PopskyTestFlight

Season 3

Season 3 • 2014

3.8 / 5

A detective, a manga editor, a failed cartoonist and a single mother are among the customers who come to the midnight diner for food and company.

Episodes

1. Menchi-Katsu

Widowed singer Misao Kashima makes a rare visit to eat minced meat cutlets. Misao has been unable to perform on stage ever since she lost her husband.

2014-10-2024 min

2. Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly

Comic editor Uno brings up-and-coming award-winning artist Hashimoto to eat Master’s pork-wrapped tomatoes. He lives with a woman and writes comics.

2014-10-2724 min

3. Simmered Taro and Squid

Private detectives Kei and Mamoru are drawn to the aroma of Master’s simmered taro and squid. They spend the night together after leaving the diner.

2014-11-0324 min

4. Red Pickled Ginger Tempura

Regular Komichi falls for Kasumi, whose past is unknown. She asks Master to make pickled ginger tempura, a taste familiar to people from Osaka.

2014-11-1023 min

5. Vermicelli Salad

Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dish.

2014-11-1724 min

6. Cabbage Rolls

The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels differently.

2014-11-2424 min

7. Freshwater Clam Soup

On Saturday mornings, Yoshio and wife Mizue come to eat clam soup. People refer to them as a close couple. Yoshio is actually Mizue’s third husband.

2014-12-0123 min

8. Braised Burdock Root

”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser, and crush.

2014-12-0824 min

9. Liver & Chive Stir Fry

Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new partner.

2014-12-0823 min

10. New Year's Eve Soba Noodles

It’s New Year’s Eve. The regulars all come by to ring in the new year with Master’s soba noodles. The diner is always a special place for them.

2014-12-2223 min