namida no ame ga hou tataku
涙の雨が方叩く
The rain of tears fall onto the path,
tabi ni utsukushiku
旅に美しく
making the journey beautiful.
kudaranai ruuru kara, namida sezu ni naiteita
下らないルールから、涙せずに泣いていた
Set unto unreasonable rules, unable to hold back my tears I cried.
kouyatte sugita mirai chizu
こうやって過ぎた未来地図
Passing just like that, the map to the future...
surihette kokoro wo ume takute
磨り減って心を埋めたくて
Wanting to fill my worn out heart,
atsumeta iranai mono bakari
集めた要らないものばかり
I gathered nothing but useless things I did not want.
bye bye ano itoshiki hibi wa
バイバイあの愛しき日々は
Bye bye to those lovely days,
modori wa shinai kara
戻りはしないから
because they won't be coming back.
hiraite yuku chiisana tojita kokoro ga
開いて行く小さな閉じた心が
It's opening up, my small closed up heart...
yoru no sumi de shizuka ni
夜の隅で静かに
...quietly in the recess of the night.
irodzuite、motto fukaku yasashiku
色付いて、もっと深く優しく
More colourful, deeper, and kinder,
asa no hikari au uke de
朝の光会う受けで
letting the day's light cover me.
namida no ame ga hou tataku
涙の雨が方叩く
The rain of tears fall onto the path,
tabi ni utsukushiku
旅に美しく
making the journey beautiful.
Polishing both my body and soul, again and again...
I want you...
Jirou-san, once you're done with that, please clean the backyard too.
Eh- Yes, young sir.
Good morning.
I see. It's the start of a new semester today, huh.
It looks good on you, Ohana-chan.
Yes, indeed.
School uniforms bring out the purity of a girl quite well.
Jirou-san.
I'm going to clean the backyard now!
That guy's really good at cleaning the bathhouse, for some reason.
Maybe he's making practical use of his personal interests.
Minko-san!
Let's get going!
Minko-san!
That looks so big on you.
It's as if you're dressing up as an elementary student.
Wha-
Hey, Tohru.
About that new dish you wanted to try making...
Ah, would you like to give it a taste?
What are you doing?
I'm so nervous...
Don't worry.
I'm sure you'll make friends in no time.
I wish you'd tell Tohru-san that.
Hm?
It's nothing.
I hope I'll be in the same class as you two.
Being in the same class as you would be so hobiron.
That "hobiron" must be hard to use in everyday conversation.
I can't tell if you're referring to me, or the situation.
Shut up! Shut up! Hobiron!
Wow.
It came from over there.
Oh!
It's Fukuya, the famous inn, right?
Fukuya
Yeah. It's also listed in many guidebooks.
Fukuya
A powerful rival has appeared!
Appeared? They've been around even longer than Kissui Inn.
Fukuya
Whoa!
Wow!
It's so pretty!
You sure are enjoying yourself, Ohana-san.
But look!
Usually, when it blooms like this, it's so crowded you can't even walk-
Ah...
Wait for me! Kou-chan!
Ah, my bag got caught on something.
Stay close to me.
This is kind of embarrassing...
Take this then.
Really, Kou-chan always took care of me.
Ohana-san?
Ah...
What's the matter?
I-It's nothing.
How should I reply... to his text?
Staff Room
You'll be OK on your own now, right?
Thanks, Nako-san.
See you then.
Please let me be in the same class as them...
Are you Matsumae?
Y-Yes.
U-Um...
Matsumae... Ohana!
Ohana...!
Hey, hey! Settle down. It's only the first day.
Good news, everyone. We have a transfer student today.
Pay attention.
Introduce yourself, transfer student.
U-Um...
My name is Matsumae Ohana.
I came from Tokyo.
Amazing! She's from Tokyo!
I've seen that hairpin in a magazine!
I bought them from a 300 yen shop...
Her perm looks like a foreign boy's!
So fashionable!
My hair is naturally wavy like this.
Her skirt height is also adjusted!
Thanks to Tohru-san.
Minko-
Matsumae-san!
Where in Tokyo did you come from?
Shinjuku? Harajuku? Shibuya? Odaiba?
People don't live in those places.
No, they do.
Do you have a boyfriend?
B-Boyfriend?
K-Kou-chan isn't really my...
Matsumae-san, you work at the same inn as Tsurugi-san, right?
Minko-san?
Yeah.
That's right, we live in the same room-
Ooh! Seriously!?
Please tell me how Princess Minko is outside of school!
P-Princess Minko?
Yes. Princess Minko feels like this plateau girl who'd look great in a white dress.
The way she's so strict, with no openings, makes her seem like a precious flower.
She usually just wears a jersey and has trouble expressing herself though...
Hey! Please take a picture of the princess outside of school for me!
I'll pay you 3000 yen for it!
Huh?!
I'll pay 3500 yen if you get one after she takes a bath!
Why, you... Looking at the princess in such a lewd way!
Let's settle this on the rooftop!
E-Excuse me...
Stop!
Y-Yuina-chan.
Geez, what're you all doing?
Y'all are troubling Ohana-san.
I know! Ohana-san, the next class is Home Economics!
We can go practice together, OK?
Let's go! All right?
See you, everybody!
I can't believe I'm in the same class as Princess Minko and Yuina, the two most popular girls in school.
I may have already used up my entire life's luck here.
Why I'm sorry for dragging you around like that.
It was hard dealing with everyone like that, right?
They didn't mean any harm, so please forgive them.
She was looking out for me.
Thank you very much.
Yuina-san, you aren't from around here either?
Hm?
Ah, because of the way I talk?
I felt like speaking in a fake Kansai dialect today.
That's kind of...
I mean... that's quite a peculiar thing to do.
You're the granddaughter of the Kissui Inn landlady, right?
I'm a granddaughter too.
Eh?
Wakura Yuina.
I'm the succeeding daughter to the Fukuya Inn!
That famous inn?
Nah, it's just an old inn.
Do you study every day, in preparation for taking over the inn?
No, not really.
My grandmother nags me about it though.
So, you don't plan on becoming the next owner?
It's fine either way, I guess.
So long as I'm having fun, either way is fine.
Yuina-san, you're pretty cool.
Really?
Ah, there's someone like that in Kissui Inn too, right?
A cool person.
At our place?
A cool person?
Who? Jiroumaru-san?
But he's quite a pervert, you know.
No way!
Minchi sure is popular with the boys.
Her shoe locker's always filled with love letters.
Hmm. She is quite pretty.
What did you want to talk to me about?
Oh... Speak of the devil!
Min-
I...
I've always liked you.
So...
I don't like you.
Wow...
Harsh.
Please wait.
Wow, he's not backing down.
T-Then, tell me what type of man you like.
Why do I have to tell you that?
I'm serious about this.
I don't want to give up so easily.
I want to become your ideal man.
So please!
Someone with a sharp tongue,
but is actually really kind.
Someone who always takes the initiative and gives his all at work.
Someone whose hair is about this long. Along with eyes that are a bit slanted and long eyelashes.
She sure is specific.
The person Minchi likes is...
He must be quite the man.
Far from the likes of someone like Tohru-san.
Eh? Um...
Who the hell is this "plateau girl"?
Being confessed to behind the school building? What?!
What's with this bitter-sweet situation?!
I'm sorry!
Yet here I am, surrounded by nothing but work and no men.
Fine then.
I'll take a picture of Minko with her hair done up tight...
...and crush the delusions of those high school boys.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
Aah... What are you doing? You idiot.
Look, skewers require more of a twist.
Like this.
All at once.
Tomoe-san! Get a hold of yourself!
What is it, Ohana-chan?
You seem quite full of yourself.
Let me guess. You...
...have a boyfriend, don't you!
B-But Kou-chan isn't my...
Kou-chan?
Is that a boy's name?!
It is a boy's name, but...
Ah! You're mistaken!
You traitor!
Kou-chan
Sorry I didn't go see you off.
Good luck!!
Kou-chan
I'm doing my best.
Kou-chan,
Kou-chan, how have you been?
It'd be unfair if I wrote to him as if he hadn't confessed.
Delete.
Kou-chan
Regarding those appreciative things you said to me that day... Ever since then, I've been doing great!
Regarding those appreciative things you said to me that day.
Ever since then, I've been doing great!
Delete!
I can't do this!
Ohana-san?
Squat. Stretch.
Bunny hop exercise.
I'm amazed.
There are things that even you have trouble expressing.
That just means I'm stupid.
That's not true.
I'm kind of jealous of your ability to speak your mind.
Eh!?
T-That, what...
Ooh! Eh- Ah- That-
It lives around here.
It's a grey heron.
Is it all right for it to be here?
Shouldn't it be in a zoo or something?
Fukuya
This is it. Ohana-san.
Ah, the notice from the neighbourhood council.
Yes, thank you.
What a grand lobby!
Y-Yeah.
Are you two from Kissui Inn?
Ah...
Yes!
She kind of... scares me.
I'm so glad we came together.
N-Nako-san, this...
I'd be so scared if I came by myself.
Aren't you scared of this?
Do you mind if we stop by somewhere?
S-Sure. I don't min-
I was quite sheltered as a child.
I wanted to change that about myself, so I started working at the inn.
Wow, that's quite a feat.
But, I'm still not quite there yet.
I've always visited the shrine here, to pray to the deity.
Deity?
A little girl who's accompanied by fox spirits.
That's why she keeps losing her way.
A deity getting lost?
Yes.
That's why the Lantern Festival takes place every October.
Lantern Festival...
October.
On the day when all the deities in Japan return to Izumo,
everyone will put up lanterns to show them the path.
Ah...
To make sure the deities do not stray from the path they should take.
The path they should take...
How wonderful...
That sounds like a really wonderful festival, Nakochi!
Nakochi?
Ah, well...
Minko is Minchi, so I thought Nako-san could be Nakochi.
Ah, you don't like it?
That's not it!
I'm really happy to be given a nickname.
R-Really?
I wanted my friends and I to call each other by nicknames,
Tsurugi Minko
Minmi
Minmin
Mimo
Minpo
but I didn't know how to.
Minko-chan...
Min-chan...
Minmin...
Tsurugi Minko
Minmi
Minmin
Mimo
Minpo
Tsurugi Minko
Minchan
M-Minchi-
I-I stuttered!
Minchi... it sounds like minced meat.
It's a nickname for minced meat!
What is it, Nako?
Ah...
Um, about the breakfast for the Mist Room tomorrow...
Heh, that's pretty neat.
No way...
So that's how Minko came up with hobiron.
I wonder if people around here all write down their thoughts.
How prudent.
Eh?
N-Nothing.
Hey, Nakochi... Think of a nickname for me too.
I-I'll try to.
I can't wait!
The aroma of sakura petals is quite a nice touch.
Yes. Tohru made it.
That boy is becoming quite capable.
Well then...
The table settings have all been placed and finished.
OK, then-
Yes? Got it.
Ohana-san, I'll be right back.
Hey! What are you doing?
Here he comes.
Grilled items don't go there.
Ah, I'm sorry.
Don't you see? It'll make the food look bad.
Oh, yeah... How was school?
Eh?
You couldn't make any friends, could you?
Given how inconsiderate you are.
The successor of the Fukuya Inn goes to your school too, right?
Yuina-san?
Even though you're the same age, there's a pretty big difference.
In terms of physical development.
Could you be talking about my upper arm?
Minko-san.
I'll take care of this.
She has other things to do.
Go on, I've got this.
Minko, take this one.
Got it.
She covered for me.
Minko-san is such a nice person.
I wish I could get along with her.
I should start by trying to call her Minchi.
I-I should say something...
Um...
I know.
Girls get along better when they talk about a common enemy.
Um... Minko-san. Thank you very much for earlier.
Ah, geez... Tohru-san is always complaining.
It's like you can even see the evilness in his eyes.
Oh, she reacted.
All right, this is where I use the nickname...
Hey, don't you agree? Minchi-
Eh?
You are seriously... So hobiron!
So hobiron?
Tohru-san never complains.
He may be harsh, but that's because he's looking out for us more than anyone.
He also works harder than anyone.
He's actually...
...kinder than anyone else!
"He may be harsh, but he's actually kind and hard working."
I've heard this somewhere before...
Ahh!!
Could it be that the person Minchi likes is...
Minchi!
What have I done...?
Good night!
Good morning!
Minko-san!
Wait! I'm sorry!
I said something unnecessary again.
About Tohru-san... I...
Hobiron!
Why can't you understand what you're saying right now is unnecessary?
I'm sorry!
Tohru-san.
Eh.
Wha-
Y-Yuina-san?
Let's party!
Let's party?
M-Minko-san!
Episode 4
Grey Heron Rhapsody
I can see my dreams just within reach
yume o miru sukoshi te maede
I wonder what was left behind?
oitekita mono wa nan dake
I don't want to forget, but...
wasurete shimaitaku wa nai kedo
...it's been so long
toki yori gutto
All that's left on the edge of my memory...
kioku no somi ni kabu noha
...are nothing but the faint flowing colors of sepia
fuwari bon yaketa sepia iro
In front of my eyes, on the other side of my present days...
me no mae wo fusagu hibi no mukou
...they are gradually flowing away
sukoshi zutsu tooku
Why am I so short of breath?
daitai nande iki o kirashite
It must be because I'm running
hashitterun darou
I will continue picking up speed...
SPEED agete yuku no
...afraid of stopping
tachi tomaru koto ga kowakute
My heartbeat quickens as you reach it
hayaku naru kodou ni fure
How else can I know you're here?
koko ni iru dou kashikame ka?
The tiny flame deep within my heart..
kokoro no oku no chiisana
...begins to rely on you a little at a time...
kouen ni kimi o sugashita wa
...in anticipation of a world with clear skies...
zutsu mikomu sekai ga hare
...in the boundless tomorrow.
hirogaru yo ashita e
It's amazing when someone falls in love.
He won't be coming.
What do you mean-
I saw it last night.
Kitchen assistant.
Please let me work here!
Episode 5
A Cook's Tearful Romance