Talk:Magia Record Story Newbie Maid Carefree Kanagi

The following is a summary posted on 4chan's /pmmm/ general by Summary Anon.

Part 1

Kanagi used to work at the vegetable corner of the super, being popular with the costumers, her boss and her colleagues for being knowledgeable, quick-witted and a very positive and hard working attitude. This is her last day though since she has found a better job with good pay. Though sad to let her go, her boss and colleagues understands her circumstances and wishes her well and give her a send off party.

Returning home, we see her dad who apologizes that she has to work so hard since he is in no condition to work full-time (according to her my-room lines, her dad use to work in a metal factory, so it might be injury). Kanagi counseled her dad and says that she is gifted with a great father and little brother.

Her new job is at the maid Cafe in the West of the city and she manages to fit in and became popular with the boss (an okama, or man with the mind of a woman) and her colleagues for her quick-wits, adaptability and very good working attitude. Her boss asks her to try working on the floor instead of the kitchen since they lack hands. Kanagi was uncertain at first but changes her mind when she see how much her pay raises if she take the offer.

However, she is pretty bad at it since she is blunt and frank. Even after some tips from her senior worker, she couldn't really get it and accidentally scared Seika and make her lost conscious when the trio visited the cafe and she thought Seika was playing a game of staring with her.

Her boss and senior think she might not fit for serving, but Kanagi asks for a chance to improve since she really needs the increased pay and the extra time off to feed her family and hunt witches. Her boss is willing to give her a week. If she improves enough, she can stay on the floor and get the high pay, if not she is back in the kitchen. Both he and her senior advice her to reflect on what she lack and improve on it.

Kanagi went to a park and sit on the swing to reflect, talking to herself. This caught the attention of Karin who is just freshly inspired by a maid manga and wants to draw something from it.

She recognizes Kanagi as the Boss of the East and claimed any PM with a career longer than a year knows her, but she manages to overcome her surprise and frankly asks Kanagi what is bothering her and offer to help.

Kanagi narrates her situation, and Karin claims she can help, though in return she wants to observe Kanagi when she is working for some artistic flair. Kanagi welcomes the help and is given the aforementioned manga to learn from it. Karin also advice Kanagi to learn to draw since she need that skill working in the maid cafe.

Kanagi studied the manga intensely and realized it is a maid detective manga, though she learnt much from the maid serving the MC since she thinks they are alike.

With this, Kanagi's serving skills improve greatly and slowly became popular with costumers for her straight-laced military style of serving guests. Karin who is there to get inspiration also gives hints when needed which let Kanagi know what timing to draw stuff on the omelette rice.

Her improvement is shown when Aimi and Natsuka visit as the former thinks men like maids and wanted to research to please Hayato-kun, her crush. Kanagi served them flawlessly, drawing a ponpon and writing Hayato's name for the duo respectively. She also controlled the situation when Aimi gets lost in her world and acted out her dream conversation with Hayato in public by praising her to have a good friend and a good crush. In addition, with the signal from Karin, she strikes her pose as seen in the 3* Memoria and actually let the girls feel less embarrassed as she made it that such actions is normal in the cafe. (Karin's signal was a lucky one since she intended Kanagi to pose as per manga)

Her boss and senior worker is very satisfied with her improvement, though the boss think she is still lacking in one area, but confident she will eventually learn it.

As she improves, Kanagi also begins to slowly find happiness in making people happy and smiles naturally as shown when she sees Karin's bright smile as she gets great inspiration from seeing Kanagi work.

The first half ends with the boss telling Kanagi there is one last test she must pass before she can secure a place on the floor.

Part 2

On the day of the test, while Kanagi is able to make Konomi who entered the restaurant by mistake by making her feel comfortable by take note of her interest in herb tea, she scared the poor girl who ran for the exit when offering to play arm wrestling to make her relax more. Naturally, she failed the test.

While the kitchen crew and the floor crew loved the fact that she is back in the kitchen, Kanagi felt that she have caught where she was wrong. The master is happy that she is still reflecting on her mistakes, and tell her to do so until she is satisfied.

Kanagi understood that the Master is telling her not to run from her mistakes, so she decides to seek out Konomi to ask her where she went wrong.

She found Konomi working at the flower shop. After stating her business, Konomi apologizes to Kanagi for judging her by rumors of being the boss of the East. She explained that she entered the shop by mistake and was frightened by Kanagi presence, but now she can understand her careful serving since she tried to calm her down by talking about her favorite herb tea and playing games. Though she thinks she does not fit in with the atmosphere and will not visit again, she thinks Kanagi is natural as a waitress and should work on to improve herself.

At the park, Kanagi realized she was not being professional enough and underestimated her job. She should take note of her customer's feelings and work to make them feel comfortable. However, she thinks it is too late for everything. This is where Karin enters the picture and tells Kanagi that her sempai once taught her growth comes if one learn from their mistakes, and that there is nothing known as too late. Convinced by Karin, Kanagi decides to ask for another chance and request Karin for aid.

Kanagi asked for one more chance after analyzing her mistakes in front of the master. Being satisfied with her reflection, the master gave her one last chance. Kanagi took it as a challenge to serve the Danchi trio to make up for her mistake. The master accepts.

After getting a go call to Karin, she approaches Seika and Reira and invited her to visit again. Seeing how Seika has turned into a nervous reck, Seika answered they will decide two days later. She also tell Karin that Seika is just nervous and not angry, and that Mito has already moved away.

On the actual day, Reira and Mito are surprised by Kanagi's improvement and having fun, though Seika is still nervous and stiff as usual. They explained to Kanagi that Seika visited to make field work since her class is going to start a Maid Cafe for cultural festival. They admit that they were disappointed during the first visit, but Kanagi took it in stride since she admits she failed that time.

Seika speaks up slowly with kind encouragement from Kanagi and says she look up to her confidence and straight-forward style, but that also made her lost confidence. Kanagi gently points to her senior who did the love trick perfectly and says while she respect her senior, there is no way she can replicate that and tell Seika she should find a style that mostly suit her instead.

The three had a great time and Seika expressed that they would love to visit again. They then take a picture together without showing their faces (Kanagi is worried it will attract unwanted attention since she is well-known) and she passed the test with flying colors.

Since then, she has worked there and became very popular for both male and female customers, while continuing her policy of not taking photos that show her face.

The story ends with her thanking Karin and in turn help her whom have forgotten her own manga as she spent her time helping Kanagi.