Is the Order a Rabbit?? Bunnisode 9

The Furball Launches a Suicide Attack and a Cruel Button is Fired (毛玉は特攻し無慈悲なボタンは放たれる) is the ninth episode of Is the Order a Rabbit?? anime series.

Synopsis
''After learning about the old rivalry between Rabbit House and Ama Usa An, the girls work together to create a collaboration dish. Later, Chino, Megumi, and Maya partake in working at the various cafe; with Chino switching to Ama Usa, Maya handling Rabbit House, and Megumi helping at Fleur de Lapin.''

Summary
One day at Ama Usa An, Chino is enjoying tea while Anko sits atop her head. When she sees how happy Chino is, Chiya remarks that Emerald Tears has become a popular item. When she mentions how much her grandmother likes it, it dons on Chino that one day they will be taking over their families respective Cafe. She worriedly asks if the rivalry from the past may return and Chiya starts wondering the same.

Later, at Rabbit House the girls notice how down Chino appears to be, as it turns out only her grandfather assumed there was a rivalry between the two cafe. Ama Usa An never paid it attention. Cocoa suggests they look further into it though, so she and Rize head out to pay Sharo a visit since she is Chiya's childhood friend.

Sharo attempts to think over it but isn't able to recall anything, so Cocoa informs her that she brought Rize with her for interrogation. Sharo gets flustered and Rize agrees to try this out, asking if she has any ideas. Sharo still can't think of anything, but she feels bad and starts to hit her head repeatedly with a tray until she's too dazed to continue. Aoyama, having overheard what was going on joins the girls and offers a hand, as she used to be close to Chino's grandfather. But other than the coffee anmitsu he used to make, she doesn't provide them with anything useful. The girls point out that it's not a menu item, and Rize suggests he had a secret menu. Aoyama prepares to write down its elegance using poetry when suddenly, Sharo recalls something after all.

When they were little Chiya wanted to scout the cafe to make it a part of Ama Usa An, but Sharo was frightened by the mean old man who lived there. Chiya attempted to reassure her it was okay since her grandmother was a mean old lady, but this worsened her fears. Once inside they observed the menu but found it too difficult to understand, which inspired Chiya to come up with her own menu ideas. She grabbed Sharo and led her outside of the shop as an old man observed them.

It's then Sharo realizes the comments she made were the direct reasoning of why Chiya now gives Ama Usa An their unusual menu item names.

Rize and Cocoa make their way home while bringing up the rivalry her father had with an old war friend. As it turns out the man is a bartender now. The girls think nothing of it, other than noting how funny it is because of Takahiro being a bartender too. Rize claims that friendship can start on bad terms but turn good, Cocoa recalls how they first met and believes their friendship will only continue to strengthen. Rize agrees, but gets flustered by Cocoa's comment and quickly tries to change the subject, reminding her that they need to hurry back.

After they greet Chino, she asks if they spotted Tippy while out. They start to worry that he may have attempted a "suicide attack" and find Tippy dressed with a headband carrying a flag. In order to help with his resolve Cocoa asks Rize to teach her how a suicide attack works. Rize refuses assistance and points out that she could die, and they watch as Tippy flees for Ama Usa.

Inside, Tippy yells out his demands that Chiya's grandmother comes out to fight him; but given that he is still in a rabbits body Chiya can't understand. She offers to fight him though, only for Chino to grab him before anything can happen. Cocoa then intervenes to ask Chiya if she knew about the Coffee Anmitsu that used to be served at Rabbit House, but she, nor Chino seem to understand until Chiya suddenly recalls that it used to be a menu item for them as well. It was a collaboration item between the two Cafe, which she reveals using an old menu they still have. It was a promotional item at one point, and it was very special because of the anko they used, making it very popular. The girls wonder if Chino's grandfather became bitter over the spotlight being taken away from his coffee, since he could be so particular about it, and Chiya doesn't find the theory weird, as she recalls how popular their coffee youkan was; her grandmother would pout over it. But it looks like they had fun, words that give Chino some assurance in knowing the rivalry wasn't serious after all.

As Rize holds Anko and they play with Tippy, Chiya thanks Cocoa for meeting her back when she did and points out that its because of her that she became friends with Rabbit House to begin with. She then raises a pinky and asks to make a promise with Chino, for them to both become great poster girls of their respective Cafe. Chino agrees and with that, the trio take off while Chiya requests that her grandmother make Coffee Anmitsu again. She refuses, causing Chiya to smile with understanding.

At Rabbit House, Chino is suddenly overwhelmed with emotion and starts to feel influenced to create a great cafe to franchise all over. Cocoa offers to help, but their attempts to make fancier menu names falls flat and they find the theme to be too dark.

Later, Chino greets a customer at Ama Usa An and seats her as Chiya approaches after spotting her discomfort. Chino feels weird being here, and she doesn't believe the kimono they wear fits her. She spots Anko and places him onto her head, which seems to calm her down fairly quick; it even improves her competency as she cleans up after another customer. When they get a break, Chino brings up her surprise over the cafe having a kimono that fit her. Chiya reveals it was made for an old friend but she never got a chance to wear it. She's delighted to have Chino there with her, and Chino is also happy since she learned so many new things.

As this is going on Rize and Cocoa chat about Chino working over at Ama Usa. But Cocoa starts to worry she may suddenly be influenced by the differences until Rize points out that its a short-term thing as part of a work experience project and she has nothing to worry over since it will only be for three days. She then turns to ask Maya if she really wants to work there, and Maya is sure it will be easy since she's used to being there. Rize threatens to make her work hard though, until watching Maya kiss up to Cocoa so that they will be lenient on her.

Elsewhere, Megumi shows Sharo how the Fleur de Lapin uniform looks on her. Sharo is a bit surprised she went there, given her reserved nature, but Megumi explains that Sharo looks so radiant wearing it that she has always wanted to try the uniform on. Sharo is taken by her pure comment, but upon realizing Aoyama is there she quickly tries to keep her away from them.

Chino is observed by Chiya's grandmother, who threatens to work her hard and how she wont forgive mistakes she made, causing Chino to stress out until Chiya returns and begins to impersonate Rize and Cocoa. She manages to calm her down and her grandmother tells the to return to work. In the kitchen the girls prepare various sweets for the customers and Chino brings up that Sharo doesn't work there, which seems odd since they're friends. Chiya thinks it could be an issue of pride since it could be a little awkward, and she might have been too embarrassed as her neighbor to work there. Hearing her words, Chino wonders if Chiya is lonely without any coworkers, and she states that one day it would be nice if they would work together. Chiya agrees, so Chino suggests that Chiya just try to invite Sharo to work there some time.

Later, Sharo returns home as Chiya sweeps the path. She explains what happened that day and Sharo brings up that Megumi came to work at Fleur de Lapin too, only to notice that Chiya seems a bit weird suddenly. She heads inside when Chiya refuses to say whats on her mind, leaving Chiya to mope as she returns inside. She explains how it went but Chino suggests that she won't really know if Sharo is happy at Fleur de Lapin unless she asks her. Chiya agrees and heads over to Sharo's place with the excuse that she made some sweets for her. She finds Sharo sewing something, and she listens as she explains that she asked Megumi to show her some ballet and in the process she accidentally ripped the uniform, so she wanted to repair it. Chiya drops off the sweets and takes off after declaring how talented her own coworker is. Sharo is pretty confused by this random remark until she spots a note, reacting with shock once its been read.

Chino attempts to write her work experience report when she gets a call from Tippy. He asks how things are going and she is suddenly confronted by Chiya's grandmother, who has brought some monaka for her to snack on, along with Youkan while teasingly calling her greedy. She also brings her some tea while going on about how presumptuous she is, just like her grandfather; while poor Chino attempts to figure out what just happened. Before going Chiya's grandmother tells her to take things easy and Chino tries to the food- commenting on how delicious it is and ignoring Tippy until the phone is hung up.

Just then Chiya returns, with Sharo having chased after her with frustration and confronting her with the note, which read, "I want us to work together and wear matching uniforms." She is annoyed, telling Chiya that she should have just been honest to let her give a direct answer. She holds up the Fleur de Lapin uniform and reveals that she was actually making it for Chiya as a sign of their friendship. Chiya, touched by the gesture puts it on and happily admires it as Chino realizes Sharo might have gotten the wrong idea, but she says nothing as Chiya reveals that the kimono she let Chino wear was actually the one she was preparing to give Sharo in the past, but she stops herself from saying anything else as she became aware of how happy she looks with how things are now. She feels much better now though, and offers to lend Fleur de Lapin a try one day to see how it is. Chino decides to put this into her report, but the mood is replaced by a darker one after the chest button on Chiya's uniform pops off and hits Sharo- who remarks that the uniform was the same size as her own.

Later in the day, Maya leaves with Rize as Cocoa sees that Chino sent her a message, saying she will be home late since she was invited to stay for dinner. Cocoa is disappointed and alarmed after she gets an image from the trio posing together, and responds by sending an image of Rize, Maya, and herself, which is responded with pleased teasing from Chino.

It's then Chiya finds the missing button, but by now Sharo is having second thoughts about her working at Fleur de Lapin. When asked why she claims it to be for no reason while bitterly telling her to shut up before chasing her around the room to get her out of the uniform and back into her kimono.

Characters
By order of appearances.
 * Chino
 * Chiya
 * Tippy
 * Anko
 * Cocoa
 * Rize
 * Sharo
 * Chiya's Grandmother
 * Maya
 * Megumi
 * Takahiro

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