While studying for tests at Satou's house,
Shana, Yoshida and Ogata take advice from Margery.
Her words help Shana and Yoshida, who have
dealt with Konoe Fumina's arrival awkwardly,
to advance another step towards love.
Departure time, check.
Route to the destination...
Check.
Each attraction's location, summary, important points...check.
All shops within the park...locations of bathrooms...check.
Finally, tomorrow's weather for the
outskirts of Misaki City and Ooto City...
Check.
All complete.
With this, I'll be able to deal with anything that happens tomorrow.
Konoe-san and everyone else should be able to relax and have fun.
And if everything happens to go smoothly...
I'll...
be able to spend time alone with Yoshida-san on the Ferris wheel!
Okay, everyone's here, right?
I'm relieved no one's late.
Well, of course...
Yesterday, you told us the exact times
and stations we should take trains from,
and which stops to take buses from,
giving us all these detailed instructions.
Plus that morning call was really early.
If anyone ended up late after all that, I wouldn't know what to say.
Shana got called as well?
Wilhelmina received the call.
After that, purchase a ticket from
the booth next to the entrance gate.
And the expected purchasing time?
It will take two to three minutes.
He didn't call my house, though.
That's because you're reliable.
Anyway, if he didn't do this sort of thing, we
couldn't leave the organizing to him without worries.
After all, today is Konoe-san's amusement park debut!
We have to plan it properly and give her some good memories to take home!
Don't worry. I've done my homework.
Good memories come from good plans.
One of my favorite quotes.
That's Ike for you!
Looks like those glasses aren't just for show.
Woah! Misaki City's best-planning pair of glasses!
Nah, that's too much credit...
Alright, Yoshida-san is paying attention to me.
I've got to appear as a guy whose
leadership qualities show his dependability!
Well, it's about time to head in!
Everyone, follow me!
Well, Ike, what are we doing first?
The Horror House? Africa Tour?
Or maybe the rollercoaster?
If we just go to the main dish
straightaway, we're going to shock Konoe-san.
We have to take a good walk around the park
first, and experience the place's atmosphere.
She's the queen for today, our honored guest...
...so we've got to make her entertainment
our highest priority today, got it?
I see!
Well-said, Ike-kun.
I've already gotten the route we'll be
taking around the park from the official map.
We'll pass by the main attractions
although we're taking the shortest route,
and even pass through lots of greenery--
Ike! Konoe-san has...
Konoe-san, do you want to ride that?
Yes, it looks so fun!
But isn't that for kids?
What're we gonna do, Ike?!
It's true that the plan didn't include this attraction, but...
...this sort of thing was anticipated.
Alright, Konoe-san.
We came here for your sake after all.
Go ahead and enjoy any ride you like.
Okay. In that case...
Why do we have to join in as well, how old are we?
Don't say that, it's what Konoe-san wanted.
It's more fun if we all ride together!
I understand, but haha...
I'm a little embarrassed...
What is this?
Nothing went wrong in my simulation of Konoe-san's tastes and preferences.
How could a miscalculation like this occur right after entering the park...
By the way, Ike...
Are you actually going to be all right, riding something like that?
Ahh, yeah, this should be all right, really--
Is everyone ready?
Yeah!
Start!
Looks like it hit you after all, Ike.
S-S-Sorr--
That was a blow to my spirit...
Why did something like this end up happening in an amusement park...
I was so naive to have thought it would
be all right since it was child-oriented.
So blind, to not even have seen the danger lying in these attractions!
Let's ride that next!
Ike!
Ike, we've got a suggestion!
Suggestion!
Splitting up into two groups like this is fine, but...
Shana-chan aside, why do we always end up in this combination?
It's fine, isn't it? We drew lots after all.
It's probably best this way. Konoe should be
left to Ike and Sakai to take care of after all.
Well, we'll be joining up again for lunch anyway.
Till then, let's just have some fun!
Shana-chan, is there something you want to ride?
Oh, something...
How about...that?
Bu-Bungie...
It's recently been popular to enjoy all kinds of sweets while playing here.
First of all, let me introduce you to a place with delicious cheesecake.
I-In that case, let's go to the ice cream store--
T-Then Dumpling Feast--
Weird...it was definitely here last week!
Ike, it's fine.
I'm really sorry.
What's actually wrong with me today?
On top of misreading the information, I did insufficient research...
And I even managed to get on the same half as Yoshida-san...
Hasn't my stock value bottomed out by now?
Don't worry, Konoe-san.
That's a rollercoaster.
Rollercoaster?
I want to ride the rollercoaster!
Then let's go right now!
According to my investigations, the rollercoaster here
tends to be less crowded in the morning than the afternoon.
Therefore, now's the very best time to ride it.
NO, this isn't how it's supposed to be!
Impossible...!
Sure is crowded, huh?
Maybe this is actually the less-crowded state.
For Ike, it's a pretty unusual mistake.
He's usually flawless at this.
Why?!
I carefully referred to and considered the data;
I scrutinized and analyzed it again and again.
Where did I make a mistake?
At any rate, with a performance like this,
I won't be able to ask Yoshida-san to ride the Ferris wheel with me at all.
Somehow, even if only just a bit, I have
to find a way to regain their trust...
What do you think, Konoe-san?
It's so crowded...Maybe it's better for us to give up?
Really?
That's no need for that!
I'll get in line here.
In the meantime, just go and enjoy yourselves at other attractions!
Although I played the hero,
Yoshida-san didn't seem particularly moved by my action.
I brought it upon myself, but maybe it really
is impossible for this sort of contribution
to make up for my failures earlier...
Right now, everyone's...
I've been researching for days, making keikaku all night,
and it's still come to this...
Maybe it's hopeless after all...
In the current situation, to ask Yoshida-san
to ride the Ferris wheel with me...
I won't even be able to broach the subject.
In the first place, this whole plan was just a dream within a dream.
Yoshida-san?
I thought you'd probably be feeling lonely waiting here after all,
so I told Sakai-kun to watch over Konoe-san.
I-I see.
We all came together after all...there's
no reason for the organizer to suffer alone.
Yoshida-san, how kind you are!
Toward a complete failure like me...!
By the way, Ike-kun, you'll get sick on the rollercoaster, won't you?
Uhh - ahh yeah, probably.
So I'll just wait on the ground when the guys come back and ride it.
I see.
Is there anything in the park that won't give you nausea?
I-If it's the Ferris wheel...
The Ferris wheel?
Mm.
It was the only thing I could ride, back in kindergarten.
That's really the only thing, so...So...
Y-Yoshida-san!
I-If it's alright with you, after
Konoe-san's...had fun on the rollercoaster...
Can we...ride the...Ferris wheel...together?
Mm, sure.
W-We sure rode those rides a lot...
Yeah...continuously going on ride after ride sure is tough on your stomach...
Really?
You're really amazing, Shana-chan. No matter
what you ride, your face color doesn't change.
You're almost Superman or something.
It's true.
These are just intended to be amusement, so neither
the speed nor centrifugal force amounts to much.
It's senseless to be scared of them.
Alright, I'm going to get Konoe-san and the others.
I'm counting on you. It looks like the
line went faster than I thought it would.
This rollercoaster takes 32 riders in each batch,
and it'll be 3 or 4 cycles before it's our turn.
Well, they should be back in time.
But - wait - if they don't make it back in time...
Will I have to ride it?
When I rode rollercoasters in the past, I got
so sick I couldn't attend school the next day...
The next time, I was taken away in an ambulance...
No...I have to be strong...
If I leave my place, Konoe-san won't be able to ride the rollercoaster,
and not just that - the agreement to ride the
Ferris wheel with Yoshida-san will go to waste.
Konoe-san and the gang will definitely get back in time.
Definitely...definitely...definitely!
Please excuse me!
A group of customers that was ahead in the line has canceled their place,
so the next batch ends here!
I thought I heard Ike-kun screaming...
Yoshida-san...is it our turn already?
Yup, we need to leave soon.
Hey, sorry, Ike.
E-Eh it's alright, the line advanced really quickly--
Ike-kun...
Sorry, Konoe-san.
You couldn't ride the rollercoaster in the end...
Oh, hey, about that,
for some reason, the line's gone now.
I see...
The magic show was debuting at the performance stage today,
so the rollercoaster was deserted at this time...
Enough forecasting...Enough dreaming...
Going on the Ferris wheel with Yoshida-san, too...
Today...I got rained on.
Amazing! Totally amazing!
Amazing, Shana-chan! You got the highest score since the park opened!
Look, the prize is even here!
T-Thanks.
Ooh, even he saw you!
You're amazing! A genius! Superman! Hey, President!
Be careful! Don't make a display of your powers frivolously.
It's fine, isn't it. Since she has powers to show off.
It was really incredible! Just slashing like ey! and scattering everything!
I was totally shocked!
Ehh, so that's how it was like?
Yeah! If only you'd been there to see Shana-chan's awe-inspiring form!
You did too much.
It's alright, it was just play after all.
So? What's up with him?
All his plans failed, so he's apparently wallowing in self-hate.
Oh? That's pretty rare.
Umm...
I thought everyone would be eating today,
so I baked cookies.
Please try them.
Delicious.
That's right...Yoshida-san hasn't tossed me aside!
This deliciousness is silent encouragement to me!
In that case, I should take up this challenge one more time!
Everyone, your organizer will now announce the afternoon's program!
We'll split into four pairs and have a competition in the Gigantic Maze!
The rules are simple.
The first pair to reach the exit wins.
The prize is being treated to soft-serve ice-cream by everyone else.
How did that guy suddenly get all his energy back?
How'd I know.
It doesn't matter...since we're doing it, let's give it all we got!
Do your best, Konoe-san!
I will!
Alright then...
Ready...
Start!
Ike-kun, since such thinking games are your forte,
we might just be able to win, don't you think?
Might be able isn't good enough.
Eh?
We're definitely going to win.
Ike-kun really wants to eat ice-cream, it seems...
This sort of Gigantic Maze isn't very common nowadays, is it.
That's because this place was built a long
while back. It's my first time here though.
Either way, I'm bad at this sort of thing.
Looks like it, huh.
Hey, can I ask you something?
What?
Could I actually become a Flame Haze?
Why do you ask something like that?
Well...
Umm...which way should we go...?
I'm not sure...
Maybe this way?
Or maybe there--
We should go this way?
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
What a weird amusement park...
Amazing, Ike-kun, we're not losing our way at all.
If we get lost, we won't win. So we can't let ourselves get lost.
It's not that I know the solution to the maze. But I understand now.
All my senses are heightened. I can feel our path!
Everything...Everything is for this...!
Yoshida-san, do you remember what we agreed
on while waiting in line for the rollercoaster?
About the Ferris wheel?
I'll ask you once again.
If we're faster than everyone and get out of this maze first...
Please ride the Ferris wheel with me!
We're almost on.
Mm!
I'm so glad I didn't give up.
I failed as an organizer,
but if I can ride the Ferris wheel with
Yoshida-san, it all doesn't matter any more!
From now on, the memories shared only by Yoshida-san and I will begin.
And then...maybe, just maybe...
Our shared history might turn a whole new, staggeringly-important page...
Ike-kun? Ike-kun!
GET A HOLD ON YOURSELF!
Sorry...
Ike-kun said he'd be all right if it were just the Ferris wheel, so...
But he ended up like this almost immediately...
I-I was definitely...alright with it...back in kindergarten...
Didn't it get worse as you got older?
That might be--
Yoshida-san still ended up seeing the shameful aspects of me, after all.
I'm no good as an organizer and leader; I end up
collapsing straightaway, without a hint of manliness.
I even get sick on Ferris wheels...I have no good points at all!
What's the matter, Konoe-san?
Ike-san, thank you very much for today!
I want to visit an amusement park again!
That's great, isn't it, Ike-kun?
Quite a bit happened, but since Konoe-san
enjoyed herself, it was a great success!
Okay already, hurry up.
The exit's gonna close, you know!
If it's about that, don't worry!
Because Fancy Park's complete closing is
one hour after the end of business hours!
There you have it! Ike Research!
All's well that ends well.
I'm recording that as another favorite line.
The Composer of Elegies, Margery Daw, a
Flame Haze and veteran of a hundred battles.
Satou and Tanaka ask her to train them.
The sight of the young men reawakens old memories in Margery.
Memories of New York at the start of the 20th century.
Next time on Shana of the Blazing Eyes Second:
The Door to the Past.