# 12 - A Starry Bridge in the Night Sky
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**[00:03] Sign**
Safety in the household
For traffic safety
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** A Starry Bridge in the Night Sky
**[00:12] kazu**
What?
**[00:13] kazu**
I'm playing the male god for the festival?!
**[00:15] Sis**
W-Why do I have to do that?
**[00:18] Sis**
What do you mean, "why?"
**[00:20] Sis**
Because the person who
wins the Hikonan race
**[00:22] Sis**
is the person who plays the
male god in the festival.
**[00:27] Sis**
Did nobody tell you?
**[00:29] kazu**
No.
**[00:31] kazu**
Anyway, Koyori won the race.
**[00:36] Sis**
Koyori may be a tomboy,
but she's still a girl.
**[00:39] Sis**
There's no way she can play
the role of the male god.
**[00:42] kazu**
I guess not.
**[00:45] Sis**
That's why the role
**[00:46] ---**
is played by the first
place male, which is you.
**[00:50] Sis**
It's a great honor to represent
all the males of Yamabiko,
**[00:53] ---**
so do your best.
**[00:55] kazu**
Right...
**[00:57] kazu**
Is it really okay
**[00:59] ---**
for an outsider to play
such an important role?
**[01:03] Sis**
What are you talking about?
**[01:05] Sis**
If anything, that makes it better.
**[01:07] Sis**
Of course the festival
**[01:08] ---**
does celebrate the story
of the Twin Peaks,
**[01:12] ---**
but it's also about
the Heavenly Messenger.
**[01:15] Sis**
By accepting new blood from outside,
the village is blessed.
**[01:29] Sis**
Which is why a boy like yourself,
**[01:30] ---**
coming in from the outside
**[01:32] ---**
to sow his fresh seed,
**[01:34] Sis**
perfectly fits the role of the
male god of this tradition.
**[01:40] kazu**
Isn't it a little too
early for talk like this?
**[01:42] Ayu**
What does she mean by "seed"?
**[01:45] kazu**
Well, uh...
**[01:47] Sis**
Ayumu, what I meant by "seed" is...
**[01:51] kazu**
Sis!
**[01:55] Dai**
Wow, lucky!
**[01:57] Dai**
You get to play the god in the festival!
**[01:59] kazu**
Is it that great?
**[02:00] Dai**
Hello!
**[02:02] Dai**
The goddess is played by Tsumugi.
**[02:04] Dai**
You know, with her
boing-boing, bouncy...
**[02:07] kazu**
Do you think about anything else?
**[02:09] Dai**
So, are you going to use
**[02:11] ---**
this chance to confess your feelings?
**[02:15] kazu**
Why do I have to confess anything?!
**[02:17] Dai**
Come on!
**[02:18] ---**
It's pretty much accepted now
**[02:20] ---**
that during the Calling of the Names,
**[02:21] Dai**
the person playing the god
**[02:23] ---**
may confess his feelings to the person
**[02:25] ---**
playing the goddess.
**[02:27] kazu**
Really?
**[02:29] Dai**
Tsumugi's a good example,
**[02:31] ---**
but the role of the goddess always
**[02:33] Dai**
goes to the most beautiful
girl in the village.
**[02:36] ---**
Which is why they say
**[02:38] ---**
they started the Hikonan
Race to begin with.
**[02:42] Dai**
Guys would compete in droves
**[02:44] ---**
to secure the right to play
the god and then confess
**[02:47] Dai**
to the goddess.
**[02:51] Dai**
Back in our grandparents' time,
**[02:54] ---**
people did get together after having
**[02:57] Dai**
confessed at the festival.
**[03:00] Dai**
There's also this belief that
**[03:02] ---**
any year where the confessions leads
**[03:04] Dai**
to a couple will be a
bumper year for crops.
**[03:07] kazu**
Okay, but why do I have
to confess to Tsumugi?
**[03:10] Hin**
Good morning!
**[03:12] Hin**
What are you guys talking about?
**[03:13] Hin**
What's this about Tsumugi?
**[03:15] Hin**
It's nothing.
**[03:17] Ui**
Good morning...
**[03:20] kazu**
G-Good morning...
***SIGN*** Juniors
**[03:32] Dai**
God, my mom sure does talk a lot.
**[03:38] Dai**
What are you going to do today, bro?
**[03:40] Dai**
Wanna all go to the Back Pipe?
**[03:42] hina**
I can't. I've got archery.
**[03:44] kazu**
I can't either.
**[03:45] kazu**
I've got a costume fitting for
the festival at the temple today.
**[03:49] Dai**
So I guess the same
goes for you, too, Ui.
**[03:51] Ui**
Yeah.
**[03:53] Dai**
Oh well.
**[03:55] Dai**
I guess I'll just go home
alone by my lonesome.
**[03:57] Voice**
If you're lonely,
I'll keep you company.
**[04:01] Voice**
It seems like the impending
festival's made you all soft
**[04:05] Voice**
so I'll instill some
discipline into you!
**[04:07] Voice**
Me, myself, and you are going to have
**[04:09] ---**
a parent-teacher-student talk!
**[04:18] kazu**
I sure wasn't expecting
**[04:21] ---**
to play the role of the male god.
**[04:23] Ui**
Yeah. I bet it was a shock.
**[04:37] kazu**
Uh...
**[04:37] Ui**
Uh...
**[04:38] Ui**
What is it?
**[04:39] kazu**
You first.
**[04:43] Ui**
Oh, it's n-nothing.
**[04:58] Sa**
You're not talking.
**[05:03] kazu**
When did you get here?
**[05:04] kazu**
You could've said something!
**[05:16] hina**
What's wrong?
**[05:17] hina**
If you don't hurry up, you'll be late.
**[05:34] Kas**
Wow!
**[05:35] Kas**
That looks pretty good on you!
**[05:37] mom**
You certainly look
30% more manly.
**[05:40] kazu**
Thanks.
**[05:41] Kas**
Why don't I get a quick picture of that?
**[05:44] kazu**
Huh?
**[05:45] kazu**
I don't mind if you take some pictures,
**[05:47] ---**
but why are you here anyway?
**[05:49] Kas**
It's for coverage!
**[05:51] Kas**
As the official ears of Yamabiko,
**[05:53] ---**
I couldn't possibly let
such a juicy story go!
**[05:57] Kas**
Just so you know,
**[05:59] ---**
I would never even think of
**[06:02] ---**
selling Tsumugi's goddess pictures
**[06:04] Kas**
to the high-school boys
for loads of cash.
**[06:09] Tsu**
I'm sorry I kept you waiting.
**[06:26] Kas**
Wow, you look so beautiful!
**[06:28] Tsu**
Thank you, Kasane.
**[06:30] Kas**
Hina and Nakatsugawa,
**[06:32] ---**
you look very maidenly as well.
**[06:46] mom**
Thanks for waiting.
**[06:47] mom**
The tea is ready now.
**[06:50] mom**
I'm sorry;
**[06:51] ---**
I'm making you work even
when you're a guest.
**[06:54] Tsu**
It's no problem at all.
**[06:57] mom**
I bet your shoulders are stiff.
**[06:58] ---**
You're not used to those clothes.
**[06:59] kazu**
It wasn't that bad.
**[07:01] Mad**
Where's Nakatsugawa?
**[07:04] Kas**
She went to the bathroom.
**[07:05] Kas**
She said she had to go all
through the fitting...
**[07:08] Sis**
She could've just said something.
**[07:11] Tsu**
I'm going to the bathroom too.
**[07:17] Kas**
Aren't you playing the
Heavenly Messenger this year?
**[07:21] Mad**
Yes.
**[07:22] Mad**
It's hard. I've got dance
practice for it every day.
**[07:25] Kas**
Don't you have a
costume fitting too?
**[07:28] Mad**
Sure, but it's not right now.
**[07:31] Kas**
I can't wait to see you in your outfit!
**[07:36] Kas**
That reminds me!
**[07:37] Kas**
Can I take a picture of
you by the front shrine?
**[07:42] Sis**
Why not?
**[07:43] Sis**
You have to get the
costume fitted anyway.
**[07:46] Kas**
Then it's settled.
**[07:47] mado**
Huh?
**[07:48] Kas**
After we finish our tea,
**[07:49] ---**
get changed and we'll go
to the front shrine!
**[07:55] Tsu**
Ui?
**[07:57] Ui**
Tsumugi?
**[08:00] Tsu**
Mind if we have a little chat here?
**[08:05] Tsu**
Did you and Kazuma get into a fight?
**[08:12] Tsu**
Then what's wrong?
**[08:13] Tsu**
I feel like there's something
strange between you two.
**[08:19] Ui**
It's just...
**[08:22] Tsu**
I'm sorry.
**[08:24] Tsu**
You don't have to tell me,
if you don't want to.
**[08:26] Tsu**
I suddenly understood.
**[08:28] Tsu**
What?
**[08:29] Ui**
Until now, I always thought
of Kazu as an older brother,
**[08:34] Ui**
so it was fun being with him.
**[08:37] ---**
It made me feel
**[08:37] ---**
safe and warm and fuzzy inside.
**[08:40] Ui**
But...
**[08:41] Ui**
But then I realized my older
brother is my older brother
**[08:43] Ui**
and Kazu isn't really
my brother and then...
**[08:47] Ui**
It was like
**[08:48] ---**
I couldn't really act
normal around him anymore.
**[08:51] Ui**
Just looking at him
makes my chest hurt.
**[08:55] Ui**
Just thinking about him
**[08:57] ---**
when I'm home alone
makes my face warm.
**[09:03] Tsu**
Ui, that means you're in love.
**[09:06] Tsu**
But I'm not!
**[09:09] Tsu**
I'm definitely not!
**[09:11] Tsu**
Just because my heart starts
**[09:13] ---**
beating fast when I
think of him doesn't mean
**[09:16] Tsu**
I'm in l-l-love or anything
like that, it's just...
**[09:20] Tsu**
It's... it's actually...
completely different...
**[09:22] Tsu**
I mean...
**[09:25] kazu**
Ui and Tsumugi are taking a while.
**[09:28] kazu**
I wonder if something's going on?
**[09:30] Sak**
Hoshino, why don't you
tell Ui that she's cute?
**[09:35] kazu**
What is that supposed to mean?
**[09:38] Sak**
When you looked at her before,
**[09:40] ---**
you thought she was cute,
**[09:41] ---**
but you didn't say anything.
**[09:44] Sak**
Why?
**[09:47] kazu**
Why?
**[09:50] Sak**
That time when my dad
came to take me home,
**[09:53] ---**
you told him what I wanted
to say, but couldn't.
**[10:00] Sak**
I was so happy then.
**[10:04] Sak**
Though later I realized
**[10:06] ---**
that if you want to
tell someone something,
**[10:08] Sak**
you really need to tell them yourself.
**[10:13] Sak**
I wanted to apologize
for that misunderstanding
**[10:16] ---**
we had when we first met
**[10:18] ---**
for such a long time.
**[10:21] Sak**
When I was finally able to say it,
**[10:25] ---**
it made me feel really good.
**[10:27] Sak**
If there's something you want to say,
**[10:30] ---**
I think you should go and say it.
**[10:33] kazu**
Sakai...
**[10:40] Tsu**
*Ui, that means you're in love.*
**[10:43] Ui**
Love?
**[10:49] Ui**
I don't know. I just don't...
**[10:53] Ui**
I don't know anything about love!
**[11:03] ibu**
That's your third yawn.
**[11:05] ibu**
What's wrong with you?
**[11:07] Ui**
I was up late last night.
**[11:09] ibu**
Are you going to be okay?
**[11:10] ibu**
You've got rehearsal for
the festival after school today.
**[11:14] Ui**
Yeah.
**[11:15] Ui**
I'll take a nap during lunch.
**[11:18] Ui**
I'll be fine.
**[11:23] Mom**
Okay, now I'll quickly go over
the plan for the real event.
**[11:27] Mom**
I'll explain the little
details as we get to them,
**[11:30] Mom**
but for now,
I want you all to just have
**[11:32] ---**
an idea of the big picture.
**[11:34] Mom**
First, Madoka will become
the Heavenly Messenger
**[11:36] ---**
and do her dance at the front shrine.
**[11:40] Mom**
The male god, who has been waiting
**[11:42] ---**
at the bottom of the stairs,
**[11:43] Mom**
will receive the scroll
from the Heavenly Messenger.
**[11:47] Mom**
The male god will then
descend the stone stairs
**[11:50] ---**
and get into the cart
that's waiting for him.
**[11:52] Mom**
The goddess will change
**[11:53] ---**
in one of the rooms
in the community center,
**[11:56] Mom**
then she should stand-by
with the maidens.
**[11:59] Mom**
You've already played
the role of a maiden,
**[12:01] ---**
so you about this
part, right?
**[12:03] Tsu**
Yes.
**[12:04] Mom**
We'll notify you once the
male god has left his cart
**[12:07] Mom**
and then you and the maidens
**[12:09] ---**
can time your own exit with
**[12:10] ---**
the cart from the front
of the community center
**[12:13] Mom**
Once the carts are facing each
other with the bridge between them,
**[12:16] Mom**
you'll hear the signal
from the big drum,
**[12:17] ---**
and that starts the ceremony
of calling one another.
**[12:20] Mom**
The male god then reads aloud
**[12:21] ---**
the scroll given to him
by the Heavenly Messenger
**[12:23] Mom**
and the goddess reads
the oath given to her
**[12:26] ---**
by the shrine parishioner.
**[12:28] Kas**
Isn't it true that the scroll is written
**[12:30] ---**
anew by the person playing
the Heavenly Messenger?
**[12:33] mado**
Yes.
**[12:34] ---**
It's written with ink that was
**[12:36] ---**
prepared with the morning
dew of that day.
**[12:38] Kas**
So I guess you know
**[12:39] ---**
how to write all those curly characters!
**[12:42] kazu**
Uh... I have a question.
**[12:44] Mom**
Yes, Kazuma?
**[12:45] kazu**
By curly characters, she
means cursive script, right?
**[12:49] kazu**
I can't read things like that at all...
**[12:51] Mom**
Don't worry.
**[12:53] ---**
Both the scroll and oath
will have the pronunciations
***SIGN*** Dedicate this wish
**[12:56] Mom**
written next to the characters.
**[12:58] kazu**
Oh, that's fine then.
**[13:00] Mom**
No worries then?
**[13:01] kazu**
Yeah, I just have to read what's there.
**[13:04] mom**
Just because you're reading
don't take this task lightly.
**[13:06] mom**
Even if you're just reading it,
**[13:09] ---**
you have to put your whole soul into it,
**[13:12] mom**
when you face the goddess,
**[13:13] ---**
then the words will become the truth.
**[13:15] Tsu**
*You have to put your whole soul into it.*
**[13:18] Tsu**
*Then the words will become the truth.*
**[13:26] mado**
Then here I go shake shake.
**[13:29] mado**
Turn once... and then...
**[13:34] mado**
Hello?
**[13:41] mado**
Hello?
**[13:43] mado**
Tsumugi?
**[13:45] mado**
Huh?
**[13:46] mado**
Feigning illness?
***SIGN*** A Bridge To the Starry Skies
***SIGN*** Hoshizora E Kakaru Hashi
**[14:47] ---**
Yamabiko Community Center
**[14:53] ---**
Goddess Waiting Room
**[14:57] Kas**
They said that it's almost time,
**[14:59] ---**
so you guys should go to the
dressing room and change.
**[15:01] Tsu**
All right.
**[15:02] Ui**
Okay. Then let's go!
**[15:07] Kas**
Tsumugi, what's wrong?
**[15:09] Tsu**
I suddenly have this terrible
pain in my stomach.
**[15:13] Ui**
We need to call a doctor!
**[15:14] Ui**
Or better yet, an ambulance!!
**[15:16] Tsu**
It's not that bad, Ui.
**[15:18] Tsu**
I think it'll go away
if I go lay down a bit.
**[15:24] Ui**
But...
**[15:25] Tsu**
But the role of the goddess
for the festival...
**[15:27] Kas**
You can't do anything in this state!
**[15:29] Sa**
I think you should ask someone
to play the role for you.
**[15:32] Tsu**
Ui, would you do it for me?
**[15:35] Ui**
Huh?
**[15:35] Ui**
I can't just step in
and play the goddess!
**[15:39] Tsu**
You've been rehearsing
with me all along.
**[15:42] ---**
I'm sure you know exactly what to do.
**[15:46] Tsu**
Just do it like we practiced.
**[15:49] Tsu**
Please...
**[15:52] Ui**
But then we'll be short one maiden.
**[15:56] Sak**
That shouldn't be a problem.
**[15:59] Sak**
We've got someone to play
a maiden right here.
**[16:06] Kas**
Huh?
**[16:07] Kas**
You don't mean me?!
**[16:08] Kas**
But I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't!
**[16:10] Sak**
Kasane, you've been
covering our rehearsals
**[16:13] ---**
in your reports all along.
**[16:15] Sak**
I'm sure you've got it all down.
**[16:18] Kas**
I guess so, but...
**[16:21] Sak**
This is an emergency.
**[16:28] Sak**
Will you do it,
or would you do it?
**[16:30] Sak**
You've got two choices, so pick one.
**[16:33] Kas**
It would be an honor to do it!
**[18:42] Ayu**
Snap out of it!
***SIGN*** I love Ui.
**[19:18] Mom**
*Even if you're just reading it,*
**[19:20] ---**
*you have to put your whole soul into it,*
**[19:23] Mom**
*when you face the goddess.*
**[19:25] ---**
*Then the words will become the truth.*
**[19:27] Sak**
If there's something you want to say,
**[19:30] ---**
then you should go and say it.
**[19:36] kazu**
I love Ui.
**[19:43] kazu**
I'm not saying it was always like that,
**[19:47] ---**
but I started to notice that
**[19:48] kazu**
whenever we were together,
**[19:50] ---**
it was, how should I say it?
**[19:52] kazu**
I mean...
**[19:54] kazu**
Anyway...
**[19:56] kazu**
I love you!
**[20:05] Ibu**
Ui! Your answer?
**[20:10] Ibu**
We can't hear you!
Say it louder!
**[20:13] Ui**
I love him too...
**[20:17] Ibu**
Louder, Ui!
**[20:21] Ui**
I love you too!
**[20:25] Ui**
I love you,
**[20:26] Ui**
I love you,
**[20:27] Ui**
I love you so much!!!
**[20:50] [SONG] Sis**
We've got plenty
of food and drink left,
**[20:54] [SONG] ---**
so let me know if
anything's missing.
**[20:56] [SONG] Man**
I'm sorry,
**[20:58] [SONG] ---**
we're just a bunch
of bottomless pits
**[20:59] [SONG] ---**
when it comes
to drinking.
**[21:00] [SONG] Sis**
What are you
talking about?
**[21:02] [SONG] Sis**
On the day of
the festival,
**[21:04] [SONG] ---**
those who can serve sake
are the lucky ones.
**[21:08] [SONG] Sis**
However, if you get drunk
and do bad things,
**[21:11] [SONG] ---**
I won't show any mercy.
**[21:21] [SONG] Old**
It was quite something
to see them confess
**[21:24] [SONG] ---**
at the ceremony of
calling one another.
**[21:27] [SONG] Old**
Takes me back to the
time when you did it.
**[21:32] [SONG] Old**
Too bad she didn't
feel the same!
**[21:36] [SONG] Old2**
Gen, can you
just drop it?
**[21:42] [SONG] mom**
Gimme another!
**[21:44] [SONG] Dai**
Mother... dearest...
**[21:45] [SONG] ---**
it seems like you've
had quite a lot...
**[21:48] [SONG] ---**
I'm not sure if
more would be...
**[21:52] [SONG] Mom**
Are you trying
to lecture me?!
**[21:55] [SONG] Mom**
When it's the trouble I have
with you that's making me
**[21:58] [SONG] ---**
drink so much
to begin with?
**[22:01] [SONG] Mom**
Got it?
**[22:03] [SONG] Dai**
I understand
completely!
**[22:06] [SONG] Mom**
If ya do, then
gimme another!
**[22:08] [SONG] Dai**
Yes, ma'am!
**[22:10] [SONG] Girl**
Wow, so you're
an artist?
**[22:13] [SONG] Girl**
Maybe you could
draw me next time.
**[22:17] [SONG] Girl2**
You know, I look pretty
good without my clothes on.
**[22:24] [SONG] All**
Ayumu, Ayumu,
Ayumu, Ayumu!!!
**[22:34] [SONG] Kas**
Koyori, what's that?
**[22:37] [SONG] Koy**
Not bad, huh?
**[22:38] [SONG] Koy**
I won it at
the ring toss!
**[22:40] [SONG] Kas**
Yeah, it's really cute.
**[22:49] [SONG] Koy**
No, that's... no!
**[22:55] [SONG] Tsu**
This is so good!
**[22:57] [SONG] Kas**
I thought you had
a stomach ache!
**[23:00] [SONG] Tsu**
Oh, did I?
**[23:11] mado**
I guess we got rejected.
**[23:14] Ibu**
I guess so.
**[23:17] Ibu**
What am I saying, I never
got rejected... I mean...
**[23:29] Ibu**
I guess it's fine.
**[23:45] Ui**
Wow!
**[23:47] kazu**
You can really see it tonight:
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A starry bridge in the night sky.
**[23:50] Ui**
Yeah.
**[23:53] Ui**
So beautiful!
**[23:57] kazu**
You're right.
**[23:58] kazu**
You really are.
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