The clouds drew the line of the horizon,
chiheisen wo nazoru you ni
Connecting the sky and the stars,
sora to hoshi wo tsunaideiru kumoga
They surrounded the town where I live,
boku no sumu kono machi wo gururi to kakotta
In such a fantastic afternoon,
yumeutsutsu no hirusagari ni
We'll cut through those cotton candies,
watagashi mitai na sore wo chigiri
Through the tiny holes, on the other side,
kasuka ni hiraita ana no mukouga wa
If you turn your eyes away,
me wo soraseba
You'll find the hidden way to summer
chiisana natsu no iriguchi ga hora
In the ocean of singing cicadas,
sosogu semishigure
We chased after a different beetle,
oikakete takabutomushi
Melted ice candy and the memory I try to bring back,
toketa ice candy, maki modoru kioku
It probably won't ever happen again,
nido to modoru koto wa nai
But it won't fade either.
demo kienai moyou
Don't add too much water to the sharpening stone.
Okay.
70% of it in the front, 30% in the back.
Okay.
Good work everyone!
Yeah.
The request from the customers in the Crane room has changed from the Plum course to the Bamboo course.
Got it.
Oh, Ren-san.
The customer staying in the Wisteria room said that his meal was superb.
Is that so?
Oh, and...
That shaved line in your eyebrow looks wonderful today!
N-Now, if you'll excuse me...
Nako's... changed a bit lately, hasn't she?
You think so?
How should I put it? She seems more assertive.
You're paying plenty of attention to her, aren't you?
I'll get it.
Kitchen.
You have something for Minko?
Minko, it's Ohana.
I'm too occupied.
She says she can't talk right now.
Oh...
I don't really know, but you shouldn't say that.
What the heck?
You were the one who said it!
Therefore,
for our booth at the 20th Kourin Festival next week,
we've decided to do a Princess Café!
Certainly, if we had to list the special characteristics of our class, it's our two princesses.
The selected plan is best for exploiting such an advantage.
And now, I give you the leader of the service team...
Princess Wakura Yuina!
Thank you, thank you.
And, as expected, the leader of our cooking team will be...
...Princess Tsurugi Minko!
Hey!
Don't just decide that on your own!
Tsurugi-san.
Let's bonboru together!
Ooh, the warm bond between two princesses.
It's so wonderful!
All the guys will be in charge of everything else.
Are you still in a bad mood, Minchi?
Shut it.
Hey, Team Kissui Inn!
I'll be fine from here.
Let's go home together!
The culture festival is a pretty lively event here.
I'm impressed!
The only idiots that make such a fuss are from our class.
Things were different at your previous school?
Well, not that different.
I guess our generation just isn't into it.
What's that supposed to mean?
Well, I suppose our class is a bit overexcited.
Of course, everything about it screams youth!
Yeah, right.
Minchi, you even accepted the role of cooking team leader.
I didn't exactly choose it.
Is that so?
Everyone just pushed me into it.
Get on board already!
This is a one time thing, so let's make it a fun time together!
Hey, even Ohana's looking forward to it.
I won't play to such expectations.
What?
By the way, Yuina-san, I was worried that you might say no.
Why?
Well, you were saying earlier that you didn't like serving customers.
It's not really work, so it's fine!
And it kinda seemed like everyone was relying on me.
Which, by the way, show that I'm someone who can take a hint.
Let's do our best!
People usually tell me that I can't take a hint.
Oops, I meant, "Let's bonboru"!
Yep, I know.
You don't have to be so blunt.
A culture festival, huh?
So, it starts on Sunday, and you'll be preparing all of Friday and Saturday?
I think it'll be pretty hard to have you both gone on Saturday.
Well, since this is my first culture festival here, I'd like to...
I don't really mind working...
You can both go.
Landlady...
Is it really all right?
Of course it is.
You should participate in your school events fully.
However, I'll be asking you to work extra hard the rest of the time.
Of course!
This is great, isn't it, Nakochi?
Huh? Yeah.
Oh, we have to go tell Minchi! Come on!
She sure looks happy.
But Nako certainly didn't.
Hello, Kissui Inn.
Ah, Kutani Oil!
It's always a pleasure working with you.
Ah, Mr. Be...
I mean, Sukegawa, correct?
One moment, please.
If you're looking for Denroku, he left with his son a while ago.
I'm terribly sorry, Sukegawa is out at the mome-
His son?!
A culture festival?
You know anything about this, Ren-san?
No.
I'm sorry!
I hadn't decided if I would be participating.
I don't mind.
You're a student, so you should enjoy yourself.
Congrats.
Sunday, huh?
But...
Maybe I should go.
Oh, I was only saying that we happen not have much to do on Sunday,
and I have some free time.
Oh, then... if you'd like, you should come see our class' café.
We're class 2-A.
Sure, if I feel like it.
I think Minchi is finally getting excited to participate.
She sure is.
That's it!
What is?
The title for my next work.
High School Girls: The Night Before the Burning Culture Festival.
This one will be a masterpiece!
Will it be a hot-blooded action novel?
Not at all.
The "burning" is referring to the flames of love, of course.
What? That's weird!
The "burning" makes me think of a campfire.
That's it!
Burning: A Campfire with High School Girls!
What do you think?
Yeah, it still sounds like an action novel to me.
Well then, let's try...
Campfires and High School Girls: Getting Wet.
But doesn't that mean the campfire would get put out?
Ah, dammit!
Jiroumaru-san... please do some work.
Oh, yeah...
What's your class doing, Nakochi?
Wow, so you're on the culture festival committee!
Amazing! That's so aggressive, Nakochi!
Not really... I'm really bad at being straightforward.
You'll have everyone helping you!
Yeah...
What's your group doing? A food stand?
An art display.
There's a girl in our class who's part of the fine arts club.
Some of her work is even displayed outside of the school.
So we started talking about doing an art display built around her work.
That's wonderful! I'll definitely come see it.
Thanks.
It's so wonderful to see an entire class get together and make something happen.
It makes me feel so refreshed!
The culture festival is going to be a blast! Right, Nakochi?
Yep.
And Nakochi's class is doing an art display.
I see.
I wonder what kind of art it will be.
Will you come see it with me, Minchi?
Hm...
Let's go!
Culture Festival, Menu.
Boiled item.
Grilled item,
preferably fish.
Tempura.
something with beef.
Meat item,
Something in a bowl.
Sure...
And so I, Tsurugi Minko, will be taking the responsibility of leading the cooking team.
I look forward to working with all of you.
Even though it's a school event, I would like to serve food to our customers that is of unquestionable quality.
Let's all do our best.
Yeah!
She's acting completely different than she was yesterday.
Did something happen?
Well, I'm not sure anything "happened".
Anyway, as long as she's fired up for it, that's good.
Hey you girls! We can't let ourselves be left behind!
Since we're going to be waitresses, wouldn't it be nice if we all have cute uniforms?
I wonder if we'd be able to manage that on such short notice; it would take money too.
Me!
Tadaa!
This is an old uniform from the waitresses at Kissui Inn.
I asked the landlady and she said we could use them!
Oh, that's right. You showed me some of them when we were filming the movie, didn't you?
Yeah!
We took the opportunity to air them out, so they're clean and smell as good as new.
There are a lot of them, so I'll bring more to show everyone!
Yay!
Huh? We can't do anything that requires grilling?
It's not that we can't... everyone's worried it will be too much trouble...
We're not allowed to use gas in the classrooms.
We could do it in the home economics room, but that's pretty far from here.
Ah, I guess we can leave it out then...
Fish smells pretty strong too, so we might even end up bothering the other classes.
I see...
So we'll prepare food using a hot plate or a microwave.
Oh, and a rice cooker, right?
We'd be able to make omelette rice, wouldn't we?
I vote for that!
We could write messages on it in ketchup too.
That's so cliché; it would be embarrassing.
That's what makes it so good!
Right?
Really?
194cm
Thanks.
I'm sorry, Mizuno-san.
Even though it was something we all decided as a class...
That things turned out like this...
I don't mind.
As committee members, you also had this thrust upon you.
I...
Can I ask you to measure here too?
Oh, sorry!
Nako.
Nako!
Oh... sorry.
C'mon, read it to me!
After hearing that, the mother pillbug...
Princess
Bath
Women
Omelette Rice
Let's party.
Good morning... let's bonboru...
Check...
...me...
...out!
Morning...
Morning.
Ren-san.
Do you mind if I go out for a bit in the afternoon next Sunday?
No problem.
Thank you.
Yes!
Hey, Minko. Is that burning?
Huh?
Ah! Sorry...
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Will you two be back late tonight?
Yes. The main event is only two days from now,
So we'll be preparing after school.
I wouldn't really mind having to work...
No, no.
The Landlady will just call the union for some extra help.
A culture festival, huh?
The entire class in unity.
That's what youth is all about!
Yes! Exactly!
Oh, I bet your Tokyo boyfriend is going to come see you there.
N-No...
I'm a Shijima woman.
I don't have a boyfriend and I don't intend on getting one.
What's that?
That seems a bit different than what you were telling me before.
Not at all!
Ohana-chan... your surname is "Matsumae", not "Shijima".
They're late...
Ohana-chan! Over here!
Ohana-chan! I want to order something!
Coming!
Ah, it's so busy!
Kou-chan!
Wow, you became a maid!
Yes,
I wanted to bonboru with you!
Yay, let's bonboru together!
Yep!
Ohana-chan...
Ohana-chan!
We're almost there.
What was that just now...
What's a dream like that supposed to mean?
I can't think like this,
Shijima women live through their work!
Gotta give it my all.
Yeah, let's do our best for the culture festival.
No matter what the task, once I've agreed to it, it becomes work,
so I'll make sure it's done well.
I bet.
This is all of them?
My dad said he'd bring the rest of them by car tomorrow.
Now that I think about it, this is the first time I've seen your paintings.
I see.
One of my co-workers at Kissui Inn said that she'd come to see them.
I see.
Um...
Eh...
Wow, it's really great, Mizuno-san.
Oshimizu-san...
You're holding it upside down.
Sorry!
No Boys Allowed.
No peeking either!
Telling us not to
look makes us
want to do it more!
This is the menu.
We'll be going out to get ingredients tomorrow morning.
Jibuni, a dish that uses Noto beef and mackerel miso as a base.
Amazing, this looks more like a traditional restaurant than a café!
What? Where's the omelette rice?
We're not making it.
What?
Yuina-san, that fits you marvellously!
Really? Tell me more!
Your beauty is practically a crime!
Keep it coming!
You're the soul of Japanese beauty!
What's that all about?
I'll bring some for everyone else tomorrow.
Yay!
Let's take a short break, then move on to serving practice.
All right!
Let's hear it for our coach, the super waitress,
Matsumae Ohana-chan of Kissui Inn!
Super...
Why aren't we making omelette rice?
Uh, I'd like to move on to deciding who's in charge of ingredients.
We told you to add the rice omelettes!
Yeah!
There sure is a high demand for it...
Listen to me...
Tell us why!
Let's go have our break.
Wonderful, so we'll be seeing you tomorrow.
Thank you very much.
No problems?
Nope.
They said they'd be here in the morning.
Thank goodness, we're saved!
Culture festivals, eh?
Sure brings back memories.
I was part of the film club back in college.
We held screenings during the festivals.
Wow.
Come to think of it, I met Takako at one of those screenings.
Takako?
Oh, I'm not supposed to call her that in public...
Even though, I know how important keeping your public and private life separate is...
It just popped out.
I see...
Ah, did you have a favourite food that you always got at culture festivals, Tomoe-san?
I didn't really...
Though I seem to remember Takako saying she liked takoyaki the best.
A bit strange, don't you think?
Right?
I'm going back to work...
Anyway, at the screening, Takako...
Ooh, I'm still calling her that!
What's up? Where's everyone going?
Just going to wash our hands.
Yuina-san?
What are you doing?
Shh, Ohana-chan!
There's a terrible aura lingering in there...
But we HAVE to serve omelette rice!
I'm telling you, we're not doing it.
Huh? They're still going on about the omelette rice?
I said yesterday that I would make the decisions after hearing everyone's opinions.
But... Kirito-kun really likes omelette rice...
I really wanted to make it for him...
Huh? I have no idea what you're talking about.
Tsurugi-san, that was cruel.
Yuki-chan's liked him since middle school!
What?
I've liked him all this time... but...
You rejected Kirito-kun during our last field trip, didn't you?
What does that have to do with this?
Yuki-chan's been holding it in this whole time!
I wonder what she's been holding in...
That'd take a while to explain...
It was my understanding that we were discussing the menu.
Why the heck are we talking about who likes who?
Uh oh...
I took the omelette rice off because we can't make it well enough with the equipment we have.
Do you get it?
I don't make decisions based on my emotions, like you do.
But...
Mixing love and work is a terrible idea.
Once you've made a decision,
letting your feelings for someone effect your work is unthinkable.
Yuki-chan!
Wait!
You're the one who's terrible!
Sorry...
But I think of the culture festival the same way I do about work.
We'll leave things here for today.
Uh... who's going to be in charge of shopping?
There are a lot of other preparations to consider...
I'll do it all myself.
Bye.
Minchi...
Their class seems to all be working hard together toward the same goal!
Wow...
The exact opposite of our class.
Could you hand me the next one?
Here.
Thanks.
This one is easy to interpret... maybe I should put it at the entrance.
It is?
Yeah.
Oh.
Oshimizu-san, would you mind giving this one a title?
I really like this picture, but I haven't thought of a title yet.
Sign: Capture this moment of youth!
Ah!
Princess Minko, take a look!
Princess
Café
We're almost finished!
Café
Princess
Café
Princess
Huh?
M...
Mu...
Muddled...
Episode 19
Muddled Rice Omelette
...Omelette Rice...?
Blue, yellow, purple, red
We sigh for so many things,
tameiki no iroiro ha
I can't describe the memory that I share with you,
anata ga oshiete kureta, kotoba ni narana i omoi
I'll always remember it,
nando mo nando mo omoidasu
The wind that takes me away and the shiny prism,
kaze no manimani wo tokagayaku prism
I might be confused, but I'll still be calm,
tomadoi ne, nara mo sota
I'll try to reach out my hands,
te wo nobashite miru
To touch the unseen sky,
mada minu sora
And go beyond it,
sono saki e to
The flower will blossom one day.
itsuka hana saku darou
Why omelette rice?
The kitchen on the other side of the counter...
Hey, I decided to come.
As a kid, it was like an entire world of magic...
It's lit!
Episode 20
Kourin Festival
Whoa!