Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost
What the hell is this, Fushihara?
Episode 10
Didn't I tell you to have it done by this evening?!
Well, there was a mistake on the client's end, so I—
Do I look like I wanna hear excuses?!
Sneaky-sneak.
And besides!
Sneaky-sneak-sneak.
All you ever do is give me excuses...
Oh no, Mistress is being punished unfairly.
I hate that bossy man.
Now listen here!
No one cares about your excuses
or unnecessary efforts in the real world!
Yes, sir. I apologize.
Myako!
Right!
Let's do it.
Ahem.
Miss Shachiku, my girl.
Boss!
What's with the getup, Yuurei-chan?
You are mistaken.
I am the president.
The president? Of what company?
I want to apologize for my subordinate's behavior earlier.
Huh?
To make it up to you, I offer my praise as the company president.
You...
get full marks!
What a cute company president!
You're co. cute, sir.
And because you get full marks, I'll reward you with my very own massage ticket.
Massage Ticket
What? Are you sure about this, sir?
Furthermore, I award you one magnificent assistant.
An assistant?
Senpai!
Meow!
I'm your mew coworker!
I'm looking forward to working with such an amazing senpai.
It's truly a pleasure.
This company is too good to be true!
The pleasure is all mine.
Senpai!
I completed all the paperwork here.
Wait, really?
Thanks!
I'm glad I could be of service.
I see a talented young employee has taken a liking to you.
You never cease to amaze, Miss Shachiku, my girl!
That's right!
It's so cool seeing you work so hard every day.
Senpai!
About this part here...
Oh, that?
Consult this chart right here.
Oh, I see now!
You explain things so well, Senpai!
You're a skilled teacher to boot.
Is there nothing you can't do, Miss Shachiku, my girl?
Senpai!
Would you like a light late-night snack?
Oh, thank you.
Don't mind if I do.
Making time to eat even when you're busy...
What a trouper you are!
That's right.
You're amazing, Senpai.
Remembering to eat is important, after all.
You're the ones who made this for me, though...
Um... Is everything all right, you two?
You're really buttering me up today.
Oh, I get it now.
You saw me get chewed out earlier.
You don't need to worry about that.
Huh?
Stuff like that happens all the time.
Besides, I deserved it.
But you try so hard every day.
Yeah, but results are everything in our society, you know?
Even so...
We both see how hard you work all the time.
We do!
You try your best every single day!
You're amazing, Miss Shachiku!
She's right! There's no way you deserved that!
You look so cool when you work too, Miss Shachiku!
You deserve all the praise in the world, Mistress!
Oh, I guess...
Sad feelings need to leave!
That's right! Get what that rotten boss said out of here!
I kinda forgot...
You're always doing your very very best, Miss Shachiku!
what it feels like to have someone watch over and praise you
You're a trouper! You're amazing!
for what others take for granted.
You look so cool when you're working!
So please try and cheer—
Thank you, you two.
Let's hurry up and leave this place, Mistress.
Nope! After that, I feel like I can go a little longer!
Ten days, to be exact!
Please leave!
It's really gotten chilly today, huh?
It has.
Shall I make hot pot for dinner tonight?
That'd be great!
Whoopee! Hot pot, hot pot!
Let's get home quickly and cozy up.
Okay!
Wow, how pretty.
Look, look! The trees are sparkling!
It's almost Christmas, after all.
Well, I'll have work, so it'll just feel like any other day to me.
Christmas?
What's that?
Huh?
You've never heard of it?
Huh?
That's right.
Where do I start...?
There's this guy called Santa-san, right?
And every Christmas, he comes to give presents
to all the children who've been good that year.
Really?
Santa-san?
Santa-san
The way you sneeze is so cute, Myako.
H-Hey, stop laughing at me.
Let's get home and sit under the kotatsu!
O-Okay.
Wait...
I wasn't expecting such a lukewarm reaction.
I thought they'd both be more excited.
Oh, of course.
They've just never experienced anything like it before.
Well, in that case...
Santa-san said he's coming to our place this year, you know?
He did?!
Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost
Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost.
All set.
This way, Santa-san should know to leave you two presents.
You write down what you want and put it in these socks.
Stare.
I wonder if it'll even fit in there...
Wha?!
Nothing too expensive now, okay?
Huh?
I mean, Santa-san has to visit a lot of people's houses, you know?
I see. This is hard...
Have you already decided what you want, Myako?
Hmm...
Well, I've narrowed it down to a couple of things.
Gotcha...
Santa-san won't be coming till Christmas Eve,
so you have plenty of time.
Don't feel rushed to decide right away, okay?
Okay!
All right!
Hmm... Hmm...
Krismas Eve
Krismas
Meow.
On second thought, let's go with that.
Huh? Go with what?
Christmas, huh?
I can't wait!
I'm off to work now!
Have a nice day!
Try to leave work early!
I've told you a million times!
I'm on it!
Hey, Fushihara.
Wanna go out for a drink after this?
Huh?
Sorry, I have plans tonight.
What?! On Christmas?!
Don't tell me, Fushihara...
It's not what you think.
I'm playing Santa tonight.
Huh? But you don't have any kids.
No, I don't, but I'm still playing Santa tonight.
Just for tonight.
I think you've been working a little too hard, Fushihara...
Don't you go dying on me, okay?
I never did find out what they actually wanted, huh?
All right! One last stretch!
Stare...
Santa-san still hasn't come, huh?
Seems so.
When do you think he'll come?
I don't know. Mistress said he'd come overnight.
Oh no!
What if he can't get in because the door's locked?!
Oh, you're right!
Let's go unlock the front door!
Phew...
What if he tries to come in through the window, Myako?!
Oh, you're right! That is a possibility.
Let's leave the window open.
Then he can come in whichever way he pleases!
Yeah, let's do it!
Stare.
He's still not coming.
Seems so.
What if... Santa-san isn't coming?
What?
She said he only brings presents to good kids.
Maybe he thinks we're bad.
So that's why he hasn't given us any all these years.
No, you're wrong!
At the very least, you're a good girl in my eyes!
Really?
I think you're a good girl too, Myako. So do you think he'll come?
I-I think so.
Besides...
Our mistress said he would, right?
That he'd be coming this year.
We should trust her.
Right!
Please come, Santa-san!
Oh, shoot.
I didn't think I'd get home this late.
Ugh, they were probably so excited for this.
Wait, what?
It's... already open?
They must have gotten tired of waiting, huh?
Thanks for coming, Santa-san
Christmas?
What's that?
Huh? You've never heard of it?
Santa-san said he's coming to our place this year, you know?
He did?!
Christmas, huh?
I can't wait!
Look at them.
They really must have been looking forward to this.
Well, I know they didn't get to meet Santa,
but at least I can still give them their presents.
Let's see here...
I wonder what they've asked for.
I wish for my mistress to lead a healthy life.
Dear Santa-san, Please let Miss Shachiku leave early.
Honestly.
These two...
Didn't I tell you to ask for presents?
Santa-san...
Myako's a good girl.
So please... grant her wish.
Don't you worry.
You're both such good girls that I don't even deserve you.
Thank you.
Look, look!
Miss Shachiku, look!
Mistress, look what we have!
Hmm?
Santa-san came! I got a present!
I got one, too!
That's wonderful.
He told me he came because you've been such good girls.
And he said sorry for not coming sooner.
What?!
You met Santa-san, Mistress?
Can I open it, Miss Shachiku?! Can I?!
Yup, go right ahead!
It's a hat and scarf!
Meow, it's so soft!
Hey, Miss Shachiku! Can you put it on me?!
M-Me too, Mistress!
Sure, I'd love to.
You both look great!
This year's Santa has pretty decent fashion sense, huh?
You think so?
Yup.
I also have New Year's Eve and New Year's Day off, by the way!
What? You do?!
Yup, Santa-san said he was gonna grant your wishes.
Hurray!
Thank you, Santa-san!
Miss Shachiku!
Mistress!
Huh?
Merry Christmas!
Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost
Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost.
This'll be our first time taking a picture of the three of us, won't it?
All right, you two ready?
See there? Look into that little dot, okay?
Don't forget to smile, you two!
Okay, say cheese!
So alone.
Wow, oh wow!
Miss Shachiku's in the little box.
So this is modern technology.
It's incredible!
Welp, I had an inkling this might happen.
So alone!
I mean, it makes sense, right?
One's a ghost and the other's a ghost cat.
It's no wonder they didn't show up in the picture.
Well, I know that, but...
They did show up through a copy machine once.
Ohoho!
Satsuki cried her eyes out once when she got me to pose for some pictures
and I didn't show up, remember?
What?! I did not!
This is gonna be great!
I guess we all do these kinda things, huh?
It is what it is, I guess.
Well, actually...
Psst, psst, psst.
Right, Satsuki?
Right!
I have some free time today anyway.
Fushihara-san...
Hmm? What's up?
Would you mind calling Yuurei-chan and Myako over for me?
Okay, all done.
All right! Come and have a look, you three!
Wow! It looks just like me!
Me too! That's me right there!
And me! I'm right there beside Miss Shachiku!
You finally produced some good work today, huh, Satsuki?
You could say that.
Hey, wait! I do that every day!
Thanks, Kurahashi-san!
And they lovingly displayed the painting back home.