WWW.Working!!

Are you eating the customers' leftovers again, Shindou?

This really is paradise.

Ah, me. The debt's increased again and I don't have a hope or dream in the world.

It's good fortune just to be alive, Shindou!

Don't throw away hope!

As long as you're alive, something good will happen one day!

Saiki...

So please be dead tomorrow!

Shindou!

You meant to say "believe in tomorrow," right?

Shindou was crying about something.

Isn't he always, though?

True, it does feel like Kamakura's bullying of Shindou

has been getting worse by the day.

It's like that's all Kamakura focuses on. She hardly does any work.

You should tell her like it is once in a while, Muranushi!

Okay, okay.

Um, don't just bully Shindou all of the time.

You've got work to do.

Sorry, Muranushi.

I don't especially like Yuuta,

but every time I see a defenseless creature like that,

I feel like tormenting them.

For some reason or other...

Argue with her, Muranushi!

Jeez, Shiho really is an ogre.

I HAVE A FEELING IT'LL GO WELL

Maybe it's better to think an elementary school student is bullying the boy she likes.

That doesn't cut it!

I can't like the person who's bullying me!

Crab miso risotto is up.

Hey, Adachi! You understand, don't you?

Um... Uh...

I don't really understand.

Adachi?

Hey, Adachi...

I've been thinking about this for a while now...

What?

Are you in love with Mura?

Am I?

Don't ask me!

Dammit! Don't make me hit you with a comeback line!

Look at that!

Does that make your heart beat fast?

That?

Does your chest feel tight? Are you lovesick? Look!

I do have a pain in my heart.

That's a different disease!

I told you, stop making me hit you with zingers!

A comedy duo?

Why do you think Adachi is lovesick?

It seems like he's plain old sick to me.

I want to leave early today.

After all, when you look at a specific person

and various symptoms appear, that's being lovesick, right?

I feel like that's off somehow.

I mean, going by that yardstick, every time I see Miyakoshi...

I get a headache.

Higashida just badmouthed me!

Or at least, that's what I felt!

I didn't badmouth you.

Yes, you did! I'm positive you did!

Or that's what I felt!

I've thought this for a while now...

but Higashida only acts arrogant around you, Miyakoshi.

Do I?

Well, something changed after the Valentine's Day incident.

Valentine's Day...

The chocolate?! Was it that bad?

It was bad.

Even though you took it home!

True, Higashida was a hero that day.

Only someone who ate that could understand.

It was like not fit for human consumption

or had nothing to do with humans or... I can't explain it.

Or maybe the person who made it wasn't human.

You mean me?

But my mom's a cooking expert, so maybe I'll be good at it eventually.

That's right, for some reason.

I hear she's on TV once in a while, but what's she like?

I don't know. Adachi...

have you heard of Youko Miyakoshi?

Um... That cooking expert who doesn't have a shred of sensitivity?

She's your mom?

Mother and daughter are alike in that regard, huh?

But is it okay to let Adachi be assaulted like that?

If she's totally insensitive,

then Miyakoshi's mom probably can't do fine chopping.

Yes, she can!

Does she actually measure out amounts?

Of course! She measures by eye!

My guess is she puts the pot with the cooked food right on the dining table.

That's enough!

You wouldn't want somebody trash-talking your parents, would you?

I don't care.

My mom can cook!

Well, of course.

True, she does a sloppy job of fine chopping, measures by eye,

and is bad at arranging food on plates!

We always have to replace knives, the kitchen is always dirty,

and she quickly resorts to violence—

Huh? Youko Miyakoshi?

What are you doing here, Mom?

Why are you even working?

Um, welcome.

I should have introduced myself first.

I'm Hana's mother, Youko Miyakoshi.

YOUKO MIYAKOSHI

You're the ones my daughter's been taking care of.

N-Nice to meet you.

Hana!

I told you we were going out to eat with your father on the 18th!

That's tomorrow, right?

Um, today is...

The 17th, right?

You're as lovely as I imagined!

D-Don't look so happy!

You've got it wrong!

It's not that I'm looking forward to it so much that I got the date mixed up! Seriously!

From the bottom of my heart, I couldn't care less about that man!

I swear, he was crying to let us get together just once this month!

His birthday's on November 31st,

so he pleaded with me to let him see Hana just this once!

- She's really laying into her husband. - She's really laying into her husband.

That man is a pest! I'm telling you!

I swear, I don't care what happens to him!

Is that right? Pardon me.

By the way...

did you know that November only has 30 days?

Shut up, you little brat!

Hana, what's the deal with that brat? He's pissing me off!

That's Higashida.

Higashida. That's the...

The Higashida who ate my chocolate.

Thank you for always being so kind to my daughter.

It's polite of you to say so.

Mom, you've never even eaten a dish I've made!

I am a cooking pro, after all.

I could tell from just one look.

What you made wasn't edible. It was beyond human knowledge.

Then I wish you would've stopped her before she gave it to me.

I've got it.

Higashida became stronger after eating that.

It had that benefit?

In this case, I would call it toxicity.

I had it the time before, so maybe I gained something from it, too?

What's going on here?

This little brat will probably never get married

because he finds fault with everything,

but my daughter's to blame because she changed his nature?

I'll take responsibility by giving you my daughter's hand in marriage.

Knock it off! He's a brute! A miscreant!

Don't go to the trouble, Mrs. Miyakoshi.

I can't even appreciate the sentiment.

Please, think again!

CHOCOLATE

Good morning.

But not early in the morning, Daisuke.

Do you know what time it is?

5 am.

That's right, you sleepyhead.

If I got up any earlier, I wouldn't have anything to do.

The trouble you give me...

You see, Miyakoshi?

I sure do!

I haven't been to your room in a long time, Higashida.

Why did you come here so early?

When I called, your dad said he works from 4 am.

He doesn't work at all.

The old man gets up early for nothing.

My mom cooked, so I brought some over.

She said to tell you, "I'm counting on you with Hana!"

So I'm counting on you.

I'd like to put a bow on her head and send her back.

You did what you came here for, so please go home.

Good job.

You know, you really are rude.

That's right, Daisuke.

She went out of her way to come here.

At least walk with her part of the way.

It's still dark outside.

That's because it's still night.

HOKKAIDO SHRINE

I like to have peace and quiet on my day off.

Look, Higashida! The morning glow!

That's morning for you.

Wh-Why are Higashida and Miyakoshi together now?!

Um... I mean, it's early in the morning, right?

It can't be by chance!

They're not dating as far as I know,

but they're walking side by side this early in the morning?

Where in the world are they going and what are they going to do?

Well, this is far enough.

Look, Higashida!

What?

Let's make a wish!

Why?

Because it's a shrine!

But why should we visit it?

To make a wish, of course!