"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.
Mama. An Aoki Laureate novelist
with a nice objet d'art for every day of the week.
Hayama Akito. Former monkey boss, former lonely wolf,
whose strange family problems have come to a happy ending, for now.
Yay!
—Get out of the way! —How come?
And, suddenly becoming more prominent this episode,
my manager, boyfriend and pimp, Rei-kun.
Rei-kun is my boyfriend!
And yet, this mysterious actress, Kurumi Asako-san, appears before him!
What? What? What? What are you to Rei-kun?
It's been a long time… You've been avoiding me, haven't you?
All this time…
I didn't see you once the whole time we were shooting, after all…
Um, could you be mistaking me for someone else?
You can't play dumb with me!
What's going on!? Take off those sunglasses!
Show me your face!
My adorable girlfriend ordered me not to, so I won't take them off…
What is this? How much of this is real?
I don't see you for a little while, and you develop a Lolita complex?
No matter what others may say, right now,
that girl is more important to me than anything…
No… no… Rei-kun is…
…my boyfriend!
Show me your face!
Take off those sunglasses!
Rei…
"A Juice-Drenched First Kiss"
Excuse me for showing my regular face…
Who are you talking to?
I don't care if you are Asako-san, this is wrong!
You keep your hands off of Rei-kun!
Glasses with eyes in them!
Komawari somersault!!
Rei, why are you staying at Sana-chan's home?
That's none of your business, baby…
"Baby"? Rei-kun, you know Asako-san?
We used to date, back in our high school days…
Asako!
"Asako"!? With no name-suffix?
Ah, but now, I have nothing to do with her…
—What's this? You're mistaken about a few things! —You dated her? "Baby"? "Baby"? "Asako"?
—I'm… —You dated your baby, "Asako"?
—Ah, there you are! —Oh, and when you could see the moon,
—What are you doing, Asako-chan? —on those dates,
—Hurry, we have a car waiting over here… —you wore a lucky evening primrose…
—Wait, I'm still talking! —And when eating dumplings,
—Geez, don't you remember how famous you are? —you eat them
—No! —with soba and eggs…
Ah! It's Kurumi Asako!
Oh, you're right!
It's Sana-chan! Sana-chan's here, too!
I still have some glasses with eyes in them!
"Silence"
Come on, while everyone is struck silent!
Rei! Call me!
Asako-chan, hurry!
I want to talk! Rei, make sure you call me! I'll be waiting!
Rei! Rei! Make sure you do! Rei!
Asako-san…
I thought it was strange, you know?
When we were shooting that drama earlier, you would always wait in the car…
Why did you keep it a secret?
Well, it was already over between us, and all…
Asako-san doesn't seem to think so…
It's all right…
Don't worry about a thing…
Right now, you're the most important thing to me, Sana-chan…
Really?
Mm-hmm…
Now then…
It looked like Shimura-san was getting supper ready…
I'm going to go help her out…
Uh-huh…
The most important thing, he said…
I can trust you, right, Rei-kun?
It almost feels like I'm the heroine of a Shojo manga!
I'm scattering flowers about!
Oh, yow! Hmm? What's this?
What is this!?
Huh? About Rei-kun?
Mm-hmm… I'm wondering once again about what kind of person he is…
Like I said, he's my boyfriend…
I see…
But now, a woman from his past has come up… Makes me feel icky…
Pfft…
What are you cutting farts for so early in the morning, Hayama?
I was laughing… Him, a boyfriend? He's just pretending, you know…
Pretending…?
There's no way he sees you as a woman… And the woman from his past?
That's who he's really after…
Akito-kun… that was pretty belligerent…
Why should I have to take that coming from you!?
This has absolutely nothing to do with you, does it!?
She opened the door just by snorting!
That's Sana-chan for you…
Akito-kun, why would you do something like that to anger Sana-chan?
The woman from his past is who he's really after…? That might be true.
Otherwise, would he collect all of those clippings of her?
Sure he would!
He nailed them to a tree in the dead of night, and then, using black magic,
he tried to put a curse on her, to kill her!
There's no way Rei-kun is that kind of person, right!?
Ah, she startled me!
"Still…"
Still… still… you know…?
Still, still, you know…? Still, you know…?
"Hayama, what was that look for?"
You sure are late, Sana-chan…
If you're looking for Sana-chan, I think she went home through the rear gate…
You're… Tsuyoshi-kun, right?
Good afternoon…
She's avoiding you…
The grouch boy, Hayama!
Is that right? Oh no, maybe she's started to not like me… Okay then…
She went home without saying anything. Could she be that angry?
Whoa! When did you…!?
There's something we need to talk about…
Talk about, you say?
I'm home…
Huh? Where's Sagami-kun?
I ducked him and came home myself…
Oh, my… Why, how come, for what reason would you duck Sagami-kun?
Poor Sagami-kun!
She's thoroughly enjoying herself, huh?
Please, take your time…
So, what is it we're talking about?
At least take off your sunglasses when talking to others…
You don't have any manners, do you?
I should warn you, I don't use polite language with people older than me
if I don't have any respect for them…
You little brat…
I-I beg your pardon…
Um, is it true that you're Sana-chan's boyfriend?
Mm-hmm, that's right…
Do you mean that seriously?
If so, I can't see you as being anything
other than a pervert with a Lolita complex…
Somehow, it doesn't look like I'll be able to brush this off, huh?
"In a pinch, Rei-kun?"
Rei-kun, things have gone so smoothly between us up to now… Rei-kun…
Mama, you know what? Today, Sensei said some terribly good things about me…
She said "Sana-chan, you'll be a star in the future…" Mama, are you listening?
Huh?
Say, Mama, what are those people doing over there?
So, is it yummy? Oh, no, no! Here, this is Noriben seaweed…
It's really delicious!
Say, you don't have a home, right? Come with me!
Mama, we're home! I brought one of those homeless guys
you were talking about earlier with me!
Holy--!
Rei-kun!
I really am grateful to that girl…
Rei-kun!
—Thanks to her, I regained my spirits… —Rei-kun, I've always wanted a boyfriend… Will you be mine?
—That's why, even though she might be a child, —You can even be my pimp… I'll make sure
—when she thinks as much of me as she does, —to give you your allowance…
—I feel I have to think as much about her back… —I do a little work, myself…
Sana-chan hired me to be her boyfriend, as well as to look after her…
So regardless of whatever might be commonplace, I am Sana-chan's boyfriend…
I understand…
Huh? You're kidding… I don't get it…
Oh, that's okay, that's okay…
I wouldn't want you to treat me to anything…
In the end, you're just making a fool of her…
You're not in love with her, you know…
You think that because she's a child, things will cool off in time…
You really are just playing around, aren't you?
Er, no, that's not true!
Hold on a minute, you don't understand what I…
Enough!
Don't go around playing children for fools…
Akito-kun, wait! Excuse us… Wait up! Explain this to me from the top!
Akito-kun! Wait up, okay!?
Listen, Akito-kun, you're acting strange!
Akito-kun, you aren't your usual self… Why did you get so upset?
You like Kurata, don't you?
Uh-huh, I like her…
Well then, that makes us rivals…
R…I…♪ R…I…♪
If you didn't hear me, that's fine…
J-just a minute!
I kind of heard it, but say it once again to be sure…
I'm only saying it once…
You said I was your rival, didn't you?
I thought you didn't hear me…
That's right, but there's only one thing
that starts with "R" and ends with "L," isn't there?
Sure there's more… Rascal… Ransel… Rubber sole… Russell…
Oh, you're right… There are quite a few… That's something to think about…
But… we can't be! No! I don't like the way this is turning out!
Sure enough, it looks like Hayama-kun has declared his rivalry with Tsuyoshi-kun…
If Tsuyoshi-kun likes Sana-chan, and he is his rival,
then that must mean…
…Hayama-kun also likes Sana-chan…
Sana-chan only ever thinks about Rei-kun,
and there are two other boys who like Sana-chan!
What to do about this!?
"Zenjiro's "Child's Toy""
My heart flutt-uhs at this refreshing May weath-uh!
They call this "Fair May…"
What's the matt-uh? It's awfully quiet here in the classroom today…
This is a good opp-uh-tunity…
Why don't we poik up our ea-uhs and listen to the sounds of May?
Hold on a minute… Today, Sana-chan is absent, isn't she?
Yes, she's absent…
I'm late!
Excuse me!
Do you know how to read the woid "May" when you stick "fly" next to it?
Is it "ouch"?
"Mayfly-y"
It's the word for "annoying"!
What's up, Sana-chan? Did'ja sleep in again?
Actually, the train I was riding had a flat…
Ah, and it took some time for them to change the tire…
And what kind of train has tires, you dummy!?
Still, it is true that I came by train…
Oh yeah? Not like you usually do, in your boyfriend's car?
You aren't by any chance having a fight, are you?
Something like that… We're always so stuck together…
I wonder if we don't need to spend a little time apart
to take a look at ourselves…
Well, shua… If you get too close to me,
all you can see are teeth, and you'd say…
"Lemme alone!"
Come on, come on, you guys, you're laughing too hard…
Good teeth are the lifeblood of a perform-uh!
You can't cawl yourselves very good perform-uhs
if you laugh at someone's teeth!
Rei-kun!
You're dead serious, huh?
I'm home…
Sana-chan…
You called?
I called…
I see…
That was pretty harsh, going to the studio by yourself like that…
I did come home safely on the train, too…
That's cold.
You were late, right? It's not good to be late for work…
Sorry…
You don't need to come get me tomorrow, either…
But…
I don't have any work tomorrow…
We have a field trip in social studies, so I'll come home with my friends…
I see… All right…
Bye…
Rei-kun!
You're dead serious, huh?
Rei! Call me! I want to talk! Rei, make sure you call me! I'll be waiting!
I don't know where to reach you…
Depressing… too depressing…
"Times like these call for Mama's trusty personality assessment notebook!"
"Right now, you're a mass of devilish jealousy,
and cannot behave yourself, even in front of the person you like"?
Depressing…
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
With depressing feelings like these, no matter how gifted an actress I may be,
they're going to show up on my face!
An actress' face is her life!
At times like this, I should sing and blow them all out!
♪ "Back against the wall…" That's what you say about times like these… ♪
♪ In dire straits, I've been waiting for an answer… ♪
♪ "Dire straits" is pain on fours and eights… ♪
♪ Put them together and you get 15 pains… ♪
Your arithmetic is wrong!
♪ Pain and sadness, I welcome you! ♪
Huh?
♪ Yes, I welcome you… ♪
♪ What should I do now♪ ?
No, no, no, no! How did my song end up like that!?
This is why you should use your Norinori machine at times like this…
You mean this!?
That's it!
♪ Actresses whose faces are their lives should smile! ♪
♪ Smile when you say good morning, smile when you say bye-bye! ♪
♪ Smiles are the earth's treasures… ♪
♪ When people smile, the world becomes heaven, ♪
♪ and heaven -eaven -eaven is a paradise all over! ♪
♪ When you feel discouraged, smile, and you'll recover… ♪
♪ When you lose heart, smile, and you'll recover… ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, tomorrow I have that Social Studies field trip ♪
♪ to the Shinjuku City Hall Observation Lounge… ♪
♪ It's stunningly high, so Hayama will be scared… ♪
♪ His pitiful face will fill my eyes… ♪
♪ I don't know why, but I can't wait, can't wait! ♪
♪ Gonna laugh! Gonna laugh! Gonna laugh at Hayama! ♪
♪ Go! Go! To City Hall! Whoosh, let's go! ♪
As it turns out, the smile you've got on is a twisted one…
This week's Sana-chan
This is lame, having to go to City Hall on a field trip, huh?
I've been there a bunch of times myself…
What's worse, they must not think much of us to make us go on foot…
They should have chartered about a hundred taxis…
Hayama! It's so rare to see you come to an event like this…
What's more, it's City Hall!
The observation lounge is high up, high up!
He's got a fear of heights, and all…
What is it?
Haven't you talked to him?
About what? What are you talking about?
It's nothing…
What!? Hey, you're making me feel all gross,
like when a burp won't come out!
You two sure get along, huh?
What's with you? You're so gloomy, Tsuyoshi-kun!
Am I? I don't have any chance of winning, after all…
What are you talking about?
No you don't, Tsuyoshi-kun! When you're depressed, you've got to smile!
—See? Smile, smile! That's the way! —Huh? Is that right, Aya-chan?
—Come on, come on! —Oh yeah? Ewww!
Huh? What, what? Sounds interesting!
Despicable girl…
Aya-chan says there's a boy in this class that she likes!
Oh yeah? I hadn't heard… Who is it?
No way, I'm not telling…
It's okay, tell us, you stinker! Come on, come on…
No, I can't say!
Sana-chan is acting like a drunken old man!
If you like him, then you should declare yourself with a kiss or two right away!
Like this… *mmmwha!*
No way, Sana-chan!
Sana-chan, you're incredible!
Sana-chan, that's drastic…
Sana-chan, have you ever kissed your 20-year old boyfriend?
Of course I have…
Amazing, Sana-chan!
Just on the cheek, though…
Welcome to the observation lounge…
This elevator travels 45 floors in approximately 55 seconds,
202 meters above street level…
That's high, huh? We're going up higher and higher, huh Hayama?
He really does look uncomfortable. I feel a little sorry for him.
Listen up… You'll be writing essays about your impressions here,
so please make some serious observations, okay?
Please! I mean it…
—Wow! How high, how high! —Wow! How high, how high!
Ah, I can see the school!
You're right! I wonder if I can see my house…
Everyone is so small, huh?
What?
It's just that coming someplace like this,
I realize how much I've been worrying over so many little things up to now…
I mean, look! People are small to begin with,
so if we wind ourselves up over little things,
we won't be able to live in the middle of this huge earth, you know?
That's what I'm saying, to put it simply…
Stop talking so convolutedly, would you!?
Sana-chan, you're strange… Same as always, though…
I'm feeling great now! Refreshed! Invigorated! And plant!
You can't go buying goodies… I mean drinkies… all alone…
Let me join in, too…
It's not like that… Hisae-chan said the elevator made her uncomfortable…
So I said that maybe some cold juice would make her feel better…
I do feel a little bit relieved…
Hayama!
You know what? If you drink some juice, you might feel…
I know you told me not to come for you…
You know what? Don't get too angry about this, okay?
I-I really meant for nothing bad to happen to you, see?
Uh, listen, they say that if you drink some cold juice,
it will make you feel better,
so I just thought I could help you to not feel so bad…
Ow, it's in my eyes…
Of course… It must sting, huh?
Oh, what should I do?
I'm sorry… I didn't mean for this to happen…
Hayama, how about we go wash your face?
It's going to get all sticky… Come on, hurry…
Okay? Hurry…
What's going on!? What happened!?
"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…
What are you doing, Hayama!?
Even Rei-kun has only ever kissed me on the cheek before!
Mama, I might not be able to go to school anymore!
Oh, I can't face Rei-kun! I know! I'll cover my face!
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 9 of the Little Lost Lamb in Love Baa-Baa Saga--
"Pinch, Pinch, Sana's Love"
Please look forward to it… This has been Babbit, the white bat…