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Good morning!

Welcome to Wagnaria!

Table for one?

Um, excuse me...

Yes?

I'm here for a part-time job interview.

You're the one then.

I'm Higashida.

DAISUKE HIGASHIDA

I'll confirm with the manager,

so could you wait here for a moment?

Sure.

They do a good job attending to customers,

and it seems like a decent restaurant.

I really don't want to work.

OFFICE

PART-TIME JOBS CAN CHANGE LIVES

Well, please have a seat there.

KENICHIROU SAKAKI

I'm the manager, Sakaki.

It's nice to meet you.

Daisuke Higashida, first-year high school student...

Huh? This school prepares students for university, doesn't it?

Yes, I suppose.

Wouldn't it be difficult to work here and study?

Well... I enjoy studying, relatively speaking, so...

Really! That's great.

Um, okay, why are you looking for a part-time job?

Minor motivation is completely fine.

My father's company went bankrupt.

That's major!

Mom, another helping.

Okay, okay.

Oh, that's right, everyone.

Actually...

KOUSAKU HIGASHIDA

my business...

has gone out of business.

A corny gag?

Y-You mean bankrupt, Dad?

SAKIKO HIGASHIDA SACHIKO HIGASHIDA

Well, it can't be helped, right, dear?

Businesses go out of business.

That's right, Dad.

Don't let a little bankruptcy get you down.

Dad's business...

...went out of business!

Oh, dear...

I worked on that gag.

What's wrong with you people?!

Okay, calm down.

I already know what my next job is.

Oh...

Oh!

I should warn you that I'm taking a pay cut.

Therefore, starting next month, I can't pay you an allowance

or take care of your phone bill, so you'd better get a job.

I just got laid off?

This school doesn't even allow the students to work part-time.

Higashida!

Sensei, good morning.

You're an admirable young man.

I hear you volunteered to get a part-time job to help your family.

Wrong!

Your father called.

- I can explain— - So I gave permission.

Good luck!

Sensei!

So I lost my allowance, money for my phone bill

and even money for my train pass.

Without a pass, it's 15 km to school by bicycle.

To be honest, my grades will suffer, so I don't want to work,

but this place is close. What can I...

I get it! I'll give you the job! Okay?

Well, I look forward to working with you starting today.

I look forward to working with you.

This is Miyakoshi, the floor chief.

She's also a high school student,

HANA MIYAKOSHI

so if you have any questions about the job, just ask her.

Nice to meet you.

She was here when I came for my interview.

All right, let's get started.

Okay.

First, about punching the manager...

Huh?

He's got a glass jaw.

Miyakoshi!

When a customer comes in, you say "Welcome."

In a loud voice. And when they leave, you say, "Thank you for coming."

Right.

And after the customer leaves, you clear the table right away.

Right.

And then a right to the manager's jaw!

You don't feed stray cats near the restaurant!

I-I'm sorry.

MEN'S CHANGING ROOM

That's about it for newbies.

If there's something you don't get, ask.

- Um... - What?

Am I required to do that last part?

If you can't learn all this in a month, that's gonna be you.

I'll be careful.

All right, let's hit the floor.

She's scary.

Why is someone like this a waitress?

Welcome!

I don't believe it! Even her expression changed!

Thank you for coming.

But why is Miyakoshi so cruel to the manager?

A receipt?

Certainly, you don't want stray cats near the restaurant, but...

Nipopo Soccer Boy Scouts...

Higashida!

Yes, sir!

How do you spell "scouts"?

"Scouts"?

SCOUTS

- Thank you for coming. - Thank you for coming.

I knew you were smart, Higashida, going to a good high school like that.

Is he...

But maybe he just forgot.

Manager, what's 8 times 7?

Easy.

59!

Civilization's convenient device wasn't any help!

Guess I'll do the back next.

I started working here today. I'm Higashida.

SAYURI MURANUSHI

I'm Sayuri Muranushi.

Nice to meet you.

Same here.

Welcome.

Table for one?

Right this way.

Here's our menu.

Thank you for your patience.

May I take your order?

One coffee.

The usual, black, right?

Right away.

M-Muranushi...

- Yes? - Um...

Where is the customer?

Maybe you didn't know.

That elderly fellow is a regular here.

He gets mad if you put milk in his coffee, so be careful.

Elderly fellow?

Muranushi?

She's normal as far as I know.

If I had to come up with something...

You need to turn the heat on!

It is on!

When she took off work to take a college entrance exam,

the restaurant was strangely cold and dark...

GET ME MURANUSHI

and "Get me Muranushi" was written in blood on the bathroom wall.

But nothing really surprising happened.

Your fearlessness surprises me.

LETTUCE

What are you talking about?

Oh, Muranushi.

Nice. Looks like you two high schoolers are having fun.

No, listen, Higashida...

I noticed that you have the ability to sense the supernatural.

I don't believe in ghosts. After all, I've never seen one.

What?!

What's with this place?

The manager, the employees...

The employees...

What? You got a problem?

This is Higashida. He just started working here today.

KISAKI KONDOU

This is Kisaki Kondou.

Nice to meet you.

Um... Kisaki...

your shift is about to start.

U-Um, Kisaki...

- I feel sluggish. - Sluggish?!

If the customers know there's an exhausted employee working here,

it looks bad for the restaurant.

So I'm gonna rest a little more for the restaurant's sake.

I see!

That makes sense.

What is this?

Knock it off, Kisaki!

You don't work, you smoke! Are you sure you wanna be here?

Miyakoshi...

What year was the Taika Reform?

Th-That's not fair!

Teasing me because you go to a good university!

Um, Kisaki, like Miyakoshi said, you should be a little more—

Higashida, you go to a college prep high school?

Yes, you're right.

In the middle period of the Edo era, under Yoshimune Tokugawa's orders,

there were two scholars who studied Dutch.

Genjo Noro and Konyo Aoki.

Come on. We're getting paid an hourly wage, so let's get to work.

That was cool, Higashida!