Chino-chan, you should be less picky and eat your celery.
But you didn't drink any of your tomato juice, either.
You have more foods you don't like than I do, though.
You need to tough it out and eat them, or you'll never grow big.
No need to worry.
By the time I reach the age you are now, I'll be taller than you.
You think so?
Oh, but you usually carry Tippy on your head every day.
Can you really grow taller like that?
Morning!
Morning, Chino!
Morning, Chino-chan!
Maya-san... Megu-san...
Did you miss us that much over the break?
You're making me blush!
How cute!
I'm going to eat this.
Oh! Chino is...
She's eating celery!
I thought, if I can conquer the foods I hate, I might grow a little taller.
You need lots of food and lots of sleep!
Good for you, Chino-chan!
My parents always tell me I'll be short forever if I stay up late, too.
I know someone who sleeps a lot...
Oh, that really pretty girl who works at your café?
I guess it's true that you grow if you sleep a lot.
I didn't sleep enough...
Today's a perfect day for a nap.
I can't have caffeine...
That's not always true.
Oh?
Then, if there's a way besides sleeping...
Oh! I've heard you can grow taller by jumping!
They say bananas are good, too.
Jumping... Bananas...
Jumping...
I wonder if something fun happened.
How heartwarming.
Maybe skipping isn't enough to have an effect...
I'll jump across the red flagstones to get home.
The heat is making Chino-chan...
...overheated!
Bananas...
The limited time sale starts in ten minutes,
so before that, I need to get bean sprouts...
Oh, and there's a discount on fish.
Onions are three for 100 yen, and half a cabbage roll is 50 yen.
That makes 1,500 yen, so...
Okay! I think I can keep it under 1,500 yen!
Sharo-san?
So even rich young ladies like you come to the supermarket?
Huh? Well... yeah.
What do I do? There's not much time until the sale...
Is something wrong?
Oh, no! I need an excuse!
U-Um...
That!
I want that up there,
but it's just out of reach...
We've both got it rough.
What's that? Some new kind of training?
Here.
L-Lize-senpai!
Lize-san, what a coincidence.
I saw you training from outside.
Are you doing survival training?
We're just shopping.
I'm so glad I'm short!
High Grade Softshell Turtle
Softshell turtle broth... Talk about refined taste.
Here, Chino-chan.
It's celery bread!
Here's some tomato juice.
Let's conquer this together, Chino-chan!
Right.
One, two...
Wh-What's wrong?
Who beat you up?
Tomato juice.
Celery.
Veggies?
We were trying to conquer the foods we don't like.
If you can't eat everything, you'll never grow big.
You want to be bigger, Chino?
Really...
If you speak loudly, maybe you'll seem bigger.
An illusion?
Come on, try it!
Welcome!
W-Welcome...
Too quiet!
Welco—
Not like that!
Welc—
Raise your voice more!
Welcome!
Wel—
Welcome!
Wel—
Welcome!
Wel—
Welcome!
Chino-chan is getting irritated (ira ira)...
Welcome!
Lize-chan!
Welcome...
I'll just stick with good old-fashioned hard work.
Let's work hard to conquer the foods we hate!
I'll eat a lot and sleep a lot,
and grow at least as tall as Cocoa-san.
If that happens, she'll be the one cuddling you, Cocoa.
I don't think I'd mind that!
Oh, I won't hug you or anything, so don't worry.
Chino-chan, don't grow any bigger!
Don't eat! Don't sleep!
Don't be ridiculous.
You have a new message. Open Later | Open Now
To Cocoa-chan From Chiya-chan It looks like the summer heat's getting to Chino-chan! Make sure she gets plenty of nutrients and sleep!
It's a message from Chiya-chan.
It looks like the summer heat's getting to Chino-chan!
Make sure she gets plenty of nutrients and sleep!
Chino-chan!
Yes?
You have to get plenty of nutrients and sleep!
Make up your mind.
What's Chino-chan doing?
Telling coffee fortunes.
Her fortunes hit the mark pretty often.
Oh?
She could be a match for me and my accurate weather fortune-telling!
Not bad at all!
Why are you making this a contest?
How do you do that coffee fortune-telling?
The method itself is simple.
First, you drink all your coffee,
then you turn the cup upside-down on a saucer.
Then, you tell fortunes using the shape of the coffee stains
left in the bottom of the mug.
This is coffee fortune-telling, or caffè-de-mancy.
My grandpa's caffè-de-mancy was famous for
being correct so often that it scared people.
My fortunes are only accurate with cappuccinos...
That's still amazing!
I want to try it, too!
Upsy-daisy.
Okay, for Chino-chan...
I can see the shape of rabbits raining down on you!
It doesn't look like that to me...
But if you're right, it sounds great.
And for Lize-chan...
I see lots of lots of coins!
Maybe your luck with money will improve?
Then maybe I can buy the things I want!
And Tippy...
...is wearing a sexy outfit and attracting everyone's attention!
Huh? Tippy, what's the matter?
I think Tippy wants to tell your fortune, too.
Oh! A contest to see who's right, eh?
Cocoa's fortune for tomorrow is...
Rain. Or more like polka dots.
Frankly, you'd be better off not going outside.
There you go.
Uh, that was your fortune.
Now for Lize's fortune.
Oh...
Lize will make a fine, beautiful wife someday.
Me? No way!
After dinner yesterday, one tiramisu wasn't enough,
so you raided the kitchen.
You really crave affection. Compliments go right to your head.
It'd be safer for you to brush them off.
You stupid fuzzball!
That's just a personality assessment!
I guess he was right...
We have a test soon.
I haven't studied at all.
A caffè-de-mancer?
Is that like a necromancer?
Chiya-chan, how do you have so much knowledge about things like that?
That's different. It's "caffè-de-mancy."
I'm sorry.
Oh, speaking of fortunes, I can read palms.
Really? Read mine!
Cocoa-chan, you seem to have some hidden evilness.
Evilness?!
Actually, I have it, too.
So we match!
"Evilness"?
That lunch looks delicious.
Really?
I made my own today, and I'm really proud of this one!
Especially the way these eggs are fried—
Oh, dear...
Sorry, Cocoa-chan.
Anko gets carried off by crows quite often.
That's okay.
I wanted to try this school's croquette buns!
Cocoa-chan!
Huh?!
C-Cocoa-chan...
Your b-b-bu—
Oh, I caught the bun!
Not that!
I think, ever since you went to the restroom before lunch,
your p-polka dots have been showing...
Today just hasn't been my day...
Days like that happen.
I'm sorry! It slipped out of my hand!
C-Cocoa-chan...
Thank goodness Anko didn't get wet!
Cocoa-chan...
Thanks, Chiya-chan.
No, I should thank you.
I wouldn't call it a show of my gratitude,
but why don't we stop by Sharo-chan's café?
I'll treat you.
Really? Are you sure?
Yay!
What are you bringing in here?!
Stop! Don't come near me!
Aww... Is my aura really that unlucky?
Because Anko used to bite her as a child,
Sharo-chan's been a little scared of him ever since.
Oh, it was just Anko?
That's more than just "a little"!
Thank you for waiting.
Yay!
I can't believe he came here...
Today's just not my day.
Not... my day...
Cocoa-chan had finally forgotten about it! Don't say that!
I don't really get it, but what a pain...
Here's your change.
Huh?
Wh-What are you doing?
I'll read your palm for you.
Let's see...
I see that you have a crush on someone, but they have no idea.
You face many obstacles...
You also have terrible luck with money.
Don't say any more, you idiot!
Chino-chan! Lize-chan!
Did my fortunes for you come true today?
Huh?
No, nothing in particular happened to me.
I see...
I had Anko rain down on me, had my skirt flipped up,
and had Sharo-chan throw money at me.
It was terrible.
I guess Tippy wins the fortune-telling contest.
Hey, what's wrong with you two?
You probably shouldn't mess with fortunes from now on.
For your own sake.
Why?!
Your Lucky Items Are Vegetables, Crime, and Punishment
Bunnisode 4
This library is so big!
I wondered where you were bringing us...
Is over there okay?
Yeah! The view's great, too!
You didn't come here to study?
Why did you come to the library, Chino-chan?
There's a book I read when I was little,
and I wanted to read it again.
But I can't remember the title.
Do you remember what it was about?
Um...
A rabbit wanted to become a hero of justice,
so he beat up a bad rabbit,
but rabbits that had nothing to do with it got involved,
and there was trouble.
Then another rabbit showed up to pursue the protagonist!
They fought during the story,
but then, in the end...
She remembers it that well, yet she wants to read it again?
Come to think of it,
you said you have a test soon, right, Chino-chan?
Why don't you have Sharo-chan help you study?
Sharo-san?
Yes.
She's a scholarship student with such good grades,
her tuition is fully covered.
Wow, that's amazing!
She's beautiful and smart!
She has no faults.
She's blinding me!
I... I'm not...
And she's a rich young lady to boot. She's too perfect.
Blinding!
So, Cocoa-chan, thanks for your help today.
Sure!
You're not helping her, Chiya?
No, no.
She's going to help me.
You're kidding, right?!
I'm good at math and physics.
Then why don't you help Chino-chan study, too?
But in the general ranking, I'm just about average...
There's a subject bringing you down that much?
These.
Japanese
English
History
She's hopeless in liberal arts!
I read a lot of books, but...
The way Cocoa-san teaches things, I can't rely on her at all.
What...?
Really? But she's easy to understand.
You're just on the same wavelength as her.
'Cause we're such good friends! Right?
Right?
Let's just forget about them and study, Chino-chan.
Right.
For this problem, plug in the answer you got for the last one.
The way you teach is so easy to understand.
I'm so glad!
If I had a little sister like you, I'd help you study every day.
I wish I had an older sister like you, too.
I'm unwanted!
Be quiet in the library!
Chino-chan, would you rather go to our high school or Sharo-chan's
when you're older?
Chino-chan, you'd look great in our uniform!
She'd look much cuter in a blazer.
I think she'd look best in a hakama.
What era are you in?
Putting the hakama aside, I will have to decide that soon...
It's hard to choose.
Decisions about your future aren't easy to make.
The future, huh?
I want to be either a baker or a lawyer.
The Six Codes
I'm Cocoa, the town's international lawyer!
There's something weird about that!
Wait, I was a bit off.
Let me do it over!
I'm Cocoa, the town's international lawyer.
Your head-to-body ratio isn't the problem!
That's an admirable dream, Cocoa-chan.
What's your dream, Chiya-chan?
My dream...
...is to make Ama Usa An more successful with my own talents.
Just like me.
I want to take over the family business and become a good barista.
Baristas are cool, too!
You can manage that, Chino-chan.
Right now, I just want to break free from being poor.
I've decided!
I'll be the town's international barista lawyer!
Forget the "town's international" thing!
Where could Chino-chan's book be?
With all these books, it'll be hard to find.
Justice... Evil...
Oh!
I think I know the title of the book!
R-Really?
I didn't realize it before,
but we might have similar taste in books!
If I'd gone to the same school as you,
what would my life be like now?
Do you regret choosing the school you're in?
If... If I were at least in the same grade as Lize-senpai...
Which means she does.
Honestly, it seems pretty boring...
going to an elite school just because they cover your tuition.
If it were me,
I'd be exhausted trying to behave properly around the rich girls.
But, wait...
If you went to the same school as us...
If I did?
The uneven number
might've forced Cocoa-chan and me into different classes!
I wouldn't want that!
Just kidding.
S-Stop teasing me already!
But you actually understand, don't you?
We can still meet like this outside of school.
We'll always be together, even when we grow up.
Yeah.
I think it was around here...
I found it!
Way to go.
Do I get to be a reliable big sister this time?
Cocoa-san.
I'm glad we found it!
Cocoa-san...
Crime and Punishment
This isn't it.
Next Time: Cocoa and Murderous Intent Without Malice
When I was young, my friend was in the army,
so I was trained in many things, including shakers.
But I'm an ordinary bartender! Believe me!
Believe what?
We Look Forward to Seeing You Again!