Our guest today is the hip and happening
ultra-miracle super idol, Ieyasu-chan!
You're rather popular, aren't you?
Thank you.
You've been doing all kinds of things this year, haven't you?
Yellow Ribbon Awards Ceremony
You won the Yellow Ribbon prize for Best New Actress,
and both your singles and albums have sold over
a million copies, earning you a gold disc.
You even sold-out a concert at the Pablo Dome!
You really have had a busy year!
And now you're going to be the heroine of a hit new prime time series!
You're truly the queen of idols!
Kusamoe Yuru
Kusamoe Yuru Sugimura Tatsuya-sama
Come in.
Excuse me.
Good morning, Sugimura-san.
Good morning, I'm Ieyasu!
Hello, Ieyasu-chan.
You're really popular, aren't you?
Stop that, Ieyasu.
We're honored, Sugimura-san.
I thought you could give her a few pointers.
Come on, Ieyasu.
I look forward to working with you!
I'm glad to be your co-star, as well.
Let's do this.
Goodbye.
I'm glad he seemed nice.
Don't be so relaxed.
He's a big actor,
but you need to try and be even bigger.
That's impossible.
It's not.
Kusamoe Yuru Tokugawa Ieyasu-sama
What? Is something wrong?
When's my next vacation?
Vacation?
Not for a while, of course.
This is an important time.
If you let your guard down here,
you won't be on top for long.
But... I think I'm running low on juice.
I want to recharge.
Switch to solar.
My last manager said
I needed time to look at what I'm doing.
How stupid.
That's not true.
Your job is to have other people look at you.
Don't forget that.
I'm going to go say hello to the producer.
You should head over to the studio.
Am I really okay like this?
Kusamoe Yuru Tokugawa Ieyasu-sama
Excuse me.
I'm here to empty the trash.
Is there anybody here?
What are you doing?
Ieyasu-chan?
Are you a janitor?
Yes.
I am.
Hey, that's...
Um, well...
What was that?
I can't believe that's how
I finally got to meet Ieyasu-chan!
Did she see my face?
Will she remember it?
I-I'm sorry.
Are you okay?
I'm sorry!
Hey, you there!
I'm with the police.
Did you see a woman come this way?
Hey, she went this way!
Give it to me.
Give me what you had.
Um...
At least let me say in my defense
that I wasn't going to do anything bad with it.
That wasn't my intention at all.
Then what were you doing?
Um, I can't expect you to believe me.
But I'm a big fan of yours.
And so...
I'm really sorry!
I feel really bad.
Then you don't have to sneak around like this.
Got a second?
There you go.
I may have signed your back, but cheer for me head on!
Okay! I'll always be a fan of yours!
Do your best!
Always do my best, huh?
Ieyasu-chan?
No, it's nothing.
Ieyasu-chan!
Sorry, they modified the lines a little.
Right, I'm on my way.
Keep cheering me on, okay?
R-Right!
She was just as I imagined she would be.
Oh no, she took my camera...
Huh?
Is this?
Hand it over.
The boss says if you hand it over,
he'll pretend the whole thing never happened.
He's lying.
He's not that kind of person.
You know that.
This is the last time I'll ask.
Give it to me, now.
I have to delete the data and give it back.
Yes?
Looks like they're postponing the shoot for a while.
What for?
Waiting for Sugimura-san, they said.
He's a big shot, after all.
I see.
I'll be out for a while;
call me if you need anything.
Okay.
Oh, right.
We got a demo track of your new song. Give it a listen.
You don't get many breaks.
Don't squander them.
Okay.
Make sure you listen and practice it.
Jeez, I was just about to start!
Um...
You again?
Do you have a second?
What?
I want to see what's on that camera.
You still haven't learned your lesson?
No, that's not it.
I don't understand.
Just leave already!
It's not like that.
You see, the video on that thing...
Somebody call an ambulance!
Oh, no!
That red dress...
I took care of her.
Where's the camera?
Well... you see...
Find it!
I heard a woman fell off the roof!
Suicide?
No, they say maybe murder.
That's her.
This woman ran into me earlier.
Is she the one who fell?
This video is my accusation
against the actor Sugimura Tatsuya.
The man you know as a famous actor is nothing more
than a mask to hide his true identity.
His real identity is that of a syndicate boss.
He secretly runs an organization
dedicated to drugs and weapons smuggling.
I can't believe she's talking about Sugimura-san...
Then that...
That detective was a fake?
Which means...
Oh, no!
What's wrong?
This is the only exit from this room, right?
Yeah.
Even if they come,
you can tell them you don't know anything, right?
You won a Yellow Ribbon,
so that level of acting should be easy for you, shouldn't it?
What do you mean?
I'm going to give this to the police.
Then I'll go with you.
No, it's dangerous.
And I don't want to get my idol involved.
Your idol...
Take me with you!
I can't do that.
Let's check the next one.
I really think you should stay.
Take me!
No...
I want to go, no matter what!
Get on!
Height Limit 2.4M
That's as far as you go.
I knew you had it.
Give it to me.
Fine.
But she doesn't have anything to do with this.
I do.
I saw the video.
Ieyasu-chan!
Just give it to me.
And if I refuse?
I pull this out.
I can't go on!
I don't mind dying if it's with you...
Actually, I'd be honored if that was my fate.
Come to think of it, I never got your name.
Kaoru. Taniyama Kaoru.
Kaoru-kun...
Humans aren't just slaves to fate.
Sometimes you can master your fate, and control it!
Shakespeare said it.
Am I dead now?
It was a short life...
What a relief...
Who was it who said they'd gladly accept their fate?
That's right.
What's right?
Chosen people like you were born with something special.
Not just your talent as an idol.
You seem like you're lucky in everything.
Anything you want is yours for the taking...
I'm jealous.
Do you think so?
Lately, no matter what I've done, I haven't enjoyed it.
It's just no fun anymore.
Maybe that's why I followed you.
I'm starting to think that the spotlight isn't
the only place for me.
That there must be somewhere else for me to be.
Are you disappointed?
You look up to me, after all.
No, well...
Important evidence?
All right. I'll call the detective, right away.
Oh, are you...
Chief!
Are you Ieyasu-chan?
Could you tell?
Justice
I see.
I'll make sure this gets to the prosecutors.
And I'll make sure you're kept safe.
Thank you.
By the way, are you hungry?
A little.
Just give me a second.
We're safe now.
Yeah.
Manager
It's my manager!
Your TV shoot!
I wonder if she's mad.
You should hurry back.
Yeah.
I'll tell the chief.
No way.
They're working together?
Damn it!
And I was going to give you a last meal, too.
Aren't you ashamed, working with people like that?!
Not at all.
Your naïve sense of justice has no place here.
Ieyasu-chan.
The role you're about to play
will be much more entertaining than the drama
we were slated to co-star in.
At the end of this story,
the Queen of Idols, overcome by the pressures of her fame,
jumps off the roof with a fan she happened to be with.
It's the end of her life,
both as an idol and a person.
I've never...
I've never wanted to avoid death so badly before.
Nothing I've done thus far has ever worked,
or ever kept going,
but I feel like I can do anything if I try hard enough.
You just now realized, kid?
Too bad.
It's too late.
It's not too late.
Manager!
Interpol has kept a close eye on you, Sugimura Tatsuya.
An undercover investigation?
That's right.
What will you do now?
Live as hard as I can.
I might lose hope again,
but I'll try my best to find something I want to do.
I know you'll find it.
Maybe I will, too.
Maybe I'll try
being a normal girl, not the person I am now.
Why don't you just do what you want?
I think you should live your own life.
I'll always be your fan.
Yeah!
Take care.
You, too.
Actually, take me, too!
Okay!
Cut!
Ieyasu-chan!
Good work.
That's a wrap.
Thank you!
Have you ever wanted to stop being an idol,
like the heroine in the movie?
Why do you ask?
Because you've achieved your goal
of becoming a top idol, right?
Nope, not yet.
Like, let's say I'm at the top of Mt. Fuji right now, okay?
But Mt. Fuji isn't the only mountain.
There's Everest and Aconcagua!
And once I've climbed all the mountains on Earth,
I'm off to space!
I'm going to keep on doing my best!
That's good to hear.
Because I said I'd do it.
I said I'd keep on being a top idol.
I'm here on Broadway.
Tonight is the first public performance
of the famous former idol, Rosary-san.
It's big news even here in new York.
The person who makes the most people happy
is the one who does the best for themselves.
So I just have to follow my own path.
That's right!
Next, it's my turn:
The Martial Princess, Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Next time on Sengoku Collection:
"Martial Princess."
Just so we're clear,
I'm not trying to reel you in, okay?