E8 - Christmas with the Princess

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[00:00] sign
    Christmas Lottery
[00:09] bottles
    Infinity Power
[00:10] Ichiro
    Please do these hair highlights.
[00:13] Shiori
    All right.
[00:18] Ichiro
    When you're done with those,
    this needs finishing touches.
[00:21] writing
    Deadline!!
[00:21] Shiori
    Okay.
[00:25] Shiori
    A few more and all the
    backgrounds will be done.
[00:28] Ichiro
    Stick with me through the homestretch!
[00:31] Shiori
    We can do it!
[00:44] [SONG] OP
    Looks like it started before I knew it
[00:52] [SONG] OP
    Thanks to you, I'm all smiles
[00:59] [SONG] OP
    The usual townscape lends
    charm to the two of us
[01:07] [SONG] OP
    Funny how it looks like a starry sky
[01:16] [SONG] OP
    Suddenly buying flowers
[01:18] [SONG] OP
    Standing around in the kitchen
[01:20] [SONG] OP
    Sending a photo, because
    the setting sun is pretty
[01:23] [SONG] OP
    Trying to spend as much
    time with you as I can
[01:28] [SONG] OP
    This is all new for me
[01:33] [SONG] OP
    I hope tomorrow is like today
[01:39] [SONG] OP
    I've never felt this way before
[01:45] [SONG] OP
    We'll go on a date this weekend if possible
[01:51] [SONG] OP
    But it's fine if we stay home
[01:58] [SONG] OP
    I can't wait to see you
SIGN    Episode 8
SIGN    Christmas
SIGN    with the Princess
[02:12] Ichiro
    D-Done!
[02:15] Shiori
    We did it!
[02:19] Ichiro
    Sorry things got so busy again.
[02:22] Shiori
    No, I'm glad to have experienced
    a "hellish year-end schedule."
SIGN    Afternoon Sunny Wave
[02:28] radio personality
    It's Afternoon Sunny Wave*!
[02:32] radio personality
    Christmas is almost here.
[02:34] radio personality
    We've been getting winter song requests.
[02:38] Ichiro
    Oh right, Christmas!
[02:50] Ichiro
    Lovely.
[02:54] Ichiro
    Um, are you...
[02:57] Shiori
    Yes?
[02:58] Ichiro
    Do you have any Chr... N-New Year's plans?
[03:02] Ichiro
    Like, going home to the island?
[03:04] Shiori
    I don't. I'm going to spend it here.
[03:09] Shiori
    Uh, is that a problem?
[03:12] Ichiro
    Not at all. Let's greet
    the new year together.
[03:15] Shiori
    That's a lovely idea!
[03:19] Fumio
    Work's done.
[03:21] Machi
    What's going on?
[03:22] Ichiro
    Oh, we were talking about New Year's plans.
[03:25] Ichiro
    I figured she could join us
    for the shrine visit, etc.
[03:30] Machi
    We've got Christmas first!
[03:32] Fumio
    First.
[03:33] Shiori
    Christmas!
[03:35] Ichiro
    Don't tell me you don't know about it?
[03:38] Shiori
    No, I do know.
[03:40] Shiori
    We don't really celebrate it back home.
[03:44] Shiori
    But I have Christmas knowledge!
[03:47] Machi
    Okay, but be careful because
    Fumio still believes in Santa.
[03:52] Shiori
    When you say Santa...
[03:55] Shiori
    you mean the old man who
    sneaks in with presents.
[03:58] Shiori
    You don't believe anymore?
[04:00] Machi
    Right, there's no Santa. Not in Japan.
[04:04] Machi
    He's from overseas, so he can't
    make it here every time.
[04:08] Machi
    Every kid can get a gift once from the
    real Santa-san by the time they're ten,
[04:13] Machi
    but I already got mine.
[04:17] Shiori
    You don't say. What gift was that?
[04:22] Machi
    Fumio!
[04:23] Shiori
    Oh, how lovely!
[04:26] Shiori
    Christmas is special for the Kuga family.
[04:29] Machi
    Yeah! We also have a Christmas party.
[04:32] Machi
    Let's have it together!
[04:33] Shiori
    I'd love to!
[04:36] Ichiro
    This could be for better or for worse.
[04:43] Ichiro
    Oh, well.
[04:49] Momoka
    Merry Christmas Eve!
[04:52] Machi
    Moka-nee! Come on in!
[04:54] Fumio
    Come in.
[04:56] Momoka
    Thank you for inviting me.
[04:58] Momoka
    Here are some refreshments.
[05:00] Machi
    Thank you!
[05:08] Sano
    Beefcake-sensei! It's been a while!
[05:10] Momoka
    Yeah, it has.
[05:13] Machi
    For us too, Sano-kun!
[05:17] Sano
    Did you grow some?
[05:20] Sano
    Thought so.
[05:22] Shiori
    Sano-sensei!
[05:24] Shiori
    I appreciate all the work.
[05:26] Sano
    M-My thoughts exactly.
[05:29] Shiori
    You and Fumio-san get along well.
[05:33] Sano
    W-Well, I was invited to the Christmas party
[05:35] Sano
    the whole time I was an assistant,
    which ended last year.
[05:38] Ichiro
    Don't you have a manga volume coming
    out soon? I'm looking forward to it.
[05:43] Sano
    Oh, I'll give you a comp copy.
[05:45] Ichiro
    I already bought one in advance.
[05:48] Ichiro
    Sorry, sorry. I was just so happy that someone
    who'd helped me was going to debut.
[05:53] Sano
    It's not such a huge deal.
[06:00] all
    Cheers!
[06:02] Machi
    Yummy!
[06:04] Fumio
    Yum!
[06:05] Shiori
    It's not the first time I've noticed,
    but Kuga-san is good at cooking.
[06:10] Ichiro
    I can't do it without a recipe.
[06:12] Shiori
    Don't be modest.
[06:14] Shiori
    I just wanted you to know
    I think you're wonderful.
[06:18] Ichiro
    I'm just embarrassed.
[06:20] Ichiro
    Th-Thank you.
[06:22] Machi
    Listen to the lovebirds.
[06:28] Momoka
    You're dating?!
[06:30] Ichiro/Shiori
    Yes.
[06:34] Shiori
    I was the one who confessed.
[06:37] Momoka
    Wow...
[06:39] Momoka
    To Ichiro-kun, huh?
[06:42] Sano
    You said it. I was surprised, too.
[06:45] Momoka
    Well, Ichiro-kun's a good guy. I get it.
[06:50] Ichiro
    Y-You think so?
[06:53] Shiori
    I'd like to hear stories about him.
[06:55] Ichiro
    Stop it.
[06:57] Momoka
    Once, when I fell down and
    was bleeding all over...
[07:03] (Flashback) young Momoka
    That really hurts! Let's take a picture!
[07:06] (Flashback) young Ichiro
    No! What if it gets infected?!
[07:14] Momoka
    Shy Ichiro-kun got seriously
    angry out of concern.
[07:19] Momoka
    I was impressed.
[07:22] Ichiro
    It's because you were bleeding so much.
[07:25] Ichiro
    I didn't know she felt that way about it.
[07:28] Shiori
    Lovely!
[07:29] Shiori
    More stories like that, please!
[07:34] Shiori
    I bet Chihiro-san must have
    some, being his cousin.
[07:38] Ichiro
    I think we've heard enough.
[07:40] Chihiro
    Let's see...
[07:41] Ichiro
    D-Don't go out of your way!
[07:43] Chihiro
    I had just gotten into the high school here.
[07:45] Chihiro
    I was glad, since it was
    the one I hoped to attend,
[07:48] Chihiro
    but I had to move away
    from my family to do it.
[07:53] Chihiro
    But when my parents told me
[07:54] Chihiro
    that Ichiro-kun would look after me here
    during my three years of high school...
[07:59] Chihiro
    I was really happy.
[08:02] Ichiro
    No, that was because you were studying so hard.
[08:06] Shiori
    So, that's how it happened. Lovely.
[08:09] Machi
    I have one, too!
[08:11] Ichiro
    Enough! This is too embarrassing!
[08:14] Machi
    He always lets me and Fumio go first.
[08:18] Machi
    Even with food and baths.
[08:20] Machi
    Because he loves us!
[08:22] Ichiro
    That's all ordinary stuff.
[08:25] Ichiro
    What's with this party?
[08:27] Shiori
    Compliments make him self-conscious!
    That's irresistible!
[08:31] Shiori
    Christmas is such a good time.
[08:33] Sano
    Maybe I sh-should say something, too.
[08:36] Ichiro
    That's okay!
[08:38] Momoka
    Then let's talk about Goshiki-san next.
[08:41] Momoka
    Where are you from, again?
[08:43] Shiori
    A place called Yobijima.
[08:45] Momoka
    You're from an island!
    What kind of place is Yobijima?
[08:49] Shiori
    Let's see... The people are
    all very kind and friendly.
[08:53] Shiori
    The stars look beautiful from there.
[08:56] Momoka
    Stars, huh? Nice!
[08:58] Machi
    Sounds a lot more amazing than Tokyo!
[09:01] Shiori
    It truly is beautiful.
[09:04] Momoka
    I'd like to hear more about it.
[09:06] Momoka
    Like about your memories from there.
[09:08] Shiori
    Memories...
[09:11] Shiori
    Wh-What should I say?
[09:14] Shiori
    They're nearly all memories*
    of being the princess.
[09:22] Shiori
    And should I have been misrepresenting
    myself in the first place?
[09:27] Momoka
    Oh hey, sorry.
[09:30] Momoka
    Maybe it was awkward to ask.
[09:32] Shiori
    No, it's not like that.
[09:34] Momoka
    Oh, I know.
[09:36] Momoka
    Here.
[09:38] Momoka
    The tablet. Sorry it took so long.
[09:41] Momoka
    But now it's a Christmas present.
[09:44] Shiori
    This is the tablet?
[09:47] Shiori
    Thank you!
[09:49] Momoka
    No problem.
[09:51] Momoka
    These are for Machi and Fumio.
[09:53] Machi/Fumio
    Yay!
[09:56] Machi
    Thanks!
[09:56] Fumio
    Thanks.
[09:58] Momoka
    I had a great time! And the food was delicious.
SIGN    Hiiragi Apartments
[10:02] Ichiro
    Be safe going home.
[10:04] Sano
    Sure thing.
[10:05] Chihiro
    Oh, is it also Happy New Year time?
[10:08] Momoka
    Right, this'll be our last
    time together this year.
[10:11] Ichiro
    Yeah. Happy New Year.
[10:14] Momoka
    See you next year!
[10:19] Shiori
    "See you next year."
    Words that warm the heart.
[10:24] Machi
    Hey, can we stay up a little later?
[10:28] Ichiro
    Fumio says he's sleepy.
[10:32] Shiori
    I'd like to talk a bit more.
[10:35] Shiori
    I'll stay up with you, if you like.
[10:38] Machi
    Yes!
[10:40] Machi
    Chibi-chan, come hang out with us!
[10:43] Chihiro
    Okay, want to come to my room?
[10:47] Machi
    Hooray! Can I wear pajamas?
[10:50] Shiori
    Pajamas?! Does that make this a sleepover?!
[10:53] Chihiro
    Um...
[10:55] Chihiro
    This is my chance to find out what
    kind of person Goshiki-san is!
[11:00] Chihiro
    Sure!
[11:01] Ichiro
    That's okay with you?
[11:04] Machi/Shiori
    Yay!
[11:06] Ichiro
    I was thinking about inviting her on a walk.
[11:10] Ichiro
    But oh well.
[11:15] Shiori/Machi
    Here we are!
[11:20] Shiori
    What a lovely room. You like books, I see.
[11:24] Chihiro
    Let me know if you'd like
     to borrow any of them.
[11:27] Shiori
    Would that be okay?
SIGN    Stepping on Shadows
SIGN    Masami Ono
[11:29] Chihiro
    This is a series, so start
    with volume one if possible!
[11:33] Chihiro
    It's a mystery, but its portrayal
    of the working world is good,
[11:36] Chihiro
    and the characters are adorable!
[11:40] Chihiro
    Sorry.
[11:41] Chihiro
    I got excited.
[11:42] Machi
    Hey, is it okay to open these cases?
[11:46] Chihiro
    No, not those.
[11:48] Machi
    Oh, sorry.
[11:50] Shiori
    Wh-What's inside there?
[11:53] sign
    Stepping on Shadows
[11:53] sign
    Masami Ono
[11:54] Shiori
    It's nice to receive a book recommendation.
[11:58] Shiori
    It's like we're close friends.
[12:00] Chihiro
    Oh yes, true.
[12:02] Machi
    Goshiki-san! We're having a sleepover.
    We're totally friends!
[12:09] Chihiro
    Hey, there's no need to rush things.
[12:12] Shiori
    Friends.
[12:15] Shiori
    You're right, we are.
[12:17] Machi
    Goshiki-san?
[12:19] Ichiro
    I hope those two aren't being unreasonable.
[12:22] Shiori
    There's something...
[12:26] Shiori
    I haven't told the two of you.
[12:32] Shiori
    On my island...
[12:35] Shiori
    I was a princess!
[12:48] Shiori
    I was a princess.
[12:51] Chihiro
    Prin...
[12:53] Machi
    ...cess.
[12:54] Shiori
    Yes, a princess.
[12:58] Shiori
    Because of said obligations, and my...
[13:02] Shiori
    ...personal issues, it's been a
    burden on my boyfriend, Kuga-san.
[13:08] Shiori
    Keeping quiet about it makes me feel like
    I'm deceiving everyone, and that stings.
[13:14] Ichiro
    Oh, great. Now I'm eavesdropping.
[13:21] Machi
    That sounds like it's pretty bad,
[13:24] Machi
    but are you thinking we're not friends
    if you don't tell us everything?
[13:29] Machi
    I'll listen if you want to talk,
    but it's okay to keep it secret.
[13:33] Machi
    I have secrets, too.
[13:35] Shiori
    You do?
[13:36] Machi
    I even have things I haven't told... Ichiro.
[13:41] Ichiro
    She does?
[13:43] Chihiro
    I guess I have things I still
    want to keep secret, too.
[13:47] Shiori
    I see.
[13:50] Machi
    Does Ichiro know?
[13:52] Shiori
    Yes.
[13:53] Machi
    Then it's fine.
[13:55] Machi
    He'll be your ally, just not
    a super strong one.
[14:00] Machi
    As your friend, you have my
    permission to have secrets.
[14:04] Shiori
    Okay. Thank you.
[14:07] Chihiro
    Maybe Goshiki-san is sweeter than I thought.
[14:11] Chihiro
    Uh, may I call you "Shiori-san"?
[14:13] Machi
    Can I call you "Shio-chan"?
[14:15] Shiori
    Yes, certainly!
[14:19] Machi
    Shio-chan!
[14:20] Shiori
    Machi-chan.
[14:23] Chihiro
    Shio... chan!
[14:25] Shiori
    Chihiro-chan.
[14:32] (Flashback) Shiori
    It's been a burden on my boyfriend, Kuga-san.
[14:37] Ichiro
    It bothers her... that much, huh.
[14:41] Ichiro
    To be honest, at first there were times
    when I considered it just her problem.
[14:46] (Flashback) Shiori
    Now you and my stinger have been linked.
[14:52] (Flashback) Shiori
    That amounts to the two of us vowing
    to bind our destinies together!
[14:59] (Flashback) Shiori
    You want to know if it's
    possible to annul our pact.
[15:05] (Flashback) Ichiro
    Is it possible?
[15:07] (Flashback) Shiori
    I don't know yet, but I arranged for my
    staff on the island to look into it.
[15:13] Ichiro
    I've been waiting patiently
    for it to be resolved.
[15:17] Ichiro
    But...
[15:21] Machi
    Santa brought us presents!
[15:23] Fumio
    Santa-san!
[15:24] Ichiro
    Good for you.
SIGN    Castles of Japan
[15:28] Machi
    It's a castle book! Way to go!
[15:31] Machi
    I got a sticker maker!
[15:34] Shiori
    Good morning.
[15:37] Machi
    Good morning, Shio-chan!
[15:39] Ichiro
    U-Um, Goshiki-san...
[15:42] Shiori
    Yes?
[15:45] Ichiro
    Do you have some time tonight?!
[15:48] Shiori
    Tonight!
[15:49] Ichiro
    Once dinner is over...
[15:51] Machi
    Aw, you can at least eat dinner with her.
[15:55] Ichiro
    No way! We all eat dinner together!
[15:59] Ichiro
    It's just that it's Christmas and all.
[16:01] Shiori
    Is this a date?
[16:03] Ichiro
    That's right!
[16:05] Shiori
    A Christmas date!
[16:08] Shiori
    I'd love to!
[16:15] Takeru
    Miyako, it's chilly out here.
[16:18] Miyako
    Why not bring a coat, if you think so?
[16:23] Takeru
    Isn't today that Christmas thing?
[16:26] Takeru
    Shall we go out somewhere, for a change?
[16:28] Miyako
    Huh? You're free to go on your own.
[16:31] Takeru
    Got it.
[16:36] Takeru
    I wonder if Shiori's doing well.
[16:39] Miyako
    It's nearly the New Year, and she
    has yet to contact us at all.
[16:45] Takeru
    Do you miss her?
[16:46] Miyako
    My feelings aren't so simple as that.
[17:04] Shiori
    Shining lights as far as the
    eye can see. Lovely!
[17:16] Shiori
    I saw this in Choco Life volume four!
[17:19] Shiori
    A Christmas lights date!
[17:23] Ichiro
    I'm glad she's enjoying this.
[17:26] Ichiro
    They say the lights were originally candles
    placed on trees to represent stars.
[17:32] Ichiro
    I guess the stars look prettier
    from your island, though.
[17:36] Shiori
    But these lights are at eye level rather
    than overhead, so they're more fascinating.
[17:42] Shiori
    It's like they're drawing me in.
[17:45] Ichiro
    I haven't paid much attention
    to these things lately.
[17:49] Ichiro
    But today, they seem
    prettier than usual.
[17:53] Shiori
    Does that mean it seems pretty because
    you're looking at it with me?
[17:59] Ichiro
    Y-Yes...
[18:03] Shiori
    When we're like this, it's like
    there was never any problem.
[18:07] Shiori
    But every time I grow closer to you,
[18:10] Shiori
    the fact that the pact causes you pain
     jabs at me like a stinger.
[18:17] Shiori
    It makes me wonder if it should be this way.
[18:21] Ichiro
    I mean, I'm...
[18:23] Ichiro
    We've been careful to avoid any
    retribution from the pact lately.
[18:27] Ichiro
    I thought we'd been doing well.
[18:31] Shiori
    But that doesn't mean it's gone.
[18:33] Shiori
    It's a problem that I must resolve.
[18:38] Ichiro
    That makes it sound like it's your
    fault, and I don't like that.
[18:44] Ichiro
    Let's think it over together, taking your
    family and physiology into consideration.
[18:55] Ichiro
    Because I love you.
[18:58] Shiori
    I-I'm surprised you've
    given it that much thought.
[19:03] Ichiro
    Yeah, that's why I want us to stop
    dating like we're trying it out.
[19:11] Ichiro
    Would you...
[19:14] Ichiro
    go out with me with the intent
    to someday get married?!
[19:19] Ichiro
    And I also mean let's do away with
    the ancestral Engagement Pact thing.
[19:23] Ichiro
    Of course, if you don't want to, it's fine!
[19:28] Ichiro
    G-Goshiki-san?
[19:30] Shiori
    Um, is it all right if I kiss you?
[19:41] Ichiro
    Now?!
[19:42] Ichiro
    Wh-Where?!
[19:43] Shiori
    On the face.
[19:44] Ichiro
    Face! F-Face, right.
[19:49] Ichiro
    Y-Yes.
[20:10] Shiori
    Of course I want to.
[20:12] Shiori
    I love you.
[20:21] Ichiro
    We're home.
[20:24] Chihiro
    Welcome back.
[20:25] Machi
    What, you came home this early?
[20:28] Ichiro
    Yep, and we brought home a cake.
[20:31] Machi
    Thanks!
[20:33] Machi
    You two must have been cold.
    Your faces are beet red!
[20:37] Shiori
    No, we're warm.
[20:41] Shiori
    Let's have some cake.
[20:42] Ichiro
    I-I'm going to go wash my hands and gargle.
[20:54] Shiori
    I did it!
[20:58] Shiori
    Kuga-san's lips. That softness.
[21:04] Shiori
    Wait, were they soft?
    What were they like again?
[21:10] Shiori
    My eyes were closed,
    so was my aim a little off?
[21:14] Shiori
    Was it here?
[21:15] Shiori
    Or here?
[21:16] Shiori
    Or around here?
[21:18] Shiori
    How could this be?! I even
    had my hands on his face...
[21:21] Shiori
    But... but that time you might call an eternity,
    within me it was the longest moment.
[21:29] Shiori
    "Moment"?
SIGN    Start
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[21:36] Shiori
    0.2 seconds?!
[21:42] Shiori
    But it felt as good as a
    two-page color spread!
[21:45] Shiori
    Next time it'll be longer.
    At least a second!
[21:52] Ichiro
    I can't sleep.
[21:58] Shiori
    A second is so long!
[22:04] Shiori
    A message?
SIGN    This is your mother.
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SIGN    Mom
[22:16] [SONG] ED
    A long red thread stretching
    into the distance
[22:27] [SONG] ED
    Meeting you, even if it meant having
    to cross hundreds of light-years
[22:38] [SONG] ED
    Maybe I'll slowly get used to
[22:45] [SONG] ED
    The two of us going out to have fun
[22:52] [SONG] ED
    A tug on my arm, by the bond
    that was formed that day
[23:02] [SONG] ED
    A little at a time, we've
    come closer together
[23:08] [SONG] ED
    More smiles for us
[23:12] [SONG] ED
    That place I first learned of, and
    the shops we'll visit again tomorrow
[23:25] [SONG] ED
    They'll all be part of these lovely days
[23:31] [SONG] ED
    Looking forward to it, good night
[23:46] Machi
    I'd like to go to a hot spring for a change.
[23:48] Fumio
    For a change.
[23:49] Machi
    But if wishes were fishes...
[23:52] Machi
    Huh?
[23:52] Fumio
    Huh-huh?
[23:53] Machi
    Huh-huh?
[23:54] Fumio
    Huh-huh-huh?
[23:55] Machi
    Is it a you-know-what?
SIGN    Episode 9
SIGN    A Hot Spring with the Princess
[23:57] Machi/Fumio
    A hot spring trip!