"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 Aoki award-winning Mama. The chipmunk on her head is Maro-chan.
My chauffeur, manager, and ex-pimp, Rei-kun.
The mysterious straight man, Babbit.
Just so you know, Babbit is not a cat.
Hayama Akito, my natural enemy and good friend, I suppose.
Kamura Naozumi-kun, a young TV talent who, like me, hails from Kamura Academy.
It's a photo of Sana-chan and Naozumi-kun on a date!
Sana-chan? You vixen!
Yow! Yow! I knew they would be coming, but these arrows still sting.
Don't stare at me from a distance, okay?
"Clarification Conference" Okay, okay, quiet down, and I will explain.
"Clarification Conference" And please, listen super-calmly.
"Clarification Conference" Would you cut out that "super" business!
You know what? Behind Naozumi-kun and me, there was a bunch of production staff.
Naozumi-kun and I were waiting on standby.
But you two are holding hands tightly, aren't you?
Right, look closely.
You see? It's a handheld game.
In short, while we were waiting on standby, I borrowed Naozumi-kun's handheld game.
All right, go, gotcha!
It gets harder after this.
Oh, how do I do this part?
Oh, this part, you see…
And at this point, somebody somewhere snuck a picture of us.
It really is just an innocent, insignificant picture, ma'am.
Okay, any questions?
—What's most charming about Naozumi-kun? —Has he given you any presents?
—How long have you been going out? —Which one of you asked the other out?
Did you even listen to what I said?
The masses love this kind of material.
Be quiet! Everybody shut up!
"This clarification conference is over" So, have you kissed yet?
"The Snake Stomps In With His Shoes Still On"
Look at this picture of love-love.
—What do you mean, "love-love," you jerk!? —This late-night date between Kamura Naozumi-kun and Kurata Sana-chan…
—Don't swallow what that picture is telling you! —This late-night date between Kamura Naozumi-kun and Kurata Sana-chan…
It's okay, let them say whatever they want to.
It's just a bogus photo to begin with… Ah, damn it! Why, you…
…and there's nothing to it… What!? Yikes!
Is that the handheld game that Sana-chan borrowed from Naozumi-kun?
Of course there isn't! I wouldn't allow there to be anything more to it!
Well then, just leave it alone… Gah! What? All of a sudden UFOs are shooting at me!?
Why should that kid and Sana-chan have to be in love-love, anyhow?
No, Sana-chan and I are just good friends.
—Do you think those two are really going out? —When we're in this line of work,
—I've heard that rumor before, too. —rumors like this tend to get very exaggerated.
During the uproar over that essay, Naozumi-kun defended Sana-chan, didn't he?
They're together, all right.
What? Did you just say, "Heh"?
What a shifty fellow! Show your face!
You can go now…
"Ah, that was scary" You big chicken!
"The Yellow Letter Co." A photo of Kurata Sana kissing?
"The Yellow Letter Co." What?
Here it is.
Oh, that's from that time before! Why do you have a picture of it?
Kurata is not going out with Kamura.
She is going out with Hayama Akito, who is in this picture with her, Editor.
As you can see, they are even kissing.
Who is he?
One of Kurata's classmates. I have others, too.
—Ah! Is that… —This is the boy who took her away from home during Kurata Misako's essay scandal.
—Huh? This one, too? —Wherever Kurata is, this Hayama Akito is with her.
Even this?
This one is from just recently.
I see… But unfortunately, I can't use these, Kurosaki-kun.
W-why not!? With Kurama and Kamura causing a big stir among the public right now,
this will be a scoop!
I can sort of make out the face on this Hayama boy,
but none of them clearly shows Kurata Sana.
That's not true! That is genuinely Kurata Sana!
Maybe so, but it's not conclusive.
Not without something definitive.
Too bad, huh, Pops?
Damn it. I'll pass this chance up,
but I am definitely going to get my scoop, Kurata Sana.
Gah! This is one positively nasty fellow who has appeared!
We're going to plow right through the press corps. Ready?
Okay!
Here we go, Sana-yan!
Here it comes, Rei-yan!
Safe driving?
Rei-kun, I'm going to walk.
Sana-chan!
♪ Move it, move it, Sana-chan coming through! ♪
♪ How can I be an entertainer, ♪
♪ and be afraid of entertainment reporters♪ ?
—Sana-chan, what company are you keeping with Naozumi-kun? —♪ Here they come, ambush reporters. ♪
—Do you have any response… —♪ Run too much, and you're going to fall down. ♪
♪ Naozumi-kun is just a friend from work. ♪
♪ That photo is bogus! ♪
♪ Out of the way! Watch out! I got caught on one of you! ♪
—Mama bought these mail order. —Aw, she's gone.
That was pretty easy, avoiding those entertainment reporters like that.
Sana-chan, hello.
It's "nice to meet you," isn't it? Sorry about that.
I watch you all the time, and all, Sana-chan.
Here's who I am. It's a pleasure.
Free entertainment reporter?
Hey! It's against the rules for you to be chasing me inside the TV station!
I'm not going to answer a single question of yours!
No, no, please don't lump me in with those guys outside.
I'm not at all interested in that rumor about you and Naozumi-kun.
That's a bunch of nonsense, right?
Could I have just a little bit of your time?
There's a different air about him now than there was before…
That was scary!
Want some coffee, Kurosaki-san?
Oh, thanks.
The truth is, I've been a fan ever since your debut, Sana-chan.
I've been behind you the whole time.
Thank you very much.
My children are fans, too, Sana-chan.
Yeah? Kurosaki-san, you have children?
Yeah, two of them.
Sana-chan, being on "Child's Toy", you must eat Zenjiro-san right up, huh?
No way! If I ate Zenjiro-san, I'm sure he would be yucky!
Is that the way you are by nature, Sana-chan?
Well, I haven't really thought about it.
What are you like usually, Sana-chan?
Oh, I'm not that much different.
A little precocious, like you are on TV, then.
You must be fairly ahead of the others in school, too.
Is there a boy that you hang around with?
There is, isn't there? If it isn't Kamura-kun, then who?
Hayama-kun?
Uh… um…
Tell me, Sana-chan.
No, I couldn't…
How 'bout it, Sane-yan? Today's taping was easy, huh?
No, that was rough.
Huh? Hold on a second!
You shouldn't have to think about it that hard, right?
You just have to give me a simple answer.
Well…
This guy is a snake.
Ah, Sana-chan, Sana-chan!
What's wrong with you? The shoot is about to start! Let's go, let's go!
The only thing you don't have enough of…
Sana-chan, see you later. Work with me more next time, okay?
—That would be the cordial thing to do. —…is constipation medicine, aloha owe…
"Snake reporter" Babbit hates snakes!
"Snake reporter" Snakes are delicious.
That guy is the woist!
He's an unbelievable snake reportuh.
If he sets his eye on you, you've got trouble!
Sana-chan, what did he ask you?
Nothing, much.
Really?
I can put up with just about anything,
but that guy's pestering is too much for me!
That was back when I had that crush on Yuri-chan, from the Zuke-Zuke Gals.
Like that time I blew off woik and hung out in front of her house,
or aftuh she stopped liking me,
and I followed her awl around Osaka on my bicycle…
He took pitchus of awl of it!
Zenjiro-chan, you're awful.
Sane-yan, you keep quiet!
Thanks, but really, there's nothing going on.
"Snake reporter" Ah, thank goodness the snake is gone.
"Snake reporter" I fried him up, and now I'm eating him.
"Snake reporter" You're kidding!
Sana-chan! You're safe!
Rei-kun, what happened? You look cool.
Sana-chan, I'm surprised you were able to fight your way
through that mountain of reporters!
They caught me, and peppered me with questions.
What answer did you give them?
That "I am not seeing Kamura Naozumi", of course.
You liked that? You liked that?
"I can tell jokes, too" When I'm happy, my sunglasses fall down.
"I can tell jokes, too" Happy-go-lucky, aren't you?
Yo, Piyoko! Long time no see!
It's morning, grab the paper, the newspaper…
Woah! I'm late because I watched those morning anime re-runs! Rei-kun, drive me!
What's the matter, Sana-chan?
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
Something funny's going on…
Good morning!
Sleep in again?
I just got a little careless.
I got up early enough today, which is rare for me,
but the anime on this morning was so amusing,
and before I realized it, it was 8:30!
Uh-oh, I don't know what to do about this…
Who is that guy?
Did we just get our picture taken?
Sorry, he's just this reporter that I know.
Then, are we going to be in a magazine?
No, it's all right, I won't let him do that.
—We don't mind! —Let him!
Oh, is that right?
Hey there, Aya-chan and everyone!
Good morning, Tsuyoshi-kun and company!
Let's stop centering your greetings on just the two of you.
Say, Sana-chan, do I reek of natto beans?
What's wrong, Hayama? In a bad mood?
Not really.
You know what? I had three bowls of natto this morning!
You did?
Hayama, are you in a bad mood about something?
Not really.
Ha! You broke it!
Who's that?
Pay no attention, pay no…
There is, isn't there? If it isn't Kamura-kun, then who? Hayama-kun?
Don't tell me he's after a two-shot of me and Hayama…
Eh? A spare!?
Move it!
I'm going on ahead!
Sana-chan is acting weird.
That's not so unusual, though.
Akito-kun, what have you done to Sana-chan this time?
Nothing.
Damn.
Nyah! Take that!
Huh? What? What are you thinking?
Ah, he's thinking up something bad!
"Ah, that was scary" If you're scared, you should stop butting in.
"Ah, that was scary" But that's my job.
All right, he's finally gone, huh?
Hey.
Don't come close to me!
Sorry, but we're being targeted.
Akito-kun, what did you do to Sana-chan?
Nothing.
Has that reporter set his eye on me and Hayama, of all people?
While all the rest of the world is in a tizzy over that picture of me and Naozumi-kun? I can't let my guard down!
"And so…" He's got a fever now.
He appears to be gone now. He's not that big a snake at all, is he?
Let's go to work, Rei-kun!
Sana-chan is being incredibly weird.
That's not so unusual, though.
—But Akito-kun is down in the dumps. —What's going on with you? I'll peck you.
That is unusual, huh?
This week's dark and gloomy Akito-kun.
Hey, it's so dark, it's not turning out.
Leave me alone.
"An odd turn of events" That's odd…
Aah! Sana-rin! Aah! Sana-rin!
Sagami-san, there's a phone call for you.
Huh? For me?
Uh-huh… Yes, okay… Yes…
Akito, they've already hung up, but someone called for you.
They hung up, though. But it was for you.
Odd, isn't it?
Huh? Where's Rei-kun?
Ah, Sana-chan…
The office just got a message for you from Sagami-san.
Huh? From Rei-kun? What's this about?
What a bizarre phone call!
No, I don't want to buy a membership to some scrub brush club!
Huh? Are they done shooting?
For a while now.
Why would Rei-kun call me all the way out here?
Kurata…
Huh? He looks just like Hayama!
It is Hayama.
What a coincidence!
It's no coincidence. Sunglasses-san called me here.
Then it is a coincidence! Rei-kun called me out here, too!
It's not a coincidence!
The snake!
What are you doing!?
Hayama, don't show your face!
What's going on?
Odd… isn't it?
Are you Kurosaki-san?
I've been waiting for you.
You're on your way to sell some scoop photos to a picture tabloid, right?
Such an underhanded thing you're doing, isn't it?
Could I have a little of your time?
My sensei says she would like to talk with you.
Oh, excuse the late introduction. I am…
Sagami Rei, right? Kurata's manager.
Oh, so you do know me.
Yes, and I know that you are seeing that actress.
H-how do you know that!?
I was just seeing if you would admit to it.
I-in any case, the Sensei is asking for you.
Get it together!
Kurosaki-san, what you are doing may not be against any laws,
but it is not to your credit.
It is so to my credit, Sensei.
Everyone wants to know the private affairs of Kurata Sana, idol to a nation.
By offering that to them, I am a credit to my occupation.
Is that true, even when someone gets hurt?
Huh? Who gets hurt? After all, those two are seeing each other.
Don't tell me you weren't aware of that, right?
Hayama-kun is not a performer. His situation is not the same as Kamura-kun's.
I'm sorry, but that doesn't matter. Not as long as Kurata Sana is a performer.
Let me make my request clear. Do not publish pictures of Hayama-kun.
I must decline. This is my profession, after all.
A-are you trying to threaten me!?
Not especially. My hand was just itchy.
So, which do you prefer, black coffee or morning tomato juice?
What are you talking about? Morning tomato juice.
Which kind of stomach medicine do you take, pills or granules?
Granules. Why are you asking?
Ho… You're…
What!?
Kurosaki-san, would you show me the photo?
What?
This isn't some cheap trick to take the photo away and tear it up.
You can print as many more copies of it as you want, right?
This picture…
Can I have it?
What?
Sana looks good in this.
If I were one of Sana's true fans, I would want to see her face like this.
You…
…have the skills to do good work, you know.
You don't have to stoop to this rotten sort of work.
Hmph, you're trying to sidestep the matter, but that won't work on me.
Sorry, but I've decided I'm going to be a little more thorough.
I'm the type who shoots back when someone comes at me.
"The reporter leaves" Waugh! Something's passing over me!
"The reporter leaves" Don't open your eyes.
Sensei…
Mama…
I got it.
Sensei!
What do we do? Hayama is going to be dragged into this.
Sana, get engaged to Hayama-kun!
Yes, then we can beat him to the announcement.
—I will tell Papa Hayama myself. —Sensei, you're going too far! That's crazy!
—Hello, this is Kurata Misako. —Mama! Mama! Hold on! Hold on! Stop! Stop!
This is Hayama Fuyuki.
Hayama Natsumi-san?
I'm nobody you need to be afraid of. I'm a magazine reporter.
I wanted to ask you a few things about your brother.
Your mother died soon after giving birth to your brother, right?
What was it like for your brother, growing up without a mother?
Did you know that your brother and Kurata Sana were going out together?
Sana-chan also appears to have had some circumstances surrounding her birth.
I'd like to write an article about the things they have in common in that area.
Cooperate with me, sister.
I'll be back tomorrow, Natsumi-chan.
Maybe I'll go to your school tomorrow.
Sana-chan, I just feel so creeped out. I'm afraid to go outside.
I'm sorry about this, Natsumi-san. It's all right.
That tears it!
Yahoo!
How can I be a 6th grade TV personality if I'm afraid of some snake reporter!?
Yahoo!
That's her!
Sensei, bad news! Sana-chan has gone off to that snake's place alone!
W-what should we do!? If she gets bitten by that snake…
Don't panic, Sagami.
According to the personality assessment notebook, he may seem like a snake,
but he's really a human.
Yeah, well, that may be true…
It's all right.
"The snake's nest" She's here!
Minamino Ward, Unatsuki Block, Henogonomu Building, Unatsuki #8005…
Right here!
Are you in there, you snake!? I'm calling you out! I'm calling you out!
Ow!
Hayama…
Stop.
Out of the way, Hayama!
What are you going to do?
Isn't that obvious? I'm going to get him to stop having anything to do with us!
How?
That's obvious, isn't it!?
Ah, I hadn't thought about that.
I heard what happened from Natsumi. We'll be fine. That picture is no big deal.
Let him do what he wants. Even if it causes a stir, it will only be for a while.
Hayama…
It disgusts me, but just think of it as being bitten by a snake, and get past it.
Still…
I just can't do that! It's wrong, any way I think about it!
Why should we have to be put through that unpleasantness!?
Hey, snake man!
—Stop! —Yes?
Who's there?
Who is it?
Huh? You're not snakes…
"Kurosaki Toshizo Shoko Tatsuya" Oh, come to think of it, he did say he had children.
Huh? Sana-chan?
Sana-chan?
Sana-chan! You're Kurata Sana-chan, right?
Wow, you're right! Just like on TV!
Yes, I'm Sana!
Suddenly, you're wearing your work smile?
Why? Why is the real Sana-chan here?
Well, there are a number of important reasons…
Hey, stop poking me where you shouldn't be.
Um, is your father home?
No, he's working.
You need something from Dad?
Actually, we do.
Smells like something's burning.
Oh, no! Ah, the soup has boiled over!
Tatsuya, get a dishrag!
You dummy! Those are your underpants!
Ah! Turn off the gas! That's dangerous!
Here Hayama, wipe that up with the dishrag!
"Things go in an unexpected direction" Here Hayama, wipe that up with the dishrag!
"Things go in an unexpected direction" Time to panic.
These used to be hamburgers, right?
The soup is ruined, too. This is all our fault.
"Our"?
That's okay, that's okay.
Sister, what about supper?
You kids are cooking dinner by yourselves? What's your mom doing?
Our mom…
She died.
"Just like Hayama's family"
What kind of dishrag is this?
Ah! That's my dinosaur!
Dinosaur?
That's the tail from the dinosaur costume
Tatsuya is going to wear in the school arts fair tomorrow.
I'm the one who thought it was a dishrag, and handed it to him.
And this potholder…?
That's the head.
You dummy! You dummy! That's my stegosaurus!
—Stegosaurus? Hey! —My sister worked really hard making it for me! What did you do that for?
Don't sell the stegosaurus short.
Listen up. A stegosaurus looks like this.
Don't kid around when it comes to the shape of his dorsal plates.
He's got four spikes on his tail, see? Don't belittle that part.
Do you have any newspaper and coat hangers?
Oh, yes we do!
—So Hayama is a dinosaur freak, huh? —Do you have any cardboard you don't need?
—I didn't know that. —Some glue and scissors, too.
Okay then, Sana-chan will work hard on cooking, too!
Huh? You will, Sana-chan?
I've been on cooking shows before!
My, there aren't very many ingredients in here, huh?
Sorry.
That's okay, that's okay!
With this much, we can make Sana-chan style "Ofu-rench Toast"!
Set up the Nopia, and…
♪ Crumble, crumble, break the kurumafu bread ♪
♪ into little pieces… itafu bread is also okay. ♪
♪ Crack some eggs, too… 1, 2, 3, ♪
♪ be sure to add plenty, okay♪ ?
♪ Pour in lots of soy sauce, ♪
♪ then add some chopped-up bacon. ♪
♪ Salt and pepper… ♪
♪ -and if you like it spicy, sesame chili oil is okay, too! ♪
Okay, Shoko-chan, stir it up real good!
In the meantime, I'll work on a salad.
Let it sit for a little bit.
—We have to let the eggs soak in nice and good. —Hey, Tatsuya…
Maybe we could even add sesame oil.
Shoko-chan, Tak-kun, I'm back!
Hey, snake!
Welcome home!
Oh, it's the snake!
What are you doing here!?
"Sudden confrontation!"
What do you think you're doing?
Were you trying to cajole the children into appealing for my sympathy?
You are so crooked! All you ever look into is the seedy side of people,
so you've lost the ability to look at things for what they really are!
Hmph, that's the line of work I'm in.
Oh, very nice! Kurosaki-san,
even though your business might be to poke your nose into other people's dirty feet…
What are you talking about?
…we saw the family you are making sure to protect.
I've got a weakness for nice families.
Their dad might be a snake, but the children are growing up proper.
We'll let this incident pass,
and regard ourselves as having been bitten by a passing cobra, like Hayama said.
I never said that.
But will you at least let me say this much?
Because of you, there are people who have had their hearts deeply hurt!
Like there's a cactus inside them, pricking at them!
As long as you know that, you go ahead and keep your own warm household.
Sana-chan! Let's finish cooking!
Akito, hurry and make me a stegosaurus!
Okay, let's do it.
—Yeah, right. Come on, Dad, help us out! —What?
♪ Put some oil in a frying pan, ♪
♪ then pour the egg-soaked… ♪
?…ofu bread mixture in the pan, under high heat, and cook until it's crunchy. ?
—The salad is done! —♪ It's almost done! ♪
Huh? What's this?
Dad, you're good at this.
Hey, Pop, make the underside of the tail slightly more pale. Don't disrespect it.
It's a picture of Sana-chan!
Ah, Shoko-chan! Don't touch that…
Oh, show me, show me!
No, Tak-kun, you can't…
Watch what you're doing, Pop! It'll be uneven.
Ah! Akito is in it, too!
Dad, are you a fan of Sana-chan, too?
—Hey, can we have this? —I want it!
No, you can't have that one…
Pop, get painting!
You like it that much? He'll give it to you, he'll give it to you. Right, Dad?
Yay! Sana-chan said it was okay!
Well…
Come on, Pop, give it to them!
All right, given the circumstances, maybe I'll even sign it.
Look, Dad! Sana-chan's autograph!
Sana-chan, thank you!
It was nothing. Your dad sure takes nice pictures, huh?
Dad, thank you! Today has been an amazing day!
I'm going to record this in my picture journal!
Pop, are you going to do this!?
"We ate the Ofu-rench toast!" Sana-chan's "Ofu-rench toast" is pretty good.
"We ate the Ofu-rench toast!" I'm glad you're feeling better.
"We ate the Ofu-rench toast!" Want some fried snake?
Kurata Sana…
I'm canceling it.
However, I will say this. I don't care who gets hurt.
There are hordes of folks who are thrilled by this material, after all.
I'm not going to change the way I work after this, either.
You don't say, you don't say.
You never know when I'll come after you again.
Okay, you're on!
You snaky old man!
Snaky old man, about the stegosaurus…
Don't touch it all night long. It's not dry yet.
Did Sana-chan go home?
Yeah.
Wasn't that incredible, Dad? We became friends with Sana-chan!
Ah, there's more. Oh, these aren't of Sana-chan.
Yeah, I just took those outside the train station.
There was a bad man there, who was arrested for acting wild.
Hold on, that's Father Oki!
Huh? You mean Tsuyoshi-kun's father?
Ah, it's gotten so late. Father Hayama must be worried.
Nah, my old man is pretty carefree.
They're late, aren't they?
Those two youngsters…
What are we going to do, Sensei!?
You made that phone call, and now he's taking the engagement talk seriously!
According to the personality assessment notebook,
he looks like a regular father, but on the inside, he's a pumpkin.
"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…
Whoa! This is a shock, a peach tree, a fillet of pike!
Tsuyoshi-kun's dad, Father Oki, has been arrested? How did that happen?
Aah, aah, Tsuyoshi-kun, Tsuyoshi-kun, don't let it get you down!
We will always stand by you, Tsuyoshi-kun!
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 32, the "Moved by Love and Tears" saga,
Dad, You've Been Arrested
Dad! Mom! Sister! Be strong!