Episodes
12 episodes · 2010
Hotori Arashiyama loves mysteries, but there's one she just can't solve: why does the solution to one problem inevitably seem to lead to another? Like how when Hotori has to start working at the Seaside Maid Cafe after school to pay off a debt and her friend Toshiko fortunately knows exactly how a Maid Cafe should be run. Which is fortunate since Hotori has no clue. Except that, unfortunately, Toshiko has no interest in working at the cafe - until she discovers that Hotori's childhood friend Hiroyuki is a regular. Which SEEMS fortunate. Except that Hotori doesn't know that, while Toshiko likes Hiroyuki, Hiroyuki secretly likes Hotori, while Hotori secretly has a crush on... No, no more spoilers! But if that's not enough drama, there's work, angst with a certain math teacher, table tennis between her classmates, her younger brother versus the school's bad girl... And yet, even though everything seems like it's going to crash at any moment, somehow Hotori's life keeps going hilariously forward. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
E01The Fortune Cafe
Hotori's and Toshiko's job at a maid café conflicts with school rules. They must convince their teacher to permit their job, but first the café has a lot of improvement to do…
E02The Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
An encounter with the local police officer leads Hotori to threaten sexual harassment suits. Hotori's plans to increase customers backfires.
E03The Cat Boy
Moriaki begs Hotori to use her detective skills to discern the mystery surrounding two keepsake paintings. Hotori assists with recovering a pet cat.
E04The Cursed Equation
After scoring a 0 on her math test, Hotori’s math teacher, Moriaki, sentences her to detention and divulges his murderous presumptions.
E05The Amazingly Strange Toshiko Tatsuno
Tatsuno receives tickets to see a movie and wants to invite her love interest, Sanada. Takeru, Hotori’s younger brother, is asked to hang out by his classmate, Ebi-chan.
E06The Pandora Maid Service
Hotori visits an antique shop in search of a birthday gift for Tatsuno. Later, she searches for a PC to scan an image for her site and finds a spreading pandemic.
E07The Lovers’ Midnight Dash
Sanada devises a plan and uses his daily horoscope reading to win Hotori’s heart. The two decide to play hooky for the remaining school day.
E08The Fully Automated Orchestra
The girls discover a vending machine with astonishingly good food. Hotori's class isn't planning anything for the Cultural Festival; Futaba suggests forming a band.
E09The Clash of the Buytans
Harue challenges Toshiko to a table tennis game. Both girls put up a furious fight, but in the end, who will be the victor of the tennis table?
E10The Finger Pointing Geriatric
The news reports mysterious holes that have appeared in the neighborhood. Futaba questions Hotori about the holes.
E11Kon’s Summer of Tears
Mr. Moriaki tries to help Hotori with her remedial math class by comparing it to detective work with mixed results.
E12Sore Machi...
Futaba & Toshiko aren't on speaking terms because Toshiko refuses to join the table tennis club. Hotori ruins an expensive pen and dreams about being judged in the afterlife.