Megami no Café Terrace - Episode 14 - Valentina Azuma

Valentina Azuma dresses like Akane but is the fiery babe type instead of the coolish beauty.

The Goddess Café Terrace opening and ending credits heavily lean into the flower motif for the girls. Will the show explain the flower language behind each species? Also, the evil clones show up in their dark café uniforms. Those phony counterparts might side against Fuwa and join the harem race for points.

What is this show doing? Is Goddess Café Terrace a superhero anime now? The goddesses of the Familia café have evil clones!

Oh, dear. Ouka’s father wants to meet Hayato. Here we go. Everyone will misunderstand each other, and then, somehow, Hayato will become Ouka’s fiancé. Blame Kikka for teasing Ouka into admitting her feelings for Hayato. Mr. Makuzawa asks about Hayato’s plans for his daughter, but Hayato thinks they’re discussing the restaurant. Ah. I see Ouka’s father has a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey.

Aha. Kikka and Ouka’s grandma is there to add to the overarching drama of the season. Hayato resembles his grandfather, Masahiro, so she thought she saw a ghost. Ouka’s grandma feels relief that Masahiro married Sachiko. Dramatic backstory! Haha. Mr. Makuzawa wants to drink whiskey with Hayato, but Ouka’s father has to wait a year. He’s a police officer. That info will be necessary later.

Was it a coincidence Sachiko gathered the granddaughters of the women she used to work with? In Goddess Café Terrace? Of course not! And, speaking of the current devil, potentially the author of past “circumstances,” what about the new circumstances? A competing knockoff café restaurant! Uh oh. Hayato said the waitstaff crew is prettier! The Familia girls claim they landed at the café through different events. All accidents. Fate works differently. Never mind that. Why do those knockoff girls all have massive mammaries? Shiragiku isn’t worried, though.

Time for reconnaissance. Let’s meet the phony doppelgängers.

Mao Takasaki is an amateur model who takes on an older sister persona with tsundere tendencies. She likes lower humor. Ouka is her Familia counterpart.

Hekiru Yoshino is an aspiring novelist who loves shoujo manga and romance novels. She’s drawing inspiration from the harem dynamics at the Familia Café Terrace! Ami is her Familia counterpart.

Valentina Azuma is a half-Brazilian who brews coffee at the Family Café Restaurant. She’s a capoeira master! Akane is her Familia counterpart, but Ami will be the closest analog of the first set of Goddess Café Terrace girls.

Moemi Souya has an airhead persona until she puts on a Japanese cap. Her family runs a famous Japanese restaurant, and she is a talented chef, too. Shiragiku is her Familia counterpart.

Ririka Chiyoda is a former idol and current YouTube streamer. She knows Riho Tsukishima from the idol industry and considers her a rival. And Riho is her Familia counterpart.

The Familia girls take offense. Their hairstyles and uniforms made the cheap knockoffs into caricatures. I wonder why! They all have outstanding “personalities.” I like the half-Brazilian the best! Ask me why!

Ugh. Hayato lands on the bathos meter, too. He thinks the recon trip backfired and demoralized the girls, but they feel extra motivation now. Such a cringy scene. Ami should stay the same, though.