# BARTENDER Glass of God
At Eden Hall, each glass has a story. A quiet bar lies tucked away in the streets of Tokyo, and it seems only the most desperate souls burdened by their own troubles manage to find its doors. But after a glass of God poured by the brilliant bartender Ryu, they leave renewed. Ryu has a gift—he knows how to soothe the soul with the perfect drink. Who will he meet next?
# Season 1
# E1 - A Gentle Perch
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZV03E/a-gentle-perch)
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**[00:03] Ryu**
In this world,
**[00:05] Ryu**
there are two types of professions that
absolutely must not deceive the customer.
**[00:12] Ryu**
One is the physician or pharmacist.
**[00:17] Ryu**
And the other is...
**[02:03] Miwa**
Thank you very much for participating in
today's bartender test for Hotel Cardinal.
**[02:11] Miwa**
I'm from the Business Planning Division.
My name is Kurushima.
**[02:16] Miwa**
This hotel opened two months ago.
**[02:19] Miwa**
In addition to this large lounge,
**[02:23] Miwa**
we would also like to open an
authentic counter-type bar.
**[02:29] Miwa**
We will offer the position of bartender
to a person who passes this test.
**[02:36] Yukari**
Business Planning Division Chief Kamishima
shall now proceed with the test.
**[02:41] Kamishima**
Right now, I'd like each of you to
make me your specialty cocktail.
**[02:46] Kamishima**
You first.
**[02:47] Bartender 1**
Yes, sir.
**[02:49] Bartender 1**
I will make a martini.
**[02:53] Bartender 1**
Here you are.
**[02:57] Kamishima**
Do you...
**[02:59] Kamishima**
even know if I've eaten yet or not?
**[03:01] Bartender 1**
Huh?
**[03:02] Kamishima**
Am I drinking before or after my meal?
**[03:05] Bartender 1**
I haven't heard either way.
**[03:09] Kamishima**
The martini is a strong cocktail.
**[03:11] Kamishima**
How can you offer one without knowing
if I'm drinking on an empty stomach?
**[03:14] Bartender 1**
But you asked us to make our specialty!
**[03:17] Yukari**
Just like before.
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**[03:20] Kamishima**
Enough. Next!
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**[03:23] Bartender 2**
I will prepare a Grasshopper.
**[03:26] Kamishima**
In that case, I'll take it
in pousse-café style.
**[03:30] Bartender 2**
Huh?
**[03:31] Kamishima**
Surely you know what that is.
**[03:33] Bartender 2**
Well, yes.
**[03:35] Bartender 2**
It's a method for layering ingredients
of different densities so they don't mix.
**[03:42] Kamishima**
A pro would have no trouble at all,
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**[03:45] Kamishima**
but they got mixed up.
**[03:47] Kamishima**
And you took too long.
**[03:49] Bartender 2**
I-I wasn't expecting an order like that.
**[03:52] Kamishima**
You must expect the customers to test you.
**[03:54] Kamishima**
Next!
**[03:58] Bartender 3**
'Sup.
**[04:01] Kamishima**
Kurushima-kun...
**[04:03] Kamishima**
Was this one your idea?
**[04:05] Miwa**
No, it was Higuchi-san's.
**[04:06] Yukari**
He's all the buzz right now!
**[04:09] Bartender 3**
So...
**[04:10] Kamishima**
That isn't what we're looking for.
**[04:10] Yukari**
He's so cool!
**[04:15] Yukari**
Why is Chief Kamishima
always so prickly, anyway?
**[04:20] Yukari**
No wonder the bartenders were upset.
**[04:24] Miwa**
The hotel is already operating for business,
**[04:27] Miwa**
but the bar still hasn't opened yet.
**[04:32] Miwa**
At this rate, that door
will never be unsealed.
**[04:35] Miwa**
I never thought it would be
this hard to find a bartender.
**[04:39] Miwa**
It's making me as prickly as the chief.
Giving me stomachaches, too.
**[04:44] Miwa**
I'm jealous of you, Yukari-chan.
**[04:47] Yukari**
You almost make it sound
like I'm not working at all.
**[04:51] Yukari**
I'm under pressure too, you know.
**[04:54] Miwa**
I guess we start again from scratch.
**[04:57] Yukari**
The search criteria are just too vague!
**[05:00] Yukari**
And then he gets so picky
over the littlest things.
**[05:02] Yukari**
I mean, take a look at this!
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***SIGN*** We need a bartender who can make the "Glass of God."
**[05:04] Yukari**
What even is a Glass of God?
**[05:07] Miwa**
The chairman insists on it.
**[05:09] Yukari**
Yeah, I know. But what
is it supposed to mean?
**[05:13] Yukari**
If we can't figure that out, that door
really is going to stay sealed forever.
**[05:17] Miwa**
You're probably right.
**[05:22] Miwa**
The Glass of God, huh?
**[05:39] Ryu**
Yes, yes? I'm coming!
**[05:42] Ryu**
Um... Let's see...
**[05:48] Ryu**
How does this thing work?
**[05:51] Ryu**
Um, excuse me.
**[05:56] Ryu**
Do you mind if I ask you something?
**[05:59] Miwa**
Me?
**[06:00] Miwa**
You have to swipe right here.
**[06:02] Ryu**
Sue-wipe?
**[06:03] Miwa**
Touch it.
**[06:03] Ryu**
Okay.
**[06:04] Miwa**
Then slide.
**[06:04] Ryu**
Okay.
**[06:05] Ryu**
Oh, yeah! You saved my neck! Thanks!
**[06:07] Maki**
*Hello? Hello?*
**[06:09] Ryu**
Oh, hello? It's me.
**[06:10] Ryu**
Oh, Maki-san? All right.
**[06:13] Miwa**
What was up with him?
**[06:14] Yukari**
What a disaster, Miwa-senpai.
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**[06:18] Yukari**
Did that guy leave this?
**[06:20] Miwa**
Oh. Excuse me! Hey!
**[06:25] Miwa**
He's gone.
**[06:27] Yukari**
*Tokyo Bar Book*?
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**[06:29] Yukari**
I wonder if this is...
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Minato-ku Library
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**[06:33] Yukari**
It is.
**[06:35] Yukari**
This is a library book.
**[06:37] Miwa**
Huh? Oh, come on.
**[06:40] Miwa**
Why is this happening?
**[06:44] Kamishima**
Please accept my apologies.
**[06:45] Taizo**
Did they all fail again?
**[06:48] Kamishima**
Yes. That brings us to thirty people.
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**[06:52] Taizo**
If he was easy to find,
I would have done so long ago.
**[06:56] Kamishima**
Can you please at least provide me
with more concrete criteria?
**[07:01] Kamishima**
What exactly is a Glass of God?
**[07:05] Taizo**
Well, about that...
**[07:08] Yukari**
"You'll know it when you drink it"?
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**[07:10] Yukari**
Are you sure that's what the chairman said?
**[07:13] Kamishima**
Why would I lie to you?
**[07:16] Yukari**
But how can we search for that?
**[07:19] Kamishima**
Take your complaints to the chairman.
**[07:23] Miwa**
We're the only ones stuck with this.
**[07:27] Yukari**
Huh?
**[07:29] Female employee**
Thanks to your coverage, our number
of reservations has greatly increased.
**[07:32] Yukari**
You're right.
**[07:33] Male employee**
Regarding the event, correct?
Yes, we would love to!
**[07:34] Yukari**
Everyone's getting work done.
**[07:37] Yukari**
At this rate, we'll be left behind.
**[07:40] Kamishima**
Anyway, we can't leave things like this.
**[07:43] Kamishima**
Find someone as soon as you can.
**[07:45] Miwa & Yukari**
Yes, sir!
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**[08:11] Female customer(s)**
Look this way!
**[08:12] Bartender 3**
'Sup.
**[08:14] Yukari**
'Sup!
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**[08:21] Yukari**
What?!
**[08:22] Yukari**
What do you mean, expenses aren't covered?
**[08:25] Miwa**
Accounting said they won't pay any more.
**[08:28] Yukari**
You mean we have to pay for all of it?
There goes my salary!
**[08:33] Taisho**
You still haven't found someone
**[08:35] Taisho**
to be the bartender behind that sealed door?
**[08:37] Miwa**
That's right.
**[08:39] Yukari**
We may never find one.
**[08:42] Miwa**
Do you know anyone?
**[08:44] Miwa**
Any bartenders who can
make the "Glass of God"?
**[08:49] Taisho**
Sure I do.
**[08:50] Miwa**
Huh?
**[08:51] Yukari**
Where? Where is he?
**[08:54] Taisho**
He's right here.
**[08:57] Taisho**
I keep this place open so late,
it basically makes me a god.
**[09:02] Yukari**
Would you please refrain
from the unfunny jokes?
**[09:04] Taisho**
Is that how you talk to a god?
**[09:07] Yukari**
In that case,
**[09:08] Yukari**
if you're a god, get our expenses paid!
**[09:11] Taisho**
Hey. Welcome.
**[09:13] Ryu**
Hello. Highball, please.
**[09:16] Miwa**
Are you...?
**[09:19] Ryu**
Oh?
**[09:19] Miwa**
It *is* you! From before!
**[09:21] Yukari**
The guy who can't use a smartphone!
**[09:23] Ryu**
Yeah, I'm no good with those.
**[09:26] Ryu**
Oh, right. Did you happen to see a book?
I might have forgotten it there.
**[09:31] Miwa**
Yes, I have it.
**[09:33] Ryu**
Really?
**[09:34] Miwa**
I don't have it on me right now,
but I'll return it for you.
**[09:37] Miwa**
The library is near my office.
**[09:40] Ryu**
Will you? Thank you so much!
**[09:43] Ryu**
I guess I shouldn't give up on Japan just yet.
**[09:47] Taisho**
Here, your highball.
**[09:48] Ryu**
Ah, great. Thank you.
**[09:51] Miwa**
This is so weak! You call this a highball?
**[09:54] Miwa**
Did you skimp on the whisky?
**[09:56] Taisho**
The ice melted because
you weren't drinking it.
**[09:59] Taisho**
Oh, right. Speaking of bartenders,
this guy is a bartender too.
**[10:03] Miwa**
Huh?
**[10:05] Ryu**
I wanted to thank you for before.
**[10:07] Ojisan**
Oh.
**[10:08] Yukari**
Senpai, this must be fate.
Let's get him to take the bartender test.
**[10:15] Ojisan**
Kinda silly to have forgotten your wallet.
**[10:18] Ryu**
I'm so sorry. But I remembered it today.
**[10:22] Ryu**
Oh. I forgot to go to the bank.
**[10:24] Miwa**
Or maybe not.
**[10:26] Yukari**
Definitely.
**[10:28] Miwa**
But where are we going to find him?
**[10:31] Miwa**
Our bartender...
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**[11:02] Miwa**
Edenhall in Ginza?
**[11:05] Yukari**
Yes. It says the bartender there once
won a cocktail competition in Europe.
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A great place to enjoy drinks.
He'll pinpoint your tastes and thrill you.
The service is excellent.
You'll want to keep going back
knowing that each time you do,
he'll thrill you with new pleasures.
The bartender is named Sasakura.
He won a cocktail competition
in Europe and has top-notch skills.
taka yamano
...but at some point they reopened.
**[11:11] Kamishima**
Wasn't Edenhall supposed to have closed down?
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**[11:15] Yukari**
It says, "The private bar with the
irregular schedule finally reopened."
**[11:20] Miwa**
It's a private bar? If he's so amazing,
then why's it private?
**[11:25] Yukari**
It does sound a little strange,
but it might be worth a visit.
**[11:30] Yukari**
If our expenses are covered.
**[11:32] Miwa**
You're right.
**[11:33] Miwa**
If our expenses are covered.
**[11:40] Kamishima**
Fine. Here's a donation.
**[11:42] Miwa**
Thank you very much!
**[11:42] Yukari**
Yes! You're a saint, Chief Kamishima!
**[11:46] Miwa**
Well, it should be around here.
**[11:52] Yukari**
Oh, is that it over there?
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**[11:55] Yukari**
See?
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**[11:56] Miwa**
I've been down this street
more times than I remember,
**[12:00] Miwa**
but I never even noticed this place.
**[12:30] Yukari**
It sure seems like a nice place.
**[12:33] Miwa**
Yeah, maybe.
**[12:35] Maki**
Sasakura-kun, you have customers.
**[12:39] Ryu**
Certainly. On my way.
**[12:44] Miwa & Yukari**
Oh!
**[12:48] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[12:49] Miwa**
It's you... again?
**[12:51] Ryu**
Oh. We keep running into each other.
**[12:54] Ryu**
Thank you for your help the other day.
**[12:56] Ryu**
Please, take a seat.
**[12:57] Miwa**
O-Okay.
**[13:00] Maki**
Acquaintances of yours?
**[13:02] Ryu**
Yes, well, sort of.
**[13:04] Yukari**
He seems kind of different from before.
**[13:16] Yukari**
Senpai, what do you think?
**[13:19] Miwa**
It is an impressive selection.
**[13:23] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[13:26] Miwa**
Thanks.
**[13:27] Ryu**
I'm surprised you found this place.
**[13:30] Ryu**
Did you ask the owner of Ogura?
**[13:32] Yukari**
I found reviews online
**[13:34] Yukari**
talking about an incredibly skilled bartender.
**[13:38] Ryu**
Oh? Have people been saying that?
**[13:43] Ryu**
Well, what would you like?
**[13:44] Miwa**
*So he really was a bartender.*
**[13:45] Yukari**
Hmm. Let me think a minute.
**[13:48] Miwa**
*I wonder if the reviews are accurate.*
**[13:52] Itami**
Sasakura-kun, I'll take a Grasshopper.
**[13:56] Ryu**
Certainly. Shall I prepare it
pousse-café style?
**[14:00] Itami**
That is nice once in a while.
**[14:02] Yukari**
Pousse-café? Like the one from the test?
**[14:14] Ryu**
Here you are. Your Grasshopper.
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**[14:17] Yukari**
Thirty seconds?!
**[14:19] Yukari**
That's pretty amazing, right?
And it isn't mixed at all.
**[14:23] Miwa**
You're right.
**[14:25] Ryu**
Your chaser.
**[14:26] Itami**
Thanks.
**[14:27] Yukari**
*In that case...*
**[14:28] Yukari**
Um...
**[14:29] Ryu**
Yes? Have you decided?
**[14:31] Yukari**
I'd like a martini, please.
**[14:34] Ryu**
A martini?
**[14:39] Ryu**
It appears you haven't dined yet.
**[14:41] Ryu**
Perhaps you would prefer a lighter beverage
with a lower percentage of alcohol?
**[14:47] Yukari**
I guess that would be the correct move.
**[14:50] Yukari**
Then please make me something lighter
than a martini. Something shaken, please.
**[14:56] Yukari**
Oh, and colored pink.
**[14:58] Ryu**
As you wish.
**[15:20] Yukari**
I don't know why, but when I see a
hard-working man use his fingers like that,
**[15:27] Yukari**
it's super sexy!
**[15:29] Miwa**
Uh, sexy?
**[15:36] Ryu**
Here you are. A Cosmopolitan.
**[15:44] Yukari**
Wow! This is really delicious!
**[15:47] Miwa**
It's that good?
**[15:49] Yukari**
It really is!
**[15:52] Ryu**
And what would you like?
**[15:53] Yukari**
This is so good!
**[15:58] Miwa**
*If...*
**[15:59] Miwa**
* If this person truly is*
* an amazing bartender...*
**[16:04] Miwa**
Whatever you recommend.
**[16:07] Yukari**
Senpai, you shouldn't do that.
It really puts bartenders on the spot.
**[16:12] Miwa**
*That's right.*
**[16:13] Miwa**
* He doesn't know if I prefer strong drinks,*
* or what kinds of liquor I don't like.*
**[16:19] Miwa**
* He doesn't know enough about me*
* to know what to make.*
**[16:24] Miwa**
* And that's exactly why*
* it will test his skills.*
**[16:27] Miwa**
Whatever you recommend.
**[16:28] Miwa**
Please make a cocktail that you
think would be perfect for me.
**[16:33] Ryu**
Very well.
**[17:00] Miwa**
*A whisky base.*
**[17:02] Miwa**
* With a whisky base, the obvious choices*
* would be a Manhattan or a Godfather.*
**[17:08] Miwa**
*Or in that glass, a Whisky Buck.*
**[17:12] Miwa**
* Since he's using scotch,*
* maybe a Highland Cooler.*
**[17:20] Miwa**
*Soda?*
**[17:22] Miwa**
*Whisky and soda?*
**[17:29] Miwa**
Isn't that just...
**[17:31] Ryu**
A highball.
**[17:33] Miwa**
*A highball? That's the perfect drink for me?*
**[17:39] Miwa**
*It's just whisky diluted in soda.*
**[17:43] Miwa**
*Anyone could make something like that.*
**[17:50] Miwa**
Let's drink these and leave.
**[17:53] Yukari**
Senpai?
**[17:54] Miwa**
*It turns out*
**[17:56] Miwa**
*I was let down after all.*
**[17:59] Miwa**
* We'll have to start the*
* search all over again.*
**[18:15] Miwa**
It has such a smooth, gentle flavor.
**[18:19] Miwa**
Is this really just a highball?
**[18:23] Ryu**
Yes.
**[18:24] Ryu**
And yet, it is a delicious highball.
**[18:32] Miwa**
Why is it so good?
**[18:35] Ryu**
In this world,
**[18:37] Ryu**
there are two types of professions that
absolutely must not deceive the customer.
**[18:42] Ryu**
One is the physician or pharmacist.
**[18:45] Ryu**
And the other is...
**[18:48] Miwa**
The other is...?
**[18:50] Ryu**
The bartender.
**[18:52] Ryu**
In either job, one small
change to the formula
**[18:54] Ryu**
is the difference between
serving poison or medicine.
**[18:57] Miwa**
Medicine?
**[19:01] Ryu**
I have an exhausted customer.
**[19:04] Ryu**
She has been so busy with work,
she can't pay attention to anything else.
**[19:08] Ryu**
Such as a loose sleeve button.
**[19:11] Ryu**
It appears it finally came off.
**[19:16] Ryu**
You're also wearing your watch differently.
**[19:19] Miwa**
Huh? How did you...?
**[19:23] Miwa**
Was it...
**[19:25] Miwa**
that one time before?
**[19:28] Miwa**
You paid attention to such tiny details
and remembered them?
**[19:33] Ryu**
For a body under so much stress,
**[19:36] Ryu**
I felt a normal highball
recipe would be too strong.
**[19:41] Ryu**
So I reduced the amount of alcohol.
**[19:44] Miwa**
No way. Then why isn't the flavor any weaker?
**[19:48] Ryu**
It's the ice.
**[19:49] Ryu**
Although I reduced the
alcohol as much as I could,
**[19:52] Ryu**
I used hard ice to maintain
the flavor balance.
**[19:56] Ryu**
If you freeze ice over a long period,
it becomes even harder.
**[20:00] Ryu**
Then, if you cut out the core parts and
rest them in a freezer for a few days,
**[20:07] Ryu**
the ice becomes denser and harder to melt.
**[20:11] Miwa**
You put this much thought
into just one drink?
**[20:17] Ryu**
Do you know the meaning
of the word "bartender"?
**[20:23] Ryu**
A "bar" is a perch upon which to rest.
"Tender" means gentle or kind.
**[20:27] Ryu**
So bartender means a "gentle perch."
**[20:30] Ryu**
This is merely a piece of wood
to place liquor on. A bar.
**[20:34] Ryu**
But there is also a bartender here.
**[20:38] Ryu**
Bar and tender. A place
where tenderness grows.
**[20:43] Miwa**
So that explains this highball.
**[20:46] Miwa**
And here I was trying to test you.
**[20:51] Ryu**
I want the customer on the other side of the
counter to enjoy the perfect drink for them.
**[20:57] Ryu**
Really, that's all there is to it.
**[21:05] Miwa**
We've finally found him!
**[21:07] Miwa**
Sasakura Ryu. I'm sure the
chairman will like him, too!
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**[21:11] Kamishima**
Chief bartender at the Ratz Hotel in Paris.
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Served as chief bartender at Sky Bar,
a bar on the top floor of the five-star
Ratz Hotel in the outskirts of Paris.
Took top prize at the International
Cocktail Competition in Europe.
After returning to Japan, went back
to work as a bartender at Edenhall
in Ginza.
Points of Investigation
° Assessment in Paris in addition
to experiences after returning
° Accomplishments in Japan
before going overseas
° Assessment at Edenhall
**[21:15] Kamishima**
So he lived abroad?
**[21:17] Kamishima**
No wonder he wasn't picked up as a candidate.
**[21:20] Yukari**
I know he's the one who
can make the Glass of God!
**[21:23] Yukari**
You'll know it when you drink it, too, Chief!
**[21:26] Kamishima**
Are you sure?
**[21:27] Kamishima**
But why did he come back to Japan?
**[21:31] Miwa**
I was wondering about that myself.
**[21:34] Yukari**
That's beside the point. The problem is
whether or not he'll come work for us.
**[21:38] Kamishima**
And whether or not he measures up
to the chairman's expectations.
**[21:41] Kamishima**
Hurry up and put a proposal together.
**[21:42] Miwa & Yukari**
Yes, sir!
**[21:44] Yukari**
Okay.
**[21:49] Miwa**
What's this?
**[21:51] Yukari**
Huh? Weren't you going to return it?
**[21:54] Miwa**
I totally forgot!
**[23:45] Sign**
Episode 2
**[23:45] Sign**
Old Pal
# E2 - Old Pal/One for the Road
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8J2ZK/old-palone-for-the-road)
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**[00:04] Miwa**
We have our eyes on the target now.
Let's give it our best shot.
**[00:07] Yukari**
The problem is how to get Sasakura-san
to come and work for us, isn't it?
**[00:13] Miwa**
Yeah.
**[00:14] Miwa**
For travelers from overseas who arrive
at the hotel late at night,
**[00:19] Miwa**
the first human being they speak
to in this country is the hotel bartender.
**[00:24] Miwa**
With just one smile, with just one gesture,
**[00:27] Miwa**
he gives them their first
impressions of this country.
**[00:31] Miwa**
It isn't a job that just anybody can do.
**[00:34] Yukari**
We'll definitely get him to say "yes"!
***SIGN*** Closed Today Due to
Personal Circumstances
***SIGN*** Edenhall
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[02:15] Chief of Lapin**
You're a real lifesaver!
**[02:18] Chief of Lapin**
Sorry to ask you on such short notice.
**[02:21] Ryu**
Well, we've got to help each other out.
**[02:23] Chief of Lapin**
If there's anything you don't
understand, feel free to ask.
**[02:27] Ryu**
All right.
**[02:29] Chief of Lapin**
Oh, I forgot! Today is the 22nd.
**[02:39] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[02:44] Taizo**
Hi.
**[02:45] Chief of Lapin**
Welcome!
**[02:47] Chief of Lapin**
We've been expecting you.
**[02:49] Taizo**
Ups-a-daisy.
**[02:52] Ryu**
Please.
**[02:57] Taizo**
A new employee?
**[02:59] Chief of Lapin**
He's helping out today.
**[03:01] Chief of Lapin**
Another employee got ill, and Maki-san
introduced this fellow to me.
**[03:06] Ryu**
My name is Sasakura. Pleased to meet you.
**[03:09] Taizo**
Sasakura? Hmm. All right, then.
**[03:15] Taizo**
So, what can you make?
**[03:17] Ryu**
I believe I can handle most requests.
**[03:20] Taizo**
Then why don't you make me a cocktail
that you think I'd appreciate right now.
**[03:26] Ryu**
Very well.
**[03:31] Ryu**
A gin and tonic.
**[03:33] Ryu**
It's been hot recently,
so I added some bitters.
**[03:41] Taizo**
Awful.
**[03:44] Ryu**
My apologies. It appears it
did not appeal to your tastes.
**[03:48] Taizo**
Not even worth talking about.
**[03:50] Ryu**
I sincerely apologize. Well then...
**[03:54] Ryu**
a daiquiri.
**[03:58] Taizo**
Awful.
**[04:01] Ryu**
A Bellini.
**[04:03] Taizo**
Awful!
**[04:05] Taizo**
Every single one is really awful.
**[04:09] Ryu**
My apologies.
**[04:14] Taizo**
Phone call. Hello?
**[04:21] Chief of Lapin**
I'm really sorry, Sasakura-kun!
**[04:24] Ryu**
It's all right. What do you know about him?
**[04:28] Chief of Lapin**
When the late owner here
was still in training in Yokohama,
**[04:32] Chief of Lapin**
that gentleman used to be his customer.
**[04:34] Chief of Lapin**
He comes every month on the day of the
owner's death, and he always acts like that.
**[04:39] Ryu**
I see. So he's a long-time customer.
**[04:45] Yukari**
Sasakura-san wasn't here either.
**[04:49] Yukari**
If it said it's closed today,
maybe we won't be able to find him.
**[04:54] Miwa**
"Edenhall has an unscheduled off day today."
***SIGN*** Bar Hopper
***SIGN*** Edenhall has an unscheduled off day today.
***SIGN*** When this happens, he usually goes to help at other bars.
**[04:58] Miwa**
"When this happens, he usually
goes to help at other bars."
**[05:04] Miwa**
There are 300 bars in Ginza,
and the night is still young.
**[05:08] Miwa**
Here we go, Yukari-chan!
**[05:10] Yukari**
What?!
**[05:20] Taizo**
Ups-a-daisy.
**[05:22] Taizo**
So, what are you planning to make me next?
**[05:25] Ryu**
Something orthodox.
**[05:28] Ryu**
A martini.
**[05:32] Taizo**
What a strange odor.
**[05:34] Ryu**
It's a Holland-style martini.
**[05:37] Ryu**
Today, it's common to use London gin
that has been distilled in a column still,
**[05:43] Ryu**
but instead, I tried using Holland gin that
has been aged for 15 years in the old style.
**[05:49] Taizo**
I don't need a lecture on booze.
**[05:52] Taizo**
You gave me old liquor because I'm old.
**[05:55] Taizo**
Do you have the imagination of a school kid?
**[05:59] Taizo**
Also,
**[06:00] Taizo**
that one is best drank chilled and straight.
**[06:04] Ryu**
You're quite knowledgeable.
**[06:06] Taizo**
If the owner was still alive,
he'd never serve something like this.
**[06:12] Taizo**
Oh well. I'll give you credit for trying
to squeeze something out of those brains.
**[06:17] Ryu**
You're very kind.
**[06:19] Taizo**
But anyway, about the next drink...
**[06:21] Ryu**
Yes, I can mix whatever you like.
**[06:25] Taizo**
The liquor shop on the corner has
a vending machine out front, right?
**[06:28] Taizo**
Go and buy me a cup of Japanese sake.
**[06:33] Taizo**
You can keep the change.
**[06:35] Ryu**
Sure.
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[06:45] Ryu**
Awful.
**[06:46] Taisho**
Oh yeah? Well, too bad.
**[06:48] Ryu**
No, that's not what I mean.
**[06:51] Ryu**
Oh, right.
**[06:52] Ryu**
I should've asked you what you'd do
if a customer says your drinks are all "awful."
**[06:57] Taisho**
Huh?
**[06:58] Taisho**
Welcome.
**[06:59] Yukari**
Ah!
**[07:00] Yukari**
Of all places!
**[07:03] Ryu**
Oh, it's you...
**[07:06] Taisho**
What do you mean, "of all places"?
**[07:07] Yukari**
We went back to your bar today.
**[07:09] Ryu**
Oh... sorry. The owner asked me
to fill in at a different bar today.
**[07:15] Miwa**
We searched all over for you,
at bar after bar.
**[07:19] Yukari**
Even though we can't expense it.
**[07:21] Ryu**
Why were you searching for me?
**[07:23] Yukari**
For now, please read this.
**[07:27] Miwa**
Pleased to meet you.
***SIGN*** Hotel Cardinal
Business Planning Division
Kurushima Miwa
**[07:29] Ryu**
Hotel Cardinal... Kijima?
**[07:32] Miwa**
It's Kurushima. Kurushima Miwa.
**[07:36] Yukari**
I'm Higuchi Yukari.
**[07:37] Ryu**
Oh.
**[07:39] Miwa**
I'll get straight to the point.
**[07:41] Miwa**
Will you come and work for us?
**[07:43] Ryu**
What?
**[07:44] Miwa**
We'd like to hire you to work behind
the bar as the Hotel Cardinal's bartender.
**[07:50] Taisho**
Huh?! The bartender you were
searching for was him?!
**[07:54] Taisho**
The guy who can make the Glass of God?
**[07:57] Ryu**
I appreciate that, but I did
just start working at Edenhall.
**[08:02] Miwa**
If the conditions aren't acceptable,
we're willing to review them.
**[08:05] Ryu**
That isn't really the problem.
**[08:07] Miwa**
Is it the benefits? The pay?
Please give us a number to work with.
**[08:12] Ryu**
Um... It's actually...
**[08:15] Taisho**
They're paying that much?!
**[08:17] Taisho**
I'm happy to go instead.
**[08:19] Miwa & Yukari**
We never asked you.
**[08:20] Ryu**
I'm not sure what to think.
**[08:25] Ryu**
I'll have another, Chief.
**[08:27] Taisho**
Long as you don't mind if it's awful.
**[08:29] Ryu**
I told you, I didn't mean your drink was awful!
**[08:32] Miwa**
What's that all about?
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[08:41] (Flashback) Chief of Lapin**
When the late owner here
was still in training in Yokohama,
**[08:45] (Flashback) Chief of Lapin**
that gentleman used to be his customer.
***SIGN*** Closed Today Due to
Personal Circumstances
***SIGN*** Edenhall
**[08:56] Miwa & Yukari**
Again?
**[09:01] Taizo**
I got a call from Maki-kun.
**[09:04] Taizo**
You wanted to see me?
**[09:06] Ryu**
Yes.
**[09:07] Ryu**
I apologize for requesting
your company like this.
**[09:09] Taizo**
What kinds of awful drinks
are you going to serve me this time?
**[09:13] Ryu**
Today, would you mind
listening to an old story?
**[09:16] Taizo**
Oh?
**[09:18] Ryu**
The time is right after the war.
**[09:21] Ryu**
The place is Yokohama.
**[09:23] Ryu**
The history of Japanese bars
begins in the harbor.
**[09:27] Ryu**
Imported Western liquors
weren't accessible to common folk
**[09:30] Ryu**
because the bars all started out of hotels.
**[09:33] Ryu**
Brilliant colors that you had
never seen. Complex odors.
**[09:37] Ryu**
I imagine that the drinks served then were
rich with flavor and sparkled with color.
**[09:46] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[09:48] Ryu**
An Old Pal.
**[09:50] Ryu**
The name means...
**[09:54] Taizo**
A dear old friend, huh.
**[09:57] Ryu**
You visit us every month on the 22nd,
**[10:01] Ryu**
the day that the former owner passed away.
**[10:04] Ryu**
I suspect that you are coming here
to meet him, in a sense.
**[10:08] Taizo**
You sure sound like you know it all.
But I'm sure this is just another...
**[10:15] Taizo**
Good! This is exactly the flavor...
**[10:19] Taizo**
The flavor that the late owner made!
**[10:24] Ryu**
In an age when ice and
refrigerators were still rare,
**[10:27] Ryu**
it wasn't possible to chill
the liquors or the glasses,
**[10:30] Ryu**
so apparently, cocktails
weren't as cold as they are today.
**[10:33] Ryu**
However, at a time with
little air conditioning,
**[10:37] Ryu**
even a slightly cooler flavor
could be quite refreshing.
**[10:41] Taizo**
That's right. This reminds me of that time.
**[10:47] Ryu**
"Do not change the flavor of the liquor."
**[10:50] Ryu**
That's something I learned from my mentor.
**[10:53] Ryu**
Because then you can be
reacquainted with your older self.
**[10:57] Ryu**
I am sure that no matter how the times
changed, the late owner here
**[11:01] Ryu**
continued to serve drinks with their
classic flavors unchanged, just for you.
**[11:06] Ryu**
Because, for you, they hold
memories of irreplaceable friends.
**[11:09] Ryu**
No matter how much time passes, the
memories of those flavors will always remain.
**[11:15] Taizo**
Out of respect for him, I never
drank anyone else's cocktails.
**[11:21] Taizo**
I never enjoyed them.
**[11:24] Taizo**
However...
**[11:31] Taizo**
To tell the truth, I may have been
searching for a man like you all along.
**[11:38] Taizo**
Starting today, you can be my new pal.
**[11:43] Taizo**
If you ever get into any trouble,
just give me a call.
**[11:51] Ryu**
Thank you very much.
**[11:56] Taizo**
Sasakura Ryu? The Glass of God?
**[12:02] Taizo**
Got me thinking back
on my times with the missus.
***SIGN*** Kurushima Industries Chairman
Hotel Cardinal CEO
Kurushima Taizo
**[12:07] Ryu**
Hotel Cardinal?
**[12:09] Ryu**
Kurushima? I'm sure I've heard that before.
**[12:14] Ryu**
But where was it?
**[12:21] Miwa**
Aww! Where in the world did he go?!
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[12:29] Yukari**
He turned us down.
**[12:31] Miwa**
His response is still pending.
**[12:33] Kamishima**
So which one is it?
**[12:34] Miwa**
We'll definitely get him to say "yes."
**[12:37] Kamishima**
You sure you can handle this?
**[12:39] Miwa**
Yes. Please leave it to us.
***SIGN*** French
**[12:43] Miwa**
Like I said, you can keep telling us "no,"
but our position hasn't changed.
**[12:49] Miwa**
We would like you to come work for us.
**[12:52] Ryu**
Well, it's like I told you before...
**[12:53] Miwa**
Isn't there something we can do?
***SIGN*** French
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[12:56] Ryu**
You're putting me
in an uncomfortable position.
**[13:12] Yukari**
Please help us out here!
**[13:15] Ryu**
More importantly,
what would you like to drink next?
**[13:18] Yukari**
Huh? Um, let's see.
**[13:22] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[13:30] Goshima**
I wonder if you'd let me have one drink,
just to get out of the rain.
**[13:35] Ryu**
Yes, of course.
**[13:38] Ryu**
Please, have a seat.
**[13:42] Goshima**
I didn't expect to find a bar
in a place like this.
**[13:45] Ryu**
We were closed for a period of time.
**[13:48] Ryu**
Please. Use this to dry off.
**[13:52] Ryu**
May I take your order?
**[13:55] Ryu**
If you have any special preferences,
please let me know.
**[14:00] Goshima**
I'd love to get more drunk,
but I'm kind of sick of alcohol tonight.
**[14:06] Ryu**
I see.
**[14:09] Goshima**
If that sounds impossible,
just give me something strong.
**[14:14] Ryu**
All right. Very well.
**[14:21] Goshima**
People really are disgusting, aren't they?
**[14:27] Ryu**
Disgusting? Are they?
**[14:29] Goshima**
Like you with that forced smile on your face,
**[14:32] Goshima**
when you're really thinking,
"now this is a nasty customer."
**[14:36] Goshima**
But keeping that to yourself
is part of the job, right?
**[14:40] Goshima**
At the end of the day, a bartender earns
money just listening to people bitch.
**[14:45] Goshima**
It's a job for assholes.
**[14:52] Goshima**
Everyone is afraid of me.
**[14:55] Goshima**
Because I've got a dirty mouth,
as you can tell.
**[14:57] Goshima**
But despite that, they still come to me
with their ridiculous demands.
**[15:02] Goshima**
But the customer gets to be selfish.
That's what they're paying me for.
**[15:09] Goshima**
Are you even listening to me?
**[15:11] Ryu**
Oh! Pardon me.
**[15:14] Ryu**
I had been thinking about
what drink to serve you.
**[15:19] Goshima**
Ever the hypocrite, I see.
**[15:22] Ryu**
If the other option is to be called a
hypocrite, I'd rather be an asshole.
**[15:30] Ryu**
There is one drink, although
it may take a little time.
**[15:34] Ryu**
Would you mind waiting?
**[15:37] Goshima**
Go ahead. But one thing.
**[15:40] Goshima**
If you let me down,
I'm not going to be happy.
**[15:45] Ryu**
He stepped out even though he has customers?
**[15:48] Miwa**
She wants to get drunk,
but doesn't want to drink alcohol...
**[15:51] Miwa**
I wonder what he's going to do.
**[15:52] Yukari**
That really is selfish.
**[16:02] Ryu**
Thank you for your patience. I asked
the restaurant upstairs to share some.
**[16:07] Ryu**
I'll mix it straight away.
**[16:11] Miwa**
A pot?
**[16:13] Yukari**
That is a pot.
***SIGN*** Worcester
Sauce
**[16:24] Ryu**
Thank you for waiting.
**[16:27] Ryu**
This is a cocktail called the bull shot.
**[16:30] Goshima**
A cocktail? Isn't it just soup?
**[16:35] Ryu**
I thought it would be perfect
for you right now.
**[16:53] Goshima**
This...
**[16:55] Goshima**
It seems like soup.
Is there really alcohol in it?
**[16:59] Ryu**
Yes. It's beef bouillon with vodka in it.
**[17:04] Ryu**
It was conceived by the owner of an
American steak restaurant in the 1950s.
**[17:13] Goshima**
Delicious.
**[17:15] Goshima**
It feels like it's warming my body to the core
and bringing me back to life.
**[17:23] Goshima**
Today...
**[17:24] Goshima**
I had to sit through three terrible parties.
**[17:28] Goshima**
Each one made me hate
how much of an asshole I am.
**[17:32] Goshima**
And I tried to take that out on you.
**[17:35] Ryu**
Do you know the phrase
**[17:37] Ryu**
"one for the road" and what it means?
**[17:41] Goshima**
No.
**[17:43] Ryu**
The dictionary says, "a final round shared
with someone before reluctantly separating."
**[17:47] Ryu**
So then, who would you be
reluctant to separate from?
**[17:51] Goshima**
If it's over a round of drinks,
**[17:53] Goshima**
a bartender?
**[17:55] Ryu**
That may also be true. However,
**[17:58] Ryu**
sometimes deceiving and fooling
yourself can be part of adult life.
**[18:04] Ryu**
Even then, not every day will be a good one.
**[18:07] Ryu**
So, with that one last drink
before returning home...
**[18:12] Goshima**
"One for the road"...
**[18:15] Ryu**
The person you're toasting
farewell to with that final drink
**[18:18] Ryu**
may be the bad part of yourself
you struggled with that day.
**[18:21] Ryu**
The asshole inside yourself.
It might just be.
**[18:32] Goshima**
So...
**[18:33] Goshima**
Would it be against the rules
to get one more "one for the road"?
**[18:38] Ryu**
It's perfectly okay.
**[18:40] Ryu**
In that case, how about I add lemon and tomato
juice to make the bull shot a bloody bull?
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[18:51] Goshima**
Thank you very much.
**[18:53] Goshima**
I came in to get out of the rain,
but then gave you a hard time. I'm sorry.
**[18:57] Ryu**
It's fine.
**[18:59] Ryu**
You were kind enough to rely on me
as your bartender in a very difficult moment.
**[19:05] Ryu**
That's another way to think about it.
**[19:10] Ryu**
I'm sure it's the same for you
**[19:12] Ryu**
and the clients you work with.
**[19:20] Miwa**
The same? But what kind of work does she do?
**[19:25] Ryu**
Oh, didn't you notice?
**[19:29] Ryu**
She had a particular kind of bag.
**[19:31] Yukari**
It looked heavy, didn't it?
**[19:33] Ryu**
Yes.
**[19:34] Ryu**
A former American Secretary of State
used to prefer a bag like that,
**[19:38] Ryu**
so it was called a Dulles bag.
**[19:40] Ryu**
It's very sturdy and can carry
a large amount of paperwork,
**[19:42] Ryu**
so it's sometimes also called a lawyer's bag.
**[19:46] Miwa**
A bag for lawyers and people working in law?
**[19:49] Yukari**
Wow, you can figure out
someone's job from just a bag?
**[19:55] Miwa**
Sasakura-san.
**[19:57] Ryu**
Yes?
**[19:58] Miwa**
Please come to work at our hotel.
**[20:00] Ryu**
Haven't we already discussed that?
**[20:04] Miwa**
You can say "no" all you want, but
I'll still recruit you one way or another.
**[20:08] Ryu**
I guess I have no choice.
**[20:11] Miwa**
What?
**[20:11] Yukari**
You mean...?
**[20:13] Ryu**
I didn't want to tell you this until now...
**[20:16] Miwa & Yukari**
Yes?
**[20:18] Ryu**
but... I'm actually afraid of heights.
**[20:22] Ryu**
I'm very sorry that
I cannot accept your offer.
**[20:26] Miwa & Yukari**
Huh...?
**[20:31] Yukari**
The bar at the Latz Hotel is on the
top floor! That's super high up!
**[20:38] Miwa**
Afraid of heights, huh?
Why would he tell such a transparent lie?
**[20:45] Taizo**
Sasakura Ryu? That sounds very interesting.
**[20:49] Taizo**
Do whatever's necessary to
get him behind the counter.
**[20:53] Taizo**
*Got it?*
**[20:54] Miwa**
Mm-hmm.
**[20:58] Miwa**
That's easy for Grandpa to say,
but this isn't going to be a walk in the park.
**[21:07] Goshima**
Yajima-kun, what's on the books for today?
**[21:10] Yajima**
Uh, estate division and child custody.
And there are two divorces.
**[21:17] Goshima**
Assholes!
**[21:18] Goshima**
Why is every single one of them "me, me, me"?
**[21:22] Yajima**
I'm not sure I have the answer.
**[21:24] Goshima**
But I shouldn't say that. They're relying
on my help in a very difficult moment.
**[21:30] Goshima**
That's another way to think about it.
**[21:35] Goshima**
Yajima-kun.
**[21:37] Yajima**
Yes?
**[21:38] Goshima**
Have you ever heard of a bull shot?
**[21:40] Yajima**
I have. The cocktail, right?
**[21:44] Yajima**
Or do you mean the mystery novel?
**[21:47] Goshima**
Mystery novel?
**[21:49] Yajima**
It's a story about a lawyer who acts really
tough but actually has a gentle heart.
**[21:54] Yajima**
Who calls everyone "assholes."
**[21:59] Goshima**
Yajima-kun, when we're done,
want to go out for a drink?
**[22:03] Goshima**
I found a really nice bar.
**[22:05] Yajima**
That sounds great!
**[22:07] Goshima**
The bartender is a complete asshole, though.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** The Perfect Taste
# E3 - The Perfect Taste
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**[00:04] Miwa**
Find a different candidate?
Did he really say something like that?
**[00:08] Yukari**
Yes.
**[00:09] Miwa**
The manager did?
**[00:11] Yukari**
He did!
**[00:12] Yukari**
I overheard him in the lounge talking
to chief bartender Nishizawa about it!
**[00:17] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
A new candidate? Do you mean as insurance?
**[00:22] (Flashback) Kamishima**
Yeah.
**[00:23] (Flashback) Kamishima**
The chairman has his
sights set on Sasakura Ryu,
**[00:26] (Flashback) Kamishima**
but if that guy doesn't give us the nod,
then we're dead in the water.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
The chairman must be so
fixated on the counter bar
**[00:33] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
because he wants to compete against
Bar K at the Hotel Diamondstar.
**[00:39] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
It's a top-class bar that caters
to heavyweights in the financial world.
**[00:43] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
And it earned that reputation...
**[00:45] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
thanks to the presence of its
bartender, Kuzuhara Ryuichi.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
People call him Mister Perfect.
**[00:52] (Flashback) Nishizawa**
I don't know of anybody else
who is even near his level.
**[00:56] (Flashback) Kamishima**
Which leaves us right back where we started.
**[00:59] (Flashback) Kamishima**
We've got to find someone
whose name we can put in lights.
**[01:04] Yukari**
But searching for
someone else at this point?
**[01:07] Yukari**
Senpai?
**[01:08] Miwa**
Sorry, Yukari-chan! You can
tell me all about it tomorrow.
**[01:11] Yukari**
Huh? Hold on!
**[01:14] Yukari**
That's odd. Senpai always
seems married to her work.
**[01:19] Yukari**
Is she going on a date?!
***SIGN*** Glass of God
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 60 0 60
***SIGN*** Bar K Bartender
***SIGN*** Kuzuhara Ryuichi
***SIGN*** Award Presentation Party
***SIGN*** Hotel Diamondstar
***SIGN*** Star Hall
**[02:54] Miwa**
I've never heard of a bartender
receiving a medal before.
**[02:58] Miwa**
Kuzuhara-san must be really amazing.
**[03:01] Taizo**
He's considered to be a pioneer
**[03:03] Taizo**
who raised the status of Japanese
bartenders to a world-class level.
**[03:08] Taizo**
Even customers are awestruck
by his perfect technique.
**[03:12] Taizo**
That is why they call him Mister Perfect.
**[03:18] Taizo**
Hey. Congrats.
**[03:20] Kuzuhara**
Now this is a pleasant surprise,
Chairman Kurushima!
**[03:24] Kuzuhara**
It is quite an honor to welcome
**[03:26] Kuzuhara**
the man who only drank cocktails
from the late owner of Lapin.
**[03:29] Kuzuhara**
Please, allow me to make you something.
**[03:31] Taizo**
Recently, I've been very impressed
with the bartender at Edenhall.
**[03:38] Taizo**
He hasn't been in the position long,
but he's a fairly interesting fellow.
**[03:43] Kuzuhara**
He's the new bartender there?
**[03:46] Taizo**
He's still a bit wet
behind the ears, though.
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[03:53] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[03:55] Ryu**
Oh.
**[03:56] Ryu**
I see you're together today.
**[03:58] Taizo**
Actually, this is my lover.
**[04:02] Ryu**
In general, I don't care to inquire
about customers' personal relationships,
**[04:07] Ryu**
but I suspect that while you two are close,
she's actually your granddaughter.
**[04:13] Taizo**
I guess he now knows that
I used to change your diapers.
**[04:15] Miwa**
Hey!
**[04:18] Ryu**
May I take your order?
**[04:20] Taizo**
How about something
that's good for a stiff neck?
**[04:22] Miwa**
Me too.
**[04:23] Ryu**
Hmm.
**[04:24] Taizo**
We had to stop by a pretty uptight party.
**[04:28] Miwa**
It was a little exhausting.
**[04:30] Ryu**
I see. Very well, then.
**[04:34] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[04:39] Kyoko**
Um, am I still all right?
**[04:43] Ryu**
If you're referring to closing time,
you don't need to worry.
**[04:45] Kyoko**
Thank you. Then...
**[04:48] Kyoko**
I'd like a B&B, please.
**[04:54] Kyoko**
A B&B
**[04:56] Kyoko**
is a cocktail you make by just mixing equal
amounts of brandy and Bénédictine, right?
**[05:01] Ryu**
Yes. Its name comes from the
first letter of each word. B&B.
**[05:06] Kyoko**
What's the best way to drink it?
**[05:08] Ryu**
As a nightcap.
**[05:10] Ryu**
It's said to be best enjoyed
just before bed.
**[05:15] Ryu**
It combines the rich flavor of brandy
with the unique sweetness of Bénédictine.
**[05:21] Ryu**
It is quickly intoxicating,
which may help the drinker fall asleep,
**[05:26] Ryu**
I suppose.
**[05:28] Ryu**
Your B&B. Enjoy.
**[05:41] Kyoko**
Bartender, have you been
in this line of work long?
**[05:45] Ryu**
Almost eight years.
**[05:46] Kyoko**
Eight years?
**[05:50] Miwa**
What's that lady doing?
**[05:53] Taizo**
You still can't read people well, can you?
**[05:56] Miwa**
Huh?
**[05:58] Kyoko**
Thank you.
**[06:01] Kyoko**
I finally worked up the courage
to quit my job today.
**[06:07] Kyoko**
Thank you for allowing me to stay so late.
**[06:14] Miwa**
Was she crying?
**[06:16] Ryu**
I wonder what happened.
Why would she want to quit bartending?
**[06:21] Miwa**
Is she a bartender?
**[06:23] Ryu**
A normal customer wouldn't have asked
about the bar hours when she came in
**[06:29] Ryu**
or stared at the way I swirled
the bar spoon so aggressively.
**[06:34] Miwa**
You sure notice a lot, don't you?
**[06:36] Taizo**
I'm more certain than ever that you
would be a valuable asset to our bar.
**[06:41] Ryu**
I believe I already declined that offer.
**[06:44] Ryu**
I'm simply too afraid of heights.
**[06:48] (Flashback) Yukari**
The bar at the Latz Hotel
is on the top floor!
**[06:53] Miwa**
Sasakura-san, about that fear of heights...
**[07:01] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[07:03] Kuzuhara**
Are you still open?
**[07:04] Ryu**
Of course. Please come in.
**[07:10] Taizo**
I thought you'd show up.
**[07:15] Miwa**
Why...?
**[07:16] Ryu**
An acquaintance of yours?
**[07:18] Taizo**
Let's say we were acquainted through
a certain business transaction.
**[07:21] Ryu**
Is that so.
**[07:24] Ryu**
Your order, sir?
**[07:26] Kuzuhara**
I'll take a Gin Fizz.
**[07:29] Ryu**
Very well.
**[07:40] Kuzuhara**
The Gin Fizz is a famous cocktail.
Do you happen to know who invented it?
**[07:46] Ryu**
In 1888, in New Orleans,
**[07:50] Ryu**
at the Imperial Cabinet Saloon, a bartender
named Ramos was credited with inventing it.
**[07:55] Kuzuhara**
What about the "fizz" part?
**[07:57] Ryu**
It supposedly comes from the sound
of the bubbles in soda water,
**[08:03] Ryu**
but it certainly doesn't
sound like "fizz fizz" to me.
**[08:06] Taizo**
Is that something you tell
someone like Mister Perfect?
**[08:10] Miwa**
*That's right.*
**[08:12] Miwa**
* He trained in France, so he doesn't*
* know anything about Kuzuhara-san.*
**[08:17] Ryu**
Here. One Gin Fizz.
**[08:27] Kuzuhara**
This flavor...
**[08:29] Ryu**
Do you not find it to your liking?
**[08:31] Kuzuhara**
No, it's good. However,
**[08:34] Kuzuhara**
what is this slightly rich flavor?
**[08:37] Kuzuhara**
Like an old, aged rum.
**[08:40] Kuzuhara**
Is this your own recipe?
**[08:42] Ryu**
Yes. I suspected that the standard
recipe might be somewhat boring
**[08:48] Ryu**
for someone who's a professional and,
I expect, a first-rate bartender.
**[08:52] Kuzuhara**
How did you know that I'm a bartender?
**[08:56] Ryu**
There are two reasons.
**[08:58] Ryu**
When a pro visits a new bar, what would
he order to test the bartender's abilities?
**[09:04] Ryu**
A Gin Fizz.
**[09:06] Miwa**
Is that true?
**[09:07] Taizo**
'Cause of this.
***SIGN*** Eternity
**[09:13] Miwa**
Eternity?
**[09:14] Taizo**
Yeah.
**[09:16] Taizo**
The character for "eternity"
has vertical, horizontal,
**[09:18] Taizo**
point, jump, stop, and sweep strokes.
**[09:21] Taizo**
All of the basic strokes
in Japanese calligraphy.
**[09:24] Taizo**
In the same way, from the shaking,
to the ratio of alcohol and juice,
**[09:29] Taizo**
to the ice and the soda,
**[09:31] Taizo**
the one drink that includes
all the essential bartending techniques
**[09:35] Taizo**
is the Gin Fizz.
**[09:38] Kuzuhara**
So what was the other reason?
**[09:40] Ryu**
The pinky finger on your right hand.
**[09:43] Ryu**
It appears to be a callus developed
from many years of shaking.
**[09:48] Kuzuhara**
And you observed all that in
such a short amount of time.
**[09:52] Ryu**
If you're always evaluating and criticizing,
and you only drink for work,
**[09:58] Ryu**
then I want you to enjoy your experience
as a customer on the other side of the bar.
**[10:05] Kuzuhara**
Enjoy?
**[10:07] Kuzuhara**
You think I'm enjoying
this little guessing game?
**[10:11] Ryu**
If that was presumptuous of me, I apologize.
**[10:15] Kuzuhara**
And that's why you put rum in the Gin Fizz?
**[10:17] Ryu**
Oh, no. That's wasanbon sugar.
**[10:21] Kuzuhara**
What?
**[10:22] Taizo**
Oh.
**[10:23] Miwa**
Wasanbon? The sugar used
in Japanese confections?
**[10:26] Ryu**
Yes. Wasanbon is known for
its very delicate sweetness.
**[10:30] Taizo**
And the flavor is similar to rum,
so he got them mixed up.
**[10:35] Taizo**
You managed to put one
over on Mister Perfect!
**[10:39] Kuzuhara**
I see.
**[10:41] Kuzuhara**
You certainly are an amusing
bartender. However...
**[10:47] Kuzuhara**
I've known countless failed bartenders who
once tried to impress with eccentric drinks.
**[10:56] Kuzuhara**
If you intend to keep working as a bartender,
allow me to enlighten you on something.
**[11:02] Kuzuhara**
Your cocktail is still far from perfect.
**[11:12] Miwa**
I guess that upset him.
**[11:14] Taizo**
He isn't someone to take offense
over something so trivial.
**[11:18] Taizo**
But more importantly, would you make me
one of those Gin Fizzes with wasanbon sugar?
**[11:23] Miwa**
Oh! Me too!
**[11:24] Ryu**
Yes.
**[11:26] Ryu**
Certainly.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[11:33] Yukari**
How was your date yesterday?
**[11:35] Miwa**
Date? I went out with my grandfather.
**[11:38] Yukari**
Huh?
**[11:40] Yukari**
You must get along really well
with your grandpa, then.
**[11:43] Miwa**
He's more like a father to me.
**[11:46] Miwa**
Both of my parents passed away
when I was little.
**[11:49] Yukari**
O-Oh, really? I'm so sorry.
**[11:52] Miwa**
It's okay.
**[11:54] Kamishima**
Less talk, more work!
**[11:57] Yukari**
All right.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 130 0 130
***SIGN*** Kuzuhara Ryuichi, Recipient of
the Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honor
***SIGN*** Kuzuhara Ryuichi, bartender at Hotel
Diamondstar, has been announced as
the recipient of the spring Medal. An
award reception honoring Kuzuhara with
the Yellow Ribbon Medal was held at his
own hotel.
***SIGN*** The Yellow Ribbon Medal honors
individuals in farming, business, and
industry who have shown diligence in
their professional activities and proven
themselves as role models to the public.
***SIGN*** It is very rare for members of the food
service industry to be awarded. As such,
this medal recognizes Kuzuhara's vast
contributions to culture through his
exceedingly high skills as a bartender.
**[12:00] (Flashback) Kuzuhara**
Your cocktail is still far from perfect.
**[12:05] Miwa**
* That was a really harsh thing*
* to say to Sasakura-san.*
**[12:08] Miwa**
*I wonder if he's okay.*
**[12:10] Yukari**
So, Senpai.
**[12:12] Yukari**
Boyfriend. You don't have one?
**[12:15] Kamishima**
Higuchi!
**[12:16] Yukari**
Fine!
**[12:26] Ryu**
Is that...?
***SIGN*** Palm
Reader
**[12:29] Fortune Teller**
You don't seem very confident
in your present job.
**[12:32] Kyoko**
So, do you think I should quit, too?
**[12:44] Ryu**
I'm glad you haven't quit bartending yet.
**[12:47] Kyoko**
Oh, you're that guy from before.
**[12:53] Kyoko**
Actually, that day...
**[12:56] Kyoko**
was the first time I'd made
a B&B for a customer.
***SIGN*** Minami
**[13:01] (Flashback) Kyoko**
Here you are. A B&B.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Itami**
Oh. Let's see.
**[13:08] (Flashback) Itami**
Hmm.
**[13:10] (Flashback) Itami**
Not quite there yet.
**[13:12] (Flashback) Minami**
You still don't understand how to stir.
**[13:17] Kyoko**
That's what a regular
and the owner told me.
**[13:21] Kyoko**
To stir quickly so the ice doesn't melt
but the drink still blends evenly...
**[13:27] Kyoko**
I kept practicing that over and over,
until even my blisters split open.
**[13:31] Kyoko**
And it's still no good.
**[13:33] Kyoko**
What else am I supposed to do to get better?
**[13:38] Ryu**
What is it that bartenders are actually
stirring when they're mixing a drink?
**[13:43] Ryu**
Do you know?
**[13:44] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[13:45] Ryu**
Their imagination of what
the drink should become.
**[13:48] Ryu**
How will the drink move in the glass?
**[13:51] Ryu**
How will it have changed when
it touches the customer's lips?
**[13:57] Ryu**
Stirring brandy and Bénédictine
together in a way
**[14:01] Ryu**
that makes them reach the customer's
mouth in the ideal condition...
**[14:04] Kyoko**
...requires imagination, I guess.
**[14:07] Ryu**
A B&B appears simple,
but that's where it catches people.
**[14:12] Ryu**
It's a mistake that probably every
bartender in the world makes once.
**[14:16] Ryu**
But the important thing is what comes after.
**[14:20] Kyoko**
What comes after?
**[14:22] Ryu**
If this is enough to make you run away,
**[14:25] Ryu**
you probably shouldn't try to become
a bartender in the first place.
**[14:30] Kyoko**
How dare you!
**[14:31] Kyoko**
Why do I have to take that from you?
**[14:35] Ryu**
If you're that frustrated, then put
that energy into making a better cocktail.
**[14:40] Kyoko**
I'm the bartender at Bar Minami.
**[14:43] Kyoko**
Kawakami Kyoko.
**[14:45] Kyoko**
Feel free to grace us
with your presence any time.
**[14:53] Ryu**
Good luck.
**[15:04] Ryu**
Huh? Right now?
**[15:06] Ryu**
Well, I doubt we'll get
many customers in this rain.
**[15:10] Ryu**
As long as the owner says it's all right.
**[15:21] Door man**
Welcome.
**[15:27] Chen**
Welcome.
**[15:30] Taizo**
Hey! Sorry for the short notice.
**[15:33] Ryu**
Not at all.
**[15:34] Ryu**
So, you and the owner... Maki-san...
were already acquainted, weren't you?
**[15:38] Taizo**
Well, yeah.
**[15:39] Taizo**
But today, I have a somewhat
unreasonable request to make.
**[15:43] Kuzuhara**
What might that be?
**[15:44] Taizo**
Actually, I'd like you and him
to make the same cocktail.
**[15:49] Ryu**
Huh?
**[15:50] Chen**
Sir, we don't engage
in that sort of thing here.
**[15:53] Kuzuhara**
Chen.
**[15:54] Kuzuhara**
Close the bar.
**[15:58] Miwa**
What is it this time, Grandpa?
**[16:00] Miwa**
You made me race over here just
to show me something "interesting"?
**[16:03] Taizo**
These two are going to make the same thing.
What do you want to drink?
**[16:09] Miwa**
What? But why?
**[16:12] Miwa**
Make the same cocktail?
At least give me a minute to think.
**[16:19] Miwa**
Red...
**[16:21] Miwa**
How about a Manhattan or something?
**[16:23] Taizo**
Ooh. If the king of cocktails is the Martini,
then the Manhattan is queen.
**[16:29] Taizo**
Okay. That's what we'll have.
**[16:31] Kuzuhara**
May I make one request?
**[16:34] Kuzuhara**
If my Manhattan is more delicious,
**[16:38] Kuzuhara**
I would like you to drink
one of my cocktails, Chairman.
**[16:42] Taizo**
Why would a bartender of your status
care about something like that?
**[16:46] Kuzuhara**
Perhaps you could say it
is my pride as a bartender.
**[16:50] Taizo**
Very well.
**[16:51] Taizo**
But if you happen to lose?
**[16:55] Kuzuhara**
Then I'll take off my jacket and
retire from bartending here and now.
**[17:00] Kuzuhara**
Well then, shall we begin?
**[17:05] Kuzuhara**
What do you think is the most
important thing in a cocktail?
**[17:09] Ryu**
Balance, perhaps?
**[17:10] Kuzuhara**
Yes.
**[17:12] Kuzuhara**
But that cannot be merely about addition.
**[17:14] Kuzuhara**
It must become a question of multiplication.
**[17:18] Kuzuhara**
The back of the spoon touches
the inside of the mixing glass
**[17:22] Kuzuhara**
and turns in the same direction as the ice.
**[17:26] Kuzuhara**
If you stir too much, the ice
melts and the drink weakens.
**[17:30] Kuzuhara**
If you don't stir enough, the drink
will not taste complete.
**[17:36] Taizo**
Miwa.
**[17:37] Taizo**
Please close your eyes.
**[17:40] Miwa**
Mm-hmm.
**[17:44] Taizo**
All right.
**[17:49] Miwa**
What is this?
**[17:50] Taizo**
It would be boring if you already
knew who made which one.
**[17:56] Miwa**
Other than the different glasses,
they look identical.
**[18:01] Miwa**
Okay. I'll try them.
**[18:04] Miwa**
This one first.
**[18:08] Miwa**
Delicious! Even with a whisky base,
the flavor is light and refreshing!
**[18:15] Miwa**
Now this one.
**[18:20] Miwa**
I think I like this one more!
The flavor is well-rounded and delicious.
**[18:25] Taizo**
That one is Sasakura-kun's Manhattan.
**[18:29] Miwa**
Oh, is it? But... why do they taste different?
**[18:34] Ryu**
It's the human tongue.
**[18:36] Ryu**
It registers temperatures that are 25 to 30
degrees lower or higher than body temperature
**[18:40] Ryu**
as having a more delicious flavor.
**[18:42] Ryu**
I suspect that the drink I made was just a
little... perhaps one to two degrees warmer.
**[18:49] (Flashback) Miwa**
What is it this time, Grandpa?
**[18:52] Ryu**
You rushed over here to meet
your grandfather so quickly,
**[18:55] Ryu**
your body temperature rose,
and you broke a sweat.
**[18:59] Ryu**
And so...
**[19:01] Ryu**
I was careful not to make
the drink too cold for you.
**[19:04] Miwa**
You put that much thought into one drink...
**[19:07] Kuzuhara**
In a way, such inexperience can be
**[19:10] Kuzuhara**
quite a heartwarming thing to witness.
**[19:15] Kuzuhara**
A cocktail is a luxury item, so of course
personal preference comes into consideration.
**[19:19] Kuzuhara**
But the question here is, as a cocktail,
is this fit to be called a Manhattan or not?
**[19:25] Miwa**
Sasakura-san made a proper,
delicious Manhattan!
**[19:28] Kuzuhara**
Perhaps I could ask you to take another sip.
**[19:42] Miwa**
The flavor has changed.
**[19:45] Ryu**
If you don't mind.
**[19:53] Ryu**
Oh my gosh.
**[19:54] Kuzuhara**
Do you understand now?
That is the perfect flavor.
**[19:59] Kuzuhara**
If you start trying to please customers
rather than craft the perfect cocktail,
**[20:04] Kuzuhara**
it will be the beginning
of your decline as a bartender.
**[20:07] Kuzuhara**
A bartender must aspire to create
cocktails with such perfect flavor
**[20:11] Kuzuhara**
that they bring customers to their knees.
**[20:14] Kuzuhara**
If you realize now how green
you are, you may leave.
**[20:21] Miwa**
Sasakura-san! Wait!
**[20:25] Taizo**
It sure is nice being young.
**[20:28] Kuzuhara**
Lacking experience now means
**[20:30] Kuzuhara**
that you still have the potential
to gain much more.
**[20:34] Kuzuhara**
Are you going to put him
in charge of your counter bar?
**[20:36] Taizo**
Who knows? We'll see.
**[20:39] Kuzuhara**
Well, then. As you promised,
Chairman, what shall it be?
**[20:45] Taizo**
Let's see...
**[20:48] Miwa**
Hey. Wait up a minute!
**[20:50] Miwa**
You lost today, but you won
the last time, right?
**[20:54] Miwa**
Also, yours really did taste
better at the beginning.
**[20:58] Miwa**
I'm sure you'll make a better one next time!
**[21:01] Ryu**
An amateur like you wouldn't understand!
**[21:04] Miwa**
How could you... I'm just worried about you!
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[21:14] Ryu**
There's more to his cocktails
than simple mixing.
**[21:17] Ryu**
He's transforming the ingredients into
a completely different beverage. A Manhattan.
**[21:22] Ryu**
That's why the flavor doesn't change,
even after a while.
**[21:26] Ryu**
"Mister Perfect," huh.
**[21:30] Ryu**
I absolutely lost to him today.
**[21:32] Miwa**
I don't really think so.
**[21:36] Miwa**
With experience and effort, you can
improve your skills as a bartender, right?
**[21:41] Miwa**
But the desire to please customers
isn't something you can get so easily.
**[21:48] Miwa**
You made that one drink just for me.
**[21:52] Miwa**
In that sense, I don't think
you lost to Kuzuhara-san at all.
**[21:57] Miwa**
Right?
**[22:00] Ryu**
Thanks.
**[22:01] Ryu**
You know, you're a pretty nice girl after all.
**[22:06] Miwa**
Don't look at me like that
when you compliment me!
**[22:10] Ryu**
Hey!
**[22:10] Miwa**
You're making me blush!
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[22:13] Ryu**
After I finally dried off?!
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** A Bar's Hidden Flavor
***SIGN*** The Face of a Martini
# E4 - A Bar's Secret Ingredient - The Face of a Martini
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUNK2E5/a-bars-secret-ingredient---the-face-of-a-martini)
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**[00:05] Kamishima**
*Monsieur* Yamanouchi, was it?
**[00:09] Taizo**
Yeah.
**[00:10] Taizo**
He's a chef at the most difficult restaurant
to get reservations for in Paris right now.
**[00:15] Taizo**
Our French chef had to suddenly return home
due to an illness in his family.
**[00:21] Kamishima**
Oh.
**[00:23] Taizo**
I scouted out a replacement,
and we're in talks now,
**[00:28] Taizo**
but his conditions are extremely
specific, as you can see.
**[00:31] Kamishima**
"All provided ingredients must be
identical to those used in Paris"?
**[00:35] Kamishima**
Even the water and vegetables?
**[00:37] Taizo**
It might be different
with a small restaurant,
**[00:39] Taizo**
but on the scale of a hotel,
that would be horrible for profits.
**[00:42] Kamishima**
I suppose you'll have to negotiate
and convince him to compromise on things.
**[00:47] Taizo**
Exactly right.
**[00:48] Taizo**
He's a tough opponent,
but he'd be great for the hotel.
**[00:52] Taizo**
It's in your hands now, Kamishima-kun.
**[00:55] Kamishima**
Wh-What? Do I have to do it?
**[00:58] Taizo**
I don't care how. Pray to a higher
power for help if you have to.
**[01:02] Taizo**
Or, maybe, pray for the Glass of God.
**[01:05] Kamishima**
Oh.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[02:48] Ryu**
Here you are. A Moscow Mule.
**[02:57] Kamishima**
Whoa.
**[02:59] Kamishima**
I've never had such a delicious
Moscow Mule before!
**[03:03] Ryu**
Thank you very much.
**[03:04] Kamishima**
My boss and my staff kept saying,
"You'll know it when you drink it."
**[03:09] Ryu**
Would that be Kurushima-san?
**[03:11] Kamishima**
Huh? How did you know?
**[03:13] Ryu**
You have excellent posture when seated, so
I assumed you might be employed at the hotel.
**[03:18] Kamishima**
Wow. You really do have a sharp eye.
**[03:23] Kamishima**
Honestly, before I came here, I wasn't
really sure what "Glass of God" meant.
**[03:29] Kamishima**
Until now, with this one drink.
It isn't simply delicious.
**[03:35] Kamishima**
Yeah, it feels like it gave me a nudge.
**[03:38] Kamishima**
A little push to give things another shot.
**[03:40] Kamishima**
Your cocktails really can give people
an emotional boost.
**[03:46] Ryu**
That's very flattering.
**[03:47] Kamishima**
And that's why I'm here.
**[03:49] Kamishima**
I want your help with something.
**[03:51] Kamishima**
I want you to use your drinks
to change someone's mind.
**[03:56] Ryu**
Oh...
**[03:58] Kamishima**
Please! You'd be saving my neck!
**[04:01] Kamishima**
I'm begging you! I mean it!
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[04:06] Ryu**
Ugh. Why does it have to be me?
**[04:10] Taisho**
Were those girls asking the impossible again?
**[04:13] Ryu**
Well, their boss asked me for a favor.
**[04:22] Ryu**
Chief, did you change the recipe?
**[04:24] Taisho**
I'm impressed you noticed.
I added a secret ingredient.
**[04:29] Ryu**
Miso? But there's something else.
**[04:33] Ryu**
What is it?
**[04:34] Taisho**
Honey.
**[04:35] Ryu**
Huh?!
**[04:36] Ryu**
You put honey in gyoza?
**[04:38] Taisho**
Sounds crazy, right?
**[04:40] Taisho**
Just goes to show that if you can
overcome your preconceptions,
**[04:43] Taisho**
you open yourself to discovering new flavors.
**[04:48] Ryu**
Preconceptions, huh.
**[04:51] Yukari**
Huh? You went to Edenhall by yourself, Boss?
**[04:55] Miwa**
Did Sasakura-san say
that he would work for us?
**[04:59] Taisho**
No, it was for something else.
The chairman sent me.
**[05:03] Taisho**
I'm trying to rope in Monsieur Yamanouchi.
**[05:06] Yukari**
Huh? That famous three-star chef?
**[05:09] Kamishima**
Yeah.
**[05:10] Yukari**
That's really asking the impossible!
**[05:12] Kamishima**
I played the hand I had.
**[05:13] Miwa**
Do you mean... Is that why
you went to Sasakura-san's bar?
**[05:18] Kamishima**
Yeah. This weekend,
we'll attend to Chef Yamanouchi.
**[05:24] Kamishima**
We'll finish the night at Edenhall.
**[05:26] Kamishima**
We can't make any mistakes.
I want you both there in top form.
**[05:41] Kamishima**
Well, hello there.
**[05:58] Yamanouchi**
Kamishima-san.
**[05:59] Kamishima**
Yes?
**[06:00] Yamanouchi**
I'm not telling you to source ingredients
from France because I'm a Francophile.
**[06:07] Yamanouchi**
Imagine if I wanted to start
a yakitori restaurant in Paris.
**[06:10] Yamanouchi**
The meat is one thing,
but what about the sauce?
**[06:14] Yamanouchi**
Can you make the sauce for yakitori
without mirin, soy sauce, and zarame?
**[06:18] Yamanouchi**
Would it be an unreasonable request
to have those ingredients shipped from Japan?
**[06:23] Kamishima**
Well, no.
**[06:25] Kamishima**
However, when you're talking about
the water for cooking and the vegetables...
**[06:31] Yamanouchi**
If it would be impossible, then I have
no interest in discussing this further.
**[06:35] Yamanouchi**
I'll finish eating and
then go back to the hotel.
**[06:38] Kamishima**
No! Please let me take you
to one more place.
**[06:41] Miwa**
Please allow us to take you there.
**[06:43] Yukari**
Yes, please!
**[06:45] Yamanouchi**
Well, if you insist.
**[06:48] Kamishima**
Thank you very much!
**[06:53] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[06:55] Yamanouchi**
I only came because they forced me.
**[06:58] Yamanouchi**
Are you supposed to be
the bartender serving me?
**[07:02] Ryu**
Yes. There is a beverage
I would like you to try.
**[07:06] Ryu**
Here it is.
**[07:09] Kamishima**
Please drink this and
try to guess what it is.
**[07:13] Yamanouchi**
What? Like a blind tasting?
**[07:16] Kamishima**
Yes.
**[07:17] Kamishima**
If you are able to guess correctly,
then we will stop pressuring you.
**[07:21] Kamishima**
But if you don't guess correctly...
**[07:23] Yamanouchi**
Then I have to consider
your offer. Is that right?
**[07:28] Yamanouchi**
I'm a chef of French cuisine. I'm rather
confident in my knowledge of alcohol.
**[07:35] Yamanouchi**
And you still want to test me?
**[07:41] Yamanouchi**
Very well.
**[07:48] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[07:49] Ryu**
I prepared the beverage
that Kamishima-sama selected.
**[07:52] Kamishima**
Huh?
**[07:53] Yamanouchi**
Hmm.
**[07:57] Yamanouchi**
* It's more of an amber color,*
* like tea, than it is red.*
**[08:01] Yamanouchi**
*It's the shade of a vintage port wine.*
**[08:05] Yamanouchi**
* The legs are about average. It must*
* not have a high percentage of alcohol.*
**[08:11] Yamanouchi**
* The odor has slight notes of yeast,*
* like Japanese miso.*
**[08:25] Yamanouchi**
* If they chose this for me to taste,*
* it must be a wine.*
**[08:30] Yamanouchi**
*And this aftertaste...*
**[08:33] Yamanouchi**
* It's definitely a sherry, either*
* Amontillado or an oloroso.*
**[08:39] Yamanouchi**
This is...
**[08:42] Yamanouchi**
an oloroso that has been aged
about twenty years.
**[08:48] Ryu**
The answer is...
**[08:51] Miwa**
Oh!
**[08:53] Yukari**
Is that...?
**[08:55] Kamishima**
Sasakura-san, is that it?
***SIGN*** True Mirin
***SIGN*** Original Recipe Made with Pure Glutinous Rice
***SIGN*** Sanshu Mikawa Mirin
**[09:02] Yamanouchi**
M-Mirin?!
**[09:04] Ryu**
Yes.
**[09:05] Ryu**
It's true mirin that was aged
for ten years to let it mature.
**[09:09] Miwa**
Mirin, like the cooking ingredient?
**[09:12] Ryu**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Sanshu
Mikawa
Mirin
**[09:13] Ryu**
True mirin is made by adding
glutinous rice and koji mold to shochu.
**[09:18] Ryu**
It's actually a sweet alcohol.
**[09:21] Ryu**
If you would like, why don't
the rest of you try it as well?
**[09:27] Kamishima**
I never thought mirin could taste like this.
**[09:29] Yukari**
I can understand why he
said it tasted like a sherry.
**[09:36] Yamanouchi**
Excuse me.
**[09:38] Yamanouchi**
This wasn't a fair challenge!
**[09:40] Yamanouchi**
You tried to trick me! I refuse
to work with people like that!
**[09:44] Kamishima**
Please wait!
**[09:45] Ryu**
You truly are...
**[09:46] Ryu**
a world-class chef...
**[09:49] Ryu**
if you guessed it was oloroso from the faint,
lingering odor of the koji mold.
**[09:55] Ryu**
I expect you may have heard this before,
but please allow me to share a story.
**[10:00] Ryu**
There was a sommelier
competition held in Tokyo once.
**[10:05] Ryu**
One participant said that a Northern
European alcohol was Japanese umeshu.
**[10:10] Ryu**
As the event was held in Japan, his
preconceptions probably affected his tasting.
**[10:16] Ryu**
But later, that same man was recognized
as the most talented sommelier in the world,
**[10:21] Ryu**
which proves that he did have
an excellent sense of taste.
**[10:24] Miwa**
How could such a top-class sommelier
confuse a European liquor for umeshu?
**[10:30] Kamishima**
Preconceptions, huh.
**[10:33] Ryu**
I imagine that you have also been burdened
by preconceptions of Japaneseness,
**[10:37] Ryu**
Chef Yamanouchi.
**[10:41] Ryu**
You were told that if you used
ingredients from outside of France,
**[10:44] Ryu**
your cuisine could not be called French.
**[10:47] Ryu**
Even if you carefully
followed authentic recipes,
**[10:50] Ryu**
you would be criticized
for using the wrong technique.
**[10:54] Kamishima**
So that's why he was so insistent
on using French ingredients.
**[10:58] Yamanouchi**
How could you possibly know that about me?
**[11:01] Ryu**
Because I had the same experience.
**[11:04] Ryu**
"Can a Japanese person understand Western
flavors? Can he really make our cocktails?"
**[11:11] Ryu**
The message you wanted
to express, Kamishima-sama,
**[11:13] Ryu**
was to not lose yourself to
such trivial preconceptions, I assume.
**[11:17] Ryu**
And that's why you chose
such a tricky alcohol.
**[11:22] Yamanouchi**
Did you really put
that much thought into this?
**[11:24] Kamishima**
Huh?
**[11:25] Ryu**
He certainly did. Right, Kamishima-san?
**[11:27] Kamishima**
Uh, well... yes.
**[11:33] Yamanouchi**
Kamishima-san.
**[11:34] Kamishima**
Yes?
**[11:35] Yamanouchi**
I suppose I would be interested in hearing
a little more about your hotel's offer.
**[11:42] Kamishima**
Thank you very much!
**[11:46] Taizo**
You did a great job.
**[11:48] Kamishima**
No, it was all thanks to your advice.
**[11:52] Taizo**
I wish I had been there to see
the look on Monsieur Yamanouchi's face.
**[11:57] Kamishima**
But that Sasakura sure is impressive!
**[12:00] Kamishima**
How do you become such a thoughtful and
considerate bartender at such a young age?
**[12:06] Taizo**
If you feel that way, then don't waste
any more time bringing him here.
**[12:11] Kamishima**
Yes, sir.
**[12:13] Miwa**
Yamanouchi-san saw through
the whole thing, though.
**[12:16] Miwa**
There's no way the manager would
have known about that mirin.
**[12:20] Ryu**
A bartender is no different than mirin.
He is merely the bar's secret ingredient.
**[12:25] Miwa**
Then what are the guests?
**[12:27] Ryu**
They are the main dish, of course.
The lead characters.
**[12:31] Ryu**
In the truest sense, the people who
actually make the bar are the customers.
**[12:37] Kyoko**
Hello. Good evening.
**[12:39] Miwa**
Oh.
**[12:41] (Flashback) Kyoko**
I finally worked up the courage
to quit my job today.
**[12:48] Ryu**
Please have a seat.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[12:52] Kyoko**
Huh? You were here that day?
**[12:55] Kyoko**
Wow. Please forget about it!
**[12:57] Miwa**
What about your bartending job?
**[12:59] Kyoko**
I decided to stay on
after this guy lectured me.
**[13:03] Miwa**
Huh? Sasakura-san did?
**[13:07] Kyoko**
After that, I gave it my best shot, and
now I'm finally allowed to mix cocktails.
**[13:14] Kyoko**
But still...
**[13:18] (Flashback) Kyoko**
Here you are.
**[13:19] (Flashback) Kyoko**
A Martini.
**[13:27] (Flashback) Minami**
This Martini...
**[13:29] (Flashback) Minami**
has no face.
**[13:33] (Flashback) Minami**
I don't think making Martinis
like this will help your training.
**[13:38] Kyoko**
Geez.
**[13:40] Kyoko**
A "face"? What? I don't get it at all.
**[13:44] Ryu**
What would you like?
**[13:48] Kyoko**
Please use Beefeater gin and Noilly
vermouth at a three-to-one ratio
**[13:53] Kyoko**
and make me a Martini that has a face.
**[13:56] Ryu**
Understood.
**[13:59] Ryu**
The Martini uses only gin and vermouth
and is very simple to make.
**[14:05] Ryu**
So why is it called the king of cocktails?
**[14:10] Ryu**
It's because there are
infinite combinations.
**[14:13] Ryu**
Which brands will you use?
What ratio will you use?
**[14:17] Ryu**
Depending on who makes it,
**[14:19] Ryu**
the coupling of gin and vermouth could
produce many different expressions.
**[14:25] Ryu**
That's why the Martini is...
**[14:29] Ryu**
a very special cocktail.
**[14:35] Kyoko**
It gives off a fragrance.
**[14:41] Kyoko**
This is totally different from my Martinis.
**[14:45] Kyoko**
Even though I try to make them
the same way Minami-san does.
**[14:48] Ryu**
Most likely, you haven't been drawing out
the character of the Beefeater.
**[14:54] Kyoko**
Character?
**[14:55] Ryu**
If you water down Beefeater too much,
it starts to lose its fragrance.
**[15:00] Ryu**
If you stir it to mix air in,
but without melting the ice,
**[15:05] Ryu**
it starts to release a citrusy fragrance.
**[15:08] Kyoko**
Minami-san never taught me that.
**[15:12] Ryu**
Kawakami-san, why did you
choose Beefeater for the gin?
**[15:17] Kyoko**
Well, that's because it's what
Minami-san always used at the bar.
**[15:21] Ryu**
Regardless of which gin you use,
if you don't bring out its character,
**[15:26] Ryu**
bartenders will tell you,
**[15:29] Ryu**
"This Martini has no face."
**[15:33] Kyoko**
So that's what it meant.
**[15:36] Ryu**
I feel the same way as Minami-san.
**[15:38] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[15:39] Ryu**
It's impossible to learn something
from words alone.
**[15:42] Ryu**
The anxiety, the uncertainty you feel,
**[15:44] Ryu**
and the blood you shed doing something by
yourself are the only things that can teach you.
**[15:49] Ryu**
If that's too difficult for you, perhaps
you would find it more enjoyable
**[15:54] Ryu**
to remain seated on that side of the bar.
**[15:58] Kyoko**
How can you talk to me like that?
That time before, and now today...
**[16:02] Kyoko**
Who do you think you are, anyway?
**[16:04] Miwa**
Sasakura-san, that was a little harsh.
**[16:06] Ryu**
If you still have the energy
to get that angry,
**[16:08] Ryu**
would you like to go out
to have one more Martini?
**[16:12] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[16:14] Kyoko**
Where are we going?
**[16:16] Ryu**
To a bar I was taken to back
when I was still an apprentice.
**[16:21] Kyoko**
Hell's arms?
**[16:23] Ryu**
I haven't been here in a long time.
**[16:31] Miwa**
Huh. It's a music bar!
**[16:34] Kyoko**
I came for the Martini,
but isn't this a place for music?
**[16:41] Miwa**
And the bartender is a woman.
**[16:43] Kyoko**
Oh, you're right.
**[16:46] Yuri**
Welcome.
**[16:49] Ryu**
Is Uehara-san here today?
**[16:52] Yuri**
No, the owner took the day off.
**[16:54] Ryu**
Oh, okay. Well, I'd like a Martini, please.
**[16:57] Miwa**
Me too.
**[16:59] Kyoko**
Me too, please.
**[17:00] Yuri**
Three Martinis. Got it.
**[17:06] Kyoko**
A Vodka Martini?
**[17:09] Ryu**
Overseas, Martinis are often
made shaken with vodka.
**[17:20] Yuri**
Here you are. Three Martinis.
**[17:29] Kyoko**
I did expect it would have
sharper flavor than a Gin Martini,
**[17:33] Kyoko**
but it goes down easy
and has a strong punch.
**[17:37] Kyoko**
I guess this is still a Martini.
**[17:39] Miwa**
The peel sinks to the bottom.
That makes it a lot easier to drink.
**[17:44] Ryu**
I'm impressed that you noticed!
**[17:46] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[17:48] Kyoko**
You're right. Normally,
the lemon peel floats to the top.
**[17:53] Kyoko**
How did you do this?
**[17:56] Yuri**
Secret of the trade.
**[18:01] (Flashback) Ryu**
That must be...
**[18:02] (Flashback) Uehara**
Just a little something I thought of.
**[18:05] (Flashback) Uehara**
This way, the customer won't have to
move the lemon peel aside to drink it.
**[18:13] (Flashback) Uehara**
You've got to have a good eye
to work in the service industry
**[18:17] (Flashback) Uehara**
and be able to notice little things
that most people wouldn't.
**[18:23] Ryu**
I learned that from
Uehara-san a long time ago.
**[18:27] Yuri**
Pardon me, but who are you?
**[18:30] Ryu**
I used to work at Bar Kaze.
***SIGN*** Sasakura Ryu
**[18:33] Ryu**
My name is Sasakura.
**[18:35] Kyoko**
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.
**[18:38] Kyoko**
I work at Bar Minami in Ginza.
I'm Kawakami Kyoko.
**[18:41] Yuri**
So you're in the business too?
***SIGN*** Kinjo Yuri
**[18:44] Yuri**
My name is Kinjo Yuri.
**[18:46] Yuri**
I just started bartending,
so this is only my third year.
**[18:49] Kyoko**
Third year? But this is so delicious.
**[18:53] Kyoko**
Even though you've only been
working as long as I have.
**[18:56] Yuri**
What would you like next?
**[18:58] Miwa**
Hmm, what should I go with?
**[19:01] Kyoko**
* I wonder what kind of "face"*
* it will have when she makes it.*
**[19:06] Kyoko**
A Gin Martini, please.
**[19:13] Kyoko**
You freeze the gin?
**[19:15] Yuri**
Not quite freeze, but I keep it
at minus five or six degrees.
**[19:19] Yuri**
60 milliliters of gin.
**[19:20] Yuri**
And for vermouth, I use
Martini Extra Dry. Two dashes.
**[19:25] Kyoko**
Dry and dry.
**[19:27] Yuri**
Yeah. Then I stir it a little longer
than normal to raise the temperature a bit.
**[19:34] Kyoko**
You raise the temperature?
**[19:36] Ryu**
When the temperature goes up
by one degree,
**[19:38] Ryu**
the fragrance and flavor
of the gin really open up.
**[19:41] Ryu**
But it maintains its coldness,
just like when you chill it with ice.
**[19:46] Kyoko**
I always thought that stirring and shaking
were only to lower the temperature.
**[19:52] Miwa**
Is it all right for you to be sharing
your technique with other bartenders?
**[19:56] Yuri**
Even if the amounts are exactly the same,
**[19:58] Yuri**
different people can't necessarily
create the exact same flavor.
**[20:02] Yuri**
This Martini is my very own Martini.
**[20:10] Kyoko**
*This is her own Martini.*
**[20:14] Kyoko**
* It does have a kick, but the fragrance*
* and character of the gin comes through well.*
**[20:21] Kyoko**
I'm ashamed to admit it,
but this is delicious.
**[20:24] Yuri**
Thanks.
**[20:25] Miwa**
Different Martinis really
can have different characters.
**[20:29] Kyoko**
The face of a Martini...
**[20:32] Kyoko**
is the character of
the bartender who makes it.
**[20:37] Kyoko**
But I still don't know
what kind of bartender I am.
**[20:42] Ryu**
You're the only person
who can make your Martini.
**[20:45] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[20:45] Ryu**
I'm sure you'll find it eventually.
**[20:49] Yuri**
I decided to enter a competition
for that exact reason.
**[20:53] Kyoko**
Huh? Competition?
**[20:55] Yuri**
You've heard of the Cocktail Award, right?
**[20:57] Kyoko**
Yes.
**[20:59] Kyoko**
The one where you're told to create
an original version of a specified cocktail.
**[21:03] Yuri**
I thought if I competed in that,
I'd be able to see a lot more clearly...
**[21:09] Yuri**
what kind of bartender I want to become.
**[21:12] Customer**
Excuse me.
**[21:14] Yuri**
Well, enjoy.
**[21:19] Kyoko**
What kind of bartender, huh.
**[21:25] Uehara**
Oh? Sasakura-kun dropped by?
**[21:29] Uehara**
The "Glass of God" guy, huh?
**[21:32] Yuri**
Glass of God?
**[21:33] Uehara**
Yeah.
**[21:35] (Flashback) Uehara**
So you're the new guy at Bar Kaze?
**[21:38] (Flashback) Uehara**
What kind of bartender
do you want to become?
**[21:41] (Flashback) Ryu**
One that can make the Glass of God
**[21:44] (Flashback) Ryu**
and relieve all of the guests'
worries with a single drink.
**[21:49] Uehara**
Yeah. He had a real hungry look
in his eye when he told me that.
**[21:53] Yuri**
He didn't look that way to me, though.
**[21:56] Uehara**
Oh?
**[22:01] Taizo**
All right, I can do that.
**[22:02] Kuzuhara**
I realize how presumptuous it is of me
to request that from you, Chairman.
**[22:07] Taizo**
It's fine. Don't sweat it.
**[22:10] Taizo**
I think I have a good idea, anyway.
***SIGN*** Episode 5
***SIGN*** The First Drop
# E5 - The First Drop
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***SIGN*** Kodama
***SIGN*** Shin-Osaka
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Hakata
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Hakata
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Nozomi
**[00:05] announcer**
* The train arriving at*
* track number 17 is Kodama 718.*
**[00:12] Ryu**
It's already so hot at this hour.
**[00:14] Miwa**
It is July already.
**[00:16] Ryu**
Ugh. I want to cool off
somewhere air conditioned.
**[00:21] Kyoko**
Good morning!
**[00:24] Yuri**
Hi.
**[00:25] Kyoko**
Thank you very much for inviting us!
**[00:28] Ryu**
Very much a morning person, I see.
**[00:30] Kyoko**
I've really been looking forward to this!
***SIGN*** A Commitment to Cask Aging
***SIGN*** Making the Various Pure Whiskies
***SIGN*** Distillation
**[00:32] Kyoko**
It's holy ground that any bartender
would want to see once.
**[00:35] Kyoko**
The Yamazaki Distillery!
**[00:38] Yuri**
I'm surprised you were
able to get reservations.
**[00:40] Yuri**
I hear it's really popular among tourists.
**[00:43] Ryu**
Let's just say I pulled some strings.
**[00:46] (Flashback) Taizo**
I've already made arrangements
with the people there.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Taizo**
It has great historical value, and you
can study their production process.
**[00:54] (Flashback) Taizo**
It's a must-see for bartenders
who want to expand their knowledge.
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Shin-Osaka
***SIGN*** Reserved
**[01:00] Kyoko**
So, is it just the four of us going?
**[01:03] Ryu**
No, there's one more...
**[01:06] Ryu**
Oh. There he is.
**[01:07] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[01:08] Kyoko**
Check out that stud over there!
**[01:11] Kyoko**
Wait. I just can't.
**[01:12] Yuri**
Can't what?
**[01:13] Ryu**
Hey! Chen-kun!
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[03:01] Kyoko**
I'm Kawakami Kyoko from Bar Minami!
**[03:05] Chen**
I'm Kelvin Chen. Bar K.
**[03:07] Yuri**
Oh? Kuzuhara-san's place.
**[03:10] Yuri**
I'm from Hell's arms. Kinjo Yur—
**[03:12] Kyoko**
So, Chen-san, have you been in Japan long?
**[03:16] Chen**
No.
**[03:17] Kyoko**
But your Japanese is super good!
**[03:21] Chen**
My mother is Japanese.
**[03:22] Kyoko**
Oh? Is this your first trip
to the Yamazaki Distillery?
**[03:26] Chen**
Yes.
**[03:27] Kyoko**
So you wanted to see the holy ground
of Japanese whisky once?
**[03:31] Chen**
Kuzuhara-sensei sent me.
**[03:34] Kyoko**
Ah. Sounds tough.
**[03:36] Yuri**
Is this your first trip to Kyoto?
**[03:39] Chen**
I've been once.
**[03:40] Kyoko**
Huh? On vacation?
**[03:44] Kyoko**
Hey! What is up with this guy?
**[03:46] Ryu**
What's going on?
**[03:47] Miwa**
Looks like we have a long trip ahead.
**[03:52] Miwa**
Ah! We made it!
***SIGN*** Taxi
Stand
**[03:52] Ryu**
Whew.
**[03:54] Kyoko**
Yeah!
**[03:55] Miwa**
Oh, I can see it!
**[03:57] Kyoko**
You're right!
***SIGN*** Designated Parking Lot for Buses and Wheelchairs
**[03:59] Kyoko**
Since 1923, huh?
**[04:01] Yuri**
A hundred years ago.
**[04:03] Ryu**
The Yamazaki Distillery is the oldest
distillery of malt whisky in Japan.
**[04:09] Kyoko**
Wow.
**[04:10] Ryu**
Why do you think they built it here?
**[04:13] Kyoko**
Huh? Why?
**[04:16] Kyoko**
Close to the station?
**[04:17] Yuri**
For the rent?
**[04:18] Chen**
For the rivers.
**[04:20] Chen**
The Uji River, the Kizu River,
and the Katsura River.
**[04:24] Chen**
Those three rivers converge here,
and the area often gets covered in fog.
**[04:29] Chen**
Mild temperatures and a humid climate are
said to be ideal conditions for aging whisky.
**[04:35] Miwa**
You sure know a lot about it.
**[04:36] Ryu**
Good on you for studying up beforehand!
**[04:39] Chen**
I wouldn't want to reflect
poorly on the Bar K name.
**[04:43] Kyoko**
Then that would mean I'm...
**[04:45] Yuri**
...dragging the Bar Minami
name through the mud.
**[04:48] Kyoko**
Well, you're no better!
**[04:50] Miwa**
Come on, now. We're all here to learn.
**[04:53] Guide**
We shall now begin the educational tour.
**[04:57] Ryu**
The main ingredient
in malt whisky is barley.
**[05:01] Ryu**
They use barley and water to make wort...
**[05:05] Ryu**
and then add yeast to ferment it.
**[05:11] Ryu**
They then take that unrefined liquid and
distill it to make what's called a new pot.
**[05:16] Miwa**
It's clear, even though it's whisky?
**[05:19] Ryu**
After it's aged, it takes on a golden color.
**[05:23] Miwa & Kyoko**
Wow!
**[05:27] Ryu**
In the whisky world,
**[05:28] Ryu**
it takes five or ten years for the flavor
you've created to be appreciated.
**[05:33] Ryu**
You can't make excuses for failures
to drinkers in the future.
**[05:38] Ryu**
So makers put their heart and soul
into crafting each batch.
**[05:44] Kyoko**
Look at this cask! It's from 1924!
**[05:48] Miwa**
Huh.
**[05:49] Yuri**
So it's 100 years old.
**[05:51] Kyoko**
I wonder what it tastes like.
**[05:54] Chen**
I'm sure the contents
have all evaporated by now.
**[05:57] Kyoko**
Obviously. You don't need to tell us.
**[06:00] Yuri**
Oh. That cask is as old as me.
**[06:02] Kyoko**
Huh? I wonder if there's one
from the year I was born.
**[06:05] Miwa**
Yeah. I want to look too.
**[06:25] Guide**
And that concludes our
pure whisky tasting.
***SIGN*** Yamazaki
***SIGN*** Wine Cask
Pure Whisky
***SIGN*** Mongolian Oak
Cask Pure Whisky
***SIGN*** Spanish Oak
Cask Pure
Whisky
***SIGN*** White Oak
Cask Pure
Whisky
***SIGN*** Thank You Very Much Today
**[06:30] Guide**
In a normal program, we always ask guests
to make Highballs at the end,
**[06:36] Guide**
but in this case, I'd love to learn from
professionals how to make a delicious drink.
**[06:43] Ryu**
Well, then.
**[06:45] Ryu**
Chen-kun, would you do the honors?
**[06:48] Chen**
Very well.
**[07:16] Chen**
One Highball.
**[07:17] Kyoko**
"One Highball"?
**[07:20] Kyoko**
She said she wanted to learn. Don't you have
some techniques or tricks you can share?
**[07:24] Guide**
Thank you very much.
**[07:26] Kyoko**
Look, you're putting our guide on the spot.
**[07:28] Guide**
No, that was very helpful.
**[07:31] Ryu**
All right, why don't we go try a new pot?
**[07:34] Miwa**
What? You can drink it?
**[07:36] Kyoko**
Wait. What about this Highball?
**[07:37] Kyoko**
How could we leave it without drinking it?!
**[07:43] Miwa**
Wow, it tastes like barley shochu.
**[07:46] Kyoko**
And this eventually turns into that flavor?
**[07:48] Yuri**
I can't imagine that at all.
**[07:51] Ryu**
You're right.
**[07:52] Kyoko**
The aging process must be really important.
**[07:55] Ryu**
Chen-kun, don't you want some?
**[07:58] Chen**
I'm fine.
**[08:00] Chen**
I would never serve this to guests anyway.
**[08:03] Yuri**
So that's why you didn't try
the pure whisky either.
**[08:06] Kyoko**
Won't you get in trouble if Kuzuhara-san
asks you what you thought?
**[08:15] Ryu**
Well?
**[08:16] Chen**
It's quite harsh.
**[08:18] Ryu**
Even if you won't serve it, there's no harm
in learning what it tastes like, right?
**[08:22] Chen**
No, I still think it's rather meaningless.
**[08:27] Ryu**
Rather meaningless, huh.
**[08:33] Ryu**
I see. So you're competing
in the Cocktail Award.
**[08:36] Yuri**
After that time you came,
Kyoko came back to the bar alone.
**[08:40] Yuri**
She said, "I'm going to compete too!"
She just wanted to toot her own horn.
**[08:43] Kyoko**
So we've decided to go visit a bunch
of different bars later to study.
**[08:49] Ryu**
Huh. Now that's dedication.
**[08:52] Ryu**
What happened to Chen-kun?
**[08:54] Miwa**
He said he had something to do
and wanted to go off on his own.
**[08:57] Kyoko**
Hey, what is up with Chen-kun anyway?
He's really unfriendly and stubborn.
**[09:03] Kyoko**
Since his mentor is Mister Perfect,
does the disciple have to be Mister Robot?
**[09:07] Kyoko**
What a waste of his good looks.
**[09:09] Miwa**
I wonder if he's like that
with guests at the bar too.
**[09:13] Kyoko**
If he treats customers like that,
they're gonna leave!
**[09:17] Ryu**
Mm-hmm. That's why
I brought him on the tour.
**[09:22] Ryu**
To spend time with other bartenders.
**[09:24] Ryu**
I hope the trip helps him
figure something out.
**[09:40] Passerby**
Ah, if you mean the Takeyas,
they quit a long time ago.
**[09:45] Passerby**
Somebody else bought the property
and left the place as it is, though.
**[09:57] (Flashback) Chitose**
Are we really gonna go?
**[10:03] Chen**
Chitose...
***SIGN*** Glass of God
***SIGN*** Minase Shrine
**[10:11] Miwa**
Are you all right?
**[10:14] Ryu**
We were out pretty late yesterday.
**[10:16] Miwa**
What time did you get back to the hotel?
**[10:19] Ryu**
Let's see...
**[10:21] Ryu**
We went to K6, right?
**[10:23] Ryu**
Then Calvador,
**[10:26] Ryu**
Gion Samboa,
**[10:27] Ryu**
Kiyamachi Samboa,
**[10:30] Ryu**
El Tesoro,
**[10:32] Ryu**
Talisker,
**[10:34] Ryu**
and Finlandia.
**[10:36] Ryu**
Then Rocking Chair.
**[10:38] Ryu**
I have no idea what time it was.
**[10:42] Miwa**
Chen-san, did you sleep well?
**[10:46] Chen**
Oh.
**[10:48] Ryu**
Let's go. There's something
I want to show you.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 75 0 75 45 0 45
***SIGN*** Nadamiya Water
Please bring your
own clean container
from home to draw water.
**[10:54] Chen**
Is this what you wanted to show me?
**[10:56] Ryu**
Yeah.
**[10:57] Ryu**
This is a source of famous spring water.
It was even mentioned in the Manyoshu.
**[11:01] Ryu**
They say Sen no Rikyu liked this water so much
that he decided to set up a tea room.
**[11:07] Ryu**
The distillery uses this water, too.
**[11:11] Ryu**
Water is the lifeblood of whisky, after all.
**[11:15] Ryu**
It all begins with one drop.
**[11:17] Ryu**
The droplets slowly trickle downward,
**[11:21] Ryu**
eventually into a creek,
which irrigates the trees.
**[11:26] Ryu**
After dozens or hundreds of years,
that becomes a river
**[11:31] Ryu**
which nurtures abundant life.
**[11:35] Ryu**
Each glass of whisky contains memories
of a very, very long history.
**[11:42] Ryu**
Don't you think that, rather than
serving customers drinks unknowingly,
**[11:45] Ryu**
it's better to know what
that glass represents
**[11:49] Ryu**
so you can convey something to them
with the drink that transcends mere flavor?
**[11:53] Miwa**
Thanks for waiting.
**[11:55] Miwa**
My grandpa asked me
to get some water for him.
**[11:59] Ryu**
Well then, since we're here...
**[12:03] Ryu**
Here. It's a good luck charm.
**[12:05] Ryu**
Minase Shrine's charms are
said to help improve skills.
**[12:11] Chen**
A charm...
**[12:12] Chen**
Um, is this also a good luck charm?
***SIGN*** Hosho Yama Amulet
**[12:19] Miwa**
It does have "amulet" written on it.
**[12:22] Chen**
Amulet?
**[12:23] Miwa**
Yeah. Um...
**[12:26] Miwa**
Hosho Yama is one of the decorative
floats used in the Gion Festival.
**[12:32] Chen**
The Gion Festival?
**[12:33] Miwa**
That amulet is one you can buy
after dark at the festival.
**[12:37] Ryu**
So they only sell it during the festival?
**[12:41] Miwa**
It's named after a story about
the fulfillment of true love.
**[12:45] Ryu**
Huh.
**[13:05] Chen**
*It was 12 years ago.*
**[13:18] (Flashback) Driver**
Right about now is when they
start putting the floats together.
**[13:23] (Flashback) Driver**
Did you come to see the Gion Festival?
**[13:27] (Flashback) Lee**
Kelvin.
**[13:29] (Flashback) Lee**
We aren't here to sightsee.
**[13:31] (Flashback) Lee**
Try to keep your excitement to yourself.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Lee**
You are my heir, after all.
***SIGN*** Takeya
**[13:40] (Flashback) Mistress**
Hello there! Thanks for coming.
**[13:42] (Flashback) Lee**
Thank you for having us.
**[13:44] (Flashback) Mistress**
You must be all tired out.
**[13:47] (Flashback) Mistress**
I'll show you to your room right away.
**[13:52] (Flashback) Chitose**
I'm sorry!
**[13:54] (Flashback) Chitose**
Hello there. Thanks for coming.
**[13:57] (Flashback) Chitose**
Uh... "Welcome"?
**[13:59] (Flashback) Chen**
Japanese is fine.
**[14:01] (Flashback) Chitose**
That's a relief!
**[14:04] (Flashback) Mistress**
Please excuse her. This way, then.
**[14:12] (Flashback) Chitose**
Oh. You can leave your footwear there.
**[14:15] (Flashback) Chen**
It's all right.
**[14:16] (Flashback) Lee**
We're heading out as soon
as we put our luggage away.
**[14:19] (Flashback) Lee**
Don't drag your feet.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Chen**
All right.
**[14:24] (Flashback) Mistress**
We'll prepare your meals.
**[14:34] (Flashback) Lee**
Oh? How clever of you to notice
that my son is left-handed.
**[14:40] (Flashback) Chitose**
I watched when he put his shoes away.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Mistress**
This is my daughter, Chitose.
**[14:46] (Flashback) Mistress**
She'll eventually be my successor.
**[14:49] (Flashback) Lee**
Is that right?
**[14:50] (Flashback) Lee**
I'm also thinking of leaving
my hotel in Singapore to my son.
**[14:55] (Flashback) Mistress**
Oh, to the boy?
**[14:57] (Flashback) Lee**
His name is Kelvin.
**[14:58] (Flashback) Mistress**
He looks like a fine young man.
***SIGN*** Kyoto - Gion Festival
***SIGN*** The Floats Appear
***SIGN*** Takeya
***SIGN*** Boys and Girls
Literature Collection
**[16:22] (Flashback) Chitose**
Stop saying that!
**[16:24] (Flashback) Chitose**
You decided all by yourself that
I have to follow in your footsteps!
**[16:27] (Flashback) Mistress**
Chitose!
**[16:35] (Flashback) Chitose**
It pisses me off so much!
**[16:38] (Flashback) Chitose**
I want to decide what to do with my life!
**[16:42] (Flashback) Chen**
Chitose-san.
**[16:43] (Flashback) Chitose**
Just call me Chitose.
**[16:46] (Flashback) Chen**
Chitose, do you want to become a dancer?
**[16:48] (Flashback) Chitose**
Huh? How'd you know?
**[16:51] (Flashback) Chen**
I saw you practicing.
**[16:53] (Flashback) Chitose**
What?
**[16:54] (Flashback) Chitose**
Oh no! That's so embarrassing!
**[16:56] (Flashback) Chitose**
Well, that is my dream. Just a dream.
**[16:59] (Flashback) Chen**
That's so cool. You have
something to aim for.
**[17:04] (Flashback) Chitose**
It won't happen, though.
**[17:06] (Flashback) Chitose**
I'm the only child.
**[17:10] (Flashback) Chitose**
If I don't take over,
it'll make my mom really sad.
**[17:15] (Flashback) Chen**
So you're just gonna do what you're told?
**[17:18] (Flashback) Chitose**
Chen-kun too, right?
You follow your dad's orders every day.
**[17:23] (Flashback) Chen**
But I don't want to
just follow orders forever.
**[17:27] (Flashback) Chen**
I'm going to destroy the tracks
that my parents put down for me.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Chitose**
Okay, wanna destroy them?
**[17:34] (Flashback) Chen**
Huh?
**[17:35] (Flashback) Chitose**
If your ice cream stick has "winner" on it,
**[17:40] (Flashback) Chitose**
then you have to boycott the plans
you were given for tomorrow.
**[17:45] (Flashback) Chen**
Okay, then if yours is a winner,
you have to boycott your chores at the inn.
**[17:51] (Flashback) Chitose**
It's a deal.
**[17:53] (Flashback) Chitose**
Then if we both get winners...
**[17:57] (Flashback) Chitose**
Let's go see the festival!
**[17:59] (Flashback) Chitose**
The Gion Festival!
**[18:03] (Flashback) Chen**
Fine with me.
**[18:05] (Flashback) Chitose**
Okay!
***SIGN*** Winner
***SIGN*** Winner
**[18:08] (Flashback) Chitose**
Wow, a winner!
**[18:09] (Flashback) Chen**
Both of them? You're kidding me!
**[18:12] (Flashback) Chitose**
No kidding!
**[18:14] (Flashback) Chitose**
Okay.
**[18:17] (Flashback) Chitose**
Are we really gonna go?
**[18:21] (Flashback) Chen**
Yeah, let's go.
**[18:23] (Flashback) Chitose**
Yes! It'll be fun!
**[18:25] (Flashback) Chen**
Yeah.
**[18:36] Chen**
But...
**[18:38] Chen**
I didn't go after all.
**[18:41] Chen**
I couldn't defy my father.
**[18:45] Chen**
But I've always wondered about it.
**[18:48] Chen**
If she went to the Gion Festival
or if she didn't.
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
***SIGN*** Come back and
visit sometime.
***SIGN*** Chitose
**[18:58] Miwa**
If she told you she had gone, maybe
she thought it would hurt your feelings.
**[19:03] Miwa**
So maybe she put her feelings
into this amulet instead.
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
**[19:11] Chen**
I don't know what Chitose is doing now.
**[19:16] Chen**
The inn she was at went out of business.
**[19:20] Chen**
I have no way to apologize anymore.
**[19:24] Chen**
I broke my promise to Chitose.
I hurt her feelings.
**[19:30] Chen**
I'm a terrible person.
**[19:36] Chen**
What's this?
**[19:39] Ryu**
Yamazaki 12 Year.
**[19:41] Ryu**
And in it...
**[19:43] Ryu**
a little water.
**[19:50] Ryu**
Have a sip.
**[20:06] Chen**
Just by adding water,
the flavor really opens up.
**[20:11] Ryu**
It's the flavor of twelve years passing.
**[20:16] Ryu**
Even that harsh new pot whisky
**[20:20] Ryu**
matures into this kind of flavor
after twelve years.
**[20:25] Chen**
The flavor of time.
**[20:28] Ryu**
You're the same way, Chen-kun.
**[20:31] Ryu**
Most people don't hold
on to their regrets for twelve years.
**[20:37] Ryu**
But I think that people who hold
on to difficult memories and regrets,
**[20:42] Ryu**
and let those feelings mature over time,
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
**[20:47] Ryu**
are the only ones able to grow into adults.
**[20:56] Chen**
I'm sorry, Chitose.
**[21:02] Miwa**
Thank you for allowing us
to use your bar on such short notice.
**[21:05] Manager**
Not at all! Please send
Chairman Kurushima my regards.
**[21:09] Miwa**
Sure.
**[21:11] Miwa**
Now, we just need to get
Kyoko-san and Yuri-san.
**[21:14] Ryu**
Where did they go, anyway?
**[21:16] Kyoko**
Ooh! This is so good!
**[21:20] Yuri**
Tastes good. Looks good.
No complaints!
**[21:23] Miwa**
They aren't picking up.
***SIGN*** Tokaido, Sanyo Shinkansen Platforms
**[21:29] Chen**
Thank you very much. Really.
**[21:32] Chen**
I think I finally understand what
kind of work bartending actually is.
**[21:38] Ryu**
Aren't you glad you tried it? The new pot.
**[21:42] Chen**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Tap Here
**[21:49] Chen**
It's Chen. I'm headed to the bar now.
**[21:54] Kyoko**
Ooh! It's so good!
**[21:57] Yuri**
Tastes good. Looks good.
No complaints!
**[22:01] Bartender**
Miss, are you planning
on staying in town tonight?
**[22:04] Kyoko**
Nah, we're goin' back. On the Shinkansen.
**[22:10] Kyoko**
Wait, what time is it?
**[22:12] Bartender**
There aren't any more trains today.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The True Face
# E6 - The True Face
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU417NE/the-true-face)
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**[00:01] Kamishima**
What?
**[00:02] Kamishima**
You forgot to send it to Accounting?
**[00:04] Kamishima**
What are we going to do if we
don't get the expenses covered?
**[00:07] Kamishima**
I'm gonna end up taking the heat for that.
**[00:10] Kamishima**
Would you get it together?
**[00:12] Yukari**
I apologize.
**[00:13] Kamishima**
Well, just be careful in the future.
**[00:16] Yukari**
Yes, sir.
**[00:19] Miwa**
What's going on? It isn't like you
to screw up like that, Yukari-chan.
**[00:23] Yukari**
I'm sorry.
**[00:25] Miwa**
Did something happen?
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[00:27] Miwa**
Stop right there!
**[00:29] Miwa**
Marriage?
**[00:30] Miwa**
Marriage, as in... *that* kind of marriage?
**[00:32] Yukari**
There's no other kind of marriage, Senpai.
**[00:36] Taisho**
Whoa, there. Are you serious?
**[00:38] Yukari**
Yes, thank you! I, Higuchi Yukari,
am going to be happily married!
**[00:44] Taisho**
Good thing you found a partner
with such odd tastes!
**[00:46] Yukari**
Yes!
**[00:47] Taisho**
Hey, you gotta have
a good comeback for that!
**[00:50] Taisho**
Like, "Who the heck are you
calling odd?" or something.
**[00:53] Yukari**
I guess you're right.
**[00:55] Yukari**
But I am really happy I found someone odd.
**[00:59] Miwa**
So who is he? Where did you meet him?
**[01:02] Taisho**
Was it one of those
trendy online dating sites?
**[01:03] Yukari**
I think you meant to say dating app.
**[01:06] Taisho**
That's just another way of putting it.
**[01:08] Yukari**
But anyway, aren't you
going to celebrate with me?
**[01:11] Yukari**
Let's celebrate!
**[01:12] Taisho**
All right! Today I'll treat you!
**[01:16] Yukari**
Yes! I love you, Chief!
**[01:19] Taisho**
To a 20 percent discount.
**[01:20] Yukari**
Huh? You're so cheap!
Can't you do a little better than that?
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[02:56] Exec 1**
There's a mistake in the customs documents?
**[02:58] Exec 1**
And that's why we missed
the delivery deadline?
**[03:01] Exec 2**
The Industrial Machinery Department
has a decent performance record,
***SIGN*** Boardroom
***SIGN*** In Use
**[03:05] Exec 2**
but maybe you're letting
that go to your head.
**[03:08] Hayase**
No, absolutely not.
**[03:10] Exec 1**
Hayase-kun, you're a pushover as a manager.
**[03:14] Exec 1**
Make someone on your staff
take the fall for this.
**[03:17] Hayase**
No.
**[03:19] Hayase**
The responsibility is entirely my own.
**[03:24] Exec**
Ridiculous.
***SIGN*** room
***SIGN*** In Use
**[03:29] Exec 2**
A manager covering for his staff?
**[03:32] Exec 2**
No wonder your underlings look up to you.
**[03:36] Female Employee 1**
I deeply apologize for
causing so much trouble.
**[03:41] Hayase**
Forget it. Just go home.
**[03:50] Female Employee 2**
How did it go?
**[03:51] Female Employee 1**
Okay, I guess.
**[03:53] Female Employee 1**
But is that really how he's gonna act?
I totally apologized.
**[04:04] Hayase**
*This is my third day.*
**[04:07] Hayase**
* I picked the worst possible time*
* to quit smoking.*
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[04:43] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[04:46] Ryu**
Would you care to take a seat here?
**[04:51] Ryu**
What will you be having?
**[04:54] Hayase**
I want something light. A Bamboo.
**[04:57] Rumi**
Huh.
**[04:59] Rumi**
I've never heard of a cocktail
called a Bamboo.
**[05:03] Rumi**
Does it come served in a bamboo cup?
**[05:05] Ryu**
No.
**[05:06] Ryu**
It's actually a Japanese cocktail.
**[05:08] Rumi**
Oh, is it?
**[05:11] Rumi**
Maybe I'll try one of those next.
**[05:16] Hayase**
Pardon me, but if you
aren't going to smoke it,
**[05:19] Hayase**
would you mind putting that cigar away?
**[05:22] Rumi**
Huh? Are cigars prohibited here?
**[05:25] Ryu**
Not at all.
**[05:26] Hayase**
A Bamboo is a cocktail
with a very delicate aroma.
**[05:29] Ryu**
Well, would you prefer to
sit over there instead?
**[05:33] Hayase**
I'm good here.
**[05:34] Hayase**
But there's a non-smoker present.
**[05:36] Hayase**
That cigar is bothering me,
so please put it out.
**[05:39] Rumi**
No thanks.
**[05:40] Rumi**
The smoke from this cigar is just as
important to me as that cocktail is to you.
**[05:48] Hayase**
You know, a bar isn't a place
for self-centered people like you.
**[05:53] Hayase**
Just put it out.
**[05:55] Rumi**
Don't get so angry just because
you can't get your way.
**[05:59] Rumi**
Life doesn't always go
the way you want it to.
**[06:03] Hayase**
*They're all the same.*
**[06:08] Hayase**
*They only think about themselves!*
**[06:14] Hayase**
Sorry.
**[06:17] Hayase**
This should cover it.
**[06:40] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[06:41] Ryu**
Oh my.
**[06:44] Hayase**
I'm terribly sorry about yesterday.
**[06:48] Hayase**
I behaved in an inexcusably childish way.
**[06:51] Ryu**
No, please don't worry about it.
**[06:54] Hayase**
I just quit smoking, so the smell
of the cigar really bothered me.
**[07:00] Hayase**
I realize that's a pathetic excuse, though.
**[07:05] Ryu**
If you don't mind...
**[07:07] Hayase**
Hmm?
**[07:08] Ryu**
Would you care to step
behind the counter for a moment?
**[07:11] Hayase**
Huh?
**[07:19] Hayase**
I never knew. So this is how
things look from the other side.
**[07:26] Ryu**
It's taboo for a bartender to share one
guest's private information with another.
**[07:32] Ryu**
So please consider what I'm about to say
just one bartender thinking aloud.
**[07:39] Ryu**
This is a cigar band.
**[07:42] Ryu**
In the West, it's a tradition to share
cigars among friends when a child is born.
**[07:49] Ryu**
A child was born recently.
The doctor was given cigars to celebrate.
**[07:54] Ryu**
However, the child was born
with a serious disease.
**[07:59] Ryu**
So the doctor in charge decided she would
smoke the cigars once the child recovered.
**[08:05] Ryu**
And she spent the last six months
working tirelessly to save the child.
**[08:10] Hayase**
That doctor... was it
the woman from yesterday?
**[08:16] Ryu**
Ultimately, the doctor
was not able to save the child.
**[08:21] Ryu**
So when she did light a cigar,
**[08:27] Ryu**
she did not smoke a single puff of it.
**[08:29] Ryu**
She didn't feel that she had the right to.
**[08:36] Ryu**
A bar sure is a strange thing.
When I look at the guests from here,
**[08:43] Ryu**
sometimes, I can see their true
feelings in their expressions.
**[08:48] Ryu**
Like two coworkers who seem to be enjoying
talking but actually despise each other.
**[08:54] Ryu**
Or a couple who are arguing, but in the midst
of that are searching for a way to make up.
**[09:04] Hayase**
I wonder what kind of true
feelings she was expressing.
**[09:12] Hayase**
Does she come here often?
**[09:15] Ryu**
Recently, she often
comes late at night, alone.
**[09:19] Hayase**
I see.
**[09:22] Hayase**
Do you mind if I take this?
**[09:28] Yukari**
Anywhere I want, right?
And whatever I want, right?
**[09:32] Yukari**
No matter how much it costs, right?
**[09:34] Miwa**
Of course! We're celebrating
your marriage, Yukari-chan.
**[09:38] Yukari**
French! Italian! Japanese!
**[09:42] Yukari**
I can't decide!
**[09:47] Ryu**
Is that right?
**[09:49] Ryu**
Please accept my congratulations.
**[09:51] Yukari**
Thank you very much!
**[09:53] Ryu**
Well then, I should prepare a drink
for you that is fit for the occasion.
**[09:58] Yukari**
Okay! The Glass of God!
**[10:00] Yukari**
A Sasakura special Glass of God!
**[10:04] Ryu**
Something champagne-based
would be too obvious.
**[10:08] Ryu**
All right.
**[10:10] Ryu**
One-third brandy, one-third crème de cacao,
**[10:15] Ryu**
and one-third fresh cream.
**[10:19] Ryu**
Shake this well,
**[10:23] Ryu**
and then strain it with a sieve.
**[10:27] Ryu**
Finally, a touch of nutmeg.
**[10:30] Yukari**
Wow. It's like you're making candy.
**[10:35] Ryu**
Here you are. An Alexander.
**[10:39] Yukari**
It's all foamy.
**[10:41] Ryu**
The Alexander was invented in 1863.
**[10:45] Ryu**
It's said to have been presented
at the wedding ceremony of
**[10:47] Ryu**
Edward VII of England
and Princess Alexandra.
**[10:56] Yukari**
It's deliciously sweet!
**[10:58] Ryu**
Congratulations on your marriage.
**[11:04] Yukari**
Thank you...
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[11:12] Hayase**
One Bamboo.
**[11:13] Ryu**
Very well.
**[11:19] Ryu**
Are you waiting for someone, Hayase-sama?
**[11:22] Hayase**
Huh? Uh, no.
**[11:26] Hayase**
Not exactly, anyway.
***SIGN*** French
**[12:15] Ryu**
Your Bamboo.
**[12:18] Hayase**
I'd like you to give something to someone.
**[12:22] Hayase**
It's been bothering me all this time.
**[12:24] Hayase**
Although I know buying a replacement
doesn't excuse my behavior.
**[12:28] Ryu**
The other guest from that day
seemed bothered as well.
**[12:31] Ryu**
"I acted very childishly," she said.
**[12:34] Hayase**
She did?
**[12:35] Ryu**
Even among Cuban cigars,
these cigars are very famous.
**[12:41] Ryu**
Churchill apparently used to smoke them.
**[12:43] Ryu**
In Spanish, they're called Romeo y Julieta.
**[12:47] Ryu**
In English...
**[12:50] Hayase**
Romeo and Juliet?
**[12:51] Ryu**
Yes.
**[12:53] Hayase**
That's a very romantic name.
**[12:58] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[13:08] Rumi**
We meet again. What a coincidence.
**[13:11] Rumi**
Hello, Mister Cigar Hater.
**[13:16] Hayase**
Hello.
**[13:17] Ryu**
Please have a seat here.
**[13:18] Rumi**
What's this? Do bartenders
always serve as wingman?
**[13:24] Ryu**
No, that isn't my intention.
**[13:26] Rumi**
Then is this a "from the gentleman
over there" sort of thing?
**[13:30] Ryu**
Most Japanese bartenders wouldn't
permit anything like that.
**[13:34] Rumi**
Huh. Guess you're out of luck.
**[13:37] Hayase**
I wouldn't do something like that at a bar.
**[13:39] Rumi**
I'm just joking! No need to get angry.
**[13:50] Hayase**
Oh, right.
**[13:54] Hayase**
For you.
**[13:55] Rumi**
Huh?
**[13:55] Hayase**
My behavior the other day was inexcusable.
**[14:00] Rumi**
Please don't worry about it. So was mine.
**[14:04] Rumi**
Also, aren't these cigars really expensive?
**[14:08] Ryu**
I believe so. One box could pay
for ten nights drinking here.
**[14:13] Rumi**
Huh? I can't accept something so expensive!
**[14:16] Hayase**
No, please do.
**[14:18] Hayase**
Please accept it with my apologies.
**[14:20] Rumi**
Still...
**[14:21] Hayase**
Just take it.
**[14:22] Ryu**
In that case, why don't I store
those cigars here for both of you?
**[14:29] Rumi**
You mean so we can only
smoke them when we're here?
**[14:32] Ryu**
Yes.
**[14:34] Hayase**
But I've quit smoking.
**[14:36] Rumi**
I've also told my work that I don't smoke.
**[14:42] Rumi**
Maybe it's okay if I keep quiet about it.
**[14:44] Hayase**
Maybe it's okay if I just stick to cigars.
**[14:48] Ryu**
It will be a secret between the two of you.
**[14:50] Ryu**
Cigars are quite appropriate for that.
**[14:54] Ryu**
In the past, cigar boxes were
used to exchange love letters.
**[14:58] Ryu**
During the Russian Revolution, they were
apparently used to smuggle secret documents.
**[15:03] Rumi**
Wow! What a nice aroma!
**[15:06] Hayase**
There's ten, huh.
**[15:08] Ryu**
I must apologize to you both, but some of
our other guests don't appreciate cigars.
**[15:14] Ryu**
Would you mind taking those seats over there?
**[15:17] Hayase**
Sure.
**[15:23] Hayase**
I'm Hayase.
**[15:25] Rumi**
I'm Kimishima. Kimishima Rumi.
**[15:28] Hayase**
Kimishima-san.
**[15:29] Rumi**
I am very sorry about how I acted before.
**[15:33] Hayase**
I should be the one to apologize.
**[15:35] Hayase**
It was pathetic of me to take
my frustrations out on you.
**[15:38] Rumi**
I basically did the same thing.
**[15:41] Rumi**
I was feeling depressed and
acted up over something silly.
**[15:46] Hayase**
You seem... different all of a sudden.
**[15:50] Hayase**
You were so feisty a minute ago.
**[15:52] Rumi**
I act like that when my guard is up.
**[15:56] Hayase**
Huh.
**[15:58] Rumi**
But if you like the other me better...
**[16:02] Rumi**
Well, my bad for spoiling your fun, Mister.
**[16:13] Miwa**
Yukari-chan, be sure to mark your
appointments down on the calendar.
**[16:17] Yukari**
What for?
**[16:19] Miwa**
Don't you have a bunch of meetings
to plan for the wedding?
**[16:25] Yukari**
Oh.
**[16:26] Yukari**
The wedding...
**[16:29] Yukari**
You don't need to worry about that.
I've got plenty of time.
**[16:34] Miwa**
*That doesn't seem right.*
***SIGN*** Good night
***SIGN*** Yukari, congratulations on
your marriage. I can't wait
for the wedding.
**[16:52] Yukari**
Grandma...
**[17:00] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[17:01] Yukari**
Good evening!
**[17:03] Yukari**
I'm by myself today. Is that all right?
**[17:08] Yukari**
I'd like another Alexander.
**[17:11] Ryu**
Very well.
**[17:13] Yukari**
You drink it to celebrate marriage, right?
**[17:16] Yukari**
Those people overseas... who was it again?
**[17:19] Ryu**
Edward VII and Princess Alexandra.
**[17:23] Yukari**
Oh, right!
**[17:24] Ryu**
There's actually one other famous
story about the Alexander.
**[17:30] Yukari**
One other?
**[17:32] Ryu**
In the film *Days of Wine and Roses*,
**[17:35] Ryu**
the protagonist pressures his wife, who
doesn't drink at all, to drink an Alexander.
**[17:42] Ryu**
However, as a result of that one drink,
the wife eventually becomes an alcoholic,
**[17:48] Ryu**
and their life together falls apart.
**[17:50] Yukari**
Oh.
**[17:52] Ryu**
It's sweet and has a good texture,
but it's actually a very strong cocktail.
**[17:57] Ryu**
That is the Alexander.
**[18:05] Yukari**
You're right. It is strong.
**[18:07] Yukari**
And sweet, like my dreams about marriage.
**[18:11] Yukari**
Maybe this is a sign that
I shouldn't rush into it.
**[18:14] Ryu**
Sweetness and bitterness, comedy and
tragedy, fortune and misfortune.
**[18:20] Ryu**
I suppose everything in life
has two different faces.
**[18:26] Yukari**
Two faces...
**[18:31] Yukari**
I'm actually full of doubt.
**[18:35] Ryu**
About your marriage?
**[18:39] Yukari**
My grandma, who I love, is really sick.
**[18:42] Yukari**
The doctors told me she doesn't have long.
**[18:46] Yukari**
I wanted her to see me in a wedding dress
so she wouldn't worry about me.
**[18:53] Yukari**
But I know that's a bad reason
to get married.
**[18:58] Yukari**
I know, but still...
**[19:02] Yukari**
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cry.
**[19:09] Ryu**
Do you know why the lighting
in bars is so dim?
**[19:13] Yukari**
Huh?
**[19:14] Ryu**
It's to hide the guests' tears.
**[19:21] Yukari**
You always come up with the perfect line.
**[19:41] Kamishima**
Higuchi-kun, got a minute?
**[19:43] Yukari**
Yes.
**[19:43] Kamishima**
About the wedding speech...
**[19:46] Kamishima**
Regardless of who you pick, it'll take
time to write, so you should hurry—
**[19:51] Yukari**
I'm sorry.
**[19:52] Yukari**
About that... I called it off.
**[19:55] Kamishima**
Called it off?
**[19:56] Miwa**
What do you mean, you called it off?
**[19:58] Yukari**
I decided not to get married.
I realized I wasn't ready for it yet.
**[20:06] Miwa**
I see.
**[20:07] Kamishima**
Wait, so my speech is...
**[20:09] Yukari**
Canceled!
**[20:10] Kamishima**
I guess so.
**[20:11] Yukari**
I feel like Sasakura-san
already saw this coming, though.
**[20:15] Miwa**
Huh?
**[20:16] Yukari**
I think that's why he made me an Alexander.
**[20:26] Miwa**
I should have asked her about it after all.
**[20:31] Ryu**
After all? Was something
about it bothering you?
**[20:35] Miwa**
Yes.
**[20:38] Miwa**
From the minute she said she was
getting married, something felt off.
**[20:42] Miwa**
Did you notice it too, Sasakura-san?
**[20:45] Ryu**
Yes. Have you ever heard this saying?
**[20:50] Ryu**
"The moment someone realizes they
are asleep, they are already half awake."
**[20:57] Ryu**
Deep inside, everybody probably already
knows what the right choice is for them.
**[21:04] Miwa**
I think you're right.
**[21:10] Rumi**
There are only two left.
**[21:13] Hayase**
Once we smoke these, it's all over.
**[21:16] Rumi**
I really enjoyed drinking
with you, Hayase-san.
**[21:19] Hayase**
In the moments that the smoke was rising,
**[21:22] Hayase**
I feel like you shared
a wonderful dream with me.
**[21:26] Hayase**
Sasakura-kun. The bill, please.
**[21:29] Ryu**
All right.
**[21:31] Rumi**
Actually, I...
**[21:32] Rumi**
Starting next week, I'm being sent
to a hospital in Sendai for two years.
**[21:37] Hayase**
You...
**[21:39] Rumi**
I hope I can find a bar like this there.
**[21:44] Hayase**
If you're willing to put up with me,
**[21:48] Hayase**
can I invite you to dinner?
**[21:49] Rumi**
Huh?
**[21:51] Hayase**
Oh, well, you're probably too busy.
**[21:57] Rumi**
If you're willing to put up
with me, I'd love to.
**[22:01] Hayase**
All right, next week?
**[22:04] Hayase**
Let's meet here at seven.
**[22:06] Rumi**
All right.
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** A Bartender's Resolve
# E7 - A Bartender's Resolve
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G9DUEM0V8/a-bartenders-resolve)
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**[00:01] Kamishima**
Come on. A welcome drink means
one thing and one thing only.
***SIGN*** Business Planning Division
**[00:05] Kamishima**
You go into your room,
open the fridge, pull out a beer...
**[00:12] Kamishima**
And "ahh!" That's about it.
**[00:15] Yukari**
Well, that might be good
enough for you, Boss.
**[00:19] Miwa**
In five-star hotels,
guests who stay in suites receive
**[00:24] Miwa**
a welcome drink, champagne,
fruit, and a flower bouquet.
**[00:30] Nishizawa**
A hotel bar is the first place
a traveler visits in a different country.
**[00:35] Nishizawa**
It determines their first
impression of that country.
**[00:38] Nishizawa**
The welcome drink is also
a foreign guest's first drink in Japan.
**[00:44] Nishizawa**
It would be best to serve a memorable drink.
One that leaves an impression.
**[00:49] Miwa**
So, on that note,
**[00:51] Miwa**
Judy-san and Leslie-san,
we would love to hear your thoughts.
**[00:56] Judy**
I really think it should be one that makes
the feeling of being in Japan sink in.
**[01:00] Leslie**
In the past, when I stayed at a Japanese inn,
**[01:03] Leslie**
I was given a zunda rice cake and
zunda shake. It was a real surprise!
**[01:06] Yukari**
That would definitely have an impact!
**[01:09] Nishizawa**
The welcome drink was originally
something sweet for tired guests
**[01:14] Nishizawa**
who traveled from far away,
to comfort them after an exhausting trip.
**[01:19] Miwa**
The important thing is
to show them hospitality.
**[01:22] Miwa**
That one drink has to let the guest know
**[01:25] Miwa**
that the Cardinal welcomes them
from the bottom of our hearts.
**[01:29] Leslie**
And it's nice if it's something flashy.
**[01:31] Judy**
And something seasonal!
**[01:33] Nishizawa**
Developing this menu is an important task...
**[01:36] Miwa**
So that's why we're here.
**[01:38] Yukari**
Please, Sasakura-san! Well you help us
develop our welcome drink menu?
**[01:44] Ryu**
I wonder this every time, but why me?
**[01:47] Yukari**
You always say that, but then
end up helping us anyway.
**[01:51] Yukari**
We're counting on you again!
**[01:56] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[01:58] Miwa**
Chen-san?
**[02:00] Yukari**
Huh? Senpai, do you know
this guy? He's so hot!
**[02:05] Miwa**
That's Kelvin Chen from Bar K.
**[02:08] Yukari**
Huh? Bar K? You mean Kuzuhara-san's place?
**[02:13] Chen**
Sasakura-san, please let me work here.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[03:51] Ryu**
You want to work here?
What about Kuzuhara-san's bar?
**[03:55] Chen**
I was forced to quit.
**[03:57] Miwa**
You mean you were kicked out?
**[03:59] Miwa**
Why?
**[04:02] Ryu**
Why don't you take a seat for now?
**[04:04] Chen**
Sure.
**[04:08] Chen**
Yamazaki, straight.
**[04:11] Chen**
Please give me a little water to add.
**[04:13] Ryu**
Very well.
**[04:17] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[04:19] Chen**
Thank you very much.
**[04:27] Chen**
Where should I even begin?
**[04:33] Chen**
Do you know this hotel?
**[04:35] Ryu**
I'm not really familiar
with that sort of place.
**[04:38] Yukari**
You don't know it? It's super famous.
**[04:42] Miwa**
It's a hotel in Singapore, right?
**[04:44] Chen**
It's my father's hotel.
**[04:45] Yukari & Miwa**
Huh?
**[04:46] Yukari**
You mean you're the heir
to that famous hotel?
**[04:50] Chen**
My brother was actually
supposed to take over.
**[04:55] Chen**
He was much older than me,
and my parents' pride and joy.
**[05:02] Chen**
But before he was able to
take over, there was...
**[05:07] Chen**
an accident. Right when the
cherry blossoms were blooming.
**[05:12] Chen**
We came to visit Japan as a family but
couldn't see the cherry blossoms together.
**[05:19] Chen**
I'm my brother's replacement.
**[05:22] Chen**
I was sent to work at Bar K
to study customer service.
**[05:27] Miwa**
So, why did you become a bartender?
**[05:30] Chen**
I was only doing what my father told me.
**[05:33] Chen**
Well, until that tour we took together.
**[05:40] Chen**
That's the first time I seriously thought
I wanted to be a bartender.
**[05:45] Chen**
But then, when I told my father
that, he made me quit.
**[05:51] Miwa**
Oh, no.
**[05:52] Yukari**
How cruel.
**[05:53] Chen**
My father is coming to Japan
soon to take me home.
**[05:58] Chen**
But if I can get him to recognize
my skills as a bartender,
**[06:01] Chen**
I might be able to change his mind.
**[06:04] Chen**
Sasakura-san, please, I want you to
teach me how to make the Glass of God!
**[06:10] Chen**
I want to be able to make the perfect drink!
**[06:13] Chen**
One that will force my father
to acknowledge my abilities.
**[06:17] Ryu**
That I cannot do.
**[06:20] Ryu**
The Glass of God isn't
something you learn from others.
**[06:25] Chen**
But still...!
**[06:27] Ryu**
The one thing I can do
is give you a place here.
**[06:31] Ryu**
I'll talk to the owner about it.
**[06:34] Chen**
I understand.
**[06:36] Chen**
Thank you very much.
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[06:55] Yukari**
I wonder how it's gonna turn out.
**[06:57] Miwa**
It sure is taking a long time.
**[07:00] Yukari**
Well, of course it is. It's absolutely
crucial that it convinces him.
**[07:05] Miwa**
But he always makes them so
quickly. This is so unusual.
**[07:10] Yukari**
"Always"? What are you
talking about, Senpai?
**[07:14] Miwa**
Sasakura-san's welcome drink. What else?
**[07:18] Miwa**
Wait, what are you
talking about, Yukari-chan?
**[07:21] Yukari**
Chen-san, of course!
**[07:23] Yukari**
Today is the day his father arrives.
**[07:28] Lee**
Take me to Ginza.
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[07:35] Yukari**
Oh, I'm so nervous!
**[07:37] Miwa**
I'm sure it'll be all right.
**[07:40] Ryu**
Take a deep breath, Chen-kun.
**[07:42] Chen**
Okay.
**[07:55] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[07:56] Chen**
Welcome.
**[07:58] Chen**
I've been waiting for you, Father.
**[08:04] Chen**
Please have a seat.
**[08:09] Lee**
Just one drink.
**[08:11] Chen**
All right.
**[08:32] Chen**
Here you are. A Singapore Sling.
**[08:42] Lee**
Check, please.
**[08:44] Ryu**
Very well.
**[08:46] Chen**
But he hasn't even taken a sip.
**[08:50] Lee**
Your flight is in one week.
**[08:53] Chen**
I'm not going home!
**[08:54] Chen**
I'm serious! I've decided
to become a bartender!
**[08:57] Lee**
Serious? And yet you still don't
understand a thing about service.
**[09:04] Lee**
Thank you for watching over my son.
**[09:06] Ryu**
Not at all.
**[09:11] Chen**
Please wait, Dad!
**[09:13] Chen**
Just give me one more chance!
***SIGN*** Sumida
River
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[09:21] Yukari**
It'll be fine!
**[09:23] Yukari**
You'll get it next time. Next time.
**[09:26] Miwa**
I tasted your Singapore Sling afterwards,
**[09:29] Miwa**
and I thought it was delicious, Chen-san.
**[09:34] Ryu**
Chen-kun,
**[09:36] Ryu**
why did you choose a Raffles style Singapore
Sling as the one drink to serve your father?
**[09:42] Chen**
Because Singapore is the one thing
connecting me to my father.
**[09:47] Ryu**
That's it?
**[09:50] Ryu**
A Singapore Sling can be made
Raffles style or Savoy style,
**[09:56] Ryu**
but these days, it's more common
to make it Savoy style.
**[10:00] Ryu**
Is there a reason you chose
the more difficult Raffles style?
**[10:05] Chen**
Well...
**[10:07] Ryu**
Have you heard of the word "hospes"?
**[10:09] Chen**
No.
**[10:10] Miwa**
Don't you mean "hospice"?
**[10:12] Taisho**
It's Latin. It means someone
who watches over guests.
**[10:15] Taisho**
In ancient Rome, there were
people who would reach out
**[10:19] Taisho**
to help travelers who were tired or hungry.
**[10:22] Taisho**
Just like me.
**[10:24] Yukari & Miwa**
Wow!
**[10:25] Yukari**
That looks so good!
**[10:27] Ryu**
The English word "hospitality"
originally came from hospes.
**[10:32] Ryu**
It's also the origin for words
like "hotel" and "hospital."
**[10:35] Ryu**
Bartenders are the same.
**[10:37] Ryu**
They make drinks for weary travelers,
for the guests who sit before them.
**[10:43] Ryu**
How did your father look that day?
**[10:50] Chen**
He seemed exhausted.
**[10:53] Chen**
I was only thinking
about showing off my skills
**[10:57] Chen**
and didn't pay attention to my father,
who was sitting right in front of me.
**[11:01] Miwa**
When he said you don't understand service,
that must have been what he meant.
**[11:09] Taisho**
C'mon in.
**[11:10] Kyoko**
It's so hot!
**[11:14] Chen**
Hello.
**[11:16] Kyoko**
So it's all riding on that second chance, huh.
**[11:19] Yuri**
Chibariyo!
**[11:21] Chen**
Chiba...?
**[11:22] Yuri**
Uh, it's an Okinawan word
that means "do your best."
**[11:26] Kyoko**
Do your best, okay? Chen-kun.
**[11:29] Chen**
I will.
**[11:31] Ryu**
Hey, you two, how's your prep
for the Cocktail Award going?
**[11:34] Kyoko & Yuri**
Ugh.
**[11:36] Yuri**
I can see it in my mind, but still...
**[11:39] Kyoko**
My enemy is time.
**[11:42] Kyoko**
I have to make drinks for all of
the judges at once in a limited time.
**[11:48] Kyoko**
I never do that, so I'm not used to it.
**[11:51] Kyoko**
Please tell us what to do, Sasakura-san.
**[11:55] Ryu**
It's all about practice.
**[11:57] Kyoko & Yuri**
Ugh.
**[11:58] Ryu**
Beyond that, you just have to
build up more hidden ice.
**[12:03] Kyoko**
Hidden ice?
**[12:05] Ryu**
Yeah.
**[12:06] Ryu**
Like an iceberg that is held afloat
by the part that's hidden under the water.
**[12:11] Ryu**
You should watch movies and plays.
**[12:14] Ryu**
Look at paintings.
Read books. Listen to music.
**[12:17] Ryu**
Develop an artistic sensibility
that's reflected in your technique.
**[12:21] Ryu**
Feeling love, feeling pain,
feeling sadness, feeling regret...
**[12:26] Ryu**
All of that will help you.
**[12:29] Ryu**
There isn't much time left until the awards.
**[12:31] Ryu**
Build up your bartending skills
and do your best!
**[12:34] Kyoko**
Okay!
**[12:36] Yuri**
By the way, Sasakura-san,
**[12:38] Yuri**
Uehara-san told me that you once
won a famous cocktail contest.
**[12:42] Chen**
Oh? Is that true?
**[12:44] Kyoko**
Please tell us more.
**[12:46] Miwa**
I've been wondering about that myself.
**[12:48] Miwa**
What kind of cocktail did you make?
**[12:51] Ryu**
That's enough talk about work.
**[12:54] Taisho**
"Whereof one cannot speak,
thereof one must be silent."
**[12:58] Miwa**
Huh?
**[12:59] Taisho**
From Wittgenstein's
*Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus*.
**[13:03] Ryu**
Oh, geez.
**[13:04] Ryu**
That's what you get when the bar owner
is a Kyoto U philosophy major.
**[13:07] Kyoko**
What? You went to Kyoto University?
**[13:10] Yukari**
You don't seem like that type at all!
**[13:11] Taisho**
That's enough from you.
**[13:12] Miwa**
Oh, right, Sasakura-san. How's your
welcome drink recipe coming along?
**[13:17] Ryu**
Sorry, I'm sort of struggling with it.
**[13:20] Ryu**
I should have it by the start of next week.
**[13:22] Miwa**
I'll look forward to it.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[13:29] Nishizawa**
And this is?
**[13:31] Ryu**
A Kir Royal.
**[13:33] Leslie**
Royal?
**[13:34] Judy**
How is it different from a Kir?
**[13:37] Ryu**
A Kir is made by combining white wine
and crème de cassis at a ratio of three to one.
**[13:43] Ryu**
If you use champagne instead of
white wine, it becomes a Kir Royal.
**[13:48] Ryu**
It's famous for being
a somewhat luxurious aperitif.
**[13:54] Nishizawa**
This doesn't taste like cassis.
**[13:56] Ryu**
Correct. I used kyoho grape wine.
**[14:00] Ryu**
This one has pear wine,
and this one fig wine.
**[14:05] Judy**
Delicious!
**[14:07] Leslie**
It's very good!
**[14:09] Kamishima**
Well, it does taste good, but...
**[14:13] Nishizawa**
Is this a Glass of God?
**[14:16] Miwa**
*What's going on?*
**[14:19] Miwa**
*That isn't like Sasakura-san at all.*
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[14:25] Ryu**
I'm terribly sorry.
**[14:27] Miwa**
No, cut that out!
**[14:30] Miwa**
We're always asking too much of you.
We should be the ones apologizing to you!
**[14:36] Ryu**
No. I wasn't able to serve my
customers well. I'm ashamed.
**[14:41] Miwa**
Are you feeling ill or something?
**[14:43] Ryu**
Huh?
**[14:44] Miwa**
You usually think of great
drinks on the spot. So...
**[14:50] Ryu**
A bartender makes cocktails to soothe
the soul of the one person sitting before them.
**[14:58] Miwa**
That's the same thing you told Chen-san.
**[15:01] Ryu**
Yes, I guess you're right.
**[15:04] Ryu**
No matter who your guest is, sometimes
they may be feeling hurt or lonely.
**[15:11] Ryu**
One drink from the bartender
should be able to soothe those feelings.
**[15:18] Ryu**
That's why I might not be fit to create
welcome drinks for guests I've never met.
**[15:26] Miwa**
So that's what you meant.
**[15:29] Miwa**
"Soothe their soul," huh?
That's a lovely way to put it.
**[15:38] Ryu**
That's something I learned from my mentor.
**[15:44] Miwa**
Your mentor, Sasakura-san?
I'd love to meet him someday.
**[15:50] Ryu**
Do you have work after this?
**[15:53] Ryu**
If you don't mind, why don't you allow me
to make you a drink to apologize for today?
**[15:57] Miwa**
All right. Thank you very much.
**[16:20] Ryu**
A Gin and Tonic.
**[16:26] Miwa**
Delicious!
**[16:29] Miwa**
It tastes totally different than at other bars.
**[16:32] Ryu**
The amount of tonic, the shape of
the ice, the method of stirring...
**[16:37] Ryu**
Combining those small efforts
is how a pro creates his flavor.
**[16:42] Ryu**
That's what I've always believed.
**[16:44] Ryu**
When I'm unsure, when I lose confidence
in myself, this is the cocktail I always make.
**[16:50] Ryu**
Like after the mistake I made today.
**[16:52] Miwa**
Sasakura-san, you really
don't need to worry about that.
**[16:56] Ryu**
This is how I get back to my roots.
**[17:00] Miwa**
I feel like I lucked out, getting
to drink something this delicious.
**[17:05] Ryu**
On the contrary, you gave me an opportunity
to rehabilitate myself. Thank you very much.
**[17:11] Miwa**
*Oh, good. He's back to his old self again.*
**[17:16] Miwa**
Okay. I'd better get going.
**[17:24] Chen**
"Soothe the soul"...
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[17:34] Ryu**
It's today, right? Your father's visit.
**[17:36] Chen**
Yes.
**[17:38] Ryu**
The important thing is
to learn from your mistakes.
**[17:41] Ryu**
That's pretty much
the only thing I can teach you.
**[17:46] Chen**
How many mistakes did you have to make
to become the person you are today?
**[17:50] Ryu**
Good question. So many
I don't want to remember.
**[17:55] Ryu**
Hey, was that a laugh?
**[17:57] Chen**
I apologize, but that gave me
a little confidence boost.
***SIGN*** French
**[18:08] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[18:11] Chen**
Welcome.
**[18:15] Chen**
You appear to be well rested today. I'm glad.
**[18:18] Lee**
Have you started to actually
think about your guests?
**[18:22] Lee**
So, what do you plan to serve me today?
**[18:40] Lee**
Raffles style didn't work out,
so now you're trying Savoy style?
**[18:45] Lee**
You're nothing but a disappointment to me.
**[18:49] Chen**
I want you to see it, Father.
**[18:53] Chen**
The scenery we were
supposed to see that day.
**[18:56] Lee**
What are you talking about?
**[19:06] Lee**
Is this...?
**[19:11] Lee**
Cherry blossoms?
**[19:14] Chen**
Yes.
**[19:16] Chen**
We were supposed to go see
them together as a family.
**[19:19] Chen**
Cherry blossoms.
But then we weren't able to.
**[19:25] Lee**
How?
**[19:29] Lee**
Japanese craft gin?
**[19:32] Chen**
The four seasons of Japan
are captured in this one bottle.
**[19:35] Chen**
Green and jade dew tea for summer.
Japanese pepper for autumn.
**[19:39] Chen**
Yuzu for winter. Finally,
cherry blossoms for spring.
**[19:44] Chen**
Every new spring I experience
without my brother,
**[19:48] Chen**
I think of how I wouldn't have to take
over the hotel if he was still alive...
**[19:53] Chen**
and how the gentle father I knew
in the past has somehow disappeared.
**[19:58] Chen**
I finally realized it.
**[20:02] Chen**
That I'm not the only person who
struggles with feelings like this.
**[20:07] Chen**
A bartender makes drinks to soothe
the soul of the one guest sitting before him.
**[20:14] Chen**
That's what I've learned.
**[20:16] Chen**
Your regret and anger over losing an heir,
**[20:19] Chen**
your sadness and helplessness
at losing a son,
**[20:23] Chen**
your frustration and irritation with me.
**[20:26] Chen**
I tried to take your feelings into
consideration when I made this drink.
**[20:47] Lee**
Did you come up
with this variation yourself?
**[20:49] Chen**
Yes.
**[20:51] Lee**
Running a bar requires all
of the skills of customer service.
**[20:54] Lee**
Sending you to train here
was the right move.
**[21:01] Lee**
That was delicious. A perfect drink.
**[21:05] Chen**
Then... does that mean
I have your approval, Dad?
**[21:09] Lee**
Your flight is tomorrow. Don't be late.
**[21:13] Lee**
You are my successor.
I won't let you become a bartender.
**[21:18] Chen**
Dad, wait!
**[21:19] Lee**
If you want to make cocktails,
build a bar in a room at home.
**[21:24] Chen**
I want to live my life as a bartender!
***SIGN*** Sumida
River
**[21:39] Chen**
What else can I possibly do?
**[21:44] Ryu**
It's up to you alone now, Chen-kun.
**[21:47] Ryu**
If your father won't
accept it, will you give up?
**[22:11] Chen**
I...
***SIGN*** Episode 8
***SIGN*** A Challenge
# E8 - A Challenge
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***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[00:02] Ryu**
What? You want... *me* for that?
**[00:06] Miwa**
Yes. My grandfather absolutely insists.
**[00:10] Taizo**
Mm-hmm. I'd like you to.
**[00:12] Ryu**
I don't think it's my place to comment
on who you hire at the hotel.
**[00:17] Taizo**
Well, I'm not asking you to act like
you work in the HR department.
**[00:23] Taizo**
You've heard of the Cocktail Award, right?
**[00:27] Ryu**
Yes. Some bartenders I know are competing.
**[00:31] Ryu**
I've been hearing a lot about it.
**[00:34] Taizo**
The Cocktail Award is a competition
for original cocktails.
**[00:39] Taizo**
It isn't just about demonstrating
your abilities to the judges.
**[00:43] Taizo**
It's also a test of your imagination
in creating a new cocktail.
**[00:48] Taizo**
The hotel's lounge bar is a kind of stage
where one performs for a large audience.
**[00:52] Taizo**
I'm not looking for mere skill.
**[00:55] Taizo**
I want a bartender
who's willing to try new things.
**[01:00] Miwa**
Well, yes, that's about it.
**[01:03] Miwa**
So we'd like to ask you to observe the
Cocktail Award finals and share your opinions.
**[01:10] Taizo**
You don't need to put
too much thought into it.
**[01:12] Taizo**
All we ask is that you tell us
which contestants you found interesting.
**[01:18] Miwa**
So, would that be all right with you?
**[01:22] Ryu**
You always ask the impossible
as if it's nothing.
**[01:25] Ryu**
I'm sure this is difficult
for the contestants too, though.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[03:02] Kyoko**
Have a good evening.
***SIGN*** Minami
**[03:04] Minami**
Good work today.
**[03:05] Minami**
Are you going to stay and practice again?
**[03:07] Kyoko**
Yes. I'll be sure to clean up afterward.
**[03:11] Minami**
Don't wear yourself out, okay?
**[03:14] Kyoko**
All right.
**[03:18] Kyoko**
* That's easy to say, but I've got to practice*
* a lot more to compete for the award.*
**[03:26] Kyoko**
* I've got to make a cocktail*
* in front of all of those judges,*
**[03:30] Kyoko**
* so I'd better be confident*
* about what I'm doing.*
**[03:34] Kyoko**
Ouch.
**[03:36] Kyoko**
* If they see how clumsy I am, it'll tarnish*
* the reputation of Bar Minami.*
**[03:43] Kyoko**
*Anyway, it's all about practice!*
**[03:48] Uehara**
So, how's it going? Decide on a recipe yet?
**[03:51] Yuri**
Not yet.
**[03:53] Uehara**
Oh? Are those past winners?
**[03:55] Yuri**
I thought they might give me a hint.
**[03:58] Uehara**
The award is a competition
for original cocktails.
**[04:01] Uehara**
That "original" part is
the real tricky part, huh?
**[04:04] Yuri**
Yes. Every year, many
new recipes are submitted.
**[04:09] Yuri**
I have to make something different
from all of them. A real original.
**[04:12] Uehara**
I guess, historically speaking,
the most famous one was Snow Country.
**[04:17] Yuri**
It seems so.
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***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 70 0 70
***SIGN*** RECIPE
***SIGN*** Snow Country
***SIGN*** Yukiguni
***SIGN*** Japanese Craft Vodka HAKU (White)
***SIGN*** Hermes White Curaçao
***SIGN*** Suntory Cocktail Lime
***SIGN*** 1. Shake, then pour into a cocktail glass that
has been rimmed snow-style with sugar.
***SIGN*** 2. Decorate with a mint cherry.
**[04:19] Yuri**
1959, huh.
**[04:22] Yuri**
How old were you then?
**[04:24] Uehara**
Oh, I wasn't born yet. That was even
before Okinawa was returned to Japan.
**[04:29] Yuri**
Is that right? What a surprise.
**[04:31] Uehara**
What's a surprise?
***SIGN*** 1. Shake and pour into cocktail glass.
***SIGN*** 2. Garnish with candy, heavenly bamboo leaf,
glass noodle, dragée, black olive.
***SIGN*** Umemiyabi
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***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 75 0 75
***SIGN*** RECIPE
***SIGN*** Suntory Plum Liqueur 20ml
(Blended with Sakura Barrel-Aged Plum Liqueur
from Yamazaki Distillery)
***SIGN*** Lejay Crème de Cassis 15ml
***SIGN*** Calvados Boulard Grand Solage 10ml
***SIGN*** Fresh Orange Juice 10ml
***SIGN*** Sandeman Ruby Porto 5ml
**[04:33] Uehara**
What's that one?
**[04:34] Yuri**
The cocktail that won last year.
The Umemiyabi.
**[04:37] Yuri**
"The plum wine-based Japanese craft cocktail
that enchanted the world," huh.
**[04:43] Uehara**
People sure think up
some interesting drinks.
**[04:46] Yuri**
The recipe is hard enough, but the part
I'm struggling with most is the name.
**[04:52] Yuri**
It has to be memorable,
easy to order at a bar,
**[04:56] Yuri**
and have some kind of story behind it.
**[04:58] Uehara**
You always have an eye
for details like that.
**[05:01] Uehara**
Don't you think *eye*'m right?
**[05:03] Yuri**
If I could just figure out the name,
everything else would fall into place.
**[05:07] Uehara**
Well, don't overthink it, or else
you're gonna make your chiburu yamu.
**[05:12] Yuri**
Nobody says "head hurts"
in the Okinawan dialect anymore.
**[05:17] Uehara**
Nankuru nai! It'll all work out!
**[05:19] Yuri**
Okinawan dialect, huh...
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**[06:00] Kyoko**
Have a good evening.
**[06:06] Minami**
Good work today.
**[06:07] Kyoko**
Oh, Minami-san!
**[06:09] Kyoko**
I'm sorry. I start to worry
when I'm not practicing.
**[06:14] Minami**
Two things that are crucial for a
bartender are to see and to be seen.
**[06:20] Minami**
Your customers are also watching you,
just like the judges will.
**[06:25] Minami**
You mustn't make your guests
feel uncomfortable.
**[06:28] Kyoko**
Right.
**[06:29] Minami**
Why don't you actually take a look
at yourself? To see how you look?
**[06:35] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[06:38] Kyoko**
*Good idea.*
**[06:39] Kyoko**
* If I watch a video of myself, I may spot*
* some mistakes and things I need to change.*
**[06:47] Kyoko**
*I shouldn't get so nervous recording myself.*
**[06:53] Ryu**
So you already went to the semi-finals?
**[06:55] Kyoko**
Yes. Last weekend.
**[06:58] Miwa**
How did it go?
**[06:59] Kyoko**
I think it went well.
**[07:02] Kyoko**
Now I just have to wait for
the judges' decision.
**[07:05] Kyoko**
While I continue practicing, of course.
**[07:08] Kyoko**
I've been shaking that big shaker
so much that I built some muscle!
**[07:12] Miwa**
That must have been really tough.
**[07:15] Kyoko**
Oh, that's right.
He was one of the contestants!
**[07:19] Ryu**
Huh?
**[07:20] Kyoko**
Chen-kun! Chen-kun. I was so surprised.
**[07:25] Ryu**
Chen-kun was there?
**[07:26] Kyoko**
Yes. I heard that he quit Bar K, but I wonder
if he's been training at another bar.
**[07:32] Miwa**
How did he seem then?
**[07:35] Kyoko**
Well, he was unfriendly, as usual,
**[07:39] Kyoko**
but what really frustrated me was that...
**[07:45] Kyoko**
he was still so hot.
**[07:49] Miwa**
Sasakura-san, have you heard anything?
**[07:53] Ryu**
No. I haven't heard anything
since the meeting with his father.
**[07:58] Ryu**
But I guess he didn't give up
on being a bartender.
**[08:14] Miwa**
I'm so glad that everybody
made it into the finals!
**[08:19] Ryu**
So am I. They've spent every waking moment
practicing for their big performance.
**[08:26] Miwa**
I hope everything goes well.
**[08:38] Uehara**
Haisai, gang!
**[08:42] Uehara**
I brought something for you all to eat.
**[08:45] Uehara**
Sata andagi.
**[08:48] Uehara**
Try to keep your composure.
**[08:50] Uehara**
Don't get so flustered you
can't speak a *ward*. Yeah.
**[08:54] Uehara**
Just go grab that *award*.
**[08:57] Contestant**
What was that? Some kind of dad joke?
**[09:01] Uehara**
Yuri-chan.
**[09:03] Uehara**
Chibariyo!
**[09:06] Yuri**
I will!
**[09:14] (Flashback) Chen**
I want to live my life as a bartender!
**[09:22] Chen**
*If Dad doesn't want to allow it,*
**[09:29] Chen**
* then I'll have to force him*
* to accept the fact*
**[09:33] Chen**
*that I'm a bartender!*
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**[09:49] Announcer**
* Ladies and gentlemen,*
* thank you for joining us today.*
**[09:53] Announcer**
* It's time for the Suntory*
* Cocktail Award finals to begin.*
**[09:59] Announcer**
* But first, we would like to ask*
* the representative from the judges,*
**[10:03] Announcer**
*Kuzuhara Ryuichi, to say a few words.*
**[10:07] Kuzuhara**
In 1931, The Cocktail Award was established
as the first cocktail competition in Japan.
**[10:15] Kuzuhara**
It was held to facilitate the spread
of Western cocktail culture in Japan.
**[10:19] Kuzuhara**
What we ask of you bartenders
is your unfaltering discipline
**[10:24] Kuzuhara**
and creative innovation.
**[10:27] Kuzuhara**
We hope that each of you can fully
demonstrate the fruits of your labor today
**[10:31] Kuzuhara**
and wish you the best of luck.
**[10:35] Announcer**
* Well then, on to entry*
* number one: Kinjo Yuri.*
**[11:11] Announcer**
*And now, please present your cocktail.*
**[11:15] Yuri**
This cocktail is called the Chimugukuru.
***SIGN*** Chimugukuru
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 80 0 80 60 0 60
***SIGN*** Japanese Craft Vodka 30ml
***SIGN*** Lejay Pear 10ml
***SIGN*** Hermes Blue Curaçao 10ml
***SIGN*** Suntory Sudachi Watsunagi 5ml
***SIGN*** Fresh Lime Juice 5ml
**[11:19] Yuri**
When I left my home in Okinawa and was
struggling to fit into a new environment,
**[11:24] Yuri**
my bartending senpai, who was also
from Okinawa, came to my rescue.
**[11:29] Yuri**
The name is an Okinawan word
that means "heart" or "empathy."
**[11:34] Yuri**
The drink expresses the warmth
of friendship with a vodka that,
**[11:38] Yuri**
like Okinawan Awamori,
is made from rice. Haku.
**[11:41] Yuri**
It is also made to be
reminiscent of the blue sea.
**[11:46] Announcer**
*Thank you very much.*
**[11:53] Announcer**
*Next up is entry number two: Kawakami Kyoko.*
**[11:59] Kyoko**
*The glasses are chilled.*
**[12:01] Kyoko**
* The positioning of the shaker,*
* measuring cup, and bottles is okay.*
**[12:06] Kyoko**
*Now I just have to do what I practiced.*
**[12:22] Kyoko**
*Why... can't I move?*
**[12:26] Kyoko**
*I practiced so much for this.*
**[12:30] Kyoko**
*I'm gonna run out of time.*
**[12:33] Kyoko**
*If I fail now, it'll look bad for Bar Minami!*
**[12:40] Kyoko**
*Minami-san... came to root for me?*
**[12:48] Kyoko**
* He's the one who sent me to the*
* competition to represent his bar.*
**[12:54] Kyoko**
*He believes in me!*
**[13:18] Kyoko**
My cocktail is called the Headwind.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 80 0 80 60 0 60
***SIGN*** Headwind
***SIGN*** (Mukaikaze)
***SIGN*** Suntory World Whiskey Ao 30ml
***SIGN*** Kimia 10ml
***SIGN*** Drambuie 10ml
***SIGN*** Suntory Ginger Watsunagi 5ml
***SIGN*** Fresh Lemon Juice 5ml
**[13:21] Kyoko**
Since deciding to become a bartender,
I've faced a lot of challenges and setbacks.
**[13:27] Kyoko**
I decided to to face that wind of pain
and confusion head on and inhale all of it!
**[13:33] Kyoko**
That's why I made this drink.
**[13:35] Kyoko**
The flavor has a big kick to it.
**[13:38] Kyoko**
But don't give up. Face it head on!
**[13:53] Announcer**
*Next up is entry number 12: Kelvin Chen.*
***SIGN*** Kelvin Chen
**[14:05] Miwa**
His movements really are graceful.
**[14:08] Ryu**
Yeah. But...
**[14:16] Chen**
* I thoroughly researched cocktail contests*
* around the world, not only those in Japan,*
**[14:20] Chen**
* and studied what points*
* they were evaluated on.*
**[14:23] Chen**
* Movements have to be big, but smooth.*
* Use your whole hand, down to the fingertips.*
**[14:29] Chen**
* That said, I never expected*
* Kuzuhara-sensei to be one of the judges,*
**[14:33] Chen**
* but he isn't the type of person to let*
* personal feelings cloud his judgment.*
**[14:36] Chen**
*There's no need to hesitate.*
**[14:39] Chen**
*I'll serve an equal amount with each pour.*
**[14:44] Chen**
* I sent my dad the address for the online*
* video stream. This is my response to him.*
**[14:50] Chen**
*Now they'll all have to accept me.*
**[14:52] Chen**
*The judges... as well as my dad!*
**[15:08] Chen**
*I've failed?*
**[15:10] Chen**
*I can't expect a decent result now.*
**[15:15] Chen**
*Is this the end of my life as a bartender?*
**[15:27] Miwa**
Huh?
**[15:30] Miwa**
Why?
**[15:33] Chen**
I named this Lion City.
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***SIGN*** Lion City
***SIGN*** Japanese Craft Gin 20ml
***SIGN*** Lejay Framboise 20ml
***SIGN*** Suntory Yuzu Watsunagi 10ml
***SIGN*** Suntory Grenadine Syrup 10ml
***SIGN*** Fresh Pineapple Juice 20ml
***SIGN*** Fresh Lemon Juice 10ml
**[15:36] Chen**
I wanted to make a cocktail that would
represent my home, Singapore.
**[15:43] Kuzuhara**
May I ask a question?
**[15:44] Kuzuhara**
Why did you only finish one cocktail?
**[15:48] Kuzuhara**
Even if you couldn't make the required five
cocktails, you at least could have made four.
**[15:56] Chen**
I decided to participate in the award
because I wanted to be praised and accepted.
**[16:05] Chen**
But I realized that, for a very long time,
**[16:07] Chen**
all I've cared about
is being accepted by others.
**[16:12] Chen**
But that wasn't because
I wanted to improve myself.
**[16:15] Chen**
I think I was simply afraid
of not being accepted.
**[16:20] Chen**
However, after I made that mistake, I still
strongly felt that I didn't want to give up.
**[16:28] Chen**
Even if I am disqualified for this, I wanted
to complete the cocktail that I created.
**[16:33] Chen**
I put all of those feelings
into this one glass.
**[16:38] Kuzuhara**
Well then, why did you use a recipe
different from the one you submitted?
**[16:43] Kuzuhara**
That recipe shows only one chrysanthemum,
***SIGN*** Kelvin Chen
***SIGN*** Lion City
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 80 0 80 65 0 65
***SIGN*** Japanese Craft Gin 20ml
***SIGN*** Lejay Framboise 20ml
***SIGN*** Suntory Yuzu Watsunagi 10ml
***SIGN*** Suntory Grenadine Syrup 10ml
***SIGN*** Fresh Pineapple Juice 20ml
***SIGN*** Fresh Lemon Juice 10ml
**[16:47] Kuzuhara**
but your final drink is garnished with two.
**[16:52] Chen**
I made this cocktail to represent Singapore.
**[16:56] Chen**
However, I then realized that wasn't enough.
**[17:01] Chen**
I don't have one home country.
**[17:04] Chen**
I also have roots in the country
with a flag of red and white. Japan.
**[17:09] Chen**
In addition to my pride in my fatherland,
**[17:12] Chen**
I want to show my respect to the country
that taught me how to live as a bartender.
**[17:15] Chen**
To the culture of Japan.
**[17:17] Chen**
And this is the cocktail I wanted
to make. This is my cocktail.
**[17:23] Kuzuhara**
I have no further questions.
**[17:27] Miwa**
Chen-san!
**[17:34] Announcer**
*Well then, it is time to present the winner.*
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**[17:44] Chen**
Hello?
***SIGN*** Chimugukuru
***SIGN*** Kinjo Yuri
***SIGN*** Congratulations!
Winner
**[18:00] Uehara**
Yuri-chan, one more Chimugukuru.
**[18:03] Yuri**
Coming up.
**[18:08] Miwa**
I wonder what happened
to Chen-san after that.
**[18:12] Ryu**
I hear he's continuing to train
as a bartender in Singapore
**[18:16] Ryu**
at the bar in his father's hotel.
**[18:18] Miwa**
Really? I'm glad.
**[18:22] Ryu**
Have you decided on a bartender
to work in your lounge yet?
**[18:26] Miwa**
Yes. Following your recommendation,
we made an offer to Kyoko-san.
**[18:31] Miwa**
My grandfather was happily saying, "I bet
she'll put a new wind in this bar's sails."
**[18:38] Ryu**
I'm glad to hear it.
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**[18:43] Minami**
Kawakami-kun.
**[18:45] Kyoko**
Yes?
**[18:46] Minami**
I'm going out for a bit.
Keep an eye on things.
**[18:49] Kyoko**
All right.
**[18:54] Kyoko**
It's been four years
since I first came to this bar.
**[19:01] (Flashback) Kyoko**
Oh, shove it! I'm not drunk at all!
**[19:05] Kyoko**
* I drowned my sorrows a little too much*
* and was an awful customer.*
**[19:11] (Flashback) Minami**
Do you know what kind of job
bartending really is?
**[19:16] (Flashback) Minami**
It's to make sure that
when a guest goes home,
**[19:21] (Flashback) Minami**
they're just a little happier than
when they walked through the door.
**[19:26] (Flashback) Minami**
That's what this work is for.
**[19:30] (Flashback) Minami**
As such, perhaps it's best to
make that your last drink.
**[19:37] Kyoko**
And now I'm standing here behind the bar.
**[19:44] Kyoko**
Welcome.
**[19:45] Kyoko**
Uh. Minami-san?
**[19:48] Minami**
I came alone. Is that all right?
**[19:52] Minami**
I'd like a Horse's Neck.
**[19:56] Kyoko**
Uh, sure. As you wish.
**[20:03] Kyoko**
*Could this possibly mean...?*
**[20:08] Kyoko**
Here you are. A Horse's Neck.
**[20:23] Kyoko**
Um...
**[20:24] Kyoko**
I, Kawakami Kyoko, would like
to move on from Bar Minami.
**[20:29] Kyoko**
Is that all right?
**[20:31] Minami**
A bartender never moves on.
**[20:35] Minami**
From day to day, from second to second,
a person is always changing.
**[20:39] Minami**
The cocktails you mix for guests
should also always be changing.
**[20:44] Minami**
Bartending is a job with
a beginning but no end.
**[20:50] Minami**
Thank you very much. I wish you
the best of luck at your new position.
**[20:56] Kyoko**
Sir!
**[20:58] Kyoko**
Was I able to make you just a little happier
than when you walked through the door?
**[21:08] Minami**
Yes.
**[21:14] Kyoko**
Thank you very much.
**[22:49] Taizo**
So, how did things go
with that fellow from Singapore?
**[22:53] Kuzuhara**
He was extremely immature. Very green.
**[22:57] Taizo**
That sounds like he has promise.
**[23:00] Taizo**
The Western cocktail was
originally an imported culture,
**[23:03] Taizo**
but Japanese bars made
their own new developments,
**[23:06] Taizo**
and now young people come
from overseas to study that.
**[23:09] Taizo**
How the times have changed.
**[23:13] Kuzuhara**
Speaking of green, do you still have
your sights set on that one bartender?
**[23:19] Taizo**
There's nobody else worth
opening up the counter bar for.
**[23:26] Kuzuhara**
Do you think he'll eventually
make his way there?
**[23:27] Taizo**
With the Glass of God?
**[23:30] Taizo**
We're certainly making progress toward that.
**[23:34] Taizo**
But he is moving very slowly.
***SIGN*** We apologize for the
inconvenience caused by construction.
We are conscious of the local
environment and are
taking pains to work as safely
as possible, so we hope you
can please forgive this temporary intrusion.
***SIGN*** Planned Work Days This Week
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***SIGN*** Thursday
***SIGN*** Friday
***SIGN*** A Message to the Neighborhood
***SIGN*** Episode 9
# E9 - North Wind
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQV548/north-wind)
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***SIGN*** Kabukicho Ichi Bangai
**[00:03] Miwa**
I'm sure it's around here somewhere.
**[00:06] Miwa**
It's supposed to be really fancy.
**[00:09] Miwa**
It doesn't even have a sign. A hidden bar!
**[00:12] Ryu**
Really?
**[00:14] Ryu**
It feels like we're headed somewhere sketchy.
**[00:17] Miwa**
It'll be fine! I checked
the reviews online and...
**[00:21] Miwa**
Oh. It's probably over there.
**[00:24] Miwa**
Sometimes the best bars are
the hardest to find, right?
**[00:29] Ryu**
Well, you might have a point.
**[00:31] Miwa**
Today is my treat.
**[00:48] Miwa**
U-Um, is this Bar Grace?
**[00:53] Kitakata**
Upstairs.
**[00:55] Kitakata**
Geez. Ever since a bar like that
moved into this building,
**[01:01] Kitakata**
I've had to deal with these brats
wandering in. What a pain.
**[01:04] Miwa**
I don't like this. Let's leave.
**[01:09] Miwa**
Hold on!
**[01:18] Ryu**
It's been a long time, Kitakata-san.
**[01:22] Kitakata**
Huh.
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**[03:00] Kitakata**
Look at you, eyeballing the place
like some detective.
**[03:04] Kitakata**
That's the thing with these damn bartenders.
**[03:07] Miwa**
Hey.
**[03:08] Ryu**
Sorry.
**[03:10] Ryu**
You should go on home.
**[03:11] Miwa**
B-But...
**[03:14] Ryu**
It's been eight years.
**[03:16] Kitakata**
Sorry, but this isn't the type of place
to reminisce about the good old days.
**[03:21] Kitakata**
If that's what you're here for,
try somewhere else,
**[03:24] Kitakata**
sir.
**[03:27] Ryu**
Very well. In that case,
may I order just one drink?
**[03:32] Kitakata**
What about your girlfriend?
**[03:34] Kitakata**
I don't make flashy cocktails here.
I also don't allow lovers' quarrels.
**[03:41] Miwa**
I'll order one too.
**[03:46] Kitakata**
All right, what do you want?
**[03:49] Ryu**
A Bloody Mary.
**[03:56] Kitakata**
A Bloody Mary. Sure.
**[04:06] Miwa**
Hey. Eight years since what?
**[04:11] Ryu**
He's my senpai.
**[04:13] Ryu**
We used to work at the same bar.
**[04:15] Miwa**
Is that right?
**[04:18] Miwa**
* I don't think Sasakura-san has ever*
* talked about his past with me.*
**[04:25] Keiko**
Good evening!
**[04:27] Kitakata**
Yo.
**[04:29] Keiko**
Kitakata-san, the usual.
**[04:31] Kitakata**
You got it.
**[04:34] Man**
So you really will go with me
after this drink?
**[04:39] Keiko**
Oh, totally. But the Bloody Mary here
is the best in the world.
**[04:55] Miwa**
He's shaking just the vodka first?
**[05:04] Kitakata**
You know, sir, "Bloody Mary" was
the nickname of an infamous tyrant.
**[05:10] Kitakata**
What I'm about to make
is a little different.
**[05:14] Kitakata**
A Bloody Caesar.
**[05:16] Man**
How is that different?
**[05:17] Kitakata**
I use tomato juice with clam broth in it.
**[05:22] Miwa**
That clam?
**[05:23] Ryu**
Yeah, the shellfish.
**[05:25] Ryu**
The extract from the clam
gives it a more complex flavor.
**[05:29] Kitakata**
You two good with the same?
**[05:34] Miwa**
Huh. It looks just like a Bloody Mary.
**[05:43] Man**
All right, down the hatch.
Tonight's the night I'm finally—
**[05:47] Man**
Oops!
**[05:47] Keiko**
Whoa!
**[05:48] Man**
What the he—? That wan't
enouf to gemme drunk.
**[05:52] Keiko**
Too bad. I guess you'll have
to head home for today.
**[05:56] Man**
Oh... uh...
**[05:59] Keiko**
Oh, come on.
**[06:00] Miwa**
This really is delicious!
**[06:04] Ryu**
You already drank it all?
**[06:07] Miwa**
Huh?
**[06:09] Ryu**
This Bloody Caesar uses
extremely strong vodka.
**[06:14] Ryu**
It's 88 percent alcohol.
**[06:18] Miwa**
It's that strong?
**[06:19] Ryu**
He shook the vodka first to mix air into it
**[06:24] Ryu**
so you don't notice how strong it is.
**[06:29] Ryu**
Kitakata-san, a bar is like
a hospital to heal wounded souls.
**[06:34] Ryu**
A bartender is the physician
who cares for those guests' souls.
**[06:38] Ryu**
You know who taught me that? It was you.
**[06:43] Ryu**
Alcohol can be a poison or
a medicine. It has two sides.
**[06:48] Ryu**
If you serve drinks to get people drunk,
it becomes a poison that harms them.
**[06:53] Ryu**
It isn't a bartender's job
to serve drinks like that.
**[07:04] Kitakata**
Ryu, listen up.
**[07:06] Kitakata**
This isn't some frilly Ginza bar
**[07:08] Kitakata**
where guests come to hear you
show off your knowledge of booze.
**[07:12] Kitakata**
That hostess who was just here,
**[07:15] Kitakata**
she had a kid at 16, was sold off
to some debt collector at 19,
**[07:19] Kitakata**
and tried to kill herself at 25.
**[07:22] Kitakata**
She piles on the makeup, tricks horny
old men into thinking she likes them,
**[07:27] Kitakata**
and takes their money.
**[07:29] Kitakata**
Sure, a bar is a hospital for the soul.
But there are all kinds of hospitals.
**[07:35] Kitakata**
This is a field hospital on the front lines.
**[07:39] Kitakata**
Guests come in here all bloodied
**[07:41] Kitakata**
to drink that one drink that might
somehow get them through the day.
**[07:46] Kitakata**
Doesn't matter if it's poison or something.
**[07:49] Kitakata**
No, some guests need that drink
*because* it's a poison.
**[07:55] Ryu**
Still, our mentor...
**[07:58] Ryu**
Kase-san never would have
allowed something like this.
**[08:02] Kitakata**
Aw, come on. I even got your girl drunk
so you could get her in the sack.
**[08:09] Ryu**
Let's go.
**[08:10] Miwa**
Mm-hmm.
**[08:22] Ryu**
I'm sorry about today.
**[08:24] Ryu**
After you were kind enough to ask me out.
**[08:26] Miwa**
It's okay. I'll see you
another time at Edenhall.
**[08:30] Ryu**
Good night.
**[08:43] Kitakara**
Hey, Pops.
**[08:47] Kitakara**
That kid—that Ryu kid who went
off to France—he came back.
**[08:53] Kitakara**
That same amateur who always had a cloud
hanging over him when he was shaking a drink.
**[08:57] Kitakara**
And then he shows up here
to try to lecture me.
***SIGN*** 15 Authentic Bars
***SIGN*** Cheers to Bars That Let You Feel the Past
**[09:08] Miwa**
It's the guy from yesterday.
**[09:11] Miwa**
Then this must be Sasakura-san's mentor.
**[09:16] Yukari**
Senpai!
**[09:17] Yukari**
Oh, what is that? A new bar?
**[09:21] Miwa**
No. It's where Sasakura-san
worked a long time ago.
**[09:25] Yukari**
Oh! I'd love to try it out!
**[09:28] Yukari**
Let's get Sasakura-san to take us.
**[09:31] Miwa**
Oh, I don't know. He doesn't seem
to want to talk about the past.
**[09:36] Yukari**
It'll be fine! You're good friends
with him, right?
**[09:42] Yukari**
You just gotta keep attacking!
**[09:48] Ryu**
Yes. Kitakata-san was my senpai at Bar Kaze.
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
**[09:53] Ryu**
Of course he taught me
how to make cocktails,
**[09:55] Ryu**
but also how to clean the bathroom
and deal with drunk guests.
**[10:00] Ryu**
I learned a lot from him.
**[10:03] Miwa**
It sounds like he was a good senpai.
**[10:06] Ryu**
Yes, but as you saw, he isn't very friendly.
**[10:15] Ryu**
Would you like me to make you something?
**[10:16] Miwa**
Um, okay...
**[10:21] Ryu**
Welcom—
**[10:22] Ryu**
Oh.
**[10:26] Kitakata**
For two.
**[10:38] Keiko**
Hey, Kitakata-san.
**[10:41] Keiko**
I came because you said you're buying,
**[10:43] Keiko**
but why don't we go to a more
laid-back place, like an izakaya?
**[10:46] Kitakata**
My kohai is working here.
**[10:48] Kitakata**
I've got a responsibility to
stop by at least once, right?
**[10:52] Kitakata**
And I also want to see what
kinds of drinks he's making now.
**[10:57] Ryu**
What will you be having?
**[11:00] Keiko**
That's a good question. I usually
only drink beer and shochu.
**[11:06] Kitakata**
Well, that's a problem.
I don't think this place even has shochu.
**[11:11] Keiko**
I feel really out of place here.
**[11:14] Ryu**
A bar is a place for everyone.
**[11:17] Ryu**
If a bar makes you feel uncomfortable,
that's the bartender's fault.
**[11:24] Keiko**
Since you like shochu, if you
don't mind, just leave it to me.
**[11:31] Kitakata**
I'll have the same as her.
**[11:33] Ryu**
Very well.
**[11:38] Ryu**
First, cut half of a lime into
large chunks with the peel on.
**[11:43] Ryu**
Put that in a glass, add sugar,
**[11:48] Ryu**
and then use this to muddle
the lime and mix the sugar in.
**[11:54] Keiko**
That seems kind of rough.
**[11:56] Keiko**
I thought you'd try to show off or something.
**[11:59] Ryu**
Well, no bartender does this just to show off.
**[12:06] Ryu**
And finally, add Cachaça.
The popular Brazilian liquor.
**[12:12] Ryu**
It's made from squeezing the juice of
fermented sugar cane and then distilling it.
**[12:16] Ryu**
The same process as shochu.
**[12:19] Keiko**
Huh.
**[12:20] Ryu**
Here you are. A Caipirinha.
**[12:24] Keiko**
Caipirinha?
**[12:27] Ryu**
Yes. In Portuguese,
it means "peasant maiden."
**[12:31] Ryu**
Perhaps to invoke the image
of a simple, unadorned beauty.
**[12:34] Keiko**
Huh.
**[12:37] Keiko**
This is delicious!
**[12:39] Keiko**
It's refreshing, but it has
a slightly sweet and rich flavor.
**[12:43] Ryu**
Doesn't it?
**[12:45] Ryu**
The government of Brazil has established
an official recipe for the Caipirinha.
**[12:50] Keiko**
Sounds like it's quite a big deal.
**[12:53] Ryu**
That's how much the people adore it.
**[12:56] Ryu**
It might be an indication of
how much they love this liquor.
**[13:02] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[13:12] Kitakata**
I guess your skills improved a bit.
**[13:16] Keiko**
Hey, Kitakata-san.
**[13:18] Keiko**
I didn't know there were
cocktails that tasted like shochu!
**[13:22] Kitakata**
Try a sip of mine.
**[13:24] Keiko**
Huh? But...
**[13:26] Keiko**
It's the same Caipirinha, right?
**[13:31] Keiko**
Oh! It's totally different!
**[13:33] Keiko**
It doesn't have the same bite as the
other one. It's refreshing and light!
**[13:37] Kitakata**
Because he made them differently.
**[13:39] Kitakata**
In one, he muddled the limes with
the peel on to give it a wilder taste.
**[13:44] Kitakata**
In the other, he squeezed the limes
gently to reduce the bitterness.
**[13:48] Kitakata**
He also used brown sugar
to bring out a shochu-like richness.
**[13:54] Kitakata**
In the other, he used granulated
sugar for a milder flavor.
**[13:58] Keiko**
We ordered the same thing,
but you did all that?
**[14:03] Ryu**
Yes, as you informed me that
you don't normally drink cocktails.
**[14:08] Keiko**
It's really unusual these days
**[14:11] Keiko**
to find a business that puts
so much thought into good service.
**[14:15] Ryu**
Well, bartending isn't a business.
**[14:19] Ryu**
The man who mentored Kitakata-san
and I had a favorite saying.
**[14:23] Ryu**
We heard it so often, we got sick of it.
**[14:27] Ryu**
"Bartending isn't a job
people are hired to do.
**[14:32] Ryu**
Bartending is a lifestyle that one chooses."
**[14:36] Ryu**
It's physically taxing, and
it doesn't really pay that well.
**[14:41] Ryu**
But despite that, I'm very happy to have
discovered the profession of bartending.
**[14:48] Ryu**
I'm grateful to my mentor, my senpai, and
even the guests who helped me realize that.
**[14:56] Kitakata**
"Bartending isn't a profession."
**[15:00] Kitakata**
Do you understand what that means?
**[15:05] Kitakata**
That's what Pops always said.
Do you know where he is now?
**[15:10] Kitakata**
Do you know how he's doing?
**[15:12] Ryu**
Do you know where Kase-san is right now?
***SIGN*** Glass of God
***SIGN*** Kawasaki Station
**[15:24] Ryu**
So Kase-san did leave Tokyo?
**[15:29] Ryu**
Why did he move to a different bar?
**[15:33] Kitakata**
You'll find out soon enough.
**[15:43] Ryu**
Why are we driving up this hill?
**[15:50] Kitakata**
This is it.
***SIGN*** Kawasaki General Hospital
**[15:55] Ryu**
He's in the hospital? Since when?
**[15:58] Kitakata**
Seven years ago, he collapsed at work.
**[16:01] Kitakata**
He never fully recovered after that.
He eventually had to close the bar.
**[16:06] Kitakata**
At first, he couldn't speak
or even move very well.
**[16:10] Kitakata**
He's finally gotten a little better recently.
***SIGN*** Kase Goro
**[16:20] Ryu**
Kase-san, it's me!
**[16:22] Ryu**
Sasakura Ryu!
**[16:25] Kase**
Ryu...
**[16:38] (Flashback) Kase**
Is that so?
**[16:40] (Flashback) Kase**
A bar in Ginza?
**[16:42] (Flashback) Ryu**
Yes. I'm just an employee, though.
**[16:45] (Flashback) Kase**
You sure have grown up.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Kase**
Here.
**[16:53] (Flashback) Kase**
Please take this.
**[16:55] (Flashback) Kase**
I can't finish it all by myself.
**[17:03] Kitakata**
Pops kept the bar open every day
so guests could come anytime.
**[17:07] Kitakata**
He never took a single day off.
**[17:11] Kitakata**
If you keep saying,
"Bartending is a way of life"
**[17:16] Kitakata**
and devote yourself totally to this job,
that's how you end up.
**[17:22] Kitakata**
You're still young. Why don't you
quit bartending and get a proper job?
**[17:30] Ryu**
Please don't say things you don't mean.
**[17:33] Ryu**
If that's how you really felt,
why name your bar "North Wind"?
**[17:40] Ryu**
The "North" comes from "Kita" in your name,
**[17:42] Ryu**
and the "Wind" comes from
Kase-san's "Bar Kaze," right?
**[17:48] Ryu**
So, for the last seven years,
you've been watching over Kase-san?
**[17:52] Kitakata**
Pops doesn't have any relatives.
**[17:55] Kitakata**
He kept working for the sake
of his customers,
**[17:59] Kitakata**
but now nobody gives a hoot about him.
**[18:02] Kitakata**
It's downright cruel.
**[18:05] Kitakata**
But you know, the guests will never forget
that one drink that gave them relief.
**[18:11] Kitakata**
Me and Pops are fine with that.
We don't regret anything.
**[18:18] Kitakata**
It's still one way to live a bartender's life.
**[18:22] Ryu**
A way of life...
**[18:25] Kitakata**
Are you still chasing the Glass of God?
**[18:29] Kitakata**
Still going after that one last drink
that will soothe your customers' souls?
**[18:34] Ryu**
Yes.
**[18:36] Kitakata**
You never change, do you?
**[18:38] Kitakata**
You're still that same punk
who showed up at the bar
**[18:40] Kitakata**
with a look in his eyes that
would scare a yakuza away.
**[18:48] Nishizawa**
Let's review today's guest reservation list.
**[18:51] Nishizawa**
First, at 5 PM, we have...
**[18:53] Kamishima**
It looks like things are working out
with staff for the lounge bar.
**[18:57] Kamishima**
All that's left is...
**[19:00] Yukari**
That one sealed door, right?
**[19:02] Kamishima**
Don't call it that. It's creepy!
**[19:05] Kamishima**
Give me a break.
**[19:06] Kamishima**
So, how are things with that one bartender?
**[19:10] Yukari**
Yeah, Senpai! Hurry up and talk him into it!
**[19:13] Kamishima**
That's your job too, Higuchi!
**[19:15] Yukari**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Osada
Hiroshi
***SIGN*** Two
Poems
**[19:31] Ryu**
It's unusual to see you here alone.
**[19:36] Taizo**
Is it really?
**[19:39] Taizo**
Does my granddaughter come often?
**[19:41] Ryu**
Yes. I believe she's taken
a liking to this bar.
**[19:44] Taizo**
In that case, I'm sure you've
been asked this countless times,
**[19:48] Taizo**
but have you made up your mind to join us?
**[19:52] Ryu**
No.
**[19:53] Ryu**
I'm very sorry, but I must refuse.
**[19:57] Taizo**
If you're worried about this place,
I've already spoken to Maki about it.
**[20:02] Ryu**
Uh, but...
**[20:04] Taizo**
Listen, son, when I've made up
my mind, I always get what I want.
**[20:09] Taizo**
I'm going to get you behind the bar at the
Hotel Cardinal. No matter what it takes.
***SIGN*** Thank You for Your Patronage
***SIGN*** Kabukicho Ichi Bangai
**[20:39] Kitakata**
So you want him for your hotel bar?
**[20:43] Miwa**
Opening the ideal hotel bar was always
Grandpa's... my grandfather's dream.
**[20:50] Miwa**
I agreed that if we were making the ideal bar,
**[20:53] Miwa**
the bartender needed to be Sasakura-san.
**[20:56] Miwa**
I couldn't imagine anyone else doing it.
**[21:00] Miwa**
But now, the more I visit Edenhall,
**[21:05] Miwa**
after watching the service Sasakura-san
always provides for his guests,
**[21:10] Miwa**
I've started thinking I don't
want to interfere with that.
**[21:14] Kitakata**
What did Ryu say?
**[21:15] Miwa**
He turned us down.
**[21:17] Miwa**
When I ask him why, he dodges the question.
**[21:20] Kitakata**
Huh.
**[21:22] Miwa**
I want to make Grandpa's dream come true,
**[21:26] Miwa**
but I doubt that I can convince Sasakura-san.
**[21:30] Miwa**
Maybe I should stop pushing.
**[21:34] Miwa**
But if he does have some reason,
why doesn't he just tell me?
**[21:42] Kitakata**
Miss, can you keep a secret?
**[21:45] Miwa**
Huh?
**[21:46] Kitakata**
He took first prize at a
European cocktail competition
**[21:49] Kitakata**
and got a job at a top-class hotel in Paris.
**[21:52] Kitakata**
As a bartender, he had an unbeatable record.
**[21:56] Kitakata**
But then he came back to Japan.
Why do you think he did that?
**[22:03] Kitakata**
Because of him, a customer died.
**[22:08] Kitakata**
Sasakura Ryu, at least,
is convinced it's his fault.
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** A Thorn in the Heart
# E10 - A Thorn in the Heart
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U417Z9/a-thorn-in-the-heart)
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**[00:01] Kitakata**
Because of him, a customer died.
**[00:06] Kitakata**
Sasakura Ryu, at least,
is convinced it's his fault.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[01:47] Kitakata**
Bars in America have an old saying.
**[01:53] Kitakata**
When a man is considering suicide,
**[01:55] Kitakata**
he'll choose one of two types of people
to be his final companion.
**[01:59] Kitakata**
One is the priest.
**[02:01] Miwa**
And the other is...
**[02:03] Kitakata**
The bartender.
**[02:05] Kitakata**
"I feel like dying."
**[02:07] Kitakata**
I get tons of customers here
who tell me that.
**[02:12] Kitakata**
Normally, I just laugh it off
and ignore them.
**[02:15] Kitakata**
But the guest who said that
to Ryu that time was serious.
**[02:21] Miwa**
What kind of drink did
Sasakura-san serve him?
**[02:25] Kitakata**
Who knows.
**[02:26] Kitakata**
Maybe something like the original cocktail
he won the competition with.
**[02:32] Kitakata**
But then, the next day,
**[02:35] Kitakata**
that customer walked off
the top of a building into the clouds.
**[02:39] Miwa**
But that can't possibly
be Sasakura-san's fault!
**[02:45] Kitakata**
I know you're right. But still...
**[02:48] Kitakata**
"What if I had just served
a different drink?"
**[02:52] Kitakata**
That's what anyone would think.
**[02:56] Yukari**
Senpai, what do you think about this?
***SIGN*** Hotel Cardinal Counter Bar
**[03:02] Miwa**
What the heck is that? When did that happen?
***SIGN*** Relax and Enjoy a Drink in an
Exquisite Atmosphere
***SIGN*** Bartender
Sasakura Ryu
**[03:05] Yukari**
It was the chairman's idea.
**[03:07] Yukari**
"Let's leave Sasakura Ryu no choice."
**[03:10] Bucho**
Which means the chairman
is serious about this.
**[03:13] Bucho**
Higuchi! Do it again.
**[03:15] Yukari**
Huh? Isn't this good enough?
***SIGN*** Relax and Enjoy a Drink in an
Exquisite Atmosphere
***SIGN*** Bartender
Sasakura Ryu
**[03:18] Bucho**
It isn't!
**[03:18] Yukari**
Okay.
**[03:24] Ryu**
It's a rare pleasure for
the owner to visit me so early.
**[03:29] Maki**
Yeah, I guess so.
**[03:33] Maki**
Have you made up your mind
to go to the Cardinal?
**[03:36] Ryu**
You must have spoken to Chairman Kurushima.
**[03:38] Maki**
Yeah. He's been asking me
for quite a while now.
***SIGN*** Oden
**[03:43] (Flashback) Taizo**
Maki-kun, what does business mean to you?
**[03:48] (Flashback) Maki**
Ambition, I suppose.
**[03:50] (Flashback) Taizo**
Greed alone can get you
to 500 million or a billion yen.
**[03:54] (Flashback) Taizo**
Getting to five or ten billion
will depend on your own ambitions.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Taizo**
But then what comes after that?
**[04:00] (Flashback) Taizo**
Maki-kun, the most important part of business
is to raise up the next generation.
**[04:06] (Flashback) Taizo**
To rein in any loose obstacles blocking
a youngster's path and show them the way.
**[04:12] (Flashback) Maki**
Raise the next generation...
**[04:15] Maki**
It sounds like Chairman Kurushima recruits
the main Hotel Cardinal staff all by himself.
**[04:23] Maki**
He already researched your work
in Paris a long time ago.
**[04:27] Maki**
That man isn't trying to force you to
work at the hotel because he's selfish.
**[04:32] Maki**
He's doing it for your own sake.
**[04:36] Ryu**
But then, what will happen to Edenhall?
**[04:40] Ryu**
This bar accepted me when
I was at the end of my rope.
**[04:43] Ryu**
I haven't repaid that debt yet.
**[04:45] Maki**
I'll shut Edenhall down.
**[04:56] Miwa**
* I've been wondering this the whole time.*
* Why did he keep dodging the question?*
**[05:02] Miwa**
*He must not want to remember the past.*
**[05:09] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[05:11] Ryu**
This is called an A-1.
**[05:13] Ryu**
It was created to be served
on luxury cruise liners
**[05:18] Ryu**
and is always the first drink
listed in any cocktail manual.
**[05:22] Hayase**
So it's a top-level cocktail.
**[05:25] Ryu**
My sincerest congratulations
on your promotion.
**[05:29] Hayase**
Thank you.
**[05:31] Hayase**
I was chosen to be a branch
manager in North America.
**[05:36] Hayase**
This is delicious. It's clean
and refreshing but still fruity.
**[05:42] Hayase**
Once I get to America, I won't
be able to drink your cocktails.
**[05:45] Hayase**
I'm going to miss them.
**[05:48] Hayase**
I've visited here many times now,
**[05:51] Hayase**
but I feel like you've
only seen me at my worst.
**[06:01] Hayase**
Sasakura-kun, do you know what makes
an office worker want to climb the ladder?
**[06:06] Ryu**
The sense of responsibility and purpose,
**[06:08] Ryu**
and the praise and pay that
is commensurate with that work.
**[06:11] Ryu**
But that's a little too obvious, isn't it?
**[06:13] Hayase**
It's sacrifice.
**[06:16] Hayase**
I'd like the same drink again.
**[06:19] Hayase**
Two of them.
**[06:24] Hayase**
Nobody can climb the career ladder
without making some sacrifices.
**[06:29] Hayase**
Obviously, you have to put more time
into your work than anyone else
**[06:33] Hayase**
and sometimes drink bitter drinks
with people you don't want to.
**[06:37] Hayase**
Sometimes, you begin to hate yourself
because of that self-deception.
**[06:42] Hayase**
But even then, some ruin their health
and some get caught up in internal rivalries,
**[06:49] Hayase**
only to fade away
before reaching their goals.
**[06:52] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[06:54] Ryu**
Hayase-san, what did you have to sacrifice?
**[06:58] Hayase**
My family.
**[07:00] Hayase**
My late wife was born with a weak heart.
**[07:04] Hayase**
When I was on a business trip overseas,
she suddenly became ill at home.
**[07:09] Hayase**
What do you think I was doing
at that moment?
**[07:12] Hayase**
I was at a department store
selecting options for a birthday party
**[07:16] Hayase**
for the wife of my client.
**[07:21] Hayase**
Why do people want to move up the ladder?
**[07:23] Hayase**
Because if you don't keep winning, all of
those sacrifices would have been in vain.
**[07:29] Hayase**
It's not just my late wife.
**[07:30] Hayase**
I had senpai that were far more talented
and very hard-working colleagues.
**[07:35] Hayase**
I owe it to them as well to keep winning.
**[07:42] Hayase**
Kimiko, this is a cocktail from the top.
**[07:47] Hayase**
I owe it all to you, darling.
**[07:52] Hayase**
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to tell
such a sappy story.
**[07:55] Ryu**
It's all right.
**[07:56] Hayase**
But this sure feels strange.
I've never told anyone that story before.
**[08:01] Ryu**
As a bartender, I'm extremely honored.
**[08:05] Hayase**
Perhaps people are destined to be trapped
with all of the regrets they've piled up.
**[08:12] Hayase**
Like there's a small thorn
stabbed into your heart.
**[08:16] Ryu**
I suppose so.
**[08:18] Hayase**
Well then, I guess I should get going.
Thank you very much.
**[08:25] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[08:27] Ryu**
It's been quite a while.
**[08:28] Rumi**
Yes.
**[08:36] Hayase**
Kimishima-san?
**[08:38] Hayase**
I thought you went to work
at a rural hospital.
**[08:42] Rumi**
I came back.
**[08:44] Rumi**
There was an issue with my family.
**[08:46] Hayase**
That other time, when I asked you out...
**[08:50] Hayase**
I'm very sorry about that.
**[08:55] Hayase**
I got a last-minute work assignment.
**[09:02] Hayase**
If you don't mind, would you
allow me to make it up to you?
**[09:09] Rumi**
That would make me very happy.
**[09:13] Rumi**
But if you stand me up this time,
I'm gonna knock you out, okay?
**[09:18] Hayase**
Ah. All right.
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
***SIGN*** Glass of God
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[09:48] (Flashback) Rumi**
What? America?
**[09:50] (Flashback) Hayase**
Yes. I'll probably be there
for about five years.
***SIGN*** Potato
Salad
***SIGN*** Chicken
Wings
***SIGN*** Boiled
Tofu
***SIGN*** Wasabi
Squid
***SIGN*** Braised
Snapper
***SIGN*** Miso
Crab
**[09:54] (Flashback) Rumi**
Why didn't you tell me?
**[09:57] (Flashback) Hayase**
I wasn't trying to hide it!
**[10:02] (Flashback) Rumi**
And after we finally get to
drink together again...
**[10:09] (Flashback) Rumi**
Hayase-san, why did you come out to meet me?
**[10:20] Hayase**
Sasakura-kun, do you have a lover?
**[10:25] Ryu**
Huh?
**[10:26] Ryu**
A lover?
**[10:29] Hayase**
Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't ask
about something so private.
**[10:33] Ryu**
Well, unfortunately, right now
I'm only in love with my work.
**[10:39] Hayase**
I'm the same way.
**[10:43] Hayase**
Looks like it's almost closing time.
I'm sorry to have stayed so late.
**[10:55] Ryu**
Oh. Hayase-san. What happened?
**[10:58] Hayase**
If you don't mind, would you
join me at one more bar?
***SIGN*** Kabukicho Ichi Bangai
**[11:07] Ryu**
This is my senpai's bar.
**[11:09] Ryu**
It isn't exactly an authentic bar, though.
**[11:14] Kitakata**
C'mon in.
**[11:18] Hayase**
I leave for America tomorrow.
**[11:20] Ryu**
Huh?
**[11:22] Ryu**
Then is it all right
to be drinking this late?
**[11:25] Hayase**
That might be why I want to drink.
**[11:28] Hayase**
Something has been bothering me recently.
**[11:32] Kitakata**
I'm guessing you aren't
being chased by loan sharks.
**[11:36] Kitakata**
The look on your face says woman trouble.
**[11:40] Ryu**
This bar can be very frank with its guests.
**[11:44] Ryu**
It's a kind of field hospital.
**[11:46] Hayase**
"Woman trouble," huh?
**[11:49] Hayase**
You aren't wrong.
**[11:52] Kitakata**
I'm so jealous.
**[11:55] Kitakata**
My customers are always chasing
or running away from something.
**[11:59] Kitakata**
They don't have the leeway to hesitate.
**[12:03] Kitakata**
In that case, why not decide it with these?
**[12:07] Kitakata**
In the old days, rolling the dice
was a required skill for bartenders.
**[12:12] Kitakata**
Like this, keeping your wrist loose
and shaking the cup,
**[12:17] Kitakata**
it was great practice for using a shaker.
**[12:19] Ryu**
And then you imagine the movements
of the dice in the cup.
**[12:24] Ryu**
That also helps you imagine how
the ice moves inside the shaker.
**[12:34] Kitakata**
This is called dice stacking.
**[12:36] Kitakata**
The odds of all five stacking are,
well, about 1 in 30.
**[12:42] Hayase**
Those odds make it sound
more like luck than skill.
**[12:46] Kitakata**
Definitely. But you know, sir, you might
dig your own grave betting on a long shot,
**[12:53] Kitakata**
but life is more interesting
when you bet big.
**[12:57] Kitakata**
Do you have any idea why?
**[12:59] Kitakata**
Instead of hedging your bets
and regretting it later,
**[13:02] Kitakata**
it's easier to accept
losing big on a big bet.
**[13:06] Hayase**
I understand.
**[13:08] Hayase**
Please roll them one more time.
**[13:11] Kitakata**
Happy to.
**[13:14] Hayase**
* If the five dice don't stack up,*
* I won't see her again.*
**[13:20] Hayase**
*But if they do stack up,*
**[13:23] Hayase**
* if a miracle like that happens,*
* I will go to meet her.*
**[13:27] Hayase**
*Even if it makes me lose this promotion.*
**[13:38] Kitakata**
People, you know, sometimes
pretend to be unsure.
**[13:42] Kitakata**
Just like you, sir.
**[13:44] Hayase**
"Pretend to be unsure"?
**[13:46] Kitakata**
The important thing is having
just a little confidence.
**[13:49] Kitakata**
But cowards can't be honest with themselves.
**[13:52] Kitakata**
They try to leave their
decisions in God's hands.
**[13:56] Hayase**
You might be right.
**[13:58] Kitakata**
Okay. Let's see which one God chose.
**[14:03] Hayase**
Please wait a minute.
**[14:04] Hayase**
Before that, there's one cocktail
I have always wanted to try.
**[14:10] Hayase**
I couldn't drink it at Sasakura-kun's bar.
**[14:12] Ryu**
Huh?
**[14:13] Kitakata**
We're on the front lines here. What'll it be?
**[14:17] Hayase**
A Boilermaker.
**[14:24] Kitakata**
Beer and bourbon.
You can handle the rest yourself?
**[14:28] Hayase**
Yes.
**[14:36] Hayase**
The important thing is having
just a little confidence.
**[14:47] Hayase**
Oh.
**[14:49] Ryu**
The whiskey has a higher alcohol
percentage and tries to rise to the top,
**[14:53] Ryu**
so all the foam from the beer
gets forced out.
**[14:57] Kitakata**
Well, that's how a smart-ass
bartender might explain it.
**[15:02] Kitakata**
But when you drink that thing,
it bubbles up inside you like a boiler.
**[15:06] Kitakata**
It gives you a little confidence.
**[15:08] Kitakata**
That's why it's called a Boilermaker.
**[15:19] Hayase**
It is like a boiler.
**[15:23] Hayase**
Something else I always wanted to try...
**[15:26] Hayase**
is this.
**[15:29] Hayase**
Thank you. It feels like I yanked
the thorn out of my heart.
**[15:32] Kitakata**
Good. When you get stuck by a thorn,
you shouldn't wait to pull it out.
**[15:36] Kitakata**
That's what bars are for.
**[15:39] Hayase**
If I'd known that before, my life
might have been a little easier.
**[15:44] Hayase**
Sasakura-kun, thank you.
**[15:46] Ryu**
What about these? Aren't you going to look?
**[15:49] Hayase**
No. I know how I feel now.
**[15:53] Hayase**
Actually, I might have known all along.
**[15:59] Ryu**
A thorn in the heart, huh?
**[16:02] Kitakata**
Wanna make a bet? You look like
you're struggling with something.
**[16:06] Ryu**
Oh, I don't think I could
beat you, Kitakata-san.
**[16:09] Ryu**
When the time comes, I'll decide for myself.
**[16:16] Kitakata**
Maybe you don't need to ask God after all.
**[16:34] Kyoko**
Here you are. A Headwind.
**[16:37] Miwa**
Thank you. I wanted to try this.
**[16:44] Miwa**
Delicious!
**[16:45] Miwa**
It has a little bite but then tastes sweet.
I could get hooked on these.
**[16:50] Kyoko**
Thank you very much!
**[16:52] Kyoko**
It sounds like things are
all set for the counter bar.
**[16:55] Miwa**
It actually isn't decided yet.
**[16:58] Kyoko**
Huh? But the flyer said...
**[17:00] Miwa**
Sasakura-san still hasn't agreed yet.
**[17:03] Kyoko**
Huh? You jumped the gun?
**[17:05] Nishizawa**
Kawakami-san.
**[17:07] Kyoko**
Ah... Pardon me.
**[17:10] Miwa**
I'm not sure what's best for Sasakura-san.
**[17:15] Kyoko**
Another headwind, I guess.
**[17:17] Miwa**
Hmm?
**[17:19] Kyoko**
Like you're running against the wind.
**[17:22] Kyoko**
Do you wait for the wind to die down
or run head-first into it?
**[17:25] Kyoko**
Or something! Do I sound like Sasakura-san?
**[17:39] Miwa**
* Are you afraid to work at the hotel bar*
* because of what happened?*
**[17:44] Miwa**
*But that wasn't your fault.*
**[17:48] Miwa**
*I've got to say that to his face!*
***SIGN*** French
**[18:00] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[18:09] Miwa**
Good evening.
**[18:11] Ryu**
It has been a while.
**[18:13] Ryu**
I haven't seen you recently, so I had
been wondering how you were doing.
**[18:20] Ryu**
What would you like?
**[18:22] Miwa**
Say you have a guest.
**[18:25] Ryu**
What?
**[18:26] Miwa**
Someone who is really upset.
**[18:30] Miwa**
So much that they want to die.
**[18:33] Miwa**
To a guest like that, for a bartender,
what drink would you want to serve?
**[18:43] Ryu**
You must have talked to Kitakata-san.
**[18:47] Miwa**
Yes.
**[18:49] Ryu**
Well, what would you do?
**[18:52] Miwa**
If it was me, I'd slap some sense into them.
And say, "Quit acting like a child!"
**[18:59] Ryu**
Ooh, scary.
**[19:01] Miwa**
I mean, you'd never get over that. Ever.
**[19:06] Miwa**
When someone close to you dies,
and you're the only one left behind,
**[19:11] Miwa**
you keep blaming yourself.
**[19:17] Miwa**
I did too. I lost my parents in an accident.
**[19:20] Miwa**
I thought, "Why am I still alive?
What's the point of living?"
**[19:27] Miwa**
Sasakura-san, don't you feel the same way?
**[19:30] Miwa**
You can't find an answer,
so you can't decide what to do next.
**[19:34] Miwa**
Like about working at our bar.
**[19:37] Ryu**
Right now, if a guest was so troubled
they were considering suicide,
**[19:44] Ryu**
this is the only answer I could provide.
**[19:49] Ryu**
It's called a Tom and Jerry.
**[19:51] Miwa**
Um, like that cat and mouse?
**[19:53] Ryu**
Yes. Well, not actually.
**[19:56] Ryu**
Apparently, it's because it was created by
a 19th century bartender named Jerry Thomas.
**[20:05] Miwa**
It has a delicate sweetness,
like mousse, and it's warm!
**[20:10] Ryu**
All a bartender can do is serve the perfect
drink to the guest sitting before him.
**[20:18] Ryu**
Make sure it's not too strong, not too sweet,
not too sour, not too hot, not too cold.
**[20:28] Miwa**
That's why you made this.
**[20:30] Ryu**
There's one other thing.
**[20:32] Ryu**
Leave questions of life and death to a priest.
**[20:36] Miwa**
Is that something your mentor taught you?
**[20:38] Ryu**
It most certainly is.
**[20:41] Miwa**
Sasakura-san, have you stopped
worrying about what happened?
**[20:48] Ryu**
Mm-hmm.
**[20:49] Miwa**
I'm so glad. I guess I made
a big deal out of nothing.
**[21:00] Ryu**
Here, please use this.
**[21:02] Miwa**
Thank you.
**[21:04] Miwa**
All right. See you later.
**[21:08] Ryu**
Please take care.
**[21:11] Ryu**
* Kase-san, I remember what*
* you wrote in your letter to me.*
**[21:16] Ryu**
* "No matter how much a bartender is suffering,*
* he can't show those emotions to his guests.*
**[21:22] Ryu**
* A bar is where guests come*
* to seek refuge from the rain.*
**[21:26] Ryu**
* The bartender should be*
* handing them an umbrella.*
**[21:28] Ryu**
* He shouldn't be the one*
* telling sob stories."*
**[21:33] Ryu**
* I had thought I had cleared*
* my conscience ages ago.*
**[21:37] Ryu**
* However, a guest tonight*
* made me realize that I hadn't.*
**[21:44] Ryu**
*I am still a very inexperienced bartender.*
**[21:48] Ryu**
*But despite that,*
**[21:49] Ryu**
* I have a guest who can relate to that*
* inexperience, and worries about me for it.*
**[21:56] Ryu**
* All I'm able to do right now*
* is express this one heartfelt emotion.*
**[22:06] Ryu**
*Miss, thank you very much for today.*
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** Bar Kaze
***SIGN*** A Heartfelt Recipe
# E11 - Bar Kaze - A Heartfelt Recipe
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***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[00:10] (Flashback) Taizo**
Listen, son, when I've made up my mind,
I always get what I want.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Maki**
I'll shut Edenhall down.
**[00:25] Kitakata**
Ryu.
**[00:27] Ryu**
What's the matter, Kitakata-san?
**[00:30] Kitakata**
Kase-san is scheduled to be temporarily
discharged from the hospital.
**[00:34] Ryu**
Huh?
**[00:35] Kitakata**
This will probably be the last time
he's able to go out.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
***SIGN*** Kawasaki Station
**[02:13] Miwa**
I apologize for tagging along like this.
**[02:18] Kitakata**
Well, it's no surprise that you'd
want to come and meet Ryu's mentor.
**[02:23] Kitakata**
If he didn't want you here,
he would've said so. Right?
**[02:26] Ryu**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Kaze
**[02:45] (Flashback) Kase**
Welcome.
**[02:47] (Flashback) Ryu**
Um, I saw your ad for the part-time job.
**[02:53] (Flashback) Kase**
And you are?
**[02:55] (Flashback) Ryu**
Would you accept a college student?
**[02:57] (Flashback) Kase**
Mm-hmm.
**[02:59] (Flashback) Kitakata**
You know, bartending doesn't pay much,
and the hours are long.
**[03:04] (Flashback) Kitakata**
And if you think it'll make you popular
with girls, you're way off.
**[03:07] (Flashback) Ryu**
I'm serious about this.
**[03:09] (Flashback) Ryu**
However, if being a bartender means
I have to get a haircut like yours,
**[03:14] (Flashback) Ryu**
I'll happily give up on it.
**[03:17] (Flashback) Kase**
He got you there, Kitakata.
**[03:19] (Flashback) Kase**
My name is Kase Goro.
**[03:21] (Flashback) Kase**
It isn't easy work, but do you
want to give it a shot, son?
**[03:27] (Flashback) Ryu**
My name is Sasakura Ryu.
***SIGN*** Kawasaki General Hospital
**[03:33] Ryu**
Kase-san... How is your condition?
**[03:37] Ryu**
And your legs? Are you
able to walk by yourself?
**[03:42] Kase**
Stop treating me like an old man, Ryu.
**[03:46] Ryu**
I'm sorry.
**[03:48] Kase**
And who might the young lady be?
**[03:50] Miwa**
Oh...
**[03:51] Kitakata**
She's recruiting Ryu to work
at a hotel bar. Uh...
**[03:56] Miwa**
My name is Kurushima Miwa.
It's an honor to meet you.
**[03:59] Kase**
Is that right? Please watch over Ryu for me.
**[04:04] Ryu**
Uh, no, nothing has been decided yet.
**[04:08] Miwa**
I have faith that we'll get Sasakura-san
to mix the Glass of God at our bar.
**[04:15] (Flashback) Kitakata**
So, what made you want to become a bartender?
**[04:20] (Flashback) Kitakata**
You must have plenty
of other options for work.
**[04:23] (Flashback) Ryu**
It's the Glass of God.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Kitakata**
Huh?
**[04:26] (Flashback) Ryu**
My father told me about it.
**[04:28] (Flashback) Ryu**
He said there's a kind of last drink
that can heal someone's soul.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 50 0 50
***SIGN*** Users
***SIGN*** Images
***SIGN*** Barhopper
Bar memories #175 Bar Kaze
A legendary bar that takes
you back to the good old days.
The many regulars there gave it
a lively atmosphere.
**[04:36] Miwa**
Even today, you can find a lot of posts from
people saying they want to go to Bar Kaze.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 50 0 50
***SIGN*** Sato
I'll never forget the feeling the first
time I opened the door to Bar Kaze
I wish I could drink there one more
time.
**[04:41] Miwa**
It seems you have many loyal fans.
**[04:44] Kase**
At this point, the majority of
my customers have passed away.
**[04:50] Kase**
It'll be my turn next.
**[04:53] Kase**
I did want to stand behind
the counter one last time, though.
**[04:57] Miwa**
In that case, can't we
borrow a bar somewhere?
**[05:01] Kitakata**
Oh, right! I can close my bar for today.
**[05:06] Kitakata**
So please do stand behind the counter again!
**[05:10] Ryu**
Kase-san?
**[05:12] Kase**
I think I feel up to that.
**[05:15] Ryu**
Great! Bar Kaze will live again
for one more day!
***SIGN*** Kabukicho Ichi Bangai
**[05:21] Kase**
When I see these liquor shelves,
built the same way as mine,
**[05:25] Kase**
it feels like I've come back to Bar Kaze.
**[05:29] Kitakata**
It's the same with the bar tools.
I saved all the old ones.
**[05:35] Kase**
Well then, I should give you
these while I can.
**[05:40] Kase**
Please accept them.
**[05:44] Kase**
If there's anything else you want...
**[05:46] Kitakata**
Pops.
**[05:48] Kitakata**
I want you to have this, Pops.
***SIGN*** Kaze
**[05:51] Kitakata**
It's the actual sign from the old bar.
**[05:54] Kase**
Ah.
**[05:57] Kase**
This is...
**[06:02] Kase**
where I belong.
**[06:09] Itami**
This isn't fair, Kase-san.
**[06:12] Itami**
Suddenly reopening Bar Kaze for just one day?
**[06:15] Yukari**
Excuse me! Please let me through!
**[06:18] Miwa**
How...?
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 60 0 60
***SIGN*** The legendary Bar Kaze is
reopening for just one day!!
***SIGN*** Has it been about 7 years?
8 years?
***SIGN*** And that's where I am right now!
**[06:20] Yukari**
What do you mean, how?
You were the one who put out the news!
**[06:24] Yukari**
I convinced the boss to
let me go and came running!
**[06:27] Miwa**
I apologize. I never meant
for this to become a big deal.
**[06:31] Kase**
Well then, let's pull out the bar
chairs and let everyone in.
**[06:37] Ryu**
Huh? But...
**[06:39] Kase**
One or two hundred
cocktails will be a breeze.
**[06:45] Kase**
Let's get things ready.
**[06:49] Kase**
I'm going to change clothes,
so please give me a moment.
***SIGN*** Kaze
***SIGN*** Kaze
**[07:00] Kase**
Well then, everyone, please
order whatever you would like.
**[07:05] Itami**
That's a tough one. Do I go for
the first drink I ordered from him?
**[07:11] Miwa**
*That must be a difficult decision.*
**[07:13] Miwa**
* Especially since it might be the last time*
* you drink one of his cocktails.*
**[07:17] Yukari**
All right! May I place an order?
**[07:20] Kase**
Certainly.
**[07:22] Yukari**
I'd like a Bond Martini.
**[07:25] Yukari**
"One vodka Martini. Shaken, not stirred."
**[07:29] Yukari**
Like that! I always wanted to
drink one of those!
**[07:32] Customer**
You're kidding. Not stirred?
**[07:34] Customer**
Must not be a regular.
**[07:36] Miwa**
Please forgive my coworker.
**[07:38] Yukari**
Oh. Was that a bad idea?
**[07:39] Kase**
Not at all. Many wonderful cocktail
recipes have come from the movies.
**[07:45] Kase**
Kitakata?
**[07:47] Kitakata**
Yes, sir.
**[08:16] Kase**
Here you are. One Bond Martini.
**[08:26] Yukari**
It's delicious! It's really delicious!
**[08:29] Kase**
Thank you for saying so.
**[08:32] Kase**
What shall I make next, then?
**[08:35] Itami**
Kase-san, I'll have...
**[08:40] Kase**
I'll take your orders one at a time.
**[08:53] Yukari**
Bar Kaze really is a wonderful place.
**[08:56] Miwa**
It is.
**[09:02] Kase**
Thank you very much for coming today.
**[09:06] Kase**
To tell the truth, there are some other
customers I'd also like to drink with.
**[09:18] Kase**
Please turn off the lights.
**[09:29] Kase**
Shiroyama-san, you always
said you'd stop at three,
**[09:34] Kase**
but then drank five or six cocktails.
You drank too much.
**[09:41] Kase**
Kimoto-san, the epicure.
You did enjoy your single malts.
**[09:46] Kase**
Even thought I kept telling you to cut back.
**[09:49] Kitakata**
The "flame of the dead."
**[09:52] Kitakata**
A light to mourn your lost comrades in arms.
**[09:57] Miwa**
I guess for bartenders,
their guests are like comrades.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Ryu**
I'm so sorry!
**[10:25] (Flashback) Ryu**
I know this glass was
very special to you, Kase-san.
**[10:29] (Flashback) Kase**
You have to handle special glasses carefully.
**[10:33] (Flashback) Kase**
That's why this is good training.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Kase**
If it breaks, then that's unfortunate.
**[10:39] (Flashback) Ryu**
Tomorrow, I'll go buy a replacement.
**[10:41] (Flashback) Kitakata**
Don't you give a damn about a pro's craft?!
**[10:43] (Flashback) Kitakata**
You idiot, that glass
**[10:45] (Flashback) Kitakata**
was one of a dozen that his late wife
scraped together the money to buy for him.
**[10:49] (Flashback) Kitakata**
It was the last one!
**[10:58] (Flashback) Kase**
There's only one kind of person
that never makes any mistakes at work.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Kase**
Do you know what kind of person that is?
**[11:05] (Flashback) Ryu**
No.
**[11:06] (Flashback) Kase**
The answer is someone
who doesn't work in the first place.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Kase**
A person's mistakes are
the proof that he's alive.
**[11:12] (Flashback) Kase**
That's exactly why...
**[11:15] (Flashback) Kase**
you can work as hard
as you can toward something,
**[11:17] (Flashback) Kase**
but you'll learn the most from
the mistakes you make along the way.
**[11:22] (Flashback) Kase**
Right now, I'm mixing a cocktail.
Do you know what it is?
**[11:30] (Flashback) Ryu**
An Old Fashioned.
**[11:32] (Flashback) Kase**
Yes.
**[11:33] (Flashback) Kase**
One month ago, when you first came to
this bar, you didn't even know that much.
**[11:39] (Flashback) Ryu**
Thank you very much.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Ryu**
What?
**[11:44] (Flashback) Kase**
Even after just one month,
when you've been training behind the bar,
**[11:48] (Flashback) Kase**
the same cocktails will start
to taste differently to you.
**[11:51] (Flashback) Kase**
That's proof of how you've grown
over the last month.
**[11:57] (Flashback) Ryu**
But... will I ever be able to become
a bartender like you, Kase-san?
**[12:02] (Flashback) Kase**
Sasakura-kun...
**[12:05] (Flashback) Kase**
Bartending isn't a job
people are hired to do.
**[12:09] (Flashback) Kase**
Bartending is a lifestyle that one chooses.
**[12:16] Ryu**
*In that moment, Kase-san became my mentor.*
**[12:27] Ryu**
*A bartender's...*
**[12:30] Ryu**
*way of life.*
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[12:36] Interviewer**
The Hotel Cardinal will be celebrating
its one-year anniversary before long.
**[12:41] Interviewer**
Chairman Kurushima, would you mind
telling us how you entered the hotel business?
**[12:47] Kurushima**
At first, I was working at
a Japanese restaurant and inn in Yokosuka.
**[12:51] Kurushima**
I was the fourth-generation owner there.
**[12:54] Kurushima**
I realized that the future would be
in hotels, so I changed tracks.
**[12:59] Interviewer**
I imagine that inns and hotels must
provide very different kinds of services.
**[13:04] Kurushima**
They're fundamentally the same, though.
**[13:06] Kurushima**
Hotels and inns both sell much
more than just lodging and meals.
**[13:11] Interviewer**
What do you mean?
**[13:13] Kurushima**
I can remember a school trip
I took as a child.
**[13:17] Kurushima**
There were 100 students. We walked through
the rain and made our way to an inn.
**[13:23] Kurushima**
Our shoes were soaked from the rain and mud.
**[13:26] Kurushima**
But the next morning, our shoes were
spick-and-span, lined up neatly on the shoe rack.
**[13:32] Kurushima**
That's 100 pairs of shoes!
**[13:35] Kurushima**
Our hosts stayed up all night cleaning
and polishing them to save us the trouble.
**[13:41] Kurushima**
That sort of thing fills guests' hearts
with an unforgettable feeling of gratitude.
**[13:47] Kurushima**
For me, that became the foundation
of what I consider service work.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 115 0 115
***SIGN*** Chairman Kurushima, praised far and
wide for his ability to successfully manage
numerous hotels across Japan.
His Objective Moving Forward
To make the Hotel Cardinal a world-class
hotel. That was his late son's dream.
Originally, his decision to enter the hotel
business was inspired by one thing his
late son told him. "In an age of
international competition, one must not
simply preserve traditions, but also be
able to provide a level of service that will
fully satisfy guests from overseas. Taking
on new challenges is the best way to
preserve the generations-old family
business."
**[13:52] Ryu**
"His objective moving forward is 'to make
the Hotel Cardinal a world-class hotel.'
**[13:58] Ryu**
That was also the dream of his son,
whose life was taken in an accident."
**[14:02] Ryu**
Is that so?
**[14:04] Miwa**
Yes.
**[14:07] Miwa**
Actually, I'd like to ask
for your advice on something.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 115 0 115
***SIGN*** Chairman Kurushima, praised far and
wide for his ability to successfully manage
numerous hotels across Japan.
His Objective Moving Forward
To make the Hotel Cardinal a world-class
hotel. That was his late son's dream.
Originally, his decision to enter the hotel
business was inspired by one thing his
late son told him. "In an age of
international competition, one must not
simply preserve traditions, but also be
able to provide a level of service that will
fully satisfy guests from overseas. Taking
on new challenges is the best way to
preserve the generations-old family
business."
**[14:12] Miwa**
It isn't about the Cardinal.
It's something more personal.
**[14:16] Ryu**
And what would that be?
**[14:17] Miwa**
I'd like you to find
a certain kind of liquor for me.
**[14:21] Miwa**
Certain people weren't able to drink it
because of a mistake I made 25 years ago.
***SIGN*** Sumida
River
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[14:29] Ryu**
They were arguing?
Your father and grandfather?
**[14:33] Miwa**
Yes.
**[14:35] Miwa**
My father kept saying
that hotels were the future,
**[14:39] Miwa**
but my grandfather was
completely opposed to that.
**[14:42] Miwa**
Anyhow, I'm sure you've seen
how stubborn he can be.
**[14:44] Miwa**
And at the time, he still
hated Western things.
**[14:48] Ryu**
Now that you mention it, he does
always wear traditional Japanese clothes.
**[14:52] Ryu**
So they both refused to budge,
and that drove a wedge between them.
**[14:57] Taisho**
It's not an uncommon story.
**[14:59] Ryu**
So then, what is this liquor
you want me to look for?
**[15:03] Miwa**
One day, my father invited
my grandfather to our house.
**[15:08] Miwa**
He wanted to patch things up.
**[15:11] Miwa**
And then...
**[15:12] Ryu**
He set aside a special bottle
for the occasion?
**[15:15] Miwa**
Yes.
**[15:16] Miwa**
But that special bottle my father had...
**[15:20] Miwa**
I was still a child.
I knocked it over and broke it.
**[15:24] Miwa**
And they never made up after that.
**[15:27] Miwa**
Six months later, my father
was killed in an accident.
**[15:31] Miwa**
Back then, I thought that
if I hadn't broken the bottle,
**[15:34] Miwa**
maybe things would have turned
out differently between them.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 115 0 115
***SIGN*** Chairman Kurushima, praised far and
wide for his ability to successfully manage
numerous hotels across Japan.
His Objective Moving Forward
To make the Hotel Cardinal a world-class
hotel. That was his late son's dream.
Originally, his decision to enter the hotel
business was inspired by one thing his
late son told him. "In an age of
international competition, one must not
simply preserve traditions, but also be
able to provide a level of service that will
fully satisfy guests from overseas. Taking
on new challenges is the best way to
preserve the generations-old family
business."
**[15:38] Miwa**
Whenever my grandfather talks about my
father, I can't help but think about that.
**[15:44] Miwa**
It's not like I was punished.
They didn't blame me for it either.
**[15:48] Miwa**
But I still want to apologize
to my father and grandfather.
**[15:53] Ryu**
All right. Let's find that bottle together.
**[15:58] Ryu**
What do you remember about your father?
**[16:01] Ryu**
Did he have any favorite foods? Did he
enjoy luxury items like coffee or cigarettes?
**[16:07] Miwa**
I don't know. All I can remember...
**[16:11] Miwa**
is that the bottle seemed to sparkle.
**[16:15] Ryu**
The bottle sparkled?
**[16:17] Taisho**
Could it be a crystal bottle, then?
**[16:19] Ryu**
Definitely. In that case, maybe cognac.
**[16:23] Taisho**
They wouldn't be drinking a cheap bottle
on such an important occasion.
**[16:27] Taisho**
If Rémy Martin, then maybe Louis XIII.
If Hennessy, then Richard.
**[16:32] Ryu**
First Landing would also be
perfect for mending bridges.
**[16:35] Taisho**
Oh. That's a safe bet.
**[16:38] Ryu**
Well, there must be even better ones.
**[16:41] Taisho**
Yeah, it's hard to be sure.
**[16:44] Miwa**
Um...
**[16:45] Ryu**
Oh, sorry. We got carried away.
**[16:48] Miwa**
Could you tell me those names again?
**[16:50] Miwa**
I'll buy them and take a look.
**[16:52] Ryu**
Uh, but none of them are cheap.
**[16:54] Taisho**
And they're more than just a little expensive.
**[16:57] Miwa**
That's fine.
It's 25 years worth of atonement.
**[17:03] Ryu**
Wow. You have a... really nice home.
**[17:09] Miwa**
This is what you call a ship bottle, right?
**[17:11] Ryu**
Right.
**[17:12] Ryu**
Ship bottles are one kind of crystal bottle.
**[17:15] Ryu**
And Yokosuka, where your grandfather grew up,
is intrinsically linked to ships.
**[17:19] Ryu**
Well? Do any of these look familiar?
**[17:23] Miwa**
Hmm. They're all very pretty.
**[17:26] Miwa**
But I feel like it was more sparkly overall.
**[17:30] Ryu**
In that case,
**[17:33] Ryu**
could it be like a decanter?
Like ones you pour liquor into?
**[17:37] Ryu**
There are a lot of different styles, though.
**[17:40] Miwa**
Hmm.
**[17:42] Miwa**
I do think it was the original bottle.
**[17:46] Ryu**
Okay.
**[17:47] Taisho**
Hmm, okay.
***SIGN*** Ogura
**[17:50] Ryu**
If it isn't a ship bottle or a decanter...
**[17:55] Ryu**
Then what's left?
**[17:56] Taisho**
In the first place...
**[17:58] Ryu**
Hmm?
**[17:58] Taisho**
Well, her grandpa hated things
from the West, right?
**[18:03] Taisho**
Do you think his son would use
a Western liquor to make up?
**[18:06] Ryu**
Oh. You're right. It might
not be an imported bottle.
**[18:16] Taizo**
Miwa explained it to me.
Sorry for the trouble.
**[18:19] Ryu**
It's all right.
**[18:21] Ryu**
I thought about it one more time. I tried to
imagine how your father might have felt.
**[18:26] Ryu**
If it had been me, I would
definitely have used this.
**[18:32] Miwa**
Is that...
**[18:35] Taizo**
A Kakubin square bottle?
**[18:38] Ryu**
The person who designed
this bottle was Japanese.
**[18:42] Ryu**
Do you know what this design is?
**[18:45] Taizo**
It's a tortoise-shell pattern, right?
**[18:47] Ryu**
Yes. And the glass is cut
in the Satsuma kiriko technique.
**[18:53] Miwa**
That's why I thought
it looked like it sparkled!
**[18:57] Ryu**
This is a bottle of whisky,
**[19:01] Ryu**
but it's a distillation
of very Japanese preferences.
**[19:05] Ryu**
I expect your son was trying to say that,
even if the inn was replaced with a hotel,
**[19:09] Ryu**
that he would still be able to
provide Japanese-style service.
**[19:15] Ryu**
And wanted to express that
while sharing this drink with you.
**[19:22] Taizo**
He put that much thought
into this one bottle?
**[19:28] Taizo**
It tastes a little different
from current batches, though.
***SIGN*** Special-Grade Whisky
***SIGN*** Suntory Whisky
**[19:32] Ryu**
It has the "Special-Grade" mark.
It's a bottle from before 1989.
**[19:36] Ryu**
I was able to find one.
**[19:39] Miwa**
Because the flavor changes as it gets older?
**[19:41] Ryu**
The ingredients transform inside the bottle.
**[19:45] Ryu**
Also, perhaps some difference in materials
and numbers of bottles produced.
**[19:49] Ryu**
There are a lot of different theories, but
the reason older bottles seem to taste better
**[19:54] Ryu**
may be because they hold
experiences that can never be relived
**[19:58] Ryu**
or perhaps memories that
only live on in our hearts.
**[20:05] Taizo**
I might have been working myself
to the bone all this time
**[20:08] Taizo**
to try to forget that accident 25 years ago.
**[20:15] Taizo**
I'm sorry to have put you through all that.
**[20:19] Miwa**
Grandpa...
**[20:21] Taizo**
But for today, would you mind
leaving me alone with my son?
**[20:26] Taizo**
It's been 25 years. I want to
listen to whatever he has to say.
**[20:45] Miwa**
I'm worried I might have
hurt Grandpa all over again.
**[20:53] Ryu**
Well, then! I've worked up an appetite,
so today will be my treat!
**[20:58] Ryu**
Anything you want. Don't hold back.
**[21:01] Miwa**
Okay, what I want is a Kaku Highball.
**[21:08] Ryu**
Very well.
***SIGN*** French
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[22:43] Taizo**
Thanks for coming so far out the other day.
**[22:47] Ryu**
It was nothing.
**[22:49] Taizo**
After my son died, I tried
to build up a world-class hotel
**[22:55] Taizo**
as a way of atoning for my sins.
**[22:58] Taizo**
I was extremely lonely during those years.
**[23:02] Taizo**
The only thing that gave me comfort
was a drink from the late owner of Lapin.
**[23:09] Taizo**
In the end, comfort doesn't come from money
or possessions, but only from other people.
**[23:16] Taizo**
It's all about the person.
It's all about the bartender.
**[23:19] Taizo**
That's the reason bars exist.
**[23:22] Taizo**
And that final Glass of God, well,
**[23:27] Taizo**
it's the last salvation for a soul, hurt by
loneliness, that has nowhere else to go.
**[23:33] Taizo**
And I think you're able to make that.
**[23:35] Taizo**
No, I absolutely want you to make that.
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** An Important Job
# E12 - An Important Job
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UD1M3M/an-important-job)
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***SIGN*** Osada Hiroshi
***SIGN*** Two Poems
***SIGN*** I Will Take a Flower and Go to See You
***SIGN*** Life is One Day in the Forest
**[00:07] Kamishima**
Excuse me!
**[00:09] Kamishima**
Chairman?
**[00:10] Miwa**
Grandpa?
**[00:13] Taizo**
You're late!
**[00:15] Taizo**
The general managers and
board members already came to visit.
**[00:19] Miwa**
We got here as fast as we could!
**[00:21] Kamishima**
We heard that you collapsed.
**[00:24] Taizo**
Oh, what? I was a little anemic
and just got dizzy.
**[00:28] Taizo**
Look at me now! I'm strong as an ox.
**[00:31] Miwa**
Thank goodness.
**[00:33] Taizo**
If you're satisfied, then
hurry up and get back to work.
**[00:36] Miwa**
Aww. One second you yell at us for
being late, the next you tell us to leave?
**[00:40] Miwa**
I shouldn't have been worried about you.
**[00:42] Yukari**
Um, didn't you just call him "Grandpa"?
Senpai, does that make you...
**[00:47] Miwa**
His granddaughter.
**[00:48] Yukari**
What?!
**[00:49] Miwa**
Didn't I tell you?
**[00:50] Yukari**
No, you didn't!
**[00:52] Kamishima**
Oh, settle down. Let's head back.
**[00:54] Kamishima**
Excuse us, Chairman!
**[00:55] Miwa**
Anyway, try to get some rest, Grandpa.
**[00:58] Taizo**
Sure.
**[01:01] Nishizawa**
Chairman, do you think
Sasakura Ryu will join us?
**[01:07] Taizo**
I've done everything I can.
**[01:09] Taizo**
The rest all depends
on how he feels about it.
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[03:01] Staff**
Oh.
**[03:03] Staff**
Is this garbage?
***SIGN*** Will
**[03:06] Staff**
Huh?
**[03:09] Editor**
Kurosawa-sensei, have you
gotten adjusted to the hotel yet?
**[03:14] Editor**
How's the writing coming along?
**[03:16] Editor**
You know, people say that an author's
first new work after winning an award
**[03:20] Editor**
is what really cements their reputation.
**[03:23] Kurosawa**
I apologize. I'm having
trouble finishing it.
**[03:27] Editor**
Kurosawa-sensei, what's crucial
for a young author is speed! Speed!
**[03:31] Editor**
You've got to finish your next work
while the public is still interested.
**[03:34] Kurosawa**
I know that.
**[03:35] Editor**
You do already have
the concept, though, right?
**[03:37] Kurosawa**
The ending... isn't done.
**[03:39] Editor**
But I'm sure you've started writing, right?
**[03:43] Kurosawa**
Sure.
**[03:44] Editor**
Then could you at least tell me
the title for now?
**[03:48] Editor**
I need it to write an
announcement for advertising.
**[03:51] Kurosawa**
The title is "Will."
**[03:55] Editor**
Huh?
**[03:56] Editor**
Sounds a little gloomy, but something
unexpected like that might be good.
**[04:01] Editor**
Well then, please have the
manuscript ready by next week.
**[04:05] Kamishima**
A novel manuscript named "Will," huh?
**[04:08] Staff**
Yes. That made me worry a little.
**[04:12] Kyoko**
If you mean Kurosawa-sama in room 1125,
I do see him here often.
**[04:17] Kyoko**
He says he's been holed up in the hotel
and comes here to let off steam.
**[04:21] Yukari**
Holed up?
**[04:22] Kamishima**
It sounds like he's locked himself
in a hotel to finish a manuscript.
**[04:27] Yukari**
Does that mean he's
a novelist or something?
**[04:30] Miwa**
If it's Kurosawa Junichiro, then he's
an author who suddenly became man of the hour
**[04:35] Miwa**
after he won the Mystery
Novel Award this year.
**[04:37] Staff**
Oh, is that right? Then I'm sorry
for jumping to conclusions.
**[04:41] Kamishima**
No, I think you made the right decision.
Thanks for speaking up.
**[04:45] Miwa**
How often does Kurosawa-sama
come to the lounge bar, then?
**[04:49] Kyoko**
He comes every day.
**[04:50] Miwa**
Every day?
**[04:51] Kyoko**
Yes. He drinks here and then goes
barhopping around town at night.
**[04:56] Kyoko**
It's a daily thing for him.
***SIGN*** Ginza Shopping Center
***SIGN*** Ginza M's Building
**[05:09] Miwa**
Sasakura-san, do you like reading books?
**[05:12] Ryu**
Yes, quite a bit.
**[05:14] Ryu**
I typically borrow them
from the library, though.
**[05:16] Miwa**
Not that you mention it, you had a
library book with you when we first met.
**[05:23] Ryu**
Oh, that's right. Thank you again
for your help back then.
**[05:27] Ryu**
Reading a variety of books gives me
new things to talk about with my guests.
**[05:31] Ryu**
I make a habit of checking out books
that are currently popular.
**[05:36] Ryu**
Out of what I've seen recently,
Kurosawa Junichiro's book was quite interesting.
**[05:41] Ryu**
He was apparently a corporate employee
before becoming an author.
**[05:44] Ryu**
He drew on that experience when
writing his award-winning novel.
**[05:48] Ryu**
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ramble.
**[05:52] Ryu**
Did something happen?
**[05:57] Ryu**
I see. He named it "Will"?
**[06:04] Miwa**
He is a professional writer, so it was
probably just part of a manuscript...
**[06:14] Miwa**
This isn't exactly
a pleasant thing to talk about.
**[06:18] Miwa**
But I'm still a little worried about it.
**[06:32] Kurosawa**
Whoa. Oof.
**[06:35] Ryu**
Welcome. Please sit wherever you like.
**[06:40] Kurosawa**
Thanks.
**[06:46] Kurosawa**
I was walking around, lost in thought, when
I saw a light coming from the basement.
**[06:55] Miwa**
* So it's true that he goes*
* barhopping every night.*
**[07:00] Miwa**
*But he doesn't seem to be drunk.*
**[07:03] Kurosawa**
Maybe I'll start off with a vodka cocktail.
**[07:08] Ryu**
I'm very sorry, sir,
**[07:10] Ryu**
but today, this bar has no alcohol
that I'm able to serve you.
**[07:18] Ryu**
If I said that to you, what would you do?
**[07:22] Kurosawa**
Tell me one thing.
**[07:24] Kurosawa**
If a man can't drink alcohol,
what is he supposed to drink
**[07:27] Kurosawa**
when he's given up on work and life?
**[07:31] Ryu**
May I ask what you think is the most
important job any person can perform?
**[07:37] Kurosawa**
Good question. A pretender might answer,
"making oneself useful in society."
**[07:43] Kurosawa**
If he's trying to sound like a tough guy,
he might insist it's making money.
**[07:46] Kurosawa**
Getting famous and sleeping with all of
the women in the world might also sound good.
**[07:50] Ryu**
Those are all incorrect.
None of those matter at all.
**[07:54] Kurosawa**
Think so?
**[07:54] Ryu**
Yes.
**[07:58] Ryu**
The most important job
that any person can perform...
**[08:03] Ryu**
is simply living. To keep on living.
**[08:07] Ryu**
A bar offers drinks to serve
that one purpose alone.
**[08:10] Ryu**
No person has the right to die.
**[08:14] Ryu**
Because your life doesn't belong to you alone.
**[08:18] Kurosawa**
So you're telling me it belongs
to your parents or family?
**[08:21] Ryu**
On occasion, it may also be
in the hands of the bartender.
**[08:30] Kurosawa**
Huh.
**[08:33] Miwa**
*I thought so.*
**[08:35] Miwa**
* Sasakura-san also noticed*
* that something isn't right with him.*
**[08:39] (Flashback) Kitakata**
When a man is considering suicide,
**[08:42] (Flashback) Kitakata**
he'll choose one of two types of people
to be his final companion.
**[08:46] (Flashback) Kitakata**
One is the priest.
**[08:47] (Flashback) Miwa**
And the other is...
**[08:50] (Flashback) Kitakata**
The bartender.
**[08:54] Kurosawa**
According to Bernard Shaw, there are
apparently two tragedies in life.
**[09:00] Kurosawa**
One is not to get your heart's desire.
The other is to get it.
**[09:06] Kurosawa**
But if you gain your heart's desire,
you'll face other tragedies.
**[09:09] Kurosawa**
I didn't realize that at the time.
**[09:13] Kurosawa**
When I was bowing down to incompetent
bosses every single boring day,
**[09:17] Kurosawa**
the only chance I had to forget
everything else and lose myself
**[09:20] Kurosawa**
was when I was at home
working on my manuscripts.
**[09:23] Kurosawa**
Those were better days.
**[09:25] Ryu**
Sir, do you know the difference between
a professional and an amateur?
**[09:29] Kurosawa**
Hmm? No.
**[09:30] Ryu**
Years ago, when I was depressed
from constantly making mistakes,
**[09:33] Ryu**
my mentor told me this.
**[09:36] (Flashback) Kase**
Ryu. Becoming a professional is simple.
**[09:40] (Flashback) Kase**
The truly difficult thing is
maintaining that professionalism.
**[09:44] (Flashback) Ryu**
Maintaining professionalism?
**[09:46] (Flashback) Kase**
Yes. You should drink this.
I made this for that reason.
**[09:54] Ryu**
When I drank that cocktail,
**[09:56] Ryu**
I finally understood what it meant
to maintain one's professionalism.
**[10:02] Kurosawa**
Huh. You've piqued my curiosity.
**[10:05] Kurosawa**
So what does it mean
to maintain your professionalism?
**[10:08] Ryu**
If you drink it, I'm sure you'll understand.
**[10:12] Kurosawa**
Oh, nice.
**[10:13] Kurosawa**
I'd like to know what kind of cocktail
your mentor served you, then. Make me one.
**[10:39] Ryu**
Here you are. A Sledgehammer.
**[10:42] Kurosawa**
The name is a bit of an overstatement.
**[10:48] Kurosawa**
It goes down easy but still packs
a big punch. It really is a hammer.
**[10:54] Ryu**
A sledgehammer is like a large mallet
that you have to swing with two hands.
**[11:00] Ryu**
It lets you break down walls. That's
what maintaining professionalism means.
**[11:05] Ryu**
I believe that's what my mentor
was trying to tell me.
**[11:08] Kurosawa**
Does that make this ice cube
a chunk of that destroyed wall?
**[11:12] Kurosawa**
But then, what makes you think
I've hit a wall in the first place?
**[11:18] Ryu**
The way you were walking.
**[11:21] Ryu**
A bartender can learn a lot from the few steps
a guest takes from the door to the bar.
**[11:28] Ryu**
It's one thing if he's drunk,
**[11:30] Ryu**
but when a guest has had nothing to drink
and still can't walk straight,
**[11:34] Ryu**
he's in danger.
**[11:36] Kurosawa**
"In danger," huh? You sound
like you've seen a lot.
**[11:40] Kurosawa**
Are you speaking from your own experience?
**[11:46] Ryu**
Anatole France is known for saying,
**[11:49] Ryu**
"Dying takes a great deal of effort."
**[11:52] Kurosawa**
So if it takes the same amount of effort,
why not just live on?
**[11:56] Kurosawa**
You sure can be preachy, you bartenders.
**[12:00] Ryu**
Well, it's the life I chose.
**[12:04] Kurosawa**
I guess it is an important job.
**[12:13] Kurosawa**
I feel like I'll be able to
write my novel now.
**[12:17] Kurosawa**
For now, I'm imagining a story about a nosy,
cocky, preachy bartender who...
**[12:24] Kurosawa**
"Bang!" Gets murdered.
**[12:27] Kurosawa**
When it's done, I'll let you read it first.
**[12:31] Ryu**
Certainly. I'm looking forward to it.
**[12:33] Kurosawa**
Your Sledgehammer was delicious.
**[12:37] Kurosawa**
It feels like it gave me
a good kick in the pants.
**[12:40] Kurosawa**
I was lost, wandering around in the dark
because I couldn't write a single word.
**[12:47] Kurosawa**
But Edenhall...
**[12:49] Kurosawa**
When my lonely soul felt like
it was on the verge of death,
**[12:53] Kurosawa**
it was saved in this underground paradise.
**[12:57] Kurosawa**
I'll be back.
**[13:00] Ryu**
Thank you very much.
**[13:04] Miwa**
That's a relief.
**[13:10] Miwa**
The Glass of God saved a guest's soul.
**[13:16] Miwa**
Your drink did it this time, Sasakura-san.
**[13:25] Ryu**
Thank you.
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**[13:38] Taizo**
You spend your days off
reading library books?
**[13:42] Taizo**
What an admirable bartender you are.
**[13:45] Ryu**
Bartenders work for such little pay that
I can't indulge in more expensive hobbies.
**[13:50] Ryu**
How are you feeling?
**[13:53] Taizo**
Quit treating me like a sick man.
**[13:55] Ryu**
Of course. My apologies.
**[13:57] Taizo**
Now that I think of it,
**[13:59] Taizo**
this is the first time we've sat
next to each other to talk.
**[14:03] Taizo**
At Edenhall, we were always face to face.
**[14:07] Ryu**
You're right.
**[14:08] Taizo**
So, how about it? Wanna have
a drink with me now?
**[14:11] Ryu**
Shall we head to a bar somewhere?
**[14:14] Taizo**
Oh, no need for that.
**[14:17] Taizo**
I'll make you a drink here.
**[14:22] Taizo**
British royalty sure were a playful bunch.
**[14:26] Taizo**
When they were out hunting, they used to
have a toast over the game they had just shot.
**[14:30] Taizo**
See? I filled it with brandy.
**[14:33] Ryu**
Thank you.
**[14:36] Taizo**
Cheers.
**[14:38] Ryu**
In a bar...
**[14:39] Taizo**
Hmm?
**[14:41] Ryu**
there are two things that the bartender
cannot make, no matter how skilled.
**[14:46] Ryu**
Do you know what they are?
**[14:48] Taizo**
Some kind of riddle?
**[14:49] Ryu**
Yes.
**[14:50] Ryu**
The first is this cocktail.
**[14:56] Ryu**
Here you are. A Nikolaschka.
**[15:00] Ryu**
Named after the nickname of
the last Russian emperor, Nikolai II.
**[15:03] Ryu**
It was named that because it resembled
the shape of the emperor's hat
**[15:06] Ryu**
and because the emperor supposedly
took brandy wherever he went.
**[15:11] Taizo**
How are you supposed to drink it?
**[15:13] Ryu**
Fold the lemon with sugar in half
and put it in your mouth,
**[15:17] Ryu**
and then pour the brandy in. It's like
making a Sidecar inside your mouth.
**[15:22] Taizo**
I see. There's no need for a bartender
if you mix it in your mouth.
**[15:33] Taizo**
It tastes very different from the kinds
of cocktails you get at bars at night.
**[15:39] Taizo**
And then? What's the second thing
a bartender can't make?
**[15:45] Ryu**
The mark that each guest makes there.
**[15:50] Ryu**
After serving many different drinks,
**[15:52] Ryu**
trying to make each one
the ideal beverage for that one guest,
**[15:57] Ryu**
the memories those guests have,
and the marks they leave,
**[16:00] Ryu**
become the history of the bar itself.
**[16:04] Taizo**
And whenever you go to the bar,
you can meet your old self again.
**[16:10] Ryu**
Yes.
**[16:11] Taizo**
Is that your condition
for coming to work at my bar?
**[16:15] Ryu**
Well, no. It's merely a request.
**[16:17] Taizo**
Hmm.
**[16:22] Taizo**
Come with me.
**[16:24] Ryu**
Huh?
**[16:32] Taizo**
Thanks for waiting.
**[16:35] Ryu**
Why are you dressed like that?
**[16:38] Taizo**
Makes me look young and fresh, right?
**[16:41] Taizo**
I'll accept your condition completely.
**[16:43] Ryu**
Will you really? Thank you very much.
**[16:46] Taizo**
But in exchange...
**[16:50] Ryu**
A glove?
**[16:52] Taizo**
Spend a little time with me.
**[16:57] Taizo**
It's brand new.
**[16:59] Ryu**
I'm going to be your sports partner?
**[17:02] Taizo**
I never got a chance
to play catch with my son.
**[17:06] Taizo**
It's my one and only regret in life.
**[17:10] Ryu**
I never did with my father either.
He was a very busy person.
**[17:14] Taizo**
I see. So neither of us got a chance.
**[17:19] Taizo**
I won't go easy on you!
**[17:22] Ryu**
Please don't strain yourself.
**[17:26] Taizo**
Here!
**[17:27] Ryu**
Oops.
**[17:31] Ryu**
Please try to throw it better!
**[17:33] Taizo**
No, you need to catch it better!
**[17:36] Ryu**
Oh boy. Here I go.
**[17:39] Ryu**
There!
**[17:41] Taizo**
Got it!
**[17:46] Taizo**
Spring already.
**[17:47] Taizo**
"On that spring day,
I will go to see you," was it?
**[17:52] Ryu**
Shouldn't that be, "I will take
a flower and go to see you"?
**[17:56] Taizo**
Oh, you know it?
**[18:01] Taizo**
*"On that spring day, I will go to see you.*
**[18:06] Taizo**
*You are someone that I have lost.*
**[18:10] Taizo**
* You are someone who is no longer here.*
* I will go see you who are no longer here.*
**[18:17] Taizo**
* With a glass of pure water*
* and a lovely flower in my hands.*
**[18:22] Taizo**
* 'I am no longer here? That is not true,'*
* the missing person says.*
**[18:29] Taizo**
* 'I am not nowhere. In fact,*
* I am not going anywhere.*
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**[18:35] Taizo**
*I will always be here.'*
**[18:38] Taizo**
* As the branches of the spring*
* trees race to blossom*
**[18:42] Taizo**
*and reach upward to grasp for the misty sky.*
**[18:47] Taizo**
*On that spring day, I will go to see you.*
**[18:51] Taizo**
* With a glass of pure water*
* and a lovely flower in my hands."*
**[18:55] Ryu**
This isn't catch, this is chase!
**[18:59] Taizo**
You're getting some good exercise, though!
**[19:01] Ryu**
Oh, don't act so high-handed!
**[19:07] Taizo**
All right, take this!
**[19:11] Ryu**
Nice throw!
**[19:12] Taizo**
Yeah!
**[19:15] Ryu**
Here I go!
**[19:18] Taizo**
* What do people leave*
* with others after they're gone?*
**[19:21] Taizo**
* Only the thoughts and memories*
* of the time they were alive.*
**[19:27] Taizo**
*Will you hold on to that memory of me?*
**[19:31] Taizo**
* Of the day you and I played*
* catch together?*
**[19:42] Yukari**
The day has finally arrived.
**[19:46] Miwa**
It's time to open the sealed door.
**[19:49] Taizo**
It sure was a long road getting here, though.
**[19:53] Kamishima**
I'm very sorry for all the trouble.
**[19:54] Kamishima**
As you requested, I went and borrowed
the exact sign from the door in Ginza.
**[20:00] Taizo**
That was something I promised him.
**[20:03] Miwa**
This marks the beginning
of a new age for Edenhall.
**[20:07] Ryu**
By the way, what does "Edenhall" mean anyway?
**[20:11] Taizo**
It's from an old English tale.
**[20:14] Taizo**
A long, long time ago, the fairies used to
gather to drink and carouse every night
**[20:18] Taizo**
at a mansion named Edenhall.
**[20:21] Taizo**
But then, one day, they were
seen by some humans.
**[20:26] Taizo**
The fairies departed the mansion,
leaving only one glass behind,
**[20:31] Taizo**
saying, "If you knock
over or break this glass,
**[20:34] Taizo**
you will say farewell to
the good fortune of Edenhall."
**[20:39] Yukari**
So if we hadn't carried on the Edenhall name,
**[20:43] Yukari**
we might have said farewell
to its good fortune too.
**[20:46] Taizo**
Yes, exactly.
**[22:15] Ryu**
Welcome.