Senka-ryu Traditional
Japanese Dance
Senka-ryu
Traditional Japanese Dance
Hanayagi
Kaoruko! KAORUKO!
Miss Kaoruko?!
Isurugi! Have you seen her?
No, I can't find her anywhere.
That girl ran away again?!
Fantastic kimono girl!
How cute! She's just like a doll!
She's so pretty!
Isn't she wonderful?
So nice and lovely!
Thank you so much!
"Thank you so much," my foot.
Futaba...
I'm tired of all this.
Every day, it's "Practice, practice, practice!"
I mean, even flowers need some love, right?
If they don't bathe in the sun and drink lots of yummy water...
they can't bloom and become beautiful!
But you've gotta carry on the family tradition, right?
I've made up my mind! I will marry into a different family, one that gives me more attention!
Do you have money for the train?
Huh?
I-I have about 50 yen.
Do you know HOW to ride the train?
Hey, I'm not an idiot!
Then you'll be fine.
I'll let your aunt and the headmaster know.
Huh? Wait!
What a shame. I sure did like the way you dance...
Huh?
I see. So, you'll be gone for good, huh? That's too bad...
W-well, after all that, I guess I don't have much of a choice. I'll go back.
And when I do...
you'll have to buy me snacks and say how awesome I am, okay?
After all, you're my number one fan.
What?!
In return, you'll be the first person in the world to see just how bright I can shine!
The fare for this taxi is 50 yen.
Wh-what a ripoff!
Ow, ow, ow, ow! That hurts! Ow! And, like, ow!
I guess I don't have much of a choice. I'll have to stick around, for Kaoruko's sake...
I'm gonna have to... put you back in your place!
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
Are we good, Hikari-chan?
Be sure to fold your shirts and towels, and then put them in these drawers, okay?
But I'll just use them again-
No, no!
You need to keep things clean!
Hikari-chan's actually listening?!
Mahiru-chan, you're like a big sister!
Because I AM a big sister.
Hey, we're here. Wake up!
Good morning!
Futaba-chan, Kaoruko-chan!
Hey. 'Morning.
And... off!
You ripped off my eyebrows!
Can't you be more gentle when you wake me up?
Why don't you wake YOURSELF up already?
Good morning, everyone.
You two have been coming to school early lately, huh?
I wish she'd let me sleep in a bit later though...
Well, there's no way we're going to lose to some sleepyhead, you know?
Yeah, you've got that right!
Karen-chan, she means YOU.
Okay, that's enough!
Don't forget to double-check your partner's steps.
When did Futaba get so good?
Always struggling at the mercy of fate, huh?
Neither of them can drop their guard.
What?
Futaba, about that tap dancing earlier...
Hm?
All right, pay attention!
Hi there. I'm Masai, the stage director from Group B.
I'm Amemiya, the scriptwriter.
And I'm Daiba, the junior scriptwriter!
Um, we'll soon start main production work on the 100th Seisho Festival.
This will be the second time for us in the 99th class to do "Starlight,"
100th Seisho Festival Main Cast Auditions Drama STARLIGHT Director = Kiriko Masai Script = Shion Amemiya (Undecided) Flora Claire
(Undecided)
so we will again be holding auditions for the eight lead roles.
Doing the same performance would just be boring, so we'd like to explore some different approaches...
Which is why we'll be allowing multiple auditions.
So, don't give up after your first try, okay?
Hang in there and keep on performing!
First Round Main Cast Selections #18 Maya Tendo #11 Claudine Saijo #29 Hikari Kagura #9 Masako Kenzaki
I'm not... My name's not on there!
#15 Nana Daiba #17 Mahiru Tsuyuzaki #25 Junna Hoshimi #19 Akira Nakamura
#2 Futaba Isurugi #1 Karen Aijo
End
Banana said we shouldn't give up after just one try, right?
So-
Hey, Kaoruko!
Stage Production Department
This is the first time I've lost out on a lead role, on any production!
So, if I'm not playing a lead, just what am I doing?!
Well, the thing is...
I'm going to be blunt.
In this next "Starlight," there's no place for you at all.
Your acting lacks passion and, frankly, it rings hollow.
You may be next in line for your traditional dance or whatever,
but frankly, you don't have what it takes to be on our stage.
I'm the one who turns them down! That's how it goes!
You've got to be kidding me! This is infuriating!
Who do they think they are?! Jeez!
If I don't get a part in the show, then just give me yours, okay?
Scented
What a nice bath.
Futaba, will you massage my fee...?
That's it for today.
Thank you... Yeah, thanks.
You've gotten rather good, haven't you, Futaba?
I sure hope so.
Well... Is this some special training you've been hiding from me?
Kaoruko!
Claudine as your instructor, huh?
No wonder it seemed like you'd suddenly improved...
I wanted to get better, much better!
So you stole the part of the goddess, didn't you? That role was MINE!
Kaoruko, hold on!
You know what? You don't understand a thing.
It's like that girl from Group B said... you don't have what it takes!
Wh-what was that?!
I earned this part, and there's no way I'm giving it up.
Y-you backstabber!
If Claudine is so perfect, then why don't you go be with her instead?!
Yeah, I'll do that!
As of today, I'm staying here!
What?!
Yeah, like I care!
I... I can't do it.
Kaoruko-chan?
We're still at the entrance.
Ow, ow, ow...
Scented
I swear... My feet are so swollen. This is all Futaba's fault!
Just you wait. One day, you're not gonna know what hit you!
Oh, yeah. The giraffe's audition!
I'm the lead role on the stage of fate...
I'll beat everyone, then grab the title of Top Star...
and become the best in the world!
M..Mahiru-chan! S-stop this!
Hey!
Gotcha!
Oh my, what a shame!
I really can't drop my guard, can I?
Up here on the stage, we should fight with honor!
Wh-what should I do? I'm pretty much done for...
Futaba!
Scented
That's it...
Kaoruko-chan!
What is all this? You can't really be quitting, right?!
I was just thinking, there's nothing left for me to learn here...
Right?!
so I decided to go back to Kyoto and head up our Senka-ryu school.
But why? Why?!
Can't you do that after you've graduated?
We've all worked so hard to get this far...
Kaoruko-chan, I don't want you to just quit!
And what does Futaba-chan think about this?
F-Futaba's got nothing to do with it.
This is my decision! It's mine, all mine!
Are you serious?
It's no use trying to stop me.
You're really going to leave after losing one single audition?
Excuse me? I'm not sure I know what you mean by that.
Futaba, you just stay here and keep an eye on things, okay?
Oh, and I hope you and your new friend Claudine get even closer.
Do you even have money for the train?
That's not for you to worry about.
Do you know how to take the bullet train?
I do. Don't bother seeing me off.
Well then, I guess you're all set.
What?
I guess Kaoruko really meant it...
Well, this is a good chance.
Huh?
Seeing as how Kaoruko just doesn't get it...
This place is serious. If you're just along for the ride, you don't belong here.
Also, Futaba, you got a lead role because you have talent.
You can do this on your own.
Seisho Music Academy?
It's a school of the arts. I can study traditional dance there, as well as other styles.
I think I can hone my skills there and become the best in the world!
Huh...
That means you're coming too, Futaba.
What?!
Taxi fare is 500 yen.
It's gotten more expensive?!
Kaoruko-chan!
You can't go!
I'm sorry, but I've bought my ticket and I'm leaving.
No... Don't go!
I'll be on the bullet train a little past 12:00. Come this afternoon, I'll be saying goodbye to Tokyo
Since it's my last day, maybe I can do a bit more sightseeing...
Claudine Saijo Futaba Isurugi
You think?
Tendo?
You will be sad.
I've felt the same as you, Hanayagi-san.
You feel a sense of responsibility. For the people who follow you, for those who support you...
You want to be the best that you can be.
Take care once you're back in Kyoto.
Okay... Well, goodbye.
Kaoruko-chan!
They're going to regret it when I'm gone!
Still...
You feel a sense of responsibility. For the people who follow you, for those who support you...
You want to be the best that you can be.
The people who follow me...
Does that mean... Futaba?
But she... ain't following me at all.
Nozomi 1341 12:13 Shin-Osaka
Stops: All Stations
Non-Reserved Seats Cars 1-7, 13-15
Nozomi 1345 13:13 Shin-Osaka
Stops: All Stations
Non-Reserved Seats Cars 1-7, 13-15
Nozomi 1349 14:13 Shin-Osaka
Non-Reserved Seats Cars 1-7, 13-15
Thank you for using the bullet train.
The train currently on Track Number 19, the Nozomi 1341,
will depart at 12:13 pm, headed for Shin-Osaka.
But why...?
The first and second cabins are...
Is she seriously okay with me just leaving?!
Why isn't she coming after me?!
You're the one who said you wanted to quit, right?
Wh-what are you even doing here?
I figured you'd be crying by now, thinking you'd gone too far to turn back.
What? Are you stupid?!
Aren't you just scared you'll be lost if I'm not around?
I'm not the one who'll be lost on her own, you know!
You weren't even really going to leave, were you?!
I know you're just dragging things out and making a big show of it.
Well then, how come you're all out of breath from chasing me here?!
It's obvious that you came here to stop me!
Kaoruko, you're so stubborn!
Well, you're just a backstabber!
And you're cold-hearted!
And a dummy!
Audition Day 5
There is a path we two have walked, one that goes between song and dance...
Yet I have found a straight path, one that rises to the night sky!
Student of the 99th class, Futaba Isurugi!
I will dash forth with fighting spirit!
Student of the 99th class, Kaoruko Hanayagi!
I'll have you follow me till the very end!
The fifth day of auditions, the "Revue of Promise," will now commence.
Let us compete in song and dance, and aim to become the Top Star.
If I win... you'll be the one who takes care of me!
You'll buy me sweets, massage my feet, and bring me to school by motorcycle!
Huh? Why would I have to-?
Those are all things you make me do, right?!
Then if I win, we're going back to Kyoto together!
If you think you can beat me, go ahead and try!
These auditions have become increasingly personal...
I understand.
Kaoruko, that attitude of yours...
is gonna need some adjustment!
Pinkies of children entwined, a promise to always be together
How many days, I wonder, have passed since then?
I look up, and those petals I saw were so very blinding
Kaoruko!
Do you remember my rank when I passed the entrance exam?
What?!
Out of those 30 candidates... I was the thirtieth! I was dead last!
I felt as though even if I reached for you, I would fall short
S-so what?!
I got into this school because I trained till my fingers bled!
If you want to go down separate paths
And I only got my motorcycle license because you said it's too hard for you to walk here!
I won't stop you
You always ran away, so I always searched for you!
If there is no happiness here
You made me a promise, right?
You can go bloom somewhere else
You said I'd be the first one in the world to see it, the part of you that shines the brightest!
I want more than anything to see that moment you're in full bloom
That's why...
I've followed you this whole time!
Futaba. You...
It's like Karen said, right? A Stage Girl gets better, day by day.
That's why even when Tendo and Claudine get the lead roles, she keeps pushing forward!
Everyone is the same: they want to shine that much brighter!
And even me, I...
I don't want to stick around just being some fan!
I want to be the one closest to you, so we can see that shine, together!
I believed, without a doubt, you would always protect me
Kaoruko!
Futaba...
This caged bird has forever yearned for the blue skies
You made... that flower bloom, didn't you?
It's such a big, beautiful flower.
When did this young bird find its voice?
Compared to that, I...
Flowers and wings alike ride gently upon the breeze
Hey...!
It took me too long to understand what Tendo meant...
Farewell, I'm leaving on my journey
You're in the main cast, Futaba.
It suits you more than it does me!
This instant, away from you
So memories will not be forgotten
Stop it!
I'm going to hollow out my heart and leave
Oh, my. Was that too shallow?
About time. You finally stopped me!
Wh-what?!
Thank you, Futaba!
Revue of Promise A Song or the Blooming of Flowers?
For those who follow me...
The swift stream of a river, though divided by a rock
For those who support me...
I must keep going, being the best that I can be, right?
Will eventually reunite
Paths that go separate ways also
Kaoruko...
Will at length become one
Make the flower bloom, for the sake of one person, and live life to the fullest
This concludes the fifth day of auditions.
You can do it if you try, huh?
Look at that... I'm a Stage Girl!
I will make another flower bloom...
And then you'll see!
Whoa!
Yum Thank you! Futaba
Please eat With Gratitude Kaoruko Hanayagi Kyoto Snacks
I will not give in
Futaba! We've got to become the best in the world!
Once that happens, I'll pay you back for the taxi fare!
Well, I guess I've got no choice!
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
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
What happened with this time's repeat performance?
Drama Starli Seisho Music Academy 99th Performance
It's my first time for a lot of things!
Sure enough, it's gotta go by the script.
Next Time,
Nana Daiba
Revue Starlight!
Nana Daiba
I understand.