EPISODE
1. Sixteen Years of Age , Spring , Still Buds
十六歳、春、まだつぼみ
Upon returning from school one day, Ohana Matsumae learns that her mother is going on a moonlight flit with her boyfriend to escape from his debt and they are sending her to live at her estranged grandmother's hot spring inn in the country. When her best friend, Kōichi Tanemura, hears of this, he is saddened. He then suddenly confesses his love for Ohana before running off, not seeing her off when she leaves. As Ohana arrives at Kissuisō, she makes a bad first impression with one of the employees, Minko Tsurugi, before being informed by her grandmother, Sui Shijima, that she is to work at the inn to earn her keep.
She is shown around the inn by the head mistress, Tomoe Wajima, and another employee, Nako Oshimizu. When Ohana notices the hard work Minko has to do, she tries to do something nice for her by airing out her futon, but it ends up falling off a window and landing near some customers. After Minko is slapped by Sui for Ohana's mistake, Ohana demands to be slapped even harder, though Minko doesn't particularly thank her for it. Sui indeed slap Ohana harder, which Ohana is grateful to accept.
2. Vengeance is a Staff Meal 復讐するは、まかないにあり
Sui instructs Nako to teach and train Ohana to become a housekeeper of the inn, even though Nako is quite shy about it. When Nako has to attend to another duty, Ohana, having been taught to only rely on herself, cleans another room, where the author Tarō Jirōmaru is staying, by herself. When the staff's breakfast is cancelled due to an error by Minko in the kitchen, Ohana makes breakfast for everyone, though this only serves to irritate Minko further. Afterwards, Tarō complains that some drafts for his stories have gone missing from his room which Ohana had cleaned earlier, having not been informed by Nako beforehand.
After Sui instructs the others to go to resume their duties rather than search for the drafts, junior chef Tōru Miyagishi takes Ohana to pick up some luggage by car. As Tōru mocks Ohana's ability to take care of herself, Ohana inadvertedly tells him to 'die' which nearly causes him to crash into a truck. Feeling guilty about it and taking a walk to reflect upon herself, Ohana decides to speak her mind against Minko and Nako, wanting to cook them their least favourite foods tomorrow as payback. The next day, Ohana finds Tarō's draft in a misplaced garbage bag. But those drafts turn out to be erotic stories using her and the other employees as characters. Before she can do anything further, she is discovered by Tarō.
3. Balut ホビロン
Minko and Nako heads to the dining room to eat the meal that Ohana prepared for the staff, which they anticipate will include their least favorite food. But when they arrive, they see ingredients that are still in the middle of cooking, but no sign of Ohana herself. While, in Tarō's room, Ohana is helping Tarō get some ideas for his erotic novels, but he can't seem to get the grasp of it. Tarō has already admitted to Ohana that he was trying to come up with sex novels to pay his hotel bill, the reason Ohana complied to help.
The staff members are now searching for the missing Ohana when Nako happens to check on Tarō's room. While Ohana is hiding, Tarō tries to make Nako go away by making insults about the staff. But hearing this, Ohana jumps out and tells him to take back the insults. Because Ohana is "revealed", Tarō tries to confine Nako, but there are other staff members behind her. Overwhelmed, Tarō runs away in one of the inn's trucks while the rest of the staff chases after in another car.
They chase him to the sea, where Tarō stands at a cliff ledge. He says he's a failure who can't pay his debt, even after acting so high over the staff. But Sui tells him that she has confidence that he could pay it off if he becomes serious and tries to win the prize. Continuing to say he's a failure, he jumps into the ocean without thinking, but he is asking for his life now. Nako surprisingly jumps in and saves him, and bythe time the others reaches her, it’s almost sunset. Tarō continues his babbles that he’s useless, but Ohana straightens him up, saying that he’s a great novelist who was able to know something about her she herself did not know.
It is already late, so the staff agrees to eat at the seaside where they are. At that time, Ohana persists to give Minko the spinach-filled dish she made earlier. Minko takes it, but she responds with "Balut(ホビロン hobiron)!" Later on, Ohana is ready to go to bed, when she sees a notebook on Minko's bed, explaining all the insults she has said so far, especially "Balut(ホビロン hobiron)", which means "Truly, surprisingly, out of question" (ほんとに-びっくりするほど-論外 HOntoni - BIkkuri suru hodo - RONgai). She chuckles at this when she suddenly receives a message on her cell-phone. She thinks it's her mother, but it's Kou, which makes her happy for some reason she can’t explain herself.
4. Grey Heron Rhapsody 蒼鷺ラプソディー
The spring break is now over, and it is the start of school for Ohana, Minko and Nako. In order to pay for his debts, Tarō Jirōmaru is now working part-time at Kissuisō, under the supervision of Enishi Shijima. Ohana says her "good morning" to the both of them, and the two comments on her uniform in return. But Tarō goes a bit too far and Enishi notes of it, making Tarō head of to do more work. Later, at the back of the inn, Ohana is waiting for Minko, as Tōru Miyagishi comments that Ohana's uniform seems too big for her. Hearing this insult, she pulls up her skirt so its rim is at mid-thigh. Minko is already out and Ohana did not notice it.
On their way to school, the three girls converse, until they see a nice black car drive by. Nako points out it is from the Fukuya Inn, a rivalling inn to Kissuisō that is older out of the two. Later at the train station, Ohana exclaims about the blooming cherry blossoms nearby, which makes her suddenly remember about a time in the past about her and Kōichi. They were walking on a crowded street, which had cherry blossoms on the side, and Kōichi needed to help Ohana from getting lost in the crowd. She wonders what she should do for her reply to him.
They arrive at school, and Ohana is in Minko's class. Also, everyone in the class is in an uproar to the fact that Ohana is from Tokyo. After class, Ohana tries to talk to Minko, but the girls crowds around her and asks questions. Then the boys starts to ask her to take pictures of "Princess Minko". surpressed by these request, a girl speaking in an Kansai dialect interupts and escorts Ohana out ofthe classroom. The girl, Yuina Wakura, who is also reffered as a princess by the boys, saves Ohana. Yuina explains that her Kansai dialect is fake, for sheo nly did it for fun. She also explains that she's the successor to the Fukuya inn Ohana saw earlier in the day, but she doesn't care about it.
At lunchtime, Nako explains to Ohana that Minko is very popular, receiving many love-letters in her shoe box daily. They then hear Minko talking to a boy who's confessing to her. She rejects, but the boy asks what sort of man she likes. She says that he has a sharp tongue, but it truly kind; someone who always takes the initiative and is serious about work. As Ohana and Nako overhears this concrete explanation, Nako knows who Minko is talking about, while the boy is seen to be very sad.
Later in the day, Nako and Ohana talks bout the confession to Tomoe Wajima, who seems to be upset. for 'revenge' tomoe says she'll take a picture of Minko with her hair done up tight and ruin the school-boys' image of Minko. Ohana and Nako are pulling Tomoe back, when she asks the two if they have a boyfriend. Ohana replies that "Kō-chan" is not like that., which makes Tomoe supicious about the name. Later on, Ohana is tryingto reply to Kōichi's text, which she can't find a good reply for.
Going out in the rain for errands, Ohana is amazed to see grey heron. Nako says it lives in the area. the two arrives at the Fukuya inn to tell about an upcoming neighborhood association. Then the owner of the inn appears, which Ohana sees as scary. Outside, it is clear now and is the evening. Nako asks if they can return on a longer path, which Ohana agrees to. As the two walks on a path that approaches a small shrine, Nako explains she came to the Kissuisō inn in order to become more social. But she always comes to that shrine to pray to a goddess, one who gets easily lost. She also explains that there's a Bonbori festival in October that is to guide the gods and goddesses back to Izumo. Ohana is amzed by the thought of a festival, calling out to "Nako-chi" in exclamation. Hearing herself being called that, she is glad that she is being called by a nickname, such as calling Minko calling "Min-chi".
Back at the inn, Ohana is setting the meal for some guests, while Nako needed to answer a call. Ohana tries to set it out, but Tōru intervenes, saying she's doing it wrong. As he sets out the dishes correctly, he asks how she did at school, thinking she didn't making any friends. The two continue to lightly argue when Ohana happens to see Minko. She comes in to help with the setting of the dishes, telling Ohana that she can leave.
In an in-door bath, Ohana is thinking of a way to get friendly with Minko. At that moment, Minko enters the bath. Ohana thinks of talking about how mean Tōru is, and when she does, Minko responds. Thinking this is a good sign, Ohana continues with the insults until Minko suddenly lashes back in anger. Minko starts to talk about how he may be sharp-tongued, but he is always thinking about others; being more determined and kinder than anyone. Feeling those words a familiar, Ohana finally finds out that Minko likes Tōru. After a few moments of silence, Minko leaves the bath in embarassment.
Ohana tries to act kindly to Minko for the rest of the day, but she only acts cold. The next morning, Ohana follows Minko outside to apologize. But Minko again strikes back in anger, and holds Ohana by her neck. She continues this until the both of them see Tōru picking up Yuina from the Fukuya inn. Seeing this, Minko runs off, while Ohana tries to follow, only to be stopped by the grey heron...
5. A Tearful Chef Romance 涙の板前慕情
After seeing what happened yesterday, Minko is worried about what Tōru was doing at the Fukuya inn. As Ohana is also thinking about this, she bumps into Minko at the back entrance, where Minko shuts her up. After Minko takes her leave, Nako and Tomoe also arrives to see Ohana on the floor at the same place. They ask Ohana what happened to Minko, and she tells them. They are astonished by this event and also starts to wrry. But Tarō intervenes, asking for deeper details.
It is later found out that Tōru indeed did ask to go work at the Fukuya inn. In means to bring him back, Ohana heads over to the inn and asks the Madame Mistress there to give him back. But to her surprise, he has already returned. It is later known that Tōru went to the inn to substitute for a sick chef who had to stay home and rest. Even though he is very talented, Tōru states he will not be leaving the Kissuisō anytime soon.
6. Nothing Venture Nothing Win
It is Ohana's first pay day since her arrival. And when she receives the envelope, she feels that she does not deserve the given money. Because of this thought, she is outstounded by how much is in it: 20,000 yen (Approx. $235). She is also surprised because she never received this much money in one bundle before, especially within a month.
Takako Kawajiri, the business consultant advisor of Kissuisō finally appears, visitng the inn for the monthly inspection. In order to attract more customers to the 'low-grade' inn, she has a plan for the waitresses this time. She dismisses the cooks,who she worked with last time, while Ohana, Nako and Tomoe are left to deal with Takako. With the assistance of Enishi, she proposes that they should 'upgrade' the waitresses' uniforms to a more modern outlook, as she sets out tenfolds of clothes from china dresses to sexy suits. Nako and Tomoe are not happy with this suggestion, yet Ohana thinks it can be of some help.
The customers of the day arrives, and Ohana and Nako tests out their new outfit, the china dress, on the customer. Though it seems to be going well for the first seconds, because the customer that comes is a man, soon enough it fails as the rest of his family comes in: his wife and daughter. With the failure of the plan, Sui is not pleased.
After this failure, in order to show the greatness of the inn in a different than what Takako suggested, Denroku the janitor shows Ohana the secret yukata collection of Sui. Though this is supposed to be Sui and Denroku's secret, he lets Ohana and Nako use these yukatas to present themselves in a "Kissuisō" fashion. Customers praises these outfits as the older customers reminisce on the past, when these yukatas were still worn by Sui herself. At the end of the day, Ohana and Nako returns the yukatas to where they belong, therefore ending their day of "reform".
7. All Quiet on the Kissui Front 喜翠戦線異常なし
A group of men approaches the inn, and the older staff are worried about their stay. The reason why is because these group of men likes to play "entertainment games". Using air-soft rifles, they use the surroundings as their own field of play, as if the place is an actual battlefield. On the other hand, Tomoe Wajima wants to quit her job in order to start her own life and find a marriage partner. Thinking this a good chance, she tries to create trouble for these gamers so they would complain about Tomoe's performance, ending up with her being fired. But this plan only backfires when Tomoe's "ordeal" becomes a "lesson" for those gamers to become more alert. The gamers leaves the inn in happiness, while Tomoe rethinks about continuing her work as the head waitress.
8. Run 走り出す
It is a day when some of the staff of Kissuisō are having their day off. But for some odd reason, on this very day, a large influx of customers makes their reservation. With a staff that is short-of-hands, the main cook is pressured, the waitresses are busy, and suddenly, the Madam Mistress feels a pain in her heart and is sent to the hospital. But the Madam Mistress uses a car instead of an ambulance so the customers won't be scared off from the inn, showing that she cares about the customer service over her own health. Worried about what to do, Ohana decides to do her best and calls back the staff who are resting. But as she does this, she receives an unexpected call from a certain someone....
9. The Longest Day at Kissuisō 喜翆荘の一番長い日
Ohana ends up finding Tōru with the encouragement from Kōichi. At the same time, Kōichi tries to book a stay in order to see Ohana, only to find out that all the rooms are full, making him decide to go home. Tōru says that if Ohana thinks he could solve the problem at Kissuisō, then he'll just have to fix it. In the end, they pull through and tend to every customer. A woman and her grandmother were actually the people who were from the magazine and due to Ohana's motto that every customer is equal, Kissuisō receives a good comments from these two. It is seen at the end that the Manager returns from the hospital.
10. A Slight Fever 微熱
As a result of constantly getting up early to help clean most of the inn alone, Ohana collapses with a fever and is told to rest for the day. As everyone works, Tōru makes her some porridge and becomes slightly enamoured by her solemn appearance. Thereafter, various members visit Ohana and tell her to stay in bed, while Ohana worries about whether the Kissuisō even needs her. However, just as she is writing out a text to Kōichi about possibly going home, Minko and Nako convince her that she's still needed. Ohana erases the text and rests peacefully.
11. Bark at Night 夜に吼える
The rating for the inns has finally come out in the magazines. But the Kissuisō staff are astonished by the low ratings of their inn and also the other inns in the area. All of these inns are displeased with the results, as some are sure that they did better than the given ratings. Fustrated by these results, Ohana forcibly heads out to the city alone in order to give her complaints. She reaches there and asks the publishers who gave the low rating, finding out that it is none other than her own mother. Because her mother was order by the higher-ups to give these low ratings, Ohana goes on a "strike", telling her to change these results. But luck continues to fail when Ohana finally meets Kōichi, only to find out that a girl has approached him. Ohana first complains that it is rude to leave the relation unrequited, but stops as she notices that she too has done the same thing to Kōichi...
12. See Ya 『じゃあな。』
After spending the night at a hotel with Minko and Tōru, the next morning, Ohana suggests that they kidnap her mother, Satsuki, and force her to come "visit" Kissuisō. Tōru agrees, but for some strange reason, he will only agree only if they take Kōichi with them as well. While Minko and Tōru visit Tokyo's various restaurants to taste-test, Ohana runs into Igarashi, who tells her that she wants Ohana to decide what her feelings are for Kōichi. Igarashi herself believes that Ohana's indecisiveness in love is locking Kōichi's feelings up, therefore her own feelings does not reach him.
After Ohana gets a call back from Kōichi, who tells her about how he tried to visit Kissuisō while Ohana was searching for Tōru at that time, Ohana feels guilty and decides not to take Kōichi back to Kissuisō. After joining up with Minko and Tōru again, the group goes to see Satsuki before giving up. But with a change of mind, she decides by herself to go to the Kissuisō also. When Tōru's asks Satsuki about why she changed her mind, she replies that it's because Ohana reminded her of herself when she was younger.
13. Shijima's Girls ~Broken Heart MIX~
~ 四十万の女～傷心MIX～
Ohana's mother finally arrives at the inn, which makes everyone feel uneasy, for she is supposedly their enemy for writing the bad review on their inn. But, in order to show how they are, the madam mistress tells everyone to remain calm and do what Kissuisō would usually do. She also asks Nako to be the one to guide this guest, feeling that if she were to do it herself, she would slap her daughter right away. The staff did indeed do what they could, but Satsuki gives off very good advice to these staff member which discourages them. In order to confront this, Ohana and Sui both stand up and gets ready to do the Kissuisō way of things: provide what the guest favors.
Sui helps provide Satsuki's favorite food within a very fancy meal, while Ohana, based on her own experience, makes Satsuki's bed along with a hugging-pillow, as Satsuki always slept with one. Realizing what the two are doing, Satsuki calls in the two for a small party. After a small talk among her family members, the next day, Satsuki heads back to Tokyo, while leaving behind a review with the Kissuisō staff. The review is very positive which makes them all happy.
14. This is My Way of Life これが私の生きる道
Ohana and her classmates are all on a field trip to a business inn. Ohana, and her friends takes this chance to observe how this inn will be like, and too their astonishment, it is very large. Nearby the sea and with top notch equipment, this inn is amazing. One other interesting fact is that Yuina's distant relative, Yosuke Himawari, is the heir to this inn, being it's head clerk. Also he is Yuina's alleged fiance. On the first night, though, Ohana and Nako overhears a conversation between Yuina and Yosuke, where Yosuke is asking if Yuina would wish to become his inn's head madam mistress after she graduates. She leaves without giving an answer, but the next, the inns part-timers suddenly ask to quit because of Yosuke's over diligence with the inn's success. Yuina gives her answer, saying that people wants to do something that they enjoy doing, and for herself, being part of an inn is not one on her list of things she enjoys.
15. Sunny with a Chance of Beans マメ、のち、晴れ
The inn becomes troubled by the fact that they are now shorthanded, but they reject Ohana's offer to help out. However, she feels she needs to do something and after the inn becomes unable to find replacement for their waitresses, they accept Ohana's help, along with Minko and Nako who decides to help her out as well. While they work though, the robotic system that assists with the dishes breaks down, so Ohana suggests that they send the customers to have a bath before dinner to give the staff extra time to set up the tables. As Ohana and the others work on the tables, while getting help from the other students and employees, Yuina visits Yosuke for a talk. After hearing that he might want to marry someone like Ohana, Yuina decides to break her habit of not working and help him clean the baths. After dinner, Yosuke allows the girls to use the inn's hot springs, not the regular ones. As the field trip comes to an end, Yosuke decides to rethink his training whilst Yuina decides to work harder herself.
16. This Sky, That Sky あの空、この空
Enishi Shijima is leading a movie producer to Yunosagi, and shows him one view of it. But buses arrive at the same spot, showing that lots of customers will be coming in. At a meeting between the inns of Yunosagi, after the adults have said their opinions, they now ask the younger generation, consisting of Ohana, Nako, Minko and Yuina, of what they expect of a hot spring inn. While only Ohana and Nako talks, Minko and Yuina stays wuiet. The two explains about how it would be great if the inns had cheap but great meals served and comfortable bus rides to Yunosagi.
After the meeting, the movie producer presents to Sui that he would use Kissuisō as one of the locations. Tomoe hears this news and reports this to Ohana and Nako, which makes them outstanded. Sui and Enishi has a private meeting baout this, and surprisingly, Sui lets Enishi go on with the movie. In order to get ready for the film, the staff have to get themselves ready also. The old pool has to be cleaned, Tarō is asked to make the script for a portion of the film and even the head-chef Renji will be taking good part in the film. The cast comes and the camera starts rolling...
17. Pool on the Hill プール.オン.ザ.ヒル
Satsuki calls Sui, warning her that there might be something fishy about the film crew that arrived at the inn. The next day, they hear the project has been called off, putting Enishi in a tough spot as he had paid them a lot of money. Satsuki later calls him, telling him that the director was actually a scam artist trying to pay off his own debts. Since this "director" could have already paid his debts, it may be now impossible to retrieve their money back. As Enishi and Takako argue over the incident, they fall into the pool together and later reconcile. After Sui explains her situation to the neighbourhood association, she commends Enishi for his defense of Takako.
18. Mermaid Princess and Shell Bra 人魚姫と貝殻ブラ
At the Oshimizu household, Nako is taking care of most of the chores, from taking care of the children to cooking. She is even reliable for the parents. Even though she lives like this, she is very shy when outside, not wishing to go "above the water", as she is afraid of not being able "to breathe". The next pay day, everyone receives their usual wages, while Ohana's is decreased because she broke a vase in the meantime. On the other hand, Nako's wage has be raised. Even though she receives this much, she plans to save the money instead of spending.
Later in the day, at school, Yuina listens to what Ohana, Minko and Nako will use their pay for, but is unhappy by the fact that they decided to use them for dull reasons. Especially for Nako's sake, Yuina invites everyone to go out shopping. After school, the four goes out and shops, but during the time, Nako is being picked upon by a group of men who are asking her out. As she is not used to this, she runs away, along with the other three.
The next day, knowing that the shopping the day before would not help her change her shy self, Nako goes to work and tries to be how she is at home. Even though it works out at the start, Nako accidentally ruins the filming by one of the customers. Nako apologizes to the Madam Mistress, thereafter asking why she received the raise. The Madam tells her that she received the raise not so she would know she has to improve, but because she received lots of good compliments fro mthe customers. She tells her the Nako at the inn is her self as a waitress and that Nako doesn't have to change herself.
19. Mushy Rice Omelette どろどろオムライス
Nako continues to try being more outgoing, which the cooking crew notices well, especially Tōru. This bugs Minko as she is jealous he himself does not try to take notice of her. At school, it is nothing better as the cultural fest approaches. The class does a princess cafe where Yuina is the waitress supervisor and Minko the cooking suspervisor. This is against Minko's will, as she does not want to cook for playful reasons. But this all changes when she hears that Tōru is thinking of visiting the festival. In reaction, Minko straightens up and becomes serious about her job as the kitchen superviosr.
But there is one problem: she gets to serious that she drives away most of the members from the kitchen staff and ends up needing to do all the kitchen work by herself. Even though the waitresses are doing well, what will become of the kitchen staff....
20. Love, Kōrin Festival 愛.香林祭
It is the day before the school festival, so Minko wakes early, buys the necessary ingredients, and starts prepping with the unwanted help of Ohana. When Nako asks to have omelette rice for lunch, Minko, unfazed, makes a perfect omelette rice dish. It is revealed then that the reasn why Minko objected the omelette rice so much was because the stoves supplied in the classroom would not be strong enough. But by adding Ohana's twist to the dish that solved the heating problem, they finally decide to serve it on the menu of class 2-A's princess cafe.
Tōru arrives and Minko adds a big ketchup-heart around his omelette rice, even though he does not get the "message" on an emotional level as he sees that other men also received a similar kind of service. Later in the evening, after they see from the class building that the campfire has been lit, Minko, Ohana, Yuina, Nako, and her classmates decide to go down and take a look at what is happening.
21. The Return of "Die 蘇る、死ね
Takako and Enishi have decided to get married, which surprises the staff. But the happy couple are not afraid to hinder their work as they have "love" on their side. Even Sui approves this event, but her one condition is that the two have a proper wedding ceremony. After hearing that wedding ceremonies are expensive, Ohana suggests using the inn for the ceremony, which would help relieve the expenses. Enishi takes the idea and the staff gets prepared. As the Bonbori festival is approaching, Enishi plans to have the wedding before that in order to avoid the busiest time of the year for the inn. Minko and Toru goes to the market to buy the ingredients for the wedding, but on the way back, Minko realizes that Toru has great interest in Ohana. This makes her fustrated, to the point of going back to telling Ohana to "die".
As for Takako, she has some uncertainty about having the wedding, as she wonders if the Madam Mistress truly accepts the wedding. After requesting Sui to cancel the wedding, Sui finally shows that she is willing to have Takako wed with Enishi. She does so by humbly bowing her head and asking very kindly for Takako to wed with Enishi. But, unexpectedly, she also says that she won't be passing on the inn to the two...
22. The Determined One-Sided Crush 決意の片思い
Takako is fired up for the wedding, while the other staff are also working hard to complete it. Yuina, Nako and Ohana finishes the wedding dress and look for someone who would like to try it on for them. A little after, after talking with her mother, Ohana now believes that she should be straight-forward with her emotions and have an actual one-sided crush on Ko, just like Minko. At the inn, even though she asked to help Tōru, Minko's offer is turned down. While Minko is upset about this, Ohana proposes to have Minko try the dress on for them. But Minko harshly rejects the request, which upsets Ohana and the two starts to fight. The fight soon enough becomes a quarrel about their love life, which Tōru overhears a bit.
After being embarassed because Tōru overheard their quarrel, Minko runs away for a bit. Tōru follows and has a short talk with her and clears up the misunderstanding that he "like" likes Ohana. He says he may be interested in her, but it is not to that point of "love". Minko is happy to hear that she still has a good chance and tells Ohana that she won't give up on Tōru.
The wedding day arrives, and the day goes by safely. But at the end of the wedding, duirng the speeches by special guest speakers, the Madam Mistress, who is one of them, gives out an interesting speech. She talks about how she will soon watch over the future of each and every Kissuisō staff while she drinks tea from a far. Later in the evening, the whole staff gathers to meet about what the Madam Mistress was talking about. She tells them that Denroku Sukegawa will resign from work and wishes to pass on the role of his Kissuisō journal, which he has been continuing for the entire 40-years of the inn, to someone. After that, The Madam Mistress explains that she was thinking of sealling away, or generally closing down, Kissuisō along with the journals after the Bonbori festival.
23. Compensation for a Dream 夢のおとしまえ
Ohana wonders about the decision the Madam Mistress made about closing down Kissuisō after the Bonbori festival. In the morning she tries to talk about this with Minko in their room, but Minko was already awake and gone by the time Ohana was. Ohana questions now of where she herself will go if Kissuisō closes down. That is when she is called by the Madam Mistress. At the same time, Takako comes to Sui, asking her for permission to go after the director who cheated on the inn's money. Since Takako is planning on going to Tokyo, Sui sees this as a chance for Ohana to go and meet her own mother, Satsuki. Though a bit against her will, Takako has Ohana accompany her.
In Tokyo, Kōichi happens to meet Ohana's mother, Satsuki Matsumae. Kōichi asks if Ohana is fine, but Satsuki believes that he dumped Ohana, therefore answering that Ohana is obviously not fine. But Kōichi states he did not dump Ohana. Satsuki is amazed and invites him to her office. In a different part of Tokyo, Takako and Ohana search for the cheating director. With the help of the information supplied by Satsuki beforehand, the two finds and catches the director. Back at Satsuki's office, she shows the pre-made video, the director gave her, to Kōichi. He is stunned by the hard work Ohana has done so far and is now sure that he will not give up on his love for Ohana. Kōichi leaves and heads home, and on the way, he meets face to face with Ohana by chance...
24. Sui Shijima, The Last Boss ラスボスは四十万スイ
Ohana and Kōichi have finally met up with each other. While Kōichi goes up to Ohana and asks why she is in Tokyo, she bursts into tears from all the emotions. Later, in the same park Kōichi had confessed to Ohana at the start of the series, after Ohana has calmed down, Kōichi starts to talk about how he has stopped his old ways of "picking the corn out of the can with water" as he knows that the corn will never rot, and his patience will continue to stand. When Ohana left Tokyo the first time, for Kōichi, the once beautiful life in Tokyo became all dull. He continues with these compliments and comments, but as Ohana is not that good at reading the mood, she has trouble comprehending what he wants to say. After some minutes, she ends up telling him to stop talking as she herself wants to tell him something. She invites Kōichi to come to the Bonbori festival, and he agrees to come. After that, Ohana returns to Kissuisō by bus, leaving Takako behind with her permission.
It is morning and no calls have come in. No reservations, meaning that there is no work for most of the staff. At the front, Nako answers a call, but then has a surprised expression. While in the kitchen, Tōru tells Minko that he will go out drinking with Ren in the evening, making her feel lonely. In order to cheer her up, he says "One man, and one knife. I'll train my cooking skills no matter where I am!", a phrase from his favorite cuisine manga Teppei, the Wandering Chef. Minko recognizes it and Tōru is amazed. In the back of the inn, the two are reading a few of the volumes of Teppei, until Tarō intervenes. The two chefs asks if he's also a fan of the series, but to their surprise and disappointment, he states that he was the one who wrote Teppei. Abruptly, Enishi appears in front of them, telling them to come and help.
Ohana has returned to the inn, but she is in utter surprise when she hears the staff moving around in haste. Soon enough, she is told that a whole lot of reservations have been requested. Takako has just returned and shows that one of the tour magazines has Kissuisō as its front page, with lots of good comments. The staff sees this as a good opportunity to prevent the closing down of the inn, but Sui continues to stay stubborn about the closing. In the baths, Ohana, Nako and Minko thinks about discussing the matter with the Madam Mistress. Even though the Madam Mistress does come in while they are in the bath, she finishes washing herself so quickly yet cleanly that the three girls did not have a chance to talk properly. But before Sui leaves the changing room, she asks Ohana to keep the next morning open.
The next morning, Ohana and the Madam Mistress has gone out early to Sui's husband's grave to pray. While back at the inn, Enishi continues to try and fight the Madam Mistress' desire and takes in as many reservations as possible. At the grave, Sui talks about how she does not want to burden the staff with her dream, but Ohana retirts that it is not a burden. Sui suddenly feels a pain in her chest and rests in a nearby house. Sui continues to talk about how she doesn't want to burden the staff with the burden that once drove Satsuki Matsumae away from home. Because of this, she knows that Enishi has become stubborn about Kissuisō and she wishes to free him of this burden. But Ohana, as usual, is not able to read the mood, but states that she feels like her anger has gone away. Sui chuckles and asks Ohana to fest up until the Bonbori festival.
Ohana and Sui returns to the inn, but see that the representatives of the other inns of the area have gathered at the front of Kissuisō. They are asking the staff to provide someone to help with the festival, but they say they will not. Seeing that this is causing trouble, Sui tells Ohana to go. The staff are not happy as they wished to show that they want to put Kissuisō into priority. Ohana sees this and wonders what she should do...
25. My Beloved Kissuiso 私の好きな喜翆荘
Even though it is time to prepare for the Bonbori festival, the Kissuiso staff makes themselves busy to accept and take care of all reservations that are coming in. Ohana herself does not feel that Kissuiso is Kissuiso right now, but when she tries to console with the staff about this, almost all of them ignores her. The reason for this is because they believe Ohana is siding with the Madam Mistress, which is not actually true. Ohana continues to see the staff change their ways, and soon enough they start to get dysfunctional. Nako asks Ohana what the Madam Mistress desires by closing down the inn, and sees that the Madam is wrong about the idea that she is forcing her dreams upon the staff. Nako believes that some people follows other's dreams in order to make their own, and that is how the staff of Kissuiso dreams.
Few days before the Bonbori festival, the kitchen staff and the head waitress has a quarrel about how the other is not working enough, which is stopped by Enishi. He wants peace, and the staff follows that. But the day before the festival, tension rises as the head waitress sprains her leg. The staff are already overworked and need help, but no assistance is available. The staff argues, until when Nako talks about how she wants the Kissuiso she knows of back. At that same time, the Madam Mistress and an unexpectedly visiting Satsuki both offers to help, Enishi's emotion overrides and he tries to deny the help. Takako makes him wake, telling him his goal is to keep Kissuiso standing, not be too prideful of Kissuiso. With the acceptance of the help by the two, somehow, the tension seizes and the next day, the staff works without any incidents. At the end of the day, after all work is done, all of them goes out to the Bonbori festival...
26. To Bloom One Day 花咲くいつか
It is finally the day of the Bonbori festival. As everyone explores the festival, Ohana, who now dreams of being just like the Madam Mistress, goes to meet up with Kō, finally confessing her feelings for him. After the festival, a farewell party is held for Denryoku, where Enishi announces that he agrees to the Kissuiso being shut down until he feels he is talented enough to run it properly. As the Kissuiso closes down the next day and everyone parts ways to where they are to go, Sui sees off Ohana, who promises to return someday. After Ohana says that, Sui gives her Denryoku's log as a keepsake, showing that Sui also expects to see Kissuiso stand up again one day.
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