Yup! The sweetness and tartness are tasting good!
I wonder what I should make?
A strawberry tart? Or maybe a shortcake?
I can't decide!
Mama!
Vanilla? Why're you so big all of a sudden?
And wait... Mama?
Mama!
Me?
Is that me?
Mama, you'd better hurry and get the shop ready or customers will start showing up!
The shop?
Pâtisserie Ichigo?
My sweets shop?
I became a pâtissière! My dream came true!
Papa said you needed to hurry and help him.
Papa?
Hurry up, hurry up!
Sure...
Oh... I got married, and together we opened a shop...
Who did I marry?
Papa!
Ichigo!
Vanilla, you shrunk again...
Huh?
My husband...
Husband?
I've got to hurry and make sweets with my husband.
We're not gonna make it before the shop opens.
You awake now?
We're inside the plane.
We left Paris, and are on our way back to Japan.
Oh yeah...
Our two years studying abroad in Paris are over...
Yup! You were smiling in your sleep. What kind of dream were you having?
It was a great dream.
I became a pâtissière and had a shop.
I really hope I can have a future like that.
Let's work hard to make it that way!
Yeah!
I'm in high school starting today.
I'd better keep working hard with Kashino, Hanabusa-kun, and Andoh-kun!
Yup!
Look! We can see Japan!
I'm home, Japan!
What is, what is? What is love?
Could it be starting? Sweet romance.
Popping into my head over and over again.
I keep thinking of you.
When I'm asleep and when I'm awake.
Why am I so obsessed? Endless play.
Because I can't tell anyone
my feelings are on silent mode.
So it's bitter & sweet!
Baby baby! Each time our eyes meet
this pain in my chest keeps getting worse...
I don't understand!
Tell me, tell me! Why do I feel
like the the distance between us is slowly changing?
Help me, help me! There's no turning back.
But where should I be heading to?
What is, what is? What is love?
Start the countdown. Three, two, one!
This is probably it!? Sweet romance!
So heavy...
You've got too much luggage!
And it's all food!
But I wanted to give everyone presents from Paris...
Ichigo-chan!
Rumi-san! Kana-chan! Sayuri-chan! Miki-chan!
Welcome back, Ichigo-chan!
It's really been two years.
I'm back!
Well, look at you! You're all fashionable!
A complete Paris Mademoiselle, you've become.
You think?
Hey, I got everyone presents!
These are the butter cookies everyone raves about.
And this is a pound cake I found in the back streets of Paris!
Some cute macarons, and pretty candy art!
Crème brûlée, glaçage...
And pain d'épices from that famous pâtisserie!
Sorry!
That klutziness...
Ichigo-chan never changes, does she?
Yeah...
Anyway... Kashino and the others flew back first, so the least they could have done was call.
Ichigo-chan...
You don't know yet?
Team Ichigo Breaks Up.
Queen, we have returned.
Ichigo! Aren't you going to pay respects to the Queen?
I'll do it later!
Ow, ow...
Ichigo-chan, are you okay?
What's with leaving all your luggage there?
Sorry.
I just wanted to talk to Kashino and the others right away.
I want to ask them what's going on.
Ichigo-senpai!
Lemon-chan!
Amano Ichigo, who has returned from Paris,
and Yamagishi Lemon, who has transferred from the main campus in Paris.
Now, Yamagishi should be one year below us,
but due to her superior grades at the campus in Paris,
she has gotten permission to skip a grade, and will be joining our class.
I am Yamagishi Lemon. I hope to work well together with everyone!
No one is here... Where did Kashino, Hanabusa-kun, and Andoh-kun go?
Amano.
Amano!
Yes?
Introduce yourself. It's traditional.
Um... I'm Amano Ichigo!
We know!
With these two included, we'll rearrange the groups based on your grades.
A Group: Amano Ichigo.
Right!
Yamagishi Lemon.
Right!
Katou Rumi.
Right!
All righty!
Johnny McBeal.
Johnny?
Sensei. Johnny-kun isn't here.
Again?
Honestly, what's with him?
Continuing, B Group is...
Where did everyone go?
Ichigo-chan.
Andoh-kun, Hanabusa-kun!
Where did you two go?
I've been looking for you.
Caramel? Why are you crying?
Because... Because...
Caramel, this doesn't mean we'll never see each other.
Everyone will just be a bit farther apart.
Apart?
What do you mean?
Today I turned in a notice of leave of absence to St. Marie Academy.
I don't think I'll be coming back here for a little while.
A leave of absence?
But why? You didn't mention anything about that in Paris!
You know my dream, right, Ichigo-chan?
Your dream?
I want to become a coordinator of clothes, food, and interior with my mother's house of flower arrangement.
My dream is to create sweets that fuse western and Japanese tastes,
and start a branch of my family's Yumezuki shop.
So I don't think I'll be coming to school much.
Andoh and I have started to take steps toward fulfilling our dreams.
But...
This is too sudden! Couldn't you wait until after you graduate?
That's the bell. Class is starting, Ichigo-chan.
We'll tell you all the details some other time.
Amano-san, thanks so much for everything.
Goodbye.
Be well...
Why?
Kashino?!
Yo!
What do you mean, "yo"?
What were you doing over there?
And if you were here, why weren't you in class?
That's because I'm a second year now.
Kashino had the best grades during his entire stay at the Paris main campus.
He demonstrated excellence even in areas other than chocolate,
so he was bumped up special to being a second year!
You skipped a year?
Yeah.
Kashino can handle it, unlike a certain someone.
Ichigo worked hard, too!
She studied abroad in Paris for two years!
And did great in the Grand Prix, if you recall!
She was in Paris for two years,
and yet she's still terrible at speaking French! Unbelievable!
Even if she can't speak it, only Ichigo could survive for two years on just hand gestures!
V-Vanilla, let's drop it, okay?
Look. Who. I. Found!
Makoto-kun!
You worked so hard so we could be in the same class, didn't you?
As if!
Amano-san! Makoto-kun and I are now in the same class.
Now there will nothing to get in the way of our love! Hehehe...
What might you be talking about?
It's not like I was ever in l-love with Kashino or anything...
Oh? Looks like you've finally gotten the picture, Amano Ichigo.
Well then, Makoto-kun! Let's go to our classroom of love!
Kashino!
Everyone's split up...
Team Ichigo is no more...
I really put my nose to the grindstone while you were in Paris, Ichigo-chan!
I'm so psyched I get to be in A Group with you!
Yeah.
Rumi-san, who is this other member named Johnny?
Johnny, well...
He's kind of got some problems...
Skipping class? What nerve!
Does he really want to become a pâtissier, I wonder?
Be that as it may, Johnny's got the best grades in our class.
He has a lot of... issues, but his skill at making sweets is the real deal.
He definitely sounds like an interesting fellow. Don't you think, Ichigo-senpai?
Senpai?
What?
Honestly, listen when someone is speaking to you!
My bad...
It's always been us four working together...
I thought we'd stay together and keep doing our best...
I can't believe Team Ichigo would break up so easily...
Welcome! May I take your order?
Sure...
Sayama-san!
Then I'll take one of each!
Hey, Ichigo...
Your allowance will be shot if you eat all of those.
Didn't you say you were going to save some money after buying all those presents?
Whatever! I'll start saving tomorrow!
Well, I guess I'll let it slide today.
Yum!
This cake... That cake... Nothing beats the Salon de mmmm....
Ichigo!
Oh, no! Water! Water!
Who?
A transfer student?
Hey! You 'kay there, baby?
Baby?
Yeah... Thank you a lot.
It hurt a bit, though.
You're going to eat all these by yourself?
Yes? And your point?
Great!
That there's some eatin'!
Doughnuts in the Salon de Marie? That's different.
That's my number one recommendation.
Then...
Thank you for saving me from that dangerous situation!
I am the wind.
I just blow away those evildoers who would threaten the peace of the town.
It's rough and wild, but its heart is filled with kindness...
Like a western cowboy!
Great!
The name of this doughnut is the "Cowboy"!
I made it!
You did?
To be able to grasp the image I was going for in one bite...
Oh, my, God!
I think he might be kind of tiring...
I'm Johnny! And you are?
Johnny?
Johnny McBeal!
Queen of the Sweets Spirits...
I'll be working hard from now on at the Japan campus. Please watch over me...
Ichigo...
Don't worry. I can't be depressed forever.
I'm still in the middle of making my dream come true.
Let's do our best together, Vanilla!
Yeah!
That's the way you should be, Ichigo!
And you got that promise you made with Kashino, too...
W-W-W-W-What are you talking about?
Don't tell me you saw...
You look like you're having fun, as always.
Honey-sama!
Tennouji-san!
When did you come to Japan?
Yesterday.
I came to give my regards to the Chairman.
You cut your hair?
Is that because...
That's rude, you two.
Mari didn't cut her hair because of any lost love, got it?
Oh, that's...
Not what we meant...
Amano-san, you never change.
I'm a bit relieved.
Amano.
Go to this location immediately.
What is it?
It's from Henri-sensei.
Henri-sensei?
I was an apprentice at a pâtisserie in Paris.
But right now I am participating in Henri-sensei's project.
Mari lives in New York now.
I think he'll want to speak to you about this eventually, as well.
I wonder what Henri-sensei's project is?
Whoa! It's like I've come to some future city!
Yeah! There's nothing like this in the Sweets Kingdom.
I wonder if they built it while I was in Paris?
It's completely different from Rainbow Hill station...
Huh?
Why am I floating?
You idiot.
K-Kashino?
Tripping all over the place as usual, I see.
Try watching where you're going.
What? You don't have to treat me like a little kid.
I'm in high school now, too!
It looks like we were called out to the same place.
Yeah...
I think it has something to do with Henri-sensei's project.
What's that?
Tennouji-san mentioned it before.
Tennouji-san's here in Japan?
Yeah. But she left right away.
Anyway, I may not know what Henri-sensei is trying to make us do,
but I'll show him I didn't study for two years in Paris for nothing.
So, Kashino...
What is it?
Did you know we'd all be split up when we returned to Japan?
Yeah...
Why didn't you say anything to me?
I know I'm not the most reliable, and maybe I'm not so good to confide in...
That's not it!
We're friends, but we're also rivals.
Rivals?
You transferred in a complete airhead with zero experience.
But you improved extremely quickly,
and grew by the day.
We think that the reason we won the World Cake Grand Prix
and got to study in Paris was because of you.
Hanabusa and Andoh were both spurred on to pursue their dreams by you.
That's why they didn't wait until graduation,
and headed off to chase their own dreams.
Amano, it was you who pushed them to do it.
M-Me?
Then why didn't they just say so?
They probably wanted to act all cool in front of a girl.
A man's pride, is it?
What's that supposed to mean?
But I didn't do a thing...
Even so, that's the way it is.
What are you doing? Hurry up!
Sure.
Wow!
I wonder when they built this?
It's almost like the Sweets Kingdom!
It is?
It doesn't look like any of the shops are open.
Yeah...
We're here.
Is this really the place?
But it hasn't opened yet...
Yeah. It's just an empty shop like the others.
Pardon us...
Oh, look at this.
There really is nothing here at all!
Sorry! This shop isn't open yet!
Johnny!
Ichigo!
I was just thinking about you, Ichigo!
And then you showed up in person! Wonderful!
I... Uh... Well...
Why, you...
What the hell do you think you're doing?
What am I doing?
I'm saying "hi," duh!
This is Japan!
That's not how we say "hi" in Japan, got it?
Whoa, he's big...
Hey, boy...
You lost?
Where'd your mommy go?
Who the hell are you calling lost?
What's with this guy?
He's Johnny McBeal, and he's in my class in A Group with me.
Johnny, this is Kashino Makoto.
We used to be in the same class, but he skipped a grade and is a second year now.
Really? A second year?
What?
It's nothing.
This guy is pissin' me off...
Hello!
Oh? Ichigo-senpai?
So everyone got a letter from Henri-sensei to gather here.
So, what's the deal?
How should I know?
And hey, get off me!
I see everyone has arrived.
Ms. Sully!
We will now explain Henri's project to everyone, so follow me.
I wonder what kind of project it is calling us out here?
Yeah... He could've just told us at school.
So you're saying this place is important?
Seems like it.
This Marie's Garden is still new.
There are not many people that have visited here.
A few shops have been finished here and there,
but its ability to entice people to come has a long way to go.
I would like to create a great number of new sweets shops here.
I want to create this Marie's Garden, centered around sweets shops!
Centered around sweets shops?
And I would like you four to be in charge of all the shops on the main street.
Wait!
Hold it a second!
This isn't what we talked about, Henri-sensei!
Weren't you supposed to leave this project all to me?
It's true I asked you to help,
but I never said you were the only one, Johnny.
But...
I know you like to do everything yourself,
but no sweets shop only has one employee.
Am I wrong?
We will have everything finished in December.
Please work together, and make a wonderful main street filled with excellent sweets shops!
We're running sweets shops?
Hurry hurry up! Come on, hurry!
Honey honey time! There's oodles of it!
Untie your heart's ribbon, and shooby dooby sweets!
The dream begins.
Sowa sowa sowa, so-waffle wonderful.
1, 2, 3 Ichigo, go, go! Let's go!
With you around my feelings caramelize.
I get up, get going, get psyched.
One step, two step, clear the area in a heartbeat.
Hallelujah, reach them, my love! Heart mark.
In the important times, especially, I give you my love.
The power to believe, my smile is my friend.
Today I recommend the "Home Made Happy"!
Hurry hurry up! Come on, hurry!
Honey honey time! There's oodles of it!
Untie your heart's ribbon, and shooby dooby sweets!
The dream begins.
Sowa sowa sowa, so-waffle wonderful.
1, 2, 3 Ichigo, go, go! Let's go!
Smile-link-smile, spinning miracle beautiful.
What's with this Spirit?
She sure gave us a proper introduction...
She was on her knees!
But when she snaps, she's scary!
Johnny seems a bit henpecked...
Must be quite a lot of trouble being partners with a Spirit like that.
Ichigo, what are you looking like that for?
Amano, don't lose sight of yourself.
Right.
Next time: Johnny and Maize!
Won't you have some of my dream-colored sweets?