What do you mean, Minami was arrested?
He's suspected of attempted assault.
A female by the name of Konishi Mitsuki filed a report.
Please resign.
If you do, I'll get Konishi Mitsuki to withdraw her report.
I'm the former president of Mikoshiba Electric which you destroyed a year ago.
I wonder how many people will jump if you stay on as an inspector.
I...
am quitting my job as an inspector.
I give up.
That's the best joke that I've heard up until now.
-I'm serious. -Danda.
I've only been mad at people 2 times up until now.
One time I took an alcohol bottle from my drunk father in a rage.
The other time was when I got mad at my trainee for breaking the strict nature of work.
I thought I was acting on my own beliefs.
But I was influenced by someone and dragged around.
I didn't know that I was working so uneasy like this.
Minamisanjo, you're wrong.
You didn't have a trainer.
You're my trainer.
No, it's the opposite.
I've thought so for awhile.
From the start...
you were my trainer, Danda.
Minamisanjo, you told me this before.
"Danda, why are you so strong?"
I am not that strong.
My spirit has been broken countless times up until now.
Who is Kishimoto?
Kishimoto was my classmate back in my school days.
We...
were both newcomers, I as an inspector, he as a social insurance worker
and one day we had a meeting.
Can you overlook this just this once?
I'm sure they can pay if they have a bit of time.
But... not now.
The company will be bankrupt.
I can't do that as an inspector.
But as a social insurance worker...
this is my first time being in charge of a company by myself!
I want to protect this company!
I beg you!
I can't mix business with personal affairs.
I'm useless...
I can't face the people of the company that you helped bankrupt.
Kishimoto?
I will disappear with the company that I couldn't protect.
It was the first time a company was lead to bankruptcy because of my job as an inspector.
But if I didn't advise them, the long hours of unpaid work would've continued.
The health of many employees were ruined and they were completely worn down.
But somehow...
These biting words have been lodged close to my heart never leaving.
Nevertheless, I've continued being an inspector.
I only think about saving the working people.
My goal was to continue running "Over the mountains."
"Over the mountains..."
And the results of that is...
this situation right now.
It's my fault that your life as a public servant is a mess right now.
If I quit, Konishi Mitsuki will withdraw her report.
That's why I am...
What you've just said...
If you finish your sentence, you'll definitely regret it!
You have a responsibility!
You have the responsibility of telling me off to continue to be an inspector!
The one who has taught me why we work as inspectors to protect the working people is
you, Danda!
What you should do right now is...
to not quit being an inspector and save Konishi Mitsuki!
It's possible that Konishi got me arrested using the unpaid overtime report as an excuse.
But didn't you feel uneasy when we went to that company together?
Illegal overtime...
It really did exist there.
Didn't you investigate it by yourself after I was arrested?
You are my trainer after all.
I'm relieved. Even if I wasn't around,
there's an inspector like you around, so everything will be fine.
Danda...
Excuse me.
I honestly apologize for getting you involved.
Danda, wait! Please wait!
Konishi Mitsuki has confined herself to a business hotel as you've ordered.
However, I'm not saying this will happen, but
there will be trouble if by chance it's revealed that the accusations are false.
Oh? But I didn't do anything though.
If by chance that comes up, Konishi is the only culprit here.
Ah, about that. You'll be the contact now.
President Iino...
No, no... I'm just kidding. I'm kidding.
[Notice of Resignation]
C-Chief, what are you doing?!
I said many gallant things last night and
when I went home, I was helplessly uneasy.
I couldn't sleep and took the first train here.
It's alright! You can resolve this!
What is this? My mind is not at ease even though you say it's alright.
-Good morning. -Oh, morning.
Uh, oh? Why is the Chief at my desk?
Like I said, I said many gallant things last night and
when I went home, I was helplessly uneasy. I couldn't sleep
and took the first train here.
You didn't pause a single time just now.
It's alright, right? It will be resolved peacefully without anything happening, right?
-Good morning. -Good morning!
Hello.
Komiya, who are these people?
My friends.
Friends!?
I've been thinking many things since that time.
We have to perform a stakeout today,
and we have to gather information,
and there's only 5 of us here.
Then it hit me.
Isn't this Danda's specialty, I thought.
"This"?
You know this.
Infiltration strategy.
Oh...
What kind of friends are you of Komiya?
As for me, I want to raise my status to boyfriend,
-but Ruriko told me, "Let's start as friends." -Eh!?
-Someone in a great feat, was able to spend Christmas with Ruriko one time. -Eh!?
Since we came here and took time off from work,
things will fizzle if there's no merit to this, right?
Yeah!
She's Princess Kaguya? My stomach hurts...
-Good morning! -Good morning.
Um... these guys are Komiya's friends
and they're here to join forces with us to prove Minamisanjo's innocence.
Is that so? Thank you for going out of your way.
Danda, um... about yesterday.
-I thought about it and... -Everyone!
Please let me report one thing before work commences.
The person behind Konishi Mitsuki getting Minamisanjo arrested is
a president that I arrested back when I was at the Aoyama office.
Now this man is the president of Appli Dream.
What!?
President Iino's real motive is to get me to quit.
If I quit, Konishi Mitsuki
will withdraw her report against Minamisanjo.
If I don't quit, the report stands.
Minamisanjo will be prosecuted tonight at 11.
This is unacceptable!
I want Minamisanjo and you to continue being inspectors!
That's why! We need to prove Minamisanjo's innocence by 11 tonight!
And that's what I wanted to say.
You idiot, Danda! Damn you!
Of course, we're going to do our best to prove his innocence!
Why are you purposely saying something normal?!
Alright! Everyone to the conference room!
Yes, sir!
We need to find holes in the evidence that got Minami arrested like we said last night.
-Over here, Tanaka. -Yes, sir!
Currently, Konishi Mitsuki has turned off her cellphone concealing herself.
First we need to locate her to figure out why she filed a false report.
Getting her to confess is Strategy 1.
-Yes! -So we need to stake out Konishi Mitsuki's condo
-and also Appli Dream. -Yes!
We will also concurrently look for eye-witnesses.
This is Strategy 2. We're specifically
looking for people who witnessed Konishi Mitsuki spontaneously jump out of Minamisanjo's car
on the street of the love hotel and where she caused a scene arbitrarily.
Yes!
I will approve everyone's time off requests.
I will take responsibility of following up on the daily duties.
Because I'm an inspector!
Yes!
-Eh? -What is it?
I'll take paid time off today also, but please let me do something else.
What? Do you have a problem with this strategy?
I also want to ask something of you Section Chief Doteyama.
Damn you, you didn't listen to a thing I said!
-Hello. -Your intuition was right.
Konishi Mitsuki's father is Konishi Kenji.
So I was right.
If you look into the old documents again,
there's also another Konishi person who filed a report at Mikoshiba Electric.
He's probably getting back at the father by using the daughter.
Iino wasn't just using her.
Section Chief, do you know Konishi Kenji's current address?
-In Ibaraki. -Ibaraki? Where in Ibaraki?
-I can't tell you that. -Eh?
He went as far as doing that to the daughter, but he probably hates you more.
Go visit him nonchalantly.
You're done for if you're not tactful.
I don't care what happens to me.
I must find Konishi Mitsuki now.
-I'm going to Ibaraki. -What?
Come back to the office now and take care of things while I'm out.
Ah!
-Let's divide and conquer. -Alright!
There was a woman who abruptly got out of a car here the night before yesterday
and she screamed, "Help Police." A case was filed...
6 more hours...
Bye-bye.
Oh, bye-bye.
Hello.
Are you Konishi Kenji?
Yes, I am.
I am Doteyama, a Section Chief of the West Tokyo Labor Standards Inspection Office.
What does the Labor Dept want with me now?
Actually, I'd like to inquire about your daughter.
What?
Excuse me!
We've met before. I'm Inspector Tanaka.
Um, you've had contact with Konishi, right?
Ah, I've called, but it cuts out right away.
I have to do odd jobs since she's out.
I'm at my wit's end.
Excuse me, I have an early day tomorrow.
Yes?
I'm at Konishi Mitsuki's friend's house and I visited her.
She told me that she thinks Konishi will be at her teacher's funeral tomorrow.
What?
But I've called her countless times and she hasn't been responding to my emails.
I was worried, so I came to see if something happened or not.
You can still check your emails and phone messages even if your electricity is out!
Right, that's what I think too! Yes, yes.
Huh?
But we won't make it on time if it's tomorrow.
He's being prosecuted at 11!
Oh, hello?
Section Chief, did you meet Mr. Konishi Kenji?
Uh... I guess I met him, but he's not in contact with his daughter and has no way of contacting her.
What about you?
No progress here.
Section Chief, thank you.
What? W-What are you saying? Hey...
Damn it...
I have other things to think about, you know.
It's been short, but thank you.
Danda.
Won't you regret ending things this way?
I don't approve of this.
I probably will have to agree to this, but...
But... I don't want to approve it.
I've confirmed that Danda Rin has submitted her resignation.
Please withdraw the report.
Good job.
This is expected of public servants!
I'm sorry for troubling everyone.
I'm glad the charges have cleared up.
I was really relieved when you contacted us last night.
Huh? I heard it from Onda though?
Minamisanjo told me he was tired and told me to tell you instead.
Eh?! I was worried about you too, Sanjo!
Where's Danda?
Danda...
-submitted her resignation letter. -Eh!?
Chief... you accepted it?
I had no other choice.
What would I tell the West Tokyo Office if you were prosecuted?
But what about Danda...!
I haven't been able to contact her since you were released.
I wonder if she's okay.
If you take away Danda's job as an inspector, it's like removing her soul...
We shouldn't think about the worst. No, we can't do that.
Chief, can we not talk about this resignation now?
What are you saying?
It's unreasonable to let Danda quit her job as an inspector!
That's why I think you should rip that resignation up.
What?
We're the only ones including Danda that know about it.
That's a real nice idea, Komiya!
But how can I tear a signed document up as a public servant...
-Chief! Please! -I'm begging you, too!
Me too!
I'll go along as well since the majority wants to rip the document up.
Uh... What should I do, Doteyama?
Why are you asking me what you should do...
Yes, this is Chief Manabe of the West Tokyo Labor Standards Inspection Office.
Eh?
Labor Dept's... General Affairs Section?
What? Why so suddenly!
No... Yes...
Yes...
Understood.
It's already too late even if I tear this resignation up.
They said, "We want Danda to leave her apartment soon because we have another applicant moving in."
That Danda went as far as contacting them already.
This is horrible now that Danda is gone.
Chief, you really can't repeal this?
Even if you say that...
That's how this organization works!
At the least...
Is there anything we can do in Danda's place?
Let's raid Appli Dream.
Danda worked as an inspector thinking she could "Protect the working people."
Right, Minami?
Yes.
I talked with Danda at the police station.
She said... we have to save Konishi because we're inspectors.
Then let's get an official report from Konishi Mitsuki somehow.
This is a battle of revenge for Danda.
Right!
This is an order!
Reveal any illegalities at Appli Dream and get them!
Yes, sir!
Wow. Take a look at this.
-That's a betta. -Betta?
Tanaka, I'll take one box.
Are you okay?
The West Tokyo Office Inspectors are moving boxes from Danda Rin's place.
-Good job, Kurumizawa. -Yes, sir.
Please work with me again, Mr. President.
Ah, about that...
I know I said I was joking before,
but I've been thinking about it and it's better if you weren't in charge of my company.
What do you mean?
Well, if Minamisanjo were to sue,
you might be involved in the investigation.
Hey... are you screwing me!?
I've achieved my goal.
Good afternoon, Miss Konishi Mitsuki.
I'm Section Chief Doteyama of the West Tokyo Labor Standards Inspection Office.
Miss Konishi, can you talk for a bit?
What?
Huh? Is this your place, Section Chief?
It can't be helped. There's no handy private room closeby.
Well... Please come in.
I told you, I won't say anything.
Also isn't this all over already?
That Danda person quit, right?
I'm satisfied with the outcome.
-Eh? -Wha?!
-No way! -Danda!
W-W-Wait...! What's going on, Section Chief?
Section Chief and Danda under the same roof...!
You're mistaken!
I'm here on the Section Chief's orders because I might be in physical harm.
And the Section Chief is staying at Midori's place.
Why is everyone here anyway?
-And Miss Konishi, too. -Don't ask that!
You've already quit, right?
Why did you turn in your resignation without telling us!?
What was the talk that we had at the police station then!?
-Danda! -W-W-Wait... hey!
Calm down. Please calm down and listen.
Danda hasn't quit.
What?
She didn't turn in her resignation to the Chief then?
I definitely turned it in.
Well... to put it more accurately,
Danda did indeed turn in her resignation to the Chief.
However, I received it instead of the Labor Dept.
Then I sneezed in it and threw it out.
What?
Because Danda, you'll always be my subordinate.
What?
Section Chief, that's disorderly conduct...
Well, Miss Konishi wouldn't have appeared if Danda didn't quit, right?
First you have to be an ally to catch your rival off guard.
Then... what about my resignation?
Disappeared. Poof, it's gone.
Then why was she forced to leave the government lodging quarters?
That was attention to detail.
Then what about the call from the Labor Dept?
-It was Ota. -Ota?!
It's Ota. I'm calling you like you told me to.
Eh? Labor Dept's... General Affairs Section?
Eh?
What? Why so suddenly!
The Chief was an accomplice, too!?
You two knew everything, yet
you pretended to be shocked?!
Well, back to the point. Miss Konishi, tell us again.
Will you honestly tell us everything?
Tell you? Tell you what?
I withdrew the report, didn't I?
Oh, are you talking about an apology?
Fine, I'll apologize to Minamisanjo.
I'm really sorry.
How dare you say it that way?!
Minamisanjo was detained by the police for 2 days because of you!
It was only 2 days!
2 days is nothing compared to the pain that my family has endured!
I will never forgive Danda Rin, the Inspector.
Miss Konishi, you came to me first to complain about unpaid overtime, right?
Was that all a lie?
What?
I've been to the company as well and weren't your work hours a bit strange?
That's how a creative environment is like.
Miss Konishi, we don't only want to save you.
We want to protect employees like you and the people at your company.
Huh? What are you saying?
I have no confidence in inspectors!
I hate inspectors!
You talk about Labor Standards Act violations and destroy companies...
I hate public servants like you who live carelessly off of my taxes!
I don't know what kind of experience my father had with you...
But I didn't need to see it.
Do you know how it hurt my father after you destroyed that company?!
And that's why I wanted you to quit.
I want incompetent inspectors like you who thrive on people's misery to quit now!
Quit now!
Quit!
Just quit!
Quit!
-Miss Konishi. -Chief...
Please come in.
Father...
Father, why are you here?
Your father made a request of Doteyama.
He wanted to meet you and talk.
And he wanted Doteyama to take him to meet you here.
What?
So I took Mr. Konishi Kenji here.
I heard from Doteyama about what you thought of Danda.
What...
Mitsuki... What on earth are you doing?
What do you mean? It's revenge!
I got revenge on this woman for making your life and our lives a mess!
I am happier now than I was back then.
What?
I do my work and the kids who play in the park with their mothers are grateful to me.
I thought taking 5 minute showers were okay when I was working everyday back then.
Now I take baths leisurely everyday.
After that, I eat your mom's cooking and drink a little alcohol and... its delicious.
Then I sleep.
I fall soundly to sleep.
I wake up in the mornings refreshed and I go to work again.
When I clean up the parks,
the kids smile.
And I smile, too.
I'm happy.
I'm truly happy.
You know,
this is the first time I've worked.
The first time I've worked for happiness.
I work to protect this happiness.
I'm forever grateful to Danda.
I don't have an ounce of resentment.
If Danda never came to investigate the company,
I think... everyone would've worked to death.
I still talk about it now with those co-workers.
Danda.
Thanks.
What is this... Does that mean what I did had no meaning?
You were thinking about me, right?
I'm sorry.
But right now, I'm worried about the fact that you're working at President Mikoshiba's company.
Miss Konishi Mitsuki.
Can you say that all of your co-workers
are truly working in a work environment where employees' rights are protected?
I see.
Miss Konishi.
Will you please talk to us?
Kishimoto is so busy having all sorts of people visiting him.
I didn't know you and Kishimoto were acquaintances.
I was able to report many things to Kishimoto.
I see.
I will continue being an inspector.
Aibou Social Insurance and Appli Dream's contract has ended.
I was the one in charge of the account, not Kurumizawa.
What did you recognize about Appli Dream?
I can't say there were any issues,
but I think it's a great company for employing close to 300 people within a year's time.
I didn't want to destroy Appli Dream.
But I want to protect the working people's rights.
Is this thought just my inexperienced sense of justice?
I've told you before. I think it's great.
I also think your sense of justice to protect companies is great.
I think Kishimoto would've wanted to work like you in that same regard.
And I want to work in order to protect the working people.
Let's both do a good job.
Will do.
-This is the West Tokyo Labor Standards Inspection Office! -This is a raid.
Everyone, please stop working and cooperate.
Oh, Mr. President...
Hey! What are you doing here?
Why are you here!?
Danda's here because she's a Labor Standards Inspector.
That's right. She's the most persistent inspector at the West Tokyo Office.
She's an inspector that can make a resignation disappear.
And that's why she's here.
What did you say?
I'm Danda from the West Tokyo Labor Standards Inspection Office.
We've received a report from Konishi Mitsuki about unpaid overtime.
Konishi Mitsuki? Are you saying she's betraying me?
That's ridiculous!
Can't that girl that I got revenge on just disappear!
Mr. President!
I'm not the only one that thinks this company is off.
Everyone wants to love their work more.
They want to love the company.
That's why I want the company to change too.
Damn you!
You're making a big mistake by thinking things are progressing as you expected.
President Iino, I'd like to inquire about this company's working conditions.
There's nothing unfair here. I do everything here perfectly.
That's because I don't want you to ruin my company again!
We investigated the work conditions of the employees here again.
We're targeting everything not just the West Tokyo Room.
What else?
It seems everyone is working long hours to achieve their own goals, right?
-What about that? -"What about that?"
We... have flexible work hours!
It is a fact that Appli Dream has adopted flexible work hours to carry out special tasks.
In short, employees are responsible for their work hours.
They are paid based on results, not hours.
Right. I am properly paying them.
I know nothing about how many hours employees work when they work as they please!
You know nothing about that?
That's a troubling statement. Right, Onda?
It's your one duty as an employer to look after the health and welfare of your employees.
It's necessary to understand the situation when it comes to man-hours in order to achieve this.
This means the company needs to know what hours employees are putting in and how they are working.
Excuse me. The company is properly recording work hours though.
But the president just told us.
He said he doesn't know what hours his employees are working.
Hasunuma, are you badging out early when you leave work late at night?
Well...
The system doesn't record overtime.
"Let's keep a record of work hours."
It seems everyone else was instructed to do so, too.
-Yes. -Wait!
Were you thinking, "I'll do my best also," by taking initiative and showing them this attitude?
No, that wasn't my intention...
It's a deplorable habit.
What a deplorable environment to use the diligence of the Japanese.
Pay for whatever works and getting them to work forever...
this was all a part of your plan.
You shouldn't work exactly as the organization tells you to.
If you don't think for yourself... it stunts thinking. Stunts thinking.
Mr. Iino.
Is work fun?
Huh?
How do you feel about working at a company as a president
when you see the worn out faces of your employees?
What are you saying?
You know, work isn't for fun, happiness...
you can't measure those things here.
It's about raising revenue and returning that to the shareholders somehow...
That's what you call a business!
But Mr. Konishi Kenji told me this.
He said he's happy with himself now.
He said he's working to protect his happiness for the first time.
What?
Mr. Iino, don't people live in order to become happy?
They work to become happy and to earn money,
and isn't it about protecting the life you have with family and friends?
If you're saying that happiness is unrelated,
then there's no reason to work here, right?
What is the point in such a business then?
Mr. Iino.
Mrs. Aibou, you came to clear up your grudge with this woman?
Kurumizawa?
You instigated Kurumizawa as a social insurance worker this time
and as a human being this can't be permitted.
He confessed everything to me.
And I told him to please think about the best thing he can do as a social insurance worker now.
My job as a social insurance worker is to protect the company.
I visited each of the major shareholders of Appli Dream
and told them everything about what President Iino and I have done.
Liar!
A calculating guy like you wouldn't have done that.
Your future is over if you do such a thing!
I've done embarrassing things as a human.
I'm prepared to atone for my crimes.
All of the shareholders were extremely shocked.
It's not about your talent for management, but it's a problem with your humanity.
I held a special shareholder's meeting and...
It was decided...
that you'll be dismissed.
You are social insurance workers, yet you sold my company?
We didn't sell the company.
The company is appropriating
and selling the president who will force the company in a critical state eventually.
This is... the last job I'll do as a social insurance worker.
Minamisanjo, I'm sorry.
Danda.
I'm truly sorry!
I think it's more important for a company to continue on.
People have jobs and can go on with their lives if a company exists
and this will enrich society.
People like you Mr. President,
will someday ruin Appli Dream.
That's why I'm taking measures before it's too late.
You're protecting the company just as you told me, Mrs. Aibou.
That's because it's my job.
Pft! So you think you won?
Lemme tell you,
nothing will change even if I'm fired!
No matter who becomes president...
It's all about saving every bit of money for the company. Money, money, money!
Why do you think you work for money, huh?
It's because of capitalism.
Because Japan is that kind of country!
The president after me, and the president after that,
and the president after that, will keep this knowledge without revealing
that he forces employees to work for low wages!
That's why we inspectors are here to avoid such things from happening.
We'll show up countless times if proprietors don't abide by the laws.
Countless, countless!
Ridiculous.
There isn't an Eden-like company like you described!
I believe there is.
I hold out hope! That's what I believe.
President Iino, Appli Dream
has failed to grasp the work hours of its flexible work hour employees and robbed them of their health and safety.
In reality, employees have been working late at night and on days off
and you will have to pay them for this extra time retroactively!
That's the end of my counsel.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
I'm sorry for being gone for several days.
You were worried, huh?
No...
I'm not at all worried about the Kazuya now.
I was completely fine!
Want some iron tea?
I've changed and you have, too.
Welcome home Dad! Did you protect some workers today?
-Yeah, I did my best. -Me too.
-Look, perfect! -Wow!
What is this? This "Job Newspaper" is amazing.
"My father's job."
Wow, this is good. You're amazing!
-Right? -Let's eat.
Hey, too fast. Show it to me!
-Alright, let's eat. I'm hungry. -Let's eat.
Alright, let's eat!
-Ta-dah! -Looks so good!
Even though you didn't sue,
the company fired me,
and I don't know what to do about getting employed again...
I completely hate myself.
Huh? That's weird.
Mrs. Aibou told me to tell you to not be absent from work.
It's easy to fire someone, but she didn't choose the easy road.
Don't you think so?
Bye.
Minamisanjo!
What?
Let's...
be happy and assist people when we meet again.
But let's be extremely strict still.
Tanaka?
What happened with Komiya after that?
I have a good person for you if you've completely given up.
Oh my...
What? Don't tell me things have progressed?!
-So? -Yes!
Two of her friends dropped out after that and my ranking has gone up.
I'm now friend number 9.
-That's great, Tanaka. -You're an idiot.
Tanaka, Onda. Stop whispering and get to work!
Chief! What are you doing with them? Geez...
We're sorry, sir!
Oh, that's right. I wanted to ask you something, Danda.
You're always reciting Carl Busse's poem to yourself.
"Over the mountains, far to travel,
people say, Happiness dwells."
May I ask why?
-Do I have to tell you? -Yes, you do.
-No matter what? -Yes, no matter what.
I got into an argument with Kishimoto about this poem back in school.
He said that happiness doesn't exist anywhere.
But I told him, if you don't reach for something far away,
happiness is somewhere on the other side of the mountain.
The conversation ended concurrently.
That's why I always...
come to work thinking that happiness dwells somewhere over the mountains.
I plan to continue to work thinking this way.
It's a poem that I believe in.
You're a really strong person.
I'm not strong.
No, you're strong.
Ah!
This is a violation of the Labor Standards Act.