Departures Page #2

Thank you.

See? It was a good idea.

Pour some tea.

Yes.

I brought my resume just in case.

Okay, sit down.

Thank you.

Can you put in lots of hours here?

Huh? Uh... yes.

You're hired.

Eh?

What's your name again?

It's Kobayashi Daigo.

Order his business cards right away.

Got it.

W... wait...

We haven't discussed anything...

salaries and other things...

Oh, right.

Let's start with one hand.

"One hand"?

Too little?

Not at all, I can get that much?

I don't mind paying you in cash, daily.

No, wait, what kind of work will I...?

Let's see...

As my assistant at first.

Exactly what...?

To be exact...

... encoffining.

Encoffining?

A job that places the corpse

into the coffin.

It's starting to bloom!

Corpse as in dead people?

You ask funny questions.

No, uh, um...

The job posting said helping out journeys.

I assumed it was a travel agency...

Oh, this is a misprint.

Misprint?

Not "helping out journeys", it's...

"Helping out peaceful departure".

Departure?

So "NK" stands for "NouKan" (Encoffining).

Anyway, it must be some kind of fate.

Just give it a try.

You can quit if it doesn't suit you.

This is for today.

No, I can't...

Don't worry!

No...

I'm back.

Welcome back.

Here.

Where did you get this?

You said you wanted to

eat sukiyaki from here, right?

Yonezawa-beef?

The highest-grade sirloin.

Wow! Was it expensive?

I got paid in advance.

You got the job?

Kind of, yes.

Great! Let's celebrate today.

Sure.

So, what kind of job was it?

Tour guide after all?

Not really...

Sales?

What's the matter?

It wasn't a travel agency.

Oh? What was it?

Ceremonial event-related...

Like a wedding hall?

Yeah.

They might make you play the cello again!

I'll make sukiyaki right away.

Okay.

This is great! Looks tasty.

I don't think I'll come back that late.

Get going!

Bye!

Morning!

Hello!

Use the boss' table until

the new one arrives.

Your business cards are ready.

No misprints.

Are these that uncommon?

This is my first time seeing a real one.

First time?

Yes.

My grandparents passed away

before I'd grown up,

and my mother passed away

while I was abroad.

She was already in her grave

when I got back.

What about your father?

He left home for another woman

when I was 6.

Your mother must have been lonely.

But...

I wonder if someone like me who has

never even seen a dead body before...

can really do this job?

You'll get used to it!

To dead bodies?

Yeah.

The weather is nice lately,

so we're not very busy...

but change of season...

Do you need help?

...will be very busy for us.

Where does work come from?

Funeral homes.

Funeral homes?

Yes. Encoffining...

used to be done by family members.

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