"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, TV personality and 6th grader.
Mama, an Aoki Laureate novelist. The chipmunk on her head is Maro-chan.
My natural enemy and good friend, Hayama Akito.
I don't really understand him.
My chauffer and manager,
who used to be my boyfriend and pimp, Rei-kun… However…
Love had at last come to an end for our heroine…
What fate awaits Kurata Sana?
What's between you and Sagami-kun, quite frankly, is not love!
I'm so… terribly embarrassed!
I'll be all right, so…
"Father, You Are His Father"
Oh? You're not sleeping with Sagami-kun?
Nope… We've broken up, after all…
From now on, ours is just a business relationship…
My daughter… she suffers disgrace, and waxes older…
Not far hence is summer… Hark! We must devote ourselves…
Oh, Mama, don't fire Rei-kun or anything…
Yeah, yeah, cha-cha, hey, cha-cha!
Waah! Rei-kun! Rei-kun!
All righty!
Good morning, Shimura-san!
Oh, dear, Sana-chan, you're late…
Rei-kun! Rei-kun!
This won't do, Sana-chan! You have to get up earlier!
…Says Rei-kun, who also slept in, right?
Stop criticizing and let's pull out of here, all right!?
—The next day, —After school today, you have an Odabutsu-land commercial to shoot…
I became awfully busy. —Zenjiro-san is scheduled to come, too…
—I didn't even have time —Once that's done, there's a planning meeting tomorrow
—for a heart-to-heart chat —for a Bocari Sweet commercial…
—with Rei-kun. —We'll decide on the wardrobe while we're there…
—Now, shooting six commercials —Whoa! That was close!
—may be a bit rough… —I almost forgot my gym clothes!
…but as a performer, Sana-chan, I'm sure…
I'm off…
See you later!
Uh, Sana-chan, about what I was just saying…
Okay, okay!
Sana-chan, with you fully showing off your talents as a performer,
and, with me, uh, as your manager, um, as the finest manager in all of Japan…
She's not listening…
Flashback!
"6 commercials!?"
What's this!?
You're kidding! Why this all of a sudden? Six commercials in one week?
No, no, including Gleco's Ice Regular spot, it's seven…
S-seven!?
Sana-chan, I failed you as a boyfriend…
So I've made the decision to at least go on being a good manager for you…
You're a reject as a manager, too!
—Uh, still, for you to be a performer that the crowds will love in the future, —Seven… seven commercials…
—I, Sagami Rei, will work my hardest to do all that I can… —Aah, I've never done that before…
She's not listening…
What's the use? I'll do them…
Thank you!
"And so, having said that…"
Sana-chan, let's play…
You don't have either "Child's Toy" or Komawari today, right?
Sorry, I have to shoot a commercial today…
Wow, you've got more work?
You'll have to forgive me… My brilliant manager
has booked an inexhaustible supply of work for me to do…
Sana-chan, you've been a rather unsociable little duck lately…
You're right… But I'll take care of it all in no time!
Next time, I'll overturn it, and we can all play together with a bang!
No, you don't have to go that far…
You don't need to overturn anything…
Oh, there goes my Burutcha…
Aya-chan, Hisae-chan, I'll see you later…
"Unsociable!"
Oh, I wonder if I've branded myself as the unsociable girl!
"Well, even so… it's only for a little while…"
Kill me! Kill me, please!
As fun as going to Heaven! Visit Odabutsu Screamland!
Okay, cut!
How was that?
Nice and energetic, Sana-chan! Good, good!
Yahoo!
Zenjiro-san, boo! One more time on the flying carpet…
You're kidding me!
One-two! One-two!
We're boxers! We know no pity! We're boxers!
Bocari is a hit! Bocari Sweet!
Okay, Sana-chan! Your "Bocari is a hit" was okay!
Yay!
Zenjiro-san, we need a close-up of you being hit…
How come?
O Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Because my name is Romeo! Juliet, yours is Juliet, so you're Juliet!
I will go on loving you, even at the cawst of my own life!
Accident insurance, just in case!
Wishing you a 1000-year-crane, 10,000-year-turtle life!
Right, okay! Zenjiro-san, we need to shoot a close-up of just you falling…
How come!?
Take 20, one more time!
That was no good! One more time!
That's no good! This is no good at all, Zenjiro-san!
What is the young lady thinking?
I can't do it no more!
No you don't, Zenjiro-chan… After all,
"Zenjiro's manager, Higashiyamato Sanekichi-san" No you don't, Zenjiro-chan… After all,
"Zenjiro's manager, Higashiyamato Sanekichi-san" Sana-chan was good enough
"Zenjiro's manager, Higashiyamato Sanekichi-san" to share this yummy commercial work with you…
"Zenjiro's manager, Higashiyamato Sanekichi-san" It's not that yummy!
Zenjiro has reached his limit!
Okay, Rei-kun, onto the next one!
See? Sana-chan is full of life…
At this point, I'm bursting with energy!
Right, you keep at it, Zenjiro-chan…
No!!
"Zenjiro retires"
Uchiyamada-kun was hired to take Zenjiro-chan's place!
Wash! Wash! One, two, four!
Ah! Too much came off!
Just kidding! New Kid's Foam, now on sale!
Okay, cut!
One more time, okay?
Uchiyamada-kun, be more cuddly and ineffable…,
Sana-chan, wash more splashily and hootily…
What are you talking about?
—Splash! Hoot! —Ineffably cuddly!
Right, okay!
—Onto the next one! Onto the next one! —Onto the next one! Onto the next one! —Onto the next one! Onto the next one!
My sweetheart has an ice cream heart!
If you love ice cream, I love you!
Two ice creams are i-ice…
Three ice creams are i-i-ice…
Yummy, cold, and melting, ya!
Delicious a hundred times, makes my cheeks pucker!
Gleco Gleco Ice Cream!
Right, cut! Okay!
Yahoo! It's okay!
Ah, I could do commercials like this over and over again! I can still eat more!
That's okay, we still have lots!
The summer version is okay…
We still have to shoot autumn, winter and spring… four types in all…
Four types?
Yay! I can do as many as you like!
The season changes… and start!
In the fall, we feel scholarly,
work up an appetite, and lick our ice cream!
Jingle, jingle, snow is falling!
In the winter, ice cream's the best!
Butterflies and flowerbeds!
Every kid loves ice cream!
"Uchiyamada-kun retires"
My stomach hurts…
Hiroshi, are you okay?
He licked up so many of them while we were shooting…
Sana-chan, are you okay?
Completely!
Babbit took all the leftover ice cream!
I've been so busy…
I haven't even had time to think about where the love I've lost has gone.
The sparkle of a pearl… Pearl eye drops…
Say, how was that one?
Good! Sana-chan, okay!
—Sana-chan, a job well done! —Nice work, Sana-chan!
Ah! All done! All done!
Sana-chan, nice work… Here, have a towel…
Suji-san, thanks!
Ooh, it's nice and frosty! It's cooling me down all over!
Sana-chan, nice work… You did well, just like I knew you would…
Okay then, let's awl blow on outta here and get some yakiniku!
Meat! Meat!
Oh, I got some rest, and Ah'm feeling bett-uh now…
I took some medicine, and got better…
Well, how 'bout if only we go?
Um… Yeah…
See you, Sana-chan…
Sana-chan, let's work hard at this same pace next week, too!
Mm-hmm!
First up next week, we have two commercials,
for Hachimitsu Mlkanpai, and Sawayaka Drinks…
Huh?
You booked more commercial work?
Mm-hmm, four more of them…
I mean, with this strength of yours, Sana-chan,
I thought that we could keep going,
ride out this energy you've got now, and do a bunch in one stretch…
Manager reject!
Rei-kun, the path to becoming a great manager is a long one!
This week's Sana-chan, with Uchiyamada-kun!
In any case, Sana-chan, get plenty of rest tonight, okay?
That would give me the muscle tone of a squid…
If I act flabby, then I'm going to be flabby…
Turn left here!
W-where are we going?
Never mind, just drive where I tell you… Now…
Right!
Sana-chan, you're starting to act a little colder toward me, huh?
I'm not so flavorless a girl as to treat men that I've broken up with
too affectionately…
Flavorless? Oh, you mean distasteful…
Turn right!
Now, hold on!
This is dangerous!
Where are we?
Yes?
Rei!
What's going on? You said we wouldn't see each other again
until Sana-chan was an adult, not long ago…
I've become an adult, madam…
Who are you calling "madam"?
Sana-chan, by any chance, are you celebrating with "red" rice?
No, that first happened a long while back…
Half a year ago…
Guess what! I endured some embarrassment and became an adult!
…or so Mama said…
So you see, it's okay… Go ahead and get back together…
I was thinking it would take around ten years…
Yeah, me too…
Asako-san, you pushed Rei-kun away, so you could live for your work,
but it turns out you couldn't completely abandon your womanhood…
…--or so Mama said, right? —Right…
She has abandoned her womanhood, after all…
But if you had the guts to make your way inside the Kurata residence,
then you should be able to manage both your womanhood and your work…
…or so Mama said, right?
Don't turn away Rei-kun anymore, okay?
Sana-chan…
Okay, I'll go home by myself… You guys take your time…
Sana-chan…!
Whoops, it's this way…
You scatterbrain!
S-Sana-chan!
You're not going after her?
I'm sure she's going to become a fine woman…
Fine with me! I'm going to find me an even better pimp…
I mean, boyfriend… than Rei-kun!
Father Hayama! Huh? Hold on…
Sana-chan…
It is you, Sana-chan… How are you?
Oh, on closer look, Father Hayama, you've gotten so scrawny!
"Skinny…"
—so skinny!
Work has been hard on me…
Wow, a package of sushi! Is that a present?
Akito appears to love sushi… Do I really look that haggard?
Yeah, skin-and-bones…
But I never knew that Akito likes sushi…
Yes… Akito usually eats quickly,
but one day, when he had some sushi, he chewed on it an unusually long time…
So I asked him, "Do you like sushi?"
"I don't hate it," he answered…
His "I don't hate it" would seem to mean "I love it…"
Pop, you're starting to act more and more like a father, huh?
"I love it"…?
I don't hate you, that's why…
Sana-chan, care to ride with me?
Oh, no, that's okay… I'm not going far…
You don't say… Okay then, see you later…
Huh? What's this? By that reasoning, that means…
He has a crush on me!?
I see, so if that's why he kissed me, then it all zebra-tails…
"Dovetails…"
—But that's unthinkable… —Ah, it's Sana-chan!
—He's always seeing the eccentric part of me… —It's Sana-chan, from TV! She's so cute!
—Or maybe he just likes me on the same level as sushi? —Sana-chan is distraught…
—Or maybe he just likes me on the same level as sushi? —She's being distraught in a strange pose…
—Or maybe he just likes me on the same level as sushi? —How funny!
—If that's the case, then his kiss was just to taste me? —Is she rehearsing a part?
—Now that's stupid… —It looks like she really is distraught…
—If he had a crush on me, —It looks like she really is distraught…
then there would be sparklers going off… Pa-pa-pa-pa!
"Hayama"
The sushi from this place is exceptionally delicious, huh?
Mm-hmm, delicious!
How about you, Akito?
It's not yucky…
Yikes, what are you choking on, Father?
Okay, okay, the phone…
Huh?
The phone…?
Hello, Kurata here… Ah, thanks for coming over the other day…
Sana, it's for you, from Hayama-kun…
What does he want!?
Don't ask me…
If he does have a crush on me, I'm going to swell up…
What are you talking about? Hurry up!
Ah, hello… It's me…
Anyone there? Hello? Yoboseyo? Paki nyo ba?
My pop might be dying…
What is this!? He's kidding, right? I just barely saw Father Hayama!
He ate some sushi, and then collapsed…
He coughed up enough blood to fill a washbasin…
It's not exactly like he called me there…
And his voice sounded pretty calm…
Knowing him, he's just being aloof…
Still, I'm concerned about Father Hayama…
Sure enough, I'll go!
What am I going to do…?
What am I going do? What am I going to do?
Buck up… Usually, you're so cheerful, it's annoying…
Be quiet! What about you!? How can you be so unconcerned!?
What am I going to do if Father dies?
How should I know?
Here you are…
I'm here! Is your father okay?
If Pop dies, what am I going to do?
Hayama…
Hayama, be strong…
His "I don't hate it" would seem to mean "I love it…"
Father Hayama, no! It can't be…!
Hayama, come on… You're the oldest son, so you've got to keep it together…
Come on, raise those eyebrows…
Where's your sister?
She's over there…
I have no idea what I should do here.
Ordinarily, we say something all grown-up and know-it-all--
both Hayama and I…
But we are children, after all-- only half-grown-ups.
It makes you realize…
…at a time like this, you need to have a grown-up.
Those of you in Hayama-san's family, come on in…
"Father Hayama…"
H-he's all right?
Mm-hmm… Of course, he will have to stay in the hospital,
but there's nothing to worry about…
But he coughed up so much blood…
Mm-hmm, it's something that does happen… He's developed a stomach ulcer…
But your father put up with it for too long…
He's probably working himself too hard…
So, I want to keep him in the hospital for 15 days or so
to monitor his condition…
Um, is there another adult?
Oh, uh, I'll go call our aunt…
He's all right… Yeah, thank goodness!
—Thank goodness! —Thank goodness!
Akito, I'm sorry about this… Did I startle you?
Dad was startled, too…
For shame, Father… You have to make sure you work moderately…
Yes, you're right… oh, Sana-chan, you came, too?
Babbit came, too!
I really was worried about you…
So was I…
Get well soon, okay?
Yeah, Pop…
Mm-hmm…
"Thank goodness…"
Bye, now… Take good care of Father Hayama, okay?
Are you…
Are you busy? You must be, huh, these days?
Uh, yeah… But only for a little while longer…
Hayama…
You've got a crush on me, don't you?
This is no time to be asking him that!
See ya!
Hayama,
I'm giving you this…
The vibrating communicator, Burutcha!
Burutcha…?
If anything else comes up, though I doubt it will, but even if there's nothing,
by making this Burutcha vibrate, I'll be able to know, whatever it is…
Come on, come on…
See? Okay, then…
Kurata…!
Sorry about all this…
So he's trying to say "thank you," huh?
Not at all! You're welcome!
Geez, I wish I had an interpreter when I talk to him…
"Shimura-san is relieved…"
Is that so? It wasn't anything serious, then?
Say, Mama, are you all right everywhere?
No problems with anything?
Your mother?
All right, all right…
Just kidding… By the way, where's Sagami-kun?
Oh, it's rubber…
I left him over at Asako-san's place…
They're probably making out to their hearts' delight right now, I'll bet…
Oh, my…
"Farewell, My Pimp" It turns out I don't understand much about boyfriends and being in love and stuff…
"Farewell, My Pimp" I don't need to just yet, huh?
Huh? But aren't you seeing Hayama-kun now?
What makes you say that!?
After all, you've already kissed… Right, Shimura?
And she's getting phone calls from him too, huh, Sensei?
It's not like that! He did all of that on his own!
I'm going to let you in on something good…
Make sure you keep any man that seems to have a crush on you…
Keep?
Then manipulate him, right in the palm of your hand…
Once he's grown into a good man, promote him to boyfriend…
H-hold on, that's not something a good mother would say!
Oh, manipulate men in the palm of my hand…
Come on, now, that's not something a good girl would be impressed about,
I tell you!
Hayama in the palm of my hand!
What are you doing? Are you making fun of me? I'll peck you!
Yuck! I don't want this! How unlikable!
Amateur…
I'm out of here!
Father, you're looking better, aren't you?
Better, better… The hospital food is good,
but I'd like to have some sake before too long, you know, Akito?
You can't…
I can't huh? You don't say, you don't say…
Hayama, this is the first time
I've ever seen you earnestly concerned for your father.
That's great.
Father, get out of the hospital soon, okay?
You're kidding me, right!? You booked me for commercial work again!?
Mm-hmm, I was impressed…
There's something remarkable about your talent, Sana-chan…
Seeing that talent on the short films of commercials is…
Manager reject!
"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…
Sheesh! Rei-kun, you've booked too much work for me!
I've just done seven commercials, and you've got me doing four more!?
Okay, let's hammer these out! But "boo" on doing any more than that!
Ah, I forgot about Hisae-chan's birthday party!
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha,
Episode 12 of the "Oh No, Oh No, We're Not Getting Along" Saga,
This Time, Sana is the Lonely Wolf This Time, Sana is the Lonely Wolf