Category: Drama
Scarlet Week 14 “A New Wind is Blowing”
After Hachiro won the gold award at a ceramics exhibition in January 1969, solo shows and commissions steadily came in, and Kimiko devoted herself to supporting him. However, Hachiro was feeling creatively stuck while Kimiko was freely creating her own pieces. During this time, after Hachiro dismissed his young apprentices, a young woman named Mitsu from Tokyo applied to become his apprentice. She suggested incorporating new materials to help Hachiro overcome his creative block. Moved by her enthusiasm, Kimiko persuaded the reluctant Hachiro to accept Mitsu as an apprentice. She moved into the Kawahara home and grew close to Kimiko’s mother, Matsu, and sister, Yuriko. Kimiko sympathized with Mitsu and wanted to incorporate her ideas. However, this created tension with Hachiro, who was fixated on Shigaraki clay. Meanwhile, Hachiro began to find a certain peace in his conversations with Mitsu.
Scarlet Week 13 “A Dish Full of Love”
Summer of 1965: Kimiko has a four-year-old son named Takeshi with Hachiro. While Hachiro devoted himself to creating his works of art, Kimiko supported the family by making tableware. Joji’s health is failing, and he doesn’t have much time left. Kimiko vows to be a pillar of strength for him. To encourage Joji, the family painted a plate together. They filled it with the carefully prepared matsutake rice made by Shinsaku and the others. Even after Joji passed away, Kimiko remained strong. Amidst this, George Fujikawa appeared.
Onsha no Midare Tadashimasu! Season 2 EP06 “Flowers for the Katsyusha”
Rei devises a plan involving Mina to uncover Kawashima’s true feelings and unravel the unsettling age-gap affair between PTA President Abe Sakurako and basketball club advisor Kawashima. Mina joins the “Office AIR Cleaning” operation, and they skillfully extract information, succeeding in exposing Kawashima’s true nature.
Onsha no Midare Tadashimasu! Season 2 EP05 “Is a Headband a Sign of an Affair?!”
Office AIR Cleaning is dealing with the affair between the PTA president and a teacher! Akane, the PTA secretary, is devastated by the affair’s disruption. To help Akane, Rei puts the cleaning plan into action.
Onsha no Midare Tadashimasu! Season 2 EP04 “PTA President and Teacher! Punishing a School Affair!”
The next target is a rampant affair within the school. “Office AIR Cleaning” uncovers the affair between the PTA president and a teacher! After receiving a cleaning request from the school chairman, Rei infiltrates the PTA as an administrative staff member.
Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi EP13 Season Finale “Sesame Sauce Garlic Chicken Bowl/Spicy Minced Chicken with Daikon”
One day, a beautiful woman appeared at Tsuyu’s place of work, delivering Hokabe’s lunch. Tsuyu and Mai overheard Hokabe and the woman chatting in the hallway, but they didn’t seem to be lovers. When Tsuyu and Mai rushed over to learn the woman’s identity, she began to explain why Hokabe had started eating so unhealthily.
Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi EP12 “Cabbage is Insane ~Endless Natto Edition~/Eggplant Kabayaki Bowl”
Tsuyu stared at her smartphone with a serious expression. When Iriko asked her why, Tsuyu lamented that the world was full of food photos that prioritized appearance over taste or ease of eating. Tsuyu was adamant that the brown side dishes, which never looked appetizing, were the most delicious. She showed Iriko her phone, and on the screen was a mysterious brown dish.
Onsha no Midare Tadashimasu! Season 2 EP03 “Punish Troublesome Affairs with a Whip!”
Rei successfully infiltrated KEITEI CREATE again, this time as the president’s secretary. She is tracking the relationship between President Takayuki Kamiya and senior secretary Marin Kurashina. Meanwhile, Arata pretended to be a banker to approach Marin, managing to get close to her. Marin began treating Takayuki coldly. It seemed she had finally succeeded in tearing them apart. However, Takayuki suddenly locked Rei in the president’s office.
Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi EP11 “Summer Vegetable Mentsuyu Marinade/Adult’s Meal”
Concerned that Hokabe had been knocked out by the early summer heat and could only eat a regular-sized bowl of gyudon, Mai asked Tsuyu to create a mentsuyu dish that would help combat summer fatigue. After eating the lunchbox that Mai had made based on the recipe, Hokabe was so moved that he instinctively took Mai’s hand. Tsuyu and Iriko watched the two of them, who were staring intently at each other with tense expressions.
Banshaku no Ryuugi Season 1 SP “The Best Drink to End the Year”
Miyuki Izawa, an employee of a real estate company, believes that the taste of the last drink of the day depends on what you do that day. Even during the busy year-end season, she thinks about how to make her last drink of the day taste better. At the end of the year, she had spent a week preparing a special evening drink to cap off the year’s work. The most extravagant dinner of the year is about to be served, featuring an “exquisite crab dish” made with ingredients carefully selected by Miyuki!
