In Midnight Diner Tokyo stories, we continue to watch Master and how he interacts with the patrons of his diner while serving them delicious food, as they go through their lives. This season is better than Season 3 of Midnight Diner, as they seem to have ramped up the plot and stakes, storytelling wise.

We get to take a look at possible adultery, adult films (with fan favorite Mr. "Erect" Oki!!), government redevelopment for the Olympics, cross country romance, career slumps and how 2 characters deal with them differently and hope with sweaters. Even with the feel good fantastically tasty looking food factor to comfort us, some of these were hard on the heart.

Not going to lie, the sweater episode destroyed me a little inside, because there ARE people who will pour their hearts into crafts that are then given away to others who don't appreciate the craft (or the person). It kills a piece of you when that happens. I'm glad this was explored in the episode, and this episode alone justifies the 8.5 rating. It's not perfect, but it's a series worth watching.