# Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star
Theater has taken the entire world by storm in the 20th century, and teenager Kokona Ohtori aims to take the big stage. Performers who shine the brightest are called Dai Stars, and for Kokona, her first step into stardom is auditioning for the prominent theater troupe—Sirius. As she cultivates her unique sense for the stage, a story of passion and aspiration unfolds in this super-theater age.
# Season 1
# E1 - The Girl with Dreams
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKDXQ3/the-girl-with-dreams)
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**[00:08] Kokona**
A World Dai Star?
**[00:10] Shizuka**
I know you'll be one someday, Kokona.
**[00:12] Kokona**
No way.
**[00:14] Kokona**
Even at the audition the other day...
**[00:16] Sign**
Regarding Your Audition
Hello, Kokona Otori-sama.
Thank you very much for auditioning with us.
After careful deliberation, we regret to inform you that
you have not passed our audition.
**[00:17] Kokona**
they told me I lacked Sense.
**[00:19] Shizuka**
Well, *I* disagree.
**[00:24] Shizuka**
You don't believe them either,
do you, Kokona?
**[00:27] Kokona**
Well...
**[00:32] Shizuka**
Do you know what kind of people
become World Dai Stars?
**[00:36] Kokona**
Huh? Um...
**[00:38] Kokona**
People who are really good at acting...
and singing and dancing...
**[00:43] Kokona**
People so dazzling that you just
can't take your eyes off of them?
**[00:47] Shizuka**
That's not it at *all*!
**[00:53] Shizuka**
They're people who believe
in their future selves.
**[01:03] Shizuka**
You can hear them, can't you?
The voices calling your name.
**[01:23] Kokona**
I wonder if I'll ever make it...
**[01:25] Kokona**
Can I really become a World Dai Star?
**[01:32] Shizuka**
You will, Kokona.
**[01:35] Shizuka**
I'll make it happen.
**[01:43] Narrator**
*In the twentieth century,*
**[01:45] Narrator**
* the passionate performances of actors*
* who appeared like shooting stars*
**[01:49] Narrator**
* ushered the world into*
* the great age of theater.*
**[01:52] Sign**
Kaminarimon
**[01:54] Narrator**
* It became the ultimate entertainment*
* for the masses around the globe,*
**[01:59] Narrator**
* and many an actor competed*
* for the spotlight.*
**[02:08] Narrator**
* Performers with the Sense to outshine others*
* became known as "Dai Stars."*
**[02:14] Narrator**
* And the pinnacle of Dai Stars*
* was given the title...*
**[02:19] Narrator**
*World Dai Star.*
**[02:22] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:28] Sign**
The Girl with Dreams
**[02:30] Sign**
At Twilight When
the Cold Wind Blows
**[02:30] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[02:33] Sign**
Become a World Dai Star!
**[02:35] Sign**
Kokona Otori-sama
**[02:35] Sign**
Notification of Second Audition
**[02:35] Sign**
Shinkansen Ticket
**[02:35] Sign**
Hachinohe
**[02:35] Sign**
Ueno
**[02:40] Shizuka**
What are you so nervous about?
**[02:42] Kokona**
I mean, who wouldn't be?
**[02:44] Kokona**
I've always wanted to join SIRIUS,
**[02:47] Kokona**
and I've already gotten
two tryout rejections.
**[02:50] Shizuka**
There you go getting down on yourself.
**[02:52] Shizuka**
You've rehearsed loads for this,
**[02:55] Shizuka**
so you need to go in full of confidence!
**[02:58] Kokona**
Hup...
**[03:00] Kokona**
Yeah, you're right.
**[03:01] Kokona**
I finally got to a callback,
so I've gotta do my best.
**[03:11] Kokona**
There we go.
**[03:12] Kokona's Mother**
Kokona.
**[03:15] Kokona**
Oh, sorry. Did I wake you?
**[03:18] Kokona's Mother**
Here's your lunch.
**[03:20] Kokona's Mother**
You can't project properly
on an empty stomach.
**[03:23] Kokona's Father**
Leave no room for regrets.
**[03:27] Kokona**
Right!
**[03:28] Kokona**
Off I go!
**[03:34] Kokona (Romeo)**
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;
**[03:36] Kokona (Romeo)**
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
**[03:40] Kokona (Romeo)**
Did my heart love till now?
Forswear it, sight!
**[03:46] Kokona (Romeo)**
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
**[03:51] Kokona (Romeo)**
Forsooth... this is true love!
**[03:55] Shizuka**
You're overacting.
**[03:57] Kokona**
Huh? You think so?
**[03:59] Shizuka**
You sound more like a fool than a lover.
**[04:02] Shizuka**
Romeo's actually quite the playboy,
**[04:05] Shizuka**
yet in this moment, he feels his destiny.
**[04:08] Shizuka**
He'd probably sound way more exhilarated.
**[04:11] Kokona**
Destiny? Exhilarated?
**[04:17] Kokona**
This is...
**[04:18] Kokona**
True! Love!
**[04:20] Shizuka**
Congrats. Now you're a bigger fool.
**[04:22] Kokona**
That's so mean!
**[04:25] Kokona**
I just don't get it.
I've never been in love before.
**[04:29] Shizuka**
You've never been a murderer
or a detective either, have you?
**[04:33] Shizuka**
But even so, an actor must
play those roles convincingly.
**[04:36] Kokona**
Then how would you do the scene, Shizuka-chan?
**[04:39] Shizuka**
Huh? Me?
**[04:54] Shizuka**
Did my heart love till now?
Forswear it, sight!
**[05:00] Shizuka**
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
**[05:04] Shizuka**
Forsooth...
**[05:07] Shizuka**
This is true love!
**[05:26] Kokona**
Whoa! That was amazing, Shizuka-chan!
**[05:29] Shizuka**
*You're* supposed to be doing it.
**[05:31] Kokona**
If only you could
audition too, Shizuka-chan...
**[05:36] Shizuka**
Come on. The first train will be here soon.
**[05:38] Kokona**
Oh, right!
**[05:54] Sign**
Elisabeth
**[05:54] Sign**
Now Playing!
**[05:55] Shizuka**
Oh, *Elisabeth* is playing again.
I wonder if we can get tickets the day of.
**[05:59] Kokona**
There's an audition for it.
**[06:01] Shizuka**
You'll pass, so it's all good.
**[06:03] Kokona**
It's *me* auditioning, remember?
***SIGN*** The metro... Which one goes to... Asakusa?
**[06:11] Sign**
Minami Urawa Omiya
**[06:11] Sign**
Ikebukuro Shinjuku Shibuya
**[06:11] Sign**
Tokyo Hamamatsucho Shinagawa
**[06:11] Sign**
Kawasaki Yokohama Kannai
***SIGN*** It's basically a maze...
**[06:19] Kokona**
Konnichiwa! Um, hello?
**[06:22] Kokona**
Guten Tag? Добрый день?
**[06:25] Kokona**
Bonjour?
**[06:27] Kokona**
Oh, I know! Merci!
**[06:29] Shizuka**
That means "thank you."
**[06:33] Kathrina**
Guten Tag. I'm German, but you
can speak to me in Japanese.
**[06:38] Kokona**
Thanks so much!
**[06:39] Kokona**
So... where are you headed?
I'll be happy to show you the way!
**[06:43] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[06:47] Kathrina**
Asakusa...
**[06:48] Kokona**
Asakusa?! We're headed there, too!
**[06:51] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[06:52] Kokona**
Come on! This way!
**[06:53] Kathrina**
Hey—
**[06:54] Kathrina**
H-Hey!
**[06:58] Sign**
Won't You Be a Dai Star, too?
**[07:00] Kokona**
So, what did you come to see today?
**[07:02] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[07:03] Kokona**
You're going to Asakusa,
so I figure you're seeing a play.
**[07:06] Kokona**
It has over a hundred theaters!
**[07:08] Shizuka**
Is anything super popular right now?
***SIGN*** Did you make it to Japan safely?
Tell me if you pass or fail your audition immediately.
**[07:11] Kokona**
Maybe... *Mecha Macbeth Versus Space Hamlet*?
**[07:16] Kokona**
So, what is it, Kathrina-chan?
**[07:19] Kathrina**
Yeah, sure. Whatever.
**[07:22] Shizuka**
Just leave her alone.
**[07:24] Kokona**
Okay...
**[07:25] Girl**
When's the train coming?
**[07:27] Mother**
It'll be here soon. Just keep
reading your picture book.
**[07:33] Sign**
Little Red Riding Hood
**[07:34] Kokona**
Do you like "Little Red Riding Hood"?
**[07:37] Girl**
Uh-huh.
**[07:39] Kokona**
Then I'll perform it for you.
**[07:43] Girl**
Are you an actress, miss?
**[07:46] Kokona**
Uh... Not yet, but I hope to be someday.
**[07:51] Kokona**
Okay, here goes.
**[07:53] Kokona**
Once upon a time, there was a little girl
who wore a cap of red velvet.
**[08:01] Sign**
Kaminarimon
**[08:03] Sign**
Kaminarimon
**[08:06] Kokona**
Welcome to Asakusa!
**[08:08] Kathrina**
Huh... It's much noisier
than where I'm from.
**[08:12] Kokona**
Where you're from?
**[08:13] Kathrina**
Thanks for leading me here.
**[08:15] Kokona**
What? I can take you to the theater.
**[08:18] Kathrina**
I'll use my navigation app from here.
**[08:19] Kathrina**
Goodbye.
**[08:21] Kokona**
I see...
**[08:25] Sign**
Nakamise
**[08:27] Sign**
Toyotaya Shoes Shop
**[08:27] Sign**
Koyama Shop
**[08:29] Sign**
Toyotaya Shoes Shop
**[08:29] Sign**
Koyama Shop
**[08:35] Kokona**
Oh.
**[08:37] Kokona**
I'll get as much on me as I can!
**[08:40] Sign**
Hanayashiki Street
**[08:44] Kathrina**
What?
**[08:45] Kokona**
Uh—
**[08:46] Kokona**
Well, I'm going that way too, so...
**[08:50] Kokona**
Also, the theater playing
*Mecha Mac* is the other way.
**[08:53] Kathrina**
I know that. I'm going to the Sirius Theatre.
**[08:57] Kokona**
Sirius...
**[08:59] Kokona**
Wait, are you auditioning?!
**[09:01] Kathrina**
Don't tell me...
**[09:04] Kokona**
The Sirius Theatre!
**[09:06] Kokona**
Home of the female acting troupe SIRIUS,
**[09:08] Kokona**
founded by Japan's renowned
World Dai Star, Shamo Yamabuki!
**[09:13] Shizuka**
You said you saw your first play here, right?
**[09:16] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[09:17] Kokona**
The SIRIUS troupe mainly does musicals.
**[09:20] Kokona**
They're so elegant and wonderful!
I've seen them so many times!
**[09:24] Kokona**
This is where I first realized
I wanted to be an actor!
**[09:29] Kathrina**
So you're auditioning, too?
**[09:31] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[09:33] Kokona**
Talk about a coincidence!
**[09:35] Kokona**
It's nice to formally meet you.
I'm Kokona Otori.
**[09:38] Kokona**
Let's do our best so we can stand on
that stage together, Kathrina-chan!
**[09:43] Kathrina**
I'm not going to shake your hand.
I'm fairly certain I won't see you again.
**[09:48] Kokona**
Huh?
**[09:50] Kathrina**
Frankly speaking,
you have no Sense whatsoever.
**[09:57] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[10:10] Shizuka**
The heck is her problem?
**[10:12] Shizuka**
She may be cute,
but she's got a rotten personality.
**[10:15] Shizuka**
"I'm not going to shake your hand.
I'm fairly certain I won't see you again."
**[10:21] Shizuka**
Honestly, how nasty.
**[10:23] Kokona**
That was great, Shizuka-chan!
You're so good.
**[10:26] Shizuka**
*You're* the one she mocked.
Why are you so calm about it?
**[10:31] Kokona**
Well, I mean, it's true.
**[10:33] Kokona**
My Sense...
**[10:39] [SONG] Sign**
Noa Hiiragi
**[10:39] [SONG] Sign**
SIRIUS VP
**[10:40] Hiiragi**
Welcome to auditions for SIRIUS.
**[10:43] Kokona**
That's Hiiragi-san! The former Dai Star!
**[10:46] Hiiragi**
We are currently looking for talent
to become SIRIUS Dai Stars.
**[10:51] Hiiragi**
Talent we can nurture into a World Dai Star
to take the globe by storm.
**[10:58] Hiiragi**
I'm looking forward to seeing
your acting Sense.
**[11:06] Hiiragi**
We will now begin auditions,
so please gather at the venue.
**[11:14] Shizuka**
You've been practicing even
more since you met me.
**[11:18] Shizuka**
You can do this, Kokona.
**[11:20] Shizuka**
Believe in me. And yourself.
**[11:23] Kokona**
Yeah...
**[11:35] Panda**
I'm gonna get amazing pictures of my
future juniors at their audition!
**[11:35] [SONG] Sign**
Panda Yanagiba
**[11:35] [SONG] Sign**
SIRIUS Member
**[11:40] Panda**
Hmm... This one's too pretty
and this one's too hot.
**[11:44] Panda**
Reverse corrections.
**[11:46] Panda**
Making sure their privacy is safe and...
**[11:49] Panda**
Yup! I'm definitely the cutest.
**[11:52] [SONG] Sign**
SIRIUS Member
**[11:52] [SONG] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[11:52] Sasuga**
Acting's not about your face.
**[11:54] Panda**
Shut up!
**[11:55] Panda**
That just sounds like sarcasm coming
from a pretty girl like you, Sassu!
**[12:01] Panda**
Also, what is that?
**[12:03] Sasuga**
It's great when they loosen up.
**[12:05] Panda**
The noodles? Or your nerves?
**[12:09] [SONG] Sign**
SIRIUS Director
**[12:09] [SONG] Sign**
Hana Kudo
**[12:10] Kudo**
This is our fifth audition, but we still
haven't found our diamond in the rough.
**[12:16] Kudo**
Kathrina Griebel,
Tobias and Theresa's daughter...
**[12:21] Kudo**
I guess we're lucky to even have her here.
**[12:25] Kudo**
I'm sure she's got *it*.
**[12:31] Shizuka**
It's finally time to see everyone's acting.
**[12:34] Shizuka**
They said you'd find out the role the day of.
**[12:37] Hiiragi**
We'll now proceed with the readings.
**[12:41] Hiiragi**
We'll also be handing out your scripts.
**[12:45] Kokona**
Thank you very much.
**[12:47] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[12:47] Shizuka**
SIRIUS's *The Little Mermaid*!
**[12:49] Shizuka**
You've totally practiced this one before!
**[12:51] Kokona**
Y-Yeah...
**[12:54] Hiiragi**
Act 2.
**[12:56] Hiiragi**
The Little Mermaid swims to
the Sea Witch's lair
**[12:59] Hiiragi**
and asks to be made into a human.
**[13:02] Hiiragi**
The Sea Witch promises to do so
**[13:05] Hiiragi**
in exchange for her beautiful voice.
**[13:08] Kathrina**
Who's the Sea Witch?
**[13:10] Hiiragi**
I'll be reading the part.
**[13:13] Kokona**
Hiiragi-san's doing it?
**[13:15] Hiiragi**
You can keep your scripts with you.
Come up onto the stage.
**[13:19] Hiiragi**
Let's start with number 1.
**[13:21] Auditionee C**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[13:25] Panda**
Reading with Hiiragi-san, eh?
**[13:27] Sasuga**
I wonder if the boss plans to fail them all.
**[13:30] Auditionee C**
I'm ready.
**[13:32] Hiiragi**
All right.
**[13:34] Hiiragi**
Let's get started, then.
**[13:42] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
Once you become human,
you can never be a mermaid again.
**[13:48] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
And should the prince marry another girl,
**[13:53] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
your heart will be ripped apart.
**[13:56] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
Without even a moment to repent,
**[13:59] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
you'll disappear into sea-foam.
**[14:07] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
Do you still want to be human?
**[14:12] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
I'm asking you if you're prepared for that!
**[14:19] Hiiragi**
Next.
**[14:20] Auditionee D**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[14:25] Auditionee D**
I'm prepared... S-Sea Witch...
**[14:28] Hiiragi**
Next.
**[14:29] Auditionee E**
I'm prepared! Sea Witch,
what do you require of me?
**[14:34] Hiiragi**
Next...
**[14:35] Auditionee F**
Yes, ma'am!
**[14:36] Shizuka**
If they can't keep up with Hiiragi-san,
**[14:38] Shizuka**
they can't express the
Little Mermaid's true strength.
**[14:41] Shizuka**
But if they push too much,
they come off too strong.
**[14:46] Kokona**
This is what a Dai Star's acting looks like...
**[14:51] Hiiragi**
Next, number 16. Kathrina Griebel.
**[15:32] Kathrina**
*No set. Not even a backdrop.*
**[15:36] Kathrina**
* Only a small spotlight*
* shining on center stage.*
**[15:40] Kathrina**
* She's hiding in the shadows to capture*
* the Sea Witch's unpredictability.*
**[15:45] Kathrina**
*No wonder the girls can't hold their own.*
**[15:48] Kathrina**
*But they're all third-rate.*
**[15:55] Kathrina**
I'm ready whenever.
**[16:09] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
Once you become human,
you can never be a mermaid again.
**[16:15] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
And should the prince marry another girl,
**[16:21] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
your heart will be ripped apart.
**[16:24] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
Without even a moment to repent,
**[16:27] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
you'll disappear into sea-foam.
**[16:30] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
Do you still want to be human?
**[16:34] Kathrina (Little Mermaid)**
I do...
**[16:36] Hiiragi (Sea Witch)**
Are you *truly* certain?
**[16:44] Sasuga**
Did she forget her lines?
**[16:47] Panda**
No, she's still in character.
**[16:58] Kathrina (Little Mermaid)**
I'm prepared! Sea Witch,
what do you require of me?
**[17:07] Panda**
That pause was impeccable.
**[17:09] Panda**
She used the spotlight to her advantage,
transforming from the Little Mermaid
**[17:14] Panda**
to a woman in love with the prince.
**[17:17] Sasuga**
I think we found our promising new talent.
**[17:20] Hiiragi**
Thank you. You can head back.
**[17:24] Hiiragi**
Next up is our last candidate,
**[17:25] Hiiragi**
Kokona Otori.
**[17:28] Kokona**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[17:30] Shizuka**
You've got this, Kokona. You'll be fine.
**[17:31] Kokona**
* What do I do?*
* Maybe I can't do this... Because I...*
**[17:33] Shizuka**
You're going to be a Dai Star, aren't you?
**[17:35] Shizuka**
Kokona? Are you listening?
**[17:36] Kokona**
*don't have it...*
**[17:39] Judge A**
*You have no Sense.*
**[17:40] Judge B**
*You're not bad, but...*
**[17:42] Judge C**
*In this day in age, you have to have Sense.*
**[17:46] Hiiragi**
What's the matter?
**[17:49] Hiiragi**
Can't play the part?
**[17:52] Kokona**
I—
**[17:53] Niizuma**
You mustn't look so scary, Hiiragi-san.
**[17:56] Niizuma**
Everyone will tense up.
**[17:59] Hiiragi**
Yae? What are you doing here?
**[17:59] [SONG] Sign**
SIRIUS Member
**[17:59] [SONG] Sign**
Yae Niizuma
**[18:01] Niizuma**
I came to rehearse
for our next performance,
**[18:04] Niizuma**
but I can't find Panda-san or the others,
**[18:06] Niizuma**
so I'm looking for them.
**[18:10] Auditionees**
It's Yae-chan!
**[18:11] Auditionees**
She's so cute!
**[18:13] Niizuma**
Miss, would you mind if I
did this scene with you?
**[18:17] Kokona**
Huh? Um...
**[18:19] Hiiragi**
What do you think you're doing?
**[18:20] Niizuma**
It's only natural to help those in need.
**[18:25] Niizuma**
That's what will lead to world peace.
**[18:35] Hiiragi**
All right.
**[18:38] Hiiragi**
However...
**[18:39] Hiiragi**
If Yae's involved, we'll
need to make some changes.
**[18:42] Hiiragi**
You'll be playing the Little Mermaid, Yae.
**[18:44] Niizuma**
Okay.
**[18:45] Kokona**
Huh?!
**[18:46] Hiiragi**
Act 3.
**[18:48] Hiiragi**
The prince tells the Little Mermaid
he's to be engaged in a few days.
**[18:52] Hiiragi**
He's marrying a princess from a neighboring
kingdom who saved him from drowning.
**[18:58] Hiiragi**
The Little Mermaid longs to tell him
it was really her, but she has no voice.
**[19:02] Hiiragi**
She tries desperately to convey her
feelings, yet can't get through.
**[19:07] Hiiragi**
You'll be playing the prince.
**[19:11] Panda**
This is the crucial emotional moment
leading up to the climax.
**[19:16] Panda**
One wrong step,
**[19:17] Panda**
and the audience's hate for the
moronic prince will ruin the scene.
**[19:20] Panda**
Hiiragi-san's being cruel.
**[19:23] Sasuga**
That's what I love about the boss, though.
**[19:27] Niizuma**
What kind of performer
do you want to be, miss?
**[19:32] Niizuma**
If you focus too much on being "good,"
**[19:34] Niizuma**
you'll get so stiff you won't be able to speak.
**[19:37] Niizuma**
What's important is what
*you* want to be onstage.
**[19:41] Kokona**
What *I* want to be?
**[19:44] Niizuma (Little Mermaid)**
The world you've shown me
is just so beautiful.
**[19:50] Niizuma (Little Mermaid)**
If only I could tell you how I really feel...
**[19:50] Kokona**
*What I've wanted to be...*
**[19:58] (Flashback) Shizuka**
They're people who believe
in their future selves.
**[20:04] Kokona (Prince)**
What is it? What are you trying to say?
**[20:08] Kokona (Prince)**
I know! You must be happy for me, too!
**[20:12] Kokona (Prince)**
I'm just the luckiest man alive!
**[20:15] Kokona (Prince)**
To think that the princess
who saved me that stormy night
**[20:19] Kokona (Prince)**
is going to marry me!
**[20:22] Kathrina**
*She wasn't like that at the station.*
**[20:24] Niizuma (Little Mermaid)**
No... *I'm* the one who saved you!
**[20:28] Kokona (Prince)**
What?
**[20:29] Niizuma (Little Mermaid)**
I'm the one who saved you!
**[20:31] Kokona (Prince)**
What are you trying to tell me?
**[20:35] Kokona (Prince)**
Did something painful happen?
**[20:40] Kokona (Prince)**
Are you sad?
**[20:47] Kokona (Prince)**
It's okay.
**[20:49] Kokona (Prince)**
I'm here with you.
**[20:51] Kokona (Prince)**
I'll always be on your side.
**[20:56] Shizuka**
I told you so.
I knew you could do it, Kokona.
**[21:09] Kokona**
Thanks so much for earlier!
**[21:12] Niizuma**
Were you waiting around
just to tell me that?
**[21:14] Kokona**
Yeah! If it weren't for you,
I would've been sent packing.
**[21:19] Kokona**
Oh, um...
**[21:20] Niizuma**
I'm Yae. Yae Niizuma.
**[21:23] Kokona**
Yae-chan...
**[21:26] Kokona**
Even if I don't pass this round,
I'm going to audition for SIRIUS again!
**[21:30] Kokona**
And then, one day we can...
**[21:31] Shizuka**
Hey, Kokona! Why are you talking
like you're going to fail?!
**[21:34] Kokona**
Hey! This part's really
important, so butt out!
**[21:38] Niizuma**
You're a strange one.
**[21:50] Hiiragi**
*Kokona Otori played the prince
from* The Little Mermaid*.*
**[21:54] Hiiragi**
*But...*
**[21:55] Kokona**
Just thinking about what I'd have
done if Yae-chan hadn't shown up...
**[21:56] Hiiragi**
*That wasn't her take on the prince.*
**[21:59] Hiiragi**
*Who exactly were you playing?*
**[23:34] Sign**
Second Stage
**[23:34] Sign**
Copying Someone Else
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "Copying Someone Else."
# E2 - Copying Someone Else
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU0DV2Z/copying-someone-else)
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**[00:02] Sign**
SIRIUS's
Yae Niizuma-san
**[00:03] Shizuka and Kokona**
She's so cute!
**[00:05] Kokona**
"Yae Niizuma, age eleven."
**[00:07] Kokona**
"A diva for a new generation that
appeared out of nowhere at SIRIUS."
**[00:11] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[00:11] Kokona**
"She's gained experience from
a number of performances,
**[00:14] Kokona**
growing into a performer with talents
beyond those of a mere child actor."
**[00:18] Shizuka**
They're calling her the
next big SIRIUS star, aren't they?
**[00:22] Sign**
Future Dai Star Weekly
**[00:22] Kokona**
Wow, that's amazing!
**[00:31] Kokona**
Gosh, if only I could share
the stage with her again...
**[00:35] Sign**
The results of your second audition
**[00:37] Shizuka**
K-K-Kokona! You've got mail!
It's from SIRIUS!
**[00:42] Sign**
The results of your...
Kokona Otori-sama,
Thank you for participating
in a second screening.
After careful deliberation,
we'd like to inform you that
you have passed our audition.
This is your official notification.
Everyone who has passed will be
contacted with further instructions.
We will reach out separately
regarding your schedule.
**[00:44] Sign**
you have passed
**[00:47] Kokona**
I...
**[00:48] Shizuka**
...passed.
**[00:50] Sign**
Become a World Dai Star!
**[01:06] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:24] Sign**
Copying Someone Else
***SIGN*** Yes. Everything arrived. Thanks, Mama.
***SIGN*** Don't worry. Everything should go okay here.
**[02:42] Sign**
SIRIUS SENTO
**[02:45] Shizuka**
Is this really the place?
**[02:47] Kokona**
Well, it does say "Sirius."
**[02:49] Shizuka**
Either way, let's go in.
**[02:54] Kokona**
Hello...
**[03:05] Kokona**
An otter?
**[03:07] Shizuka**
Is it stuffed?
**[03:15] Shamo**
Be nice now, Dugong.
**[03:19] Shamo**
You must be Kokona-chan.
**[03:20] [SONG] Sign**
SIRIUS President
Sirius Sento Attendant & Matron
Shamo Yamabuki
**[03:21] Shamo**
I'm Yamabuki, the attendant
and matron of Sirius Sento.
**[03:25] Shamo**
And this little one is Dugong.
**[03:29] Shizuka**
Dugong?
**[03:31] Kokona**
It's a pleasure to meet you!
I'm Kokona Otori.
**[03:35] Kokona**
Um... This is a bathhouse, right?
**[03:39] Sign**
Bath
**[03:39] Shamo**
Why, yes. Students may use
the baths as much as they'd like.
**[03:43] Shamo**
In return, you'll help out with the cleaning.
**[03:47] Kokona**
Wow, this is amazing.
**[03:49] Shamo**
I'll show you to your room.
**[03:51] Kokona**
Great! Thanks so much.
**[03:54] Shizuka**
Say, Kokona. She said her name
was Yamabuki, didn't she?
**[03:58] Shizuka**
Does that mean she's...
**[03:59] Kokona**
Huh?
**[04:03] Kokona**
Shamo Yamabuki the World Dai Star?!
**[04:07] Shamo**
You're going to make me blush,
reacting like that.
**[04:16] Shamo**
I happened to see your performance
during your audition, Kokona-chan.
**[04:20] Kokona**
Really?
**[04:22] Shamo**
I found it quite mysterious.
**[04:26] Kokona**
I, uh, ended up panicking.
**[04:30] Kokona**
I'm honestly not sure how I passed.
**[04:34] Shamo**
I see.
**[04:36] Shamo**
Then I guess you'll have
to find yourself first.
**[04:40] Kokona**
Find myself?
**[04:44] Shamo**
This is your room.
***SIGN*** H-Help me...
**[05:01] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan?!
**[05:02] Kathrina**
Y-You're...
**[05:04] Shamo**
Make sure you two get along from now on.
**[05:07] Kokona; Kathrina; Shizuka**
Huh?
**[05:13] Hiiragi**
I'd like to officially welcome you to SIRIUS.
**[05:16] Kathrina**
I request my own room.
**[05:19] Kathrina**
I can't sleep unless I'm alone.
**[05:21] Kathrina**
It's part of a troupe's job to ensure
its talent is taken care of, no?
**[05:25] Hiiragi**
On the stage, you may end up playing
family members or lovers.
**[05:28] Hiiragi**
It's probably not a bad idea
to get to know one another.
**[05:32] Kathrina**
We may also end up playing mortal enemies.
**[05:35] Hiiragi**
And hopefully you'll be able to find
something to inspire that, too.
**[05:41] Kokona**
Um, Kathrina-chan?
**[05:43] Kokona**
I'm totally okay with this.
**[05:46] Kokona**
I promise I don't toss and turn much.
**[05:48] Kokona**
Oh, I don't snore either.
**[05:50] Shizuka**
You do talk in your sleep, though.
**[05:51] Kokona**
I m-might talk in my sleep a bit, though!
***SIGN*** Just be quiet.
**[05:55] Kokona**
What did you just say?!
**[05:58] Kathrina**
All right, fine. I came all
this way to become a Dai Star.
**[06:03] Kathrina**
I suppose I can deal with this.
**[06:06] Kokona**
A Dai Star?
**[06:08] Kathrina**
So, when's our next show?
What role will I be playing?
**[06:13] Hiiragi**
You hope to take the stage so soon?
**[06:15] Kathrina**
O-Of course I do.
**[06:18] Kathrina**
What role will I be playing?
**[06:20] Hiiragi**
At SIRIUS,
**[06:21] Hiiragi**
anytime a new member joins,
**[06:23] Hiiragi**
we give them a single debut
performance during a production.
**[06:28] Sign**
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
**[06:29] Kokona**
*The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*!
**[06:31] Hiiragi**
The two of you will audition
for the lead role of Kaguya.
**[06:36] Shizuka**
The lead role?
**[06:37] Kokona**
I get to play the lead role?!
**[06:40] Kathrina**
Did you miss the "audition" part?
**[06:42] Kathrina**
*I'll* be taking the lead role.
**[06:44] Hiiragi**
Whoever fails to get the role
**[06:46] Hiiragi**
will be playing the lady-in-waiting
who serves Princess Kaguya.
**[06:51] Hiiragi**
We'll hold the audition in a week,
the day before dress rehearsals.
**[06:59] Hiiragi**
Don't disappoint me.
**[07:05] Kokona**
My first script!
**[07:08] Shizuka**
I wonder if Yae-chan's playing
Princess Kaguya in the real deal.
**[07:11] Kokona**
Yae-chan as Princess Kaguya...
**[07:14] Shizuka**
So good...
**[07:16] Kokona**
She could ask me to do anything!
Even the impossible!
**[07:18] Kathrina**
Hey, could you quit talking to yourself?
**[07:21] Kokona**
O-Oh, I'm sorry!
**[07:23] Kokona**
Um...
**[07:26] Kokona**
Won't this make it harder to chat?
**[07:28] Shizuka**
And what's up with all the luggage?
**[07:30] Shizuka**
It's really cramped over here.
**[07:32] Kokona**
Hey, you want to be a Dai Star too,
right, Kathrina-chan?
**[07:36] Kokona**
Is your goal to be a World Dai Star?!
**[07:39] Kathrina**
That's, like, every actor's goal.
**[07:42] Kathrina**
I'll give you some great life advice.
**[07:44] Kokona**
What?
**[07:45] Kathrina**
You can't see the forest for the trees.
**[07:47] Kathrina**
A wannabe actor like you talking about
**[07:49] Kathrina**
being a Dai Star,
let alone a World Dai Star...
**[07:52] Kathrina**
Wouldn't you consider that
rather presumptuous?
**[07:57] Kathrina**
Dai Stars can fill theaters all by themselves.
**[08:01] Kathrina**
You can't become one simply
because you want to.
**[08:03] Kathrina**
Only the chosen few make it.
**[08:06] Kathrina**
And you're not one of them.
**[08:08] Kathrina**
You and I are competing for roles.
We're not friends.
**[08:12] Kathrina**
Don't bother me more than necessary.
**[08:18] Panda**
Hello!
**[08:20] Panda**
People call me Panda-chan,
the cutest girl at SIRIUS.
**[08:26] Panda**
Want to have a bath time party with me?
**[08:32] Panda**
Yikes, what the heck did I walk into?
**[08:35] Sign**
Bath
**[08:41] Panda**
Hey, can I call you Koko-chan?
**[08:44] Kokona**
Huh? U-Uh, sure...
**[08:48] Panda**
Sweet!
**[08:50] Panda**
Using "-san" is just so stiff.
**[08:54] Panda**
Also, no need to be formal with us at all.
**[08:56] Panda**
We're younger than you anyway.
**[08:58] Panda**
Right, Sassu?
**[08:59] Sasuga**
The only things that should be stiff
are concrete and nata de coco.
**[09:03] Kokona**
Huh? Nata de coco?
Wait, is it even that stiff?
**[09:07] Sasuga**
Now I want some nata de coco...
**[09:11] Panda**
You don't need to take the
things Sassu says too seriously.
**[09:14] Panda**
Thinking about them too hard
is just a waste of time.
**[09:17] Kokona**
Ah, got it...
**[09:18] Sign**
Panda
**[09:18] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[09:18] Sign**
Kokona Otori
**[09:18] Panda**
Now, why are things so insanely
tense with you and Kathrin?
**[09:23] Kokona**
I'm not sure tense is the right word...
**[09:26] Kokona**
I think she just dislikes
me for some reason.
**[09:30] Kokona**
I'd like to be her friend,
but I guess she feels differently.
**[09:36] Kokona**
She said we're competing for roles.
**[09:40] Panda**
I mean, she does have a point.
**[09:43] Sign**
Panda
**[09:43] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[09:44] Panda**
No matter how close you are,
if you're striving to become Dai Stars,
**[09:47] Panda**
you're going to butt heads.
**[09:50] Panda**
But that doesn't mean you
can't understand each other.
**[09:53] Panda**
We're all actors, after all.
**[09:56] Kokona**
I see.
**[09:58] Kokona**
Okay!
**[10:00] Kokona**
First, I'll make her acknowledge
me as an actor!
**[10:03] Kokona**
To that end, I'll do my best
for the Kaguya audition!
**[10:10] Sign**
Kokona Otori
**[10:10] Sign**
Kathrina Griebel
**[10:27] Sign**
Coffee
**[10:27] Sign**
Royal Coffee Shop
**[10:27] Sign**
Roasted In Store
**[10:45] Kokona**
Come to think of it,
I haven't seen Yae-chan at all!
**[10:48] Panda**
Niizumacchi said she'd
be camping for a while.
**[10:53] Kokona**
Camping?
**[11:07] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[11:19] Sasuga Fan A**
What's Chisa-san doing?
**[11:21] Sasuga Fan B**
Don't disturb her!
**[11:23] Sasuga Fan B**
I'm sure she's waiting for
her role to descend upon her.
**[11:29] Sasuga**
Man, the sun is bright.
**[11:32] Sasuga Fan B**
She speaks the truth!
**[11:34] Sasuga Fan A**
Well said, Chisa-san!
**[11:35] Panda**
Sassu, rehearsal is starting.
**[11:39] Panda**
I told you to stop basking in front of people.
**[11:44] Kokona**
I-I'm Kokona Otori! Thank you for
helping me out at the audition!
**[11:48] Kokona**
I love you! I can't wait to work with you!
**[11:51] Shizuka**
You should've kept some of that to yourself!
**[11:53] Shizuka**
Also, what's with the hand?!
**[11:54] Kokona**
Ah, that's not what I meant by love!
Yae-chan, er, I mean...
**[11:58] Kokona**
Niizuma-san, your acting is just, uh...
**[12:00] Niizuma**
You can call me Yae.
**[12:02] Niizuma**
I'm sorry for not properly
introducing myself before now.
**[12:06] Niizuma**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[12:09] Kokona and Shizuka**
Yae-chan...
**[12:11] Hiiragi**
Yae, we're going to begin rehearsals.
**[12:14] Niizuma**
Okay.
**[12:15] Sign**
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
**[12:18] Kudo**
All right, begin!
**[12:26] Sasuga (Old Man)**
She will be here to serve your every
need starting today, Princess.
**[12:34] Panda (Misao)**
It is a pleasure to meet you.
My name is Misao.
**[12:38] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
Misao-chan?
**[12:40] Panda (Misao)**
Yes.
**[12:43] Sasuga (Old Man)**
I thought you'd be more comfortable
with a girl close to your age.
**[12:50] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
Misao-chan!
**[12:52] Panda (Misao)**
Y-Yes?
**[12:56] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
Misao-chan!
**[12:58] Panda (Misao)**
C-Can I help you?
**[13:00] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
Let's play!
**[13:01] Panda (Misao)**
Huh?
**[13:02] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
Come here!
**[13:03] Kokona**
Yae-chan's so cute!
**[13:04] Sasuga (Old Man)**
Princess, wait!
**[13:07] Shizuka**
* This is the story of the ill-fated*
* Princess Kaguya, who was born of bamboo.*
**[13:11] Shizuka**
*It's Japan's oldest sci-fi story.*
**[13:14] Shizuka**
* In the play, Kaguya and her attendant Misao*
* grow up like sisters*
**[13:19] Shizuka**
* and dread the day they*
* will eventually have to part.*
**[13:23] Shizuka**
*That's SIRIUS's take on
*The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*.*
**[13:27] Kokona**
Next up is the audition scene.
**[13:30] Shizuka**
Yeah.
**[13:34] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
Hey, have you ever seen
a bamboo blossom, Misao?
**[13:38] Panda (Misao)**
A bamboo blossom?
**[13:40] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
The books say they bloom
only once every 120 years.
**[13:46] Panda (Misao)**
Once every 120 years?
**[13:52] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
I hope we can see one together someday.
**[14:15] Kokona**
How pretty...
**[14:25] Kokona**
Her singing voice sounds so sweet,
but I feel sad for some reason.
**[14:31] Shizuka**
This is a far more mature performance
than the innocent act she had at the start.
**[14:36] Shizuka**
The song conveys her emotional turmoil
and sorrow over the impending goodbye.
**[14:40] Shizuka**
Just listening to it makes
us feel her pain as well.
**[14:49] Kokona**
Yae-chan really is amazing.
**[14:57] Kokona**
I wonder if I can perform like that, too...
**[15:03] Sign**
Princess Kaguya
Manju
**[15:05] Panda**
Man, starting off with *The Bamboo Cutter*?
Hiiragi-san's a demon.
**[15:10] Sasuga**
It's interesting, though.
**[15:12] Sasuga**
If it were any normal play,
it easily would've been Kathrina.
**[15:16] Panda**
Well, Japanese culture *is* pretty unique.
**[15:19] Panda**
For Kathrin, even the act of holding a tea cup
**[15:22] Panda**
may come off as mannered and
make the performance unnatural.
**[15:26] Sasuga**
She can fool us with her line reads,
but not with her mannerisms.
**[15:30] Sasuga**
Having to become thoroughly
Japanese inside of a week...
**[15:34] Sasuga**
Pretty tragic.
**[15:37] Panda**
Meanwhile, Koko-chan honestly lacks skill.
**[15:41] Panda**
I wonder if what we saw
at her audition was a fluke.
**[15:45] Panda**
Personally, I'm wondering why Hiiragi-san
overruled all objections and passed her.
**[15:51] Panda**
It's a little mystery.
**[15:53] Sasuga**
The key to victory is what lies within them...
**[15:58] Sasuga**
Their Sense.
**[16:00] Panda**
By the way, Sassu.
**[16:03] Panda**
There isn't a whole box
for each of us, y'know?
**[16:05] Sign**
Princess Kaguya
Manju
**[16:06] Sasuga**
Really?
**[16:11] Kokona**
How was my performance?
**[16:13] Shizuka**
Well, it was all right.
**[16:16] Shizuka**
But if you're asking if it's enough
to beat Kathrina... I'm not sure.
**[16:22] Kokona**
Yeah... This is hard.
**[16:25] Kokona**
I wonder what Kaguya's thinking.
**[16:28] Kokona**
Oh, but the lady-in-waiting
role is pretty nice, too!
**[16:32] Shizuka**
Are you joking?
**[16:33] Shizuka**
You need to go for the lead role
if you want to be a Dai Star.
**[16:37] Kokona**
Right...
**[16:39] Shizuka**
You were totally different
at the SIRIUS audition.
**[16:43] Shizuka**
Your whole demeanor, enthusiasm...
I can't put it into words.
**[16:48] Shizuka**
If you can do that again,
you might be able to pull it off.
**[16:52] Kokona**
You mean act like I did?
**[16:56] Shizuka**
Tell me, Kokona.
How did you embody the prince then?
**[17:01] Kokona**
Back then...
**[17:03] Kokona**
Yae-chan asked me what kind
of performer I wanted to be,
**[17:07] Kokona**
so I tried to imagine how
you'd play the role, Shizuka-chan.
**[17:11] Shizuka**
Me?
**[17:13] Shizuka**
Huh... So you want to be like me?
**[17:18] Shizuka**
In that case, why don't you try
doing the same thing again?
**[17:22] Kokona**
Huh?
**[17:23] Shizuka**
We'll plan out how to play the part,
and you'll see it through.
**[17:26] Shizuka**
The both of us will play the role!
**[17:28] Kokona**
The both of us?
**[17:29] Shizuka**
How about it?
**[17:34] Kokona**
How would you perform
this scene, Shizuka-chan?
**[17:37] Shizuka**
I would...
**[17:57] Hiiragi**
Are you ready?
**[17:58] Kokona**
Yes!
**[17:58] Kathrina**
Yes.
**[17:59] Panda**
Ooh, so fresh and new!
**[18:02] Sasuga**
Kokona came to watch every rehearsal,
but Kathrina didn't come to a single one.
**[18:07] Panda**
We barely even saw her at the dorm.
**[18:10] Panda**
I wonder how she's going to play it.
**[18:13] Hiiragi**
We'll start with Kathrina.
**[18:15] Hiiragi**
Panda, run the scene with her.
**[18:18] Panda**
Roger!
**[18:20] Panda**
*Let's see what she's got.*
**[18:25] Kathrina**
* When Japanese people point to themselves,*
* they point at their noses.*
**[18:29] Kathrina**
*We put our hands to our hearts.*
**[18:32] Kathrina**
* Even the most trivial differences can*
* make a performance seem unnatural.*
**[18:37] Kathrina**
* I'm sure they think that,*
* because I haven't been in Japan long,*
**[18:40] Kathrina**
* I'm incapable of expressing*
* Kaguya's inner life.*
**[18:44] Kathrina**
*They can think whatever they want.*
**[18:46] Hiiragi**
All right, begin.
**[18:53] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Hey, have you ever seen
a bamboo blossom, Misao?
**[18:58] Panda (Misao)**
A bamboo blossom?
**[19:01] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
The books say they bloom
only once every 120 years.
**[19:07] Panda (Misao)**
Once every 120 years?
**[19:10] Panda**
* Huh... Not bad. She's moving like*
* someone who's worn a kimono before.*
**[19:16] Kokona**
Just lovely.
**[19:18] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
I hope...
**[19:20] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
we can see one together someday.
**[19:23] Sign**
How to Beautifully Wear
and Move in a Kimono
**[19:24] Kathrina**
* It's been one week since*
* I received this script.*
**[19:27] Kathrina**
*That's 168 hours.*
**[19:31] Kathrina**
*More time than I'd ever need.*
**[19:42] Kokona**
Wow... She's even better than
she was in *The Little Mermaid*.
**[19:47] Hiiragi**
* She feels no emotion*
* whatsoever towards her role.*
**[19:50] Hiiragi**
*Yet she can still pull it off*
**[19:53] Hiiragi**
*because she studied countless sources*
**[19:54] Hiiragi**
* and acquired the movements necessary*
* to play Kaguya from them.*
**[19:59] Hiiragi**
* The focus required to pull this together*
* in what little time she had*
**[20:05] Hiiragi**
*is Kathrina's Sense.*
**[20:18] Panda**
* Your enemy cleared*
* her hurdle with flying colors.*
**[20:22] Panda**
*What are you gonna do, Koko-chan?*
**[20:41] Hiiragi**
Next, Kokona.
**[20:43] Kokona**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[20:51] Shizuka**
It's okay. You've got this, Kokona.
**[20:54] Kokona**
*The both of us...*
**[21:00] Kokona (Kaguya)**
Hey.
**[21:03] Kokona (Kaguya)**
Have you ever seen a bamboo blossom, Misao?
**[21:06] Panda**
* Huh... This is different from*
* what I saw in rehearsals.*
**[21:10] Panda (Misao)**
A bamboo blossom?
**[21:13] Kokona (Kaguya)**
The books say they bloom
only once every 120 years.
**[21:19] Panda (Misao)**
Once every 120 years?
**[21:22] Panda**
* She's playing a Kaguya who's trying*
* to be cheerful to hide her loneliness.*
**[21:27] Kokona**
*With this strategy Shizuka-chan planned...*
**[21:34] Kokona**
*Wait...*
**[21:36] Shizuka**
Kokona?
**[21:58] Panda**
*Ah, this is...*
**[22:01] Panda**
*Niizumacchi's performance.*
**[23:35] Sign**
Third Stage
**[23:35] Sign**
Our First Play
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "Our First Play."
# E3 - Our First Play
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUN0PDD/our-first-play)
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**[00:00] Sasuga (Old Man)**
Five princes are in love with you, Princess,
**[00:03] Sasuga (Old Man)**
and they have been coming by
for a very long time.
**[00:08] Sasuga (Old Man)**
Why not meet with one of them?
**[00:13] Niizuma (Kaguya)**
I won't make such a decision so lightly.
**[00:18] Sasuga Fan A**
*Aww...*
**[00:20] Sasuga Fan A**
*It's hard to see Chisa-san's face from here.*
**[00:23] Sasuga (Old Man)**
But I believe their love for you is deep.
**[00:29] Panda (Misato)**
In that case, how about this?
**[00:33] Sasuga (Old Man)**
What is it, Misao?
Do you have an idea?
**[00:36] Sasuga Fan A**
*I can see her! She's so cool!*
**[00:41] Panda Fan**
*Panda-san's as cute as ever today!*
**[00:44] Panda (Misato)**
What if the princess marries
whoever brings her what she desires?
**[00:50] Panda Fan**
*She's too precious!*
**[00:52] Panda (Misato)**
I'm sure the love
of all five prices runs deep,
**[00:52] Hiiragi**
* Panda Yanagiba's Sense is the ability*
* to read the minds of the audience.*
**[00:55] Panda (Misato)**
making it hard to judge them on love alone.
**[00:58] Panda (Misato)**
So why not choose based
on something tangible?
**[01:02] Hiiragi**
* She's going overboard.*
* She'll be getting a lecture later.*
**[01:27] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:45] Sign**
Our First Play
**[02:45] Reporter**
I'm with *Future Dai Star*,
the magazine that introduces young actors
**[02:49] Reporter**
who represent Japan's future.
**[02:51] Reporter**
Thank you for speaking with me today.
**[02:53] Kathrina**
I'm Kathrina Griebel. It's a pleasure.
**[02:56] Reporter**
I hear that your parents back in Germany
are renowned World Dai Stars.
**[03:03] Reporter**
Did they happen to give you any
advice when you joined SIRIUS?
**[03:08] Kathrina**
Yes. They told me to make sure
that my performances
**[03:12] Kathrina**
instill the people of Japan
with hopes and dreams.
**[03:15] Reporter**
Your parents have received the
most prestigious German acting award,
**[03:19] Reporter**
the Reinhardt Award, three years in a row.
They're considered Germany's...
**[03:36] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan, are you mad?
**[03:38] Shizuka**
I'm not mad. I'm just at a loss for words.
**[03:41] Kokona**
Figures...
**[03:43] Shizuka**
You lost the moment you copied Yae-chan.
**[03:48] Kokona**
Yeah.
**[03:49] Shizuka**
Actors who want to be Dai Stars
*don't* copy other actors' performances.
**[03:54] Shizuka**
But at the same time, I'm not sure we
could have beat Kathrina with our plan.
**[03:59] Kokona**
Yeah, Kathrina-chan's
performance was amazing!
**[04:02] Shizuka**
What are you grinning for?
**[04:04] Kokona**
I'm not.
**[04:06] Shizuka**
Listen.
**[04:07] Shizuka**
You have to shine brighter than
anyone to become a Dai Star.
**[04:11] Kokona**
Okay!
**[04:12] Shizuka**
Let's outshine the lead with your
performance as Misao, the lady-in-waiting!
**[04:16] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[04:20] Kokona**
Y-Yes?
**[04:22] Hiiragi**
Do you have a moment?
**[04:29] Hiiragi**
Kathrina's audition performance...
How did it look to you?
**[04:34] Kokona**
Huh?
**[04:35] Hiiragi**
You watched it, didn't you?
**[04:37] Hiiragi**
Tell me exactly how you felt.
**[04:40] Kokona**
U-Um...
**[04:43] Kokona**
I thought it was perfect.
**[04:45] Hiiragi**
Perfect?
**[04:46] Kokona**
Her expressions, movements, and the way she
delivered her lines all seemed calculated.
**[04:52] Kokona**
I thought she could've done
the play then and there.
**[04:56] Hiiragi**
I see.
**[04:58] Hiiragi**
But perfect performances
are surprisingly boring.
**[05:04] Hiiragi**
The newcomer performance is drawing near.
**[05:08] Hiiragi**
Starting tomorrow, you and Kathrina
will participate in rehearsals.
**[05:13] Kokona**
Y-Yes, ma'am! I'll do my best!
**[05:15] Hiiragi**
Find out who you really are before
this performance is over.
**[05:19] Kokona**
Who... I really am?
**[05:22] Hiiragi**
If an actor doesn't truly know themselves,
how could they become anyone else?
***SIGN*** I know it's the newcomer performance, but to think you've already got the leading role...
***SIGN*** Well, I am your daughter. What did you expect?
***SIGN*** Are you all right? Not pushing yourself too hard, are you?
***SIGN*** I'm fine, Mama. Don't worry. Bye. I love you.
**[05:54] Kokona**
Who I really am... Who am I, anyway?
**[05:55] Sign**
SIRIUS SENTO
**[05:58] Shizuka**
That's not an easy question to answer.
**[06:01] Shizuka**
This is why people go
on journeys of self-discovery.
**[06:03] Kokona**
Ooh!
**[06:05] Kokona**
I really felt the awe of youth in that line!
**[06:12] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan.
**[06:13] Shizuka**
Yeah?
**[06:14] Kokona**
How would you describe
me in a single phrase?
**[06:14] Sign**
Furaijinmon
2nd Year, Auspicious Day in April
**[06:17] Shizuka**
An idiot.
**[06:18] Kokona**
That's so mean!
**[06:19] Shizuka**
Obsessed with acting.
**[06:20] Kokona**
Aw, I guess I'll take that.
**[06:24] Kokona**
As for you... You're always so
calm and full of confidence.
**[06:28] Kokona**
You have so much that I don't.
**[06:31] Shizuka**
Huh. You're pretty observant.
**[06:34] Kokona**
But you get mad real easy,
**[06:36] Kokona**
and your face is *super*
scary when you're angry!
**[06:39] Shizuka**
You're the one who makes me angry!
**[06:41] Kokona**
See? You got mad!
**[06:43] Shizuka**
Honestly...
**[06:45] Kokona**
Yummy! It's stuffed with red bean paste!
I love these ningyo-yaki cakes!
**[06:51] Sign**
Hanayashiki
**[06:51] Sign**
Asakusa Gate
**[06:53] Sign**
East
**[06:53] Sign**
Flower
**[06:53] Shizuka**
You wear your heart on your sleeve,
so you suck at lying.
**[06:57] Kokona**
You're probably right.
**[06:59] Shizuka**
Also, you get depressed really easily.
**[07:01] Kokona**
You're probably right about that, too.
**[07:03] Shizuka**
But you're quick to get back on your feet.
**[07:07] Kokona**
That's one good thing about me, right?
**[07:10] Kokona**
Hmm...
**[07:12] Kokona**
Figuring out who you are is pretty hard.
**[07:15] Shizuka**
It is, but actors need to be able
to see themselves objectively.
**[07:21] Kokona**
Objectively...
**[07:23] Shizuka**
What kind of person do you
think Misao is, Kokona?
**[07:26] Kokona**
She's Princess Kaguya's lady-in-waiting
and works hard to support her poor family...
**[07:31] Kokona**
I think?
**[07:32] Shizuka**
I'm asking about who she is on the inside.
**[07:36] Kokona**
Um, she's serious, smart,
loves Princess Kaguya...
**[07:41] Kokona**
And...
**[07:44] Shizuka**
Once she puts her mind to something,
she always sees it through.
**[07:48] Shizuka**
In that respect, she's just like us.
**[07:50] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[07:52] Shizuka**
Preparing for a role means knowing yourself,
**[07:55] Shizuka**
knowing the role, figuring out your
commonalities and differences,
**[07:59] Shizuka**
and closing the gap one step at a time.
**[08:03] Shizuka**
This is our stage!
**[08:06] Shizuka**
"All the world's a stage,
**[08:08] Shizuka**
and all the men and women merely players!"
**[08:10] Kokona**
Shakespeare!
**[08:12] Shizuka**
Come on.
**[08:23] [SONG] Lyrics**
I suddenly took your hand (chasing you)
**[08:28] [SONG] Lyrics**
And we searched for our dreams filled
with sunshine through the trees (and ran)
**[08:32] [SONG] Lyrics**
When we had fun (and laughed)
**[08:35] [SONG] Lyrics**
It felt as though time had stopped
**[08:42] [SONG] Lyrics**
Right now is (slightly) special
**[08:46] [SONG] Lyrics**
I knew that somewhere deep
down (and if it's possible)
**[08:51] [SONG] Lyrics**
I want to (be with you) forever
**[08:56] [SONG] Lyrics**
I really don't want to leave your side
**[09:01] [SONG] Lyrics**
When the forget-me-nots bloom
**[09:05] [SONG] Lyrics**
The prayer I left with you
that day should bloom, too
**[09:11] [SONG] Lyrics**
I (touched) this warmth softly
**[09:15] [SONG] Lyrics**
Wishing that I wouldn't lose it
**[09:20] [SONG] Lyrics**
But some day (someday for sure)
**[09:22] [SONG] Lyrics**
Even if it doesn't reach (that far off place)
**[09:25] [SONG] Lyrics**
And you're going to take these memories with you
**[09:30] [SONG] Lyrics**
We can still (just the two of us) hide
**[09:34] [SONG] Lyrics**
And make this promise with a pinky swear
**[09:44] Shizuka**
Thank you very much.
**[09:46] Shizuka**
Kokona.
**[09:48] Kokona**
Thank you very much!
**[09:54] Kokona**
It'd be so much fun to share
the stage with you.
**[09:58] Shizuka**
I'll always be by your side.
**[10:01] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[10:05] Kudo**
This is the first real rehearsal
for both of you,
**[10:07] Kudo**
so let's start with Misao's entrance.
**[10:10] Kathrina**
Yes, ma'am.
**[10:11] Kokona**
Th-Thank you for having me!
**[10:15] Sasuga (Old Man)**
I thought you'd be more comfortable
with a girl close to your age.
**[10:21] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Misao-chan!
**[10:23] Kokona (Misao)**
Y-Yes?
**[10:25] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Misao-chan!
**[10:26] Kokona (Misao)**
Can I help you?
**[10:31] Kathrina**
Can we stop for a sec?
**[10:33] Kokona**
Huh?
**[10:34] Kathrina**
You totally just smiled now.
What made you think you should smile?
**[10:37] Kokona**
U-Um... Just because?
**[10:41] Kathrina**
Don't act on "just because"!
**[10:43] Kathrina**
Misao is supposed to be thrown by
Princess Kaguya's innocence in this scene!
**[10:47] Kathrina**
You smiling changes everything!
**[10:50] Kokona**
I... I'm sorry.
**[10:53] Kathrina**
If your acting sucks, you're going to drag
me down to your level. You need to—
**[10:56] Drama Club**
Yeah, it's on its last leg.
**[11:00] Drama Club**
We should probably change it out.
**[11:05] Kathrina**
Hello?! We're in the middle
of a rehearsal here!
**[11:08] Kathrina**
Stop making weird noises!
It's throwing me off!
**[11:11] Kathrina**
Okay, one more time from the top!
**[11:13] Kathrina**
Kokona, you're standing in the wrong place!
**[11:15] Panda**
Yeesh. Now she's bossing people around.
**[11:19] Kudo**
All right. Like Kathrina said,
let's take it from the top.
**[11:26] Shizuka**
Are you sure you don't
want to switch rooms?
**[11:28] Sign**
Become a World Dai Star!
**[11:28] Shizuka**
We can't relax with her around.
**[11:31] Kokona**
Don't say that.
**[11:32] Kokona**
We need to get along.
**[11:35] Kokona**
Say, Kathrina-chan.
**[11:37] Kokona**
I wanted to ask you for
some advice about my role.
**[11:40] Kathrina**
You need to work on your focus
before you even think about your role.
**[11:44] Kathrina**
You're a failure as an actor if you
drop character and smile in a scene.
**[11:48] Kokona**
That's not what happened!
**[11:49] Kokona**
Um... How do I put this?
**[11:52] Kokona**
I couldn't help it
when I saw your performance.
**[11:56] Kathrina**
What do you mean by that?
**[11:57] Kokona**
Your eyes looked so uneasy.
Like you were asking for help.
**[12:02] Kathrina**
Uneasy?
**[12:04] Kathrina**
What's that supposed to mean?
Are you trying to blame my acting?
**[12:08] Kokona**
No! That's not it!
**[12:10] Kokona**
Misao is Princess Kaguya's attendant,
**[12:12] Kokona**
so to see her lady uneasy...
**[12:14] Kathrina**
Just do what you're told!
**[12:27] Kokona**
She really does hate me.
**[12:29] Shizuka**
Who cares about her?
**[12:32] Kokona**
But Princess Kaguya and Misao
are supposed to be like sisters
**[12:36] Kokona**
who trust each other completely.
**[12:38] Shizuka**
You may just have to tough
it out at this point.
**[12:42] Niizuma**
The audience at SIRIUS
desires genuine performances
**[12:45] Niizuma**
where the actors let their emotions collide.
**[12:48] Kokona and Shizuka**
Yae-chan!
**[12:49] Niizuma**
If you truly want to be a Dai Star,
why not strive to be genuine?
**[12:55] Kokona**
Genuine?
**[12:57] Niizuma**
You don't need to force yourself to go
along with Kathrina-san's take.
**[13:01] Niizuma**
You should perform in a way
that's true to you, Kokona-san.
**[13:06] Kokona**
Yae-chan!
**[13:08] Niizuma**
Y-Yes?
**[13:09] Kokona**
What do you think I should do?
**[13:11] Kokona**
How can I put on a genuine
performance with Kathrina-chan?
**[13:16] Niizuma**
There's only one way to break
a perfectly calculated performance...
**[13:20] Niizuma**
Believe in the other actor and face
them head-on without running away.
**[13:24] Niizuma**
You can also save Kathrina-san that way.
**[13:28] Kokona**
Save... Kathrina-chan?
**[13:32] Niizuma**
The only one who can save an actor
is the actor on stage with them.
**[13:58] Kathrina**
What do you think you're doing?
**[14:00] Kathrina**
You've been sneaking around,
following me this whole time.
**[14:03] Kokona**
I'm sorry.
**[14:04] Kokona**
I, um, just wanted
to know more about you.
**[14:07] Kathrina**
What?
**[14:08] Kokona**
Princess Kaguya and Misao are
supposed to be as close as sisters.
**[14:11] Kokona**
So, uh...
**[14:13] Kokona**
I think we should learn
more about each other!
**[14:17] Kathrina**
Hmph.
**[14:18] Kathrina**
You can't even separate yourself from
your role. You're worse than third rate.
**[14:22] Kathrina**
You're not fit to be an actor.
**[14:28] Shizuka**
Are you okay?
**[14:29] Kokona**
Yeah. Just a bit shocked.
**[14:33] Kokona**
But I'm doing this to make our
performance a success!
**[14:36] Kokona**
I'm totally fine!
**[14:39] Kokona**
I need to face her head-on without running.
**[14:45] Sign**
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
**[14:45] Sign**
Newcomer Performance Today
**[14:59] Shizuka**
Are you all right, Kokona?
**[15:01] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan!
**[15:02] Shizuka**
Wh-What?
**[15:03] Kokona**
I can't wait to be on that stage!
**[15:08] Shizuka**
That's the spirit.
**[15:10] Shizuka**
Believe in what you've been doing in
rehearsals and give it all you've got.
**[15:14] Kokona**
Thanks, Shizuka-chan!
**[15:18] Kathrina**
Listen, Kathrina.
**[15:20] Kathrina**
You can't mess up this time.
**[15:23] Kathrina**
You have to make this a
success no matter what.
**[15:27] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[15:32] [SONG] Lyrics**
...for you just grows again
**[15:35] [SONG] Lyrics**
Even if this is but a faint dream
that will one day fade
**[15:41] [SONG] Lyrics**
May this falling tear melt
with this momentary fragrance
**[15:56] Panda**
* Kathrin's completely*
* calculated performance...*
**[15:59] Panda**
*So far, it really is perfect.*
**[16:01] Panda**
*And now we're headed into the climax.*
**[16:09] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
I have to... go back to the moon.
**[16:13] Kokona (Misao)**
What?
**[16:15] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
On the night of the full moon this month,
**[16:17] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
messengers from the moon will come.
**[16:20] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
There's nothing I can do.
**[16:24] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Even if I don't want to go back!
**[16:33] Hiiragi**
*Her Sense disappeared?*
**[16:41] Kathrina**
*What's... my next line?*
**[16:45] Kathrina**
*I need to focus...*
**[16:47] Kathrina**
*Um... Huh? What was it?*
**[16:52] Hiiragi**
* Sense that magnifies one's concentration*
* creates explosive acting skills.*
**[16:58] Hiiragi**
* But if the gears become misaligned,*
* that ability becomes very fragile.*
**[17:02] Hiiragi**
*It breaks like glass.*
**[17:38] Kokona**
*What should I do?*
**[17:40] Niizuma**
* The only one who can save an actor*
* is the actor on stage with them.*
**[17:47] Kokona**
*I have to protect her!*
**[17:56] Kokona (Misao)**
Princess, I promised I would protect you.
**[18:02] Kokona (Misao)**
It's all right. I'm right here.
**[18:09] Kokona (Misao)**
I *will* protect you.
**[18:17] Panda**
That was close!
**[18:19] Panda**
But they managed to get through
by skipping over a whole page.
**[18:22] Niizuma**
No, it's only just begun.
**[18:24] Staff**
I'm sorry!
**[18:25] Staff**
We're having electrical troubles,
so the platform won't turn!
**[18:28] Kamiyashiki and Terahara**
What?!
**[18:44] Sasuga**
Wait... Has that girl always
been in our troupe?
**[18:50] Shizuka (Moon Messenger)**
Princess, please take my hand.
**[18:53] Shizuka (Moon Messenger)**
I've come to take you back to the moon.
**[18:55] Kokona (Misao)**
I don't care who you are!
I won't let you have the princess!
**[19:01] Shizuka (Moon Messenger)**
Come, Your Highness.
It's time to return to the moon.
**[19:09] Shizuka (Moon Messenger)**
You needn't say a word.
**[19:11] Shizuka (Moon Messenger)**
You need only accompany me.
**[19:15] Shizuka (Moon Messenger)**
Now, let us go.
**[19:18] Kokona (Misao)**
Don't go!
**[19:19] Kokona (Misao)**
Take me with you! Princess!
**[19:23] Kokona (Misao)**
Princess...
**[19:25] Kathrina**
* She's trying this hard to try to make*
* the performance a success, while I...*
**[19:35] Kathrina**
*I...*
**[19:37] Kathrina**
*I can't stop here!*
**[19:51] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Wait.
**[19:53] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Once I don that sash,
I will forget all that's happened here.
**[20:00] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Before that, I'd like to say goodbye.
**[20:06] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Misao!
**[20:07] Kokona (Misao)**
Princess, no! I don't want you to go!
**[20:12] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
I had so much fun.
You were like a real sister to me.
**[20:19] Kokona (Misao)**
Yes!
**[20:23] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
I'm so happy I met you.
**[20:31] Kathrina (Kaguya)**
Thank you.
**[20:43] Kokona (Misao)**
My sister!
**[20:55] Kokona (Misao)**
A month has passed.
**[20:58] Kokona (Misao)**
Tonight, the full moon is
hiding behind the clouds.
**[21:03] Kokona (Misao)**
Can you see me?
**[21:14] Kokona (Misao)**
My sister...
**[21:24] Kokona (Misao)**
The bamboo blossoms...
**[21:27] Kokona (Misao)**
truly were beautiful.
**[21:43] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan!
**[21:45] Shizuka**
Kokona?
**[21:46] Kokona**
What were you doing onstage?
**[21:48] Kathrina**
Hey.
**[21:49] Kathrina**
Who is that?
**[21:53] Hiiragi**
Kokona.
**[21:54] Kokona**
Y-Yes?
**[21:56] Hiiragi**
I knew it. You...
**[21:58] Hiiragi**
really do have an interesting Sense.
**[23:35] Sign**
Fourth Stage
**[23:35] Sign**
Once Upon a Time
**[23:36] Kokona**
Next time: "Once Upon a Time."
# E4 - Once Upon a Time
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV1M7P/once-upon-a-time)
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**[00:01] Hiiragi**
I knew it. You...
**[00:03] Hiiragi**
really do have an interesting Sense.
**[00:06] Kokona**
Sense?
**[00:07] Panda**
No, really!
**[00:09] Panda**
Who the heck is that?
**[00:19] Kokona and Shizuka**
Huh?!
**[00:20] Kokona**
They can see you?!
**[00:20] Shizuka**
They can see me?!
**[00:36] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[01:54] Sign**
Once Upon a Time
**[02:00] Shizuka**
"The final show of
*The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*."
**[02:03] Shizuka**
"Audience brought to tears by the
singing of lead actress Yae Niizuma..."
**[02:05] Sign**
The Final Show of SIRIUS's *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*
Audience brought to tears by the singing of lead actress Yae Niizuma...
**[02:06] Kokona**
She was so amazing!
**[02:08] Kokona**
All the comments are about her, too!
**[02:09] Kokona**
Yae Niizuma starred in *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter* at SIRIUS's theater in Asakusa.
As most readers probably know, SIRIUS is a female acting troupe put together by
our country's renowned World Dai Star, Shamo Yamabuki. Their performances regularly sell out,
and while SIRIUS is gaining national attention, the one who shines the brightest among them
is Yae Niizuma.
**[02:09] Kokona**
Niizuma's rendition of Princess Kaguya was delicate, and she put on a fantastic performance
that made the audience feel how strong her will was at times. Her solo during the climax was
truly a highlight, and the whole audience was brought to tears, overwhelmed with emotion
from Niizuma's song overflowing with her Sense. I definitely saw her potential as a future
Dai Star as she captivated the audience.
**[02:09] Sign**
Yae-chan was amazing in *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*!
**[02:10] Sign**
She really was! I'm definitely catching the next show!
**[02:11] Sign**
I cried every time I saw it...
**[02:12] Sign**
I'm a Yae-chan fan after seeing *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*!
**[02:13] Sign**
Niizuma's talent stands out, even in the current acting world...
**[02:13] Shizuka**
How is no one talking about you, Kokona?!
**[02:13] Sign**
I'm going to go to every production Yae-chan's in!
**[02:14] Sign**
She's cute, an amazing singer, and such a talented actress... What a prodigy!
**[02:17] Kokona**
Yeah...
**[02:18] Shizuka**
You poured your heart into that performance.
**[02:20] Shizuka**
So why isn't anyone saying,
"Oh my gosh, she's amazing"?!
**[02:26] Kokona**
Oh! I found a comment about
you, Kathrina-chan! Lookie!
**[02:31] Kathrina**
Sure.
**[02:32] Kathrina**
I'll read it later.
**[02:33] Sign**
Voice call has ended
**[02:33] Sign**
Voice call has ended
***SIGN*** Great performance. I saw the stream. Good job getting
over that hiccup. You have some wonderful costars.
***SIGN*** ...Yes.
***SIGN*** Have you thanked them?
***SIGN*** ...Not yet.
**[02:51] Kokona**
Man, she really is incredible!
**[02:53] Shizuka**
Hey! Are you okay with that?!
Doesn't it frustrate you?!
**[02:54] Kathrina**
H—
**[02:56] Kokona**
Er, no...
**[02:57] Kathrina**
Hey, Ko—
**[02:58] Panda**
Heya, are all three of you here?
**[03:00] Kokona; Shizuka; Kathrina**
Huh?
**[03:03] Sign**
Move-in party?
**[03:03] Sign**
Move-in party?
**[03:03] Kokona**
A move-in party?
**[03:06] Panda**
Yup!
**[03:07] Panda**
It's tradition at this dorm to throw a
party after the newcomer performance.
**[03:12] Panda**
How do your schedules look today?
**[03:14] Panda**
You're not working today, Koko-chan.
**[03:16] Kokona**
Huh? No, I'm not...
But how do you know that?
**[03:20] Panda**
That means tonight...
**[03:22] Panda**
We'll be throwing a move-in party
**[03:25] Panda**
for Koko-chan, Kathrin,
and Oshizu-chan as well!
**[03:30] Sasuga**
Yay.
**[03:31] Shizuka**
Um... I'm allowed to join, too?
**[03:33] Panda**
But of course!
**[03:35] Panda**
Actually, you're all required to be there.
**[03:38] Kathrina**
I-I...
**[03:40] Panda**
Kathrin.
**[03:42] Panda**
You! Will! Be! There!
**[03:46] Kathrina**
F... F-Fine.
**[03:50] Sasuga**
I can't wait to try your cooking.
**[03:53] Kathrina; Kokona; Shizuka**
Huh?
**[03:54] Panda**
It's tradition for the newbies to each
make a dish for the party.
**[03:59] Kathrina**
What? Even though the party's for us?
**[04:03] Panda**
What can I say? It's tradition.
**[04:04] Kathrina**
But...
**[04:05] Panda**
Tradition.
**[04:06] Sasuga**
I've never had authentic German food before!
**[04:11] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan!
**[04:13] Kokona**
Let's do our best together!
**[04:18] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan?
**[04:21] Kathrina**
So be it.
**[04:23] Kokona**
Now that that's decided, let's go shopping!
**[04:26] Shizuka**
Yeah.
**[04:27] Panda**
Whoa there.
**[04:29] Panda**
You're staying here, Oshizu-chan.
**[04:31] Shizuka**
Huh?
**[04:34] Sasuga**
We're very interested in you.
**[04:36] Kokona and Shizuka**
Huh?!
**[04:38] Sasuga**
Panda is, at least.
**[04:39] Kokona and Shizuka**
Huh?
**[04:40] Panda**
I sure am! I've never encountered
such a unique Sense before.
**[04:45] Panda**
I'm just so curious that...
**[04:47] Panda**
See? I've got dark circles under my eyes.
**[04:50] Panda**
I mean, it's honestly pretty cute
and makes me seem more panda-like.
**[04:53] Shizuka**
Huh? Um, uh... sure?
**[04:56] Panda**
How do you change clothes?
Or hop in the bath?
**[04:59] Panda**
Hey, do you disappear if you
get too far from Koko-chan?
**[05:02] Kokona**
Wait, what?
**[05:05] Panda**
Well, I'm sure it'll be fine.
Anyway, looking forward to the food!
**[05:09] Shizuka**
Kokona!
**[05:11] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan!
**[05:14] Kathrina**
Is she going to be okay?
**[05:16] Kokona**
No idea...
**[05:18] Kokona**
But I'm sure Shizuka-chan would enjoy
some time away from me.
**[05:23] Kokona**
Let's go shopping!
**[05:25] Kathrina**
You sure bounce back quick.
**[05:28] Sign**
SIRIUS SENTO
**[05:31] Kokona**
I wonder what I should make.
**[05:34] Kokona**
Hmm...
**[05:37] Kokona**
Is there anything you'd
like to eat, Kathrina-chan?
**[05:41] Kokona**
Like a favorite food?
**[05:44] Kathrina**
Hey.
**[05:45] Kathrina**
Who exactly is Shizuka?
**[05:48] Kokona**
She's Shizuka-chan.
**[05:52] Kathrina**
Okay, let me put it another way.
**[05:54] Kathrina**
What exactly is your Sense?
**[05:58] Kokona**
Well...
**[06:05] Shizuka**
A jungle?
**[06:07] Sasuga**
We get all kinds of things from
fans after playing various roles.
**[06:11] Panda**
We got bamboo shoots this time.
**[06:13] Panda**
Sassu fans are just too clever!
**[06:16] Panda**
Now, then... How much do you
know about Senses, Oshizu-chan?
**[06:21] Shizuka**
Honestly, not much.
**[06:24] Sasuga**
So you really don't even
know much about yourself.
**[06:27] Sasuga**
What a curious Sense.
**[06:30] Panda**
Senses are special traits that
began emerging when actors
**[06:37] Panda**
started desiring a higher
level of expression.
**[06:43] Panda**
A little before the current acting scene
became known as the great age of theater,
**[06:48] Panda**
the stage was overrun with actors.
**[06:53] Panda**
In order for actors to survive,
**[06:55] Panda**
special abilities were born
to help them take the spotlight
**[06:58] Panda**
and shine the brightest.
**[07:01] Panda**
Those are what we call Senses.
**[07:04] Sasuga**
Just like animals adapt in order to survive,
**[07:07] Sasuga**
I wonder if actors evolved, too.
**[07:10] Shizuka**
Evolved?
**[07:14] Panda**
Basically, we figure Senses are just
a super-amazing form of expression
**[07:19] Panda**
that only manifests onstage.
**[07:22] Panda**
But Oshizu-chan, you're sorta... different.
**[07:28] Kathrina**
There are actors who can awaken
a different personality
**[07:31] Kathrina**
within them via their Sense
to fit certain roles.
**[07:34] Kathrina**
It's rare, but there are even actors
who can change their appearance.
**[07:38] Kathrina**
Nevertheless, they remain
a single actor on the stage.
**[07:42] Kathrina**
It's inconceivable for another personality
to appear alongside you
**[07:45] Kathrina**
that other people can see, too.
**[07:50] Panda**
Not to mention,
**[07:51] Panda**
you don't seem to disappear when
you leave the stage or Koko-chan's side.
**[07:55] Panda**
I wonder what Koko-chan's Sense really is...
**[07:59] Panda**
What exactly are you, Oshizu-chan?
**[08:03] Shizuka**
I'm...
**[08:06] Kokona**
As for Shizuka-chan...
**[08:07] Kokona**
I met her during a time when I was
failing one audition after another.
**[08:12] (Flashback) Hamlet (Kokona)**
To be! Or not to be! That is the question!
**[08:17] (Flashback) Judge A**
You're not bad, but you lack Sense.
**[08:22] (Flashback) Judge B**
You don't have any Sense.
**[08:24] (Flashback) Judge C**
You need Sense that can excite the audience.
**[08:42] (Flashback) Kokona**
Maybe I can't be a Dai Star.
**[08:50] (Flashback) Kokona**
No.
**[08:52] (Flashback) Kokona**
I *can* be a Dai Star!
**[08:54] (Flashback) Kokona**
I can! I can...
**[08:58] (Flashback) Shizuka**
You can.
**[09:02] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I was watching you perform.
**[09:05] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I thought you did pretty well myself.
**[09:08] (Flashback) Kokona**
Really?
**[09:10] (Flashback) Shizuka**
But you need to have more
confidence in yourself.
**[09:13] (Flashback) Shizuka**
You need to stand proud
and let them know, "I'm right here!"
**[09:16] (Flashback) Shizuka**
Your performance needs that kind of passion.
**[09:19] (Flashback) Kokona**
"I'm right here"?
**[09:20] (Flashback) Shizuka**
Just watch.
**[09:21] (Flashback) Kokona**
Huh?
**[09:23] (Flashback) Shizuka (Hamlet)**
To be or not to be—that is the question.
**[09:27] (Flashback) Kokona**
Hey! Don't go doing that right here!
**[09:30] (Flashback) Shizuka (Hamlet)**
Whether 'tis nobler...
**[09:32] (Flashback) Kokona**
Huh?
**[09:35] (Flashback) Shizuka (Hamlet)**
...in the mind to suffer
**[09:37] (Flashback) Shizuka (Hamlet)**
The slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune,
**[09:41] (Flashback) Shizuka (Hamlet)**
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
**[09:44] (Flashback) Shizuka (Hamlet)**
And, by opposing, end them?
**[09:50] (Flashback) Shizuka**
Well?
**[09:51] (Flashback) Kokona**
Wow! Amazing!
**[09:53] (Flashback) Kokona**
So that's how I should've
performed that scene!
**[09:56] (Flashback) Shizuka**
You can do it too, Kokona.
**[09:59] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I'm Shizuka.
**[10:01] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I'll make you shine brighter
than anyone as an actor...
**[10:05] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I'll make you into a World Dai Star.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Kokona**
A World Dai Star...
**[10:16] Sign**
Asakusa Hisago Street
**[10:16] Sign**
Asakusa Hisago Shopping Street
**[10:18] Kokona**
So I think Shizuka-chan
**[10:20] Kokona**
is a version of me that has
everything I've ever wanted.
**[10:25] Kokona**
A me who's good at acting,
super confident, and cool.
**[10:30] Kokona**
Though I'm too embarrassed
to tell Shizuka-chan that.
**[10:34] Clerk**
Stop on by!
**[10:36] Kathrina**
* So a Sense that allows her to create*
* an ideal version of herself as an example?*
**[10:36] Kokona**
Count me in! Got any recommendations?
**[10:41] Kokona**
Everything looks so good!
**[10:43] Kokona**
I wonder what everyone likes.
**[10:44] Kathrina**
* But then there'd be no need for*
* Shizuka to show up on stage.*
**[10:46] Kokona**
Maybe these?
**[10:49] Shizuka**
I think I came from Kokona's
desire to become a World Dai Star.
**[10:57] Shizuka**
I don't know who I am exactly,
**[11:00] Shizuka**
but I want to help Kokona
achieve her dream. That's all.
**[11:05] Panda**
So why'd you show up on stage?
**[11:08] Shizuka**
Because Kokona wanted the
play to be a success.
**[11:11] Shizuka**
But...
**[11:12] Shizuka**
I honestly shouldn't have done it.
**[11:15] Shizuka**
Because I only exist to make sure
she can hold her own onstage.
**[11:21] Shizuka**
So... I probably won't do it again.
**[11:25] Sasuga**
Well, that's a waste.
**[11:27] Panda**
But I think I finally figured something out.
**[11:30] Panda**
When she was playing the prince
in *The Little Mermaid*,
**[11:33] Panda**
Koko-chan must've been channeling that
role through you, Oshizu-chan.
**[11:38] Shizuka**
Now then...
**[11:40] Shizuka**
What's the meaning of this?
**[11:45] Sasuga**
You really *can* wear the same costume
just by imagining yourself in it.
**[11:49] Sasuga**
Must be nice.
**[11:53] Panda**
On to the next outfit!
**[11:54] Shizuka**
But why?
**[11:56] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[12:10] Kokona**
And now, we're going to be making
the home-style German dish
**[12:13] Kokona**
that Kathrina-chan recommended...
**[12:15] Kokona**
Schuniterun!
**[12:16] Kathrina**
It's *schnitzel*.
**[12:17] Kokona**
Schnitzel! Um...
**[12:23] Sign**
Schnitzel
Lean pork
Block of bacon
Potatoes
Green beans
Cherry tomatoes
Lemon
Italian parsley
Panko
**[12:24] Kokona**
It's basically German tonkatsu, right?
**[12:26] Kathrina**
Well... Sort of.
**[12:29] Kathrina**
Japanese tonkatsu is really good too, though.
**[12:32] Kathrina**
And deep-fried horse mackerel.
**[12:34] Kokona**
Come to think of it,
Kathrina-chan, the way you eat...
**[12:38] Kokona**
Are you getting any veggies?
**[12:40] Kathrina**
But of course.
**[12:42] Kathrina**
Japanese vegetable juice is delicious.
**[12:42] Sign**
27 Delicious Daily Veg
**[12:47] Kathrina**
So...
**[12:49] Kathrina**
How do we make it?
**[12:52] Kokona**
Huh?
**[12:57] Kokona**
Season the meat and then coat it with flour.
**[13:01] Kokona**
Then quickly dip it in the egg...
**[13:08] Kokona**
We're going to melt the butter first.
Otherwise, these'll burn.
**[13:12] Kathrina**
So you're good at cooking?
**[13:14] Kokona**
I wouldn't say that, but both
of my parents always worked late,
**[13:20] Kokona**
so I was in charge of making dinner.
**[13:34] Kokona**
Okay, all set.
**[13:36] Kokona**
Could I ask you to handle the frying since
you've actually had these before?
**[13:41] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[13:42] Kathrina**
Huh?!
**[13:43] Kathrina**
Huh?!
**[13:44] Kokona**
I'll prepare the side dishes in the meantime.
**[13:47] Kathrina**
S-Sure...
**[13:52] Kathrina**
* I mean... I've studied*
* how to play a chef before.*
**[13:56] Kathrina**
*This is a stage.*
**[14:00] Kathrina**
*I'm a chef.*
**[14:02] Kathrina**
*I'm a chef.*
**[14:04] Kathrina**
*I'm a chef.*
**[14:06] Kathrina**
*I'm a chef.*
**[14:11] Sign**
A master chef is born!
**[14:20] Kokona**
Ooh, that already sounds delicious!
**[14:22] Kokona**
Smells great, too.
**[14:24] Kokona**
Hmm? Is that smoke?
**[14:27] Kokona**
What?!
**[14:29] Kathrina (Hamlet)**
To be or not to be—that is the question.
**[14:34] Kokona**
*Hamlet*?!
**[14:42] Kathrina**
I guess it's true that
no one is twice blessed.
**[14:45] Kokona**
Does that mean...
**[14:47] Kokona**
You actually suck
at everything besides acting?
**[14:50] Kathrina**
What?! I'm sure I would've
been fine if this were a play!
**[14:54] Kokona**
Are you sure?
**[14:56] Kathrina**
I think so... probably.
**[14:58] Kokona**
I see. So there are things
even you aren't good at.
**[15:02] Kathrina**
Is that a problem?
**[15:03] Kokona**
No, it's fine.
**[15:05] Kokona**
I'm just happy that I got
to learn more about you!
**[15:09] Kokona**
I didn't know anything about you
except that you're an amazing actress.
**[15:17] Kathrina**
I'm not a good actress either.
**[15:19] Kathrina**
Even you must've been disappointed in me.
**[15:21] Kokona**
Huh?
**[15:23] Kathrina**
Everyone in my last troupe was.
**[15:31] Kathrina**
I always performed alone.
**[15:35] Kathrina**
I forced my costars and the staff to follow
the ideal performance in my head.
**[15:42] Kathrina**
The only reason they tolerated me is because
I'm the daughter of World Dai Stars.
**[15:47] Kathrina**
But...
**[15:59] Kathrina**
I ruined an important performance.
**[16:07] Kathrina**
I was supposed to succeed.
**[16:11] Kathrina**
For my costars, the audience...
**[16:15] Kathrina**
For my parents...
**[16:18] Kathrina**
Yet I couldn't move. And now here again, I...
**[16:24] Kokona**
Say, why don't we go ahead and try again?
**[16:26] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[16:30] Kokona**
I've messed up a bunch of times, too.
**[16:33] Kokona**
I failed a bunch of auditions,
**[16:36] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan always yells at me,
and I lost the Princess Kaguya role.
**[16:44] Kokona**
But I don't think I'll ever forget
your performance as Princess Kaguya.
**[16:52] Kokona**
Because it was our first play!
**[16:56] Kokona**
Next time we do *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*,
**[16:58] Kokona**
let's both do our best
and get even more applause!
**[17:05] Kathrina**
Kokona.
**[17:08] Kathrina**
I'll do this, too! Teach me how!
**[17:12] Kokona**
Sure!
**[17:14] Kathrina**
And... thank you.
**[17:18] Kokona**
Sure.
**[17:23] Panda**
Okay! Is everyone here?
**[17:26] Kokona; Shizuka; Sasuga**
Yes!
**[17:30] Kokona**
Hiiragi-san... What's the matter?
**[17:33] Shamo**
Don't worry about her.
**[17:35] Shamo**
She's just relieved now
that the play is over.
**[17:39] Shamo**
She had a lot of stress pent up.
**[17:44] Shamo**
She was apparently sleeping
all day in her room, too.
**[17:49] Kokona**
It's like night and day...
**[17:51] Shizuka**
Uh, why are you two so close?!
**[17:54] Kathrina**
Look who's talking.
**[17:55] Shizuka**
Well, I'm Kokona's Sense!
**[17:58] Kokona**
Why are you two so eager to fight?
**[18:01] Niizuma**
Sorry I'm late!
**[18:04] Sign**
Taiyaki
**[18:04] Kokona**
Yae-chan?!
**[18:06] Shizuka**
What gives?!
**[18:06] Panda**
We invited her as a surprise!
**[18:09] Niizuma**
They were kind enough to include me.
**[18:11] Niizuma**
Also, I brought some taiyaki.
**[18:15] Shizuka**
What an angel.
**[18:16] Kokona and Shizuka**
Come sit over here!
**[18:19] Kathrina**
What?!
**[18:21] Niizuma**
Thank you.
**[18:25] Panda**
Okay! Now we can officially
welcome you to Sirius Sento!
**[18:29] Panda**
Cheers!
**[18:31] All but Kathrina and Hiiragi**
Cheers!
**[18:38] Sign**
The
Star
of
Asakusa
**[18:47] Sasuga**
My mouth is full of Germany.
**[18:51] Panda**
What does that mean?
**[18:53] Niizuma**
Is this a dish from your
homeland, Kathrina-san?
**[18:56] Kathrina**
Yes... Though Kokona made most of it.
**[19:00] Kokona**
But you got a lot better at it,
Kathrina-chan.
**[19:08] Panda**
Koko-chan and Kathrin seem
to be getting along great!
**[19:12] Shizuka**
Well, they are roommates,
so that's probably for the best.
**[19:16] Sasuga**
But how do you really feel?
**[19:18] Shizuka**
I hate it! I feel like she's
taking Kokona from me!
**[19:20] Panda and Sasuga**
Ooh.
**[19:23] Shizuka**
Don't make me admit that!
**[19:24] Kokona**
Are you good at cooking too, Yae-chan?
**[19:27] Hiiragi**
Why did the newbies cook?
**[19:30] All**
Huh?
**[19:31] Kathrina**
You mean it's not a dorm tradition?
**[19:34] Hiiragi**
First I've heard of it.
**[19:37] Sasuga (Impersonating Panda)**
"Let's give Kathrin an opportunity
to apologize to Koko-chan!"
**[19:41] Sasuga (Impersonating Panda)**
"Her being so pouty is honestly a pain."
**[19:44] Sasuga**
That's what Panda said.
**[19:46] Panda**
Heh!
**[19:49] Kathrina**
What?!
**[19:50] Shizuka**
Oho...
**[19:52] Kathrina**
I-I wasn't being pouty!
**[19:54] Kathrina**
Who asked for your help anyway?!
**[19:56] Panda**
What? I did you a favor.
**[20:00] Panda**
I'm sure you're thinking, "Thank you,
Panda-chan! You're super adorable!"
**[20:04] Panda**
That's what your
heart of hearts is saying, no?
**[20:07] Kathrina**
No, it's not!
**[20:08] Panda**
Oh, come on now!
**[20:12] Shamo**
Some rather interesting girls
have joined the troupe.
**[20:15] Hiiragi**
Yes. I think I'm finally starting to see it.
**[20:18] Hiiragi**
Panda, Chisa, Yae, Kathrina,
Kokona, and Shizuka...
**[20:26] Hiiragi**
I'm sure something will be born
once their Senses collide.
**[20:35] Hiiragi**
I'll do my best to nurture them...
**[20:38] Hiiragi**
into World Dai Stars representing SIRIUS
and following in your footsteps.
**[20:43] Shamo**
I see.
**[20:54] Kokona**
North! Let's go north!
***SIGN*** Will you be okay all by yourself?
***SIGN*** I'll be fine.
**[21:13] Kathrina**
*Don't worry, Mama.*
**[21:16] Kokona**
No, Kathrina-chan... Don't go that way...
**[21:24] Kathrina**
*I'm not alone anymore.*
**[21:28] Kokona**
North, north...
**[21:38] Hiiragi**
All right, so that will be our next play.
**[21:42] Kudo**
Yae-chan's starring again?
**[21:45] Hiiragi**
Well...
**[21:51] Hiiragi**
Come in.
**[21:55] Niizuma**
Pardon me.
**[21:58] Hiiragi**
What's the matter?
**[21:59] Niizuma**
I have a request regarding our next show.
**[23:35] Sign**
Fifth Stage
**[23:35] Sign**
A Wish
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "A Wish."
# E5 - A Wish
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**[00:14] Kokona**
I wonder what it's doing.
**[00:16] Kathrina**
Who knows?
**[00:21] Shizuka**
Isn't that the spot *you* cleaned, Kathrina?
**[00:23] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[00:24] Kokona**
Wait...
**[00:29] Kathrina**
Wha— Is it telling me to redo it?!
**[00:31] Kathrina**
How dare you, you little rodent!
**[00:34] Panda**
You'd better do what Dugong says.
**[00:37] Panda**
Dugong is famous for having a certain jinx.
**[00:40] Kathrina**
A jinx?
**[00:43] Sasuga**
Any actor that Dugong takes
a liking to becomes a Dai Star.
**[00:53] Kokona**
Dugong-chan!
**[00:55] Kokona**
You're so smart!
**[00:57] Shizuka**
Come right on over to... Kokona's lap!
**[00:59] Shizuka**
Come on!
**[01:00] Kathrina**
Can you be any more obvious?
**[01:06] Yae**
Good day, everyone!
**[01:14] Yae**
Hello, Dugong-san. You're
still as cute as ever.
**[01:21] Panda**
Well played, lead runner in the race
to become the next SIRIUS Dai Star.
**[01:24] Panda**
Dugong's completely under her spell.
**[01:26] Kokona**
Oh, Yae-chan!
**[01:28] Shizuka**
She's as beautiful as a painting!
**[01:30] Katrina**
It's just some rodent. Just you watch.
**[01:39] Kathrina**
Shake.
**[01:46] Panda**
You poor fool, Kathrin.
**[01:48] Panda**
Say goodbye to your dreams
of becoming a Dai Star.
**[01:52] Hiiragi**
I need you all at the rehearsal hall, now.
**[01:55] Hiiragi**
We've decided the cast
for our next production.
**[01:59] Kokona**
Our next production?
**[02:01] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[02:01] Hiiragi**
We'll be doing...
**[02:02] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[02:02] Hiiragi**
"*Arabian Nights*."
**[02:18] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[03:36] Sign**
A Wish
**[03:37] Shizuka**
Our story takes place in a desert city
in the Middle Ages.
**[03:41] Shizuka**
We will be focusing on one of the most
prominent stories from *Arabian Nights*...
**[03:46] Shizuka**
"Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp."
**[03:52] Shizuka**
That's a pretty flashy piece.
**[03:53] Kathrina**
She said they've decided the cast already.
Are they not doing auditions?
**[03:57] Terahara**
At SIRIUS, the sponsor and
director decide on the cast.
**[04:01] Kamiyashiki**
Hiiragi-san used to always play the
lead. Now, it's usually Yae.
**[04:06] Terahara**
Ever since Hiiragi-san retired, people say
that SIRIUS is a troupe without a Dai Star.
**[04:11] Kamiyashiki**
SIRIUS's current objective
is to make Yae a Dai Star.
**[04:15] Kathrina**
Then what was the point in auditioning?
**[04:18] Terahara**
If you feel overlooked,
prove you're better than her.
**[04:21] Terahara**
That's what we're all trying to do.
**[04:23] Kamiyashiki**
Our primary goal right now is to have
people talking about SIRIUS way more
**[04:27] Kamiyashiki**
than when Hiiragi-san was in it.
**[04:28] Terahara**
Yae-chan has the Sense and
popularity to do just that.
**[04:32] Kokona**
Why did Hiiragi-san retire?
**[04:35] Terahara**
Haven't you heard, Kokona-chan?
**[04:37] Terahara**
You can only be on stage with
SIRIUS until you're 23.
**[04:41] Kokona**
What? Really?!
**[04:43] Kamiyashiki**
That's what Shamo-san decided.
**[04:44] Kamiyashiki**
She said it's not good to be
stuck in one place for too long.
**[04:47] Kokona**
What should I do, Shizuka-chan?!
**[04:49] Kokona**
I only have seven years left!
**[04:51] Shizuka**
Well, bring it.
**[04:53] Shizuka**
Let's make you a World Dai Star by then.
**[04:56] Kokona**
What?!
**[04:58] Hiiragi**
Pipe down over there.
**[04:59] Kokona and Shizuka**
Sorry!
**[05:01] Sign**
Arabian Nights
Aladdin
Genie of the Lamp
Princess Leila
Sultan
Abdullah
**[05:03] Hiiragi**
I'll now announce the cast.
**[05:11] Sign**
Role Name
**[05:11] Sign**
Aladdin
**[05:11] Sign**
Genie of the Lamp
**[05:12] Panda**
* Niizumacchi will probably play*
* the lead role of Aladdin.*
**[05:15] Panda**
*But...*
**[05:16] Sign**
Aladdin
**[05:16] Sign**
Genie of the Lamp
**[05:16] Sign**
Princess Leila
**[05:17] Panda**
* The role of the Genie is*
* basically just as important.*
**[05:21] Panda**
* If I were able to get that role, I*
* could bring out the best in Niizumacchi*
**[05:24] Panda**
*while still showing off my own charm.*
**[05:26] Sign**
Aladdin
**[05:26] Sign**
Genie of the Lamp
**[05:26] Sign**
Princess Leila
**[05:26] Kathrina**
* What the Genie's actor needs*
* is control on the stage.*
**[05:31] Kathrina**
* It appears I'll have my*
* second chance already.*
**[05:34] Kathrina**
*I'll overshadow the lead.*
**[05:37] Shizuka**
* Give Kokona a role where she'll stand out,*
* give Kokona a role where she'll stand out,*
**[05:40] Shizuka**
* give Kokona a role*
* where she'll stand out!*
**[05:43] Sasuga**
*I'm gonna have to learn magic.*
**[05:46] Sign**
Arabian Nights
Aladdin
Genie of the Lamp
Princess Leila
**[05:49] Hiiragi**
The lead role of Aladdin
**[05:52] Hiiragi**
will go to Kokona Otori.
**[05:53] Kokona**
Huh?
**[05:55] Hiiragi**
Next, the Genie of the Lamp...
**[05:58] Hiiragi**
Yae Niizuma.
**[06:01] Niizuma**
Yes, ma'am!
**[06:02] Troupe**
Really?
**[06:03] Troupe**
A newbie is playing the lead?
**[06:05] Troupe**
Yae's playing the Genie?
That doesn't seem to fit at all.
**[06:08] Hiiragi**
The Royal Princess, Leila...
**[06:10] Hiiragi**
Chisa Sasuga.
**[06:11] Sasuga**
But I wanted to use magic.
**[06:14] Hiiragi**
The Sultan...
**[06:16] Hiiragi**
Kathrina Griebel.
**[06:17] Kathrina**
What? The Sultan?!
**[06:19] Hiiragi**
Your answer?
**[06:19] Kathrina**
Y-Yes, ma'am.
**[06:22] Hiiragi**
Aladdin's nemesis, Abdullah...
**[06:24] Hiiragi**
Panda Yanagiba.
**[06:25] Panda**
P-Please wait a second!
**[06:27] Hiiragi**
What?
**[06:28] Panda**
Niizumacchi's playing the Genie?
I mean, that's one thing, but...
**[06:31] Panda**
A newbie's playing Aladdin?
**[06:33] Panda**
That's inconceivable!
**[06:38] Hiiragi**
This was decided after careful discussion.
**[06:42] Panda**
But...
**[06:55] Kokona**
I-I'll do it.
**[06:57] Kokona**
I'll make sure this play is a success!
**[07:00] Kokona**
Please let me do the part!
**[07:02] Niizuma**
I'll do my best, as well.
**[07:12] Panda**
All right.
**[07:17] Sign**
Princess Leila
**[07:17] Sign**
Sultan
**[07:17] Sign**
Abdullah
**[07:18] Kathrina**
Th-The S-S-S-Sultan?
**[07:22] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[07:22] Sign**
Aladdin
**[07:22] Sign**
Kokona Otori
**[07:22] Sign**
Genie of the Lamp
**[07:22] Sign**
Yae Niizuma
**[07:25] Shizuka**
This is your big break, Kokona!
**[07:27] Kokona**
Y-Yeah. I need to do my best...
**[07:30] Kokona**
So that Panda-chan and the
others acknowledge me.
**[07:32] Kokona**
And the audience...
**[07:33] Shizuka**
And for yourself! You're one step
closer to becoming a Dai Star!
**[07:39] Kokona**
Yeah...
**[07:43] Hiiragi**
May I have a moment?
**[07:44] Kokona**
Uh, yes!
**[07:46] Sign**
Schedule
5:30 Wake up
6:00 Get dressed and clean
7:00 Breakfast
8:00 Morning training
(°details on another sheet)
10:00 Break
10:20 Rehearsal/Lesson
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Afternoon training
(°details on another sheet)
15:45 Break
16:00 Rehearsal/Lesson
18:00 Bath
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Study
Stretches
**[07:49] Hiiragi**
From now until the production is over,
you'll be following that regimen.
**[07:54] Hiiragi**
You need to get the fundamentals of
stage acting down once and for all.
**[07:58] Kokona**
The fundamentals of stage acting?
**[08:00] Hiiragi**
You understand, don't you?
**[08:02] Hiiragi**
Right now, you don't have
the stamina or talent
**[08:04] Hiiragi**
to be up on stage for 90 minutes
in the lead role.
**[08:09] Shizuka**
Then why did you pick Kokona
for the lead role?!
**[08:13] Hiiragi**
For SIRIUS.
**[08:19] Hiiragi**
No part-time jobs
until after the final show.
**[08:22] Hiiragi**
SIRIUS will make sure you're
taken care of in the meantime.
**[08:25] Hiiragi**
Glance through that regimen by tomorrow.
**[08:29] Shizuka**
What does she mean that it's for SIRIUS?
**[08:34] Sign**
| 30 minutes | 10 minute Break
| m dash | 10 minutes | Interval 1
| Squats | 15 x 3 sets | Interval 1 min
| Push-ups | 15 x 3 sets | Interval 1 min
| Lunge | 15 x 3 sets | Interval 1 min
| Crunches | 15 x 3 set | Interval 1 min
| Squat jumps | 15 x 2 sets
| Hip lifts | 60 seconds x 3 sets
| Bird Dog |
| Leg |
**[08:36] Sign**
15 x 3 sets
15 x 3 sets | Inter
15 x 3 sets | Interval 1
15 x 2 sets | Interval 1 min
60 seconds x 3 sets | Interval 1 minute
30 seconds x 3 sets | Interval 1 min
30 seconds x 3 sets | Interval 1 min
Interval 1 min
**[08:37] Shizuka**
What in the world is this schedule?
**[08:44] Sign**
Kathrina-chan
**[08:44] Sign**
I added you!
**[08:44] Sign**
Okay.
**[08:44] Sign**
Today
**[08:44] Sign**
Hopping home
Wait right there
**[08:46] Sign**
Hopping home
**[08:46] Sign**
Wait right there
**[08:48] Shizuka**
What's that?
**[08:49] Kokona**
This definitely doesn't seem
like it's from Kathrina-chan.
**[08:56] Panda**
Good evening.
**[09:01] Kokona**
Um...
**[09:05] Panda**
Oh, come on. You don't need to be so scared.
**[09:09] Panda**
Here.
**[09:11] Kokona**
Th-These are...
**[09:12] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[09:13] Panda**
Scripts from past productions of *Arabian
Nights* our senpais at SIRIUS performed in.
**[09:18] Panda**
They're from my secret SIRIUS collection!
**[09:20] Panda**
Our senpais wrote in a whole bunch of notes.
**[09:23] Panda**
I figured they might help
you understand your role.
**[09:26] Kokona**
I can borrow these?
**[09:27] Panda**
But of course!
**[09:28] Panda**
Hiiragi-san chose you, and you said you
were going to see the role through.
**[09:32] Panda**
So I've... made up my mind.
**[09:39] Panda**
I'm sorry for being so rude earlier.
**[09:42] Kokona**
Panda-chan...
**[09:45] Panda**
Let's make this production a success.
**[09:53] Kokona**
Thank you. I'll do my best.
**[09:59] Sign**
I added you!
**[09:59] Sign**
Okay.
**[09:59] Sign**
Today
**[09:59] Sign**
Hopping home
Wait right there
**[10:16] Shizuka**
I see.
**[10:18] Shizuka**
These notes suggest that everyone had
a hard time getting this role down.
**[10:22] Kokona**
Yeah.
**[10:23] Kokona**
A manly Aladdin, a timid
and unreliable Aladdin...
**[10:23] Sign**
Even though you're surprised by Genie, make sure
you don't forget the excitement of something starting!!
**[10:25] Sign**
Genie: Ah!
**[10:25] Sign**
Aladdin
**[10:27] Sign**
...merchants...
...don't look down.
They're so busy running their shops...
No one even sees me...
No one even knows my name...
The apple I stole from the merchant...
Who...
**[10:27] Kokona**
An Aladdin whose life in the grueling
desert has made him detached.
**[10:32] Kokona**
They're all completely different.
**[10:34] Kathrin**
That just means the character
of Aladdin lacks any core.
**[10:38] Kokona**
Core?
**[10:38] Kathrina**
The roles of the Genie,
Abdullah, and Princess Leila
**[10:41] Kathrina**
are all written out in great
detail in the scripts.
**[10:44] Sign**
Aladdin: Everyone's desperate to survive.
At night, they all get drunk to the music.
You can smell the sweet aroma and hear the laughter...
See? It's starting again tonight.
**[10:44] Sign**
Say each of
these sentences clearly!
**[10:44] Kathrina**
But there's no solid direction for Aladdin.
**[10:48] Kathrina**
Which means his character takes a lot
from the actor's personality.
**[10:48] Sign**
Aladdin: ~Sings~
I love this city!
Everyone's desperate to survive.
At night, they all get drunk to the music.
You can smell the sweet aroma and hear the laughter...
See? It's starting again tonight.
~Sings~
**[10:48] Sign**
Make sure your body...
Don't let this line get drowned out.
It's important
**[10:51] Kathrina**
At least, that's what I think.
**[10:53] Kokona**
The actor's personality...
**[10:55] Kathrina**
With that in mind, it's really easy to
imagine how Niizuma would play Aladdin.
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[10:59] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[11:00] Shizuka**
Yae-chan's innocence.
**[11:02] Shizuka**
That alone is enough to bring
her characters to life.
**[11:05] Shizuka**
The audience will surely enter the world
of *Arabian Nights* through Yae-chan.
**[11:10] Kathrina**
What makes Niizuma scary isn't
just her singing Sense.
**[11:14] Kathrina**
Her ability to make each character
feel like they're actually her...
**[11:17] Kathrina**
I hate to admit it, but I don't
have that kind of charm right now.
**[11:21] Kokona**
I wonder what kind of Aladdin
I should try to play.
**[11:26] Shizuka**
We'll just have to try out various versions.
**[11:29] Kathrina**
Ahem.
**[11:32] Kathrina**
You'll need someone to
practice with, won't you?
**[11:36] Shizuka**
Uh, hello? I'm right here.
**[11:39] Kathrina**
Well, three's always better than two!
**[11:42] Kokona**
You're going to help me?
**[11:44] Kathrina**
If you end up messing up this role,
**[11:46] Kathrina**
I'll seem like a failure, too,
since you got the role instead of me.
**[11:50] Kathrina**
More importantly, if you don't do this
role properly, I'm going to upstage you!
**[11:55] Shizuka**
As the Sultan?
**[11:56] Kokona**
I think that itself could ruin the play...
**[11:59] Kathrina**
And that's exactly why you
have to work hard, Kokona!
**[12:06] Niizuma**
Good evening!
**[12:08] Kokona**
Yae-chan!
**[12:09] Kathrina**
What are you doing here at this hour?
**[12:11] Niizuma**
Didn't Hiiragi-san tell you?
**[12:13] Shizuka**
Tell us what?
**[12:15] Niizuma**
I'm going to be living with Kokona-san
until the production starts.
**[12:20] Kokona**
Huh?
**[12:21] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[12:22] Shizuka**
Living with...?
**[12:24] Niizuma**
I look forward to our time
together, Kokona-san.
**[12:28] Shizuka**
Or rather... Master.
**[12:34] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[12:39] Shizuka**
"Dear Kokona Otori-sama."
**[12:42] Kathrina**
"I heard that you've agreed
to take care of our Yae
**[12:45] Kathrina**
in order to help her prepare for her role.
**[12:47] Kathrina**
I do apologize that we are greeting you
by letter rather than properly in person."
**[12:54] Shizuka**
"Ever since she was little, our daughter was
very aware of her surroundings,
**[12:55] Niizuma**
Would you like me to help you?
**[12:56] Kokona**
N-No! Yae-chan, you can
just make yourself at home!
**[12:58] Shizuka**
filled with compassion,
**[13:00] Shizuka**
determined and uncompromising once
she sets her mind on something.
**[13:05] Shizuka**
Everyone often compliments her,
**[13:06] Shizuka**
saying that she's an absolute gem,
but sometimes this is not the case..."
**[13:10] Kathrina**
Isn't this overly long?
**[13:12] Shizuka**
I mean... I can tell that your parents love you...
**[13:16] Shizuka**
But what's this about
preparing for your role?
**[13:18] Niizuma**
Yes. Aladdin and the Genie go through
**[13:21] Niizuma**
good times and bad together after they meet.
**[13:25] Niizuma**
I thought it was necessary to be in sync
with Kokona-san, who's playing Aladdin.
**[13:31] Niizuma**
I did actually tell Hiiragi-san
about this earlier.
**[13:35] Hiiragi**
Oh.
**[13:36] Kudo**
Is something wrong?
**[13:38] Hiiragi**
No.
**[13:40] Hiiragi**
It's not a big deal.
**[13:42] Hiiragi**
More importantly, about this part...
**[13:44] Kokona**
I would've cleaned up if she'd told me!
**[13:47] Niizuma**
So, yes. From today until
the production starts,
**[13:51] Niizuma**
as the Genie that serves Kokona-san,
**[13:54] Niizuma**
I would like to take care of you, Master.
**[13:57] Kokona**
M-Master?
**[13:59] Kathrina**
Wait a second! You're planning
to stay in this room?!
**[14:02] Kathrina**
It's cramped enough with Shizuka here!
**[14:05] Panda**
I heard everything.
**[14:09] Kathrina**
Why do you two *always*
show up at times like this?
**[14:12] Sasuga**
The walls are paper thin.
**[14:14] Panda**
We'll take real good care of Kathrin.
**[14:16] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[14:20] Panda**
Next, we're going to
investigate Kathrin's Sense!
**[14:24] Kathrina**
Hey! No! Your room's sorta scary!
**[14:27] Kathrina**
K-K-Kokona!
**[14:32] Kokona**
Maybe we should've stopped them?
**[14:35] Shizuka**
Let's treat Kathrina to some
ice cream sometime soon.
**[14:38] Shizuka**
But for now...
**[14:44] Yae**
Your wish is my command, Master.
**[14:47] Yae**
I shall grant you any wish at once.
**[14:51] Yae**
If it is within my power, of course.
**[14:55] Shizuka**
Let us savor this happiness.
**[14:57] Kokona**
Yes.
**[15:14] Niizuma (Genie)**
Good morning, Master!
**[15:16] Kokona**
Yae-chan? Good morning...
**[15:19] Niizuma (Genie)**
I'm the Genie! Now, time for
your morning rehearsal!
**[15:22] Niizuma (Genie)**
Let's give it our all today!
**[15:32] Kokona**
G-Good morning!
**[15:34] Hiiragi**
Were you able to meet your quota?
**[15:36] Kokona**
Yes, I made it. Three kilometers.
**[15:38] Hiiragi**
I see. In that case, hop
right into vocal training.
**[15:41] Hiiragi**
Tongue twisters.
**[15:42] Kokona**
Y-Yes, ma'am.
**[15:43] Shizuka**
She's a demon.
**[15:47] Kokona**
Thank you for the food.
**[15:51] Kathrina**
What are you doing?
**[15:53] Kokona**
An assignment from Hiiragi-san.
**[15:54] Kokona**
I have to do a scene as a different
character each morning.
**[15:58] Kokona**
Tomorrow is Macbeth.
The day after that, Tony.
**[16:01] Kokona**
After that, there's Jekyll,
Hyde, Inspector Javert...
**[16:05] Kathrina**
All male roles.
**[16:06] Kathrina**
I wonder why.
**[16:09] Kathrina**
I-I mean... if you need someone to read
with you, I guess I wouldn't mind.
**[16:14] Kokona**
Really?! It starts with Act 3, Scene 2!
**[16:25] Hiiragi**
Don't sit pigeon-toed!
**[16:27] Hiiragi**
Separate those feet.
**[16:28] Kokona**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[16:30] Hiiragi**
When playing a male character,
you'll use big gestures.
**[16:32] Hiiragi**
Focus power in your fingertips.
**[16:34] Hiiragi**
Think about every movement you make.
**[16:36] Kokona**
Yes, ma'am!
**[16:40] Kokona**
In the morning, I have to work
out and practice the basics.
**[16:43] Kokona**
In the afternoon, I have a table read,
then singing and dance lessons.
**[16:46] Kokona**
At night, I have a one-on-one
with Hiiragi-sa—
**[16:53] Shizuka**
This is going to continue
for three months?
**[16:58] Kokona**
Oh, Dugong-chan!
**[17:01] Kokona**
Did you come to cheer me... up?
**[17:11] Kokona**
I'm home.
**[17:12] Niizuma (Genie)**
Welcome back, Master.
**[17:15] Niizuma (Genie)**
Your futon has been laid out for you.
**[17:17] Kokona**
Whoa, thanks!
**[17:19] Kokona**
Um... I just can't get used to this.
**[17:22] Kokona**
Could you just call me Kokona?
**[17:25] Niizuma (Genie)**
Well, that's strange.
**[17:26] Niizuma (Genie)**
I could've sworn my master's
name was Aladdin.
**[17:31] Shizuka**
That's Yae-chan for you...
She's not breaking character.
**[17:33] Niizuma**
I'm kidding. If you so desire,
I'll stop for today, Kokona-san.
**[17:40] Niizuma**
You did amazing work today.
**[17:43] Shizuka**
What an absolute gem.
**[17:46] Kokona**
But...
**[17:47] Kokona**
Am I really going to make it,
practicing like this every day?
**[17:52] Niizuma**
Is this training difficult for you?
**[17:54] Kokona**
Not exactly, but...
**[17:57] Shizuka**
I know the fundamentals are important...
**[17:59] Shizuka**
But you've had no time
to prepare for your role.
**[18:02] Shizuka**
I've been trying to figure out a bunch of
things while Kokona's at school, but...
**[18:06] Kokona**
What kind of Aladdin
should I be playing?
**[18:09] Kokona**
I...
**[18:10] Niizuma**
There's still time before the production.
**[18:12] Niizuma**
You don't need to rush.
**[18:14] Kokona**
Really?
**[18:15] Niizuma**
Yes! Not to mention...
**[18:17] Niizuma**
The Aladdin you should play is quite obvious.
**[18:21] Kokona and Shizuka**
Huh?
**[18:22] Niizuma**
Aladdin meets the Genie, and ends up
trusting him because of how devoted he is.
**[18:27] Niizuma**
It's not because he can use magic,
**[18:29] Niizuma**
but because Aladdin has spent all his
life trying to survive in a desert city,
**[18:35] Niizuma**
and the Genie is the first
friend that he can trust.
**[18:40] Niizuma**
Can you trust me, Kokona-san?
**[18:45] Kokona**
Yes... I can.
**[18:47] Niizuma**
Then it's simple.
**[18:48] Niizuma**
That's exactly how you should
pursue the role of Aladdin.
**[18:52] Niizuma**
And then...
**[18:56] Niizuma**
I'm sure this production will go well.
**[19:00] Kokona**
Right.
**[19:01] Kokona**
If I'm with you, Yae-chan, I'm sure...
**[19:06] Shizuka**
Kokona?
**[19:30] Niizuma (Genie)**
Here you go, Master!
**[19:34] Kokona**
Thanks...
**[19:40] Kokona**
Yae-chan, can I ask you something?
**[19:43] Niizuma**
What is it?
**[19:45] Kokona**
Why are you playing the Genie
instead of the lead role?
**[19:50] Niizuma**
If I want to become a Dai Star,
**[19:52] Niizuma**
I need to show everyone a new Yae Niizuma.
**[19:55] Kokona**
A new you?
**[19:57] Niizuma**
Yes.
**[19:59] Niizuma**
Innocent and pure maidens like the
Little Mermaid and Princess Kaguya...
**[20:04] Niizuma**
I thought those were the kinds of
characters people wanted from me.
**[20:08] Niizuma**
But...
**[20:09] Niizuma**
I realized that I couldn't get closer
**[20:12] Niizuma**
to becoming a Dai Star by only playing
the roles people wanted from me.
**[20:15] Kokona**
So you're working to become a Dai Star, too?
**[20:19] Niizuma**
Of course!
**[20:31] Sign**
Arabian
**[20:34] Niizuma**
The poster came out quite nicely.
**[20:37] Kokona**
Yeah...
**[20:38] Niizuma**
First, I'll become a Dai Star at SIRIUS.
**[20:41] Niizuma**
Then, a World Dai Star.
**[20:43] Niizuma**
And then, finally...
**[20:47] Kokona**
Finally?
**[20:47] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[20:48] Niizuma**
No, it's nothing.
**[20:51] Kokona**
Is it really okay for me to play the lead?
**[20:54] Kokona**
What if I really mess up?
**[20:56] Niizuma**
It'll be okay.
**[20:58] Niizuma (Genie)**
I'm the Genie of the lamp!
**[21:00] Niizuma (Genie)**
You just need to tell me
what you wish for, Master.
**[21:04] Niizuma (Genie)**
And then, I'll make it come true.
**[21:09] Kokona**
Then I have two wishes.
**[21:12] Kokona**
I wish for this production to
be a success. And...
**[21:17] Kokona**
I wish for you to
become a Dai Star, Yae-chan.
**[21:21] Niizuma**
That's...
**[21:23] Niizuma**
A very lovely wish.
**[21:41] Kathrina**
You're not going to sleep yet?
**[21:43] Panda**
No, it's just...
**[21:44] Panda**
Something still doesn't sit right with me.
**[21:47] Panda**
Why was Koko-chan chosen for the lead role?
**[21:50] Panda**
Oh... I get it now.
**[22:00] Panda**
She's supposed to be... the foil.
**[23:34] Sign**
Sixth Stage
**[23:34] Sign**
No One Is Looking at Me
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "No One Is Looking at Me."
# E6 - No One Is Looking at Me
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGQZD7/no-one-is-looking-at-me)
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**[00:08] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[00:08] Sign**
Opening Day Sold Out
**[00:08] Sign**
Starring
**[00:08] Sign**
Aladdin
**[00:08] Sign**
Kokona Otori
**[00:08] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[00:08] Sign**
Princess Leila
**[00:08] Sign**
Yae Niizuma
**[00:08] Sign**
Genie of the Lamp
**[00:09] Stage director**
* Five minutes to curtain up.*
* All sections, get ready.*
**[00:17] Shizuka**
Koko—
**[00:18] Yae**
Kokona-san!
**[00:21] Yae**
Let's make this a great opening night!
**[00:23] Kokona**
Th-That's my line!
I c-can't wait to perform together!
**[00:28] Yae**
No need to worry. Just think
about how much we rehearsed.
**[00:32] Kokona**
Yeah...
**[00:35] Yae (Genie)**
Master...
**[00:38] Yae (Genie)**
Trust me!
**[00:42] Kokona**
Okay.
**[01:00] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:18] Sign**
No One Is Looking at Me
**[02:22] Kathrina (Sultan)**
Ah, tonight is the full moon!
**[02:25] Kathrina (Sultan)**
Let us enjoy this Arabian
Night to our heart's content!
**[02:35] Kokona (Aladdin)**
I'm Aladdin.
**[02:37] Sasuga (Leila)**
I'm Leila.
**[02:38] Kokona (Aladdin)**
This time, I want you
to know who I truly am.
**[02:42] Sasuga (Leila)**
Yes, no more lies. I want to
get to know the real you.
**[02:49] Panda (Abdullah)**
I order you, Genie of the Lamp!
Make me the sultan of this kingdom!
**[02:59] Niizuma (Genie)**
My wish is for you to be happy, Master!
**[03:05] Kokona (Aladdin)**
But this isn't over!
**[03:07] Kokona (Aladdin)**
I'll become the master of
the lamp once more, and...
**[03:10] Niizuma (Genie)**
Aladdin. This time, you're going
to grant my wish, aren't you?
**[03:18] Niizuma (Genie)**
I'm counting on you.
**[03:52] Niizuma**
It went great, didn't it?
**[03:54] Kokona**
Yeah.
**[04:03] Sign**
Merchandise Area
**[04:03] Audience 1**
Kathrina-chan was so cool as the sultan!
**[04:06] Audience 2**
Sasuga-san was so pretty as Princess Leila!
**[04:09] Audience 3**
Panda-chan was so perfect as the villain!
**[04:12] Sign**
Individual Photos 330 yen
**[04:12] Audience 1**
Hey, let's go buy some merch!
**[04:14] Audience 2**
Great idea! Let's go!
**[04:17] Audience 1**
What?! Yae-chan's photos are all sold out?
**[04:21] Staff**
We're terribly sorry.
**[04:29] Kokona**
Okay!
**[04:30] Shizuka**
Kokona.
**[04:32] Kokona**
Oh, Shizuka-chan. What's up?
**[04:36] Shizuka**
Kokona, can we talk for a bit?
**[04:39] Kokona**
Sorry! I promised Yae-chan I'd
practice some songs with her.
**[04:43] Kokona**
But tell me what you thought
of the show later!
**[04:55] Sign**
Yae Niizuma & Kokona Otori
**[04:55] Sign**
Private rehearsal
**[04:58] Hiiragi**
I see you made it through the first day.
**[05:02] Kokona**
Hiiragi-san!
**[05:03] Kokona**
Thanks for today!
**[05:06] Kokona**
Um... How was the performance?
**[05:11] Kokona**
Uh, um...
**[05:16] Hiiragi**
Continue practicing the fundamentals.
**[05:18] Kokona**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[05:24] [SONG] Lyrics**
It was all so new yet so nostalgic
**[05:29] [SONG] Lyrics**
We were dreaming the same dream
**[05:34] [SONG] Lyrics**
Faint memories, predictions of the future
**[05:38] [SONG] Lyrics**
We lived through the same time
**[05:44] [SONG] Lyrics**
Every time I hope that something will change
**[05:47] [SONG] Lyrics**
I just keep getting more scars
**[05:53] [SONG] Lyrics**
So I went ahead and just cast
my eyes down coldly again
**[06:02] [SONG] Lyrics**
My time of imprisonment had passed
**[06:06] [SONG] Lyrics**
And you patted me on the head
**[06:11] [SONG] Lyrics**
I wanted to keep believing in this light
**[06:16] Sign**
Coffee
**[06:17] [SONG] Lyrics**
So I kept trying to hold these tears back
**[06:21] [SONG] Lyrics**
You are the first person (Who brought this)
**[06:21] Sign**
Become a World Dai Star!
**[06:25] [SONG] Lyrics**
Sun-colored future with you
(Where) did you come from?
**[06:28] [SONG] Lyrics**
It's like magic
**[06:30] [SONG] Lyrics**
We can be honest
(Our bluff unravels in the wind)
**[06:35] [SONG] Lyrics**
Even this season where our way
home is fragrant feels dear to me
**[06:41] [SONG] Lyrics**
Faint memories, predictions of the future
**[06:44] [SONG] Lyrics**
The sign that we're spending
this time together
**[06:53] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[06:53] Sign**
Sold Out Thank You
**[06:53] Sign**
Starring
**[06:53] Sign**
Aladdin
**[06:53] Sign**
Kokona Otori
**[06:53] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[06:53] Sign**
Princess Leila
**[06:53] Sign**
Yae Niizuma
**[06:53] Sign**
Genie of the Lamp
**[07:11] Kathrina**
So Arabian.
**[07:13] Panda**
They're all gifts from Sassu's fans.
**[07:19] Kathrina**
Uh... Even that?
**[07:20] Sasuga**
Actually, I bought this.
**[07:23] Kathrina**
But why?
**[07:25] Panda**
You know...
**[07:28] Panda**
We've been selling out each show.
**[07:30] Panda**
There's been nothing but
rave reviews from the audience.
**[07:33] Panda**
The critics have nothing but praise.
**[07:35] Panda**
And the day that Niizumacchi
becomes a Dai Star draws near.
**[07:39] Panda**
But is this *Arabian Nights*
run really okay?
**[07:43] Kathrina**
If you're hinting at something,
just spit it out.
**[07:49] Panda**
Koko-chan's performance.
**[07:51] Panda**
It's been solely for Niizumacchi, hasn't it?
**[07:55] Sasuga**
Yeah. She's just being the foil.
**[07:58] Panda**
Is that how a star *should* be?!
**[08:00] Panda**
Usually, supporting roles
make the *lead* shine!
**[08:03] Kathrina**
Yeah.
**[08:04] Kathrina**
The one who should be carrying
the story isn't doing it.
**[08:08] Sasuga**
But Kokona's performance is
definitely getting better.
**[08:12] Panda**
Exactly!
**[08:13] Panda**
That's what's bugging me even more!
**[08:16] Panda**
I'm getting dark circles
from losing sleep over it!
**[08:18] Sasuga**
You're like a real panda. It's cute.
**[08:30] Kokona**
Well? How was today's show?
**[08:33] Shizuka**
I felt nothing from your performance.
**[08:36] Kokona**
Huh?
**[08:37] Shizuka**
I couldn't understand the Aladdin
you were trying to play at all.
**[08:44] Shizuka**
Because you're only performing for Yae-chan.
**[08:48] Kokona**
Th-That's not...
**[08:50] Shizuka**
Can you really deny it?
**[08:53] Shizuka**
The play's gotten great reviews,
and the audience seems satisfied.
**[08:58] Shizuka**
But right now, your performance is bland,
like you're trying to stay out of Yae-chan's way.
**[09:06] Shizuka**
This is our first lead role.
**[09:09] Shizuka**
At this rate, you'll just
end up Yae-chan's foil.
**[09:13] Shizuka**
You understand that, don't you?
**[09:15] Shizuka**
So let's try this together one more time—
**[09:17] Kokona**
Sorry!
**[09:18] Kokona**
I have another show tomorrow,
so I'm gonna go rest.
**[09:26] Shizuka**
Kokona...
**[09:35] Kokona (Aladdin)**
You said you'd grant me
any wish, didn't you?
**[09:38] Niizuma (Genie)**
Yup.
**[09:39] Niizuma (Genie)**
As long as you're the master of the lamp,
**[09:42] Niizuma (Genie)**
I'll grant you as many wishes as you want!
**[09:46] Niizuma (Genie)**
Oh! But I can't bring anyone back
from the dead or control anyone's mind!
**[09:52] Kokona (Aladdin)**
But it can be anything else?
**[09:56] Niizuma (Genie)**
Sure can! I'll grant you any wish.
**[09:59] Niizuma (Genie)**
I am the Genie of the Lamp, after all!
**[10:03] Kokona**
* I'm sorry, Shizuka-chan,*
* but I'm having so much fun right now.*
**[10:09] Kokona**
* I mean... I'm on the stage I always*
* dreamed of, performing with Yae-chan!*
**[10:14] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Genie?
**[10:16] Niizuma (Genie)**
Hey! You don't believe me, do you?
**[10:19] Kokona**
*I don't care if I'm the foil.*
**[10:21] Kokona**
* As long as this play is a success...*
* As long as the audience is happy!*
**[10:26] Kokona**
Huh?
**[10:31] Kokona (Aladdin)**
I'm not so sure about a genie
looking like you do...
**[10:34] Yae (Genie)**
Well, you can't judge a genie by its cover!
**[10:42] Kokona**
*They're not looking at me?*
**[10:54] Kokona**
*No one is looking at me.*
**[11:00] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[11:13] Panda**
Koko-chan?
**[11:24] Niizuma (Genie)**
Every human who's ever met me
gets stunned into silence,
**[11:29] Niizuma (Genie)**
but I guess it took you a bit
longer to get there!
**[11:34] Niizuma**
The stage is going to go dark.
**[11:36] Niizuma**
Let's regroup from there.
**[11:39] Niizuma (Genie)**
All right! Let's try this
again and have some fun!
**[11:44] Panda**
She's so good.
**[11:46] Panda**
She managed to turn Koko-chan's
mistake into a laugh.
**[11:48] Kathrina**
Don't make us sweat like that.
**[12:01] Kokona**
* I didn't notice because I've been so swept*
* up in my performance since the first day.*
**[12:06] Kokona**
*All this cheering and applause is for...*
**[12:16] Kokona**
I'm so sorry!
**[12:18] Kokona**
I can't believe I forgot my line
after we rehearsed so much.
**[12:21] Niizuma**
It's perfectly fine!
**[12:23] Niizuma**
I'll make sure to cover for you,
no matter what happens!
**[12:27] Niizuma**
Let's put it behind us and
prepare for the next show.
**[12:31] Kokona**
Okay...
**[12:35] Hiiragi**
Kokona.
**[12:37] Hiiragi**
Can I have a word with you?
**[12:44] Hiiragi**
You couldn't concentrate at
all during that performance.
**[12:49] Kokona**
I'm so sorry.
**[12:54] Hiiragi**
There's no show tomorrow,
so make sure you get plenty of rest.
**[13:00] Hiiragi**
Resting is also part of your job.
**[13:03] Kokona**
Yes, ma'am.
**[13:09] Sign**
BATH
**[13:13] Kokona**
What am I supposed to do?
**[13:18] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan, what would you...
**[13:21] Kokona**
Huh? Shizuka-chan?
**[13:31] Hiiragi**
Come in.
**[13:33] Panda**
Pardon me.
**[13:36] Panda**
Hiiragi-san, do you have a moment?
**[13:38] Hiiragi**
What is it?
**[13:41] Panda**
Do you think this production of
*Arabian Nights* is really benefiting SIRIUS?
**[13:46] Hiiragi**
What do you mean by that?
**[13:48] Panda**
I'm honestly not sure if it's good for SIRIUS
**[13:51] Panda**
when the star of Aladdin is being
used as a foil for the Genie.
**[13:57] Panda**
Am I the only one worried about that?
**[14:00] Sasuga**
What's Shamo-san saying about it?
**[14:04] Hiiragi**
I'm the one in charge of this production.
**[14:09] Hiiragi**
She's leaving everything to me.
**[14:11] Panda**
Then how do you feel about it?
**[14:15] Panda**
How do you feel about our current
production of *Arabian Nights*?
**[14:18] Hiiragi**
How do *you* feel about it, Panda?
**[14:21] Panda**
Well...
**[14:23] Panda**
I honestly don't think it
represents SIRIUS at all.
**[14:29] Sasuga**
Panda...
**[14:31] Panda**
The reason you made Niizumacchi the
Genie is to make her a Dai Star.
**[14:36] Panda**
I completely understand that
this benefits SIRIUS.
**[14:40] Panda**
But if that's the only reason
you decided to use Koko-chan,
**[14:44] Panda**
I'm honestly disappointed.
**[14:46] Panda**
Please excuse me.
**[15:10] sign**
Dear Kokona-san,
I have to go help out at a charity.
We don't have a show today,
so please get plenty of rest.
**[15:10] sign**
Yae
**[15:11] Kokona**
A letter?
**[15:15] Niizuma**
*I have to go help out at a charity.*
**[15:18] Niizuma**
* We don't have a show today,*
* so please get plenty of rest.*
**[15:23] Niizuma**
*Yae.*
**[15:28] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan still hasn't come back.
**[15:37] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan?
**[15:41] Kokona**
Where are you, Shizuka-chan?
**[15:46] Sasuga**
Coming...
**[15:49] Kokona**
G-Good morning...
**[15:51] Sasuga**
Morning.
**[15:53] Kokona**
Um... Has Shizuka-chan been by?
**[15:56] Sasuga**
Nope.
**[15:58] Panda**
I actually haven't seen
Oshizu-chan for a while now.
**[16:02] Kokona**
I see...
**[16:05] Kokona**
Th-Thanks.
**[16:11] Sign**
Asakusa Hisago Street
**[16:11] Sign**
Asakusa Hisago Shopping Street
**[16:24] Sign**
Coffee
**[16:24] Sign**
Roasted In Store
**[16:27] Sign**
Royal Coffee Shop
**[16:38] Sign**
Toyotaya Shoes Shop
**[16:38] Sign**
Koyama Shop
**[16:48] Kokona**
I can't find her anywhere. Where did she go?
**[16:52] Audience A**
You should totally see
SIRIUS's *Arabian Nights*!
**[16:56] Audience B**
Yae Niizuma-chan is wonderful as the Genie!
**[17:00] Audience A**
Right?
**[17:01] Audience C**
Who's playing Aladdin?
**[17:03] Audience A**
Oh, um...
**[17:05] Audience B**
It's some new girl... Who was it again?
**[17:08] Audience C**
You two are awful!
**[17:10] Audience A**
Oh, who cares? As long as
we get to see Yae-chan!
**[17:13] Audience B**
It honestly doesn't matter who's
playing the other role anyway.
**[17:16] Audience A**
Oh, yeah! And Yae-chan's song was totally...
**[17:33] Kathrina**
Kokona?
**[17:35] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan?
**[17:36] Kathrina**
Oh, u-um...
**[17:43] Kathrina**
You're not going to use it... are you?
**[17:47] Kokona**
Thanks.
**[17:54] Kathrina**
Why did you want to join SIRIUS, Kokona?
**[17:57] Kokona**
Huh?
**[17:59] Kathrina**
I'm pretty sure I told you before,
**[18:01] Kathrina**
but I joined SIRIUS
to become a World Dai Star.
**[18:04] Kathrina**
That's why I have no intention
of losing to you or Niizuma.
***SIGN*** Keep your head up!
**[18:13] Kokona**
Huh? What?
**[18:16] Kathrina**
You're the star! If you don't
know what to do as the star...
**[18:20] Kathrina**
we can't support you in support roles,
no matter how hard we try!
**[18:25] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan...
**[18:27] Kathrina**
Not to mention,
when you play a lead at SIRIUS,
**[18:30] Kathrina**
you're one step closer
to becoming a World Dai Star.
**[18:34] Shizuka**
*You can do it too, Kokona.*
**[18:37] Shizuka**
* I'll make you shine brighter*
* than anyone as an actor...*
**[18:42] Shizuka**
*I'll make you into a World Dai Star.*
**[18:45] Kokona**
*A World Dai Star...*
**[18:53] Kokona**
I made a promise with Shizuka-chan...
**[19:01] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan!
**[19:03] Kokona**
Thank you!
**[19:05] Kathrina**
U-Uh...
**[19:08] Kokona**
I have to go!
**[19:22] Kathrina**
I need to do my best, too.
**[19:32] Kokona**
Oh, Shamo-san!
**[19:37] Shamo**
Shh...
**[19:39] Kokona**
I'm sorry! Um, have you seen Shizuka-chan?
**[19:46] Shamo**
Have a seat.
**[19:47] Kokona**
Oh, but I...
**[19:49] Shamo**
It's fine.
**[19:52] Kokona**
O-Okay...
**[19:56] Shamo**
When I'm watching you, it reminds
me of how Noa used to be.
**[20:02] Kokona**
You mean Hiiragi-san?
**[20:05] Shamo**
Whenever it came to the plays,
she'd try to do everything herself,
**[20:10] Shamo**
unable to see what was going on around her.
**[20:14] Shamo**
She doesn't seem like that, does she?
**[20:17] Kokona**
She doesn't.
**[20:18] Shamo**
Noa's Sense allows her to see all of
an actor's skills and where they excel.
**[20:25] Shamo**
Don't worry.
**[20:27] Shamo**
She chose you two for that role because
she knew you could handle the lead.
**[20:32] Kokona**
Us... two?
**[20:35] Shamo**
Yes. She knew that you and
Shizuka-chan could handle it.
**[20:43] Shamo**
Senses come alive on the stage.
**[21:10] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan!
**[21:13] Kokona**
I'm sorry...
**[21:15] Kokona**
I went off and did what I wanted
to do without even hearing you out.
**[21:22] Kokona**
But I still want to do it.
**[21:28] Kokona**
With you, I want to become...
**[21:32] Kokona**
a World Dai Star!
**[21:41] Shizuka**
Took you long enough, Kokona.
**[21:47] Shizuka**
Let's go back over the role.
**[21:52] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[21:54] Shizuka and Kokona**
So that we can play...
**[21:57] Shizuka and Kokona**
our version of Aladdin...
**[22:00] Shizuka and Kokona**
to outshine all others!
**[23:35] Sign**
Seventh Stage
**[23:35] Sign**
Believe in Yourself
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "Believe in Yourself."
# E7 - Believe in Yourself
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZ1D27/believe-in-yourself)
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**[00:21] (Flashback) Yae**
Acting?
**[00:23] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Yes. You have a Sense that would
shine brilliantly onstage.
**[00:28] (Flashback) Yae**
Sense?
**[00:30] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Why not come to SIRIUS?
**[00:35] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
If you're interested at all,
come check us out.
**[00:40] Sign**
The Little Prince
**[00:45] Yae**
*It was like a dream.*
**[00:49] Yae**
* When she speaks, everyone's enraptured,*
* drawn into the story.*
**[00:55] Yae**
*When she looks sad,*
**[00:58] Yae**
*we all feel it.*
**[01:00] Yae**
*When she smiles...*
**[01:03] Yae**
* She was the one who taught me that theater*
* is beloved throughout the world.*
**[01:09] Yae**
*That it brings happiness to so many.*
**[01:13] Yae**
*I wonder if I can do that too...*
**[01:29] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:47] Sign**
Believe in Yourself
**[02:50] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[02:50] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[02:50] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[02:50] Kokona**
"I need to get better for Yae-chan's sake..."
**[02:55] Kokona**
That's all I could think
while playing Aladdin.
**[02:58] Shizuka**
You need to get more familiar with the role.
**[03:01] Kokona**
Yeah.
**[03:02] Shizuka**
All right!
**[03:03] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[03:03] Shizuka**
I'm going to try playing various versions
of Aladdin, so make sure you watch.
**[03:08] Kokona**
Okay!
**[03:10] Sign**
Established in 1962
**[03:10] Reporter**
Thank you very much.
**[03:13] Sign**
Coffee
**[03:13] Reporter**
We'll send you the interview article soon.
**[03:16] Yae**
Great. Thank you very much.
**[03:23] Hiiragi**
You have so many press requests,
I hardly know what to do.
**[03:26] Yae**
If possible, I'd like to do them
with Kokona-san.
**[03:29] Hiiragi**
Now that theater is so mainstream,
**[03:31] Hiiragi**
audience-goers are connoisseurs.
**[03:33] Hiiragi**
It doesn't matter if you're the lead.
**[03:35] Hiiragi**
If an actor has no presence, they vanish.
**[03:38] Yae**
It's because Kokona-san is working so hard
**[03:41] Yae**
that I'm able to play the
Genie the way I want.
**[03:44] Hiiragi**
Is it guilt that's making you
worry so much about Kokona?
**[03:47] Yae**
Huh?
**[03:49] Hiiragi**
You had a hunch that this
would happen, didn't you?
**[03:54] Hiiragi**
Not giving your all up on that stage
**[03:57] Hiiragi**
isn't just rude to your costars.
It's rude to the audience.
**[04:01] Yae**
You don't need to worry about that.
**[04:07] Shizuka**
A kind Aladdin, a powerful
Aladdin, an anxious Aladdin...
**[04:17] Shizuka**
I played various versions,
so which one felt right?
**[04:20] Kokona**
You really are amazing, Shizuka-chan.
**[04:23] Kokona**
If only I could act like that too!
**[04:26] Shizuka**
You'll be the one on stage, remember?
**[04:30] Shizuka**
Anyway, I guess you'll just have
to try various Aladdins for yourself.
**[04:34] Kokona**
You mean I'll have
to change it up each time?
**[04:37] Shizuka**
You'll be working to perfect the role.
**[04:40] Shizuka**
I think that's the only way.
**[04:42] Shizuka**
I'm not going to cause trouble
for everyone, am I?
**[04:51] Kokona**
Please!
**[04:53] Kudo**
I don't even know what to say to that...
**[04:58] Kathrina**
Oh, I found her.
**[05:02] Panda**
Weren't you going to rehearse with me?
**[05:05] Panda**
Er...
**[05:06] Kathrina**
What are you looking at?
**[05:07] Sasuga**
Kokona just said something
really interesting.
**[05:12] Kokona**
Please!
**[05:14] Shizuka**
We promise it'll work out!
**[05:16] Kudo**
If you change the way you play the role,
we have to change the direction, too.
**[05:19] Kudo**
And wanting to do that
for every performance is...
**[05:23] Kathrina**
The lead changing the role with each show?
**[05:26] Kathrina**
I've never heard of anything like that.
**[05:28] Panda**
It would also mean changing up
our interactions with her, right?
**[05:33] Panda**
The other actors and staff won't
take kindly to grandstanding.
**[05:38] Kudo**
Experimental acting during
a real show is unprofessional.
**[05:41] Kudo**
Shouldn't you take care of that beforehand?
**[05:45] Kudo**
The production's going pretty well so far.
**[05:49] Kudo**
Just learn from this for next time.
**[05:51] Kudo**
Isn't that enough?
**[05:53] Kokona**
It's not!
**[05:55] Kokona**
If I give up now, I don't think I'll
ever be able to take the stage again!
**[05:58] Shizuka**
Please, let us do this.
**[06:01] Kokona**
Please!
**[06:02] Panda**
Talk about selfish.
**[06:04] Kathrina**
My parents are both pretty nice,
but they fight a lot when it comes to acting.
**[06:11] Kathrina**
Neither one ever backs down.
**[06:13] Kathrina**
They've both told me
**[06:15] Kathrina**
that World Dai Stars should
be just impertinent enough
**[06:20] Kathrina**
to never relent until
they get what they want.
**[06:25] Yae**
I'm fine with it.
**[06:28] Kudo**
This'll put the most stress on you, Yae.
**[06:30] Kudo**
And there's no guarantee it'll go well.
**[06:33] Yae**
That's all right.
**[06:34] Yae**
I'll figure things out.
**[06:37] Kokona**
Yae-chan...
**[06:39] Kathrina**
I'm fine with it too.
**[06:41] Kathrina**
Not that I have that many
scenes with Aladdin.
**[06:44] Sasuga**
I have a lot, but I'm cool with it.
**[06:47] Kudo**
You are?
**[06:50] Sasuga**
The Leila within me said, "Squee."
**[06:55] Panda**
Leila doesn't say, "squee"!
**[06:57] Panda**
Well, I'm fine with it too.
**[07:00] Kokona**
Panda-chan!
**[07:01] Panda**
It's totally illogical, unprofessional,
and a whole mess of trouble...
**[07:08] Panda**
But hey, it sounds fun.
**[07:11] Panda**
What do you say, Hiiragi-san?
**[07:18] Hiiragi**
Very well.
**[07:21] Hiiragi**
But you only get to change up
your performance once.
**[07:24] Hiiragi**
Any more would be too much
of a burden for everyone else.
**[07:27] Hiiragi**
If you need to get the role down,
do it tonight.
**[07:30] Kudo**
And if she doesn't?
**[07:31] Hiiragi**
Then she'll continue playing
the role as she has been.
**[07:35] Hiiragi**
Even if that means Kokona
will never take the stage again.
**[07:39] Shizuka**
Huh?
**[07:40] Kokona**
Thank you very much!
**[07:51] Hiiragi**
We'll hold a meeting tomorrow morning.
**[07:53] Hiiragi**
Then we'll do a light dress rehearsal
just prior to showtime.
**[07:57] Hiiragi**
Inform the other staffers.
**[07:59] Kudo**
Understood.
**[08:01] Hiiragi**
This won't be easy,
but I'm counting on all of you.
**[08:05] Kokona and Shizuka**
Thank you!
**[08:07] Kudo**
Do your best.
**[08:08] Kokona**
I will!
**[08:14] Hiiragi**
Come with me.
**[08:15] Kokona**
Uh, okay!
**[08:17] Sasuga**
We should get back to rehearsing.
**[08:19] Kathrina**
Right.
**[08:21] Kathrina**
What's wrong?
**[08:22] Panda**
Did Hiiragi-san just... smile?
**[08:33] Hiiragi**
It took you too long to find the answer.
**[08:35] Kokona**
Huh?
**[08:37] Hiiragi**
Come in.
**[08:40] Hiiragi**
Shizuka.
**[08:41] Shizuka**
Y-Yes, ma'am?
**[08:42] Hiiragi**
You said that you two were
practicing various Aladdins, right?
**[08:45] Hiiragi**
Did you mean the versions
others have played before you?
**[08:50] Shizuka**
Yes.
**[08:51] Hiiragi**
Forget all of that.
**[08:53] Shizuka**
Huh?!
**[08:53] Hiiragi**
There's no point in imitating other actors.
**[08:57] Hiiragi**
Let's start right now by
doing one scene at a time.
**[08:59] Hiiragi**
I'll play the other roles.
**[09:01] Kokona**
You will?
**[09:03] Hiiragi**
I'll show you exactly how to use your Sense.
**[09:07] Kokona**
My Sense?
**[09:09] Shizuka**
How to use it?
**[09:15] Sign**
Prince: Noa Hiiragi
**[09:15] Sign**
The Little Mermaid:
Yae Niizuma
**[09:15] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[09:24] Sign**
The Little Mermaid
**[09:24] Sign**
Role
**[09:24] Sign**
Actor
**[09:24] Sign**
Yae Niizuma
**[09:24] Sign**
Little Mermaid
**[09:24] Sign**
Prince
**[09:24] Sign**
Sea Witch
**[09:24] Sign**
Noa Hiiragi
**[09:33] (Flashback) Kudo**
Yae, where are you off to in such a rush?
**[09:36] (Flashback) Yae**
I'm looking for Hiiragi-san!
I wanted to rehearse with her!
**[09:42] (Flashback) Shamo**
Are you really going to stay?
**[09:45] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Yes.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
After this performance,
I'll step down from the stage.
**[09:50] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
From now on, please let me support
SIRIUS from behind the scenes.
**[09:54] (Flashback) Shamo**
But you're still young
and have a great Sense.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Shamo**
You have offers from various
other troupes, too, don't you?
**[10:02] (Flashback) Shamo**
If you transfer, I'm sure you'll find
your path to becoming a World Dai Star.
**[10:06] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
It was SIRIUS that shepherded me
down the path to acting.
**[10:11] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Until SIRIUS produces a World Dai Star,
**[10:14] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
I have no plans to take the stage again.
**[10:23] Yae**
* I want to become a World Dai*
* Star as soon as possible.*
**[10:29] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[10:37] Hiiragi**
The changed marks, lighting,
music cues, and direction...
**[10:42] Hiiragi**
You've got it all down now, right?
**[10:44] Shizuka**
Kokona!
**[10:47] Kokona**
I'm fine.
**[10:48] Hiiragi**
What do you think?
**[10:49] Kudo**
Well, we'll need to make some minor
adjustments, but this should be fine.
**[10:55] Hiiragi**
Well, Kokona? Have you hit your limit?
**[10:58] Kokona**
No... I can keep going.
**[11:00] Hiiragi**
Okay. Then let's continue
rehearsing until you can't anymore,
**[11:03] Hiiragi**
to increase the precision of your Sense.
**[11:05] Kokona and Shizuka**
Yes, ma'am!
**[11:07] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[11:07] Sign**
Sold Out Thank You
**[11:07] Audience**
That person totally cut in line!
**[11:10] Audience**
I'm so glad I made it in time!
**[11:12] Audience**
We get to see Yae-chan, right?
**[11:16] Audience**
I can't wait!
**[11:24] Shizuka**
*The curtain's rising, Kokona.*
**[11:26] Kokona**
*Yeah. I'm fine now.*
**[11:33] Kokona**
*Let's go, Shizuka-chan.*
**[11:42] Kokona (Aladdin)**
The people in this town never look up.
**[11:45] Kokona (Aladdin)**
They're too busy running their shops.
**[11:52] Kokona (Aladdin)**
No one ever sees me.
**[11:56] Kokona (Aladdin)**
No one even knows my name.
**[12:02] Shizuka (Aladdin)**
But...
**[12:02] Kokona (Aladdin)**
But...
**[12:04] Kokona (Aladdin)**
I love this city!
**[12:06] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Everyone's desperate to survive.
**[12:08] Kokona (Aladdin)**
At night, they all get drunk to the music.
**[12:10] Kokona (Aladdin)**
You can smell the sweet aroma
and hear the laughter...
**[12:16] Kokona (Aladdin)**
See? It's starting again tonight.
**[12:19] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Another Arabian night.
**[12:23] [SONG] Song**
Make your dreams come true
**[12:31] [SONG] Song**
Leggo!
**[12:32] [SONG] Song**
Sing and dance to your heart's content
**[12:35] Panda**
Did her acting skills go up another notch?
**[12:35] [SONG] Song**
A mirage rises from the heat
**[12:39] Kathrina**
Aladdin's presence on stage is stronger.
**[12:39] [SONG] Song**
All I can rely on is my body
**[12:42] Kathrina**
This feeling...
**[12:43] [SONG] Song**
My earnest eyes just look ahead
**[12:43] Sasuga**
It's the Prince from *The Little Mermaid*.
**[12:49] (Flashback) Kokona**
Um, when you say how to use my Sense...
**[12:52] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
When you played the Prince
from *The Little Mermaid*,
**[12:55] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
what were you thinking about, Kokona?
**[12:58] (Flashback) Kokona**
I was just so caught up in the moment...
**[13:00] (Flashback) Kokona**
I figured that was how Shizuka-chan
would play the part.
**[13:04] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
It was a short scene, but you could
clearly tell what the Prince was feeling.
**[13:10] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
If you're just *playing* the role,
**[13:12] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
you can't express
what a character is feeling.
**[13:15] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Shizuka must be strangely good
at blending into roles.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Your acting style is close
to perfect immersion.
**[13:23] (Flashback) Kokona**
Perfect immersion?
**[13:25] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
That might be the ideal type of
acting you want to adopt, Kokona.
**[13:34] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Wait!
**[13:35] Sasuga (Princess Leila)**
Let go of me!
**[13:36] Shizuka**
* What Aladdin feels here*
* is a faint sense of hope*
**[13:39] Shizuka**
* after meeting Leila, who's from*
* a completely different world.*
**[13:43] Shizuka**
* Just maybe, he can finally escape*
* his days of fighting for survival.*
**[13:47] Shizuka**
*So...*
**[13:48] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Please.
**[13:53] Kokona (Aladdin)**
I'd like to talk with
you for a little longer.
**[14:01] Panda (Abdullah)**
Will you live your whole life being poor,
or will you step forward into a new life?
**[14:07] Panda (Abdullah)**
The choice is entirely yours.
**[14:11] Shizuka**
* Aladdin knows nothing*
* about the outside world,*
**[14:14] Shizuka**
* so everything outside*
* the city is unknown to him.*
**[14:16] Shizuka**
* So to meet a mysterious man*
* who sees right through him...*
**[14:21] Shizuka**
*He's nervous and anxious.*
**[14:26] Panda**
*She's actually pale and shaking.*
**[14:29] Panda**
* It's like she's truly terrified*
* to go into that cave.*
**[14:37] Panda**
* Through Aladdin, even the*
* audience is feeling it.*
**[14:40] Hiiragi**
*To Kokona, Shizuka is the ideal actor.*
**[14:44] Hiiragi**
* All she needs to do now is put in*
* a little sweat to reach that ideal.*
**[14:48] Hiiragi**
* That's why I've drilled the basics into*
* Kokona these past three months.*
**[14:53] Hiiragi**
* I had her play a variety of roles*
* so she could gain experience.*
**[14:56] Kokona (Aladdin)**
This is the lamp he's after.
**[15:00] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Finally, my life will be...
**[15:03] Hiiragi**
* The comprehension to perfectly*
* draw out the emotions of a role.*
**[15:07] Hiiragi**
* The keen expressive ability to convey*
* those emotions to the audience.*
**[15:11] Hiiragi**
* The two of them together bring*
* the ideal performance to life.*
**[15:16] Kokona and Shizuka**
*That's...*
**[15:18] Kokona and Shizuka**
*our Sense!*
**[15:29] Yae (Genie)**
I'm the Genie of the Lamp!
**[15:31] Yae (Genie)**
I serve whosoever possesses my lamp!
**[15:34] Yae (Genie)**
I shall grant you any
wish your heart desires!
**[15:39] Kokona (Aladdin)**
You must be the genie from this lamp.
**[15:42] Yae (Genie)**
Yup!
**[15:44] Yae (Genie)**
You're in luck! You're one of a
select few who get to see my powers!
**[15:50] Yae (Genie)**
Let's start the music!
**[15:53] [SONG] Song**
Gather the moments where the highlights burst
**[15:59] [SONG] Song**
Surprise into when there was magic!
**[16:07] [SONG] Song**
(So just special for you)
**[16:10] [SONG] Song**
With everything just how you like it
**[16:13] [SONG] Song**
A place where wishes came true,
that's the world we were in
**[16:18] [SONG] Song**
(Dream like this come true,
dream like that come true)
**[16:22] [SONG] Song**
(Ah) Even when I went into
the Lost Woods alone,
**[16:22] Kathrina**
The atmosphere just completely changed.
**[16:24] Kathrina**
It's like a concert.
**[16:26] [SONG] ---**
Surprisingly, I was never scared
**[16:26] Panda**
* If you get swallowed up here,*
* this will be Niizumacchi's stage!*
**[16:28] [SONG] ---**
Because I've got adventure
**[16:30] [SONG] ---**
(When I was little, the world was mysterious)
**[16:34] [SONG] ---**
(Uh)
**[16:38] Yae**
*Your performance earlier was brilliant.*
**[16:41] Yae**
* But I can't let you outshine me*
* on this stage.*
**[16:47] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Wow! You're totally amazing!
**[16:51] Yae**
Huh?
**[16:53] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Show me more!
**[16:53] Panda**
*She's not fazed at all.*
**[16:56] Kathrina**
She's planning to play Aladdin as he is.
**[16:59] Sasuga**
My heart just squeed.
**[17:01] Kokona (Aladdin)**
You really surprised me!
**[17:02] Hiiragi**
*When Kokona smiles, everyone smiles.*
**[17:07] Hiiragi**
*When Kokona speaks, everyone...*
**[17:13] Yae**
I'm looking forward to it!
**[17:39] (Flashback) Kokona**
Yae-chan's flaw?
**[17:41] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Yes.
**[17:43] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
No one's realized it yet, though.
**[17:46] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
Her Sense that allows her to express her
emotions to the audience through song
**[17:50] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
is entirely too powerful.
**[17:52] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
By the end of a show, the audience
will only remember Yae Niizuma.
**[17:59] (Flashback) Shizuka**
But for a performance, that's...
**[18:01] (Flashback) Hiiragi**
The world will never acknowledge an actor
who destroys a performance as a Dai Star.
**[18:06] (Flashback) Kokona**
Um... Why are you telling us this?
**[18:13] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Do you hear the revelry?
**[18:17] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Everyone's intoxicated
by the Arabian night.
**[18:22] Kokona (Aladdin)**
Just as you wished, Leila and I
are living happily ever after.
**[18:30] Kokona (Aladdin)**
It's all thanks to you.
**[18:33] Kokona (Aladdin)**
If I ever get to see you again...
**[18:40] Kokona (Aladdin)**
No... No more wishes.
**[19:19] Audience A**
Yae-chan's Genie was just like
I heard. She was super cute!
**[19:20] Sign**
Merchandise Area
**[19:24] Audience B**
Right? I think it was
even better than before.
**[19:26] Audience B**
Especially that last scene
with Aladdin and the Genie!
**[19:29] Audience C (little girl)**
Um! I'd like a picture of Aladdin...
Of Kokona Otori-chan, please!
**[19:34] Sign**
T-shirts 2,500 yen
**[19:34] Staff**
Here you go. Thank you very much.
**[19:37] Audience E**
Was her name Kokona Otori?
I heard she's new, but she's pretty good.
**[19:48] Yae**
I guess I was destroying the performances.
**[19:51] Yae**
To think that I could do
just fine all by myself...
**[19:54] Yae**
I was being vain.
**[19:56] Hiiragi**
If you want to become a World Dai Star,
**[19:58] Hiiragi**
I don't think you can do it alone.
**[20:01] Hiiragi**
Sadly, I realized that too late.
**[20:08] Yae**
I'll become one no matter what.
**[20:10] Yae**
I'll work together with
Kokona-san and the others.
**[20:13] Yae**
So...
**[20:15] Yae**
One day, will you join me again?
**[20:18] Hiiragi**
That's...
**[20:21] Kokona**
Hiiragi-san... and Yae-chan?!
**[20:24] Hiiragi**
Did you need something?
**[20:25] Kokona**
Oh, um... Panda-chan said
you'd probably be here.
**[20:30] Kokona**
Am I interrupting something?
**[20:31] Hiiragi**
We're done.
**[20:33] Hiiragi**
So, what do you need?
**[20:34] Kokona**
Um...
**[20:37] Kokona**
Thank you for helping me with my performance.
**[20:41] Hiiragi**
Don't be so off the cuff next time.
**[20:44] Hiiragi**
It's not good for my heart.
**[20:45] Kokona**
Yes, ma'am!
**[20:47] Yae**
Kokona-san.
**[20:48] Kokona**
Yes?!
**[20:49] Yae**
Thank you very much for helping me.
**[20:52] Kokona**
Huh?
**[20:53] Yae**
Tonight's performance was wonderful.
**[20:56] Yae**
I'm looking forward to tomorrow's
show as well, Kokona-san.
**[21:02] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[21:06] Kokona**
Whoa, Dugong-chan?!
**[21:09] Koknoa**
Wh-Wh-What? What?!
**[21:12] Yae**
It appears as though Dugong-san
enjoyed the performance, too.
**[21:15] Kokona**
Is that what this means?
**[21:29] Kathrina**
Hey! Now the fireworks have started!
**[21:32] Panda**
Come on! You know that
was too awkward to butt in!
**[21:35] Panda**
This is what people mean when
they say you need to read the room!
**[21:38] Kokona**
You were watching?!
**[21:39] Sasuga**
Festival time, festival time!
**[21:41] Yae**
Oh, I love festivals.
**[21:44] Panda**
Festival time! Festival time! Festival time!
**[21:45] Kokona**
Fireworks!
**[21:47] Yae**
They're very pretty.
**[21:50] Kokona**
Up they go!
**[21:52] Sign**
Aladdin gets nervous
**[21:52] Sign**
Make the Genie stand out
**[21:52] Sign**
I'm the star!!
**[21:52] Sign**
Without being swallowed up
by the Genie, Aladdin is totally moved
from the bottom of his heart!
**[21:52] Sign**
Make sure you don't get upstaged by the Genie's lines!
**[21:52] Sign**
Aladdin seems anxious
**[21:52] Sign**
Make sure to be excited about new, unknown experiences!
**[22:01] Sign**
Arabian Nights
**[23:35] Sign**
Eighth Stage
**[23:35] Sign**
Romeo and Juliet
**[23:36] Kokona**
Next time: "Romeo and Juliet."
# E8 - Romeo and Juliet
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8Q39W/romeo-and-juliet)
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**[00:07] Kudo**
Here.
**[00:08] Sign**
SIRIUS Acting Troupe
**[00:08] Kudo**
We got another request this year.
**[00:11] ---**
Hozuki Ichi
**[00:13] Hiiragi**
The special theatrical showcase?
**[00:16] Hiiragi**
I guess it is that time already.
**[00:18] Hiiragi**
We're definitely...
**[00:20] Hiiragi**
getting our revenge this year.
**[00:35] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[01:53] Sign**
Romeo and Juliet
**[01:58] Shizuka**
An article about *Arabian Nights*?
**[02:00] Kokona**
Oh, yeah!
**[02:02] Shizuka**
Did they say anything about you, Kokona?
**[02:04] Kokona**
Just a little.
**[02:06] Shizuka**
"A performance of note
was Kokona Otori as Aladdin."
**[02:10] Shizuka**
"Her Aladdin was overflowing with humanity,
and she captivated the audience."
**[02:17] Shizuka**
That's amazing! This writer is famous
for being a super-harsh critic!
**[02:22] Kokona**
This means our acting
reached the audience, right?
**[02:30] Shizuka**
Let's buy another copy.
**[02:33] Kokona**
Huh?
**[02:33] Shizuka**
We need to send it to your parents.
**[02:38] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[02:43] Panda**
When you think of summer...
**[02:48] Panda**
This is the stuff.
**[02:50] Sasuga**
It's a summer tradition.
**[02:52] Panda**
So, how do you find things at SIRIUS lately?
**[02:56] Sasuga**
I think things are relaxing quite nicely.
**[03:00] Panda**
Koko-chan, Kathrin, and Niizumacchi all seem
to be affecting each other positively.
**[03:05] Panda**
They're in top form now.
**[03:06] Sasuga**
They sure are.
**[03:12] Panda**
You know, I think we might just make it.
**[03:16] Panda**
If we can keep this hype going,
we might be able to get
**[03:19] Panda**
SIRIUS back to how it used to be...
**[03:25] Panda**
Um, hello?
**[03:26] Sasuga**
Hmm?
**[03:27] Panda**
Keep it coming.
**[03:31] Hiiragi**
Today, we start rehearsal for our
annual special theatrical showcase.
**[03:36] Kokona**
Special theatrical showcase?
**[03:38] Panda**
Every year, SIRIUS puts on a performance
for the grade school kids of Taito Ward.
**[03:44] Panda**
We're looking for interested children,
and the chosen are invited to our troupe.
**[03:49] Hiiragi**
The showcase is also for the
purpose of nurturing future Dai Stars.
**[03:54] Hiiragi**
Remain focused in order to put on
a good show for your younger peers.
**[03:59] Panda**
Hiiragi-san!
**[04:00] Hiiragi**
What is it?
**[04:01] Panda**
Um... Has the play already been decided?
**[04:11] Hiiragi**
It's *King Lear*, same as last year.
**[04:16] Panda**
I knew it...
**[04:19] Sasuga**
The boss is dead set on it...
**[04:22] Panda**
But doing *King Lear*
for grade schoolers is, uh...
**[04:24] Hiiragi**
We don't have much time to rehearse,
so I chose the same play.
**[04:28] Hiiragi**
Any objections?
**[04:30] Kokona**
What's *King Lear* about?
**[04:32] Shizuka**
A king betrayed by his daughters
and exiled from his land
**[04:36] Shizuka**
is taken by madness and slowly withers.
**[04:38] Shizuka**
It's a tragedy about human absurdity.
**[04:45] Hiiragi**
If you have something to say, then say it.
**[04:48] Kathrina**
Why are we doing *King Lear* for
a bunch of grade school kids?
**[04:51] Terahara and Kamiyashiki**
*She actually said it!*
**[04:53] Panda**
*Excellent, Kathrin! You tell her!*
**[04:57] Kathrina**
*King Lear* is one of Shakespeare's
four great tragedies,
**[04:59] Kathrina**
but it's famous for being
one of the most difficult.
**[05:02] Kathrina**
Seems a bit much for children.
**[05:05] Hiiragi**
True, the play might be difficult,
**[05:07] Hiiragi**
but it's also important for kids to see the
classics when they're impressionable.
**[05:12] Kathrina**
Will they even understand it?
**[05:14] Hiiragi**
It's our job to make sure they do.
**[05:18] Panda**
*It's no use...*
**[05:20] Panda**
* At this rate,*
* the same tragedy will befall us!*
**[05:26] (Flashback) Boy**
I'm scared!
**[05:28] (Flashback) Girl**
Take me home!
**[05:30] (Flashback) Kids**
No!
**[05:33] (Flashback) Kids**
I wanna go home!
**[05:41] Terahara**
*What should we do?!*
**[05:42] Kamiyashiki**
*There has to be something we can do!*
**[05:44] Sasuga**
*Panda...*
**[05:46] Hiiragi**
When I was in grade school,
**[05:48] Hiiragi**
I saw *King Lear* at the National Theatre
in London and was deeply moved!
**[05:54] Panda**
For sure! *King Lear* is an absolute classic!
**[05:57] Panda**
I'm sure many would be moved by it!
**[06:00] Panda**
But last year, the kids got scared
and cried in the middle of it!
**[06:04] Girls**
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
**[06:05] Hiiragi**
Well, there isn't anything we can do—
**[06:06] Panda**
Of course there is!
**[06:08] Panda**
The point of the showcase
is to nurture future Dai Stars.
**[06:13] Panda**
As Kathrin said, *King Lear* is a bit
much for grade schoolers.
**[06:16] Panda**
So what we need to do is choose a play
**[06:20] Panda**
that can move *everyone* and
get them to fall in love with theater!
**[06:24] Sasuga**
I agree with Panda.
**[06:25] Terahara and Kamiyashiki**
We do too!
**[06:37] Hiiragi**
I guess you have a point.
**[06:41] Sign**
Victory!!
**[06:45] Kathrin**
What in the world happened last year?
**[06:47] Kudo**
This is going to be a test performance,
so why don't we leave it to the girls?
**[06:53] Hiiragi**
All right, let's discuss what play to put on.
**[06:58] Kathrina**
How about one like *The Little
Mermaid* that's based on a fairytale?
**[07:02] Panda**
That's a great idea. SIRIUS
has quite a few in its repetoire.
**[07:06] Kokona**
If we want them to get a real taste of
theater, maybe it *should* be Shakespeare?
**[07:10] Shizuka**
I think a comedy would be easier
for a child to understand than a tragedy.
**[07:14] Kathrina**
Well, if it's a Shakespearean comedy we want...
**[07:17] Sasuga**
*Twelfth Night*, *As You Like It*,
or *Much Ado About Nothing*, probably?
**[07:22] Panda**
Hmm... We should probably go with
something a little more mainstream.
**[07:27] Niizuma**
This is rather orthodox,
but how about *Romeo and Juliet*?
**[07:33] Niizuma**
*Romeo and Juliet* is usually
considered a tragedy,
**[07:36] Niizuma**
but it also has romantic comedy aspects.
**[07:39] Niizuma**
The story is also very moving and easy to
follow, so I think they might enjoy it.
**[07:44] Kathrina**
I think that's fine.
I'm sure they all know it.
**[07:47] Kokona**
It *is* pretty famous.
**[07:50] Hiiragi**
Sounds like we have our play.
**[07:51] Hiiragi**
We'll be doing *Romeo and Juliet*
for the special theatrical showcase.
**[07:57] Kokona**
What?!
**[08:00] Kokona**
You're not going to be in it, Yae-chan?!
**[08:00] Sign**
an7\fnArial\fs14\i1\c&H313331&\3c&HDADCDC&\shad0\bord3}Romeo and Juliet* Roles
Romeo: Sasuga
Juliet: Panda
Benvolio: Kokona
Count Paris: Terahara
Friar Laurence: Kathrina
Tybalt: Kamiyashiki
**[08:02] Sign**
Grade Schooler
**[08:03] Niizuma**
Well, I'm in grade school too. I'll be in
the audience cheering you all on this time.
**[08:11] Sign**
Count Paris: Terahara
Friar Laurence: Kathrina
Tybalt: Kamiyashiki
**[08:12] Kathrina**
I'm playing another support role...
**[08:18] Sasuga**
Are you okay?
**[08:21] Panda**
Oh, yeah.
**[08:23] Panda**
*Romeo and Juliet* brings back
a lot of memories for me,
**[08:27] Panda**
so playing in it gives me
a lot to think about.
**[08:36] Kokona**
Sasuga-chan! I'll be Romeo's friend Benvolio.
I look forward to acting alongside you.
**[08:43] Sasuga**
Same.
**[08:44] Shizuka**
I can't wait to see you two star in this play.
**[08:47] Niizuma**
I'm excited to learn from your performance.
**[08:50] Panda**
No way! You saying that is...
**[08:54] Hiiragi**
Make sure you two show your
younger peers what you've got.
**[08:58] Panda**
Hiiragi-san...
**[08:58] Sasuga**
Boss...
**[08:59] Hiiragi**
I'm sure that girl will
be back again this year.
**[09:04] Panda**
Ah...
**[09:06] Panda**
So *she's* coming back.
**[09:11] Kudo**
The ward office said that she entered herself
in the ticket raffle hundreds of times.
**[09:17] Sign**
M
**[09:17] Sign**
E
**[09:17] Sign**
N
**[09:17] Sign**
A
**[09:17] Sign**
C
**[09:17] Sign**
I
**[09:17] Sign**
N
**[09:17] Sign**
G
**[09:17] Kokona**
Wh-What's wrong, you three?
**[09:21] Sasuga**
She's coming.
**[09:24] Kokona**
Not you too, Sasuga-chan!
**[09:25] Sign**
Menacing
**[09:26] Kokona**
Wait, everyone's doing it?!
**[09:28] Kathrina**
Who are you all talking about?
**[09:31] Panda**
Chika Nanase.
**[09:33] Panda**
A grade school girl who goes
to about 400 plays a year,
**[09:36] Panda**
earning her the nickname
"the Theater Professor."
**[09:42] Sasuga**
She's why the boss really
wanted to do *King Lear*.
**[09:47] Shizuka**
Did something happen?
**[09:48] Sasuga**
After last year's show...
**[09:51] (Flashback) Chika**
I truly felt SIRIUS's soul in making
a brave choice like *King Lear* so boldly.
**[09:55] (Flashback) Chika**
But did you forget that your audience
today was grade school students?
**[09:59] (Flashback) Chika**
With that in mind, you should have chosen
something to make SIRIUS shine.
**[10:03] (Flashback) Chika**
As someone who's followed SIRIUS for years,
I was disappointed with this *King Lear*.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Chika**
To quickly sum up everything wrong
with this performance in an hour...
**[10:12] Kokona**
She gave notes to Hiiragi-san?!
**[10:15] Shizuka**
What a terrifying grade schooler...
**[10:17] Panda**
She told us off, too.
**[10:19] Sasuga**
Yup, yup.
**[10:20] Panda**
So, Koko-chan!
**[10:22] Panda**
We absolutely *cannot* lose this battle!
**[10:26] Kokona**
"Battle"?
**[10:28] Panda**
Sassu! This time, we'll
really knock her socks off!
**[10:32] Sasuga**
I'd love to make her
put a sock in it too.
**[10:35] Panda**
We'll sock it to her, for sure!
**[10:38] Hiiragi**
We'll start rehearsal in ten.
Make sure you're ready!
**[10:42] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[10:44] Niizuma**
Things seem to be taking shape.
**[10:46] Shizuka**
They're so motivated...
**[10:48] Kokona**
Y-Yeah...
**[10:54] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[10:59] Panda (Juliet)**
I know that voice...
**[11:01] Panda (Juliet)**
Art thou not Romeo and a Montague?
**[11:03] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Neither, fair maid, if either thee dislike.
**[11:07] Sasuga (Romeo)**
And but thou love me...
**[11:09] Kokona**
This is just the first rehearsal,
but they're so in sync.
**[11:13] Kathrina**
Not bad.
**[11:17] Shizuka**
What's the matter?
**[11:18] Niizuma**
I suddenly want to be up on stage.
**[11:23] Sasuga (Romeo)**
My life were better ended by
their hate than death proroguèd,
**[11:26] Sasuga (Romeo)**
wanting of thy love!
**[11:28] Panda**
* She's always so spacey, but she*
* completely changes onstage.*
**[11:34] Panda**
* I used to be so jealous of Sassu,*
* who could do everything.*
**[11:44] Panda**
* Sassu and I were childhood friends*
* who lived near each other.*
**[11:48] Panda**
*We were always together.*
**[11:53] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
That cloud looks yummy.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Young Panda**
School's this way, dang it.
**[11:57] Young Sasuga**
Ah...
**[11:59] Panda**
* So I always had a front-row seat*
* to how impressive she was.*
**[12:00] Sign**
Elementary School Art Contest
**[12:02] Sign**
Special Award
**[12:02] Sign**
Panda Yanagiba
**[12:06] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Looky, looky, Sassu!
My picture got a special award!
**[12:12] Sign**
First Prize
**[12:12] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[12:15] Sign**
First Prize
**[12:18] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Seriously.
**[12:24] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Seriously?
**[12:28] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Seriously?!
**[12:33] (Flashback) Girl 1**
Sasuga-chan, the swim team wanted you
as a backup swimmer, didn't they?
**[12:36] (Flashback) Girl 2**
And you got scouted as a model?
**[12:39] (Flashback) Girl 3**
Is it true that you found some edible ants?
**[12:43] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Starting today, we're rivals!
**[12:47] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Rivals?
**[12:48] (Flashback) Young Panda**
It means we're enemies!
**[12:51] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Oh...
**[12:58] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Everyone just keeps talking about Sassu...
**[13:01] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I'm special too!
**[13:03] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Panda!
**[13:05] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I'm not talking to you anymore, Sassu!
**[13:07] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Why?
**[13:09] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Because we're rivals!
**[13:10] (Flashback) Young sasuga**
Oh...
**[13:15] Sign**
Special Theatrical Showcase
**[13:15] Sign**
SIRIUS Acting Troupe's "Romeo and Juliet"
**[13:15] Sign**
Anyone interested in the attending,
please send a request letter to the Taito Ward Office.
**[13:16] Girls**
Wow!
**[13:17] Girls**
*Romeo and Juliet*!
**[13:19] Girls**
I'm so excited!
**[13:20] (Flashback) Young Panda**
What are you doing?
**[13:22] (Flashback) Girl 1**
There's a special theatrical showcase!
**[13:24] (Flashback) Girl 2**
And SIRIUS is doing it!
**[13:25] (Flashback) Girl 3**
SIRIUS is great!
**[13:28] (Flashback) Young Panda**
SIRIUS...
**[13:31] Sign**
Special Theatrical Showcase
**[13:31] Sign**
Taito Ward
**[13:31] Sign**
—SIRIUS Acting Troupe—
**[13:31] Sign**
Romeo & Juliet
**[13:34] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I won a ticket.
**[13:40] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Once I get famous here,
I'll finally be able to...
**[13:44] (Flashback) Young sasuga**
Isn't this exciting?
**[13:47] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Sassu?! Why are you here?!
**[13:50] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
I won a ticket too.
**[13:53] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Let's go.
**[13:54] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Huh? H-Hey!
**[14:06] (Flashback) Young Panda**
That was amazing.
**[14:08] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Yeah.
**[14:10] Young Panda**
*I wonder if I could be up on stage...*
**[14:14] Young Panda**
*I wonder if I could be just like them.*
**[14:23] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I want to be on that stage!
**[14:26] (Flashback) Young Panda**
I want to be a Dai Star!
**[14:28] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Me too.
**[14:29] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Huh?
**[14:31] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
If you're gonna do it, I want to do it too.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Why?
**[14:38] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Why do you keep getting in my way, Sassu?
**[14:42] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Art, the pull-up bars, even swimming!
**[14:45] (Flashback) Young Panda**
How come you can do it all?
**[14:47] (Flashback) Young Panda**
You can do everything better
than me... so why...
**[14:52] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
I want to see the same world as you, Panda.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Young Panda**
You do?
**[14:58] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
You've got a good head on your shoulders
and you always think about others.
**[15:04] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
That's why I like you, Panda.
**[15:12] (Flashback) Young Panda**
And?
**[15:14] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Huh?
**[15:15] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Say more of my good traits!
**[15:18] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
You're smart.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Young Panda**
And?
**[15:21] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
And... And...
**[15:25] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Oh, you're cute.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Young Panda**
You should've said that first!
**[15:35] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Oh, fine. I guess you're
just useless without me.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Young Panda**
Let's do this, then! You'll become a Dai Star
with me, the world's cutest Panda!
**[15:49] (Flashback) Young Sasuga**
Yeah!
**[15:55] Sasuga**
What's the matter?
**[15:57] Panda**
Oh, nothing. I was just reminiscing.
**[16:04] Sign**
Monja Asakusa
**[16:10] Chika**
It's been some time, Miss Niizuma.
**[16:13] Niizuma**
Hello, Nanase-san.
**[16:15] Chika**
*Arabian Nights* was fantastic!
**[16:17] Chika**
Your performance was on par with the
actors of SIRIUS's golden age.
**[16:21] Niizuma**
Thank you very much.
**[16:23] Chika**
I wasn't very interested in this
production because you're not in it,
**[16:26] Chika**
but I figured I could kill
some time since I won a ticket.
**[16:30] Chika**
I hope this won't damage the renown
you earned with *Arabian Nights*.
**[16:34] Niizuma**
It'll be fine. SIRIUS only delivers the best.
**[16:38] Chika**
Oho?
**[16:39] Niizuma**
They might even sock it to you.
**[16:49] Panda**
*Let's bring the house down, Sassu.*
**[16:53] Sasuga**
*Let's go, Panda.*
**[17:02] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Two households, both alike in dignity,
**[17:04] Sasuga (Romeo)**
in fair Verona, where we lay our scene...
**[17:07] Panda (Juliet)**
The Capulets and the Montagues.
**[17:10] Kokona (Benvolio)**
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny...
**[17:14] Kathrina (Father Laurence)**
where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
**[17:18] Sasuga (Romeo)**
From forth the fatal loins
of these two foes...
**[17:22] Panda (Juliet)**
whose misadventured piteous overthrows...
**[17:25] Sasuga (Romeo)**
doth with their death bury...
**[17:28] Panda (Juliet)**
their parents' strife.
**[17:35] Chika**
* They're following the original play*
* while adding a SIRIUS twist. Not bad.*
**[17:47] Sasuga (Romeo)**
O Juliet...
**[17:50] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
**[17:55] Panda (Juliet)**
O Romeo, if you love me,
tell me from your heart...
**[18:04] Panda**
*Crap!*
**[18:12] Chika**
* And it was all going so well*
* up until now. How disappointing.*
**[18:28] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Let us swear under the holy moon
**[18:32] Sasuga (Romeo)**
the love from our hearts.
**[18:35] Chika**
*What?! That was part of the act?!*
**[18:38] Chika**
* I've never seen such a beautiful*
* proposal from Romeo!*
**[18:41] Hiiragi**
* Chisa's Sense allows her to incorporate*
* any mistake made onstage*
**[18:45] Hiiragi**
*into part of the performance.*
**[18:47] Hiiragi**
* Her carefree nature turns it into*
* an elegant form of expression.*
**[18:53] Girl A**
*Romeo's so amazing!*
**[18:56] Girl B**
*Juliet is so pretty!*
**[18:58] Hiiragi**
* And Panda can control the stage*
* by reading the audience's mind.*
**[19:04] Hiiragi**
* When their two Senses*
* work together perfectly,*
**[19:09] Hiiragi**
* they take the crowd into*
* the palm of their hand.*
**[19:22] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Juliet! Juliet!
**[19:29] Sasuga (Romeo)**
My love, my wife... I won't leave you
all alone in this tomb.
**[19:50] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Thou detestable maw...
grant me sweet death!
**[20:00] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Here's to my beloved Juliet!
**[20:07] Panda (Juliet)**
Romeo?
**[20:09] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Juliet? How?!
**[20:12] PAnda (Juliet)**
The friar gave me medicine.
**[20:16] PAnda (Juliet)**
Medicine to make it appear
as if I were no longer alive.
**[20:20] Panda (Juliet)**
For if I were dead, I would be free
of my engagement to Count Paris.
**[20:25] Panda (Juliet)**
We'd be free from our crimes.
And I could live my life with you.
**[20:30] Sasuga (Romeo)**
Thank you, Juliet.
**[20:34] Sasuga (Romeo)**
This love of ours should be able to end
the feud between our families.
**[20:40] Panda (Juliet)**
Yes, Romeo.
**[20:54] Chika**
*This is...*
**[20:56] Chika**
*This is the soul of SIRIUS!*
**[23:08] Panda**
Hey, Sassu.
**[23:10] Sasuga**
Hmm?
**[23:11] Panda**
Do you think we measured up
to that other performance?
**[23:16] Sasuga**
I dunno, but...
**[23:19] Sign**
Romeo & Juliet
**[23:19] Sign**
Chisa Sasuga
**[23:20] Sasuga**
I think this will make a great memory.
**[23:26] Panda**
I hope so.
**[23:34] Sign**
Ninth Stage
**[23:34] Sign**
World Dai Star
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "World Dai Star."
# E9 - World Dai Star
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U2ZVM9/world-dai-star)
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**[00:26] Theresa**
It's so muggy here in Japan.
**[00:43] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:01] Sign**
Sasuga
**[02:01] Sign**
Niizuma
**[02:01] Sign**
World Dai Star
**[02:06] Sign**
SIRIUS SENTO
**[02:06] Sasuga**
Okay, I'll be back this evening.
**[02:09] Panda**
Don't drown.
**[02:11] Sasuga**
I've played a fish before,
so I'll be totally fine.
**[02:15] Shizuka**
I'm not sure what to make of that...
**[02:20] Kokona**
So Sasuga-chan's into surfing?
**[02:22] Panda**
That girl honestly does everything.
**[02:25] Panda**
She'll come back from a random walk saying,
**[02:28] Panda**
"A stranger taught me how
to do this thing." Like that.
**[02:33] Panda**
The other day, it was pottery,
and before that, it was amateur radio.
**[02:36] Sign**
Sasuga
**[02:36] Sign**
Niizuma
**[02:37] Panda**
Currently, she's hooked on researching
morning glories and surfing.
**[02:42] Shizuka**
I wonder if this is how she
prepares for her roles.
**[02:43] Sasuga**
How'd ya like that?
**[02:51] Shizuka**
You seem tired.
**[02:52] Kokona**
Did you stay up all night again?
**[02:55] Panda**
It's summer vacay time for school,
**[02:58] Panda**
and SIRIUS is on break until we
start prepping for the fall show.
**[03:05] Panda**
All righty! Another day of checking
out the chatter about us on the net!
**[03:08] Panda**
Gotta make sure none
of those anti-fans get popular!
**[03:16] Shizuka**
I've been thinking about this for a while,
but Panda's kinda dangerous.
**[03:25] Kokona**
Hiiragi-san? Good morn...
**[03:30] Kokona and Shizuka**
What?!
**[03:32] Hiiragi**
W-Water...
**[03:36] Kokona and Shizuka**
What?!
**[03:44] Hiiragi**
I feel alive again. Thanks.
**[03:46] Kokona**
Um... What happened?
**[03:49] Hiiragi**
It was the strangest thing.
**[03:51] Hiiragi**
Those bottles hold a clear liquid, like water,
**[03:52] Sign**
The Star of
Asakusa
**[03:52] Sign**
The Star of
Asakusa
**[03:52] Sign**
The Star of
Asakusa
**[03:52] Sign**
The Star of
Asakusa
**[03:54] Hiiragi**
yet no matter how much I drink,
I remain thirsty.
**[03:57] Hiiragi**
It just doesn't make sense.
**[03:59] Kokona**
Ah, so you drank too much.
**[04:02] Shizuka**
Now that you mention it,
she does reek of alcohol.
**[04:04] Shizuka**
Kokona, let's get some air in here!
**[04:06] Kokona**
Right!
**[04:11] Hiiragi**
I heard that you've been visiting
various troupes these past few days.
**[04:16] Kokona**
I have! I've been visiting an improv
troupe with Kathrina-chan
**[04:19] Kokona**
where we can participate on the fly.
**[04:22] Kokona**
We're actually going again today.
**[04:25] Hiiragi**
That sounds fun.
**[04:27] Kokona**
It is!
**[04:28] Kokona**
Ever since *Arabian Knights*,
I've fallen even more in love with acting!
**[04:32] Kokona**
It's just so much fun!
**[04:35] Niizuma**
Must be nice...
**[04:38] Niizuma**
If I didn't have summer vacation
homework, I could've joined you...
**[04:42] Kokona**
Yae-chan?!
**[04:44] Hiiragi**
What homework do you have today?
**[04:45] Niizuma**
It's calligraphy, so I came by
to have Shamo-san teach me.
**[04:49] Niizuma**
Tomorrow, I have sewing for home ec.
The day after that, I have kanji drills...
**[04:55] Shizuka**
I guess grade-schoolers
have their own troubles.
**[05:04] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan! We should get going.
**[05:07] Kathrina**
No way!
**[05:08] Kokona**
What's up, Kathrina-chan?
**[05:10] Shizuka**
Is something the matter?
**[05:12] Kathrina**
M-My mama just said... she's in Asakusa.
**[05:18] Kokona**
Mama?
**[05:19] Shizuka**
Your mama?
**[05:20] Shizuka**
Y-You don't mean...
**[05:23] Randos**
Theresa Griebel is seriously here?!
**[05:25] Randos**
What's a World Dai Star doing in Asakusa?!
**[05:31] Kathrina**
Mama!
**[05:33] Theresa**
Kathrina!
***SIGN*** It's been so long. I've missed you!
***SIGN*** Me too, Mama.
**[05:46] Kokona**
S-So bright!
**[05:47] Shizuka**
That's a World Dai Star for you!
Her aura's on another level!
**[05:51] Kathrina**
It's just backlighting, you dummies.
**[05:53] Theresa**
Oh, my!
**[05:54] Theresa**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
I'm Theresa, Kathrina's mother.
**[05:59] Theresa**
You must be Kokona and Shizuka.
**[06:01] Theresa**
Kathrina's told me all about you.
**[06:02] Kokona**
Th-That's us.
**[06:04] Shizuka**
It's nice to meet you.
**[06:05] Theresa**
Wow!
**[06:06] Shizuka**
Huh?!
**[06:07] Theresa**
You can touch her and she can talk...
Is she really a Sense?
**[06:11] Shizuka**
U-Um...
**[06:20] Kathrina**
Mama?!
**[06:21] Kokona**
Theresa-san?!
**[06:23] Theresa**
Oh, I'm sorry. I was just so curious.
**[06:27] Theresa**
What a curious Sense.
Will wonders never cease?
**[06:36] Kokona**
Dugong-chan?
**[06:38] Theresa**
Who's this little one?
**[06:39] Kokona**
Um... sort of a pet that belongs to SIRIUS.
Maybe more like a mascot.
**[06:44] Kokona**
Meet Dugong-chan.
**[06:48] Kokona**
Dugong-chan tagged along when we
said we'd be meeting you.
**[06:52] Kathrina**
Be careful. That rodent bites.
**[06:55] Theresa**
I see...
**[07:09] Theresa**
I guess the little critter likes me!
**[07:11] Shizuka**
Totally wrapped around your finger...
**[07:13] Kathrina**
You little rodent...
**[07:16] Kokona**
World class...
**[07:19] Kathrina**
So, why did you suddenly come to Japan?
You're pretty busy, Mama.
**[07:24] Theresa**
Well, I got some free time
and wanted to see my daughter.
**[07:29] Kathrina**
Is that the only reason?
**[07:31] Theresa**
Yes. Though sadly, I have
to leave tomorrow morning.
**[07:35] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[07:36] Theresa**
Oh, I know!
**[07:38] Theresa**
Do you girls know a lot about Asakusa?
**[07:41] Kokona**
Oh, yeah.
**[07:42] Theresa**
Then could you show me around?
**[07:44] Theresa**
It'd be a waste to come all the way to Japan
and not do anything touristy.
**[07:48] Shizuka**
Right now?!
**[07:49] Theresa**
So with that settled, let's go!
**[07:53] Kathrina**
I see you're as pushy as ever.
**[08:06] Sign**
Kaminarimon
**[08:06] Theresa**
Okay, smile!
**[08:11] Kokona**
Why are we wearing yukatas?
**[08:12] Theresa**
Because we look cute in them.
**[08:15] Shizuka**
People are *really* staring...
**[08:18] Kathrina**
Well, there's a World Dai Star here.
What do you expect?
**[08:21] Theresa**
Come now! There's no time to waste relaxing.
**[08:25] Theresa**
Where are we going next?
**[08:27] Kokona**
Well, if you want the
real Asakusa experience...
**[08:30] Kokona**
This!
***SIGN*** How traditional!
**[08:39] Theresa**
Goemon!
**[08:42] Fan**
Theresa-san! Can I get a picture, please?
**[08:45] Theresa**
Oh, sure!
**[08:47] SP**
*Was*?
**[08:48] Theresa**
As long as you don't mind these
future Dai Stars joining me!
**[09:00] Kokona**
There we go.
**[09:12] Sign**
Asakusa Hanayashiki
**[09:12] Sign**
Asakusa Gate
**[09:23] Sign**
Flower
**[09:23] Sign**
Flower
**[09:23] Sign**
Flower
**[09:23] Sign**
Flower
**[09:23] Sign**
Flower
**[09:23] Sign**
Flower
**[09:25] Sign**
Shooting Gallery
**[09:25] Sign**
Ring Toss
**[09:39] Girl**
Over here!
**[09:45] Sign**
SIRIUS SENTO
**[09:46] Niizuma**
They're doing touristy things in Asakusa?
**[09:49] Hiiragi**
Yes.
**[09:50] Hiiragi**
I imagine Theresa-san is dragging
Kokona and Shizuka around too.
**[09:53] Panda**
Oh, it's for real.
**[09:55] Panda**
It's trending all over social media.
"A World Dai Star appears!"
**[10:00] Sign**
World Dai Star
-Yae Niizuma
**[10:00] Niizuma**
I wish I could've met Theresa-san, too.
**[10:04] Hiiragi**
She contacted us saying that she
wanted a tour of SIRIUS,
**[10:07] Hiiragi**
so you can meet her later.
**[10:08] Niizuma**
Then let's head to SIRIUS immediately!
**[10:11] Shamo**
You need to do your homework first.
**[10:14] Niizuma**
Okay...
**[10:15] Panda**
I need to concentrate on my work, too.
**[10:19] Panda**
"SIRIUS girls enjoying their day off!"
**[10:22] Panda**
Take that, antis! Behold my cuteness!
**[10:27] Sign**
Got us some dinner
**[10:28] Panda**
"Got us some dinner"?
**[10:31] Panda**
The heck happened to surfing?
**[10:34] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[10:40] Theresa**
That was so much fun!
**[10:42] Theresa**
Thank you, Kokona and Shizuka.
**[10:45] Kokona**
No problem...
**[10:46] Shizuka**
Theresa-san, you didn't sweat at all...
in spite of the heat.
**[10:51] Kathrina**
World Dai Stars don't sweat.
That's what my mama told me.
**[10:56] Shizuka**
She's *definitely* lying to you about that.
**[10:59] Kokona**
But she's so beautiful that
I'd actually believe it!
**[11:05] Kathrina**
Yeah.
**[11:14] Kathrina**
I thought I'd be just like her immediately...
**[11:20] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan?
**[11:21] Kathrina**
N-Never mind!
**[11:28] Hiiragi**
We've been waiting for you, Theresa-san.
**[11:31] Hiiragi**
I'm Noa Hiiragi. It's an honor to meet you.
**[11:34] Theresa**
Thank you for looking after my daughter.
**[11:38] Theresa**
Our troupe extended an invitation to you,
but I guess you turned us down.
**[11:43] Theresa**
I'm sad I can't perform with you.
**[11:46] Hiiragi**
I didn't think I was ready for it yet.
**[11:51] Theresa**
I see.
**[11:53] Theresa**
Is Shamo here?
**[11:54] Hiiragi**
She's inside.
**[12:01] Theresa**
Shamo!
**[12:03] Theresa**
Shamo! Shamo! Shamo! Shamo! Shamo!
**[12:06] Shamo**
It's been ages, Theresa.
**[12:08] Theresa**
I missed you so much!
**[12:10] Shamo**
I've missed you too. How long *has* it been?
**[12:14] Theresa**
Since before I married Tobias, so...
**[12:17] Theresa**
Since we costarred in *A Midsummer
Night's Dream* in Paris!
**[12:20] Theresa**
I played Puck and you played Titania!
**[12:23] Shamo**
What lovely memories.
**[12:26] Shamo**
I clearly remember you throwing a fit
because *you* wanted to be Titania.
**[12:31] Theresa**
I could play the role beautifully now,
**[12:33] Theresa**
but I still can't live up to your Titania.
**[12:36] Panda**
Yeesh, she's definitely a World Dai Star!
Her aura's intense!
**[12:41] Niizuma**
Super intense!
**[12:42] Kathrina**
Is that what the kids say these days?
**[12:47] Sasuga**
I came back in a rush.
**[12:50] Sasuga**
Which do you think she'd like best as a gift?
**[12:54] Kokona**
U-Uh...
**[12:55] Shizuka**
Maybe you should cook them first.
**[13:04] Theresa**
This is a lovely stage
that's hosted many actors.
**[13:07] Theresa**
I can feel its history.
**[13:09] Shamo**
Your daughter's also working hard right now.
**[13:12] Theresa**
Yes.
**[13:14] Theresa**
Thank you for letting her join your troupe.
**[13:17] Shamo**
Kathrina's talent is what got her in,
**[13:20] Shamo**
though she seems to be having
some growing pains now.
**[13:26] Niizuma**
Excuse me.
**[13:28] Niizuma**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
My name is Yae Niizuma.
**[13:32] Theresa**
Yae! I saw your performance!
**[13:35] Niizuma**
Huh?!
**[13:36] Theresa**
As Princess Kaguya and the Genie of the Lamp.
**[13:39] Theresa**
Your closing show for *Arabian Nights*
was especially magnificent.
**[13:43] Niizuma**
I-I'm honored...
**[13:47] Kokona**
So, um... We have a favor
to ask you, Theresa-san.
**[13:52] Theresa**
What is it? An autograph? Sure.
**[13:54] Kokona**
I'd love one! But...
**[13:57] Niizuma**
Even just for a second...
could we see you perform?
**[14:03] Theresa**
Me?
**[14:05] Kokona**
Yes! We wanted to see
a World Dai Star's acting live.
**[14:09] Kokona**
Please!
**[14:11] Niizuma**
Please!
**[14:16] Theresa**
Hmm...
**[14:24] Theresa**
If Noa will do it with me, sure.
**[14:28] All**
Huh?!
**[14:29] Sasuga**
The boss and Theresa-san are
going to perform together?
**[14:32] Panda**
That's too epic!
**[14:37] Niizuma**
Hiiragi-san...
**[14:38] Kokona**
Please, Hiiragi-san!
**[14:47] Hiiragi**
All right, just one scene.
**[14:51] Girls**
Yay! That's amazing!
**[14:58] Kokona**
I wonder what they're going to perform.
**[15:23] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
I'm the one who brought you here
**[15:26] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
so that we could indulge
this passion together.
**[15:30] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
Your heart is under my control.
**[15:35] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
You can never turn back.
**[15:41] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
You can never even glance back at the past.
**[15:47] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
Give yourself to me.
**[15:50] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
What kind of desires will burn through us?
**[15:53] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
What kind of sweet temptations await us?
**[15:59] Theresa (Christine)**
You were guiding me,
though I understood nothing...
**[16:04] Theresa (Christine)**
Yet now I am here with you.
**[16:07] Theresa (Christine)**
I will never turn back.
**[16:09] Theresa (Christine)**
It's finally begun... our passion play!
**[16:18] Hiiragi (Phantom) and Theresa (Christine)**
It'll burn through us!
**[16:32] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
This is our final play!
**[16:34] Theresa (Christine)**
The curtain rises!
**[16:34] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
The final play!
**[16:35] Theresa (Christine)**
The final performance draws near!
**[16:38] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
We can no longer turn back, Christine.
**[16:45] Theresa (Christine)**
Phantom...
**[16:47] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
What's your next line?
**[16:50] Theresa (Christine)**
Why...?
**[16:52] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
I should be the one to play Don Juan.
**[17:02] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
Come... Let us fall to hell together!
**[17:13] Theresa**
I think that's about enough.
**[17:15] Hiiragi**
Sure.
**[17:25] Panda**
Oh, crap... I seriously thought I
was at the opera house for a second.
**[17:29] Sasuga**
Me too, even without a set or costumes.
**[17:33] Niizuma**
My heart is pounding!
**[17:35] Shizuka**
So that's how a World Dai Star performs...
**[17:38] Kathrina**
She really is amazing.
**[17:40] Kokona**
Hiiragi-san was amazing, too.
**[17:42] Kokona**
I think she was playing her part
so we'd all be looking at Theresa-san.
**[17:47] Kokona**
She was truly like a phantom.
**[17:49] Kokona**
But right there at the end...
**[17:54] Kokona (Phantom)**
Come! Let us fall to hell together!
**[18:00] Kokona**
Something like that.
**[18:02] Panda**
You sure got guts to imitate
that right after seeing it.
**[18:05] Sasuga**
Nerves of orichalcum.
**[18:07] Kokona**
Huh?
**[18:07] Kokona**
U-U-Uh, I just...
**[18:13] Theresa**
It seems your Sense helps bring out
the performance of your costars.
**[18:18] Theresa**
Thanks to you, I was able to give
a show close to the original.
**[18:21] Theresa**
I appreciate it.
**[18:22] Hiiragi**
It was nothing.
**[18:23] Hiiragi**
I got to experience what it's like to work
with a World Dai Star's Sense again.
**[18:29] Hiiragi**
It's so far away...
**[18:31] Theresa**
The more you understand yourself,
the more your Sense will evolve.
**[18:35] Theresa**
I'll be waiting until then.
**[18:43] Theresa**
This was such a fun day.
**[18:46] Theresa**
Thank you so much for spending
it with me, Kathrina.
**[18:49] Kathrina**
You're not going to say anything?
**[18:52] Kathrina**
I thought you came here to scold me for
what a disappointment I've been.
**[18:56] Kathrina**
I've done nothing of note
even after performing
**[19:00] Kathrina**
in *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*,
*Arabian Nights*, and *Romeo and Juliet*.
**[19:05] Kathrina**
I'm only getting attention because I'm
the daughter of a World Dai Star.
**[19:09] Kathrina**
I haven't left any deeper
impression than that...
**[19:15] Kathrina**
Even though Kokona has.
**[19:19] Theresa**
But you haven't been
cutting corners, have you?
**[19:22] Kathrina**
No.
**[19:23] Theresa**
Then I don't see a problem.
**[19:25] Theresa**
You're doing your best.
**[19:28] Kathrina**
You think so?
**[19:32] Theresa**
The reason I came to SIRIUS is to discuss
the future of Kathrina Griebel's work.
**[19:38] Kathrina**
My work?
**[19:40] Theresa**
You've received a number
of offers from various troupes.
**[19:43] Kathrina**
Huh?
**[19:45] Theresa**
They've seen your SIRIUS performances.
**[19:48] Theresa**
They know about your mishap in
Germany, but they still want you.
**[19:54] Kathrina**
B-But that's so sudden...
**[19:57] Theresa**
Opportunities appear all the time
before you're actually ready.
**[20:03] Theresa**
Is there a reason you have to stay here?
**[20:06] Theresa**
I'll get you the papers
from the troupes later.
**[20:09] Theresa**
Give me your answer by the
time I leave Japan tomorrow.
**[20:13] Theresa**
I'll honor your wishes, no matter what.
**[20:42] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan?
**[20:55] Sign**
I'll become a Dai Star at SIRIUS
**[22:40] Kudo**
Our next performance will be
our last chance this year
**[22:44] Kudo**
to get the World Theatre League
to recognize a Dai Star.
**[22:48] Kudo**
Still, we've never had so much trouble
deciding on our fall show before.
**[22:53] Kudo**
The reasonable decision is to go with Yae.
**[22:55] Kudo**
Her acting skills are...
**[22:58] Panda**
But Panda's not too shabby either.
**[23:01] Panda**
I mean, she's so adorable, her Sense is
super awesome, and she's got plenty of fans.
**[23:04] Panda**
We'll just have to go with Panda!
**[23:07] Sasuga**
I'd really like that, myself.
**[23:10] Panda**
Don't take me seriously!
**[23:12] Kudo**
What should we do?
**[23:18] Hiiragi**
Our upcoming fall production will be...
**[23:21] Hiiragi**
*The Phantom of the Opera*.
**[23:25] Hiiragi**
And we'll be holding auditions
for the role of the Phantom.
**[23:35] Sign**
Tenth Stage
**[23:35] Sign**
Everyone's Phantoms
**[23:35] Kokona**
Next time: "Everyone's Phantoms."
# E10 - Everyone's Phantoms
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**[00:02] Hiiragi**
We'll be holding auditions for the Phantom.
**[00:03] Sign**
Do not open
**[00:06] Hiiragi**
This time, everyone here will
get a shot at the role.
**[00:10] Terahara**
The Phantom... She means *the* Phantom, right?
**[00:13] Kamiyashiki**
I can't do it. There's no way
I can play that role.
**[00:16] Hiiragi**
Anyone who wants to try for the Phantom—
**[00:18] Panda**
Hiiragi-san!
**[00:20] Panda**
I want to audition!
**[00:24] Panda**
**The Phantom of the Opera *is one of
SIRIUS's trademark productions.*
**[00:29] Panda**
*I can't pass up on an opportunity like this!*
**[00:32] Sasuga**
If Panda's in, so am I.
**[00:35] Kathrina**
Naturally, I'll be auditioning too.
**[00:37] Group**
What? No way...
**[00:40] Group**
I can't believe it.
**[00:42] Group**
Yae-chan?!
**[00:43] Group**
It can't be...
**[00:45] Niizuma**
I'd like to audition, too.
**[00:48] Terahara**
No way. Yae playing the Phantom?
**[00:50] Kamiyashiki**
I figured she'd try for Christine.
**[00:53] Panda**
*So that's how it's gonna be, huh?*
**[00:56] Panda**
*Still, no matter who I'm up against...*
**[00:59] Sasuga**
*I absolutely...*
**[01:00] Kathrina**
*...will not lose.*
**[01:03] Hiiragi**
Anyone else?
**[01:12] Hiiragi**
I guess that's our pool—
**[01:14] Kokona**
Please wait!
**[01:18] Kokona**
I'd also like a chance
**[01:20] Kokona**
to be the Phantom!
**[01:35] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:53] Sign**
Everyone's Phantoms
**[02:54] Hiiragi**
Panda, Chisa, Yae, Kathrina, Kokona.
**[03:00] Hiiragi**
You five will be auditioning.
**[03:02] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[03:03] Kudo**
We'll then decide the supporting roles
**[03:05] Kudo**
based around the one playing the lead.
**[03:10] Hiiragi**
The audition will be in a week.
**[03:12] Hiiragi**
You're free to do as you like until then.
**[03:14] Hiiragi**
That's all for today.
**[03:16] All**
Thank you very much.
**[03:23] Shizuka**
We're going to be really busy.
**[03:25] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[03:26] Kathrina**
Do you have a minute?
**[03:28] Kathrina**
I want to talk to you about something.
**[03:30] Kathrina**
Just the two of us, Kokona.
**[03:32] Kokona**
Huh?
**[03:33] Shizuka**
Don't worry about me.
I'll review the script in the meantime.
**[03:38] Kokona**
Okay.
**[03:39] Kokona**
I'll see you in a bit, then.
**[03:39] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[03:42] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[03:46] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[03:55] Kokona**
What did you want to
talk about, Kathrina-chan?
**[03:58] Kathrina**
Kokona. How do you see me?
**[04:02] Kokona**
Huh? How do I see you?
**[04:06] Kokona**
I think you look cute. It really suits you.
**[04:08] Kokona**
Your rehearsal outfit, I mean.
**[04:10] Kathrina**
I'm not talking about fashion!
**[04:12] Kathrina**
I'm asking about my acting.
**[04:13] Kokona**
Your acting?
**[04:16] Kathrina**
I'll just say it.
**[04:18] Kathrina**
I'm envious of you, Kokona.
**[04:22] Kokona**
Huh?
**[04:23] Kathrina**
You just keep growing.
**[04:26] Kathrina**
It's blinding to look at.
**[04:28] Kathrina**
I don't want to lose to you.
**[04:30] Kathrina**
I can't.
**[04:32] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan...
**[04:35] Kathina**
Let's have a fair match.
**[04:37] Kathina**
Let's see who can take the role
of the Phantom... as rivals.
**[04:47] Kokona**
Okay. I won't lose.
**[05:04] Shizuka**
Nineteenth century Paris.
**[05:06] Shizuka**
Strange rumors are afoot
about the opera house.
**[05:10] Shizuka**
A shadowy figure darts through the darkness.
**[05:13] Shizuka**
A ghost who makes no sound,
dressed as a gentleman all in black,
**[05:21] Shizuka**
appears out of nowhere.
**[05:24] Shizuka**
He has a skull for a face.
Is he human or a devil?
**[05:27] Shizuka**
Such rumors surrounding the Phantom
all have the ring of truth.
**[05:33] Shizuka**
Christine is still a yet unknown singer
**[05:36] Shizuka**
who lends her voice to the opera house's
prima donna, Carlotta.
**[05:41] Shizuka**
The production is a huge success.
**[05:46] Shizuka**
But all the praise goes
to Christine's singing.
**[05:50] Shizuka**
Frustrated, Carlotta begins spreading
bad rumors about Christine.
**[05:56] Shizuka**
Christine finds out about this
and is deeply hurt by it.
**[06:02] Shizuka**
Then there's an accident.
**[06:20] Shizuka**
Christine has a sensational debut.
**[06:23] Shizuka**
Her voice charms Raoul, her childhood friend
who happens to be in the crowd.
**[06:32] Shizuka**
They reunite and rekindle
**[06:34] Shizuka**
their romantic feelings for one another
from their younger days.
**[06:38] Shizuka**
But the Phantom cannot
allow them to be together...
**[06:45] Shizuka**
for *he* was the one who'd awoken
Christine's vocal talent.
**[06:56] Shizuka**
Driven mad by jealousy,
**[06:59] Shizuka**
the Phantom kidnaps Christine
and heads deep into the abyss.
**[07:04] Shizuka**
Some of this is definitely
a departure from the original,
**[07:08] Shizuka**
but the Phantom is fundamentally the same.
**[07:12] Shizuka**
The key here is how to portray
the anger and solitude
**[07:15] Shizuka**
the Phantom feels being shunned
by society for his hideous face.
**[07:25] Shizuka**
No one will love me.
No one understands me.
**[07:32] Shizuka**
I shall channel my rage into song!
**[07:35] Shizuka**
As my heart wills!
**[07:37] Shizuka**
So that I may forget my loneliness!
**[07:44] Shizuka**
Music? It must be the opera.
**[07:49] Shizuka**
I cannot stand the sound of it.
**[07:52] Shizuka**
Let me play!
**[07:54] Shizuka**
I'll give you a true opera!
**[07:56] Shizuka**
It should be *me*!
**[08:02] Shizuka**
No, that's impossible...
**[08:07] Shizuka**
I am but a shadow. A hideous monster.
**[08:19] Shizuka**
Yae-chan?
**[08:21] Niizuma**
The Phantom's étude of rage...
**[08:24] Niizuma**
That was magnificent.
**[08:26] sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[08:27] Niizuma**
We've only just received the scripts,
yet you're already so into the role.
**[08:32] Niizuma**
I must say, I'm a bit jealous.
**[08:35] Shizuka**
It's no big deal.
I've still got a ways to go.
**[08:38] Shizuka**
I need to delve even deeper
to really get into the Phantom.
**[08:44] Niizuma**
Won't you take part in the play, Shizuka-san?
**[08:47] Shizuka**
Huh?
**[08:48] Niizuma**
I mean, all of us
and the audience can see you,
**[08:53] Niizuma**
so I don't see the problem
with you performing.
**[08:58] Niizuma**
Don't you want to try to play the Phantom?
**[09:01] Niizuma**
When I saw you acting just now,
I could feel your yearning to be onstage.
**[09:06] Shizuka**
That'll never happen. I mean...
**[09:12] Shizuka**
I'm Kokona's Sense.
**[09:16] Niizuma**
I see...
**[09:21] Niizuma**
Would you mind reading some lines with me?
**[09:25] Shizuka**
Huh?
**[09:27] Niizuma**
I suddenly feel like I want to be
in this production with you.
**[09:32] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[09:37] Shizuka**
Sure.
**[09:39] Shizuka**
If you think I can do it.
**[09:44] Panda**
The Phantom and Raoul both fall for Christine,
and she doesn't know what to do!
**[09:49] Panda**
How unfair! I want to be loved too!
**[09:52] Sasuga**
I thought you wanted to be the Phantom, Panda.
**[09:55] Panda**
I do, but it'd also be fun to play Christine.
**[09:59] Panda**
We only got bit roles
the last time we did this show.
**[10:02] Sasuga**
We were just nameless ensemble characters.
**[10:05] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[10:06] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[10:07] Sasuga**
Playing the lead is nice, but the supporting
roles in the SIRIUS version are good too.
**[10:11] Panda**
I know, right?
**[10:13] Panda**
In the original story, the ballerina
Sorelli doesn't stand out too much,
**[10:17] Panda**
but she's a key character here.
**[10:20] Sasuga**
She's Christine's best friend and the only
one who knows about the Phantom's past.
**[10:25] Panda**
Carlotta's also pretty dramatized, too.
**[10:28] Panda**
The audience is supposed to despise her,
but she has a humanity to her
**[10:32] Panda**
that makes her hard to hate. It's great.
**[10:34] Sasuga**
I'm sure you could make her cute.
**[10:37] Panda**
I think you'd be a decent Sorelli, Sassu.
**[10:39] Panda**
It's basically a storyteller-type role,
**[10:41] Panda**
and you're really convincing when
you're on the stage by yourself.
**[10:47] Panda and Sasuga**
Hmm...
**[10:51] Sign**
Audition for the Phantom role
in 7 days!!
**[10:51] Panda**
We were supposed to be
thinking about the Phantom.
**[10:55] Sasuga**
Yeah.
**[10:56] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[11:07] Niizuma**
I guess that about does it.
**[11:08] Shizuka**
I feel like I'm starting to see it.
**[11:10] Niizuma**
I think I'm starting to get the role, too.
**[11:13] Shizuka**
Thanks, Yae-chan.
**[11:15] Niizuma**
I should be thanking you.
**[11:17] Shizuka**
I want to try this with Kokona immediately!
**[11:24] Niizuma**
I need to go deeper...
**[11:26] Niizuma**
to become one with the Phantom.
**[11:32] Niizuma**
* The Phantom's parents abandoned*
* him when he was young,*
**[11:35] Niizuma**
* selling him to a freak show*
* where he lived a horrible life.*
**[11:43] Niizuma**
*They worked him ragged every single day,*
**[11:46] Niizuma**
*and the drunken promoter would beat him.*
**[11:50] Niizuma**
*He lost the will to live.*
**[11:56] Niizuma**
*It was Sorelli who saved him.*
**[12:01] Niizuma**
* She secreted the Phantom away*
* to the basement of the opera house.*
**[12:06] Niizuma**
*That was where he came to know opera*
**[12:10] Niizuma**
*and fell in love with Christine's singing.*
**[12:21] Niizuma**
I've still got so far to go...
**[12:24] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
What are you doing in my seat?
**[12:30] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
The fifth box at the
opera house belongs to me.
**[12:35] Hiiragi (Phantom)**
No one else is allowed to sit here.
**[12:38] Niizuma**
But SIRIUS allows people up here sometimes!
**[12:42] Hiiragi**
SIRIUS's Phantom is rather generous.
**[12:45] Niizuma**
Glad to hear it.
**[12:51] Hiiragi**
What made you decide to audition?
**[12:55] Niizuma**
Just like when I asked to play the Genie,
**[12:58] Niizuma**
I wanted to challenge myself.
**[13:00] Niizuma**
To try for a role so unlike me.
**[13:03] Hiiragi**
Every true actor wants to play a role
completely unlike themselves.
**[13:09] Niizuma**
Hiiragi-san, what do you want
to see in this audition?
**[13:16] Hiiragi**
The potential of Senses.
**[13:19] Hiiragi**
The clashing of your Senses
might give rise to something.
**[13:25] Hiiragi**
A performance far beyond what I could reach...
**[13:30] Niizuma**
I knew it.
Now I *really* can't lose this audition.
**[13:36] Hiiragi**
I'm looking forward to it.
**[13:39] Niizuma**
If you had been the Phantom, Hiiragi-san...
**[13:43] Niizuma**
I would've loved to be your Christine.
**[13:48] Hiiragi**
Thank you.
**[14:00] Shizuka**
How was that?
**[14:01] Kokona**
I mean, it was amazing.
**[14:04] Kokona**
I could really feel the Phantom's
rage and loneliness.
**[14:07] Kokona**
But...
**[14:11] Shizuka**
You're not satisfied with this performance?
**[14:14] Kokona**
N-No, that's not it!
**[14:16] Kokona**
But I think there might be a
different way to approach it.
**[14:21] Shizuka**
A different way?
**[14:22] Kokona**
Yeah. When I read the script,
the Phantom I envisioned
**[14:26] Kokona**
was sitting all alone in the dark,
hugging his knees.
**[14:30] Kokona**
He was so lonely and desperate.
**[14:35] Kokona**
I'm sure he just wanted
to be loved by someone.
**[14:44] Phantom (Kokona)**
I always have the same dream...
**[14:46] Phantom (Kokona)**
I'm walking under the sun
with nothing to hide.
**[14:50] Phantom (Kokona)**
I can dine out like normal people do.
**[14:54] Phantom (Kokona)**
I go to mass on Sundays and pray to God.
**[14:58] Phantom (Kokona)**
No matter how unsightly I am,
I still seek the light.
**[15:03] Shizuka**
* Playing the Phantom as a man*
* who's filled with dreams is...*
**[15:07] Kokona**
That wasn't exactly great,
but how about something like that?
**[15:14] Kokona**
Oh, but your version was much more like
**[15:17] Kokona**
the classic *Phantom of the Opera*.
**[15:20] Kokona**
Maybe we should go with that instead...
**[15:22] Shizuka**
No.
**[15:23] Kokona**
Huh?
**[15:25] Shizuka**
We should portray your Phantom, Kokona.
**[15:29] Kokona**
But...
**[15:31] Shizuka**
If we don't, we won't get this role.
**[15:35] Kokona**
Huh?
**[15:40] Kathrina**
* The most important part of playing*
* the Phantom is his negative emotions.*
**[15:45] Kathrina**
* The rage and loneliness he feels*
* from being shunned from society*
**[15:48] Kathrina**
* turn into madness*
* as he descends into the abyss.*
**[16:04] Shizuka**
She's able to figure out how she wants
to play roles all by herself now...
**[16:16] Panda**
You want to observe?
**[16:18] Panda**
Yeah, that's totally fine.
We have nothing to hide.
**[16:23] Sasuga**
Come on in.
**[16:27] Terahara (Christine)**
"Phantom"? Is that your name?
**[16:31] Sasuga (Phantom)**
Yes, that's what my mother called me.
**[16:36] Sasuga (Phantom)**
Let us eat. I just got
some excellent red wine.
**[16:40] Kokona**
*The Phantom and Christine's meeting...*
**[16:41] Terahara (Christine)**
Why do you wear a mask?
**[16:43] Sasuga (Phantom)**
One who can't hide their pain
with a mask of smiles
**[16:46] Sasuga (Phantom)**
nor their delight with a mask of indifference
cannot consider themselves a true Parisian.
**[16:52] Sasuga (Phantom)**
Let's just say it's for my amusement.
**[16:55] Kokona**
She's so cool!
**[16:57] Shizuka**
* Her Phantom is an elegant gentleman*
* despite the loneliness he feels.*
**[17:01] Shizuka**
* Anyone else trying a stylish Phantom*
* would be at a disadvantage.*
**[17:06] Kudo**
Next, Panda and Kamiyashiki.
**[17:08] Panda and Kamiyashiki**
Right!
**[17:12] Kamiyashiki (Christine)**
Is this like a masquerade, then?
**[17:15] Panda (Phantom)**
Indeed.
**[17:17] Panda (Phantom)**
There are things in this world that
you're better off not knowing.
**[17:21] Kamiyashiki (Christine)**
But I want to know...
**[17:24] Kamiyashiki (Christine)**
more about you.
**[17:25] Panda (Phantom)**
Don't touch me!
**[17:28] Panda (Phantom)**
Listen well. If you want to live
here in peace, do not anger me.
**[17:35] Shizuka**
* She's playing the Phantom*
* exactly as he's written.*
**[17:37] Shizuka**
*And with Panda's Sense,*
**[17:40] Shizuka**
* she can give the judges*
* exactly what they want.*
**[17:44] Kokona**
Their Phantoms were really something!
**[17:47] Kokona**
It's the same role,
but they made it totally different!
**[17:49] Shizuka**
Now's not the time to be impressed.
**[17:52] Shizuka**
You have to beat both of them!
**[17:55] Shizuka**
Next up, Yae-chan and Kathrina are going
to be rehearsing on stage, so let's go watch.
**[18:00] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[18:02] [SONG] Niizuma (Christine)**
Two shadows overlap as this melody wavers
**[18:07] [SONG] Niizuma (Christine)**
Until we fall into the abyss
**[18:11] [SONG] Niizuma (Christine)**
I will swear myself to you for eternity
**[18:11] Shizuka**
*Her Sense is always incredible.*
**[18:15] [SONG] Niizuma (Christine)**
Even our sins can be hidden
**[18:15] Shizuka**
* We need a way to hold our own*
* that isn't through song.*
**[18:18] [SONG] Niizuma (Christine)**
In this masquerade
**[18:30] Niizuma**
Kathrina-san?
**[18:33] Niizuma**
I hope you don't mind me
using the stage before you.
**[18:37] Kathrina**
Hey, would you read lines with me?
**[18:43] Shizuka**
They're...
**[18:46] Kokona**
Yae-chan's playing Christine?
**[18:49] Niizuma**
I'm ready whenever you are.
**[18:51] Kathrina**
Then let's do act 1, scene 9,
starting from when Christine wakes up.
**[19:01] Niizuma (Christine)**
Who are you?
**[19:04] Niizuma (Christine)**
An angel? Or a demon?
**[19:09] Niizuma (Christine)**
I want to know more about you.
**[19:12] Niizuma (Christine)**
Because you gave my song wings...
**[19:16] Niizuma (Christine)**
I want to get to know you.
**[19:21] Kathrina (Phantom)**
You chose to come here.
**[19:25] Kathrina (Phantom)**
There's no turning back now!
**[19:26] Niizuma (Christine)**
I'm sorry! I—
**[19:29] Niizuma**
Huh?
**[19:35] Shizuka**
* Did she just... predict what*
* Yae-chan would do next?*
**[19:38] Hiiragi**
* The effectiveness of her Sense*
* has increased exponentially.*
**[19:42] Kathrina (Phantom)**
Take a good look at my
hideous face, Christine...
**[19:46] Kathrina (Phantom)**
This repulsive visage
burned by the flames of hell!
**[19:50] Kathrina (Phantom)**
Now you understand, don't you?
**[19:52] Kathrina (Phantom)**
I am no angel. I am the Phantom
of the Opera that you all fear.
**[20:03] Hiiragi**
*She upstaged Yae.*
**[20:15] Panda**
Kathrin...
**[20:19] Hiiragi**
* She took the rage and loneliness*
* the Phantom held within for years*
**[20:24] Hiiragi**
*and turned it into madness.*
**[20:26] Shizuka**
*That isn't a facade. It's real acting.*
**[20:31] Shizuka**
*Seeing this just...*
**[20:34] Niizuma**
*Don't you want to try to play the Phantom?*
**[20:42] Shizuka**
*This feeling...*
**[20:50] Kathrina**
Thank you for playing Christine.
**[20:54] Niizuma**
Kathrina-san, you—
**[20:55] Kathrina**
Stay away!
**[20:57] Kathrina**
The Phantom is still inside of me.
**[21:18] Kokona**
Everyone was so amazing.
**[21:21] Kokona**
Especially Kathrina-chan's Phantom.
**[21:26] Kokona**
I wonder how I can play a role like that.
**[21:34] Kokona**
I'm pretty sure my Phantom
isn't what the audience wants.
**[21:40] Shizuka**
Care for a little trip?
**[21:42] Kokona**
Huh?
**[21:44] Shizuka**
There's somewhere I want to go.
**[21:46] Kokona**
We can go after the audition—
**[21:47] Shizuka**
It has to be right now.
**[21:51] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan?
**[21:56] Shizuka**
I have to tell you something important.
**[23:34] Sign**
Eleventh Stage
**[23:34] Sign**
Our Promise
**[23:36] Kokona**
Next time: "Our Promise."
# E11 - Our Promise
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZNQPE/our-promise)
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**[00:02] Sign**
The Deep Blue Sea Is Everyone's Treasure
**[00:10] Kokona**
Wow!
**[00:12] Kokona**
We haven't even been away six months,
but this is so nostalgic.
**[00:16] Kokona**
I feel so relaxed now.
**[00:18] Kokona**
But should we really be here?
The audition is tomorrow...
**[00:23] Shizuka**
This is necessary, though.
**[00:25] Kokona**
Huh?
**[00:27] Shizuka**
Do you remember when you first said you
wanted to become a World Dai Star?
**[00:33] Kokona**
Um...
**[00:35] Kokona**
I think it was about when
I graduated middle school.
**[00:38] Kokona**
I wrote it on my future plans survey at school
**[00:40] Kokona**
and my teacher looked so done with me.
**[00:43] Kokona**
Oh, but I might've told
someone in class before that...
**[00:49] Kokona**
Huh?
**[00:51] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
I'm going to be a World Dai Star!
**[00:54] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
That's what I want to be!
**[00:58] Kokona**
I told someone even before that...
**[01:03] Shizuka**
Well, I figured you didn't remember, but...
**[01:08] Shizuka**
I'll tell you what you're missing, Kokona.
**[01:11] Kokona**
Huh?
**[01:17] Shizuka**
The great age of theater...
**[01:20] Shizuka**
This is the story of how to make
one girl's dream come true.
**[01:39] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[02:57] Sign**
Our Promise
**[03:02] Shizuka**
There was once a town
that was the beating heart of theater.
**[03:06] Shizuka**
A town where actors and actresses
played all kinds of roles,
**[03:10] Shizuka**
bringing countless stories to life.
**[03:15] Shizuka**
A certain young girl lived there as well.
**[03:20] Shizuka**
She loved picture books and the
stories her parents would tell her.
**[03:25] Shizuka**
Eventually, she would become a storyteller
too and try various roles herself.
**[03:31] Kokona**
That's...
**[03:34] Shizuka**
That was when the girl first saw...
**[03:37] Shizuka**
a production put on by
actors called Dai Stars.
**[03:45] Shizuka**
From that moment on,
she was captivated by the stage.
**[03:51] Shizuka**
She went to the theater over and over
**[03:54] Shizuka**
and reenacted the plays she saw there.
**[03:57] Shizuka**
Sometimes, she was a knight
who swore fealty to the king.
**[04:01] Shizuka**
Others, she was a young man madly in love.
**[04:07] Shizuka**
She'd get too into her role on occasion
**[04:09] Shizuka**
and cause trouble for the people around her.
**[04:13] Shizuka**
Those were fun and happy days for her...
**[04:16] Shizuka**
But they didn't last long.
**[04:20] Shizuka (Young Kokona)**
We're moving?
**[04:23] Shizuka (Young Kokona)**
Our house will be smaller than it is now?
**[04:27] Shizuka (Young Kokona)**
But why? What about theater?
**[04:31] Shizuka (Young Kokona)**
I see... The ocean?
**[04:35] Shizuka (Young Kokona)**
Yeah, that sounds fun.
**[04:39] Shizuka (Young Kokona)**
It's okay. I'll just go to see plays
by saving up my allowance.
**[04:47] Shizuka**
And so the girl arrived in a new town
where the sea and sky stretched out forever.
**[04:51] Shizuka**
The scenery was unfamiliar,
and so were the people.
**[04:55] Shizuka**
The theater was so far away,
**[04:59] Shizuka**
she had to take multiple trains to reach it.
**[05:02] Shizuka**
Her parents were busy and didn't
come home until late into the evenings.
**[05:08] Shizuka**
On top of that... she had trouble
making friends right away.
**[05:17] Shizuka**
She was bored to tears when she was alone.
**[05:23] Kokona**
That's right.
**[05:26] Kokona**
I...
**[05:59] Shizuka**
The little girl recalled the plays she'd seen
**[06:03] Shizuka**
and brought that dream world back to her,
one performance at a time.
**[06:13] Shizuka**
Day after day, she never tired of it.
**[06:19] Shizuka**
But being by yourself is a lonely thing.
**[06:28] Shizuka**
Then one day...
**[06:38] Kokona**
I remember now.
**[06:40] Shizuka**
We finally met.
**[06:43] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
Could you do that one more time?
**[06:49] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
You must like acting. I love it too!
**[06:56] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
Then let's do it together!
**[07:01] Kokona**
The first friend I made after moving here...
**[07:06] Kokona**
She wasn't anyone from school,
and I could only meet her here.
**[07:11] Kokona**
She loved acting,
knew all the plays I had seen,
**[07:16] Kokona**
and was a better actor than me.
**[07:19] Shizuka**
We always wanted the same roles,
and you'd always let me have them,
**[07:23] Shizuka**
just because you thought I'd play them better.
**[07:29] Kokona**
And my friend would always get mad.
**[07:32] Kokona**
She'd tell me I wouldn't be able to play
a part well if I kept lying about how I felt.
**[07:38] Kokona**
That's right...
**[07:40] Kokona**
How did I forget all of that?
**[07:44] Shizuka**
Maybe it was because
you couldn't control your Sense yet.
**[07:49] Shizuka**
Not to mention that *this* was
the stage we had to work with...
**[07:54] Kokona**
Stage... my Sense?
**[08:04] Shizuka**
I'm your Sense, Kokona.
**[08:06] Shizuka**
The partner you created because you
needed someone to perform with.
**[08:17] Shizuka**
And...
**[08:19] Shizuka**
The receptacle for the feelings you couldn't
sustain after you lost your confidence.
**[08:26] Kokona**
The feelings I couldn't sustain?
**[08:31] Shizuka**
I want to be on that stage.
**[08:34] Shizuka**
I want the best role.
I want to outshine everyone...
**[08:40] Shizuka**
Even if it means knocking other actors down!
**[08:44] Shizuka**
I'm totally better!
My performance was perfect!
**[08:48] Shizuka**
I want to be onstage more than anyone!
**[08:51] Shizuka**
So... why?!
**[08:56] Shizuka**
Why doesn't anyone see that?!
**[08:58] Kokona**
That's not what I—
**[08:59] Shizuka**
You *did* think it!
**[09:01] Shizuka**
I know your heart
better than anyone, Kokona.
**[09:07] Shizuka**
But it's okay to feel that way. You're an actor!
**[09:11] Shizuka**
Especially if you want
to become a World Dai Star.
**[09:16] Shizuka**
Don't forget those feelings.
**[09:19] Shizuka**
So...
**[09:21] Kokona**
Huh?
**[09:24] Shizuka**
I'm going to return these feelings to you.
**[09:29] Shizuka**
I can't take the stage,
so I shouldn't hold on to them.
**[09:34] Kokona**
No! I don't want them!
You keep them, Shizuka-chan!
**[09:37] Kokona**
I promise I'll play the roles
exactly how you tell me to!
**[09:40] Shizuka**
You can't beat Kathrina and the
others with half-hearted acting.
**[09:48] Kokona**
But... I'm scared.
**[09:52] Kokona**
This is too sudden...
**[09:54] Kokona**
Without you, Shizuka-chan, I...
**[09:58] Shizuka**
I told you from the start.
**[10:00] Shizuka**
This is the story of how you make
your dream come true, Kokona.
**[10:05] Shizuka**
I'm not the star, so my role ends here.
**[10:11] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan...
**[10:20] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan!
**[10:22] Shizuka**
*I know you can make it happen, Kokona.*
**[10:25] Shizuka**
*I can't wait to see your Phantom.*
**[10:46] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan...
**[11:03] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[11:20] Sasuga**
It's almost time for the audition.
**[11:22] Panda**
Yeah.
**[11:25] Panda**
Kathrin, how's your right eye doing?
**[11:29] Kathrina**
It's the worst.
**[11:34] Niizuma**
Kokona-san...
**[11:37] Hiiragi**
Are the four of you ready?
**[11:40] Hiiragi**
Kokona was supposed to go first,
**[11:42] Hiiragi**
but if she's not here in time,
she's not fit to play the role.
**[11:45] Hiiragi**
Kathrina, I know you're not in your
best condition, but are you ready?
**[11:49] Kathrina**
Yes, of course.
**[11:53] Hiiragi**
Then come up to the stage—
**[11:55] Kokona**
I'm sorry I'm late!
**[12:01] Kokona**
Please let me, Kokona Otori,
play the role of the Phantom.
**[12:14] Hiiragi**
You're always like this.
**[12:17] Hiiragi**
Kathrina, do you mind if Kokona goes first?
**[12:20] Kathrina**
That's fine. I'm the one who's
going to win in the end.
**[12:24] Hiiragi**
Kokona, you'll be docked
points for being late.
**[12:28] Hiiragi**
Do you still want to audition?
**[12:30] Kokona**
Yes! Please let me do this!
**[12:56] Kokona (Phantom)**
I always have the same dream...
**[13:00] Kokona (Phantom)**
I'm walking under the sun
with nothing to hide.
**[13:07] Kokona (Phantom)**
I can dine out like normal people do.
**[13:10] Panda**
* This is the scene where*
* Christine takes off his mask*
**[13:11] Kokona (Phantom)**
I go to mass on Sundays and pray to God.
**[13:13] Panda**
* and he becomes enraged but*
* also tells her how he feels.*
**[13:16] Kokona (Phantom)**
No matter how unsightly I am...
**[13:29] Shizuka**
*Being on a real stage was blinding.*
**[13:33] Shizuka**
*Kokona's growth was blinding.*
**[13:39] Shizuka**
*I want to be up there too.*
**[13:42] Shizuka**
* I wonder if I'll be able to stand on*
* that stage overflowing with light.*
**[13:50] Kokona (Phantom)**
I still seek the light.
**[13:54] Niizuma**
*There's no rage or resentment.*
**[13:56] Niizuma**
* This is how the Phantom*
* feels inside as a person.*
**[13:59] Kathrina**
*Pure admiration for the stage?*
**[14:02] Kathrina**
* To think she'd play the Phantom*
* with that look on her face...*
**[14:19] Kokona (Phantom)**
I shall channel my rage into song!
**[14:22] Kokona (Phantom)**
As my heart wills!
**[14:24] Kokona (Phantom)**
So that I may forget my loneliness!
**[14:30] Kokona (Phantom)**
Music? It must be the opera.
**[14:36] Kokona (Phantom)**
I cannot stand the sound of it.
**[14:39] Kokona (Phantom)**
Let me play!
**[14:41] Kokona (Phantom)**
I'll give you a true opera!
**[14:44] Kokona (Phantom)**
It should be *me*!
**[14:46] Niizuma**
* That's the anger and loneliness*
* Shizuka-san portrayed.*
**[14:46] Kokona (Phantom)**
No, that's impossible...
**[14:48] Kokona (Phantom)**
I am but a shadow.
**[14:51] Kokona (Phantom)**
A hideous monster.
**[15:00] Sign**
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**[15:11] Kathrina**
I totally lost.
**[15:13] Sasuga**
Are you crying?
**[15:14] Kathrina**
No!
**[15:16] Kathrina**
I gave that performance my all.
I have no regrets.
**[15:19] Panda**
The loneliness and rage of the Phantom
hiding deep within the opera house...
**[15:22] Panda**
I thought expressing that was the key to
showing the Phantom's fear and sadness.
**[15:29] Niizuma**
The variations of the
Phantom we tried to play
**[15:32] Niizuma**
are probably extensions
of Hiiragi-san's Phantom.
**[15:37] Niizuma**
I'm sure that she saw new
potential in Kokona-san.
**[15:39] Sign**
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**[15:44] Sasuga**
His heart's weakness, its purity...
The longing to step outside...
**[15:50] Sasuga**
The annoyance, jealousy, and sadness
of being denied what he wants...
**[15:56] Sasuga**
I'm surprised she played the role
in such a complex way.
**[16:00] Panda**
I wonder what happened.
**[16:06] Niizuma**
It must be... Shizuka-san...
**[16:15] Shamo**
Your Phantom was wonderful.
**[16:18] Kokona**
Shamo-san...
**[16:19] Shamo**
You don't look like an actor
who just got the role.
**[16:23] Shamo**
Seems you haven't been able
to shake off the Phantom yet.
**[16:27] Kokona**
I don't think I'll ever be able
to shake him off again.
**[16:32] Kokona**
That wasn't actually the Phantom.
**[16:34] Kokona**
It was the Shizuka-chan who
disappeared into my heart.
**[16:38] Shamo**
I see.
**[16:41] Shamo**
Is this really how an actor who wants
to become a Dai Star should be looking?
**[16:46] Kokona**
Huh?
**[16:47] Shamo**
Even after this production is done,
your time on stage won't come to an end.
**[16:53] Shamo**
I've watched many actors over
the years. That's how I know.
**[16:59] Shamo**
You still don't truly understand yourself.
**[17:03] Shamo**
To be on the stage
is to find yourself through acting.
**[17:09] Shamo**
Your Sense is born by facing the
brilliance that lies dormant within you.
**[17:17] Kokona**
Find myself...?
**[17:21] Shamo**
Why don't we go downstairs?
**[17:28] Shamo**
Have a seat.
**[17:31] Kokona**
Okay.
**[17:34] Shamo**
Close your eyes.
**[17:40] Shamo**
In front of you is your other self.
**[17:44] Shamo**
The person you need to talk to.
**[17:48] Shamo**
Go on, ask her. Ask her what
you want to do right now.
**[17:54] Kokona**
What I... want to do?
**[18:12] Kokona**
Why did I want to become
a World Dai Star again?
**[18:17] Young Kokona**
You even forgot something that important?
**[18:22] Young Kokona**
It's because you love the theater.
**[18:24] Kokona**
But that's not a rational thought to have.
**[18:27] Kokona**
They're, like, the best of the absolute best.
**[18:30] Young Kokona**
Well, you fell in love with them.
What can you do?
**[18:35] Young Kokona**
Besides, it's not just my dream.
**[18:39] Kokona**
Huh?
**[18:41] Young Kokona**
I would've lost hope if I'd been alone,
so I needed her.
**[18:49] Young Kokona**
Remember our promise.
**[18:58] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
It's no use. I've only ever
acted in front of my parents...
**[19:04] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
It's always easy to find reasons
*not* to do something.
**[19:07] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
You know that, Kokona.
**[19:10] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
What's important is how you feel!
How *you* feel, Kokona!
**[19:13] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
What do you want to do?
**[19:16] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
Me?
**[19:17] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
I'll give you some advice.
You need to say your dreams out loud.
**[19:22] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
Say you're going to make them come true
and make yourself believe it!
**[19:25] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
Make myself believe it? How?
**[19:29] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
It's easy.
**[19:31] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
Just play the part of a girl with dreams!
**[19:34] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
Play the part?
**[19:36] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
Become her!
**[19:38] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
All so you can make your dream come
true and become a World Dai Star.
**[19:43] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
What about you, Shizuka-chan?
**[19:44] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
Huh?
**[19:45] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
You're not going to be one, Shizuka-chan?
**[19:50] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
You're going to become one for me too!
**[19:57] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
Okay.
**[19:59] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
I'm going to be a World Dai Star!
**[20:02] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
That's what I want to be!
**[20:03] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
If I can become one,
I know *you'll* be one too, Shizuka-chan!
**[20:08] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
Then someday...
**[20:10] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
Someday, let's take the stage together!
**[20:19] (Flashback) Young Kokona**
It's a promise!
**[20:21] (Flashback) Young Shizuka**
Yeah, it's a promise.
**[20:31] Kokona**
Someday, let's take the stage together...
**[20:43] Shamo**
Kokona-chan?
**[20:46] Kokona**
I'm going to go rehearse with everyone...
**[20:49] Kokona**
so that I can see Shizuka-chan again!
**[21:00] Panda**
Koko-chan...
**[21:02] Kokona**
I have to work hard for Shizuka-chan, too.
**[21:06] Kokona**
I need to make *The Phantom of the Opera*
a success so I can become a World Dai Star.
**[21:13] Kokona**
So...
**[21:15] Kokona**
Please help me out, everyone!
I need your help!
**[21:23] Panda**
The hell?!
**[21:28] Panda**
You got nothing to worry about!
We're your friends, after all.
**[21:33] Sasuga**
The only thing that should
be dense is French baguettes.
**[21:36] Niizuma**
We'll rehearse with you lots!
**[21:40] Kokona**
Everyone...
**[21:42] Kathrina**
Kokona!
**[21:44] Kathrina**
You can have the role of the Phantom,
but this time, I'm going to upstage you!
**[21:48] Kathrina**
You'd better be ready!
**[21:50] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan...
**[21:52] Panda**
You're so young and edgy, Kathrin.
**[21:54] Sasuga**
So edgy I might cut myself.
**[21:56] Kathrina**
Huh? What's that supposed to mean?
**[21:58] Niizuma**
That you're edgy.
**[21:59] Kathrina**
No, really! What does that even mean?!
**[23:35] Sign**
Twelfth Stage
**[23:35] Sign**
The Two of Us Together
**[23:35] Kokona**
The final episode: "The Two of Us Together."
# E12 - The Two of Us Together
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4JD5J/the-two-of-us-together)
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**[00:13] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[00:14] Niizuma**
The show will start once
dress rehearsals are over.
**[00:16] Panda**
It's finally upon us.
**[00:18] Sasuga**
The big performance.
**[00:22] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan...
**[00:26] Kathrina**
Have more confidence in yourself.
**[00:28] Kathrina**
You beat all of us to
become the Phantom, Kokona.
**[00:31] Panda**
And you've rehearsed like crazy.
**[00:33] Niizuma**
Even the Phantom
isn't that harsh on Christine.
**[00:37] Kathrina**
I stopped counting after
the tenth time you said,
**[00:40] Kathrina**
"Sorry. Can we do that one more time?"
**[00:42] Sasuga**
It was 23 times.
**[00:46] Kathrina**
Let's show the Shizuka that's inside of you
**[00:50] Kathrina**
what a waste it'd be to miss
out on a production like this.
**[00:54] Kokona**
Kathrina-chan...
**[00:58] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[01:02] Sign**
The Two of Us Together
**[01:08] Kokona's Mom**
Isn't this exciting, dear?
**[01:09] Kokona's Dad**
Yes.
**[01:10] Koyomi**
*SIRIUS's* The Phantom of the Opera*...*
**[01:13] Koyomi**
* The last time I saw this was when*
* Noa Hiiragi was starring.*
**[01:17] Iroha**
I'm excited to see
what the Phantom will be like.
**[01:20] Mito**
Yeah, yeah! I'm getting excited, too.
**[01:24] Hatsumi**
The star is that rather dry Aladdin...
**[01:26] Hatsumi**
I hope you're able to
quench my thirst today.
**[01:30] Sign**
The Phantom of the Opera
**[01:35] Chikage**
Huh?! Y-Y-You're—
**[01:37] Theresa**
Shh.
**[01:38] Theresa**
I haven't told my daughter I'm here.
**[01:46] Shamo**
How is our confidence level?
**[01:48] Hiiragi**
We won't know until the curtain rises.
**[01:52] Shamo**
It's rare to hear you sound so unsure.
**[01:56] Hiiragi**
I can't get Kokona's
performance out of my head.
**[02:00] Hiiragi**
A Phantom of mixed yearning and hatred.
**[02:05] Hiiragi**
When they said Shizuka disappeared,
it became obvious.
**[02:10] Hiiragi**
Producing a World Dai Star here at SIRIUS...
**[02:13] Hiiragi**
That selfish desire of mine
may have taken the Sense...
**[02:18] Hiiragi**
may have taken Shizuka from Kokona.
**[02:22] Hiiragi**
But even so, I didn't recast
the play because I still wanted to see
**[02:27] Hiiragi**
the Phantom that Kokona would play.
**[02:30] Hiiragi**
Even if it means she loses her Sense.
**[02:36] Shamo**
Senses represent possibility.
**[02:41] Shamo**
The ability to make dreams come true.
**[02:44] Shamo**
They're incredible, blinding powers.
**[02:53] Shamo**
Let us believe in those girls' brilliance.
**[03:08] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
Nineteenth century Paris.
**[03:10] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
Strange rumors are afoot
about the opera house.
**[03:15] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
Rumors... of the Phantom.
**[03:20] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
Everyone at the opera house knows of him,
**[03:23] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
but no one has ever actually seen him.
**[03:29] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
Now, listen carefully.
**[03:37] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
Don't you hear it?
**[03:39] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
The sad but beautiful song of the Phantom.
**[03:47] Panda (Carlotta)**
Christine! Christine!
**[03:50] Niizuma (Christine)**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[03:52] Panda (Carlotta)**
I'll be counting on you
for tonight's concert as well.
**[03:55] Niizuma (Christine)**
U-Um, is it really okay for me to do it?
**[03:57] Panda (Carlotta)**
I'm only asking *because* it's you.
**[04:00] Panda (Carlotta)**
You're the only one worthy
of being my "ghost."
**[04:04] Niizuma (Christine)**
Of course! I'll sing from
the bottom of my heart!
**[04:06] Panda (Carlotta)**
Now go and hide behind the curtain.
**[04:13] Terahara (Moncharmin)**
Carlotta.
**[04:15] Panda (Carlotta)**
She's a terrible actress,
but she's quite the songstress.
**[04:20] Panda (Carlotta)**
I'll be making good use of her for a while.
**[04:24] Panda (Carlotta)**
Now, everyone!
**[04:26] Panda (Carlotta)**
Tonight's concert will have distinguished
guests from the government in attendance.
**[04:30] Panda (Carlotta)**
Let's make it a night to remember!
**[04:44] [SONG] Lyrics**
Dust dances around on this old stage
**[04:54] [SONG] Lyrics**
Her crushed toes make the floors creak
**[05:03] Panda**
*This is the only time I'll be your foil.*
**[05:04] [SONG] Lyrics**
Dance, ballerina
**[05:09] [SONG] Lyrics**
(Inside my mind, inside your mind)
**[05:11] Sasuga**
Kokona...
**[05:13] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Shizuka mentioned to me before
**[05:16] (Flashback) Sasuga**
that she shouldn't have gone up
on stage like she did
**[05:19] [SONG] Lyrics**
This empty audience, the soundless cheers
**[05:20] (Flashback) Sasuga**
during *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter*.
**[05:23] (Flashback) Kokona**
Huh?
**[05:24] (Flashback) Sasuga**
When I watch you play the Phantom,
it reminds me of Shizuka back then.
**[05:29] [SONG] Lyrics**
The clock begins to move; now rise, curtain
**[05:29] (Flashback) Sasuga**
Like the Phantom who bestowed Christine
with his dreams and vanished.
**[05:35] (Flashback) Sasuga**
It'd be weird to have a Sense
that only exists to disappear, right?
**[05:38] [SONG] Lyrics**
She sways back and forth
**[05:39] (Flashback) Sasuga**
That's nonsense.
**[05:42] (Flashback) Kokona**
Yeah.
**[05:44] [SONG] Lyrics**
In the moonlight, her shining beads
of sweat resemble jewels
**[05:45] Kokona**
*Shizuka-chan, I...*
**[05:48] Kokona**
*I have so much I need to tell you.*
**[05:53] [SONG] Lyrics**
Pas de chat un deux trois,
until the day she can shine
**[06:05] Terahara (Moncharmin)**
Everyone, please stay calm!
**[06:08] Terahara (Moncharmin)**
That was just a little accident.
**[06:11] Panda (Carlotta)**
Why...
**[06:13] Terahara (Moncharmin)**
Richard! Take care of Carlotta.
**[06:23] Kokona (Phantom)**
The defiler of opera has exited the stage.
**[06:27] Niizuma (Christine)**
That voice... Are you the angel?
**[06:30] Kokona (Phantom)**
Do not turn around.
**[06:32] Kokona (Phantom)**
The show must go on.
Do not let the performance stop.
**[06:37] Niizuma (Christine)**
What should I do?
**[06:40] Kokona (Phantom)**
Let them hear you sing.
**[06:43] Niizuma (Christine)**
But...
**[06:45] Kokona (Phantom)**
Don't worry. I know you can do it.
**[06:49] Kokona (Phantom)**
Believe in me.
**[06:55] [SONG] Lyrics**
Dust dances around on this old stage
**[07:05] [SONG] Lyrics**
Her crushed toes...
**[07:12] Kathrina (Raoul)**
Oh? Isn't this Christine's dressing room?
**[07:15] Sasuga (Sorelli)**
It is. Do you need something from her?
**[07:19] Niizuma (Christine)**
Who are you?
**[07:20] Kathrina (Raoul)**
Christine! Do you remember me?
**[07:24] Kathrina (Raoul)**
Maybe this will refresh your memory...
**[07:27] Kathrina (Raoul)**
I'm the boy who retrieved
your scarf from the ocean.
**[07:28] Kokona**
* I've been able to take the stage because*
* it's where Shizuka-chan saw me off.*
**[07:31] Niizuma (Christine)**
Raoul?! Is that you, Raoul?
**[07:39] Niizuma (Christine)**
Did you hear something just now?
**[07:41] Kathrina (Raoul)**
Hmm? No, nothing.
**[07:47] Kokona**
*But I had no idea how Shizuka-chan felt.*
**[07:52] Kokona**
*So one more time...*
**[07:56] Kokona (Phantom)**
Christine.
**[07:58] Kokona (Phantom)**
You wanted to see me, didn't you?
**[08:01] Niizuma (Christine)**
Y-Yes...
**[08:03] Kokona (Phantom)**
Then I shall invite you to my dwelling.
**[08:06] Kokona (Phantom)**
Behold how you look in that mirror!
**[08:20] [SONG] Lyrics**
I'm drowning...
**[08:24] [SONG] Lyrics**
I'm melting...
**[08:28] [SONG] Lyrics**
Into you...
**[08:34] [SONG] Lyrics**
Inside this dream
**[08:35] [SONG] Lyrics**
Inside this dream
**[08:36] [SONG] Lyrics**
I question
**[08:37] [SONG] Lyrics**
I call you
**[08:38] [SONG] Lyrics**
You sing praises of my name,
just who are you?
**[08:42] [SONG] Lyrics**
Can you hear me?
**[08:43] [SONG] Lyrics**
I can hear you
**[08:44] [SONG] Lyrics**
It's the beginning of this despair
**[08:46] [SONG] Lyrics**
The curtain rises on this darkness
**[08:50] [SONG] Lyrics**
I'm scared
**[08:53] [SONG] Lyrics**
Even fear...
**[08:54] [SONG] Lyrics**
It's not fair
**[08:57] [SONG] Lyrics**
...can be sweet
**[08:59] [SONG] Lyrics**
My heart commits a taboo, aah
**[09:03] Kudo**
* Wait... We didn't prepare*
* anything like that.*
**[09:07] [SONG] Lyrics**
You are my angel
**[09:10] [SONG] Lyrics**
Two shadows overlap as this melody wavers
**[09:15] Niizuma**
* This feeling... It was the*
* same way with Theresa-san.*
**[09:15] [SONG] Lyrics**
Until we fall into the abyss
**[09:19] [SONG] Lyrics**
I will swear myself to you for eternity
**[09:23] [SONG] Lyrics**
Even our sins can be hidden
**[09:25] Theresa**
* Expressiveness polished*
* to the limit via one's Sense*
**[09:26] [SONG] Lyrics**
In this masquerade
**[09:28] Theresa**
* allows an actor to show everyone*
* the world they imagine.*
**[09:30] [SONG] Lyrics**
I'm drowning...
**[09:32] Hiiragi**
Her Sense evolved...
**[09:34] [SONG] Lyrics**
I'm melting...
**[09:43] Kokona (Phantom)**
I always have the same dream...
**[09:46] Kokona (Phantom)**
I'm walking under the sun
with nothing to hide.
**[09:53] Kokona (Phantom)**
I can dine out like normal people do.
**[09:57] Kokona (Phantom)**
I go to mass on Sundays and pray to God.
**[10:03] Kokona (Phantom)**
No matter how unsightly I am,
I still seek the light.
**[10:11] Niizuma (Christine)**
Is there anything wrong with that?
**[10:17] Niizuma (Christine)**
I'm sorry I was so startled earlier.
I won't run away again.
**[10:23] Niizuma (Christine)**
So please, show me your face once more.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Kokona**
I see.
**[10:33] (Flashback) Kokona**
I thought the Phantom
was being indifferent here
**[10:36] (Flashback) Kokona**
because he didn't want
to talk about the past, but...
**[10:38] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I don't think that's the only reason.
**[10:40] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I think he loves spending time with
Christine and wants to make the most of it.
**[10:47] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I realized that after hearing
your interpretation of the Phantom.
**[10:50] (Flashback) Kokona**
You really are amazing, Shizuka-chan!
**[10:53] (Flashback) Shizuka**
Again, *you'll* be the one
playing the part, Kokona.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Kokona**
Though it'd be the best if we
could perform together.
**[11:13] Shizuka**
Kokona...
**[11:16] Sign**
Stella of the Theater:
**[11:24] Kokona**
Shizuka-chan.
**[11:30] Shizuka**
Should the Phantom be here?
**[11:34] Shizuka**
You're not done yet, but it's
been a great performance so far.
**[11:38] Shizuka**
Far better than when
we rehearsed it together.
**[11:42] Shizuka**
You really could become
a World Dai Star, Kokona.
**[11:46] Kokona**
I will someday.
**[11:50] Kokona**
The truth is, somewhere deep inside,
I didn't think I could do it.
**[11:55] Kokona**
I was entirely self-taught before SIRIUS,
**[11:58] Kokona**
and at auditions, I always got told
I didn't have any Sense...
**[12:02] Kokona**
I didn't believe in myself.
**[12:05] Kokona**
That's why I forgot about you
and the promise we made.
**[12:13] Kokona**
But I believe now,
from the bottom of my heart.
**[12:18] Kokona**
Because we promised each other.
**[12:20] Kokona**
You can't make a promise without two people.
**[12:26] Kokona**
You said this was my story, Shizuka-chan...
**[12:31] Kokona**
But it's actually *our* story.
**[12:50] Kokona**
What do you want to do, Shizuka-chan?
**[12:56] Young Kokona**
*Someday, let's take the stage together!*
**[13:03] Young Kokona**
*It's a promise.*
**[13:05] Young Shizuka**
*Yeah.*
**[13:06] Shizuka**
It's a promise.
**[13:12] Shizuka**
I want to be up there...
alongside you, Kokona.
**[13:17] Kokona**
Let's go back to our stage!
**[13:32] Kathrina (Raoul)**
I will protect you.
**[13:35] Kathrina (Raoul)**
I will free you from that monster!
**[13:42] Kathrina (Raoul)**
I will become your light.
**[13:50] Kokona (Phantom)**
I'm the one who gave you music.
**[13:54] Kokona (Phantom)**
I'm the one who rekindled your passion.
**[13:58] Kokona (Phantom)**
And *this* is what I get in return?
**[14:02] Kokona (Phantom)**
I won't stand for this...
I will not tolerate it!
**[14:06] Kokona (Phantom)**
May divine punishment befall
those who betrayed me!
**[14:26] Kokona (Phantom)**
I've written both a wedding hymn
and a funeral's requiem!
**[14:31] Kokona (Phantom)**
I can play either!
**[14:34] Niizuma (Christine)**
Please stop...
**[14:35] Kokona (Phantom)**
Will we all die together, or will you
spend the rest of your life with me?
**[14:40] Kokona (Phantom)**
The choice is yours!
**[14:41] Niizuma (Christine)**
Stop!
**[14:44] Niizuma (Christine)**
I would've chosen you
even if you hadn't done all this.
**[14:49] Kokona (Phantom)**
You're lying!
**[14:50] Niizuma (Christine)**
I'm not!
**[14:50] Kokona (Phantom)**
That can't be true!
**[14:52] Kokona (Phantom)**
You ran away from me!
**[14:54] Kokona (Phantom)**
You saw my face and fled!
**[14:58] Niizuma (Christine)**
I was just startled at first.
**[15:00] Niizuma (Christine)**
I'll never fear you again.
**[15:08] Niizuma (Christine)**
Because you're the one who gave me music.
**[15:13] Niizuma (Christine)**
You're my angel of music.
**[15:17] Niizuma (Christine)**
And... you're not alone anymore.
**[15:34] Kokona (Phantom)**
Why did you kiss me?
**[15:38] Niizuma (Christine)**
Because I love you.
**[15:47] Niizuma (Christine)**
Raoul! Are you all right?!
**[15:49] Kathrina (Raoul)**
Yeah, I'm fine.
**[15:52] Kathrina (Raoul)**
Christine, do you really...
**[16:00] Niizuma (Christine)**
Everyone must be worried. Let's go.
**[16:04] Niizuma (Christine)**
If you could work up the courage
to take one step forward,
**[16:07] Niizuma (Christine)**
I think the people would understand you.
**[16:12] Kokona (Phantom)**
Christine... I have a request for you.
**[16:17] Niizuma (Christine)**
What is it?
**[16:20] Kokona (Phantom)**
Tonight, onstage, will you sing
this song that I wrote?
**[16:25] Kokona (Phantom)**
It's the song we used in our lessons.
**[16:29] Niizuma (Christine)**
I'll ask if they'll let me sing it
at the curtain call.
**[16:34] Kokona (Phantom)**
Thank you.
**[16:36] Kokona (Phantom)**
Viscount Raoul, take Christine back.
**[16:39] Kokona (Phantom)**
I must defuse the bomb I set up.
**[16:42] Kathrina (Raoul)**
All right, I will.
**[16:48] Niizuma (Christine)**
Phantom!
**[16:50] Kokona (Phantom)**
Erik... That's my real name.
**[16:55] Niizuma (Christine)**
Erik...
**[16:57] Niizuma (Christine)**
Erik, you'll come hear me sing, won't you?
**[17:03] Kokona (Phantom)**
I wouldn't miss it.
**[17:22] Kokona (Phantom)**
That's enough. I can't keep
her tied down any longer.
**[17:33] Kokona (Phantom)**
This is the first time in my life
I've ever been glad that I was born.
**[17:43] Kokona (Phantom)**
Thank you, Christine.
**[17:45] Kokona (Phantom)**
I love you from the bottom of my heart.
**[17:49] [SONG] Lyrics**
This music I just wrote is where my feelings
go when they have nowhere else to go
**[17:59] [SONG] Lyrics**
The faithful metronome continues
to carve an unchanging rhythm
**[18:08] [SONG] Lyrics**
Alone and unheard
**[18:13] [SONG] Lyrics**
This lonely yet free melody...
**[18:21] [SONG] Lyrics**
You're the only one who can give it flight...
**[18:26] [SONG] Lyrics**
Can you hear it?
**[18:28] [SONG] Lyrics**
Thank you, goodbye
**[18:30] [SONG] Lyrics**
I give you this farewell
song in parting, my beloved
**[18:38] [SONG] Lyrics**
This single red rose continues to
shine beautifully in my memories
**[18:47] [SONG] Lyrics**
Happiness, sadness
**[18:50] [SONG] Lyrics**
So that I never forget them,
I change my body and soul into music
**[18:57] [SONG] Lyrics**
These wavering days fall into the abyss,
proving that I was alive
**[19:05] [SONG] Lyrics**
Our eternity starts to play our end
**[19:39] Chikage**
* That was amazing. For a moment there,*
* I forgot I was watching a play.*
**[19:45] Theresa**
*We're probably not the only ones who forgot.*
**[19:48] Theresa**
*I'm sure the performers did, too.*
**[19:50] Theresa**
*You've gained a wonderful rival, Kathrina.*
**[19:57] Hatsumi**
My body is tingling?
**[20:01] Hatsumi**
SIRIUS really...
**[20:02] Koyomi**
* My emotions are conflicted...*
* I'm moved but also anxious.*
**[20:07] Iroha**
Phantom!
**[20:09] Mito**
That was such a lovely performance!
**[20:14] Shamo**
As long as there are actors,
there will always be plays.
**[20:18] Shamo**
As long as there are plays,
**[20:20] Shamo**
Senses will continue to evolve
and actors will shine bright.
**[20:46] Shamo**
Wanting to see that light might be
what brings people to the theater.
**[20:55] Hiiragi**
They are truly radiant.
**[20:57] Shamo**
You've only gotten started yourself, my dear.
**[21:20] Niizuma**
You flatter me.
**[21:21] Panda**
No, this is really amazing, Niizumacchi!
**[21:24] Panda**
You actually got chosen as a Dai Star!
**[21:27] Sasuga**
I want to sleep with it.
**[21:29] Panda**
That might actually bring good luck!
**[21:31] Panda**
Can we borrow it for a night?
**[21:33] Niizuma**
Nope.
**[21:36] Kathrina**
Why did Niizuma get it when Kokona's
the one who played the Phantom?
**[21:40] Niizuma**
During the play, I was able to channel
Christine from the bottom of my heart.
**[21:44] Panda**
Yeah, I get that.
**[21:46] Panda**
We totally got carried away
by Koko-chan's Sense.
**[21:50] Sasuga**
Being in *The Phantom of
the Opera* felt real nice.
**[21:58] Kathrina**
That's not what I meant.
**[22:00] Panda**
Anyway, I mean,
Koko-chan's already got quite a record.
**[22:03] Panda**
You don't need to get upset on her behalf.
**[22:07] Kathrina**
I-I-I'm not doing it for her!
**[22:09] Kudo**
Girls!
**[22:10] Hiiragi**
We've decided on our next production.
**[22:12] Panda**
Will there be another audition?
**[22:15] Hiiragi**
If you're overly disappointing,
I'll fail all of you.
**[22:18] Niizuma**
Then would you star instead, Hiiragi-san?
**[22:21] Hiiragi**
Well, if you're *all* that disappointing...
**[22:26] Panda**
Oh, come on. Surely you jest.
**[22:29] Panda**
This time, I'm going to be the star!
**[22:31] Sasuga**
I got myself some good luck.
**[22:33] Panda**
Hey, that's no fair, Sassu!
**[22:35] Panda**
Me too! Gimme some good luck!
**[22:39] Niizuma**
I hope it brings you great fortune.
**[22:41] Hiiragi**
Where are Kokona and Shizuka?
**[22:49] Shizuka**
It's so nice and cool...
**[22:52] Kokona**
Hey, won't we get in trouble for this?
**[22:55] Shizuka**
Kathrina is always using the stage
to rehearse, so we should be fine.
**[23:00] Kokona**
You think so?
**[23:02] Kokona**
I wonder what the next production will be.
**[23:05] Shizuka**
Whatever it is, we'll be the stars.
**[23:08] Kokona**
W-Wow, you're confident.
**[23:10] Shizuka**
Well, we decided we'd take it.
**[23:29] Kokona**
Yeah!
**[23:31] Sign**
Become World Dai
Stars together!!!!
**[23:34] Sign**
Become World Dai Stars together!!!!
**[23:36] Kokona and Shizuka**
The two of us together!