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Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Sōta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who—despite being a year

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 1 - Popura's Nature
    6.8/10(25 votes)

    S2:E1

    Popura becomes upset with Sota constantly calling her small. Later, Sota becomes devastated when Kyoko kills a bug, inadvertently insulting Popura and Inami in the process.

    Director:Makoto Hoshino
    Writer:Takawo Yoshioka

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  2. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 5 - A Certain Day of Flu... A Wagnaria That Is Different From Usual
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E5

    Takanashi takes the day off work to take care of his sick sister. The staff attempts to function without them and deal with Mahiru's fear of men with no male server to deal with the male customers.

    Director:Susumu Endo
    Writer:Noboru Kimura

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  3. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 10 - The Truth to the Suspicion... Nazuna Works
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E10

    Kyouko is gone for a week on company business and in her absence Yachiyo attempts to "serve" Jun, which results in his heart being crushed even more. Later Nazuna sees Takanashi and Mahiru walking home together and bribes Kyouko to let her work at the restaurant for the day to spy on Mahiru. Mahiru eventually admits that she likes Takanashi, though Nazuna misinterprets this thinking that she was confirming that Takanashi was a masochist.

    Director:Daisuke Takashima
    Writer:Kazuho Hyoudou

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  4. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 11 - The Two of Them Back Then, Yachiyo and Satou. Also, Welcome to the Takanashi Family
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E11

    Yamada tells a scary ghost story at the end of work and Mahiru is to scared to go home where she would be by herself. Takanashi invites her over to spend the night at his house, Yamada follows them there, claiming to be too scared even though she was the one who told the story in the first place.

    Director:Kiyoshi Matsuda
    Writer:Noboru Kimura

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  5. WORKING!! Season 3 Episode 1 - Wagnaria - No Front Line Incident
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    S3:E1

    Souta spends the day looking after the little girl who came before, leading Popura to start feeling a little left out. The next day, Aoi comes across Haruna, seeing her as a potential mother and bringing her to Wagnaria, where the other staff try to keep her put until Otoo returns, but she somehow manages to escape regardless.

    Director:Yumi Kamakura
    Writer:Takawo Yoshioka

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  6. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 2 - Inami, Androphobe. But You're the Scary One
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    S1:E2

    Souta meets Mahiru, who suffers from Androphobia, the fear of men. The rest of the staff sets them up to share shifts in a suicidal, for Souta at least, attempt to cure Mahiru.

    Director:Daisuke Takashima
    Writer:Yoshimasa Hiraike

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  7. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 10 - Cell Phone, No Problem
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    S2:E10

    Mahiru finds herself a bit too close to Sōta for comfort when he tries to stop a tower of boxes from falling on her, which leads her to become a bit fearful of him the next day. This turns into a complete freakout after she discovers Sota touching her head whilst she was asleep and stops coming into work. Later, Poplar gets locked in the freezer and initially suspects Jun, but soon finds Aoi just did it accidentally. After Mahiru doesn't show up at work all week, Sōta goes to visit her in Kotori-guise to apologise and exchange phone numbers.

    Director:Hazuki Mizumoto
    Writer:Shogo Mukai

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  8. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome to Wagnaria: Takanashi Works
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    S1:E1

    Takanashi Souta, lover of all things small, is recruited by his tiny sempai Taneshima Popura to work at the family style restaurant Wagnaria. There he meets his new co-workers and begins to learn about their many quirks.

    Director:Mitsuhiro Karato
    Writer:Yoshimasa Hiraike

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  9. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 9 - Kotori-chan Appears!!
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    S1:E9

    The source of Mahiru's fear of men is revealed to be a plan concocted her father. Mahiru's father finds out that Takanashi gave her a gift for White Day and visits the restaurant to meet him. Mahiru, afraid that he has come to make her quit working there ask Takanashi to pretend to be a girl. Takanashi mans up and wears a skirt.

    Director:Kenichiro Watanabe
    Writer:Kazuho Hyoudou

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  10. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 13 - Takanashi and Inami in the So-Called “Decisive Battle” of a Date…
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    S1:E13

    Takanashi and Mahiru go on their "date". The staff of the restaurant fearing for Takanashi safety concoct an elaborate plan to have him cross dress so that Mahiru would think of him as a girl and not hit him. As the date comes to a close Takanashi comes to realize his true feelings for Mahiru and Mahiru receives the compliment of her life.

    Director:Kenichiro Watanabe
    Writer:Kazuho Hyoudou

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  11. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 2 - Ideal Family Planning
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    S2:E2

    Aoi becomes curious about Hiroomi's secret life and drags Popura into stalking him, despite the fact he is completely aware of it. Later, Popura tries to get Sota to treat Mahiru nicer. Tired of Jun's teasing, Popura tries to get revenge on him which does not go to plan. Meanwhile, Aoi acts very clingy around Otoo after he comes back from his recent trip.

    Director:Masato Sato
    Writer:Shogo Mukai

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  12. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 12 - Daisy Dies
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    S2:E12

    Popura and Aoi try to help Mahiru train to cure her androphobia by dressing her up as a guy, but with no such luck. Later, Sōta and Mahiru start exchanging text messages, which causes Izumi to worry. Sōta also runs into Kirio, who manages to deduce that Mahiru has feelings for him. Later one night, Aoi gets locked out of the restaurant, but Jun manages to sort things out for her. Later, Popura and Aoi try to help out Mahiru's progress by exposing her to the other men, only for her to nearly end up punching Hiroomi. Meanwhile, Popura becomes elated when she is finally able to reach the broken items report sheet that was normally out of her reach.

    Director:Tamaki Nakatsu
    Writer:Takawo Yoshioka

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  13. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 3 - Yachiyo, Kyouko, Satou... and the Returning Mr. Otou
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S1:E3

    Yachiyo the samurai sword carrying waitress reveals that she started carrying it to ward off bullies back in elementary school. At this time she encounters Kyoko who agrees to act as a body guard in exchange for Yachiyo's lunch. Otou Hyougo, the true restaurant manager, returns to the store after another unsuccessful search for his lost wife. His wife who has the worlds worst sense of direction got lost years ago while out shopping.

    Director:Takahiro Natori
    Writer:Rika Takasugi

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  14. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 4 - Souma, the Overly Invigorating Young Man
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    S1:E4

    Takanashi is visited at work by one his 4 sisters. Hiroomi the assistant cook attempts to blackmail the staff of Wagnaria so that he won't have to work. At the same time it becomes apparent that Satou the head cook has a thing for Yachiyo the head waitress.

    Director:Kiyoshi Matsuda
    Writer:Noboru Kimura

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  15. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 6 - The Melancholy of Souta, the Women of the Takanashi Family
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S1:E6

    Takanashi spends some quality time with his four quirky sisters; the boss, the drunk, the writer and the manipulative. Each in their own way is reliant on Takanashi to keep their family in order. White Day has arrived and Takanashi gifts Mahiru a bag of hair pins. This is the first White Day gift she has ever received. Later he runs into her on the street worried that she might attack some random male while walking around he escorts her home. On the way they run into his eldest sister Kazue. Mahiru get flustered and admits to "assaulting" Takanashi on a regular basis.

    Director:Yumi Kamakura
    Writer:Kazuho Hyoudou

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  16. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 7 - A Well-Missed Otou, and the New Part-timer = Yamada (!?)
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S1:E7

    Otoo returns to Wagnaria once again this time bringing with him a new waitress, Yamada Aoi. Aoi tells a "tragic tale of woe" to which Takanashi responds that she is a liar. Reluctantly he ends up training Aoi in how to be a waitress. As the day progress she tries to assign the various staff members into a fake family structure.

    Director:Nobuharu Kamanaka
    Writer:Rika Takasugi

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  17. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 8 - Inami's First? Outing!
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    S1:E8

    The girls decided to take a trip to the hot springs which will be the first time for Mahiru. Takanashi concerned about the fate of the male guests at the hot springs goes as well. In the end the entire staff ends up going only to be so late that the hot spring is closed by the time they arrive.

    Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
    Writer:Rika Takasugi

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  18. WORKING!! Season 1 Episode 12 - Why!? The Night Before the Climactic Battle: Taneshima's Returned Favor
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    S1:E12

    Pupura finds out about Takanashis tall sisters and is upset with him for keeping these ideal women from her. As punishment she sets him up to go on a date with Mahiru. An experiment to see how much more man acclimated Mahiru has become concludes that if she can't punch Takanashi she'll kick him in the nuts.

    Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
    Writer:Noboru Kimura

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  19. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 6 - Hired, Fired, Tired
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S2:E6

    Popura and Jun end up catching colds due to Aoi's clumsiness, so Kyōko calls in two of her juniors, Yohei and Mitsuki Mashiba, twin siblings who don't get along. When Kyōko offers to put someone else in charge of looking after Inami, Sōta becomes upset and falls out with Inami, but Inami soon manages to build up the courage to make up with him.

    Director:Tamaki Nakatsu
    Writer:Shogo Mukai

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  20. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 7 - Bad Tuning of Love
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S2:E7

    Mahiru meets a boy calling himself Kirio Yamada, who she believes might be Aoi's brother. As he is able to withstand her punches, Mahiru ends up conversing well with Kirio, who starts developing feelings for her, but Sōta becomes downhearted when he sees the two getting along. He begins acting strangely the next day and ends up bashing his head against the wall, leading him to think he might've become a masochist. Later, Kozue manages to get the waitresses to dress up in animal cosplay.

    Director:Tatsumi Fujii
    Writer:Takawo Yoshioka

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  21. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 9 - Love is So Global
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S2:E9

    Jun takes Yachiyo to buy a cellphone, whilst Kozue takes a liking to Yohei. Meanwhile, Mitsuki becomes suspicious of Jun's familiarity with Yachiyo whilst Yamada runs away after Sōta scolds her.

    Director:Kentarou Suzuki
    Writer:Shogo Mukai

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  22. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 11 - It's Resolve, is that a Problem?
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S2:E11

    Aoi searches for her teddy bear, Daisy, only to find that Jun had just put it in her room. Later, Yachiyo overhears a conversation between Jun and Mitsuki and assumes the two are going out with each other. As Jun notices her weird behaviour, he takes some advice from Popura to put some pressure on himself to sort things out with her.

    Director:Masato Sato
    Writer:Michiko Itou

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  23. WORKING!! Season 3 Episode 10 - That Woman Shizuka
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    S3:E10

    Jun finally works up the courage to confess to Yachiyo, but it doesn't go well and Yachiyo goes into hiding. After managing to find her, Jun gives a direct confession which she finally reciprocates. Afterwards, Kyoko seems to want to stop Yachiyo making parfaits for her, saying she shouldn't be tied down to her, but Jun accepts that Kyoko is a key part of the girl he fell in love with.

    Director:Tsuyoshi Tobita
    Writer:Michiko Itou

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  24. WORKING!! Season 3 Episode 13 - Midday Duel
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    S3:E13

    Aoi, curious about Sōta's delayed reactions, is tasked by Yachiyo with taking a photo of Hiroomi for an album. Meanwhile, as Sōta and Mahiru go on their date, they are interrupted by Mahiru's father, who Mahiru hits when he starts insulting Sōta, managing to work things out with him. Later, Yachiyo announces her resignation to the rest of the staff, with Sōta encouraging Popura to do her best as the next chief before being mysteriously abducted.

    Director:Tomoaki Koshida
    Writer:Takawo Yoshioka

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  25. WORKING!! Season 2 Episode 3 - I'm In a Slump
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    S2:E3

    Sōta's novelist sister Izumi enters a slump when she assumes he is dating Popura and will stop paying attention to her. She decides to go on a journey where she ends up meeting Mahiru who helps cheer her up. As Sōta looks after Izumi, Nazuna helps out at Wagnaria, which annoys Aoi who believes she is outshining her. After hearing about it, Nazuna puts on an act to make Aoi feel better about herself.

    Director:Kentarou Suzuki
    Writer:Takawo Yoshioka

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Popura's Nature" is the worst rated episode of "WORKING!!". It scored 6.8/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Makoto Hoshino and written by Takawo Yoshioka, it aired on 9/3/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Certain Day of Flu... A Wagnaria That Is Different From Usual".