Mahoromatic
~ Something More Beautiful ~
When you come visit me,
Anata ni tazuneraretara, watashi…
…I’ll probably break into a big smile.
…nikkori hohoemu deshou.
I can’t really put it into words,
Umaku ienai kedo, subete ga…
…but everything is shining oh so bright.
…totemo totemo kagayaite’masu.
I bet everyone is together right about now.
Kitto ima goro minna atsumatte’masu.
It may get a little rowdy,
Sore wa sawagashikute,
…but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
…demo itoshii.
Let’s fly away to our usual place.
Tonde yukimasu, itsumo no tokoro e.
Tomorrow will be clear with the sun high up in the sky.
Taiyou takaku, ashita mo hare desu.
Even if you get a little lonely,
Moshimo sukoshi sabishiku nattemo,
…it’s okay, I’ll be watching…
…daijoubu, chanto mite imasu,
…right here.
…koko de.
The Hiryu Dark Martial Arts Festival?
Yep, it’s an annual Hiryu specialty where we can start fights,
…no questions asked and no recriminations.
How barbaric…
C’mon, Mahoro, rowdy festivals ain’t all that unusual.
It’s the one day where you can get your body moving…
…and blow off all the steam that’s built up during the day!
In this day and age, it’s hard to believe that there were ever festivals like that.
I… ain’t talkin’ about the past.
Actually, Mahoro, tonight’s the night.
The night of the “Hiryu Dark Martial Arts Festival”!
I’m home!
Welcome back, Mahoro.
What are you doing?
Warmup exercises.
There’s a festival tonight, you see. It’s called the Hiryu Dark Martial Arts Festival.
Gulp!
I forbid it!
Oh, it’ll be fine. There are rules now, so there’s hardly any danger at all.
I said no, and I mean it!
Afraid…
As a maid in the Misato household, I can in no way condone your participation…
…in a festival where there is a possibility that you will come to harm!
I’ve always admired how Suguru only uses violence as a last resort.
Why in the world would he deliberately want to attend such a barbaric festival?
I can’t go, no matter what?
No matter what!
In that case, maybe I’ll just spend the night studying for entrance exams this year.
Yes, that’s an excellent idea!
Whew…
Well, I’ll be in my room.
I’ll bring you your dinner later.
Sure.
Time for dinner, Suguru! I made udon noodles stewed in miso…
Suguru?
“Mahoro, I’m sorry.”
“But we have a saying here.”
“‘A Hiryu man who hides at home on midwinter’s night is to be branded a coward.’”
“So please…”
“…try to understand.”
Big sister?
“P.S. I’ll eat dinner when I get back.”
He snuck out!
This is so dangerous!
We have to locate Suguru and take him into protective custody at once!
Oh, hey, you two!
Greengrocer! Fishmonger!
Are you two fighting in the festival, too, Mahoro?
No, we’re looking for Suguru, so we…
Hey, aren’t you carrying anything? Hey, Butcher, lend the little lady something.
Sure thing.
Hiryu Dark Martial Arts Festival Rule #1:
“All fighting must be conducted with municipally designated foam weapons.”
Hey, you’re forgetting something important.
Rule #2: “Participants are to wear a flower on their head,
…and if this flower’s stem is snapped, said person is disqualified.”
Um, have you seen Suguru?
Suguru? Nah, I ain’t seen him.
At any rate, the goal is to reach the Hiryu Shrine.
Rule #3: “Participants in the festival must be on shrine grounds…
…by the time the Hiryu Shrine bell tolls midnight.”
The Hiryu Shrine? Thank you.
There’s one more rule…
Yes?
Rule #4: “People who meet on the street during the festival must fight.”
Huh? But that would mean…
He’s good!
Magnificent! Just magnificent!
This fight is violent, and yet peaceful!
Sera?
I came.
What’s the meaning of this? This place is dangerous.
It’s just that you’ve seemed so happy since you became a teacher, Ryuga.
Why shouldn’t I be interested?
Nevertheless, I’m a combat android, so I’ll be fine even if there are unforeseen accidents,
…but you weren’t constructed that way, Sera.
But…
But you’re always planetside, and you always come home late.
I’m always up there all by myself…
Do you like cold dinners that much, Ryuga?
S-Sera?
Gotcha!
I did it! I did it! I did it!
That was mean.
Thanks for taking out that tough guy for us, little lady.
Now we’ll step in and have ourselves a little fun.
Thank you, Ryuga.
It was nothing.
You lost your flower, so you’re disqualified!
Play fair, old man!
Who are you calling an old man?! I’m only three!
And Sera here is four.
I’m his older sister.
What’s up with THEM?
What the…
Now, Greengrocer!
Your skills are indeed strong.
I always knew you were something special, Mahoro.
You live up to our expectations. No, you exceed them!
We’re thrilled.
I hate to fight and run, but I’m in a hurry.
If you refuse to clear the way, then all of you come at me at once!
Still, we’re Hiryu natives, born and bred.
We can’t possibly lose.
Let’s do it!
Jet Stream!
Use me as a springboard!
W-We lost…
Good fight, though.
Yeah, I got no regrets.
You were excellent rivals, everyone.
Mahoro…
Geez, here comes Greengrocer’s waterworks again.
He’s hopeless.
Big sister… What about Suguru?
Are you ready?
I’m ready. Do you have your weapon?
I don’t need one.
What the…? The old bait-and-switch?
You’re wide open!
You’re getting pretty good, Suguru.
Only because you’ve been training me every year.
Make it all the way to the shrine grounds this year!
That’s the idea.
Hey, that road’s the long way. Cutting through the field to the east would…
That’s how I lost last year, so everyone’s using that shortcut.
Oh, I see. There are too many people to fight, so you’d run out of time.
Okay, I’ll see you later.
Hang in there!
Just as I thought, cutting through the eastern fields was a shortcut.
But can we make it through here?
We have no choice. Our only option is a frontal assault!
Let’s do it, Minawa!
All forces, advance!
Commence attack!
Mahoromatic
When it’s all said and done, girls are at a disadvantage in situations like this.
We have to use teamwork to fight our way through.
But why am I on point?
Because you’re the oldest daughter of the Todoroki Dojo, that’s why.
And of the three of us, you’re the tallest.
Is that really the only reason?
— That’s all, that’s all! — That’s all, that’s all!
— That’s all, that’s all… — That’s all, that’s all…
You weren’t trying to get me with a sneak attack, were you?
W-We just tripped on a rock.
We’re all on the same team, right? Would we try anything that dirty?
I wonder.
I knew it! You had this in mind all along!
You bunch of backstabbers!
Look who’s talking!
Oh, will there ever be a time when people will be able to trust one another?
— Like you’re one to talk! — Like you’re one to talk!
Well, this is a bit of a problem. I never expected to run into you here.
But the rule is that once we meet, we have to fight, right?
My skill with the sword is greater, and it has the longer reach.
We’ll just have to put that to the test.
We see that you are indeed formidable opponents,
…but we won’t allow you to take one step past us!
As the man said, “Come closer at your own peril!”
En garde!
Big sister, that was amazing!
Face us, too!
Huh? You’re kidding!
I-I’m sorry!
I’m sorry!
— How did she… — I’m sorry!
I’m sorry, I’m sorry!
Big Sister!
Is that… Drunken Boxing?
No, Apology Fu?
As they say, “Don’t ever come back again!”
— S-She’s tough! — I’m sorry!
And she’s a samurai movie nut, too!
Oh, no! The bell!
It’s almost midnight! We have to hurry!
C-Coming!
Mahoro, you forget your initial objective, didn’t you?
You HAVE, haven’t you?
I see your skills have improved, Suguru.
Or is it that yours have grown weak, Kawahara?
How dare you!
Who’s there?!
I missed, huh? That’s too bad.
Hamaji!
That was dirty!
You’ve been hiding in the forest the whole time, HAVEN’T you?!
Preserving your strength is a legitimate strategy!
C’mon, c’mon, c’mon!
Look, they’re going at it!
You can do it, Suguru!
Suguru looks so dashing and gallant when he’s fighting!
Suguru, fight!
Grrr…
I think we both know who needs to go first.
Yep.
C’mon, you two! Don’t be like that!
Don’t waste your breath!
You missed your chance!
What a gust!
We were bested by Suguru…
…yet my youth knows no regrets.
I did it!
This will be the first time in my life that I made it to the shrine grounds!
This gives me the right to challenge last year’s winner…
Last year’s winner?
Oh, no!
Southern barbarian technique…!
What a gruesome scene this is…
“A heartrending sound! Underneath the helmet, the cricket.”
As they say, “The poem is out of season, but it cannot be helped.”
It’s her!
So, Ms. Shikijo is the final boss, huh?
Allow me to extend my compliments on managing to make it this far.
But nevertheless…
I, champion for two years running, will put an end to you right here and now!
We have dispatched many warriors to reach this, the site of the final showdown.
We will not turn back, not now!
Let’s go, Minawa!
R-Right!
I’b zorry…
All right, then… I challenge you!
I accept!
W-Why are you stripping?!
The less I wear, the stronger I become…
For my style is…
…Fist…
…of the Nude…
…Star!
Fist of the Nude Star
Her combat rating just shot up from 78 to 19800?!
Ms. Shikijo, are you really a terrestrial life form?
“S-She’s seriously strong,” as they say.
She’s ferocious in both attack and defense…
Just watching this is making me breathless.
What’s the matter, Mahoro?! You can do better than this!
I think I’m gonna lose!
If it’s come to this, I have no choice but to use my weapon of last resort.
It can’t be… She doesn’t mean to use THAT, does she?!
Mahoro has but one technique to employ against Ms. Shikijo’s unmatched ferocity.
One which she had hoped never to use.
This technique is directly linked to Mahoro’s insecurities,
…and this brazen, ultimate secret technique uses Mahoro’s special traits as a weapon.
And for that reason, it is a double-edged sword…
…which will cut deep into Mahoro’s delicate maiden’s heart if she uses it.
Don’t do it, Mahoro! It’s too embarrassing!
Bitty Booby Attack!
I feel that this victory has cost me something precious…
B-Breasts of steel…
Silence!
A-A new hero is born!
Congratulations, Mahoro!
Your prize is this $500 “Hot Springs Inn Lodging Ticket”…
…that can be used anywhere in the whole country,
…this championship belt, and most importantly,
Um… …the ultimate honor that every…
…Hiryu native dreams of, the title of “Master of Hiryu”!
Oh, I’m not a master, I’m a maid.
Ma-ho-ro!
Big sister, you’re amazing! Amazing!
Mahoro!
What’s HE looking so happy about?!
In the first place, the whole reason I was out here was…
Why is it turning out like this?
ADRIAN!
Festival. A time of remembrance and celebration.
They were called this even during the Edo Period.
By coming together at set times, people reaffirm their bonds with one another…
…by joining together to celebrate good fortune and to curse misfortune.
But the festival depicted here today, the Hiryu Dark Martial Arts Festival,
…is an all-out brawl which has slipped through the clutches of the law.
However, there exist no records or old documents of any sort…
…which could prove the existence of this festival.
Adrian!
All right!
Yatta!
Now it’s our turn.
Watashitachi no deban desu.
You bet!
Kitto!
We’re gonna get things jumping.
…osawagase wo shichaimasu.
Everybody!
Minna!
How are you feeling tonight?
Konya no kibun wa doudai?
If you!
Zutto!
Have a problem, just tell us.
…kujou atta nara oshiete.
That’s right,
Sou yo,
…small or big,
…chiisakute mo…
…it doesn’t matter.
…ookikutemo ii no.
Just push ‘em up and peace will come!
Yosete agete, heiwa ga kuru no!
Are big ones really better?
Ookii no hou ga ii no deshou ka?
Go, go, stick your chest out!
Yuke, yuke, mune wo hatte!
When you fall down, just laugh!
Koronjatta toki wa warae!
If you worry about every little thing,
Arekore ni ki ni shitara,
…you can’t live your life.
…ikite wa yukenai.
It’s tough to be a girl!
Onna no ko wa taihen!
It sure is.
Hontou ni taihen desu.
Lots of things make it tough,
Iroiro taihen dakedo,
…but just sing and you’ll be happy!
…utaeba shiawase yo!
Yay!
Satellite Poem.
Meat and fish, vegetables and fruit.
Once it is all ready, the battle commences in the kitchen.
Cooking is a blazing martial art.
Japanese, Western, Chinese, or a personal creation,
…or even a mix of everything, it’s no holds barred!
To defeat your taste buds, I always fight with all my strength…
…and use all the tricks and techniques I know.
Now, please try this cooking which is second to none!
When you haven’t heard from someone for years and you finally see them again,
…you feel a little impatient and awkward.
You think you have to say something, but you’re too flustered to say anything at all.
And then when it’s suddenly time to part ways again and we mutter our farewells,
…that’s when I finally realize just how important that person has been to me.