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March 6, 2007
- Neglected characters Tictac and Noriko finally get their own episode. Tictac joins Noriko in a business venture to sell charms outside the cafe, and most of the episode is dedicated to their attempts to attract customers. Kitenshi Kocha happily gives half the cafe's light fixtures to the charm stand, putting her in Ryou's bad books, so he storms off to talk to Kumo while Satou bemoans a "normal", grumpy Ryou and declares war in the name of RAz. Noriko uses her telekinesis to distribute signs around the park, and assures Tictac that she too has a special talent, although Tictac worries that the only special thing about her is being able to jump 1 inch. Kum happily claims that she's allowed to sleep over at Cafe Mew Mew. Kocha fangirls Kumo (again) and takes her to the charm stand, buying her something, and reads her a story. Kumo wonders if, on days when the cafe is quiet, everybody has found a more interesting party to go to.
- "Now! I've seen how people get customers on TV! I'll trip them! Then they'll come!" -Tictac
- Trivia: The charm stand was inspired by a similar stand that was at Jisu's school the week before, although the labels ("Money come in", "For school work win"...) were much more afflicted with Engrish.
March 3, 2007
- The Eavesdropping Episode? Gamu's got cooking duty again and Ryou's out washing the stained glass windows - until Kitenshi Kocha glomps him from behind when he's not paying attention, that is. After Ryou's little scare, he realizes that Kocha is now longer glowing from her experiment several episodes earlier. It is then that Kocha points out the other two Shiroganes who are present: Jishou and Shuugo. Though Ryou tried to hint at Kocha to leave the area, the perky one simply remarks to Shou and Shuu about Ryou's want of attention. Thoroughly embarassed, annoyed, and fairly sure that there is no way to make the situation better, Ryou heads back into the cafe but is followed by Shuugo, who can clearly tell that something is bothering his older brother. Gamu takes up her usual eavesdropping habits, but is scolded by a group of Kuroneko Satou, Shirogane Masume, and Shirogane Kouji. While Ryou and Shuu are discussing whether or not Shou is too much of a pushover when it comes to Ryou, it appears that the adult in question has also been listening in. He decides that they need to settle the issue in private, face-to-face. Shuugo joins the others who are trying to get Gamu to quit eavesdropping on people and teleports the father and son to Shou's apartment. There Shou tries to explain that he's willing to at least give Ichigo a chance, but that he's not too happy with his son's morals, among other things. While the adult is comfortable enough to take on a joking tone, it's clear that Ryou isn't really. After Ryou returns to the cafe, he comes across Shirogane Kumo who had been looking for her father. When an argument breaks out between (you guessed it!) Ryou and Gamu, Kouji takes Kumo upstairs to read so that the violence won't rub off on her. Satou returns and, together with Gamu, tries to convince the blond that he's important to a lot of people, even though he's being critical of himself.
- "Frankly, one little word of praise would be be enough to let me know if I was on the right track at all, but I have no idea..." -Ryou
- Trivia: Ryou appears to have started his own movement to counter the other strange associations-- SAD: Shirogane Against Drama. The acronym shows just how well this has worked.
March 2, 2007
- Takaishi Sora is depressing himself because he doesn't have a girlfriend, and though his friends tried to help him out, it seems that his options are limited. Ryou and Kumo have decided to bond outside the cafe and visit a coffee shop and the mall, where Ryou scares Kumo with tales of rabid shopaholics. Once Sora starts hitting on Gamu, she walks off in a brainbroken state to go stop Forte from "guarding" the cookies, and thinks... maybe if the mages are going to do what she thinks they're going to do, she can make sure he doesn't do anything about her "secret". Kocha goes to apologize to Liz, who doesn't remember what she did to her garden, but does help her optimize a cure for the glowing that she had been working on. Kocha takes this cure and is free of her incriminating green aura.
- "...they won't really try to buy me, will they?" -Kumo
- Trivia: Kumo's idea to make her own teddy bear comes from her author playing a MMORPG with an area with a toy factory dungeon of sorts.
