Coffee
My love affair with coffee began when, as a trading company employee,
I encountered the finest beans in Brazil.
My passion grew until, finally, I quit my job to open this coffee shop.
Traveling to personally select and purchase coffee beans on-site,
then roasting, grinding, and brewing them myself.
Twenty years have already passed in my never-ending quest for the perfect cup.
Oh, how time flies.
It fits you like a glove, Tenma-kun.
Episode 3 Friends, Work, and the Summer of Bugs
Thanks again for agreeing to start today.
I was short on money, so this was perfect.
It must be rough balancing work with school.
Microtransactions don't pay for themselves.
Micro— What?
Erm...
Wait on our customers just as I taught you earlier.
Be sure to greet them with a polite "welcome" as they enter.
Sure.
Hey, c'mon in.
What?!
That was... different. How did "welcome" turn into that?
T-Tenma-kun.
Not quite like that.
Remember how I showed you?
Resume Name: Tenma Gabriel White Birthdate: 4/20 Age: 16 Female
Come to think of it, her name sounds foreign.
She might not have the best grasp on Japanese.
She could be an exchange student.
Living alone in a strange and foreign land...
What a brave girl.
It would be heartless for me to scold her over something so small.
Nicely done, Tenma-kun!
Uh-huh.
Excuse me.
Yeah?
Tenma-kun must have been so anxious.
I hope I can make this space one where she can feel at ease.
Master. Order up.
What is it?
Probably one of those "café au lait" things.
That's a bit vague.
We offer our café au lait hot or iced. Which was it?
I want to drink something hot.
Of course!
But could you tell me what, exactly, the customer ordered?
Huh?
I-I'm sorry, Tenma-kun.
Could you ask them once more for me?
Pain in the butt
I have to go again?
Right! You're right! It's a lot of work!
Excuse me, sir. So sorry for the inconvenience,
but would you be so kind as to repeat your order?
Oh, sure. One iced caramel macchiato.
It's not even a café au lait!
How could you hear that as a café au lait?
I sorry. Japanese so hard.
café au lait
iced caramel macchiato
How could I forget?
She has a language barrier to overcome!
Though, it's strange that her speech broke only now.
It's all right, Tenma-kun.
Like they say, practice makes perfect.
Yes, that true.
Other saying go, "three years the oar; eight years the pole."
Take this to the customer.
Gotcha.
What "the oar"?
Tenma-kun.
It's been slow today. Shall we call it a day?
Sure.
Well? Any thoughts on your first day?
Work's a drag.
Y-You're very frank.
I don't mean to say that's a bad thing. Honesty is a virtue.
Sure.
O-Oh, I know, Tenma-kun. Do you like coffee?
A cup of coffee, after a hard day's work, is divine.
Truth be told, I'm quite proud of my house blend.
To attain my flavor and fragrance,
I use five types of coffee beans.
I use all that I know to bring out the best
in each of their natural flavors in this unique house blend.
Of course, I'm also picky about where they were grown.
Each year, I go on a trip to purchase them in person.
Here you are. Enjoy.
If I can inspire even the slightest appreciation for coffee in her...
Thank you.
How is it?
I can't really tell.
Of course! You're still young, after all!
I see... So Tenma-kun doesn't understand yet.
Master.
Work's a drag,
but I think I can keep at it here.
I'm happy to hear that.
I'll appreciate the help, Tenma-kun.
I like how nobody comes here.
Yes, we pride ourselves on our relaxed atmosphere!
Well, I'm leaving.
Have a good night.
Wait, Tenma-kun.
What should we do for your next shift?
If you have any time this weekend...
No way!
If I work more than once a week, I'll die from exhaustion, so no way!
Of course! We'll have you in once a week!
It's important not to overwork yourself!
See you next week.
Yes! Have a good night!
Coffee Angel
Today's coffee tastes particularly divine.
Not a toupé
Raphiel-san is amazing.
She's a star student and a star athlete.
Yeah, she graduated second in our class at angel school.
Top of class ↓ MMO Addict
What?!
Second in class ↓ Stalker-in-Training
These are Heaven's top two angels?!
Top Two
If you've got something to say, then say it.
Now that I think about it,
I don't know Raphiel-san very well.
I'm tickled pink.
I never expected you to suggest we walk home together, Vigne-san.
Sheesh. It's not that big a deal.
I just realized that I don't know you that well,
so I wanted to talk to you more.
I see. You want to try demonically enhanced interrogation techniques on an angel.
No!
I'm kidding.
Let's just say we're having a friend date today.
Okay!
By the way, Vigne-san, you can call me Raphi.
Then you can call me Vigne.
I can't do that.
Why not?
I have to stay in character.
What do you mean, "in character"?!
So, Raphi, what do you do on the weekends?
Oh dear, I don't think I can answer such a personal question from the get-go.
May we start by introducing ourselves?
Is that really necessary?!
You enjoy playing the straight man, and it's only the two of us,
so I thought it best to play the dunce.
Uh, no, I don't do that because I enjoy it.
You don't?!
I'm shocked!
You're too shocked...
On the weekends?
Lately, I've been watching "movies."
Oh, movies are great!
I just love fantasies and romances.
It does fit your image.
What genres do you like, Raphi?
My Neighbor Fukuro
Found With the Wind
Five Samurai
Dragula
Your 'Nam
Giant Resurgence
I watch everything.
Oh, cool.
As long as you can set the audio and subtitle languages.
Huh?
Audio Selection
English Russian
Japanese Bhutanese
Subtitle Selection
English Russian
Japanese Bhutanese
Off
I won't forgive you.
I'll stop you if it means chasing you to the ends of the Earth!
Setting them both to Japanese
and finding contrasts between the dubbing and the subtitling is fun.
That's not how you're supposed to enjoy them!
Speaking of what shouldn't be, I've discovered something terrible!
Something terrible?
Do you know those "washing machines"?
Yeah.
If you run the machine and leave the laundry in it for too long
before hanging it up to dry...
It stinks to high Heaven!
I know, right?!
That really threw me for a loop at first! Like, "What the hell?!"
It felt like being baptized to life in the human world.
Oh, and when I tune in to a scary show...
Behind her... was a woman covered in blood!
N-No one's there, right?!
...I have to check that I'm alone.
Oh, sorry, I can't really relate to that.
Just kill me now!
Vigne-san, you're so cute.
Forget I said that! I didn't say that!
Argh, why did I have to say that?
So you can't handle scary things?
Yeah. Not very demonic, is it?
The mood grew heavy very quickly.
It makes you stand out. It's a good thing.
I don't think it's a good thing in my case.
Thank you for waiting.
Here are your cream puffs.
Thank you.
One strawberry, one custard,
and one super-spicy.
A super-spicy cream puff?!
I ordered it.
Huh? You like spicy things?
Spicy
I wanted to try a little game. We'll each choose one,
and if either of us picks the spicy one, she pays the bill.
I get it. Okay, I'm game!
I'll take this one.
Super-spicy can't be that spicy. It's a cream puff.
Here goes nothing.
Incidentally...
The super-spicy cream puffs here
are so spicy that they keep you up all night.
Good God!
This is intense, isn't it?
Too intense!
How did mere cream puffs get their foot on my neck?
Which? Which one's the super-spicy?!
I'll trust my gut...
and go with the one I chose first!
Here goes nothing.
Strawberry!
I'm safe! How about you, Raphi?
H-Hey, are you okay?
I'm safe, too!
Then why that face?!
Phew, I was so scared.
Let's do this again sometime.
Let's keep the stakes lower next time.
I'm glad, though.
We had a nice chat today.
I feel like I know Raphi a little better.
Something on your mind?
Nothing.
Huh? Isn't that Satania?
What?!
Is she heading home from school?
Huh?
Satania-san!
We have one leftover cream puff. Would you like it?
Dang, she's fast!
This is pretty good.
Huh?
Satania's taste-deaf.
Finally, the day is upon us...
The day I enter a coffee shop!
Its intimidating atmosphere made it difficult to enter,
so I'd kicked the can down the road.
But I require exhaustive knowledge of all things human.
And so, I must go down this road!
Forward!
C'mon in.
G-Gabriel?!
Thanks for comin'.
Tenma-kun, did you just do something to that customer?
I slugged her and threw her out.
Slugged her?!
Oh, but it's okay.
I know her from school.
You still can't hit her!
What was that for, Gabriel?!
Plus, she can take a beating.
I see, so you're a friend of Tenma-kun's.
Something like that.
To be exact, we're rivals.
Over their grades?
I apologize for earlier.
Tenma-kun was shy about being seen in her uniform.
Servitude looks good on you, Gabriel.
You see, Tenma-kun?
Oh, no.
I'd rather die than get ordered around by her,
so I wanted to do her in first. That's all.
You're scaring me, Tenma-kun!
Miss, as an apology,
would you like something on the house?
Really?! I can have anything? For free?
Yes, of course.
Then get me the most expensive liquor you've got.
Girl, do you know what a coffee shop is?
They don't serve alcohol here.
No liquor? Some coffee shop this is.
Can you even drink it, anyway?
Never had it!
Coffee Roasted House Blend Coffee Americanto Kilimanjaroy Blue Mountain Red Mountain
Okay, then I'll settle for the house blend.
One cup of the house blend?
Truth be told, I'm quite proud of my house blend.
To attain my flavor and fragrance, I use five types of—
Master, we don't need to hear the spiel.
N-No?
Coffee Farmer Mr. Bovee (52)
But I should explain for—
Not necessary.
Here's your coffee. Drink up and get out.
Huh?
Shouldn't that be, "Here's your coffee, miss"?
Why should I be polite to you?
Because I'm the customer!
Now, chop-chop!
Here's your coffee, miss.
May I spill this on you?
No, you may not!
H-Hey!
Understood, miss.
Would you like sugar and milk spilled with it?
Why would you spill anything?!
Just put the coffee down in front of me!
Give the spilling thing a rest.
Just do your job, will you?!
I'm so sorry. I'm a clumsy waitress.
I'll say.
May I go now?
Leave the coffee with me!
It looks like they're squabbling. Is everything okay?
What, did you want to drink coffee that badly?
Oh! They're talking about coffee!
Oh, please. It's not like I wanted to drink coffee!
I couldn't care less about the coffee.
I just want to see you serve me.
The coffee is nothing more than a means to that end!
It's like the extra cookie when you buy a devil's dozen!
T-Tenma-kun.
Please, give her the coffee.
My heart can't take much more of this.
Sure...
Your coffee, miss.
That was awfully quiet, but I'll let it slide today.
You'll regret this.
My throat's dry from shouting,
thanks to a certain somebody.
Shut up and drink it.
It's cold!
It sucks!
Youngsters are a riddle to me.
Maybe my coffee just isn't for them.
Welcome!
Table for one, please.
Another youngster!
A-Are you ready to order?
Um...
I'll have the house blend.
Are you absolutely sure you'd like the house blend?
Yes.
It might not suit your tastes.
I think it'll be fine.
E-Enjoy.
Delicious!
Huh?!
This is the best coffee I've ever had!
Is it made in any special way?
T-Truth be told,
I'm quite proud of my house blend.
Coffee Angel
To attain my flavor and fragrance,
I use five types of coffee beans.
Coffee Angel
She's an angel!
Demon
Dehumidify
Airflow
Deodorize
Temp
High Power
Off
Crap. The air's dead.
Yeah, right. No way. No way in Hell it's broken.
One minute, and it'll come on.
Damn it!
Sweat
No air on a day like today? I'll die, like, for reals!
What in Hell was God thinking, creating a season like this?!
Gotta call a repairman, stat.
I'm getting devoured by mosquitoes.
As if the heat weren't bad enough!
How many of you are there?
Do you want my blood that badly?!
You stupid bugs better bug off, or else.
Angel Shield!
If my body's enveloped by a holy aura,
mosquitoes won't dare come near.
I think.
Oh, it's on now!
I'll take you all on at once! Come at me!
What?!
Ding Dong
Gabriel!
I'm bored! Amuse me!
The great archdemon Satanichia is here!
Listen, you damn demon,
you caught me in one hell of a bad mood.
Screw with me, and I'll smash open that empty skull of yours.
I'm going out. Fix the door by the time I get back!
I'm sorry. No soliciting, please.
I'm not here to evangelize. Just let me in!
You're all sticky!
Blessed be all living things.
So you're here because your air conditioning died and mosquitoes got in?
Yes.
This dump's the only place where I can beat the heat.
Watch your mouth, now.
Anyway, you should go take a bath.
That's such a pain.
I know! I bestow upon you the privilege of washing my back.
I respectfully decline.
Tch. And here I was gonna let you to bathe me.
Hey, why are you stripping out here?!
There's a changing room!
We're both girls. Who cares?
Besides, the holy light keeps things family-friendly.
Where's that weird light coming from?!
Where's the bath?
That's much better. It was a great bath.
Looks like my T-shirt's a little too big for you.
Whatevs.
I dress like this at home anyway.
Why'd you just sniff my shirt?!
You smell so good, Vigne-chan.
Cut that out! Sit down already.
Now, show me where the mosquitoes bit you.
I'll put cream on them.
Wow, rolling out the red carpet?
My back's been itching like crazy.
They got you good, huh?
Okay, roll up your shirt.
You got it.
Well, now.
What a cute squeal you have, Gab.
No! You just put it on before I was ready!
You... dumb Dora!
"Dumb Dora"?!
Okay, I'm going to do it again.
All right, bring it on!
Ready?
Bring it!
Whew, I'm stuffed.
Thanks for feeding me.
Got any dessert?
No.
Going back tonight?
Nah, I'll stay over.
Oh, but...
But what?
I feel like I'm forgetting something.
If you forgot about it, it's probably not important.
True 'nuff!