WWW.Working!!

Manager!

The testing period is starting, so could you decrease my shifts a little?

Yeah, sure.

Come to think of it, are you feeling all right?

Oh...

HACK

Love and peace!

I was nervous you would quit after that.

Oh, that wasn't bad enough to...

Knock it off, Kouno!

You can't work like that!

Even though I'm making delicious soup?

Welcome!

Table for one?

Right this way.

Here, Yuuta.

I'm so nice that I'm giving you New Year's money just this once.

Ready? I'm gonna drop it.

It looks like you two are having fun.

I'm tired so I'm going on break.

Um... I wonder how much it would take to make me quit.

Then you do wanna quit?!

Higashida!

BAM

Help me study!

That can be your White Day return gift!

That's sudden and shameless!

LIFE ISN'T THAT EASY

But why do you need help?

My grades at school have been so lousy that my mom said if I get

bad grades on the upcoming tests, I have to quit working and go to cram school.

But I can't help you.

Why not?! You'd be in trouble if I quit, right?

Yes, but...

You'd be fine if the manager quit,

but you couldn't hack it if I quit, right?!

Well... yeah, but...

Higashida?!

But I've got tests coming up, too...

So what? Don't be stingy!

Kisaki, if you would, please tutor Miyakoshi.

What?

Oh, is that a customer's...

This baby?

She's my daughter.

Daughter?!

Kisaki, you have a child?!

Yeah, well. Her name is "Hime." Be nice to her.

HIME KONDOU

N-Nice to meet you...

Why did you bring your baby here?

That's right, Kisaki. This is a workplace.

You're the one who told me.

My kid won't eat cucumbers unless I peel them.

Really?

What a pain!

Kids are so fussy.

Tell me about it!

They've been here a long time.

Since lunchtime, so what, four hours now?

Sometimes they bring their kids in here.

A family restaurant is a fine place to have a long conversation,

but I hope their children are okay.

I'm sure someone's watching them.

Still, it makes me nervous that they're not together.

That's what you think?

Yeah. I'd rather have them bring the kids...

That's what you said, so I did.

My mom's at home, but she spoils this one rotten,

so is it okay if I keep bringing her in?

A-Actually...

Okay!

Manager?!

Kisaki, you...

Miyakoshi!

What is the value of a 45 degree tangent for this ABC triangle?

Chemistry?

Physics, isn't it?

It's mathematics.

That's math?!

It's definitely not chemistry.

Hime...

She's right!

Come on, Miyakoshi. She got it right, so pet her head.

Just tutor me for crying out loud!

I'm your elder!

Sorry, but somebody who can't distinguish between math and chemistry

is a little beyond me...

T-That was just one time!

Welcome!

Hello.

What kind of dialect is that?!

It's English.

Um, Kouki Saiki?

University student, 20 years old.

SAIKI KOUKI

He says his parents are Japanese, but he was born and raised

in another country, so he doesn't speak any Japanese at all.

Apparently, a friend of his put in an application for him without asking.

I CAME, BUT I HOPE YOU TURN ME DOWN QUICKLY SO I CAN GO HOME...

Kisaki, you can speak English too, huh?

Yeah, well...

PHEW

Then please say this to Mr. Saiki...

This restaurant is full of oddballs, so he'll probably get a skewed view of Japan,

but these people are actually extremely rare.

Higashida...

So what are you gonna do?

And so, this is the newbie, Saiki.

Hey!

He was nervous, but seemed like a serious person,

so I thought maybe he'd work out...

Who's gonna train him?

Can't you speak English, Higashida?

I know the grammar, but can't really hold a conversation...

I don't speak it at all.

Just talk normally to him.

That wouldn't work!

Even without English,

you can make yourself understood with gestures and stuff.

And the mood!

What do you mean by "gestures"?

Um... Waving your hands about?

You mean like punching him? Knocking sense into him?

Yeah, more or less.

That's not it at all!

All right, Kisaki, you can train Saiki.

Fine. I'll train Saiki to be the perfect gofer.

Okay. I'll do my best to learn English conversation.

Since I'll be busy training Saiki, you'll have to take care of Miyakoshi.

You heard her!

Okay.

Well, it is true that I'd be in a jam if you quit, Miyakoshi.

Higashida!

I'll go to your house for our first session.

No way! My house is off limits!

After all, I can't concentrate here.

And my place is too far away and I don't have study tools.

You live near here, don't you, Higashida?

Forget it! It's dangerous!

For a girl to come to my house alone...

What if something happened to you?!

You would do something to me, Higashida?!

What's wrong, Big Bro?

Someone's coming over after work tomorrow,

but you don't have to make any kind of fuss about it.

Oh my, Daisuke. You have a friend!

Oh, Mom! I figured even Daisuke would have one friend.

That's right, dear.

You shouldn't be surprised that Daisuke has one friend.

So who is it?

A girl from work.

Well done, Daisuke!

That's fantastic!

Not bad, Big Bro!

All of the young ladies there are cute and polite.

Yeah. Yeah, that's right.

Daisuke?!

So this is your house, Higashida!

Drop the wide-eyed customer service act here. It's creepy.

I-I'm not putting on an act. We're not at work.

And don't call me creepy.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Wow! Big Bro, you really did bring someone over!

Don't tell me you've been lying in wait all this time?

Of course we have!

O-Oh my! Daisuke! Hana is so surprised!

Miyakoshi...

Come on in.

Sorry it's so cramped.

Not at all. Thank you for having me over!

What would you like to drink?

Do you like sweets?

Um...

Never mind that! This way, Miyakoshi...

I'll bring you a snack later on!

Make yourself at home!

Okay!

Miyakoshi...

Shut up. I am a guest in your house,

so how do you expect me to act towards your family?

Relax. I'm not gonna put on any act while you're teaching me.

Are you sure? All right then...

PHEW

This Miyakoshi puts me at ease?!

So exactly what don't you understand?

I don't know what I don't understand.

Then why don't we start with English?

Okay.

We should probably review basic adverbs and the definition of nouns,

but this time, let's work on the sentences here that use the infinitive

and rote memorization of the predicates and vocabulary.

So we'll focus on this teaching unit...

You know that was all in Japanese...

That was Japanese?!

I think I can get by in life without knowing the "infinitive."

Miyakoshi...

Right now you're having trouble because you don't know it.

I'm going to take over Mom's work,