Chichi, chakkarito

## Meticulous Father

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**Meticulous Father** or Chichi, chakkarito (父、ちゃっかりと) in Japanese is the one hundred and fifty second story of Atashin'chi and is an episode 077a. It aired together with a movie preview on December 20, 2003. A 1080p upscaled version of the episode was uploaded onto the official Atashin'chi Youtube Channel on July 5, 2023.

## **Synopsis**

After Otou-sanbrings somebody else's umbrella home with him, Okaa-san tells Mikan all the times Otou-san brought somebody else's belongings home with him.

## **Plot**

Okaa-san looks out of the window on a rainy day and notices that her favorite umbrella is gone. She knows that it was Otou-san who took it and patiently waits until he arrives home, but to her surprise, the umbrella he brings back is not her favorite one rather it's an expensive one from the brand "Passion Rose".

Noticing this, Mikan scolds Okaa-san, saying that it's not morally correct to do something like this and that the umbrella should be returned immediately. Okaa-san tells Mikan this isn't the first time Otou-san did something like this and it also isn't morally wrong because he was drunk when he took it. She then proceeds to list the things Otou-san took from other people by accident.

The first thing she tells Mikan is the time Otou-san brought two different left shoes home with him after a Nomikai.
The second thing she tells Mikan is when Otou-san took high schoolers' school bags by accident. Mikan tells her that she should return the bag immediately, however, Okaa-san then tells her that it happened three years ago and she is most certain the high schoolers graduated by now.

The final thing she tells Mikan happened a long time ago when they were little kids on Christmas Eve. After a long day of work, drunk Otou-san brought a giant Santa Claus and a cake to Tachibana's house by accident.
Mikan is in disbelief and asks Okaa-san where the giant Santa Claus is now but she reassures her that they returned it, mostly because it didn't fit anywhere in the house.

The episode ends with Okaa-san sewing "Tachibana" on the expensive umbrella which annoys Mikan yet again since it isn't their property.

## **Cast**

* Okaa-san Tachibana
* Otou-san Tachibana
* Mikan Tachibana
* Yuzuhiko Tachibana (only in flashback)

## **Songs**

* Saraba (OP)
* Atashinchi (ED TV)
* Kite Kite Atashinchi (ED DVD)

## **Did you know?**

* This is the last episode that aired in the year 2003.
* The B-Side of the episode is a movie preview.'
* After the ED, there was information about when the next episode of Atashin'chi will air in the year 2004.
* The "Passion Rose" brand is a reference to Okaa-san's song Jyounetsu No Akai Bara.

## **Gallery**

Pretty Girls' Boyfriend.AWOOGA!"We were born from them two, there's nothing we can do.""The secret to being popular is..." "A good-looking girl is...""Kujaku Sisters... Cool... Expensive underclothes... Makes a good-looking girl!Mikan putting her theory into the test.The next day."The mindset of paying attention to even a single piece of underwear, and paying money for what isn't visible is what makes a great woman more beautiful and dazzling.""I get it!""Hmm...""Wait... Do I give off a bad aura right now!?"