Scriptwriter: Kanda Yu (
Cast: Takasugi Mahiro, Nomaguchi Toru, Asaka Mayumi, Hiura Ben, Muto Shungo, Sueyoshi Koji
Synopsis: Shinozuka Yuma (Takasugi Mahiro) is a young photographer and has made it his life’s work to take photographs of delicious meals. A food lover who does photography as a hobby as well as to make a living, his subjects are the people who provide the food ingredients and the chefs who turn these ingredients into exquisite dishes. One day, Shinozuka decides to cover one of Nagoya’s famous local specialties, a dish called hitsumabushi. He visits Koraiken, a long-established unagi shop that he is familiar with. It has made a name for its hitsumabushi prepared from charcoal-grilled eels coated with a secret sauce on top of freshly cooked rice. However, Koraiken head chef’s (Nomaguchi Toru) decision to leave and start his own business ends up causing an uproar. This even turns into an event that undermines the survival of the unagi shop.
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Sarukawa Kenta is an employee at Lonron, a mid-sized beverage manufacturer headquartered in Osaka. He is in charge of a large number of big clients due to his work behind the scenes as sales support. In recognition of his ability, Sarukawa is transferred to the Tokyo branch office’s sales promotion unit. However, there are many tough and outspoken clients. On his first day in Tokyo, Sarukawa is sent by his new boss Tanioka Kazuhiko to make a sales pitch to an liquor shop with a junior colleague Shinomiya Ryosuke. However, Shinomiya had failed at this shop previously and they end up angering the shop owner Katsuragi Ichiro. Sarukawa feels discouraged. But that night, Tanioka, Okouchi Yuma and other members of the team hold a welcome party for Sarukawa. Shockingly extra spicy dishes are served. Tanioka tells an overwhelmed Sarukawa, “You will have the ability to conquer everything only when you know genuine spiciness” as he extols the fiery hot cuisine that he lov