With Spirit
I'm sorry. No cIub stuff today, but...
Hmm? Oh... Is it Takizawa?
Uh-huh.
WeII, I'm going on home, then.
Sorry...
Don't worry about it.
But it's aIways me who does this.
Wait. Look!
Bye. See you tomorrow.
Huh? Sure!
See you, Miu!
HoId it! ShouId you be opening those? Aren't they gifts for peopIe?
But Iike I said, I don't remember what things I put in which bag.
I'm home.
Oh?
Sis?
Sis!
Sis...?
Miu! It's been so Iong!
Sis, weIcome back!
I'm home! Jeez, you haven't grown a bit.
It's not that easy to get taIIer.
Oh, reaIIy?
Miu, the best comeback for that is ''Better than having more wrinkIes.''
How rude! No matter how busy I am, my skin care and makeup are aIways perfect!
Miu, Iook for yourseIf! See?
Uh, yeah. Sis, I haven't washed my hands yet, so...
Never mind that. She's gonna get your foundation aII over her hands.
You're so mean! I don't put it on that thick!
Oh?
See? Nothing on her.
Right, right. Tea's ready.
You never change, Sis.
Anyway, which do you want, Miu?
Are these aII gifts?
Yup! So, what'II it be?
For me, I'II take this, and this...
C'mon, mom. Aren't those a IittIe fIashy for you?
As Iong as they're fIattering.
And you, Miu?
Huh?
Hmm...
Hmm?
Ah, the Iipstick. Got a boyfriend now?
N-No, that's not it.
Don't hide it! C'mon, teII your big sister aII about it!
No. It's not Iike that!
C'mon, who is it? TeII me! No. It's not Iike that!
C'mon, who is it? TeII me!
Say, can I have this perfume, too?
No way! I bought that for me to use.
Then Iend me some.
What?
Ah... Nothing Iike sushi and hot sake! I'm fuII!
We got this because you said you wanted it.
Next time, you can pay for it.
Right, right. C'mon, mom, have a drink!
UnIike you, tomorrow isn't a vacation for me.
What a drag... Right?
I'm home.
Oh!
Daddy!
Long time, no see!
WeII, a rare visit home!
What am I, an endangered species?
You took a surprise hoIiday?
Yup. If you don't use the vacation days you've saved up, you Iose them!
She says she's staying for a week. AwfuI, isn't it?
WeII, it's nice to take a break once in a whiIe.
ExactIy. No matter how much I Iove to traveI, I'm aIways out of the country.
Every pIace is starting to Iook the same to me.
Wow... ReaIIy?
WeII, my cIients are aII sightseers, so where we go is aIways Iaid out,
and Iots of peopIe just want to shop.
They make aII sorts of unreasonabIe demands... Oh. Want some, Dad?
Oh, trying to be my paI?
Take your bath, first. That'd be better, right?
Yeah, you're right. Okay, once I'm out of the tub, we can reIax and taIk.
Yes, sir! I'II be waiting.
Miu, can you check the water temperature?
Sure.
I put out a toweI and change of cIothes for you.
Gotcha.
Oh, weII. TiII your dad comes back, shaII I drink with you?
That's why I Iove you, Mom!
You better beIieve it. That's why I Iove you, Mom!
You better beIieve it.
Did you know Akiko was coming home, Miu?
Uh-uh.
I see...
Mom, gimme a refiII, okay?
Sure, sure.
Sis is so cheerfuI.
She hasn't changed a bit.
Dad?
Hmm?
Something wrong?
She didn't teII your mom about this vacation, either...
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Aren't you gIad she took a surprise vacation?
Yeah... I hope that's aII it is.
You ''hope''...?
There reaIIy is no pIace Iike home, huh?
That's true.
Just Iike oId times.
I shouId have picked the Iipstick, huh...
Sis? You asIeep?
Sis, you're gonna catch a coId sIeeping Iike that.
Sis, come on!
Miu. Just Ieave her be.
Did she drink too much?
I hope that's aII it is.
Huh?
What?
Dad said the same sort of thing a IittIe whiIe ago.
You don't say? Come on, you get to bed, too.
I'm turning the Iight off.
Here, Yuuki.
What's this?
It's from my sister. She asked me to give it to you.
Oh! Your sister's back home?
She says she took a surprise vacation.
She was in such a hurry buying stuff that she forgot what was in each box.
We opened them aII at once, so that's why it's not wrapped.
Oh, that doesn't matter! Can I see what it is?
PIease.
Oh, it's so cute!
I have a matching brooch, too.
She said she bought it in Greece.
Your sister is so Iucky!
Being a foreign tour guide,
she's been aII around the worId!
She has reaIIy interesting stories to teII, gives reaIIy unique souvenirs,
and knows aII about the Iatest brand-names!
Yeah, probabIy...
What's with the weak response?
I don't reaIIy care much about the Iatest brand-name stuff,
and we don't ask her about work that much at home.
I see. So, that's how it is.
StiII, it's been ages since I saw her and I miss her.
Besides, she's reaIIy cooI!
I kinda want to be Iike her.
You know, to be a woman Iike her when I'm grown up.
Oh...?
So, how Iong is your sister gonna be home?
Um, she said tiII next Wednesday.
WeII, can I come by this Sunday to visit?
I want to thank her for this. Okay?
Sure. I'II teII her.
And maybe I can ask for her advice about Iove.
I guess... Oh, but don't teII her about me!
Promise me that, pIease?
Then you can ask her aII the questions you want, okay?
Sure, no probIem.
''WeIcome to the tour.''
''Ladies and gentIemen, it's been a pIeasure to serve you...''
Yes?
Sis.
What is it?
Yuuki wants to come by this Sunday to thank you. Is that okay?
Thank me?
For the pendant. Do you have any pIans?
Oh. Uh, no. That'II be fine.
Sis, is something wrong?
Not a thing.
Akiko, it's aImost 4 o'cIock. Don't you have an appointment?
Uh-oh, it's that Iate aIready? Oh, no!
Sis?
It's a singIes party! Gotta get myseIf a cute guy!
Mom, where are the bath toweIs?
Sis says she's going to a singIes party.
She mentioned it was a group of doctors.
I thought vacations were for reIaxing.
UsuaIIy.
So, she took time off to pIay around?
Who can say?
WeII, sis is so fuII of energy, she even works hard at reIaxing.
Or she's just being stubborn.
Stubborn?
Say, tomorrow's Saturday, so you're free, right?
I have a Iesson, but...
Then can you go shopping with Akiko?
Huh? But she's gonna be out Iate tonight, right?
She seemed reaIIy out of it when I saw her before, too.
Like she was tired?
Yeah... I wonder if even sis'II be too tired for shopping tomorrow.
It's okay. She said she wanted to do it.
PIease?
I guess I can...
ConsumerElectronics Sale All Goods 30% Off On The 4thFloor Big Fashion and Accessory Sale!
Eat a Iot, or you'II never get any bigger.
Sis, you're spoiIing me.
I can't eat aII this.
What? When I was your age, I couId gobbIe that much up, no probIem!
You haven't eaten anything since this morning.
I'm not hungry.
What about that?
I'm on vacation for a change. Don't give me a hard time, okay?
But it's not heaIthy.
It's Iike you aIways said, right?
That you need to be heaIthy to do yourjob weII.
Let's use that heaIth to have fun, not to work!
Excuse me! Another one of these!
Man, this is the Iife.
Shopping, sIeeping Iate, not having any customers to worry about...
I know! Maybe I shouId get married!
You're getting married?
I'II find a rich guy, and then I'II be set!
Pardon the wait.
Ah. Thank you.
He was kinda cute wasn't he?
The waiter?
I kinda Iike him... Wait.
But his type never has any money.
Guess I'II have to keep working. Darn it...
Sis, what are you taIking about?
WeII, I mean I want gorgeous rings on both hands,
brand name dresses, and a Iife of Iuxury!
Is that reaIIy what you want?
Huh?
That's... reaIIy what you want?
Everyone does. There are aII sorts of annoying things in Iife, right?
I guess, but...
ExactIy! Okay, Miu, bIow off your Iesson today!
Then we'II go to an amusement park!
This isn't Iike you.
Miu...
This isn't Iike you at aII, sis.
Aw, come on. Quit Iooking so serious.
Work wiII go on without me-
Yuuki has her track team.
The third years have their exams.
You have your work.
I aIways thought everyone eIse was so impressive...
Because aII I couId do aside from schooIwork was pIay the piano.
You aIways said you wanted to be a tour guide, didn't you?
I'd aIways say how amazing you are.
You're cheerfuI, no matter what.
You aIways encourage me.
Is that so...
Fortissimo Music School
Excuse me.
Sit down there.
Huh?
Here, sir?
Yes.
OccassionaIIy, you shouId Iearn by Iistening.
Y-Yes, sir...
Miu's stiII going with the piano, huh?
Uh-huh. She keeps up with that and her schooIwork.
Shirakawa's a pretty patient guy.
He is. Did you visit him?
No.
I see...
Miu... She's become so mature without me even noticing.
WeII, Miu isn't a stubborn person, Iike you.
You figured it out?
Of course. WeII? You had your fiII of partying yet?
Pretty cIose to it now.
WeII, shaII I make things right?
That wouId be good.
Yes ma'am.
I'm home.
WeIcome back.
Did sis go out again?
She went for a waIk.
Oh...
Is that strange?
WeII... I was wondering if she was asIeep.
It'd be nice if she was.
It'd be an honest reaction, for once.
Huh?
Even so, she reaIIy went overboard on the shopping.
She went through a month's wages Iike it was nothing.
I wonder if she pIans to have us pay for her retirement.
Huh?
She said you wouIdn't Iet her get married.
She said she was depressed, being Iectured by her IittIe sister.
I didn't Iecture her.
Oh, wait! I forgot to teII her to pick up some ponzu on the way home.
ShouId I go buy it?
That's okay. She's got her ceII phone. Can you caII her?
Sure.
WhiIe she's at it, some momiji oroshi, too.
Okay, sure.
Yes?
Sis?
Ah, my sister-in-Iaw.
Where are you now?
The harbor park.
Mom wants you to pick up some things.
Uh, I forgot my purse. Can you bring it to me?
Huh?
I'II be waiting!
Mom, sis says she doesn't have her purse.
It's on the tabIe. Can you take take it to her?
Huh? Uh, sure...
Sis...
Sis!
Miu.
What are you doing?!
Oh, come on. Did you think I was going to jump into the sea?
Uh... WeII, no, but...
Did I Iook that gIoomy to you?
WeII, kind of...
It's cause I got Iectured by my IittIe sister!
That's not what I was doing.
You impIied my pIan was stupid.
But I never said you shouIdn't get married.
Not that. It was how you kept studying the piano.
How I kept...?
Oh, how can I put this?
I do have a job that I enjoy doing,
but it's just gotten to be too much for me IateIy.
That's why you took this time off, right?
Except, even though it's the job I chose, I'm not wiIIing to say how I feeI out Ioud.
That's my stubborn side showing.
Stubborn side?
Yeah.
I'M TIRED!!!
I'M JUST A LITTLE TIRED OF IT ALL!!!
You see?
Sis, you have such a Ioud voice!
WeII, if I said it at home, mom and dad wouId just say ''It's what you chose.''
It's reaIIy irritating!
I don't think mom and dad wouId ever say that seriousIy.
Even so, there are times you want to be stubborn with your famiIy, too.
EspeciaIIy when you have the reason to.
You reaIIy are stubborn.
But from now on, I'II compIain to my sIightIy more mature IittIe sister.
Okay. That's fine with me.
Huh?
Yes? Hmm... Huh? Ponzu?
Oh, no! The stuff we're supposed to buy!
Sis, come on!
Yeah. My fine IittIe sisterjust ran off.
Yeah, I hear you.
I'II take it sIow and steady. Don't worry.
Sis! Hurry up!
See you.
WeII, sIowing down doesn't mean you can't run, right?
This is...
Sis?
Sis!
See you, Miu.
Next time I'm home, pIay your piano for me, okay?
Oh, and teII Yuuki I'm sorry. See you!
Sis...
She said she'd reIaxed enough, even though she had three days of vacation Ieft.
That stubborn girI...
Sometimes, you can Iive Iife so hard that it just tires you out.
I wonder if that wiII happen to me one day, too.
Moody Kimagure
The Iook of the sky today Kyou no soramoyou
It trembIes Yure ugoku
SeemingIy as I do Watashi mitai ni
AII of my friends Tomodachi ga minna
Seem so mature Otona ni mieru
WiII I ever get used to it? Itsuka watashi mo nareru no ka na
PIease Iisten to it Kiite ne
To the sound of my heart Kokoro no oto
There's a weak echo Kasukana hibiki
A vague tone, and yet... Tayorinai neiro dakedo
There's a sound Imashika
that must be reIeased now Dasenai oto
Like the smiIe on somebody's face Dareka no kao ga hohoemu you ni
Carrying my prayers, I send it off Inori wo komete okuru yo
NEX T EPISODE
Before I even knew it, suddenIy it was Christmas time in the city.
Poinsettias and wreathes. Star and angeI ornaments hung everywhere.
What is it that I feeI, year after year?
I don't consider myseIf a chiId anymore, but...
But, somehow, Christmas time stiII makes me happy.
With Bravery