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- -Lucy thanks Yukata and his sister for taking care of her. -It is revealed, that Taishi has a girlfriend, which is Megumi. -They meet at Taishi's but get surprised when Tohko comes home. They handle the situation. (en)
- Lucy laments over her date predicament while a mentally lapsing Megumi contemplates her situation realizing the fact that she hasn't gone out on a date in a long time. Megumi recollects about herself two years ago when she dressed plainly and how Taishi got involved with her. Annoyed by Taishi, Megumi heads back to work where she dictates to Lucy that they will go shopping for her skirt. At the store, Lucy and Megumi meet Saya and Tōko but the latter two leave due to Lucy being self conscious about her clothing and her ability to wear almost all kinds. Lucy takes on a new attitude after Megumi tells her that looking down on herself is rude to others around her. At work the next day the two run into Yutaka where Lucy says she wanted to accompany him until the end, naively implying marriage. While Saya and Lucy are talking, Kaoru appears and takes the two out to eat where she recollects to the two about Jōji. At work, Yutaka believes that Lucy is getting married leaving him in a distraught mood. In the break room, Lucy tells him about her Tosho card while congratulating him about Kaoru's engagement as he gets a text from his sister saying she is the one getting married. Embarrassed at his misunderstanding, he slams his phone to the floor telling Lucy that he'll get a new one as he was going to erase all the girls' emails he had anyway. Not understanding, Yutaka tells Lucy it means he doesn't need any other girl than her. Lucy is seen in blushingly high spirits after that while Yutaka is secluded at his desk. (en)
- Lucy sees Saya hiding under her desk and discovers that she was trying to stay out of Mrs. Tanaka's sight to avoid listening to more stories, but consequently, as Yutaka points out, she can't do her work. Saya is ashamed because she's unable to work, so Lucy goes to Megumi for advice, who tells her that she will think on it. Megumi asks Lucy to cover for her the next day, and it is revealed that she is going to attend a cosplay event. Megumi tells Lucy that she became a temporary worker so that she would be able to continue to cosplay while working. She later becomes obsessed with trying to get Lucy to cosplay as Black Rose, a companion of Megumi's character, Gerbera Pink, and Lucy reluctantly agrees to think about it. Later, Tōko comes to visit the office and gives Yutaka, Saya, and Lucy a test to see if they can do their new jobs properly. Yutaka demonstrates his surprisingly amazing memory by reciting a nurse insurance law, receiving Tōko's e-mail address as a reward. Saya's nervousness causes Tōko to become angry, and Mrs. Tanaka comes to the rescue by scolding her harshly. Tōko is relieved to see that Lucy is normal, until she asks Lucy her name, to which Lucy recites her entire name. Tōko, fed up with the newbies, complains to Taishi, who tells her that she's bothering everyone around her. She begins crying, so he hugs her and gives her money to placate her before sending her home. Saya then discovers that Tōko's full name is Tōko Ichimiya, thus making her Taishi's little sister. Taishi shares the story about how Tōko came to love the ward office, but it is clear that what Tōko adores is her brother, not the office. Afterwards, Megumi sees that Saya has a hard time saying what's on her mind, so she enlists Tōko's help in getting Saya to talk openly. Saya tells Tōko that if she continues to abuse her brother, he will never understand her true feelings, causing Tōko to cry again. Taishi tells her not to come back because she keeps bothering others, but Saya saves her by asking her to come back to help her learn more, though this causes Saya to lose even more time for working. (en)
- Megumi and Yutaka are now rivals concerning Lucy. -Yutaka asks Lucy out twice, but gets rejected. -They go for a drink with the section manager of their section and Lucy and Yutaka end up in a hotel. (en)
- -Megumi visits Toko at home. -The section manager thinks, that Taishi and Megumi do not get on well together, because of her cold reactions towards him, and puts them together in the store room. -Tanaka's Grandson visits Saya at work. -It seems, that Tanaka feels attracted to Yutaka. (en)
- -The section manager tries to get closer to his servants. -Saya thinks about quitting her job. -Tanaka wants Saya to marry her grandson. (en)
- With Taishi not home, Megumi plans on telling Tōko she is going out with her brother. Exhausted from studying so much and eating the cake that Megumi brought, Tōko misinterprets what Megumi is saying and eventually falls asleep. Relaxing too much, Megumi falls asleep with Tōko's head in her lap. After arriving home, Taishi annoys Megumi once again. At work, Megumi discusses Tōko's studying with Saya but Saya reveals that she knows Megumi and Taishi are going out telling her not to worry too much. After work Jōji meets Saya on her way out as he is trying to challenge Yutaka. As Megumi ponders about the Ichimiya siblings, Lucy echoes Saya's earlier comments toward Megumi. Outside of the building, due to Saya's comments about his actions, Jōji is led to tears causing a scene for Saya. The next day Saya has "hangover from regrets". Kanon visits the welfare office to meet with Tōko but kills some time wandering around where she meets Yutaka several times. Attempting to play off his slacking as actual work, he's caught by Taishi. Kanon meets Lucy who recommends the shop on the first floor but on her way there, passes by Megumi who asks her for her measurements. Heading to Saya, Kenzo accidentally runs across her and Tōko talking where he passes himself off as being a simple stuffed animal. As she is leaving, Tōko remembers she left her phone at Saya's desk but when she goes to pick it up, she sees everyone talking to Kenzo. She's left with the belief that they're all doing it because she has been too hard on them. As she is about to apologize to her brother and Yutaka, she sees Lucy with Kenzo on her head and Saya walking chatting with each other. Discovering the bunny is actually the section manager, she runs off embarrassed by her actions. The next day Kanon drops off her dad believing each of his subordinates to be weird but with them agreeing that he is the weirdest of them all. (en)
- Megumi rebukes Taishi for questioning her on whether he is a reliable senpai before giving her an assessment of Lucy. Feeling incompetent, Taishi reverts to his old habits with Lucy but Tōko sees him patting Lucy's head. After giving Lucy a hard time, Tōko delivers Taishi's bento she especially made for him as an excuse to have lunch with him. In the records room, Lucy breaks her bra forcing her to wear the office uniform. As she interacts with Saya, Megumi, Taishi, and Yutaka they all come to notice that something is wrong with her bra. At lunch the four contemplate how to address Lucy's predicament with her however Yutaka takes the initiative and realizing his intentions, the other three agree forcing her to go home. The next day, Yutaka talks with Taishi about not being able to get Lucy's email address as he attempts to do so. Seeing her leaving though, he follows her and invites her out to lunch while at a bookstore where she reveals that she usually doesn't have money before payday as she buys too many books. Even after dinner, he forgets to ask for her email address. In the supply room, Yutaka and Taishi hear out Lucy's insecurities about her abilities and name. Later as she is having trouble with a child, Yutaka arrives to entertain the girl as Lucy realizes he is able to use ventriloquism. Yutaka meets Lucy a few times while it is raining and discovers that she is afraid of lightning and thunder. He helps Lucy but has some fun as he tells Megumi that Lucy was busy for so long due to filling out the name section on documents. Lucy oversees Yutaka using sign language and ends up questioning him about himself. As they're talking, Lucy agrees to learn sign language but not before she repays the previous favor which ends up being settled by her telling Yutaka her cup size. A shocked Yutaka starts counting to verify her size as Lucy yells at him to stop before running off. In the end, Yutaka forgets yet again to ask Lucy her email address. (en)
- As Taishi, Saya, and Megumi found the reason of Yutaka's weird behavior, they also knew another reason why Yutaka avoided Lucy. It was because at the day Lucy's name was brought to the ward office, Yutaka was down in a high fever until he was taken into a hospital. His father became so worried about him and thus couldn't concentrate in his work, which was why he accidentally approved Lucy's name without even thinking about it any further. Depressed by the truth that he was the indirect reason why Lucy had a long name, Yutaka was afraid that Lucy would hate him since she was so concerned about her name. The three tried to cheer him up, but in the end they only made it worse. When Lucy came into the room, they quickly changed the subject, and Lucy saw Yutaka's dejected and sad face towards her. Because of this, she became concerned that maybe she had done something bad to Yutaka. One day when Lucy was about to go home, Taishi went to Yutaka and cheered him up, by saying that it will be harder to say the truth the longer he holds it in. Cheered up by Taishi's words, Yutaka chased after Lucy and finally told the truth to her. However, Lucy didn't think that Yutaka was at fault since anyone could catch a fever. Because of Yutaka's insistence, Lucy assumed that if everything was Yutaka's fault, he had to take responsibility. She asked him to keep calling her by her first name because she began to like him calling her Lucy all the time. Just when Yutaka was about to confess to her, Joji, Kanon, Toko, and Kenzo suddenly came in, ruining the mood. The three who was listening all the time shoved all of them away, and the mood became awkward once again. When the two of them were outside, Yutaka once again tried to ask Lucy out. The latter only rejected, but gave him a hope by saying, "Not yet". The others quickly caught up to the two and started to ruin the mood again. The next day, Taishi tried to tell Toko about his relationship with Megumi, only to fail since he was nervous. Yutaka became so energetic and enthusiastic in his work. Saya reprimanded Joji for ruining Lucy's and Yutaka's moments. As the two's mood were getting better, all of them were back to their jobs. After the ending credits, Yutaka finally got Lucy's email address and Megumi told them to explode. (en)
- Yutaka is still trying to avoid Lucy after that "confession" an episode ago. Lucy tries to talk to him and looks for him, but everyone says he's just slacking around somewhere. Kenzo finds her later and accompanies her to go look for him. In the process Kenzo was accidentally sold as a stuffed toy at the outdoor bazaar outside the city hall. He is recovered just in time when the girl who bought him immediately grabbed the substitute stuffed bunny "because it was cuter," much to his chagrin. Later, as Yutaka tries to hide by eating his lunch at the rooftop, he finds Lucy in there eating bread crusts for lunch, hoping that she would find him in there. As he gives him the sandwich he has Lucy explains her actions back then, her being not used to men being around her. Meanwhile, Saya, while trying to psyche herself up before her date with Joji, decides to go into town on her day-off, where she weirdly comes across everyone in the office--Lucy, Megumi, Yutaka, Taishi, even Kanon and Kenzo and Mrs. Tanaka herself. Yutaka hears of Joji's date with Saya , so he warns him not to do weird things to her. During the date they talk of nothing but Yutaka, so when Saya tried to change the subject, she becomes amused when she finds out he can't talk of anything other than his "rival." And before he could talk about certain regrets, Saya fainted after taking a sip of red wine. She later finds herself being carried by Joji quite a distance from the restaurant. He said he had fun during the date, and asks her for another one for later, to which she agrees. The next day, amidst a hangover, she tells Yutaka that Joji is fine if he's not involved. (en)
- Megumi took three days off to finish all of her costume projects, including the dress Lucy is to wear during her date with Yutaka. Megumi warned Taishi not to text her, call her, or come to her apartment, but he goes to her apartment on the third day to check her out anyway, and as a result he weaseled out of that shopping trip he promised Toko, much to her disdain. He finds the door to her apartment unlocked, and, as he entered, sees her on the floor, flat, but all work completed. He later helped clean her apartment, make food, and become her pillow for the rest of the night. The next day, before her date, Megumi instructs Lucy to watch Yutaka and find out what kind of person he really is, to see if he is a decent guy or not. Lucy was shocked to find out that the dress she is to wear was too short, but Megumi insists it's okay. But she is so embarrassed with the dress that she even thinks of postponing it. In fact, on the day of her date with Yutaka, Lucy did arrive around twenty minutes late. During the date Lucy did observe that he paid attention to her, even being protective of her. She even got freaked out by Yutaka's in-date behavior that she ran like mad and tripped. As Yutaka tended to the scratch on her knee, she confronted Lucy about her problem that is her long, ridiculous name. He also asked her as to how she thinks of him. Lucy, nervous, is unable to give an answer, until Yutaka got a call about his sister Kaoru's marriage meeting, and he was requested to come, ending the date early; but Lucy says they can do it again some time. Megumi is lurking in the shadows ready to intervene if something goes wrong, while trying to tell Toko, who is with her, about her relationship with her brother. There she finds out that Toko doesn't mind if her brother has a girlfriend. The next day Yutaka does his work without slacking off, though with some mistakes. Taishi, Saya, and Megumi notices this and finds it worrisome, and, asking him, they find out the reason: that the one who approved Lucy's name was his own father. (en)
- -Lucy and Yutaka go for dinner again. -Tanaka drags Lucy to go for dinner with him and talk about their relationship between them and Yutaka, but get interrupted by the latter. -The next day Lucy wants to thank Yutaka by going on a date with him in two months. (en)
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