Colour, colour...
Natsumi-chan's Room
Colour, colour...
Colour it all black...
Colour over what happened back then, too...
Nattsun, I coloured the cardboard.
Good, thanks.
Nee-chan, are you done with yours?
Not yet.
I can't sew that fast.
We're preparing for a cultural festival.
It'll be the biggest event of the fall season.
Our school doesn't even have cultural festivals.
Why did you have to say you wanted one, Natsumi?
Don't you guys want to do a cultural festival?
Yeah, but having it this weekend is really short notice.
It's partly Kazu-nee's fault for agreeing to it, but still...
By the way, who are we going to invite?
Can't we just invite our parents?
What?!
We can't invite our parents!
If our mum goes, the festival will be like a scene from hell!
She's a messenger from hell, you know.
Make yourselves at home, you two.
Thank you.
Oh, and Komari, Kono-chan brought the fruit over.
Huh?
Konomi-chan's here?
She was helping me peel the fruit.
Kono-chan!
Hi, hi, hi!
You guys working hard?
I came to visit.
Wow, what a mess!
What are you all doing?
Getting ready for a cultural festival.
A cultural festival?
I thought your school didn't do fancy stuff like that.
Natsumi said she wants to do one.
What're you gonna do?
Well, an art display,
and we were thinking of opening a café.
Hirame-ou!
Um, I was gonna say "hirame (flounder) king" as a play on "hirameki" (idea),
but since "ou" means king, I thought "hirame-ou" might work just as well...
If you have to explain it, don't say it.
Alumni!
Let's invite alumni!
Oh, are you gonna invite me, too?
'Course!
And Hika-nee and Candy Store, too!
sakana ni natte sora wa umi
魚になって空は海
We become fish and the sky is the sea
tonderu you ni oyoideru
飛んでるように泳いでる
Where we swim like we were flying
ano yama wo hitotsu koetara miete kuru
あの山をヒトツ越えたら見えてくる
You can see if you just pass over the mountains
massugu ni nobita azemichi ni
真っ直ぐに伸びたあぜ道に
On a footpath stretching between the rice fields
dareka no chiccha na wasuremono
だれかの小っちゃな忘れ物
Somebody has forgotten something:
katappo ni natta kutsu ga shimesu wa hare
片っぽになったクツが示すは晴れ
The lone shoe means fine weather
yuruyaka ni tsuzuiteku hibi wa kotae nado nai
ゆるやかに続いてく日々は答えなどない
There's no answer in the laid-back days we spend
kisetsu ga mizu wo somete nanairo ni hikaru yo
季節が水を染めて七色に光るよ
The season colours the water, shining in many colours,
ikitsugi shitara kieta
息継ぎしたら消えた
Disappearing when we have a breather
taema naku furisosoideru waraigoe ga tooku de
絶え間なく降り注いでる笑い声が遠くで
The laughter which surrounds us without a pause
utau you ni hibiiteru
歌うように響いてる
Echoes far away like a song
Episode 9
We Tried Having a Cultural Festival
Hello?
Oh, Renge, it's not often I hear from you.
How's everything there?
Well, I was just out getting my hair cut with my friend.
Seriously, Tokyo's incredible!
They've got stylists and everything!
It cost a ton, but...
What?
You don't care?
What about a cultural festival?
Our school's gonna have a cultural festival.
Can you come?
Come! Come!
You have to come!
Huh?
That's kinda last-minute, and I don't have the money to get there.
No luck with Hika-nee.
She's no fun.
Hand me the phone.
I'll use my masterful way with words to talk her into it.
Hikage-chan, you'll come to the cultural festival, right?
W-Who is this?
Konomi, is that you?
You're okay with meeting at my place?
I can't! I don't have the money!
That doesn't matter.
Yes, it does!
Okay, I'll tell Kazuho-san to cover it for you.
You think she'll do that?
If she doesn't, we'll worry about it then.
Then I won't be able to come back!
Anyway, we'll go with that, so make sure you come!
My masterful way with words was successful!
How was that a way with words?
She has momentum, yes, but not a way with words.
Well, Hika-nee is easy to push around, so we're good with her.
Should we try Candy Store next?
I wanna invite her!
Let's go tell her!
Guess we should.
Knowing her, though,
she'll probably throw us out if we don't buy anything...
Just buy something and get out.
If you're not buying anything, get out right now.
See?
Just like Nattsun said.
What'd you say?
And don't point at me.
So, do you think you can come to the festival?
I can't. I have to watch the store.
Aw, why not?
Nobody comes here except us.
Just come and bring lots of candy.
Are you stupid?
Aren't there snails in that rice field out there?
Just eat those.
You eat snails, right?
Who would eat those?!
Candy Store, you can't come to the festival?
I told you, I can't.
I'm working on a project to show at the festival!
Yeah?
I'm gonna help at the café, too!
And we're gonna do a play!
And also...
Also...
You really can't come?
I can't help it.
I have work.
D-Don't look at me like that!
Aw, Candy Store made Ren-chon cry.
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
It's not my fault!
I'm not going to any cultural festival, you hear me?
Candy Store won't come...
N-No, wait!
I wasn't talking to you, Renge...
Oh, fine!
I'll go to your festival, so stop looking at me like that!
You'll come?!
I guess even Candy Store can't resist Ren-chon, huh?
Shut up!
I'll make you eat snails!
Asahigaoka Branch School Cultural Festival
Well, well, I'm glad you came.
Asahigaoka Branch School Cultural Festival
Oh, hey.
I haven't been here in ages.
I was here until last year, so it doesn't feel like that long to me.
Thinking about it now,
I can't believe we came to a dump like this every day.
Welcome!
Thank you for taking the time to come.
Welcome!
Hey, what's that?
Oh, these?
We all decided to run the café dressed as animals.
Hotarun is a kitty.
Oh, a cat, huh?
Hey, Candy Store, what do you think I'm dressed as?
What are those things?
They just look like bug antennae.
They're not antennae.
You don't know, do you?
It's something everybody knows...
A giraffe!
No one would guess that!
Weren't there any more prominent features you could use?
I thought you were a robot.
I'm a giraffe!
Oh, this is our menu and pamphlet.
Oh, thanks.
Thank you for coming.
Please enjoy our art displays and café.
Animal Café
Menu
Apple Tea
Lemon Tea
Apple Cake
So you guys actually made stuff like this...
When I heard Natsumi organised all this, I wondered how it would turn out,
but they're doing everything right.
Well, after I came all the way here, they'd better.
So, can we go on inside?
Yes, go right ahead.
Yo!
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I am, as you all know, a UMA!
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Please take any seat you like.
You're Natsumi, aren't you?
I am not Natsumi.
I am that which you call an Unidentified Mysterious Animal, a UMA.
What UMA are you?
Well, putting that aside, let me take your orders.
What'll it be?
I'll have apple cake and lemon tea.
I think I'll have the same.
I'll have an apple tea.
I'll have a grape tart.
Got it!
What's that black thing?
I made it!
That's my Nee-nee.
You notice things no one else does!
This is the latest toy that I came up with.
You stick your face through the back like this...
D'oh. I've had it with these tricks.
That's how you play with it.
It makes you look like the end of a manga.
You come up with some difficult ways to play...
It's fun for one or two people!
Try it with me, Candy Store!
Seriously, no.
I've brought some water.
Oh, thanks.
What's Koma-chan doing?
Senpai is on standby.
I made the ears she's wearing,
and they look best of all, so look forward to it!
Well, we've got everyone's orders,
so let's go to the home ec. room and start cooking.
Okay!
Ren-chan, take care of the rest.
Okay!
You're not going to cook, Renge?
I'm doing a play.
You're going to play the recorder?
It's not just me.
Koma-chan is in it, too.
Koma-chan, we're doing our play!
Um, I really don't want to do this...
What are you talking about?
Hurry up!
What the heck is that?
U-Um, well, see...
I lost at rock-paper-scissors, and Natsumi forced me to put this on.
And I think you'd be better off doing this by yourself, Renge...
Koma-chan, stop complaining.
We're going to show everyone our play.
W-We're really doing this?
I'm going to drum on my belly!
Bum! Bum! Badda-bum!
Bum! Bum! Bum! Badda-bum!
Badda-bum! Badda-badda-bum...
Badda... bum... bum...
I can't take it any more.
That was great, Komari-chan!
I could never do that!
Way to go!
Koma-chan, we're not done yet!
Did you have to pour salt on the wound?
Huh?
But she tried really hard.
We should praise her.
It's better to just let her go without a word.
Uh, I'm sorry.
It looks like our Koma-chan caused a scene.
Now that it's come to this,
as the one in charge, I prepared a side show.
What?
You're gonna do something else?
Hika-nee, you don't see any tricks or setups, right?
No, I don't see anything.
Okay, then!
Uh... Well, what did you think?
Did you enjoy the show?
We did not!
The floor's soaked!
You've never even done a tablecloth pull before, have you?!
I thought I could do it, though...
Forget what you thought!
You blew it! No one could enjoy that!
But there were no tricks or setups.
Set something up! Anything!
Just do something right!
Okay, Natsumi, I won't get mad. Just come here.
Come here and I'll put a joint lock on you.
Get her, Candy Store!
What?! What's going on?!
This is an unbelievable complainant!
Okay, I'm going to go start cooking,
so at least clean up the floor for me!
Rag, rag...
Komari gets depressed and goes off to hide,
and Natsumi makes an unnecessary ruckus...
What's wrong with the Koshigaya family these days?
Faithful Dog
I don't care how, but you better redeem yourselves, Koshigayas!
I'm begging you, Koshigayas!
Hey, how long has it been?
Thirty minutes or so.
That's pretty long, no matter what they're trying to do.
Hey, we haven't gotten our orders yet.
Nattsun!
You have to work!
Senpai!
Please come back to life!
How can people be so unmotivated?
Are you even making the stuff we ordered?
Yeah, well, about that...
Even after looking at the recipes, we still couldn't figure it out...
And then Koma-chan got all depressed, and it's just chaos.
I give up!
Man, running a café is hard!
We shouldn't have done it on the spur of the moment.
Oh, but we have the ingredients, so you can eat whatever you want.
By the way, Candy Store,
I bet this would look good on you!
Here, try it on!
Yep!
Just like I thought!
It suits you, Candy Store!
Delicious!
Food that we made ourselves is ten times as good!
I'm glad you feel better, Senpai.
We got roped into helping in the end.
Well, we had fun, so it's all good.
Candy Store, isn't it yummy?
Yeah, and even better when I get to see a fun side show with it.
Um, I am truly sorry for getting carried away...
...and causing so much trouble for every-
Let's hear that one more time!
I am truly sorry for getting carried away...
...and causing so much trouble for everyone.
I've had it with cultural festivals.
And now I'm five for five.
Man, you're too good at this, Konomi-chan!
Let's play a different game.
You know, your family sure keeps stuff for a long time.
This game console is from ages ago,
and your DVD player also plays video tapes, right?
Well, the game console used to be our dad's.
There you are. Could you come in here for a minute?
What's up?
Well, actually...
Could you help me clean my room?
No way.
You've gotta clean your own room.
I can't!
Mum said I don't get dinner if I don't finish it today!
You've gotta help!
Well, we did use your room to get ready for the cultural festival...
If you're helping her, I guess I will, too.
I won't have anyone to play with, anyway.
Thanks!
It's been a week since the cultural festival, right?
You've left this mess here that whole time?
Well, I kinda got used to it...
Hey, you want me to put the art supplies in the closet?
Yeah, that's fine, please.
Hey, what are these?
What?
Not my zero test scores, right?
No, this.
Oh, that?
You flip it inside-out like this,
set it on the floor, and...
...it pops up like this.
Brings back memories. I used to play with these all the time.
I don't remember that at all...
I might have other stuff like this.
Let's take a quick look.
I know I'm the one who brought it up,
but won't this distract us from cleaning?
Oh, come on.
My toy box is a box of memories,
so I want to share it with everyone.
Fine, but make it quick.
Recognise this?
Oh! I know that one!
The things that go down stairs, right?
Hika-nee and I used to always play with these on the shrine steps.
You went to the shrine because there are no stairs in the house, right?
I've been thinking this for a while now...
Those aren't toys that were popular when we were kids, are they?
They were popular!
About five years ago, about half the kids in school were into them...
Er, half the students is still only a few...
You bought that at the candy store, right?
Candy Store's grandma still owned the store five years ago,
so apparently, their stock didn't change in twenty years.
Seriously?!
Is that a caterpillar?!
What?! Where?!
By the way, this is...
I think that's from quite a while ago, too.
Really?
That's weird...
Let's find something else.
Like slime or mini-cars...
See?
We did get distracted.
Nacchan, if you're gonna play, I won't help you any more.
Just hang on...
Let's share our memories just a little longer.
Whoa!
I found Nee-chan's essay from first grade!
What?!
Let's see...
"My name is Komari."
"When I grow up, I want to be a flower."
"I want to be a tulip..."
Hey! Why are you reading it out loud?!
Give that back!
Come on, it's nothing to be embarrassed about.
All first graders are like this.
I don't care!
Just hand it over!
I know you're laughing on the inside, anyway!
I'm not.
I'm not laughing.
See?! You are laughing!
Give it back!
Hang on!
I haven't finished reading it!
You don't have to finish it!
Aw, why not? Just a little...
I said no!
Hey, you two!
Don't just take it like you did with Shokichi-san!
If you keep that up, your mum will yell at you!
I didn't even mean to-
Hey! Natsumi!
Are you done cleaning?
Oh, Kono-chan.
Are you helping Natsumi?
I had nothing else to do...
What are they doing?
It looks like they slipped and fell somehow.
I'll keep an eye on them to make sure they finish by dinner.
Sorry about that.
Oh, since you'll be here, why don't you eat with us?
Sure.
Thank you.
Whew, that was close.
Your mum's lightning bolts were about to start coming down.
Konomi-chan, easy on the Iron Claw...
Well, it was better than your mum yelling at you, right?
Why'd you do it to me, too?
All right, let's get cleaning.
Right.
That should do it.
I'm exhausted!
You owe me, you know.
Thank you, dear sisters!
It's already 4:00.
What should we do until dinner?
Want to play video games again?
Oh, if you're doing that, I found something cool earlier!
Ta-da! I found a video tape with Pretty Cute recorded on it!
Wow, I remember that!
Isn't that anime from about ten years ago?
I used to watch that, too.
Though, even then, nobody recorded on video tapes...
Now, now.
Let's just steep ourselves in memories today.
I don't remember for sure,
Pretty Cute
but that's not the tape we accidentally recorded over, is it?
Pretty Cute
No way!
Really?
Well, we'll find out when we watch it.
Oh, it's playing!
Natsumi!
Yes!
It's Nacchan when she was little!
Yay!
It's Nii-chan!
I love Nii-chan!
Guess what?
When I grow up, I'm gonna marry Nii-chan!
Hey, all little kids are like that.
Wasn't it nice sharing memories today?
Natsumi, wanna play?
You can pick whatever game you want.
That's all for today
taiyou ga shizumisouna non
太陽が沈みそうなのん
The sun seems to feel down
sunda kawa nozoite
澄んだ川 覗いて
Peeking into the clear river,
chiisana sakana mitsuketa
小さな魚みつけた
We found a little fish
namae mo shiranai hana wo tsunde
名前も知らない花を摘んで
Picking flowers which we don't even know the name of,
choppiri
ちょっぴり
Just a little bit,
mizu no nioi
水の匂い
It smells like water
a, arette hakubishin?
あ、あれってハクビシン?
Hey, is that a civet?
tanuki nanon
タヌキなのんっ
It's a raccoon dog!
araiguma desho
アライグマでしょ
I think it's a raccoon
itachi desu yo
イタチですよ
No, it's a weasel
doubutsu ni eshaku suru odanhodou
動物に会釈する横断歩道
We greet animals at the pedestrian crossing
sora to jimen wa to oku hito to hito wa chikaku
空と地面は遠く 人と人は近く
The sky and the earth are far apart, but people are close to each other
hosoi suiro wo hasande
細い水路を 挟んで
Right on the other side of a narrow ditch
mushi no koe karutetto
虫の声カルテット
There's an orchestra of bug sounds
mainichi ga jiyuukenkyuu hiraketa shikai de
毎日が自由研究 ひらけた視界で
Every day we're doing a research project in our widening horizons
doko wo mite mo
どこをみても
Wherever we look
azayaka na midori moyou
鮮やかな緑模様
There are vivid green patterns
nonbiri to utau kara nonki na kaze ga fuita
のんびりと歌うから のんきな風が吹いた
As we sing in a carefree manner, a carefree wind blowing blew for us
Suddenly, out of the blue,
with a torn-up love letter in hand...
A quack doctor in the depths of despair-
Episode 10
We Watched the First Sunrise of the Year
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