"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 TV personality with Gekidan Komawari, and 6th grader.
My beloved Mama is a famous Aoki-award winning novelist.
The chipmunk on her head is Maro-chan.
My former boyfriend, Sagami Rei-kun.
Right now, he's earnestly on the way to becoming a fine manager.
The mysterious white bat straight man.
I'm Babbit.
13 years old, according to some reports.
Hayama Akito, my natural enemy.
Even so, right now, when I'm around him, I'm relaxed for some reason.
Brought together by a simple present,
Tsuyoshi-kun and Aya-chan are getting along great. Eh, but I'm not jealous!
And here's Tsuyoshi-kun's sister, Aono-chan, a 2nd grader.
"Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Morning is Coming"
Ah, Tsuyoshi-kun!
Good morning, Tsuyoshi-kun.
Ah, it's you, Aya-chan. Good morning.
T-Tsuyoshi-kun, what's wrong with you!?
T-there's nothing really wrong with me…
"Tsuyoshi-kun has collapsed"
Huh? Aya-chan, where am I?
The nurse's office. The nurse said you could rest here for a bit.
Thanks.
Tsuyoshi-kun, by any chance, is it because of this?
You got me.
Is there anything I can do? Ask me anything, Tsuyoshi-kun.
Thanks, Aya-chan.
Tsuyoshi-kun…
It's 9 o'clock already. Homeroom has begun.
Mm-hmm. I already told Mitsuya-sensei, so it's okay.
They seemed to be fired up about something.
Fired up?
"Soul-searching for this week"
Okay, Hisae-chan.
I'm troubled that some of the boys immediately loaf around
during cleaning time.
Yeah! Yeah!
I'm troubled that some of the girls
yak it up and dawdle around during cleaning time.
How are we supposed to hang around with those oban hags?
—What was that!? —What was that!?
Who are you calling oban hags!?
I dare you to say that again, you ojin stick-in-the-mud!
Go on, say it!
? Oban-ban-ban-ban-ban-ban! ?
A bi-ban-non-non.
? Oban-ban-ban-ban-ban-ban! ?
Brush your teeth!
Whose side are you on!?
I'm on Kato-chan's side!
Grade-schoolers are neither ojin sticks-in-the-mud nor oban hags!
Okay, does anyone have anything to say about themselves, and not just others?
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Yes, Sana-chan?
I was recently told by Zenjiro-sensei "you're pretty sexy, awn't you?"
Don't be an ass! You call that soul-searching?
Well, I don't have anything I need to search my soul over.
What!? Get her!
Ka-ching!
Are you sure you shouldn't still be resting?
Mm-mm, but still, I'll be fine.
Are you okay?
I just remembered it again.
You mean this?
This.
Say, what is "this"?
I can't leave it at home, but if I tried to take it somewhere else, I'm sure…
No, that can't happen! Think of poor Aono-chan!
I don't know what I'm going to do.
Why don't you talk to someone about it?
Oh, but don't tell Sana-chan.
If Sana-chan finds out, I bet she'll really be concerned.
Besides, if Sana-chan gets involved,
I have a feeling that things will get much, much worse.
You got it. We won't tell Sana-chan.
I'll try to think of any other ways to handle this.
Thanks, Aya-chan.
Hey, you two, we know that you're getting along well and all, but what is "this"?
Tell Babbit!
Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?
Come to think of it, I haven't seen Aya-chan around today. Did she stay home?
She's in the nurse's office.
Tsuyoshi-kun wasn't feeling well, so she said she would stay at his side.
Eh!? Tsuyoshi-kun!?
Hayama! What did you do that for!? Would you mind staying out of my way!?
Don't.
Why not? After all, Tsuyoshi-kun is in the nurse's office!
That's why I'm telling you to stop.
Huh? How come?
She's not too quick-witted…
Hisae-chan! Eri-chan, let's go see how he's doing!
No, that's okay. After all…
…you know?
Really? Well, I'll just pop on over.
I told you…
Come on, come on, you have spell it out for her, or she won't understand.
Ba-bing, tell her, ba-bing.
You'll be in the way.
In the way?
Me? Why?
Dull-witted girl…
Sana-chan, what are you doing?
Tsuyoshi-kun! Are you okay? I heard you weren't feeling well.
Mm-hmm, I'm fine now. Just a little anemia.
Is that all? Don't go worrying Aya-chan like that, lover-boy!
Tsuyoshi-kun!
Hey, Tsuyoshi,
I heard you're raising a chicken on the veranda of your apartment.
—Yikes! —Yikes!
Chicken?
Oh, "this" was referring to the chicken, was it?
Obana over in 1st Class said that it makes a racket early in the morning,
and is making everyone angry.
Don't go keeping chickens in your apartment!
Right, sorry…
Say, Tsuyoshi-kun, you're raising a chicken?
Uh, well, you see…
—You're the one… —A-Akito-kun!
…who gave them that chick, right?
Chick!?
"Could they mean…?"
Aono-chan, what do you have in your handbag?
An egg!
You know what? When you make an egg warm, it turns into a chick.
Did you know that?
Say, is it actually some special egg that a chick will hatch from?
Uh-uh, it's the regular kind they sell at the supermarket in packs.
I snuck out at lunch recess and bought it.
Ah, Sana-chan!
Ah! There are people watching us on TV!
Where? Where?
It's been born! Aono's cute chick!
Yay! Yay!
It's the chick from back then.
Yes, I gave it to her.
It has become a chicken.
Wow, this is the chick from before?
But I feel sorry he has to wear that mask.
I made it last night and put it on, but he takes it off by himself right away.
This is what happens when you give things to people willy-nilly
without thinking first.
I don't give things out willy-nilly!
But last year, you did that drive-by chocolating on Tsuyoshi-kun.
Here! For you!
But that was…
You're right, I did give it to him.
Even so, Sana-chan, it's also true that Aono was thrilled, and she adores it!
I could keep it here forever, if it wasn't for that crowing in the morning.
Shut up!
What time do you think it is!?
Do something about that!
Come on, Piyoko!
What time do you think it is, anyway!? We can't sleep, you know!
"I can't take it!"
How about we cook it up and eat it?
Stop!
I'll manage something!
You'll manage something? What else is there besides barbecue chicken?
Huh?
Oh, he's smart! Maybe we can teach it some tricks.
Shake! Come on, shake.
Wow, he got it off, he got it off.
Can chickens do tricks?
Of course they can't.
The best they can do is cook up nice and…
I'm home!
Welcome back, Aono.
Huh? Aya-chan, and Sana-chan, too!
Hello.
We've come to visit.
Never mind you, Akito.
Say, did you see Aono's Piyoko? He's gotten big, hasn't he?
You're right!
Bawk, bawk, bawk.
Sana-chan, you're talking to Piyoko.
So, what will you do? You told your neighbors
that you were going to do something about this today, right?
Aono…
What?
Big Brother has a favor to ask of you, Aono.
Piyoko has gotten pretty big,
and I feel bad for keeping him on this cramped veranda.
So, I want Piyoko to go someplace where he can run around more freely, and…
No!
Aono…
We can't keep Piyoko here. There are lots of other people
living in these apartments. It's like one big house, you see.
When Piyoko crows as loud as he does,
it wakes everyone up, and they can't sleep.
Well, could we keep him at our old house?
I'm going home to our old house! I'm going home with Piyoko!
You can't go back to your old house, either.
And anyhow, this isn't even the chick from the egg you were keeping warm…
Hayama!
What the hell are you doing?
Say, Aono-chan, I'll take Piyoko to my house.
That way, Aono-chan, you can come see Piyoko any time you want,
and it won't be any problem if Piyoko crows a little at my house.
Really?
So, how about we ask her to take him for a little while
until we can find somewhere else to raise him?
Is it okay if Piyoko stays over at my house?
Mm-hmm, if it's your house, Sana-chan, that's fine.
You just don't learn from experience.
Huh? What? What do you mean by that?
Well, I've got karate.
Hang on, Hayama…
Hayama…
Apples! Apples!
This is Piyoko the rooster, who will be staying with us briefly starting today,
so I can take responsibility for the lie I told.
How many years has it been since I've seen a chicken?
I thought they died out a long time ago.
You had some fried chicken just this morning, didn't you?
Rei-kun! Rei-kun, that's a yellow card!
You are absolutely forbidden to mention that,
especially in front of Aono!
Understood.
Sensei, are you done with your manuscript yet?
Sensei! Please wake up! I've got to deliver your manuscript tonight,
or I'll be fired!
So, what does a live chicken eat, anyhow?
Well, you can give them corn, and seashells, and broken china.
They really eat this sort of thing?
Onda, how do you know so much?
My parents have a farm back in Higashimurayama,
and they keep chickens.
I like you. I'll write for you. Come along.
Thank you very much!
Sana, be sure to live up to your responsibilities
and take care of that chicken.
Right.
It's like I'm dreaming!
Maybe you are.
Sensei…!
Sana-chan, where are you going to keep this chicken?
Actually, we have a great place for him.
Ta-da! In here, the atrium that Mama built for fun.
I get it. It's perfect in here, isn't it?
Okay, Piyoko, here's your new home.
Say, Rei-kun, do I do lots of things without thinking them through,
and cause problems for everyone else?
Huh? What brought that up all of a sudden?
Am I a girl who doesn't learn from experience?
I-I'm not sure I understand your question, but Sana-chan,
I think you're perfect the way you are now.
Rei-kun, you always say that,
but the flak you get out in the real world is harsh, isn't it?
Maybe I'll just live here with Piyoko.
Well done, Sana-chan. You might be able to get the part of a chicken like that.
Huh?
Out of the way, Maro-chan.
"Ah, I'm so tired…"
Mayumi…
My manuscript is done!
Nice work! Thank you very much! Good night!
"Do not wake!! --Misako"
Don't you dare wake me up!
This is the first time all year that I've had that refreshing feeling
of having done something nice.
Good night!
What!?
Why, you…!
—I said no one is to wake me up, didn't I!? —Rei-kun, I'm scared.
Good morning!
Ah, Sana-chan.
Say, is Piyoko giving you any trouble?
No, everything's great!
Turns out I drew the shortest straw of them all…
I'm begging you, be quiet, please!
Ah, I slept well! I feel great now!
Rei-kun!
I'm back, Rei-kun!
Welcome back, Sana-chan. We've been waiting for you.
What's this, Sana-chan? That's an awfully funny-looking baby!
Hey, what part of my baby are you calling funny-looking? How rude of you!
Cock-a-doodle-no-thank-you…
♪ Piyoko the rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo. ♪
♪ He's too chipper, thank you, I've had enough. ♪
♪ On the apartment's veranda, cock-a-doodle-doo. ♪
♪ Here and there, everywhere, cock-a-doodle-doo. ♪
♪ Sana and Piyoko, que sera, sera. ♪
♪ And so, tomorrow as well, cock-a-doodle-doo! ♪
Mm-hmm, I unduhstand. It's that feeling of hawtrending loneliness, huh?
I'm the same way.
Awtists are nevuh unduhstood, huh?
Mm-hmm, let's both be strawng and foim,
and go on living without giving up, Sana-chan.
W-what is this!?
Huh? I wonder if Piyoko likes you, Zenjiro-sensei.
What!? It's making me self-conscious
to have him stare at me so intently like that.
Lately, giraffes and chickens have stawted liking me for some reason.
That settles it!
Here on this auspicious day,
we would like to perform this marriage for Piyoko. Drink up.
But Sana-chan, isn't this chicken a roostuh?
No, no, Zenjiro-sensei, even if he is a rooster,
as long as you love each other…
All right then, have a long and happy life. Run away!
Hey, just a minute! Hey, Sana-chan, you're not, by any chance,
trying to push this chicken on me, are you!?
—Come get your roostuh! Hey! Hold up! Hold up! —Rei-kun! Rei-kun! Help, Rei-kun!
My plan to arrange a marriage for Piyoko failed.
Everyone, we somehow managed to get through the day.
Shimura-san seems to be the only one in a good mood, huh?
She said she used to raise around a hundred chickens back home in the country.
Well, let's not dwell too much on it.
Tomorrow's winds won't blow until tomorrow, after all.
"You never learn, Sana-chan" You never learn, do you?
Sana-chan, I said before that you were perfect the way you were,
but from now on, let's think ahead a little more, okay?
Can't you be any quieter so early in the morning!?
"It's hopeless…"
I can't take it anymore!!
This is hopeless!
I'm coming for your cockscomb!
You can't!
Stand aside! We're going to kill that thing!
Anything but that!
I will personally take the responsibility for telling that lie!
Tsuyoshi-kun! Tsuyoshi-kun!
Tsuyoshi-kun!
What? What? What's the matter?
Yes?
Huh?
Good afternoon. Is Piyoko here?
Oh, if you're looking for the chicken,
Sana-chan took it and ran away from home a little while ago.
—Ran away!? —Ran away!? —Ran away!?
Then, it was because of Piyoko?
Sagami-kun went right after her, so I think he'll find her soon. Don't worry.
She is the one who started all of this in the first place, after all.
Your head is funny!
Hey, Aono!
Auntie looks like Piyoko!
It's okay, it's okay.
Lately, people have been getting too used to my hairstyle as normal,
and nobody is surprised, or talks about it anymore. I kind of miss it.
It really is strange, isn't it?
Look! I've got this one, too!
Your hair is funny!
With this woman being Sana-chan's mother and all, she really is amazing.
Thinking back on it now,
I'm ashamed of myself for being shaken up by a single chicken.
I'll take in another 100 or 200 chickens, so bring them on over!
Actually, we found a place that will take Piyoko for us.
Huh? Really?
Aya-chan found it for me.
Sana-chan, please, come on down!
We'll think of something for Piyoko together one more time!
There must be some better way to handle this!
I've thought of a million ways to handle it,
and this is the one I ended up with.
In order for this chicken to have a bright future, where he can crow,
Sana is determined to fight alongside Piyoko and Hachiko!
Sana-chan… if you had a monkey along, too, you'd be Momotaro.
Momotaro had a pheasant that accompanied him, not a chicken.
Yes, hello?
Sensei?
Really!?
Sana-chan! We found it!
A place where Piyoko can crow!
Huh? Where!?
School!
This week's Sana-chan! There's a Momotaro feel to it.
Earlier, when we were cleaning,
I was just casually passing by here, and I thought to myself "Huh?"
So I asked Mitsuya-sensei, and she said they used to keep a parrot here.
Ever since the parrot died, it has been unoccupied.
Aya-chan made a request to the principal for me.
Right?
Aya-chan, outstanding! Amazing!
—Way to go! Good girl! —This is what they call
—Incredible! Outstanding! —not knowing what's going on in your own backyard, huh?
Sana-chan…
Ah, Aono-chan!
Okay, Piyoko…
This is your new home, Piyoko.
The school is wide open, so you can crow as loud and as much as you want.
Good for you, Piyoko.
Sana-chan, I'm sorry to put you through all that trouble.
You didn't put me to any trouble!
You're one unlucky girl.
And so, the affair was more or less settled.
Yaah!
They say that chickens will take three steps
and forget whatever it is they were told.
But you are one fool who will never learn, will you!?
"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…
He's back again! Mama's ex-husband!
Eh? Ex-husband, a present for me? Gapyon, the happy bunny? Bleh, how ugly!
Ah, but still, I get to see a side of her ex-husband that I never knew before.
And then, Sana falls into the devilish clutches of her ex-husband!
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 27, the Whirlpool of Intrigue in the Harbor District saga:
Give Me Sympathy and Lend Me Money
Elsewhere, what will be Zenjiro-chan's fate,
as he is caught up in it all?