Is the Order a Rabbit?? Bunnisode 2

The Ash-Colored Rabbit and the Ash Princess (灰色兔と灰かぶり姫) is the second episode of Is the Order a Rabbit?? anime series.

Synopsis
''Frightened by strange goings-on in her home, Sharo invites Rize and Chiya to help her investigate. Then she finds herself with an unwanted house guest before going with the others to play maid at Rize's house in an attempt to make her feel better. ''

Summary
One late evening Chino and Cocoa stay up to share scary stories. But Chino is disappointed with Cocoa's lack of reactions for her story of a ghost rabbit.

Meanwhile, Tippy is rolling around on the counter while Chino's Father cleans glasses. The door suddenly opens and Tippy expresses shock.

As Chino continues to tell the story a knock alerts the duo. Cocoa gets up to answer and finds Sharo on the other side, and seeing how worked up she is they invite her inside. Sharo quickly brings up the supernatural event that took place in her home; from strange sounds to broken plants and items. Cocoa suggests it might not be anything but Chino is convinced it must be something, suggesting that a rabbit might have taken residence in there. Sharo panics and worries over returning home, so the girls offer to let her spend the night. Sharo agrees and as thanks she agrees to listen to Chino's scary story after Cocoa fills her in on what they were doing.

The next day after leaving school Sharo spots Anko sitting outside of Ama Usa An. She recalls telling Rize about her predicament that morning and how Rize suggested they hunt down her supposed ghost. Sharo was very excited and agreed to prepare it so that it would look its best. When Rize arrives Sharo spots a leg injury and brings her inside while discussing it. She feels anxious until Chiya shows up with frustration, asking her why she didn't tell her about her problem. Sharo claims she did, leading Chiya to determine that she simply didn't get her text she sent last night. She apologizes and decides to tag along, although she does wonder how exciting it would be to have a haunted house next to the shop.

Inside the girls notice a book laying on the floor and Sharo panics when it starts to move, which worsens after discovering the delinquent rabbit hiding beneath it. It occurs to the girls that he must have come in through the attic. He drops the piece of plant he was chewing in front of Sharo and they wonder if this is a peace offering so that he can be allowed to stay. Sharo angrily recognizes it as a piece of herb she was growing.

At Rabbit House, Chino and Cocoa discuss Rize going to Sharo's place before conversation shifts to Chino's desire to come up with a good scary story telling method. Cocoa tells her its fine since everyone finds her attempts to be really cute- which doesn't do anything for her mood. Cocoa then suggests that she help Sharo because it may give her experience.

Sharo tries to desperately get the rabbit to leave and she can't determine why it would want to live there of all places. It seems to leave on its own, just to return a moment later. Rize suggests Sharo try befriending it, with Chiya agreeing since it could help her get over her fear of rabbits. Sharo makes an attempt by providing it with a name, but she brings up wanting a classy, feminine name and asks for opinions. She suggests Goma Botamochi, since he's grey but neither of them agree. Rize suddenly announces him as "Wild Geese" and Sharo finds the name appealing; because Rize thought it up.

They are joined by Chino and they introduce her and Tippy to the new rabbit. Tippy is frightened by Wild Geese when suddenly, Aoyama walks into the room wanting to see him too. She compliments him while Sharo admits she is frightened by him. He suddenly jumps at Rize and she falls back, but he didn't seem to mean any harm and she attempts to coax Sharo to pet him when things calm down.

Some time passes when Cocoa and Chiya find out that Sharo was working on a house for Wild Geese. At least they assumed until she clarifies that it was made for hiding if he tries to bite her. But to her dismay he takes claim of the spot.

Later, Cocoa and Chink are discussing Rize and want to visit her to make sure she's alright since she got a sprain. They can't help but fantasize about her home and are very surprised to find men in black suits standing outside of the entrance. Cocoa attempts to distract them so that they can sneak in, but its unnecessary because the men were waiting for the girls to bring them inside.

At her bedroom Cocoa worries the men were judging her for earlier and they explain their reason for coming. The girls dress up as maids after being joined by Sharo and Chiya, having decided to lend her a hand while she is recovering. Sharo explains that she thought Wild Geese worsened her injury, which is why she must make it up to her now.

Later the girls prepare to leave when Rize suggests they play a game and she tries convincing them to stay, but in the process she falls to the floor. She aims her gun which momentarily worries them until they see its actually pointing at the telescope nearby, which fell over. After they agree, Rize leads them all to the main hall and she tells them to line up, but the girls end up respecting Sharo more than Rize when she tells them they will be dismissed if they can't do it right. It's then Cocoa suggests they hold a contest to see who can clean the most and do the best.

In one room Cocoa and Chino clean the floors, but Chino ends up accidentally greeting one of the security members like she would at the cafe. Cocoa goes off to clean the windows and spots the other two outside, picking up trash and sweeping the ground. Chino suggests Cocoa sends them a signal, and to their surprise they find her waving a white cloth.

Elsewhere, Tippy sits with Rize and notices how lonely she is feeling while the others are off cleaning. She attempts to hold him on her head and notes he is wearing the same frilly headbands the others put on. She is very surprised by how difficult this is and remarks that Chino is amazing for balancing him effortlessly. Suddenly, he tells her "the room does not express her true self", although she is unable to realize it was him and starts to wonder if maybe showing the other girls something special may make things better. She tracks them down and brings them to a special room, claiming it isn't very special at all though. Within it they find fancy ornaments and furniture and curiously look around when Rize turns something, revealing the paintings turn to show her gun collection. She offers to let the others observe them and touch them if they would like, but Sharo panics when a gun is aimed at her.

After accidentally getting a drink spilled on her, the girls offer Rize the spare maid uniform they had on hand after pointing out that it wouldn't be right to invade her closet. Chiya suggests they pick papers to determine who the new "lady" should be for the moment and Chino wins, requesting that Cocoa works more seriously. Rize observes her friends and notes that nothing looks any different, then as Chiya wins a turn Cocoa begs for loving commands; but Chiya plays the role a bit too well. Rize is shocked when her father spots her suddenly playing and gets embarrassed.

A few days later she returns to work with the girls. She tells them they don't need to be so formal now, but Cocoa felt it was a lot of fun pretending to be a maid. Rize gets very flustered as Aoyama walks into the shop and she gets formal with her.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Cocoa Hoto
 * Chino Kafū
 * Tippy
 * Takahiro Kafū
 * Syaro Kirima
 * Anko
 * Rize Tedeza
 * Chiya Ujimatsu
 * Wild Geese
 * "Blue Mountain" Aoyama
 * Rize's Father

Major Events

 * Sharo takes in the delinquent rabbit and names him Wild Geese.

Gallery
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