"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.
My manager, Sagami Rei-kun, is my former boyfriend.
Hayama Akito, my natural enemy and good friend.
I don't quite understand him.
Mama, who just got done writing a bombshell essay
called "My Daughter and I."
Kamura Naozumi-kun, a newly-appearing, attractive, gifted young TV personality.
It was Naozumi-kun that said to me…
I know your secret…
H-hold up!
"Heart-Pounding Twice Over"
Sana-chan, where are we going!
Just come with me!
Sana-chan!
Okay, Naozumi-kun…
What do you mean, you know my secret?
Well…
You don't mean…
You don't mean…That?
Yes-That…
Ah! I've been revealed!
Okay, sure, I ate those two extra fried shrimp bento lunches
while I was on location!
But listen! I have a weakness for fried shrimp!
And as for the fried shrimps, they have to love me!
It's better for both me, who absolutely adores fried shrimp,
and for the fried shrimps, who absolutely adore me,
if I eat a lot more of them,
—than for someone who likes them only so-so to, —No, that's not it…
if you ask me! Don't you think so?
What? What? What? That's not it?
No… It's…
Oh, no! Then, what!? Huh? That? Is it that!?
Aah! You mean it!? You mean it!? This is about that!?
It's not like that! When I ate all the ice cream we were supposed to use
while we were shooting that ice cream commercial,
and Uchiyamada-kun got blamed for it,
that was just something that happened by accident!
After all, Uchiyamada-kun's stomach got upset so quickly,
I just figured it would work out okay for everyone…
But it wasn't my fault! I just simply…
…love to eat ice cream!
But it was one time! Just that one time!
Let it pass, okay!? See? I'm begging you! Please, officer! Please, officer!
It's not about food…
I don't have any other secrets…
It's about you and your Mama…
"Who is this Naozumi-kun?"
I see… I guess it's not surprising that someone would know about it…
I heard it was on the news at the time…
But Mama has written an essay about that, and it's about to go on sale…
Huh? It's being made into a book?
That's right! Next month, people everywhere are going to know about it…
It's no secret anymore…
I-is that right?
So, what do you want?
Did you think you had some kind of dirt on me!?
And what were you going to do with it? Eh?
What were you planning to threaten me into doing!?
What were you after? Money? Fame? Or was it…
What!?
Aah! What comes next is too outrageous for me to say!
What kind of person are you!?
That's not it!
It's not that… I'm sorry…
It's just… I would have missed you if you had just said
"Okay, goodbye!" after work was over,
and I just… wanted, somehow, to make an impression on you…
But I didn't think about how to do it… I'm sorry… I was wrong…
What kind of pose is that!?
Come off it!
I like you, Sana-chan!
Whoa! You like me!? Hey, how can you say that so suddenly!?
Whoa! Did you just get caught up in your momentum and profess your love!?
Still, I can use this… I'll make a memo of this…
I know everything you've done since you were 5, Sana-chan… Look!
Where were you carrying that stuff?
"My Sana-chan" Never mind the details, just look…
What? Is this… hey, is all of that stuff articles and pictures about me?
Yes… I always carry these around with me…
I also come see the plays that Gekidan Komawari puts on each year…
This year's is coming up soon, right? I'm looking forward to it…
I'm definitely going to go see it…
Oh, so you do indeed like me, huh? I get it! You're one of my fans!
Well, I wouldn't say fan, exactly…
Well, then, if that's the case, you should have said so sooner!
For crying out loud, I wasn't sure what to think!
Just come to the point, already…
Anyhow, I know everything about you…
Everything? You mean, you…?
"W-what…?"
I'm a child who shares the same past as you…
The same…?
Naozumi! Where are you!? We're going to be late
—for your next job! —I have to go…
Let's work together again sometime, Sana-chan… Bye!
Ah, just a min--!
Huh…?
He left…
As long as she's dressed like this, Sana is going to dance…
♪ The quivering swan… ♪
♪ floats upon the water's surface… ♪
Kamura Naozumi…
What's the story with that boy, really? He said he had the same past that I did…
Well, I guess I'm not going to figure that out just by thinking about it…
Hold on… Kamura…?
Mama, do you know something?
Perhaps… No, I'd better go check…
I doubt there's anything in particular to worry about, though…
Until the book comes out, watch yourself…
Right…
Good morning, Sagami-san! Such fine weather we're having again today!
Sagami-san, is the sensei in there?
Sensei!
Until the book comes out, huh?
Don't think about it! Don't think about it!
If I'm not able to figure it out by thinking about it,
then I just won't figure it out!
"Sana-chan sings"
♪ Thinking about it won't do any good! ♪
♪ Wasting energy by thinking about it is like… ♪
♪ …beating the air, or watering the desert… ♪
♪ I'll let my precious head rest as much as I can… ♪
♪ Relax, take it easy, yakkity-yakkity, yadda-yadda… ♪
♪ When you're in a fix, don't think about it! ♪
♪ When things are hard, don't think about it! ♪
♪ If I don't think about it, I don't worry! ♪
♪ And if I don't worry, then I won't worry! ♪
♪ That makes everything feel better! ♪
All right! Now I don't have anything on my mind!
Clear! Reset! Okay, Sana-chan!
What are you doing, Sagami-san?
Oh, nothing… What about you, Onda-san?
Ah, I came to pick up a manuscript…
Editorial staff member Onda-san…!
W-what?
You know the details of the next book that is being published, right?
I-I couldn't!
I'm not allowed to reveal the content of anything until it is published!
"In that case, I'll make you talk"
Onda Takezo-san!
Where do you hail from?
Higashimurayama…
What is the first thing you do when taking a bath?
Warm-up exercises…
It says you have the personality of an honest person
who is unable to keep secrets…
It does, does it?
See? Little by little, you're starting to want to tell me…
You can't hold out anymore…
Ah, hold on now…
Now, you want to tell me… You want to let me know…
You want to start talking…
By Aoki Prize-winning author… Kurata Misako…
Yes! Yes! That's it, that's it! Tell me!
Thunderboy comes down out of the sky,
seeking the belly buttons of the townspeople,
and running around causing trouble…
Not about to let their belly buttons be taken from them,
the neighborhood association works hard to try to run the boy out…
Just then, the monster Hesogomagon appears!
Now, the neighborhood association and Thunderboy have to team up to fight her!
Here, it's done… "The Adventures of Thunderboy…"
Right… Thank you very much, Sensei… Nice work!
Rats! Onda-san is in charge of a different book!
"Gekidan Komawari"
Rei-kun, what are you thinking about?
"If Sana-chan can get through whatever problem she's facing right now,
then I think I should keep out of it…"
"But as her manager,
I'm still concerned, I'm still concerned…"
This guy is so easy to figure out…
One-two, one-two, more relaxed, okay, turn!
Something terrible might happen once this book is published, and yet…
Sana-chan, you're twirling too much!
…--Sana-chan is twirling… —Okay, lift your legs!
Sensei told me to look out for Sana-chan…
Eek! I think I'm going to rupture my groin!
Sana-chan is practicing doing the splits…
Sana-chan!
—She fell! —I'm fine! I'm fine!
Even if my groin ruptures, or my tushie splits, I will stick with this!
Your tushie is split to begin with, you know… I think…
Still, Sana-chan is trying hard to get past something…
"Elsewhere, what about Hayama???"
What do you want?
Is something wrong?
Sana-chan is working as hard as she does…
If you love ice cream, I love you!
I wonder how much she's making…
I don't know…
Oh, someone's here… Akito, get the door…
"What a pain…"
Thank you!
"Summertime greetings! Here's a watermelon for you!
Hayama, how are you doing?
I'm sending you a ticket, so come see the play we're putting on! --Sana…"
"What a pain…"
—This doesn't really have anything to do with me. —Just go, would you?
It's only polite to thank someone who gives you something, right?
That's okay.
Come on, don't be bashful, go!
I said it was okay… Damn, is she even home?
♪ One, two, three, yay! Come on, one, two, three, yay! ♪
This is ringing, here…
Hey, this is ringing, here!
She said to ring her up whenever I wanted to call her,
and now she's not answering…
What's he doing here?
♪ One, two, three, yay! Come on, one, two, three, yay! ♪
Is that right? She's busy, huh?
Yeah… That's probably why she doesn't answer…
In that case, I'm going home…
Just a second…
Do you know anything about Sana-chan's… er…
Do you know anything?
Your face says you don't…
He's still a kid, and yet he can already read an adult's face…
Geez, you've got to be careful around that guy…
I got it! This is it! This is it!
Huh? How come…?
Sana-chan, you're the one who did it…
Tomorrow is the last day of summer vacation,
and the day of the play!
All righty!
"Gekidan Komawari Theatrical Presentation"
I'm at the headquarters of Gekidan Komawari…
The troupe is putting on a stage production today…
There are many patrons and members of the press corps out in front of the hall…
This has been the white bat, Babbit…
My pretty student!
When Sana-chan is the glorious staw of the stage,
I, Zenjiro, will not let anything stand in the way of cheering for her!
Hold on, now… Pitch-uhs? Oh my, what is a poison to do in this position?
Whoa, just a minute… Let me strike a decent pose for awl of you…
There, how's this? Good pose, right?
It'll turn out fine-fine! Fine-fine!
Uh, hello? I'm Zenjiro here! I'm Zenjiro, the guy who is on TV a lawt! Excuse me!
I'm getting sick of this anime…
Akito-kun, Principal Narunaru came, and Zenjiro is here, too…
Sana-chan must have invited everyone she knows, huh?
What's going on? Hey, Akito-kun, what's going on?
I don't know…
Ah, it's that boy! Hey, you know who that is?
That's the boy, Akito-kun!
The one Sana-chan co-starred in that commercial with!
Come to think of it, I see him on TV a lot…
His eyes are blue… He looks half-western… How cool!
We're friends of Sana-chan!
Yeah, is that right? What is Sana-chan like at school?
What's she like? The same as she is on TV, right?
Mm-hmm! Just like that…
I knew it!
Then again, maybe she acts more child-like when she's on TV…
By the way, does Sana-chan have any boys that she is good friends with?
She doesn't, does she?
L-let's see… She's been getting on well with Hayama lately, huh?
Oh, right…
Hayama?
Isn't that right?
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm…
Oh, that's him!
Which one?
The one who's not the kind-looking boy waving hello…
Just between us, she's even kissed him, huh?
Kissed him!?
Yep… More like she was kissed, though…
You're kidding me…
Honest!
Ah, he's looking over at us about something, Akito-kun…
Huh? Akito-kun?
"Thump-thump"
Oh, I can't bear this thumping!
Sana-chan, you seem to be enjoying yourself even now…
Aren't you nervous?
What are you talking about? I'm totally nervous!
The stage is my reason for living!
A live performance, where outtakes are not allowed!
Oh, that's the stage for you!
The excitement and the pounding of the heart!
Youth! This is the time of our youth!
Or maybe that was the grass-green age we went through before adolescence!
Oh, I'm so nervous! A nervous summer! A Japanese summer!
"Sana"
Man, am I nervous, nervous! What to do? Nervous, nervous…
Still, I think you should relax a little bit…
Y-you think so?
Mm-hmm… They say that drawing the character for "person" on your palm
and then swallowing it works well…
Oh, you mean swallowing a person! I know it, I know it!
Mama taught it to me once, when Rei-kun was pretending to be sick…
"Person"…"Person"… "Person"…"Person"…
Whew, that really does relax you…
Oh no! Crap! I wrote the character for "enter"!
"Enter" "Person" Yes, yes, the characters for "person" and "enter" are often mistaken…
"Enter" "Person" Be careful, now!
Okay, ten minutes to curtain! Has everyone gotten over their tension?
Yes… it's all under control…
Okay, everybody, let's break a leg!
Everyone is still nervous…
Anyhow, this week's Sana-chan!
This says that the play is a story about a faraway country a long time ago…
It's the story of a girl named Eucie,
that took a stand to save her village from an army that was oppressing them…
Sana-chan will be playing the part of this Eucie, right?
Akito-kun, that guy is coming this way…
Hey there!
Can I sit here?
Did you hear that? He spoke Japanese…
I am Japanese…
Oh, it's just that you look half-western… Am I wrong?
I could be… I'm really not sure about that…
I hear that you're good friends with Sana-chan…
Yeah…
I thought I knew everything there was to know about Sana-chan,
but I didn't know she had someone like you… I'm stunned…
What's the story with this guy? Huh, Hayama?
You know everything?
Then, do you know about how much she makes?
Yeah, more or less… Lately, the signing fee for her
just to do commercials earns her eight figures…
—E-eight figures!? —E-eight figures!?
—Akito-kun, good grief! —Akito-kun, good grief!
Who are you!? Stop copying me!
Make me!
S-she makes that much? And she's still just in elementary school?
That's an incredible amount, for not even being with any agencies…
Sana-chan's ability, and of course,
the power her astute manager has, is strong…
Astute?
It means he's capable, Akito-kun…
—You mean Sunglasses? —Tsuyoshi-kun!
Hey, Kamura-kun!
You came, too! Thanks!
Whoa! That perverse Hayama is here too, huh?
Good afternoon…
Hayama said hello to me! On top of that, he even bowed!
What's going on? I'm shocked!
It's starting…
The children's division now presents their production of "The Leaning Tower of V-"
Please enjoy the performance until it ends…
The army is coming again!
My fields have been burned!
I'm sick of this war!
Yeah! It's always the weak that become the casualties!
My heart is pounding again!
I've gotten nervous again before going on!
Are you okay, Sana-chan?
All this excitement feels great!
♪ Heart-pounding invigoration! Sana-chan's nervousness! ♪
♪ Hear-pounding invigoration! Sana-chan's nervousness! ♪
♪ The pounding of my heart is proof that I'm alive! ♪
♪ Frogs and crickets are alive, too! ♪
♪ The pounding is important, the pounding of my heart… ♪
♪ Invigorating, invigorating, nervousness, fun! ♪
All right, now to give it my all!
It's time to eat, everyone!
Eucie-sama! Eucie-sama!
Amazing! Sana-chan just comes on, and there's all this applause!
Sana-chan's got panache, all right…
Yo, Sana-chan, you're Japan's greatest!
Pipe down, Mister!
Oh? What do you mean, "Mistah"? I'm Zenjiro! The Zenjiro on TV!
Sir, I must ask you to please leave…
—What foah!? I'm Zenjiro! —Go home, Mister! —I can't see!
—I haven't heard of you… Please leave… —Your teeth are in my way!
Come on, everyone, stop wearing such gloomy faces…
We have to enjoy life! Let's forget all the bad things and dance!
Forget about the bad things, huh? That's it, Sana-chan, hang in there!
She's just following the script, dummy…
As for her mother…
♪ My daughter Sana is now on stage, ♪
♪ All alone, all alone, she's getting along, hoy! ♪
♪ The book is coming out, coming out, coming out tomorrow… ♪
♪ Tomorrow, it's coming out, coming out, the book is coming out… ♪
♪ It's coming out, I tell you, it's coming out, ♪
♪ I tell you, coming out, coming out! ♪
The play continues!
Eucie-sama! It's Tom! It's Tom!
Tom?
Tom!
Ah, Tom is dead! He was killed by the military!
Tom! Tom! Wake up!
Poor Tom…
Magnificent, Sana-chan! Her brilliance comes naturally to her…
She's completely unlike the other children…
Father!
Eucie was mistaken!
All I've ever done was try to run away from difficulty and sorrow,
but there are indeed times when you have to fight back,
even when it is difficult, and even when it hurts…
—I realize that now! —Ah, Sana-chan, incredible!
But I don't want to forget how to smile…
My smile gives me strength! The strength to save many people!
Everyone, stand up, and overcome this sorrow!
Take each other's hands… take each other's hands, please!
—Smile…! —Smile…! —Smile…!
—Don't forget to smile! —Don't forget to smile! —Don't forget to smile!
You're really… you're really amazing, Sana-chan!
What about you?
Is there something you're working hard at, like Sana-chan is?
Oh…
Nope…
Then you won't be a good match for Sana-chan…
Thank you so much for attending today's Gekidan Komawari production…
And now, we would like our special guest…
I'm awn!
…Kamura Naozumi-kun, to present our lead, Kurata Sana-san,
with a bouquet of flowers…
I'm getting sick of this anime!
I didn't hear anything about this…
And now, Kamura Naozumi-kun, please come to the stage…
"Infuriating!!"
Ah, it's no use… Sana-chan and Kamura-kun are surrounded by fans and the press…
There's no way we can get near them…
How about we call it a day?
—Terrific! That was magnificent! —Hello? It's me, Zenjiro… Can I come ov-uh today?
No? But I just had my hawt broken… Please?
Why nawt? It's going to take a lawt to fix my broken hawt, aft-uh today…
—Whoops… Oh dear, oh dear… —Ah'm appearing in this anime
—My button has popped off… —that is treating me something awful…
—Hayama-kun, would you pick that up for me? —You want to break up?
What are you tawlking about?
Ah, thank you, thank you…
That's a button shaped like Babbit… What do you think? Pretty nice, huh?
Akito-kun, what are you doing!?
Chop!!
…is what it looks like, and then, bu-chaa!
Akito-kun, stop that!
Hayama-kun…
Why don't you take up karate?
As it happens, a friend of mine is opening up a new branch dojo…
He's looking for some students… What do you think?
Would you like to give it a try?
That's silly, Principal…
There's no way Akito-kun would do anything that takes that kind of resolve…
I'll do it…
There, you see? Huh? You'll do it!?
Is that so, is that so?
Don't rub my head…
Huh? Akito-kun, why? Why would you?
It's over. The play… summer vacation…
The play is over now, but the pounding of my heart won't stop.
The next heart-pounder is coming.
Tomorrow, at last… at last, the book will be coming out…
The second act is about to begin.
"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…
Mama's book is finally published!
The press is raising a great uproar over it, while others are left speechless…
The mixed response comes quickly,
while the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!
All I want to know is how Mama feels… And yet, Hayama is acting cold!
But then, he was never a warm person to begin with…
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 17…, the fated series finally reaches its climax!
Ah, What a Surprise! Mama's Book
Surprises, hiccups, and butt-shaped rice cakes!
We hope you look forward to it…