In a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after day, the five spend all of their time on anime production. The awe of going from rough sketches to animation, and the awkward acting in the after-recording session... The final product was finished at the cultural fair six months later. After they graduated they still pursued animation and swore on some donuts that they would make another anime together.
Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn't as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she'll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi's dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.
Pekerjaan baru Futuba Igarashi akan sangat bagus jika senpainya, Harumi Takeda, tidak terlalu menyebalkan! Futuba membenci tawanya, dia membenci seberapa besar dia, dan dia benar-benar benci bahwa dia memperlakukannya seperti anak kecil. Hanya karena Futuba pendek dan terlihat muda tidak membuatnya seperti anak kecil, dan hanya karena dia menghabiskan begitu banyak waktu dengan Takeda bukan berarti dia menganggapnya sebagai senpai yang menyebalkan...atau dia?!
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