Starlight...
It's a story of goddesses drawn by the glow of the heavens.
We can fight and argue and disagree, but there are ties that bind us together...
Yet we may be pulled from one another, never to meet again.
It is a sad story.
Let's go! Together, we will grasp that star.
Our dreams will not come to be...
The tale of these eight women captivates us.
The song of these eight women draws us in and compels us.
Let's go to that stage...
We'll get to that shining star, together!
Idiot.
Why?!
Karen-chan?
What?!
Hikari...chan?
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!
K..Karen-chan?
My glasses! My glasses!
Where did she go?!
Jeez!
Hikari-chan!
Hikari-chan?
Not here!
Or here!
Where is she?
Hikari-chan!
Where are you?!
Maybe I should bend a bit more here...
Do you know where Hikari-chan is?!
What's wrong with you?! I don't know where she is!
I don't understand if you don't speak in Japanese!
Hikari-chan!
Hey!
Where are you, Hikari-chan?!
She's been raising hell since morning...
Honestly! It's such a nuisance!
No luck!
Hikari-chan isn't on the roof, or in the cafeteria, or even in the boiler room!
You mean Kagura?
Did you try calling her?
Banana, nice! Bana-nice!
She didn't even think of that?
Bana-nice...
Hikari-chan?! Hello?
Hikari-chan, where are you right now?
No way...
Are you off-campus?
Did you send an off-campus notice?!
You know curfew is at 6:00, right?
What I mean is-!
She won't answer!
What is she thinking?!
Do you know where Kagura-san is?
What about your off-campus notice?
You're in charge of cleaning the hallway today, right?
Sorry! I'll be back!
Karen-chan!
Jeez! What is she angry about?!
Hikari-chan, where are you?!
Today Hikari-chan?! Hikari-chan, where are you?!
Stay away.
"Stay away"?!
Stay away.
Stay away?!
It's only natural to worry
when you suddenly disappear!
Stay away?! It's only natural to worry when you suddenly disappear! Where are you?
What is this...?
Ah! I know!
I was wrong!
What do you think that is?
They're jellyfish!
That's it!
Thanks so much!
Huh?!
A different aquarium?!
One adult, please!
That will be 1,350 yen.
Huh?!
Um, okay...
What? Whaaat?!
Jeez, again?!
What are you up to, Hikari-chan?
Where is she this time?
Why did you lose?
Sorry...
I... feel like Tendo and I weren't...
even on the same stage
It's like, they were completely different stages, or...
Ah, if I can even call it a stage...
It's like, they were completely different stages
Ah, if I can even call
It's like, they were completely different stages Ah, if I can even call Idiot. You're an idiot, Karen.
Well then, what should I have done?!
Idiot. You're an idiot, Karen. Well then what should I have done?!
I don't know
What do you mean, you don't know?!
I don't know I don't know either
What should we do?
Hikari-chan...
Hikari
It finally went through!
Hikari-chan!
Hey, Karen...
What?! What?!
Do you remember...
our Starlight?
Huh?
Tatami mats really are calming!
I'd like to live here, not in the dorms...
If the teacher finds you, she's going to give you an earful.
School uniforms must always be worn when we're on campus...
Jeez, that's way too strict!
Still, I sure was surprised...
That you're participating in the giraffe's audition, that is.
I wonder if it's for real...
I mean, a lead that transcends time on the stage of fate...
to become a "Top Star"...
You joined because you believed it too, right?
Well, yeah, I guess...
But what really surprised me is that you signed up without talking to me about it.
That really puts me in a bind!
It means that I'm gonna have to fight you someday!
Well, when that happens...
let me win, okay?
You're heavy.
Ouch!
Oh, that's right!
Hey, Kaoruko!
Where are you going?
Wait right there.
Mahiru?
No!
I am the goddess who protects the hallways.
I feel it... There is wicked intent coming from you.
What's going on?
Kaoruko-chan!
This isn't what you're thinking, right?
"Karen and the others didn't submit an off-campus notice,
so if I tell the teacher, I can get rid of some rivals thanks to this school rule violation!"
You wouldn't think that, right?!
I-I wouldn't go as far as that!
Well then, how far WOULD you go?
Whoa! Here she comes!
I-I'm sorry!
That's right! I'm the goddess who protects the hallways!
And yet, I am jealous...
Kagura-san has Karen-chan chasing after her!
Our Starlight...
There's no way I would forget that.
Our beginning...
Our promise.
I entered Seisho Music Academy because of that promise!
KINRYUZAN KAMINARIMON
It certainly is strict, but I've never thought it was difficult.
That's how it was at the Royal Institute of Dramatic Arts.
Um... The dollar? The mark?
Or was it the peso...?
Yeah...
It really was always cloudy or raining. That's the type of city London is.
But even though you promised, I sent you letters and you never replied!
You still can't eat green peas, can you?
Yeah, I went to see it!
I saved up my allowance. And it was the first performance, too!
They said that for every new performance I see, I should watch one of the classics.
A tumbler from "Mister White"?
What? So that was Japan-only, huh?
That's just a rumor. There's actually a lot of delicious food over there.
I know what you mean!
That song in that reunion scene!
It hits you like "BAM!" right?
Monja Tsukishima Tsukishima Specialty
Right. There's a theater there that was built over 300 years ago.
Someday, I'll give you a tour.
I was so happy when you suddenly transferred to our school.
I remember our promise.
I thought I was the only one that remembered.
I would never forget that!
Our beginning was that Starlight.
The promise we both made... is our future.
I never forgot that.
I thought that somehow, it would one day come true.
But I didn't have enough passion to become a Stage Girl...
We all understand it.
The passion from standing on the stage...
The future that can only be found from that place...
The moment that can only be shared at that place...
My body and soul are crying out for the stage...
To go even higher, try even harder...
To reach Position Zero.
That's why I'll light that fire one more time.
It was the first time I felt moved, an excitement I'd never felt before.
This was where we made that promise...
to stand tall in the world of Stage Girls!
You took your time.
Sorry I made you wait...
Hikari-chan.
Care to do it together?
You're back on point, aren't you?
You've inspired a fighting spirit in me.
That's nice.
What's with you, anyway?
You already take center stage, singing and dancing...
Why do you have to do the auditions too?!
I'm extremely jealous, you know. More than anyone.
Huh?
Having someone other than me becoming the Top Star...
Just thinking about it makes me feel I'll go mad with jealousy.
You really are greedy.
TOWER AQUARIUM Today, services will end at 8:00 PM for equipment inspection.
Oh, man.
TOWER AQUARIUM Today, services will end at 8:00 PM for equipment inspection.
Jellyfish...
You wanted to see the jellyfish, right?
But I hope we can come here again, together!
That audition...
If you don't pass, then it's all over.
You'll lose the most important thing for a Stage Girl.
The most... important thing?
That's why you can't lose.
You really are amazing, Hikari-chan.
You know everything that I don't!
That's why you locked me up!
Still, that's not enough to make me lose.
Huh?
Or, maybe you didn't get that.
I didn't expect that of you, Hikari-chan.
Wh-what?
Thanks, Hikari-chan.
Huh?
I won't lose again.
I'll shine so that I can stand on that stage!
I'll be so intense and radiant...
I won't lose to anyone!
Stage Girl Karen Aijo is getting better day by day, ya know!
Karen...
But in this audition, only one person can pass.
Someday, you and I will...
So then, let's pass it together!
Huh?
The giraffe never said only one person can pass.
"The one who presents us with the most dazzling of revues,"
and blah blah, something something.
There's no way we'd get that kind of special treatment!
It's okay.
Karen...
Maybe we would.
Right? Right?!
You're right.
If the two of us can shine the brightest, then I'm sure...
Yup! For sure.
Junna Hoshimi, Nana Daiba, present.
Hoshimi and Daiba...
Next! Step up for roll call!
M-Mahiru Tsuyuzaki, Karen Aijo, and Hikari Kagura, present!
What happened to Aijo and Kagura?
Well, I guess they did so much individual practice that they're all tired now.
I can't believe we're doing this...
Next! Roll call!
Futaba Isurugi Kaoruko Hanayagi
Oh, no! Saijo-san!
The weather is nice today
What on Earth happened?
It must be her stage fright.
What?
Parisians are always popular, forever...
Maybe I should do something...
But you mustn't!
Futaba Isurugi, Kaoruko Hanayagi, present!
Ah. Okay, yeah...
You're welcome
How long are you going to keep doing this?
Huh?
I've suddenly recovered! Tres bien.
I-I see...
It was my first time doing that, but...
Bana-nice!
We won't be doing that again.
I can't believe we made up an alibi!
Karen-chan!
Jeez, you guys!
What were you thinking, staying out all night?!
We ran out of money.
But we made it back by 6:00!
That doesn't mean 6:00 in the morning!
Do you know how much trouble you've caused everyone?!
Junna-chan had to do your cleaning duties for you.
Sorry, Jun-jun!
I'll do your next 10 cleaning duties for you!
Good grief!
Kagura and Aijo, come to the staff room later.
And bring everyone who covered for you.
You'll have some traditional hardcore training as punishment!
T-traditional hardcore training?
What's that?
It's an unbelievably strict form of training,
one that's been passed down at Seisho throughout the years!
They say a huge number of our senpai have left because they couldn't handle it.
But we'll be okay!
As long as we're together... right?
I can't help but think it's a certain SOMEONE'S fault that this has happened!
Jeez...
At any rate...
I'm just glad you guys are safe.
Welcome back.
Welcome back, Hikari-chan.
You too, Karen-chan. Welcome back.
I'm glad you're back.
Welcome back
Don't just take off like that.
You're not Kaoruko, you know.
I wouldn't do something like that!
Welcome back, Hikari-chan!
I'm home.
I'm hungry!
Are you even sorry?
Banana-chan, what's for breakfast?
Yeah, what?
Miso soup with tofu, and...
I hate tofu.
Okay then, banana miso soup!
Banana?!
Banana...
Watashi zutto anata o miteta
Anata o miteta Watashi zutto anata o miteta
Kodoku o oite kita mitai
Kita mitai Kodoku o oite kita mitai
Koyoi, tsuki mo
Tsuki mo Koyoi, tsuki mo
Waraikakeru
Kaketeru Waraikakeru
Kotchi o muite
Oh, fly me to the star
Kimochi tsutaeru koto dekinakute
Koto dekinakute Kimochi tsutaeru koto dekinakute
Ironna jinsei o
Jinsei o Ironna jinsei o
Ukabe Ukabe
Enjite miru no
Enjite Enjite miru no
Anata no ki o
Anata o Anata no ki o
Hikitai kara
Oh, fly me to the star
Next Time Is Sparkle Even Possible?
Next, on Revue Starlight...
I understand.