SAKURANOMIYA
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Maika, I'm coming in.
It's time for dinner.
Wh-What's wrong? Why do you have such a scary, um... worried look?
So you didn't get this job either, huh?
Apparently,
they didn't like the look in my eyes.
Maika...
You want a part-time job so you can afford to study abroad, right?
Then why don't you talk to Dad about it?
No! I want to go with the money I've earned myself!
Otherwise,
even if I go over there, I don't think I can do anything by myself.
I see.
It'll be all right.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a decent job, Maika.
Sis...
I'll do my best!
Come here.
Where did you come from?
I'm gonna miss my train!
TRAIN WILL ARRIVE LATE.
Wh-Why?
RUMBLE RUMBLE
Why does this happen when I'm in a rush to get to a job interview?
It's just one station over, though, so I'll run instead!
Just in case...
These are fake, but they'll camouflage the menacing look in my eyes.
I'm sorry!
- E-E-E-E-Excuse me! - Oh, it's fine.
A girl with black hair...
Silky blond hair!
I wonder if he's from another country!
- Something good might happen today! - Something good might happen today!
FIRST-TIME SUPER SADIST
Another flop of a job interview...
Looks like the glasses didn't work as camouflage.
Is it all because of this look in my eye?
Hey, what do you think that girl's doing?
What is that?
A moe...
- I found her! - Manager!
The girl of my dreams!
If I could get my eyes to droop a little more...
Um, excuse me!
Yes?
I love you!
Nooo!
PLEASE WAIT FOR ME
I'm sorry.
I startled you.
My nose always bleeds when I'm excited.
No, it's my fault.
I apologize for making hideous faces in your window.
Manager!
Weren't you going to tell her something?
Th-That's right! I knew it as soon as I laid eyes on you!
I love you!
Won't you work here as a precursor to going out with me?
That's not it!
Y-You're willing to hire me?
That's your question?
Yes, please!
Right now, I need someone like you on staff!
I'm touched! I've been looking for a part-time job for the longest time!
But it would be dealing with customers, right?
I have a naturally scary look in my eyes, so is that all right?
SHIVER SHIVER
What are you talking about? Those are amazing eyes!
They give me the shivers!
The shivers?
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Lovely!
Cute! That looks great on you!
Oh, thank you.
Oh, that's right! We haven't introduced ourselves yet!
I'm Kaho Hinata.
I'm the hostess. Nice to meet you!
Koyo Akizuki. Kitchen staff. Good to meet you.
You...
can call me Dino!
Roma!
CHOP CHOP
I'm kitchen staff!
And also...
the store manager here!
I'm looking forward to a long-lasting relationship.
I-I'm Maika Sakuranomiya!
It's a pleasure to meet you!
- What was his appeal about? - What was his appeal about?
Whenever I look at you, you're just so cute!
Maika...
The peace sign! Make the peace sign!
O-Okay.
Get to work!
Peace!
Um, so what should I do first?
Good question. Maika, I would like you
to be the sadistic character!
Right, understood.
SADISTIC
Sadistic?
This is a coffee shop where the workers have characteristics
and interact with customers.
It's similar to a maid or butler café.
"Welcome home, Master."
"Leave it to me, Milady."
Incidentally, I'm the tsundere one.
I-I'm not especially worried or anything!
Tsun... dere?
Will you be able to play a sadistic character, Maika?
Um, how am I supposed to treat the customers?
I'd like you to look coldly at the customers as if they're filth
and verbally abuse them.
But they're customers!
It's fine. Some people love that kind of treatment.
Oh, here come a couple of customers now.
All right, your first duty, Maika!
Um, there are two of us.
Wh-Wh-What should I do?
Sadistic, sadistic...
I know you can do it, Maika!
I haven't even heard what this entails yet!
Why? Why?
UGH...
Why have you come here?
Uh...
SHIVER...
I'm sorry!
Um,
as part of the service, I'll put the ketchup on the rice omelet.
But I'm so nervous that my hands are shaking!
SHIVER...
Yikes. Should I try to de-escalate?
No, it should be fine.
What have I done? I just doused customers with ketchup!
OH, NO, I DID SOMETHING BAD...
They're f...
Filthy.
SHIVER SHIVER
- Thank you! - Thank you!
See?
Pig!
Fodder!
That was awesome!
Yeah, the best!
Thank you for coming! Please never come back again.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
I'm sorry for being so mean to you! Please come back again! I'll be waiting!
Um, um...
Was that okay?
FRET FRET
I didn't make the customers mad at me, right?
You were brilliant! Beautiful sadism!
It was great how you looked at them like they were garbage!
EFFUSIVE PRAISE
Th-That's supposed to be a compliment, right?
Yeah. As proof, look.
Manager!
cóngratulazióne (noun) These are words of celebration.
Well, that's the kind of coffee shop this is,
but if it's not for you, I won't try to force you, Maika.
I finally found a job.
There may be no other one.
Besides, they accept me and the nasty look in my eyes.
U-Um...
I don't know if I'll be any good at this,
but I'll do my very best, so I look forward to working with you!
Yes! I swear I'll make you happy!
That's a weird response.
U-Um...
Oh, pardon me! It was an impulse.
Um, Manager, you're from another country, aren't you?
Yes. I'm from Italy.
My dream is to go to another country one day to study!
And then...
Maybe you were looking for a job, so...
Yes! So I can save up money for that!
You really like foreign countries, huh?
Yes!
I love them!
Manager, she's not referring to you.
I finally found a part-time job!
And now my dream of saving money to study abroad may come true!
All right, I'll do my best today, too!
Good morning!
Wh-What is this?
SOB SOB
PERCHED
Maika, please help me!
I'm being bullied!
CHOP
This is what you deserve, right?
For sleeping on the job.
It's because I didn't get enough sleep after watching late-night anime!
You should've recorded it and watched at your leisure.
It's more meaningful to watch it in real-time!
You have a way with children, huh, Manager?
Good morning!
Good morning, Kaho!
Yeah, good morning!
SOB SOB
Good morning, Mafuyu!
So we're working the same shift today, huh?
Morning.
She works here?
PERCHED
WHACK
YANK
The manager's supervisor, I suppose?
Maika!
- Hurry! - Okay!
So, you work here, too.
Yes, and you're the newbie.
Right. I'm Maika Sakuranomiya.
I'm Mafuyu Hoshikawa.
Nice to meet you.
An elementary school student?
That's kind of weird.
But they say kids do grow up fast these days.
I'm a college student.
I can tell what you were thinking.
There's still so much I don't understand about working here.
Ask me anything.
I will, thank you!
Now you've got two little sisters, Mafuyu!
Little sisters?
I guess Mafuyu's always wanted a little sister.
I see, we're younger, so we're like little sisters.
A huge little sister like you doesn't count.
SLAP SLAP
Dress lolita style and I'll reconsider.
I'd be too embarrassed!
All right! Let's work it!
Right!
Come to think of it, I wonder what kind of character Mafuyu plays.
Work mode on.
All right! We have to welcome our big brothers!
Big Brother, wait for me!
I-Incredible!
Love, love, love...
I have to learn from them and get into character!
PAT PAT
Maika, could you fill up the whipped cream—
Quit your barking, mongrel.
Mongrel!
S-Sorry.
SLUMP
THUMP THUMP
Manager! I-I'm sorry!
Yay! Welcome home, Big Brother!
HUMPH
I wasn't waiting for you especially,
but there happen to be empty seats, so why not grab one?
You're back again?
SCRAPE...
Please sit down, shut up and don't get in the way.
This has become a lively joint!
Although there seems to be a surfeit of kindness...
Are they really pleased with a sadistic character?
I'm always nervous about upsetting the customers.
If I could be a little sister character like Mafuyu...
Manager...
Um... B-Bro...
Big Bro... Ger...
Ogre?
Huh?
He's more embarrassed than I thought about being called "big brother"!
Did I do something bad to Maika to deserve to be called an "ogre"?
What are you doing? You're too slow! Set out the five salad plates now!
After that, wash the dishes and put 'em away!
You're the ogre!
I'm an ogre. Like that?
Number 3, pasta, is up!
Man, I finally bought that game I wanted!
Oh, the new monster-hunting game, right?
Monster-hunting?
That's really popular now!
And tons of fun!
I spent 500 hours playing the previous edition!
Me, too! Me, too!
That reminds me of tonight's...
Um, we didn't order pasta.
Wh-What are you staring at? Idiots!
- Huuuh? - Huuuh?
I'll just leave the spaghetti here, so eat it if you want.
This is no good! I have to focus on work!
How do you add friends with this one again?
Oh. It's this, right?
Is this settings?
- Huh? It doesn't work. - Why not?
ITCH ITCH
And it won't go online!
Is this it?
ITCH ITCH ITCH ITCH
You don't come to this café to play games!
- S-Sorry! - S-Sorry!
This thing!
You'll see what I do with your character!
This and this!
I'll connect you to the Internet!
I'll make the character's name "Aaaah"!
Then I'll set it and it's done!
FRIEND ADDED "Aaaah" is now your friend!
As a test, I added myself as your friend, so be grateful!
When it comes to video games, I can't help getting fired up!
There's nothing wrong with that.
I like games, too.
You play games, Maika?
Yep!
Like what? RPG? FPS? Oto-ge? Online games? Sandbox games?
Othello and card games once in a while.
Oh, is that right?
Analog Maika makes me swoon!
Along those lines, here's a game that's getting rave reviews!
"Me and Maika's Lovey-Dovey Memorial."
Maika: "Good morning, Manager!"
Good morning. I love you!
STILE
Which should I choose?
What was that for?
Sorry. You just got on my nerves.
What kind of game is that?
Where we become friends...
U-Um, you two...
It's okay.
This happens all the time.
Huh?
This is...
I-I-I'm not looking! I didn't see anything! I'm sorry!
This is just a greeting.
The woman is my aunt.
I was using the photo as a bookmark.
Oh, I see. You're from another country.
That's different from Japanese culture, so I thought...
I'm so embarrassed!
Maika is so innocent!
That's adorable!
That kind of irritates me again.
Yeah.
I'll see you tomorrow!
Right!
Hey, wanna stop at the arcade on the way home?
I'll go if you get me what I want.
How about you, Maika?
Oh, sure!
As long as we don't stay out too late.
All right, then we've got an arcade date!
Right!
This is my first time at an arcade!
Then let's go to a photo booth to mark the occasion!
Photo booth?
All right, get ready!
It looks pretty good.
So this is a photo booth...
Your eyes are closed in a couple of these.
Wanna try once more?
I like this one!
Let's dance next!
Dance?
Why don't you do it with me, Maika?
Me?
The only kind of dance I know is folk dancing!
You can do folk dancing, huh?
FOLK DANCE
Yay!
GATHER GATHER
BUSTLE BUSTLE
A crowd has formed!
With this many people gathering, it shows how good Kaho is at dancing!
Well, that's part of it.
But this gallery's sights are really set on...
Yeah!
Whoaaa!
That.
Yay!
There!
I got another one!
You're good at this game, Kaho.
What can I say? Here you go, Mafuyu.
Oh, for me?
Sure! You like these things, right?
Thank you.
This is the one I wanted, so I'm really happy right now.
- C-Cute! - C-Cute!
SQUEEZE
Kaho...
There's one more thing I want you to get.
O-Okay.
AIMING TO BE AN IDOL LET'S TRAVEL THE WORLD!!
This was another fun day!
MAGICAL GIRL FRILL FIGURE
SAKURANOMIYA
- Good for you, Maika! - Yes!
It's been tough since I'm not used to it, but I'll be okay!
Oh, yeah?
Well, if you ever have any troubles, you can always come to me for advice.
I'm a high school student now, not a kid!
Good morning, Maika.
Oh, good morning...
Oh, that's right!
Good morning.
Maika kissed me!
You said it was just a greeting!
SWEETS WITHOUT HONOR
Next time, "Sweets Without Honor"!