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."