Episode 6

LOVE IS BLIND is the sixth episode of the Buddy Daddies anime series.

Synopsis
Concerning his responsibilities as a parent in raising a kid, Kazuki starts to worry. He has a sudden fear that Miri might turn out to be a troublemaker in the future. At the same time, Anna, Miri's Aozora Daycare teacher, reports that Miri got into a fight with a boy at preschool. Miri is repeatedly questioned by Kazuki about the reason of the fight that recently happened, but she always responds, "I don't know," before finally exclaiming, "I hate you papa!" This caused Kazuki to become depressed. Miri has a field trip the following day. To lighten up Miri's mood, Kazuki makes her a lunch box, but he doesn't remember to put it in her bag, so he sneakily sneaks Rei to the zoo where Miri and her friends are staying to deliver the lunch box. The two get to know Miri in a way they never do at home.

Plot
As he watched the news, Kazuki wondered if he was being an overly lenient dad. After conversing with Rei, he decides to pay greater attention in order to avoid Miri from developing undesirable tendencies as she grows older. As he arrives to pick Miri up from daycare, her teacher, Ms. Anna, demands to talk with him since she overheard Miri fighting with a friend that day. Although she was not there during the confrontation, Miri was said to have struck first. She, however, is unable to corroborate this. She hopes Kazuki can talk to Miri and figure out what's going on.

At home, Kazuki tries to find out what happened at school from Miri and whether she was engaged in any fights. She never admits to getting involved in a fight. She just describes Taiga, a little child, behaving badly. He insists on asking, which annoys Miri because she insists she done nothing wrong. As she walks out of the room, she tells Kazuki that she despises him for making her so angry.

Miri is still furious with Kazuki the next day, despite bringing a special field trip meal to win her back. Even today, she insisted on being driven to school by Rei. Kazuki finds he neglected to pack Miri's lunch and insists that they find her during her class trip to the zoo and present it to her. The problem is that they must be sneaky because the childcare officially prohibits parents from accompanying the outing. As Taiga continues to bully Miri and her friends, the children are isolated from the rest of the class. Once they become aware that they have gotten separated from the group, Kazuki and Rei attentively watch Miri's efforts to shepherd her friends back to the group while staying uninvolved. They listen on while Miri refers to the other kid as "Taiga," recalling her argument with him.

As they search for their class, Miri notices a guy attempting to steal food from a cart. She stops him after noticing that the meal did not "beep" when he attempted to steal it, allowing the cashier time to return and catch him. Before fleeing, the enraged robber promises to return her. Kazuki has yet to figure out a way to get it to Miri when she and her friends decide to stop for lunch. Fortunately, things work out when Taiga offers to share with her after they become friends over video games and she accepts his apology for being mean earlier.

The prior thief approaches Miri and her friends as they are eating lunch and demands that they turn over their sandwiches. Taiga grabs his arm, causing the thief to release her while also apprehending him. The robber then pulls a pistol and points it towards the children. Before the would-be thief can do anything, Rei and Kazuki appear in mascot costumes behind him. They easily disarm the thief, rendering his fight futile.

They end up finding Anna, and she eventually finds them. She is taken aback to see Miri and Taiga getting along, yet Miri had just unintentionally hit Taiga the day before. At home, Kazuki apologizes and expresses his sadness for forgetting to prepare her lunch, and Miri requests that she eat it.