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The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses[lower-alpha 1] (Japanese: 女神のカフェテラス, Hepburn: Megami no Kafe Terasu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since February 2021, and has been compiled in 17 tankōbon volumes as of October 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions aired from April to June 2023. A second season aired from July to September 2024.
| The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 女神のカフェテラス (Megami no Kafe Terasu) | |
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| Written by | Kōji Seo |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | February 17, 2021 – present |
| Volumes | 17 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Kuwabara |
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| Written by | Keiichirō Ōchi |
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| Studio | Tezuka Productions |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | JNN (MBS, TBS) |
| Original run | April 8, 2023 – September 20, 2024 |
| Episodes | 24 |
The series is set in Miura, Kanagawa,[3] and follows Hayato Kasukabe, an orphan who had moved to Tokyo for high school. After passing the exams for the University of Tokyo, he returns to Miura after being notified of the death of his grandmother, with the intention to close her struggling café, Cafe Terrace Familia. There, he discovers five women who had been working for the café, as well as living under his grandmother's care. After seeing their struggles and learning of their bond with his grandmother, he decides to re-open the café for business.
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses is written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on February 17, 2021.[8] The first tankōbon volume was released on May 17, 2021;[9] as of October 17, 2024, the series has been compiled in 17 volumes.[10] A special edition of the tenth volume was released to celebrate the character Akane Hououji topping the popularity poll, and is accompanied by a pamphlet titled "Akanebon", which features illustrations and bonus comics.[11][12]
In September 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for an English digital release; the first volume was released on October 18.[13]
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| 1 | May 17, 2021[9] | 978-4-06-523407-5 | October 18, 2022[14] | 978-1-68-491465-4 | ||
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| 2 | July 16, 2021[15] | 978-4-06-524008-3 | November 15, 2022[16] | 978-1-68-491544-6 | ||
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| 3 | September 17, 2021[17] | 978-4-06-524832-4 | December 20, 2022[18] | 978-1-68-491598-9 | ||
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| 4 | December 17, 2021[19] | 978-4-06-526289-4 | January 17, 2023[20] | 978-1-68-491644-3 | ||
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| 5 | March 17, 2022[21] | 978-4-06-527290-9 | February 17, 2023[22] | 978-1-68-491704-4 | ||
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| 6 | June 17, 2022[23] | 978-4-06-528182-6 | March 21, 2023[24] | 978-1-68-491850-8 | ||
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| 7 | September 16, 2022[25] | 978-4-06-528662-3 | April 18, 2023[26] | 978-1-68-491894-2 | ||
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| 8 | November 17, 2022[27] | 978-4-06-529633-2 | June 20, 2023[28] | 978-1-68-491971-0 | ||
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| 9 | February 17, 2023[29] | 978-4-06-530576-8 | August 15, 2023[30] | 979-8-88-933099-8 | ||
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| 10 | April 17, 2023[31][11] | 978-4-06-531253-7 978-4-06-531254-4 (SE) | November 21, 2023[32] | 979-8-88-933275-6 | ||
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| 11 | July 14, 2023[33] | 978-4-06-532185-0 | February 20, 2024[34] | 979-8-88-933379-1 | ||
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| 12 | October 17, 2023[35] | 978-4-06-532897-2 | April 23, 2024[36] | 979-8-88-933447-7 | ||
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| 13 | December 15, 2023[37] | 978-4-06-533905-3 | June 25, 2024[38] | 979-8-88-933578-8 | ||
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| 14 | February 16, 2024[39] | 978-4-06-534566-5 | August 27, 2024[40] | 979-8-88-933701-0 | ||
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| 15 | May 16, 2024[41] | 978-4-06-535509-1 | November 26, 2024[42] | 979-8-89-478169-3 | ||
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| 16 | July 17, 2024[43][44] | 978-4-06-536166-5 978-4-06-536132-0 (SE) | — | — | ||
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| 17 | October 17, 2024[10] | 978-4-06-537127-5 | — | — | ||
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An anime television series adaptation was announced on September 8, 2022.[45] It was produced by Tezuka Productions and directed by Satoshi Kuwabara, with scripts written by Keiichirō Ōchi, character designs handled by Masatsune Noguchi, and music composed by Shu Kanematsu and Miki Sakurai.[1] The series aired from April 8 to June 24, 2023, on the Super Animeism programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS.[46][lower-alpha 3] The opening theme song is "Unmei Kyōdōtai!" (運命共同体) performed by NeRiAme, while the ending theme song is "Dramatic" (ドラマチック) performed by Miki Satō.[5] Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide except Asia.[48]
Following the final episode of the first season, a second season was announced,[49] which aired from July 5 to September 20, 2024, on the Super Animeism Turbo programming block.[50][7][lower-alpha 4] The opening theme song is "Charge!" performed by Hikari Kodama, while the ending theme song is "Nacchatta!" (なっちゃった！) performed by VTuber Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino (a.k.a. Pepechi).[51]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [52][53] | Directed by [lower-alpha 5] | Written by [lower-alpha 5] | Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 5] | Original air date [54][lower-alpha 3] | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Familia" Transliteration: "Famiria" (Japanese: ファミリア) | Kimiharu Mutō | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | April 8, 2023[lower-alpha 6] | |
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Following the death of his estranged grandmother Sachiko, 19 year old Hayato inherits her Café Familia, which he intends to turn into a car park. Visiting the house where Sachiko raised him he is shocked to find five girls living there. Ouka, Ami, Riho, Shiragiku and Akane are Familia's waitresses and Sachiko's unofficial granddaughters. Uncaring due to his past falling out with Sachiko, Hayato evicts them. They decide to manipulate Hayato by seducing then blackmailing him. Hayato angrily rejects Ouka and Ami so Shiragiku is deliberately given alcohol, causing her repressed lechery and male body odour fetish to emerge. She jumps on Hayato but Ami, as the girl's self-appointed bodyguard, "rescues" Shiraguki and beats up Hayato, unintentionally foiling the girls' scheme to blackmail him. Developers arrive to discuss demolition work, but when Familia's sign is damaged, Hayato regrets falling out with Sachiko and retrieves the sign. Sensing his feelings, Ouka makes pilaf from Sachiko's recipe. Hayato finally cries over Sachiko's death. Looking at Sachiko's records, Hayato realizes Familia is bankrupt from Sachiko paying the girls despite Familia being too small to sustain five employees. Hayato abruptly decides to reopen Familia but warns them unless Familia becomes profitable in one year he will demolish it. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "A Promise with Grandma" Transliteration: "Obā-chan to no Yakusoku" (Japanese: おばあちゃんとの約束) | Kōki Onoue | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | April 15, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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Hayato forces the girls to share household chores. When they realize Hayato has seen their underwear by doing laundry, they send him to clean Familia as punishment. Shiragiku insists Hayato eat with them at mealtimes like family. When Hayato and Ouka see each other naked in the bathroom because there was no sign, Ami beats him up even though Ouka walked in on him. Hayato practices making coffee but the girls agree his coffee is terrible. Later, the antisocial Akane somehow makes excellent coffee. Despite being annoyed by her, Hayato asks for help. Akane realizes Sachiko was right, he does look cute whilst sulking. Hayato childishly responds she looks cute when she smiles, but she doesn't react and shows him how to make coffee. After Hayato leaves Akane is actually shown to be quite flustered. Hayato is again beaten by Ami, this time for seeing her naked in the bathroom, even though he put up a sign. Hayato takes Riho on courtesy visits to advertise Familia's reopening, but Riho scolds him for acting moody, putting people off. Realizing she is right, Hayato promises to do better. Riho rewards him by flashing her panties, making him fall down the stairs. Riho is shown with a shrine fortune predicting she will find love with a co-worker. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Opening!" Transliteration: "Kaiten!" (Japanese: 開店！) | Yūji Kanzaki | Mayumi Morita | Kenji Setō | April 22, 2023[lower-alpha 8] | |
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Hayato and Ouka argue constantly so Riho advises Hayato find a solution. Akane advises compliments so he praises Ouka several times; but Ouka takes it as sarcasm. He later finds Ouka in her waitress uniform which he compliments as cute, making Ouka smile as she made their uniforms herself. Shiragiku, accidentally drunk again, ruins the moment molesting Hayato. Hayato pays the girls some wages, revealing he has money in the stock market. Ami tries to distract Hayato from discovering she broke his phone and laptop but fails. This prevents Hayato from selling his stocks in a suddenly bankrupt company, wiping out his savings. He punishes Ami for breaking his phone and laptop. Now entirely financially dependent on Familia, Hayato announces the girls will have to rotate shifts so only two work at a time. Familia reopens with multiple satisfied customers, until the arrival of Fuwa, the loan shark who always harassed Sachiko over money she owed. Hayato keeps his temper, even stopping the girls from hitting Fuwa when he insults Sachiko. However, when Fuwa intentionally exposes Shiragiku's panties, Hayato blackmails him and throws him out while their customers applaud and promise to be his witnesses in case Fuwa comes back. Fuwa swears revenge for insulting him. Shiragiku realizes Hayato hasn’t changed since they were childhood friends 15 years ago. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Cherry Blossom Festival!" Transliteration: "Sakuramatsuri!" (Japanese: 桜まつり！) | Taiji Kawanishi | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | April 29, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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In order to recover from the decreasing customers at Familia, Hayato decides to open a stall at the Cherry Blossom Festival. Shiragiku suggests cherry liqueur cookies but gets drunk and molests Hayato, who is then punished by Ami. Akane gives Hayato a cookie recipe she and Sachiko developed. They open the stall, but Ouka is harassed by Fuwa's grandson and his thugs. The other stall owners drive them away, but Familia's stall is vandalized overnight. Hayato recalls Sachiko had an old food cart which they quickly spruce up into a mobile café stall, which is a success thanks to Riho's social media work. The same thugs meet them on the way home and continue harassing them. Fuwa's grandson punches Hayato, who took it on purpose, believing Fuwa's reputation protects him from being arrested by the police. Claiming self-defense under Hayato's orders, Ami beats up the grandson and the thugs. Hayato threatens them further by claiming Ouka is a secret murderous gang leader, much to her dismay, so the thugs flee. Hayato recorded the whole conversation about Fuwa's connections to corrupt police officers to prevent further retaliation. Ouka is surprised Hayato took the punch on purpose so they wouldn't vandalize Sachiko's food cart. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Day Off" Transliteration: "Teikyūbi" (Japanese: 定休日) | Yuri Uema | Keiichirō Ōchi | Yuri Uema & Satoshi Kuwabara | May 6, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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Hayato notices between college and Familia Riho is working too much. Riho is grateful for how Sachiko helped her and wants to make Familia successful. She flashes back to her mother who told her those who don't work hard are worthless. Hayato tells her she should do more things for herself, reminding her of Sachiko and making her think Hayato might actually be reliable. Hayato learns Akane plays in a band on her days off but won't let the girls attend her concerts. By chance Hayato comes across her underground concert and finds that despite her usual indifference she is a passionate, talented singer. Akane is embarrassed he saw her sing so he promises to keep her talent secret, but is surprised Akane is unwilling to try becoming a professional singer. Akane is further embarrassed Hayato has bought one of her CD's. The next week the girls discuss living together with a man but conclude from his personality Hayato won't try to seduce them. They wonder what Hayato plans to do when the year is over. Akane claims she wouldn't mind marrying Hayato, shocking the girls, then claims she was joking. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Two Months!" Transliteration: "Ni Kagetsu!" (Japanese: 2か月！) | Tomoko Hiramuki | Mayumi Morita | Satoshi Kuwabara | May 13, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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Riho notices Hayato smiles whenever Shiragiku praises him, and Shiragiku is envious when Hayato pats Riho's head. Shiragiku is outraged Hayato plans to change Sachiko's old menu, leading to a taste test, a Sachiko sandwich against a new menu sandwich made by Riho. Aware the girl's real motive isn't the menu, Hayato claims he is full and doesn't try either sandwich. Ami becomes a perfect employee, worrying everybody. Akane suspects it is because Ami recently lost a karate match. Ami confirms her coach even advised her not to try due to her opponent's strength. Hayato rejects this, pointing out Ami just needs to learn more moves. Ami recovers but breaks Hayato's new laptop, followed by Ouka breaking his phone. Ami makes her usual offer of a breast squeeze as compensation, but is shocked when Hayato actually takes her offer and punishes her by giving her a mad breast squeezing rampage. Humiliated, she decides to stop offering breast squeezes from now on. After the girls start acting strangely, Hayato realizes that despite appearances, they are just employees, not his family, and almost tells them so, only to find they had planned a party to celebrate Familia's two month anniversary. Hayato realizes they are his family after all. Akane receives a phone call from her mother that upsets her. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "A Year in My Life" Transliteration: "Atashi no Ichi-nen" (Japanese: アタシの1年) | Mie Matsushima | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | May 20, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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From Akane's behavior, Hayato deduces she is planning to quit and move out due to her mother. Akane is grateful for Hayato's help, jokingly offering a breast squeeze as repayment, but Hayato asks her for a date instead. The girls discover the secret date and are suspicious. Akane realizes the date is Hayato's way of asking her to share her problem. She eventually reveals her family owns a trading company; since her father died she is sole heir, so her mother has chosen a fiancé for her and is pressuring her to have children. Hayato deduces from the lousy coffee she just made Akane doesn't want to go. The girls agree she can't leave so Akane asks Hayato to help her. They meet Akane's mother, but she is unable to speak her mind, so Hayato gives her a harsh scolding that she needs to stop making excuses and start standing up for herself. With that, Akane gains the courage to defy her mother. She relents and tells Akane can live as she pleases and seems to be familiar with Hayato's family name Kasukabe. The other girls are relieved Akane is staying. As she leaves, her mother cheerfully points out if Akane wants to marry Hayato she will need to defeat the other girls first, much to her embarrassment as she denies her claim. In private, Akane thanks Hayato for his help by hugging him and promising to make his coffee the rest of his life. An embarrassed Hayato warns her not to make fun of him and walks away. Delighted, she confirms she has a crush on him. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "A Beach Hut!" Transliteration: "Umi no Ie!" (Japanese: 海の家！) | Motomasa Maeda | Mayumi Morita | Satoshi Kuwabara | May 27, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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After paying their wages Hayato reveals his plan to open a Familia beach hut, though this would involve the girls giving up their summer break in order to work and the hut costs 4 months profits to build. Akane re-joins her band mates to start singing again. The girls agree to work the summer and immediately discuss whether to wear beach uniforms or bikinis, depending on which one flusters Hayato more, until Hayato insists on shorts and vests. Shiragiku gets drunk touching alcohol cleaning wipes and molests Hayato half-naked. Akane changes her band name like Hayato had suggested, making the others worry she has become a serious rival for Hayato’s affections. Shiragiku creates a watermelon parfait as the hut's signature item, followed by a photoshoot that goes viral due to Ami wearing a bizarre mask. On the opening day, Riho sees Akane talking with Hayato instead of working and becomes angry at them before fainting from overwork and heatstroke. Hayato scolds her for worrying him again, which actually makes her feel less jealous, though she throws a tantrum when Hayato refuse to apologize to Akane for her. Akane overhears this anyway and smiles. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Riho and Her Past" Transliteration: "Riho to, Sono Kako" (Japanese: 流星と、その過去) | Kōji Matsumura | Mayumi Morita | Satoshi Kuwabara | June 3, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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Riho yells at Hayato when bikini girls flirt with him. Akane teaches Ouka to make coffee, though it doesn't go well. Hayato learns Shiragiku has a guaranteed chef career after college and wonders why she bothers to work at a coffee shop. Fuwa’s grandson and thugs visit the hut and hassle Riho, so Hayato sends Ami to scare them away. Riho decides to apologize for yelling, but when she sees more bikini girls flirting with him, she yells again. Akane tells Hayato her next song is about first love. Before he gets her hint, Ami pulls him into the ocean as a prank. Akane teaches Ami to make coffee and she does better than Ouka. Hayato has to force Riho to take a break so she won't faint again. A news reporter accidentally reveals Riho’s past as a child-actress, upsetting her. It is revealed Riho’s mother overworked her, leading Riho’s father to divorce her over concerns for Riho's health, which Riho never recovered from. Hayato assures her Familia's success doesn’t matter if it risks her health, so she agrees to relax more and cries in Hayato's arms. It turns out the girls knew about her past anyway but didn’t think it was important since to them she is just Riho, not child-actress Riho. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Ouka and Kikka" Transliteration: "Ōka to Kikka" (Japanese: 桜花と橘花) | Mie Matsushima | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | June 10, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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Ouka’s twin sister Kikka tracks her to Familia and is angry Ouka only has part time employment and a bizarre living arrangement. She proceeds to insult the girls, Hayato and Familia as unsuitable for their respectable Makuzawa family, so Ouka slaps her. Kikka leaves angry. Ouka explains her family all graduated from Tokyo University for generations, but she couldn't handle the pressure from their parents and left to study fashion. Kikka observes everyone from a distance while Ouka remembers Kikka agreed to attend university so their parents would let her study fashion. Hayato points out Kikka continuing to hang around can only mean she is worried about Ouka, so he gives her the day off to talk to her. Kikka reveals she wanted to go to university, so Ouka acting like she forced her to go and then distancing herself is infuriating. Ouka realizes Kikka misses her and they reconcile. Kikka reveals Hayato impressed her; he was the only one not to mistake her for Ouka. Later, Ouka thanks Hayato for his help and asks how he knew Kikka wasn’t her when even their parents still mix them up. Hayato points out Kikka is left handed, but she had also shouted at Ami which Ouka would never do as she is too kind hearted. Ouka becomes unexpectedly flustered. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Fireworks of Love" Transliteration: "Koi no Hibana" (Japanese: 恋の火花) | Yuri Uema | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | June 17, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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Akane surprises Hayato by asking about his romantic future. Embarrassed, Hayato claims he won't think about it until he decides Familia's future. Akane accepts he is not yet ready to accept or reject her confession. This is all overheard by Shiragiku. The house bathtub breaks so they must bathe at a bathhouse while Hayato agrees to install a new bath and toilet. In the baths, the girls overhear the men talking and are embarrassed to learn Hayato is larger than average. Akane informs Riho she confessed to Hayato at the beach, so if she loves Hayato as well she needs to let him know soon. Riho finally confesses to Hayato, but instantly claims to be joking. Hayato is uncomfortable by this and repeats himself that he won't think about romance until Familia's future is decided. Riho accepts this, but the next day loses her temper as Akane now openly flirts with Hayato. Their rivalry is noticed by customers as they argue over Hayato. Ami steps in to calm them down and force them both to stop fighting. Akane admits she provoked Riho on purpose so she could be honest about her feelings as she tends to keep them bottled up. Riho confirms her statement and apologizes for losing her temper. They both agree to be civilized rivals. Hayato witness this and runs off confused, afraid he did something wrong. Despite the misunderstanding, Akane and Riho both swear to tell Hayato how they really feel for him. That night, Hayato sees Shiragiku in Sachiko’s room. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Two Encounters" Transliteration: "Futatsu no Deai" (Japanese: 二つの出会い) | Taiji Kawanishi | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | June 24, 2023[lower-alpha 7] | |
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Hayato decides to create another new menu item. Akane and Riho notice Hayato doesn't trust either of them, given their recent rivalry behavior. Shiragiku is annoyed when Hayato casually mentions her moving out soon to get a real job, so she abruptly confesses to him as well. Thankfully she was just drunk on kitchen disinfectant and passes out in her underwear. Hayato hears a rumour about Sachiko and finally demands to know why he saw Shiragiku in her room late at night. Shiragiku's flashback shows Sachiko was once a 3 Michelin Star chef in Spain who mentored Shiragiku's father, which is how Shiragiku first met Hayato as children. Sachiko never wanted Hayato to know she had to quit being a chef to raise him. Hayato blames himself for ruining Sachiko's life, but Shiragiku assures him Sachiko never once regretted choosing to raise him. Hayato decides he simply can’t let Familia fail. The other girls, all eavesdropping, tearfully agree to do whatever it takes to make Familia thrive, though their emotional outbursts only cause Hayato to yell in frustration. A flashforward shows an older Hayato, still working at Familia, but now with his teenage daughter, though which of the five girls he ended up marrying is left a mystery. As Hayato and the girls are having a picnic, a drunken Shiragiku tells everyone that she loves Hayato, much to their shock, especially to Akane and Riho as they have another rival in their hands to win Hayato's heart. | |||||||
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| 13 | 1 | "A Dark Shadow Over Familia" Transliteration: "Famiria ni Kuroi Kage" (Japanese: ファミリアに黒い影) | Kimiharu Mutō | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | July 5, 2024 | |
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Due to Akane and Shiragiku continuing to try and be closer to Hayato, Ouka calls a meeting where the girls openly discuss them all being in love with Hayato. Ouka claims to be intimately close with Hayato, having seen him naked, but this is quickly exposed as an exaggeration. Later, Ouka walks in on Hayato in the shower and for a long time afterwards cannot stop thinking about his anatomy. Soon afterwards, she and Hayato fall victim to one of Ami’s booby traps and she lands on top of Hayato. His embarrassment causes Ouka to realize she becomes aroused when tormenting him. Ami spots a ghost in the house, terrifying Akane who has a ghost phobia, so when needing to use the toilet during the night, she is forced to ask Hayato to accompany her for protection. The ghost is exposed as a stray cat but the shock is so bad, Akane passes out still half naked from her toilet visit, getting Hayato in trouble with the others. The decision is made to adopt the cat they name Sachiko after Hayato’s grandmother. Talking of Sachiko causes Shiragiku to remember Sachiko once became emotional when talking about all the girls grandmothers. Hayato finds a photograph showing that Sachiko and the girls grandmothers were all Familia waitresses together as teenagers and begins to wonder if meeting the girls was fate. | |||||||
| 14 | 2 | "A Bolt from the Blue" Transliteration: "Seiten no Hekireki" (Japanese: 青天の霹靂) | Satoru Yamashita | Keiichirō Ōchi | Satoshi Kuwabara | July 12, 2024 | |
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Due to meddling from Kikka, their father mistakenly concludes Ouka is dating Hayato and summons him to their home. Hayato mistakenly believes they are talking about Ouka’s career and does his best to impress him so he can continue employing Ouka. Her father however, believes they are discussing marriage and immediately gives his blessing for their engagement, to which Hayato remains blissfully ignorant. Ouka’s grandmother Harue recognizes Hayato from his resemblance to his grandfather Masahiro and is happy to hear he married Sachiko. Ouka is intrigued that all their grandmothers knew each other and believes their meeting might have been fate. Fuwa reappears with news he is opening his own café, the Family, to put them out of business. Visiting Family, Hayato and the girls discover it is a blatant copy of Familia, including five beautiful waitresses who copycat the girl’s personalities but deliberately exaggerated to ridiculous extremes. Despite this, Hayato notes Family is three times larger than Familia, the coffee and food are higher quality which Familia cannot afford to compete with, and they have a car park. He fears this might be the end of Familia, but the girls are determined not to be beaten and begin preparing for war against Family. | |||||||
| 15 | 3 | "The First Counterstrike" Transliteration: "Hangeki no Itte" (Japanese: 反撃の一手) | Mie Matsushima | Mayumi Morita | Satoshi Kuwabara | July 19, 2024 | |
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Shiragiku is unable to improve their menu since the original menu was created by Sachiko, a 3 star chef. Hayato tells her to stop focusing on Sachiko’s menu, which was created to serve Familia’s needs at the time, and come up with something that suits Familia’s current crisis. Shiragiku begins planning a cutting-edge menu. Riho encounters her Family counterpart, Ririka the internet idol. Shiragiku creates a menu based on Spanish snacks. The Family waitresses are shocked when Familia’s popularity suddenly skyrockets when Riho releases a video documenting her journey from child actress to waitress trying to save her grandmother’s café. Local tv stations soon pick up the story, making Familia popular again while Family suffers an unexpected surge of negative online reviews criticizing their badly made food and poor customer service. Ririka refuses to give up but her confidence is shaken when Riho points out Ririka’s popularity is already declining due to her naïve attitude toward the idol industry. They then notice Ririka forgot to turn off her camera and her audience saw their entire argument, leading to messages of both disappointment and support as their fans discuss which of them was in the wrong. Riho expects Hayato to be angry as they lose customers again, but Hayato had already deduced Riho provoked the argument on camera to help boost Ririka’s failing popularity just a little. | |||||||
| 16 | 4 | "Eleven Co-ed Cohabitors" Transliteration: "Danjo 11-ri Kyōdō Seikatsu" (Japanese: 男女11人共同生活) | Minoru Yamaoka | Keiichirō Ōchi | Minoru Yamaoka | July 26, 2024[lower-alpha 9] | |
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As a result of Ririka accidentally leaving her camera on her, fans discover Fuwa’s plan to ruin Familia, so Fuwa fires the waitresses and plans to demolish Family. Ririka is fired by her idol agency. Hayato finds the girls have invited the Family waitresses Ririka, Mao, Moemi, Hekiru and Valentina to move into Familia as well, since they are now unemployed, in debt and homeless. Hayato grudgingly gives them two rooms to share but warns them to find somewhere else to live soon. Hayato quickly finds living with ten girls makes life for him completely unbearable. Akane and Ouka notice Ririka close to Hayato, even having meetings with him in his room, so they spy on them with help from Mao, but discover Hayato was helping Ririka plan to take over Family from Fuwa and run it herself. While negotiating with Fuwa, Ririka claims she tricked Hayato into handing over his savings, and Fuwa is so happy Hayato is now bankrupt that he sells Ririka Family for half its value, ¥6.5million. The other waitresses decide to work for Ririka and rent a house together, becoming Familia’s neighbours. As Hayato had given her all Familia’s profits to buy Family, Ririka signs a legal repayment plan so he eventually gets it back. Hayato slowly realizes he just spent all his money creating a business rival. | |||||||
| 17 | 5 | "A Hot Spring Trip for the Familia Party" Transliteration: "Onsen Ryokō Famiria Goikkō sama" (Japanese: 温泉旅行 ファミリア御一行様) | Taiji Kawanishi | Mayumi Morita | Satoshi Kuwabara | August 2, 2024[lower-alpha 9] | |
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Family reopens as the Chiyoda Diner serving Japanese cuisine so as not to compete with Familia’s coffee based menu. Ririka gives Riho a ticket for a hot spring inn where she could be alone with Hayato and seduce him. Riho invites Hayato, making it clear the trip would be romantic, but before he can answer the others arrive home having coincidentally won tickets to the same inn, infuriating Riho. As there are only three rooms available Riho, Akane and Shiragiku compete over who will share Hayato’s room, but Ami ends up winning. Later, in the hot spring the girls hear Hayato bathing with other men and are amazed to overhear that Hayato is quite well endowed. Afterwards, Hayato notices Ami deliberately trying not to be recognized as the inn is actually in her hometown. The girls debate on ambushing Hayato in the bath. Ami’s foster sister Eri tracks her down hoping she will visit her grandmother Katsuyo, her only living relative, but Ami declines as Katsuyo has dementia and no longer recognizes her. Ami refuses to see her until she is cured but Hayato warns her not to be like him as not visiting Sachiko before she died is his biggest regret. Following his advice, Ami agrees to visit Katsuyo soon. | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | "The End of a Scary Dream" Transliteration: "Kowai Yume no Owari" (Japanese: 怖い夢の終わり) | Satoru Yamashita | Mayumi Morita | Satoshi Kuwabara | August 9, 2024[lower-alpha 9] | |
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The girls accompany Ami for emotional support. Katsuyo still doesn’t recognize Ami and when frightened by her pushes Ami away. Seeing Ami cry Hayato, relying on his resemblance to his grandfather Masahiro, yells at Katsuyo like Masahiro used to. The shock brings her memories back as she remembers Ami, who is so glad to have her grandmother back. Hayato decides they can stay an extra night. Unfortunately all they can afford is a single room in a rundown inn resembling a haunted house. Akane is so scared of the ghostly landlady she almost returns to Familia, until she learns the inn has a mixed bathing hot spring. Shiragiku gets drunk when their meal turns out to contain alcohol and causes a lecherous commotion. Hayato bathes alone but Ami turns up naked, though for once she decides not to beat him up. Instead, she reveals to Hayato thanks to him, the doctors realized Katsuyo was misdiagnosed with dementia and will completely recover with treatment. To thank him she offers him a free breast grope. Hayato refuses, but seeing how upset she is he goes along with it and gropes her naked breasts, cheering her up. Meanwhile, the girls begin plotting how to take advantage of everyone sharing the same room. | |||||||
| 19 | 7 | "I'm Not Letting You Sleep Tonight" Transliteration: "Nemurasenai Yoru" (Japanese: 眠らせない夜) | Toshiaki Kanbara | Mayumi Morita | Satoshi Kuwabara | August 16, 2024 | |
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Akane moves to seduce Hayato first when she once again requires Hayato to escort her to the toilet. There, her attempt to seduce him ends abruptly when he falls through a wall. Shiragiku makes the second attempt but as she is still drunk, all she manages is to fondle her own breasts before pushing him through the wall again. Finally, Riho lures him out of the room, but he purposely falls through the same wall a third time before she can try anything. In the morning, Hayato is so exhausted the girls can’t wake him and are shocked to find his manhood poking from his underwear. Ouka feigns disgust while the other three are fascinated. Ami arrives at that moment, ending their examination. Having several brothers, Ami is used to such things and forcibly wakes Hayato by grabbing it and squeezing, traumatizing him. Returning to Familia, the girls from Chiyoda demand details, and from their description, Mao confirms Hayato is indeed very well endowed. They are shocked to learn all of them failed in seducing Hayato, but Ami was the one who made the most progress, having shared his futon, bathed together and given him a breast squeeze. Realizing what they are discussing, Hayato barges in to yell at them, only to find all ten girls undressing after Ami and Tina spilled drinks on everyone. | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | "It's Not a Joke" Transliteration: "Jōdan Nanka Janai" (Japanese: 冗談なんかじゃない) | Mie Matsushima | Keiichiro Ochi | Satoshi Kuwabara | August 23, 2024 | |
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Hayato realizes everyone forgot Shiragiku’s birthday three weeks ago. With Akane’s help, he buys Shiragiku a cute kitchen apron. Akane asks to enjoy themselves while shopping as if it were a date, causing Hayato to realize he forgot today was Akane’s birthday. Instead of a gift, Akane asks him to marry her, but he refuses her request. As Christmas approaches, Akane continues to demand an answer to her marriage proposal, but Hayato continues to brush her off. Men suddenly kidnap Hayato and Akane to Akane’s family home on orders from Akane’s grandmother Youko, another of the past Familia waitresses. Youko is aware Akane wishes to marry him, but Hayato cannot decide. Unhappy with this, Youko attacks him with a sword, but does not harm him. Walking home together, Akane apologizes for her eccentric relatives. Hayato reveals he is worried their marriage has implications as the Hououji’s are an important family, and if they marry, either the Hououji or the Kasukabe name will cease to exist and he doesn’t feel he loves her enough to make the decision, which is why he won't give an answer to her proposal. Delighted, Akane decides to devote herself to making him love her enough to decide. Youko meets with her daughter and suggests Hayato actually impressed her. Meanwhile, Ami and Ouka have gotten lost trying to search for the kidnapped Akane and Hayato, not realizing they've returned home. | |||||||
| 21 | 9 | "Mother and Daughter" Transliteration: "Hahatoko" (Japanese: 母と娘) | Yuri Kamima | Mayumi Morita | Yuri Kamima | August 30, 2024 | |
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Riho gets a disappointing part in a tv show. Riho is visited by her absentee father, who explains he and his ex-wife Ruri disagreed over pressuring Riho to become an actress, and during their divorce, he was banned from seeing Riho until she was 20. Despite being estranged, he asks Riho to visit Ruri as she is refusing treatment for terminal cancer. At the hospital, Riho is unexpectedly harsh, reminding Ruri she was a terrible mother and her eventual death will mean nothing to her. Her father is so shocked he slaps her, but Ruri had realized Riho was acting and they weren’t her real feelings. Leaving, Riho is surprised Hayato could also tell she was acting. Ruri admits to her ex that she loved acting until she met famous actress Yumiko and realised her own acting was average at best, causing an inferiority complex that only worsened on realising Yumiko was his mother. He shows Ruri video of Riho acting, causing Ruri to agree to treat her cancer so she can see what Riho does with her life. Riho is happy manipulating Ruri into getting treatment worked. Hayato is impressed and wonders if Riho plans to become a serious actress like her grandmother. Riho is unsure as she has never acted in a romantic scene before and asks a panicked Hayato to help her practice. | |||||||
| 22 | 10 | "Christmas Party!" Transliteration: "Kurisumasu Pāti!" (Japanese: クリスマスパーティ！) | Minoru Yamaoka | Keiichiro Ochi | Minoru Yamaoka | September 6, 2024 | |
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Hayato is looking forward to a relaxing Christmas, unaware all 10 girls are scheming for romance purposes. Riho panics after learning Akane made a marriage proposal. Hekiro warns Akane that while she, Riho and Shiragiku are openly pursuing Hayato, she shouldn’t forget Ouka or Ami, despite both not actually competing for him. Shiragiku worries over not being as proactive as Akane and Riho. At the party, Riho unsuccessfully tries to sabotage her rivals, by failing to get Shiragiku drunk, and telling Akane a ghost story only scares her right into Hayato’s arms. Shiragiku kisses Hayato in secret, but is disappointed he continues to act normally towards her. After two days she confronts him, only to be told that she kisses him all the time when drunk, so he just assumed she had been drunk again. Faced with the truth for the first time, plus the lewd video evidence on Ami’s phone, Shiragiku is embarrassed and apologizes to everyone. At first, Riho and Akane aren’t worried until realizing Shiragiku has actually made massive progress by kissing Hayato while sober. After putting on a mock trial for Shiragiku’s many lewd offences, with Mao as presiding judge, Hayato angrily learns what everyone did during his exposed manhood incident. Mao declares Shiragiku innocent of stealing a kiss, but for the sake of fairness also decides Akane, Ouka, Riho and Ami are each entitled to one kiss with Hayato. | |||||||
| 23 | 11 | "Kisses, Love and Things to Think About" Transliteration: "Kisu to Suki to Kangaegoto" (Japanese: キスとスキと考えごと) | Satoru Yamashita | Keiichiro Ochi | Satoshi Kuwabara | September 13, 2024 | |
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Despite Mao giving the girls the right to kiss Hayato, Ouka and Ami refuse her request, but Akane kisses Hayato straight away, which results in Riho getting jealous. Riho demands Hayato act out her high school fantasy. After finding the best location, Hayato tries to kiss her, only for Riho to panic, slap him and demand a kiss when she least expects it. Unfortunately, waiting for the kiss puts Riho on alert so Hayato can’t find an opportunity for days. He enlists Ami to distract her, but again Riho is on such high alert she avoids Ami’s karate chop. Riho’s father phones her with news Ruri will fully recover. At that moment, Hayato takes advantage to suddenly kiss her, much to her relief. However, she enjoys it so much Ami successfully bonks her on the head while she's distracted, ruining the moment. After so much kissing, Hayato has lewd dreams of Akane, Shiragiku and Riho so he does his best to avoid them. Ami walks in on him having another dream and finds his manhood swollen to an unbelievable size, so she applies cooling ointment to reduce the swelling. Reacting to his screams, the others rush to see the swelling themselves, but are quickly thrown out. Hayato spends New Years with the girls remembering Sachiko. They also visit a shrine to pray for the coming year. Compared to the others who all pray for success at careers, college or even marriage, Ouka feels left behind as she has no real plans at all. | |||||||
| 24 | 12 | "The Last Pilaf" Transliteration: "Saigo no Pirafu" (Japanese: 最後のピラフ) | Taiji Kawanishi | Keiichiro Ochi | Satoshi Kuwabara | September 20, 2024 | |
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During their new years dinner, Shiragiku reveals she has trained to drink small amounts without losing control. Unfortunately it still arouses her so she still molests Hayato. Now old enough, Akane also drinks but turns out to be a sad drunk that cries a lot. Hayato reveals he has decided to drop out of university to manage Familia. This causes Ouka to admit she will be moving out to work at a fashion company in France. Ami is so upset she refuses to celebrate her own 18th birthday and accuses Hayato of not caring about Ouka leaving, calling him heartless. Akane points out to her Hayato is actually upset at her leaving, who is especially sensitive to saying goodbye to family, but hides it behind his stoicism. Ouka makes Sachiko’s pilaf rice for Hayato one last time and explains she always worried about Familia closing, but Hayato quitting school was a relief so she is now confident enough to chase her own goals. At the airport, Ouka says an emotional goodbye to everyone, especially to Ami, who doesn't want her to leave, but notices Hayato being depressed. Unable to stop herself, she sadistically torments him one last time then suddenly kisses him, redeeming her right to one kiss she had previously refused and snapping him out of his depression. After Ouka leaves, the others return to Familia to carry on the chaos without her. In France, Ouka works her hardest so they will be proud of her. | |||||||
As of April 2023, the series has 1 million copies in circulation.[57]
Anime News Network had three editors review the first episode of the anime:[58] James Beckett found nothing "actively terrible or migrane-inducing" with the series opener but felt it was "played out and low effort," saying it lacked more lively animation to make it a "pure, shameless comedy" and recommended that people seek out "funnier comedies and sweeter romances" throughout the spring season. Nicholas Dupree commended the first half for giving its audience the cheesecake fanservice with "professional efficiency", but criticized the second half for Hayato's "extremely hackneyed" family story clashing with said fanservice, noting the cast were not "well-rounded" and "too unlikable" to deliver the drama and comedy respectively. He concluded that "there doesn't seem to be much else in the way of ecchi shows this season, so if that's your bag, I guess you can do the opposite of reading Playboy for the articles." Richard Eisenbeis respected the premiere for being an unashamed "good ol' fanservice harem rom-com" and singled out Akane as the most interesting out of the female cast, concluding: "With solid character designs, and at least one character that genuinely intrigues me, I might give this show another chance next week. I mean, it's definitely a fanservice anime, but part of me wonders if it might be something more."[58]
Eisenbeis reviewed the complete anime series in 2024 and gave it an overall C+ grade.[59] He criticized the first half for being "painfully cliché" with its tired setup and one-note, cookie-cutter caricatures, but praised the second half for Hayato's "arrogant asshole" character helping to guide the female cast to confront their personal issues and make them more than stereotypes, concluding that: "Ultimately, The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses has left me conflicted. The first few episodes are so boring and uninspired that I can't, in good conscience, recommend the anime. However, at the same time, the back half is good enough that I am honestly looking forward to the second season."[59]
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