Ballpark de Tsukamaete!

[Buffalobiian]

that should have been in the script from the start. you have to give the host the win. and it makes for better drama.

it's nice to meet the other vendor girls, but isn't the one from the photo the same one which wants to a teacher? isn't she too old for this? teachers in Japan are always really young in anime, and I don't think she can do it as extra work.

The photo features Kohinata (the 400-cup girl with the mole on her right chin) and Natsume (I don't recognise the name or the character, maybe she hasn't been introduced yet).

The aspiring teacher is Aona (https://myanimelist.net/character/261017/Aona). She's not in the picture.

I agree about letting the host win.

I'm glad the teasing overall has toned down. It's okay in small doses, but I would have found it stressful and uncomfortable to watch if it was the main focus of the show.

edit:

Oh, looks like the whole half-hat thing is also exactly like that in real life: