That's right. I'm in Tokyo now.
Darn, I didn't tidy up before I went to bed.
Hikaru!
Good morning, Hikaru.
Amazing!
Did you cook all this?
Yes, I used to help my grandma back in the country.
You're a good girl, Misaki.
Yes! I've decided!
Why don't you become my wife, Misaki?
What?!
Tooi yozora ni hikaru chiisana hoshi
Kitto darenimo mada shirarete inai
Dakedo makenaide annani ima kagayaiteru
Nandaka dokoka watashini niteru
Ironna hito ga afureru machikadode
Nani ga honto ka wakaranaku nari sou
Jibun o sagashite kokoro no antena nobaseba
Tokimeki ga wakaru I wanna get it!
Yume wa koko ni aruyo
Donna toki mo sugu sobani aruyo
Tatoe chippoke demo
Sou hajimari ni narunda
Itsuka meguri aeru
Tatta hitorishika inai watashi
Motto shinjireba ii mirai ga aru
Be my only angel
Do Your Best, Hikaru! It's Your First Fight!
I'm off!
I found it! I need to turn at the corner of this flower shop.
There's another flower shop?!
That one?
Or this one?
That's right! Miss Shoko wrote a note for me.
That's strange.
That's an Angel, isn't it?
May I take a look?
Sure!
She's light weight.
She's small, but it looks as if she can spring back and move quickly.
How do you know that?
Because this joint is...
Why is she naked?
I just bought her yesterday and haven't gotten her clothes yet.
I feel sorry for her.
Finished!
Here you go.
Thank you.
What's your name?
I'm Misaki Suzuhara. She's Hikaru.
That's a good name.
I'm...
Hatoko! I'm...
You! Don't leave without telling me!
You always do that!
You always treat me like a little kid.
I can go to school on my own.
You're still a kindergarten kid!
Is she your friend?
I just met her.
I'm Hatoko Kobayashi.
I'm in the Rabbit Class in Eriol Academy's kindergarten.
He's technically my brother, Kotaro Kobayashi.
He's in first grade at the Eriol Academy's middle school.
What do you mean by "technically"?
First grade of middle school... You're same as me.
So, are you a new comer?
That's unusual for our school.
Are you going to kiss?
Hatoko!
You!
Kindergarten's this way!
See you later!
Oh, man...
Sorry, Hatoko is always...
It was...
I'm sorry. Hatoko's too grown-up for her age.
I was just surprised.
Of course, people in Tokyo are advanced.
Why?
Because even kindergarten kids talk about ki... ki...
She hears too much adult stuff.
I haven't even...
No, nothing really.
It's still Japan.
Wakayama can't be much different from Tokyo.
Class D?
Yes, we seem to be in the same class.
Nice to meet you, classmate.
Kotaro-chan! We're in the same class again!
Aren't you happy, Kotaro-chan?
You must be a lucky guy to be in the same class with me again!
You must be from outside.
Outside?
Eriol Academy has grades from kindergarten to high school.
Most kids don't change schools.
Kotaro-chan and I have been together since kindergarten!
You must be a new comer from another school?
I'm Tamayo Kizaki. Call me Tamayo. Nice to meet you.
I'm Misaki Suzuhara.
Excuse me, Tamayo-chan...
Mr. Kobayashi looks dead.
Chief Mihara...
Is Chief Mihara here?!
He's not here.
What, Ogata? You lost him again?
You need to do better. You were supposed to watch him, right?
I didn't accept that duty!
My god! We have an important meeting today too!
It'll be all right. He'll come at the last minute.
He likes surprising people.
That's right. It's his goal in life to surprise people, right?
I wish it wasn't his goal in life to do that.
You're Iiving with your aunt?
Yes, my mother is in Tokyo but she's too busy working.
What do you do for meals?
I like cooking a lot.
When I was in Wakayama, my Grandma and I took turns cooking.
You're great! Why don't you become my wife?
A girl can't be another girl's wife!
Don't let it bother you. She's always like this.
But you're really good, Suzuhara.
I'm not really.
Calling you Suzuhara is no fun! I'll give you a lovely nickname!
All right!
I've decided! Misaki Suzuhara's nickname is "Misakichi!"
Misakichi it is!
Hey, you shouldn't decide without asking her!
You should tell her you don't like it. She always gets carried away.
I'm happy with it because I didn't have a nickname at my old school.
In that case, you can call me Kotaro.
Kotaro-kun...
He's not the Kotaro-kun type yet. Call him Kotaro-chan with "chan".
I'm a middle school student now.
How long are you going to keep using "chan"?
Forever! The rest of your life, of course!
What?
Calling you -kun gives me goose bumps!
Well, we're going to pick up Hatoko.
Okay, see you later!
Misakichi! See you tomorrow at school!
Mr. Icchan? Mr. Icchan?
I'm wiggly Icchan!
Good afternoon.
Mr. Icchan?!
I'm all right.
Thank you for teaching me about Angelic Layer yesterday.
It's all right. It was nothing.
But I was surprised that you disappeared so suddenly.
I didn't mean to disappear either.
Did you finish making your Angel?
Yes!
It's a light weight type, emphasizing speed.
It looks good for your first attempt.
How do you know that just by looking at it?
Only someone who is a pro like me would know.
Pro?
To know the type by looking, you must have a lot of knowledge.
Lots of knowledge...
In that case, Hatoko-chan must have a lot of knowledge.
Despite appearances, you've done quite a bit.
You did this to the legs. You did this here! You did this there!
This and that... That means it should be like this!
In that case... In that case...
I see. That's it. That's it. I see...
I'm not! I was... I was...
I was just checking the Angel with my pure thoughts!
By the way, did you know regular fabric can't be used for Angels?
It can't?
I thought you wouldn't know, so look at this.
Icchan will give you some fabric for your Angel as a present.
Are you sure?
Why don't you make some cool clothes for her with these?
Thank you very much!
It's finished!
You might not look like it, but you're quite skilled.
I learned from Grandma.
The joints are also perfect.
You can do it immediately.
Do it? Do what?
What else? Angelic Layer!
You're right! It's the same as the store at Tokyo station!
That's because Angelic Layer is very popular. Shall we go?
It's a real Angelic Layer! The Angels are alive! They're moving!
The Angels can move only on the table, the Layer.
No matter if you are fighting or practicing, you need to rent a Layer.
First of all, at the counter...
Can you go and rent a Layer by yourself?
Yes, I'll be all right.
What are you doing? Did you forget about today's meeting?
It was today? Why don't you attend for me?
It's just another boring meeting to see the bosses.
I can't! The chairman is coming too!
Chief! You took the pack of samples, didn't you?
Okay, okay! I'll be back later, so keep the meeting going until then.
Oh, my, he's not flexible at all.
Mr. Icchan!
Did you rent one? Did you have enough money?
It was free.
Number fifteen? This is a card to participate in the game.
The game?
Miss Misaki Suzuhara who holds card number fifteen.
Your game will start soon. Please come to the main stage.
I'm having a game?
Go on! Give it a try!
She's not at home or school, so Hatoko must be here.
Hatoko-chan loves Angelic Layer.
She's still a kindergarten kid but she walks around by herself.
What?!
Hello, Miss Number Fifteen. Could you tell me your name?
I'm Misakichi Suzuhara.
Suzuhara!
Oh, geez! That's your nickname, Misakichi!
How about your Angel's name?
Hikaru!
It's a nice name.
Yes!
Having a real fight from the start might be quite good.
Now, Entry Angel!
Slash the darkness, Shadow Panther! Angel, fall in!
There's no time to stare. You have to do it too.
Here you go. You put on this headset first, and push here.
Mr. Icchan, I can see something.
You can call up and see your own Angel's condition there.
Next is the entry. You throw your Angel in the Layer.
Yes, I throw in Hikaru.
Doesn't it happen to be Suzuhara's first time playing Angelic Layer?
Is that right? Oh, my! Misakichi's a challenger!
Go, Hikaru!
Why?
Calm down. If you don't concentrate, Hikaru won't move.
Concentrate? I see. I need to concentrate.
I can't.
Imagine Hikaru standing in your mind.
Hikaru standing...
Hikaru...
Please stand up, Hikaru.
Please...
She stood up.
Hikaru stood up!
She stood up.
That's great, Misakichi!
Let's have Angelic Fight!
Make an image! Imagine she flees!
What?
What kind of image is that?! But it's okay for a start.
You need to get used to making her move around.
Yes!
She's the one I saw this morning.
Misakichi's good for her first time.
But it's not good. She's just running away.
The opponent is getting used to Suzuhara's movements.
Hikaru!
You can't keep running away. You need to attack.
Attack?! I don't know how to attack.
I hope Misaki wins.
Hikaru!
I don't know! I don't know how to attack!
Misakichi! Go for the gold, Misakichi!
Do your best!
Tamayo-chan? That's it!
Hikaru wins!
You did it, Misakichi!
Tamayo-chan!
You're amazing! Really amazing!
You're not supposed to use that attack at that time.
I just remembered what you did to Kotaro-chan.
Where is Mr. Icchan?
Icchan? Who's he?
It's getting interesting.
Konya mo mata hakanai hoshizora
Hikaru hoshi ni negai o kakeru kara...
Thank you, Hikaru. Hikaru hoshi ni negai o kakeru kara...
Nayami wa itsumo taeru koto mo nai
Keredo tobirawa mou hiraite iruyo
Fumaretemo taoretemo okiagaru tsuyosa kureta kimiga
Hokoreru hoshi ninaru tame boku wa utau kara
Ima ijouni ganbaru kara motto tsuyoku nareru youni
Yuruginai ai konna daijina ai
Dareyorimo zutto daijini omotteru
Fuanna yoru mo tashikani aru keredo
Makenaide ikiteyuku bokura wa
Mr. Icchan! She won! It was her first time. She's great!
Idiot! Don't feel too good. It was just a fluke.
Do y ou know w hat's i mportant to w i n?
Let me thi nk... Talent?
Effort! It's effort! The effort of practici ng e very day!
Fi rst, one hund red ti mes around the field doi ng the bunny hop!
Ex cuse me, w hat's the bunny hop?
The next episode of Angel ic Lay er:
"Who Are You? Misaki's Nervous Lesson"