"Kodomo no Omocha"
The rumor that I love you is true. Yes it is.
Whether you're awake or asleep…
You can't avoid it,
…so don't worry about it.
If I sneak into your heart by ridding you of that other love…
…is that a sin?
At sunset, when the children go home,
today's incident is burning love!
You can be sure of it!
7 O'Clock News!
Please, our relationship…
Ah, don't condemn me for a true kiss…
This town without fire…
Let's ignite it with our love!
Ah, don't live carelessly!
That's asking for too much!
I'm Kurata Sana, age 11. I'm a sixth grader,
who's also active as an entertainer.
Sagami Rei-kun. He's both my chauffeur and my manager,
as well as my boyfriend and pimp!
Mama. She's an Aoki Laureate novelist who keeps a chipmunk on her head.
This… is a mysterious white bat.
And this is the fiend who is in my class, 6th Grade 3rd Class, Hayama Akito!
He's like the devil!
Thanks to Hayama, our class is a shambles!
I finally declared war on him!
I win!
I lose.
I win!
I lose. And when it was over…
I took a picture of Hayama buck naked!
Now then, Hayama-kun…
How about you hand over that picture of the teachers?
"Lone Wolf, Awooo!"
This is all of them?
T-these are the pictures of the teachers… m-make… making out…?
Here, wipe your nose.
They're pretty incredible, all right.
Hayama, are you sure you handed over all of them?
If you still have even one copy, I'm releasing your naked picture!
I don't have any more.
Really?
Yeah.
Really? Really…?
Yeah.
All right…
Well, starting today, you're going to behave yourself!
No more tormenting the teacher, or interfering with the lesson. Got that!?
You can't disobey me!
I've got a super-embarrassing naked picture of you right here, after all.
This feels great!
Fine with me.
It's not like I did all that because I liked it.
It made those idiots happy, so I just went along with them.
It was strange to me how they bowed down to me and did everything I said.
Hold on! You can't tell me it was like that!
Although you're right, the boys in this class certainly are dumber than monkeys.
Ee-hee…
You enjoyed being the boss monkey, didn't you?
And now you put on that face, saying not to lump you in with those others!
Everyone went along with you!
Shut up! You called me here this early in the morning!
I don't want to hear any sermons!
Coming at a time when no one else was here
was supposed to have been more convenient for you!
Akito-kun…
I'm sorry, but lately, Akito-kun, I think you've been going too far.
I really am sorry.
"So, did Hayama forgive him?"
Hayama-san, you're early, huh?
Good morning!
What are we doing today?
—Hayama-san…! —Hayama-san…! —Hayama-san…!
I'm done with it.
Why don't you guys finally start looking towards middle school,
and start concentrating on your studies?
Things keep escalating like this, and your grades are going to be in danger.
Wha--?
What's this, all of a sudden?
Hayama! Come here a second.
What is it?
Just hurry! If you don't do what I tell you,
you're stripped.
—Stripped? —Stripped? —Stripped?
Damn…
Stripped?
Okay, Hayama-kun, you realize how much trouble you've caused us, right?
If you realize the extent of everything you've done,
then apologize to everyone here!
Come on.
Come on!
Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!
Geez, I'm so sorry.
You call that an apology!?
You don't get it, do you!?
S-Sana-chan is amazing!
Hmph! It serves him right!
But isn't she overdoing it a little?
Are you listening to me, Hayama!? Say something! Hey! Come on! Hey!
That hurts, you know!
The hearts of us girls hurt even more! They're all prickly, like on Cutey Honey!
That's right!
Apologize sincerely! Especially to Mami-chan!
I'm sorry. I won't do it any more.
—Did you hear that? Did you hear that? —Unbelievable!
He did apologize!
I did it!
That does it, right?
Hayama, we're going to take you at your word!
Now have yourself a change of heart, with a whack!
Hayama-san…
You break your promise, and you're stripped!
—Stripped! —…apologized…
—If you're lying, you swallow a thousand needles! Got that!? —How sissy…!
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Okay, class is begin…ning…
It'll be okay now, most likely. Look, Kurata got the pictures from Hayama…
…she got the pictures away from him! Okay?
Can that be true?
O-okay, Gomi-kun, begin reading from page 26.
Don't get too pleased with yourself.
What are you doing!?
Read!
Hayama-san…
"A peaceful class"
"Over the mountains, far to travel, people say, Happiness dwells."
Oooooh…
Sensei, geez, what are you doing crying?
Your Sensei is just so happy…
We need to hurry and get back the parts where we're falling behind, right Sensei?
R-right.
So, what happened then?
Sana-chan's fans from awl over the country have been worried
about how Sana-chan is doing at school, and look!
This many postcards have arrived for her!
Oh my, how nice.
Everyone all over the country, I'm sorry to have worried you.
Oh, didja manage to settle things?
All settled, all settled.
Zenjiro-sensei, you have a fairly big problem keeping things private.
So that's how it gets back to me, huh?
It's so refreshing, like the scales have fallen from my nose.
No, no, scales fawl from your eyes, don't they?
Eh? You've got scales on your eyes!
Dummy, like you've got them on your nose?
Well, all's well that ends well.
That's good to hear.
What do you mean, all's well?
"The monkey has left, but there's a new monkey!"
Yikes! Here I can finally have class in peace, and I'm tardy again!
I'm sorry I'm late!
Stop this! Please, stop this!
Hayama! You broke your promise, didn't you!?
You liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Now, you're going to get stripped!
I'm going to hand them out all over!
I haven't done anything.
Who's going to believe a lie like that!?
Sana-chan, it looks like there's a new faction that's started.
Gomi-kun is the leader of this one.
What?
Gomi-kun there?
The boss monkey has been switched out.
"Retiring" Boss monkey… switch!
Is this any time to be saying that!? Put a stop to it, former boss monkey!
Hey.
Why don't you give it up. Aren't you getting tired of it?
Hmph. I'm not listening to what you say any more.
What's so funny!?
Up until yesterday, you were kissing up to me.
Shut up! The truth is, I hate you! You're always so high and mighty!
Starting today, I'm the boss!
Let's clearly determine right now which one of us is stronger!
H-Hayama…
Come on! I'll show you that I'm the stronger one!
Hold on! Hold on! Why is it turning out like this!? Stop!
Here goes!
No! Hayama, you absolutely cannot use violence!
Akito-kun, are you all right?
Sheesh! Listen to what girls tell you, will you? Pathetic!
Why, you…
Uh oh, he's snapped, he's snapped. This is bad, this is bad…
Both of you, don't fight!
Hayama, if you use violence, you'll be stripped! Stripped!
Wha--?
Your guard is down!
Only Hayama-kun is listening to what you're saying, Sana-chan.
He's getting pounded on!
Stop it! You can't fight! Don't do it, I tell you!
Stop!
You're no challenge at all!
Geez! Why didn't you dodge his good-for-nothing punches!?
I'm not proud to say this, but I'm not very good at defense.
That really isn't something to be proud of.
Did you see that? Hayama is just a wuss, who can't go against what girls say!
All right! I'll let you have one shot! Fight! One shot!
Listen, starting today, I'm the boss. Got that?
Yes, Gomi-san.
Hey.
This is supposed to be a Shojo (girls') anime!
Get all full of yourself, will you?
Incredible. Just one punch…
I guess Gomi's reign only lasted for one period.
But still, violence is wrong.
You're the one who said just one punch would be okay, weren't you!?
Hayama-san!
I'm going to follow Hayama-san after all!
Don't follow me. You bother me.
—Hayama-san…! —Hayama-san…! —Hayama-san…!
Hayama-san is the boss after all, huh?
Yeah!
—Thanks to Hayama's one punch, —If Hayama-san behaves himself,
—the other boys started behaving themselves. —I'll follow him!
Damn…
Okay, let's use the pattern marked with the "X."
The problems of 6th Grade 3rd Class had been solved…
…or so it appeared…
Sana-chan, do you know where Akito-kun is?
No, I don't. What's wrong?
I was supposed to meet up with him, but he's not here.
Geez, he always takes off somewhere…
As the days go by, he's been more or less isolating himself, huh?
"'Grrrr…' Lone Boy" A lone wolf who's given up being boss monkey!
What's that?
Dunno.
You should just leave that guy alone!
He may be behaving himself now,
but remember what he was doing up until recently!
It's still upsetting, isn't it?
Sana-chan, Sana-chan…!
Sana-chan, it's your turn.
Here goes!
Sana-chan, watch out!
Ee-yow-ow-ow! An actress' face is her life!
Why do I have to go through something this painful!?
That's right, that's right! It's all his fault!
He's the one that has me so distressed!
I'm still upset, even now, about him!
"Worrying about him"
"Hayama"
The target has entered his room…
I'm about to slip in,
and put the squeeze on the target until he gives himself up.
I could play the lead role in a crime drama!
N-n-now's n-n-not t-t-the t-t-time, R-R-Rei-kun…!
Good grief, she'd better hurry up. She's got a magazine interview.
C-c-cripes, s-s-stop i-i-it…!
It finally stopped…
Who are you?
That voice… Hayama's sister?
As it happens, I'm in the middle of an investigation of a nutritious character.
What you mean is "suspicious" character.
And besides, you're the shady-looking one here, you know.
Sana-chan!? You're Sana-chan, from Zenjiro-sensei's Child's Toy, right!?
It couldn't be mistaken identity…?
What a performer! Look, it's Sana-chan, all right!
Wow, you're as cute as you are on TV!
Thanks…
What do you want?
Uh, let's see… what do I want…?
Sana-chan doesn't want anything from the likes of you!
And what are you doing here, anyway!?
Aren't I always telling you not to come home until my bedtime!?
Just you being here makes me sick!
Say, get me Zenjiro-san's autograph, okay?
Ah, I don't know if I can…
Please? I'm a fan!
Hurry up and get out of here, I'm telling you!
I can't stand looking at you!
I know! Sana-chan, come have dinner with us!
I'll make it the best that I can.
I'm not making anything for you! Hurry up and go somewhere else!
I'm going! Shut up!
Please, Sana-chan, okay?
Ah! I've got to go to work, so if you'll excuse me…
Well, remember my autograph, okay?
Haya…
He's going to go eat dinner by himself…
This week's Sana-chan
I just knew it…
You knew what?
Looks like Hayama is a lone wolf both at home and at school.
It's like he doesn't open his heart to anyone.
"Grrrr"
I have lots of people I like, such as my friends, Mama, and Rei-kun.
But I'm not sure if it's that he doesn't have anyone like that,
or if he's just the type that doesn't have them on purpose.
Just thinking that there's somebody like that…
somehow, more than feeling upset about him…
I've started feeling sorry for him…
You've grown up just the way I idealized.
Mama…
Sensei, your editor, Onda-san, is here.
Sensei! I can't wait for your manuscript any longer!
Tell me your favorite color, favorite drink,
and a move you're good at.
Pink, strong tea, and the reverse choke-hold.
I see…
What do you see?
You are someone who says out loud "give me your manuscript," when actually,
you're a kind person, who will wait patiently.
M-me…?
Yes. That's what this personality assessment notebook says.
Are you still caught up in that thing?
Run away!
Sensei!
Rei-kun, help me finish reading through this script.
—Okay. —You couldn't catch me in a hundred years!
Just kidding! The truth is, I've already got it done!
What were you thinking!?
This after-dinner exercise has worked up a good sweat!
♪ My own home is so enjoyable… ♪
♪ that I never even thought… ♪
♪ that there were really families who were that cold to each other… ♪
Being a lone wolf isn't any fun!
♪ Being a lone wolf ♪
♪ isn't any fun, it's miserable and lonely! ♪
♪ Being a lone tanuki or a lone pig ♪
♪ is fun, happy, and enjoyable! ♪
Lone pig…
"Oink."
I said "lone pig"!
What, do your serious scenes only go on for a few seconds!?
"That's right."
Any questions up to this point?
Ah, Mother…?
You're such an idiot, Tsuyoshi!
You called the teacher "Mother"!
Mother! Mother! Mother!
What is it, Oki-kun?
Um…
You're overdoing the laughing. Cut it out.
How can we keep from laughing?
Tsuyoshi really does have a mother's complex!
Has anyone ever seen his mommy?
I have! She looks funny! She has the same face as he does!
This isn't good. I'm getting out of here.
She works at that supermarket in front of the train station,
wearing those round glasses!
"Thank you very much! Thank you very much! Thank you very much!"
She always says it three times!
Stop badmouthing my mother!!
W-what's going on? Tsuyoshi-kun is scaring me!
Not again…
How can you look so indifferent!?
He does this about once a year.
He calls the teacher "Mother," gets teased, and then snaps.
Oki-kun, it's Mother! It's Mother! Calm down!
Once he snaps, he's famous throughout the group
for being even more frightening than I am.
You didn't know?
N-no, I didn't. This is the first time we've been in the same class.
I knew.
Hurry and stop him, Hayama-kun.
It's always your duty to stop him when this happens, right?
H-he's settled down, right?
We're going to the nurse's office.
Ah, please do.
Ah, that startled me!
He really does have a mother's complex, huh?
H-Hayama…!
What's so wrong about loving your own mother!? Eh!?
T-there's nothing wrong.
Take it too far, though, and…
And what?
And, you know,
that's neither here nor there…
When is this ever going to be a normal class?
Sensei, hang in there.
Right, right! Don't get discouraged!
Thanks, everyone.
"Nurse's Office"
Are you coming around?
Yeah… Akito-kun…
Sorry. My chop was too hard. It's tricky getting the control right.
Mm-mm. Thanks, Akito-kun. Sorry to do this every year.
You do have some good points, Hayama. My opinion of you has improved a little.
There's nothing wrong with loving your mother, huh?
I love my Mama, too, after all.
Huh?
I don't remember Hayama having a mother at his house.
I don't have a father, though.
There must be something going on inside that house.
All these issues…
are they still piling up!?
"Back against the wall."
That's what you say about times like these.
In dire straits,
I've been waiting for an answer.
My confessions are worked out long in advance,
to always go along with the scenario.
My heart may be settled, but my mind is in a…
…panic!!
When my friends invite me by, suddenly,
he's there.
And our usual classroom…
…quick-changes into a merry-go-round…
…for two.
Although I've said nothing but wisecracks…
…up to now, just for today,
I'm going to be honest and sincere,
so BOY, take a look my way!
When my friends invite me by, suddenly,
he's there,
And our usual classroom…
…quick-changes into a merry-go-round…
…for two.
Hoy! In Sana-chan's next adventures…
How dark, how dark you are Hayama! What are you, a 20-watt bulb? Geez!
All right!
Under the circumstances, everything up to now gets flushed down the toilet,
and Sana-chan is going to change that light bulb for you!
Next time on Child's Toy, Episode 5
of the Light a Lantern, and Move On From Being Gloomy and Complaining Saga:
"Naughty Hayama, Where Are You Going?"
How about 200 watts!?
"Naughty Hayama, Where Are You Going?" That would be too bright.