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Original Work by
Saki Hiwatari
(from Flowers and Dreams Comics)
Executive Producers
Hattori Hiroshi Azami Satoshi Ishikawa Michiru
Producers
Maeda Tetsuya Matsui Hiroko Ishikawa Sakiku
I want to go back.
I've never seen such a smoggy place.
Never.
You know, sis...
You know that the dinosaurs who used to roam the earth...
...suddenly became extinct 650 million years ago, right?
I think humans are the same.
Like the dinosaurs, mankind tends to keep expanding.
And now, sis, our own era is going to abandon us.
Yes, Hajime.
But...
I'm so hungry.
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I: ``Awakening''
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Presented by Project Daicon
(Not to be distributed for profit.)
Over there...
That figure cavorting around like a gymnast and coming my way...
I-it's Kobayashi Rin!
Hi, Alice, my neighbor from Hokkaido who's a freshmen in high school!
Good evening!
G-good evenin-
I'll give you some gum!
I-I don't want any.
And aren't you the one who put a piece of gum in my shoes the other day?
That's so mean!
I can't believe you would accuse a sweet little kid of something like that!
You're like the police with their suspects!
Well, I guess I'll have some.
You mean it?
Hey, that's great!
Can you stoop down a bit?
Now open your mouth, please.
Okay.
Rin-kun! It's dinner time!
Okay!
That night, dinner was my favorite... hot tofu.
But I was so much in shock that I couldn't swallow one bite.
Huh? What's wrong?
What's wrong, Alice?
Rin was picking on her again.
Really?
Babysitting?
Yes, I'll be home by eight.
But my husband's on a business trip so...
Oh, I have friends coming over from Setagaya tomorrow...
I'm going out to golf.
I have soccer practice.
And you know, Rin said he wanted to be with you, so...
That kid really seems to like you, Alice.
Noooo!
Everyone's so mean!
Making me babysit Rin.
Oh no.
Don't, Alice.
Don't blame Dad. He's glad he got promoted to the home office.
But... but Hajime went and ate three and a half helpings of tofu!
That night I held back my hunger pains and cried myself to sleep.
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Let go!
I said, let go, you dork!
Throw away that piece of gum you just spit out!
What for!
Throw it away!
A girl like you...
A girl like you may act innocent, but you're not a virgin!
J-just now, what t-t...
The t-time is 11 o'clock, stupid!
I know what it means, you know. It's a girl who's pure.
And a ``gentleman'' is a guy who's still chaste!
If you got a comeback, then let's hear it!
Stupid!
Isn't it cute?
Are you scared?
Then why?
I'm not real sure.
I don't know much about animals.
I've only seen them in pictures.
Wh-what?
Do you want to go to the zoo, if that's the case?
Let's go.
Why?
Why are they all coming towards us, Alice?
They're saying, ``It's a treat for Rin-kun.''
You can understand animals?
No. It just seems like that's what they're trying to say.
Come to think of it...
It was like this the first time I saw a horse, as a kid in Hokkaidou.
They gathered around just like this and it made me cry.
Mom and Dad told me not to be scared, that they were just looking.
I really don't know what was so interesting about me.
I'm just an ordinary person.
Every time I'm here, all the animals talk to me as if I was special.
``Who are you?''
``What are you?''
``How can you understand us if you're not one of us?''
Like I told Rin-kun, when I'm happy I feel your happiness inside me.
They're selling seeds!
I'll buy you a crocus seed as a souvenir of today's trip.
Okay.
Take good care of it.
Okay, I will.
Hey, do crocuses have pretty flowers?
Yup, very pretty.
Uh... Oh, hey, it's Sakaguchi-san!
Let's go home, Rin-kun, before it gets too late.
W-wait a second! You've got it all wrong!
W-will you come have a drink at the cafe?
I have to clear up some misunderstandings.
Look...
I want you to know, we're not gay.
Oh, this is Nishikiori Issei from the other class.
Well, when you saw us yesterday...
I guess anyone would misunderstand.
But when I saw you, wasn't that what you said?
You said, ``We're not normal.''
There you are.
Good afternoon.
You know, maybe we're not normal after all.
That has to be Ogura Jinpachi-kun from my class.
And the other person is...
Well, maybe you're right.
Yeah, I think maybe so.
I was shocked, too, but you must be even more shocked.
Issei, last night when we...
No, don't say it.
Issei...
I'm sorry!
Um, ah... I, uh... ah, I'm sorry!
Am I right?
We're different from others.
We're not related at all, but we've had the same dreams for a while.
And in those dreams, I'm called \F6Gyokulan.
And Issei is called \F6Enju.
What's more, Enju is a female.
The reason why we were acting strange yesterday...
...was because the night before, Gyokulan and Enju slept together.
Slept...
I bet you think we're really strange or something.
No!
Uh, no...
But could you tell me a little more?
Well, first, our dreams don't continue from the night before.
So the story jumps around.
How can I explain it?
It's like we see random memories in our dreams, and then we wake up.
And it keeps repeating like that.
I knew Issei from our third year in middle school.
Since then, we would sometimes talk about our dreams.
Both of us would sometimes have strange dreams about space.
Then in high school, we talked about our dreams more seriously.
We saw people with the same names, and we would see the same dreams.
And sometimes remembered the same conversations.
And it always seems to be on the moon.
For some reason, there's a base or a research ship on the moon.
And in that base, there are seven scientists.
One of the seven is me, as Gyokulan.
Another one is Issei, as Enju.
There were seven people?
For those seven, it's their job to observe the Earth.
They gather data on every nation, from politics to nature.
They would record anything and everything.
For now, why don't we start off with Jinpachi's Gyokulan?
Unlike Jinpachi here, Gyokulan is a person of good character.
He's the quiet and exemplary type.
Sort of the archaeologist image.
Then opposite him, there's my Enju. She's an introverted paleontologist.
She's secretly in love with Gyokulan.
But Gyokulan's heart has been captured by the beautiful lady \F6Mokulen.
Mokulen?
Right.
This Mokulen is the curious one.
She's a beautiful and accomplished woman.
Calm and cool, and very knowledgeable.
Yet she's still very feminine.
She's a famous biologist, and any man who knows her falls in love with her.
After that, there's \F6Shion.
Shion has been friends with Gyokulan since childhood.
He has a real genius for engineering, but he's hard-headed and rebellious.
Sooner or later, he'll get himself in trouble.
He may be socially awkward, but he's actually a sensitive person,...
...with a strong sense of justice.
Then there's the leader of the crew, \F6Hiragi \F0the linguist.
There's \F6Shusulan\F0 the scientist.
And \F6Shukaidou\F0 the medical scientist.
These seven crewmembers watch over the Earth.
You get the impression that they feel a real yearning and affection for Earth.
To them, the still developing Earth is like their home planet long ago.
They're filled with that feeling of nostalgia like we have for the past.
So they never get tired of watching the Earth rotate each day.
That's amazing!
This is so interesting!
Um...
Ever since you transferred over here I've been thinking,...
It seems like I've seen you before.
Hey Jinpachi, is that a pickup line?
No, that's not it at all!
That was a strange story, but it was neat, wasn't it, Rin-kun?
Here's your crocus seed.
Remember to lower the water level as the roots grow down.
You know, Alice.
I feel \F6deja vu\F0 when I'm around you, too.
When I see you, I feel a real sense of nostalgia.
Rin-kun, for a seven-year old, sometimes you really talk like an adult!
Do you really like him?
Are you going to marry him?
And what if I did?
Be careful, Rin-kun!
Alice!
Watch!
What do you think you're doing!?
Somebody!
Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!
So, did you hear?
I know, I read it in the paper, too.
They left the name out, but wasn't it Sakaguchi-san?
Good morning.
She looks so innocent, too.
She sure does.
I don't think she did it on purpose.
I don't know about that.
Yeah.
Morning, Sakaguchi-san!
Yes.
Good... good morning.
So did... did you go home right afterwards?
Or did you continue your date with Issei-san?
I'm such a cry baby.
When I get home, I'll bake cookies.
I'll bring a lot of them with flowers to the hospital for Rin-kun.
But Rin-kun's mom probably won't want to see me again...
I'll leave it in front of the door when no one's looking.
Dear God, please watch over Rin-kun.
I'll do anything if you can save him.
Please God. Help Rin-kun out of his coma.
Please help Rin-kun!
Please, God!
From now on...
From now on, we will watch and protect the Earth from here.
Hello. Tsuwabuki High School.
For Sakaguchi?
Hello?
``Oh, Alice?''
``He's awake!''
``Rin-kun has recovered consciousness.''
``Please hurry. Hurry and come to the hospital, Alice!''
But...
But I...
``She's not mad at all.''
``In fact, she wants to apologize. Isn't that great, Alice?''
Oh, thank you, God!
Alice is here.
He's been like that ever since he awakened.
He calls it a distance game or something.
She's running up the stairs.
What a dummy, there're elevators here.
Oh, she tripped!
10 more meters...
5 more meters...
3 more steps...
Alice!
Take me to the zoo again, okay?
Hearing Rin-kun's voice on that day...
And seeing the clear sky at the same time...
I will never forget it!
I will never forget that moment!
Did you hear, sis?
Why Rin-kun wasn't hurt very badly?
The trees below him acted like a cushion and broke Rin-kun's fall.
I guess nature's even more on your side here, sis.
The sound of Rin-kun bouncing around like a gymnast brings back memories.
But now I'm not scared of him anymore.
Rin-kun.
When do you start school?
Uh, in two days.
You're in a good mood today.
So... so then everything's okay?
Can you stoop down a bit more?
It's okay, I'll take out my gum.
Greetings, everyone.
This is the recycling truck making its rounds.
Don't be so worried.
I've been chewing on a breath mint.
I'm...
I'm... in love with you, Alice.
Well, see ya!
What is with him!?
I can't understand him.
Could it be?
Was it caused by the accident?
What do I do if it was?
But...
Could that have been... my First Kiss?!
Alice.
Come here when you're done gargling, Alice.
I have to talk to you.
What is it?
We'll skip the small talk and get straight to the subject!
Do you have any plans to get engaged to Rin-kun?
Everything's...
Everything's... turning black.
Sis!
Alice!
Oh God! This is too much! Just too much!
Mokulen.
Huh?
Where am I?
What happened to me?
Happened?
You tripped on the stairs and made a perfect sommersault...
But I seem to be all right.
Huh? Say, Shion...
Is this how I'm supposed to look?
Are you all right, Mokulen?
Maybe you hit your head too hard.
Oh, I know now.
Shion, while I was unconscious, I had a dream.
A dream about Earth, in which I was a girl in Japan.
I had a family.
And I was a crybaby.
But I was surrounded by nature and I felt the living air.
I wish I had been born on Earth.
That's right.
From now on, we will watch and protect the Earth from here.
Sis! Sis!
Are you okay, sis?
Alice, are you okay?
Do you remember what we were talking about?
What was it?
Remember?
About the engagement with Rin-kun.
Engagement?
What are you talking about?
I'm already engaged to Shion-san.
So it's too late.
``No matter what''
``You better be nice to S-kun!''
Hey!
What izzit, boss?
What's up?
It's a kid! There's a kid over th-
I don't see nothing!
You're imaginin' things!
Shit!
This ain't funny!
Watch it, ya jerk!
The brakes don't work!?
Help!!
Scared?
I'm ``S-kun.''
I think we should be friends.
And you know, I have a favor to ask you.
See the Tokyo Tower there?
Will you give it to me?
Original Work by
Saki Hiwatari
(from Flowers and Dreams Comics)
Executive Producers
Hattori Hiroshi Azami Satoshi Ishikawa Michiru
Producers
Maeda Tetsuya Matsui Hiroko Ishikawa Sakiku
Character Design Animation Director
Goto Takayuki
Art Director
Ikeda Yuta
Design
Nagasaki Hitoshi
Special Effects
Murakami Masahiro
Music
Mizoguchi Hajime
Main Theme
``In Memory of Times''
Sung by Composition Composed/Lyrics
S E I K A Nishigori Takako A R I O N Kanno Youko
Cast
Sakaguchi Alice
Kobayashi Rin
Mokulen
Shion
Shiratori Yuri
Touma Yumi
Shinohara Emi
Hayami Shoh
Cast
Ogura Jinpachi Sakaguchi Hajime Alice's mother
Nishikiori Issei Rin's mother Alice's father
Morikawa Toshiyuki Sasaki Nozomu Arima Mizuko
Okiayu Ryoutarou Kawashima Chiyoko Suzuki Yasunori
Cast
Takashi Gang Member A Gang Member B Girl Student A Girl Student B Girl Student C
Chiba Kasunobu Yamazaki Takumi Makishima Naoki Omi Yoshiko Koyama Yukari Iwatsubo Rie
Production Assistance
(Flowers and Dreams Comics)
Director/Composition
Yamazaki Kazuo
Production by
Production/Owned by
Hakusensha Corp./nVictor Entertainment Ing. Corp.
(C) Saki Hiwatari/Hakusensha (Flowers & Dreams) Victor Entertainment, Ing.
We have to look for the others!
We should write in to this magazine!
Is it a scary magazine?
I'm sorry. I bumped into him.
Oh... no.
You like that kind of guy?
Maybe a little bit?
We got a letter from Hiragi!?
Yeah! And Shusulan's with him, too.
Amazing! That's great!
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