# 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