12 - The Lonely Gourmet

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SIGN    The Lonely Gourmet
[01:32] bon
    Ebisu is the god of success in business.
SIGN    Ebisu Ginza
[01:37] sign
    And here I am in a town that seems
    like it'd have his blessings.
[01:40] sign
    There's a street in this town
    full of these old-fashioned shops.
[01:44] sign
    I don't know why, but you tend to find
    the best restaurants in places like this.
SIGN    Kitchen Ajihei
[01:50] bon
    Here's the place. Kitchen Ajihei.
[01:55] yuki
    Welcome!
[01:57] [SONG] sign
    Hours of Operation
SIGN    Morning
SIGN    Night
[01:57] [SONG] sign
    Closed Mondays
SIGN    Kitchen Ajihei
[01:58] bon
    I love it because it's open until midnight.
[02:03] yuki
    That'll be a saury set with
    extra rice, a tonkatsu set,
[02:03] bon
    They do great business here, so it
    stays this lively until late at night.
[02:07] yuki
    and a Salisbury steak set?
[02:07] beat
    This is great!
[02:08] bon
    It has your standard menu for a diner,
[02:09] beat
    I'll have more of whatever this is.
[02:11] mis
    I think you've had too much to drink.
[02:12] beat
    I ain't drinkin'! All I'm drinkin' is water!
[02:12] bon
    and it's all delicious.
[02:14] bon
    But my absolute favorite is...
[02:18] yuki
    Are you ready to order?
[02:19] bon
    Fried chicken 'n' rice!
[02:20] yuki
    One fried chicken 'n' rice!
[02:22] man
    Got it! One fried combo!
[02:24] man
    One fried combo!
[02:27] bon
    At this hour, they're mostly serving
    students and white-collar workers.
[02:32] bon
    But none of them recognize me.
[02:32] ---
    Excuse me! I'd like another beer!
[02:35] ---
    Right away!
[02:36] bon
    Anyway, it's my favorite restaurant.
[02:40] yuki
    Oh, that kara-age fried rice is coming up, okay?
[02:43] bon
    Sure.
[02:45] bon
    It's just so cozy here!
[02:47] man
    Order up! Fried chicken 'n' rice!
[02:50] bon
    This is what I live for!
[02:52] bon
    First, a bite of fried rice...
[02:58] bon
    That flavor!
[03:00] bon
    And then, the fried chicken...
[03:08] bon
    That juicy, tender meat! It's irresistible!
[03:12] bon
    And this time, a heaping
    spoonful of fried rice!
[03:18] bon
    The fried chicken and rice
    come together in my mouth
[03:21] bon
    and start playing an orchestra in my stomach!
[03:35] bon
    Delicious!
[03:36] bon
    Now the pickles!
[03:43] bon
    It's bliss!
[03:45] ann
    Here's our pop culture segment.
[03:47] ann
    Pro baseball player Inogashira
    of the Tokorozawa Jaguars
[03:50] ann
    and performer Tanizaki Megumi-san
    have announced their engagement.
[03:53] beat
    Come on, you gotta be kidding me!
[03:57] bon
    Tanizaki Megumi, huh?
[03:57] ann
    There were rumors of their relationship
    during the off-season last year,
[03:59] bon
    Inogashira's got a nice contract,
    150 million a year.
[04:01] ann
    but the announcement during the season
[04:03] ann
    was a huge surprise to everyone.
[04:03] bon
    No wonder he can marry a celebrity like that.
[04:08] bon
    Of course, none of that
    has anything to do with me.
[04:13] bon
    In the shining world of pro baseball,
[04:14] bon
    here's the marriage status
    of the guys on our team.
[04:18] bon
    Ace pitcher Shiina Keishi, age twenty-eight.
[04:21] bon
    He's been a pro for ten years.
[04:23] bon
    He has eighty-four career wins.
[04:25] bon
    Next season, he'll probably reach 100 wins.
[04:29] bon
    His contract reached
    exactly 200 million this year.
[04:32] shi
    Did I hit the next money milestone?
    I sure did.
[04:34] bon
    There's money buried under the pitch,
[04:37] bon
    and this guy proved it!
[04:39] bon
    He's got a luxury apartment in Minato Ward,
[04:43] bon
    and a wife who's eight months pregnant.
[04:45] bon
    And her job before they got married was...
[04:48] bon
    news anchor!
[04:51] bon
    Pro baseball players sure
    love their news anchors.
[04:56] bon
    But he's the only man on
    our team who's married to one.
[05:01] shi
    Shiina here!
[05:03] bon
    Now, let me talk about our
    regular first baseman, Inoue.
[05:08] bon
    Nine years in the pros, twenty-seven years old.
[05:11] bon
    Last year, his salary was 120 million.
[05:14] ino
    Yeah, I hit nine figures...
[05:17] vo
    And how much over?
    10 million? 20 million?
[05:19] bon
    At the end of last year,
    he announced his marriage.
[05:23] bon
    She's beautiful! Great figure!
[05:25] bon
    Naturally, since she was a
    fashion model for a magazine.
[05:29] bon
    Incidentally, our team has two
    other players married to models.
[05:35] bon
    Next up...
[05:36] bon
    Our rotation pitcher, Nitta-kun,
    twenty-five years old.
[05:39] bon
    His contract this year is 49 million.
[05:42] bon
    His wife is a flight attendant.
[05:45] bon
    She's a gorgeous woman, too!
[05:47] bon
    There are two others on our team
    who have married flight attendants.
[05:51] bon
    Seriously, they could have a
    beautiful wife competition...
[05:56] bon
    The higher a player's salary, the more he
    tends to marry a lady with a flashy career.
[06:02] bon
    But I, Bonda Natsunosuke, aged twenty-six
    and making 18 million this year...
[06:08] bon
    When will I be able to get married?
[06:11] bon
    As a pro baseball player, I don't
    know how long my career will last,
[06:16] bon
    and I don't know what kind of money
    I'll make after I retire...
[06:19] bon
    I have to make as much money as I can,
[06:22] bon
    then save as much of it as I can.
[06:24] bon
    That's always in the back of my mind,
[06:27] bon
    but to be honest, with what I make now,
    it's hard to save up anything.
SIGN    Important
SIGN    Bonda Natsunosuke
SIGN    Tax Bureau
[06:33] [SONG] ---
    Sole Proprietor Tax Resident
[06:33] bon
    First of all, I pay a ton in taxes.
[06:36] bon
    Then, a pro baseball career
    comes with expenses.
[06:40] bon
    Equipment, training fees, et cetera...
[06:43] bon
    And you have to go out eating and drinking
    with the team for team bonding purposes.
[06:48] bon
    With an income like mine,
    it's hard to plan for life post-retirement,
[06:54] bon
    because you can't hold on to enough cash.
[06:56] bon
    In reality, to have cash left over,
SIGN    20 million
[06:58] bon
    you need to be making at least 40 million,
SIGN    30 million
SIGN    40 million
[07:02] bon
    and then keep that up for several years...
[07:04] bon
    But...
[07:06] bon
    This year, I've made a lot of appearances
    and pitched a lot of innings.
[07:09] bon
    We're not to interleague play yet,
    and I already have three wins.
[07:12] bon
    I could start pulling in
    30 million next season!
[07:18] bon
    But I could also get hurt tomorrow
[07:21] bon
    and have to sit out the rest of the season.
[07:25] bon
    Then my salary would probably go down.
[07:28] bon
    That's just the kind of world this is.
[07:30] bon
    So unless you're really fit
    and really good at baseball,
[07:34] sign
    it's hard to ask any woman to marry you.
[07:39] sign
    A woman to marry me...
[07:43] oya
    It's hot, so be careful.
[07:45] yuki
    Okay.
[07:46] man
    Hey, where's that fried chicken?
[07:47] yuki
    Coming!
[07:53] bon
    It's a pretty ordinary place for a
    pro ball player to set his eye, huh?
[07:57] bon
    It's the main reason I come here, to be frank.
[08:00] bon
    Well, "ordinary" sounds a little rude.
[08:03] bon
    She's pretty cute for a girl
    you just see on the street, right?
[08:07] bon
    The way that apron ties
    tight around her waist
[08:10] bon
    accentuates the beautiful curves
    of her backside.
[08:16] bon
    That apron might be on the small side...
[08:18] bon
    No, I'm not just ogling her!
[08:22] bon
    News anchors, celebrities,
    models, flight attendants...
[08:26] bon
    I've never wanted girls like that!
[08:30] bon
    But a lady at the local diner...
[08:31] bon
    As usual, I've got a real
    working man's sensibility, huh?
[08:36] yuki
    Bonda-san?
[08:38] yuki
    It's really Bonda-san!
[08:40] yuki
    I saw you recently!
[08:41] yuki
    You took the mound with no outs, bases loaded,
[08:43] yuki
    and sat down three batters in a row!
[08:47] bon
    Aw, shucks...
[08:48] yuki
    Maybe I'll go to Jingu sometime!
[08:51] beat
    Yuki-chan! I need a lemon sour!
[08:54] yuki
    What?
[08:55] yuki
    You're drinking too much, Takeshi-san.
[08:57] bon
    ...Is something that's never happened.
[08:58] beat
    I ain't drinkin'.
[08:59] bon
    And all I know is that her name is Yuki-chan.
[09:01] yuki
    It's not good for you!
[09:03] take
    This'll be my last one.
[09:04] man
    Yuki-chan, another draft beer!
[09:06] yuki
    Got it!
[09:07] bon
    She's probably in her early twenties.
[09:10] bon
    Is she related to the people
    who run this place?
[09:14] sal
    Hey, hey, Yuki-chan.
[09:15] sal
    Did I hear this fried chicken 'n' rice
    was your idea?
[09:19] yuki
    Yep!
[09:20] bon
    Really?!
[09:22] oka
    Yuki-chan's going to cooking school now,
    after four years of college.
[09:27] oka
    So she's got all kinds of ideas.
[09:30] bon
    So twenty-three or twenty-four...
[09:32] oka
    She'll be a successful culinary
    researcher some day!
[09:35] yuki
    Aw, ma'am! Y'know that's not gonna happen!
[09:39] bon
    She's got a slight Kansai accent...
[09:40] bon
    Does that mean she's not their kid?
[09:44] bon
    But going to a cooking school means
    she'll study nutrition science and stuff...
[09:49] ann
    Player Bonda, do you leave
    all your dietary choices to your wife?
[09:54] bon
    I certainly do!
[09:57] bon
    Great! Great!
[09:58] ann
    And does she make all your meals herself?
[10:02] bon
    She does!
[10:04] sal
    Hey, Yuki-chan! Let's go
    out for a drink some time!
[10:07] sal
    The four of us, all together!
[10:11] bon
    That group of young white-collars
    just asked her out!
[10:14] woman
    Hey, this isn't a pub
    where you can pick up girls!
[10:17] sal
    Sorry!
[10:20] bon
    But that's no surprise...
    I bet all the guys crush on her.
[10:24] bon
    There's probably a lot of competition.
[10:29] bon
    In fact, there must be a ton of competition!
[10:32] bon
    In fact, she might already have a boyfriend!
[10:38] sal
    We could hit up Jingu Stadium, then!
[10:40] sal
    Yeah! Our company has four season tickets!
[10:44] sal
    Yeah!
[10:45] yu
    Does that include the Tempters games?
[10:47] sal
    They're season tickets,
[10:49] sal
    so we can go to any game
    as long as no one's taken them.
[10:52] yu
    I'd sure love to go to a Tempters game!
[10:55] oka
    Yuki-chan!
[10:56] yuki
    C'mon, it's just a baseball game!
[10:58] sal
    Yeah!
[11:00] sal
    Then we'll go see a Tempters game!
[11:03] oka
    Yuki-chan, you sure about this?
[11:05] yuki
    Oh gosh, I dunno...
[11:09] bon
    Excuse me! Could I have another water?
[11:12] yuki
    Coming right up!
[11:15] beat
    That was great!
[11:16] oga
    C'mon, let's go home.
[11:17] beat
    No way! No way! We're hittin' up another place.
[11:19] oga
    Put it all on his tab.
[11:19] yuki
    Here you are.
[11:21] bon
    Thanks...
[11:22] sal
    I'll have water, too.
[11:24] sal
    Me, too.
[11:25] yuki
    Okay!
[11:28] sal
    When should we go?
[11:30] sal
    There's a three-game series from
    Tuesday to Thursday next week.
[11:33] yuki
    Oh gosh, I dunno...
[11:37] bon
    They're talking about baseball,
    but nobody's noticed I'm sitting right here.
[11:42] bon
    That's because no one in this place
    has realized I'm a pro baseball player.
[11:49] beat
    I'm so full! Dumbass.
[11:51] yuki
    Thanks for coming!
[11:55] bon
    I barely talked to her again today...
[11:59] bon
    Though I did get a little info!
SIGN    Few Days Later
[12:02] ann
    The game between the Jingu Spiders
    and the Osaka Tempters will now begin.
[12:10] bon
    She's here! And she's so close to the bullpen!
[12:22] ---
    Money Pitch!
[12:27] ---
    Money Pitch!
[12:35] yuki
    Yeah! Kill it, Urano!
[12:37] sal
    Hey, Yuki-chan. Do you come
    to Tempters games a lot?
[12:40] yuki
    Naw, I don't come to baseball games much at all.
[12:43] yuki
    Two or three times a year maybe...
[12:45] yuki
    And only when someone else buys.
[12:48] yuki
    But I'm the biggest Tempters fan there is!
[12:51] ann
    Please watch out for foul balls.
[12:53] yuki
    But, boy, Jingu's a great stadium!
[12:56] yuki
    It's nice not havin' a roof on!
[12:58] yuki
    And it's home to the Spiders franchise,
[13:00] yuki
    but it seems like there's a lotta
    Tempters fans from Tokyo in here!
[13:05] bon
    Boy, I didn't think she'd be
    sitting so close to the bullpen...
[13:11] yuki
    Yeah!
[13:13] bon
    She's so happy when the Tempters get a hit...
[13:16] bon
    She really must love the Tempters.
[13:19] bon
    Man, she is so cute!
[13:23] bon
    I wonder if she has a boyfriend...
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd
[13:28] bon
    She's cheering for the Tempters,
    and they have the lead.
[13:31] sako
    Natsunosuke, warm up!
[13:33] bon
    Right!
[13:46] yuki
    Go, Tagawa! Knock it outta the park!
[13:50] bon
    She hasn't even noticed me.
[13:52] bon
    No interest in the Spiders' bullpen, huh?
[13:56] sako
    Natsunosuke, you're up next inning.
[13:58] sako
    Stay in until you come up in the batting order.
[14:01] bon
    Got it!
[14:04] ann
    The Spiders will be making a substitution.
[14:08] ann
    Bonda will be pitching for Shiina.
[14:15] ann
    Tokunaga-san, we're seeing a lot
    of Bonda this season, aren't we?
[14:19] toku
    Yeah, he is doing good work.
[14:22] toku
    We're not even into interleague play,
    and this is already his 20th game pitched.
[14:28] ann
    The heart of the Tempters' lineup is coming up.
[14:32] toku
    Go for it, Natsunosuke.
[14:33] toku
    If you keep this up,
    your salary's going to skyrocket!
[14:36] ann
    Batting second: left fielder, Saki.
[14:40] ump
    Play ball!
[14:56] ann
    Oh! A drag bunt!
[14:58] ann
    First base scoops it up, to the pitcher...
[15:01] ann
    Whoa! Pitcher and batter collide!
[15:02] ump
    Safe!
[15:03] ann
    The call is "safe," but is
    everyone okay down there?
[15:08] ann
    Looks like Bonda can stand
    under his own power,
[15:13] ann
    but I think Saki's in pain.
[15:16] ann
    I wonder if he twisted an ankle...
[15:18] yuki
    Hey, Bonda! What's your damn problem?!
[15:21] bon
    She's standing up!
[15:23] ann
    Saki's being carried back to the bench!
[15:27] toku
    I'm worried about you, Natsunosuke.
[15:29] toku
    You've been doing so well this season.
    Don't get yourself hurt now.
[15:34] ann
    Bonda's playing a little bit of catch.
[15:37] ann
    He seems to be okay.
[15:40] ann
    But the Tempters' player...
[15:43] ugu
    Shibata will be running for Saki on first.
[15:47] yuki
    Saki's outta the game?
[15:49] bon
    I wonder if I hit him somewhere really bad...
[15:51] bon
    But it's not like it was intentional.
[15:53] yaji
    Hey, Bonda!
[15:55] yaji
    You'll pay for this!
[15:57] bon
    This stuff always happens in Tempters games!
[16:00] bon
    It's starting to feel like
    an away game at home!
[16:03] yuki
    Bonda, you're pissin' me off!
[16:06] ugu
    Batting third: third baseman, Todoroki.
[16:12] catch
    First pitch, sinker.
[16:18] bon
    Crud! Too far in!
[16:22] ump
    Hit by pitch!
[16:25] ann
    Looks like he was hit on the toe!
    Is he going to be okay?
[16:29] ann
    Oh, they're sending in a pinch runner.
[16:31] ann
    That's runners on first and second
    with no outs.
[16:33] ann
    After only two pitches...
[16:35] toku
    I'm sure that batter's feeling it,
    but Bonda's probably hurting, too.
[16:39] yuki
    Freaking Bonda! Not again!
[16:41] ann
    The next batter, batting fourth, Tano!
[16:45] ann
    He's moving with confidence,
    but he's glaring at Bonda.
SIGN    Contract: 200 Million
[16:48] ann
    It's like he's saying,
    "If you hit me, you'll pay for it."
[16:53] bon
    Another, to the same place?
[16:59] bon
    "A pro shouldn't wimp out," huh?
[17:02] bon
    Fine. I've just gotta do it, right?
[17:09] ump
    Strike!
[17:10] tan
    What?!
[17:12] bon
    It got him!
[17:13] ann
    It just caught the inside corner!
[17:15] ann
    Tano doesn't look happy.
[17:17] toku
    I wonder if that hit by pitch rattled him.
[17:25] bon
    Now a fastball away.
[17:27] bon
    A waste pitch.
[17:31] bon
    Oh no!
[17:33] ump
    Strike!
[17:34] tur
    What?!
[17:37] an
    Tano sure is mad!
[17:40] toku
    You hear a lot of complaints from
    foreign hitters on calls in that location.
[17:44] ann
    What do you mean?
[17:46] toku
    The MLB strike zone is located
    an extra ball's width away from the batter.
[17:51] toku
    When its players come to Japan,
    they see pitches thrown there as balls
[17:54] toku
    and always end up fighting
    the ump's calls in that area.
[18:00] bon
    Yeah, yeah.
[18:01] bon
    I'll get it out of the strike zone this time.
[18:05] bon
    Not again!
[18:07] ump
    Strike! Out!
[18:09] tur
    What?!
[18:11] tur
    You damn blind ump!
[18:13] tur
    I'll beat you up, you moron!
[18:15] tur
    Yo strike zone is as wide as yo momma!
[18:17] ump
    Yer outta here!
[18:18] ann
    Here's something you don't see very often!
[18:20] ann
    The Tempters have lost three
    of their starters in a row!
[18:24] toku
    Natsunosuke, I know you're
    not doing it on purpose, but...
[18:28] vo
    Tano's out of the game too.
[18:30] vo
    B-Bonda!
[18:34] yuki
    What the heck is with this pitcher?
[18:38] ump
    Play ball!
[18:51] ann
    One out, batters on first and second.
[18:53] ann
    Next up is fifth in the lineup, Watson,
    who's had seven hits the past three games.
[18:57] ann
    Bonda's being cautious... He throws!
[18:59] ann
    He swings on the first pitch!
[19:01] ann
    But it's right to the third baseman.
[19:03] ann
    He touches the base, and it's a double play!
[19:05] ann
    Huh? Inning over?
[19:08] yaji
    Two men on base with no outs,
    and now the inning's over!
[19:12] yuki
    I freakin' hate you, Bonda!
[19:15] bon
    I didn't give up any runs.
[19:17] bon
    I feel bad for her, but...
[19:19] bon
    We made eye contact!
[19:21] yuki
    Bonda...
[19:22] bon
    She's mad!
[19:24] bon
    Sh-She noticed me for the first time!
[19:27] bon
    For negative reasons.
SIGN    Kitchen Ajihei
[19:30] bon
    But even if it was a bad first impression,
[19:33] bon
    the next time I visit her shop, at least
    we'll have something to talk about.
[19:39] ann
    All six pro baseball games
    of the day are over.
[19:40] ---
    Welcome! Take a seat!
[19:43] ann
    We'll tell you the results after this.
[19:44] yuki
    Welcome!
[19:47] yuki
    What can I get you?
[19:51] yuki
    Huh? Should I bring you a menu?
[19:56] yuki
    Um...
[19:57] bon
    Fried chicken 'n' rice!
[19:58] yuki
    One fried chicken 'n' rice!
[20:00] man
    Got it!
[20:01] ann
    This makes the Tempters' third win in a row.
[20:05] yuki
    Yeah!
[20:06] yuki
    Ma'am! The Tempters won again!
[20:11] bon
    She didn't recognize me at all...
[20:17] bon
    I'm a pro baseball player.
[20:20] bon
    We're three months into the season,
[20:22] bon
    a third of the way through the pennant race.
[20:28] sako
    Okay, almost time to go in.
[20:30] bon
    Right!
[20:31] ann
    Oh, Manager Tanabe's come out of the dugout!
[20:34] tan
    Bonda's pitching!
[20:35] ugu
    The Spiders are announcing
    a change of pitcher.
[20:40] ugu
    Bonda will be pitching for Shibuya.
[20:42] ann
    Bonda's coming out again tonight!
[20:46] shibu
    I'm counting on you, Natsunosuke.
[20:50] bon
    This is my workplace.
[20:52] ump
    Play ball!
[20:54] bon
    I may make 18 million a year right now,
[20:56] bon
    but someday, I'd like to make
    four or five times that much.
[20:59] bon
    And if I want to do that, I have to
    do everything that's asked of me.
[21:06] ump
    Strike!
[21:10] bon
    It's an unforgiving world,
[21:12] bon
    but this is the path I chose for myself.
[21:14] bon
    Because baseball is all I have.
[21:17] bon
    There's money buried under the pitch.
[21:26] bon
    Money Pitch!