Good morning!
Kaho, you got a suntan!
That's because it's been a while since I've been outside, like to the beach!
Rare to be outside...
You look like a girl from a tropical land!
Then Maika, too...
Like a girl from a tropical land...
Manager!
Good morning!
You've got a brave tan!
BUSY WITH BANANAS AND STRAWBERRIES
I wanna play video games.
I engaged in sunburn countermeasures, but I still got red.
You did say you were the type who turns red.
But I'm not sure if a suntan goes with the uniform here.
I agree.
Then why don't we wear swimsuits today?
STARE...
That was a joke.
Why have you suddenly become a gal?
There aren't gals like this these days!
Kaho, didn't you put on sunscreen?
Nah, that's a pain!
You need to put that on.
Otherwise you'll get wrinkles as you get older.
But I don't like that sticky stuff.
Jeez...
Miu, tell her.
Kaho, Kaho! Please let me see the tan lines on your chest!
Just show me a little skin.
You didn't tan at all, Mafuyu.
Of course not. I put on plenty of sunscreen—
That's it!
I've got a good idea!
I'm gonna keep you in anticipation until tomorrow!
Later!
PLEASE WAIT FOR ME
What the hell was that?
Manager...
He was obviously excited,
but what did he have in mind?
Good morn—
Whoa!
What is this?
From today, we're doing a limited time jungle-themed café!
Y-You were standing there? Wait, are you serious?
It sounds like fun, so I'm on board!
This way my suntan fits right in!
True...
Can't you muster up a bigger reaction than that?
Good morning, Akizuki!
Even with that, your bravery is on display, Sakuranomiya.
This is more of a jungle than I imagined!
Welcome!
I'll show you to your table.
Huh? S-Sorry. This way.
S-Sorry! This way!
Please be patient for just a moment. We should be getting to a table!
Huh?
What is she, an explorer?
To get lost in the café of all things...
I'm a failure as a staff member.
FWISH
A monkey!
Welcome, big brothers!
Today I'm a little monkey sister!
Mafuyu!
NOW USING NUMBERED TICKETS!!
Another banana.
Give me a banana, too, please.
Here.
Don't just give it to the customers like that!
Jeez!
Mafuyu is playing a monkey, so she's giving away bananas for free, huh?
Yeah.
But why Amano?
She's not playing a monkey.
There you are.
What? Already?
All right, fine.
Then...
I'll peel it for you.
Here you go.
HEH HEH
CHOKE CHOKE
That's the way. What a good boy.
That indecent monkey!
Miu is so great at customer service!
Wha...
All right!
I've got to up my customer service game and be just as good as Miu!
Maika?
Are you okay?
The food is safe!
I defended it with my life!
BOOM
T-Tragedy!
I have to deliver this food before it gets cold!
Wait!
Sorry for the wait.
Deep-fried chicken and fluffy egg rice omelet.
FRESHLY-KILLED CHICKEN
F-Freshly-killed chicken?
For crying out loud!
There's too much foliage in here!
Where'd he get all this from? Jeez...
Jeez!
Dammit!
Stop it!
What's that look for?
S-Sorry!
What's the idea of touching a girl's chest
and then having an expression like it's the end of the world?
Um...
Look...
You're tsundere, right?
So if I touch your chest by accident,
aren't you going to respond by abusing me until I lose my original form?
SHIVER SHIVER
I don't think that's the same thing as tsundere! Wait, are you crying?
That took a long time.
What's wrong, Akizuki?
Are you all right?
Hey! What was that?
Akizuki has such low tolerance for girls that I can use him as a character as is.
Don't do that! I only have eyes for Maika!
Stop!
For some reason, I'm pissed off.
Even though it just went back to the usual café, it seems so empty.
What? What is it?
I forgot to order strawberries!
Really? We're totally out?
Not a single one left.
I'll get some from the supermarket!
Good morning!
Maika! Good morning!
Maika, go with him.
Left to his own devices,
the manager will waste money on unnecessary things.
Oh, right!
M-Manager!
Should I have asked someone else instead of Maika?
Sorry you had to come with.
That's okay.
Well, let's go to the closest supermarket!
Sure!
Me and Maika, grocery shopping...
It's like we're on a date!
It's a waste, just buying strawberries, then heading back!
STRAWBERRIES
They're sold out, huh?
There's only one thing to do!
Try another market!
Why do you look so happy about it?
SOLD OUT
We'll be fine, as long as we're back before the café opens!
So, let's go to another supermarket!
Okay! I hope the next one has strawberries in stock!
My feeling of being on a date will end with the next store.
STRAWBERRIES
SOLD OUT
They're sold out here, too!
Yeah.
Only one thing to do!
Another supermarket!
Again, why do you seem so happy about that?
They're out!
SOLD OUT
RECOMMENDED STRAWBERRIES FRESHLY-PICKED STRAWBERRIES
Here, too!
OUT FOR TODAY
And here!
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Why?
Okay, okay, calm down.
Um, excuse me!
Why aren't there any strawberries around here?
I'm so sorry!
It's about time to open.
What do we do?
Have they called?
No, we haven't heard anything.
Where the hell did they go to buy strawberries—
Oh, I got a text.
When are you coming back?
MANAGER
There are no strawberries to be had!
We'll go to the next town over!
This is fun, though, because it's like a date, so it's all good!
Please don't worry!
When he gets back, punishment is in order, huh?
Big Brother!
Today I recommend our rice omelet and banana crepe!
Okay, rice omelet and banana.
Oh, but the strawberry and raspberry almond jelly sounds good, too.
Which should I go with?
Big brother...
I recommend the banana crepe!
Banana crepe! Yeah, I have a taste for the banana crepe!
Yay! Thank you!
That's Hoshikawa for you.
What should I get today?
This looks really good!
Yeah, but so does this!
But this strawberry parfait looks pretty tempting, too!
Oh, good one!
Personally,
I would go with the orange tart.
Kaho, you're making a recommendation?
Hey, I didn't say you could eavesdrop on me! I was just talking to myself!
I would never make a recommendation.
Right?
- I'll go with the orange tart! - I'll go with the orange tart!
She's good at this, too.
If...
you order a banana crepe,
Big Sister will...
feed it...
to...
you.
- B-Banana crepe, please! - B-Banana crepe, please!
I'll let that go this time.
Please!
Let this place have strawberries!
STRAWBERRIES
There! They have strawberries!
U-Um...
W-Would you let me have the strawberries?
Wh-What should we do?
Yuu! What happened?
- Her mom's here! - Her mom's here!
What should we do?
It's okay, Maika.
I'll apologize.
It's okay. You're okay.
I beg your pardon.
We were in a hurry and startled her.
You can have the strawberries.
No, you can have them!
Really? I appreciate that. Thank you!
We'll take them then.
We're lucky she let us have the strawberries, huh?
So, let's hurry back!
Maika, what's wrong?
I think maybe I'm not cut out for customer service after all.
Because of my nasty glare,
I made a child cry.
I...
Maika...
You're wrong about that.
I love those eyes!
That's why I first called out to you.
So charming...
Anyway, you're a lovely, wonderful person!
I'm sure our customers at the café love those eyes, too!
So...
please don't talk like that.
Manager...
Besides, you've got black hair, too!
Long black hair!
In a sailor uniform!
A character who speaks politely and is serious,
and that gap and her accidentally sadistic personality...
It enthralls me! I love it!
Okay, just keep quiet until we get to the station.
POLICE
Are you okay?
Did he do anything to you?
The customers have finally stopped mobbing us!
Good work.
The manager and Maika are late, huh?
They just went to get strawberries, so where did they go?
We haven't gotten word since earlier.
I just got a text from the manager.
What's he saying?
He's at the police station, so he won't be back for a while.
Black hair is justice.
I don't regret anything.
Two berry berry strawberry almond jellies are up!
The manager is actually working hard.
Goes to show how busy we are today.
What's that supposed to mean?
Here you are.
When it's crowded like this,
I should walk carefully so I don't bother the customers.
Is there a free table?
Welcome!
There are two of you, right?
Let's put you in the corner so the other customers won't be inconvenienced.
Maika is as stabby as ever!
N-No! It just came out wrong!
Okay, that's a melon soda, ginger ale and two rice omelets, right?
Oh, for the rice omelet, I'll go with the ketchup picture option please.
Okay, sure!
Huh? What about your tsundere character?
Never mind that!
- She's mad at us? - She's mad at us?
So you also want two strawberry and raspberry almond jellies.
Oh, and more water please.
Water, it is!
It'd be easier if the water was self-service here.
Mafuyu?
Two glasses of water are so heavy that I can't carry them!
We're finally done for the day.
Haven't we been a little too busy lately?
You may be right.
I'm grateful that business is booming, but...
But when it's busy like this,
it's really hard to serve the customers while playing our roles.
Y-Yes!
I said something terrible to the customers without even thinking!
No, you were actually spot on with your character, Sakuranomiya.
I screwed up a lot, too.
Welcome!
Well...
Take your time.
That dirty gesture just slipped out!
No, that's your standard operating procedure.
HANAZONO FOLDER
The train is leaving the platform...
If it's going to stay this busy, I have to try even harder!
If I don't focus, I have a feeling I'll say terrible things.
The answer just hit me!
If I say terrible things because I can't focus, being so busy,
then if I say terrible things normally, when I can't focus because we're so busy,
I'll be naturally kind to the customers!
What the hell are you going on about?
Huh? I-In other words, if I say awful things during normal times,
when I become absent-minded, I'll become nice instead! For example...
Welcome. Choose a table where you won't stand out.
Please write your order down...
because you kind of smell.
Thank you!
Goodbye!
SALT
I can't do it! I can't keep being awful until we hit peak busyness!
Like I said, that's the correct answer for you!
Maybe we should hire another staff member.
Yeah.
Scout another person out.
But my radar has been weak lately.
Huh? What does that mean?
It seems that I used up my power discovering the raw ore...
that is Maika!
Ah, then the manager is useless.
But if we do hire a new girl, what kind of character should she play?
I don't care about character. I want a man.
I mean I wanna hire someone to help me in the kitchen!
Don't you take it the wrong way either!
Gimme a break!
I'm a yuri fan. Don't forget that!
Oh! I thought maybe you were interested in the other, too.
I'm shorthanded in the kitchen!
So that's what it's about.
Well, if you're not talking about hiring for the kitchen,
then I don't care if you get a male or female for wait staff.
I'm not hiring any more men!
What if he became my rival?
POUT
I'm not letting anyone else have Maika!
What's with this guy?
Think more about work efficiency than some love affair!
I'm swamped in the kitchen!
You talk like you run the kitchen by yourself.
In actual fact, I do everything there myself!
I'm in the kitchen, too!
You go in the kitchen to sleep!
Okay, okay, don't lose your temper, Akizuki.
You just don't know it yet.
Know what?
My...
untapped potential!
Says the person with potential that will never be tapped.
If you don't want a male,
how about splitting the difference with a girl disguised as a boy?
Miu looks so cool!
That look actually works for you.
It's popular these days.
Hey, why don't we all try it?
Oh, you mean...
Hey, welcome!
Then the manager and Akizuki can...
Don't get any weird ideas!
Go change!
- I'm not putting that on! - You're not putting it on?
Why are you suddenly on board?
Here, I brought it for you.
Why do you have this in my size?
PART-TIME HELP WANTED!
Wouldn't you like to have a good time working with us at Stile??
"Part-time help wanted"...
"Looking for someone who can serve customers while in character."
I might be able to capitalize on my charm at a place like this.
AN IDOL CHARACTER, TOO
Next time, "An Idol Character, Too"!