Manager!
The testing period is starting, so could you decrease my shifts a little?
Yeah, sure.
Come to think of it, are you feeling all right?
Oh...
HACK
Love and peace!
I was nervous you would quit after that.
Oh, that wasn't bad enough to...
Knock it off, Kouno!
You can't work like that!
Even though I'm making delicious soup?
Welcome!
Table for one?
Right this way.
Here, Yuuta.
I'm so nice that I'm giving you New Year's money just this once.
Ready? I'm gonna drop it.
It looks like you two are having fun.
I'm tired so I'm going on break.
Um... I wonder how much it would take to make me quit.
Then you do wanna quit?!
Higashida!
BAM
Help me study!
That can be your White Day return gift!
That's sudden and shameless!
LIFE ISN'T THAT EASY
But why do you need help?
My grades at school have been so lousy that my mom said if I get
bad grades on the upcoming tests, I have to quit working and go to cram school.
But I can't help you.
Why not?! You'd be in trouble if I quit, right?
Yes, but...
You'd be fine if the manager quit,
but you couldn't hack it if I quit, right?!
Well... yeah, but...
Higashida?!
But I've got tests coming up, too...
So what? Don't be stingy!
Kisaki, if you would, please tutor Miyakoshi.
What?
Oh, is that a customer's...
This baby?
She's my daughter.
Daughter?!
Kisaki, you have a child?!
Yeah, well. Her name is "Hime." Be nice to her.
HIME KONDOU
N-Nice to meet you...
Why did you bring your baby here?
That's right, Kisaki. This is a workplace.
You're the one who told me.
My kid won't eat cucumbers unless I peel them.
Really?
What a pain!
Kids are so fussy.
Tell me about it!
They've been here a long time.
Since lunchtime, so what, four hours now?
Sometimes they bring their kids in here.
A family restaurant is a fine place to have a long conversation,
but I hope their children are okay.
I'm sure someone's watching them.
Still, it makes me nervous that they're not together.
That's what you think?
Yeah. I'd rather have them bring the kids...
That's what you said, so I did.
My mom's at home, but she spoils this one rotten,
so is it okay if I keep bringing her in?
A-Actually...
Okay!
Manager?!
Kisaki, you...
Miyakoshi!
What is the value of a 45 degree tangent for this ABC triangle?
Chemistry?
Physics, isn't it?
It's mathematics.
That's math?!
It's definitely not chemistry.
Hime...
She's right!
Come on, Miyakoshi. She got it right, so pet her head.
Just tutor me for crying out loud!
I'm your elder!
Sorry, but somebody who can't distinguish between math and chemistry
is a little beyond me...
T-That was just one time!
Welcome!
Hello.
What kind of dialect is that?!
It's English.
Um, Kouki Saiki?
University student, 20 years old.
SAIKI KOUKI
He says his parents are Japanese, but he was born and raised
in another country, so he doesn't speak any Japanese at all.
Apparently, a friend of his put in an application for him without asking.
I CAME, BUT I HOPE YOU TURN ME DOWN QUICKLY SO I CAN GO HOME...
Kisaki, you can speak English too, huh?
Yeah, well...
PHEW
Then please say this to Mr. Saiki...
This restaurant is full of oddballs, so he'll probably get a skewed view of Japan,
but these people are actually extremely rare.
Higashida...
So what are you gonna do?
And so, this is the newbie, Saiki.
Hey!
He was nervous, but seemed like a serious person,
so I thought maybe he'd work out...
Who's gonna train him?
Can't you speak English, Higashida?
I know the grammar, but can't really hold a conversation...
I don't speak it at all.
Just talk normally to him.
That wouldn't work!
Even without English,
you can make yourself understood with gestures and stuff.
And the mood!
What do you mean by "gestures"?
Um... Waving your hands about?
You mean like punching him? Knocking sense into him?
Yeah, more or less.
That's not it at all!
All right, Kisaki, you can train Saiki.
Fine. I'll train Saiki to be the perfect gofer.
Okay. I'll do my best to learn English conversation.
Since I'll be busy training Saiki, you'll have to take care of Miyakoshi.
You heard her!
Okay.
Well, it is true that I'd be in a jam if you quit, Miyakoshi.
Higashida!
I'll go to your house for our first session.
No way! My house is off limits!
After all, I can't concentrate here.
And my place is too far away and I don't have study tools.
You live near here, don't you, Higashida?
Forget it! It's dangerous!
For a girl to come to my house alone...
What if something happened to you?!
You would do something to me, Higashida?!
What's wrong, Big Bro?
Someone's coming over after work tomorrow,
but you don't have to make any kind of fuss about it.
Oh my, Daisuke. You have a friend!
Oh, Mom! I figured even Daisuke would have one friend.
That's right, dear.
You shouldn't be surprised that Daisuke has one friend.
So who is it?
A girl from work.
Well done, Daisuke!
That's fantastic!
Not bad, Big Bro!
All of the young ladies there are cute and polite.
Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
Daisuke?!
So this is your house, Higashida!
Drop the wide-eyed customer service act here. It's creepy.
I-I'm not putting on an act. We're not at work.
And don't call me creepy.
Welcome!
Wow! Big Bro, you really did bring someone over!
Don't tell me you've been lying in wait all this time?
Of course we have!
O-Oh my! Daisuke! Hana is so surprised!
Miyakoshi...
Come on in.
Sorry it's so cramped.
Not at all. Thank you for having me over!
What would you like to drink?
Do you like sweets?
Um...
Never mind that! This way, Miyakoshi...
I'll bring you a snack later on!
Make yourself at home!
Okay!
Miyakoshi...
Shut up. I am a guest in your house,
so how do you expect me to act towards your family?
Relax. I'm not gonna put on any act while you're teaching me.
Are you sure? All right then...
PHEW
This Miyakoshi puts me at ease?!
So exactly what don't you understand?
I don't know what I don't understand.
Then why don't we start with English?
Okay.
We should probably review basic adverbs and the definition of nouns,
but this time, let's work on the sentences here that use the infinitive
and rote memorization of the predicates and vocabulary.
So we'll focus on this teaching unit...
You know that was all in Japanese...
That was Japanese?!
I think I can get by in life without knowing the "infinitive."
Miyakoshi...
Right now you're having trouble because you don't know it.
I'm going to take over Mom's work,
so I don't even need an academic background!
What does your mom do?
You don't know? It's only local, but she's on TV.
TV?
Youko Miyakoshi, the cooking expert.
Love and peace!
Schoolwork is indispensable when it comes to searching for
a line of work that truly suits you,
not one imposed upon you because of heredity.
H-H-Heredi...
Never mind. Pipe down and study!
So you're 20, too, huh, Saiki?
Yes... R-Right.
Then let's celebrate that coincidence by forming a 20-year-old alliance!
It'll be me, you, Adachi, Mura and Kisaki!
I'm still 19.
Okay with me.
As usual, I don't know what you're going on about...
All right! Then I'm gonna quit today!
I'll have hamburg steak.
Kouno! You're quitting all of a sudden?
Is there something going on at home?
Nope, not at all.
Then why would you quit?!
It's interesting when the founder of an alliance is the first to quit, isn't it?
Kouno!
CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK
Come back, Kouno.
Think about it.
If the founder of the alliance is the first to quit,
but then is the first one to come back part-time...
It's interesting?!
Y-Yeah. So come back.
I'll do it. I'll come back!
Dammit. Bad luck.
I don't want you.
Give us Hana or Shiho.
We're fans.
Sir! Please calm down...
Yes, I'm fine.
You needn't be angry for my sake, although I appreciate it.
Excuse me. Please continue.
Never mind.
That was a pain, huh, Mura?
Oh, Kouno. You came back.
Mura, this is the service industry so as a woman,
you should learn how to put on a cordial smile.
Cut it out, Kouno!
Good point.
Okay, Kouno, would you do something that puts your life in danger?
I may be able to muster a smile then.
Apologize, Kouno.
I can smile if I want to, but for some reason,
people around me have a questionable reaction.
Don't worry about it. You're a hard worker, Muranushi.
Really? Thank you, Adachi!
Adachi? What's wrong, Adachi? Hey, Adachi!
I guess that was a fail...
Adachi!
You've got it rough, too.
I want her to go back to the old Shiho.
She wasn't always like that?
BAM
MONEY
Of course not!
A long time ago, she was quiet...
The first time I met her...
It was when my old man went to Shiho's house to borrow money...
I was told to wait in the garden, but this is a forest.
Wh-Who are you?
Um...
Wanna eat some grass?
Grass?
I see. So you live here.
I'm the son of the guy who came over to borrow money.
I'm eating your grass.
Y-Yeah.
So why are you crying?
Nobody at kindergarten will be my friend,
just because they say I'm rich!
Mama died from a disease and Papa is always busy with work.
Shiho is all alone!
There's a positive side to that.
Nothing good could ever come of making friends with people who judge
others on whether they have money or not, starting in kindergarten.
Th-That's too difficult for Shiho to understand.
Okay, the friend thing aside, I'll bring it up with your papa casually.
B-But Papa is busy working to make more money.
At this rate, your papa is gonna have a major loss in the future.
He's gonna lose a precious fortune. The bond with his daughter.
Y-Yeah.
Sheesh. Money causes nothing but trouble, whether you have it or not.
Well, that's what I'm told, anyway.
At home, my mom always gripes and shares her world view.
Shiho doesn't understand difficult things like that.
Mister...
Your daughter seems lonely
because you don't pay much attention to her,
so please play with her more.
Thank you for the advice.
That wasn't casual at all.
Oh well, I am a kid.
Thanks for the grass.
DAYS LATER...
GRUMBLE RUMBLE
I pretty much cleaned out all the edible grass around here.
Y-Yuuta!
Huh? Shiho.
What are you doing here?
Although you do live nearby...
Shiho wanted to thank you, Yuuta.
Ever since then, Papa's played with Shiho every day!
That's good to hear.
And he assigned me men in black to make sure nobody bullies me.
So you're giving up on making friends, huh?
SEVERAL DAYS LATER...
Papa says that your family owes him a lot of money, Yuuta.
That's what I hear.
If you and I get married, that debt could be wiped out.
No thanks.
Crap!
I've always regretted that moment.
If I had been a little more mature...
If I'd let her down more gently...
So you did refuse then.
After all...
It's been a long time, but why don't you apologize?
You might even see if you can take back dumping her.
Take back?
A-are you telling me to marry her?!
I wouldn't go that that far...
but it might be to your benefit to give her a positive sign.
Th-That's fraud!
You are a male host.
Deceiving one or two women comes with the territory.
Shiho!
There's no way you're getting an extension on this month's payment.
No, th-that's not it.
Um... Uh... Please m... ma...
Ma?
Mar... mar... mar...
Why does this guy come up blank unless it has something to do with marriage?
Mar...
Mark me up as much as you like.
No, not when you request it.
It's hopeless! I can't understand any of this!
Okay, only one thing to do...
Let's try to guess what's on the exams, so you can memorize only that stuff.
That's a lot!
Um, maybe this?
Yeah!
Also, here, here and here...
Y-Yeah...
Maybe this and this, too.
Here too, I think.
That's almost everything!
Life isn't that easy, you know.
I apologize for the intrusion.
It was no bother at all!
Higashida, that jerk. He gave me homework!
I'll get revenge on him someday!
Hello there! Might you be the Miyakoshi my son has mentioned?
Higashida's father...
Thank you for letting me come over today!
Daisuke! I've lost respect for you!
Oh, shut up!
Now that the testing period is over,
please put me back on my usual shifts.
I hope you did well on the tests.
So you're back to the normal schedule?
Now I can finally stop working.
That won't do, Kisaki.
Training Saiki has worn me out.
Has Saiki gotten used to the work?
Yeah. He's learned a little Japanese, too.
Say something, Saiki.
Where can I buy cigarettes and diapers?
Kisaki...
He's getting better, right?
Higashida!
Kouno...
It's Adachi! He's so dazed from what happened the other day
that he won't even snap at me!
If nobody snaps at me, there's no point in doing anything stupid!
Higashida, please snap at me!
I can't do that.
Wh-Why not?!
That's not my jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction?!
Adachi...
Higashida...
Has something happened?
N-No, nothing special...
But Kouno is crying. He says you've been acting weird.
Sob...
I-I've just been thinking about something...
I can't focus on my work these days...
It is important to be engrossed in something,
but that should coexist with what else you need to do.
Coexist?
With snapping at Kouno.
Snapping at him?!
Higashida!
I did it!
What is it?
Listen to this! Mom says I don't have to quit!
Then your grades...
No, not that!
Hana! Eat your breakfast and go to school!
You've got tests today, don't you?
Hana!
New York, California, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Washington, Texas...
I slept through the tests, so that was a disaster,
but Mom said I can keep working!
What was all of my hard work for?
All right!
I'm gonna work hard today, too!
She's so cute.
My granddaughter is adorable.
I love playing dress-up with her!
SQUEEZE
Hime, thank you for being born!
And thank you for being born too, Ki!
You're welcome.
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
Next time, it'll be summer!
In Hokkaido, winter vacation is long,
but summer vacation is short, right?
Yes! It was so dissatisfying back in elementary school!
It's because summer itself is short in Hokkaido.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN ASK
Next time, "You're the Only One I Can Ask!"