99th Seisho Festival
Seisho Grand Theater
Let's go! Together, we will grasp that star.
It's okay.
We'll all be together.
Forever?
Huh?
Yeah!
Karen-chan...
Karen-chan, good mor...
Futaba Isurugi
Get up!
You're on key duty today aren't you, Kaoruko?
Cut me some slack!
I'm still sore from yesterday's infamous "Seisho training"...
Well, my calves are killing me too, you know!
How come I had to get up early too?
Huh?
Hey, your back is getting stiff. Breathe in slowly.
Just relax!
Karen-chan?
They got here even before me.
'Morning, everyone!
Hey.
Good morning to you.
Good morning.
Good morning!
Tendo-san!
'Morning!
Good morning.
I WILL catch up to you, okay?
Fine.
Karen-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
Karen Aijo, ready!
Hey! Don't land just using the tips of your toes!
Keep your hips and your joints in mind!
Please let me try again!
What's gotten into her?
She was here first thing in the morning to practice...
And she isn't napping during class.
And she's been practicing by herself after school until late.
I've never seen Karen like this!
My goodness...
That's like candy falling from the sky, don't you think?
Ah! That would actually be quite nice...
Seems like you won't be able to let your guard down, eh?
What?!
With Karen?! This is KAREN, you know!
What the heck? Hey, wait up!
So, something happened... on that day.
Delivery
Thanks so much!
Hokkaido Tsuyuzaki
Farm
Wow!
Yum Potato Chips
Now this is a haul!
Hokkaido Tsuyuzaki Farm
Thank you, Mom and Dad!
I sure hope Karen-chan and the others get to eat a whole lot of these again this year!
Huh?
Mahiru, are you doing well?
I'm sending you a lot of delicious food that we harvested from our fields this year again.
Please eat this with Karen-chan and the others.
Oh, right. The other day I was organizing my dresser when one of my treasures showed up.
Dear Mahiru Mahiru, ...
I'm sending that along, too.
Take care of yourself and do your best.
Love, Grandma.
Good Stuff!
Aplenty
Wakkanai
Kitachian Junior High
Aplenty
Sending you wonderful news from the local area: "Good Stuff Aplenty TV!"
Today, we've come to Kitachian Junior High,
where one of the students from our city has passed the exam for the prestigious Seisho Music Academy!
Let's introduce her!
Asahikawa
This is Kitachian Junior High's third-year student, Mahiru Tsuyuzaki!
H-hi!
Tsuyuzaki Farm
Mahiru is the eldest daughter of the Tsuyuzaki Farm family, and the eldest of six siblings!
On the recommendation of her theater- and drama-loving grandmother, she joined choir at age four.
Sapporo
When she began baton twirling at age six, her talent blossomed even more!
Since then, she's been the recipient of many rewards.
Abashiri
And now, she's done an impressive job of passing the exam for Seisho Music Academy,
Seisho Music Academy
which has produced many stars!
Sapporo
Mahiru-san, congratulations to you!
Th-thank you.
Applying for Seisho Music Academy was also at the recommendation of your grandmother,
but how confident were you?
Confident?!
N-no, not at all!
From April, you'll be taking a new step forward in Tokyo, but exactly what type of star do you want to be?
"Star"?!
Abashiri
Let's see...
"Being drawn by the stars and coming to this tower was a mistake..."
"That light is cruel indeed."
"Everything you desire will be swept away!"
"What?!"
"Then, what will happen to my memories of you?"
"Will those memories... be lost forever?"
Grandma...
Seisho Music Academy sure is an amazing place.
Everyone is talented, charming... and they shine.
Compared to them, I-
"I am Flora!"
"And I am Claire."
"It's as if... we've always been together!"
"I'll see you here again next year..."
"On the night of the Star Festival!"
Okay, that's enough.
We'll do the second half in 15 minutes.
I need a private place to work. Can you help me find one?
Do you mind waiting a bit? I have to check-
Those two were perfectly in synch!
Aijo-san was better though, right? Her tempo and timing were good too.
Yeah. I'd be fine if those two were the mains.
Sure enough, Maya-chan and Claudine-chan should be the leads...
Just like last time. That's what I think.
I get where you're coming from, but there's no need to have the same cast, right?
Even if we are doing "Starlight" for three years...
But-
Daiba-san.
I do think we did a good job on "Starlight" when we were first-years,
but that's considering we were still first-years.
"Take care of the stage, and develop it further."
As the stage crew, that is our mission.
If you want to learn to be stage crew as well, you'll need to always want to try to push forward.
I would like to see that, though...
Aijo and Kagura as Flora and Claire.
You can't, Kagura-san.
At Karen-chan's side... That's where I...
Wait! Karen-chan!
Wait!
Karen-chan!
I forgot this.
Okay, that's enough.
Karen-chan, here!
Thanks, Mahiru-chan!
Hey, Karen!
Let's go over that step we just did.
Yeah, sounds good! Thanks!
Alright! Here we go!
Huh.
Banana-han! For dinner tonight, le-
Kaoruko Hanayagi Kaoru Caramel Chinese Herbs
Today was exhausting, too...
When we get home, I'll cook up some of Mahiru-chan's potatoes.
Oh, can't wait!
Potatoes!
Potatoes! Potatoes! Potatoes!
Okay! Let's give it another shot!
What? You're still gonna practice?
Yup! Mahiru-chan, you can go ahead and leave first!
I forgot something.
I can't... I can't take it anymore!
Everything's all messed up!
Ever since you got here, Karen and I and our room have been just...
Give it back. Give Karen back!
You're good at singing and performing, and your dancing is great, right?!
But I've got nothing! All I have is Karen-chan!
So, don't take her...
Don't steal the only thing that shines for me!
"Steal..." That's not a word you should use lightly.
Audition Day 4
Ah...
And it will be bestowed upon you, the star which you seek.
Oh...
An intense feeling of jealousy, burning brightly...
This has snatched away the naïve joy of a young girl.
I understand.
Please do not touch
Atop a stage brimming with stardust, in the flowers of love that have so magnificently bloomed...
Student of the 99th class, Karen Aijo!
We will all do Starlight!
I adore the shining stage, but...
I love it even more when you shine.
In a duet that goes round and round,
I hope we can dance together, forever.
Student of the 99th class, Mahiru Tsuyuzaki!
I was the one...
who was always by your side.
M..Mahiru-chan?
And so, the fourth day of auditions, the "Revue of Jealousy," will now commence.
REVUE 99th SEISHO FESTIVAL Life of
the Stage
Ah, I'm so nervous my heart won't stop pounding!
It's okay, Mahiru-chan. I'll stay by your side.
Karen-chan!
Yes!
Huh? Is that... me?!
You'll stay with me? Forever?
Yes. I'll be by your side forever, Mahiru-chan!
Ah! Karen-chan!
Yay!
Mahiru-chan? Uh...
This is what I can see.
It's what I want... And what I don't have.
Your light illuminated the darkness, and that's what let me make it this far.
You promised me on that day, right?
You said we'd be together forever.
That's why I won't give you up.
Kagura-san and the others... I'll crush every single of them!
It's just you and me. WE will stand on that eternal stage!
Revue of Jealousy
Love's Wicked Pitch
Huh?
What?!
Don't look away, don't keep your distance
Keep your gaze straight ahead, look only at me
MA KA
Stay like that, forever
Roll, roll, roll, roll...
I won't forget what happened that day
Sugar cube Ant nest Cookie Sleeping ant
Magic ball of love, the magic ball that vanishes
You remember it, right?
Hey, in this duet that goes round and round
It's okay, Karen-chan.
Let's dance until we're tired
I won't hurt you!
Oh no!
The day will break and it will be afternoon
Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll...
Hey, even if it's a swing and miss
Sugar cube Ant nest Cookie Sleeping ant
Because the game will not end
The sky is our destiny
Karen-chan, wait!
M..Mahiru-chan! S-stop this!
Hey! M..Mahiru-chan! S-stop this!
You're wide open!
Oh my, too bad!
I've really gotta keep on my guard!
Wait up!
Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll...
Sugar cube Ant nest Cookie Sleeping ant
Karen?!
Huh?
In the midst of our Revue...
How could you look away?!
Hikari-chan!
Go back to how you were...
To the Karen-chan you were before Kagura-san came here.
Oversleep... and be late!
Just let me... be useful to you again!
Oh... Now I remember!
The reason I became a Stage Girl was...
It was a promise with Hikari-chan, that I would...
do Starlight!
I'll go running, straightforward
That's why I can't lose.
I can't lose... to anyone!
Surely, right ahead, we will both become stars
The continuation of a dream we had once
I won't forget what happened that day
When I close my eyes I come alive, I can be reborn
REVUE Mine and Karen-chan's Beautiful Seisho Music Academy
Ah, a top this stage that goes round and round
We give our all and we clash
This is our first time to do this, right?
Hey, who is it that changed you?
It's because I made a promise
With whom, and what kind of promise?
Do you not... need me anymore?!
Hey, look only at me
Huh?!
I studied singing and the baton... I even only came to this school because my grandmother said to.
See, there's a small light
That will disappear come midday
I have nothing!
No confidence, no talent... No shine!
You know, if you're not here then I
Will become nothing
REVUE Mine and Karen-chan's...
Without your shine, Karen-chan, I can't do anything.
Don't let the game end
So, please!
But, Mahiru-chan... You really are shining!
Huh?
I...
I love your pleasant singing voice.
And I love that you dance like the sun!
You're kind...
and en... enthu...
"Enthusiastic"?
Yeah, that!
I love your enthusiastic performances, too!
You think you have nothing? I say, non non!
You are shining!
You came to this school because you wanted to become something, right?!
You're part of this audition because you want to be the Star, right?!
You have something too, right?!
Hey, in this duet that goes round and round
You...
Let's dance until we're tired
have Starlight!
The night will end and it will become midday
Hey, the sparkling sun
Shines light above the grass
Let's continue with the game
Okay, "Here I come"
Here I go!
All right, "Be gentle"
I'll go easy on you.
But there's no way I can lose, yup ♥
MA KA
Game set!
This concludes the fourth day of auditions.
I lost.
But...
Oh, Mahiru-chan!
Your potatoes are ready!
Thanks for the food!
These potatoes made cooking SO worth it! Eat all you like, okay?
Mahiru's potatoes are awesome this year too!
They're piping-hot and so delicious!
You like potatoes, don't you?
Yes. This is potato.
A full-bodied flavor hidden behind a simple façade... Yummy! And how cute!
Starting April, you'll be taking a new step forward in Tokyo, but what type of "Star" do you want to be?
I forgot about that!
Don't watch it!
Kitachian Junior High Abashiri
"Star"?
Um...
I want to...
I want to be a kind Star that can make the people important to her smile!
See? Mahiru-chan, you're so cute and warm!
And SUPER enthusiastic!
Yeah.
You're shining.
Coming to you from Kitachian Junior High, see you all later!
She's right. I really am shining.
Even so...
Everyone shines so brightly that I lost my confidence and became a coward.
If I want to make the people important to me happy, I can shine as much as I want.
Oh. It's delicious.
Sure is, right?!
I really do love this.
But...
I won't rely on anyone.
I...
I've watched you for so long
It seems you've set your loneliness aside
On this night, even the moon
Grins
Look this way
Oh, fly me to the star
I can't tell you how I feel
So many different lives
That I call to mind
And try to act out
Because it's your attention
That I want to attract
Oh, fly me to the star
Next Time Stage Left for Two
Revue Starlight.
I understand!