"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, a 6th grader and TV personality.
Sagami Rei-kun, my chauffeur and manager, and former boyfriend.
My Aoki Laureate prize-winning Mama.
Hayama Akito, my natural enemy and good friend.
Where's your dad?
You want to know about my dad?
Oh, I don't have a dad!
Really, that's all there is to it…
Then, your mom has been single the whole time?
Uh-uh… She got married when she was 18, and was divorced at 20…
So, that was your dad?
Uh-uh… Nope…
Well, what, then?
Sorry… I know it's not fair to you,
what with me knowing all about the Hayama family,
but I think you're going to find out soon enough…
Whew, whenever I put on a serious face, my shoulders get stiff…
Oh yeah, you haven't forgotten that we're having outdoor school
starting tomorrow, right?
You haven't forgotten that we're having outdoor school, right!?
Oh, no! I forgot to buy snacks…
She's not being very straight with me, huh?
"The Summer of My Promise - Part I"
I thought you were only supposed to bring ¥500 worth of snacks…
That's why I'm taking a little from each of them, so that it adds up to ¥500 total…
You didn't have to buy ¥500,000's worth, though…
So, about work, once you get back from outdoor school,
it will be summer vacation, and there's this tasty TV drama that…
Absolutely no way!
Why not?
I really like the stage…
Live! Live!
I like doing live performances, where you're not allowed outtakes!
That's a shame…
She's calling…
Mama is calling me!
Bye!
Mama, did you call?
I called my brains out, with this conch shell…
Sit down there…
Not there!
Sana, how about we fulfill your promise?
It looks like this… is going to get very serious…
I'd like to start writing that essay about you and me
that we made that promise over…
The two conditions that were necessary for that to happen
have been more than met…
One of them was that I would become a famous novelist…
The other one was that you would become a little more famous
than other children in general…
Mm-hmm… I see… I had a hunch this would be coming up soon…
So, when will you have the manuscript finished?
You're going to write the whole book at once, right?
I just have to put together everything I've already written up to now,
so, I'd say about three days…
Three days?
When will it be published?
Around the time summer vacation is over, probably…
I see…
Mm-hmm, all right… I won't be able to help you out at all,
but good luck with it, Mama!
Enjoy your outdoor school!
Right!
Sana, why does a girl like you…
Why are you wearing the bathroom slippers!?
—Outdoor! Outdoor! Ya-hoo-hoo! —Don't go running around the house
—For love and courage, it's outdoor school! Here we go, out-door-door! —wearing those things! Stop!
—Sana-chan is going, woo-hoo-hoo! —Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Out-out door-door, outdoor!
"Outdoor school! Everyone gather around!!" We're going! We're going, right?
"Outdoor school! Everyone gather around!!" We're going!
Enough rest… okay!
Appetite… okay!
Uh-oh… I'm not so sure about being all backed up…
What are you talking about? You get through constipation by force of nerve!
You dish out full power to your lower body, right?
I get it… You work out your constipation with "guts"!
G-good morning, Sugita-san…
Oh, no, Sana-chan…
Good morning, Tsuyoshi-kun…
Now see here, line up there! Get on the bus at once! At once!
Did you bring your hair dryer?
—Nope… I did bring my curling iron, though… —Well…
Let me borrow it, okay?
The girls in 3rd Class are a bit ostentatious,
don't you think, Mitsuya-sensei?
Indeed! What are we to do with them?
It's your makeup that's ostentatious, you wrinkled hag…
Who was that!? Who was it that said that just now!?
"Wrinkled hag," he said!
Wrinkled hag!
Now, now, Ando-sensei, it's too early in the morning to be getting worked up…
Principal! It's because you're too laid back that our school isn't any good!
Have you heard about the poor quality of 3rd Class!?
Principal, it's because you're so laid back that…
They'll turn out fine-fine…
Oh, there he is!
It's Narunaru!
Principal Narunaru is finally making his first appearance!
—Narunaru! —Narunaru! —Narunaru!
Thank you, thank you!
I'm uneasy about where this is going…
We're off!
So, where are we going?
Driver, do you know?
This isn't any good…
Hey, drive, would you?
The first day will be in the Aishu highlands…
The second day will be climbing up Mt… Daichitake…
You're one astounding idiot, huh?
So there you are, Hayama!
I'm the one who's astounded!
Imagine, you, not skipping a school activity!
So, how many days is this trip?
Three days and two nights…
You guys are both numbskulls…
What kind of snacks did you bring?
I brought sashimi…
You call that a snack?
I wonder if mayonnaise is a snack…
Outdoor school is three days and two nights…
Once I get home, Mama will have finished her manuscript,
and by the end of summer vacation, it will be published everywhere…
The commotion that will follow is a foregone conclusion.
The media will make a story out of Mama and me. But that's not the problem.
Our mother-daughter relationship will be…
What a dumb look on your face…
What are you pulling!?
I-I was just sleeping with my eyes open for a little bit!
What are you, a goldfish?
So, did you want something?
My dad came home from the hospital yesterday…
Oh, really!?
He said to tell you thanks…
That's terrific… He doesn't need to thank me…
The relationship between your dad and I is too close for that…
Sing for us, Sana-chan!
Y-you mean here…? It's kind of embarrassing, but…
All right! I'll give it a shot!
♪ Outdoors, outdoors, hello to you! ♪
♪ Heading to the mountains, hello to you! ♪
♪ The bus is going-going, you're going-going too! ♪
♪ Gently, violently, the bus is going! ♪
♪ With the love and hopes of everyone on board… ♪
♪ Everyone has ¥500 worth of snacks… ♪
♪ Fly, fly, outdoors! Fight, outdoors! ♪
♪ Thoroughly refreshing outdoor school! ♪
♪ —Are you ready!? Are you ready!? ♪ —That's dangerous!
♪ —Here we go, moving down the road! ♪ —You can't stand there!
♪ —Going down this country road! ♪ —You're gonna die!
♪ Woah, this country road is treacherous! ♪
♪ But still, this country road is fun! ♪
Yo, Tanuki! How's it going?
This guy's got some impressive tackle!
Firefly Inn, it's called! Firefly Inn!
I wonder if there are any real fireflies around…
I've never seen one before… Their tushies light up…
Everybody, please split up into each of your rooms and wash up!
Supper is at 6 o'clock… 6 o'clock in the banquet hall…
Nobody is listening, right?
Listen to me, if you don't listen, you won't be able to eat dinner…
—"We humbly partake of this meal…" —Y-you did listen to me?
Oh, meat! Meat!
You can have the fatty part…
Sana-chan, the meat is going fast…
Oh, meat! Meat!
Ooh, the meat is all gone!
Sana-chan, you're too slow…
Teppanyaki is a battle! Those who are too slow are not fit to eat the meat!
I still have my fatty part…
I'll take this meat!
Sana-chan, that's raw!
Raw is fine! I like anything that's raw!
Where is it you're pointing?
—Amazing! Kurata is eating the meat raw… —Sana-chan is wild!
—She's not even putting any sauce on it… —She's a wild child…
It's like Kurata doesn't have a care in the world…
You shouldn't be throwing your pill…
Say, let's all stay up until morning!
—Absolutely! —Okay! Okay!
Mm-hmm! Let's stay up, no matter what!
That's what you all say…
…but all of you ended up falling asleep…
Ah, this is no fun…
They're all still children, after all…
Guess I'll go to the bathroom…
I'll work up enough force of nerve and guts to achieve regularity again!
Right about now, Mama's manuscript must be coming right along…
Yo…
What are you doing, Hayama!? Oh, you startled me!
Sana-chan's been shocked senseless!
Bathroom, huh?
Yeah, constipation has me over a barrel…
But with enough force of nerve, I'm going to be nice and regular!
And is that usually the sort of thing you make a girl say!?
No, you said all that on your own!
W-what are you staring at!? Oh, you want to go at it!?
What are you looking away for?
W-well…
You've been acting strange lately, you know?
Spacing off all the time, and stuff…
Is something the matter?
"You're sharp, Hayama!"
Mm-mm, nothing really…
Is that right?
It's possible that maybe you…
Maybe you… what!?
There's something that occurs to me once in a while…
It's possible that maybe you…
The principal…?
That's Narunaru's laugh…
What fun, what fun, what fun, what fun, what fun!
What fun this turning out to be-be!
What fun!
What are you guys doing?
What, you ask…?
"Midnight Teachers' Banquet!" The secret's out!
This is sneaky, you teachers!
Sushi?
Kurata! Hayama! What time do you think it is!?
Y-yeah! It's 2 o'clock already!
Kurata-san, this is bad for your complexion!
That goes the same for you, Mitsuya-sensei, right?
Sushi…
S-such children!
It's because you are poor educators
—that these students let things go to their heads! —Sushi…
—that these students let things go to their heads! —Hayama, you like sushi?
—that these students let things go to their heads! —I don't hate it…
—that these students let things go to their heads! —Just come out and say you like it, would you?
And as for you…!
You students will immediately…
Your makeup fell off…
Immediately return to your rooms!
All right, let's go back and wake everyone up, Hayama…
Yeah…
Ah! Just a moment!
Then, can we join in on your banquet?
Sushi…
Now, now, it's all right, isn't it?
Principal…!
Just allowing students to see us like this will be a problem,
let alone letting them join us! If the PTA finds out…
It'll be fine-fine… It'll be fine-fine…
I knew you'd say that…
Right! Right! It'll be fine-fine! Ha ha ha, ha!
Sushi…
The party starts again, the party starts again!
That's Principal Narunaru for you! He understands!
Narunaru is on the students' side…
Principal! Do you think it's good for this school's educational policy
to allow this to go on!?
These two are particular problem children in our school…
According to what I hear from the other students,
they, er, engage in extremely precocious activities!
What are precocious activities?
Well, there's [beep] and so on…
"Beep" doesn't tell me anything…
Keep the jokes limited to your wrinkles, you hag!
Still, I think Hayama-kun has become better-behaved
since he became friends with Kurata-san…
So, that's pretty good just by itself…
Pretty good, you say!?
You two are setting poor examples for them, aren't you!?
For grade school boys and girls
to be friendlier with each other than is necessary is simply…
You should look over, too…
P-Principal…?
Smushed that mosquito!
Principal! We're discussing those two right now!
They'll turn out fine-fine…
There's nothing bad going on, is there?
I hear that by these two becoming friends,
the problems in 3rd Class have decreased…
As teachers, don't you think it would be crazy to put a stop to this,
now that things are finally heading in the right direction?
If you look up close, he's got a split end…
The principal…
…said something principal-like!
Gotcha! Not up to me, not up to me! They'll turn out fine-fine…
Sana won't be left out! Ha, ha, ha!
There's no soy sauce…
"The second day is mountain climbing!!" Go! Go! Go!
—Mama, how is the manuscript coming along? —Sana-chan, it's not that way!
"Not enough sleep"
Sana is energetically mountain climbing
"Not enough sleep" —Sana is energetically mountain climbing —Hayama-san, don't go to sleep!
"Not enough sleep" —on the second day of outdoor school. —What were you doing last night?
—on the second day of outdoor school. —Yodel-ay-hee!!
—The scenery here is terribly pretty. —Yodel-ay-hee!!
"Restrooms" —The scenery here is terribly pretty. —Sana-chan, the mountain is this way…
"Restrooms" —I wish you could see it too, Mama. —Sana-chan, the mountain is this way…
Um, I can't clean the bathroom if you work in there…
♪ The faraway stars that you can see, too… ♪
♪ …are saying goodbye to the sun for the day… ♪
—♪ …are saying goodbye to the sun for the day-♪ —Tomorrow is the day we go home.
—♪ …are saying goodbye to the sun for the day-♪ —I want to go home quickly, yet at the same time,
—♪Come tomorrow, they'll say hello again-♪ —I don't want to go home at all.
—♪Here burns our fire…♪ —Lately, I've had this strange feeling…
—♪Here burns our fire…♪ —I feel so distant… so agitated…
—♪The mizu is our water-♪ —I feel so distant… so agitated…
♪ Friend… ♪
Hey, Sana-chan! You're looking awfully youthful!
Oh, Zenjiro-chan! How come!? How come!? "Why"!? What's the deal!?
Yoo-hoo, Sana-chan!
Well, Sana-chan, you were absent 'cause of your outdoo-ah school,
and those of us at Child's Toy missed you, missed you!
So we decided to suhprise you
by shooting an "Ambush Sana-chan's Outdoo-ah School" themed show!
Look!
Are they shooting a TV show?
It's Zenjiro!
Uchiyamada-kun!
No way! I never heard about this!
Don't be so rigid, Sana-chan… Your everyday face looks fine…
Aw, you're positively…
…correct!
—Just kidding! —Just kidding!
Zenjiro-chan! Uchiyamada-kun!
Principal!
Are you sure you should be allowing this!?
It will turn out fine-fine…
That's all you ever say…
Does everyone watch Child's Toy!?
—Yes, we do! —Of course!
Awl right, tonight, how 'bout we have a bawl togeth-ah!
"For some reason, it's suddenly limbo time!"
Let's limbo!
So, isn't anyone gonna challenge Uchiyamada-kun here!? Say, with this!
Can anyone pass und-ah the height of this milk bottle?
Now, hold on, you!
What is it, lady?
What do you take this sacred educational event for?
The limbo dance is, by its very nature--!
Aah! What kind of outfit did you put me in!?
I am adamant! As an educator, I say…
—Let's limbo! —Let's limbo!
This is crazy…
I don't care how good she is, it's only as high as a milk bottle…
There you go!
Amazing!
Any way you look at it, her head should have gotten stuck!
It almost seems like they edited it to fool us!
Okay, now who will meet the challenge of the height of this matchstick!?
Don't be ridiculous! Never mind what I say, let's limbo!
Ah, a firefly, a firefly… So pretty, the way it's glowing…
She disappeared!
That can't be right!
I always thought she was no ordinary girl,
and sure enough, she's an alien or something!
This week's Sana-chan! Alien-style… What do you think?
"Caution… Cliff!"
A cliff?
Did she fall down it?
Hey…
Hayama? Did you fall down, too? What a fluke…
I guess we're "two catfish in the same hole," huh?
It's "badgers," you idiot…
"Catfish" "Badger" Look, they're completely different words…
That's one dangerous cliff, huh?
Ordinarily, you'd die if you fell down here…
Hey, we can climb this right away… This cliff won't giff us any trouble!
I give up!
—Hey!! —Hey!!
—We fell down here!!
—Hey!! —Let's limbo!
—Hey!! —You'll do fine-fine! You'll do fine-fine!
Looks like they can't hear us…
I guess we wait until it quiets down…
This has turned out kind of weird, huh?
Absolutely… First, I get lured away by a firefly,
then it turns out I get duped by the same firefly!
Come to think of it, it's dangerous to get too close to him!
Oh, no! With just the two of us in a place like this, I'm…
…going to be violated!
Give it up, until it gets quiet up there…
Whoa! Don't come any closer!
What good will it do to put up a barrier?
Whenever you get close, you do something pervy! I would know, too!
You've already got two previous convictions!
If you call what I did before pervy, how are you going to handle your future?
What kind of remark is that!? I can't let that one go by!
If you tell me not to do it, I won't, dummy…
Okay, don't do anything!
You got it…
You mean it, now?
Come to think of it, I was going to say something last night…
Last night, before we went and joined the teachers…
Oh yeah… What was it?
It occurs to me that you…
…are good at acting…
Well, I did train at Komawari, after all!
So sometimes, I have this thought…
There are times when I think,
"All of her usual cheerfulness could be just an act, couldn't it?"
What are you talking about? That's silly!
I'm not so good at it that I could act out my whole private life!
That's something else I think about…
Then why would you say such a thing?
I'm just saying… I have that passing thought once in a while…
Maybe it does come into play a little bit…
But then, doesn't everybody do that? Still…
when I'm not especially cheerful, I get told that I'm being un-Sana-like!
So I have to stay cheerful all the time!
Something has happened, hasn't it?
You're worried about something, huh?
Is that how I look?
Mm-hmm…
How come Hayama is the only one who noticed?
What happened?
—I don't even know where to begin explaining… —(I-I feel sort of strange.)
—Is it that complicated? —(I guess I'm a little nervous.)
Maybe it's because nobody has ever asked me
if I was worrying about something before.
I'm feeling a little on edge…
Mm-hmm, about what?
You know what…?
How about we fulfill your promise, Sana?
Mama is writing an essay on me… all about me…
Essay?
Once this essay comes out…
…the enjoyable life that Mama and I share…
…could be completely destroyed!
"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…
After following after a firefly, I fell down a cliff…
I felt relieved after what Hayama had to say,
and then while we ran around, I lost sight of the fireflies,
then climbed back up the cliff, but the limbo dance was over!
Summer vacation! Summer vacation!
Shooting a commercial, I meet Kamura Naozumi!
Kamura Naozumi? Who are you!?
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 15…, the fated series marches on!
The Summer of My Promise… Part II
There'll be even more… yadda yadda, etc… etc…