I never read the manga, but I did find some stuff saying it was just one episode. I really don't care for anime and all that, but a friend of mine loves it and told me I would like this show. So I got into it after watching it on watch-inuyasha.com (all the episodes are on there for free viewing) while at work last year. It's pretty good, fun characters and plots. I found myself laughing out loud at a lot of stuff too.
And jobs are hard to find in Rexburg too. My first jobs after high school were Arby's, a beer and coke distributor, and a flute/sax instructor. (All at the same time haha!) What college do you want to go to?