She is a high school senior, age 17, but many people have a hard time believing it because of her small height. In this episode, she was told by her manager to recruit more workers for the place she works at called... Wagnaria family restaurant. After many failed attempts, she finally convinces a guy to work there, and his name is Souta Takanashi.
He is into small things, whether it be a dog, cat, human, or water flea. Many people jokingly assume he is a lolicon but he referred to himself as "minicon" in this episode. Due to his attraction to small things, he agrees to work at Wagnaria when confronted by Popura Taneshima. He has a tendency to speak his mind openly which gets him in trouble with the manager.
Manager of the Wagnaria restaurant, age 28. Even if she is the manager, she doesn't seem to take her job seriously. She is or was a 'yanki' and is extremely strong when it comes to fighting. Don't make any negative comments about her age because she will start to get angry.
He works in the back kitchen. Not much was revealed about him in this episode but he seems like a really nice guy. His voice actor is no other than Daisuke Ono! I can't wait to find about more about him come this April.
All we get to find out about her in this episode is that she always carries a katana with her. ^^; She seems like a very nice person but her katana is a big red flag for potential disaster. Good potential entertainment that is.
He also works in the back kitchen with Jun Satou. Not much was revealed about him either in this episode. But his voice actor is Hiroshi Kamiya. That's right, Daisuke Ono + Kamiyan combo. I couldn't help but think of Izaya (+ Shizuo) while watching this episode. ^^;
And the last character introduced in this episode is Inami. This episode reveals that she is extremely afraid of males, but it is not explained exactly why. Due to this reason, her work schedule is on days male co-workers are not present... but the manager screwed up and scheduled her with Souta, and that's how they meet.
Thoughts?
The first episode was just about neutral-- nothing exciting but nothing to complain about. But for a 4-koma adaptation, the pace was pretty steady. All I can say for now is that these characters have the potential of providing us with pure entertainment: katana wielding girl, yanki manager, male hating girl, naturally chibi girl, a guy who is into small things (minicon), and possibly more characters to be introduced. Daisuke Ono and Kamiyan should be enough to keep me hooked for the first few episodes. I'm also naturally a fan of 4-koma adaptation and this has a slight slice-of-life feel which I'm liking. I don't know why but I usually tend to favor the manager/owner of these types of anime and it's no exception here, so I'll be rooting for Shirafuji Kyouko. She totally kicked ass by chasing away those rude customers in this episode. Let's see how this series does come this April. ^^
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