| ShortSummary
| - Kana begins her career at Fuhshin Shinbun by going on her first paper run. However, this is marred by the fact that she does not know how to ride a bike. Later, after Saki allows her to do her run on foot, she gets stuck in the rain, and seeks shelter. While there, she meets Mika, a delivery girl from another newspaper, who has become lost during the rain. On returning to the store, she is congratulated on a successful first run.
- The episode picks off where the previous one ended, with everyone trying to get back to the shop through the typhoon. On the way back, they pick up Mika, who has been stranded in the storm. While they are trying to board up the shop to last through the storm, however, the power goes out. Everyone ends up huddled around a table with several candles on it. They then alternate telling ghost stories until Kana desperately shouts she needs to go to the bathroom. Afterward, she gets everyone to accompany her to her room, where they are all touched on the legs by an unknown presence. When the power comes back on, it turns out to be one of many cats that have taken shelter in Kana's room. The episode ends with Kana feeling she is truly happy working at Fuhshin Shinbun.
- As the Fushin Gazette prepares to interview newcomers, Kana attempts to learn how to ride a bike so she can be a good senpai. This causes Mika to become curious of why she arrives at school later and leaves quickly afterwards. Kana later spots Mika learning to ride a bike by riding a child's springed animal. They decide to compete to decide who is the 'best cyclist in their hearts', though this leads Mika to become jealous of a supposed boyfriend . Noticing she has almost filled her diary, Kana decides to look back on it before going to buy a new one in the morning. She finds a cute pink one, but it's priced at 2980 yen, and she refuses to let Yume pay for it. The gang devise a plan involving making her do menial chores as an excuse to give her the amount required as a bonus. Kana buys the diary and gets ready to greet the newcomers.
- On the day of the Obon, the newspapers have a holiday. Everyone at Fuhshin Shinbun decides to celebrate the Obon by holding a ceremony honoring Kana's grandmother, who died just prior to the events of the series. After the ritual, Saki lent Kana a kimono, and the group went to the Obon festival, where they were each given a 1000 yen spending limit. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves - Kana demonstrated her prowess to Haruka and Saki at the goldfish scoop, and Yuuki and Yume had a romantic night. Later, Kana tripped over a small child, then, as repayment, she gave the child treats and accompanied her around the festival. After separating from the child, Kana then tripped over Saki, then woke up to find everyone staring at her on the ground. It is unclear as to whether or not the child was real or a dream.
- Kana starts going to summer classes and finds that Mika has joined the class. Saki explains to Kana about how her smile helps get subscribers, but when Kana tries to smile, the results are horrifying. She later introduces Mika to Saki, who is not too impressed that she is from a rival newspaper. She decides to have Kana tag along Mika's subscriber hunt, using her smile to scare off potential subscribers. After a string of failures, Mika decides to help Kana practice her smile. After getting a satisfactory one, they still end up not getting any subscribers but manage to become friends on a first name basis. Kana shows her new smile to her co-workers, who find it hilarious.
- As rainy weather settles in, Yuki catches a fever. When Yume takes over her shift, she ends up overworking herself and getting sick as well. They decide to 'sweat it off' and become better in the morning. However, later that day Saki catches a fever instead, so Kana decides to look after her. Soon afterwards though, she catches it as well, losing her voice in the process. She has nightmares about the others leaving her behind, though wakes up to find Saki sleeping next to her. Kana wonders if she is simply being protected by the others.
- As a typhoon hits the city, the gang make a bunch of teru teru bozu to ward off the weather, even making a big one. During the eye of the storm, they decide go to a public bath house, along with Mika, it being her first time. Despite occasional harassment from Haruka, Kana and Mika enjoy their stay. However, by the end, the eye has passed and they end up being shut in.
- A musical episode. Inspired by coupons for a water park that Saki confiscates, the gang decide to shop for swimsuits. Yume buys one for Kana so they could all go together. However, their hopes are dashed when they are reminded by Saki that they have different days off. As a compromise, Yume suggests that they do their work in their swimsuits to keep the spirit. Whilst Kana deals with embarrassment, the others use their assets to gain subscribers. Mika decides to follow suit to catch up with the competition and inspires Kana to conquer her embarrassment. As a thanks for getting many subscribers, Saki finds a garden pool for the girls to swim in.
- The gang participate in a flea market in order to raise money for an air conditioner. Kana is still feeling a bit lonely when tales about Marimo spring up. When Kana is asked to get change during the lunch break, Mika offers to help out at her booth. Just then, Kana bumps into Marimo, and ends up having to help her sell vegetables. After selling all the goods at a cheap price, Marimo leads Kana to a special viewing point under an olive tree, where Marimo alleviates some of Kana's fears. Despite not getting Marimo's name, Kana returns with a smile on her face, albeit facing several paycuts for skipping work.
- Kana is shocked to find she's gained weight. Saki initially decides to support her on taking a diet after making the same realization about herself, until Haruka reveals to Saki that she's simply growing. Instead, Yume, Yuki and Hinata decide to help her. Hinata gives her a dog costume so she would burn off some extra fat during her rounds, but gets in trouble with a dog called Jon. After being rescued by Mika, they run into Jon's owner, Sacchan, a friend of Kana's, who asks her to look after him for the day. Yume, Yuki, Hinata and Mika also decide to help and take Jon to the park. Jon grows quite attached to Mika, who gradually becomes less afraid of him. She tells Kana about how she used to have a dog, but had to leave her behind when she moved. Mika feels a bit of loneliness when she has to return Jon to his owner, but feels happy in the knowledge that her old dog is being treated the same way. Kana, however, has completely forgotten about her diet.
- Kana returns from her morning run to find Yume going off in a limo, leaving behind some cookies. She is told by the others that she is from a noble family and went home. Yuki appears to be taking it pretty hard, and Kana can't help by make assumptions about what's really happening. This leads her to become paranoid around anything that might upset Yuki. However, she soon finds out that Yuki had been crying because she had kept putting off going to a dentist and Yume had just gone to a memorial service. However, the whole ordeal has made Kana feel a bit lonely herself. The next morning, she encounters Mika and after buying some soup, she feels better.
- The gang recall about a girl named Marimo who worked at Fuhshin Shinbun until a year ago. Despite being the worst employee ever in Saki's eyes, the others had the feeling Saki was pretty attached to her. A while back going a snowy day, Hinata searches for Marimo only to find her bike crashed and a pile of newspapers leading to the river. Hearing the news, Saki goes out in search for her, and she is eventually found by Marimo. Embarrassed by the story, Saki gives everyone a pay cut. When Kana hears that Marimo left after that day, she becomes concerned about when she'll have to leave too. Meanwhile, Saki still has fond memories of Marimo.
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