Mentai Piriri (Season 2)

A Japanese couple raised in Korea weds but is torn apart by the upcoming war. When it ends, they start a new life, and new dish, in Fukuoka.

Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2013-08-05
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: The Uminos own a grocery store named Fukunoya in Nakasu. Toshiyuki buys a popsicle machine for business, but abruptly abandons the idea altogether.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2013-08-06
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2013-08-07
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2013-08-08
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2013-08-12
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: Toshiyuki is just about to give up on making mentai when something reignites his passion again. There is talk of reviving the Yamakasa festival.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2013-08-13
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2013-08-14
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: Toshiyuki struggles to produce satisfactory mentai. Meanwhile, a promise is made to treat the local gang leader to some delicious mentai.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2013-08-15
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2013-08-19
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: Chiyoko starts working with Michie, a woman Toshiyuki brought over from the cabaret. A product very similar to the Fukunoya mentaiko is found.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2013-08-20
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
Air date: 2013-08-21
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 2013-08-22
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 13 (Episode 13)
Air date: 2013-08-26
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 14 (Episode 14)
Air date: 2013-08-27
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: Toshiyuki may turn down a huge mentaiko order to avoid compromising its freshness. Chiyoko searches all over town for a refrigerated warehouse.
Episode 15 (Episode 15)
Air date: 2013-08-28
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 16 (Episode 16)
Air date: 2013-08-29
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: 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.