"Kodomo no Omocha"
Both today and tomorrow, I've got time to kick back.
My family of four and I are going to stay the night.
Put on an Egyptian front and become a sphinx,
and for an American feeling, Texas!
When you're sitting pretty, with enough and to spare,
and yet you always shilly-shally,
and your bitter face and bitter feelings both teeter-totter,
it's time to get out of there!
I am feeling Ultra Relax,
a wonderful, invincible Relax.
A one-step-above kind of Deluxe.
I may be a little jumbled, but when I'm called on, ba-ba-ba-ba-bang!
I always feel Relax,
a humble, simple, sort of Deluxe.
Bright! Clear! Alert-headed, peep-peep!
Keep your eyes on me, okay!?
I'm Kurata Sana, first year of junior high school student
Mysterious commenting white bat, Babbit. It's the 100th episode anniversary!
My best friend, Hayama Akito.
Karate Club?
Yeah, yeah, let Jinbou Middle School know how cool and amusing Karate is!
Add more friends and win the district competitions and the Olympics!
Hey you... Wanna join the Karate Club?
I have to go to school.
I have to go to school, I have to!
We're gonna be late.
The Blackboard Erasers Disappeared
So I'll let him rest at home.
Yes, give my regards to Sengoku-sensei.
Shouta, I called the school, OK?
Yeah, thanks.
But you never were absent in elementary school.
Your record is broken now.
I just was too excited after yesterday's school activity.
Karate Club.
Karate Club?
I'm alright. If I rest for one day I'll be okay.
Are you sure?
Hey, hey help me out here!
Coming! So I can't come back at noon.
Take the phone, OK?
OK.
Absent!
My record of not being late and
perfect attendance is completely ruined.
I guess Sengoku-sensei will be disappointed.
Maybe Hayama-kun will be in trouble because of me.
I wonder why Sengoku-sensei and Hayam-kun have such a bad relationship.
But both of them are kinda cool.
I want to be cool like them too.
You're kinda weird.
I can't be a weakling like this. Tomorrow I'll definitely go to school.
I have to make up for today.
The Karate Club is so hard-working.
I admire them. I'm glad I joined!
Oh yeah!
Where are you going? You have to sleep!
Hey what are you doing?... Hey?
Nii-chan, dinner! What's for dinner?
You're sleeping?
Nii-chan I'm hungry! Make dinner!
Order something for today.
Hey, don't touch that!
That's because you put it there!
It's our important attendance name plates.
How about matcha pizza?
How about matcha Babbit?
You look delicious.
Hayama-kun!
Good Morning!
Yeah.
He's angry after all.
I forgot his name again.
What is this!
I'm sorry I missed school yesterday.
Yeah.
So... about today's practice...
Don't worry about it. You're not fit for Karate.
Bye!
Um... I'm very sorry about yesterday.
I... I was absent yesterday...
What? You're in my class?
Hurry back to class.
Yama... yama no... yama no anata...
It's not Yamano Anata!
Yamano Anatano Soratoku
Let's... sleep... together!
Are you Utayakko?
That guy! Do you know who Utayakko is?
Oh, nobody cares about me.
He makes your grandpas laugh so hard! ["Utayakko" is an old Rakugo guy.]
Excuse me...
We wanna clean up. Can you move?
On more push Hayama! We'll have enough members.
Tokyo has more than 1 million people! We can find at least one person.
You're absolutely right!
It's 2 more people.
Isn't it 1 more person?
Don't look down on Sana-chan! She can do math!
One person is out now.
Who?
It's not me!
If you're here Sana-chan, then I'll always be with you...
The one with the voice like a girl.
Nakakaruizawa-kun?
It's not Nakakaruizawa, it's Nakanoshima.
You're both wrong. So who is it?
Nobody remembers it??
Hey Nosebleed did you see the notebook?
Yes, I saw it but my name isn't Nosebleed.
Oh it's Nakao-kun. Oh yeah.
Nakao-kun quit?
Yeah, he was absent yesterday.
so I thought it was kinda dangerous. This morning...
He's really quit?
He kinda looked too scared to say it...
so I asked him to.
Eh is that so! He was such a precious member who wanted to do it.
Compared to a weak manager who's looking for a girl,
he had more will-power.
What do you mean by that!
What it sounds like!
Hayama, did you train him really hard from the first day?
I don't remember training hard. I think he worked hard too.
Observe him for a while and give him one more chance, okay?
Give it up.
Sana-chan let's work hard together...
and get more decent members, I mean, come on...
He didn't look cool when he was practicing.
How to put it? He's not cool enough to be a Karate Club member.
Karate is not about looking cool!
Don't glare at me like that. Who's glaring at you?
Hey, you are glaring at me!
Hey, hey, that's enough!
Let's think about the campaign more seriously.
If it comes to this, maybe I'll be a bunny girl!
His nose is bleeding!!
Yeah, you are good as nose bleeder.
Anyway we will do the campaign.
Yeah, yeah say it Hayama! No!
Why? Isn't life all about yelling?
Sana-chan are you really gonna be a bunny girl?
Yes I will... He's bleeding again!!
Dinner ready? What's for dinner this time?
Not curry again! Nii-chan we don't want curry anymore,
We want pizza!
Hey, it's burnt!
I like burnt ones! Not me!
You're not fit for Karate.
Hey you can actually take it.
What, you're in my class?
You're in my class...
I wonder what I am.
Two more. Yes!
Mom, I want breakfast! Where's your brother?
He already went to school. What, already?
Breakfast Breakfast. I guess it can't be helped.
Father, I'm sorry.
OK.
Just a moment...
Yay, Mom's breakfast! Fried rice, fried rice!
Hey Nichoku! The eraser's not here!
Yes! Er... what am I supposed to do?
Sorry for the wait! I, the Duty Officer Kurata Sana, deliver the eraser to you!
Ah, thank you.
What're you talking about? It's the job of the Duty Officer.
Sana-chan wasn't Duty Officer for a long time so she's happy.
Amazing! Outside the utility room I had to
scrabble for the eraser with other Duty Officers!
It's hard but I won't lose to them!
Because it's my character that I will never give up!
Of course I got the eraser at last!
So other the classrooms' erasers were gone?
Erasers are a precious treasure in school.
Karate Club is a good place to come for a bit!
Sana-chan, a bunny girl looks like that?
Smiling is good, do Karate to do this!
OK Hayama, dance!
Damn! Is this good enough?
Come on, nowadays there's not that many Karate freaks in middle school.
I think everyone liked it.
Why do you think they liked it?
Don't expect results so suddenly.
Didn't Nakao-kun work hard? Maybe we should refer to his example!
Yeah, let's make a Karate Club counseling corner.
Kind of like we will answer all of your questions!
Oh that's good, right, right?
Oh I don't care.
Don't put on a gloomy face like that!
On earth there are 32 billion people.
1 member or 2 members or 3 are nothing! Ah ha ha...!
You have no authority to say something like that!
Hey you... What is it?
Why are you working so hard?
Because it's fun! Yeah, yeah...
Mom can we order Ramen? Where's your brother?
He hasn't come back home yet. Isn't ramen OK?
I wonder why. It's already late. Maybe an after school activity...
Hey! Hurry up!
I'm hungry! Can we?
OK, OK, you can order it.
Alright! Without Nii-chan we're so lucky, huh!
Hayama! Good morning!
What is it... you're so hyper in the morning.
I'm excited because I've got lots of good ideas!
I wanted to tell you as soon as possible!
You made this?
Yeah, we'll tape it to the meeting room.
Most of it is stuff that won't do us any good.
That's not true.
The 3rd one, I've almost solved it.
Listen to this and tell me if it's OK!
Thanks to the Karate Club's firm principles, you and I enjoy an amazing youth...
How is it?
Hey listen to it!
First we change the manager.
No way!
I will at least accept your hard work.
What about asking Nakao-kun again? Let's try it.
OK.
Good morning. Good morning.
Sengoku-sensei, can I have a moment?
It's your student's Nakao Shouta's mother.
Nice to meet you. Actually Nakao-kun didn't come home last night.
My husband and I have a small transportation company...
so we wake up early and work really late.
Shouta looks after our 2 little sons.
So we just left it all to him.
It's embarrassing but we didn't realize Shouta wasn't home until last night.
So before then Nakao-kun wasn't home?
I haven't seen him since yesterday morning.
Sengoku-sensei did you see him in school?
Uh, yesterday he was absent.
So that means he was missing since yesterday morning.
Shouta never was absent from elementary school.
His health is not so strong. So he made it a goal to never be absent.
Sengoku-sensei, was there anything unusual abut Nakao-kun 2 days ago?
No, not really. You didn't care about it!
You probably don't even know who Nakao-kun is!
He was absent 3 days ago too.
That day he was absent because he felt exhausted from an after school activity.
An after school activity?
Yes, he started Karate or something.
He doesn't really like sports, so I'm wondering what happened to him.
Did you just say Karate?
Eh? Yes...
Vice principal, this has to be Hayama.
Hayama-kun?
This Karate Club is something that Hayama started.
He's trying to justify his violence, that's why he did it!
But that has nothing to do with Nakao-kun.
You said that Nakao is not the type of person who would do Karate.
Yes.
Hayama must have forced him to join.
There's no doubt that Hayama is involved in this!
This Hayama...
Hayama is a troublemaker and has caused many problems before.
Sengoku-sensei, the last incident was all a misunderstanding.
You shouldn't prejudge.
I had a feeling that he would misbehave again. We should have expelled him sooner.
Principal, should we ask Hayama-kun
about how Nakao-kun was acting in Karate Club.
Dammit, another bad situation. [Hayama called in again]
Oh Sana-chan! What's wrong?
I know it's sudden, but can you think of a symbol for the Karate Club?
Whoever's symbol gets chosen, will be made an honorary Karate Club member.
Sana-chan doesn't that sound like shady business?
Hayama where's Nakao-kun?
He seems to be late...
Hayama-kun can I have a minute?
Sengoku-sensei...
Class 1's Nakao-kun is missing...
Suzuki-sensei, I've told you before...
If you get involved with Hayama-kun's Karate Club, nothing good will happen.
What do you mean by that?
Hayama must be involved in Nakao-kun's disappearance.
It's dangerous for Hayama to start a Karate Club...
Have you really thought it through?
I firmly believe that they started the Karate Club with passion.
How can you stay so optimistic? A member of the Karate Club, Nakao is missing!
Do you have a reason to say that?
Reason? That quiet Nakao joined the Karate Club...
and this club was started by Hayama! That's enough.
Sensei, what do you have against Hayama?
A person who rots once will never get back to normal again.
He's a dangerous child.
He must be eliminated before he gets any worse.
Excuse me.
Nakao!
Sengoku-sensei, please help me!
I don't know what I am anymore.
If I disappear, will anybody worry about me?
What the hell is this?
When Hayama-kun asked me to join the Karate Club,
I was so happy that Hayama-kun talked to me.
I didn't think much of what would happen later if I joined.
But I never knew that the training would be so hard.
Even though I tried my best, it was too hard for me.
And the next day, my body wouldn't listen to me.
And finally I had to stay home from school.
I had never been absent from school.
That was my only pride.
I broke that record myself...
But Hayama said that I can't do Karate anymore,
so I was really sad.
My no-absence record is destroyed...
and I had to quit Karate Club.
I have nothing left anymore!
Hayama...
You asked for a reason.
I have one.
Didn't that letter have a second page?
Kurata-san why are you here?
Don't mind me!
I bet something happened. Hayama made no explanation and the atmosphere is bad.
Actually, Class 1's Nakao-kun is missing since yesterday.
Nakao-kun is?
Now I can definitely get Hayama out of this school!
Hey, shouldn't you read the 2nd page of the letter!?
Yeah, did you... notice?
Hey hey what does it say? Hey read it!
What is this?
What a naive guy!
What is it in that letter?
Now he's acting like an evil person. [What's in that letter?]
Hayama-kun, you asked Nakao-kun to join the Karate Club...
Were you close to him before that?
No, just common friends.
How do you feel about him?
How? He sounds like a girl...
What he means is he's girlish as in cute and anybody will like him.
Hey that's not what that means!
Not what type he is,
but how he was acting.
Well he's a quiet sort of person,
but he's hard working, right Hayama?
Yeah.
He came to the Karate Club on his own will and trained hard.
Yeah.
But did he say that he wanted to quit?
No I thought it was too hard for him.
So your club had those brutal training exercises?
They were not brutal!
Answer for yourself Hayama.
It was normal training.
Nakao-kun tried his best,
but maybe it was too much for him.
Nakao had so much damage that he couldn't go to school the next day,
I don't think that was normal training.
Maybe Nakao-kun is too weak to do it.
So you guys are going to keep trying to make it Nakao's fault?
Principal, this is a letter Nakao left for me.
This is...
Want to read it?
If you read this letter, then everything is clear.
Hayama is the one who pressured him into this!
He...
Hayama...
Hayama how are you going to apologize to Nakao's parents?
If something bad happens, then there's no way to apologize.
I...
Apologize!
You can't even apologize!?
HAYAMA!
Right now we should focus on Nakao-kun!
Just a Kurata-san says.
We should be worried about Nakao-kun.
Mrs. Nakao, please call the police.
Yes.
Vice principal, please go with her to search for Nakao.
Yes!
That guy...
He... he didn't want to quit?
Hayama.
Hayama, I don't care how little it is.
Please remember something about Nakao-kun and tell me.
Sengoku-sensei, let's think about the disappearance of the erasers.
Erasers?
"Wait, I already want to break up!"
I said while deflecting a kiss now,
Firmly pushing you away.
Before my eyes, surprised, you fell silent.
I want to avoid the road I must follow.
It's not that I can't see the end.
Just going around in circles, even from getting lost
If I see it clearly now it should give me courage.
Love me deeper. I want to hug and hurt you. (I wanna hurt ya.)
Touch me, pinch me, I'll chase after you. (I'm gonna catch ya!)
Deeper, deeper, get serious quickly. (You gotta get me.)
because I want to cry with you.
Love me deeper, hugging and starting over. (I wanna hurt ya.)
Hold me, pinch me, I want to push through it. (I gotta getcha!)
Deeper, Deeper, hurry up and wake up! (You gotta get me!)
Love only me that way.