Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa (2018): Season 1, Episode 4 - Adult - full transcript
At the personal request of President Hyoudou,
Tonegawa has been tasked with
devising a diabolical death game.
Repeated failures cause him to
nearly lose the faith of his men!
So he stakes it all on a
gamble to redeem himself.
To overcome the gap separating
him from his men,
he hosts an employee vacation!
And it's a huge success!
Their trust: regained! Tonegawa: revived!
He rises like a phoenix!
He has once again climbed to the
heady heights of being the boss!
"Overtime."
A disgraceful display put on by people
who don't work efficiently enough.
It's not as if they get work done
just by being in the building.
But it looks like no one from my team is
wasting their time with that nonsense.
Of course not. The men on my team are...
Oh, Tonegawa-sensei. Heading home?
Yeah. You haven't finished yet?
Psst...
Nope, I'm working overtime.
Have a good night, sir.
I probably shouldn't expect much
from him at tomorrow's meeting.
Tonegawa, once again, heads home on time!
Oh...
Forgot my phone.
Tonegawa Yukio, the number two
man of the massive Teiai Group.
He serves the monster
of the financial sector.
This shot-caller rose to the position
of President Hyoudou's right-hand man.
This is the story of the battles
he waged as a middle manager,
in the shadows of the glory
and fame he achieved...
The small, unremarkable story...
about the struggles of a remarkable man.
Middle Management Blues
Mr. Tonegawa
Agenda 03
Adult
Can I really expect anything
decent from the others?
An idea that will give us a breakthrough...
Without one, we'll just be
spinning our wheels again.
Drop me off in front of the station.
I'll have to think of something myself.
I might find a hint in these huge crowds...
Precise Touch
Yamanote Line Shinagawa
Hey, get in line.
Huh? What's your problem, old man?
What'd you tell the chief?
Do I really need to check in with him?
He'd just get in the way.
What? Are you serious?
That's not what you promised!
I'm so pissed right now!
They seem so orderly at a glance...
But underneath it lies the
simmering of their true nature
and their personal affairs.
An odd sight, if you think about it.
A train is approaching on track 5.
For your safety, please remain
behind the yellow line.
It's a microcosm of society itself.
30 mins
to Laketown Station
Kita-senju
Matsudo
Shim-Matsudo
Ueno
Soka
Minami-Urawa
Minami-Koshigaya
Shin-Koshigaya
Akabane
He's struck by inspiration!
Like a bolt of lightning!
A fleeting flash of light!
Something just...
Heiwa Sushi
I know I almost had something.
Did you remember the ponzu sauce?
Yep. Plenty of ponzu.
Pon?
Pon?
Look, yammering on and on
isn't gonna get us anywhere!
We need evidence, moron!
Ron!
Ron!!
Hey, I didn't order this.
Wanna pass on the freebie, then?
P-Pass?!
Pass!!
Not gonna eat, sir?
Oh... sorry.
In the darkness...
It descends.
Inspiration opens the door to a breakthrough!
Heiwa Sushi
Raise a glass
with us!
Asohi
Hyper
Dry
Pops, let me get my check.
Nothing more to drink?
Yeah. I'm done for now.
Sure. Bring the man his check!
I'm going to have to dive in myself.
Sometimes you need to take
do-or-die risks to find a way forward.
Sometimes death
is salvation.
"Sometimes death is salvation."
Tonegawa brainstorms!
A way to personally lift
himself out of the fire!
And the next day...
We return to Meeting Room 3.
So, today we're going to continue coming up
with standout ideas to entertain
president Hyoudou with.
Psst, psst...
That's what I thought I'd be saying, but...
Psst...
It came to me...
Psst...
While I was out last night.
Psst.... Psst...
Inspiration.
Psst...
A brilliant concept.
Psst...
An idea!
Psst... Psst, psst... Psst...
Come on in.
Sir.
It was made in a rush, so it's a bit cheap.
Keep that in mind.
This is the core of the diabolic
game I've come up with.
Do it.
Yes, sir.
Psst...
A name tag?
Psst... Psst...
Not bringing anything to mind at all?
It... says "east."
Is that all?
Ton
"Ton."
To think only one of you would catch on...
Well, no matter.
It begins! An overwhelming presentation!
Human Mahjong
Debtors = Tiles
A battle among a motley crowd of filth
Human...
...Mahjong?!
Psst...
It'd be played on an unprecedented scale,
with an assembly of debtors
acting as the tiles!
Human Mahjong!
Psst...
Human... Mahjong.
Psst... Psst...
Tonegawa's proposed diabolic game
is Human Mahjong!
Human Mahjong
The rules are the same as ordinary mahjong.
It begins with four teams consisting
of thirteen members each.
In other words, the same number
as the initial draw in mahjong,
the first thirteen tiles in your hand.
The remaining players wait
in the center, as the wall.
It starts...
Each team begins to draw
human tiles from the wall.
This is the real crux of the game.
In order to choose which tiles to discard...
They debate!
As for the tiles that are discarded...
They're the ones who don't
get any of the winnings.
Obviously, they'll be desperate.
We don't need you!
Screw you! I might be a reverse dora!
They'll fight tooth and nail
to avoid being discarded.
Who asked you, you trash tile?!
In essence...
If only you hadn't gotten that pon!
They'd be teams in name only.
It'd be dog eat dog!
However!
If a faction like this forms within the team...
These three become inseparable.
They're united as friends.
Okay! The three of us are in the same boat!
None of us can be discarded!
Right!
We're friends! The three of us are one!
But then...
Psst... Psst...
What if...
You guys! We promised, right?!
No one gets discarded!
And we're friends, right?!
Tanyao...
Tanyao.
Tanyao!
A hand that can only be made
without number tiles 1 and 8!
We could get a tanyao...
You guys!
You're in the way of our
tanyao, you 1 of circles!
Human instinct, totally exposed
by a diabolic game of mahjong!
Yes! That is Human Mahjong!
Are the humans playing mahjong?
Or is the mahjong playing humans?
A sublime concept!
Human Mahjong
Debtors = Tiles
A battle among a motley crowd of filth
Betrayal. Deception.
Dissent.
You forsake and are forsaken...
Doesn't it remind you of anything?
It's exactly like society itself!
Psst... Psst...
I believe the president would love it.
The sight of the trash bitterly
feuding among themselves...
This is it. This is authentic!
Human nature on display!
That is true entertainment. True amusement.
Psst...
I-Incredible.
After erasing all the ideas we
came up with at the last meeting,
and setting the bar so high...
He still cleared it! Tonegawa-sensei
made it over on his own!
He's proven himself as our boss!
Do you think we'd be able to get
enough participants, though?
No! There is one doubter!
Psst... Psst...
Double or nothing.
Psst... Psst...
Saemon!
You idiot!
It's fine. Go on.
Well, it's just...
Gathering the 136 debtors we'd need
for all the mahjong tiles...
seems unlikely... or, well, impossible.
Psst... Psst...
Plus, there are a lot of people who
don't know how to play mahjong.
It wouldn't be an even match...
It's unfair, in fact.
Psst... Psst...
And—
Enough! What's with you?!
Even if there are a few problems—
Don't, Yamazaki.
Tonegawa-sensei...
Saemon's objections are legitimate.
He has a point.
But...
If you're willing to pick apart
someone else's proposal,
then you should, naturally,
have one yourself...
Psst... Psst...
Some bright idea.
Psst.. Psst...
One that doesn't have the
flaws you've mentioned—
I do.
Psst...
I did manage to come up with one, sir!
Hey, Ton!
Sir?
Set him up with another whiteboard.
Oh, that's okay.
I'm going to turn the lights off.
Saemon-saburou Jirou Presents
Revolutionary Rock-Paper-Scissors
Game
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Now then, if I may be so bold...
I'd like to present my revolutionary
new take on rock-paper-scissors.
Rock-paper-scissors?
That was the first idea
that got erased last time!
First...
What is a new idea?
How exactly are new ideas created?
Well...
What is a new idea?
A pre-existing idea
And another pre-existing idea
Combined
It's said that they're created by
combining two pre-existing ideas.
So, with that in mind, I took the
pre-existing idea of rock-paper-scissors
and pondered what idea to combine it with.
What is a new idea?
A pre-existing idea
And another pre-existing idea
Combined
Rock-Paper-Scissors
I chose...
Card Games
card games!
C-Could this be...
No, I'm sure of it.
It's PP!
PP
Saemon unleashes his Power Point!
This little rat...
He was only picking at my ideas because
he wanted to do this, wasn't he?
He just wanted to put on his little show!
Idiotic!
No matter how slick he makes it look,
if there's no substance, it's useless!
Nothing but a paper tiger!
A pie in the sky!
It's not just Tonegawa. The other
men in black all feel the same way.
Faced with their youngest member
Saemon-saburou's card rock-paper-scissors,
not a single one has any expectations!
And yet...
Players receive 12 cards.
Four of each: rock, paper, and scissors.
In other words,
you're limited in your choices,
which is where tactics come in.
Psst...
Psst...
As the presentation proceeds,
something becomes increasingly clear...
Psst... Psst...
His idea is completely rock-solid!
Psst... Psst... Psst...
By playing rock-paper-scissors with cards,
you limit your available choices.
Normal rock-paper-scissors is,
by its nature, a simple, fair game.
Which might make you think this,
too, is a game of luck...
No! This is incredibly strategic!
It has metamorphosed into a game requiring
ingenuity, with countless
different approaches!
Rock-paper-scissors isn't like mahjong.
Everyone knows the rules to it!
We would only need a few dozen
competitors for it to work.
It's...
realistic, as well as demonic.
In other words, I'm sure our target
audience, President Hyoudou...
will be fully satisfied!
Total Satisfaction
Psst... Psst... Psst...
I-It's... perfect.
I didn't have any expectations...
I thought his presentation was
going to be boring, but...
With each bit of this explanation,
like a newly drawn tile,
his hand has transformed
further and further...
From a trash hand...
into this!
Tenpai... junchan, sanshoku, iipeikou!
Psst, psst... Psst, psst...
Tonegawa-sensei must've
figured himself a red dora,
with no chance he'd be discarded.
But with the way things are
now... he's in the way!
There's no choice but to discard him!
Hey.
Psst... Psst...
I'm pretty certain that
every man in black here...
No, even Ton-san!
We've all just about agreed
on Saemon's proposal.
Psst... Psst... Psst...
And... yeah, that does it.
This concludes my presentation.
Thank you for listening.
Psst...
But... might makes right!
Psst...
Tonegawa-sensei could still
forcibly reject this idea
and push his own through!
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Psst... Psst... Psst...
A boss, abandoning his own suggestion for
one from the youngest member of the team?
Not just anyone could do it.
Will Tonegawa repeat the same mistake?!
Psst... Psst... Psst...
At this rate, it'll be time for another...
employee vacation!
Society is truly a fascinating thing.
Saemon-saburou.
Y-Yes, sir?
Make copies. Enough for the entire team.
I want an outline for this
card rock-paper-scissors game.
It's interesting! Overwhelmingly so!
We'll go with that.
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Thank you, sir!
T-Tonegawa-sensei?!
He abandoned his own idea!
For the sake of the junchan sanshoku
iipeikou that was card rock-paper-scissors!
He made...
the adult decision!
He casts himself aside! With maturity!
Exactly as an adult should!
The ideal model of a boss!
He's become an oasis amid the
competitive hell that is a corporation!
Thank you! Thank you so much, sir!
But...
Psst... Psst...
There's one thing.
"Card Rock-Paper-Scissors" makes
it sound like some kid's game.
Psst... Psst...
Doesn't quite put the right spin on it.
R-Right.
Let's see...
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Restricted...
We'll call it Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors!
Psst...
T-Tonegawa-sensei...
Psst...
He still forced his way in!
But only for the title!
Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors is born!
The Birth of Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors!
So, why don't we play mahjong
to decide what we do next month?
I don't know how to play mahjong.
Aw, you're no fun...
Okay, how about rock-paper-scissors?
I like the sound of that.
Tonegawa Yukio.
The number two man of the Teiai Group.
This is the story of a lone man who
struggles between his employer,
the president, and his own
employees, the men in black...
Tonegawa Yukio: Middle Manager!
Next time: Soul-Searching!
Soul-Searching
Tonegawa has been tasked with
devising a diabolical death game.
Repeated failures cause him to
nearly lose the faith of his men!
So he stakes it all on a
gamble to redeem himself.
To overcome the gap separating
him from his men,
he hosts an employee vacation!
And it's a huge success!
Their trust: regained! Tonegawa: revived!
He rises like a phoenix!
He has once again climbed to the
heady heights of being the boss!
"Overtime."
A disgraceful display put on by people
who don't work efficiently enough.
It's not as if they get work done
just by being in the building.
But it looks like no one from my team is
wasting their time with that nonsense.
Of course not. The men on my team are...
Oh, Tonegawa-sensei. Heading home?
Yeah. You haven't finished yet?
Psst...
Nope, I'm working overtime.
Have a good night, sir.
I probably shouldn't expect much
from him at tomorrow's meeting.
Tonegawa, once again, heads home on time!
Oh...
Forgot my phone.
Tonegawa Yukio, the number two
man of the massive Teiai Group.
He serves the monster
of the financial sector.
This shot-caller rose to the position
of President Hyoudou's right-hand man.
This is the story of the battles
he waged as a middle manager,
in the shadows of the glory
and fame he achieved...
The small, unremarkable story...
about the struggles of a remarkable man.
Middle Management Blues
Mr. Tonegawa
Agenda 03
Adult
Can I really expect anything
decent from the others?
An idea that will give us a breakthrough...
Without one, we'll just be
spinning our wheels again.
Drop me off in front of the station.
I'll have to think of something myself.
I might find a hint in these huge crowds...
Precise Touch
Yamanote Line Shinagawa
Hey, get in line.
Huh? What's your problem, old man?
What'd you tell the chief?
Do I really need to check in with him?
He'd just get in the way.
What? Are you serious?
That's not what you promised!
I'm so pissed right now!
They seem so orderly at a glance...
But underneath it lies the
simmering of their true nature
and their personal affairs.
An odd sight, if you think about it.
A train is approaching on track 5.
For your safety, please remain
behind the yellow line.
It's a microcosm of society itself.
30 mins
to Laketown Station
Kita-senju
Matsudo
Shim-Matsudo
Ueno
Soka
Minami-Urawa
Minami-Koshigaya
Shin-Koshigaya
Akabane
He's struck by inspiration!
Like a bolt of lightning!
A fleeting flash of light!
Something just...
Heiwa Sushi
I know I almost had something.
Did you remember the ponzu sauce?
Yep. Plenty of ponzu.
Pon?
Pon?
Look, yammering on and on
isn't gonna get us anywhere!
We need evidence, moron!
Ron!
Ron!!
Hey, I didn't order this.
Wanna pass on the freebie, then?
P-Pass?!
Pass!!
Not gonna eat, sir?
Oh... sorry.
In the darkness...
It descends.
Inspiration opens the door to a breakthrough!
Heiwa Sushi
Raise a glass
with us!
Asohi
Hyper
Dry
Pops, let me get my check.
Nothing more to drink?
Yeah. I'm done for now.
Sure. Bring the man his check!
I'm going to have to dive in myself.
Sometimes you need to take
do-or-die risks to find a way forward.
Sometimes death
is salvation.
"Sometimes death is salvation."
Tonegawa brainstorms!
A way to personally lift
himself out of the fire!
And the next day...
We return to Meeting Room 3.
So, today we're going to continue coming up
with standout ideas to entertain
president Hyoudou with.
Psst, psst...
That's what I thought I'd be saying, but...
Psst...
It came to me...
Psst...
While I was out last night.
Psst.... Psst...
Inspiration.
Psst...
A brilliant concept.
Psst...
An idea!
Psst... Psst, psst... Psst...
Come on in.
Sir.
It was made in a rush, so it's a bit cheap.
Keep that in mind.
This is the core of the diabolic
game I've come up with.
Do it.
Yes, sir.
Psst...
A name tag?
Psst... Psst...
Not bringing anything to mind at all?
It... says "east."
Is that all?
Ton
"Ton."
To think only one of you would catch on...
Well, no matter.
It begins! An overwhelming presentation!
Human Mahjong
Debtors = Tiles
A battle among a motley crowd of filth
Human...
...Mahjong?!
Psst...
It'd be played on an unprecedented scale,
with an assembly of debtors
acting as the tiles!
Human Mahjong!
Psst...
Human... Mahjong.
Psst... Psst...
Tonegawa's proposed diabolic game
is Human Mahjong!
Human Mahjong
The rules are the same as ordinary mahjong.
It begins with four teams consisting
of thirteen members each.
In other words, the same number
as the initial draw in mahjong,
the first thirteen tiles in your hand.
The remaining players wait
in the center, as the wall.
It starts...
Each team begins to draw
human tiles from the wall.
This is the real crux of the game.
In order to choose which tiles to discard...
They debate!
As for the tiles that are discarded...
They're the ones who don't
get any of the winnings.
Obviously, they'll be desperate.
We don't need you!
Screw you! I might be a reverse dora!
They'll fight tooth and nail
to avoid being discarded.
Who asked you, you trash tile?!
In essence...
If only you hadn't gotten that pon!
They'd be teams in name only.
It'd be dog eat dog!
However!
If a faction like this forms within the team...
These three become inseparable.
They're united as friends.
Okay! The three of us are in the same boat!
None of us can be discarded!
Right!
We're friends! The three of us are one!
But then...
Psst... Psst...
What if...
You guys! We promised, right?!
No one gets discarded!
And we're friends, right?!
Tanyao...
Tanyao.
Tanyao!
A hand that can only be made
without number tiles 1 and 8!
We could get a tanyao...
You guys!
You're in the way of our
tanyao, you 1 of circles!
Human instinct, totally exposed
by a diabolic game of mahjong!
Yes! That is Human Mahjong!
Are the humans playing mahjong?
Or is the mahjong playing humans?
A sublime concept!
Human Mahjong
Debtors = Tiles
A battle among a motley crowd of filth
Betrayal. Deception.
Dissent.
You forsake and are forsaken...
Doesn't it remind you of anything?
It's exactly like society itself!
Psst... Psst...
I believe the president would love it.
The sight of the trash bitterly
feuding among themselves...
This is it. This is authentic!
Human nature on display!
That is true entertainment. True amusement.
Psst...
I-Incredible.
After erasing all the ideas we
came up with at the last meeting,
and setting the bar so high...
He still cleared it! Tonegawa-sensei
made it over on his own!
He's proven himself as our boss!
Do you think we'd be able to get
enough participants, though?
No! There is one doubter!
Psst... Psst...
Double or nothing.
Psst... Psst...
Saemon!
You idiot!
It's fine. Go on.
Well, it's just...
Gathering the 136 debtors we'd need
for all the mahjong tiles...
seems unlikely... or, well, impossible.
Psst... Psst...
Plus, there are a lot of people who
don't know how to play mahjong.
It wouldn't be an even match...
It's unfair, in fact.
Psst... Psst...
And—
Enough! What's with you?!
Even if there are a few problems—
Don't, Yamazaki.
Tonegawa-sensei...
Saemon's objections are legitimate.
He has a point.
But...
If you're willing to pick apart
someone else's proposal,
then you should, naturally,
have one yourself...
Psst... Psst...
Some bright idea.
Psst.. Psst...
One that doesn't have the
flaws you've mentioned—
I do.
Psst...
I did manage to come up with one, sir!
Hey, Ton!
Sir?
Set him up with another whiteboard.
Oh, that's okay.
I'm going to turn the lights off.
Saemon-saburou Jirou Presents
Revolutionary Rock-Paper-Scissors
Game
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Now then, if I may be so bold...
I'd like to present my revolutionary
new take on rock-paper-scissors.
Rock-paper-scissors?
That was the first idea
that got erased last time!
First...
What is a new idea?
How exactly are new ideas created?
Well...
What is a new idea?
A pre-existing idea
And another pre-existing idea
Combined
It's said that they're created by
combining two pre-existing ideas.
So, with that in mind, I took the
pre-existing idea of rock-paper-scissors
and pondered what idea to combine it with.
What is a new idea?
A pre-existing idea
And another pre-existing idea
Combined
Rock-Paper-Scissors
I chose...
Card Games
card games!
C-Could this be...
No, I'm sure of it.
It's PP!
PP
Saemon unleashes his Power Point!
This little rat...
He was only picking at my ideas because
he wanted to do this, wasn't he?
He just wanted to put on his little show!
Idiotic!
No matter how slick he makes it look,
if there's no substance, it's useless!
Nothing but a paper tiger!
A pie in the sky!
It's not just Tonegawa. The other
men in black all feel the same way.
Faced with their youngest member
Saemon-saburou's card rock-paper-scissors,
not a single one has any expectations!
And yet...
Players receive 12 cards.
Four of each: rock, paper, and scissors.
In other words,
you're limited in your choices,
which is where tactics come in.
Psst...
Psst...
As the presentation proceeds,
something becomes increasingly clear...
Psst... Psst...
His idea is completely rock-solid!
Psst... Psst... Psst...
By playing rock-paper-scissors with cards,
you limit your available choices.
Normal rock-paper-scissors is,
by its nature, a simple, fair game.
Which might make you think this,
too, is a game of luck...
No! This is incredibly strategic!
It has metamorphosed into a game requiring
ingenuity, with countless
different approaches!
Rock-paper-scissors isn't like mahjong.
Everyone knows the rules to it!
We would only need a few dozen
competitors for it to work.
It's...
realistic, as well as demonic.
In other words, I'm sure our target
audience, President Hyoudou...
will be fully satisfied!
Total Satisfaction
Psst... Psst... Psst...
I-It's... perfect.
I didn't have any expectations...
I thought his presentation was
going to be boring, but...
With each bit of this explanation,
like a newly drawn tile,
his hand has transformed
further and further...
From a trash hand...
into this!
Tenpai... junchan, sanshoku, iipeikou!
Psst, psst... Psst, psst...
Tonegawa-sensei must've
figured himself a red dora,
with no chance he'd be discarded.
But with the way things are
now... he's in the way!
There's no choice but to discard him!
Hey.
Psst... Psst...
I'm pretty certain that
every man in black here...
No, even Ton-san!
We've all just about agreed
on Saemon's proposal.
Psst... Psst... Psst...
And... yeah, that does it.
This concludes my presentation.
Thank you for listening.
Psst...
But... might makes right!
Psst...
Tonegawa-sensei could still
forcibly reject this idea
and push his own through!
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Psst... Psst... Psst...
A boss, abandoning his own suggestion for
one from the youngest member of the team?
Not just anyone could do it.
Will Tonegawa repeat the same mistake?!
Psst... Psst... Psst...
At this rate, it'll be time for another...
employee vacation!
Society is truly a fascinating thing.
Saemon-saburou.
Y-Yes, sir?
Make copies. Enough for the entire team.
I want an outline for this
card rock-paper-scissors game.
It's interesting! Overwhelmingly so!
We'll go with that.
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Thank you, sir!
T-Tonegawa-sensei?!
He abandoned his own idea!
For the sake of the junchan sanshoku
iipeikou that was card rock-paper-scissors!
He made...
the adult decision!
He casts himself aside! With maturity!
Exactly as an adult should!
The ideal model of a boss!
He's become an oasis amid the
competitive hell that is a corporation!
Thank you! Thank you so much, sir!
But...
Psst... Psst...
There's one thing.
"Card Rock-Paper-Scissors" makes
it sound like some kid's game.
Psst... Psst...
Doesn't quite put the right spin on it.
R-Right.
Let's see...
Psst... Psst... Psst...
Restricted...
We'll call it Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors!
Psst...
T-Tonegawa-sensei...
Psst...
He still forced his way in!
But only for the title!
Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors is born!
The Birth of Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors!
So, why don't we play mahjong
to decide what we do next month?
I don't know how to play mahjong.
Aw, you're no fun...
Okay, how about rock-paper-scissors?
I like the sound of that.
Tonegawa Yukio.
The number two man of the Teiai Group.
This is the story of a lone man who
struggles between his employer,
the president, and his own
employees, the men in black...
Tonegawa Yukio: Middle Manager!
Next time: Soul-Searching!
Soul-Searching