Original subtitles

Ima kara utau koto koko dake no hanashi ni

Shite oite ne

Yokubou wa kokoro ni kakushite okitai no hontou wa

Himitsu himitsu

Chikamichi shitai

Ame ni nureru koto naku

Kaze ni tobasareru koto naku

Zurugashikokute mo waratte ne

Hikyoumono demo asonde ne

Kanashimitakunai

Namida ni nureru koto naku

Tohou ni kureru koto naku

Donkan datte waratte ne

Tanoshii koto dake oshiete ne

Mitai kao ga aru no kikitai koe ga aru no

Me ga sametara yorokobi wo narashite

Ohayou, kyou mo yoroshiku onegai itashimasu

"Princess Jellyfish" Ohayou, kyou mo yoroshiku onegai itashimasu

"Princess Jellyfish"

Good morning, everyone.

Sakurako, Midoriko, O-Chiyo, Matsuko, O-Take, Umeko, Yoshibo...

You're all looking as well as ever.

Morning!

Chieko, I have a favor to ask you!

You're certainly here early this morning.

Yep. I have a lot to do today. So, I'd like to borrow that...

Ah, yes, that.

Here. You can play, but be nice, won't you?

Like I want to play with some doll! I mean that!

The machine?

Oh, right... Last night I drank some sweet sake in the kitchen...

And then Mom carried me to bed...

A dream?

"Days of Love and Lukewarm Water"

I dreamed about you last night, Mom.

But if that was a dream, how did I get back to my own room?

You're up early this morning, Tsukimi!

Oh, good morning.

Your drinking last night was most impressive!

Um, anyway, I don't really remember how I got back to my room...

You say the great Guan Yu's spirit shepherded you safely to your room?!

Leave it to the sweet sake of Guan Yu!

That's not quite...

Stop it!

Aw, no worries.

I did this in Home Ec class in middle school!

I'm telling you, no!

- That machine only responds well for me. - Hmm, maybe this goes here?

- No, no! - Hmm, maybe this goes here?

If you do that, the bobbin thread will...

Gah, it got all tangled!

- Oh, now look what you've done! - Wh-What are you doing?

Tsukimi! Please, stop her!

Oh, so you're awake. Is your fever better?

Fever?

Oh, right, I was a little feverish last night...

Huh? But how does he know?

Blech, I don't get this thing. We'll start over here instead.

I bought this stuff first thing this morning. Look! Fabric! Rhinestones! And lace and beads!

O-Okay?

Come on, let's do it!

Do... what?

For crying out loud!

I told you, we're going to make this!

You want to make... a flower hat jelly?

No! A skirt!

Um... this is a design I drew in high school...

I know! But it looks like a skirt to me!

If we make a skirt just like this,

I know it'll be cute, and we can sell it!

We can take over Japan! We can save Amamizu-kan!

The point is, I want to make one of these with this!

Chieko, make it!

Impossible! I can only make traditional clothing.

And I only use this machine to stitch yukata.

Yukata... You mean you made that, too? Whoa! Chieko, you're a god!

Oh, you flatter me. Anyone could do this much.

How do you do it?

There's nothing to it!

Oh, I know.

Look, I've just started making a new kimono for Midoriko.

She's fast!

The type of needlework used in traditional clothing

is a refined technique passed down in Japan since ancient times

which only employs straight lines.

Western-style clothing is a world of curved lines

designed to accommodate the wearer's body shape,

so it's completely different, even on a conceptual level.

You're super-sewing without even looking at your hands!

I'm telling you, you could do this!

- No way, no way, no way, no way! - Why not?!

As I said, Japanese and Western sewing are completely different,

from different schools of thought.

If you'd like an analogy,

they're about as different as Tokyo-style sushi and French cuisine.

In other words, you're essentially asking a sushi chef to make a terrine.

She's sewing and being a total font of knowledge at the same time!

The point is, I can't possibly make something so complicated.

If I do help you, it'll only be with stitching.

You manage the rest of it yourselves.

"Manage" it, she says...

"Amamizu Area Redevelopment Entrepreneur Debriefing Session" "Manage" it, she says...

"Amamizu Area Redevelopment Entrepreneur Debriefing Session" Following up on our explanation of Hotel Createur Tokyo,

"Amamizu Area Redevelopment Entrepreneur Debriefing Session" we'll now cover the situation on the west side of Amamizu Station,

we'll now cover the situation on the west side of Amamizu Station,

where construction is planned.

Our company is in continuing negotiations with the residents

so that we can break ground the year after next at the latest.

The site purchase is going well and proceeding on schedule.

Amamizu-kan... It's right in the middle of the proposed site.

This buyout means that before long, Tsukimi will...

What? I'm being evicted?

Yes, unfortunately.

But if they won't let me live here... I've got nowhere else to go!

It's all right, Tsukimi. Let's make a home together!

Together?

We'll rent a little house by the shore...

...and live humble, quiet lives together watching the jellyfish.

If I were to build a house ...and live humble, quiet lives together watching the jellyfish.

If I were to build a house

Beside the puppy, you, you

I'd want you to be th...

I'd want you to be th... That'll never happen.

That'll never happen.

You had sex with me.

I-I'm sorry!

Tsukimi Kurashita?

Yeah. Mr. Koibuchi insists...

And Shu leaves tonight for a tour of inspection overseas,

so there's no danger of him finding out.

So you don't have a photo.

What's her address?

H-How many meters did you buy?

No clue. I bought the whole bolt.

Anyway, let's try cutting it!

Huh? Are you sure that's a good process?

No clue. But we've gotta do something.

But to just up and start cutting...

You may be a Stylish, but you know nothing about how clothes are made.

Yep, I just wear them.

Fabric!

- White fabric! - Iketani!

- Chikuwa roll! A chikuwa roll! - A white flag! Raise a white flag for Ma Chao!

It's useless to fight Liu Bei's army if Ma Chao fights with them!

Don't get in the way!

Special Attack: "Take this and go buy something tasty!"

Ichiyo Higuchi!

We're going to Chinatown!

The Minatomirai Line will be mine!

Problem solved! Okay, shall we?

Cut, Tsukimi!

B-But...

It doesn't have to be exact.

Just snip-snip-snip along my body so it'll make a skirt!

If it doesn't work, we'll figure something out then!

Mom... Why is this person so beautiful?

His arms and legs are so pale and slender...

He's just like a jellyfish.

Make it like that whatsit-jelly.

That's "flower hat jelly."

Yeah, that one.

Looking at this beautiful person, my heart is filled with jellyfish lace.

It's almost enough to make me forget about the bad things...

Good afternoon!

Hello.

What are you up to after this?

I'm going back to the office to put today's information in order.

I want to see the ocean...

Please get out.

- Let's go to... - Please get out!

What do you want?!

I understand.

You intend to treat that night as a one-night stand...

If that's what you want, fine. I'll go home.

Inari-Style Elite Man Snaring Techniques: Beginners' Course.

If pushing doesn't work, try a combination of pulling and gentle threats.

He's guaranteed to call me in the next two or three da...

Wait, please!

That was fast!

That's a virgin for you. He takes the bait as fast as a middle school kid!

- But I'll boldly ignore him! - Taxi!

Wait, please!

It's commercial time!

Clara!

It's the second half!

Tequila!

There's only 535 yen left!

To think Ichiyo Higuchi didn't even last us half the day!

That's because you said we should add on mango flan.

All right, now we go pay our respects to the spirit of Guan Yu

- before rounding the night off with a trip to a deluxe public bath!

- Whoa! - Before rounding the night off with a trip to a deluxe public bath!

This afro is totally righteous!

It's bigger than the sukimaswitch guy's!

Hey, can I touch it? I'm already touching it, actually!

A Stylish!

Can I snap a pic?!

Listen, you two. I'll get right to the point:

This thing was a 1000% failure from the moment you cut the fabric.

Huh?

Don't take the wind out of our sails when we've just started, Chieko!

Well, I'll stitch it for you, but...

But she's still breaking the sound barrier!

And I'll put some elastic in...

Ugh, don't give my haute couture skirt an elastic waistband!

Just try it on this way.

This?

This spring, rock the pauper look in a flimsy skirt with an elastic waistband!

More like, it's all wrong!

- Why isn't it floofy? Sheesh... - With the pattern you cut,

there's no way it could be!

- It's wrong! - Huh?

That isn't expressing any of the delicate beauty of the flower hat jelly!

Not one micrometer! Not one nanometer!

Uh-oh, here we go: The monotonous ranting peculiar to geeks.

First off, the cubic structure of the bells of all jellyfish,

not just the flower hat jelly, is like..!

If that's what you want, fine.

Sorry, I can't come to the phone right now.

Tsukimi, what are you?

Please stay still.

Ow!

Hey, whoa, aren't you going to apologize?

Er, Tsukimi?

It's okay. You don't have to stop her.

Done!

Now it looks a little bit like a bell, anyway.

Why, you're right. Not bad!

Chieko, could I ask you to sew it on the machine?

That's fine, but what do you want to do with the edges?

You've got margins on the front.

Oh, that's okay.

As long as it's shaped like a bell, that's good enough for me.

But you know, I don't think this will be floofy enough

unless I wear a pannier underneath...

Pa... what?

"Pannier." That thing Goth-loli girls wear under their skirts

that looks like a ballerina's tutu.

I-I don't...

I know, let's do this at my place, since I have some there.

My brother's off on his trip abroad today, so the timing's perfect!

Brother...

Tsukimi?

Chieko.

What?

Doll fans like to visit lots of old estates and take pictures, right?

Yes, would you like to see?

I recently went to a Western-style house in Kamakura...

Look.

- Oh, my! - I have a favor to ask.

Thanks a bunch! Can I post this on my blog?

B-Blog?

Afros really are great, aren't they?

Where did you get yours done? Aoyama? Was it Aoyama?

Th-This is natural...

I've always thought they were so cool, but my agency won't let me get one!

Can I touch it one more time? Thanks a bunch!

This one, eh? Not a bad place to live.

Excuse me, sir! Do you know where I can find this address?

Oh, if that's what you're looking for...

Jeez, those guys always make me drink too damn much!

And who the hell recommends Dom Pérignon Rosé these days?!

Twelve messages.

Hmm, what to do... Ah, this salami is good.

It's ringing again! Fine, whatever, I'll answer...

Yeah?

U-Um, hello! This is Koibuchi.

Didn't I say I wouldn't contact you again?

Well, yes, but...

Crap...

Pardon?

I've had too many... My head's all fuzzy...

I'm done for... Can't do a... of these... had too many...

Too... Too many of what? Hello? Hello!

Don't do anything rash! I'll be right there!

- So... don't be rash! I'll be right there! - Huh?

"Rash"...You stupid or somethin'?!

Like anybody'd kill 'emselves over gettin' dumped by you.

This is the prollem with virgins...

Goodness! Perfect Taisho Romance style!

Treasure! It's a treasure trove!

I told you we had a billion old man photos, didn't I?

So have you finally resigned yourself to making a jellyfish dress?

Tsukimi.

Please let me go home.

Why are you being so stubborn? I told you, Bro's not here...

I don't want to. I... don't want to do that stuff anymore.

I don't want to get heated up or go cold over little things...

I'm sick of it.

A lukewarm life is enough for me.

I want to see it.

I want to take this jellyfish you drew and make it real.

I want to see that.

Why?

Because it's beautiful.

I'm just overcome!

- Oh, this room is lovely, too! - Wonderful!

Jeez, be careful.

I'm sorry! I just got a bit excited...

Eh, it's okay. So, what do you think? It's a cute room, right?

It's divine!

- I wish I'd brought Midoriko and the others!

- If... - I wish I'd brought Midoriko and the others!

If I could give the feeling of that moment not just a drawing, but a shape...

a shape, with my own two hands...

Hey, Tsuki... mi?!

Chieko! Jiji!

Lend me your aid!

No...

Psych!

Did I scare you? These are just vitamins.

What?

Ow! Ow... hey, stop, stop, stop!

It was just a joke! You don't have to get so ma...

Huh, that was fast. She was dead after all, then?

Come on, let's get away.

Take me to Narita, please.

Skipping town, I see.

I'm asking you to take me to Narita!

Yes, Sir.

She wasn't dead.

I'm finished over here.

Okay, then do this too, please.

Crap, I fell asleep.

These pearls are beautiful, though, aren't they?

For imitations, they're pretty high-quality.

Now if I just put these here!

Tsukimi... that...

All done.

We finished it!

The Sisterhood Human Wave Attack managed to get it done!

Fine detail work really stiffens up your shoulders!

I'd love the Kita no Kuni Kara DVD box set as my reward.

Hey, it's cute!

Yes, this is the pop idol of the jellyfish world: The flower hat jelly!

The tentacles came out well, too!

Hey, can I try it on? I'm trying it on!

Hmm? Oh, yeah...

Tsukimi tore the necklace...

They're imitation pearls anyway, aren't they?

No, they're real... they're probably worth a few million yen...

What?! Then each pearl is at least ten thousand?!

I-I-I'm so sorry! I wasn't thinking!

I just thought they were perfect for flower hat jelly tentacles, so I...

It's okay.

Turning it into a cute dress like this would make Mom happy, too.

Mama...

If I were a girl...

I'll give you this, too. It's something I got from your papa anyway.

I can really have it?

I wish you were a girl. Then your Papa wouldn't...

If I'd been a princess-like girl, would I...

Would I have gotten to live with my mama forever?

I didn't expect us to spend the whole night out on the town!

We only did because you wouldn't get out of the electric bath

in time for the last train.

Sorry! I calculated that shock therapy would be the best way

to wash away any Stylish juice that the Stylish got on us... Huh?

What's this?

Don't tell me that Baidi...

...has fallen?!

Hontou ni kizuite hoshii n da, anata ga utsukushii tte koto wo

Ima made naze kizukanai no sa

Kokoro nakushita mitai da yo

Sugu ni sugu ni kizuite hoshii, wakatte hoshii yo

Sugu ni kimi ni kizuite hoshii, kimi no kirei ni kizuite hoshii yo

Anata ga totemo kirei dakara

Anata ni sore wo tsutaetai no sa

Itsumademo, itsumademo kimi utsukushisa wo

Anata ga jibun no utsukushisa ni kizuitara boku wa shiawase nan da

Boku wa kimi wo omotteru yo

Kimi no kirei ni kizuite okure