Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa Episode 16

Lots of people have hazy memories of a rival who seems on the surface less competent than you, but somehow always manages to effortlessly come off on top. Both Tonegawa and Kurisaki need to prove themselves to the dreaded chairman. Tonegawa plays by the book and wholeheartedly agrees with everything that his superior mouths. That was his recipe for success at the Teiai corporation after all, so it's a guaranteed path to get in the chairman's good graces. But Kurusaki has a different approach which relies on earnest criticism of some of the chairman's actions. Normally this would result in an endless string of punishment and admonishment. But Kurosaki manages to use just the right amount of condescending language to get on the chairman's good side. Whenever Tonegawa tried the same, it always rubbed him the wrong way. So our protagonist decides to play it safe, whether they are eating a steak which doesn't measure up to acceptable standards or the chairman asks for their opinion on his personal trifles. However, Tonegawa notices that Kurosaki is beating him in terms of coolness and decides to go on the offensive. He looks to observe the chairman's reactions and probe for an opening. It takes a while for it to materialise, but when it does, he charges headlong at it. However, it was a little too little when he realised that his timing was bad. Some mayhem ensues when the chairman decides to get a horse to take part at the race track and orders Tonegawa to do the same, but choose a poor-looking specimen. The dutiful middle manager does as told, with the expectation that his boss' thoroughbred equine emerges as the winner against his own, something that doesn't go quite as planned...