Ep 6: Hills no Himitsu (The secret of the Hills)
O.A. 19 May 05
Ratings: 15.6%
Interesting episode! Just when you thought that Takayanagi is changing, you will be disappointed. A leopard never changes its spots<_< but I'm starting to see his principles and beliefs being shaken especially after this episode...
Takayanagi meets an old acquaintance Toujou who used to be his father's friend. Toujou asks Takayanagi to take over his debt-ridden company, Toujou Boueki (Toujou Trading) since he is stricken with cancer and is dying soon. This conversation is overheard by Morimura whose company was taken over by Takayanagi and bears a grudge against him.
On the other hand, Shimao and Mariko are in a fix because of their finances and they have yet to find a place to move to as their house will be taken back by the bank. Ryuta comes for dinner and tells them that there was a guy standing outside the gate. Mariko runs out to look for that guy but to no avail.
Morimura goes to a reporter and tells him about the proposed takeover of Toujou Boueki by Frontier. He even tells the reporter to investigate Takayanagi's father and his bankrupt company.
Takayanagi brings up the issue of taking over Toujou Boueki during a meeting but everyone objects to it. As such, Takayanagi asks Shimao to be the person in charge for this case. Everyone is puzzled why Takayanagi wants to take over a debt-ridden company.
Takayanagi brings Kaori and Fuji to the Toujou residence and reveals to Toujou that he's going to take over his company. They also come to know that the mansion used to belong to Takayanagi's family and his father received some help from Toujou after his company collapsed. That is why Takayanagi would want to buy the debt-ridden Toujou Boueki even though it does not bring any good for Frontier. Shimao cannot comprehend the reason for Takayanagi's decision and goes to ask him. The latter provides him with the reason that he just wants to return Toujou's favour in the past. Shimao is sceptical about Takayanagi's change in attitude but Mariko tells him to believe Takayanagi.
The next day, the media carries news about the takeover bid and Takayanagi does not go into details of his decision especially about his intention to return the favour. As such, rumours start flying around and Frontier's share price takes a tumble. The employees are worried but Takayanagi assures them that everything will turn out fine.
Takayanagi receives news about Toujou passing away and immediately makes a phone call to someone about selling Toujou Boueki. Kirino asks Takayanagi if he had intended to sell off that company right from the start and was lying to everybody but he says that nobody realises the worth of that company (apparently the company has some business in Laos which is very profitable) so he is just trying to make some money from a good business deal. In actual fact, he did not buy over the company to return a favour. Shimao is angry that his trust has been misplaced in Takayanagi and gets into an argument with him. Takayanagi mocks Shimao for being as useless as his dad and Toujou since they were unable to protect their own companies and has no right to criticise him...
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The scene where Shimao confronted Takayanagi was so good. You can see Kusanagi getting so involved in that scene that saliva flies all over the place. And you really have to hand it to Takayanagi for having the foresight to spot that business opportunity even though everyone thinks that the company is worthless.
Next episode should be even more fun. Shimao gets promoted and is probably going to get into more conflicts with Takayanagi as he proclaims that he will never change even though he's promoted...
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