Beginning
Megami no Cafe Terrace seems to be the best of the bunch for this season, so that’s what I’m doing. That said, there’s no guarantee this will deliver what everyone wants for the BD.
Our protagonist Hayato’s grandmother has recently died, so he has decided to return to the cafe she ran. Hayato has in mind to demolish the place and create a parking lot for some extra money.
Hayato was not aware of the several female residents in the Cafe. That most of them are in a state of undress would be a welcome sight to anyone. Unfortunately, anyone in this circumstance would likely earn the label of peeping tom pervert or burglar.
Pick your poison, light beams or fog. In this case, the light beams are so incredibly strong that no amount of editing I did showed even a hint of anything underneath. For that reason, I won’t be showing any of the edits I made, as I don’t see much of a point. There was something I did find interesting that I came across while editing these, but it was probably just noise. I might bring that up in later review posts if I see something similar. There is some small hope for the series later, but more on that at the end of the review.
Don’t be fooled by the above panels. The nipple sightings are only very early on in the manga, and quickly become only blank boobs, so enjoy what little you get while it lasts. Very disappointing – I guess the author decided against nipples for the rest of the manga for whatever reason.
In a panic, Hayato manages to stumble across all five of the female residents. This does not go unnoticed or unpunished.
A conversation is held between Hayato and the women of the cafe that reveals more of the circumstances each group is in. Hayato had an argument with his grandmother which led to a falling out, and the females worked part time at the cafe and stayed in the extra rooms. Afterwards, the girls find themselves near the beach and contemplate their next move.
The “next move” in this case appears to involve each of the girls attempting to seduce him in some way – our red head (Ouka) cooks Hayato some chicken karaage, which is dismissed as being terrible.
Up next is Ami, who dresses up provocatively and invites Hayato out for a job to “get to know each other better,” to which he curtly declines.
If you’re wondering what these last two caps were all about, the girls welcome Hayato to bathe first. While in the bath, (Hayato is nude here, which is why I don’t have any more frames of him) Hayato envisions the girls attempting to bait him into some kind of honey trap. This appears to be an anime original.
Akane is next. Although she didn’t plan on this meeting, she still does her part by sewing doubt in the mind of Hayato. Initially, he is upset at seeing Akane holding a cigarette, but yields when it’s revealed they’re just made of chocolate. Hayato is taken aback when Akane asks why he cares if she smokes in here, if he’s just going to have the cafe demolished.
Riho (the twintail) had an ace in the hole, which was to get Shiragiku (green? hair on the right) drunk and send her to Hayato’s room at night to seduce him, upon which she’d take a video to blackmail Hayato. This doesn’t work, as Ami barges in and stops this from happening, unaware of Riho’s plan.
The long and short of this last part of the episode has Hayato decide to run the cafe himself.
The last two frames of Ouka’s ass are part of the next episode’s preview. Notice that this shot is fog and not light beams. It’s not unusual for productions to include both types of censorship, but if we can get boob shots that have fog instead of light beams there is always the chance I find something upon editing. I’m not crossing my fingers, but know that I will de-fog most shots and will definitely report anything interesting I find in these episodes. With that said, the first episode is over, and it barely covered the entirety of Chapter 1, but I have actually not read past this point, so it could have just been a very long introductory chapter.