What's wrong, Alice?
You seem down.
Oh, are those photos of England?
Talking to my mum on the phone yesterday made me think of home.
Your "mum"?
That sounds tasty!
You mean your mother, right?
You must be homesick.
Is that what you meant, Alice?
I understand.
Starting today, I will be your mother.
What?
Alice...
I wonder how Poppy's doing.
Who?
It's probably her dog's name.
Woof!
Woof, woof!
Sorry for making you worry.
I'm fine now.
I feel much better.
You're all here in Japan with me,
and every day is so much fun.
Alice, you're such a good girl.
Can I see your album?
Sure.
Is this your mother, Alice?
Yes.
She's so pretty.
Maybe you take after your father...
What?
That's the first time anyone's said that to me.
Who's this?
My friend from England.
Your friend?
That's right.
A friend ?
Y-Yes.
I can't believe Alice has a friend back in England.
That makes me a little sad.
Why?
What's she like?
Her name is Karen.
Her father is Japanese,
and she taught me how to speak the language.
I see.
If you ever meet her, I'm sure you two will become friends, Shino.
Alice's blonde friend.
If we became friends...
I'd have a girl on each arm!
She's back to her usual self.
Thank you for showing us your photos.
We enjoyed looking at them.
I hope you'll all show me your photo albums sometime.
No way!
What's wrong with you?
Oh, sorry, but there are naked pictures of me in mine!
From when you were a baby!
The rain's stopped.
You're right.
Maybe it was the rain making you nervous.
Maybe.
It's a rainbow!
England's on the other side of that rainbow!
What a poet...
Those boots...
mondai nanka nani mo nai yo
問題なんか何もないよ
There's nothing wrong
kekkou kekkou ikerumon ne?
ケッコー 結構 いけるもんネ?
Everything is pretty, pretty good
shippai datte egao de saa
失敗だって 笑顔で さぁ
Even if we fail, with you here
kimi to issho norikoete yukou!
キミと一緒 乗り越えて行こう!
I can make it through with a smile
(surii tsuu wan jaanpu!)
(スリー・ツー・ワン ジャーンプ!)
Three Two One Jump!
(uu hai!)
(ウー ハイッ!)
Ooh Yeah!
mabushii asahi atarashii hi ga hajimaru ne
眩しい朝日 新しい日が始まるね
The bright morning sun shines on the beginning of a new day
neboketa kao de “ohayou” no hitokoto kawasu
寝ぼけた顔で 「おはよう」の一言交わす
With sleepy looks on our faces, we say "Good morning" to each other
mainichi no naka ni kira kira shita kakeratachi ga
毎日の中に キラキラした欠片たちが
There are sparkling fragments scattered
mada mada aru no sagashite miyou yo issho ni
まだまだあるの 探してみようよー 一緒に
Through our days, so let's look for them together
chiisana mizutamari mo nayanderu kyou no koto mo
小さな水溜りも 悩んでる今日の事も
The small puddles and the things you worry about today
sei no de tobikoeyou yo egao ga ichiban
せーので飛び越えようよ 笑顔がイチバン
Let's jump over them with a one-two! A smile is the best
(janpu!)
(ジャンプッ!)
Jump!
iei! iei! kitto daijoubu sa
イェイ! イェイ! きっとだいじょうぶさ
Yay! Yay! It will surely be all right
kekkou kekkou tanoshii ne!
ケッコー 結構 楽しいネ!
It's pretty, pretty fun!
gyutto tojita sono me wo saa
ぎゅっと閉じた その目を さぁ
Those eyes you have squeezed shut
hiraku toki da ima
開く 時だ 今
It is time to open them
(uu iei!)
(ウー イエイッ!)
Ooh, yay!
mondai nanka kowakunai yo
問題なんか 恐くないよ
I'm not afraid of problems
Let’s go!! Let’s go!! ikerumon ne?
Let's go!! Let's go!! いけるもんネ?
Let's go!! Let's go!! We can do it!
shippai datte egao de saa
失敗だって 笑顔で さぁ
Even if we fail, with you here
kimi to issho norikoete yukou!
キミと 一緒 乗り越えて行こう!
I can make it through with a smile
(surii tsuu wan goo!)
(スリー・ツー・ワン ゴー!)
Three Two One Go!
What Kind of Friends Will I Make?
It feels like I've seen a lot of foreigners around lately.
Maybe you just started noticing them more since Alice arrived.
Now that you mention it,
I met a blonde girl around here the other day.
What?
Tell me all about it!
Well, she wasn't very tall.
She was wearing a Union Jack jacket,
and she had straight blonde hair and grey eyes...
Right, she looked just like this.
That is her, isn't it?!
What a beautiful blonde girl.
Karen?
Alice.
Alice! Alice!
Karen.
Who are you?
Shino, you've got nothing to do with this!
My name is Kujou Karen.
It's Alice's friend from that photo.
Alice said she was half-Japanese, right?
Karen, what brings you to Japan?
Zoom, zoom!
I didn't mean what brought you here!
It's a long story.
Isn't Alice here?
Well, Alice has gone to Japan to study.
Japan?
Dad, what's Japan like?
Japan's a great place.
It's my home.
I know.
Why don't we all go live in Japan for a while?
And that's what happened.
Just like that?
Blonde hair...
Shino, we need to get to school.
You're right...
Starting today, I'm one of your school friends.
That uniform...
Now that I look at it, that's our school uniform.
That's exactly what it is!
I transferred!
S-Shino is...
It's too bad Karen's in a different class.
Let's go see her later.
I can't wait for lunchtime!
Huh?
Alice, you seem down.
N-No, I'm not at all.
Alice!
Alice, I'm here!
Karen, your Japanese has improved.
I studied hard every day.
Karen, did you grow up in England?
Your speech sounds a bit broken, for a half-Japanese.
Yes.
My father normally spoke in English.
I want to become fluent in Japanese, like Alice.
Broken Japanese is better.
It's cute.
I still have long way.
Japanese very hard!
That sounded intentional.
By the way,
lots of half-Japanese kids have names that work in Japanese,
as well as foreign languages, like Risa and Naomi.
My father named me.
In kanji, my name is written as "lovely flower."
Karen
What a beautiful name.
He probably named you in the hope that you'd grow up to be a lovely girl.
Shino, what about my name?
Your name means you will grow up to be small and cute like a squirrel.
A squirrel, huh?
I see.
Her name isn't A Risu, you know.
Youko, Shinobu, and... um...
It's Aya.
Ayaya?
It's not that long.
Just Aya.
Ayaya! Ayaya!
Ayaya!
Ayaya! Ayaya! Ayaya!
P-Please stop...
Karen,
please call me Shino.
It's what my friends call me.
Shino, are you a ninja?
Can you walk up walls?
Oh yeah, like "shinobi".
I don't know about that...
What?
You can't?
Of course she can!
Shino is so amazing, she can do anything!
What?
Come on, Shino.
Walk up the wall!
You want me to do what?!
What's wrong, Alice?
You're acting strange.
What?
What do you mean?
You're jealous of Karen, aren't you?
Is that true?
It's true that Karen is of average height,
and the way she talks is more foreign and more appealing.
But you have many strengths of your own, Alice.
Have confidence in yourself!
That's not going to make her feel any better, Shino.
Alice?
Karen?
Karen, I'm sorry for coming to Japan without telling you.
I really wanted to study here.
And I wanted to see Shino...
There was something that kept bugging me.
That promise we made when we were little.
That's why I followed you to Japan.
Promise?
That's right.
I wanted to return the pencil I borrowed from you.
Thanks...
No one cares about a pencil!
I live that way.
Okay.
See you later.
See you tomorrow.
See you...
See you tomorrow.
A foreigner!
She's a foreigner!
Karen!
Japanese people just wave when they say goodbye!
Geez!
Oh, I see.
Alice.
Japan is so cool.
Yeah.
Have you already tried natto?
They sometimes speak to each other in English.
That's amazing!
There's something different about the two of them.
I know what you mean.
They look like celebrities!
Maybe I'll ask for their autographs.
Me, too.
Why?
Hey, I discovered something really cool.
Oh my god.
Did you know that although there is octopus inside takoyaki,
taiyaki has no sea bream in it?
That's common sense...
What?
You've tried taiyaki already?
Cool.
I wonder what they're talking about.
You are already an expert on Japan.
So cool.
I slept really well.
Oh, really?
I want to be friends with my classmates,
but it isn't going so well.
You only just transferred here, after all.
It might be difficult for them to talk to you just because you're a foreigner.
You may be half-Japanese, but you look like any other foreigner.
Huh?
Shino, what about me?
If you were to compare them to animals, Karen would be...
A lion in a herd of deer.
Zoom
I must flee...
Shino, that's not a good analogy.
Come to think of it, Aya-chan transferred here, too.
You moved here in your first year of middle school, didn't you?
Y-Yeah.
Oh, so you're my senpai!
Please give me advice on making friends with my classmates.
W-Well, the most important thing is...
to read the situation.
Oh, like a weathervane.
You need to read the situation, not the wind.
My name is Oomiya Shinobu.
Would it be all right if I called you Aya-chan?
S-Sure, if you like.
Let me show you around the school.
Let's go.
D-Don't go out of your way for me.
The teacher gave me a map of the school.
Um, not that I don't want you to...
The old wound...
Aya-chan, what's wrong?
I'm sorry I can't be of any help.
After that, Youko-chan dragged you around school, didn't she?
Aya.
What are you doing on your own?
Huh?
W-Well, um...
Oh, sorry.
I haven't introduced myself yet.
I'm Inokuma Youko.
Call me Youko.
O-Okay.
Nice to meet you.
Oh, I know!
I'll show you around the school.
Let's go.
What?
Are you free today?
U-Um, well...
Can I come to your house?
That's right.
She stuck with me until she got used to this school.
You were like an abandoned little puppy.
Liar!
Don't make up stories!
It's true.
They're good friends.
I can see that.
Repaying Your Debts
Repaying your debts.
Repaying Your Debts
Happy and Fulfilled
Happy and fulfilled.
Happy and Fulfilled
What are you talking about?
We've got to defend our honour as Japanese people.
Um... Yakiniku meal.
Heian period?
Those work.
Such composed smiles...
We lost.
Sensei, show me how to do this one.
Me, too!
Hey, I was first.
Stare...
I ended up sleeping for 12 hours.
That's way too long.
Stare...
What are you doing, Karen?
Oh, Shino.
I see.
You still aren't getting along with your classmates.
Maybe they don't want to talk to me because of my slanted eyes.
You seem so gentle and approachable.
I envy you.
It takes time for people to understand each other.
Your smile is wonderful, Karen.
You might even make a hundred friends someday.
Everyone's so nice, and I love them all,
but I get the feeling you're special, Shino.
You're making me blush.
Hey, Alice.
Huh?
I didn't know you were there, Alice.
I'm sure you'll fit right in with your class, Karen.
I hope so.
Fight!
What?
What are you talking about?
Karen, that's a cute jacket.
We don't have practice this afternoon.
It's my favourite.
Really?
Let's go somewhere on the way home, then.
Isn't it against school rules?
Yeah, let's go.
Where do you want to go?
Are you hungry?
A little.
Hey, Karen, why don't you join a club?
A club, huh?
Alice, are you in a club?
We're in the Going Home Club.
I'm in the Shino Club!
What's that?
Shino Club
It's a club where you talk to Shino and have lunch with Shino.
I'd like to join that club!
I-I'm the club president.
Really?
So it's basically just a fan club?
I feel a little better now.
I'm going to try talking to my classmates today.
I'm sure they'll all become my friends.
Karen!
You can do it.
Yes.
That's everything.
Does anyone else have anything to report?
Yes, yes, me!
Kujou-san?
Go ahead.
What is it?
It's all right!
I'm unarmed!
I came here from England,
but I'm a high school student just like all of you.
I want to be your friend.
Feel free to talk to me.
I'll do my best.
Huh?
Karen-chan, let's be friends.
Me, too!
Everyone...
Nice job.
Yeah.
Karen's amazing, isn't she?
Don't worry.
Maybe we don't speak the same language,
but we can communicate as long as we try to listen to each other's hearts.
Yeah, she sure is.
Thank you, thank you.
I can't wait to be your friend.
Um, Karen-chan...
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye!
See you tomorrow!
Everyone spoke to me.
It was great.
That's good.
You've always had a bold personality, Karen.
But that's what I like about you.
Thank you!
I love you too, Alice!
Karen, what about me?
Of course, I love you too!
Hey, Karen!
That's being too bold!
It looks like Alice is jealous again.
I'm not jealous!
Okay, okay.
Bye-bye.
When we were in middle school,
if I had been a little bolder,
I wonder if I would have made friends with everyone right away, like Karen.
Maybe, but the way you can think things through with a cool head is your strength.
What?
My...
At least your reactions are easy to read.
S-Shut up!
You really were an innocent little girl back then.
Come on, stop talking about that!
arifureta hibi no
ありふれた日々の
Until we recognised
subarashisa ni kizuku made ni
素晴らしさに 気づくまでに
The wonderful things present in ordinary days
futari wa tada itazura ni toki wo kasanete sugoshita ne
ふたりはただ いたずらに時を重ねて過ごしたね
We were simply passing time in vain
maru de sora no you ni
まるで空のように
Like the sky
ookina yume tsumugu koto mo
大きな夢 紡ぐことも
And having big dreams
michi no hata ni saku na mo nai hana ni wa totemo kanawanai
道の端に 咲く名もない花にはとてもかなわない
The nameless flower blooming by the path is something amazing
namida no hitotsubu ga mizutama no you ni hajikete mo
涙のひと粒が水玉のようにはじけても
Even if a single tear falls like a drop of water
kimi no waraigoe dake wa
君の笑い声だけは
Your laughing voice
itsumo boku no soba de kagayaite mieru
いつも僕のそばで輝いてみえる
Always seems to shine out next to me
sono mama no iro de
そのままの色で
In that colour
Please gimme your voice! kimi to boku ga
Please Gimme Your Voice! 君と僕が
Please gimme your voice! The fact that
ima koko ni deaeta koto
いまここに出会えたこと
We met here and now
chiisana shiawase ga ookina
小さな幸せは大きな
Is a small bit of happiness
ai ni tsutsumareteru
愛につつまれてる
Filled with a lot of love
ai suru kimi no tame ni
愛する君のために
Just for you, my love
Yesterday, I took a step towards becoming an adult.
Oh?
Congratulations.
Show a little interest!
Take the bait!
Yesterday, I went to a ramen shop and ate ramen all by myself.
You went to a ramen shop by yourself?
How mature!
I can barely walk into fast food places by myself.
Ramen
One bowl of ramen, please!
One ramen coming up!
Make it hot, please!
That's amazing in its own way!
She's fearless!
Karen, you smell nice.
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A Japanese smell ...
You smell like incense!
A Japanese smell ...
You smell like a dresser, too!
No, I don't! I don't really, do I?!
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See you next time.