This is a town of cobblestone streets and houses with wood framework.
I'm Cocoa, and I moved to this town to attend high school here in spring.
I work at the Rabbit House, which is also where I'm staying.
I even got a little sister!
I'm not your little sister.
The other day, a customer told me that I have a sister complex!
Doesn't that have a cool ring to it?
Lize-chan, listen to this!
Apparently, I have a sister complex!
Huh? Oh... r-really?
Sister complex! Sister complex!
Uh-oh.
Sister complex! Sister complex! Sister complex!
She doesn't know what it means.
We need to stop her.
Oh, boy...
It's time to go.
Chino-chan, your middle school uniform is so cute!
Is that so?
Huh?
What were you expecting?
We're going now!
We're going.
All right. Have a good day.
Take care.
Okay!
You go this way too, Chino-chan?
I do go this way.
So, for at least part of the way...
We go together.
All right, I'm going this way.
That was quick!
Morning, Chino!
Morning!
Good morning.
Okay, get fired up and let's go!
Morning, Lize-chan!
Lize-chan, your uniform looks so cool!
I-It's just normal...
Blazers are really nice!
Hey, hey! Why don't we trade uniforms?
Go to your own school. You'll be late.
Oh, right! See you at the café, then!
Okay. Don't get lost!
I'm kinda worried about her...
Oh, Lize-chan! We meet again!
Well, see ya!
She's lost!
Do you know the way to your school?
You don't have to worry about me!
Wow! We meet again!
What?
And again!
D-Did I wander into another dimension?!
What's wrong?
Are you... lost?
That's...
I've heard about these!
Feral rabbits!
I'm in cuddle heaven!
Chestnut youkan?!
Come on... Come on...
You won't eat it?
The one at my house does...
Oh?
Stare...
It attracted a girl instead of a rabbit.
Cocoa-chan? What a warm-sounding name.
I'm Chiya.
Chiya-chan! That name has depth to it!
This chestnut youkan is really delicious!
You like it? I made it myself.
You can make Japanese sweets?
Yes. That one is my best creation.
Just as the moon travels through many thousands of nights...
I call it Senyatsuki!
Senyatsuki
The chestnuts in the youkan represent the moon!
That's so cool!
Even if I don't get it!
I think we'll get along very well.
And I see you go to the same school as me.
Really?!
We'll be late for the entrance ceremony!
Chiya-chan, let's go together!
Hm? But today is...
Hurry!
What?! We're back here again!
W-Wait a second...
You see, our school's entrance ceremony is tomorrow.
Huh?
I said our entrance ceremony is tomorrow.
I'm so embarrassed!
You're funny.
Let's go take a look at the school together, so you won't get lost.
Y-You're a goddess!
This is the high school we'll start attending tomorrow.
So this is my new school...
Just looking at it is so exciting!
This is where I'll spend my youth, huh?
Laughing and crying with my friends, and sometimes fighting...
Oops. This is the middle school.
It's just as beautiful as I imagined!
I forgot that I graduated from here already...
I know I'll have a wonderful youth here!
See you tomorrow, Chino!
Bye!
I'm home.
How was high school?
This town has so many cute buildings. It's just wonderful!
Really?
How was high school?
This town makes me feel like I'm in a fairy tale!
How was—
Don't ask!
Bunnisode 2
The Girl Who Loved Wheat and the Girl Loved by Azuki Beans
I can't believe we're in the same class, Chiya-chan!
I was surprised that you got lost even at school.
Something smells good!
It's a bakery.
How cute!
The bread?
My family owns a bakery, so I used to make bread a lot.
I'd love to make some again...
You can make your own? That's amazing!
Looking at bread makes my baker's soul soar!
I know what you mean.
When I look at Japanese sweets, all kinds of ideas come to me.
Yeah! Yeah!
But the part I like most of all...
...is getting to name the finished product!
Trio of Glistening Gems
Red Jewel in a Snowy Field
How cool!
We do have a big oven.
My grandpa got ahead of himself and bought one.
Really?!
Next time we have a day off,
why don't we all come up with a menu board?
Fresh-baked bread is delicious!
Less talking, more working!
Fresh-baked is really delicious!
I'm aware of that!
This is Chiya-chan, from my class.
Glad to be here today.
These are Chino-chan and Lize-chan.
Nice to meet you.
It's a pleasure!
Hm? That doggy...
He's not a doggy.
That's not just an ordinary fluffball!
Oh! Fluffball-chan?
He's extra super floofy!
Floofy-chan the comforting idol?
He's Tippy.
Someone should explain that he's an Angora rabbit!
I was surprised to hear that you can make bread, Cocoa.
I don't think that was a compliment.
Okay, let's do it!
Don't underestimate breadmaking, guys!
It's a battle in which the smallest mistake can affect the outcome!
Cocoa is fired up for once!
This aura... She's like a battle-scarred warrior!
Today, I leave the instruction to you!
I'm counting on you!
Sir! Yes, sir!
I'll join in, too!
This is overbearing.
All of you, present the ingredients you want to use in our bread!
Yes, sir!
S-Sir!
So overbearing...
For a brand new product, I'm making not yakisoba bread, but yakiudon bread!
I brought my family's special azuki beans, plums, and nori seaweed.
I found salmon roe, salmon, natto, and konbu seaweed with sesame.
Strawberry
Marmalade
We're... making bread here, right?
First, we mix bread flour with dry yeast...
Dry yeast makes the bread rise, right?
That's right! You knew that, huh?
Very good, Chino-chan!
It's dried yeast fungus.
Yeast fungus?
Successfully Walking Fungus
I-If we have to put in something that dangerous,
I'll deal with dry, flaky bread!
There. Dry yeast.
I didn't know it takes so much strength to knead bread.
I can't move my arms anymore...
Lize-san, you seem to be okay.
Wh-What makes you think that?
Chiya-chan, are you okay?
Do you need help?
No, I'm fine.
You're a hard worker.
I can't create extra work for Cocoa-chan.
I've got to show them that I can keep up!
If I give up now, I would be a disgrace to all samurai!
I cannot lay down my life!
That should be enough.
It's nice and springy, and smells great!
The dough does?
Now that's love.
Now we let it sit for about an hour.
What shape did you make yours, Chino-chan?
My grandpa.
He's played with me ever since I was little.
Grandpa's girl, huh?
I really admired the way he looked pouring coffee.
Now it's time to bake Grandpa.
Chiya-chan, do you have a minute?
What is it?
Ta-da!
Special latte art, just for you!
How cute!
I'm really pleased with how it came out today.
I'm going to try a taste.
Aww, my masterpiece...
Sh-She's making this difficult...
Chino-chan, you've been glued to the oven all this time.
Stare...
Is it that fun?
They're getting bigger and bigger.
Ooh! Grandpa just overtook Cocoa-san and Chiya-san!
Lize-san is lagging behind. You should try harder.
Don't tell me that!
Let's eat!
It's delicious!
It's so soft.
Just like I'd expect from fresh-baked!
We could definitely make a menu board from this!
This pickled plum bread!
This yakiudon bread!
This burnt Grandpa!
None of those are making me very hungry...
Ta-da!
I made Tippy bread, too!
Oh, how cute!
Looks like this'll work well for a menu board.
I'll try one.
It's so springy...
I hope it tastes okay.
I used the strawberry jam that Lize-chan brought.
Delicious, isn't it?
Y-Yeah... but...
It's kind of... horrific...
It should be around here...
To thank you for letting me make bread with you,
I'll invite you to my family's coffee shop.
I can't wait to see what it's like!
What's the coffee shop called?
I think it was... Ama Usa?
Did you say Ama Usa?!
Chino-chan, you know of it?
I heard that it was a rival when my grandpa ran our café.
Isn't this it?
The sign alone is so classy.
Looks like an interesting place.
"Me... Rabbit... Sweet"?
It's "Ama Usa An."
Hello!
Oh, welcome, everyone.
Oh! So that outfit was your shop's uniform!
You were wearing it when we first met, right?
I was on my way home from delivering youkan to one of our regulars.
That youkan was so delicious, I ate three!
You ate three of them whole?
A rabbit!
That's our poster rabbit, Anko.
I thought it was a statue...
Anko doesn't move much unless something really motivates him.
Chino!
Chino-chan, are you okay?!
That startled me...
Did his territorial nature kick in?
No... it's love at first sight!
Love at first sight?
And I always thought he was shy...
Looks like he's serious!
Huh? I thought Tippy was a boy...
Tippy is female.
Just not on the inside.
I tried making latte art with matcha. How does it look?
Wow! What kind?
I can't make cute ones like you can, but...
I really admire the works of Hokusai-sama.
Ukiyo-e?
I also admire Basho-sama.
Cocoa-chan, why is your hair in braids today? -Chiya
How elegant!
And here's our menu.
~ Sweets ~ Trio of Glistening Gems Red Jewel in a Snowy Field Moon and Stars Reflected Upon the Sea Triplet Gems of the Flowering Capital Golden Shachihoko Special Princess's Jewelry Box Frozen Evergreen Ephemeral Ophelia Milky Way of Summer Memories
Trio of Glistening Gems...
Red Jewel in a Snowy Field...
Moon and Stars Reflected Upon the Sea...
Why does everything on this menu sound like special battle moves from a manga?
Wow! The matcha parfait looks good,
but the cream anmitsu and shiratama sound good, too!
You understand this?!
Okay, I'll have the Golden Shachihoko Special!
I don't know what it is, but...
I'll have the Moon and Stars Reflected Upon the Sea.
The Triplet Gems of the Flowering Capital.
All right. Just a moment.
Japanese clothes are so refined and lovely.
Do you want to try it on?
No, nothing like that!
I'm sure it'd look great on you, Lize-chan!
Y-You think so?
Yeah!
You'd look so cool!
Yeah! Yeah!
Thank you for waiting.
Lize-chan ordered the Moon and Stars Reflected Upon the Sea.
It's azuki bean soup with shiratama and chestnuts?
Chino-chan ordered the Triplet Gems of the Flowering Capital.
There's a stick of dango in the anmitsu!
Cocoa-chan ordered the Golden Shachihoko Special.
Isn't using a taiyaki for the shachihoko a bit of a stretch?
Well, help yourselves.
Let's eat!
Let's eat.
Let's eat!
It's so good!
These dango are sakura flavored!
Oh, and Anko, chestnut youkan for you.
What's wrong?
Does he want to eat ours?
Oh, all right. But just a little bit.
In exchange, let me cuddle you later!
He went straight for the whole bowl!
Oh, my...
Anyway, this azuki bean soup is really good.
We'll have to do at least this much at our café, too.
Oh, then, what do you say to a collaboration with Rabbit House?
I think it'll go over really well!
Things like coffee anmitsu...
That sounds great! And how about towels and tote bags?
I would want a coffee mug.
We're not talking about food ideas?
Thanks for the food!
Chino-chan, you don't want to pet Anko?
Chino says Tippy is the only animal that likes her.
Wow! They're such good friends already!
It's not enough unless she puts him on her head?
Well, shall we head back now?
Please come again, everyone.
Sure!
If I were staying at your place,
I'd probably be helping you here, Chiya-chan...
You're welcome to start now, if you like!
We're always hiring new staff.
That sounds good!
It's a coffee shop too, so you'd fit right in.
Then I'll keep a room free for you.
Bring your things right over, okay?
Someone stop her!
See you, Chiya-chan!
Thanks for the food.
See ya.
So that shop used to be a rival of ours, huh?
That doesn't mean anything now, though.
We'll have to work hard to please our customers, too!
Yep.
What's with this chestnut youkan? It's too sweet!
Too sweet, too sweet...
Too good, too good...
Too sweet, too sweet!
Next Time: Do You Remember the Day You First Got Drunk? You Tried to Light a Campfire in Your Own Home, Didn't You?
I adore the smooth feel of dishes.
There are those who can't resist my cuddly fluffiness, as well.
When I go to the park, they all—
Why did you laugh?!
We Look Forward to Seeing You Again!