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E6.5 - Sparkle's Special Issue

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[00:20] Mira
    When I was a young child,
    I went on the town camping trip
[00:23] Mira
    and met a certain boy.
[00:28] (Flashback) Mira
    Hey!
[00:32] (Flashback) Mira
    What are you doing out here?
[00:35] (Flashback) Ao
    What am I doing?
[00:36] (Flashback) Ao
    Letting my anger cool off.
[00:41] Mira
    Hey, Ao, do you remember
[00:43] Mira
    the day we first met?
[00:46] Ao
    Of course. I'll never
    forget that summer night.
[00:50] (Flashback) Mira
    Thanks.
[00:52] (Flashback) Ao
    Look, over there.
[00:56] (Flashback) Mira
    Oh! The dot!
[00:57] (Flashback) Ao
    Dot...
[00:59] (Flashback) Ao
    Well, yeah.
[01:01] (Flashback) Ao
    You can't see it with binoculars,
[01:03] (Flashback) ---
    but Jupiter has stripes
    and thin rings around it.
[01:06] (Flashback) Ao
    It also has about 70 moons.
[01:09] (Flashback) Mira
    You know a lot!
[01:11] (Flashback) Mira
    Hey, what's your name?
[01:14] (Flashback) Ao
    Ao.
[01:15] (Flashback) Mira
    I'm Mira!
[01:17] (Flashback) Ao
    The variable star!
[01:18] (Flashback) Mira
    Terrible start?
[01:19] (Flashback) Ao
    No, not that.
SIGN    In the evening, the long-period variable star Mira of the Cetus constellation in the southwest sky will reach peak magnitude.
[01:22] (Flashback) Ao
    The variable star Mira.
[01:23] (Flashback) Ao
    It's a star in the Cetus constellation that's
    unusual because its brightness varies.
[01:27] (Flashback) Mira
    Wow! I have the same name as a star?
[01:31] (Flashback) Mira
    What about you, Ao?
[01:32] (Flashback) Mira
    Is there a star with your name?
[01:34] (Flashback) Ao
    There's no star with a weird name like that.
[01:37] (Flashback) Mira
    It's not weird! It's cool!
[01:39] (Flashback) Ao
    Huh?
[01:40] (Flashback) Mira
    Besides, if there isn't one,
    why not name one after you?
[01:44] (Flashback) Ao
    Name one?
[01:46] (Flashback) Ao
    An asteroid, maybe...
[01:48] (Flashback) Ao
    If I discover one of those,
    I should be able to name it.
[01:51] (Flashback) Mira
    Let's find one, then!
[01:53] (Flashback) Ao
    Huh?
[01:54] (Flashback) Mira
    Let's discover the star Ao!
[01:59] Mira
    That was the last time I saw that boy...
[02:07] Mira
    And now I'm in high school.
[02:10] ---
    Starting today, I'm a high schooler!
[02:13] Mira
    And the one thing I wanted to do
    after starting high school is...
[02:16] (Flashback) Mira
    ...gone!
SIGN    Club Listings
SIGN    Congratulations on Starting School
[02:18] (Flashback) Suzu
    Huh? What's wrong, Mira?
[02:21] (Flashback) Mira
    Suzu-chan!
[02:22] (Flashback) Mira
    The astronomy club that was
    here until last year is gone!
[02:24] (Flashback) Mira
    I was totally set on joining
    it in high school! Why?!
[02:30] (Flashback) Endou
    Yeah, about that...
[02:33] (Flashback) Suzu
    Oh, uh...
[02:34] (Flashback) Suzu
    Endou-sensei.
[02:36] (Flashback) Endou
    Starting this year, the astronomy
    club and the geology club have been
[02:39] (Flashback) ---
    merged into the earth sciences club.
[02:41] (Flashback) Both
    Earth sciences club?
[02:47] (Flashback) Endou
    Hey, I've brought some
    girls here to observe you.
SIGN    Earth
SIGN    Man
SIGN    Heaven
[02:55] (Flashback) Monroe
    Sorry.
[02:56] (Flashback) Monroe
    We haven't really adjusted to the merger yet.
[03:00] (Flashback) Monroe
    I'm the club president, Morino.
[03:02] (Flashback) Monroe
    I used to be in the astronomy club.
[03:04] (Flashback) Sakura
    I'm the vice president, Sakurai.
[03:06] (Flashback) Sakura
    I used to be in the geology club.
[03:08] (Flashback) Ino
    Oh, I'm Inose, a second-year on the geology side.
[03:13] (Flashback) Ao
    I'm Manaka, a first-year.
    I was hoping for the astronomy club.
[03:17] (Flashback) Mira
    There are other new students here!
     I was hoping for the astronomy club, too!
[03:22] (Flashback) Ao
    You like stars?
[03:24] (Flashback) Mira
    I do!
[03:25] (Flashback) Mira
    And there's something I want to do!
[03:28] (Flashback) Mira
    I want to discover an asteroid!
[03:31] (Flashback) Monroe
    Oh? That's an awfully big goal.
[03:34] (Flashback) Suzu
    Is that hard to do?
[03:37] (Flashback) Monroe
    There is a record of a high schooler
    discovering one in the past, but...
[03:41] (Flashback) Sakura
    It's practically impossible
    for a tiny club like ours.
[03:44] (Flashback) Ino
    You're being too harsh, Vice President!
[03:47] (Flashback) Mira
    Yes...
[03:49] (Flashback) Mira
    But I made a promise.
[03:51] (Flashback) Mira
    With a boy, a long time ago.
[03:53] (Flashback) Suzu
    What?!
[03:54] (Flashback) Suzu
    I never heard about this, Mira!
[03:56] (Flashback) Mira
    Well, if I told you about it,
    you'd dig into who he was, right?
[04:00] (Flashback) Suzu
    Yes! I'd string him up! Gimme his name!
[04:03] (Flashback) Mira
    Ao.
[04:04] (Flashback) Mira
    We promised to discover an
    asteroid together and name it Ao.
[04:10] (Flashback) Mira
    I never saw him again after that, though.
[04:13] (Flashback) Monroe
    Oh, dear. Could that possibly be...
[04:17] (Flashback) Sakura
    I think it might...
[04:19] (Flashback) Sakura
    You're bright red, Manaka.
[04:22] (Flashback) Sakura
    Manaka Ao.
[04:24] (Flashback) Mira
    What?!
[04:27] (Flashback) Mira
    Ao? The Ao? You're a girl?!
[04:31] Ao
    My name's kind of boyish,
    and my hair was short...
[04:31] Mira
    I was really happy to see you then, Ao.
[04:35] Ao
    Same here.
[04:36] Mira
    If not for you, I don't think I would've
    joined the earth sciences club.
[04:36] Mira
    Y-Y-You remember me?!
[04:39] Ao
    Of course!
[04:40] Ao
    I've wanted to discover an
    asteroid ever since that day.
[04:41] Mira
    And then I wouldn't have gotten
    to know the others, either!
[04:44] Ao
    And this...
[04:46] Mira
    I don't want that!
[04:46] Mira
    A whale mascot?
[04:48] Mira
    So you wouldn't forget my name?
[04:48] Ao
    I wouldn't, either.
[04:50] Mira
    Hey, Ao, there's something I want to do.
[04:54] Sakura
    Well, well.
[04:54] Ao
    What?
[04:55] Mira
    I want to make a special issue
    of our club newsletter, Sparkle.
[04:56] Monroe
    Sounds like things are getting fun.
[05:00] Ao
    A special issue of Sparkle?
SIGN    6.5 Recap: Sparkle's Special Issue
[05:07] Mira
    We've done all kinds of things in
    the earth sciences club, huh?
[05:09] Mira
    On this day, we had a barbecue
    and hunted for rocks!
[05:13] Mira
    The bread Suzu-chan brought from her
    family's store, Suzuya Bakery, was really good!
[05:18] Ao
    Yeah. We picked up a lot of stones.
[05:25] Ao
    That night, we had a stargazing party.
[05:28] Ao
    I was so happy I got to use a
    telescope and focus it on a star.
[05:32] Mira
    I'll work hard so I can do that, too!
SIGN    Sparkle About the First Issue A4 Half-fold
[05:34] Monroe
    So, our first printing will
    be half-fold, four pages.
[05:34] Ao
    This was the meeting for our
    first printing of Sparkle.
[05:37] Monroe
    Each of us will have one column to write.
[05:38] Mira
    I asked my sister for advice,
    but I just couldn't write anything well.
[05:41] Mira
    You're saying so many
     things I don't understand!
[05:44] Misa
    Mira!
[05:48] Mira
    Thanks to you, I got the
    idea of drawing a manga
[05:49] ---
    That would hurt! I'd regret it!
[05:50] Ao
    I don't think that'll be a problem.
[05:52] Ao
    They'd have to be pretty hardcore.
[05:52] ---
    and wrote a great article.
[05:53] Mira
    Thanks!
SIGN    Let's Enjoy Spring's Constellations
SIGN    Nice to meet you. I'm the astrofox, Condorde.
SIGN    I'm your space guide, Kururu! Nice to meet you.
SIGN    I see you're fine without a space suit. Are you an alien?
SIGN    Oh, no, not so much... Wait!
[05:54] (Flashback) Monroe
    There might be less information
[05:55] Ao
    Your article was cute.
SIGN    I don't want to hear
    that from a talking fox!
SIGN    Setting that aside, let's introduce
    the spring constellations this time!
SIGN    First, there's the spring triangle! When you follow the handle
    of the Big Dipper, you can
    find Arcturus in Boötes,
    and Spica in Virgo!
SIGN    If you follow west from there,
    you find Leo. You'll recognize
    it by the head that looks like
    an upside-down question mark.
    The light blue first magnitude star
    at its heart, Regulus, is very pretty!
SIGN    Nights are gentler this time
    of year, too, so it's easier
    to go look at the stars. You
    should all give it a try, too!
SIGN    See you again~!
[05:56] (Flashback) Monroe
    than text would provide...
[05:57] Ao
    Sakura-senpai went with birthstones,
SIGN    Birthstones
    How to Enjoy Natural Rocks
[05:59] Ino
    Birthstones!
[06:00] Ao
    and Ino-senpai wrote about
    the rocks we collected.
[06:01] Ino
    I'm planning to write about the
    rocks we collected at the riverside.
[06:04] Mira
    Monroe-senpai used lots of photos
    to describe what we'd done.
[06:07] Monroe
    Now all that's left is the layout.
SIGN    Newsletter
    Sparkle
SIGN    Hoshizaki High School Earth Sciences Club
SIGN    Nice to meet you! We're the earth sciences club!
SIGN    Club Activities (April - June) From Barbecue to...?
[06:13] (Flashback) Mira
    There's an elegance to viewing
    the moon from a bath!
[06:15] Ao
    Hey, Mira, what were you saying
    about a special issue of Sparkle?
[06:21] Mira
    Oh, well...
[06:23] Mira
    Ah, it's the study session for our make-up tests!
[06:26] Ao
    It was tough, but I had fun
    studying with you and Suzu-san.
[06:31] Mira
    Yeah!
[06:32] (Flashback) Mira
    Penniless Squad Broke Rangers!
[06:35] (Flashback) Mira
    Sure.
[06:36] (Flashback) Ao
    It's pleasure to work with you.
[06:38] Mira
    Then we worked at Suzuya Bakery!
[06:40] Suzu
    Thank you for always coming by.
[06:41] Ao
    Those uniforms really were
    a little embarrassing.
[06:42] Megu
    Have a sample.
[06:44] Ao
    B-Be careful.
[06:45] Mira
    Suzu-chan was super happy.
[06:46] Child
    Wow!
[06:47] Mira
    She took lots of photos.
[06:48] Suzu
    I got to take lots of photos,
    so I added extra as your modeling fee.
[06:50] Ao
    I'm used to it now, so it's fine.
[06:54] Megu
    I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry about my sister!
[06:58] Mira
    Then there was the time we happened to run
    into Ino-senpai and Suzu-chan in town!
[07:03] (Flashback) Ao
    Mira, look.
[07:07] (Flashback) Mira
    Ino-senpai and... Suzu-chan?
[07:10] (Flashback) Mira
    When did those two get so close?
[07:14] (Flashback) Mira
    Let's follow them for a bit!
[07:16] (Flashback) Ao
    Huh? Uh, okay...
[07:18] (Flashback) Ao
    I'm sorry we followed you.
[07:20] (Flashback) Mira
    We got caught nao.
[07:22] (Flashback) Suzu
    Enough of the "nao" stuff already.
[07:24] (Flashback) Ino
    Mira-chan, Ao-san, good afternoon.
[07:27] (Flashback) Mira
    What were you doing in a place like this?
[07:30] (Flashback) Ino
    I wanted to come see the enclave today,
    so I asked Suzu-san to accompany me.
[07:35] (Flashback) Mira
    Enclave?
[07:36] (Flashback) Ino
    Yes! It's a part of a territory that lies
    within another territory, like this.
[07:41] (Flashback) Mira
    Huh. Is that interesting?
[07:44] (Flashback) Ino
    Yes, it is!
[07:46] (Flashback) Ino
    I've always loved maps, so every
    now and then, I go exploring like this.
[07:50] (Flashback) Mira
    That sounds fun.
[07:52] (Flashback) Mira
    Were maps something the
    geology group studied, too?
[07:55] (Flashback) Ino
    They're probably considered
    a slightly different field,
[07:57] (Flashback) Ino
    but they're pretty closely related.
[08:00] (Flashback) Ino
    Last year, I found a cute map
    in front the geology club room.
[08:04] (Flashback) Sakura
    Colorful and pretty, isn't it?
[08:07] (Flashback) Sakura
    It's a geological map.
[08:10] (Flashback) Ino
    It was a meeting with destiny.
[08:13] (Flashback) Ino
    Senpai, um...
[08:16] Sakura
    Hmm?
[08:17] (Flashback) Ino
    I ended up agreeing to draw a treasure
    map for Mira-chan and the others,
[08:22] (Flashback) Ino
    but I was wondering what kind
    of map they might enjoy.
[08:26] (Flashback) Sakura
    I see. You're sharing your fun with them.
[08:30] Ino
    Sharing my fun?
[08:32] Sakura
    Whatever you find fun is the treasure.
[08:35] Sakura
    If you draw a map to that,
    I'm sure those girls will love it.
[08:42] (Flashback) Ino
    Okay!
SIGN    Class 1-1
[08:46] (Flashback) Ino
    Mira-chan, sorry to make you wait for it.
[08:49] (Flashback) Ino
    Here you go.
[08:50] (Flashback) Mira
    Wow! Thank you so much!
[08:53] (Flashback) Suzu
    I wonder what Ino-senpai's
    treasure is. I can't wait!
[08:58] (Flashback) Ino
    Please try to find it together after school.
[09:01] (Flashback) Both
    Okay!
[09:02] Mira
    Treasure hunting was fun!
[09:05] Mira
    We should have Ino-senpai draw
    us another map sometime.
[09:07] Ao
    Yeah.
[09:07] Mira
    Now, after Ino-senpai's treasure!
[09:09] Ao
    Oh, Mira, you were just
    about to say something.
[09:10] All
    Let's go!
[09:12] Mira
    Oh, about the special issue of Sparkle?
[09:12] Mira
    Let's see... First we go through this passage
    and head toward the special classroom wing.
[09:15] Ao
    Yeah.
[09:16] Mira
    I want to organize the earth sciences club's
    past and future activities into it.
[09:19] Mira
    The anatomical model here is scary, so run!
SIGN    Earth Sciences Lab
[09:23] Ao
    I think that's a great idea, but why?
[09:23] Mira
    The final landmark is...
    "The back of a cute map."
[09:26] Mira
    Sparkle always has photos that
    Monroe-senpai took in it, right?
[09:27] Mira
    This one!
[09:28] Ao
    It really is colorful and cute.
[09:30] Ao
    Monroe-senpai's good at taking photos.
[09:32] Mira
    Oh, there's something on the back.
[09:33] ---
    Yeah.
[09:34] Mira
    But there are very few photos of
    Monroe-senpai, since she's taking them.
[09:35] Mira
    A letter and... the photo from yesterday!
[09:38] Ao
    That's true.
[09:38] Mira
    Ino-senpai!
[09:39] Mira
    So I want to take some photos
    with everyone in them
[09:41] Mira
    We found the treasure!
[09:43] ---
    and leave a record of our earth sciences club.
[09:44] Ao
    It was fun hunting for treasure.
[09:46] Ao
    That sounds great.
[09:46] Suzu
    Please draw another map again sometime!
[09:47] Mira
    Suzu-chan should be willing to help us, too!
[09:48] Endou
    You haven't decided on
    where to go yet, right?
[09:49] Ao
    Yeah, it'll be a good
    special issue of Sparkle.
[09:50] Endou
    I have a nice idea of my own.
[09:52] Ao
    Let's look at our summer camp next.
[09:52] Monroe
    A nice idea?
[09:54] Mira
    We can't leave out the summer camp!
[10:01] (Flashback) All
    We're here!
[10:03] Ao
    This was the earth sciences
    club's summer camp.
[10:05] Mira
    We went to the Geological Museum and JAXA!
SIGN    Requesting information!
SIGN    We're looking for asteroids
[10:09] (Flashback) Mira
    Hello!
[10:10] (Flashback) Mira
    We're Hoshizaki High School's
    earth sciences club!
[10:13] Ao
    Even our senpai were excited about this trip.
[10:13] Mira
    A rocket!
[10:15] Endou
    What you saw yesterday was a model,
[10:15] Mira
    It's a place they'd been dying to visit!
[10:17] ---
    but this is a real rocket, even on the inside.
[10:20] Mira
    A real one?!
[10:21] Mira
    I want to touch it!
[10:23] (Flashback) Sakura
    Hey, Monroe, your astronomy
    group is getting carried away.
[10:27] (Flashback) Sakura
    As our president, you need to watch... them...
[10:31] (Flashback) Monroe
    I can't reach it!
[10:33] (Flashback) Mira
    Space is so far away!
[10:36] (Flashback) Guide
    Now I'll show you all to
    the astronaut training wing.
[10:40] Guide
    Normally, only staff are
    allowed into this area,
[10:41] (Flashback) Ino
    Monroe-senpai's looking
    more serious than usual.
[10:43] ---
    so please attach the passes
    I gave you somewhere visible.
[10:44] (Flashback) Sakura
    Well, I'm sure she has a lot of
    thoughts running through her mind.
[10:48] (Flashback) Sakura
    She's always wanted to come here.
[10:50] (Flashback) Ino
    She has?
[10:52] (Flashback) Guide
    On the other side of this window is
    the closed-environment training facility.
[10:56] (Flashback) Guide
    The previous exams narrowed our
    963 applicants down to the ten
[11:01] (Flashback) ---
    who are taking their tests in here.
[11:03] (Flashback) Sakura
    Um, what does it take
    to become an astronaut?
[11:08] (Flashback) Guide
    Well, first, you have to be healthy,
[11:11] (Flashback) Guide
    and also proficient in English.
[11:13] (Flashback) Guide
    And above all else,
     you need to be cooperative.
[11:16] (Flashback) Guide
    That's said to be the most important part.
[11:19] (Flashback) Sakura
    Thank you.
[11:20] (Flashback) Guide
    No problem.
[11:21] Guide
    Over here we place astronauts in low
    pressure environments to measure how
[11:22] (Flashback) Sakura
    You heard her.
[11:23] (Flashback) Monroe
    Sakura-chan.
[11:25] (Flashback) Monroe
    Thank you very much.
[11:25] ---
    low oxygen supply will affect their bodies
    and conduct other training regimes.
[11:27] (Flashback) Sakura
    You'll need to work more
     on your pronunciation.
[11:31] (Flashback) Commentator
    You want to discover an asteroid?
[11:34] (Flashback) Ao
    D-Do you have any hints for us?
[11:36] (Flashback) Commentator
    Any hints, eh?
[11:38] (Flashback) Sakura
    Or do you know anyone who might
    be an expert in that field?
[11:43] (Flashback) Sakura
    Well, this center is focused
    on space development,
[11:48] (Flashback) ---
    so while we have some exhibits
    on the discovery of asteroids,
[11:51] (Flashback) ---
    we don't know much about discovering
    new astronomical objects.
[11:54] (Flashback) Sakura
    There might be a specialist in one of our other
    centers elsewhere in the country, but...
[11:58] (Flashback) Sakura
    I see.
[12:00] (Flashback) Sakura
    Thank you.
[12:01] (Flashback) Ao
    Thank you.
[12:02] (Flashback) Commentator
    Not at all.
[12:03] (Flashback) Mira
    Thank you very much!
[12:05] (Flashback) Ao
    I couldn't find any clues.
[12:08] (Flashback) Mira
    Ao...
[12:09] (Flashback) Mira
    Me, neither. But I learned a lot today,
    and I did find out some things.
[12:14] (Flashback) Mira
    For example,
[12:15] (Flashback) Mira
    if we try each of the centers throughout Japan,
    we'll eventually meet an expert on it!
[12:22] Grandma
    Oh, right. Here's what you
    asked us to look for, Yuki.
[12:22] Mira
    That night, we got an amazing tip at
    Endou-sensei's grandparents' house!
[12:26] Endou
    Oh, you found it? Thanks.
[12:29] (Flashback) Mira
    An old flyer?
[12:31] (Flashback) Ao
    For high schoolers... An astronomical
    object discovery program?
SIGN    Shining Star
    Challenge
SIGN    Recruiting Now
[12:36] (Flashback) Mira
    Huh? What is this?!
[12:37] (Flashback) Endou
    It's the Shining Star Challenge program held
    at the observatory during summer break.
[12:43] (Flashback) Endou
    I participated in it myself back in the day.
[12:46] (Flashback) Endou
    I couldn't find anything, though.
[12:48] (Flashback) Mira
    Wh-Wh-Why would you keep such
    incredible information a secret?!
[12:53] (Flashback) Endou
    Well, because I didn't know about your dream.
SIGN    New Astronomical Object Discovery
    Program for High Schoolers
    Shining Star Challenge
SIGN    Applications for this event are closed.
SIGN    Add to list
[12:56] (Flashback) Monroe
    Oh, the deadline for entering
    this year has already passed.
[13:01] Mira
    If only we had known about this sooner!
[13:03] (Flashback) Sakura
    It's held on Ishigaki Island.
[13:04] Endou
    You're mad, aren't you?!
[13:05] (Flashback) Ino
    Okinawa?! That's great!
[13:09] (Flashback) Mira
    Ishigaki Island...
[13:10] (Flashback) Mira
    Okinawa...
[13:12] (Flashback) Mira
    Blue seas...
[13:13] (Flashback) Ao
    Mira?
[13:15] (Flashback) Ao
    The Shining Star Challenge.
[13:17] (Flashback) Ao
    It's open to all high
    schoolers in the nation.
[13:20] (Flashback) Ao
    Seven participants are selected
    based on their submitted assignment.
[13:23] (Flashback) Mira
    It's hard to get in, and there's no
    guarantee we'll discover one, huh?
[13:27] (Flashback) Ao
    But I still feel
[13:29] (Flashback) Ao
    like we're a step or two closer to our goal.
[13:32] (Flashback) Mira
    Yeah.
[13:33] (Flashback) Mira
    This might be a huge leap forward for us.
[13:36] (Flashback) Ao
    Yeah!
[13:38] (Flashback) Ao
    I never expected Endou-sensei to be someone
    who hunted for new asteroids, though.
[13:43] (Flashback) Monroe
    I never knew that, either.
[13:45] (Flashback) Ino
    My heart's been racing all day long.
[13:48] (Flashback) Sakura
    I guess this means the astronomy
    group's gotten closer to their goals.
[13:53] (Flashback) Mira
    Goals?
[13:55] (Flashback) Monroe
    I want to become an astronaut.
[13:59] (Flashback) Mira
    An astronaut?!
[14:00] (Flashback) Ao
    Really?!
[14:02] (Flashback) Monroe
    Yeah.
[14:02] (Flashback) Ino
    So that's why you were
    acting so serious today.
[14:05] (Flashback) Monroe
    It's such a big dream,
    it's really a bit embarrassing.
[14:10] (Flashback) Sakura
    You shouldn't call it embarrassing.
[14:12] (Flashback) Sakura
    Not if you're serious about pursuing it.
[14:15] (Flashback) Sakura
    I still haven't found any solid
    goal to pursue, so if you ask me,
[14:19] (Flashback) Sakura
    you're all amazing for having one.
[14:22] (Flashback) Sakura
    You shouldn't hold back
    in pursuit of your dreams.
[14:27] (Flashback) Monroe
    Sakura-chan, thank you.
[14:29] (Flashback) Sakura
    Hmph.
[14:30] (Flashback) Mira
    Uh, meaning...
[14:32] (Flashback) Ao
    You're not mad at us?
[14:35] (Flashback) Sakura
    Huh? I'm giving you lots of encouragement.
[14:37] Both
    I-It was hard to tell...
[14:40] (Flashback) Ino
    Don't hold back on your dreams...
[14:44] (Flashback) Ino
    I think I might have figured
    out what I want to do.
[14:49] (Flashback) Ino
    The truth is, there's somewhere
    I'd like to go, too!
[14:53] (Flashback) Ino
    This is the headquarters of map-making,
    the Geospatial Informational Authority of Japan!
[15:00] (Flashback) Endou
    I didn't know Inose was into this field.
[15:04] (Flashback) Endou
    I know this is a change of plans.
    Are you all okay with this?
[15:07] (Flashback) Sakura
    I don't mind at all.
[15:09] (Flashback) Sakura
    Besides...
[15:10] (Flashback) Sakura
    I don't think anyone can complain
    when they see that look on her face.
[15:16] Mira
    The summer camp was fun, wasn't it?
[15:18] Ao
    Yeah. We got to learn
    about our senpai's goals, too.
[15:22] Ao
    We also got closer to our own
    dream of discovering an asteroid.
[15:27] Mira
    Let's do our best and aim for
    the Shining Star Challenge, Ao!
[15:30] Mira
    And this wasn't the end of our summer break!
[15:35] Mira
    The beach is so fun!
[15:36] Mira
    You, Suzu-chan, Ino-senpai,
    and I went to the beach together.
[15:37] Ao
    It is.
[15:38] Suzu
    A best-of-three match over
    who's Mira's best friend!
[15:39] Ao
    And for some reason, I ended up competing
    with Suzu-san over who was your best friend.
[15:42] Ao
    Huh?!
[15:43] Both
    Mira!
[15:45] Mira
    Suzu-chan and I have been
    friends since childhood.
[15:46] Mira
    Sorry about that.
[15:48] Ao
    I managed to get closer to Suzu-san, too.
[15:48] Mira
    You girls just weren't coming,
    so I started swimming.
[15:50] Mira
    Ino-senpai was so excited about the strata.
[15:52] Ino
    You can see the strata so clearly!
[15:53] Mira
    That's a geology fan for you!
[15:58] Ao
    Sakura-senpai and Monroe-senpai couldn't
    come since they had summer classes.
[15:59] Mira
    Oh, it's from Monroe-senpai.
[16:03] Suzu
    Huh?! Why's she in a swimsuit?!
[16:03] Mira
    It's tough having entrance exams.
[16:04] Suzu
    And Sakura-senpai, too?!
[16:05] Suzu
    Please give me those photos,
    as your best friend!
[16:05] Mira
    But I guess they do need
    a break now and then.
[16:12] (Flashback) Mira
    Oh, Sakura-senpai.
SIGN    I'm going to a mineral show tomorrow. I'll send where to meet up later. Please let me know if you can make it.
[16:14] (Flashback) Mira
    Mineral show?
[16:16] (Flashback) Mira
    I wonder what that is. I'll totally go.
[16:20] Monroe&Text
    I'm sorry, I have other plans already.
[16:22] Ino&Text
    What a shame. I have plans that day, too.
[16:25] Ao&Text
    I'm sorry, I do, too.
[16:27] (Flashback) Mira
    Huh? No one else can come?
[16:29] (Flashback) Mira
    Which means... I'll be alone with Sakura-senpai?
[16:34] (Flashback) Mira
    What are you looking for here, Senpai?
[16:38] (Flashback) Sakura
    I haven't settled on anything
    specific, actually.
[16:42] (Flashback) Sakura
    I'm mostly here for a break from my studies.
[16:46] (Flashback) Sakura
    It's fun enough just walking
    around and looking.
[16:49] (Flashback) Mira
    Wow, so you're window shopping for stones!
[16:52] (Flashback) Sakura
    Oh! It's the chisel set
    I've been looking for!
[16:55] (Flashback) Sakura
    I'll take this, please! And this!
    Oh, and give me this too, please!
[17:01] (Flashback) Sakura
    Sorry for taking up your entire day.
[17:04] (Flashback) Mira
    No, I had fun!
[17:06] (Flashback) Mira
    Thank you so much!
[17:08] (Flashback) Sakura
    Wh-What's this?
[17:10] (Flashback) Mira
    To thank you for inviting me out today.
[17:12] (Flashback) Mira
    I hope we can bring everyone
    else with us next time.
[17:15] (Flashback) Mira
    Well, my house is this way.
[17:17] (Flashback) Sakura
    Huh?
[17:17] (Flashback) Sakura
    Y-Yeah, see you later.
[17:25] (Flashback) Sakura
    I forgot to thank her for
    coming with me, didn't I?
[17:29] Ao
    I want to go to the mineral
    show next time, too.
[17:33] Mira
    Yeah, let's both go!
[17:33] Mira
    It's still so hot.
[17:34] Mira
    Then the new term started, along with
    preparations for the cultural festival, but...
[17:37] Ao
    L-Look.
[17:41] (Flashback) Ao
    Wh-What?
[17:45] (Flashback) Ino
    Ibe-chan?!
[17:47] (Flashback) Eve
    Eve!
[17:48] (Flashback) Eve
    I told you to call me Eve, didn't I?!
[17:51] (Flashback) Ino
    She's one of my friends from class.
[17:55] (Flashback) Mira
    Friends?
[17:56] (Flashback) Usami
    Oh, it's Manaka-san!
[17:59] (Flashback) ---
    Yoohoo!
[18:00] (Flashback) Ao
    Usami-san.
[18:01] (Flashback) Mira
    Someone you know?
[18:03] (Flashback) Ao
    A classmate.
[18:04] (Flashback) Usami
    Sorry, our Eve-chan-senpai is such a pain.
[18:09] (Flashback) Monroe
    Reconnaissance?
[18:10] (Flashback) Eve
    That's right!
[18:11] (Flashback) Eve
    We're a secret squad within the
    newspaper club that's taking
[18:15] (Flashback) ---
    covert action to crush the
    earth sciences club's newsletter!
[18:17] (Flashback) Monroe
    So you're trying to stop the production
    of the earth sciences club's newsletter?
[18:21] (Flashback) Eve
    Yeah!
[18:22] (Flashback) Eve
    I was just looking for any scandals
     that we could use as blackmail!
[18:26] (Flashback) Monroe
    I know! Why don't you help us think
    of an exhibit for the cultural festival?
[18:34] (Flashback) Mira
    Sakura-senpai, do you think
    we could bring in some strata?
[18:40] (Flashback) Sakura
    You mean a surface peel specimen?
[18:44] (Flashback) Sakura
    I've never made one before,
[18:45] (Flashback) ---
    and I'm not sure we have a rocky
    outcropping we could use as a specimen.
[18:49] (Flashback) Monroe
    How about a boring survey of the campus, then?
[18:52] (Flashback) Mira
    Hmph!
[18:53] (Flashback) Sakura
    I get it, but it's not "bowling."
[18:56] (Flashback) Ao
    You mean "boring" as in drilling holes, right?
SIGN    Boring Survey
SIGN    Pop
[18:58] (Flashback) ---
    Right. You drive a pipe into the
    ground and bore out a sample.
[19:02] (Flashback) Eve
    So if you can add an explosion
    and a huge rock to that...
[19:06] (Flashback) Usami
    Yes, Eve-chan-senpai. You're embarrassing yourself,
    so we should be getting back now.
[19:12] (Flashback) Sakura
    Boring does sound fun, though.
[19:15] (Flashback) Sakura
    Let's give it some thought.
[19:25] (Flashback) Mira
    That's so cool!
[19:27] (Flashback) Ino
    It's a mock boring survey.
[19:29] (Flashback) Monroe
    I know!
[19:30] Monroe
    Why don't we serve this as a café?
SIGN    Agar
SIGN    Boring Agar
SIGN    Strawberry Milk
SIGN    Banana Milk
SIGN    Milk Coffee
SIGN    Agar!!
[19:33] (Flashback) Mira
    A café?
[19:34] (Flashback) Ao
    We could make other sweets and drinks
    with earth science themes.
[19:38] (Flashback) Ino
    A café where you can enjoy earth sciences
    along with tea and sweets...
[19:41] (Flashback) Ino
    A geocafé!
[19:43] (Flashback) Ino
    That might be nice!
[19:44] (Flashback) Monroe
    It's settled, then.
[19:45] (Flashback) Mira
    Ao! Let's come up with some ideas for
    sweets and talk to Suzu-chan about them!
[19:50] (Flashback) Ao
    Yeah.
[19:51] (Flashback) Monroe
    Then the geology group's exhibit
    for the café will be...
[19:54] (Flashback) Ino
    Actually boring into the campus?
[19:58] (Flashback) Sakura
    We can't do that. It's not realistic.
[20:01] (Flashback) Sakura
    We can't ask other businesses to
    help with the cultural festival.
[20:07] (Flashback) Endou
    Hey, Sakurai.
[20:10] (Flashback) Endou
    If you're interested in it,
[20:11] (Flashback) ---
    why not just organize what data
    and findings you can dig up?
[20:14] (Flashback) Sakura
    But without the real thing, it won't
    be a centerpiece for the exhibit,
[20:19] (Flashback) Sakura
    and it'll just look haphazard.
[20:21] (Flashback) Endou
    And that's fine.
[20:24] (Flashback) Endou
    It'd be a waste to just decide it's
    impossible and completely scrap it all, right?
[20:29] (Flashback) Endou
    At the very least, I want to learn what
    you researched and what you thought of it.
[20:36] (Flashback) Ino
    I want to know, too.
[20:38] (Flashback) All
    Yeah.
[20:44] (Flashback) All
    Heave-ho!
[20:47] (Flashback) All
    Heave-ho!
[20:49] (Flashback) All
    Heave-ho!
[20:49] (Flashback) Ino
    Just a little more!
[20:51] (Flashback) All
    Heave-ho!
[20:54] Mira
    Then we began preparing
    for the cultural festival!
[20:54] Mira
    Ta-da! It's Earth!
[20:56] Ao
    The geology group worked
    hard on their display, too.
[20:56] Monroe
    We're going to have a nice solar system.
[20:58] Mira
    Thank you!
[20:59] Mira
    Yeah! Then the Hoshizaki Festival began!
SIGN    Hoshizaki Festival
SIGN    Pegmatite Scone Milky Way Gelatin Boring Tiramisu Planet Cookies Waxing Moon Pancakes
[21:03] (Flashback) Monroe
    Please order over here.
[21:06] (Flashback) Girl
    What do you recommend?
[21:07] (Flashback) Monroe
    You can enjoy eight different flavors
    with these planet cookies.
[21:11] (Flashback) Monroe
    I also recommend the Milky Way
    gelatin, since it's photogenic.
[21:15] (Flashback) Sakura
    Pardon me! Try some of our
    geology group's sweets, too!
[21:19] (Flashback) Sakura
    This tiramisu lets you try boring for yourself.
[21:22] (Flashback) Sakura
    Enjoy it by sucking it through the straw.
[21:25] (Flashback) Monroe
    This is our handmade model.
[21:27] (Flashback) Monroe
    The sizes and distances
    involved in the solar system
[21:31] (Flashback) ---
    would make it bigger than the classroom,
    so it's a bit distorted.
[21:34] (Flashback) Girl
    Are those lines shooting stars?
[21:36] (Flashback) Ao
    One is the habitable zone,
    and the other is the asteroid belt.
[21:40] (Flashback) Girl
    Then is that fluffy thing a cloud?
[21:43] (Flashback) Ao
    It's the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt.
[21:51] (Flashback) Mira
    Whee! You're on a journey through space!
[21:53] (Flashback) Girl
    Wow! Yay!
[21:55] (Flashback) Mira
    Go, go, go!
[21:58] (Flashback) Mira
    So fast!
[22:00] (Flashback) Mira
    I-It's over.
[22:03] (Flashback) Ao
    I'm worn out from talking to so many people.
[22:05] (Flashback) Monroe
    This has been the funnest cultural
    festival ever, thanks to all of you.
[22:09] (Flashback) Monroe
    Right, Sakura-chan?
[22:11] (Flashback) Sakura
    Yeah.
[22:13] (Flashback) Sakura
    Good work, everyone.
[22:15] (Flashback) Mira
    Sakura-senpai's being up-front.
[22:17] (Flashback) Ao
    It's an omen of natural disaster.
[22:19] (Flashback) Sakura
    You two should accept it up-front, too.
[22:21] (Flashback) Sakura
    I'm expressing gratitude.
[22:23] (Flashback) Sakura
    Oh, right.
[22:24] (Flashback) Sakura
    President, you had something
    important to discuss, right?
[22:27] (Flashback) Monroe
    That's right. Everyone, listen up.
[22:30] (Flashback) Mira
    What is it?
[22:32] (Flashback) Monroe
    As of today, we're both...
[22:35] (Flashback) Both
    ...stepping down as president
    and vice president.
[22:39] (Flashback) Three
    Huh?
[22:42] (Flashback) Mira
    S-Stepping down?! You're quitting
    the earth sciences club?!
[22:46] (Flashback) Sakura
    No, we're stepping down from our roles.
[22:49] (Flashback) Sakura
    We'll still be part of the
    club until we graduate.
[22:51] (Flashback) Monroe
    So, with that, I'd like to ask you
    to be the next president, Ino-chan.
[23:00] (Flashback) Sakura
    We're counting on you, Ino!
[23:04] (Flashback) Ino
    Huh?
[23:05] (Flashback) Ino
    What?!
[23:13] Mira
    The special issue of Sparkle ends with
[23:16] ---
    Monroe-senpai and Sakura-senpai's
    surprising retirement!
[23:19] Ao
    I never even imagined it.
[23:22] Mira
    Let's do what we can to make the earth
    sciences club fun with Ino-senpai!
[23:26] Ao
    We have to apply for the
    Shining Star Challenge, too.
[23:29] Mira
    That's right!
[23:30] Mira
    We're going to discover an asteroid together.
[23:33] Ao
    Yeah. Let's realize our dream together.
SIGN    07. The Starry Sky Is a Time Machine
[23:40] Mira
    Next time, "The Starry Sky Is a Time Machine."