Civil Code
Article No. 725
The persons mentioned below are relatives:
A relative.
1. Relatives by blood up to the sixth degree of relationship;
2. Spouses;
There are no laws involving family.
3. Relatives by marriage up to the third degree of relationship.
Nozomi, congratulations.
You have been chosen to become the 13th Murasume.
Family...
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12 "The Stray Cat Decided"
[Notes: Tape - Temporarily Deferred; Bloomers - Deferred]
Listen up, you worms.
This is war!
Spare no mercy. Beat the hell out of that Tights Faction!
Bloomers! Bloomers!
This academy of ours... shall be turned... into a Garden of Bloomers!
Give love to bloomers!
Give light to bloomers!
Bloomers!
They're really fired up...
That's quite the chant.
If they keep that up, and Fumino's team as well...
Tights, go, go!
Tights, yay, yay!
Tights, go, go!
Huh? Fumino isn't there.
No more tights!
Bloomers are love and peace!
Speaking of which, where's Nozomi?
The hell they are!
So this is where you were.
Geez. Nozomi, you're thinking too hard.
I've been thinking that it makes me look like an idiot, taking all of this so seriously.
It's not as though I've just ignored it.
But... rather than gloomily keeping to yourself, isn't coming straight out with your real feelings... more fun?
My real feelings...?
Well... as for me, 80 percent of it is ego, but...
"As if I would lose!" and stuff like that.
It's just the result of me being honest, I guess.
The second event is the girls' fifty meters.
I'll be waiting for you, OK?
Being honest with your own feelings...
The First Event
Boys' 50m
It's finally under way! The Umenomori Academy Sports Festival Rehearsal!
I'm Naruko Kanae, your live commentator.
With explanations from...
Fujino Tamao, guest judge.
In red, we have the Bloomer Faction, in black is the Tights Faction, and in white is the indecisive Neutral Faction.
Presently, the Bloomer Faction possesses a slight lead.
It must be due to the concentration of the strong young men in the Bloomers Faction.
The Tights Faction has a disadvantage.
Now then, what will we girls have to wear for our uniform tomorrow? Bloomers or tights?
Bloomers
Tights
Lazy Bums
Event Number One:
An overwhelming victory for the Bloomers Faction!
Bloomers
Yahoo!
Maggots! Don't you let that Tights Faction turn the tables on us!
Got it?!
Yes, sir!
Chise-sama.
Enemy at 2 o'clock.
An enemy?
Sorry I'm late.
Ho-Hold it a minute!
Nozomi, what on earth are you wearing?
[Note: Victory Effort Friendship]
Bloots.
Huh?!
Bloots.
No, see, nobody's ever heard of that...
Bloots...
Nobody managed to think of that one.
What do you have to say about that, Guest Judge?
Well, hmm.
It's amusing, so fine by me.
Fine it is!
The Bloots Faction has entered!
Wait a moment!
I will not lose.
Chise.
Fumino.
Understood. I'll take that challenge.
Hey! Don't go advancing the plot on your own!
You're saying that you're against it?
If Nozomi has her heart set on it, I think it's fine.
Fine, I get it.
But with the score based off the team combined, with Nozomi by herself...
Yep.
The rules require modification.
They don't.
[Note: Bloots Added]
I'll win all of them by myself.
Get set!
So when she said that she would win them all...
She was serious?
Bloots
Nozomi was serious.
Bloots
Are you all right?
This has got to be a major stain on you.
I'm fine.
Congratulations on winning the tournament.
It was most impressive.
So tomorrow, everyone will be wearing bloots then.
Is that all right?
Well... I guess it's better than bloomers.
Are you kidding?
Hmm? That's not what you want?
A command from the winner.
A command...?
What is it?
I'd like both of you to get along better.
That's all I wish for.
Well, if that's what you say...
Guess there's no choice.
Tights aren't that bad, I guess.
I was wrong about bloomers, too.
Thank you, Nozomi.
Thanks to you, all this complicated mess has returned to normal.
Hmm? What's wrong? You are tired, right?
I'm fine.
OK.
So?
Like I said, I'm asking you who's going to run with you in the three-legged race!
Ah, you still have that to take care of.
I totally forgot about it.
Well, um...
Those not involved should stay out of this!
Lowered to "not involved" status...
By now, I'd like to be...
Wouldn't it be best to pair up the two people who are most likely to win?
I'm certain height and balance will be important...
What?
I also... want to run with Takumi in the three-legged race.
Huh?
Nozomi...
I want to.
There is only one bit of happiness on the plate.
Wishing for too much is selfish.
I know.
But...
You wanted to say that all this time, right?
So you could finally say it?
I want to express my feelings honestly.
I see.
Well, I guess there's no use arguing.
I'm fine with that, however...
Why are you looking at me?
I get the picture!
Do whatever you want.
Sounds good, sounds good!
Otome-neesan!
Nozomi-chan and Takumi in the three-legged race!
Sounds good!
Especially since Nozomi mustered up all that courage.
I'll cheer you on!
It's perfectly fine, Nozomi-chan.
Do your best.
I love...
I love Otome, Takumi, Fumino, Chise...
Daigorou, Satou and Suzuki, too.
I love everyone.
Oh, I'm so happy!
Thank you. We all love you too, Nozomi-chan!
Huh?
Um... what about me?
Average.
Average?
What do you mean, average?!
That's just wrong...
My body hurts a little.
Muscle pain?
I'm sure it will be fine.
It'll get better after I sleep.
It'll be so much fun...
Umenomori Academy Sports Festival
It's finally under way!
The Umenomori Academy Sports Festival in which all town citizens are welcome to participate.
With the rehearsal over, it's the real thing!
Pretty intense.
Friendship, Effort, and then: Victory!
Let's all do our finest!
The child welfare institution, Fourth Murasame Academy, provides the most advanced curriculum,
the finest equipment and the best staff available so that they may enter society without trouble.
Additionally, the outstanding students are granted the Murasame family name,
and officially inducted into the Murasame parent organization.
In other words, it becomes their family.
But that's the place Nozomi-chan ran away from.
I wonder if it would be right to force her to return...
Nozomi is athletic and possesses a high IQ, and is the greatest prodigy the institution has ever seen.
I am the fourth Murasame.
And Nozomi was promised to become the thirteenth.
Had you ever tried asking Nozomi-chan how she felt?
If I cannot help you to reach an understanding, then the next time we meet shall be in court.
All right.
As long as Nozomi-chan refuses to say "I want to go back," I will never let her go.
No matter what anyone says.
In that case, we have nothing further to discuss.
Do not forget that we still possess parental authority.
Um...
Is there still something of the matter?
Today's the sports festival!
Did you know?
What of it?
Let's go and cheer Nozomi-chan on together!
It's nearly lunchtime, anyway!
OK?
[Note: Lunch Break]
Otome-san sure is late.
She did say she'd be late as she had some business to attend to, but...
Whoa, that's huge!
I just ended up making too much!
Isn't this filled entirely with Takumi's favourites...?
That's just a coincidence!
Go ahead, Takumi, eat as much as you want.
I won't force you to, but-
Alweddy eaddin'.
And why are you eating it?!
We can't?
You just said "go ahead!"
No, that's not what she meant there.
And since when have you...?
Hand-made lunch boxes? What petty people you all are.
As for me, I requested a three-star restaurant's chef to make a full-course lunch.
We'll be eating first.
Should you wish to eat with us, go ahead.
A full course meal right now... would be pretty tough.
What? Why?!
Gracious, we have so many lunch boxes!
Otome-neesan.
We might not be able to finish it, I think.
No need to worry!
I thought something like this would happen, so I skipped breakfast.
Me too.
Otome-neesan, did you take care of your business?
Hmm...
Still hazy.
By letting me see Nozomi, she's probably trying to get me to empathize with her, but...
I'm not playing into her hands.
Kouga-chan!
It's digging into me-
This girl... could make such an expression?
Could it be...?
Everyone, thanks for waiting!
Whether you're a student of the academy or not, everyone's allowed to participate!
It's the inter-class three-legged race!
With a lap around Suzunone Town and return back to Umenomori Academy, it's a harsh course.
Will all groups be able to complete it, I wonder?
We'll start shortly!
Let's do our best, Nozomi.
Nozomi?
Yeah, I will.
On your marks!
Get set!
Fast! You're too fast!
Let's go, Flab Attack!
Stop that, Kanae!
Onee-chan, they're pushing down on my head!
Oh? But what could I do about that?
Ow!
Amongst these pairs, which will be the first to return up the hill?
Sorry!
I'm kind of becoming the breaks here.
Hmm? Nozomi, you...
You've got a terrible fever.
I'm OK.
I'll pull through.
There's no way! Let's resign.
No! I want to run all the way to the end.
Why?
I said I wanted to run with you, and everyone gave me the chance.
So... today's special.
I want to run no matter what.
But...
Please.
Nozomi.
Director.
Don't run.
You really do have a fever.
It's not easy to see, but you have a rash around your mouth.
Here's a fever-reducing pill and vitamin supplement.
They'll make you feel better.
Thank-
What are you-
Why?
Why did you leave the institution?
I didn't want to make anybody cry again.
Make people cry?
I saw it...
When I was chosen to become a Murasame, the other children were crying.
I stole their happiness from them.
That's why-
You're wrong about that.
It might be true that they cried, but you've misunderstood.
Everyone has been worried since you disappeared.
They all want you back!
And so do I!
Indeed, I didn't come to get you because you are the child chosen to be a Murasame.
In the laws there are rules regarding relatives.
But... there are none regarding family.
If I could choose who was my family on my own...
Isn't coming straight out with your real feelings... more fun?
I'd choose everyone here...
...so we'll do anything Nozomi wants to do.
Go on! Out with it.
It's not that I dislike the people in the institution...
The feedback's not bad, either!
So cute!
Good job, Kiriya.
Kiriya, are you sure you don't want to go back?
...because I like everyone I've met here.
It's perfectly fine, Nozomi-chan.
Do your best.
Everyone said it would be fine for me to stay.
So come back home with us, Nozomi.
You can stay here.
They said I could come back with them.
That's why I...
Nozomi...
Um... Would you mind not taking Nozomi back with you?
We're in the middle of a race right now... and I need Nozomi to finish it and...
Our store would return to its low-quality state...
And...!
Ah, no, not exactly...
Anyway, Nozomi is a part of our family.
We all... love Nozomi a lot.
She's precious to us... so...
Tell that woman for me:
I'll be leaving Nozomi in her care for now.
I'll be sending you a cell phone later, so do send me some messages occasionally.
I understand.
Shimako-san, thank you.
Shall we go? Everyone's waiting.
One, two. One, two. One, two...
Infirmary
Geez, you had us so worried!
You didn't need to push yourself so much...
If you don't feel well, tell us, OK?
I'm sorry.
Takumi's bringing your stuff over here right now.
I like Takumi.
Ah! Like what you were saying yesterday...
When you said you "love everyone..."
No, The way I like Takumi... is something special.
What?!
But Chise likes Takumi, too.
That's true. It is, but...
And Fumino likes Takumi, too.
What?
W-W-What on earth are you saying? Oh, you...
What should we do?
It's not something to ask "what should we do?" about...
It's not like I happen to l-like Takumi or something, but...
Die twice!
Why?
saa, kaerou yo
さあ、帰ろうよ
Come, let's all go home now
sukippu hitori futari sannin te wo tsunaide
スキップ 「一人、二人、三人」手をつないで
Skipping, 1 of us, 2 of us, 3 of us holding hands together
matteru kashira nyao
待ってるかしら？にゃ～ぉ
Wonder if she's waiting ne'ow
nukiashi nekoashi suru no
抜き足 猫足するの
Stealthfully padding along
To Nozomi
From everyone in your other family
Shimako
mou, kaerou yo
もう、帰ろうよ
Quick, let's all go home now
yuugure ichi neko ni neko san neko kage ga yurete
夕暮れ 「一猫、二猫、三猫」影がゆれて
Evening twilight, one cat, two cats, three cats, their shadows swaying
Isn't that nice
Meow...
mou sugu tsuki yo nyao (nya-o)
もうすぐ着きよにゃお にゃ～ぉ
We're almost there ne'ow
Eh?
ano kado magareba soko yo
あの角 曲がればそこよ
Turn that corner and it's right there
Ah-
Die twice!
nakanai onna no ko
泣かない女の子
A girl who refuses to cry
HEY!
yasashisugiru otoko no ko
やさしすぎる男の子
A boy who is painfully kind
What do you think you're doing to my fiancée?!
What?! You're still babbling about that?
gomen gomen gomenne
ごめん ごめん ごめんね
I'm sorry, sorry, I'm sorry
Are you an idiot?
daisuki nano ni
大好きなのに・・・
I love you, and yet I'm like this
Pa...
Panties...
icharabu ga ii sore ga ii no
いちゃラブがいい！それがいいの！
A flirty love would be nice, that's what I would want
uso ha hontou uso yo daikirai
うそは本当 うそよ ダイキライ
All the lies, really are, really lies "I can't stand you"
If you want to look...
dou shitara ii no dou shitara koi ni naru no
どうしたらいいの どうしたら恋になるの
Whatever should I do? What could I do to turn it into love?
You can anytime...
ima mo zutto oboeteru yo
今もずっと 覚えてるよ
Now and forever, I'll keep remembering
Nozomi!
ano hi kimi ga itta kotoba ha
あの日君が言った 言葉は
on that day you told me a certain phrase
Meow...
yawarakai bashou wo hikkaita
柔らかiい場所を 引っ掻いた
One of my soft spots was scratched by it.
Welcome! Welcome to Stray Cats!
The End