29th Kitanohashi High Cultural Festival
For this year's Kitanohashi High Cultural Festival...
Courage, friendship, and peace are the three keywords.
Everyone, remember to keep these words in mind as you work.
Excuse me!
Could you let me through?
I'm sorry!
Mikki...
It's finally the Cultural Festival.
But everyone is busy with other activities.
That's why I...
I have to do my best for everyone!
I'm sorry!
Alice, The Railway Crossing, and The Sauce Senbei.
Fifteen Love.
Aya, you're so wonderful!
Oh, Aya....
F-forgive me.
For those wishing to participate in the costume parade,
please assemble in the main area.
Excuse me, I...
Is that from the Arabian Knights? It's great!
Well no, it's for the Magic Club...
It's perfect!
C'mon, this way!
Oh well, whatever!
They haven't moved this sign yet.
President Takakura was supposed to have objected to it.
Magic Fortune Telling Sauce Senbei 100 Yen
I'm sorry I'm late, President Takakura!
President Takakura's not here yet...
I'll be right back Please open the booth Takakura
Exactly as agreed, we moved it.
Executive Committee Office
That's not what we agreed on!
It's in the way, so I asked you to move it, didn't I?
Cultural Festival Executive Committee Cultural Director Manga Research Club President
That big...
Big...
And well...
That's why we moved it, one centimeter.
How many centimeters?
Do you have any complaints?
Because it's so big...
I'll remember this!
I can't understand a word you're saying.
There, all set!
I'll be okay, I practiced hard for this.
I'm the top batter,
It wouldn't do if I failed and no customers came.
And so we'll take turns fortune telling according to this schedule.
Everyone, please don't forget your assigned time.
And also keep track of customers served and number of sauce senbei sold and purchased.
Help out where you can.
Got it?
Yes!
Why that... Her breasts and attitude are so big, why does she have to torment us with these small things.
But I have to do something,
Otherwise no one will know about our booth.
President Takakura!
Hey, that voice...
Aikawa?
Oh well...
Stop right there!
We the Miracle Dolls will not tolerate any more evil doing!
Prepare yourself!
Okay everyone!
Miracle Lovely Beam!
That's it!
There's no customers coming.
I wonder what happened to President Takakura.
No, I have to stop that. I always rely on the President.
Right now it's my assigned time,
So I have to take care of things here.
What do you mean take care of things?
What?
You're?
A customer.
Oh, welcome in!
Do you want a lot?
What?
Oh, you want your fortune told!
What do you want told, your future, or...
Heads or tails.
What?
It's tails...
Wait, your sauce senbei!
Um, is the Manga Club...
Wow! Look at that!
Welcome!
P-please hold on!
I'll set it back up right away.
Look! Look! This side is unreal!
What is this, it's awesome!
Um, well...
It's not ready yet...
Was the Manga Club over here?
Thanks for everything!
Now then, guess I'll go help Sae now.
Let's see, sew here to here, then...
What are you doing?
Oh, Nakatomi!
Sewing?
Yeah, something like that.
By the way, how's it going at the clubroom?
Oh, I haven't gone yet.
I was on my way there now.
Oh, great timing!
It's almost my turn, but I don't think I can go for a while yet.
Nakatomi, could you switch with me?
What? Sure, but...
Then I guess I better change into my fortune telling costume.
Ch-Change?!
Well, I guess I can change in the club room.
Vice-president Aburatsubo's in the tennis match right now.
Right now it's Sae's turn.
And the only one left is Aikawa.
All the girls... changing...
Oh, Nanaka! Your costume's so cute!
Cute?
Would you trade with me?
Trade?
Oh, my costume is so sheer!
Mine is so nice and sheer too!
If everyone's going to be so sheer, then I will too!
So sheer?
Sheer...
How are you, Nakatomi!
Aikawa! What are you doing?
What about the club room?
What? I haven't gone yet.
What about you?
Oh, I'm heading there now.
Gotcha.
Oh no! The Film Club!
You know, were going to premier the film.
And so? I told you I didn't want to, didn't I?
We're in a bind, there's only one person in charge.
C'mon, c'mon!
I don't have anything to do with that film!
Don't be so stubborn!
Aikawa! Could you go to the club room for me instead?
Okay!
Thanks, Akane!
Sure!
Now then...
Hello Miss, would you like to come with me?
Oh, but I...
Are you by yourself? How frightening!
Miyama, see this and weep!
Alright!
This will be the Magic Club's secret weapon!
Oh! How cute!
Look, look! Isn't it great?
Magic Club Magic Fortune Telling
The Magic Club!
They're moving by themselves!
Wh-what amazing balance!
Did you make these?
Tell us!
Just how are you controlling them?
Yes, well...
Wait!
If you go now Aburatsubo, what are we going to do about the second match?
But he promised us!
Takeo, how's the fortune telling going?
Aburatsubo, I'm on my way there.
I switched with Nakatomi.
I see. I can't go yet. Good luck, Takeo!
Sure! Don't worry about it!
Hey! What are you doing?
That's my line, isn't it?
Posters and signs used without permission will be confiscated.
What?!
Confiscate those!
Hey! Let me go!
What gives you the authority to do this!
Oh! Vice-president Aburatsubo!
Aikawa!
What are you doing here?
I'm not sure, but I think it's something like an amateur singing contest.
So, how's it going at the clubroom?
I haven't gone yet.
I switched with Nakatomi, so I have to go pretty soon.
I heard Nakatomi and Takeo switched places.
Really? Then it's okay then!
I'm not quite sure...
Good luck!
Um, what fortune do you want told, your future, or...
One more sauce senbei, please!
Oh, right away!
Hey! Hurry up and change places!
Shaddap! I'm still watching!
Here! Thanks for waiting!
So, what fortune do you wish told, your future, or...
A sauce senbei here too!
O-okay!
A sauce senbei...
Another sauce senbei please!
Sauce senbei please!
So, is the sauce senbei here that good?
Hey, hey! What's this line for?
Something about acrobatic sauce senbei.
The road is stopped. I have the sensation of standing here.
The blinking red lights.
The flowing train.
It feels like my heart will stop.
It looks like a crushed red tomato.
I am breaking and disappearing.
If I break up it will be comforting.
It'll feel so comfortable.
It ends in eternity...
Um, well, what were trying to say...
existence is symbolized by the tomato...
and Nakatomi is the poet.
Oh geeze! What the heck was that! How embarrassing!
Please wait, Aburatsubo!
Please stay for the third match!
What about the play?
Give me a break already! I did what we agreed on!
Vice-president Aburatsubo!
What happened?
Don't ask!
Aburatsubo!
This way!
What?
A-BU-RA-TSU-BO!
Vice-president, that way!
Please wait!!
Vice-president, let's go outside!
Okay!
Oh, Vice-president, wait!
Okay!
Please, Aburatsubo!
Forgive me.
Please don't apologize.
Because I'm laughing.
I'm sorry.
This much paperwork for just one permit, this is ridiculous!
President Takakura!
Aikawa?
Oh, Aikawa!
Takeo?
Huh? Why is everyone here?
WHAT?!
So does that mean... no one's gone to the clubroom?
That means in the clubroom...
Only Sae!
Sawanoguchi!
Hey! No fair!
Let me through!
Sawanoguchi!
President Takakura!
Please let me through!
Please, could you move?
President Takakura!
Sawanoguchi...
President Takakura...
Sawanoguchi!
President Takakura!
Sawanoguchi!
President Takakura!
Sawanoguchi!
President Takakura!
Please take over here!
Hey Sae! Where are you going, Sae?
They're dolls from the Magic Club!
How cute!
What's with this sign? It's in the way!
Yeah! Move that thing!
After that, a lot happened at the Cultural Festival.
It's becoming clearer now.
Something about your future.
There's something about a lizard and alligator in your future...
How about it, why don't you check it out!
What about you too?
If you don't go today, you'll miss out!
You get a sauce senbei too for 100 yen!
It's a great deal!
How about you, ma'am?
Hey, where's that sauce senbei!
I was first!
Please hold on, it'll be a minute!
Your past card is the Castle.
Your future card is the Sword.
Oh! How wonderful!
Aya!
Thank you for the hard work everyone!
Please clean up quickly, but be careful not to hurt yourselves.
Please take large pieces of trash like lumber to the designated trash area by the main gate.
Job well done!
Well, Sawanoguchi's plan was a great success today!
If Sawanoguchi wasn't here, I don't know what would have happened to the Magic Club!
What? But...
I didn't do it all by myself.
Because if you all didn't come then...
And President Takakura came to save me.
Nanaka?
Huh?
Is something wrong?
You don't seem to be yourself.
No, nothing's wrong.
Oh...
Hey! The arch's coming down!
It was fun, it was difficult,
It was hard, and it was enjoyable.
So much happened, time flew by.
Good morning!
The Magic Club's Cultural Festival has ended.
The Kimono, The Shorts, and The Era of the Flower.
Audio Visual Room
Okay, Sae.
Oh okay,
Then let's start, Nanaka.
Oh, not there!
Oh sorry,
Where?
Here.
Oh. Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Slowly, please.
Okay.
Oh, yes, there!
Oh, like this?
That's good.
Ow- ouch.
Oh!
Nanaka?
Are you okay?
I'm sorry!
What should I do?
Uh, um, what is it?
That's right!
I'll go get the attendance book from the office!
Wait for me, okay?
Mikki...
Mid-autumn is a lonely time, isn't it?
After the Cultural Festival, there's only final exams.
Christmas is still far away.
Attendance, attendance...
Got it!
I hope Nanaka's waiting for me.
Sawanoguchi.
Yes?
Could you deliver these printouts, and return these notebooks.
Uh, um.
Fifth period is self-study, so let everyone know, okay?
Oh... okay.
Excuse me, I'm passing behind you.
Oh, go ahead.
Let's see, printouts, notebooks, and self-study...
Sawanoguchi!
I-I'm sorry!
Let's see, deliver printouts, return notebooks, and self-study until fifth period...
Right?
Of course not!
Excuse me!
What?
Just now,
At the Cultural Festival, that cute Alice, um, well...
Who was it?
Will you stop talking bubbles?
Haderu-mi...
seru...moka...
moka... what was it...
Haderumi serumoka...
Vida.
That's right! It's Serumokavida!
Oh, tha-
Pleased to meet you.
Boy's Toilet.
Excuse me!
I was sure this...
this was the boy's...
Which did you drop, was it the gold toilet paper, or the silver toilet paper?
No, neither! Plain paper is fine!
I'm sure that it's ordinary recycled paper.
How wonderful!
For someone as honest as you, I will give you everything.
No, you mustn't!
You mustn't, no matter how much this is the toilet...
Not that far...
Nanaka, here.
Like this.
What?
Do you know?
The only thing I know is that I don't know.
What? Really?
They were in uniform, right?
What? I think so.
Then what year?
What color was their patch?
Um, well...
I'm not sure...
Sae!
But I really met that person!
I'm sure I met them!
It wasn't a dream!
So who is this person?
Who?
I wonder...
What is it?
Huh? Oh, it's nothing!
Oh geeze, you tire me out!
There!
Nanaka! Nanaka! It really wasn't a dream!
There, really!
There, look!
What, where?
Over there!
Where?
Oh! That Aikawa! It doesn't bother her at all that she's tardy.
Not Akane.
There in the shorts, see?
What?
Oh, he's a guy?
What?
What? A guy?
I think so, but I'm not too sure.
But it looked like he was in shorts, so...
Oh?
Do you know him?
Excuse me, I was out late last night.
I don't know.
He should be in the same class, don't you at least recognize the face?
I don't remember any of that.
I really don't know.
Shall I go ask someone?
Oh, that's okay, Akane.
What's that? We came all this way!
I don't want to cause a fuss.
Dragging someone around is already a big fuss!
Sorry.
Excuse me, Aikawa.
The teacher asked me to tell you to go to the student guidance room right away.
Oh, thank you.
Not at all.
Hm? What is it?
Wow, what a cute guy!
Is that the guy?
Guess who?
Takeo?
What's wrong?
Aburatsubo...
Do you believe in God?
God?
Right.
The God of the Toilet.
Takeo's broken!
Was it because my love was lacking?
No, that's not it.
Who's that? Do you know him?
Well... I think...
Was he here from before?
What?
Was he a transfer student?
What? I don't think so.
Was he here from spring?
I'm pretty sure he was.
I'm not very interested in school.
Shall I go ask?
Wait!
It's okay.
It's okay?
Thank you, Akane.
Hold on, Sae!
Are you sure it's okay? You always regret it later, Sae.
Yeah...
Geeze, why don't you go ask Aikawa again?
That might be better.
It's better than sitting around worrying about it.
Yeah...
I'm going!
Hey! Wait!
But maybe I shouldn't...
S-Sorry!
Nanaka, are you okay?
Guidance Counseling Room
I'm fine!
Excuse me.
What an unwelcome favor.
What is?
You have it hard, don't you?
Those who think that are the worst.
Then I won't talk about it.
That's the best, isn't it?
It's Jinno...
Right?
Do you have a minute?
Please don't move.
It looks good!
It's perfect!
Oh, please don't misunderstand!
About what?
If you understand, then that's fine.
So...
Can I ask one more favor?
Sae, are you done with your diary yet?
Not yet, just a minute more!
Oh, alright.
Nanaka, thanks for waiting!
What? He left?
See what happens when you dilly dally.
Oh, I see...
I know where he is.
Do you want to go?
Th-this is...
Is he an actor?
I think you should hurry.
Hello Mr. Anbe!
Oh, Akane! You came!
Well, just for a bit.
By the way, I have two more.
There isn't much left, but I guess it's okay.
You can change in here. There isn't much time, so hurry.
What? Change?
Don't worry about it. Just follow the person in charge.
Yes but...
Mr. Anbe, Ms. Amano's here.
Okay!
Okay then, good luck!
What's he mean good luck?
What?
I'll be back later.
Go on.
Oh, Akane!
Well then, good luck!
N-Nanaka...
I...
What'll I do if I get this dirty?
They'll get mad, won't they?
But why kimono's...
What's going on here?
Just who does she think we are?
Um, well...
And what happened to him?
I wonder...
There's definitely something fishy here!
What? Her daughter's entering?
It's a huge rumor.
No way!
Then this is pointless!
So who's her daughter?
Excuse me...
Just what's going on today?
You know, I'm asking a question!
Thank you for waiting.
Everyone auditioning, please proceed to the stage.
Audition?!
Stage?!
What's going on?!
Hey, isn't that girl that model?
No way, really?
The Era of the Flower Starring Azusa Amano
She tricked us!
Don't put it like that.
Then how would you put it?
Um, well, err...
She brought us along.
Same thing!
Oh my! Hold on!
Could it be, Nanaka and Sae?
What?
H-hello!
Good luck!
Yes! We'll do our best!
Um...
Is that her daughter?
They don't look like her!
Not at all!
We can win!
Yes, we can!
Thank you all for coming.
We will now begin.
This audition is for the part of Reiko Mitsui in the movie The Era of the Flower starring Azusa Amano.
Ex-excuse me,
But really, Nanaka is great.
Um, well, she's a lot more...
Um, well, what was I trying to say...
Oh, man...
Thank you, Sae.
Oh, yes.
Excuse me, no, I mean, pleased to meet you, no, congratulations...
Was that for real?
Maybe she thinks this is for a variety show?
For crying out loud, Sae!
Was that a bit much?
I'm sure.
Next please.
Oh? That's strange.
Are you the last one?
Yes.
What?
Hey...
I am Akane Aikawa.
What's that?
I'm sorry.
I'm really busy.
What do you mean by that, mother?
Is that her?
I don't think so.
Then which one?
I don't know.
It can happen, right?
I never thought he'd have the same name as Akane.
Of course not!
What? But...
Aikawa planned this, of course!
Really?
Never mind that already!
How about your lines?
What?
Lines?
Weren't you listening?
There's going to be a test reading!
Yes, well Akane's really talented.
And we were pretty casual about asking her to appear.
No we weren't.
Pardon me.
I guess we were pretty emphatic about having her appear.
Oh gee...
Yes well, she was the best.
Looks like she's given us the slip.
So, what should we do about the imposter?
Should we disqualify her?
She was pretty good, though.
Let's continue.
Akane Aikawa will be fine.
I failed. I was no good at all.
Nanaka?
I'm sorry I forced you to come with me.
I can't speak well like you, Nanaka.
I knew that,
But it's still disappointing.
Why did I come?
Didn't you come to meet me?
What?
Huh?
It's not "Huh?", it's "What?"
Where am I?
No, it's "What has happened?"
Oh!
Akane!
Uh, um...
I couldn't go into the men's restroom dressed like this.
Oh, yes, that's right.
Sorry, I'll be done soon.
Oh, please take your time...
Although that sounds kind of strange.
Are you done already?
Nope.
Oh, but...
I ran away.
Ran away?
Come with me, Sae.
What?
Um...
It's "Just what happened to that, mother?" Right?
You've become quite composed, Reiko.
Then are you going to fulfill your promise?
They've switched lines.
That isn't something that can be done so hastily.
Can't I decide for myself how I want to live?
Um...
What are you trying to say, Reiko?
I can't take it anymore!
I'm leaving!
Aren't you going to stop me?
Akane,
You're disqualified.
Until you hear "Cut", an actress must stay in character.
Well, I'm not an actress.
Excuse me!
No! What a waste!
Wait!
Um...
Wait!
Jurica Jinno.
Please call me Jurica.
But...
"But" and "however", I hate those kind of words.
I'm sorry.
I also don't like people who say "I'm sorry" all the time.
Are you crying?
Are you angry?
Not really...
Laugh.
What?
Please laugh.
If you don't laugh it'll be terrible.
Jinno...
I... have to go.
It's Jurica.
Jinno, I really...
Jurica.
I'm kidding.
What?
You can go now.
Wait.
What?
Did you know?
I love you.
I...
Sae!
You're late! What are you doing!
Oh... um...
Hurry! Everyone's there already!
Oh, okay!
Mikki...
I...
He said he loves me!
He held me!
What should I do?
He said he loves me!
What should I do?
He said he loves me...
Sae!
Now the results.
Reiko Mitsui will be...
Oh well.
Auditioning sure is tiring.
Acting kids sure are different.
They're really good at it.
It's not like I was expecting much though.
That Aikawa's terrible.
I'll have to scold her tomorrow.
What?
Because she used him to escape.
And you never got a chance to talk to him.
Oh, it's okay.
What is it?
Oh, um...
It's alright,
I already...
Sae, I told you that when you talk to others, you should speak clearly, didn't I?
Oh, sorry.
You're acting strange, Sae.
Oh my, a cold?
I won't give it to you.
It's "I will not give it to you."
Because I'm an actress, right?