Kaoru Kobayashi
Master
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2009
Midnight Diner
Season 1
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.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 125 min2009-10-09
Fried eggs and red wieners
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”.
Episode 225 min2009-10-16
Cat Food
Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.
Episode 325 min2009-10-23
Ochazuke
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.”
Episode 425 min2009-10-30
Potato Salad
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.
Episode 525 min2009-11-06
Butter Rice
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.
Episode 625 min2009-11-13
Katsudon
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.
Episode 726 min2009-11-20
Egg Sandwich
Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?
Episode 825 min2009-11-27
Sauced Yakisoba
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.
Episode 923 min2009-12-04
Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
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.
Episode 1026 min2009-12-11
Ramen
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.