The Out of Pocket Prince

**The Out of Pocket Prince** is the eighth episode of the Netflix series *Aggretsuko*.

## Netflix Synopsis

"Persuaded by her colleagues Director Gori and Washimi, a reluctant Retsuko agrees to a company singles mixer hosted by Tsunoda."

## Summary

At work, the day after the drinking party, most of Retsuko co-works don't remember how the party ended. As Fenneko and Haida start to remember Retsuko's singing, she quickly knocks them out. Seeing Ton she apologizes for her rudeness last night, but Ton comments he drank too much last night and don't remember anything. That night at the karaoke, Retsuko tells Washimi and Gori about the party and that she managed to keep her reputation as "good girl" which Washimi finds boring. Gori was frozen and Retsuko wonders why, as Washimi says it was due to heartbreak, Gori breaks in and starts crying and wondering what happened. She ended up going into Retsuko's place not wanting to be alone that night. While they try to fall asleep, Gori asks Retsuko if there is truly no one she likes and Retsuko confirms it. Gori comments that its at least nice to dream of your soulmate to be somewhere in this city.

On the next day, Resasuke had messed up again and got scolded by Tsubone. Since he isn't very memorable, Retsuko doesn't member him. Later Tsunoda asks Retsuko to a mixer, so she can find a boyfriend and invites Fenneko too and although she was declining, she ended up accepting. Retsuko tells Washimi and Gori about the mixer and they see it as good opportunity to find a soulmate. Fenneko couldn't realize how easily she felt into Tsunoda's schemes, but tells Haida that she will protect Retsuko from the bloodthirsty guys.

At the mixer, Fenneko tells Retsuko the escape plan in case there are weird guys, but Tsunoda tells them they were no weird guys and all from the sale department at this was company mixer. Manumaru, Rinta and Resasuke then show up and introduce themselves. While talking, Manumaru mentions that Retsuko is cute and reminds him of some character, but Fenneko gets in his way to protect Retsuko. Manumaru then wonders who she is, and Tsunoda introduces Fenneko. Manumaru comments she is cute too, which makes Fenneko soft and thinking that mixers are nice. As others were having fun and Retsuko missed to join the conversation, she tries to talk with Resasuke and mentions she saw him on the train, but he forgot to get off at the station closest to work and wonders what happened after that. He starts explaining, but the others were so loud that she didn't hear anything. She asks him to repeat it, but he proposes they become friends on their social accounts and start chatting on the phone, where he tells her he was daydreaming and missed the train station and was late for work. Retsuko asks him why he is drinking coffee from a can, and they continue chatting on their phones. Fenneko got a bit drunk and called Haida, telling him she likes mixers and that Retsuko isn't cut for it as she is on her phone all night. Retsuko had drunk too much and went to the bathroom to throw up. Coming out of it, Resasuke was waiting outside, wondering if she was okay. Looking at him, Retsuko finds him extremely attractive.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Fenneko
* Retsuko
* Haida
* Ton
* Washimi
* Gori
* Tsubone
* Resasuke
* Tsunoda
* Manumaru
* Rinta

## Trivia

* Manumaru mentions that Retsuko looks like one of those Sanrio characters, which they're actually made by that company.
* It is later revealed in S5E10 "The Other Side of Rage" that Ton was only pretending to forget the karaoke battle the previous night.