E2 - 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."