Saiki, are you used to Japanese yet?
No, not so much. I make many mistakes when speaking.
Well, learn already.
Right now, I can't count on you to do my grocery shopping.
Yes, I will do my best, Kissaki.
You better.
Are you kind of soft on Saiki?
Please give it back, Miyakoshi.
I'LL TRY GETTING REVENGE
Your wish didn't come true, so the monetary offering...
8,764 yen.
Plus 1,000 yen.
Gimme a discount!
That's not the way you ask someone to do something.
Give me a discount!
You're doing it wrong, Higashida!
The basic rule of collecting a debt is not going soft on the debtor.
In fact, you should increase the amount.
Increase it?
- Higashida! - Higashida!
Higashida, wake up!
Don't be a debt collector!
N-No, I wasn't really...
She told me,
"I gave you a present, so your return gift has to be three times that."
- So she tripled my debt! - Shindou...
Even though she gave me dog food! It's crazy!
Shindou, Kamakura is listening.
She's an ogre! An ogre!
I understand, so please stop hurting yourself.
Fine, 8,000 yen.
9,000 yen.
Give it up, Miyakoshi.
You need to take responsibility for what you made.
You're the one who made that chocolate.
You're the one who made that Higashida, too.
- Give me a discount, at least by 1,000 yen! - 9,000 yen.
Pay me back, too.
But you never gave me anything.
Cash is fine. Pay me back triple.
We're talking about zero, so three times that is still...
You didn't know?
Three times zero is 30,000.
Is that right?
Manager...
Kisaki, it's not right to sponge off of the manager.
After all, he's got money.
After all?
Why do you have so much money?
I'm surrounded by weirdos here, so you didn't really stand out until now.
But when I think carefully, it doesn't make sense.
After all Miyakoshi's violence, you haven't died.
That's rude!
And Kisaki extorts you for large sums of money, which you just keep paying.
That's rude.
And you're incompetent, but you're the manager for some reason.
INCOMPETENT
Senpai!
Tasaka.
TASAKA
Milady! Is Milady here?!
She was a little while ago, but...
Where did you go, Milady?!
This is Tasaka, Kamakura's bodyguard.
To be precise, I'm a bodyguard who watches over Mr. Shindou
to make sure Milady doesn't kill him.
But a second ago, you called the manager senpai.
Yes, he was my senpai back in high school.
He was so strong and often helped me out.
- No way. - No way.
A knee-jerk denial?!
Tasaka always tells huge whoppers.
Even you?!
There's no way a useless adult who just likes cute things could be like that.
U-Useless adult...
W-Well, anyway, he was a bad-ass juvenile delinquent!
Honestly, he was so tough!
Who?!
That is kind of like the manager!
I know, right?!
He wouldn't talk, but the cat on his head would meow,
so it was said the guys he'd beat in a fight would have nightmares
for three days and nights about that cat.
So the nickname that stuck was
Cat Sakaki!
Kisaki?!
True...
My cat, Miyo, refused to get off my head.
Everyone avoided me, but I wouldn't call that being bullied.
But weren't you always fighting back then?
No, the leader of the juvenile delinquents back then was my friend,
but he was so weak...
Fight in my place to give our school some dignity!
I'm not into fighting.
I'll buy the best brand of cat food for Miyoko!
Miyo stood up!
So it couldn't be helped.
You're the one who can't be helped.
After high school graduation, Miyo stopped riding my head,
but then scary people came to scout me.
I went along, too!
Why Kamakura's?! I thought I'd at least think that.
I didn't think that would be a good idea,
so I've been turning them down all this time.
But they told me to take this money as a promise...
that I wouldn't join anywhere else.
There was nothing I could do.
There really is nothing you can do.
Now do you see how great he is?!
No, just the opposite.
Then why is a manager like that an easy victory for Miyakoshi
and easy pickings for the money-grubbing Kisaki?
The weirdness level of this place is going to skyrocket!
I refuse to accept that state of things!
Manager, you need to be normal!
Does he hate me?
But... Oh, I forgot!
Milady! Or rather, Mr. Shindou!
Excuse me! Pardon me!
So how did a loser like you end up being the manager here?
Um, it's complicated.
Wanna hear?
Nah, I think I've heard enough for one day.
Muranushi.
If there's something you'd like as thanks for the cookies you gave me last time...
No, that's okay.
Well, I can't just give you nothing.
Then do me a favor. Go out with me.
U-Um... Go where?
An art supply store.
I need supplies to use for class, but they're heavy to carry.
I won't interject! I will not interject!
Excuse me!
Saiki!
This, too, please.
Roger.
Come to think of it, Saiki, do you remember my name?
U-Um...
Um... Adachi.
Correct.
Kouno.
Bingo!
Malignantushi.
Give that man a cigar.
Lucky!
That's no good.
You need to think about the words before you use them,
Adachi.
If you get cocky, you're going to get hurt, Adachi.
Oh, no. I mixed up Saiki and Adachi.
Sorry, Adachi.
All joking aside, it makes me sad that you can't remember my name.
And since I'm sad, maybe I'll smile—
Don't smile!
You've got it wrong. I don't mean smile at you, Adachi, but at Saiki.
That's even worse!
You mean I should only smile in front of you, Adachi?
Saiki, that's Sayuri Muranushi.
U-Usury Muranushi?
Kamakura.
Oh, Muranushi. Is something the matter?
Did it go okay with the customer at table 5?
He picked a quarrel with me before,
so I avoided him without even thinking about it.
Oh. He kind of tried to pick me up,
so I went boom with a roll of banknotes, and then the black suit went boom,
and then all kinds of things went boom.
Boom.
Shiho is so kind to take pity on a scoundrel.
After all, if Papa found out about it,
his chance in society would go boom.
Boom.
What's wrong?
If I were cuter, the customer wouldn't have gone "boom."
I think you're cute, Muranushi.
Your eyelashes are like boom!
That's not true. I can't even smile decently.
Oh, Muranushi.
You don't need to sell your smile to the customers so cheaply!
I don't know what's going on, but you work with customers!
Sheesh!
When you work in this industry, you better be amiable!
At a family restaurant, smiling is number one!
Right, Higashida?!
Yeah...
But for some reason, I have the feeling that I'm not good at smiling lately.
Why?!
It's your fault.
Dammit! What the hell's wrong with all of 'em?!
Kisaki, smile!
- Forget it. - What?
You can't work in the service industry if you're not a pro at smiling!
I see. Since I'm a pro, I guess I'd better.
Okay, that'll be 10,000 yen per smile.
Sakaki will pay!
Come to think of it, at this restaurant, me aside,
neither Muranushi nor Kisaki smile.
Kamakura smiles, but her behavior is questionable.
Shindou cries.
Saiki doesn't understand the language.
The two in the kitchen would be useless on the floor.
Sakaki would be even more useless.
Higashida has been acting weird lately.
I haven't seen a single smile out of him.
What's with this family restaurant?!
That's what I've been asking myself since the day I started here.
Look, Yuuta! I bought it with my allowance!
Y-You'll be arrested!
It's okay, it's okay!
K-Kamakura!
Huh? What is it?
S-Saiki! Be careful about making a slip of the tongue!
Please don't bully Shindou just because he rejected you!
You should've made a slip of the tongue there.
Shiho, don't! He'll die!
You didn't mean it, right, Saiki?
It was one of your usual misstatements, right?!
I made a mistake!
See?
Please don't be bad-tempered just because Shindou ridiculed you!
Saiki, run!
Run away!
R-Right!
Shiho, that was just a verbal slip-up!
I didn't ridicule you, you're not bad-tempered,
and just for argument's sake, you don't bully me!
Move!
Shiho!
He didn't reject me!
That bothers you?!
Shiho... Shiho...
Kamakura...
You look like an angel right now.
MEANT TO SAY "SWORDSWOMAN"
Please be more honest with your feelings.
H-He's coming on to her?!
Are you okay?!
I'll let you off the hook for now.
But...
this is the second time in my life that someone's made a fool of me!
Remember that...
Yuuta!
Me?!
A comrade.
Good job.
Jeez, Saiki! Come on!
You were so close to getting carved up!
That woman has no mercy!
Still, it was the first time I saw Shiho like that! I was moved!
That's what she gets!
Hahaha, I say!
Now we know it's safe for him to make as many mistakes as he likes!
But the other person's feelings get hurt.
Adachi, you're so kind to everyone.
You know, we're the ones getting dragged into this.
Saiki, start with the syllabary.
Starve with the silly berry?
Um, Higashida...
Nagata.
Um, actually...
Is something up?
It's kind of late to mention this,
but Yanagiba is a little eccentric, isn't she?
Oh, yeah. Maybe.
She does always wear a scarf.
But that's only because she's sensitive to cold...
Yes, the scarf is fine, but um...
Oh, never mind.
See you!
Don't tell me Yanagiba is so quirky
that Nagata can't be friends with her.
Wait...
It's hot.
Ya-na-gi-ba!
Higashi, the heat's up too high.
You're sensitive to cold, aren't you?
Air conditioning is too cold in the summer.
I think Japanese rely too much on heating and air conditioning.
It's connected to global warming
and above all, is contrary to co-existing with nature.
I'm saying we should value the sense of the seasons more.
That's exactly what I'd like to tell you.
And yet, all you've got on is that scarf.
What are you talking about?
If you don't wear a scarf in the winter, you'll get a cold, right?
Yes, that's right. Of course.
If you don't wear a scarf in the winter, your body will get cold,
which will then turn into a cold. Yeah.
Higashi, you have no common sense.
All right, Yanagiba. I'm gonna clobber you!
Welcome.
Uh, um, thank you for always looking after my daughter.
I...
Oh, not him? I'm sorry.
Pardon me. Um, I'm...
Muranushi's mother, I presume?
Mom.
Sayuri.
I'm going out, so here's the key.
Satoru is at home, but I locked the door. You know how dangerous it is.
Going out? Don't tell me...
That's right. I suddenly got a call for an exorcism job.
Mom, quit joking.
I'm not joking.
In a way, it seems like it'd be easier to communicate with the mother.
If you're done here, then you can go.
I've got time, so get me a cup of coffee.
Sheesh. How can you be so easygoing?
Dad hasn't even come home yet.
Your father is in the middle of a slightly difficult exorcism, but he'll be home soon.
And Satoru is sick in bed with a fever of unknown cause...
A weird spirit has taken a liking to him, that's all.
It'll clear up naturally, sooner or later.
Mom, cut it out.
You cut it out, Sayuri.
I'm going to work.
Um... Here.
Um, thank you for always looking after my daughter, Adachi.
I'm Sayuri's mother.
Mother?! I mean, you know my name?!
Oh, well, I just saw your name tag.
Oh, my name tag...
I'm not wearing a name tag!
So it seems.
Even so,
this is an eccentric restaurant, just like the rumors say.
Irrespective of Sayuri's presence, it's full of ghosts.
Is it?
Even on the human side, there's a girl possessed by an extremely seasonable spirit,
a boy who straddles the line between life and death,
and you, Adachi, possessed by Sayuri.
How much does she know?
Not that I would know about such things...
Is she reading my mind?!
Adachi, it seems you've seen my daughter smile.
Although she hasn't said anything to me.
I remember.
When Sayuri was in elementary school,
she smiled at a classmate, Saitou.
He was a rascal before but became a mere shadow of his former self,
acted suspiciously, and then...
This coffee is surprisingly good.
I know, right?
What about Saitou?!
Well, Saitou is... alive.
Barely. Doing well...
You just muttered "barely"!
So I apologize for any trouble my daughter has caused you.
What?!
Not that it makes a bit of difference what I say.
Please look up, Mrs. Muranushi.
She hasn't caused me any trouble.
You're very kind, Adachi.
No, um, she really hasn't given me any trouble.
Um, your daughter's smile is just so beautiful that every time I recall it,
I feel a pain in my chest and the blood drains out of my face.
Wait, is that right?!
No! I mean, yes, but...
She hasn't done anything wrong!
Calm down, Adachi.
Just knowing that my daughter hasn't been a burden to you...
Yes, of course! Sorry!
It's fine. I'm relieved.
You just said it's fine, right?
I'd better get going.
- Um... - Oh, that's right.
I'll give you these, Adachi, just in case.
Well, there you have it.
I'm sorry, Adachi.
My mother is kind of an airhead in a weird way.
What did she give you?
I'll give it back to her.
Adachi, what did you talk to my mother about?
N-Nothing special.
"Adachi, I don't want to trouble you, but..."
"It's no trouble at all.
You're just so beautiful that I feel a pain in my chest."
Did you fall in love at first sight with my mother?
Not your mother!
NEXT DAY
Then this will happen...
Exactly! You're surprisingly clever, Miri.
- Hello. - Hi!
Yanagiba, what are you doing here?
Nothing much.
Just charting this restaurant's romantic relationships.
Romantic?!
I was curious, so I thought I'd go over the situation.
I'm trying to be careful, too.
She's trying to be careful!
B-But that's not so good, is it?
Around Higashi, too.
Naga, calm down.
That being said, I don't really know about that kind of stuff.
So can I just come up with stuff that sounds interesting?
I guess that would be okay.
Really?!
All right! First, Kisaki is lying about her age...
Ow!
Don't get a laugh at somebody else's expense.
You're harsh.
Um, she's going out with the manager.
I've had it with older guys already.
Well, you'd better be careful, too, little girls.
Warning us about what?!
Senior in life, please just tell me who's close to each other
in this restaurant, between the men and women.
What would you do with that information?
Be careful.
Well, let's see...
Adachi and Muranushi, Kamakura and Shindou,
maybe Higashida and Miyakoshi?
The nearest people...
What about you, Kouno?
Left over.
Why do you have to put it like that?!
So aside from the one leftover, everyone is dating each other?
Can I draw red lines connecting the people?
It's not so much dating as the guys are possessed.
It seems like they're gonna die soon.
Especially Adachi and Shindou...
So don't feel bad about being a leftover, Kouno.
What do you have against me?!
I feel sorry for Kouno, so I'll draw a red line connecting us.
Dammit! Thank you!
U-Um... Higashida isn't possessed?
His mode of life is enshrouded in mystery.
Not even I know.
Ask the implementer.
Everybody, get to work!
I'm not actually in charge of Higashida.
Are you in love with him?
Not at all.
But you give chocolate to the person you really like.
I wouldn't give dangerous materials like that to someone I love.
After all, we're talking about Higashida.
The Higashida who has no social graces, who's quick to criticize,
who acts so superior, just because he's kind of smart.
I can't understand anybody who would fall for that guy.
You're right.
Naga...
If there was anyone in love with Higashida, I couldn't understand them.
Y-You've got it wrong!
It means something when you fall in love with someone!
Not really.
Sure, you're right about Higashida, Miyakoshi.
His face is as expressionless as a Noh mask,
and he acts and talks like a cyborg,
and I don't know what happened to his looks...
I didn't say that.
But once you've decided that you love someone,
you have a responsibility to carry it through to the end!
Love has no inherent responsibility.
She liked Higashida out of responsibility?
A-Anyway, you shouldn't give chocolate
to someone you don't really like, Miyakoshi.
And there's that.
U-Um...
You have to take more responsibility for your own actions!
If you're going to give it to him, fall in love first!
Wait, no!
Is that okay?!
Calm down a little, Naga.
Yanagiba, I don't even know what I'm saying.
I'm sure Hana-hana doesn't understand either.
No, I feel great remorse.
Miyakoshi—
I made Higashida eat that chocolate, even though he hadn't done anything wrong,
and then talked disparagingly of him after he changed.
I-I'll take responsibility...
and make Higashida eat my cooking until he turns back to normal!
See?
All right!
Please tell me how to make chocolate!
There's no way I can deal with that murderous chocolate.
I mean, in the first place, are we romantic rivals?
In that case, I should show humanity, even to my enemy...
But at this rate, Higashida will face death again and it'll be half my fault.
You'd better take responsibility.
If you don't mind my help...
Yes! Thank you very much!
It's tough to be young.
Wait for me, Higashida!
Do I have a cold?
Muranushi's mother...
Didn't she say something about performing an exorcism?
That does sound like shady work,
so I guess it's no wonder Muranushi is repelled by it.
It was nice meeting you the other day.
A girl near you means to make you a victim.
Exorcising her will take considerable effort and sacrifice.
And if you don't exorcise her, the world will probably be destroyed.
Proceed with caution.
She's the real deal.
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
There you have it. Time sure does fly, as it's chocolate season again.
Generally speaking, chocolate is delicious! Hey, long hair, give me some chocolate!
This is an eating establishment, so you're not allowed inside.
FATE SURVIVAL
Foiled!
Next time, "Fate Survival."