# E1 - A Gentle Perch
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZV03E/a-gentle-perch)
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**[00:03] Ryu**
In this world,
**[00:05] Ryu**
there are two types of professions that
absolutely must not deceive the customer.
**[00:12] Ryu**
One is the physician or pharmacist.
**[00:17] Ryu**
And the other is...
**[02:03] Miwa**
Thank you very much for participating in
today's bartender test for Hotel Cardinal.
**[02:11] Miwa**
I'm from the Business Planning Division.
My name is Kurushima.
**[02:16] Miwa**
This hotel opened two months ago.
**[02:19] Miwa**
In addition to this large lounge,
**[02:23] Miwa**
we would also like to open an
authentic counter-type bar.
**[02:29] Miwa**
We will offer the position of bartender
to a person who passes this test.
**[02:36] Yukari**
Business Planning Division Chief Kamishima
shall now proceed with the test.
**[02:41] Kamishima**
Right now, I'd like each of you to
make me your specialty cocktail.
**[02:46] Kamishima**
You first.
**[02:47] Bartender 1**
Yes, sir.
**[02:49] Bartender 1**
I will make a martini.
**[02:53] Bartender 1**
Here you are.
**[02:57] Kamishima**
Do you...
**[02:59] Kamishima**
even know if I've eaten yet or not?
**[03:01] Bartender 1**
Huh?
**[03:02] Kamishima**
Am I drinking before or after my meal?
**[03:05] Bartender 1**
I haven't heard either way.
**[03:09] Kamishima**
The martini is a strong cocktail.
**[03:11] Kamishima**
How can you offer one without knowing
if I'm drinking on an empty stomach?
**[03:14] Bartender 1**
But you asked us to make our specialty!
**[03:17] Yukari**
Just like before.
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**[03:20] Kamishima**
Enough. Next!
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**[03:23] Bartender 2**
I will prepare a Grasshopper.
**[03:26] Kamishima**
In that case, I'll take it
in pousse-café style.
**[03:30] Bartender 2**
Huh?
**[03:31] Kamishima**
Surely you know what that is.
**[03:33] Bartender 2**
Well, yes.
**[03:35] Bartender 2**
It's a method for layering ingredients
of different densities so they don't mix.
**[03:42] Kamishima**
A pro would have no trouble at all,
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**[03:45] Kamishima**
but they got mixed up.
**[03:47] Kamishima**
And you took too long.
**[03:49] Bartender 2**
I-I wasn't expecting an order like that.
**[03:52] Kamishima**
You must expect the customers to test you.
**[03:54] Kamishima**
Next!
**[03:58] Bartender 3**
'Sup.
**[04:01] Kamishima**
Kurushima-kun...
**[04:03] Kamishima**
Was this one your idea?
**[04:05] Miwa**
No, it was Higuchi-san's.
**[04:06] Yukari**
He's all the buzz right now!
**[04:09] Bartender 3**
So...
**[04:10] Kamishima**
That isn't what we're looking for.
**[04:10] Yukari**
He's so cool!
**[04:15] Yukari**
Why is Chief Kamishima
always so prickly, anyway?
**[04:20] Yukari**
No wonder the bartenders were upset.
**[04:24] Miwa**
The hotel is already operating for business,
**[04:27] Miwa**
but the bar still hasn't opened yet.
**[04:32] Miwa**
At this rate, that door
will never be unsealed.
**[04:35] Miwa**
I never thought it would be
this hard to find a bartender.
**[04:39] Miwa**
It's making me as prickly as the chief.
Giving me stomachaches, too.
**[04:44] Miwa**
I'm jealous of you, Yukari-chan.
**[04:47] Yukari**
You almost make it sound
like I'm not working at all.
**[04:51] Yukari**
I'm under pressure too, you know.
**[04:54] Miwa**
I guess we start again from scratch.
**[04:57] Yukari**
The search criteria are just too vague!
**[05:00] Yukari**
And then he gets so picky
over the littlest things.
**[05:02] Yukari**
I mean, take a look at this!
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**[05:04] Yukari**
What even is a Glass of God?
**[05:07] Miwa**
The chairman insists on it.
**[05:09] Yukari**
Yeah, I know. But what
is it supposed to mean?
**[05:13] Yukari**
If we can't figure that out, that door
really is going to stay sealed forever.
**[05:17] Miwa**
You're probably right.
**[05:22] Miwa**
The Glass of God, huh?
**[05:39] Ryu**
Yes, yes? I'm coming!
**[05:42] Ryu**
Um... Let's see...
**[05:48] Ryu**
How does this thing work?
**[05:51] Ryu**
Um, excuse me.
**[05:56] Ryu**
Do you mind if I ask you something?
**[05:59] Miwa**
Me?
**[06:00] Miwa**
You have to swipe right here.
**[06:02] Ryu**
Sue-wipe?
**[06:03] Miwa**
Touch it.
**[06:03] Ryu**
Okay.
**[06:04] Miwa**
Then slide.
**[06:04] Ryu**
Okay.
**[06:05] Ryu**
Oh, yeah! You saved my neck! Thanks!
**[06:07] Maki**
*Hello? Hello?*
**[06:09] Ryu**
Oh, hello? It's me.
**[06:10] Ryu**
Oh, Maki-san? All right.
**[06:13] Miwa**
What was up with him?
**[06:14] Yukari**
What a disaster, Miwa-senpai.
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**[06:18] Yukari**
Did that guy leave this?
**[06:20] Miwa**
Oh. Excuse me! Hey!
**[06:25] Miwa**
He's gone.
**[06:27] Yukari**
*Tokyo Bar Book*?
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**[06:29] Yukari**
I wonder if this is...
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Minato-ku Library
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**[06:33] Yukari**
It is.
**[06:35] Yukari**
This is a library book.
**[06:37] Miwa**
Huh? Oh, come on.
**[06:40] Miwa**
Why is this happening?
**[06:44] Kamishima**
Please accept my apologies.
**[06:45] Taizo**
Did they all fail again?
**[06:48] Kamishima**
Yes. That brings us to thirty people.
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**[06:52] Taizo**
If he was easy to find,
I would have done so long ago.
**[06:56] Kamishima**
Can you please at least provide me
with more concrete criteria?
**[07:01] Kamishima**
What exactly is a Glass of God?
**[07:05] Taizo**
Well, about that...
**[07:08] Yukari**
"You'll know it when you drink it"?
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**[07:10] Yukari**
Are you sure that's what the chairman said?
**[07:13] Kamishima**
Why would I lie to you?
**[07:16] Yukari**
But how can we search for that?
**[07:19] Kamishima**
Take your complaints to the chairman.
**[07:23] Miwa**
We're the only ones stuck with this.
**[07:27] Yukari**
Huh?
**[07:29] Female employee**
Thanks to your coverage, our number
of reservations has greatly increased.
**[07:32] Yukari**
You're right.
**[07:33] Male employee**
Regarding the event, correct?
Yes, we would love to!
**[07:34] Yukari**
Everyone's getting work done.
**[07:37] Yukari**
At this rate, we'll be left behind.
**[07:40] Kamishima**
Anyway, we can't leave things like this.
**[07:43] Kamishima**
Find someone as soon as you can.
**[07:45] Miwa & Yukari**
Yes, sir!
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**[08:11] Female customer(s)**
Look this way!
**[08:12] Bartender 3**
'Sup.
**[08:14] Yukari**
'Sup!
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**[08:21] Yukari**
What?!
**[08:22] Yukari**
What do you mean, expenses aren't covered?
**[08:25] Miwa**
Accounting said they won't pay any more.
**[08:28] Yukari**
You mean we have to pay for all of it?
There goes my salary!
**[08:33] Taisho**
You still haven't found someone
**[08:35] Taisho**
to be the bartender behind that sealed door?
**[08:37] Miwa**
That's right.
**[08:39] Yukari**
We may never find one.
**[08:42] Miwa**
Do you know anyone?
**[08:44] Miwa**
Any bartenders who can
make the "Glass of God"?
**[08:49] Taisho**
Sure I do.
**[08:50] Miwa**
Huh?
**[08:51] Yukari**
Where? Where is he?
**[08:54] Taisho**
He's right here.
**[08:57] Taisho**
I keep this place open so late,
it basically makes me a god.
**[09:02] Yukari**
Would you please refrain
from the unfunny jokes?
**[09:04] Taisho**
Is that how you talk to a god?
**[09:07] Yukari**
In that case,
**[09:08] Yukari**
if you're a god, get our expenses paid!
**[09:11] Taisho**
Hey. Welcome.
**[09:13] Ryu**
Hello. Highball, please.
**[09:16] Miwa**
Are you...?
**[09:19] Ryu**
Oh?
**[09:19] Miwa**
It *is* you! From before!
**[09:21] Yukari**
The guy who can't use a smartphone!
**[09:23] Ryu**
Yeah, I'm no good with those.
**[09:26] Ryu**
Oh, right. Did you happen to see a book?
I might have forgotten it there.
**[09:31] Miwa**
Yes, I have it.
**[09:33] Ryu**
Really?
**[09:34] Miwa**
I don't have it on me right now,
but I'll return it for you.
**[09:37] Miwa**
The library is near my office.
**[09:40] Ryu**
Will you? Thank you so much!
**[09:43] Ryu**
I guess I shouldn't give up on Japan just yet.
**[09:47] Taisho**
Here, your highball.
**[09:48] Ryu**
Ah, great. Thank you.
**[09:51] Miwa**
This is so weak! You call this a highball?
**[09:54] Miwa**
Did you skimp on the whisky?
**[09:56] Taisho**
The ice melted because
you weren't drinking it.
**[09:59] Taisho**
Oh, right. Speaking of bartenders,
this guy is a bartender too.
**[10:03] Miwa**
Huh?
**[10:05] Ryu**
I wanted to thank you for before.
**[10:07] Ojisan**
Oh.
**[10:08] Yukari**
Senpai, this must be fate.
Let's get him to take the bartender test.
**[10:15] Ojisan**
Kinda silly to have forgotten your wallet.
**[10:18] Ryu**
I'm so sorry. But I remembered it today.
**[10:22] Ryu**
Oh. I forgot to go to the bank.
**[10:24] Miwa**
Or maybe not.
**[10:26] Yukari**
Definitely.
**[10:28] Miwa**
But where are we going to find him?
**[10:31] Miwa**
Our bartender...
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**[11:02] Miwa**
Edenhall in Ginza?
**[11:05] Yukari**
Yes. It says the bartender there once
won a cocktail competition in Europe.
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A great place to enjoy drinks.
He'll pinpoint your tastes and thrill you.
The service is excellent.
You'll want to keep going back
knowing that each time you do,
he'll thrill you with new pleasures.
The bartender is named Sasakura.
He won a cocktail competition
in Europe and has top-notch skills.
taka yamano
...but at some point they reopened.
**[11:11] Kamishima**
Wasn't Edenhall supposed to have closed down?
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**[11:15] Yukari**
It says, "The private bar with the
irregular schedule finally reopened."
**[11:20] Miwa**
It's a private bar? If he's so amazing,
then why's it private?
**[11:25] Yukari**
It does sound a little strange,
but it might be worth a visit.
**[11:30] Yukari**
If our expenses are covered.
**[11:32] Miwa**
You're right.
**[11:33] Miwa**
If our expenses are covered.
**[11:40] Kamishima**
Fine. Here's a donation.
**[11:42] Miwa**
Thank you very much!
**[11:42] Yukari**
Yes! You're a saint, Chief Kamishima!
**[11:46] Miwa**
Well, it should be around here.
**[11:52] Yukari**
Oh, is that it over there?
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**[11:55] Yukari**
See?
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**[11:56] Miwa**
I've been down this street
more times than I remember,
**[12:00] Miwa**
but I never even noticed this place.
**[12:30] Yukari**
It sure seems like a nice place.
**[12:33] Miwa**
Yeah, maybe.
**[12:35] Maki**
Sasakura-kun, you have customers.
**[12:39] Ryu**
Certainly. On my way.
**[12:44] Miwa & Yukari**
Oh!
**[12:48] Ryu**
Welcome.
**[12:49] Miwa**
It's you... again?
**[12:51] Ryu**
Oh. We keep running into each other.
**[12:54] Ryu**
Thank you for your help the other day.
**[12:56] Ryu**
Please, take a seat.
**[12:57] Miwa**
O-Okay.
**[13:00] Maki**
Acquaintances of yours?
**[13:02] Ryu**
Yes, well, sort of.
**[13:04] Yukari**
He seems kind of different from before.
**[13:16] Yukari**
Senpai, what do you think?
**[13:19] Miwa**
It is an impressive selection.
**[13:23] Ryu**
Here you are.
**[13:26] Miwa**
Thanks.
**[13:27] Ryu**
I'm surprised you found this place.
**[13:30] Ryu**
Did you ask the owner of Ogura?
**[13:32] Yukari**
I found reviews online
**[13:34] Yukari**
talking about an incredibly skilled bartender.
**[13:38] Ryu**
Oh? Have people been saying that?
**[13:43] Ryu**
Well, what would you like?
**[13:44] Miwa**
*So he really was a bartender.*
**[13:45] Yukari**
Hmm. Let me think a minute.
**[13:48] Miwa**
*I wonder if the reviews are accurate.*
**[13:52] Itami**
Sasakura-kun, I'll take a Grasshopper.
**[13:56] Ryu**
Certainly. Shall I prepare it
pousse-café style?
**[14:00] Itami**
That is nice once in a while.
**[14:02] Yukari**
Pousse-café? Like the one from the test?
**[14:14] Ryu**
Here you are. Your Grasshopper.
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**[14:17] Yukari**
Thirty seconds?!
**[14:19] Yukari**
That's pretty amazing, right?
And it isn't mixed at all.
**[14:23] Miwa**
You're right.
**[14:25] Ryu**
Your chaser.
**[14:26] Itami**
Thanks.
**[14:27] Yukari**
*In that case...*
**[14:28] Yukari**
Um...
**[14:29] Ryu**
Yes? Have you decided?
**[14:31] Yukari**
I'd like a martini, please.
**[14:34] Ryu**
A martini?
**[14:39] Ryu**
It appears you haven't dined yet.
**[14:41] Ryu**
Perhaps you would prefer a lighter beverage
with a lower percentage of alcohol?
**[14:47] Yukari**
I guess that would be the correct move.
**[14:50] Yukari**
Then please make me something lighter
than a martini. Something shaken, please.
**[14:56] Yukari**
Oh, and colored pink.
**[14:58] Ryu**
As you wish.
**[15:20] Yukari**
I don't know why, but when I see a
hard-working man use his fingers like that,
**[15:27] Yukari**
it's super sexy!
**[15:29] Miwa**
Uh, sexy?
**[15:36] Ryu**
Here you are. A Cosmopolitan.
**[15:44] Yukari**
Wow! This is really delicious!
**[15:47] Miwa**
It's that good?
**[15:49] Yukari**
It really is!
**[15:52] Ryu**
And what would you like?
**[15:53] Yukari**
This is so good!
**[15:58] Miwa**
*If...*
**[15:59] Miwa**
* If this person truly is*
* an amazing bartender...*
**[16:04] Miwa**
Whatever you recommend.
**[16:07] Yukari**
Senpai, you shouldn't do that.
It really puts bartenders on the spot.
**[16:12] Miwa**
*That's right.*
**[16:13] Miwa**
* He doesn't know if I prefer strong drinks,*
* or what kinds of liquor I don't like.*
**[16:19] Miwa**
* He doesn't know enough about me*
* to know what to make.*
**[16:24] Miwa**
* And that's exactly why*
* it will test his skills.*
**[16:27] Miwa**
Whatever you recommend.
**[16:28] Miwa**
Please make a cocktail that you
think would be perfect for me.
**[16:33] Ryu**
Very well.
**[17:00] Miwa**
*A whisky base.*
**[17:02] Miwa**
* With a whisky base, the obvious choices*
* would be a Manhattan or a Godfather.*
**[17:08] Miwa**
*Or in that glass, a Whisky Buck.*
**[17:12] Miwa**
* Since he's using scotch,*
* maybe a Highland Cooler.*
**[17:20] Miwa**
*Soda?*
**[17:22] Miwa**
*Whisky and soda?*
**[17:29] Miwa**
Isn't that just...
**[17:31] Ryu**
A highball.
**[17:33] Miwa**
*A highball? That's the perfect drink for me?*
**[17:39] Miwa**
*It's just whisky diluted in soda.*
**[17:43] Miwa**
*Anyone could make something like that.*
**[17:50] Miwa**
Let's drink these and leave.
**[17:53] Yukari**
Senpai?
**[17:54] Miwa**
*It turns out*
**[17:56] Miwa**
*I was let down after all.*
**[17:59] Miwa**
* We'll have to start the*
* search all over again.*
**[18:15] Miwa**
It has such a smooth, gentle flavor.
**[18:19] Miwa**
Is this really just a highball?
**[18:23] Ryu**
Yes.
**[18:24] Ryu**
And yet, it is a delicious highball.
**[18:32] Miwa**
Why is it so good?
**[18:35] Ryu**
In this world,
**[18:37] Ryu**
there are two types of professions that
absolutely must not deceive the customer.
**[18:42] Ryu**
One is the physician or pharmacist.
**[18:45] Ryu**
And the other is...
**[18:48] Miwa**
The other is...?
**[18:50] Ryu**
The bartender.
**[18:52] Ryu**
In either job, one small
change to the formula
**[18:54] Ryu**
is the difference between
serving poison or medicine.
**[18:57] Miwa**
Medicine?
**[19:01] Ryu**
I have an exhausted customer.
**[19:04] Ryu**
She has been so busy with work,
she can't pay attention to anything else.
**[19:08] Ryu**
Such as a loose sleeve button.
**[19:11] Ryu**
It appears it finally came off.
**[19:16] Ryu**
You're also wearing your watch differently.
**[19:19] Miwa**
Huh? How did you...?
**[19:23] Miwa**
Was it...
**[19:25] Miwa**
that one time before?
**[19:28] Miwa**
You paid attention to such tiny details
and remembered them?
**[19:33] Ryu**
For a body under so much stress,
**[19:36] Ryu**
I felt a normal highball
recipe would be too strong.
**[19:41] Ryu**
So I reduced the amount of alcohol.
**[19:44] Miwa**
No way. Then why isn't the flavor any weaker?
**[19:48] Ryu**
It's the ice.
**[19:49] Ryu**
Although I reduced the
alcohol as much as I could,
**[19:52] Ryu**
I used hard ice to maintain
the flavor balance.
**[19:56] Ryu**
If you freeze ice over a long period,
it becomes even harder.
**[20:00] Ryu**
Then, if you cut out the core parts and
rest them in a freezer for a few days,
**[20:07] Ryu**
the ice becomes denser and harder to melt.
**[20:11] Miwa**
You put this much thought
into just one drink?
**[20:17] Ryu**
Do you know the meaning
of the word "bartender"?
**[20:23] Ryu**
A "bar" is a perch upon which to rest.
"Tender" means gentle or kind.
**[20:27] Ryu**
So bartender means a "gentle perch."
**[20:30] Ryu**
This is merely a piece of wood
to place liquor on. A bar.
**[20:34] Ryu**
But there is also a bartender here.
**[20:38] Ryu**
Bar and tender. A place
where tenderness grows.
**[20:43] Miwa**
So that explains this highball.
**[20:46] Miwa**
And here I was trying to test you.
**[20:51] Ryu**
I want the customer on the other side of the
counter to enjoy the perfect drink for them.
**[20:57] Ryu**
Really, that's all there is to it.
**[21:05] Miwa**
We've finally found him!
**[21:07] Miwa**
Sasakura Ryu. I'm sure the
chairman will like him, too!
***SIGN*** Ginza
**[21:11] Kamishima**
Chief bartender at the Ratz Hotel in Paris.
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Served as chief bartender at Sky Bar,
a bar on the top floor of the five-star
Ratz Hotel in the outskirts of Paris.
Took top prize at the International
Cocktail Competition in Europe.
After returning to Japan, went back
to work as a bartender at Edenhall
in Ginza.
Points of Investigation
° Assessment in Paris in addition
to experiences after returning
° Accomplishments in Japan
before going overseas
° Assessment at Edenhall
**[21:15] Kamishima**
So he lived abroad?
**[21:17] Kamishima**
No wonder he wasn't picked up as a candidate.
**[21:20] Yukari**
I know he's the one who
can make the Glass of God!
**[21:23] Yukari**
You'll know it when you drink it, too, Chief!
**[21:26] Kamishima**
Are you sure?
**[21:27] Kamishima**
But why did he come back to Japan?
**[21:31] Miwa**
I was wondering about that myself.
**[21:34] Yukari**
That's beside the point. The problem is
whether or not he'll come work for us.
**[21:38] Kamishima**
And whether or not he measures up
to the chairman's expectations.
**[21:41] Kamishima**
Hurry up and put a proposal together.
**[21:42] Miwa & Yukari**
Yes, sir!
**[21:44] Yukari**
Okay.
**[21:49] Miwa**
What's this?
**[21:51] Yukari**
Huh? Weren't you going to return it?
**[21:54] Miwa**
I totally forgot!
**[23:45] Sign**
Episode 2
**[23:45] Sign**
Old Pal