*Claire * Flora (Yearly Schedule/Plan)
Your fate is in the stars, so just take it!!
Seisho Festival
Okay...
Position Zero!
This concludes the first day of auditions.
Karen Aijo... Your participation in these auditions has been approved.
H-huh? What?!
May you all compete in song and dance, each of you vying to become the next Top Star.
Wait a second. Where's Hikari-chan?
Please note that these auditions are strictly confidential. You must not speak of them.
Should you mention this to anyone...
...you will be fined.
Huh?!
"Fined"?!
Karen-chan? What's wrong?
Ah! No, I'm fine. I just had a weird dream.
Are you sure you're okay?
I'm fine, totally okay. No problem!
What on Earth even happened yesterday...?
H..Hikari-chan?
I shall be staying with you.
What?!
Revue Starlight
Ano hoshi o tsukamu no wa daare? Who, oh who, will be the one to grab hold of the star?
Tou no choujou de At the very top of that tower
Shizuka ni tomotta honou ga atsuku mune o kogashite iku These flames lit in silence fill my chest with a white-hot passion
Unmei no wa That's just the Wheel of Fortune
Butai no ue de odorasareteiru wake ja nai It's not like I'm being forced to dance on this stage
Tobitate Spring forth
Tashika ni ano hi mitanda I'm sure I saw it that day
Hajiketa hoshi no kirameki The brilliance of a star that has burst open
Iroaseta yakusoku ni yubi ga fureru made Until my fingers reach out to touch that faded promise
Makuake mae ni hajimaru It will start before the curtain rises
Me no mae de tsuzurareteku And be spelled out before our eyes
Umarekawatta watashi wa Having been reborn
Koko de kimi ni aeta I was able to meet you here
Mou ichido Once again
Hikari-chan!
Hikari-chan! Hikari-chan!
Wait! Tell me what's going on!
C'mon, Hikari-chan!
Together? She's going to be in OUR room, with us?
Hikari-chan, what was all that? I mean, a giraffe in a theater?!
Didn't he tell you? We're forbidden to talk about it.
Th-the fine!
Karen-chan?
Huh? Oh...
Just talking to myself!
I never knew about that place.
There was a giraffe and a super weird stage...
And you two were really going at it.
Move it!
Hey. We're here, Kaoruko!
KAORUKO!
Ah, jeez. I was having such a good dream...
How can you even sleep when you're sitting like that?
Your back makes me feel warm and safe, Futaba.
C'mon. Let's go.
Right, right.
Motorcycles are okay at this school?
Yup. They are.
That's not the point!
Kagura-san, I want some answers! Why are you moving in with us?
Just yesterday you said that you couldn't do it!
I wondered if maybe I could.
Huh?!
Ah! Hikari-chan, wait!
No, no!
My vote is a huge "NO"!
Wh-what?
Oh, my. They're already rehearsing - and with PASSION, huh?
No!
I don't know what play this is, but that's a bold way of putting that large frame of her to use!
Agreed. I think it's great!
You guys have got it all wrong...
Oh, yeah! Hoshimi-san, yesterday was-
Don't break the rules.
Huh?
Talking about it would definitely be seen as a violation.
You sure are popular, Karen-chan.
Okay, keep it steady!
But don't stop breathing. Keep your stomach tight and breathe slowly.
That's it.
Good. Let's go higher.
Okay, Aijo. Take it up a notch.
Hikari-chan!
You wanna have lunch together?
Huh?
Hikari-chan!
Maybe they don't eat lunch in England...
We can't go in before the curtain rises, huh?
You can hear me, right? Look...
Just drop Karen from the auditions. She'll just get in the way.
I understand.
I made a promise to Hikari-chan!
I... No, we...
We WILL become stars, together!
I see. So you've done it, yes?
Note: "BaKaren" is a combination of "baka" (idiot) and "Karen" (her name)
Idiot... BaKaren!
Found you.
So this is where you've been, Hikari-chan. I've been looking for you.
Why?
Are you looking for something?
I just got lost. That's all.
Oh. Well, okay!
Oh, yeah. I made some banana pudding. You want to eat it with us?
I don't like things that wobble like that.
Oh, my...
Rumba Cross from a natural turn!
You there! Don't look at your feet. Are you keeping in step?!
Y-yes!
I'm sorry.
Hikari-chan... I couldn't even talk to you at lunch...
Wow! They really are amazing!
Those two really do shine.
There's Tendo, whose parents are stars of the stage...
And Claudine-chan, who's been performing roles since she was a kid...
Top Star...
Do I have... that "shine" inside me too?
Wow!
That's Maya-sama for you!
So cool!
Perfect as always!
They're really great!
She paired up perfectly with Saijo-sama too.
It was wonderful!
They were both so cool!
So wonderful...
If you're only here to watch, then get out.
Get out. If you can't surpass these girls, you'll never stand on center stage!
Hoshimi, that's enough.
I'm sorry.
Okay, let's switch it up. Pair up with whomever you like.
Ma'am!
Nana?
Hikari-chan!
Hikari-chan, wanna pair up?
Wha?!
Pair up with me!
What?
Um, Hoshimi-san... Uh... Um, um...
Can't you tell me anything about that stage thing yesterday?
It was written in the text, right?
Text?
The revue for the chosen "Stage Girls." Didn't you get the text?
What are you talking about?
So, you just gate-crashed?!
I crashed that gate!
This isn't a joke! You should be kicked out!
Wow, they've got some mad skills.
No, I think they're just mad...
You weren't even selected, so why are you getting in my way?!
This is serious for me! Unlike you, I...
That's enough.
Hoshimi-san...
Karen-chan, you did great!
Junna-chan!
Hoshimi-san!
Hoshimi!
Wake up, Hoshimi-san!
Junna-chan...
Recently, she's been practicing on her own, all morning and afternoon.
I'll stay with her until she wakes up.
Okay. Let us know when she does.
Hoshimi-san...
Hey, Karen-chan. You should get back to class.
Look after her, Banana.
You can count on me!
Actor Training Department
The most important thing is to have a broad perspective.
The part that you yourself perform is the smallest circle, here.
When you see the stage from a more comprehensive point of view,
you can make your role that much more appealing to the audience.
Karen-chan, let's go... Huh?
U-um... Hikari-chan?
You've heard about the audition, right?
It's a revue for the chosen "Stage Girls."
That's right.
So I want you to butt out, Karen.
Huh?
Are you awake?
Oh...
Did something happen between you and Karen-chan?
Not really. She just got me a little angry.
Seisho Festival
Seisho All members of the 99th Class Notice of the 100th Seisho Festival Auditions 99th Class 2nd Performance The Drama "Starlight"
Huh?
So, is this about something else?
It's all the same. To me, that is.
You weren't chosen because you don't have enough "shine."
People like you have no business interfering with our auditions!
No!
I won't quit the auditions!
Because... what Hoshimi-san said made my heart skip a beat!
Even if I give it my all, I won't be able to catch up.
No matter how hard I try, I can't make up the difference.
But that's why I can't give up.
Junna-chan...
"Starlight" *Claire * Flora
Your fate is in the stars, so just take it!!
I want to... become a star.
If... and this is a big if...
If you and I are gonna take the stage together like we promised...
but people like Tendo-san and Claudine-chan get there first...
Huh?
...then I'll have to surpass them, just like Hoshimi-san said!
Otherwise, we'll never stand on stage together.
Karen...
But... now I have a chance.
Huh?
Maybe I could stand on that stage if I find my own "shine."
Seisho All members of the 99th Class
Notice of the 100th Seisho Festival Auditions 99th Class 2nd Performance The Drama "Starlight"
Taking center stage, the spotlight focused on me...
I might become a star!
Maybe my eyes have opened thanks to you coming back...
Maybe it was to take that dream of becoming stars together and make it real...
Whatever it is, I want to do "Starlight" with you!
Karen...
Audition Day 2
I AM REBORN
No. 99 Trolley Furnace Fuel to the Fire
Sewing Process
Please do not touch
Atop a stage brimming with stardust,
the flowers of love have so magnificently bloomed...
Student of the 99th Class...
Karen Aijo!
We will ALL do Starlight!
Everyone has their own star of destiny.
Stars that shine, the morning star, stars that fall...
Though I may not yet see my own star, I gaze upward, and on this day...
I, Junna Hoshimi, student of the 99th Class...
will take hold of a star of my own!
I thought that if I were beaten once, it would all be over, but...
Each Stage Girl is unique in her own way.
These auditions are to find the Top Star among them.
The Top Star is she who stands atop the stage of fate brimming with limitless "shine."
It is the lead role, one with a brilliance that transcends time and lasts for eternity.
The "lead role"? If I become the Top Star, I can become the lead in my own fate?
Hoshimi-san?
This is my revenge match, Aijo-san.
Now then, this second day of auditions shall be "A Revue of Desire."
May you all compete in song and dance, each of you vying to become the next Top Star.
Revue of Desire
Why did this happen?
I've been enveloped in flames, imprisoned by them
G-glasses?
For so very long
I'll do it, just you watch... I WILL take the lead and become a star!
Now, those flames will never burn out
Because I've had no one who understands
To be by my side
She's gone?!
I've been buffeted by gales of wind, my heart aflame
Hoshimi-san?
Only that star knows what I seek
Junna Hoshimi Age 8
All I've ever done is study....
But for the first time, I've found a dream that shines so brightly!
Not to be important, not to be clever...
And I found it purely by chance - a star that's just for me. Somehow, we found each other!
On that day, I was reborn. I became a Stage Girl!
But...
no matter how hard I tried, I could never reach them...
Those people who are always running forward...
Is the future unattainable?
Surely, no one can know that
I continued fighting with a shadow of myself
Only that star knows what it is that I seek
If it means I can become a star, then I...!
When the curtain rises, the future is sure to come for me
A mannequin?
Yes, I can't be here, so I'll go much farther away
Here, I cannot lose
Another one?
I refuse to stay hidden in the shadows!
There is no loss
I can't make a mistake
I will catch up to you and then I'll show you all!
It's not a mistake
You don't understand
And I don't understand you, which is why
We can talk to each other
The darkness of night
Until morning comes
Grows deeper
There is a future for everyone
I can't just stay hidden, and so
I won't lose! I CAN'T lose!
All on my own
I'll catch up to you all, just you watch!
A dream I was on the verge of forgetting, ah
You can't do much of anything
And yet
Even I
Can't stand to lose
I want to make good on that promise
These auditions are my chance...
It's a chance I can't pass up.
There's no way I could pass it up!
I will grab hold of my very own star.
I won't let my performance be cut short.
It's settled!
That's a big non, non!
It doesn't end after one shot!
We can take the stage over and over again.
Passion and "shine."
Yes, I understand.
That is the power of the Stage Girl.
I won't give up! I am a Stage Girl!
I want to be a star!
One, just one
Hikari-chan and I are going to be stars, together!
For the sake of just one promise
If only that star knows the future
I'll look up at the sky and gently reach out my hand
Position Zero!
This concludes the second day of auditions.
I understand now... why she was not initially chosen.
Two people sharing a single fate...
I'm sorry, Karen.
A dream shared by two...
I lost again.
You did great.
Maybe I'm overthinking things.
Huh?
I mean, it's like the simple-minded ones are the more powerful.
Hey! It's rude to call me that!
Hup.
But this isn't the end, right?
So, I'm going to see this through to the end.
We have to give our all and reach for the stars...
Right?
Hoshimi-san!
You can just... call me "Junna."
Got it, Jun-jun!
That was sudden...
And feel free to call me "Karen"!
Oh, yeah. Someone called you BaKaren earlier, right?
Jun-jun, come on!
A dream is not something one has... it's something that enchants.
Only one shall obtain that glittering star...
This is Tendo Maya.
Next Time Top Star
Revue Starlight.
I understand.