Raika

Everyone, good morning...!! Breakfast is ready~~~!!

Raika

Today we've got clay pot rice! And I cooked it perfectly—

Chieri

Raika! What happened to the spare toothpaste?

Raika

Huh, it's out!?

Chieri

Raika, you said you would buy it! What are you gonna do if Chieri's teeth start falling apart?

Raika

Ah... I-I was gonna buy it today!

Chieri

Your eyes are darting all over the place, you know!?

Miku

Hey, who's using the washing machine? There was foam overflowing from the lid...

Shizuku

It's me. Raika taught me to wash my clothes on my own.

Raika

You tried it yourself? Good for you, Shizuku~~!

Shizuku

Yes. I tried hard.

Miku

(She gave her such half-baked instructions...! What if she breaks an appliance? Can Raika even fix it?)

Miku

It was making a dangerous sound, so I turned it off for you~ I'll leave the bathroom cleaning to you♪

Miku

Well then, I'm off——

Yomogi

Grrr!!

Miku

Whoa!?

Raika

Miku, Yomogi, are you okay!?

Miku

Ouch... Yomogi-san, sorry I stepped on you. But why are you sleeping here...?

Raika

Yeah, when I brought you here, I let you sit on a chair.

Yomogi

In the morning... even just sitting up... is so hard...

Miku

I-I see~ Well, I'm going to school—

Chieri

Miku! Are you going to school without brushing your teeth!?

Miku

I used my own toothpaste~

Chieri

What!! Please lend it to Chieri!

Raika

And breakfast! Let's all eat together~!

Chieri・Raika

Miku~~~!

Miku

(Ahhhhh!! Come on!! So much stress!!!)

Miku

I really have to go now. Sorry~ See you.

Raika

Ah... She's gone.

Raika

Hm... We were going well yesterday, though... It might not work out like this...

Thanks so much for your notebook! I'll give it back tomorrow!

Miku

World history isn't until the day after tomorrow, so you can take your time.

Miku-chan, you're my goddess...!

Miku

Hehe, you're exaggerating~ Maybe next time I'll borrow from you—

Raika

Oh, there you are! Mi~~~~ku~~~~~~!!

Miku

Yikes!

Chieri

You're late! Making Chieri wait? You're about a hundred billion years too early!

Miku

Y-You two, why are you here...!?

Raika

We came to pick you up!

Chieri

Are you happy? It's okay to be happy!

Raika

Of course she's happy! Because we're fa——

Miku

Waaah!! Thanks for coming~

Miku-chan, who are these girls...?

Raika

Oh, my bad, I didn't even greet you properly!

Raika

Thank you for always taking care of our Miku! We're Miku's fa——

Miku

Raika-chan! And Chieri-chan! Thanks for picking me up~! Now let's go!

Miku

Well then, see you tomorrow! Bye-bye!

Raika

Huh, wait, I've not finished my greetings...!

Chieri

Please don't push, Chieri can walk alone!

Bye... Bye-bye...?

Miku

Raika-chan, I'm begging you♪ Please don't ever do that again.

Raika

That is?

Miku

Coming to my school without asking. And I'm not really comfortable being called "family" outside♪

Chieri

Hmph~ so many complaints! Shouldn't you start by thanking us for picking you up?

Raika

Yeah~! Shizuku was really happy about it, right~?

Shizuku

Yeah, I'm very grateful. I was struggling because I wasn't used to moving around alone.

Raika

See~!

Miku

...

Miku

(I knew it. I knew it'd be tough, but still...)

Miku

(If it's just gonna be one annoying thing after another like this, I'm gonna die from rage and stress before next week.)

Miku

What makes someone happy is different for everyone, don't you think? It's just not really my thing, that's all♪

Raika

I see... Hmm...

Shizuku

Raika, that look on your face, are you feeling down?

Raika

Huh? No, no, I was just thinking!

Raika

Well, let's just eat for now! Everything here is delicious, you know~

Raika

Yomogi~ Here, menu.

Miku

Huh...!? Why are you under the table...?

Yomogi

I can't be outside... Anywhere other than the dorm or the live house, I can't breathe...

Raika

She said that when she goes to a place full of people, she can't breathe properly.

Miku

Isn't that tough? I mean, daily life and school...

Chieri

Yomogi apparently commutes to university by train, but she can't even make it to the station, let alone ride the train.

Miku

(Then how did she come to Tokyo?)

Raika

The shopping street is about the limit of her safe zone! So I thought this place would probably be okay too, but...

Yomogi

I-I was invited right after reading "Onishigu," so I thought it would be okay too, but...

Shizuku

If it's hard to breathe, how about trying an oxygen mask?

Miku

Shizuku-chan, I think that might not be the point~

Shizuku

Is that so? I thought that would help a little...

Yomogi

Raika-san... I don't even have the space to feel hungry... I'll just give the menu back...!

Raika

Maybe having a bite of something will calm you down! Want to have the ginger pork set meal with me?

Miku

Raika-chan, isn't the timing for a meal a bit off right now?

Miku

If it's a meeting to prepare for next week, I think we could've just had it at the dorm~

Raika

No! We're definitely doing it here!

Shizuku

Is there a reason?

Raika

Everyone eating together!! We haven't done that properly since the day Shizuku arrived, have we?

...

Raika

I've been thinking about it. Why did we all manage to eat together only on that day?

Raika

The reason for that must have been the slightly special menu!

Miku

(You were thinking in the wrong direction from the beginning.)

Raika

So today is the Family's First Visit to Manpuku Keiko Diner Memorial Day!! Hey, doesn't it feel special!?

Chieri

You said it was for a meeting, so Chieri helped gather everyone...

Chieri

That's not what we agreed on~~!! Chieri doesn't want the Chieri Union meeting to just become dinner time!

Raika

We'll have the meeting too! But I think gathering around meal time is also important.

Raika

To become a family that's truly ours, we need time every day when we can all be together!

Shizuku

I see... "Ikka Danran," that's what builds a family.

Raika

Ikka... Danran...!

Raika

That's great! Shizuku, that's it!! That's exactly what we need right now!!

Miku

(I think she should have listened to other people's opinions first, but... I guess she did give it some thought, at least.)

Miku

Yomogi-san, it looks like the customers are getting ready to leave. Could you come out from under the table then?

Yomogi

Y-Yes... Perhaps, probably...!

Raika

Yomogi...! That's good~ Thank you!

Raika

Alright, everyone, let's pick our orders! My recommendation is—

Chieri

Before eating, please listen to Chieri! Chieri has thought about the plan to gather guests!

Hehe, that sounds like a fun topic. What kind of plan is it?

Raika

Aunt Keiko! "Nest" is in big trouble now~

Chieri

Next weekend, we have to fill the place up. So we need a plan to gather guests!

Oh, that's perfect timing! Rai-chan and everyone, are you free tomorrow?

?

Raika

Welcome, welcome~~!! Today, every single shop in the shopping street is having a special sale~~~!!

Shizuku

If you show this special sale flyer, you'll get an extra discount. Please take one.

Chieri

Hey, you with the flyer! How about buying a ticket to the Chieri Union live!?

Chieri

It's scheduled for this weekend! Please come burn the image of this dazzling Chieri into your eyes!

Miku

...

Miku

(Why am I being made to do this?)

Raika

Come on, Miku, Yomogi! You two help hand out flyers too!!

Yomogi

It's impossible... There are too many people...!

Miku

Yomogi-san, if you are still going to hide behind me, you might as well have stayed at the dorm...

Yomogi

I would like to do that... But Raika-san said...

Yomogi

I-I-Impossible! That is way too hard for me~~!!

Raika

It's okay! Even at the diner, you managed to sit on the chair in the end!

Raika

You've got us, your family, by your side, Yomogi! So let's go together!

Yomogi

There's no way I can say no to that...!

Miku

Yomogi-san, you're kind of principled, and you have a strong sense of responsibility.

Yomogi

A strong sense of responsibility...

Yomogi

I'm just slow and spineless...

Yomogi

In my hometown, the atmosphere of the community is absolute.

Yomogi

Even if my parents don't want to, if someone says "for the sake of the town, please!" they can't say no... That's the kind of people they are.

Yomogi

They say "We should help each other in times of need"... The thing they care about most is always the atmosphere around them.

Yomogi

The reason I became like this is all because of my upbringing and the weak genes I inherited from my parents...

Miku

...

Miku

(Come to think of it, she came to Tokyo from Hokkaido.)

Miku

(I can certainly understand how she feels that her upbringing is everything and there's nothing she can change about it.)

Miku

(But...)

Miku

Isn't it kind of infuriating to convince yourself of that?

Yomogi

Huh...?

Miku

Maybe... You were just conditioned by the people around you and your environment to think that way.

Miku

If the environment changes, people will change, too.

Miku

Yomogi-san, you've already left the place where you grew up. You should be able to change.

Yomogi

...!!

Yomogi

Mi-Miku-san!!

Miku

Huh!? Hey, my hands...!

Yomogi

That's exactly what Sayuri-chan says to Godo-kun in volume 14 of "Saga of the Steel-spirit Bancho: Onishigure"!

Yomogi

"There's no way I can change... I only know how to use my fists." "That's not true, you can change."

Yomogi

"Your hands can form fists, and they can also gently hold someone else's hands. They can be rock, and they can be paper too...!!" And after that, Godo-kun's ultimate move becomes a slap~~!!

Miku

Huh...?

Yomogi

That's it, that's how people change...!!

Raika

Miku~ Yomogi~ Please send flyers over there—

Yomogi

I promise you, Miku-san!!

Yomogi

One day, I'll show you a stronger version of me!!

Miku

Uh, well...

Raika

What happened, Yomogi~~~!! That was really cool!

Chieri

Y-You're finally acting like Chieri's subordinate! Not standing out as much as Chieri, though!

Shizuku

That was a great vocalization. It's proof that you're breathing properly.

Raika

Yeah. I knew Yomogi could do it!

Raika

Alright, let's keep handing out flyers at this rate! Now's the chance while we've got people's attention!

Yomogi

Attention...?

It really feels like youth. I'll take a flyer.

Please give me one flyer too!

Yomogi

Gyaaaah!! Please don't look at me!! My heart is gonna shatter into pieces...!!

Raika

But you will change, won't you! I'll help too~!

Yomogi

That's way too soon!! I'll change one day, not now~~~!!