"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!
Pleased to meet you…
Indeed… You do look like her…
I'm Kurata Sana, eleven years old. I'm a 6th grader and TV personality.
Sagami Rei-kun. He's my chauffeur and manager,
and used to be my boyfriend. He's pretty shrewd.
Hayama Akito, someone who I've become good friends with,
after a lot of wrangling.
Lately, when he is by my side, I feel somewhat relaxed.
And this is Mama. My beloved Mama.
"The Daughter Cries, and the Mother Cries, Too"
Still, I wonder if you have any more conclusive evidence that you could offer,
that you are her mother…
The girl that I gave birth to
had three moles lined up in a row on her rear end…
My real mother has been found… My real, birth mother…
Still, it's Mama's feelings that I'm concerned about.
"Mama vs… Mother"
Sakai… Keiko-san…
Yes…
25 years old…
That would mean that you were 14 when you had Sana, huh?
Yes…
But, since you were young, you could be forgiven for abandoning your baby…
You do realize that that just isn't so, right?
Yes…
You raise the child you bear…
Why is it that dogs and cats, and even chipmunks can understand that,
and yet there are people who can't?
Stand up…
Sensei…
Sensei…!
I'm satisfied… I'll let Sana handle the rest…
Huh? You're satisfied…?
Sensei…
Sensei…!
Sensei, I brought Sana with me…
Oh? Thank you, but why is Hayama-kun with her?
I asked him if he wouldn't mind staying behind myself,
—but Sana-chan said that —Hey! What did you do that for, Hayama!?
—when Hayama-kun is around, —You perve!
—she can be her usual self, so… —How can I ever trust you!?
—Well, okay… —Take this!
Sana…
—'Io… —You're looking well…
Yeah, thankfully!
She says her name is Sakai Keiko-san… She knew about your three stars…
Talk to her…
Huh? What about you, Mama?
I'm done with her…
Mama…
Whoa! We have the same face!
Well hello there! I'm Sana!
So, please sit down… Remember, it's long been said,
"Clothing is worn by the sitting household…"
It's "Fortune comes to the happy household…"
"There are sitting fools, and there are fools who watch…"
What's the big idea, treating us like fools?
"Sitting takes three years, persimmons eight…"
That doesn't even make sense!
Shimura-san, could we have some tea?
—Oh, right, this is my good friend, Hayama… —Tea? All right…
—And hey, how come you guys have all fallen flat? —It's your fault, you know…
Oh, Rei-kun, did you fall flat, too? Oh, Shimura-san, some chestnut buns, too…
—Chestnut buns! Chestnut buns! Yay! —Oh, right… —Calm down…
Fourteen…
Yeah? You had me when you were 14!? Amazing! Let's see, 14…
I'll be 14 in another two and a half years…
Wow, what a surprise, right? Surprising, surprising, right?
I could also say it's astounding 14, huh?
You probably would abandon your baby…
Uh-huh! Abandon her, abandon her!
Please don't worry about it… On the contrary,
I feel lucky to have been abandoned… I really love the life I'm living now…
She's always like this, so there's no need to take her too seriously…
What are you saying!?
—You idiot! Watch it with that thing! —You sure are acting like a big shot!
—See? She's weird, huh? Weird, isn't she? —Can I get another cup? —Yes, yes, right away…
The birth mother is at a loss…
We're at a loss, too…
So anyway, Keiko-san, what kind of person was my father? Is he alive? Is he dead?
Um, he passed away four years ago…
Oh, my dad is dead…
In my family, there was just me and my mother…
My mother got herself a boyfriend, and hardly ever came home…
Every day was hard for me…
I was still just a child, but I truly did love him…
But, I just couldn't tell him that we were having a baby…
Was that baby me?
Right…
How come you didn't decide not to give birth?
Don't say it like it's nothing!
I just… couldn't think about anything… I couldn't tell anyone…
Oh, then, you had her all by yourself?
Yes…
I was so confused… I didn't even realize what had happened…
I didn't know… what I should do…
Oh, it's okay, it's okay, it's all in the past…
I couldn't really get a handle on it, no matter what you told me, anyhow…
Right? Right?
Never mind that, there's something that I've been really wanting to ask you…
I wanted to know…
…when is my birthday?
Don't you have anything more important to ask?
Huh!? This is important! Up to now, it has always been the 7th of March…
"Sana-chan sings" Huh? You're going to sing?
♪ March 7th is Sana-chan's birthday! ♪
♪ That's the day that Mama found me… ♪
♪ March 7th! March 7th! ♪
♪ Hey, hey, from what the doctor said, ♪
♪ I'm pretty sure this little baby… ♪
♪ …was just born today, this pretty baby… ♪
♪ That's where Mama got my name from… ♪
? SAngatsu NAnoka, Sa-Na, Sa-Na, Sa-Na ("March") ("7th") ?
♪ Sana Sana Sana Sana, Kurata Sana! Yeah! ♪
♪ March 7th, so Kurata Sa-Na! ♪
"Kurata Sana" ♪ March 7th, so Kurata Sa-Na! ♪
Oh, I get it… So that's where it's from, huh?
So, what of it?
Don't you get it yet? What if they were wrong?
What if I was actually born on March 6th?
I'd be Kurata Sa-Mu, right?
Yeah, "Samu…"
Oh, I get it…"Sam…"
"Hayama's image of Sam" Hi! My name is Sam… Very thank you… And you?
Huh? Hayama liked that one! What, was that funny?
You like "Sam"? Is it that funny?
Oh, sorry… It's just so rare for this boy to laugh…
This could be the first time…
Even more rare than a fish with a human face…
I'd better take a picture before I forget!
"My name is Sam! Sam speak English very well…"
"Sam like a natto- It's sticky and yummy!"
Cut it out!
—You laughed! —Stop!
Ah, what are you doing!?
Hey, hey, hey! "Tempura and salted fish are also wonderful!"
I mustn't laugh… I'm in no position to laugh…
—"My friend is Tom…" —She is trying not to laugh.
—"Tom is taller than him…" —She's not at all serious.
—Stop! —I'm not so sure about this.
It's okay, isn't it?
Um, it was March 7th, no doubt about it…
Really!? Thank goodness! I am Sana!
Is he worn out from laughing? He's gone limp…
Keiko-san, you have a ring… You're married…
Yes…
A ring worn on the left ring finger is a wedding ring…
So, do you have any children?
Yes, I do… I'm sorry…
What are you apologizing for?
As long as you're happy, that's great… So, how old are your children?
Boys? Girls?
I have a daughter… who is almost 3…
Wow! I have a younger sister! Hayama, did you hear?
I have a younger sister!
You're happy about that? Good for you…
You think of her… as your sister?
Huh? Well, she is, right?
Sensei…
She said she was going home for the day…
I see…
Sana-chan has made plans to see her again on Sunday…
She said she has a daughter… and Sana-chan…
wants to meet her sister…
Is that all right?
Okay, see you Sunday at Ribbonland!
I'll leave that up to Sana…
What? From this distance, you can tell me directly…
Hayama, would you come along with us on Sunday, too?
Y-yeah…
Can Tsuyoshi come, too?
He's been terribly worried about you…
Hey, how is Sana-chan doing!?
What's going on!? Akito-kun, do you know anything!?
You know something, don't you!? Spill it!
It's hard not telling him anything…
Oh, I see…
Mm-hmm, sure! Tsuyoshi-kun too…
Babbit-byunnn!
"Misako-san power-napping… DO NOT WAKE!!"
Do not wake me… I'm asleep!
Mama has been keeping to her room this whole time…
She wouldn't be avoiding me, would she?
Mama…
And so, the day she met her sister…
Oh, you guys!
Yes?
I have the press after me, you see,
"I am not Sana-chan" so I wore a disguise!
"I am not Sana-chan" It's a little obvious, Sana-chan…
"I am nawt Zenjiro" Ah, my back hoits… ah, my back hoits…
"I am nawt Zenjiro" It's perfect, Zenjiro-sensei…
"I am nawt Zenjiro" Isn't it though, Uchiyamada? Aftuh awl,
"I am nawt Zenjiro" I am being puhsued by entuhtainment reportuhs…
"I am nawt Zenjiro" I tried to flee to Awstralia, but to my suhprise, I didn't have any savings…
"I am nawt Zenjiro" That's why you came over to my house, right?
You know, though, there aren't any reportuhs around…
"What are you doing here!?" You know, though, there aren't any reportuhs around…
"What are you doing here!?" Maybe they're not following you anymore…
"What are you doing here!?" Nawnsense, how could that be?
This week's Sana-chan… Take it easy on the disguises, though…
It just doesn't seem like enough, somehow…
Say, Sana-chan, where are you meeting your sister, by the way?
Huh? Mariko-chan?
Her name is Mariko-chan, huh?
She says she always watches me on TV, and that she's a fan of mine…
Hey…
Mama, this way, this way!
Ah, there they are…
Hurry, hurry!
Okay!
All right, now for my meet-by-accident… and-become-friends strategy…
Sana-chan, you're walking kind of stiff…
You guys are walking weird, too…
Ah! A Fewwis wheel! Over there!
How completely deliberate-looking!
Mama, she dwopped something!
You're right… Pick it up for her…
…come on… pick it up… come… on…
Tell her "you dropped this…"
You dwopped this!
Whoops! Oh, no! You're right! I dropped my ticket! Castella! Kakkurakin!
Thank you…
Sana-chan? From TV?
That's right, Sana-chan! I'm here to have a good time today…
To thank you for picking that up,
how about today you have some fun together with Sana-chan?
—Wow! Sana-chan! Sana-chan! —Looks like it worked out okay…
Oh, shh, okay? I'm undercover today…
Undercover?
"Wet's pway with Sana-chan"
Wow, we're spinning, we're spinning!
Wow, I'm getting dizzy!
I'm fine!
Um…
Whew, this is fun, huh, Akito-kun?
Not really…
Okay, Mariko-chan, right, right! Ah, left!
Which way, which way!?
—Come on, come on, this way, this way! Oh, wrong, that way! —Akito-kun, Akito-kun, isn't this fun!?
Yeah…
Look, we're so high! Everyone looks so small, huh?
They wook wike dolls!
Hey, Hayama!
Let's go on it, okay, Akito-kun? Let's go on it!
No…
Mariko-chan, you know what?
Hayama is a wimp!
She sure told you, Akito-kun!
Waugh! I won't say it again!
Wimp!
Mawiko isn't scared…
Terrific, Mariko-chan!
—Sana-chan, is this Cindewewwa? —Hi-ho! Akito-kun, having fun?
—It's the pumpkin coach! —No…
—Mawiko-chan knows about Cindewewwa… I wead about her in a book… —How cute! This little girl is my sister!
—Oh, yeah? Mariko-chan, you can read books? —However, I'm sure that what I'm feeling
—Mm-mm, Mama weads it to me… —isn't the way it feels to be an older sister.
—Yay, Sana-chan! Yay, Sana-chan! —Maybe I'm just simply a kid who likes kids.
Here we go, Komawari spin!
Akito-kun! Akito-kun! Isn't this fun!?
Not one bit…
And, sure enough…
sure enough…
Uh-oh, she's nodding off… Is she tired?
Yes…
What do you say we bring this to a close?
All right…
Keiko-san, thank you… I'm glad I got to meet Mariko-chan…
Well then…
Yo, my friends! Let's go home!
Yeah…
Sana-chan…
I'm… in no position to say this,
but… I wonder if I can hold out any hope…
If I shouldn't think that at some point…
the day will come that you will live with us, Sana-chan…?
That…
…isn't going to happen… I can't do that…
I could never think of you as my mother…
To be frank, I don't feel the least bit of concern towards you…
You and I…
…will not be seeing each other again…
However, there is one thing…
…that really scares me whenever I think about it…
There is one thing, ma'am…
When I think about… what if you hadn't given birth to me,
it really frightens me… After all, if you hadn't… I wouldn't…
…be here now…
If you hadn't, I would have never met Mama… or Rei-kun…
or Hayama and Tsuyoshi-kun…
…and when I think about how I would have never known this delightful world…
…the thought of it… is just too sad… and so…
H-huh…?
I am… very grateful to you… for giving birth to me… And for that…
I thank you…
Zoom!
I'm home!
Welcome back, Sana-chan! H-how was it!?
Oh, the press was no problem…
No, not that…
Ah, Zenjiro-san and Uchiyamada-kun were there…
Oh, really? Not that…
Mama! I'm home!
Welcome back…
Keiko-san asked me if I would ever come live with her…
She what!? That's outrageous! So, what happened!?
Shut up, ex-pimp!
What happened? I turned her down, of course…
Mama is the only Mama for me… I'm never seeing Keiko-san again…
Thank goodness!
Sana…
I'm so sorry…
It must have been rough, huh?
I knew when I did it that it would be cruel…
to tell you everything… while you were so little…
I've… been anxious, this whole time…
…thinking that maybe, someday, your real mother would show up,
and take you away from me…
And so, I wanted to meet your mother first,
and show her flat-out…
…that Sana…
…that Sana was my daughter…
Mama…
Mama has been worried, too…?
Mama, I can stay here from now on, right?
Of course you can!
That night, I slept together with Mama.
Mama… Mama, I love you.
? Sora, sora, sora, dance of the Maro-chan s! ?
S-Shenshei, Shenshei, what ish dat?
It's a Maro-chan line dance that I've been saving…
This isn't Maro-chan's house, or anything of the sort…
Sagami, you don't have any underpants on…
Oh, shank goodnesh I am wearing dem…
Shenshei, pleashe shtop! All de wallsh are getting dented!
Shall we rebuild, then?
It'sh all sho eashy for you…
Let's do it, Mama! Once the royalties from "My Daughter and I" come in,
let's rebuild the house!
Mama, to the foyer!
All right!
Ah, I wrecked the door!
Fine, whatever…
There has been an outbreak of in-house traffic accidents!
Ah, Sana-chan!
Sana-chan, do you have anything to say about your mother's book?
What do you mean? That's old news! You know what? It's already been settled!
Keep up the good work, now!
You're such a grown-up, after all…
Nice work, everyone!
Ah, Sana-chan!
Hey, you two! A good morning, isn't it!?
Yo…
What's the matter, Hayama?
You've got that utsubo na namako look! ("eel-sea cucumber")
That's utsuro na manako! ("blank look in your eyes")
In the end, I didn't do anything…
Oh, why not? You stayed with me the whole time, didn't you?
"Oh, Sam is very, very happy!"
Ah, Akito-kun is laughing!
"Sam thank you very much!"
Stop!
Akito-kun is laughing!
"Sam have a pen! Something one!"
Akito-kun is laughing!
"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…
Here's a sudden question…
what is the plate number on the car that Rei-kun drives?
What was the only line that Zenjiro-san said
when he played the policeman in that drama?
What is the name of that white bat who is always butting in?
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 20…, a summer vacation special!
Feeling Good With a Sana-chan Quiz!
Looking to win, Sana-chan will compete, too!
Babbit will be hosting! I'm a little nervous about it!