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
Tell us a story!
An especially good story!
Your third cup of tea is getting cold!
He always lets his third cup just sit there.
Good morning!
Morning.
Kagarigi Kirika-senpai...
She’s so wonderful!
Today, as I do every day, I’m writing a story.
My very own “Alice” story.
Everything that has happened lately has stirred my creativity.
And it’s spiraled into a runaway chain of events!
Apparently, I have the ability to transcribe the stories in other people’s hearts...
Aruto-kun.
Aruto-kun!
Kagarigi-senpai from the high school section is asking for you.
Kagarigi-senpai, you said?
Yeah.
You mean the genius that was doing graduate school work while she was still in high school?
She’s really popular among the girls. Rumor has it that she even has a fan club!
I wonder why such an amazing person wants to meet me.
So these are the university’s amazing individual research facilities...
T-This is the place, right?
Excuse me!
I’m coming in.
Kagarigi Kirika-senpai?
You came.
You wanted to see me?
Congratulations.
Um, what?
I’ve chosen you to collaborate with me with my research.
A research collaborator?
Kirihara Aruto...
I’ve taken an interest in you.
Onii-chan!
S-Stop that!!
That just cost me a vast amount of data.
Well, would you look at that?
All the fruits of my research instantly went up in smoke.
I-I’m sorry.
Hey.
But you were awfully close to her!
Kiraha!
Sorry.
Apologies won’t bring back my lost data.
How about you assist me with my research, and I overlook this incident?
Yeah.
You don’t seem very excited. What are you worried about?
I’ll be the youngest person in history to win the Nobel Prize.
My name will be written in history books everywhere (or that’s the plan)!
You are able to help me with my research, aren’t you?
If you became my partner, you’d have my deepest gratitude.
Yes, but I don’t understand why you need me for such a prestigious project.
Um...
What is it?
Why are you so particular about using Aruto-kun?
Just what are you researching?
You can’t do it without Aruto-kun, right?
Huh?
I’ll tell you about it, as it involves both of you as well.
Key of Wind, key that unbinds my heart,
permit me to partake in the search for the stories, and unleash the power within!
Kirika-senpai is an Alice Seeker?!
Stop hiding and show yourself!
You planned on taking our stories?!
You don’t have to be so defensive. Can’t you see I’m right in front of you?
I have no intention of fighting you.
For some reason, I become a little girl when I enter this world.
I think it might have something to do with my childhood, but...
How cute!
Stop that!
Um,
you said this had something to do with us?
And that you’d tell us why you have to have Aruto-kun!
No need to be so pushy.
The topic of my research is people whose hearts have been seized by Alice.
In other words, Alice Syndrome.
I’m researching the Alice Seekers.
Kirihara Aruto, you are a particularly interesting and rare case.
That incident surprised me.
Until that day, I had only ever seen girls in this world.
And yet, you showed up.
I’d like to know why.
I’d like to put you under constant observation.
Constant observation?!
Right. Twenty-four hours a day.
T-Twenty-four hours...
Good morning. Just so you know, the clock is over here.
Kirika-senpai just won’t take no for an answer.
You called?
No way, you can’t! Please, reconsider this!
He’s right! You can’t observe a boy 24 hours a day!
Huh? I never said I would be personally watching you the entire day.
Huh?
I don’t have enough time for that.
I-I suppose you’re right.
This will collect my data for me.
Onii-chan, why are you doing this?
That’s right! Kirika-senpai might be an enemy!
Yeah, but we did destroy all of her research data.
That’s true.
Yeah, but...
This will react to anything that interests you.
Anything that interests him...
In other words, things he likes.
Things he likes...
Just as planned. It’s not like I didn’t back it up.
Man, Kiraha always takes such a long time to get ready.
Thanks for waiting!
Isn’t that a little short?
You think so?
Oh, it glowed!
It did not!
Just looking at them broadens the mind, huh?
Oh?
Arisugawa-san!
That was fun!
It was like being absorbed into the world of the paintings.
Those two are getting along really well.
Yeah, you’re right. It really did feel like that.
I’m not going to lose!
Huh?
Kiraha, that’s dangerous!
Onii-chan, hurry up! It’s going to start!
All right!
I’m not going to lose to you, Arisu-chan.
Huh?
We’re battling to determine which one of us my brother likes best!
Battling?
Oh, Kiraha-chan, you really don’t want to let go of Aruto-kun, do you?
It’s delicious!
You know, the cheesecake here is very rich, yet refreshingly light!
It’s good.
It really is good!
K-Kiraha.
Jealousy suits her well. Kiraha-chan is so cute.
Over here! Come on! Look!
Oh, how cute!
Aruto-kun.
So soft and cute!
Isn’t it?
W-What’s the matter?
The battle begins now.
I’m not going to lose!
B-Battle?
It’s the kind of flavored tea I imagined being served at an Alice-themed tea party.
Next!
An Alice postcard!
Next!
An Alice weather vane?
Next!
These are all books about Alice!
Next!
Come on, Onii-chan! Come on, Aruto-kun!
H-H-H-Hey, calm down, you two!
Checking out new and wonderful places is great, but fighting? Not so much.
Blue Mountain.
Mocha.
Which one do you like?!
Umm, did you listen to a word I said?
Which one?!
Why did I get so angry yesterday?
That’s not like me at all.
Creativity...
...derives from our unconscious interactions with objects.
It is the fruit of the imagination, born from stimulation we receive in the world around us.
People experience things through each of the five senses.
When we see things with our eyes,
hear things with our ears,
taste delicious foods with our tongues,
smell delightful fragrances with our noses,
and feel things with our skin.
The time the bracelet reacted the strongest was when...
I see.
So that’s why he can enter Wonderland Space and transcribe the stories.
Kirihara Aruto...
There’s still a lot I want to research about him.
What governs a person’s imagination and sensibility...
Neurons, gyri, hormones... How should I investigate?
Brain waves? Electrodes? CT scans?
You again?
When you gather all the stories and read The Eternal Alice,
you can have any wish granted?!
You’ve been fighting all this time without even knowing that?
I was doing it because I wanted to read the real Eternal Alice.
Me too.
I was doing it for my brother.
Let’s get back to the topic.
After we obtain The Eternal Alice,
your powers will be needed.
My powers?
I know your power is the same as the Alice Seekers’,
but it manifests itself in a different form.
If you were to copy The Eternal Alice
just like you copied the stories in that girl’s heart...
The copy would grant a wish too!
That’s right. Now you know everything.
That’s all.
Um...
I have nothing else to say.
Um, what did the bracelet react the most to?
Can’t you guess? It was when you were the most excited.
Then...
It was when you were writing your story.
I’m still upset that she used Aruto for her experiment!
I’ll never understand what goes on in the minds of geniuses.
I see! So when I’m writing my own Alice story...
We were so mean to you, and yet you’re smiling.
Lots of things happened, but wouldn’t it be great if I really had that power?
Just thinking about it makes me happier.
It’d be nice if I could copy The Eternal Alice and make everyone happy.
Onii-chan, you’re so kind!
“Everyone”? You’d be copying and copying forever!
Yeah.
But!
But?
Since it’s The Eternal Alice, I could never get tired of copying it.
Aruto-kun!
But the story’s just a dream right now.
Tell me a new story!
I’ll tell you how to make one!
But that’s a secret!
Kirihara Aruto’s creative power is stronger than we thought.
Yes.
He’s overflowing with youth and passion.
So, a heart that knows no wrong?
Coming!
I’ve come for a visit.
Kirika-senpai?!
Onii-chan, hide!
You seem a little upset.
My brother isn’t a toy!
Kiraha.
I’m only here to make a customary introduction.
Customary?
I’m moving in across the street.
What?!
Kirihara Aruto. What an amusing research subject.
I’m looking forward to having you around again.
Eh?
W-What do you mean by that?!
What?!
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
Why did you follow us all the way home?!
And everyone else, too!
You ate it all by yourself, didn’t you?!
Look, the pot is already empty!
Actually, she’s rather interesting.
She’s so slender, yet her appetite is so large...
Even Kirika-senpai is here.
Sheesh! Everyone go home!
Go home!
Episode 4