"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 a TV personality, and in Gekidan Komawari.
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.
Hey, out of the way.
How come?
And this is the obstacle to me having an enjoyable life as a student, Hayama Akito!
After Hayama carried out a great many unforgivable acts,
Sana-chan finally displayed her iron fist of fury!
I win!
I lose!
I win!
I lose! But in the end,
I finally got him where he's vulnerable!
I'm sorry-I won't do it any more…
I did it! Take that!
Mother…?
Stop badmouthing my mother!!
What's so wrong about loving your own mother!? Eh!?
You do have some good points too, huh Hayama?
Huh?
Hayama didn't have a mother in his household, did he?
There must be something going on there.
"Naughty Hayama, Where Are You Going?"
"Morning with Hayama and Tsuyoshi-kun"
Akito-kun, good morning!
Yeah…
You sure are early, huh?
Yeah…
There's something nice about getting up early, isn't there?
"However, as for Sana-chan"
Thank you, Rei-kun! I love you!
See you later, Sana-chan…
Off I go!
Why does this always happen, every single day?
It's because you don't get up early enough…
Wait! Wait! Wait! Chime, don't stop ringing yet!
"6th Grade, 3rd Class" Do you suppose Sana-chan isn't coming today?
It's too soon to tell…
There… Here she is…
Morning!
—Morning, Sana-chan… —Morning, Sana-chan…
—Good morning… —Good morning… —Good morning…
Good morning…
Thank you, God.
Okay then, please open to page 48 in the textbook…
Peaceful, peaceful… but still…
There's something weird here…
"Let's all go see!"
Hey! Have you seen the new teacher 1st Class has?
She's ghastly ugly!
—Ghastly ugly? —How bad could she be?
Ghastly?
Ghastly!
Yeah! Let's go see!
All right, this way!
Hayama-san, do you want to go see, too?
No, I'm fine…
Let's go!
Ghastly!
I think I'll go, too…
Good grief!
Those boys really get my goat!
Where do they get off calling other people ugly with the faces they've got?
Then again, you've got to give Hayama-kun some credit…
He might already understand when it comes to that sort of thing…
Don't you think so, Sana-chan?
Right, right, right! Discriminating, I guess you'd call him…
It makes me think he's not all that bad a guy…
Gleam!
Boss, I'm not sure why, but they're speaking well of you over there…
She really is ugly… Akito-kun, why don't you go see?
I'm fine…
Hayama-kun's an adult, all right!
I thought he was different than before…
See? See? See? They're talking highly, they're talking highly…
He really is a good person…
I've already seen enough of your ugly faces, after all…
So that's how it is, huh!?
—He's terrible… —See? Ghastly ugly, right?
—I don't know… —Ah, you're turning red!
What is it with him?
Eh? Is she your type?
Hayama's a dummy…
He's terrible…
Maybe the photo is working too well…
"Hayama, all alone"
Hayama!
What are you doing?
Listen, listen, listen, you've gotten so carried away,
you weren't able to suddenly stop before, haven't you?
Huh? Is there something you need?
You're scared, aren't you? "Stripped!"
That's all right… As long as you don't run wild in the classroom
or pester the teachers, I won't show everybody!
As long as you play nicely with everyone,
everything is completely okay, and naturally daff-ay…
Don't you worry about it, Hayama!
You're not listening to me at all, are you?
Join me?
Where?
—Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! —Sana-chan is facing the boy's restroom
—Dummy! Dummy! Du-mmy! —and saying "dummy, dummy…"
Ah, what are you kicking it there for!?
There it goes!
Uh, Hayama-san, we're short one person… Want to play soccer with us?
What was that for!?
Ah, hey! Are you ignoring me again!?
Hey, Hayama! Bring those grumpies over here!
Come on, come on, stop ignoring me!
Why don't you play soccer with everyone,
and enjoy yourself once in a while?
What is it? What are you trying to say?
You should have just been good and listened to me like this in the first place…
Being good is the best! Let me handle this…
Hey, you guys!
Would you let this guy play soccer with you?
Kurata, if you're going to bring us someone,
make it somebody who can actually play soccer…
What are you talking about? Of course he can play… It's Hayama, after all…
It's… not Hayama…
"Sana doesn't give up"
Nyaah!
What do you want?
Stop goofing around here, get to your Komawari circle, and start circling…
Grrr! Komawari is on Saturday and Sunday!
Besides, this is about a different matter…
As such…
Ever since you gave up being the monkey leader, you've always been alone,
haven't you? That's strange…
Whether I'm alone or not has nothing to do with you…
You've got something that's troubling you, right?
So now you're my counselor? That's a lot of trouble you're going to…
Oh, I never!
You are such a thoroughly aggravating fellow!
I'll return that sentiment right back at you…
Oh, no! I can't let myself play into his hand…
Now, don't go turning on me like that, just listen to what I have to say, Peggy.
Who are you calling Peggy?
You know what? I enjoy every day…
I'll bet…
It's like, every year, I make more and more friends…
And then I think about what tomorrow holds in store…
You know? Don't you think that's fun?
Not in the least…
Why do you have to be so negative?
When I see someone as gloomy as you are, it makes me sad, too…
If there's something that's causing you to be so gloomy,
let's do something about it, and make things more pleasant…
Some cause?
You know? I want us all to be more cheerful and agreeable with each other!
Let's go all-out!
If there's anything I can do to help, would you tell me?
If there's anything I can do, I'll do it!
We can flush everything else that's happened up to now down the toilet!
Anything?
Mm-hmm…
Well then, kill me…
K-ki-ki… eh…?
W-w-w-why do you have to be like that!?
How come you're always saying such miserable things!?
Geez, and here I am, going to all this trouble… sheesh!
Can't you do it?
You know there's no way I can do that! Why would you even say such a thing!?
I said it because you told me you would help me…
Uh, no… I don't care anymore… If you want to die, you can just do it yourself…
I won't stop you…
Go ahead and smash your head in with the edge of a block of tofu or something!
Do it…
You're… you're walking around with one of these!? How dangerous!
Haven't you ever thought that you wanted to die?
Never!
I'd guess not… You and I are just too different…
It's no use for us to try talking about it, is it?
You think that your way of thinking is the only right way, don't you?
Well, don't force it on me, it's annoying!
You go ahead and enjoy yourself… You don't know anything,
so don't go sticking your nose into other people's business!
You couldn't understand the way I feel!
You're right… I don't understand the way you think at all…
That's why I want to learn… why I said I want to help…
How could you want to die…?
Never mind!
I'm home!
That dummy! Hayama, you big dummy! You grouch!
Rei-kun!
Rei-kun, did you spill some coffee?
A little…
Ah, Mama! Good morning!
What? What? What is this? What's the matter? What happened?
—Ah, this is unusual… —Sana, tell Mama what's going on…
—Mama, you're all flustered… —This is too strange!
Sana, are you sure you're not feeling out of sorts?
Not really… I just woke up spontaneously…
That's absolutely positively strange…
—Good morning… —Morning…
—Morning, Sana-chan… —Yay! Rei-kun, good morning!
Sana-chan, that's an unusual getup you're wearing…
I'm sorry about yesterday… I didn't mean to make you worry…
Good, it looks like you've cheered up…
I sure am! Cheery, cheery, monkey, monkey, ookie, lucky! Rei-kun…
There's nothing really going on between me and Hayama, so don't worry…
All right…
I don't know the first thing about what's going on!
But never mind that… Sana, why are you wearing an apron?
Right, right, that's right!
It's because I'm going to make breakfast for my beloved Mama and Rei-kun!
You're what!?
You'd better sit down for this! Ta-da!
—They're empty… —It's coming up next, right?
American breakfast! Corn flakes!
You pour the corn flakes into a mortar,
then grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind,
and when it's pulverized, you add milk…
There… All done!
Oh, this sure looks easy to digest, huh?
Okay! Rei-kun, you get an extra scoop!
Thanks…
So wild, yet so easy! It's nutritious, and very American!
But aren't you short on sleep?
And now, this week's Sana-chan.
Apron Sana-chan… This is unusual!
Let's see, yesterday we started from page 48 in the text, right?
I've got nothing to do with you!
—I'm not going to worry about you any more! —Actually, Sensei messed up…
Today, we'll start on page 46…
That was a close one…
No! Watch out!
Don't do it!
Sana-chan…?
What are you so distant about?
Are you all right?
I'm okay…
Are you having a hard time at work?
It's fine…
Don't do it!
What's this about?
Sana-chan…?
Let's go home…
Hayama!
What?
Uh, nothing, never mind…
Ah, I've had enough. I've really had enough. This is all his fault.
"Feeling out of sorts, Sana is troubled"
Okay, twist hard at the waist… One, two, three, four…
—Really, what is it with him? —Again, one, two, three, four…
—I thought all this time about why I teared up yesterday… —Ah, you there, a little tighter, now…
Here we go again…
You think that your way of thinking is the only right way, don't you?
Well, don't force it on me, it's annoying!
It's because there I was, 100% concerned about Hayama,
asking about him with good intentions,
and he tossed it back in my face as hard as he could.
You couldn't understand the way I feel!
That was the first time anyone has ever told me that.
Sana-chan!
Are you okay?
W-what is it with him!? I can't shake it off. It feels disgusting!
"The people in Hayama's family"
Work, work!
All the other kids have already finished their parent-teacher conferences!
I'm the only one in my class that hasn't!
All the others' parents have come, I said! This is my last year of middle school!
I'm preparing to take entrance exams!
You could at least take off half a day from work, couldn't you, Father!?
This is your fault, Akito!
Everything is your fault!
Sana-chan, I und-uh-stand you've got the lead role in an upcoming drawma…
What kind of role is it?
No, I don't… I'm not in the lead role, I'm, um, the lead role's sister…
Ah, so this is a story about sist-uhs?
Um, no…
—I guess I'll just have to pluck this drama while I explain this to you all… —You mean "plug," not "pluck…"
Oh? Let's hea-uh awl about it then…
Mm-hmm, anyways, because of me, my mother has been ill for a long time,
and my sister, the lead character, has had a lot of trouble…
But I'm a good kid, and all…
What was that? Who's the lead charact-uh, and who was sick again?
I'm a little confused… Could'ja explain it again?
Okay, now, I've been the mother for a long time,
and the lead character, Sick, is my sister…
You're wrong! That's not what you said before, Sana-chan…
What did I say?
I'm not getting this at awl… Maybe I shouldn't have asked…
But anyhow, everyone around me will be a real actor…
I'm sure it won't be as much fun as doing "Child's Toy…"
And when I think about how they'll tease me,
saying "You're too sassy," or crack the whip on me behind the set,
I get more and more nervous about being in it…
Kurata Sana is a little blue…
Sana-chan, you seem to be acting a bit out of charact-uh today…
So then, let's get going with our hour here!
Now, you're not the teach-uh, how come you're running things?
That's Zenjiro-chan's autograph, right? Is that a present for someone?
Mm-hmm… All right, it's been bugging me so much thinking about this,
I'd hate to actually turn into a bug…
Ew, I wish I hadn't said that! Rei-kun, let's go!
Huh? Where?
To go deliver this!
Hey, there, how is the grouch today?
I brought the autograph your sister wanted from Zenjiro-san… See? See?
Can I come in? Oh, I'm in, huh?
—Sorry to intrude! —J-just a minute, now!
Look, look, this is freshly autographed!
—He was good enough to sign it for her… —H-hold on…!
Zenjiro-san is a nice man, you know…
Oh, I guess it doesn't do any good to show you the back of it…
I'll give it to her…
No way… Your sister asked me, after all…
—Your sister is here, right? —H-hold on a minute…
It's okay, it's okay! "No Professional!" I mean, "No Program!"
Huh?
Well, that's okay, right? Excuse me--!
No!
Wait here! Stay back!
Cut it out, already!
You burned the curry, you know! I told you to keep an eye on the flame!
I can't help it if it burned!
You did it on purpose, didn't you!?
No I didn't…
I can't even study for my entrance exams…
If I don't get into high school, it'll be your fault!
How come?
It'll be your fault, Akito! Everything is all your fault!
You're the one who killed Mother, after all!
You're the devil!
You're a devil child!
Oh dear, Sana-chan, you're here?
Uh… um, here…
Gracious, how embarrassing for you to see us like this…
Hayama…
you…
My mother… died as a result of giving birth to me…
S-so that's why…?
Because of that, it's always been like this for you at home?
For eleven whole years?
Your home is abnormal… I hate to say it, but that's abnormal…
Your mother gave all that she had to give birth to you, didn't she?
It can't go on like this, Hayama…
Hayama!
I'll do my best in this drama!
So you do your best, too! See ya!
I don't get her…
Sana-chan!
Up here, up here!
Sorry about that… Thanks for Zenjiro-chan's autograph…
No, no, not at all…
Okay, see you later…
Okay…
She's a regular person.
"Rei-kun is waiting"
?Glas-sun, glas-sun, sunglasses-?
♪ I am Rei-kun, waiting in the car… ♪
♪ Waiting here until Sana-chan comes back… ♪
♪ I can't take my glas-sun off outside… ♪
♪ Sana-chan said so, so I don't take them off… ♪
♪ When nighttime comes, it's dark all around, ♪
♪ and with my glas-sun on, it's totally dark! ♪
♪ But even so, Rei-kun remains undaunted… ♪
—♪Up in the sky,♪ —♪Up in the sky,♪
—♪the stars are twinkling-♪ —♪the stars are twinkling-♪
Sana-chan, job well done…
Rei-kun…
I'm going to do my best in this drama…
What's this, suddenly? I thought you weren't very enthused about it…
You're right! This drama has some depressing themes,
and I wasn't very enthusiastic about doing it…
But it turns out that the setting for this drama
is a dead ringer for Hayama's home…
A red dinger!
The drama may be depressing, but it has a happy end…
I'm going to do my best, and I'm going to have Hayama's family watch it,
and Hayama's family will have a happy end, too! That's it!
Sana-chan…
Maybe I'm shameless, and maybe I'm a buttinski,
but I can't leave this alone…
Just you wait, Hayama. Someday, I'm sure to make you smile wide!
You'll be saying "Being alive is so much fun, I can't stand it!"
Rei-kun, this is going to go over well for sure!
I know…
All right!
"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…
Okay, the taping for the drama has begun, and I'm giving my best!
I'm going to show that backward, idiotic father and daughter!
On the night of the broadcast,
how come neither Hayama nor Hayama's father are around!?
Hayama, where are you hiding yourself!? My drama is about to start!
Watch it, watch it, I'm begging you!
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 5 of the Laughter, Tears, and Fireballs Saga--
"Chicken-and-Egg Dum-Dum, Too Yucky to Eat"
Unexpectedly tearing up? Trickle, trickle…