I want you to smile!!

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Aunt Keiko

Oh~ that was a huge help~!
Thanks to you, our sales are up from last month's special sale day!

Raika

No, no, we should be thanking you!
We sold seven live tickets!

Aunt Keiko

Great, great!
Well then... here you go.

Chieri

This is a shopping street exclusive gift voucher!
With this much, we could become the king of prepared dishes!

Aunt Keiko

Eat your fill, and give it your all at the live!

Raika

Aunt...!!

Miku

(Of course, they can't just have us work for free.)

Miku

Thank you so much♪
Everyone, let's pick up some daily goods before we head back.

Miku

I already bought toothpaste, but hand soap's almost out.
We're down to one box of tissues too... Oh, and we probably need detergent and fabric softener too.

Miku

(Because the princess used up almost all of it in one load of laundry.)

Miku

Anything else we're out of? Does anyone remember...

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...

Miku

Wh-What...?

Chieri

Do you remember everything we're out of!?

Aunt Keiko

You're Miku-chan, right? What a responsible girl!
This proves you've really been taking care of the house!

Miku

(Ah...)

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Miku's Mother

Miku-chan's the most grown-up of us.
You're so responsible and amazing~

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Miku

Um... sorry?
I guess I overstepped~

Raika

Not at all!
If you were not here, we would have used gift vouchers all on prepared dishes, Miku!

Aunt Keiko

That's right, you should learn from her, Rai-chan!
Well then, feel free to drop by the diner whenever you're hungry!

Raika

Yeah~ Aunt, thank you~!

Raika

Alright, everyone! Don't rely on Miku all the time~!
Our family runs on teamwork!

Miku

...!

Raika

Let's go, my family!!
Time to stock up on detergent like crazy~~~!!

Yomogi

Eeeeek!?
Please don't pull me~~~!

Chieri

Hand soap, fabric softener, and tissues too!
Chieri remembers everything!

Miku

...

Shizuku

Miku. I think I've just learned something amazing.

Miku

Shizuku-chan, what is it?

Shizuku

Detergent and soap... So they actually run out.

Miku

Huh?

Shizuku

I always thought they were just there.
So much that I never noticed they were decreasing.

Shizuku

If you use it, it decreases. If it decreases, it runs out.
So you restock it before that.

Shizuku

Life is about repeating that cycle...
And everyone is doing that... It's amazing...!

Miku

Ah... Well, there is more about life though...

Shizuku

I've encountered another thing I never even thought about.

Shizuku

Miku, let's go too.
We do laundry every day, so we probably need that much detergent.

Shizuku

That makes seven boxes in a week.

Miku

That might not be quite right.
Why don't you ask Raika-chan to teach you again♪

Miku

(That person... you should take responsibility and teach her properly to the end!)

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Raika

Everyone~ Look at this!
The live poster!!

Raika

I made it with the neighborhood aunties
at a computer class~!

Chieri

So that was why you weren't back by this hour...

Chieri

What is that incredibly lame design!!

Raika

Huh!?

Yomogi

A combination of rainbow-colored text and shapes...
It looks like some ancient homepage~

Miku

That's so like Raika-chan~
Looks like a neighborhood association notice♪

Chieri

Printing so many copies of such an unusable design...
What a waste of paper!

Raika

Huh... This isn't what I expected...!

Shizuku

Raika is amazing.
You can use a computer and even make advertisements.

Raika

Shizuku...!!
You think this poster is cool, right!?

Shizuku

I can't tell what's good or what's bad.

Raika

Then tell me whether you like it or not!
Shizuku, what do you think!?

Shizuku

...

Raika

Hm!? You're smiling...
But I can get nothing from that face...!

Shizuku

My mother taught me to make this face
whenever I don't know how to answer at social parties.

Raika

You didn't know how to answer that!?

Chieri

Honestly... why did you make something like that?

Raika

In a school festival or town festival,
when posters go up, you get excited, right?

Raika

I thought if we had this,
everyone would get excited!

Yomogi

Huh, so you made this for us?

Raika

Yeah! Before the guests, I've gotta make my family smile first!

Raika

If my family handing these out looks all gloomy,
guests won't come near, right?

Miku

(What she's doing doesn't quite fit,
but I guess she's thinking about it in her own way.)

Chieri

Well... your effort is acknowledged.
You really worked hard for Chieri, staying up this late.

Raika

Then...!

Chieri

Chieri won't use that poster!!

Raika

Why~~? Cherie's so stingy~~!

Chieri

The most important thing is selling the tickets!
Chieri is ultra amazing today!

Chieri

While Raika was dawdling,
Chieri went and sold ten tickets!

Shizuku

Ten tickets in one day... You really are well-liked, Cherie.

Chieri

Hehe, if Chieri really tries, this much is nothing.
And Chieri is the genius who came up with the "Recruit Your Friends Plan."

Yomogi

That plan Cherie-san came up with at the diner...
So it was officially adopted after all...

Raika

I sold fifteen tickets today!
At school and the computer class!

Chieri

What...!

Raika

Tomorrow I'll reach out to other classes!
My goal is the whole school!

Chieri

Ch-Chieri will go too!
Can't let Raika get all the credit!

Raika

Then, let's split up the work!
I'll leave the first-years to you, Cherie.

Chieri

Grrr... you can only afford to look relaxed for now...!

Chieri

By the way, how about Yomogi and others!?

Yomogi

Ugh...

Miku

Probably 5 tickets today.

Miku

Most of my friends already have plans for the weekend,
so tomorrow I'll look for people who might be interested and talk to them.

Shizuku

I've only sold one.
Sorry I couldn't contribute more than that.

Miku

But isn't it tough to talk to the girls from Tsukinomori?
They don't really seem like band people.

Shizuku

No, this one isn't from school.
Someone sent a letter asking me to hold a ticket.

Raika

Oh, that was in the mailbox this morning!
A letter addressed to Shizuku.

Chieri

Let me see...
"I'd like to reserve one ticket. I look forward to the performance..."

Raika

Who's this one?

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Miku

(Oh please, it could only be that person.)

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Chieri

Anyway, Shizuku sold one.
Yomogi... what about you?

Yomogi

Ugh... zero. I'm a useless piece of trash. I'm so sorry~~~!

Yomogi

In the first place, "Recruit Your Friends Plan" is impossible for me!
There's no one on earth who'd want to be my friend~~!

Raika

I'm here!
Let's be friends, Yomogi!

Yomogi

Huh... Be friends with Raika-san...?
Um... what about the family you're always talking about...?

Raika

We're family, so naturally I'm your friend, Yomogi!

Yomogi

I... I don't understand what you mean!

Chieri

Whose phone is that?
During the union meeting, you should turn it to silent mode.

Raika

Oh, sorry, it's mine!
A phone call... I'll call back later.

Shizuku

Is it okay?

Raika

Yeah, it was from Granny!
It's probably just the usual "How's it going?" kind of call.

Raika

I'm always telling Granny about everyone!
And then I end up talking on the phone for ages.

Raika

So I'll call back later!
'Cause now is family time.

Chieri

You could have just answered it.
We don't get calls very often, you know.

Raika

Cherie?

Chieri

Th-there might be people in this world
who don't even get calls from their parents!

Chieri

So you should just answer it and be grateful!

Miku

(She could make that kind of face...)

Raika

Okay... I see!!

Raika

I'll call you every day, Cherie!
And I'll send tons of messages, too!

Raika

And I'll be Yomogi's friend too!
How's that? It's a great idea, isn't it!?

Chieri

Wh-Why would you do that, Raika...!

Raika

Because I want family to smile!
For that, I'll be your friend, and I'll talk to you on the phone.

Raika

I guess that's what makes a peaceful family!

Chieri

Y-You say that,
but you're still gonna get us involved in all the live house trouble!

Raika

That's one thing, and this is another!

Yomogi

You're talking nonsense...!

Raika

Is that so?
But this is my way of caring about my family!

Miku

(I really don't get it.)

Miku

(She involves everyone without asking, causing trouble...
and then tries to make them smile.)

Yomogi

I appreciate it...
But I have to politely decline...!

Raika

Huh, why?

Yomogi

Raika-san, you're definitely the type to say, "Let's go play outside!"
My heart can't take that every day~!

Raika

Huh~!? Yomogi, you're difficult!

Chieri

Chieri doesn't need the call either!
Instead, she will give you the right to praise Chieri every day!

Raika

Okay!
Cherie is amazing! Yo, number one in Japan!

Chieri

Chieri isn't gonna be content to stay within this country!

Raika

C'mon~ Cherie's difficult too~~!

Raika

No, if it's for a peaceful family,
I can't give up...!

Chieri

You can give up, you know.
It's not like you even know what makes Miku happy anyway.

Raika

I-I know!
Every morning, I'll prepare plenty of steaming hot rice for Miku...

Raika

Oh, I won't!! Forget what I said!!
I'm pretty sure Miku said she doesn't eat breakfast!

Miku

...!

Raika

Um, then... Oh!
I'll pick up Miku from school, so we can walk home together every day...

Raika

No, I won't go! I think she said she doesn't like being picked up either!

Miku

Hehe...

Shizuku

? Just now, Miku...

Raika

You smiled~~!
But why!?

Miku

! Yeah, why...

Miku

(She's always choosing "not to" do things for my sake.
But I know she's genuinely trying to be considerate of me.)

Miku

(Not that I'd say that to you, though.)

Shizuku

Is there something I can do
to help us become a peaceful family?

Raika

I'm happy just being with you every day, Shizuku!
Oh, but...

Raika

It'd make me even happier if my family could have breakfast together!
You know, that Ikka Danran dinner table thing!

Miku

...

Yomogi

Raika-san, you really love breakfast...

Raika

Eating together with family,
anytime, anything, is always my favorite!!

Chieri

Chieri knows that you're the subordinate who absolutely
never forgets to cook rice. You're a rice lover!

Raika

I'm not your subordinate~

Chieri

What...!!

Miku

Hey everyone, shouldn't we start taking baths soon?
If we go one by one from now, the last person's gonna be really late.

Raika

It's true! Then I'm the first~!

Chieri

Chieri is not giving up the first bath!

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Miku

(This house's barley tea is stronger than what I have at home.)

Miku

(Oh, the rice cooker... It's already set for seven.)

Miku

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