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Sixteen-year-old Maika Sakuranomiya dreams of studying abroad, so she wants to find a part-time job to save up money for it. Unfortunately, the naturally menacing look in her eyes has torpedoed all of her job interviews so far, leaving her feeling dejected. But then, Dino, a foreigner with blond hair, suddenly appears before Maika and invites her to work at his coffee shop. She’s thrilled to ...

Ever since Maika has been assigned the “sadist character,” she’s been practicing to get it right with the customers. Even though it doesn’t go as planned, Maika seems to have a naturally sadistic streak that is popular with the regulars. Other than that, Café Stile has a tradition in which the staff members compete every season to add a new item to the menu. Kaho, Akizuki and the manager are ...

The manager, Dino, continues to lose sleep due to watching too much late-night anime. Maika is interested in foreign animation herself. When Dino asks her why she’s so enamored of foreign countries and wants to study abroad, Maika shares childhood memories and talks about her family. Meanwhile, Dino wants to get closer to Maika and asks her out on a date.

Café Stile gets a new waitress, Miu Amano, and she’s assigned to play a “big sister” character. Actually, Miu has a surprising secret that astonishes the rest of the Stile staff when they hear it. She masters the “big sister” act right off the bat, and in fact, Maika makes an effort to learn from her as a “role model” of how to masterfully interact with the clients, but it doesn’t go so well.

It’s Pony Tail Day at Café Stile and all of the staff members fix their hair accordingly. However, when Kaho undoes Maika’s braids, a shocking truth comes to light. After work, something dreadful happens to Akizuki and Kaho, both of whom have become too involved with a video game! And when Maika catches a cold, she takes time off from the job. The Stile staffers pay her a sick visit at home, ...

A refreshing breeze blows on the riverbank where the Café Stile staff is having a get-together. Maika is excited despite the party-poopiness of the “indoor kids,” Kaho, Akizuki and Miu. Eventually, they start prepping for a barbecue, but a certain ingredient Maika brought takes them all aback. Dino and Maika make tentative plans to go to the beach next.

Looking at the staff’s leftover sunburn marks from the beach gives Dino inspiration for a limited time jungle coffee shop. Miu does a special cosplay for the event that’s a huge hit with the customers. On the downside, Kaho and Akizuki have an accident involving all the plants in the temp café.

Business is booming at Café Stile, but they’re short-handed. When an advertisement goes out for a new part-timer, applicant Hideri Kanzaki comes in right away for an interview. Maika and Kaho are charmed, but for some reason, Dino isn’t quick to make the hiring decision...

Maika brings a big stray dog she found to Café Stile. She can’t keep the dog at home, so looks for someone to adopt it, but doesn’t find any takers. Eventually Dino is pressed into taking care of the dog, whose menacing eyes resemble Maika’s, at his place, at least until a willing owner can be found. Maika decides to bake sweets for Dino to show her appreciation.

A customer of Café Stile confesses his affection to Mafuyu. However, not only is there a considerable height difference between them, but the gap between the character she plays for the customers and her true self is so wide that Mafuyu goes immediately into rejection mode. Mafuyu’s little brother, on the other hand, worries that his sister will never have a boyfriend. Meanwhile, when Kaho’s ...

On their day off, Dino goes to the park with Maika and the dog, Owner. The time he spends with Maika is like a dream, while Owner falls in love with another dog. Meanwhile, at Café Stile, Kaho is extremely depressed after accidentally deleting all the data from her favorite video game. Akizuki makes things worse with his usual lack of delicacy, but then tries to console Kaho.

The members of Café Stile go on a ski trip. Dino is determined to confess his feelings to Maika, but rapid developments ensue when Maika, just out of the bath, interrupts him. Is Maika going to beat Dino to the punch and confess her love for him? The next day, Kaho, Miu and Mafuyu hear Maika make an unexpected, shocking confession!