Kenji Higashi
Director
Mentai Piriri (2013)
Season 2
Toshiyuki and Chiyoko have reunited in Fukuoka but still feel the war's influence. They decide to incorporate a Korean food into their business.
Released March 8, 2013
Episode 16 min
None+
Production Companies: Television Nishinippon Corporation
S2E1 - Episode 1
The Uminos own a grocery store named Fukunoya in Nakasu. Toshiyuki buys a popsicle machine for business, but abruptly abandons the idea altogether.
Aug. 5, 2013, midnight
S2E2 - Episode 2
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.
Aug. 6, 2013, midnight
S2E3 - Episode 3
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.
Aug. 7, 2013, midnight
S2E4 - Episode 4
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.
Aug. 8, 2013, midnight
S2E5 - Episode 5
Toshiyuki is just about to give up on making mentai when something reignites his passion again. There is talk of reviving the Yamakasa festival.
Aug. 12, 2013, midnight
S2E6 - Episode 6
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.
Aug. 13, 2013, midnight
S2E7 - Episode 7
Toshiyuki struggles to produce satisfactory mentai. Meanwhile, a promise is made to treat the local gang leader to some delicious mentai.
Aug. 14, 2013, midnight
S2E8 - Episode 8
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.
Aug. 15, 2013, midnight
S2E9 - Episode 9
Chiyoko starts working with Michie, a woman Toshiyuki brought over from the cabaret. A product very similar to the Fukunoya mentaiko is found.
Aug. 19, 2013, midnight
S2E10 - Episode 10
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.
Aug. 20, 2013, midnight
S2E11 - Episode 11
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.
Aug. 21, 2013, midnight
S2E12 - Episode 12
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.
Aug. 22, 2013, midnight
S2E13 - Episode 13
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.
Aug. 26, 2013, midnight
S2E14 - Episode 14
Toshiyuki may turn down a huge mentaiko order to avoid compromising its freshness. Chiyoko searches all over town for a refrigerated warehouse.
Aug. 27, 2013, midnight
S2E15 - Episode 15
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.
Aug. 28, 2013, midnight
S2E16 - Episode 16
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.
Aug. 29, 2013, midnight
Episode Runtime: 16 min.
Season Runtime: 273 min.
Released: March 8, 2013
Last Air Date: Aug. 29, 2013, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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