13 - Sakura and Welcome Back, Meiling

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[01:30] Club
    One, two, three, four!
[01:32] Club
    One, two, three, four!
[01:34] Club
    One, two, three, four!
[01:36] Club
    One, two, three, four!
[01:38] Club
    Done!
[01:41] Pres
    Good! You were perfectly in sync.
[01:44] Pres
    Landing your final pose might be easier
    if you start your jump sooner.
[01:49] Pres
    Don't force it too much, though.
[01:51] Both
    Okay!
[01:53] Pres
    Oh, just in time...
[01:55] Pres
    That's it for today!
[01:57] Club
    Okay!
[01:59] Sakura
    The new routine is pretty hard, huh?
[02:02] Chiharu
    I always forget if I should use
    my left hand or my right!
[02:05] Sakura
    Yeah, same here.
[02:07] Sakura
    So this... turns into this.
[02:09] Chiharu
    I know!
[02:13] Sakura
    It's really nice when it comes
    together, though.
[02:15] Sakura
    Let's practice it a lot!
[02:17] Chiharu
    Yeah.
[02:19] Sakura
    Kero-chan stayed home
[02:20] Sakura
    because there was an event in his online
    game he didn't want to miss.
[02:24] Sakura
    So I won't have to worry about
    him talking in his sleep.
[02:27] Kero
    Ya can't put eel and pickled plum
    together! Whose idea was that?
[02:29] Sakura
    He's pretty loud, so it always makes
    me nervous during class.
[02:36] Chiharu
    What's wrong?
[02:38] Sakura
    I just got a message...
SIGN    Sakura and Welcome Back, Meiling
[02:54] Meiling
    Over here.
[02:58] Meiling
    Heya!
[02:59] Sakura
    Meiling-chan!
[03:01] Sakura
    It's the real you!
[03:03] Meiling
    Is there a fake me?
[03:04] Sakura
    No, no!
[03:05] Sakura
    You've sent pictures and appeared
    in my dreams a few times,
[03:10] Sakura
    but this is the real you!
[03:11] Meiling
    You'll have to tell me about
    these dreams later.
[03:14] Chiharu
    There she is! Over there!
[03:16] Naoko
    Wow, it's really Meiling-chan!
[03:16] Chiharu
    Meiling-chan!
[03:19] Meiling
    Have you all been well?
[03:20] Chiharu
    Yeah!
[03:20] Naoko
    We've been great!
[03:23] Tomoyo
    And have you been well, Meiling-chan?
[03:25] Meiling
    Just see for yourself!
[03:27] Meiling
    Is this the new friend I've heard about?
[03:29] Sakura
    Yeah! That's Akiho Shinomoto-chan!
[03:31] Akiho
    I'm Akiho. It's a pleasure to meet you.
[03:34] Meiling
    I'm Meiling Lin, Syaoran's cousin.
[03:38] Akiho
    Yes, Sakura-san has told me about you.
[03:41] Meiling
    Why so formal? You sound like Daidouji-san.
[03:44] Tomoyo
    Before coming to Japan, Akiho-chan
    lived in several other countries.
[03:48] Naoko
    So this is the kind of Japanese she learned.
[03:51] Meiling
    Really? Well, it's nice to
    meet you, Shinomoto-san.
[03:55] Akiho
    Likewise.
[03:57] Sakura
    But what brings you here, all of a sudden?
[04:00] Meiling
    I told you I was coming
    to Japan soon, didn't I?
[04:03] Sakura
    You did, but I thought it'd be later,
    like over summer break.
[04:07] Meiling
    Surprised?
[04:08] Sakura
    Super surprised.
[04:09] Meiling
    Then, I was successful!
[04:11] Syaoran
    Meiling!
[04:14] Meiling
    Néih hóu ma, Syaoran?
[04:15] Syaoran
    You didn't tell me you were coming.
[04:17] Meiling
    Surprised?
[04:18] Syaoran
    Obviously!
[04:19] Meiling
    Then, I was successful!
[04:21] Syaoran
    Meiling!
[04:23] Takashi
    I'm sure you two have a lot to
    talk about, after so long,
[04:26] Takashi
    but we could get in trouble for hanging
    around the gate too long.
[04:29] Syaoran
    R-Right...
[04:32] Takashi
    Speaking of gates, try not
    to take a fence, but—
[04:35] Chiharu
    Don't drag this out any longer,
    after saying we shouldn't!
SIGN    That's a pun
[04:43] Sakura
    Chiharu-chan and Naoko-chan seemed
    sad they couldn't talk to you more.
[04:47] Meiling
    Well, I'll be here for a few days.
[04:49] Meiling
    Besides, isn't tomorrow a day off?
[04:51] Sakura
    Yeah!
[04:51] Syaoran
    We'll have to go shopping, first.
[04:53] Syaoran
    I only have enough food for one at home.
[04:57] Meiling
    That's fine, isn't it? You live on your own.
[05:00] Syaoran
    Are you on a diet again or something?
[05:05] Syaoran
    Wh-What?
SIGN    Diet
[05:07] Sakura
    I was just a little surprised to hear
    the word "diet" coming from you.
[05:12] Syaoran
    Th-That's not what I meant!
[05:14] Syaoran
    Meiling was always saying that she'd
    diet while she was in Hong Kong!
[05:18] Sakura
    N-No, really... I-It just
    surprised me a little.
[05:21] Sakura
    Uh, I shouldn't be surprised
    by that, huh? Sorry.
[05:24] Syaoran
    No, it's...
[05:25] Syaoran
    I-It's nothing you need to apologize for.
[05:28] Sakura
    S-Still, I'm sorry.
[05:29] Meiling
    Okay, that's enough.
[05:31] Meiling
    I'm done with my diet. The reason
    you won't need food for me is...
[05:35] Meiling
    Kinomoto-san?
[05:36] Sakura
    Yes?
[05:37] Meiling
    Let me stay with you, okay?
[05:39] Syaoran
    Huh?
[05:49] Kero
    I did it! Man, these event-only
    bosses sure are tough!
[05:53] Kero
    That would've been a little easier
    if Spinny'd been around...
[05:58] Sakura
    I'm home!
[05:59] Kero
    Well, she sounds awful happy.
[06:03] Sakura
    I'm home, Kero-chan!
[06:05] Kero
    Hey, welcome home!
[06:07] Meiling
    Boo!
[06:08] Meiling
    You still look like a stuffed toy.
[06:11] Kero
    Huh...
[06:13] Kero
    So that's why you're here.
[06:16] Meiling
    Yep.
[06:18] Meiling
    This is good.
[06:20] Sakura
    I made it just the way you taught me.
[06:23] Meiling
    It was Wei who taught it to me.
[06:26] Sakura
    Syaoran-kun told me
    Wei-san's doing really well.
[06:30] Meiling
    He sure is.
[06:31] Meiling
    But he's really worried about Syaoran
    being in Japan, all by himself.
[06:36] Meiling
    "Is he eating enough vegetables?"
[06:39] Meiling
    "I hope he keeps his belly
    covered when he sleeps."
[06:42] Meiling
    He's like that every day.
[06:44] Sakura
    H-His belly...
[06:45] Meiling
    I guess Syaoran will always
    be a baby in Wei's mind.
[06:54] [Messenger] Text
    Dad
[06:55] Sakura
    It's my dad.
[07:01] Sakura
    Hello, this is Sakura.
[07:04] Sakura
    Yeah, I'm at home with Meiling-chan now.
[07:09] Meiling
    Let me talk.
[07:11] Sakura
    Mind if I let Meiling-chan talk to you?
[07:16] Meiling
    Hello, I'm Meiling Lin.
[07:19] Meiling
    I'm very sorry for asking to
    stay on such short notice.
[07:25] Meiling
    Yes, it's all right.
[07:28] Meiling
    I've spoken to my parents in Hong Kong.
[07:31] Meiling
    Yes. I'll do my best not to cause
    trouble for all of you.
[07:36] Meiling
    Oh, no, she was a good friend
    when I lived in Japan before.
[07:41] Meiling
    Yes, sir. Thank you so much.
    I appreciate the hospitality.
[07:45] Meiling
    Okay, I'll give the phone
    back to Sakura-san now.
[07:51] Sakura
    This is Sakura.
[07:53] Sakura
    Yeah, we'll be fine on our own.
[07:55] Sakura
    Dad, don't work too hard, okay?
[07:58] Sakura
    Bye.
[08:01] Sakura
    Meiling-chan, you sound so
    grown-up on the phone!
[08:04] Meiling
    It's just good manners.
    Besides, he's letting me stay here.
[08:07] Meiling
    I have to be careful not to worry him.
[08:09] Kero
    So you were trying to act even
    more innocent than usual.
[08:13] Meiling
    What did you say?!
[08:17] Sakura
    Hey, look! Cookies.
[08:19] Sakura
    They're really good!
[08:24] Meiling
    Oh, you're right.
[08:26] Sakura
    Akiho-chan gave them to me.
[08:28] Sakura
    Kaito-san made them.
[08:31] Meiling
    He's the guy who's sort of like Wei, right?
[08:34] Sakura
    Yeah, he's a butler who
    looks after Akiho-chan
[08:38] Sakura
    and does lots of things for her.
[08:41] Sakura
    A butler...
[08:44] Meiling
    You're not wrong, but coming from you,
[08:47] Meiling
    it sounds more like the fluffy animal.
[08:50] Kero
    Yeah, I get that.
[08:50] Sheep
    Baa
[08:53] Meiling
    Still, even with a butler,
[08:56] Meiling
    living alone in Japan, in middle
    school, would be hard.
[08:58] Sakura
    Yeah, it must be.
[08:59] Meiling
    I guess Syaoran's doing it, too, but...
[09:02] Sakura
    Yeah.
[09:04] Sakura
    I wish there were something
    I could do to help him...
[09:09] Meiling
    I think you're doing plenty!
[09:12] Meiling
    Just staying close to him and
    laughing a lot should be enough!
[09:16] Sakura
    But...
[09:17] Meiling
    Well, I guess there are some things
    you don't always realize for yourself.
[09:21] Kero
    True.
[09:25] Meiling
    Anyway, where's your brother?
[09:27] Meiling
    I'd like to say hello.
[09:28] Sakura
    He's staying at Yukito-san's place, tonight.
[09:31] Kero
    They have exams comin' up, right?
[09:32] Sakura
    Yeah.
[09:34] Sakura
    I hope he's not being too
    demanding of Yukito-san...
[09:40] Yukito
    You okay? Want to go inside?
[09:42] Toya
    Nah.
[09:43] Yukito
    Catching a cold? I have medicine.
[09:46] Toya
    No, someone's talking trash about me.
[09:49] Yukito
    Huh?
[09:50] Toya
    And it's a monster doing it.
[09:56] Yukito
    You're always talking about
    Sakura-chan like that.
[10:00] Toya
    She sent me a message earlier.
[10:02] Toya
    Said a friend of hers, who moved
    away, is back in Japan
[10:05] Toya
    and staying at our place.
[10:07] Yukito
    Is it Meiling-chan?
[10:08] Toya
    Yeah.
[10:10] Yukito
    Sakura-chan must be so happy!
[10:12] Toya
    The emoji in her message
    definitely looked thrilled.
[10:15] Yukito
    Fujitaka-san isn't home today, either, is he?
[10:19] Yukito
    So it's just Sakura-chan and Meiling-chan?
[10:22] Yukito
    Toya, are you sure you shouldn't go home?
[10:24] Toya
    Dad said it's fine, so it's fine.
[10:29] Yukito
    That's... kinda nice.
[10:31] Toya
    What is?
[10:33] Yukito
    I'm not sure how to put it...
[10:35] Yukito
    The way you all trust each other, I guess.
[10:44] Yukito
    Toya...
[10:46] Yukito
    At work a while ago, you said now,
    you could do something new.
[10:56] Yukito
    You still won't tell me what it is?
[11:02] Yukito
    You said I'd find out when it was time.
[11:05] Yukito
    Do you know when that will be?
[11:08] Toya
    I don't know when it'll happen,
[11:11] Toya
    but when it does, you'll know.
[11:40] Yue
    Your power is slowly returning.
[11:46] Yue
    You no longer have the power you
    gave me to maintain this form.
[11:51] Yue
    But so long as you live,
[11:52] Yue
    you think it's possible that a new power
    could gradually grow within you?
[12:00] Toya
    I don't really get it myself.
[12:01] Yue
    And the master?
[12:03] Toya
    She hasn't noticed.
[12:05] Toya
    Of course, she didn't notice when
    I had the power before, either.
[12:09] Yue
    Why won't you tell me about this new power?
[12:14] Toya
    This isn't the time to tell you.
[12:16] Toya
    That's all.
[12:24] Yue
    Once you've made up your
    mind, you won't change it.
[12:26] Yue
    Just like your sister.
[12:28] Yue
    I'll change back.
[12:32] Yue
    Study well for these exams of yours.
[12:43] Yukito
    Oh? Did I change again?
[13:02] Sakura
    Huh? With a knife?
[13:05] Meiling
    In Hong Kong, we'd use a
    spatula to make gyoza,
[13:08] Meiling
    but if you don't have one,
    a butter knife works.
[13:12] Meiling
    I would've liked to make the shells, too,
[13:15] Meiling
    but we'll use store-bought ones, today.
[13:18] Meiling
    I ate them a lot when I was in Japan before.
[13:21] Meiling
    The shells they sell here are
    really good, aren't they?
[13:24] Sakura
    Yeah!
[13:25] Sakura
    Why can't you use a spoon, though?
[13:29] Meiling
    It traps air bubbles in the filling.
[13:31] Meiling
    Then, they puff up, when fried,
    and lose flavor.
[13:35] Sakura
    Wow!
[13:37] Meiling
    It's the same when you wrap them.
    Try not to trap air inside.
[13:41] Sakura
    O-Okay. I'm kinda nervous...
[13:44] Sakura
    Get some filling,
[13:46] Sakura
    make sure not to trap air inside...
[13:57] Meiling
    Even if it's a little misshapen,
    it's fine, as long as it's tightly sealed.
[14:01] Meiling
    How's it going?
[14:02] Kero
    Great!
[14:04] Kero
    Perilla goes in this one, right?
[14:06] Sakura
    Yep.
[14:07] Sakura
    In our family, we make regular gyoza
    and another type with perilla.
[14:11] Meiling
    I can't wait to try it!
[14:14] Meiling
    Oh, also, I steam them before I fry them.
[14:17] Sakura
    We do, too!
[14:19] Meiling
    I'll leave the frying to you, then.
[14:21] Meiling
    I'll make the soup.
[14:23] Sakura
    Okay!
[14:24] Kero
    I'll cheer ya on!
[14:26] Sakura
    That's what you do most
    of the time, Kero-chan.
[14:29] Kero
    Reassuring, ain't it?
[14:35] Kero
    They look so good!
[14:37] All
    Let's eat!
[14:49] Kero
    Yum!
[14:50] Sakura
    They're so good!
[14:52] Kero
    I guess even you have somethin'
    you're good at, huh, brat?
[14:56] Meiling
    What did you say?!
[14:57] Kero
    It was a compliment...
[14:58] Meiling
    It didn't sound like one!
[15:00] Kero
    Well, bein' hungry makes people cranky.
[15:02] Kero
    Here, have some gyoza.
[15:04] Meiling
    That still doesn't sound like a compliment!
[15:07] Sakura
    They really are good!
[15:09] Sakura
    You're amazing, Meiling-chan!
[15:11] Meiling
    B-Being complimented so openly
    is a little unsettling...
[15:17] Kero
    I guess that means no one normally
    gives ya compliments!
[15:22] Meiling
    None for you.
[15:23] Kero
    What's the big idea?!
[15:26] Kero
    Grr!
[15:28] Kero
    One more... Just one more...
[15:33] Kero
    Yum, yum...
[15:35] Kero
    The perilla's good, but make some
    cheese gyoza, next time.
[15:40] Meiling
    So carefree for a Creature of the Seal.
SIGN    You're not being a bother, are you?
SIGN    Nothing weird has happened, has it?
[15:55] Meiling
    He worries too much.
SIGN    Everything's fine.
SIGN    Have Kinomoto-san make you gyoza, sometime.
[16:08] Meiling
    Well, Kinomoto-san hasn't changed at all...
[16:12] Meiling
    I guess I can't blame him for worrying.
[16:16] Meiling
    That was a quick bath!
[16:18] Sakura
    Huh? Yeah.
[16:20] Meiling
    You didn't dry your hair?
[16:22] Sakura
    I have a dryer in here. Plus...
[16:26] Sakura
    I wanted to get back sooner,
    to talk with you.
[16:32] Meiling
    Natural airheads are such a hassle, really.
[16:37] Meiling
    Give me that.
[16:43] Sakura
    You really don't mind?
[16:45] Meiling
    I've always wanted to try
    drying someone else's hair.
[16:49] Sakura
    Your long hair must be pretty hard to dry.
[16:52] Meiling
    Yeah, but I'm used to it.
[16:54] Sakura
    Tomoyo-chan said it's hard for her, too.
[16:57] Sakura
    So she said her mom invented a hair
    dryer for long hair, just for her.
[17:03] Meiling
    I know!
[17:04] Meiling
    She sent one over to me, in Hong Kong.
[17:08] Sakura
    L-Leave it to Tomoyo-chan...
[17:12] Meiling
    There, it's dry.
[17:14] Sakura
    Thanks.
[17:17] Meiling
    It looks good that way, too.
[17:21] Meiling
    Do you ever think of growing it out?
[17:23] Sakura
    I like the idea of it,
[17:25] Sakura
    but it seems like it'd be hard
    to manage in the morning.
[17:28] Meiling
    Syaoran doesn't have any particular
    hairstyle preferences, you know.
[17:33] Meiling
    In fact, he never showed any
    interest in girls in Hong Kong.
[17:41] Sakura
    I wonder if Syaoran-kun...
[17:44] Sakura
    is lonely, with all of his
    family in Hong Kong.
[17:48] Sakura
    Last time, he had you and Wei-san,
[17:51] Sakura
    but he's really on his own now.
[17:56] Meiling
    Last time, he came here for the Clow Cards.
[17:59] Meiling
    And he stayed because another thing came up.
[18:03] Meiling
    The "Sakura Cards," was it?
[18:05] Meiling
    He returned to Hong Kong, saying the
    cards had changed into them.
[18:09] Meiling
    But the whole time he was there,
    he kept saying he'd go back to Japan...
[18:20] Meiling
    I thought it would take longer, though.
[18:23] Meiling
    Syaoran's mother is the head
    of the Li family now,
[18:27] Meiling
    and after her, he's the strongest of us.
[18:30] Meiling
    I'm sure there's a lot he needs to learn
    to be the next family head
[18:35] Meiling
    and a lot of things he'll have to remember.
[18:38] Meiling
    Some of his relatives tried to stop
    him from going to Japan.
[18:42] Meiling
    But he came to Japan, anyway.
[18:44] Meiling
    In the end, he got permission from
    my aunt, the current head.
[18:49] Meiling
    It's probably because he wanted to see you.
[18:54] Meiling
    You're not happy about that?
[18:57] Sakura
    If that's true, I am.
[19:00] Sakura
    But ever since Syaoran-kun came back,
    he's had something on his mind.
[19:07] Sakura
    Something important that he can't tell me.
[19:10] Sakura
    So I wondered if, even when he's smiling,
    he's actually hurting, somehow...
[19:16] Meiling
    Did Syaoran tell you that?
[19:21] Sakura
    I haven't asked him anything.
[19:24] Sakura
    I feel like I can't ask.
[19:26] Meiling
    Why?
[19:28] Sakura
    I don't know.
[19:30] Sakura
    But if it's something he can
    tell me, I think he will.
[19:35] Sakura
    I'm sure it would be stressful for him to
    tell me something he didn't want to.
[19:44] Meiling
    It's hard when you're both too
    important to each other.
[19:49] Sakura
    What?
[19:50] Meiling
    I said, so what will you do, then?
[19:56] Sakura
    I want to do whatever I can on my own,
[20:00] Sakura
    so he won't have more to worry about!
[20:05] Meiling
    That's right.
[20:07] Meiling
    I'm sure the most important thing
    to him is that you keep smiling!
[20:13] Sakura
    Thanks!
[20:17] Sakura
    Huh? Meiling-chan, did you bring
    those from Hong Kong?
[20:21] Meiling
    Huh?
[20:22] Sakura
    The cat ears.
[20:24] Meiling
    Cat?
[20:26] Sakura
    And you're wearing a tail?
[20:28] Meiling
    What are you talking about?
[20:30] Sakura
    It's moving a lot!
[20:31] Meiling
    Are you half-asleep?
[20:32] Sakura
    I don't think so...
[20:36] Sakura
    Huh?
[20:38] Sakura
    Huh?
[20:39] Sakura
    What?
[20:40] Meiling
    You really are half-asleep.
[20:42] Meiling
    We're meeting up with everyone, tomorrow,
[20:45] Meiling
    so let's get to bed!
[20:46] Sakura
    O-Okay.
[20:49] Meiling
    Thanks.
[20:50] Sakura
    You're sure you're okay with the futon?
[20:53] Meiling
    Yeah. It's been ages since
    I slept on a futon!
[20:59] Meiling
    What?
[21:00] Sakura
    N-Nothing! Let's get some sleep!
[21:08] Meiling
    Goodnight, Kinomoto-san.
[21:11] Sakura
    Night, Meiling-chan.
[21:24] Meiling
    What?
[21:25] Sakura
    No, it's nothing.
[21:28] Sakura
    Night.
[21:33] Meiling
    Night.
[21:40] Akiho
    Yes, come in.
[21:45] Kaito
    This is chamomile tea. Would you like some?
[21:49] Akiho
    Yes, please!
[21:57] Kaito
    Reading that book again?
[21:59] Akiho
    I can read more of the parts I
    couldn't understand before.
[22:03] Kaito
    And what is it about?
[22:05] Akiho
    A girl who grows a cat's ears and tail.
[22:09] Akiho
    Alice finds out and tries to tell everyone,
[22:14] Akiho
    but they instantly disappear.
[22:17] Kaito
    I see.
[22:18] Kaito
    I look forward to hearing
    the rest of that story.
[24:10] Kero
    Hidey-howdy-ho!
SIGN    Leave It to Kero-chan!
[24:12] Kero
    Yo! It's "Leave It to Kero-chan!"
SIGN    Bear Cat
SIGN    K
[24:15] Kero
    Today, we're lookin' at
    Tomoyo's recording devices!
[24:18] Kero
    Of course, she's always carryin'
    these camcorders around.
[24:21] Kero
    She records with a smartphone, too.
[24:22] Kero
    And with the drone, filming
    from the air is a snap.
[24:25] Kero
    And above all, there's this, the super-cool
    action camera I wear on my head!
[24:29] Kero
    Daidouji Toys developed it due
    to Tomoyo's sheer tenacity!
[24:32] Kero
    Man, I look so cool!
SIGN    Bear Cat
SIGN    K
[24:33] Kero
    Ah, there's so much more
    I wanna introduce to ya!
[24:36] Kero
    Give me a longer time slot!
[24:37] Kero
    Ta-ta!
SIGN    Next Episode
[24:40] Sakura
    Meiling-chan and I are meeting
    everyone at the shrine to hang out.
[24:43] Sakura
    What? Ears? A tail?
[24:45] Sakura
    Huh?! Meiling-chan really turned into a cat!
SIGN    Sakura, the Shrine, and the Zoo
[24:49] Sakura
    Next time, "Sakura, the Shrine, and the Zoo."
[24:52] Sakura
    Say it with me: "Release!"
SIGN    End