Episode guide
Midnight Diner: Season 3
10 episodes · premiered Oct 20, 2014
A detective, a manga editor, a failed cartoonist and a single mother are among the customers who come to the midnight diner for food and company.
- Episode 1: Menchi-Katsu Oct 20, 2014 · 24m Widowed singer Misao Kashima makes a rare visit to eat minced meat cutlets. Misao has been unable to perform on stage ever since she lost her husband.
- Episode 2: Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly Oct 27, 2014 · 24m Comic editor Uno brings up-and-coming award-winning artist Hashimoto to eat Master’s pork-wrapped tomatoes. He lives with a woman and writes comics.
- Episode 3: Simmered Taro and Squid Nov 3, 2014 · 24m Private detectives Kei and Mamoru are drawn to the aroma of Master’s simmered taro and squid. They spend the night together after leaving the diner.
- Episode 4: Red Pickled Ginger Tempura Nov 10, 2014 · 23m Regular Komichi falls for Kasumi, whose past is unknown. She asks Master to make pickled ginger tempura, a taste familiar to people from Osaka.
- Episode 5: Vermicelli Salad Nov 17, 2014 · 24m Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dish.
- Episode 6: Cabbage Rolls Nov 24, 2014 · 24m The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels differently.
- Episode 7: Freshwater Clam Soup Dec 1, 2014 · 23m On Saturday mornings, Yoshio and wife Mizue come to eat clam soup. People refer to them as a close couple. Yoshio is actually Mizue’s third husband.
- Episode 8: Braised Burdock Root Dec 8, 2014 · 24m ”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser, and crush.
- Episode 9: Liver & Chive Stir Fry Dec 8, 2014 · 23m Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new partner.
- Episode 10: New Year's Eve Soba Noodles Dec 22, 2014 · 23m It’s New Year’s Eve. The regulars all come by to ring in the new year with Master’s soba noodles. The diner is always a special place for them.