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Miu...
You're getting a huge reaction!
My instincts were right on.
Where did you find the models for these two?
Oh, there's a certain hole-in-the-wall...
THE SADISTIC LOVESTRUCK MAID AND THE WEAKLING BUTLER
To be honest, I wish I could observe these two every day.
Welcome!
RAINY AND THEN WINDY
Homeroom ran on long!
Sorry, I'm late!
Good morning, Maika!
Morning.
Kaho, Mafuyu!
You've kind of got the same hairstyle today.
We were told it's "Ponytail Day" today,
so we're serving the customers like this.
Still,
why do I have to participate?
Unity is important.
It looks good on you.
Shut up! Don't touch me!
That's more like a topknot than ponytail.
I like the nape of the neck.
I know!
It works for you two because you have long hair,
but it's a little hard for me to do.
Why don't you grow your hair out a bit, Mafuyu?
It's fun being able to arrange hair in various ways!
Like with braids...
or bunheads!
Of course, pigtails are good, too!
Next! Next!
Both sides up! Both sides up!
But orthodox style works best for Maika!
Long, straight black hair!
On the other hand, lack of individuality is a demerit.
Uh... Um...
It's fine!
Maika more than makes up for it with her aura! I—
She's got plenty of individuality!
Sorry! Sorry!
My hair is so thin!
Because of that, if it's not tied down, it explodes with static electricity!
I-I had no idea.
But it's all right. We can deal with a little static electricity—
Medusa...
A black jellyfish...
A static electricity hug...
A scrub brush sea urchin... Crackling intimacy...
Some past trauma has been unleashed!
Maika, come back!
Sorry, Maika.
Let's do a ponytail!
I'm sorry.
I spoiled the fun mood.
Okay! There you go!
Thank you.
Don't worry about it, Maika!
If you're stressed about static electricity—
I'm going to be serving customers, so I can't be like this!
Smile! Smile!
I have to flip the switch!
Maika, your hair is touching me.
S-Sorry!
Th-That's our Maika!
She really knows how to work a whip!
I-It's not a whip! It's my hair! Sorry!
If you're stressed about static electricity,
how about trying a treatment from another country that I use?
Really?
I happen to have an extra bottle, so you can have it.
Thank you!
Not at all! So I'll see you later!
Right!
Don't forget! I'll give it to you on your break!
Not bad.
What's that?
A SPECIAL DAY TODAY!
Come in and see for yourself!!
Welcome!
Maika, you've got a ponytail today!
It's Ponytail Day!
- For real? - For real?
I like it!
W-Wow!
The customers are so pleased, just because of my hairstyle!
It feels like I'm really part of the hospitality industry!
But...
for black hair, I really like long and straight best!
I know what you mean.
Wha...
The different hairstyle today gives you a nice, fresh vibe!
But to be honest, I like Maika with long and straight hair the best!
- True! - Wha...
That's what everyone really wants!
Hey, Maika...
Not being able to respond to the customers' requests makes me...
I hope you go back to straight.
Makes me...
The lowest of the low.
GULP...
Sorry.
I went too far!
Maika!
Here's the treatment I was talking about.
Thank you!
You're welcome.
A foreign product...
English written all over it!
It's wonderful!
Good work!
Oh, it's really coming down.
Yeah, it's pouring.
I forgot my umbrella at school.
I'll walk you to the station!
Are you sure?
Of course!
The manager's loosened up a bit.
Oh, that's right!
My suffering and my pain in my chest, but if I'm with my older sister, I'm happy!
It's out today,
and I have to get the bonus, too!
What are you doing?
She's so into her game that she doesn't even notice me.
That game...
Is that I-Pas?
I should probably get back to playing that, too.
I have to level up Misa.
I-Pas!
Has everyone gone home?
It's my lucky day, getting to walk Maika to the station!
I, my, me, my Maika!
This is so frustrating!
Just one more and I would've had a full concert!
Wait, what?
Why did the room suddenly get dark?
A-Akizuki...
Crap. I got into it without realizing.
You play I-Pas, too?
Since when? What's your level? Tell me your level!
Level 136.
You must play a lot!
That aside, why are you sitting on the floor?
This is how I play at home, so it's become a habit.
More importantly, who did you choose for the last popularity contest?
- Misa! - Arisa!
I mean... Oh, c'mon, it's gotta be Misa, right?
Misa is cute, but Arisa is all that times ten!
Arisa is a new addition!
I don't like making a fuss over a newbie.
So you like oldies but goodies!
At least, Arisa's character design doesn't keep changing!
Hey! Huh?
Why's the room dark?
Oh, you just noticed that now, Akizuki?
Looks like someone turned off the lights while we were absorbed in the game.
Jeez! They should've checked the room first!
Huh?
It's locked.
Whaaat?
The manager closed up shop.
No way! We're locked in?
Nah, he's still gotta be here!
Hey, Manager!
No good!
I've got it! A window!
Oh...
I'll call the manager.
You call someone else.
Right!
AH...
Dammit!
He's not picking up!
Hey, is someone answering on your end?
I haven't called anyone yet.
Why not?
My battery's low.
If I used the phone, I couldn't play the game anymore!
And now my hand won't move. What should I do?
I'm sorry!
What's that? A blackout?
Come to think of it,
you often hear of ghosts at restaurants.
Why would you bring that up now?
Sorry.
As punishment, lend me your arm!
Oh! Hey!
- This reminds me... - This reminds me...
Kamiru: "Are you scared? Here... Grab hold."
There's a scene like this in the game.
If you're scared of the thunder, we'll sleep together holding hands.
Sis...
There was a scene like this in a yuri manga story I read recently.
Although with two girls...
I need to buy the new issue today!
The store's gonna close!
They're broadcasting a game I wanna see tonight!
AAAH
Open up!
Let us out!
I-Is someone in here?
Manager, you bastard!
If I can't get the new issue,
I'm gonna smash your figures for breaking my heart!
Manager, you moron!
For every minute of the broadcast I miss, I'm gonna dismember a figure!
I-I don't really understand, but I'd better hide my figures.
PLEASE WAIT FOR ME
Huh? Where's Sakuranomiya?
She's home with a cold today.
It's my fault!
What's with him?
The manager walked Maika to the station last night in the rain, right?
Yeah.
It seems Maika got soaked going home from her station to her house.
And she got a cold from that?
If I'd given her my umbrella!
If only I'd given it to her!
So we're gonna pay her a visit tomorrow after school.
Kaho! Shush!
I'll go, too!
Jeez...
SAKURANOMIYA
I heard...
Maika's house was constructed in a traditional Japanese style,
but this gives off an impressive aura.
We can't even see the house from the gate.
Kaho, ring the bell.
Why does it have to be me, Mafuyu?
There's no intercom!
Will they be able to hear if I knock?
There's gotta be a bell or something.
Around here...
Has to be around here!
Somewhere...
What are you up to?
I'm sorry for the fuss.
Jeez! Don't act like a weirdo, Manager!
I wasn't being weird!
I was just looking for an intercom!
Is someone there?
Um...
We're Maika's friends from work!
We came by to see her!
Maika...
Maika has friends?
SOB SOB
Um...
Thank you
for coming to see my little sister.
I'm Maika's elder sister, Aika.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Please, come this way.
Manager?
Sh-She's definitely Maika's big sister!
Black hair and traditional clothing! Perfect! This is Heaven, isn't it?
M-Manager!
This is somebody else's house, so calm down!
Come in.
What's this?
Guests?
Kouichi!
Listen to this...
These are Maika's friends.
Maika...
Maika has friends?
Again?
I'm Maika's elder brother, Kouichi.
For coming to see my sister...
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Oh, no! It's no big deal!
Both the big sister and big brother have black, straight-cut bangs.
Manager! Don't get excited! Keep a firm grip on yourself!
No reaction this time?
D-Damn you, honest man!
- Please take good care of our little sister! - Please take good care of our little sister!
Maika, are you awake?
Your friends are here.
Come in!
Maika!
Are you okay?
Yes!
I feel much better today!
Jeez, don't beat us to the punch, Manager!
Yoo-hoo!
You look good.
Kaho!
Mafuyu!
Medicine Maika Sakuranomiya
I'm sorry for the bother, everyone.
Not at all! I apologize for intruding!
By the way, Manager,
thank you for the treatment the other day!
The directions, the ingredients, the manufacturing area...
I looked up all of the words in an English dictionary!
And now it has a place on our household shrine!
Um...
Please use it.
But it's good to see you're feeling better, Maika!
That's right! The manager was worried sick!
He was a damned nuisance.
STARE
- Stare... - Stare...
What happened?
I'm so happy!
With her nasty glare, I never thought Maika would make any friends!
We're having red rice to celebrate tonight.
But the one thing I'm curious about...
Is he...
...her boyfriend?
So listen to this, Maika!
Excuse me.
Would you all like some tea?
Sis!
Please, have some.
I'm sorry for the trouble.
As you're from another country,
I took the liberty of preparing various kinds of lovely tea.
Thank you—
Green leaf tea.
High-quality green tea.
Powdered green tea.
And tea with roasted rice!
Oh...
Since she went to all that trouble,
it would be rude if I didn't drink it all, right?
Hot!
Th-Thank you.
They were all delicious!
Well, befitting Maika's b...
I mean, someone from another country.
And since you were so pleased with them,
I have more!
Mild green tea, sweet tea, gunpowder tea, stem tea,
roasted green tea, coarse tea, mecha tea and deep-steamed green tea.
Enjoy!
TEA
SADIST
She's a sadist!
And now have some traditional Japanese sweets!
Bro!
I prepared some rice crackers, which are similar to snacks from abroad.
Please, have some!
This red bean jam is delicious!
The rice cake with bean paste is really good.
Th-Thank you.
TOUGH
Hard!
It's hard!
You're enjoying it so much, you're crying.
There are plenty more where that came from, so keep on crunching.
ROCK-HARD RICE CRACKERS
He's a sadist!
By the way...
...how many months and days have you known Maika?
Um... Since April...
At what time?
Um, Bro, Sis...
What was the weather like?
What was the temperature that day?
Don't pester him!
How did you feel?
What were you wearing then?
- Please, tell us! Tell us! - Please, tell us! Tell us!
What were your first words?
Th-They're interrogating me!
That's really something.
Information Notebook 1
We learned a lot!
We learned everything there is to know about Dino!
We need to use this information to make him feel even more welcome.
Yes! So he dates Maika forever and feels like a member of the family!
Bro...
Sis...
He came all the way here to visit me,
so please don't annoy him!
W-We aren't!
RUMBLE RUMBLE
Annoy him?
We wanted to show him hospitality for your sake!
If you cause any more trouble...
I'll give you both my cold
and make sure you live on nothing but hot tea and hard rice crackers!
PIAAA
You will stop giving my friends challenges and interrogating them!
- We're sorry! We're sorry! - We're sorry! We're sorry!
I'd better see some regret right now!
Do you understand? Can't hear ya!
- The original sadist is in a class by herself! - The original sadist is in a class by herself!
- Forgive us, Maika! - Forgive us, Maika!
Manager!
Thank you for visiting me the other day!
I feel much better now, too!
The treatment worked great!
I'm glad to hear it!
Come to think of it,
when you were using my lap as a pillow that day,
your hair smelled good, because of that treatment, right?
I love this smell!
Now we smell like each other, Manager!
Smell...
alike...
M-Manager!
MATSUBARA ON THE RIVER BANK, ETC.
Next time, "Matsubara on the River Bank, etc."