?" "I don't get it..." "This is..." "It's shaking..." "You're up already?" "Here take this." "Present for your accompanying me yesterday." "Yay!" "I'm so hungry I'm going to die." "I'm digging in." "Unbelievable." "Of all people, this is the legendary bartender Sasakura Ryu." "Hmm as I thought, on cold days this is the limit." "I heard from the Oba-chan at the snack bar." "So you really lived on this boat huh." "Yeah." "They lend it to me at a very low price." "I feel seasick." "No problem with me." "I'm good at both drinking wine and living on a boat." "You are actually changing aren't you?" "This is delicious." "Sorry about yesterday." "I forced you too much." "In fact, I know very well." "No matter who makes what cocktail," "Ojii-chan will never be satisfied." "In the end, if it's not the cocktail that the last Master made, it's no good." "Still, as for the reason why he goes to Mihashi-san every month," "I think Ojii-chan just feels lonely." "Obaa-chan and both my parents have passed away long ago." "He only has me as his family." "The Master who was his sole companion passed on too." "Actually I have to become stronger for him, but I don't really know what to do." "I see..." "Really sorry." "Here, do you want some?" "But I bought them for you." "I know." "Have some." "Thanks." "Hang on a moment." "I will bring you some tea." "Tea?" "Here?" "Yeah." "Here huh..." "Oh?" "You are..." "Thank you for yesterday." "So, the cocktails that the previous Master made especially for Miwa-san's Ojii-san weren't such usual kinds?" "If my memory serves me right." "Also, it seems that at the time of the opening, often came to drink only standard cocktails such as Martini and Sidecar." "Is that right...?" "At that time, Lapin wasn't here." "It was situated in Yokohama." "Yokohama...?" "Bar Lapin?" "Yes." "I think it was here about 50 years ago." "I have never heard of it before." "Don't you know?" "It's called Bar Lapin." "Umm I don't know." "Then a cocktail that was popular in Yokohama at that time?" "Do you happen to know it?" "I don't..." "Ah is that so?" "A cocktail that was only popular in Yokohama?" "I have no idea..." "Is that so?" "Thanks anyway." "Haa..." "Since it's so long ago..." "Ahh I'm starved." "Hmm, spicy~" "Excuse me, can you get me some water?" "Water." "Right away." "Ah." "Obachan." "Can you put in some ice too?" "This is a very old shop so we don't have ice." "Really?" "Good evening." "Welcome to our bar." "Welcome to our bar, Kurushima-sama." "Not learning your lesson, are you intending to make me drink another "no good" drink?" "Yes." "Don't you seem pretty confident?" "Well then, I will start." ""Old Pal"." "I name this cocktail after old friends." "I will not be deceived by such a name." "Please try it." "Ojii-chan...?" "It's good." "Ah..." "Really?" "Yeah." "Amazing..." "Ojii-chan, can I drink it too?" "Of course, go ahead." "Eh...?" "Is something wrong?" "Miwa-san?" "May I have a sip too?" "Right?" "It's not cold, and the taste isn't sharp." "Young customers will feel this way I think." "What does this mean?" "I heard from Mihashi-san that Bar Lapin was first opened about 50 years ago in Yokohama wasn't it?" "It was." "Unfortunately, I wasn't able to locate exactly where Bar Lapin was." "But in Yokohama, I found a curry shop that was first opened around the same time." "Curry shop?" "There I realized something." "What the late Master was concerned about wasn't which type of cocktail, but the temperature." "Temperature huh..." "It was a time when ice and refrigerators were rare." "Thus, when making a cocktail, people couldn't chill the glass and the wine as we do today." "The cocktails are not as cold as they are nowadays either." "And so, this is the warm cocktail... that the late Master has continued to make especially only for Miwa-san's Ojiichan, and also the cocktail that when we young people drink will think that it's no good." "22nd is the day the previous Master passed away right?" "That's right." "The drink that the Master made for me, unlike everything I have seen before, glittered in the light perfectly like a dream." "Here is your Kiss of Fire." "Kurushima-san." "Congratulations on your marriage!" "Everything from the moment we met in Lapin has become my precious treasure." "Whether a drink tastes good or bad depends not only on its flavor, but also on who makes it and whom you drink it with." "And from there, people have memories of people indispensable to them, and these memories will last forever." "That's right." "Just as you said." "Well, it's been a long time since I last drank such a good drink." "I need to thank you." "Thank you very much." "You were asking me what it means to be a true bartender right?" "Yes." "A true bartender is not an occupation." "It's a way of life." "Way of life?" "If it's according to recipes, a mediocre bartender can also serve drinks with the same taste." "That's what I think." "Therefore, to be a true bartender is to understand the way of life of a bartender." "Help me ask for the bill." "Thank you for today." "Huh?" "It's been so long since I last saw Ojii-chan making that face." "By the way, Miwa-san, looking at you no one would think that you're a daughter of such a rich family." "What do you mean by that?" "But for Ojii-chan to hand you his card like that, he must have been very pleased with you." "Seriously?" "I'm like, "attractive to old uncles"?" "You will be a good bartender if you don't say that." "Huh?" "You have changed, and there are things I don't know about you either but whenever you stand at the counter you look kind of cool." "Besides..." "Hmm?" "Don't you want to go back to being a bartender?" "Ahh~ I'm starved." "Huh?" "Treat me to something." "I'm so hungry I'm going to die." "Again?" "I'm broke until payday." "I have no money either." "I want yakiniku." "I want to eat yakiniku too..." "Let's go to Sakura snack bar." "Owner, welcome to the bar." "Kuzuhara, today after a long time, I thought a drink made by a bartender other than you tasted good." "Is that right?" "Well then, firstly something to clear the bad aftertaste." "Okay." "You're not a true bartender." "A true bartender is a way of life." "You are a bartender!" "I have to do this."