Cocoa-san, please wake up.
Cocoa-san, I mean it... wake up!
Chino-chan?
Why were you sleeping in my room?
Well... I'm pretty sure...
...it's because you wouldn't let go of my sleeve after you fell asleep!
Maybe the delicious smell of the bread we baked after dinner was still on me?
I'm sure it was because you smelled delicious.
Huh?!
Bunnisode 12
For You, I Can Sleep Late
Maybe it's not so much the smell of bread as the smell of flour.
It's a gentle smell.
But... it's still bread either way, isn't it?
What about me?
You smell...
...like something that would wrap you in a warm embrace.
It reminds me of wabi-sabi.
Wabi-sabi?
This market sells so many different things, even at the end of the year.
We came on an errand, but I'm having fun!
Chino-chan should've come with us.
It's fun in a different way than it was at Christmas.
The smells of meat and fruit are making me hungry...
Rize-chan is eating on the go!
Cocoa... Chiya...
Syaro-chan is eating samples?
I bought this!
I'm surprised you noticed us, though.
With all these people here...
I was hungry.
And the smell of herbs was drifting from Syaro-chan...
Huh?! You're kidding!
No way! Does the smell stick to me that much?
She was joking. You don't have to check.
Rize-chan, you give off a dangerous smell like gunpowder,
so I can tell right away when you're close!
Huh?!
I was joking. You don't have to check.
All that moving around makes you hungry. You can't help that.
I-I don't do this all the time!
We're always so busy with work,
but when we do things like this, we seem like regular high school students.
You're right.
This town is so pretty and has such clean air.
And it smells nice.
That's the smell of the doughnut you're holding.
Now that you mention it...
I got so used to it, it didn't occur to me.
And the air is even clearer now that it's winter.
Let's all take a deep breath!
Okay, in...
...and out.
I'm starting to zone out...
I feel like I'm forgetting something...
Is tomorrow Sunday...?
I feel like I've been assigned a task that will benefit society...
She's taking a long time.
It was just a little errand...
Grandpa, I love the smell of coffee.
Green tea and herbal teas also smell wonderful.
Welcome! Come on!
But...
It looks like I've found a new smell that makes me feel at ease.
I wonder when she'll be back...
Oh, no! Look at the time!
I have to hurry back!
And before I go back, I have to buy a souvenir for Chino-chan!
I'll be late if I don't hurry, too!
I don't want my pay reduced!
Days like this happen sometimes...
We're here!
Oh? What brings you here?
There's something we wanted to check out for our homework.
We came to interview everyone at this café.
I'll ask you straight up!
What is it that makes working at this café worthwhile to you?
Our customers' smiles!
Cocoa-san is just a part-timer...
Chino-chan!
Also, if you have questions about the café, ask my father, the owner.
It isn't easy,
but when I think about how many people come here
for a cup of coffee in a place of repose amidst the stresses of modern life,
it makes the job worthwhile.
When customers tell me that they'll come again,
it makes me feel as though they see this as a second home...
Chino speaks!
Anyway, please hurry up and change.
I'll help!
I guess you can help, then.
I've always wanted to help like this!
Thanks, Megu-chan.
It's inside-out?!
Uh, how do you put the ribbon on again?
I think it'd be faster if she got dressed herself...
I'm sorry!
Cocoa... Where's Chimame?
They're interviewing Chino-chan's dad.
Oh, a career report, huh?
We had to do those over winter break in middle school.
That brings back memories...
Did you interview your dad?
I don't plan to join the military!
But I was a rambunctious child...
I went to a florist!
That's normal!
What's the most important thing to you about running this café?
Valuing every cup of coffee, using only the best beans,
and offering customers a place and time to enjoy peace and quiet.
I aspire to share the perspective of the customers, something the previous generation lacked...
What did you say?!
I've been in the customers' position far more than you!
What?!
Did Chino just declare war on the café's second generation?!
I guess private management is pretty challenging.
It seems like there's a lot of competition around here.
Looks like the interview is over.
There's still Ama Usa An and Fleur de Lapin.
I'd like to interview them, too.
Then, Cocoa, why don't you take them there over your break?
Huh?
But even I have work to do...
I'll do your work for you,
so please take them, Cocoa-san.
Well, I can't refuse a request from my little sisters...
Eh? Really?!
Thank goodness!
I feel better knowing Cocoa-chan will be there.
A recon mission?
If you take it too lightly, they'll get you!
They'll get us?!
Rize-san was joking.
Ama Usa An
Oh, my! You're Chino-chan's friends!
I'll give you special service!
They came to interview you for a school assignment.
I'll get right to the point!
Do you have an antagonistic relationship with Rabbit House?
That was a long time ago. We're not competing anymore!
No, I think we're still good rivals.
Really?
Recently, I heard that Chino-chan's father used to play jazz,
and it made me realize that we need music here, too.
But...
Independent Woman March
...I don't have any instruments, so I sing!
Wow!
It's like a karaoke pub!
But isn't it hard to keep up with your studies while you work here?
Isn't it difficult to manage both?
Working counts as studying, too!
If you keep the two clearly distinct, it works out well enough.
She looks so cool somehow, Megu!
She's amazing, Maya-chan!
Cocoa-chan, help me out with math again.
I'm in real trouble...
Could you help me with all of the fine arts subjects, too?
Welcome!
It's more rabbit-like than your place!
Rabbit House loses, big time...
And check out this skirt length!
What?!
She beats us in boldness, too!
Huh?
I wouldn't be surprised if she burst into song!
Song?!
Do you have a singing service here?
No, we don't!
I'd rather you like the herbal tea than the uniforms.
She wants to kill us the moment we relax!
What the heck?!
Do your café's special pose!
Do I have to?!
Ta-da!
Welcome!
This is what they do at Rabbit House!
If even Senpai does it, then...
This is our service!
Well, Rize-chan refuses to do it.
If you're doing career interviews, there's a novelist over there, too.
She's a novelist?
Megu, let's try her!
Yeah!
That was a career interview?
What? We didn't tell you?
Please tell us how you became a novelist, and why you continue to do it.
If speaking to me will help you...
Yeah! Yeah!
I started when someone recommended it to me.
And I do it because...
Because?
Is it for the moments when you see people moved by your work?
Well...
...I can observe the girls working here, and I don't look suspicious.
Oh, you mean observing people.
Isn't this just peeping?
I'm out of money...
The sweets and herbal tea were so good!
And we got to hear lots of stories.
Well, ready to head back?
We're going back already?
Let's go interview other cafés!
We can't! If we're late, Chino-chan will worry!
Please, Big Sis!
We want to be with you longer, Cocoa-oneechan.
Oh, darn it...
Chino-chan will be angry if we're late, you know!
I'm not sure which of you is the older sister...
Rize, we're back!
Oh, how'd it go?
There's a chance that we'll be your rivals when we grow up!
You're changing sides?!
Know what I think?
You're lucky to have such nice big sisters as friends, Chino-chan.
"Sisters"?
I wonder if I can be like them someday...
I'd rather you stay as you are, Megu-san.
We'll be back soon!
Look! There's so much snow!
I'll make a snow rabbit!
I'm going shopping without you...
All done!
Oh... It's cute...
Fascinated by this little thing? You're truly still a child!
Which one of us?
If the snow is still here when the new semester starts,
I bet we'll have a snowball fight at school!
I'm so excited!
But just imagining Chiya-chan throwing a snowball at me gives me chills...
Cocoa-san, would you bend down a little bit?
I didn't mean to assume a combat stance.
That's a bad fever...
Cocoa-san...
Take care, Cocoa-chan.
Thanks for coming to visit,
and for bringing me so many things.
Canned peaches, an apple, and garlic?
Wearing garlic around your neck is good for a cold, right?
Isn't that cooked onions?
Right! It makes the sick demons go away!
It's vampires that you can defeat with garlic...
I heard you caught a cold. Are you okay?
Wow! Did you peel these, Rize-chan?
Leave all your knife-handling to me!
Chino told me to make apple rabbits,
but I couldn't figure out how those are rabbits.
Doesn't this look more like a rabbit?
Wow!
How cute!
Normal rabbits don't carry guns!
Cocoa, are you okay?
Did we run you around too much?
Thanks for coming. Your big sister will be okay.
It's just a little fever.
Hurry and get better so we can make snowmen and have snowball fights!
Good idea!
She needs to rest for a while.
That won't be happening until she's fully recovered.
That's right. Cocoa-chan is fighting demons now.
You mean "sick demons."
So that's why she has garlic around her neck!
That's right! I should've brought a cross, too...
Rize's knife would look a lot cooler than a cross.
Cocoa-san, your fever is back.
You need to rest properly.
Take it easy and get some sleep.
Let's go, guys.
We'll come again.
Get some sleep!
Take care, Cocoa-chan.
Sorry, everyone...
When you're sick, you need to do as you're told.
Sorry, Chino-chan...
It's all right.
Syaro-chan! Why are you out of bed?
I get bored staying in bed, so...
You can't do that!
You won't get better if you don't rest.
Here! Put this garlic around your neck and a pickled plum in your bellybutton!
I'm not wearing that!
Those folk remedies your grandma's been teaching you are wrong!
You know...
...telling yourself you'll get better is very important.
You don't actually believe this stuff works, do you?
You should leave. You'll catch my cold if you stay too long.
There's a superstition that passing along a cold makes it go away.
You're risking yourself to look after me?!
What are you doing?
I'm staying until you go to sleep.
It'll take me a while to finish this book.
Rize-san made rice porridge before she left.
Chi... no...
Are you in pain?
If there's anything I can do, just tell me.
Chi... Chi...
What is it?
Cocoa-san!
I want some Mediterranean-style lobster risotto...
Huh? Mediterranean...?
You're burning up!
You need your medicine, quick...
Chino! We're out of cold medicine!
All the stores near here are closed already...
And Dad is still working.
What should I do?
Why not go to Chiya's house to borrow some?
Nice idea, Grandpa!
If I run there now, I can be back within an hour!
But there's a lot of snow out there. It's dangerous.
I...
I'm going!
Chino...
It's snowing a lot...
I'll have to shovel snow in the morning.
Chino, are you thinking of walking out here at night alone?
Grandpa?
Yep.
You're blending in with the snow! I can't tell where you are!
Thanks for coming with me, Grandpa.
What else could I do, with your precious big sister in that state?
She's not my big sister! Cocoa-san is just Cocoa-san!
Hey! Stop that!
But...
What?
I don't dislike the way...
...Cocoa-san smells.
Excuse me...
How are you feeling?
I brought some hot wine.
Cocoa-san...
Oh, my...
You'll never get better that way.
I'm starting to feel a chill, myself...
Ah, that's good!
Master's wine never disappoints...
It warms both body and soul.
Huh? What is this?
There are two Cocoa-sans...
I'll come back later...
Chino-chan?
Chiya-san?
Chino-chan?
Oh, my... You have snow piling up on your head...
Actually, I guess it's just Tippy.
Um, if you have any cold medicine, could you lend some to me?
Cocoa-san's medicine ran out...
Of course. How many?
Do you carry those around?
Something came up...
Is Syaro-san sick, too?
Here, hurry up and take some medicine back to Cocoa-chan.
Right! Thank you!
I'd better hurry, too...
Cocoa-san, I borrowed some medicine.
Chino-chan?
Are you all right?
I feel a little better.
Huh? What happened to your forehead?
I-If I tell her I slipped in the snow and fell on my head, she'll laugh...
Oh, you fell down while playing in the snow and having snowball fights?
You should be careful.
I just fell normally...
Chino-chan, if you catch my cold,
I'll do my best to take care of you, okay?
I'm not that weak.
I've been trained by Rize-san.
You didn't catch my cold,
but you ended up catching mumps!
I feel as though I've lost, somehow.
You need to rest properly, you know.
This time, your big sister will take care of you!
I'll be fine by myself.
My fever is still low...
When you're sick, you need to do as you're told.
You're over your mumps now?
Good morning. I'm better now.
I didn't know people still caught mumps.
When you have mumps, your cheeks get this big, right?
By the way, where's Cocoa?
She doesn't seem to be awake yet.
Sheesh...
I'll go wake her up!
Cocoa-san, it's time to open the café.
Please wake up.
When the bread is done, play the bugle to let me know...
Weren't we going to work together again today now that we're both better?
Twenty more minutes...
Onee-chan, you sleep too much...
Why did a voice quieter than the alarm clock wake you up?!
Uh... good question...
Chino-chan! What did you just say?
I didn't say anything!
Thank You for Coming Again Today!