Hey, wait!
Over here!
No, wait up!
I finally built my café after all that struggling.
But I just can't keep business on the right track...
I'm sure...
...life would be so much easier if I were a rabbit.
Hi, Mister.
Hi there.
Hey, Mister, what's this fluffy thing?
That's my pet rabbit.
It smells nice.
That's the smell of coffee. I run a café.
Would your order be becoming a rabbit, Mister?
She heard me...
I'll cast a spell on you, okay?
May you become a rabbit someday...
Cocoa, we're leaving.
Wait!
Onee-chan, don't leave me behind!
Come on, let's go.
Who were you talking to?
The rabbit's grandpa!
Rabbit?
Even if I were a rabbit, I wouldn't want to be one like you.
I'd be miserably hot in summer.
I bet I'd be warm in winter, though.
Well, Chino gets lonely when you're not around...
Ready to go home, Tippy?
She's using Tippy as a pillow again...
Onee-chan, don't leave me behind...
Oh, that's right...
I'm taking some time off work again.
Huh?
Do you have something to do?
I was asked to help a club again.
The theater club.
The theater club?! Wow!
So the club you help sometimes is the theater club?
Your voice carries well, and you're good at memorization.
You'd be a great actress!
Y-You think so?
Theater...
Things like fairy tales are nice.
The one we're working on isn't anything cute like that...
What kind of dark fairy tale is it?
Take this!
Where'd you get that idea?
It's just a normal play! Normal!
Tell us what role you're playing.
Tell us! Tell us!
D-Don't laugh...
I'm the heroine of The Phantom of the Opera, Christine.
You look happy.
A-As if I would be!
You're straining so hard, you're gonna break the plate!
Calm down, Christine!
Don't call me that name normally!
I played a dog once, too!
Woof, woof!
I'm not playing a dog!
I'm playing an elegant, ladylike young opera singer!
Elegant... Ladylike...
S-Sorry. I'll pay for it.
It's true... A ladylike role might be too hard for me.
Maybe Chiya-chan and Syaro-chan can give you advice on being ladylike.
It's from Cocoa-chan.
From: Cocoa-chan Rize-chan is on her way over to kamikaze your place!
She's coming to destroy our shop?!
Ama Usa An
So that's how it is.
I came to learn from you.
Since you've asked for my help, I'd better be serious about this.
Leave it to me!
I'll turn you into a maiden who can make
even the evil spirits of nature blush!
I-I'm counting on you!
First, put this on, and let me do your hair.
I'll be taking your model guns, too.
All done!
Now you look like a true lady from all angles!
This getup looks familiar...
Let's start practicing right away.
As a test run, try admiring this plant.
Yes, sir!
By the way, is there some reason I'm dressed like this?
Of course. It's important to look the part.
On that note...
That's no good at all, Christine-san!
You're not trying hard enough!
You're getting into the role, too?!
Wouldn't it be faster to just hit me with that and change my personality?
That is precisely the wrong way to think about this!
How wonderful.
Seeing you take on everything with all your strength...
You are truly maidens in full bloom.
Who's that?
That's the novelist, Aoyama-san.
Remember? She wrote the story for that movie we saw together,
The Barista Who Became a Rabbit.
Oh!
Aoyama-san occasionally helps me come up with new menu names.
Menus these days are difficult, aren't they?
Isn't there anything with a little more impact?
An accomplice, huh?
The way Chiya-san looks when she comes up with a lovely name after much struggling,
and then blossoms into a smile... that makes her look like a beautiful maiden.
She's a poet...
How about you, Aoyama-san?
I'm still struggling.
Is this any time to encourage someone else?
I wonder if Rize-chan is going to sing and dance.
Wouldn't that make it a musical?
If we could do a cool dance at the bar during night hours...
...don't you think more customers would come?
Would that be "cool"?
It'd be really cool!
What roles have you had in plays before?
I once played a tree very assertively.
Tasteful!
Trees are great.
Their steadfastness cleanses the soul.
That's right.
I see!
Dancing trees might be a novel idea!
Trees are great because they don't move!
Rize-senpai said she had something to do at Ama Usa. What could it be?
Ama Usa An
I'm scared of him, but...
If I can't endure this much...
Hello!
Why? Why?
Sorry, Syaro-chan.
I was playing the Phantom from
The Phantom of the Opera to help Rize-chan with her role.
Maybe this one looks more like the Phantom?
Your idea of substitute masks is weird enough...
Syaro-chan!
Rize-chan says she wants to know your opinion.
Got it!
You want me to wear one of those and become a demon or spirit,
and give you my guidance, right?
It has nothing to do with the masks.
It doesn't?
What I want to learn from you is how to be refined.
Teach me the trick to it.
I don't know if there's a trick...
This is just worldly wisdom I acquired subconsciously
in order to get through life.
Is life that brutal?!
I see.
It's tough for waitresses to make a living in this day and age, isn't it?
The weird lady who was at the park the other day!
That's the novelist, Aoyama-san.
Huh? That's her?
Waitresses are like idols dancing in the dining hall.
Is that how we look to you?
But at the same time, they're like fighters battling in the dining hall.
Your image mainly describes me!
An idol... and a fighter...
She doesn't look at all displeased with that.
I was thinking... Maybe Rize-chan wants to join the theater club for real.
That is possible.
She's so serious about perfecting her role, after all.
If she joined, I guess she would quit working here.
What?!
Th-That would be too sad!
Rize-chan...
Rize-san...
I can't do close quarter combat!
I can't protect this café in Rize-chan's place!
Do you think Rize-san is a guard?
We came to find out how Rize-chan really feels!
Huh?
Rosé-san.
Rosé-chan!
Good to see you again.
I'm a maiden who can make even the evil spirits of nature blush.
Christine has descended into her!
Who taught her that line?!
Rosé-san, I've been waiting for you to come to our café.
I'm sorry.
I never thought you would remember me...
Of course I do! I've been waiting all this time!
I see...
Chino-chan admires someone like Rosé-chan more than me...
I'm gonna make myself look grown-up, too!
Cocoa-san!
Wait! We're not finished talking!
Why did they come here?
I'll never come near this place again!
Stop it! Go away! That hurts!
That voice...
Master?
Don't bite me!
That hurts!
I'm glad to hear he sounds well, anyway.
This really doesn't suit me.
I'll turn down the Christine role.
N-No! You should do it!
Why is it necessary to give up on what you want to do?
That's what I was going to say!
A-Aoyama-san is right!
You look great dressed like that!
You're so cute, it would be a waste to quit.
It's kinda late now, but I'm starting to feel embarrassed...
Thanks. I'll give it a try.
Also, I came here on an impulse...
But this isn't something I should ask for help with, huh?
You just asked the wrong person.
You're saying that yourself?
So this is the Christine that Rize-chan played?
She's fighting the Phantom with a gun.
Apparently, they wanted to write a script that suited me to begin with.
And after I went to the trouble of learning how to be ladylike...
I'm so frustrated, I'm gonna get revenge with another role!
Don't do that!
You don't want me to play roles that don't match me?!
I'm sorry!
I didn't expect it to fly that way!
Aoyama-san... Is it okay to do this with your manuscript paper?
Actually...
Unemployed
I've quit writing novels.
What?!
Bunnisode 9
Aoyama Slump Mountain
Sorry! I'm late again!
Is my uniform in the wash?
Welcome back.
Cocoa-san, I didn't know you worked in this café.
I've really been laid off this time!
You're unemployed?
Actually, until just a moment ago, I was also...
That's the wrong uniform, Aoyama-san.
Aoyama-san, you quit writing?
She needed a job, so I brought her here for now.
This is a perfect fit.
It's like I was destined for this job.
Are you sure you're okay with that?
Um, by the way, where is the master with the white beard?
I've wanted to see him all this time.
You didn't know?
Chino-chan's grandpa already passed away.
What?
But the other day, I heard his voice.
I'll never come near this place again!
She misses him so much, she's hearing things!
Try cuddling this white fluffball instead, and you'll feel better!
Don't just...
Aoyama-san?
I like him.
I especially relate to the way his eyes are covered.
Now that I look closer, his fur looks wild!
I guess she likes the somewhat bad-boy look.
He smells like coffee, just like the master.
I can't believe it...
He's really gone?
He'll never give me his opinions on my writing again?
I noticed that Aoyama-san hadn't come by recently.
So she's working at Rabbit House?
It seems like her writing is in a slump.
Really?
She helps during the day sometimes, too.
Life Advice Booth
Isn't this reception booth well made?
Um, what is this, exactly?
I thought I would try to help this café
by doing something only I can do.
I love listening to people...
I was inspired by the way Takahiro-san listens to his customers' concerns.
Takahiro-san?
My father.
How nice! I think that's a great idea!
We also made this for you, Chiya-chan.
It really makes use of your talent!
Palm Reading
Yeah!
I would like to make use of my talent,
but for some reason, no one will rant to me.
You're a mysterious person,
so maybe it's hard for them to approach you.
I don't think that's the problem...
The master was very good at listening to people.
I hope I can become someone as relaxing as he was...
I see!
If you looked a little fancier,
maybe students would find it easier to talk to you.
Let's try setting some stuffed animals out.
I-If I have cute things like these staring at me...
...I'll be cursed!
Cursed?!
Maybe, the more people you help, the more approachable you'll be.
On that note, I brought someone who worries about things every day.
You told me to let off all the steam of my daily life, but...
I'm glad you came.
Here's some coffee to welcome you.
Oh, but I have work after this...
Oh, I blended that one myself.
What?!
Huh? For some reason, I'm crying...
Does she get drunk in different ways depending on the blend?!
That can't be!
I can't keep this up!
Things are tight again this month...
And that rabbit bit me...
Come on, calm down.
This is the kind of thing I wanted to do...
You got a letter from someone who could use some advice.
This is starting to work like a suggestions box now.
"My little sister won't eat her vegetables.
If this goes on, she'll stay a tiny little sister forever."
I'll have to write a reply.
"Not that I would mind if she stayed that way,
but I'd appreciate it if you'd give me some recipes using celery
that even kids who hate celery will like!"
I brought a letter, too.
A girl calling herself the sender's big sister is trying to
force her to eat vegetables she hates.
Just come out and say it, both of you.
It's gotten busier all of a sudden.
So, um...
Are you sure it was a good idea to quit your writing job so easily?
The truth is, I wanted to keep writing, but...
Who was it who told me not to give up on what I wanted to do?!
Ooh! Rize-chan's so passionate!
Actually, since I lost the fountain pen the master gave me,
I can't seem to write anymore.
Other fountain pens just don't work.
You're right. It's hard without the things you're used to using...
Um, do you know where you lost it?
I'm pretty sure I had it until the day I first met Cocoa-san...
If she lost it the day she first met me,
maybe it's lying around here...
Chino-chan... Did you find it?
No, I couldn't. Are you sure it was here?
Oh! A rabbit!
Yay!
Do you even want to look for it?!
I find it hard to believe it would fall here specifically.
Right, Tippy?
Is that it?
You want me to give it to her?
I guess that's fine...
Um...
I don't know why you and Tippy ended up this way,
but keeping it a secret is very restricting.
There's no need to keep it a secret out of consideration for me anymore,
thinking that you're the only one I ever talk to.
So... please cheer her up.
The Barista Who Became a Rabbit
At the very least, I wanted him to read this novel...
It was good.
But the son had more of a part in it than the protagonist.
S-Something's wrong!
The master's voice was coming from this stuffed toy!
What?!
That's the wrong one!
Now that Aoyama-san had her fountain pen back,
she's gone back to writing novels!
It seems she's gotten into bartending, too, so she helps there sometimes.
Caffeine Fighter
I wish I could've met Chino-chan's grandpa, too.
Yeah, he was already gone when I came here.
The master is always watching over us.
When we're in trouble, he shows up out of nowhere to help us.
Maybe next time, he'll borrow Tippy-san's body to speak from.
Th-That's a little scary...
Don't say stuff like that!
Next Time: The Anti-Sister Battle Corps, Also Known As the Chimame Corps
Hasn't Cocoa been influencing Chino too much lately?
I'm worried.
She's gained a good friend.
Hey, she's my granddaughter!
She's my daughter!
We Look Forward to Seeing You Again!