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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Outstanding episode!
Additional thoughts in the spoiler space below.
Spoiler for Episode 24 Thoughts:
I get the impression that many people here aren't getting the real reason why Sui wants to shut down the Inn.
Sui has a polite pretext reason for shutting the Inn down, and a deeper practical reason. The polite pretext is most of what she explained to Ohana. In a nicely done juxtaposition of many stories of this type, Sui doesn't want to force her life's dreams unto her children. Whereas many stories are about a son/daughter breaking away from the family profession to make his/her own mark in life, this story is instead (in part) about a son who wants to continue the family profession but who's mother is against the idea. But wanting to free Enishi from having to carry on her dreams is just the polite pretext for Sui's true deeper reason for wanting to shut down the Inn, however heartfelt this pretext might be.
The true practical reason is this:
'If I wasn't around, Enishi would run this Inn right into the ground. Him and Takako are utterly inept at running an Inn, and have proven that time and time again. I will not retire simply to see my life's work destroyed by my incompetent son. Better to close it down now, while the Inn's reputation is still respectable. The workers at this Inn might find the idea of leaving it very sad now, but they'd be cursing my name if I passed this Inn over to Enishi, and they had to watch the Inn die a slow and painful death while they work at it.' - Sui's thoughts, imo
And let's face it folks, Sui has every justification and reason in this world to feel the way that she does. I don't fault her one iota for taking the position that she is taking. If I had worked my entire life to make something worthwhile out of nothing, I sure as hell wouldn't let incompetent heirs ruin what I spent my entire life at either.
This is frankly Enishi and Takako's last chance. Satsuki has thrown them a very generous hail mary (the best wedding gift she could have possibly given them), and Enishi/Takako better catch this ball and make the touchdown, or they can forget about ever running this Inn. At some point, good intentions mean squat. At some point, you have to actually start getting things done.
If Enishi/Takako fumble the pass, then it's over for the Inn, barring a total twist ending where Sui gives the Inn to Ohana and Ko.
Now, I can certainly understand how the Inn staff are all very attached to this Inn (and to one another), but Sui's position is totally understandable here.
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I don't know. If they close the inn, what she leaves behind is
nothing.
Also, I'm not sure you're right about her practical reason. I think she explained her "real, practical reason" to Ohana - money. They're in
debt. Right now, "nothing" would be up. That's why she wants to declare bankruptcy and call it a day. Yes, the fact that she has no faith Enishi can turn it around plays a part - she doesn't want him to get deeper into debt and end up not paying the employees what they're owed, as well as taking the opportunities they have now.
I'm not sure what the mutiny at the end was all about. It's one thing to go against Sui's orders and accept reservations. It's another to make an enemy of the inn alliance. Doubly so if what they want is to continue the inn - it's not like they're trying to end with a bang. Yes, they can be petty and green-eyed lot. All the more reason not to get on their bad side, since no matter what, they depend on each other. Especially a small inn like Kissuiso - they just don't, by themselves, have the personnel to absorb a sudden, complete loss like all the part-timers going away at the same time.