The 3rd episode opens with C-ute's song "Bagel ni Ham & Cheese", the perfect song for breakfast.
In the morning, Misaki (Ohara) is having breakfast. Mariko (Kikuchi) notices that she is spreading a new jam flavor on her breakfast toast and wants some of it too. Mariko praises her daughter for spreading the jam so skillfully. She looks at her with puppy eyes and gives her the toast. The guest Ayame (Takatsuki Sara), walks in and sees them using the jam. She is ready to leave for work. She says her company is the one that came up with that new jam (She did not come up with the new cherry honey flavor, but the gold one beside it called Kinkan Jam aka Kumquat jam). Misaki and Mariko are thrilled to hear the company nearby made it. Ayame is happy about being a candidate for project leader. Mariko thinks of the word "omedetai", then offers a gift of various H!P CDs with "Congratulatory Songs". Can you recognize them all?
OCHA NORMA's Koi no Crouching Start opening
In the company office, all the employees are gathered, while the boss makes a speech. Ayame's junior co-worker (Actress Takaishi Akari) notices Ayame has been wearing the same clothes since yesterday. Then the boss of the company calls up her junior and names her the project leader, instead of Ayame. They are both of shocked. The boss tells everyone that her Cherry Honey jam is a hit. Ayame can't believe it.
Mu-mu-mu. Back at the guesthouse, Ayame shows her depressed look to Mariko and Misaki. Ayame tells them dishonestly that she is okay with her junior becoming project leader....Mariko was ready to play the perfect H!P song for her. But Ayame stops her. Mariko tells her that a door opens for everyone.
The next day at the company, the junior is greeting her senior, Ayame, so casually. She is slowly building up frustrations with things. She goes to the rooftop to direct her anger to someone on the phone.
Suddenly, her junior offers to have lunch with her.
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They have lunch together on the roof and try to have a chat. In her mind, Ayame tries to have the courage to congratulate her on becoming project leader. She then feels jealous of her nice looking bento. But her junior has come to thank her first for her help. Her junior spills sauce on her outfit. Ayame is also jealous that her junior has tissue ready.
At the guesthouse, they pour some tea, while Ayame is even more frustrated. The word "Jealous"(shitto) comes up. Mariko appropriately plays certain song called Jealously Jealously by Morning Musume. '17 to Ayame.
The next day, she walks in the office trying a new bold red outfit and vibe. Everyone looks at her in awe, even her junior. She even brought 3 boxes of tissue with her. She is called into the office. The boss tries to apologize for not picking her as project leader. Then asks her why she is wearing such an outfit.
Ayame looks at a site on her phone called "Honto no Jibun.com" (Buono!), a survey test where you can find out about what type of personality you are.
Ayame is called into the warehouse where boxes of jam are out for shipping. She greets her junior and looks at the inventory list and sees not one of her own Kinkan jam is not being shipped out, but 30 boxes of her junior's cherry jam honey is. The Kinkan jam boxes are still sitting there untouched. She is shocked.
Back at the office, Ayame is feeling down. She looks at the Cherry jam honey idea slideshow on the computer with envy and tries to edit in her name instead of her junior, Nanajo. Suddenly the lights go out and the big "HELLO!" door appears. She walks towards it and enters the door.
A bright light flashes and she opens her eyes appears in a different dressing room. Mariko from another reality appears again and welcomes Ayame. She tells her the next stage is coming up. Mariko says everything will be explained right now.
Selected Morning Musume. '22 members Ikuta Erina, Ishida Ayumi, Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria, Kaga Kaede, and Yamazaki Mei, and Kitagawa Rio for a 2nd time, walk in and all appear in front of her. Nonaka Miki tells her that they are all similar to her. Kaga Kaede has a significant line to say to her. She explains that they each have been through hardships too (Ex. Kaga Kaede was in Kenshuusei for a very long time until she debuted. One by one, their seniors or juniors have debuted before them. They got frustrated with that. They keep asking why is this happening). Ayame agrees that she feels the same way. Eripon (in pink hair), explains that she was frustrated too that she get any solo parts in songs. It was painful, and felt jealous. But they are here now. Maria takes Ayame's hand and they all do the "ganbatte ikimasshoi" cheer together. They drag Ayame into the next door.
Morning Musume. '22 starts singing and dancing to "Jealously Jealously" in a warehouse full of cardboard boxes (Never been done before!). As they are singing, they surround her. Ayame is shocked at what is happening. Then start rapping in front of her. Some of the members build a wall of boxes. The songs stops. Yamazaki, Maria, and Kaga say that she needs to keep moving forward. She realized from the lyrics that she is feeling jealous of her junior. They start the 2nd rap part of the song (Rich, Young, Girly, Hosoi). She runs breaks through the boxes of jam with in front of her with passion. The scene changes moves to the rooftop and they continue singing. Nonaka sings Mizuki's line.
After they finish the song...Mariko : "THIS IS THE HELLO!"
Back at the office, Ayame returns with confidence and faces her junior. Says she won't lose to her.
I WISH plays
At the guesthouse, Misaki checks the ratings and sees a 5-star. Misaki tries a new jam toast flavor called "Ogura Vanilla" (Ogura Yuno, and won't give any to Mariko. Misaki takes a bite and Mariko is jealous.
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Next week's (2/3) guest is Makoto Tanaka, who plays Nonoka Nishi, a new salesperson at a beer manufacturer who is struggling with her job.
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Nodoka (Tanaka) works for a beer manufacturer and is assigned to sales despite her desire to work in research. She can't keep up with the sales talk of her seniors, and is having trouble building relationships with her clients. But when a "door" appears in front of her, she finds...