Page 1
Haruyo cooks in the kitchen beneath the title.
Positive Cooking
Page 2
Panel 1:
A purple rectangle.
Voice: Honesty is the best policy.
Panel 2:
A closeup of a tasty dish sitting on a table.
Voice: Well, how does it look?
Voice: I used baked ginger as usual, but changed things up a bit.
Panel 3:
The Hara family sitting around the dinner table.
Shinichi: Oh, you don’t say.
Gramps: It’s delicious Haruyo.
Haruyo: Really!? Thank goodness.
Panel 4:
A closeup of Haruyo looking happy.
Narration: My wife had started taking cooking classes.
Haruyo: I tried to make an ethnic dish.
But they haven’t taught us how yet.
Page 3
Panel 1:
Shinichi looking unenthusiastic.
Shinichi: Oh, you don’t say?
Narration: Honestly I really did like this baked ginger dish-
Panel 2:
A gray rectangle.
Narration: For five years my wife took care of my bedridden mother.
Panel 3:
A family shrine to Shinichi's mother.
Narration: Last year Mom passed away,
Panel 4:
Haruyo holding a platter at the table as she talks to her family.
Narration: We just passed the anniversary of her death, actually.
Haruyo: What should I do?
Haruyo: My friends invited me to join a cooking class with them.
Panel4:
Shinichi watches baseball with his father, not paying any attention to his wife.
Shinichi: You don’t say. Go, I guess.
Haruyo: But what about the money?
Panel 5:
Grandfather looks to Haruyo.
Gramps: Haruyo, you don’t need to learn to cook, you’re already great at it.
Haruyo: Really, father -in-law?
That makes me happy to hear.
Page 4
Panel 1:
Haruyo blushes and touches her cheek.
Haruyo: It’s just when I was taking care of your mother for so long,
My cooking skills have suffered and I’m a bit out of practice.
Panel 2:
Grandfather excitedly makes his offer to his daughter-in-law.
Gramps: Oh, I can pay the tuition fees then.
You took such good care of her after all.
Haruyo: Oh please, I simply couldn’t…
Panel 3:
Various dishes and bowls on the table.
Narration: One thing lead to another-
Haruyo: I made three different sauces.
That’s what I learned.
Panel 4:
Shinichi is still in a daze as he and his father sample Haruyo's new dishes.
Shinichi: Oh, you don’t say.
Gramps: It’s delicious Haruyo.
Narration: I don’t mean that she didn’t make a significant improvement,
Panel 5:
A blue rectangle.
Narration: But it became a way for my wife to relax,
And it made Dad happy.
Page 5
Panel 1:
A shot of the rooftops in the neighborhood.
Narration: As for my wife’s cooking abilities,
I honestly didn’t care.
Panel 2:
Haruyo screams with excitement.
Narration: Until that day-
Haruyo: Kyaaaaa!
Panel 3:
Shinichi opens the bathroom door, grumpy from hearing his wife scream.
Shinichi: Wh-what is it?!
Haruyo: Oh, I don’t believe it.
It’s written right here.
Panel4:
Shinichi looks over his wife's shoulder to see what she is reading.
Shinichi: What!?
Haruyo: Here.
Panel 5:
Shinichi takes the magazine from his wife and begins to read.
Shinichi: Hm?
A recipe idea contest?
Page 6
Panel 1:
A recipe card.
Haruyo: Remember this?
Beside Crown: Easiness Prize
Negitoro Wonton
Ingredients
pack of negitoro
Beefsteak plant, minced and boiled bamboo shoots.
A suitable amount of soy sauce
Wonton shell (store bought)
Sauces made from vinegar.
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Comments: Leaving out the meat makes for a healthy alternative.
Panel 2:
Shinichi stares absentmindedly at his wife.
Shinichi: Wha-?
Haruyo: I made it before. Around when your mother passed away.
Panel 3:
Shinichi looking bored and uninterested.
Shinichi: Is that so?
Haruyo: C’mon, you don’t remember!?
Panel 4:
Shinichi walks away in a daze as Haruyo stares at the ringing phone on the table.
Shinichi: Oh well.
Panel 5:
Haruyo answers the phone.
Haruyo: Oh, hello there.
Oh!? You saw the book!?
Panel 6:
Haruyo scoots onto a pillow on the floor as she talks on the phone.
Haruyo: Yes well, there’s only a few applications inside,
And I think eventually I’d lke to pass the Chef’s exam.
Yeah, that’s my plan.
Page 7
Panel 1:
Haruyo looking extremely happy.
Haruyo: It was around the time that I was helping take care of my mother-in-law.
You think that makes sense? Oh, I’m so happy.
Narration: They egged her on and my wife got caught up in the excitement.
Panel 2:
A flashback to a hospital room as Shinihi and his father watch on as Haruyo helps Shinichi's mother who is in bed.
So while she was taking care of Mom-
Shinichi: You’re doing such a great job Haruyo.
Gramps: You’re such a great help Haruyo.
Haruyo: Oh?
Panel 3: Several days later.
The front of the Hara house at night.
Shinichi: I’m home.
Panel 4
Haruyo and two cute, younger friends of hers.
Haruyo: Oh, you’re home early.
Friend 1: Sorry, I hope we’re not disturbing you.
Panel 5:
Shinichi entering the kitchen as he undoes his tie.
Shinichi: Your friends?
Haruyo: We met in our cooking class. They’re young, hm?
Page 8
Panel 1:
Haruyo talking outside her house with her two friends.
Friend 1: Thanks, Ms. Hara.
Friend 2: You were a lot of help.
Haruyo: Oh, don’t mention it.
Panel 2:
Haruyo and Shinichi sitting at the kitchen table.
Shinichi: You’re teaching them to cook? You?
Haruyo: Yeah.
Just making sure they don’t leave out any steps and follow the recipes.
Panel 3:
Haruyo holding up her finger making a point.
Haruyo: They’re both newlyweds,
So they aren’t very good cooks.
They said cooking at the classroom is too difficult because of all the equipment.
Panel 4:
Haruyo and Shinichi at the kitchen table.
Haruyo: So would it be okay if I invited them over from time to time?
Panel 5:
Shinichi looking bored again.
Shinichi: Well… yeah, I guess so.
Narration: And so-
Panel 6:
Haruyo's friends arriving.
Narration: Almost every week-
Friend 1: Good afternoon.
Page 9
Panel 1:
Shinichi getting home from work as Haruyo and her friends are busy in the kitchen.
Shinichi: Again.
Haruyo: C’mon in.
Friend 2: Oh, sorry.
Friend 1: Time for us to go.
Panel 2:
Annoyed, Shinichi goes to his father's room to eat.
Shinichi: Geez, in my own home.
Gramps: Shinichi, you’ re eating in here too?
Panel 3:
Shinichi looks back into the kitchen over his shoulder.
Shinichi: Figured I’d better be careful.
Gramps: …
Panel 4:
Grandfather smoking.
Gramps: Well…
You don’t say?
Panel 5:
Shinichi leans in to talk to his father.
Shinichi: But it’s so annoying.
It’s making you uncomfortable too, Pop.
Gramps: Naah.
As long as it makes Haruyo happy…
Page 10
Panel1:
Shinichi frowning, getting angry.
Shinichi: Why’s he being so modest?
I’m going to have to lay down the law.
Panel 2:
Shinichi sits on his bed later that night, as Haruyo puts her hair in curlers, getting ready for bed.
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Shinichi: Time to be strict.
Um, your friends, don’t you think they, uh, have been coming by a lot?
Haruyo: Huh?
Panel 3:
Haruyo's face is hidden from view as Shinichi speaks.
Shinichi: It’s just they’re always in our kitchen…
I mean, you’re teaching them for free right?
…
Panel 4:
Haruyo turns around to reveal a very happy expression.
Haruyo: Should I start charging them!?
You think so too!
Shinichi: Wha!?
Page 11
Panel 1:
Stars sparkle around Haruyo as she begins to get more and more excited. Shinichi is far from excited however.
Haruyo: That’s it!
I’ll teach my simple recipes to all the ladies in the neighborhood and become famous!
Everybody will love it!
Shinichi: Positive.
Panel 2:
Haruyo turns to Shinichi.
Haruyo: I could open the classroom again, right?
Shinichi: Aiyiyi.
Panel 3:
Shinichi looking helpless.
Shinichi: Is that right?
Look, do you really think that everyone is really going to want to learn these recipes?
Panel 4:
Shinichi shakes his head looking nervous.
Shinichi: In other words, do you think anyone has even thought this through?
I mean, there will be tuition to pay and all that.
Panel 5:
Shinichi turns to see that Haruyo is already in bed and going to sleep.
Shinichi: You’re not listening.
Page 12
Panel 1:
A recipe card.
Narration: Then it happened again, my wife got another recipe in a magazine.
Best Use Prize
Potherb Mustard Pasta and Tofu Steak
Pasta (thin type)
A) quality potherb mustard, fan-shaped kinoku
bacon, pine nuts
1/2 clove of garlic
Add to B at the end.
B) a suitable amount of butter and olive oil
a suitable amount of soy sauce and white wine
tofu streak
1/2 cup of cotton tofu
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Comments: Whatever is left in the pot can be saved for later use.
It’s good with meat or fish!
Panel 2:
Outside the Hara's house.
Narration: That’s when my wife really got carried away.
Shinichi: I’m home.
Panel 3:
Shinichi enters the kitchen to find his father and son alone at the dinner table.
Shinichi: Hm? Where’s Mama?
Grandpa: Cooking class.
Kid: She moved into the upper level class.
Panel 4:
Shinichi loosens his tie and looks around.
Shinichi: But at this time of night…
Grandpa: Well… it can’t be helped.
Page 13
Panel 1:
Shinichi sits angrily at the foot of his bed as Haruyo puts curlers in her hair.
Shinichi: Look, I’m glad you like cooking, but c’mon.
Haruyo: Mm-hmm, I’m really getting motivated.
Panel 2:
Shinichi is getting angrier but Haruyo is not paying attention to him.
Shinichi: You weren’t even here tonight…
Haruyo: Mm-hmm, mm- hmm.
Panel 3:
Haruyo turns around, oblivous to her husband's mood.
Haruyo: Do you think I should get a part-time job?
Maybe at the neighborhood deli.
Panel 4:
Shinichi is stunned.
Shinichi: Huh?
Haruyo: I’ve already made up my mind.
Panel 5:
Shinichi explodes with anger as Haruyo puts on facial cream.
Shinichi: Wha-!?
Haruyo: Don’t worry, I can still do the cooking class too.
Panel 5
Shinichi yelling.
Shinichi: And what about us?
It’s just all about you!
Page 14
Panel 1:
Shinichi continues to yell at Haruyo.
Shinichi yelling.
Shinichi: Lately, where have your easy-to- do
Recipes been at our dinner table!?