We're here, Miiko-nee.
Good afternoon!
We're closed for today. Sorry.
It suddenly started to rain.
So this is "guerrilla" rain...
It's winter at the moment...
I'm terribly sorry. Making you come here even though today's not your work shift.
Ah, don't mind it.
I'm looking forward to testing your new cakes.
Thanks.
If it's for delicious cake, I'll go through any hardship.
And afterwards the cake will go,
from inside your mouth towards your stomach...
And in the end, the fear of becoming fat.
Body fat percentage
BMI value
Cholesterol
Subcutaneous fat
Visceral fat
Cellulite
Basal metabolism Metabolism
Weight scales
High Calories
Chubby
Flabbiness
Let's start working out tomorrow
What's with that rhythm.
Everyone, it'd be handy if you change your clothes.
You'll catch a cold like that.
Well then, I'll go and wear the shop's clothes.
Ah, I'll do that as well.
But, what about Tsumiki and Mayoi--
About that..
Huh?
Come on! Tsumiki, make up your mind already. Heave-ho.
It really suits you two.
It's good I made them.
She totally wants to bring them in.
How's that, Io. Does she make you want to hug her?
Indeed, it fits her really well.
Rather, it's Miniwa who wants to hug you.
In Tsumiki's case, instead of a hug...
Biting
It's more like omnomnom, right?
I see
She's biting him!
Grrrrrrr
You're not rebutting today?
I'd cause trouble to the shop.
Disappointed
Seems like you're not satisfied, Mayoi.
Th-That's not true.
I see, you wanted Miniwa to hit you?
Eh?
No it's not like that. It just felt a bit lonely without her reactions.
Is that so...
Masochist-san.
Please stop those misunderstandings!
Nooo!
If you ever feel like working here, just give me a call.
I've never served customers before...
Why are you recruiting her, Miiko-san?
Oh my...
Well, Miniwa doesn't show her smile that often.
It's all right, Tsumiki.
So, let this little brother of Miiko-san, Sakaki-san, show us how to serve customers!
Three
Two
One
Welcome.
He did that on reflex?!
Ah, sorry Sakaki. What have I done?
As expected, Io's attacks come without thinking.
That means the face was so hideous, Io-san instantly had to but in.
Anyway, disregarding this bad example from just now.
I don't think a forced smile is necessary.
Well then, let me introduce you to Miiko-nee's customer smile.
Three
Two
One
Welcome!
It's too brilliant...
Serving costumers is impossible for me, as I thought...
Such a beautiful smile... Even I can't make one like that.
Oh my...
Is it almost time for food sampling?
Everyone wearing the same uniform feels kind of weird.
True...
Is the cake done yet?
Please listen when people are talking.
So...shouldn't you be helping your sister, Sakaki-san?
Io's helping her already, so no problem.
Io-san makes cakes as well?
Io and I make them here sometimes.
But we can't win against Miiko-nee.
Io's hand-made cake...
S-Sorry. Today's Miiko-nee's cake only
I-It's not like...
Sakaki,
give us a hand as well.
You should be okay even without me, no?
Sheesh.
Hey waiter, please smile.
By the way, our shop charges for a smile.
R-Really?
How much does it cost?
Don't mind it, I already received it.
The price is the meeting of a costumer.
A meeting, you say?!
If you say that, my heart becomes full before my stomach does...!
Although there are people,
Sunken.
who cannot withstand it and let it flow.
Looks like they lost to the intense scene and spilled it.
That's no good, Io.
Making them spill their glasses...
Hmm, how about...
Do you require anything else, dear costumers?
W-we've already had enough.
Thanks for the food...
When Io-san's standing at the counter with those clothes, he looks somewhat like a bartender.
He might be mistaken for one if he'd be shaking with a shaker.
Master, please give me a glass of...
Screw Piledriver...
You shouldn't do that to girls, Io-kun.
No no, I won't.
What kind of cocktail was that?
Ah, no...that was a Russian wrestler's pro wrestling move. The cocktail is called a Screwdriver.
Master, please give me a glass of...
What is it this time?
Corkscrew Blow...
Why all those fighting terms...
Finally, food sampling time
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
Wow, wonderful.
It's fantastic.
Somehow the strawberry on top of a cake is always very delicious.
I know. It tastes totally different than when you eat a strawberry on its own.
Since ancient times, people struggled to obtain such fascinating magic.
It's a sad history.
It's a problem when there's not enough for everyone.
I generally give my share to others.
Eh?
Why?
Even if you say that...
Oh my God!
What the...
No. Stop. Help me!
Nooo.
I'll have to remove the resentment...
You're making it difficult to eat this!
I feel so sorry for them, I just can't eat them.
Well, if it's cute, anyone would hesitate to eat it.
Oh my...
Thanks for the meal!
Ahh. After eating this much delicious cake, I'm in heaven.
A cake shop is like a candy store, right?
Isn't it?
Girls often say they once want to live in a candy store when they're young, right?
Even now I long for it.
I'm blessed.
Every child that likes sweets, long for it at least once.
I absolutely prefer meat over sweets.
So that means...
Sakaki wants to live in a meat house?
Chicken Cow Sheep Pig
What a horror.
I don't want to live in that!
Oh my...
Wouldn't it be fine if you cook it?
Hmm, then I could--No, I don't want to live in that!
It'd be reeking of oil.
The rain's stopping.
Hachi Potch's
Recommendations of the month!!
Choco La Mousse
Cream-fillled Strawberry Pastry
Get your Valentine's preparations quickly!
How was today's cake?
I like the Mont Blanc if it's a bit less sweet.
I love it like this.
Maybe because it's balances just fine with black tea?
It's hard to find out the balance in sweetness in a cake.
Depending on the drinks and other things, the experienced sweetness differs as well.
You're definitely right.
By the way, the sweetest one today was...
Thinking
Q: The sweetest one today was...?
A: Io-san
Keep it to cakes only, please.
B part
Start
At last, tomorrow is the maiden's festival:
Valentine's Day.
Tsumiki-san.
What?
Are the preparations complete?
You mean the chocolate?
Err, rather...
Are you ready?
For what?!
Of course, for handing over the chocolate!
You won't reach with the other with just halfhearted feelings!
Preparations Complete
So, the problem is actually about which ribbon you should use...
Not the chocolate, but the ribbon?
I'm getting you less and less.
If it's a wrapping ribbon, you can find lots of cute ones...
Tsk tsk tsk, you're wrong. That'd be too short.
What Tsumiki need to prepared is a...
"It's embarrassing, but...
The present is me." kind of ribbon!
Joking aside...
It was a joke?
You believed her?
Now, here's the real deal.
In fact, I prepared this love potion for Tsumiki-san.
Fall for you
Throbbing
A real one?
It's too suspicious.
That's amazing!
But I think it's wrong too use that to influence someone's feelings...
But if you insist and there's no other way, I guess you could...No, such immodesty...!
Hau...
Tsumiki-san, if you use this, even a blockhead like Io-san will...
Become decent at last!
Decent.
At last?!
Sounds...nice.
Wha?
End of school day
Are you going to buy the chocolate's ingredients now?
That's right.
What are you both going to do?
I'm making them too. I think I'm going to give them to everyone who's been looking after me.
Same here. I've learnt a lot back at Hatch Potchi's food sampling.
Well then, how about going together?
Okay!
Me too! I forgot to buy one ingredient.
Tsumiki-san, what kind of chocolate will you be making?
Chocolate mousse, maybe.
Woah, you're making a cake?
To specifically make a cake for Io-san, who can't stand chocolate...
How maiden-like.
So Io-kun can't handle chocolate...
I heard him coincidentally.
"I'm fine with chocolate-based sweets, but I don't really like chocolate on itself", he said.
W-What?
Smiling
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Both chocolate and fresh cream were on the verge of being sold out.
Yeah, that was really close.
Oh, what about you, Mayoi? You didn't buy anything...
That's right. You said there's something you forgot to buy.
They don't seem to be selling it...
What are you actually trying to make?
As making the same as always would be boring, I'm obviously going to make a surprise chocolate!
What are you going to put in it?
Alcohol is a no.
Well uh...Frogs?
Why a frog?
It's a surprise!
That's just bullying.
No at all, frog's meat tastes like raw chicken meat, it's not so bad.
You have eaten it before?!
That's what I heard, at least.
Raw meat and chocolate don't fit, you know.
Indeed...
Well, I have to go home and prepare it...
Right, we should hurry!
I'm going to search a bit more.
Please don't buy strange things, okay?
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Surprise Chocolate
Chocolate Mousse
It's done.
At Valentine's Day
Act usual, act usual.
Morning, Tsumiki.
Today's cold as well, eh.
M-Mo-Morning.
Act usual, act usual, act usual.
I-Io.
Hm?
H-H-Here!
Slam
Morning! Tsumiki-san, Io-sa--!?
Io-kun has collapsed!
What the hell has happened?
My body isn't that strong...
Success
So she tried to hand the chocolate?
Why did that turn into a body blow?
That's my line.
An unfortunate accident.
In any case, thanks for the chocolate, Tsumiki.
Yeah...
Io-san, how do you feel after receiving Tsumiki-san's chocolate?
Heartstruck
How to put it...
I came to know the limit of my stamina through that blow.
That's not about the chocolate, but about the attack itself!
Nekoge Prefectural Senior High School
Io... Are you there?
Sakaki-san, good morning.
Yo.
Here Io, have some chocolate.
It's a box from Hatch Potch...is it from Miiko-san?
What are you saying. Isn't it obvious it's from me?
Same goes for you...What are you talking about?
A whole cake...?
Looks like a professional made one.
Amazing...
As expected from a cake shop's running family.
Let's eat it with everyone.
You should say that from the beginning.
By the way, Miiko-nee also created a cake for Io.
Is that so?
Something like this:
Wedding size
Stop her!
Here you go, Io-san, Sakaki-san.
They're from me, so please eat them.
You made this by hand...?
You're giving it to me? Thank you.
By the way, those are surprise chocolates.
I now regret that I didn't doubt a thing and put it in my mouth.
What a coincidence, me too.
As a secret flavor, there's a little frog meat in it.
Just a wee bit.
So you really put it in...
The surprise was a success!
Surprised, aren't you?
Anyone would be!
Io, are you all right?
I never thought I'd be eating frog on Valentine's Day.
Normally, no one would think that.
But it was tasty, right?
How can I know the flavor?
It was properly made, you know.
I had a tough time searching for frog meat.
You'll remember this on White Day!
As a return surprise, I'll add pig feet into marshmallows!
Pig
Feet
What...?! Doing such things to a girl...you're the worst!
What!? Giving chocolate with frog to a pure hearted man is far worse, right?
A pure man wouldn't go for pig feet!
Can't you feel the pure part of covering it with a marshmallow...
A pure man would always does his work straight!
What's the point if you spoil your plans...
Truce
The marshmallow makes half of the kindness.
Er.. i have everyone's share too, will you accept it?
Of course.
Heart shaped.
Here you go.
It's seems easily misunderstood if you accept this from Himecchi...
Not to mention the heart shape.
I know, right.
She shouldn't pass them out to the boys, even if it's obligatory chocolate.
Even a girl like me is prone to misunderstand as well.
Ehh!?
Don't tease her more than that.
Hime, don't worry, she's not being serious.
Y-Yes.
By the way, were these all true feeling chocolate?
N-No. It's not meant as such chocolate, but...
So it's not...Although I was aware of that.
It's really not just the obligatory stuff, but rather a precious thank you gift to everyone who has been nice to me day after day.
Basically, it's--
Hime, calm down.
It's a true friend chocolate!
What's with that?
After School
What are we going to do today?
What do you mean?
I mean the game center. Definitely going to win today.
I accept your challenge.
All right!
If I perform that combo, there's no way I'll lose.
Tsumiki-san, Tsumiki-san.
W-What?
You think you can do it?
But first I have to find out how use it on your character..
The thing is,
What's the problem?
For your sake, I thought of a counter-measure for the blockheaded Io-san.
I already give him chocolate though.
Well, just listen.
Listen to what others say.
You can't use a love potion, you know.
Just listen...
First of all,
Chocolate lip balm
W-What?
put some chocolate on your lips, and whilst fidgeting a bit...
Whilst fidgeting...?
P-Please eat it.
There we go.
But there's a problem
What is it?
Lend me some money.
Now! Tsukimi-san, go!
Io, you shouldn't embarrass a girl like that!
Agreed, you should act like a gentleman.
You two...
It looks so soft and so sweet, Tsumiki.
Good job!
You're a frightful guy, Io-san.
Tsumiki, are you alright?
Y-Yes.
Thanks.
Acchi Kocchi Kindergarten Let's do our best.
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Io-sensei, you are unable to defend yourself at the moment!
Prepare!
Mayoi-chan sure is energetic...
Assault!
Well then, the next Acchi Kocchi will be.. playing with everyone with lots of piled up snow! Snowmen and snowball fights!? Awh.. I have the feeling it won't be a regular one. (sweat) And afterwards, it's going to be a feast with everyone's home cooking at the cooking practice. I sense that something's going wrong here as well. Next Episode "A Ruthless Snowball Fight <==> Cooking Practice (burnt)". Please watch it.
See you again