Don't Fear The Reaper
Cast:
Cure Sunny, Hino Akane - age 19
Hino Daigo - Akane's father - age 49
Hino Genki - Akane's brother - age 16
May, 2016
Akane is in a fortunate position, as she reckons it. While most of her peers have their sights set on colleges and entrance exams, her father runs a business. She has helped him cook since she was little, and has even taken over the cooking and serving entirely on occasions when he has thrown out his back. The path before her is an easy one, so she feels that she can take it easy with her final year of high school.
This is why she is playing a racing game with her brother instead of studying when her father enters the room. He is carrying a large leather satchel under his arm and steps in front of the screen without warning.
"Akane, come."
"What? Dad, we're in the middle of something here!"
Her father responds by powering the game console off. "Since you are not going to take entrance exams, how do you intend to prepare for your future?"
"I'll keep working with you and take over when you retire."
Her father nods. "In that case, you have much to learn. Come."
Akane can tell that there will be no winning this. She gets up and follows her father to a table in another room. He opens his satchel and pulls out several ledgers, which he sets before her along with a pencil and a calculator.
"The only things that are inevitable in life are death and taxes. Today, you are going to learn how to do taxes."
"But-"
"This is something you'll have to get used to if you're gonna run a business. You are only gonna die but once in your life, but the taxman comes every month."
"Once a month?! You mean once a year, right?"
"No," her father says with a stony glare. "You're thinking of personal income taxes. Those are only due once a year. Business taxes are due every month."
"Alright, alright! Couldn't we at least use a computer for this?"
"This is how I have always done it. If you want to do it differently, you can do so after I am dead."