A Gentle Perch Two young women, Miwa Kurushima and Yukari Higuchi, are tasked with finding a bartender for a counter-style bar in the new Hotel Cardinal which opened a couple of months earlier. A number of bartenders have applied, but the Business Planning Division manager, Kamishima, has rejected them all because none have met his high expectations. Three new experienced applicants take the test, but they all fail for various reasons. Also, the chairman wants a bartender who can make the "Glass of God". The women encounter Ryū Sasakura in a park who left a book on cocktails behind. They come across the Edenhall bar in Ginza where they find Ryū is working, and he impresses them with his perception of the needs of the client, attention to detail and his skills. They decide he may be the bartender they are looking for.