Chapter 3 : Boxing Club
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1. Oh, Dad? Good, I finally got a hold of you…
2. What’s up? I’m kinda busy.
3. Oh, it’s about the maid you hired…
4. Yeah? Is she not doing well enough?
5. Is the meal she makes not good?
6. The meal’s good.
7. How about cleaning and laundry?
8. Good…She’s doing all the house chores right.
9. Sounds like she’s doing her job well!
That’s good, then. I’m quite busy and gotta go. (Click! Sound of hanging up)
10. Wait, but, that’s…
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(sound of kicking door to open it)
1. That’s not the issue…
2. What’re you doing there crouching like that?
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Not much, just talking to Dad…
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Episode 9: The Monster in Nekomachi Mansion
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SFX: argh, wu~ *zombie-like groaning sound*
1. This happened when
2. I was working at a hospital as a nurse.
3. I was working in place of one of my co-worker
4. at the emergency room.
SFX: *wind-chime* chiri-ng
5. For a program like this,
6. even though you don’t believe it’s true,
7. you keep watching till the end~
SFX: *wind-chime* chiri-ng
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1. Then, a woman who tried to kill herself
2. had been carried in there.
3. The patient with blood splattered all over her face
4. seemed to be trying to say something
SFX: Gasah
SFX: Gasah
5. After that, the patient fell into a critical condition.
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Page 128
Episode 8: Plum Gathering in Rainy Day
1. I didn’t know you grew plums for your special plum pickles here in your own garden.
2. By the way, I’m sorry to have asked you do this on your day off.
3. No, don’t worry about it.
In fact, I’ve been looking forward to do this.
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1. Tama is not having any fun.
2. Don’t you dare say any complaints.
(SFX: uni uni)
- I hate plum pickles.
3. I’ll have you work instead of your rent!
- Boo Boo
4. It’s getting sunny a little.
5. Then, let’s reap them now.
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1. Yellow ones are for making plum pickles; so, put those in this basket.
2. Ah.
How about this split one?
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Episode 7: Ne.u.Ne.u
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1. Hey, Nori.
2. Did she go to work already?
3. Without even locking the door?
4. Hmm…I guess she left this unreliable one as a home-sit.
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1. Um?
2. ...is it
3. …how is it
4. Welcome…I’ll bring the menu…
5. Would you like another …cup of cold water…?
6. Cold…water…
7. No...aa
8. ….I hope Nori is not getting too spunky.
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(doki doki doki: sound of palpitation)
(go…gokuri: sound of swallowing)
(go soh : sound of collecting oneself)
1. Here’s another com of cold water!
- Gah (sound of grabbing pot)
- Sha Pah (sound of dashing toward customer at the speed of teleporting)
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Page 91
Episode 6: The Errand
1. No-, No, No~
2. Yes, I am. I am tucking away Kotatsu already.
3. What..
4. Hey~.
(Sound: myong, myong : sound of electrical wire being swayed up and down in air)
5. Noooooooo!!
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(Sound: Gya, Gyang, Gya, Gyang : maybe sound of hustling around?)
1. It hurts! You scratched me!
2. What’s going on from early morning?
3. Karah karah (Sound of spinning)
4. Is it your day off today?
5. Well, not really a day off, but,
6. There aren’t many constructions going around here, and it became a scramble for the job.
(haah : sound of sighing)
7. So, you fell out of your work as well as the scramble.
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1. Well, then,
I have a favor to ask.
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Episode 5: The Life Supporting Kit
1. A package from Kazunori Marumiya.
2. Huh? From dad?
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1. Tama~
Bring a cutter **NOTE: cutter: a knife for cutting paper and packing tape**
(Sound: piri, piri, piri : pulling shipping label off the box)
(Sound: piri : pulling shipping label off the box)
2. Yay, can it be some food?
3. Fu Fung **laughing in anticipation**
4. Don’t rush.
Don’t rush.
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1. My guess is…
(Sound of rubbing her face onto the box)
2. A Life Supporting Kit sent out of concern for his daughter who’s in plight.
3. I’m thankful.
4. I’m thank…
5. ..ful?
(Writing: To Nori)
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1. What does it say?
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Episode 4: The Night Gathering for Cats
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1. Tama~
2. Your subordinate is calling you.
(Sound: KARI KARI : sound of scratching window?)
3. Tama?
4. …it’s cold. I don’t want to.
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1. Then, why don’t you let him/her inside?
2. Nori, you go and do that.
3. No. It’s cold for me too.
4. ……
5. Don’t make someone do it; you go and do it.
(Sound of poking Nekotama over the blanket with a rolled magazine.)
(Sound of getting frustrated)
- A Nekotama curling up under Kotatsu?
**NOTE: Kotatsu: a blanket drawn around a table with a source of heat inside to keep one’s legs warm while sitting with legs curled under the table. “People” often get... Read More " "

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Episode 3: A Sour Day
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1. At NekoMachi mansion, we have breakfast with everyone together once a week.
2. Is the time ok?
3. Yes. Today’s part-time is nearby from here.
(Sound: stirring with chopstick)
(Sound of Tama’s eating)
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(Sound: puri x 2: sound of squeezing mayonnaise onto fermented soybeans)
(For breakfast, I like Fermented soybeans the best)
(Sound: puri x 5: sound of squeezing mayonnaise onto Fermented soybeans)
1. Stop that, Nori~, (you mayonnaise-addicted).
(Sound: puri x 3: sound of squeezing mayonnaise onto Fermented soybeans)
2. The taste thickens if you do this.
3. …Is it tasty?
4. …don’t even think about trying it.
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STEP 11: Sniping (2)
1. Just as we’re stealing the sales promotional goods from Solar Electronics,
2. Our sales promotional goods may be leaking out as well.
I have to check the entire distribution route thoroughly.
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1. No way.
We check it twice when we send them out.
2. If it’s only one or two, I can admit the mistake, but 9 out of 152 all sent to North Storefront Center? That’s impossible.
3. I guess you’re right.
4. “Stealing” must’ve been only possible after the shipment has reached North Center.
(Sign: Hatsushiba Electronics North Storefronts)
5. Of course, we always check the content
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STEP 10: Sniping (1)
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(Sound: bowling pins get hit by the ball and collapse)
1. Yay, I’ve got double!
2. Damn, I’m the third.
3. I’m sorry.
4. Man, I’m the one with least scores now.
5. Ok then, it’s my turn.
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1. …..
(Sound: ball gets dropped on floor)
(Sound: ball rolling x 2)
(Sound: ball falls into the gutter)
2. Damn, it went into the gutter.
3. Yay, that makes me the second!
4. Man, I failed big one at the last throw; I’m the bottom on the scores now.
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1. Well, then. Give me 500 yen, and 1000 yen to Shima.
2. Too bad. I almost won.
3. Sorry, Shibayama.
4. I’ll pass some good jobs to you later, though.
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Page 1.
1. Well, I just wanted to let you know that I made a Division chief position available for you…
2. Huh?
3. There’s still about three months before an official written appointment; so, keep your hard work going.
4. Oh! Thank you!!
5. Excuse me!
6. ……….
7. Three months… I should stay scandal-free until I get officially assigned….
Chapter 1 : Colorful Lipstick Mark
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1. Division Chief Kousaku Shima
STEP 1: Colorful Kiss Mark
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1. Kenshi Hirokane
Page 4.
1. I was about to tell my wife about my promotion when I was leaving my house.
2. But, since the only things she’s interested in life is reading books and raising kids, I couldn’t think she would be amazed …
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Page 10
1. Shima, did you not notice anything unusual from the way Takako was looking at you?
2. Huh?
3. No…
4. Watch out for her. She sometimes “eats” interns.
5. Hehe (guffawing)
6. Hehe (guffawing)
7. Hehe (guffawing)
8. Oh…
9. We’re from Trust Electronics.
10. Oh, this way, please.
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1. Hey, newbie. If you don’t hammer it in all the way down, it won’t be strong enough to hold the cable.
2. Oh, ok!!
3. Whoa, scary…it’s too high.
(Sound of hammering)
4. Hey, keep your upper body further out to reach it!
5. Ok!
(Sound of hammering)

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1. You know what, Shima.
The life is the same whether you work hard or not.
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STEP 2 : Please Say Farewell After the Dance.
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1. It’s been two months since I’ve been allocated to the head quarter’s sales assistance department.
2. I work for its outdoor advertising section; it’s the division that’s responsible for setting up those big advertisement signs and towers on top of buildings.
3. Shima!
4. The section chief, Masahiko Ookiko.
5. Yes!
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1. What’s up with your writing? When, who, where, what, and how…!!
I can’t understand a thing on this!
2. I’m sorry. I’ll rewrite right now.
3. Idiot! It’s not just about rewriting it!!
(sound of numerous complaints)
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STEP3 : Are You Happy Now?
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1. Hatsushiba headquarters’ sales assistance department chief, Yasuo Sakakibara.
2. Shima.
3. Yes.
4. Since you have accumulated working experience at outdoor advertising section for a year already, I’ll send you to a different division.
5.
6. It’s the production team.
7. !!
8. Yes.
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1. By that decision of the department chief, I’ve been moved to the production section.
2. Total 58 personnel. The Headquarters’ Sales Assistance Department is responsible for all sales promotional activity for Hatsushiba Electronics Corp. It consists of 5 divisions: Outdoor Advertisement division, Exhibition division, Chain... Read More " "

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STEP 4 : White Book of Life, One More Time
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(Sound of destroying warehouse)
1. Ohhh
2. They’ve done it.
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1. February 28, 1972.
10:00 A.M.
The Riot Police charged into the Asama Mountain villa.
2. All the TV stations that day kept airing live news until the evening, and the cumulative audience rating has reached, wow, 98.2%
3. At the Hatsushiba Electronics Headquarter Sales Assistance Department, too, everyone was watching the TV, and was barely working.
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1. Yes? The number of returned calendars at Kyoto Sales branch?
2. Hold on a sec, please.
3. Manager Yamamuro, where is the chart for the calendar sale of this year?
4. Oh, it’s at the... Read More " "

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Page 90 Tenderly Good Night
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1. Summer, 1972.
Hatsushiba Electronics was requiring its employee to live in a dormitory.
2. (Sound of alarm)
3. (Sound of waking up from bed)
4. As a rule, a male employee must live first 3 years in the dormitory.
The aim was to improve teamwork and social skill by assigning four people into a single room as roommates.
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1. In accordance to the business hour of Hatsushiba Electronics, which is 8 A.M., the alarm wakes us at 6.A.M. and by 7 A.M. most of will have left the dorm.
2. Hurry up. I won’t go easy on you if you’re late.
3. At the doorway, stands “the devil dorm keeper” who sees us off.
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STEP 6 the Sad Corner of a Street
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1. Sir, everything is ready.
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1. Gahhaha
2. Sir, I’m done adjusting the focus.
3. Oh.
4. Photographer, Tsuneki Matsuda.
5. !!
6. Himeno!! (sound of flipping the cover away)
7. You idiot.
(Sound of slapping on face)
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1. The line on the right side is warped. It needs more exposure!! Do you even know this shot is going to be printed in full page on the back covers?
2. I, I’m sorry.
3. How many years have you been doing this already? Just pack your luggage and go back to your hometown!!
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1. Hahaha. Professional photographers are all like that. They treat their assistances as if they’re a worm or... Read More " "

STEP 7 : Greetings, Melancholies.
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1. What?
It’s not ready yet?
But, that’s not what you said earlier.
2. The conference is on the day after tomorrow! Sending through mail won’t make it in time already; please send through Telex.
(Sound of walking on floor)
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1. Hey you there. What time do you think it is now? Go home already.
2. Oh, but my work hasn’t been finished yet.
3. That’s your problem. A member of labor union of Hatsushiba Electronics is not allowed to work past 8 P.M.!!
4. Ahh But…
5. But…
6. It’s going to be disastrous if I don’t do this!!
7. If you’re a member of union, you do know that you have to prioritize union’s order over the work for the... Read More " "

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STEP 8: Baseball Game
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1. December, Showa 47th year.
2. Ok…Next, Mr. Mochizuki from Exhibition Division is going to sing for us.
3. “The Foothill in a Foreign Land” (**song title**)
4. (**singing**) Even today, the foothill is setting.
5. Hey, party planner. I’m out of beer.
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1. Ok, Ok. Here you go.
2. On December of every year, instead of doing a year-end-party, we Sales Assistance Department go on a short trip.
3. Three party planners look for all the men and women, totaling to 50.
4. Mr. Ogata, from Showroom Division,
5. Senior Maki, from Storefronts Division,
6. And, me.
7. Did everyone get a cup of bear?
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STEP 9: …To Make It A Good Bye
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(Sound: dashing in corridors)
(Sign: Sales Promotion Room)
1. Excuse me, I’m Shima from Sales Assistance Division; I brought the sample of the poster for spring’s Bridal Fair.
2. YOU IDIOT!
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1. Huh?
2. Shirota, how many times must I tell you!? (sound: thumping on desk)
3. Didn’t you learn anything from school?
If you can’t even comprehend documents like these, you won’t be able to keep working in Hatsushiba!!
4. Noboru Shirota (23 yrs old)
He was assigned to Sales Promotion Division last year on November.
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1. Are you taking your job seriously?
2. Yes, I am.
3. Don’t start crying, idiot.
Get... Read More " "