This is R University - The laboratory of assistant Professor Atley of the Department of Oriental History,
the Department of Archeology has only three people, assistant Professor Atley and two research students.
If this situation continues, the laboratory will be closed next year.
The company is now in the midst of a major economic downturn.
The road to the promotion, which was Atley's dream, is now hopeless...
Hence why I was wondering if they were trying to go for some dark comedy in the ending. The ending indicates a downer, yet the music sounds so happy and cheerful.