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!
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SIGN    We need a bartender who can make the "Glass of God."
[05:04] Yukari
    What even is a Glass of God?
[05:07] Miwa
    The chairman insists on it.
[05:09] Yukari
    Yeah, I know. But what
    is it supposed to mean?
[05:13] Yukari
    If we can't figure that out, that door
    really is going to stay sealed forever.
[05:17] Miwa
    You're probably right.
[05:22] Miwa
    The Glass of God, huh?
[05:39] Ryu
    Yes, yes? I'm coming!
[05:42] Ryu
    Um... Let's see...
[05:48] Ryu
    How does this thing work?
[05:51] Ryu
    Um, excuse me.
[05:56] Ryu
    Do you mind if I ask you something?
[05:59] Miwa
    Me?
[06:00] Miwa
    You have to swipe right here.
[06:02] Ryu
    Sue-wipe?
[06:03] Miwa
    Touch it.
[06:03] Ryu
    Okay.
[06:04] Miwa
    Then slide.
[06:04] Ryu
    Okay.
[06:05] Ryu
    Oh, yeah! You saved my neck! Thanks!
[06:07] Maki
    Hello? Hello?
[06:09] Ryu
    Oh, hello? It's me.
[06:10] Ryu
    Oh, Maki-san? All right.
[06:13] Miwa
    What was up with him?
[06:14] Yukari
    What a disaster, Miwa-senpai.
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[06:18] Yukari
    Did that guy leave this?
[06:20] Miwa
    Oh. Excuse me! Hey!
[06:25] Miwa
    He's gone.
[06:27] Yukari
    Tokyo Bar Book?
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"?
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[07:10] Yukari
    Are you sure that's what the chairman said?
[07:13] Kamishima
    Why would I lie to you?
[07:16] Yukari
    But how can we search for that?
[07:19] Kamishima
    Take your complaints to the chairman.
[07:23] Miwa
    We're the only ones stuck with this.
[07:27] Yukari
    Huh?
[07:29] Female employee
    Thanks to your coverage, our number
    of reservations has greatly increased.
[07:32] Yukari
    You're right.
[07:33] Male employee
    Regarding the event, correct?
    Yes, we would love to!
[07:34] Yukari
    Everyone's getting work done.
[07:37] Yukari
    At this rate, we'll be left behind.
[07:40] Kamishima
    Anyway, we can't leave things like this.
[07:43] Kamishima
    Find someone as soon as you can.
[07:45] Miwa & Yukari
    Yes, sir!
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    Watari Niwatori (toritarii)
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[08:11] Female customer(s)
    Look this way!
[08:12] Bartender 3
    'Sup.
[08:14] Yukari
    'Sup!
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[08:21] Yukari
    What?!
[08:22] Yukari
    What do you mean, expenses aren't covered?
[08:25] Miwa
    Accounting said they won't pay any more.
[08:28] Yukari
    You mean we have to pay for all of it?
    There goes my salary!
[08:33] Taisho
    You still haven't found someone
[08:35] Taisho
    to be the bartender behind that sealed door?
[08:37] Miwa
    That's right.
[08:39] Yukari
    We may never find one.
[08:42] Miwa
    Do you know anyone?
[08:44] Miwa
    Any bartenders who can
    make the "Glass of God"?
[08:49] Taisho
    Sure I do.
[08:50] Miwa
    Huh?
[08:51] Yukari
    Where? Where is he?
[08:54] Taisho
    He's right here.
[08:57] Taisho
    I keep this place open so late,
    it basically makes me a god.
[09:02] Yukari
    Would you please refrain
    from the unfunny jokes?
[09:04] Taisho
    Is that how you talk to a god?
[09:07] Yukari
    In that case,
[09:08] Yukari
    if you're a god, get our expenses paid!
[09:11] Taisho
    Hey. Welcome.
[09:13] Ryu
    Hello. Highball, please.
[09:16] Miwa
    Are you...?
[09:19] Ryu
    Oh?
[09:19] Miwa
    It is you! From before!
[09:21] Yukari
    The guy who can't use a smartphone!
[09:23] Ryu
    Yeah, I'm no good with those.
[09:26] Ryu
    Oh, right. Did you happen to see a book?
    I might have forgotten it there.
[09:31] Miwa
    Yes, I have it.
[09:33] Ryu
    Really?
[09:34] Miwa
    I don't have it on me right now,
    but I'll return it for you.
[09:37] Miwa
    The library is near my office.
[09:40] Ryu
    Will you? Thank you so much!
[09:43] Ryu
    I guess I shouldn't give up on Japan just yet.
[09:47] Taisho
    Here, your highball.
[09:48] Ryu
    Ah, great. Thank you.
[09:51] Miwa
    This is so weak! You call this a highball?
[09:54] Miwa
    Did you skimp on the whisky?
[09:56] Taisho
    The ice melted because
    you weren't drinking it.
[09:59] Taisho
    Oh, right. Speaking of bartenders,
    this guy is a bartender too.
[10:03] Miwa
    Huh?
[10:05] Ryu
    I wanted to thank you for before.
[10:07] Ojisan
    Oh.
[10:08] Yukari
    Senpai, this must be fate.
    Let's get him to take the bartender test.
[10:15] Ojisan
    Kinda silly to have forgotten your wallet.
[10:18] Ryu
    I'm so sorry. But I remembered it today.
[10:22] Ryu
    Oh. I forgot to go to the bank.
[10:24] Miwa
    Or maybe not.
[10:26] Yukari
    Definitely.
[10:28] Miwa
    But where are we going to find him?
[10:31] Miwa
    Our bartender...
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[11:02] Miwa
    Edenhall in Ginza?
[11:05] Yukari
    Yes. It says the bartender there once
    won a cocktail competition in Europe.
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    A great place to enjoy drinks.
    He'll pinpoint your tastes and thrill you.
    The service is excellent.
    You'll want to keep going back
    knowing that each time you do,
    he'll thrill you with new pleasures.
    The bartender is named Sasakura.
    He won a cocktail competition
    in Europe and has top-notch skills.
    
    taka yamano
    
    ...but at some point they reopened.
[11:11] Kamishima
    Wasn't Edenhall supposed to have closed down?
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[11:15] Yukari
    It says, "The private bar with the
    irregular schedule finally reopened."
[11:20] Miwa
    It's a private bar? If he's so amazing,
    then why's it private?
[11:25] Yukari
    It does sound a little strange,
    but it might be worth a visit.
[11:30] Yukari
    If our expenses are covered.
[11:32] Miwa
    You're right.
[11:33] Miwa
    If our expenses are covered.
[11:40] Kamishima
    Fine. Here's a donation.
[11:42] Miwa
    Thank you very much!
[11:42] Yukari
    Yes! You're a saint, Chief Kamishima!
[11:46] Miwa
    Well, it should be around here.
[11:52] Yukari
    Oh, is that it over there?
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[11:55] Yukari
    See?
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[11:56] Miwa
    I've been down this street
    more times than I remember,
[12:00] Miwa
    but I never even noticed this place.
[12:30] Yukari
    It sure seems like a nice place.
[12:33] Miwa
    Yeah, maybe.
[12:35] Maki
    Sasakura-kun, you have customers.
[12:39] Ryu
    Certainly. On my way.
[12:44] Miwa & Yukari
    Oh!
[12:48] Ryu
    Welcome.
[12:49] Miwa
    It's you... again?
[12:51] Ryu
    Oh. We keep running into each other.
[12:54] Ryu
    Thank you for your help the other day.
[12:56] Ryu
    Please, take a seat.
[12:57] Miwa
    O-Okay.
[13:00] Maki
    Acquaintances of yours?
[13:02] Ryu
    Yes, well, sort of.
[13:04] Yukari
    He seems kind of different from before.
[13:16] Yukari
    Senpai, what do you think?
[13:19] Miwa
    It is an impressive selection.
[13:23] Ryu
    Here you are.
[13:26] Miwa
    Thanks.
[13:27] Ryu
    I'm surprised you found this place.
[13:30] Ryu
    Did you ask the owner of Ogura?
[13:32] Yukari
    I found reviews online
[13:34] Yukari
    talking about an incredibly skilled bartender.
[13:38] Ryu
    Oh? Have people been saying that?
[13:43] Ryu
    Well, what would you like?
[13:44] Miwa
    So he really was a bartender.
[13:45] Yukari
    Hmm. Let me think a minute.
[13:48] Miwa
    I wonder if the reviews are accurate.
[13:52] Itami
    Sasakura-kun, I'll take a Grasshopper.
[13:56] Ryu
    Certainly. Shall I prepare it
    pousse-café style?
[14:00] Itami
    That is nice once in a while.
[14:02] Yukari
    Pousse-café? Like the one from the test?
[14:14] Ryu
    Here you are. Your Grasshopper.
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[14:17] Yukari
    Thirty seconds?!
[14:19] Yukari
    That's pretty amazing, right?
    And it isn't mixed at all.
[14:23] Miwa
    You're right.
[14:25] Ryu
    Your chaser.
[14:26] Itami
    Thanks.
[14:27] Yukari
    In that case...
[14:28] Yukari
    Um...
[14:29] Ryu
    Yes? Have you decided?
[14:31] Yukari
    I'd like a martini, please.
[14:34] Ryu
    A martini?
[14:39] Ryu
    It appears you haven't dined yet.
[14:41] Ryu
    Perhaps you would prefer a lighter beverage
    with a lower percentage of alcohol?
[14:47] Yukari
    I guess that would be the correct move.
[14:50] Yukari
    Then please make me something lighter
    than a martini. Something shaken, please.
[14:56] Yukari
    Oh, and colored pink.
[14:58] Ryu
    As you wish.
[15:20] Yukari
    I don't know why, but when I see a
    hard-working man use his fingers like that,
[15:27] Yukari
    it's super sexy!
[15:29] Miwa
    Uh, sexy?
[15:36] Ryu
    Here you are. A Cosmopolitan.
[15:44] Yukari
    Wow! This is really delicious!
[15:47] Miwa
    It's that good?
[15:49] Yukari
    It really is!
[15:52] Ryu
    And what would you like?
[15:53] Yukari
    This is so good!
[15:58] Miwa
    If...
[15:59] Miwa
    If this person truly is
    an amazing bartender...
[16:04] Miwa
    Whatever you recommend.
[16:07] Yukari
    Senpai, you shouldn't do that.
    It really puts bartenders on the spot.
[16:12] Miwa
    That's right.
[16:13] Miwa
    He doesn't know if I prefer strong drinks,
    or what kinds of liquor I don't like.
[16:19] Miwa
    He doesn't know enough about me
    to know what to make.
[16:24] Miwa
    And that's exactly why
    it will test his skills.
[16:27] Miwa
    Whatever you recommend.
[16:28] Miwa
    Please make a cocktail that you
    think would be perfect for me.
[16:33] Ryu
    Very well.
[17:00] Miwa
    A whisky base.
[17:02] Miwa
    With a whisky base, the obvious choices
    would be a Manhattan or a Godfather.
[17:08] Miwa
    Or in that glass, a Whisky Buck.
[17:12] Miwa
    Since he's using scotch,
    maybe a Highland Cooler.
[17:20] Miwa
    Soda?
[17:22] Miwa
    Whisky and soda?
[17:29] Miwa
    Isn't that just...
[17:31] Ryu
    A highball.
[17:33] Miwa
    A highball? That's the perfect drink for me?
[17:39] Miwa
    It's just whisky diluted in soda.
[17:43] Miwa
    Anyone could make something like that.
[17:50] Miwa
    Let's drink these and leave.
[17:53] Yukari
    Senpai?
[17:54] Miwa
    It turns out
[17:56] Miwa
    I was let down after all.
[17:59] Miwa
    We'll have to start the
    search all over again.
[18:15] Miwa
    It has such a smooth, gentle flavor.
[18:19] Miwa
    Is this really just a highball?
[18:23] Ryu
    Yes.
[18:24] Ryu
    And yet, it is a delicious highball.
[18:32] Miwa
    Why is it so good?
[18:35] Ryu
    In this world,
[18:37] Ryu
    there are two types of professions that
    absolutely must not deceive the customer.
[18:42] Ryu
    One is the physician or pharmacist.
[18:45] Ryu
    And the other is...
[18:48] Miwa
    The other is...?
[18:50] Ryu
    The bartender.
[18:52] Ryu
    In either job, one small
    change to the formula
[18:54] Ryu
    is the difference between
    serving poison or medicine.
[18:57] Miwa
    Medicine?
[19:01] Ryu
    I have an exhausted customer.
[19:04] Ryu
    She has been so busy with work,
    she can't pay attention to anything else.
[19:08] Ryu
    Such as a loose sleeve button.
[19:11] Ryu
    It appears it finally came off.
[19:16] Ryu
    You're also wearing your watch differently.
[19:19] Miwa
    Huh? How did you...?
[19:23] Miwa
    Was it...
[19:25] Miwa
    that one time before?
[19:28] Miwa
    You paid attention to such tiny details
    and remembered them?
[19:33] Ryu
    For a body under so much stress,
[19:36] Ryu
    I felt a normal highball
    recipe would be too strong.
[19:41] Ryu
    So I reduced the amount of alcohol.
[19:44] Miwa
    No way. Then why isn't the flavor any weaker?
[19:48] Ryu
    It's the ice.
[19:49] Ryu
    Although I reduced the
    alcohol as much as I could,
[19:52] Ryu
    I used hard ice to maintain
    the flavor balance.
[19:56] Ryu
    If you freeze ice over a long period,
    it becomes even harder.
[20:00] Ryu
    Then, if you cut out the core parts and
    rest them in a freezer for a few days,
[20:07] Ryu
    the ice becomes denser and harder to melt.
[20:11] Miwa
    You put this much thought
    into just one drink?
[20:17] Ryu
    Do you know the meaning
    of the word "bartender"?
[20:23] Ryu
    A "bar" is a perch upon which to rest.
    "Tender" means gentle or kind.
[20:27] Ryu
    So bartender means a "gentle perch."
[20:30] Ryu
    This is merely a piece of wood
    to place liquor on. A bar.
[20:34] Ryu
    But there is also a bartender here.
[20:38] Ryu
    Bar and tender. A place
    where tenderness grows.
[20:43] Miwa
    So that explains this highball.
[20:46] Miwa
    And here I was trying to test you.
[20:51] Ryu
    I want the customer on the other side of the
    counter to enjoy the perfect drink for them.
[20:57] Ryu
    Really, that's all there is to it.
[21:05] Miwa
    We've finally found him!
[21:07] Miwa
    Sasakura Ryu. I'm sure the
    chairman will like him, too!
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[21:11] Kamishima
    Chief bartender at the Ratz Hotel in Paris.
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    Served as chief bartender at Sky Bar,
    a bar on the top floor of the five-star
    Ratz Hotel in the outskirts of Paris.
    Took top prize at the International
    Cocktail Competition in Europe.
    After returning to Japan, went back
    to work as a bartender at Edenhall
    in Ginza.
    
    Points of Investigation
    ° Assessment in Paris in addition
    to experiences after returning
    ° Accomplishments in Japan
    before going overseas
    ° Assessment at Edenhall
[21:15] Kamishima
    So he lived abroad?
[21:17] Kamishima
    No wonder he wasn't picked up as a candidate.
[21:20] Yukari
    I know he's the one who
    can make the Glass of God!
[21:23] Yukari
    You'll know it when you drink it, too, Chief!
[21:26] Kamishima
    Are you sure?
[21:27] Kamishima
    But why did he come back to Japan?
[21:31] Miwa
    I was wondering about that myself.
[21:34] Yukari
    That's beside the point. The problem is
    whether or not he'll come work for us.
[21:38] Kamishima
    And whether or not he measures up
    to the chairman's expectations.
[21:41] Kamishima
    Hurry up and put a proposal together.
[21:42] Miwa & Yukari
    Yes, sir!
[21:44] Yukari
    Okay.
[21:49] Miwa
    What's this?
[21:51] Yukari
    Huh? Weren't you going to return it?
[21:54] Miwa
    I totally forgot!
[23:45] Sign
    Episode 2
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    Old Pal