Muranushi.
Who's this stuffy kid?
Stuffy?
Oh, Kisaki, you don't remember? That's Saitou.
He works for Kamakura, apparently.
So you're Kisaki Kondou?
Saitou?
You're smart, so you should remember.
Childhood Friends
From elementary school...
Daichi Saitou, the kid who was always teased on the way home.
Yes, that's the one.
Even back then, you two were jerks!
COOKING IS LOVE
So you're the Saitou who saw Muranushi smile.
You do remember me!
Kamakura's bodyguard, huh?
Yuuta! Hey, Yuuta!
Was the sushi you ate a little while ago that good?
Sushi with just a big load of wasabi instead of fish...
So you liked it, Yuuta? Hey, Yuuta?
I don't think Kamakura needs a bodyguard.
No, I'm that tall guy's bodyguard. I don't care about the lady.
Then why not help Shindou?
According to the president's manual,
"If you interfere too much with my daughter's fun and she says something like, 'I hate Papa,'
I would be devastated, so just observe unless it becomes absolutely necessary to intervene."
So unlike you, I'm actually working really hard right now.
Go home.
Kisaki, after you're done washing dishes, wipe them dry...
...is something you won't do, so please tell...
Um... Hello.
He smells just like me!
He's an old classmate of Muranushi and me, and now works for Kamakura. Daichi Saitou.
Saitou...
When Sayuri was in elementary school, she smiled at a classmate, Saitou...
I'm so glad you're okay...
He is the same as me!
Then Sayuri Muranushi put you through hell, too, huh?
"Hell"? I wouldn't go that far.
Being Modest
Traitor!
Is Saitou abandoning his duties again?
It's not Muranushi's fault that he can't find a proper full-time job.
The fault lies within himself.
I feel sorry for Saitou.
But why doesn't he just quit? Even if he works, he'll just get bullied by Shiho and Muranushi.
It's so sad...
Well, there's no need for you to worry.
I only bully you, Yuuta!
Th-That's good?
By the way, Yuuta... When can you pay off your debt?
I'm paying you. Though a little at a time...
That's right. In all things, accumulation is important.
You have been paying me every month.
Though only the interest!
Dammit all!
Oh my, Yuuta is abandoning his post, too?
Dammit, that woman... Just you wait!
GRUMBLE RUMBLE
I'm hungry...
Although I can get the customers at the host club to buy food for me...
What?
After looking at Shiho, you look like an angel to me, Kisaki.
So if I can get some food—
Shut up.
Hime...
Fine, Hime will do! Please give me something!
Don't mooch off of a baby.
Those are lottery tickets?
She wants to play the stock market, but she's too young, so I gave her those to play with.
Thank you, Hime...
Hime. Don't grow up to be a sugar mama for a guy like this.
A Few Days Later
Kisaki...
What's wrong, Shindou? Are you on the brink of starvation?
L-Lottery ticket... Winner...
Don't eat lottery tickets.
No, I didn't win food poisoning!
The numbers do match up for the grand prize, and other prizes.
Kisaki, you sure are keeping your cool.
This doesn't seem real to me, but this figure...
With 300 million yen, I could pay off Shiho and she'll stop haunting me!
It seems like you won quite a bit.
Calm down, me. Take away the debt, and she and I are equals.
In fact, I've got a leg up!
Th-That's right, so now I'll be able to pay off my debt...
And then?
Scary!
B-But it'll be troublesome if I mess up and she gets mad at me and holds a grudge.
I must be gentle.
Um... I've been a thorn in your side for a long time now,
and it looks like I can pay back the debt.
So you won't have to follow me around anymore to collect on it, Shiho.
Th-Thank you for everything... or something.
I see.
Good for you.
Congratulations.
Hey.
I won...
...but I wonder why, I don't feel satisfied at all.
Shindou.
Are you sure about this?
S-Sure about what?
You didn't even break a sweat, and you got this money by chance.
And, you made a girl cry, but your debt will be paid back. Does that make you happy?
SWEAT
Kisaki doesn't regret letting go of that lottery ticket, right?
I haven't seen her cry in a long time.
The last I saw it was...
...when we were kids and I recklessly rejected her.
After that, her personality suddenly changed.
What if she becomes even more terrifying after this...
That's right...
I just want to protect myself!
I definitely wasn't moved by her tears! Get it together, me!
Um... uh...
Kisaki, you must feel frustrated since it was originally Hime's ticket, right?
It's too bad I can't frustrate Shiho, but it can't be helped, so I'll give this back to you.
Do you think I'm a fool?
You think I'm so small-minded to take back something I gave you?
Crash!
You're overreacting.
You, too.
Miyakoshi.
Isn't it about time you at least greeted Saiki?
Yeah, but I don't understand English.
"Hello" would be fine, just a simple "hello."
Haro...
Crap, Higashida! I greeted him and he was like,
"Oh, she wants to speak English," and then he hits me with a lot of it!
To be honest, I suspected that might happen.
Bastard!
How can I put this?
I don't know what the situation is,
but even if the debt gets settled, it's not like you two won't interact anymore.
Without the debt, we wouldn't be interacting.
Then use this opportunity to communicate with him more honestly,
then it won't be so bad, right?
Is that any comfort?
Saitou...
Comfort is given from a superior to an inferior.
Know your place, you sub-bottom-of-the-pyramid scum!
Even if you're willing to hide your embarrassment, you're not being cute.
All right, all right. Just stop crying already.
Shut up, white hair!
Kamakura, are you sad?
Yeah, she's just feeling a little down.
Look, your co-worker is consoling you, too.
Kamakura...
...please pay up.
Translation: Please cheer up.
"Paying up" is my problem exactly!
Thinking, "She's gotten better! That's the spirit!"
Why is she so stuck on me?
If I think calmly how everything might go, I may end up like some of the hosts
who have an admirer with obsessive affection and ends up stabbing or killing the host...
What's wrong, Shindou? An order?
Kill...
Kielbasa?
Kouno! This might bring me unhappiness, so you can have it!
Shindou left with that lottery ticket.
I wonder what'll happen.
What?
Okay, you don't have a fever.
So even Kisaki can be considerate for a co-worker...
I wonder what the punchline is.
What's up, Kouno?
Oh, Shindou gave me lottery tickets from last year.
I didn't think last year's ticket would have a match.
I almost panicked the same amount when I got pregnant.
I didn't think this would happen.
So at any rate, he can't repay the debt then.
Sh-Shiho, there you are.
What do you want?
Well, about that lottery ticket, it looks like I dropped it somewhere.
Yeah. I'm sure she'll pick on me because I caused so much trouble.
You liar. There's no way you would lose something as valuable as that.
Are you mocking me?
I-I'm not lying!
But even if I didn't lose it, the thought of you brooding over it...
...and then murdering me...
...just didn't sit well with me.
Like they say, some things are more important than money.
That's why, um...
You shouldn't fret over it. Cheer up.
Shiho?
You really are an idiot.
I'm going home.
You let all that money slip away. You're so stupid that I feel sorry for you.
But I'm kind so I'll reduce the amount of your debt.
B-By 500 yen.
Even 500 yen?
These two have a cheaper relationship than I thought.
Higashida!
Please accept my chocolate!
No thanks.
All right, work, work...
He didn't accept it!
Yes, I saw.
It's unnatural that he even accepted it the first few times.
Why won't he eat it? Do you know, Muranushi?
I do... but I don't know if you should hear it from of my mouth.
But I spent a lot of time and did my best to make it.
Sure gets me down...
Higashida refused out of self-preservation, but I do feel a little sorry for Miyakoshi.
The day after I gave him chocolate,
I crammed all the leftover ingredients and some other stuff
into a pot and cooked it together, then added some other things...
Or not...
So I want to know what's wrong with this chocolate.
Chocolate... For reference, I bought some chocolate for Kouno,
but it looked so good, I ended up eating it all myself.
What?
I have no idea how that's of any relevance.
Come to think of it, I haven't gotten anything in return.
You won't be getting anything.
Even though you wanted to give me chocolate, you didn't get anything from me in return?
You can't do that. You have to make good.
You're saying mysterious things, but I can't play along so suddenly, Miri.
That curry will do. Can I have it?
Seriously?
I mean, you're satisfied with this? I don't mind or anything.
So she's pushing with a strong attitude?
Or maybe she just wanted to eat curry.
Higashida!
Bump.
If you don't eat this chocolate, I'm gonna toss it away, you bastard!
Is that right?
In that case, I have no choice. I'll call the police.
Don't threaten me!
Likewise.
What should I do? Wait here until Higashida's shift is over?
But the mood he's in...
But if I had someone else eat it and they changed like Higashida did, it'd be even worse.
Jeez, if I had the current Higashida's toughness and brains like him,
I'd probably come up with a solution.
Like the current Higashida...
I ended up eating it all myself.
If I eat this...
Um, Higashida, I know how you feel, but please don't be so cold to Miyakoshi.
I feel sorry for her if she's brooding over it.
Brooding?
Miyakoshi?
What if she gets so deep in brooding, that she eats her own chocolate?
Or something.
Miyakoshi!
Higashida...
Miyakoshi...
Higashida... I'm sorry...
Miyakoshi!
Nooo!
It sounds like the three of them are having fun.
Miyakoshi, wake up. Miyakoshi!
Huh? Oh, that's right.
I ate the chocolate and passed out.
Jeez, I've never had anything like that in my life.
Higashida!
Nice to meet you, Hana Miyakoshi. I'm Valentine.
It's off-season, so I don't have much power and I'm small, but...
What was that for?
I was thinking how lifelike you are.
I'm not a toy!
And even if I were, there's no need to strike me! Sheesh!
So, what are you, old man?
Um... Usually I secretly advocate love and peace around Valentine's Day...
...but I suppose you could say the power of your chocolate has materialized me.
In other words, I'm your... son.
What should we do?
I know we need to stay calm...
When this happened to you, you woke up after having a nightmare.
Maybe she's with him...
It is off-season though, so if she gets lost...
I have to bring her back.
H-Higashida?
You're terrible, Daisuke!
I'm going to skip several steps, but how could you go out with me when you were married?
It's a misunderstanding! Listen to me!
No! I can't live like this! I'm going to die!
Chomp!
Hana!
Abridged misunderstanding aside, it's my fault that Hana has died.
I'll chase right after you, so let's be happy together in Heaven. I'm sorry, Hana!
And so, at the end of love and hate, the two lovers committed suicide.
Only his wife, Naga, was left behind...
No way!
I'm here... but can I actually look for her, and find her?
M-Miyakoshi? Hey...
Higashida!
Sob-sob...
Miyakosh—
What are you doing? Don't make a deity cry!
Sob-sob-sob-sob...
Higashida, you know this old man?
Know him? Every time I eat your chocolate, I'm brought here.
Sob-sob-sob-sob...
So what are you doing here, Higashida?
I came to pick you up.
After all, in some part this may be my fault.
Sob-sob-sob-sob...
You not only ate that stuff every time,
but this time you consumed it willingly to come here for my sake?
Sob-sob-sob-sob...
Yeah, I'm not sure why.
Sob-sob-sob-sob...
Are you all right?
This girl is so violent.
I apologize, Higashida.
I said that if love blossomed between you two, her cooking would probably become delicious.
I even told you to love her with all your heart.
Don't say unnecessary things.
Y-You should both be getting back home, yes!
Well, goodbye!
Bastard!
Neither one of them are waking up.
Maybe they're not going to.
Naga... This is the end, so why don't you tell him how you feel?
H-Higashida... I've always had feelings for you...
- He's running off? - I'm sorry!
I mean, thank goodness you woke up!
Nagata? Then I'm back?
I was so, so worried...
...for both of you.
Whoa, that was surprising.
I'm exhausted.
Both of you, sit up now!
Do you know how worried I've been?
You need to value your lives more!
Sorry...
Think about the people you left behind!
Haha, you're getting yelled at.
And Yanagiba, stop eating curry and come to school!
I'm super tired.
Not only from the chocolate, but Nagata's three-hour scolding...
Anyway, I wanted to ask Miyakoshi what she thinks about that love stuff
and whether she's going to continue cooking, and everything...
Hana Miyakoshi received her first scolding from a customer
Well, guess I'll let it go for today.
Miyakoshi.
Are you feeling all right?
Yeah! I'm fine!
Are you sure...
I'm fine! I'm fine!
Is she really okay?
You're a nice guy, Higashida.
Even after she puts you through a lot.
Well, she passed out last time, so I'm a little worried.
Yuuta!
Sh-Shiho.
As always, you've got a pathetic voice.
Would you not say my name with that voice?
I'm sorry.
Eat this and repent.
It isn't dog food!
Anyone who would be this pleased about it really is a base creature.
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
So I've heard children and animals can communicate, so let's see.
Mr. Raccoon, I hear your species was named "raccoon dog" because people used to think dogs evolved from you.
We can even become jackals or wolves!
It seems they are communicating.
FUNNY STORY
Next time, "Funny Story."