Hankei 5-Meters (半径５メートル)

Seriously? Hey, Maeda! Here.

...what? Asada Ko has a new girlfriend?

It's reported again by another news.

So you're saying he and Sayuri Watanuki broke up?

"Pure love in the 30th century"?

Thanks to you, the office approved of my relationship with Sayuri.

and we're now able to date openly.

Oh, no! I thought Asada Ko was serious about Sayuri Watanuki.

Well, only the two of them know the reason for their breakup.

That's right ...

Come to think of it. If you hadn't missed the scoop on those two,

maybe we wouldn't have gotten together.

Because... if it wasn't for that mistake, Maeda wouldn't have gone to Niori.

and you wouldn't have told Chief Tabata.

I'll write an article that I can say mine.

...so you can write now? Your own article.

Eh...that is...

How is it?

Sorry, Yamabe! Please clean this up.

Can I use the bathroom? Yes, sorry.

Yumi-chan, thank you for your time today.

I'm sorry, Fumika. It's your day off.

Not at all, not at all.

How's your mother-in-law? I don't think it's anything serious...

Anyway, I'm going to the hospital.

Yeah.

I don't have any mommy friends nearby, so I can't leave her with them.

I'm really sorry.

No, it's fine. It's fine.

Shouldn't you hurry up?

Thank you.

-I'm sorry. Thank you. -No problem.

Please be a good girl until evening.

-I'll see you later. -See you later.

Hankei 5 Metoru

Asada, you were reported to be with your new girlfriend,

do you have any comment on that?

I'm sorry... this is a press conference for a drama,

so I'll refrain from answering.

I see.

Asada prefers older women too.

New girlfriend... Female president, 8 years older than him.

But it doesn't have the same impact as before.

With Sayuri Watanuki, the age difference is 30 years.

So it was just Asada's charity romance.

I'm going to do some research on Asada Ko and this president.

Oh... I'm counting on you.

Here it is. Asada Ko's new girlfriend's IT company.

Etoile Technology.

Representative Misaki Okitsu.

Oh~ She's quite a beauty.

A couple of female president and a young actor, I feel the sense of this era.

Final Article: This is just the Beginning

This president was immediately trending as the star of "Tech Savvy Women".

This is a young company, but they're also working for the government.

Development of child care support application for Kita-Kanagawa city....

Notify you when there is an opening in a daycare center.

Search for a place to leave your child in an emergency with a map application....

You can search for services provided by the private sector as well.

Wow~ This is really useful!

My friend is having a hard time because she doesn't have any family or friends nearby.

Nowadays, they call it "isolated parenting."

Um ... Can you let me do this project?

For example... Asada Ko's new girlfriend is developing an app to help you raise your child.

I like it. Research it.

Yes!

Wait a minute.

That application isn't working.

According to the website of Kita-Kanagawa city, it says it's out of service now.

What? Why?

Actually, we found a glitch a month ago,

and we're currently investigating.

What kind of glitch?

Notifications and search functions are not working.

How long does it take for you to investigate?

That depends on the subcontractors.

So, you're tossing things around?

It's outsourcing.

This outsourcing seems to be by a very young company called Etoile Technology.

Well, it was a competitive bidding process, and we judged it fairly and...

because of the price, the technology, and the fact that it was a local company.

Something doesn't feel right.

The city office only gives bland answers.

If there was such a useful app,

it would be a great help to all the isolated mothers in the world.

Yeah ...

I see.

Yes, I understand. I'll call again. Bye.

You can't get close to President Okitsu after all?

Yes.

The tone of voice drops the moment I said the name "Women's Weekly".

If this keeps up, President Okitsu will be out of town forever.

Right?

I'm home.

Welcome back.

Maeda, are you also looking into the parenting app from Kita-Kanagawa?

Yeah.

I went to the IT policy department at city hall,

and they showed me Maeda's business card, saying they'd already talked to Women's LIFE.

I'm supposed to be working on the parenting app for Niori.

I see.

You're looking into it too.

Oh well.

But this one's a bit bigger.

What do you mean it's big?

You'll find out soon enough. I'll write an article about it soon.

You mean the app problem?

Yeah, that's one thing, but there are other things too.

What do you mean?

Let's not talk about work at home. I'm going to take a shower.

Yup….

Asada Ko's New Girlfriend! IT Company President's Real Face

Did Yamabe write this?

Seems like it.

This will change her reputation online.

A talented and tech savvy president to a former hostess.

I'm sure her hostess friends would love to hear about it.

She's an ambitious woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals.

Oh, I'm scared.

Every time I read an interview like this, I feel like I have to take care of my friends.

Since Ichiori wrote that President Okitsu's parenting app isn't working...

I guess Fumin's parenting app project will be put on hold.

No ... please wait.

I'd like to look into it some more. Please.

Yamabe's article...

it kind of reads like she's a former hostess, so she's not good for a young company...

I'm not convinced.

I understand that he did a thorough interview and wrote the facts.

But...

When I was in Ichiori,

When I was chasing a scoop on Asada Ko and Sayuri Watanuki

Chief Tabata told me that...

there's no way Asada Ko would seriously fall for a woman 30 years older.

That time too...I couldn't accept it, and it bothered me.

But I didn't say anything. I didn't want to make a scene.

But... I came to Niori and Takarako taught me.

You said it's important not to overlook that bother.

Yeah.

I wonder if the app not working has anything to do with President Okitsu being a former hostess...

When you start to see the outline of the confusion...

First eat. Then move.

Yes.

There's nothing to talk about in "Women's LIFE".

Please leave us.

It's different.

I just want to know about the cause of the issue with parenting app...

I'm worried that you'll write to imply that our company is at fault.

I don't write assumptions...

You don't make assumptions? Reading that, anyone would think that we did a bad job.

That's why I'd like to hear what your company has to say!

Anyway, please leave us.

Please wait a moment. Please!

There's nothing I can tell you. Please leave.

-Please! -What's going on?

Ah, President ....

President, I'm Maeda from "Women's LIFE". May I have a word with you?

She wants to ask about the parenting app...

We are doing our best to respond to this after consulting with the city authorities.

We have asked many times by phone for that answer.

Then I have nothing more to say.

I don't intend to write you as a bad or ambitious woman or anything like that.

Ambitious is fine.

Eh?

If a woman with ambition is called a bad woman, then I'll be a real bad woman.

You can write articles that sell all you want.

Whatever I said,

you'll probably interpret it in your convenient way anyway.

I have a schedule, so may I go now?

Oh, wait a minute.

Can I write whatever I want about parenting apps?

Are you going to leave it with bugs?

No.

The entire company is taking the problem seriously.

I think there're a lot of people doing isolated parenting and need a little bit of useful information.

I know best how important that app is without you telling me!

Excuse me.

After all, we didn't really know anything about it.

What's the truth? About President Okitsu is a bad woman or not?

No, it's really... She doesn't really care.

Right. Fumin could be a nice and serious girl or a dull and useless person.

Which one do you think I am?

No, no. What do you think of yourself?

I don't know...

Is that what you're worried about now?

But from what I've heard, President Okitsu must have been through a lot.

I'm sure she did. It's not easy to be a female president at such a young age.

I felt the same way.

And...I was curious about the last word.

The one "I know best how important the parenting app is"?

Yes. President Okitsu is single and I'm sure she's never raised a child before.

I wonder what's going on here.

You're still covering the IT company, right?

Yes.

Yamabe, have you met President Okitsu?

No, I'm trying all sorts, but I just can't meet her.

I see.

I happened to meet her today.

How?

We bumped into each other as she was returning to her office.

Did she say anything about my article?