Tamako Market — Season 1, Episode 8: Don't Call Me a Chicken

Episode synopsis

Deciding his obesity needs to be addressed, Tamako, Choi and the others decide to put Dera on a mochi-free diet until he loses enough weight to fit into a birdhouse Kanna made. In order to keep watch over Dera to make sure noone feeds him, Choi goes to school with Tamako and the others, where she joins in on classes and helps Dera get some much needed exercise, before going to a used clothes store. As Dera shows up the next day with a curiously slim body, Kanna and Midori give Choi a sweater they made for her.

About Tamako Market

Tamako is just a normal young girl whose family has been making mochi for generations. As her birthday approaches, she happens to meet a talking bird who claims to be a royal court attendant looking for a bride for his master. After the encounter, Dera the bird decides to stay around her and becomes a part of Tamako's life and the neighborhood that she lives in.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1That Girl Is the Cute Daughter of a Mochi Shop Owner
• E2A Valentine's Day Blooming with Love
• E3Hot for a Cool Girl
• E4A Small Love Blooms
• E5We Spent the Night Together
• E6I Felt Chills Down My Spine Too
• E7She Went to Be a Bride
• E9Singing a Love Song
• E10A Flower Blooms on Her Baton
• E11Who Knew She'd Be a Princess?
• E12Another Year Ends