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Broadcast date

2013-08-05 • 16 episodes

Toshiyuki and Chiyoko have reunited in Fukuoka but still feel the war's influence. They decide to incorporate a Korean food into their business.

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Episodes of this season

1. Episode 1

event 2013-08-05 • schedule 13m

The Uminos own a grocery store named Fukunoya in Nakasu. Toshiyuki buys a popsicle machine for business, but abruptly abandons the idea altogether.

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2. Episode 2

event 2013-08-06 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki is at a loss after giving up the popsicle idea. He recalls the taste of mentai at the Choryang Market in Busan and tries to recreate it.

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3. Episode 3

event 2013-08-07 • schedule 13m

The manager of a famous Chinese restaurant wants to make a deal with Fukunoya. Meanwhile, Chiyoko bumps into an old friend from her school days.

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4. Episode 4

event 2013-08-08 • schedule 13m

Chiyoko’s classmate from her Busan days tries a taste of the mentaiko and spits it out. Toshiyuki starts working even harder to perfect his mentai.

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5. Episode 5

event 2013-08-12 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki is just about to give up on making mentai when something reignites his passion again. There is talk of reviving the Yamakasa festival.

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6. Episode 6

event 2013-08-13 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki feels dejected when no one buys the homemade mentai he starts to sell. The store sales money vanishes just as finances are running low.

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7. Episode 7

event 2013-08-14 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki struggles to produce satisfactory mentai. Meanwhile, a promise is made to treat the local gang leader to some delicious mentai.

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8. Episode 8

event 2013-08-15 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki sees the wife of a former soldier. He is moved when she gives him jellied sweets from her husband’s shop, and offers some mentai in return.

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9. Episode 9

event 2013-08-19 • schedule 13m

Chiyoko starts working with Michie, a woman Toshiyuki brought over from the cabaret. A product very similar to the Fukunoya mentaiko is found.

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10. Episode 10

event 2013-08-20 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki catches a man who snuck into his place to copy his mentaiko. Happy to know that he likes his product, Toshiyuki shows him how to make them.

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11. Episode 11

event 2013-08-21 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki thinks of a way to make an employee who likes Michie to pose as her fiancé when her stubborn father pushes her to find a marriage partner.

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12. Episode 12

event 2013-08-22 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki introduces Michie’s fake fiancé to her father, but her father sternly disapproves without giving him a chance to have any say in the matter.

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13. Episode 13

event 2013-08-26 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki’s mentaiko sales are going well. A worker that’s been with Fukunoya from the start wants to gain independence, but Toshiyuki won’t allow it.

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14. Episode 14

event 2013-08-27 • schedule 13m

Toshiyuki may turn down a huge mentaiko order to avoid compromising its freshness. Chiyoko searches all over town for a refrigerated warehouse.

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15. Episode 15

event 2013-08-28 • schedule 13m

The Shinkansen connects to Hakata Station in 1975. Fukunoya has grown and is about to move to a new facility. The Uminos get invited to visit Busan.

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16. Episode 16

event 2013-08-29 • schedule 13m

The Uminos are reminded of the war during their visit to Busan. Something mysterious happens when they visit the Choryang Market where they first met.

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