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Wishing to be independent, 16-year-old Maika Sakuranomiya is desperate to nail down a part-time job so that she can afford to study abroad. Unfortunately, her applications are constantly rejected due to the menacing look she unintentionally makes whenever she smiles, despite her otherwise cheerful disposition. After yet another failed interview, she chances upon Café Stile, a coffee shop where the servers interact with the customers while roleplaying distinctive characteristics. The Italian store manager, Dino, becomes infatuated with Maika's cuteness at first sight, and offers her a job as a waitress with a sadistic nature.
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Why does Maika Sakuranomiya struggle to find a job in BLEND-S?
Maika wants money to study abroad, but employers reject her because her natural smile looks frightening. Café Stile hires her after noticing that this expression can work perfectly as the cafe's sadistic character role.
What character roles do the BLEND-S waitresses play?
Maika plays the sadistic type, Kaho Hinata acts as a tsundere, and Mafuyu Hoshikawa takes the little-sister role. The comedy comes from how different those service personas are from the girls' normal personalities.
What is Café Stile's main gimmick in BLEND-S?
It is a theme cafe where each waitress serves customers while acting out a specific personality type. Dino runs the cafe, and Maika's arrival gives the staff a new role built around her intimidating smile.
How many episodes does the BLEND-S anime have, and which studio made it?
BLEND-S is a 12-episode anime produced by A-1 Pictures that aired from October through December 2017. [Aniplex's production announcement](https://aniplexusa.com/pdf/PR_093017_BlendS.pdf) identifies the studio, Maika, and the Café Stile premise.
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