04x07 - Moving Up

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That way of working is unimpressive.

If you can be more efficient,

then let the others in on your secret.

You did finish!

What sorcery is this?

I just automated the usual process.

Automated?

I used a bit of code to expedite things.

It sorts and submits in one click!

That's super-convenient!

It's really nothing big.

Our system is just antiquated.

Is it stable?

I've had no issues in three years.

Three years?

Director Ton wasn't tech savvy.

He brushed off my attempts to share.

I'm impressed.

If you have any other ideas, tell me now.

Understood.

RAGE

Sorry this is the company lobby
and not that restaurant.

It's not your fault.

I'll make it up to you.

Don't worry about it.

More importantly, you're amazing!

What is it?

You've only told me I'm amazing
one other time before.

Really?

It's great how happy the president was.

Yeah.

I've been thinking, actually.

About what?

We have a ton of busywork, right?

Yeah, we do.

This could be our chance to eliminate it.

Absences would no longer be a problem.

If we had done this earlier

maybe Kabae would still be here.

KARAOKE

OKAY

Unrequited feelings
Just kept hidden inside

So that's why Haida is so busy lately.

Yeah, he's working overtime right now.

Instead of being with you? Poor Retsuko.

But I've never seen him so committed
to anything before.

It's actually kind of attractive.

Are you bragging?

Please spare me!

Shush and just listen!

I'm so exhausted I could die.

Today was the worst.

What happened?

I'm training a new employee at work.

And?

This middle-aged guy is so useless.

How so?

He's huge and just gets in the way.

He forgets everything.

I see.

The register has a barcode reader

but he doesn't like to use it.

He totals sales with an abacus instead.

An abacus?

Clear the abacus beads and,




Ton! I told you no abacus!
We need the sales data!

But, Manaka--

Ninety-eight yen! 158 yen!

I said stop that!

Useless old fart!

Director Ton?

It looks like him,

but why would he be working there?

Is it his doppelgänger?

Yo. What's up?

Fenneko? I just sent some photos.

Photos? Of what? I'm busy right-- Wha?

Director Ton?

There's no doubt. It's Director Ton.

Hey.

Hey, you!

Come with us.

Okay.

So Director Ton isn't working
at the company anymore?

Right.

He's been acting strange lately,
so we tailed him.

He works at that convenience store now.

Does your mom know?

Probably not.

He comes and goes at the same times.

Could it be that the company fired him

and he's struggling all alone,
afraid to tell us?

Retsuko,

please help our dad!

WOMEN'S CHANGING ROOM

Finding a new job at that age is tough.

Yeah.

He has a mortgage, right?

Yeah.

And his daughters have entrance exams
next year.

Yeah.

This isn't

because we complained about him
to the president, right?

Yeah.

ACCOUNTING

Stop causing trouble!
Things were just fine the way they were.

Come on. Just give it a sh*t.

I need feedback from older users.

Excuse me for being old! I don't need it!

-I don't want any viruses.
-I told you, it's not a virus!

This is super-convenient, Tsubone.
Nice work, Haida.

Director Ton never let us do stuff
like this.

He bristled at the first mention
of any new tech.

New tech is wicked.

Tsubone, the way we do things is outdated.

Our duties are unclear and no one does
manual journal entry anymore.

Excuse me for being outdated!

What?

No idea.

Out of my way!

What?

KITCHENETTE

Tsubone?

Go away. Just leave me alone.

I'm sure you're happy
Director Ton is gone too, right?

Do you know what happened to Director Ton?

ACCOUNTING

Apparently Director Ton wasn't promoted.

He was put in a warehouse storage room

with nothing to do.

I see. They were trying to make him quit.

I knew "career" whatever sounded fishy.

Tsubone wanted to tell us,
but he asked her not to.

I feel sorry for his daughters.

I didn't know what to do
when they began crying.

There's nothing you can do.

Why not?

It was Director Ton's decision to quit.

But was it?

Can you really call that his decision?

He could have chosen not to quit.

You shouldn't feel guilty.

The thing is,

when the president treated us to dinner--

What? It shut down! Did I make a backup?

No idea.

Please don't be gone!

I knew it! The data is all gone!
What a waste of time!

Why is this happening to me?

ACCOUNTING

Finally got it working!

Better save it.

You're still here?

I'm not impressed.

Working hard is good

but not if it's to the point of excess.

I can relate, though.

I'm actually enjoying work
for the first time.

You recognized my efforts

and it made me think I could contribute.

I guess I got a bit carried away. Sorry.

When I became a director,

I was amazed by how old-fashioned
the company was.

-It felt like an '80s sitcom!
-I get that!

But I began to believe it was my destiny

to turn the company around.

As President, I have the power to do that.

Power?

The power to decide who stays on board.

Director Yagyu isn't fit to reform
the accounting department.

I'm thinking we need someone
young and ambitious, like you.

Again, it was Director Ton's decision
to quit, right?

Yes.

He could have chosen not to quit.

Right.

Then there's no reason
you should feel guilty about it.

But what if it's my fault he was moved?

You're overthinking it.

He probably just upset the president.

They were sure to clash. Right, Washimi?

Who knows?

I understand how you feel…

but what the company needs right now

is not kindness, but wise choices.

Right.

Was it wise? Only the results can tell.

But this I can say.

Methods aside, no one is more concerned
about the company's future

than President Himuro.

LETTER OF APPOINTMENT

I HEREBY APPOINT YOU
DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING.

Haida is our new director?

It should've been me!

What about Director Yagyu?

He's not breathing.

What the hell?

What's going on here?

To Haida's promotion to director! Cheers!

Cheers!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Haida is wicked lucky. Right, Anai?

He's just a brownnoser.

Have another drink, Director!

Thank you! Thank you!

You're amazing, Director!

Is this okay? With Retsuko absent,
Tsunoda is already flirting.

She can smell money from a mile away.

Where is Retsuko?

Who knows?

She said she had plans.

He's waiting inside.

Thank you.

Long time no see, Retsy.