GRUMBLE RUMBLE
Good morning!
Welcome to Wagnaria!
Table for one?
Um, excuse me...
Yes?
I'm here for a part-time job interview.
You're the one then.
I'm Higashida.
DAISUKE HIGASHIDA
I'll confirm with the manager,
so could you wait here for a moment?
Sure.
They do a good job attending to customers,
and it seems like a decent restaurant.
I really don't want to work.
OFFICE
PART-TIME JOBS CAN CHANGE LIVES
Well, please have a seat there.
KENICHIROU SAKAKI
I'm the manager, Sakaki.
It's nice to meet you.
Daisuke Higashida, first-year high school student...
Huh? This school prepares students for university, doesn't it?
Yes, I suppose.
Wouldn't it be difficult to work here and study?
Well... I enjoy studying, relatively speaking, so...
Really! That's great.
Um, okay, why are you looking for a part-time job?
Minor motivation is completely fine.
My father's company went bankrupt.
That's major!
Mom, another helping.
Okay, okay.
Oh, that's right, everyone.
Actually...
KOUSAKU HIGASHIDA
my business...
has gone out of business.
A corny gag?
Y-You mean bankrupt, Dad?
SAKIKO HIGASHIDA SACHIKO HIGASHIDA
Well, it can't be helped, right, dear?
Businesses go out of business.
That's right, Dad.
Don't let a little bankruptcy get you down.
Dad's business...
...went out of business!
Oh, dear...
I worked on that gag.
What's wrong with you people?!
Okay, calm down.
I already know what my next job is.
Oh...
Oh!
I should warn you that I'm taking a pay cut.
Therefore, starting next month, I can't pay you an allowance
or take care of your phone bill, so you'd better get a job.
I just got laid off?
This school doesn't even allow the students to work part-time.
Higashida!
Sensei, good morning.
You're an admirable young man.
I hear you volunteered to get a part-time job to help your family.
Wrong!
Your father called.
- I can explain— - So I gave permission.
Good luck!
Sensei!
So I lost my allowance, money for my phone bill
and even money for my train pass.
Without a pass, it's 15 km to school by bicycle.
To be honest, my grades will suffer, so I don't want to work,
but this place is close. What can I...
I get it! I'll give you the job! Okay?
Well, I look forward to working with you starting today.
I look forward to working with you.
This is Miyakoshi, the floor chief.
She's also a high school student,
HANA MIYAKOSHI
so if you have any questions about the job, just ask her.
Nice to meet you.
She was here when I came for my interview.
All right, let's get started.
Okay.
First, about punching the manager...
Huh?
He's got a glass jaw.
Miyakoshi!
When a customer comes in, you say "Welcome."
In a loud voice. And when they leave, you say, "Thank you for coming."
Right.
And after the customer leaves, you clear the table right away.
Right.
And then a right to the manager's jaw!
You don't feed stray cats near the restaurant!
I-I'm sorry.
MEN'S CHANGING ROOM
That's about it for newbies.
If there's something you don't get, ask.
- Um... - What?
Am I required to do that last part?
If you can't learn all this in a month, that's gonna be you.
I'll be careful.
All right, let's hit the floor.
She's scary.
Why is someone like this a waitress?
Welcome!
I don't believe it! Even her expression changed!
Thank you for coming.
But why is Miyakoshi so cruel to the manager?
A receipt?
Certainly, you don't want stray cats near the restaurant, but...
Nipopo Soccer Boy Scouts...
Higashida!
Yes, sir!
How do you spell "scouts"?
"Scouts"?
SCOUTS
- Thank you for coming. - Thank you for coming.
I knew you were smart, Higashida, going to a good high school like that.
Is he...
But maybe he just forgot.
Manager, what's 8 times 7?
Easy.
59!
Civilization's convenient device wasn't any help!
Guess I'll do the back next.
I started working here today. I'm Higashida.
SAYURI MURANUSHI
I'm Sayuri Muranushi.
Nice to meet you.
Same here.
Welcome.
Table for one?
Right this way.
Here's our menu.
Thank you for your patience.
May I take your order?
One coffee.
The usual, black, right?
Right away.
M-Muranushi...
- Yes? - Um...
Where is the customer?
Maybe you didn't know.
That elderly fellow is a regular here.
He gets mad if you put milk in his coffee, so be careful.
Elderly fellow?
Muranushi?
She's normal as far as I know.
If I had to come up with something...
You need to turn the heat on!
It is on!
When she took off work to take a college entrance exam,
the restaurant was strangely cold and dark...
GET ME MURANUSHI
and "Get me Muranushi" was written in blood on the bathroom wall.
But nothing really surprising happened.
Your fearlessness surprises me.
LETTUCE
What are you talking about?
Oh, Muranushi.
Nice. Looks like you two high schoolers are having fun.
No, listen, Higashida...
I noticed that you have the ability to sense the supernatural.
I don't believe in ghosts. After all, I've never seen one.
What?!
What's with this place?
The manager, the employees...
The employees...
What? You got a problem?
This is Higashida. He just started working here today.
KISAKI KONDOU
This is Kisaki Kondou.
Nice to meet you.
Um... Kisaki...
your shift is about to start.
U-Um, Kisaki...
- I feel sluggish. - Sluggish?!
If the customers know there's an exhausted employee working here,
it looks bad for the restaurant.
So I'm gonna rest a little more for the restaurant's sake.
I see!
That makes sense.
What is this?
Knock it off, Kisaki!
You don't work, you smoke! Are you sure you wanna be here?
Miyakoshi...
What year was the Taika Reform?
Th-That's not fair!
Teasing me because you go to a good university!
Um, Kisaki, like Miyakoshi said, you should be a little more—
Higashida, you go to a college prep high school?
Yes, you're right.
In the middle period of the Edo era, under Yoshimune Tokugawa's orders,
there were two scholars who studied Dutch.
Genjo Noro and Konyo Aoki.
Come on. We're getting paid an hourly wage, so let's get to work.
That was cool, Higashida!
I take the fulfilled order from the counter and carry it...
The person who's got the floor is in charge of pouring the coffee.
That.
Understood.
MASAHIRO ADACHI
I'm Adachi, in charge of the kitchen.
I'm Kouno. Good to meet you, newbie.
TAKUYA KOUNO
I'm Higashida.
It's nice to meet you.
Kouno, make a parfait!
Roger!
The person in charge of the floor pours coffee.
The kitchen handles desserts.
Well, at a normal restaurant, the person on the floor does parfaits.
But we're special.
Special?
Kouno!
Sorry!
Nothing! Well, good luck!
Higashida!
It's your first day, so you don't have to interact with the customers.
Watch someone else to see how it's done.
Excuse me!
This coffee is weaker than before!
My apologies.
What are you grinning about?
Why don't you try showing me a little sincerity?
SINCERITY
I apologize for the inconvenience.
Come here, Kamakura!
Kamakura, what do you think the customers are?
SHIHO KAMAKURA
What do I think? The ignorant masses?
But I guess I apologize.
Shiho has made Miyakoshi mad.
Keep your money to yourself!
That's enough, Kamakura.
Quit looking down on us.
Kisaki...
That's not enough.
What was I thinking? You're right.
All of these people are scary in their own way.
She's the daughter of a company president.
Higashida, is it?
YUUTA SHINDOU
I'm Yuuta Shindou.
It's nice to meet you.
The manager told me about you.
Sounds like you've got it rough, too.
Yeah, well...
It's complicated for me, too. I deliver newspapers,
work at a convenience store, work here and at a male host club.
Really?
It's because my dad is in debt.
To her dad!
Okay, this much?
- Yeah. - Kisaki!
It does sound rough for you too, Shindou.
Yeah, well...
But at night, don't you get paid more at the host club than here?
No, this job is the most important of them all.
Important?
Shindou...
Here.
Leftovers. Good through the end of the day.
The fair is over, so we've got leftover frozen food, too.
CHUCKLE CHUCKLE CHUCKLE CHUCKLE
Thank you so much!
We're really not supposed to do this, though.
But it would be a waste to just throw it away.
Everyone takes my money away.
P-Poor guy!
Um, is the debt from an independent business?
A butcher's shop.
It could be torn down at any time,
so I always carry a picture with me.
SHINDOU BUTCHER SHOP
That sign, right?
It's the sign.
But considering it's a butcher shop, that might be proper in a way.
What?
- Yuuta... - Yes?
The son of a man in debt...
GRIN GRIN GRIN GRIN
...and the daughter of the creditor.
Gimme your hand.
Shindou! Shindou!
Why is Kamakura even working when she's a rich girl?
That's because of when I was a kid...
When you were a kid?
It might be because I rejected Shiho.
What do you mean?
I'm home.
I'm beat.
It seems like the guys in the kitchen are the only normal people there.
Hey, Daisuke.
Do you think the job will work out?
I have no choice but to hang in there, right?
I have to do my best and not give up either...
on finding a job.
Oh, honey, you already found your next job, didn't you?
That's right!
Oh, that's right!
It slipped my mind!
You people...
The crowd has finally thinned out.
You're doing well, Higashida.
It's tiring until you get used to it, huh?
Although it's more relaxing to work here
than having to face those nitwits at home.
Nitwits?
Oh, nothing.
Oh, Daisuke!
GRIMACE
It's embarrassing to have you here, so go home!
Even if it's a lie, you should've said that you're really busy, Daisuke.
Given present circumstances, how can we afford to eat out?
We can figure something out, right?
That's right. You worry too much, Big Bro.
Go home!
Welcome!
So you're Higashida's family?
He works so hard.
Oh, I'm just grateful he got a job here.
Hamburg steak? Understood.
It'll be a few minutes.
Muranushi...
Oh, Higashida.
You've rallied 'round.
Did my family say anything weird?
Not that I heard... let's say.
Wait! What does that mean?
Muranushi!
GRIMACE
Check please, sir!
Daisuke...
even though we're your family, we're customers here, and you're the employee.
Make that distinction and do your job right!
The one time he says something serious...
Thank you.
That'll be 8,280 yen.
Fine.
Daisuke, I forgot to bring money, so pay this time, huh?
What happened to making that distinction?
It looks like you've gotten used to the job already, Higashida.
Well, it has been two weeks.
February already, huh?
Speaking of February...
Higashida, Valentine's Day is this month, right?
Actually, the anniversary of the death of St. Valentine.
So...
eat my chocolate!
You don't need to sympathize with me.
That's not it, Higashida!
It's not about "obligation chocolate" or "chocolate for that special someone."
Anyway...
please eat the chocolate I make.
Promise me! A pinky swear!
Miyakoshi...
why would you make something for me?
I heard.
You're the one this year, huh?
The one in charge of eating Miyakoshi's chocolate.
In charge of?
Good.
I'm glad she chose you, someone who can't say no.
It was me last year.
I lost at rock paper scissors.
Please wait a moment, Muranushi.
Does something happen if you eat Miyakoshi's chocolate?
You could say that.
For example...
St. Valentine himself comes down from the heavens.
That's what it tastes like.
Was it a near-death experience?
The 14th at last...
This may be the most tension I've ever felt on Valentine's Day.
Um...
Would you accept this, Higashida?
Scary!
In the end, I let her give it to me.
Shindou sure is popular with the ladies.
I wanted to see you!
Here, Yuuta.
You're not working at the club tonight, right?
We brought our gifts here.
Thank you, ladies!
His customers from the host club...
I'm so happy! Another bonanza this year!
I'll be able to live a good long while on this.
Yuuta...
Happy Valentine's Day!
I've got something for you, too.
But...
that's cash.
Take the money and go to the chocolate section in a department store.
Then get the most expensive chocolate and give the money to the clerk.
Say, "This is for my honey, so do a nice job wrapping it."
If you buy it and bring it back, I'll let you keep the change.
The change...
If you want the chocolate, you can keep that, too.
Um, Miyakoshi... About the chocolate—
Eat it. Don't throw it away. You'd better eat it.
That's not what I wanted to say.
Didn't you have anyone else you wanted to give it to?
Like a person you're interested in?
You didn't have to give it to me.
If I gave it to that person, would they eat it?
I'm sure they would!
After all, you're cute.
When you keep your mouth shut.
Okay, then...
I love you, Higashida!
Cut it out, Miyakoshi!
Just shut up and eat it!
It looks tasty enough.
That's true.
It's fine! I think!
All right, just one.
HACK
Higashida...
Love and peace!
S-Saint Valentine!
Down from the heavens.
And he said my name.
Sorry, Higashida. I'll throw these out.
N-No. Miyakoshi...
You went to the trouble of making it for me...
You know, love and peace...
I'll take it home.
H-Higashida!
You're a hero.
You're a hero, Higashida!
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
And so, I started working.
Apparently, the story is about me next time!
Yes. If there are rapid changes, hopefully it's in the weather and not the story.
LIFE ISN'T THAT EASY
Next time, "Life isn't That Easy."