Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.
Cast: Chiaki Omigawa, Rieka Yazawa, Aoi Yuuki
Season 1
12 episodes
1. The Fortune CafeHotori'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…TV-MACC25minOct 8, 2010
2. The Sexual Harassment LawsuitAn encounter with the local police officer leads Hotori to threaten sexual harassment suits. Hotori's plans to increase customers backfires.TV-MACC25minOct 15, 2010
3. The Cat BoyMoriaki begs Hotori to use her detective skills to discern the mystery surrounding two keepsake paintings. Hotori assists with recovering a pet cat.TV-MACC25minOct 22, 2010
4. The Cursed EquationAfter scoring a 0 on her math test, Hotori’s math teacher, Moriaki, sentences her to detention and divulges his murderous presumptions.TV-MACC25minOct 29, 2010
5. The Amazingly Strange Toshiko TatsunoTatsuno 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.TV-MACC25minNov 5, 2010
6. The Pandora Maid ServiceHotori 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.TV-MACC25minNov 12, 2010
7. The Lovers’ Midnight DashSanada 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.TV-MACC25minNov 19, 2010
8. The Fully Automated OrchestraThe 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.TV-MACC25minNov 26, 2010
9. The Clash of the BuytansHarue 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?TV-MACC25minDec 3, 2010
10. The Finger Pointing GeriatricThe news reports mysterious holes that have appeared in the neighborhood. Futaba questions Hotori about the holes.TV-MACC25minDec 10, 2010
11. Kon’s Summer of TearsMr. Moriaki tries to help Hotori with her remedial math class by comparing it to detective work with mixed results.TV-MACC25minDec 17, 2010
12. Sore 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.TV-MACC25minDec 24, 2010
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Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Akiyuki Shinbo
- Created by
- Tomohiro Fujita, Junichiro Tanaka, Shinichi Nakamura, Shosei Ito
