Nijiiro no kairou ni musuu no kotoba tachi
虹色の回廊に 無数の言葉たち
Countless words cover our rainbow road
Hanbun dakede mo
半分だけでも
Even if we only take half a step,
Koko naraba susunde yukeru
ここならば 進んでゆける
we can continue walking down the road from here on
Totsuzen no merodi mata kasoku shite yuku
突然のメロディ また加速してゆく
Once again, the melody suddenly speeds up
Kokoro wo tsukanda hitohira no kage mo keshisaru
心を掴んだ 一片の影を 消し去る
And erases a piece of the image that attracted me
Manazashi kira kira
眼差し キラキラ
Your twinkling eyes
Amari ookikunai michi demo iine
あまり大きくない道でも良いね
We can choose a narrow path as well
Soshite kakedasu tobikomu kiseki e
そして 駆け出す 飛び込む 奇蹟へ
And run towards our miracle, leaping into it
Miageru te wo furu hikari e
見上げる 手を振る 光へ
We'll look up and wave our hands at the light
Tomaranai kimochi wo tsunai de yuku
止まらない気持ちを 繋いでゆく
Connecting my uncontrollable feelings to you
Rifurekutia
リフレクティア
Reflectia
Yurameku chikazuku ashita e
揺らめく 近づく 明日へ
Getting closer to the wavering tomorrow
Kanaderu yume miru mirai e
奏でる 夢見る 未来へ
I am singing and dreaming of the future
Massara na sora
まっさらな空
Under the brand new sky
Doko made mo tsurete
どこまでも連れて
Let's go to the end of the world
Namida no owari aizu ni
涙の終わり 合図に
Once you stop crying, then it's time to set off
Inside of me... you've always been crying.
"I want to wipe your tears away", is what I think.
But... I don't know what your soft, warm face will look like... after the tears are wiped away.
Argh, it didn't turn out the way I wanted!
I really want to draw a more gentle smile...
1 Because I Gave My Tears Away
What are you doing?
It seems that there weren't enough people to do this work.
I see...
You aren't going to eat?
Once I'm done with this.
Ah, I see.
"Ah, I see." ...What am I saying?!
What am I doing? Trying to look cool?!
Um, Bo-chan?
Er... I'm stretching, stretching...
Stretching.
Stretching... that's good.
Where's Dad?
Looks like he's still at work.
How is that girl?
Working on the records.
If she doesn't help me finish it. I won't have time to take care of the dishes.
Well, you shouldn't be saying that. After all, she's helping you with chores.
So you're on her side.
That's not how it is.
I don't want to hear it.
Damn, what's with that?
"An angel exists somewhere...".
"If only we could save up your tears,"
"And then make a necklace out of them."
"We could hang it on the tree."
"The tree of tears is shining..."
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I'm leaving!
What's wrong? Is that all you can do?
Just who came up with pull-ups?
Whoa! Hiromi, you're unbelievable!
You guys are slow! You're already a lap behind me.
Where did all that energy come from?
Well, we have different ways of working out.
You're insane!
I'm going on ahead!
Shinichirou, you damn pervert!
Stop it, Nobuse!
You look just like an old man,
With your eyes focusing on the girls' white legs.
Hiromi, you okay?
That's your fault.
She tripped over your eyesight that was focused on her legs.
What the hell is wrong with you?!
Yuasa-san sure is nice!
She really seems like a top student, you know.
Well even so, she's not all that proud of herself. Just perfect, isn't she?
Now aren't you an idiot. You're living with her.
If I were you,
I would take advantage of living with her, and peek at her changing.
And have her shout "Kya! Pervert!"
I'll pass that on to Ai-chan.
Well then, later.
What's with that? You're so cold...
Wait a minute...
Jeez...
Hey, you down there!
Don't look at me without permission.
I-I wasn't really...
Hey, you!
Is there something else you want?!
I can't get down.
So... you were picking food for the chickens?
This food came from the sky.
From the... sky?
This child wants to fly into the sky.
But he's trapped in such a place.
I pitied him,
So I got food for him from the highest places.
Huh?
A chicken that wants to fly into the sky?
Are you not letting that one eat?
That's because that one doesn't want to fly.
How do you know these things?
I just know,
And you are the one on that side.
Eh? Huh?
You don't want to fly.
Wait a minute! What do you know about someone like me? Who's only spoken to you once?
You spit, right?
Well, I think I know what's going on.
It seems like you might be able to fly.
Yes.
Since your head seems quite empty.
May bad fortune befall you!
Oh, that Isurugi Noe from Class A, huh?
Never seen her before.
She transferred in last year.
She's quite cute, but...
There are some scary rumours about her.
Scary?
For example, it's said that she exchanges e-mails with a person who lives underground,
Or that she can summon a pink elephant when she whistles.
That's nonsense.
No, wait. Since it's her...
Did something happen?
She cursed me.
Well, that's bad.
What?
Once Isurugi Noe calls out her Secret Special Disaster move. You are no match for her!
Afterwards she said, "I hope it shrinks" to someone, and it turns out it really did...
Oh, Bo-chan.
Did you need the Chief for something?
Err, well, not really.
After someone dad knew died last year,
Their daughter, Hiromi, was adopted by my family.
We've been in the same class since elementary school.
I was surprised.
Hiromi has always been cheerful,
And because her smiling face interested me.
Because it interested me...
Welcome home.
I'm home.
"May bad fortune befall you..."
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Come on,
If you keep sighing you'll suffer from bad luck.
Even Ai-chan is cursing people...
Huh?
It's not like I'm going to do the dance because I want to.
Everyone has high expectations of you!
About what? I'm really bad at the Mugiha dance. How could I be the main star?
The Mugiha dance is a traditional dance performed in the Toyama prefecture.
Jeez...
I really don't want to be born into that kind of a family...
I think you're thinking too much about everything.
You're making it seem like you are so much better, but you're just one year older.
One year is a long time.
A crawling baby could even learn to walk in that time.
Before you say that... remove the beer case from under your feet.
I was just worried about you, you know!
Aiko!
The store's closed, huh?
Oh, Shinichirou, so you were here!
Miyokichi, you're already done with the chores at home?
Yeah.
You need anything?
Whatever burns my throat, a double!
Yeah, yeah... Cola, right?
What's with you, just give it to me.
What's wrong?
I'm heading home.
I feel bad about bothering you two.
Wait a minute. You're not bothering us!
Sorry about that.
Then, see you tomorrow.
Welcome back.
Shin-chan, give me your jacket.
It's fine.
How did it go?
Nothing special.
I-I'm sor-
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologising?
I'm the one that saw you...
I should be the one apologising!
And yet... why did you...?
Sorry...
"Kya! Pervert!"
She didn't react the way Nobuse said...
...but that should be the natural reaction, right?
"Kya! Pervert!"
My family is taking care of Hiromi.
But...
She's always tried to keep from standing out.
Good morning.
Shin-chan, what is this?
It says that it's from a publisher in Tokyo.
Did you open it?!
Answer me first!
How could you hide something like this from your parents?!
Shin-chan, you...
Shin-chan!
Shin-chan...
So... you opened it without permission?
Eh? Well, that's because...
It's just that I think it's inappropriate to open it without permission.
But...
Shin-chan is the Nakagami Family's...
Shinichirou, is Shinichirou.
It has nothing to do with the Nakagami Family.
Unfortunately, your contest application has been rejected.
"May bad fortune befall you..."
Oi!
My name isn't "Oi".
Isurugi Noe!
I've got something for you.
Something nice!
So please take it back!
"It"?
The bad luck curse!
Come if you dare!
Wonderful! It's wonderful!
It's amazing!
To praise me like that...
You can fly, can't you?
I can fly?
That's right!
You can fly!
Good boy, good boy, good boy.
Let's go show it to Raigou-maru!
Raigou-maru?
It's the name of that chicken.
What about the one that can't fly?
Ground.
So you've already named them.
What about your name?
Nakagami Shinichirou.
Nakagami Shinichirou...
Maybe, a raccoon?
Ground! What happened?!
You saw it, right? Ground!
Hey...
He flew away.
Raigou-maru, flew away.
Right? Isn't that right, Ground?
"May bad fortune befall you."
Cursing someone is a double-edged sword.
I'm sorry, Raigou-maru...
It's all my fault...
To have made this happen to you...
I'm sorry...
She's crying...
Isurugi Noe's tears...
Let's go.
Shinichirou has a cockroach under his shoe~♪
You're strong.
You really liked him, right?
But even so...
I'm sad.
Really... really sad.
Isurugi Noe...
Because, I lost my tears.
kanawanai negaigoto moteawashite
叶わない願ごと 持て余して
The wish that I kept won’t come true,
arukidasu kuchibiru utainagara
歩き出す くちびる歌いながら
so I start to walk and sing.
nokosareta kimochiheto
残された気持ちへと
And the feelings I left behind,
tsumetai ame furi kakaru
冷たい雨降りかかる
the cold rain continues to fall on them.
wasuretaito wasurenaito
忘れたいと 忘れないと
“I want to forget”, “I don’t want to forget”
yurayura mawarinagara
ゆらゆら廻りながら
I waver as I purposely ask
shizumu kokoro wazato kimini
沈む心 ワザと君に
my depressed heart about you.
I'M TELLIN' A LIE
katachino nai futari dakara koso
形のない二人だからこそ
For that reason, there’s no “us”.
daijini shitanoni
大事にしたのに
even though we treasured it,
kikitai
訊きたい…
I want to ask…
ima kokode nanimokamo hanashitara
今ここで何もかも話したら
If we talked about anything right now,
kawaruno desuka
変わるのですか?
would this change?
I have a mission.
I need to reclaim my tears.
You're seriously trying to replace Raigou-maru. With me?
2 I... What do I want to do?