We've been getting a lot of strange customers lately.
Huh... What are they like?
Even though it's summer, one girl wears a scarf.
What? That's not strange at all.
It's crazy. I mean, a scarf in the summer...
I bet it's a ghost...
...who passed away in the winter.
Higashida, it's summer right now.
NORTHERN EXPRESS SPECIAL
So you think I'm lying, Higashida?
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN ASK
No, I don't think that one bit.
Look, speak of the devil. Here she comes, Higashida.
That doesn't help me since I can't see...
Table for one.
In the back is good.
Coffee.
No milk.
See?
Clearly!
Welcome. Please wait just a minute for that coffee.
Calm down, Daisuke!
She may not be a ghost, after all.
This may be the first time I've seen you.
At this place, one person brings her baby,
one's got a really high voice, one doesn't understand the language,
one sees things that everyone else doesn't...
There are a lot of weird employees here.
You seem like you've got your act together the most.
I don't know if that means much coming from someone like this.
Um, Miss...
I beg your pardon, but are you actually alive?
Coffee! Thank you for your patience!
I apologize for this idiot's rudeness!
I take offense at being called an idiot!
Are you a moron?
You were way out of line there, Higashida!
Then you can see her, too, Miyakoshi?
What are you talking about?
Higashida, do you think she's a ghost?
After all, she's...
No, you're just imagining things.
She interacts normally with all of us, right?
You're the only one saying weird things like that.
You're all weird!
Sorry, but this time, you're the weirdest of all!
Anyway...
Why do you claim she's a ghost?
Actually, I realized it the first time I saw her.
Her uniform is from my high school.
We go to the same school, but I've never seen her before, so...
So you probably just never noticed her.
I would notice somebody like that!
Hey.
This isn't important, but...
What is it?
Apparently...
that girl is the granddaughter of the old fellow who's a regular customer.
Wha...?
I see.
So Grandpa still has lingering regrets in this world.
Do you have any lingering regrets, Miss?
Regrets?
Not especially.
None?
Why, do you have any lingering regrets?
No. But Miss...
YOU'RE A GHOST
You're a ghost.
If you don't live your life with a positive attitude...
YOU WON'T GO TO HEAVEN
...you won't go to heaven.
That's no life at all.
It's too late to bring that up now.
I made her cry!
I apologize, Miss!
I've always had a weak constitution.
Before the entrance ceremony, I forgot to wear a scarf,
got a cold that turned into pneumonia, and was hospitalized.
After that, it just became a burden to go to school,
so I haven't gone even once.
You're a truant? Go to school!
After all, I missed my chance to make friends and if I go now,
I might get bullied.
The students of Higashizaka High are really busy.
We don't have time to bully anyone.
So come to school!
Higashizaka? That's the same school.
I'm Miri Yanagiba.
MIRI YANAGIBA
I'm first year, class 5.
The same class as me?
You can take over, Higashida!
I missed my chance to make friends.
RUI NAGATA
Higashida is troubled about something again.
Nagata, can I ask you a favor?
I-If it's anything that I can do...
I want to introduce you to a girl.
If you met her, it'd help me out.
It's summer vacation!
Um, everyone gather 'round!
What's your intent on bringing us into the forest in the middle of the night, dammit?
On the way home from work, I was kidnapped by men in black.
CAUTION: DON'T GO INTO THE FOREST IN CASUAL CLOTHES
- Same. - Same.
I was on my way home from the convenience store.
I was working at the host club when men in black burst in...
But I'm glad it's not just me this time.
Why are you here too, Yanagiba?
Um...
Yes. Yeah...
The 20-year-old alliance has abducted everybody, so no one's at the restaurant.
Shiho, come pick me up.
Um...
Do you work here?
Higashi is off today, but is he well?
Higashi?
Are you a friend of Higashida?
Right now, the workers are having a gathering. Wanna come?
...he said.
If you've become that sociable, then come to school!
Sorry, everybody.
My people were rough with you.
All right! Looks like everybody's here!
Saiki isn't here.
We'll start with a test of courage!
Saiki isn't here.
Something's gonna appear!
A ghost?
That's not scary.
A bear!
Oh, just a bear?
Scary!
Saiki is waiting alone at the goal with food!
Yay!
Saiki!
We're doing random boy-girl pairs. Girls pick the names.
SNEAK...
TOUCH!
What?
Good morning, Saiki!! We're doing a test of courage, but we have an odd number of people!! Stay here and prepare the food!! Watch out for bears!! -Kouno
I can't read this.
Maybe...
I'll be sold off to some foreign country?
Help!
Adachi...
If you keep that much distance between us,
you're sure to lose sight of me.
Right.
Well...
Over there or there?
It looks like there are a lot of people,
so maybe if we ask them, they can tell us where to go.
When there are this many people around, it cuts the fear factor in half.
My fear factor is being cranked up right now.
Although it seems like I scare you most of all, Adachi.
Ever since that day, it feels like you've been keeping your distance.
It does kind of hurt to be feared so much.
I guess you really do hate me, huh?
No, that's definitely not true!
Honest! Just the opposite!
Really?
I'm glad!
Crying didn't work either, huh?
Did he leave me behind?
Um... Are you okay, Adachi?
Adachi?
I ran into Kisaki along the way, and she told me there really is an animal,
so I came running back as fast as I could.
If anything happened to you, Muranushi...
PANT PANT PANT PANT
I thought you'd probably appear in my dreams every night!
Well, sorry about that.
Oh, Kisaki.
What's wrong with Saiki?
He ran off in terror after an animal devoured the food in the boxes.
He got scratched up, too.
Then it was a bear?
Could be.
I'm sure Miyakoshi could take down a bear.
Oh, definitely. Although she's dumb.
Young people these days sure are strong.
Well, let's go.
Even though you heard there was a bear,
I'm not seeing any signs of this being called off.
Hello? Yeah.
Kouno, Adachi wants to talk to you.
Me?
Yeah? Did you get to the goal?
Yeah, yeah. I know.
I'm leaving right now.
Everybody's waiting by the goal,
where maybe a bear broke into the food.
Uh-huh...
Let's just go home. I really think that's the best call.
We're gonna take a shortcut to get there first,
but you two have to do the test of courage to arrive.
After all, everyone else got scared, so it's only fair, right?
What about you?
Well, good luck!
Fools get colds because they can't manage their health.
What was that?
My mom's probably angry at me.
Won't your parents be mad at you, Higashida?
They wouldn't be mad.
With those two, it's basically "anything goes."
But you've got a good family.
Do you have a fever, too?
They're somehow creepy in a mild-mannered way!
How is that "good"? In what way?
Well, they're cheerful.
It's called "annoying"!
But still...
My mom is hardly ever home, and my dad doesn't live with us now.
Oh, really? That must be rough.
My mom is a cooking expert...
Yeah, I know.
...so she's good at making incredible dishes.
Uh-huh.
And my dad loves eating my mom's cooking.
Uh-huh.
And he works at a TV station,
so he also gets to eat a lot when they're on location.
Sounds like they're happy.
But then...
It's diabetes.
LICK LICK LICK LICK
Mrs. Miyakoshi, even though cooking is your job,
you don't think about nutrition when you make dishes?
You eat too much, idiot!
Well, look, you make such delicious dishes that I can't help it, Youko!
It's my fault?
No, that's not what I'm trying to—
I see! All right, got it!
I'm putting you on a diet!
Don't come back home until your blood glucose level has dropped!
And I'm gonna raise Hana, too, dumbass!
BLOOD GLUE COZE LEVEL?
So...
until he gets that down, he can't live with us.
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL BLOOD GLUE COZE LEVEL
Higashida?
Miyakoshi...
You do have it rough. I had no idea!
Nice smile, Higashida.
Good. I'm not the only one with a weird family.
My family's not weird!
Is it a ghost, Higashida?
I don't think so.
Then a bear?
All right, hold on!
Hey, Miyakoshi!
What do you think you're doing?
Well, engage the bear in battle, of course.
There's no way you can win! Are you really that stupid?
Don't get cocky, Higashida.
I'm stronger than you.
Her stupidity stands out so much that I forgot.
She's damn strong!
Miyakoshi, don't do anything stupid.
Let's just keep walking until we get home.
Miyakoshi!
Come to think of it,
we were a pair for a test of courage in elementary school, too.
Were we?
Back then, Yuuta...
I'm kind of scared.
Scared of what?
Are you stupid? Don't pull on me.
This brings back memories.
I'm the one who was stupid!
SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE
Sh-Shiho... Forgive me.
Well, is that the way you talk
after hurting Shiho so much during childhood?
I was really scared that time.
Men are so oblivious.
No matter how much you regret it, those days aren't coming back.
I know. I'm sorry.
I didn't know anything back then.
Not my own situation or anything else.
The past won't come back,
but I thought maybe we could start over now...
...as friends.
That's right.
After all, we are living in the present, right?
Shiho...
All right, I'll be your friend, but as the daughter of a consumer lender,
I'll also collect on the wounds you inflicted on me as a child.
You're going to pay for my pain and suffering.
Huh? Shindou, you two are still here?
Higashida?
What happened?
- U-Um... - Did you see the bear?
A bear came out to get rid of that demon, didn't it?
Calm down, Shindou.
DEMON
You're showing your emotions.
Wh-What happened to Miyakoshi?
She's coming.
With the bear.
The scientific name is procyon lotor. Carnivora. Fissipedia.
The procyonidae family, common raccoon, I believe.
C-C-Car?
Correct.
So why are you beat up?
Miyakoshi!
Higashida, you move fast!
I surprised myself, too.
Anyway, my foot just hit something.
- The bear? - No.
PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC
A raccoon dog!
That's a common raccoon.
And we thought it was a bear?
I feel bad. I really gave it all I had—
And so...
This is the culprit that gobbled up the food.
But it's cute, isn't it?
It's not cute.
Then it wasn't a bear...
Even you, Muranushi? Are you disappointed?
No, it's just...
we went to the trouble of preparing bait.
Hey, it's all right now, so untie me! Okay, Adachi?
Adachi! We're friends, aren't we?
Is this how weak our friendship is? Traitor!
- Let's go home. - Good idea.
Well, I'm going to call for a pick-up.
Kouno.
Bears don't like loud noises, so...
Are you saying I'm staying here?
After all, everyone else got scared, so it's only fair, right?
Everyone did not get scared!
- I was scared. - I was scared.
What?
Still, I'm surprised you have a soft spot for animals, Miyakoshi.
What are you going to do with it?
Leave it here. I live in an apartment, after all.
Raccoons can't be raised anywhere.
They're treated as pests that need to be exterminated.
They're killed?
It'll be killed?
I'll keep it!
Unless there's a special case, they can't be kept as pets.
Kamakura can do something to make it a special case so I can keep it!
Higashida!
Yes?
The other day, Higashida...
Be friends with Yanagiba?
Sorry. I know how busy you are, Nagata.
No, that's okay.
I've been worried about Yanagiba, too.
I hope she starts coming to school.
Also, my part-time job is a secret.
If everyone found out and came to the restaurant...
I'd stop going to school, too.
R-Right...
Higashida has been acting weird ever since he started working,
but he's counting on me.
Maybe there is still hope.
Nagata...
Is she a friend of yours, Daisuke?
Hello!
S-So you have a girlfriend...
No! I just ran into her before.
For me...
she's the root of all evil!
What's wrong, Higashida?
What was that? What did you call your superior at work?
SNIFF...
Oh, that's right. We're on our way to work,
but if it's okay with you, would you meet Yanagiba now?
Hey, hey, Higashi...
Hey...
Higashi, play with me.
You're heavy!
Look, Yanagiba. It's Nagata, from the same class at school.
That's Yanagiba?
Play with her.
No way.
After all, she seems to be...
an upright citizen.
Yanagiba! I'm an upright citizen, too!
Um...
Come to think of it, Miyakoshi, the girl I met earlier, isn't here.
Oh, her cold got worse, so she went home early.
But I'm sure she'll come to my house again...
Every single day, she comes over and gets all clingy,
not letting go until she goes home.
Even though she knew she was coming down with a cold,
she wouldn't let go because she said the hugs were keeping her warm.
I-It sounds like you have it rough.
Oh, yeah. And it was a pain deciding on a name.
On top of that, there was all this paperwork to fill out.
B-Birth registration?
I-It seems like she's somehow gotten the wrong idea.
Um, so Miyakoshi goes to your house every day,
and you get all clingy with her, right, Higashida?
No, no! Not me!
Conbini!
Convenience store?
No! Wait a second.
Um, Miyakoshi...
Good luck, Higashi!
I call it Mr. Raccoon, but...
Mr. Raccoon?
The convenience store near your house is called "Mr. Raccoon"?
Ah, no!
Higashida, want me to take over?
Conbini and Mr. Raccoon are both names
for the raccoon Higashida keeps as a pet.
Raccoon?
Miyakoshi can't keep it at her place,
so Higashida took it in and is taking care of it.
That clears up the misunderstanding,
PHEW
but it doesn't change the fact that, in the end, you two are close.
I don't even know why she's so fixated on that thing.
Me either.
Probably wants me to fatten it up so she can eat it.
I doubt it.
Stare.
I neglected Yanagiba!
I-I'm sorry!
You were a little stiff today, but you have potential, Nagata.
You can come here again.
You go to school!
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
And so, Higashida is raising a raccoon!
My family took care of explaining the circumstances!
Next time, "I Have a Feeling It'll Go Well"!
I HAVE A FEELING IT'LL GO WELL