Episode 8: Fiancee?!

Characters:
President Daiseke
Yuko-president's daughter
Boss Taiyo
Asako-President's Wife

--This episode has a lot going on--

1.That night, at Sumiyoshi Brewery, Ellie and Massan are at the head of the table as a celebration is held. Massan brings out a bottle of whiskey and goes into an exciting speech about making whiskey but is interrupted sharply by the Director, and the president says he can tell more about it later. Immediately all eyes go to Ellie.

2.They want to know why she is in Japan, and Ellie introduces herself and says she came as Massan's wife and hopes to learn from them and be friends with them. They are impressed that she knows Japanese, and another man asks who Massan is, and Masaharu explains she calls him that because it is difficult to say his whole name.

3.For everyone present, Ellie is like a curious spectacle, and Ellie doesn't seem to really notice as long as people are friendly but Massan notices and is a bit uncomfortable with the attention. Then, Boss Taiyo enters. He is extremely dismissive to Massan, saying so you're that guy who went abroad and now you're back. He turns his attention to Ellie, and actually pushes Massan to the floor in his haste to reach her. He wants to know who the pretty lady is and Massan is like, that's my wife--now moments earlier Ellie heard someone say 'Aho' and asked what it meant' and Massan interpreted it as a greeting and so she greets the boss by saying Aho! and Massan is like no, don't say that!--and then Taiyou embraces her and says her perfume smells great

4.Now Ellie is caught off guard but hugs him back and thinks this is all quite funny but to Masaharu--and everyone present--it is extremely rude but also (I think) makes Ellie seem like someone with low manners/sexually promiscuous because she isn't pushing him away. Massan grabs Ellie and hugs her tight and basically glares at Taioyu

5.Now the narrator shares that this Boss guy will have a huge impact on their future but it doesn't say why. The president tells Masaharu that the boss is great, and with his help, they have been making and selling a lot of wine.

6.The Boss picks up the whiskey--and he pours it in his hand and drinks it and then says 'we are leaving' but not before saying goodbye to Ellie in English, who is polite. Then enters the president's wife, who asks to speak to Massan. He goes and leaves Ellie behind. (the president also follows).

7.Wife, president, Yuko, and Massan are sitting together and she says how can you go away, return with a wife, when you are promised to Yuko. This shocks Massan, and Ellie sneaks in and then walks in with her shoes, causing the president's wife to yell at her, causing Ellie to apologize and Massan to scrub the mats and tell her you can't wear shoes on Tatami, and she wants to know what the words (she repeats engaged in japanese' mean)

8. So Ellie is told by the present's wife that her husband is promised to marry her daughter. Yuko runs off, and then the president says to Massan: I gave you a lot of money and said 'I am leaving it all to you' I thought you knew that meant marrying my daughter--why else would I give you all that money?

9.The president tells him to apologize to his daughter since it seems like a lovematch and Massan bows and apologizes but Ellie doesn't understand why he is apologizing since he didn't do anything wrong

10. That night, they lay in bed together and Massan says that he can't wait to begin experimenting with Japanese barley and water to see what kind of whiskey he can make and Ellie repeats her support of him

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