01x02 - A Good, Hard-working Girl

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Thank you for shopping with us.

Take your time looking around.

Oh, that's cute! Let me know if you can't find your size.

I'm OK.

We provide service with a smile, even for those just browsing.

Tell me if you want to try anything on.

I'm OK.

Take your time! Take your time! Take your time! Take your time! Let me take my time already! RAGE Your purchase of just a three
-pair set of socks comes to 1080 yen.

Do you have a points card?
No.

With our current promotion, you'll get double points
- a great deal.

Well What a pain.

I don't even know when I'll be back.

Would you like to apply for one?
No, thank you.

Sorry?
Would you like to apply for one?
OK Certainly! OK, just fill this out with your name and email address.

She doesn't need a card.

Let's go, Retsuko.

Puko?
I work part
-time in Japan, for six months.

Once I've saved enough money, I spend the rest of the year abroad.

If I run out of money, I come home and do it again.

That's what I've been doing since we got out of high school.

Wow! So that's what you've been up to.

Amazing.

Not really It's the reason I still haven't got a steady job.

But that's so you.

It sounds fun.

I envy you.

Really?
You have a job, don't you?
Yeah.

I'm a regular office lady.

What kind of work is it?
It's a trading firm.

I do accounting there.

That's amazing! But, then, you've always been the responsible sort.

Really?
You think I'm responsible?
Because you're, like, the kind who never taps "I agree" to an app's terms of service without reading the whole thing, right?
No, I don't do that.

The type who's already saving money for retirement.

No, not yet.

You're the type who buys three pairs of socks because you feel bad for leaving without buying anything.

That's true.

See?
You are responsible.

I guess I might be.

I'm not sure, though.

It's a compliment! That's a good thing about you.

But it's also something I'm a bit worried about.

Are you enjoying life?
I'm not gonna lie You look pretty wiped out.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT A JOB CHANGE I'm so busy.

Goodness! You look a bit tired.

Yeah a little.

Oh, dear.

Are you sleeping properly?
Are you eating?
Maybe I've been leaning too hard on you.

Huh?
I share my work with you because I trust you.

Forgive me.

Miss Tsubone Lately, I've been jogging to stay healthy.

Huh?
It was hard at first.

But I kept at it, and it gradually became easier.

Muscles build over time, right?
Right In other words you haven't built up the muscles for your job yet! There! Keep working hard and build up those muscles! You don't have time to be tired! We're understaffed right now! I can see someone who could help over there, though That's his job! Oh.

Man, am I busy! Man, am I busy! Director Ton, sorry to bother you while you're busy
-
- I'm in the middle of something.

It pains me to increase your workload, sir, but could I have a bit of your time?
There's something I want you to see.

What have you got?
Thank you very much! It's a golf course in Northern Ibaraki with unbeatable prices! There's more There's a hot spring on the property.

Komiya, we've got our work cut out for us.

I think I might collapse from overwork! Man, are we busy! Man, are we busy! Man, are we busy! Man, are we busy! Lightning, grant me your vengeance! Hit my boss's golf club
- find your mark! Lightning, grant me your vengeance! Hit the flunky's golf club Find your mark! Lightning, grant me your vengeance! Hit the witch's head as she runs! Strike them down! Strike them down! Strike them down! Strike them down! OK, back to work.

Retsuko, what's wrong?
With what?
I was just thinking, your grandma probably looks like you do right now.

It's my grandma in Sayama! Retsuko, don't tell me you finished all that paperwork?
Yeah, I pushed through it.

Whoa! Responsible That's just what my friend told me.

Am I really that serious?
Yeah Serious and reliable.

The type who reads an app's terms of service before tapping "I agree".

My friend said that, too.

The type who starts saving early for old age.

She said that, too.

The type who buys some socks to avoid leaving without making a purchase.

Stop freaking me out! Because you're the type who is desperate to live up to expectations.

I see.

Maybe so.

The type that self
-destructs from doing their boss's job for them.

A greenhorn robot caught up in corporate expectations.

An obedient corporate sl*ve who waits in line to die from overwork.

The fodder fattening up sweatshop companies.

Fenneko, I think you should stop there.

Oh! Sorry.

I said too much.

In other words Oh, yes.

It means Retsuko is a "good girl".

Right?
I guess.

But being a "good girl" all the time is tiring, isn't it?
RAGE Judgment from everyone! And you tell me that I'm just a drone! Bending over backwards for the boss
-man! Plain vanilla life 'til the moment I die! Team players lose! Team players lose! That's how it is.

Probably They always look cool.

Like working women, overflowing with confidence I'm just a pushover.

I could never shine like those two do.

But then, I can't wing it like Puko does, either.

Lucky me What do you mean?
That girl we just passed
- I was hoping to see her all day.

My fortune this morning said yellow would be my lucky color.

That's nice.

ARE YOU DONE WITH WORK?
CAN WE MEET NOW?
BAR Cheers! Long day, huh?
You too! Nah, I'm not really tired.

No job and all C'mon, Retsuko.

Down the hatch! So, you know how I have to pour drinks for Director Ton at work parties?
So I was pouring the beer like this and You're supposed to pour with the bottle label
-side up.

Don't you even know that much?
That is the problem with young women.

What the hell! Right?
It doesn't make any sense! Didn't old men like that die off in the '80s?
Not at our office.

Sockets have started to remind me of Director Ton's face.

That's funny! Someday, I want to slap a resignation letter right in his face.

That's my dream.

It's really fun to talk with you.

Oh, sorry.

I'm only talking about myself, aren't I?
What are you going to do now?
Will you be in Japan for a while?
Actually, I was thinking I might start a business here in Japan.

A business?
Well, me and a friend together.

What are you doing?
An imported goods store.

An imported goods store! We'll bring back products from overseas.

I've got plenty of friends out there.

With our tastes, I bet we could do something interesting.

Seriously?
That's super great! Oh, stop it.

It's not that big of a deal.

It is! I am super jealous! Well You want in?
What?
Wait a second.

Stop.

I just got really shaky.

Really?
Then let's do it.

But I've got the company Why don't you quit?
Retsuko, you can do accounting, can't you?
My friend and I are the happy
-go
-lucky types, so someone responsible like you would make up for what we lack.

Seriously?
You can go overseas to make deals! Seriously?
So?
Wanna do it?
Seriously, seriously, seriously?
Seriously?
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT What are you doing?
Exercise.

Cleaning and exercising at the same time Well, aren't you carefree.

I've got the perfect exercise for you.

Polish my clubs.

Yes, sir.

Don't scratch them.

Man, am I busy! Man, am I busy! Man, am I busy! You're the carefree one.

This is practice for the near future, when I smack you in the face with a resignation letter.

I'm gonna quit.

I'm gonna quit this awful job.

Well, thanks in advance.

I'm gonna quit the crap out of it!