Season 1

10 Episodes2009

Each night a midnight diner serves up just four dishes, but customers aren't really there for the food: They've come for advice and a sympathetic ear.

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Episodes (10)

Ep 1

Fried eggs and red wieners

★7.4

2009-10-09•25m

The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.

Ep 2

Cat Food

★7.0

2009-10-16•25m

Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.

Ep 3

Ochazuke

★7.5

2009-10-23•25m

Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”

Ep 4

Potato Salad

★7.0

2009-10-30•25m

Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.

Ep 5

Butter Rice

★7.0

2009-11-06•25m

Komichi brings food critic Toyama to the diner, who kills the mood. Goro comes for his usual butter rice which turns Toyama into a weekly patron.

Ep 6

Katsudon

★7.0

2009-11-13•25m

Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.

Ep 7

Egg Sandwich

★7.0

2009-11-20•26m

Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?

Ep 8

Sauced Yakisoba

★7.0

2009-11-27•25m

Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.

Ep 9

Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)

★7.5

2009-12-04•23m

Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.

Ep 10

Ramen

★7.8

2009-12-11•26m

Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.