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
Arisugawa-san!
Arisu-chan?!
What are you planning to do with her?!
Welcome to the final stage.
Arisu-chan!
Kiraha-chan, let me try!
It’s no use!
Flowing water? Or are they tears?
Is Arisu-chan the one crying? Or could it be all of them?
Onii-chan, give us a hand too!
Arisu-chan...
I’ll save you, so...
It’s no use.
The Alice Master!
That seal cannot be removed by force.
Are you the one who did this?!
If you assemble all the pieces of The Eternal Alice and hand them to me,
I will release Arisu immediately.
Why are you doing this?!
You’re the one who said you wanted to complete The Eternal Alice and have it published, right?!
That’s the reason we worked so hard to advance your goals!
Why do you need to do this sort of thing?!
Publish?
I was never interested in doing that from the beginning.
Then, why?!
Otherwise, you wouldn’t have assembled all of the story pieces.
You mean, you tricked us?!
It is just as you think. You have done well.
The last one remaining is Arisugawa Arisu.
That’s exactly how we thought it would be.
If we took all of the stories collected by Arisu,
it would be a simple matter to complete The Eternal Alice.
But we never imagined that Arisu would will herself to disappear.
And if we don’t collect the stories from Arisu,
we will not be able to complete The Eternal Alice.
That is the reason why we sealed her before she faded from existence.
That’s why you did something this cruel?!
If we hadn’t intervened, Arisu would’ve been gone forever.
Don’t you think you should be grateful to Liddell?
Like I said, if you complete The Eternal Alice for me,
I’ll restore everything to normal.
Well, what are you waiting for?
In order to do that, we need to decide who’ll win and move on: Kisa-chan or me.
But how could I fight Kisa-chan...?
Kiraha-chan...
If we complete...
If we complete the story, everything will be fine, right?
Kisa-chan?!
If we do that, then Arisu-chan will go back to normal, right?
You’re not trying to trick us?
Whether you believe it or not, you two have no choice but to fight.
Kisa-chan?!
How interesting.
Since we’ve come this far, this is the only thing we can do!
Kisa-chan! Stop this!
Only one of us can remain in the end.
We’ve known that all along!
But I don’t want to fight you!
That’s the cute Kiraha-chan that I love so much.
But I really want my beloved Kiraha-chan’s story!
If Kisa-chan really feels that way...
I can hear Kiraha-chan’s voice.
If I keep this up, she’ll have a reason to fight!
Kiraha-chan...
Don’t do it!
Is this to make me fight you all out?
So you’re finally going to get serious now?
I can’t just leave my brother and Arisu-chan here like this.
I will be the one to stay.
Kisa-chan!
So I see. What a beautiful story.
Don’t!
Don’t take the key out!
Kisa-chan, you lost intentionally?!
Yes; if I hadn’t, you wouldn’t have been able to take my story.
In all honesty, I don’t want to leave you behind in a place like this.
I want to be with you forever.
I want to protect you!
But this is the only way I can save Arisu-chan!
Besides, you have Aruto-senpai here.
Aruto-senpai, this is no time to be standing around dazed.
I’m leaving Kiraha-chan in your hands!
Kiraha-chan, hurry up and take my story!
I don’t want to, Kisa-chan!
It’s all right. It’s not like my story will disappear forever!
Aruto-senpai will transcribe it for me!
Besides,
I’m truly happy that the one taking my secret story,
the story that’s more precious to me than anything, is you.
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!
Onii-chan, hurry!
Transcribe Kisa-chan’s story!
I can’t do that.
What?! Why not?!
It’s no use. It’s impossible for me.
You broke another one? Stand back. I’ll clean it up.
Ouch!
Mama?
Really, you’re so clumsy!
Being underwater is the only place where I can avoid everyone.
I want to stay here forever, in a world where no one else exists.
I wouldn’t mind being all alone.
Who’s that?
She’s so warm.
Is that smile of hers directed at me?
It’s as if she’s saying I’m permitted to be alive.
So this is the story that you value more than anything, Kisa-chan?
It’s a precious memory I have of you.
That is my story.
So now you need to save Arisu-chan,
but you have to come back and see me again.
Onii-chan, hurry!
It’s no use. I can’t write stories anymore!
Kiraha-chan...
Kisa-chan!
Onii-chan, what are you doing?!
Kisa-chan’s story – her memories are fading away!
I have faith in you.
Kiraha-chan, I’m sure you can do anything!
Kisa-chan’s story...
How cruel...
Onii-chan, you’re only thinking of yourself!
Kisa-chan put her story on the line so she could save Arisu-chan!
I don’t know why, but I can’t do it!
Take a good look!
Don’t you want to save Arisu?!
It’s all your fault that she ended up like this!
Pull yourself together!
You’re pathetic!
The brother I love isn’t like this!
Were the times that you spent with Arisu-chan,
and all the memories you both shared,
all just a lie?!
My memories with Arisugawa-san...
What’s wrong? Something on your mind?
What’re you thinking about?
He’s probably daydreaming.
Since he possesses so much creativity,
it seems he can’t distinguish between dreams and reality.
That’s right. Everything was just a dream!
This is the true reality.
You must be hungry.
I made your favorite: crossberry jam!
Crossberry jam?!
You really like it, don’t you?
Well,
I’m not really...
Eat a lot, okay?
I spent several days picking the berries just for you!
See, isn’t it pretty?
Kiraha?
This is...
This is the place I went to before with Arisugawa-san!
It wasn’t a lie.
I’m sure Arisugawa-san was really here back then!
I want to see her.
I want to see Arisugawa-san!
Aruto-kun!
Arisugawa-san!
Aruto-kun, I’ll get you out of there right away!
Arisugawa-san, I knew it! You are real!
You really are alive!
What’s the matter?
I can’t save you if you don’t let go of my hands.
I just had the most horrible dream!
I dreamt that you disappeared right before my eyes!
Aruto-kun...
But this isn’t the time to be talking about that!
If we don’t think of a way to get you out of here...
Oh, you’re right!
When the prince kissed Alice,
and when Alice kissed the prince,
it was a kiss from the heart.
It happened just like it did before.
Please, tell me you’ll choose me.
Onii-chan, I’ve always wanted it to be like this.
Onii-chan...
Onii-chan, wait!
I knew it...
I really created Arisugawa-san to replace to Kiraha.
Was I writing my story...
...just to fulfill this gross desire of mine?
Hey,
tell me a story!
The Alice Master!
Am I still dreaming?!
We went on a picnic and took a boat ride down the river.
You’ve had enough fun today.
Don’t say things like that, Takion-sama!
Come on, please.
Hey now, if you get that close, the boat will tip over.
What if I do this?
Make sure it’s a really good story, okay?
You haven’t changed a bit, Alice.
My cute little Alice.
Alice?
What does that mean?
Liddell is Alice?
Now that I think about it,
when Alternate L. Takion first wrote the Alice novels,
he was boating down a river, just like that.
That’s right.
We’re the Alice stories.
Takion is our creator.
Takion and Alice have been wandering through the expanse of time.
Takion and Alice want eternal life.
You mean the Alice Master is the original author of Alice? Wasn’t he supposed to be dead?!
That’s impossible! Then, Liddell is...
Give use your story!
Give us our little sister!
Hurry!
Give me that story!
Onii-chan!
Kiraha...
The Alice Master is the original author of the Alice novels.
He’s the real Alternate L. Takion!
What do you mean?
Takion and Liddell, no, Alice...
...want to complete The Eternal Alice to grant themselves eternal life!
That’s exactly right.
If I obtain The Eternal Alice,
Alice, who is here with me, and I shall no longer have to worry
about the possibility of disappearing while wandering through the expanse of time.
We will be blessed with eternal life!
What are you talking about? The Alice Master is Takion?
Liddell is Alice? That’s just...
And in order to complete The Eternal Alice,
the stories carried by both Kiraha-kun and Arisugawa Arisu must be collected.
Now that I’ve finally given you a second chance,
you still stand there in a trance.
If you were to choose Arisugawa Arisu once again,
she would awaken. Everything would work out.
A character without a name appearing on stage is just an eyesore.
Liddell!
Kiraha?
I’ll take my time fighting you,
but there’s one other thing I have to do before that.
W-What are you...
Tell us a story!
A really good story!
A story that’s just a little scary!
W-Why? Why?!
Why me?
kioku baraen kaori no mae de chiku chiku to
Before I smell the scent of my rose-scented memories, I feel the prickling of their thorns.
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
Resistance is futile.
There is no way for you to win.
Now, give me all the stories that you have collected.
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!
Episode 12