Pushed by his mother to stop lazing around the house, a Panda searches for a part-time job but has troubling finding one to accommodate his laziness. He soon stumbles upon Polar Bear Café, a café run by a Polar Bear who is holding interviews for a part-time position with his faithful customer Penguin.

Panda applies for the job but fails the interview, with the job going to a human girl named Sasako instead. However, the others soon point Panda towards a part-time job at a nearby zoo.

Panda, Penguin and Llama come up with ideas for if they ran their own café.

Everyone goes to a flower viewing party and Penguin gets very drunk.

Polar Bear and Penguin come to the zoo Panda works at, where they have trouble catching Panda when he's awake and visit the other attractions.

Panda and the other animals discuss the problems they face doing their jobs.

After seeing everyone with smartphones, Panda convinces his mother to buy him one, only for him to soon break the panda cover it had.

Wanting to learn some driving techniques, Penguin joins Polar Bear and Panda on a drive.

As Panda has to fill in for the full-time panda for a week, he is forced to ride packed trains for work. He cheers up and becomes more energetic when he starts receiving flowers from a supposed fan named Rin Rin.

Polar Bear decides to do a parfait fair, and tries to come up with special parfaits to serve.

Following an incident at work, Panda feels he is overweight and decides to go on a diet.

Panda decides he needs to get in touch with his wild side, so Polar Bear takes him to meet his childhood friend Grizzly.

Feeling he could do with being more popular, Panda decides to give Handa a makeover.

Having received his driving license, Penguin is tested by Polar Bear to try and achieve his 'dating license.'

Polar Bear is interviewed about his café by a magazine and its editor, who is a shoebill.

Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly to catch some ingredients.

Rin Rin gets excited when he gets to make a delivery to Panda's house and meet his family.

The others try to support Penguin as he tries to work up the courage to confess to Penko.

Thanks to Panda's interference, Handa is set up by his fellow employee, Kirino, to go on a mixer to meet some girls.

When one of the guys cancels, Panda and Polar Bear fill in for the guy's side.

Penguin gets heartbroken when he assumes Penko is dating Tortoise.

Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly on a night out, visiting a batting center and a public bath.

Panda and Full Time Panda attempt to distract themselves during a boring and rainy day at the zoo, much to Handa's chagrin.

Handa once again questions his love life, but finds some peace during his first visit to Polar Bear Café.

As the café prepares for a Tanabata party, everyone has trouble deciding what they should wish for.

Panda notices that Handa has a crush on Sasako, and tries to help him work up his confidence.

As Panda laments having nothing to do and Polar Bear wishes he had more free time, Polar Bear gets the idea to take Panda's place at the zoo.

Polar Bear, Panda and Penguin take a trip to the beach.

The backyard of Polar Bear Café needs weeding, but Penguin seems to be the only one taking things seriously.

Penguin finally works up the courage to confess to Penko, asking her out every day for a week.

As the café starts serving a shaved ice dessert called "Polar Bear", Grizzly gets the wrong idea and believes Polar Bear had been eaten by otters.

A salaryman from another town arrives at Polar Bear Café for the first time.

Polar Bear, Panda, Penguin and Grizzly go on a camping trip together, where Penguin and Grizzly find they have a lot in common.

Rin Rin, believing he has met another panda lover, asks a high school girl to accompany him to the zoo.

The café decides to hold a night of telling ghost stories, much to an easily-frightened Handa's dismay.

Panda decides to run away from home when his mother decides to lump his birthday celebration with his siblings.

As Penguin joins the gang to the pool along with his nephew, he ends up having to deal with an easily irritated King Penguin Mama and the Penko sisters.

After becoming amazed by the taste of the Polar Bear Café brand of black coffee, a man named Misaki decides to become the pupil of a tree kangaroo in order to learn how to roast coffee beans.

Panda imagines a dream life living on his own. After struggling to find a place that meets his expectations, Panda, along with Penguin, check out where the other animals live.

Polar Bear and Grizzly run a stand together at a summer festival, joined by a relative of Panda's, Lesser Panda. After selling everything, the gang enjoy the sights of the festival.

Panda is reassigned to one part of the zoo after another — even serving as a zookeeper.

Panda's sister Mei Mei goes on about her crush on Mr Handa. However, after seeing Handa and Ms Badger at a realty office, Panda believes that the two are getting married.

The trio of Pygoscelis penguins from the water park try to figure out how to sell their excess of penguin cards.

Penguin ends up having to date all the Penko sisters equally, but still has trouble telling them apart. Sasako suggests he give the sisters differently colored ribbons to better identify them.

Handa meets up with Polar Bear to ask his advice on how to ask Sasako out, but Polar Bear seems to be more interested in the food where the meeting takes place. Meanwhile, Sasako winds up serving several good-looking men who come into the café, which worries Panda and Penguin.

Panda Mama goes to buy walnuts and learns the trick of stuffing the bag full from Mama Red Squirrel, and then endures a lecture from King Penguin Mama on how to eat at an all-you-can-eat cake buffet. The group then decides to eat at Polar Bear Café, where they end up taxing his sanity.

Panda decides he wants to become someone's apprentice but is rather picky about who his master is. He eventually settles on becoming Sloth's apprentice, but quits due to not being able to match his level of laziness.

Polar Bear abruptly tasks Sasako with being the host of a sport competition for animals (in which Handa is the only human participant), while Panda Mama and Mama Red Squirrel quarrel over how to prepare rice balls.

Penguin puts on an art exhibition, although none of the paintings are original and go unappreciated by the customers. After Polar Bear and Panda see the exhibit, they and Penguin discuss what hobbies they and other café regulars have.

As Polar Bear gets Grizzly to help out with a few things, they remember how they first met.