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
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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!
SIGN    Not Evaluated
[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!
SIGN    Cocktail presentation
SIGN    Cocktail taste
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?
SIGN    Bar Mania Press
[06:29] Yukari
    I wonder if this is...
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    April 7 
    
    1. TOKYO BAR BOOK
    Bar Mania Press 
    Item ID: 013648713012 
    
    
    
    
    Minato-ku Library
SIGN    Azabu Area
[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"?
SIGN    Business Planning Division
[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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    2 hours ago
    Original cocktail ordered
    by a regular customer
    
    
    Watari Niwatori (toritarii)
SIGN    Trending
SIGN    Calories!
[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?
SIGN    Ginza
[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?
SIGN    Ginza Shopping Center
SIGN    Ginza M's Building
[11:55] Yukari
    See?
SIGN    French
SIGN    Ginza Shopping Center
[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!
SIGN    Ginza
[21:11] Kamishima
    Chief bartender at the Ratz Hotel in Paris.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Sasakura Ryu (29 Years Old)
    
    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
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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.
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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
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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.
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SIGN    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
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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.
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E7 - A Bartender's Resolve
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[00:01] Kamishima
    Come on. A welcome drink means
     one thing and one thing only.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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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!
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    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.
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[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.
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[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"...
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[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.
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[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!
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    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...
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SIGN    A Challenge

E8 - A Challenge
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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.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 17 0 13 5 0 5
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
SIGN    m 0 0 l 17 0 13 5 0 5
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...
SIGN    Ryukyu Aged
SIGN    Shimakiku
SIGN    Ryukyu Awamori
    30 Percent
SIGN    Oukyu
SIGN    Ryukyu
    Awamori
SIGN    Umikaze
SIGN    Imaizumi
SIGN    Ogura
SIGN    Sharpen
    Up
SIGN    Minami
[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!
SIGN    Glass of God
[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
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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.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 80 0 80 65 0 65
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.
SIGN    Keypad
SIGN    Speaker
SIGN    Others
[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.
SIGN    Minami
[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.
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SIGN    Episode 9

E9 - 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.
SIGN    Glass of God
[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
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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
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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.