"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
affiliated with Gekidan Komawari.
My beloved Mama is a famous novelist, who has even won the Aoki Laureate Prize.
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 telling you right now, Babbit is not a fox.
Hayama Akito, my natural enemy.
Even so, right now, when I'm around him, I'm relaxed for some reason.
Tsuyoshi-kun and Aya-chan,
who were brought together by a present and easily became close.
But I'm not jealous of them!
And this is Tsuyoshi-kun's younger sister, Aono-chan,
who's in 2nd grade.
So you see, this problem is done like this…
Yay! It's over! It's over! We can go home!
Okay, okay, understood, we'll end class,
but in return, the remaining problems are your homework.
—Homework!? —Homework!? —Homework!?
You can't give those for homework, chief! You can't! You can't!
What was that "chief" for?
They're easy, they're easy.
You'll finish these problems right away, so hang in there.
Say, Tsuyoshi-kun, shall we do our homework together?
Mm-hmm, but I have to keep an eye on the house today.
Okay then, we'll do it at your place, Tsuyoshi-kun.
I'll go home and tell my mom, then go over to your place.
Isn't that nice, isn't that nice? I'm so jealous.
They're in love-love, huh? Tsuyoshi and Aya.
They're going to do their homework together, huh?
Maybe I'll horn in, too.
Don't you dare, Sana-chan!
Right! You'll be in their way!
But… but they're going to be doing my homework!
—They'll do it, they'll do it, okay, okay? —Those two never said they'd do your homework.
Up until half a year ago, Tsuyoshi-kun was in love-love with you, Sana-chan.
Though you didn't know how he felt about you.
—Wait! Wait! I'm coming, too! I'm coming too! —You just want them to do your homework!
"There Is a Reason For These Presents"
Those two are in love-love, huh?
This is the season for companionship, after all.
That's no fun.
For one thing, Tsuyoshi only came to like Sugita
because she gave him something, didn't he?
He was just lured in by her.
What's the matter, Tsuyoshi-kun?
It felt like someone was watching us.
Are you sure it wasn't your imagination? Never mind that, let's get going.
Now Aono, you're going to spoil your dinner.
But these cookies are so delicious.
It will be done right away, okay?
Huh? Are those cookies homemade?
Well, yeah.
Aya-chan made them for you, huh Big Brother?
Well, yeah.
Oh, did Sugita-san come over?
Well, yeah!
I made these yesterday. They're cocoa cookies.
Delicious!
Really?
Mm-hmm! They taste like cocoa.
Let's do our homework.
Mm-hmm.
Whew, the winter is hot this year. It's got me beat.
Isn't that nice, Tsuyoshi? You're popular with the girls.
Huh? I'm popular?
After all, you got chocolate from Sana-chan last year or whenever, right?
You got cookies from Sugita-san on your birthday this year.
And then, remember, back in kindergarten,
you got that panda candy from Sayuri-chan, who was in the tulip class, didn't you?
We're talking about a long time ago now, right, Mom?
Yeah, that did happen, huh?
You're cool, Big Brother!
Yeah, well… Oh, but don't tell Aya-chan about that stuff.
Aya-chan is the fairly yakimochi ("jealous") type, after all.
What's "yakimochi"?
Yakimochi ("toasted rice cakes"), you see, is just yakimochi.
Speaking of yakimochi, there's this isobeyaki shop
in Shibuya that I went to earlier that's…
We don't need to hear about it.
Well, I'm going to go over my homework again,
so when dinner is ready, call me, okay?
Big Brother, your fly is open! I can see your underpants!
How long has that been open!? Did Aya-chan see it? How embarrassing!
Tsuyoshi-kun is, after all, still our Tsuyoshi-kun.
Huh? What's this?
A present for me?
Yo, Tsuyoshi, good morning!
"Tsuyoshi-kun, I love you!" This isn't Aya-chan's handwriting!
Isn't that nice, Tsuyoshi? You're popular with the girls.
I don't know what to do about this.
Ah, Tsuyoshi-kun, good morning!
Aya-chan! G-good… good morning!
Is something wrong?
N-nothing at all. I'm going to go on ahead, okay?
Tsuyoshi-kun…
Akito-kun!
Hey, don't run in the hall!
We should be okay here. Akito-kun, look at this!
What is that?
It was in my shoe locker.
It's not from Sugita?
No! No! It's not Aya-chan! It doesn't have the sender's name on it.
What should I do?
I don't know how to handle this. I've got Aya-chan.
Well, double-dipping, huh? Nice going, Tsuyoshi.
No, I couldn't double-dip.
Double-dipping? What's double-dipping?
Seeing two girls at the same time.
—Tsuyoshi-kun, let's have some fun! —Tsuyoshi-kun, let's have some fun!
—This way! This way! This way, I say! —This way! This way! This way, I say!
It's no use! I can't do it, Akito-kun!
After you fell in love with Kurata and Sugita
when they gave you chocolate and cookies,
you're going to ignore this one after she gives you candy?
Tsuyoshi-kun, you're terrible! What is it about my present that you don't like?
Oh, no…
It's hard being a popular guy, huh? Later.
Akito-kun!
What should I do!? Akito-kun!
"Who could it be?" Although…
"6th Year 3rd Class" Okay, please open up your homework notebooks
"6th Year 3rd Class" and go over your answers with those around you.
Who could it have been that gave me the present?
Was it one of the girls in this class? Hisae-chan, maybe?
Teremi-chan, maybe?
—Maiko-chan, maybe? Rumiko-chan, maybe? —Tsuyoshi-kun! —Tsuyoshi-kun!
—Eriko-chan, maybe? —Tsuyoshi-kun! —Tsuyoshi-kun!
Wow, what am I going to do?
Whoa, Tsuyoshi-kun, your homework is perfect!
Say, how do you do this? Teach me! Teach me!
Sana-chan? Could it be you, Sana-chan?
It turns out that I really do like you, Tsuyoshi-kun.
Sana-chan, I can't! It'll just make trouble for me!
Sana-chan, I'll teach you how.
Really? Aya-chan, lucky!
That was just a little "yakimochi" from Aya-chan.
So that's it. I get it.
Say, Sana-chan, do you think Tsuyoshi-kun is acting a little strange?
Strange?
Oh, my! Not just a little strange, that's quite strange!
He seems to be avoiding me somewhat, too. What could be the matter?
All righty! Right now, aside from you, Aya-chan,
there's one other of Tsuyoshi-kun's friends…
right here!
Could I see you a minute, Hayama?
Just call me vocally.
Huh? Someone gave Tsuyoshi-kun a present? Who was it?
I don't know who.
You mean, despite the fact
that everyone knows Aya-chan and Tsuyoshi-kun are in love-love?
That's got nothing to do with anything.
Whoever else they may be in love-love with,
when you like someone, you like them.
Yeah, but still, there's no way that Tsuyoshi-kun
would become fickle over this girl,
just because he got a present from her…
Here are some cookies I made myself.
"Keep hanging in there. -Aya"
I did use to like you, Sana-chan, but I'm over it.
Now I think that Aya-chan is better for me, you see.
Tsuyoshi-kun has a real weakness when it comes to presents, huh?
When we were in kindergarten, he was quite popular with girls.
He had a weird habit of getting stuck on them
whenever he received anything from them.
Sayuri-chan! Sayuri-chan!
Then, starting a little after we began going to school,
it got so he never got presents from anyone outside his family,
"Ignore" it got so he never got presents from anyone outside his family,
"Ignore" and just as I thought he had gotten over that strange habit…
Here! Chocolate for you!
…thanks to you, it returned with a vengeance.
The way you say it makes it sound like this is my fault.
"Exactly right!"
It was Valentine's chocolate, right?
It's not surprising that his habit would return.
Say then, are you saying
that Tsuyoshi-kun falls for any girl who gives him a present?
The possibility…
The possibility?
…is 99%.
99%!?
No, I'd say 100%.
Quite a spectacle.
"What to do?"
Hey, Sana-chan, how did it go?
What did Hayama-kun say about Tsuyoshi-kun?
N-nothing, much… He didn't really say, like, anything…
Really?
Yeah, like, really…
Thank goodness. Then I'm sure it must be my imagination, huh?
Aya-chan, you really do like Tsuyoshi-kun, don't you?
"Tsuyoshi-kun, I love you" Oh, again!?
"Tsuyoshi-kun, I love you"
Are you done cleaning, Tsuyoshi-kun?
Aya-chan!
Shall we go home together?
Yeah, the two of you!
Uh, sorry, I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I'm heading out first, okay?
Bye!
What's going on with Tsuyoshi-kun?
Sana-chan, it looks like Tsuyoshi-kun doesn't like me anymore.
Aya-chan…
I'm sorry, Aya-chan.
I'm not fit to go home with you right now, Aya-chan.
I can't double-dip, after all.
Then you don't have to double-dip, do you?
Hey, you!!
Ah, Sana-chan!
I'm sorry! Please, look the other way!
What's this? "Tsuyoshi-kun, I love you so, so, so much"?
That's dreadful.
Come along, now…
No! Aya-chan, help me!
Oh, dear. Tsuyoshi-kun is already falling apart.
Gomi-kun, you really do like gomi ("trash"), huh?
Sensei, is there anything you want right now?
Let's see… A space shuttle, maybe.
No, Sensei! Your manuscript! Your manuscript!
Hush, would you?
Shimura-san, is there anything you want right now?
Let's see… perhaps a paid vacation.
I can't get either one of these on my own.
Thinking up Christmas presents isn't easy.
Okay, in that case, a spare tire for her indoor car,
and for Shimura-san, let's go with a new apron.
The question is, what to get for Sana-chan.
A stuffed animal would be too childish.
She'll be in middle school next year, and she has more money than I do.
Okay, when in doubt, go orthodox…
I-I c-can't w-write!
Sana-chan, what's the matter? There's no "Child's Toy" taping today.
I need to see Zenjiro-san.
Sana-chan, if you're having some sort of trouble, you could always tell me.
Rei-kun, you just need to take us to Zenjiro-san.
This has been "Zenjiro's Get the Goil Show"! See you again next week!
Good job, awl!
It's Zenjiro-chan!
Okay, okay, okay!
Please accept this, Zenjiro-chan!
Okay, okay, ladies, thank you! Okay! Okay!
Sane-yan, I can't see in front of me! Where's the car!?
This way! This way!
There, there, please get in.
Zen-chan!
—Ah, don't push! Don't push! Don't push! Please let me by! —Wah! Sana-chan?
Ah, it's Zenjiro-san!
What is this, your car, Sana-chan?
All righty then…
You know what? There's something we'd like you to teach us, Zenjiro-san.
As it turns out…
There aren't enough lifetimes in the woild that you could offuh me
to marry the poison who gave me these.
I mean, really.
Aren't you showing off a little there?
Just a little.
Remembuh, my populah little Tsuyoshi-kun,
presents are like a young goil's heart.
You've gotta accept them.
But Tsuyoshi-kun has a terrible habit of falling for girls
when they give him presents.
That's a happy life to live, isn't it?
If they're giving you presents,
then they must awlready be taken with you, right Tsuyoshi-kun?
Let them keep fawling for you, I say.
Just a minute!
In that case, what will happen to Aya-chan,
who is deeply in love-love with Tsuyoshi-kun!?
Tsuyoshi-kun already has kind and adorable Aya-chan for a girlfriend!
If he really likes that goil, then there's no problem, is there?
But for the longest time, I've had a weakness for presents.
Whenever I get a present, I immediately fall in love with the one giving it.
Who's the goil that gave you the present?
Is she a nice-uh goil than this Aya-chan?
I don't know who.
—What!? —What!?
Sana-chan doesn't discuss these things with me,
even though I'm right there beside her.
This week's Zenjiro-chan!
Aah! I'm so attractive, I can't stand it!
Geez, Tsuyoshi-kun is so indecisive!
The oden is done cooking.
At this point, the only thing I can do is appeal to this girl directly.
What do you mean, appeal?
You know, to please give up on Tsuyoshi-kun.
Tsuyoshi-kun just has a weakness for presents.
All you're really doing is causing trouble for Tsuyoshi-kun.
Here goes!
♪ It's terribly troubling to love-love Tsuyoshi! ♪
♪ He loves cute little Aya-chan, ♪
♪ but Present Girl is getting in the way! ♪
♪ Indifferently, Tsuyoshi-kun wobbles that way, ♪
♪ even though he has Aya-chan! That's no good! ♪
♪ That's why Sana-chan will do her best-best-best! ♪
♪ Sana-chan, champion of justice! ♪
But Sana-chan, even if you drive this girl away from him this time,
someone else could give him a present, couldn't they?
Ah, Rei-kun, Rei-kun, what should I do?
Sana-chan! All right, let me take care of this! I'll try to find out who she is!
Good for you, Rei-kun!
Hey, did you hear about Tsuyoshi-kun?
I heard, I heard! What's going to happen?
If he breaks up with Aya-chan, will he be going with this other girl?
And she has to have some courage to give him presents like this, huh?
Tsuyoshi-kun and Aya-chan were already in love-love, and all.
Aya-chan…
Hey, I heard Tsuyoshi had moved on to another girl!
Eh? Really? Not bad!
Ah, Tsuyoshi is here!
Tsuyoshi-kun…
A-Aya-chan…
Tsuyoshi-kun, you're so handsome,
it's only natural that you'd be so popular. But I…
I trust you, Tsuyoshi-kun.
Aya-chan…
Va-room!
That's it!
Gomi, Itami, and Yasuda!
Those jerks!
"Aya-chan, I… I… I…"
What an idiot!
You sure got Tsuyoshi good, huh?
—Hayama-san! —Hayama-san! —Hayama-san!
H-h-hi there… H-h-hi there… H-h-hi there…
Why, you!
You'll pay for this!
It wasn't…
…me…
—We're very sorry. —We're very sorry. —We're very sorry.
See? This was all a stupid practical joke on their part.
So just think of this as being a little leopard bite, and forget about it.
They saw how, after I had given Tsuyoshi-kun that chocolate,
he turned his interest to Aya-chan
like it was nothing after she gave him cookies,
and thought "what's the deal with this guy?"
but I think Tsuyoshi-kun's love towards Aya-chan's is the real deal.
Right, Tsuyoshi-kun?
Aya-chan, I…
—Tsuyoshi-kun! —Tsuyoshi-kun!
It was just a prank, and yet I was so… my heart was so fickle!
I'm sorry, Aya-chan!
I'm sorry!
Big Brother, what's wrong?
It's nothing.
Cheer up. Here.
Aono made this in school today. It's a present for you, Big Brother.
Hello!
—I have a package for you. —Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! A package! Yay!
We don't want it!
I want to go to a faraway land, where they don't have presents,
together with Aya-chan!
"Sugita"
—Good morning. —Good morning. —Good morning.
You're late, Tsuyoshi-kun…
Oh, Aya-chan…
Why are you hiding!?
—Go tell her "good morning"! Come on, come on, come on, come on! —I can't… I couldn't…
—Good morning, Aya-chan. —Good morning, Aya-chan.
Good morning.
Um, Sugita-san…
Yes?
Here. Um…
I happen to see you every once in a while,
and I've always thought that you're really great.
Please go out with me.
He's proposing! What will you do, Tsuyoshi-kun?
Aya-chan is being taken away!
W-w-what should I do!?
Um… I…
I'm sorry. I already have someone I like.
Oh, is that so?
Well, I guess that's that, huh?
Aya-chan…
Good morning, Aya-chan!
Ah, Sana-chan, good morning.
Oh, you're wearing a cheerful face today.
Mm-hmm. I'm doing great.
A-Aya-chan!
Ah, Tsuyoshi-kun!
Aya-chan, I'm sorry. I've been… I've been…
Here.
Wow, what is it? Hurry and open it!
Wow, incredible!
They smell nice.
After I got home yesterday,
I worked as hard as I could making them for you, Tsuyoshi-kun.
From here on, even if you do get a present from another girl
and fall for her, Tsuyoshi-kun, it's all right.
I'll just bake you some more cookies again.
I'll bake cookies again and again,
and give them to you as presents, Tsuyoshi-kun.
Aya-chan, thanks!
"Tsuyoshi" "Aya" Ah, fantastic, fantastic!
So if Tsuyoshi ever gets a present from somebody,
Sugita will bake him cookies, huh?
Hold on there, you. You were just thinking of something bad, weren't you?
No I wasn't.
Still, this is great. The two of them are on good terms again,
like they were before.
Which means… Tsuyoshi will never be able to escape from these cookies, huh?
Ooh, that's scary.
Tsuyoshi has been nabbed by a girl while still in grade school.
Sana-chan, Akito-kun, sorry to make you worry. We're fine now.
"I've loved you for a long time, Tsuyoshi-kun"
W-w-what should I do?
You're not at all fine!
Sorry to keep you waiting, Tsuyoshi-kun. Shall we go?
Aya-chan!
I-I'm a hopeless boy!
Hey, Tsuyoshi…
"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 she comes! Mother's mother! Remember her?
She's my Grandma Shizuka, who runs a resort named Kurata Inn
in the Kusatsu hot springs.
As promised, we're going to the Kusatsu hot springs!
Huh? How come the Hayama family has come, too?
This smells like another conspiracy.
Next time on Kodomo no Omocha, Episode 36;
Sana-chan's family's decisive strike on location at the Kusatsu hot springs,
Take Me To Kusatsu
An action-packed installment,
where we'll get to sing "Kusatsu is such a nice place"!