Shinya Shokudou - the Movie

This is a heart-warming movie about a small diner which opens at midnight.  It is run by Master (played by Kobayashi Kaoru).  The menu has only a few items, but Master will cook anything for a customer if he has the right ingredients.

I'm a big fan of Shinya Shokudou (Midnight Diner).  I loved the first and the second seasons.  The current season he(season 3), I must say I am less enthusiastic.  Somehow it doesn't touch my heartstrings compared to the previous 2 seasons.  But I have been watching it anyway.

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Thermae Romae II

Thermae Romae is back!  It's a comic-SF movie about a bath-house arhitect/designer Lucius (played by Abe Hiroshi) in the Roman Empire.  He travels ahead of time and goes to the present day Japanese hot springs and bath houses, and recreates them in the Roman Empire.  Bath houses designed by him immediately become popular among the Roman citizens.

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N no Tame ni Ep.7

"Operation N" was to save Nobara Apartment.  This week "Operation N No. 2" is starting. 

In 2014, those who were at the murder scene in Noguchi's apartment are reunited.  

It's still not clear who killed whom.  According to the official reports, Mr. Noguchi killed his wife because he became angry about her extramarital affair and Nishizaki killed Mr. Noguchi to protect Mrs. Noguchi, his lover.  Is it really true?  Who is or who are the real killer(s)?

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N no Tame ni Ep.6

This week we know more about the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Noguchi, and how and why Nishizaki and Mrs. Noguchi fell in love...what pulled them together.

I have a feeling that Takno's mute wife holds a key to the murder incident.  It is not clear how Naruse Shinji came to be inolved in the incident.  There seems to be a lot of things we still don't know.

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N no Tame ni Ep.5

Operation N is underway.  Our main characters except Naruse Shinji, (= three residents of Nobara Apt.), and the murdered couple start to get closer and their relationships start to get tangled.  We'll yet to see how Naruse Shinji will come into this entanglement.

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N no Tame ni Ep.4

 

This week, it's mostly about what happened in 2002 - 2003.  We get to know why they got to know the celebrity couple who was murdered and what "Operation N" was about.  This is just the beginning of "Operation N" and we wait for more details.

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N no Tame Ni OST

N no Tame ni Theme Song
"Silly" sung by Leo Ieiri

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The story is progressing, and we know more about how the three people who were at the murder scene are related.  

Let's backtrack a little bit.  This is what we know about the murder, and its background.

Ten years ago, in a high-rise condominium in Tokyo, a husband and a wife were killed.  At the scene were one woman (Sugishita Nozomi), and three men (Nishizaki Masato, Naruse Shinji, and Andou Nozomi).  Nishizaki was arrested on the spot and he confessed that he had killed the husband.  According to Nishizaki, the husband killed the wife which made him kill the husband out of fury.  

Nishizaki, Andou Nozomi, and Sugishita Nozomi knew one another as they were neighbors in an apartment building.  

Naruse and Sugishita grew up together on Aokage Jima, a small island in Seto Inland Sea.  

Nishizaki just got out of prison after spending 10 years there.

There's one more individual, Takano Shigeru.  He used to be a policeman on Aokage Jima.  He's retired now and lives in Tokyo.  He's been investigating a case; an arson which burnt down Naruse Shinji's parents' restaurant 15 years ago.  He thinks Naruse Shinji and Sugishita Nozomi are involved in the case.  He has been looking for Naruse and Sugishita.  He wants to know the truth --- what happened in the arson and the murder.

Now, let's go to this week's story:

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