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WORKING!!

WORKING!!
★ 8.1/10•2010•24m•TV-14•Animation•Comedy
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Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Sōta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who—despite being a year older than Sōta—is easily mistaken for a elementary/middle schooler, and Kyoko Shirafuji, the 28-year-old store manager who does not bother to do any work at all.

StatusEnded
Runtime24m
LanguageJA
First Air DateApr 4, 2010

Episodes

Episode 1 - Welcome to Wagnaria: Takanashi WorksE124m

Welcome to Wagnaria: Takanashi Works

Takanashi Souta, lover of all things small, is recruited by his tiny sempai Taneshima Popura to work at the family style restaurant Wagnaria. There he meets his new co-workers and begins to learn about their many quirks.

Apr 4, 2010

Episode 2 - Inami, Androphobe. But You're the Scary OneE224m

Inami, Androphobe. But You're the Scary One

Souta meets Mahiru, who suffers from Androphobia, the fear of men. The rest of the staff sets them up to share shifts in a suicidal, for Souta at least, attempt to cure Mahiru.

Apr 11, 2010

Episode 3 - Yachiyo, Kyouko, Satou... and the Returning Mr. OtouE324m

Yachiyo, Kyouko, Satou... and the Returning Mr. Otou

Yachiyo the samurai sword carrying waitress reveals that she started carrying it to ward off bullies back in elementary school. At this time she encounters Kyoko who agrees to act as a body guard in exchange for Yachiyo's lunch. Otou Hyougo, the true restaurant manager, returns to the store after another unsuccessful search for his lost wife. His wife who has the worlds worst sense of direction got lost years ago while out shopping.

Apr 18, 2010

Episode 4 - Souma, the Overly Invigorating Young ManE424m

Souma, the Overly Invigorating Young Man

Takanashi is visited at work by one his 4 sisters. Hiroomi the assistant cook attempts to blackmail the staff of Wagnaria so that he won't have to work. At the same time it becomes apparent that Satou the head cook has a thing for Yachiyo the head waitress.

Apr 25, 2010

Episode 5 - A Certain Day of Flu... A Wagnaria That Is Different From UsualE524m

A Certain Day of Flu... A Wagnaria That Is Different From Usual

Takanashi takes the day off work to take care of his sick sister. The staff attempts to function without them and deal with Mahiru's fear of men with no male server to deal with the male customers.

May 2, 2010

Episode 6 - The Melancholy of Souta, the Women of the Takanashi FamilyE624m

The Melancholy of Souta, the Women of the Takanashi Family

Takanashi spends some quality time with his four quirky sisters; the boss, the drunk, the writer and the manipulative. Each in their own way is reliant on Takanashi to keep their family in order. White Day has arrived and Takanashi gifts Mahiru a bag of hair pins. This is the first White Day gift she has ever received. Later he runs into her on the street worried that she might attack some random male while walking around he escorts her home. On the way they run into his eldest sister Kazue. Mahiru get flustered and admits to "assaulting" Takanashi on a regular basis.

May 9, 2010

Episode 7 - A Well-Missed Otou, and the New Part-timer = Yamada (!?)E724m

A Well-Missed Otou, and the New Part-timer = Yamada (!?)

Otoo returns to Wagnaria once again this time bringing with him a new waitress, Yamada Aoi. Aoi tells a "tragic tale of woe" to which Takanashi responds that she is a liar. Reluctantly he ends up training Aoi in how to be a waitress. As the day progress she tries to assign the various staff members into a fake family structure.

May 16, 2010

Episode 8 - Inami's First? Outing!E824m

Inami's First? Outing!

The girls decided to take a trip to the hot springs which will be the first time for Mahiru. Takanashi concerned about the fate of the male guests at the hot springs goes as well. In the end the entire staff ends up going only to be so late that the hot spring is closed by the time they arrive.

May 23, 2010

Episode 9 - Kotori-chan Appears!!E924m

Kotori-chan Appears!!

The source of Mahiru's fear of men is revealed to be a plan concocted her father. Mahiru's father finds out that Takanashi gave her a gift for White Day and visits the restaurant to meet him. Mahiru, afraid that he has come to make her quit working there ask Takanashi to pretend to be a girl. Takanashi mans up and wears a skirt.

May 30, 2010

Episode 10 - The Truth to the Suspicion... Nazuna WorksE1024m

The Truth to the Suspicion... Nazuna Works

Kyouko is gone for a week on company business and in her absence Yachiyo attempts to "serve" Jun, which results in his heart being crushed even more. Later Nazuna sees Takanashi and Mahiru walking home together and bribes Kyouko to let her work at the restaurant for the day to spy on Mahiru. Mahiru eventually admits that she likes Takanashi, though Nazuna misinterprets this thinking that she was confirming that Takanashi was a masochist.

Jun 6, 2010

Episode 11 - The Two of Them Back Then, Yachiyo and Satou. Also, Welcome to the Takanashi FamilyE1124m

The Two of Them Back Then, Yachiyo and Satou. Also, Welcome to the Takanashi Family

Yamada tells a scary ghost story at the end of work and Mahiru is to scared to go home where she would be by herself. Takanashi invites her over to spend the night at his house, Yamada follows them there, claiming to be too scared even though she was the one who told the story in the first place.

Jun 13, 2010

Episode 12 - Why!? The Night Before the Climactic Battle: Taneshima's Returned FavorE1224m

Why!? The Night Before the Climactic Battle: Taneshima's Returned Favor

Pupura finds out about Takanashis tall sisters and is upset with him for keeping these ideal women from her. As punishment she sets him up to go on a date with Mahiru. An experiment to see how much more man acclimated Mahiru has become concludes that if she can't punch Takanashi she'll kick him in the nuts.

Jun 20, 2010

Episode 13 - Takanashi and Inami in the So-Called “Decisive Battle” of a Date…E1324m

Takanashi and Inami in the So-Called “Decisive Battle” of a Date…

Takanashi and Mahiru go on their "date". The staff of the restaurant fearing for Takanashi safety concoct an elaborate plan to have him cross dress so that Mahiru would think of him as a girl and not hit him. As the date comes to a close Takanashi comes to realize his true feelings for Mahiru and Mahiru receives the compliment of her life.

Jun 27, 2010

Actors

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Sota Takanashi (voice)

Kana Asumi

Kana Asumi

Popura Taneshima (voice)

Saki Fujita

Saki Fujita

Mahiru Inami (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Jun Sato (voice)

Eri Kitamura

Eri Kitamura

Yachiyo Todoroki (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroomi Soma (voice)

Kumiko Watanabe

Kumiko Watanabe

Kyoko Shirafuji (voice)

Ryo Hirohashi

Ryo Hirohashi

Aoi Yamada (voice)

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