Sakuraya
This cheap sweets candy shop is sure to go under sometime soon.
Our sales are only about 40,000 yen a month...
...and our net income minus miscellaneous expenses...
...is too embarrassing to tell.
But...
...that this cheap sweets candy shop is merely some meaningless, pointless thing...
...is something I've never even considered.
Oh...
Yo.
What is it?
No, what is it?
What is it?
Oh.
What's going on?
Huh?
I splurged. 120 yen.
Ah, I have to get to work.
So long.
Big news! Big news!
I've got big news!
This is big news!
Security Camera Installed
This is big news!
Big news! Big news!
Big news! Everyone, big news!
Oi!
Big news!
Big news, big news, big news...
I've got big news!
What are you being so noisy about?
It's about Takeda! About Takeda Musashi!
Our old classmate.
Oh!
Last night I was struck by Takeda Musashi's car...
Ah, but more importantly, we got to talking after that and he surprised me.
Right now, Takeda Musashi...
...is the President of an IT company and earns more than 100 million yen a year!
That's surprising, isn't it?
Not really.
It's merely a hundred million yen, right?
Huh?!
Eh... Tsuyoshi and Shima-san, you're surprised by that, right?
I am surprised.
Surprised.
Right?
Taro!
One of our classmates is making over 100 million yen a year!
Then, how much in annual income do you make?!
Keeping a shop going that customers never even come to.
If you'd get just a little impatient and jealous...
...you could do better for yourself! And then wouldn't you be like him?
This is why you're so useless!
Ah, I see...
I'm a useless guy, huh?
You're a useless guy!
I see...
And here I was more worried about a friend who'd been struck by a car than I was about 100 million yen...
...so I'm the useless guy?
Eh?
Ah, I see. All right.
Go away.
I'm sorry.
Sorry for what I said.
Enough already.
It was just because I wasn't hurt...
Don't get angry!
I'm not angry.
You are angry!
I was just...
I was just worried about you is all.
About that...
I truly...
...thank you.
Anyhow, you're the bad guy for comparing me with Takeda Musashi.
I'm not in IT.
What are you saying?
You were in IT.
Anyhow, I was useless at IT.
You...
...were an amazing IT guy.
What's "IT"?
IT is, uh...
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Okashi no Ie (House of Sweets)
Episode 2 - "Meaning"
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Ono Machiko
Katsuji Ryo
Fujiwara Tatsuya
Yachigusa Kaoru
Sakuraya
Takeda Musashi's annual income is, well... fine and all...
...so I told him about us.
About how we're here at "Sakuraya" every day...
Oh...
And then...
...he said he'd come visit us here next time.
Oh.... that'll be tough.
Right?
Eh? What's tough about that?
Wouldn't that be fine? He's an old classmate of yours.
Coming here wearing a Paris suit...
...he'd absolutely look down on us as fools.
He would, right?
He was the sort to do that since way back, after all.
Yeah.
But...
All we really do is sit around here every day like blockheads.
So that's inevitable, isn't it?
He's the one making 100 million yen a year.
Don't joke around!
Eh?
Then you do that?
"We spend every day here wasting too much of our time without any meaning..."
Are those the shallow thoughts you have?
Eh?
Then what meaning is there in it?
Eh?
Here, thanks.
Thanks. Thank you very much.
Thanks for your business!
What's the matter?
Ah, Grandma...
I wonder why Ken-san started a greengrocer shop?
Yo!
Even though a butcher shop or fish shop would have been just as good.
Don't know...
And those people who do hammer throwing, too...
I wonder what made them think of throwing hammers?
Yeah.
I wonder why Grandpa started this cheap sweets shop?
Then... why are you thinking of succeeding to this shop, Taro?
Let's hurry and eat.
Since it was hot today, this should refresh us.
Itadakimasu.
With this...
This month's profit is...
...right at 32,000 yen.
($264)
It went up a bit.
Okay!
Part-time job, part-time job.
Oh.
Here.
Thanks for this.
Yeah.
This is tasty!
But the onigiri your Grandma makes are probably even more delicious, aren't they?
No, that's not true.
Why?
Huh?
Is it delicious?
What is this?
I told you already, didn't I?
Wait for me here.
Understood.
I'm sure Musashi... will look down on us like fools.
That's what IT guys would normally do.
Sakuraya
Saegusa-san...
Are your injuries okay?
Eh? Ah...
Yeah...
Yo.
It's been a long time, Taro.
Musashi...
You smell great.
These are tasty.
Like I thought, it's great here.
It feels like I've gone back to being a child.
Musashi-san's a nice man, isn't he?
He's just like someone who does IT.
That's different from what you were telling us earlier.
What are you talking about?
Well, somehow...
Taro-san and Saegusa-san were worried about you coming, Musashi-san.
That's enough. Don't say unnecessary things.
What was it?
That since we spend every day like blockheads here...
...an IT President like you would make fools of us...
Why should I make fools of you for that?
Because to you... we're very nearly NEETs.
(a young person "Not in Education, Employment, or Training")
Rather instead...
...I envy you guys.
Eh?
Wha... what do you mean by that?
Nowadays, the world is changing rapidly.
Moreover, I don't think it's going in a good direction.
Am I wrong?
That's why I don't know what it is I should do...
...and there's nothing I can do about it.
So, I think it'd have been better...
...if I had just sat here like you guys.
Why do you think that?
What are the truly important things?
Having times like this are necessary.
That's why I would have been better off with you guys here.
Well rather, I should have been here.
Taro-san... I guess there is meaning to this, isn't there?
Right?
I have to go already.
Taro, can I come again?
Sure enough, coming back here brought back fun memories for me.
Musashi... you really are a nice guy.
Ah... you smell great.
Musashi, Musashi...
Musashi-san.
So long.
Grandma.
Would it be okay if I wore Grandpa's clothes? Since Musashi invited me out.
Eh?
When you're wearing a proper suit, you're a handsome man, Taro.
Eh?!
Does this look okay?
It's perfect.
Ah, that's right.
There are a lot of beautiful women in Japan.
And?
What did you want to talk about?
It's tough keeping your store going, isn't it?
My guess is that your monthly sales run around 40,000 - 50,000 yen, right?
Then minus expenses, you're left with 30,000 yen a month, right?
Just what you'd expect of an IT President.
And? Just why do you keep that shop going?
That's obvious. It's for Grandma's sake.
You answer straight out.
Of course I would.
Well...
I try not to think about it too much...
...but I've decided I want to keep that shop going until Grandma dies.
Even though she keeps saying, "Let's close the shop already"...
But if that shop were to go under, Grandma would definitely grieve over it.
Since it's the shop Grandpa left behind for us.
Like I thought, I do envy you.
Huh?! What is this? Though you're the 100 million yen a year man.
Unlike you...
...I lost sight of the important things.
When you get past thirty, you start looking back on your life, don't you?
There's nothing more that can surprise you.
Sorry for bitching like this.
If things get too harsh for "Sakuraya," I can arrange something for you.
Thank you.
Well, still...
I want to keep it going using my own power somehow.
I figured you'd say that.
This has been on my mind since earlier...
...but what is that?
Ah, no, no, it's nothing.
What is it?
My Grandma...
She said it's for the people at your company, Musashi.
You wouldn't want it, would you?
Thank you.
I run a restaurant in Ginza as well.
Won't you bring your Grandma and come eat there sometime?
It's expensive, isn't it?
It's expensive.
But it'll be my treat in return for this gift.
Really?!
Yeah.
Grandma'll definitely be thrilled.
Thank you.
Sorry about this, but could I bring one more with me...
No... two more people with me?
Could I bring them along, too?
There are other people important to you, too?
Ah, well, I'm not sure yet, but...
...they popped into my head just now is all.
Sure.
Thanks for this.
What is this? We're country hicks, aren't we?
But it's in Ginza, right?
We're nervous.
Are you okay wearing this?
I'll be okay.
Ala, how nice! Going on an outing?
Yes. Thanks.
Grandma... it's about time we got going.
Just give me a minute.
I guess steak is my favorite.
It's been a long time since I was in Ginza.
The steak we ate the other day in Paris tasted better.
It is inferior to the one we had in Paris.
There's a difference between beef and red meat.
That's true. I think so as well.
Oh, Musashi, thank you.
Sure. Come again anytime.
You come by too, okay?
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Taro?
What's up?
Is this true?
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Musashi-san's being hit pretty harshly by the media, isn't he?
Yeah...
It's funny the way they tailor him as a bad guy.
Wonder if someone framed him...?
Next time I meet Musashi...
...I'll put on lots of perfume...
...and then...
...hug him tightly.
おとなだろ～ 勇気をだせよ Otonadaro~ yuuki o daseyo If you're an adult~ show some courage
おとなだろ～ 知ってるはずさ Otonadaro~ shitteru hazu sa If you're an adult~ you should know this
悲しいときも 涙なんか 誰にも見せられない Kanashii toki mo namida nanka dare ni mo miserare nai That when you're sad, you can't show your tears to anyone
あぁ こどもの頃のように Ah kodomo no koro no youni Ah, just like when you were a child
さぁ 勇気を出すのさ Saa yuuki o dasu no sa Now, bring forth some courage
きっと道に迷わずに 君の家にたどり着けるさ Kitto michi ni mayowazuni kimi no ie ni tadoritsukeru sa And I'm sure you can find your way home without losing your way
おとなだろ～ Otonadaro~ If you're an adult~
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