So many people!
Yuzu.
Yuzu!
Pay attention, or you'll get lost.
Okay, Bikuni-sama.
Move it, move it!
Get out of the way, or you'll get hurt!
Scoot!
S-Sorry.
Everything must be curious to you, this being your first time in the city.
Yes.
The cherry blossoms here are so pretty.
Look, Yuzu. You can see it now.
Konohanatei
This is the hotel where you'll be working starting today.
Konohanatei.
Konohana Kitan
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So? Is this her?
The kid fox who wants to work here?
Yes.
All right.
I've known you for a long time.
I'll take her.
Kiri.
Yes, Okami.
This is Kiri, our head attendant.
She'll teach you what you need to know.
M-My name is Yuzu.
I look forward to working with you.
All right, we don't have time to be sentimental.
Natsume! Satsuki!
Hey, who's she?
The new girl?
Yep.
Time to get a wash. Help her out.
You heard her.
You take it from here, Natsume.
That's just the way Satsuki is.
Don't mind her.
She's so pretty.
She reminds me of Bikuni-sama.
All right, clothes off.
Don't be so shy.
I can wash myself!
Wow, you have pretty big breasts for someone so short.
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Idiots.
Next up, dressing.
I've prepared some of my kimonos.
You're so quick to the task, Ren.
And this one is so cute.
Yuzu-chan, was it?
I'm Ren.
I hope you'll be good to me.
N-No, of course! I hope you'll be good to me.
Obviously. What is she talking about?
I was being polite!
Did you think I was being serious?
What a silly fox.
Thanks, Ren.
Get back to work, now.
Okay.
I bet she's slow.
There's more?
Shush. Just come with me.
Konohanatei was built on the second highest point in the city, after the gods' shrine.
So this is our special privilege.
Wow!
It's so big,
and there are so many people.
I've never seen anything like it.
You two always lived on your own, huh?
Yes.
And so, with that...
Please be her instructor, Satsuki.
Now, back to wor—
Wait.
That's for Natsume or Ren to do.
Why should I—
Oh? You can't do it, huh?
Well, if even our brilliant Satsuki isn't up to the task...
I-I never said I couldn't—
I imagine your older sister is hard at work with her employees right about now.
Come, shrimp.
There's work to do.
O-Okay.
Welcome.
Is the boss well?
Yes, too well.
Could we have dinner early?
Understood.
An early meal for you.
Hurry up.
We have guests.
Are the outdoor baths this way?
Yes.
It's just at the end of this path, sir.
Enjoy your stay.
E-Enjoy your stay.
You idiot! Get on your feet before our guests pass by!
I'm sorry.
You're to move out of the way when a guest passes by. Got it?
U-Understood.
Konohanatei
Man, it's a pain when we get a group of unannounced guests.
Hey, it looks a lot cleaner now.
Um...
But don't polish it too much, or you'll slip.
I went overboard.
That was an excellent bath.
He shrank!
A-Are you hurt, sir?
No. Are you, child?
I'm truly sorry.
We'll be at your room to make a proper apology later.
No, no. I'm sure it must have hurt more for the little girl there.
I'm sorry. That was my fault.
Then be careful from now on.
Don't think you can apologize your way out of everything.
Um... I'm going to go apologize by myself.
That's not the point.
Attendants all share responsibility.
I'm just acting on my own responsibilities.
Okay.
Thank you.
I always thought you were too individualistic to have such team spirit.
It's to save my own face.
As far as a guest is concerned, one attendant's mistake is everyone's mistake.
I'll be quitting this job one day, but I'm going to do my duty until then.
Really, I'm fine.
Refined Sake
You don't need to apologize.
But...
What about you, child? Are you all right?
Yes! I have a bruise on my bum, but that's all...
My, you poor girl.
Use this.
It's a compress.
Are you a pharmacist, sir?
We'd like some products, then, including those compresses.
As a token of our apology.
You mustn't!
An apology, you say?
Yes.
It would help your business.
Medicine is for people who are sick.
It's not something you should buy just to make an apology.
Actually, there's something I'd like to ask of you.
I don't have enough of the stars I need to make this medicine.
Konpeitou?
Could you knock down some stars for me?
Well?
Can you do it?
They're just ordinary konpeitou.
He thinks I'm just a kid.
With all due respect, sir...
Understood!
We'll knock down some stars!
What the hell are you doing?!
I'm trying to get some stars.
Almost...
You just shut up!
I knocked down a star!
It fell past the mountain.
Please pick it up and take it home!
You moron!
That's what you call BS!
It isn't BS.
It's called being playful.
You two have given me a fun time.
Thank you.
I haven't answered your requests.
I can't accept this.
That is medicine.
You have a strong sense of responsibility, but you ought to loosen up a little.
That medicine will help you relax.
Was I wrong?
No, he was just an odd guest.
But it's true that the brat's quick wit saved us.
That medicine will help you relax.
Okay.
I've never been in a hot spring before.
Hi.
You idiot!
What are you thinking?
S-Sorry.
Um...
I-I've never been in a bath with someone my age before.
I-I'm embarrassed.
Y-You did well earlier.
Our guest gave us praise.
But I didn't do anything worth praising.
You're the one who told me.
I told you what?
That the attendants are all one.
We've only just met, but you've accepted me as one of your own.
So I wanted to do what I could.
That was...
To save my own face.
You idiot! Do you really want to drown in the hot spring?
S-Sorry.
Here.
Isn't this...
Damn it.
Have some of this and get some sleep.
Yuzu.
Please come again.
Well, then, I think I'll go visit the other side of the mountain.
I need to pick up the star that you shot down.
No, you can't!
I was just being silly! I didn't actually shoot it down!
You won't find it past the mountain.
We know that.
We don't know that.
I won't know whether there's a star there or not until I take a look.
Goodbye.
How amazing it would be if I could see people off on their travels every day.
Bikuni-sama, I'm going to work hard with the four other people here at Konohanatei.
Oh, I forgot to introduce you to her.
Konohanatei
Correction... The five others.
Quit slacking off!
Don't do only what's asked of you!
If you don't know what to do, watch someone and learn!
Do as we do, even if you don't know why!
I'm sorry!
Man, she's as noisy as ever.
How many times do I have to tell you?
You look quite beat.
You don't need to do everything she says.
Satsuki-chan is busy enough just taking care of me,
yet she does all her own work perfectly on top of that.
That's why I need to work harder, so I don't get in her way.
You're such a good girl.
Oh, yeah, Nacchan. You blew your nose on your obiage, didn't you?
Who cares if I did?
We're washing it, anyway.
I care!
We're working separately?
You partner up with me, Satsuki.
And, Yuzu, you're partnering with Sakura.
U-Um, Sakura-chan...
Hey... Wait for me!
Sakura-chan!
H-Hey, Sakura-chan, what shall we do next?
Sakura-chan, where are you going?
Do as we do, even if you don't know why!
A-All right.
Sakura-chan?
Th-Thank you.
I was so busy trying to learn my work, I never noticed there's so much beauty.
Work!
We have to get back to work!
It's still lunch break.
There's no need to hurry.
Wow!
This is amazing!
Time passes so slowly when I'm with you.
It must be because you're finding so many fun things to do.
Fun?
Yes.
It's fun being with you.
Let's go back, Sakura-chan.
For you.
But you spent so much time making it.
They're just flower petals I found.
Thank you, Sakura-chan!
I'll take good care of it.
How'd it go today?
O-Oh...
The scenery is so different when I'm with Sakura-chan.
She made me realize I've been too caught up in seeing only what's around me.
Yeah?
Let's just hope you can apply it to work.
Y-Yes, I'll do my best.
Oh, right. I'm going to have you two sleep in the same room.
Well then, good luck.
I look forward to it.
Yeah.
That girl is weird.
She said it's fun being with me.
That's something she would say.
How about for you?
Is it fun being with me?
It's not exactly fun,
but it's comforting.
I can let my hair down around you.
Kiri-chan, you should sleep in your own futon.
Whoops! I thought you were a high-quality pillow.
You're such an old fart.
We're about to go to sleep.
Why are you so hyper?
Sorry.
I've never slept next to a friend before.
I'm so excited.
How about a pillow fight?
No.
She seriously wanted to?
Go over to Natsume's room if you don't like it.
No, it's fun.
I don't get her.
Goodnight.
It's kind of nice saying that... before... I go to sleep...
She falls asleep way too easily.
To learn is not only to gain knowledge atop a desk.
You must go and learn from many other souls, Yuzu.
Okay.
Bikuni-sama...
Goodnight.
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