There are girls who fight, wagering the stories locked within their hearts.
If you were to read these stories,
you would find that they are part of a greater, incomplete tale said to make any dream come true.
When the power of one’s imagination becomes the power to forge one’s dreams into reality,
the fight to complete the unfinished tale begins.
Take me to your story
Colors are slowly and leisurely brushed
shiro ni egaku rinkakusen
onto an outline drawn in plain white.
fuwari fuwari iro wo nosete yuku
A palette filled with all the colors of the world
sekai iro no e no gubako wa
dwells within everyone's heart.
dare mo ga mune no naka ni motteru
Your prayers for hidden desires
himeta negai inoru kotoba
will join together with your overflowing dreams,
afuredasu yume wo
if you've discovered the key that binds them.
tsunagi awasete yuku kagi wo mitsuketa nara
Spread your wings with a dream-filled heart
omou kokoro tsubasa hiroge
and we can go anywhere, no matter how far away it is.
bokura wa doko made mo tooku e yukeru
The two tales we are weaving
tsumugu futari no monogatari ga
will harness the wind and carry us to the distant eternity.
kaze wo atsumete haruka eien ni todoku
Key Princess Story
Eternal Alice Rondo
Key Princess Story
Eternal Alice Rondo
Original Translation: Froth-Bite Edited by: Zalis
I’m writing a story.
A story I created.
A story I imagined.
Using this quill, which I bought from an antique shop,
I’m writing it down slowly and carefully.
This is my treasure: my own story about Alice.
It’s already this late?
Why are the most beautiful things always the farthest away?
Al-ice?
Alice!
Our eyes met...
Could it be?!
Not only does she really exist, she’s just like I imagined!
And she’s even flying!
Hey, wait!
She’s headed towards the academy?
Where did she go?
There she is!
Wait!
Hey, you!
The library?
She disappeared so fast.
W-What was that just now?
Are you all right?
Who are you? And why are you here?
Now’s my chance!
Wha...
It’s all right.
This won’t harm or kill her.
All I’m going to do is unlock the story hidden inside her heart, so I can read it for a bit.
No...
Stop it...
B-But that’s...
S-Stop...
O hidden door within the heart,
guardian of untold secrets,
With this key in thy lock, I bid thee open,
and reveal the story held within!
Paper came out of her body?!
The story that lies deep inside your heart is wonderful.
Your secrets...
Stop it!
Don’t... read any more!
I’ve taken your part of the story.
Now, I’ll return the rest.
From now on, your story will be recorded here.
S-She disappeared?!
You’re a strange person.
How were you able to enter my pocket dimension?
W-What?
I should be asking the questions here!
Just who or what was your opponent just now?
Who was that girl? No wait, who are you?
Well, I guess it’s all right.
Thanks to you, I was able to take that girl’s story.
Hey, wait!
You shouldn’t stay here much longer either.
Alice...
Onii-chan!
Kiraha!
I was so worried! You disappeared all of a sudden!
Kiraha?
Your hands have gotten cold.
Have you been waiting outside the entire time?
Mom and Dad asked me to look after you while they’re away on business.
That’s why I was worried.
Sorry.
Shall we go home?
Onii-chan, where did you go?
Even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.
Are you keeping secrets from me?! That’s mean!
I don’t really understand it myself.
What happened? Where did you go?!
I went to meet Alice.
Alice?
Alice this! Alice that!
All you ever think about is Alice!
School is boring.
It’s like we’re basically riding an escalator to college.
There isn’t anything interesting or exciting about it.
It’s really back to normal.
Was it... just a dream?
Seeing Alice last night must have been...
What are you reading?
Y-You’re...
Alternate L Takion’s “Alice”?
You like the Alice novels too?
Umm...
Could you be the one from yesterday!?
Do I look that different in a school uniform?
Then it really did happen!
What I still don’t understand is how you were able to enter my Wonderland Space.
W-Wonderland Space?
It’s a pocket dimension that only we Alice Seekers can enter.
I-I really have no idea what a Wonderland Space is,
or who these Alice Seekers are...
Please be quiet in the library.
I’m really sorry, Miss Librarian.
Let’s go outside.
H-Hey!
Sorry!
You should watch where you’re going.
Sorry!
An Alice Seeker?!
Obviously, one should watch where they’re going,
yet it’s so hard to do.
That’s an interesting theme.
It seems all we did was apologize.
I’m sorry!
There is a story locked within the heart of each Alice Seeker.
We fight to take those stories.
Even now, I still don’t really believe what I saw, or that you were able to...
I couldn’t help it.
I had to do it to see The Eternal Alice.
W-Wait a minute.
The Eternal Alice?
Those books you were reading earlier were the “Alice” novels, right?
Did you hear that Takion wrote a third volume after those two there?
Of course I heard!
I looked into a rumor about I heard about during the Alice Mania,
but in the end, I didn’t really find anything out.
Though I did always wonder what a third novel would’ve been like,
if Takion had written one.
I’ve imagined it and I’ve been looking forward to reading it.
I’ve even begun writing my own story about Alice.
You’re writing a story about Alice by yourself?
Well, no, it’s really not that big of a deal.
Besides, what did you mean when you said The Eternal Alice?
Do you mean that the book really does exist?!
It is said that when all the stories that we Alice Seekers have are assembled,
Takion’s last story will be complete.
If Takion’s and everyone’s stories...
I still don’t seem to understand!
Is that so?
You must’ve been able to enter the Wonderland Space because you care so much about Alice.
Otherwise, you never would’ve been able to enter.
Hey, why don’t you help me out?
Huh?
Don’t you also want to read The Eternal Alice?
Of course I want to read it, but why do I have to...
Besides, I don’t have any idea what to do!
But I feel we would work well together.
Okay? Please?!
But...
Onii-chan...
I’m Arisugawa Arisu.
Note: This means her name is Japanese, not the Western “Alice.”
That’s written in hiragana, not katakana.
A-ri-su.
I’m Aruto. Kirihara Aruto.
You’re going to let me read your Alice story sometime, aren’t you?!
What?!
I knew it; she is Alice!
Kiraha-chan...
Huh?
Kisa-chan!
I baked some cookies.
Would you like to come over to my house to eat them?
But I made a promise with my brother...
Is that so...
Onii-chan...
I guess I’ll come over after all!
Really?!
I’m so happy!
You know, I bought that caramel tea you like.
Naturally, I’ve never really asked a girl to come to my room before,
before this one, of course.
And I actually said I’d show her my story about Alice...
Now that I think about it, I couldn’t have been thinking straight.
Why did I say I’d let her read it?
But it feels like I could talk to Arisugawa-san about anything.
Onii-chan, are you ready?
Kiraha!
What’s wrong? You seem flustered.
It’s nothing.
Anyway, what am I supposed to be ready for?
Onii-chan, you didn’t forget, did you?
You promised to go shopping with me today!
I’m sorry, Kiraha. Someone important is coming over today.
Someone... important?!
I promise I’ll make it up to you later.
Let’s see...
This is Arisugawa Arisu-san.
Alice?
That’s written in hiragana, not katakana.
Arisugawa-san is also a big fan of Alice.
Oh?
T-This cheesecake is really good! Why don’t you...
I hate cheesecake!
W-What are you saying? Kiraha, you love cheesecake!
I’ll take some, then!
This is great!
Onii-chan...
I hate you and the Alice novels too!
It seems I’ve come at a bad time...
I’m sorry. Kiraha gets easily angered over the silliest things.
Over the silliest things?!
I was looking forward to going shopping with you!
You promised me first!
I really should get going.
Arisugawa-san!
And I finally met someone who knew so much about Alice...
A Wonderland Space...
Just who could it be?
Key of Mirrors, the key that will unbind my heart,
grant me the privilege to partake in the search for the stories
by unleashing the power within!
Arisugawa-san...
transformed?!
You’re...
You underestimated me!
I noticed that you were an Alice Seeker right away!
Kiraha!
Onii-chan?!
Why are you here?
Why am I here? Why are you here?
Only Alice Seekers should be able to come here!
It seems Kiraha-chan has been keeping more secrets from you than you thought.
Arisugawa-san!
Those who set foot in this world have only one motive: to take their opponent’s story!
You brought my brother into this world, didn’t you?!
I’ll make you pay for that!
Stop this, you two!
You want to read the Alice stories too, don’t you?
You really are Aruto-kun’s little sister.
I hate everything about the Alice stories!
I have no desire to read them!
Then why?
Isn’t it obvious?! It’s so obvious!
S-She’s strong!
Arisugawa-san!
Aruto-kun...
He protected me?!
Please hurry and get off me.
I’m sorry!
Kira-ha?
Onii-chan!
No!
Help me!
Stop it, Arisugawa-san!
Either you take from others, or they take from you. That’s how this world works!
Don’t you want to read The Eternal Alice?
If so, we have to take those pages from her!
Help me, Onii-chan!
I could have lost my story too!
She doesn’t care half as much as we do about it!
O hidden door within the heart,
guardian of untold secrets,
with this key in they lock, I bid thee open,
And reveal the story held within!
Nooo!! Onii-chan!
Stop it!
Kiraha!
Kiraha, are you all right?
Onii-chan...
Why did you do this?
I wanted to make you happy.
I thought I’d find The Eternal Alice and surprise you!
Kiraha...
I’m sorry, Kiraha.
Kiraha-chan, I don’t really want to fight you.
Since he cares about his baby sister, it’s only natural that he’d protect you.
Arisugawa-san?
So why don’t you help us? The three of us can search for the stories together!
I’m sorry Arisugawa-san, but this is it for me.
Since I’ve put Kiraha in this much danger, I can’t...
I’ll do it! Let’s do it together!
Huh?
The stories I took from the other girls were important to them,
so I can’t let them go to waste.
K-Kiraha?
And it’s not like Aruto will give up on reading the book, anyway.
That doesn’t matter anymore...
It does too matter! So I’ll do my best for your sake.
I have no intention of letting you do this alone.
That sounds promising. Let’s do our best.
You can count on me!
H-Hey... What’s going on?
Would you like some sugar?
Sugar, which disappears just like the melting snow.
Disappears?
You don’t have to hold back those sweet and happy feelings of yours.
Keep it to yourselves, you two.
I no longer desire to have a tea party.
You will please me this time, won’t you, Lidell?
I will not disappoint you.
Before I smell the scent of my rose-scented memories, I feel the prickling of their thorns.
kioku baraen kaori no mae de chiku chiku to
I stab myself, and see the mysteries of the past in the many falling drops.
watashi wo sashite suuteki ochita kako no nazo wo mite
Love me until I fade and wither away to nothing.
iro aseru made, kuchihateru made koi ni shite
It would be cruel if my petals fell, but cruelty is not all bad.
chiru nara zankoku, zankoku ga ii no
Let's have some fun unraveling my unchanging heart.
kawaranai kokoro toite asobimashou
Is the temptation of betrayal is a poison, or a pleasure?
uragiri no yuuwaku wa doku kairaku
I am not lost, oh wait I am, but love me anyway!
mayowanai mayou mayoinagara mo aishite
You cannot get away from me.
anata wa nigedasu koto nado dekinai
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
yamete, yamete, yamete
Even though I enjoyed its beauty in the moment it vanished,
kirei da wa, kieteku shunkan ga suki demo
the fate of this dream is still undecided...
kimetenai no kono yume no unmei wa...
Next Time
This is the puffy face Kiraha makes when she’s angry and being stubborn.
This is the face she makes when her smile is like a pansy.
When something is bothering her. When she’s sad. When she’s embarrassed.
An indirect kiss with Kiraha-chan!
How exhilarating!
I’m delighted to have had such a pleasant experience.
Episode 2