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Maria Watches Over Us

Spreading a blank map wide open Shiroi chizu ookiku hiroge

Let's go hide the treasure box Takara-bako kakushi ni ikou

No need for coats or even hats Kooto nante iranai boushi mo ne

Armed with just mechanical pencil lead Shaapen no shin dake haite

Round and round and round, Kururu kururu ku

Running through kakenukeru

Round and round and round, Kururu kururu ku

Our footprints mark the X ashiato wa batsu-jirushi da yo

Passing through the walls of the school Kousha no kabe tsuki-nuke

We can go anywhere, there will be a path there Dokonimo ikeru soko ni michi ga aru

The pleats of our skirts won't be disturbed Sukaato no hida midare-nai

If it's a secret journey Himitsu no tabi nara

Don't go.

It's okay, Mom.

Don't go anywhere.

Don't leave Mommy behind.

Please...

Yes, I'm right here.

Where have you gone? My baby...

Keyhole of the Heart

Oh, Dad, welcome home.

I didn't know you were still up.

Yes...

Is something wrong?

I was staying by Mom's side.

Because she seemed to be having some trouble falling asleep.

I see.

I'm sorry for getting home so late.

Dad...

I guess it's my fault.

Absolutely not.

So this is how you've always strained to keep yourself bottled up...

You're reading too much into this, Dad.

Not once have I ever felt like I was straining myself.

Our quarrel that day seems to have come as a shock to your mom,

but if you hadn't poured out your feelings to us,

we would probably have remained oblivious...

...to how your heart was crying out.

At the age of 16, it must have been such...

...a heavy burden for you to bear alone.

That is a burden that we parents should have been carrying.

That's why,

even now, I'm in agreement with your grandfather's decision.

You should pay no mind to who you might be...

...and freely paint your life upon a blank canvas.

Isn't life about give and take?

Is it all right for me to just take all that's given to me?

I have nothing to give back.

Your mom and your grandfather and I have already received a lot from you.

Drama Club

Oh, Toko-chan!

Good day.

My apologies for my recent prolonged absence.

The election... That was too bad.

Not at all.

Club President, I have come today for a club resignation form.

What are you saying?!

As I said...

Is this related to you losing the election?

No. I am doing this for personal reasons.

I thought this day might come someday...

Once I retire from the club to deal with applying to colleges,

you might become isolated within the club.

You see, I'd like for you to become the face of the Drama Club.

I don't care in what capacity you do it. I want you to remain with the club.

Our members could learn a lot from you as an actress.

If you find it hard to get along with our upperclassmen members,

I have an idea.

Become my little sister.

Pardon?

As the little sister of the club president,

you probably won't face as much opposition, right?

The effect won't wear off so easily, even into the next school year.

But, I...

Fukuzawa Yumi-san?

I believe I understand.

You like Yumi-san, right?

I've watched you all this time, after all.

If you could find happiness by becoming Yumi-san's little sister,

I thought that would be fine.

But every time you get close to Yumi-san,

you come back wounded.

I am sure the problem lies with me.

Yes.

If you don't change, you'll never be able to walk side by side with Yumi-san.

And that's why,

to distance yourself from the Yamayuri Council and the Rose Mansion,

you ran in the election that you were bound to lose, right?

It hurts me to watch you suffering like this.

Just forget about Yumi-san now.

I'll protect you.

I am sorry.

I must never choose the club president...

...in order to cut myself off from Yumi-sama.

Toko.

What's this?

I was lying in wait.

So that I wouldn't stand out.

What do you want?

I wanted to ask you something.

About what happened during Christmas.

Why did you say such a thing to Yumi-chan?

"Such a thing"?

I don't understand what your feelings are on this.

I know you like Yumi-chan.

Who did you hear this from?

I can tell just by watching.

You're not very convincing.

Then let me ask you this.

Why didn't you go to Canada last summer?

You heard that Yumi-chan was going to the Ogasawara's vacation home...

...and you changed your plans, right?

T-That was...

At the time,

I thought you were jealous of Yumi-chan...

...and you decided to go so you could come between them.

But that wasn't it.

You were worried about Yumi-chan.

What are you saying?

Because you knew those young ladies were dangerous.

How would my going there have changed anything?

Even so, you were too concerned to go to some distant foreign country.

I get it!

You were afraid that Yumi-chan would be bullied in the same way that you were!

Who in the world was it?! What did they say?! And when?!

Was it Kyogoku?! Or Ayanokoji?! Or Saionji?!

Onii-sama...

I wasn't able to pick up on it.

Until the moment you ran away from home,

I believed that you knew nothing!

Onii-sama?

Onii-sama, I need to pee!

What?!

Wild Burger Drive Thru

You saved me back there.

That could've gotten dicey if you hadn't stopped me.

You saved me, too.

By getting me to the washroom in time.

Onii-sama, it didn't come as such a shock to me, you know.

I had found out long ago.

So you needn't be so angry.

Toko...

You're allowed to find happiness, you know.

What do you mean?

You're running away from the happiness that's right in front of you.

And that goes for the thing with Yumi-chan, too.

That's over already!

Then are you saying that I should have accepted the rosary back then?

Yumi-chan chose you to be her little sister?

What are you acting so surprised for?

I didn't know.

At least, not the details of what happened between you and Yumi-chan.

That's why I baited you into telling me.

Don't tell such an obvious lie!

Why are you always so distrustful?

If I'm to believe in people only to be betrayed,

it's better not to believe at all!

Wrong.

You say you don't believe,

but in your heart, you want to believe!

You run, waiting for someone to come after you.

That's not...

If you keep running like that,

soon, there'll be no one coming after you anymore.

You all lay the blame on me, don't you?

It's probably because we all love you.

You blame me because you love me?

I don't really understand that.

The world's full of things we don't understand.

This is what you laid in wait for me to find out?

Why go to such trouble?

I just wanted to know...

...what happened between you and Yumi-chan.

Why did you want to know?

If you think carefully about it, you'll figure it out.

If I think carefully...

Event Set!! Where are the future Lady Roses' cards?!

A treasure hunt, huh?

It was exactly a year ago during last year's treasure hunt...

Oh, look over there! It was exactly a year ago during last year's treasure hunt...

It was exactly a year ago during last year's treasure hunt...

...that I first saw her.

She was so vivacious...

...and open and honest.

This was the person Sachiko Onee-sama had chosen.

I found her frightening.

I didn't know why.

She just... scared me in an indefinable way.

And yet, before I knew it, I...

Toko-chan!

It's so stupid!

So stupid! So stupid! So stupid! So stupid!

Well, then, good-bye, ladies.

See you later!

Good-bye!

Toko.

You seem busy.

Are you headed for the Rose Mansion?

Nope. I have the day off today.

I'm in a hurry because there's going to be a TV special on Buddhist statues.

I see.

Well, good-bye.

Noriko-san!

What is it?

What?

Um...

It must be tough.

You'll be one of the people hiding the treasure this year, right?

No, the three second-years are going to be hiding the treasure.

It's on here, if I recall...

Do you have one of these?

No...

Then you can have it.

What?

I've already read it and I can always look at it at the Rose Mansion.

See you.

The three second-years are going to be hiding the treasure.

Oh?

Good day.

G-Good day.

Were you on your way home?

Yes...

Then, we can go together to the station.

Was there something you wished to see me about?

I don't know...

It's like how you impulsively call out to stop your friend,

but afterwards, you have to think about why you did that.

Does that make no sense?

Not at all...

Toko-chan.

I'm sorry for being unreasonable.

It was thoughtless of me.

I offered you my rosary before I had thought it through.

I didn't give proper consideration to your feelings or anything...

...and I just forged ahead, acting on my emotions alone.

I think it's not surprising that you found it appalling.

All of that is my apology.

And this is where my proposal comes in, but...

Can't we possibly go back to the relationship we had before Christmas?

I do not understand what is in your heart, Yumi-sama!

Why are you so generous towards an underclassman who rejected you?!

What?

And to begin with,

why did you think to make someone like me your little sister anyway?!

Please don't put yourself down and say "someone like me."

Someone like me...

"Someone like me" is good enough!

It was a momentary lapse of judgment on your part.

That was how I interpreted it.

And I was satisfied with that.

So why do you bother yourself about me?!

Don't you know?

You know, since you turned me down, I've been thinking all this time.

I wondered what was going to happen to you and me.

But it came to me that I should think about what I want to happen.

That's when I figured it out.

That all I want is for you to be you.

For me to be me?

That's right.

So, no matter what you do,

it won't change how I feel.

Even the reason you ran for student council...

If you don't want me to ask, I won't pry.

The same goes for things like why you ran away from home.

What kind of people your parents are...

What your relationship is with them now...

What kind of childhood you had...

Because those things are on a completely different plane of existence...

...from my feelings for you.

I see.

So that's it.

What?

What you did then ultimately stemmed from your pity for me, didn't it?!

You only wanted to bestow Christmas Eve charity upon me!

It must have felt so good when you offered me that rosary!

As long as I'm myself? My parents don't matter?!

I knew something was strange!

There was no reason you would want me for your little sister!

But now, the mystery is finally solved!

What are you saying?

If you were doing it without realizing it, that's even worse!

I think there's some misunderstanding...

Please stay where you are!

Don't come any closer!

Toko-chan...

I don't want to hear your excuses!

All right.

It doesn't look like you're willing to listen, no matter what I say.

Toko-chan.

Stay there and count to one-hundred.

Don't you move until you've finished counting.

One. Two. Three. Four.

Five. Six. Seven. Eight.

Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve.

Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen.

Forty-seven. Forty-eight. Forty-nine. Fifty.

Ninety-five. Ninety-six. Ninety-seven. Ninety-eight.

Ninety-nine. One-hundred.

My! Really?

Pardon me!

Is something the matter?

Did you tell Yumi-sama?

What is this about?

That is...

Speak plainly.

It seems you have come to me to air some grievance,

but I will not be able to understand unless you speak plainly.

About matters concerning my birth.

About your birth?

You must know what I mean!

So? When did you tell Yumi-sama?!

As I said, tell her what?

Please do not play dumb!

I'm talking about how I'm not the Matsudairas' child!

Toko-chan...

You were not born to Mr. and Mrs. Matsudaira?

Surely not...

I'm sorry, but this is news to me.

You're lying...

It is the truth.

It cannot be...

Then, who could have told Yumi-sama?

Suguru Onii-sama?

No, he showed no signs of that.

Honestly! What a low opinion you must have!

I am so very sorry.

Not me. I meant of Yumi.

I'm sure Yumi knows nothing of your family background.

Even if she did find out by accident,

she's not the sort of girl to think differently of you based on that.

As her big sister, I know that better than anyone.

And yet, Yumi has devoted so much thought to you,

I'm beginning to feel sorry for her.

Then, it was all...

...my misunderstanding?

Yumi-sama...

I don't know what I should do anymore.

Stay there and count to one-hundred.

One. Two. Three.

Four. Five. Six.

Seven. Eight. Nine.

I'm all alone now. Seven. Eight. Nine.

Seven. Eight. Nine.

All the ties I had with everyone...

All the ties I had with everyone... Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen.

One by one, I severed them myself... Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen.

Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen.

Thirty-one. Thirty-two.

Thirty-three. Thirty-four.

But I'm so terribly lonely... Thirty-three. Thirty-four.

But I'm so terribly lonely...

Thirty-five. Thirty-six.

I don't care who it is, I want someone by my side. Thirty-five. Thirty-six.

Soon, there'll be no one coming after you anymore.

Fifty-six. Fifty-seven.

I'm scared to count. Fifty-six. Fifty-seven.

I'm scared to count.

Fifty-eight. Fifty-nine. Sixty.

To open my eyes and find myself all alone... Fifty-eight. Fifty-nine. Sixty.

To open my eyes and find myself all alone...

Seventy-five. Seventy-six.

Seventy-seven. Seventy-eight.

Seventy-nine. Eighty. Eighty-one.

Oh, sorry.

I did think that maybe I shouldn't disturb you, but...

Why? I thought you went home...

After I said good-bye to you, something about it bothered me.

But what about the special?

What you want to talk to me about is more important than that.

Noriko!

Noriko!

What?

Noriko...

What in the world is wrong?

Maria-sama, thank you so much!

For bringing Noriko back to me.

Noriko...

Noriko...

A winterscape where even... Machi no irodori sae doko

...the town's colors seem forlorn somehow to naku samishige na fuyu no keshiki

I think of you, turning your back on me... Senaka mise kaketeitta

...and running off anata o omou

There's a clear square pane... Futari no aida ni wa

...between the two of us toumei na shikakkei

It's misted over right now... Ima wa kasunderu

...with the crystals of sighs tame-iki no kesshou de

Window glass, window glass Mado garasu mado garasu

It's clouded and I can't see you Kumottete anata ga mienai no

Even though I know that you're there Soko ni iru koto wa wakatteiru no ni

Are you smiling? Are you crying? Waratteru naiteru no

I don't even care if you're frowning, let me see you Shikamettsura demo ii kara misete

Wipe the glass from your side, too Sochira no hou kara mo garasu o fuite

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