E1 - The Princess Starting from the Chopping Block
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[00:28] Populace
Kill 'em!
[00:33] Mia (Adult)
Unhand me! How dare you treat me so!
[00:36] Mia (Adult)
Do you think this affront to my personage
will go without consequences?
[00:40] Mia (Adult)
Someone! Cut down these men! Anyone!
[00:51] Mia (Adult)
What is this?
[00:54] Mia (Adult)
Come back!
[00:56] Mia (Adult)
I cannot stay in such a dirty cell!
[00:58] Mia (Adult)
Release me!
[01:00] Mia (Adult)
I am telling you to release me!
[01:04] Mia (Adult)
I-I am...
[01:07] Mia (Adult)
I am the First Princess
of the Tearmoon Empire,
[01:12] Mia (Adult)
Mia Luna Tearmoon, Her Imperial Highness.
SIGN Three Years Later
[01:32] Soldier B
Dinner is served.
[01:34] Soldier C
It always reeks in here.
[01:37] Soldier C
Makes me wanna hurl.
[01:39] Soldier B
Now, now.
[01:40] Soldier B
You know it's vegetables first.
[01:47] Soldier B
Oh, how wasteful.
[01:49] Soldier C
Ah, I seem to recall Her Highness had
a distaste for Yellow Moon tomatoes.
[01:55] Soldier B
Well, this is your last meal.
[01:58] Soldier B
You can enjoy it as you see fit.
[02:18] Soldier A
Hey!
[02:20] Soldier A
You have a visitor before the end.
[02:22] Soldier A
Come.
[02:46] Soldier B
Get moving.
[02:54] Mia (Adult)
How...
[02:57] Mia (Adult)
How did things come to this?
[03:04] Populace (Male)
Do it already!
[03:05] Populace (Female)
You rotten wench!
[03:11] Mia (Adult)
How did things get so...
[03:17] Mia (Adult)
How...
[03:21] Mia (Adult)
How...
[03:47] Mia (Young)
No!
[03:52] Mia (Young)
M-M-M-My neck! My neck! My neck!
[03:56] Mia (Young)
I-It's intact.
[03:59] Mia (Young)
My head is... still attached...
[04:11] Mia (Young)
I'm a...
[04:15] Mia (Young)
child?
[04:31] Mia (Young)
M-My goodness.
[04:33] Mia (Young)
I ought to know nothing
like that could happen.
[04:39] Mia (Young)
What a silly dream.
[04:40] Mia (Young)
How childish of me.
[04:41] Mia (Young)
How could I ever think that was real...
[04:46] Mia (Young)
Oh?
[04:53] Mia (Adult)
My execution date draws near.
[04:55] Mia (Adult)
I'm scared. So scared. I don't want to die.
[04:58] Mia (Adult)
What did I do that was so wrong?
[04:59] Mia (Adult)
Was it the "let them eat meat" thing?
[05:02] Mia (Adult)
No, no, no, no, no, please.
I don't want to die.
[05:05] Mia (Adult)
I don't want to die—
[05:07] Mia (Young)
No!
[06:44] Mia (Young)
I certainly feel less than my best.
SIGN Episode 1: The Princess Starting from the Chopping Block
[06:48] Mia (Young)
These are the marvelously beautiful
walls I have known my whole life.
[06:52] Mia (Young)
I am most certainly in a palace
fit for the imperial family.
[06:57] Mia (Young)
All those frightful events I saw
before must have been a dream.
[07:02] Mia (Young)
Letting myself be so disturbed
by some nasty nightmare...
[07:05] Mia (Young)
How silly of me.
[07:10] Mia (Young)
Of course. A meal will make me feel better.
[07:17] Maid A
F-Forgive me, Your Highness.
Have I done something wrong?
[07:22] Head Chef
Princess Mia, Your Highness,
is something the matter?
[07:25] Mia (Young)
Wasn't he...
[07:27] Mia (Adult)
I do believe this is the head chef I fired.
[07:33] Mia (Young)
I suppose it was two years from now...
[07:36] Mia (Young)
He would always serve vegetables
I disliked, so one day I...
[07:40] (Flashback) Mia (Young?)
You're fired!
[07:43] Head Chef
Is there... some problem?
[07:46] Mia (Young)
No, all is well.
[07:49] Head Chef
In that case, allow me to serve
your meal before it gets cold.
[07:59] Mia (Young)
Are these...
[08:00] Head Chef
I am fully aware you dislike
them, Your Highness.
[08:03] Head Chef
But to ensure good nutritional balance, I—
[08:05] Mia (Young)
Oh, how I have missed this.
[08:08] Head Chef
Huh?
[08:10] Mia (Young)
I can't handle the tart flavor
of Yellow Moon tomatoes.
[08:14] Mia (Young)
But somehow these seem...
[08:25] Mia (Young)
Chef!
[08:26] Head Chef
Y-Yes?
[08:27] Mia (Young)
Tell me, what is this dish?
[08:30] Head Chef
Yellow Moon tomato stew, Your Highness.
[08:42] Mia (Young)
Really?
[08:44] Mia (Young)
These... These are Yellow Moon tomatoes?
[08:48] Mia (Young)
The food I hated so much?
[08:55] Mia (Young)
How delicious!
[08:59] Head Chef
Y-Your Highness?
[09:23] Head Chef
Wh-Wh-Wh-What is the matter, Your Highness?
[09:28] Mia (Young)
Can bread...
[09:30] Mia (Young)
really be this soft?
[09:35] Head Chef
Is there some problem with my cooking?
[09:39] Mia (Young)
Not at all. I was moved.
[09:42] Mia (Young)
You prepared such a delicious meal for me.
[09:47] Mia (Young)
I appreciate the work you've done, chef.
[09:50] Head Chef
What?
[09:51] Maid A
Our highly self-centered princess
spoke words of appreciation!
[09:55] Maid B
Do you think something
might be wrong with her?
[09:57] Head Chef
You h-h-humble me!
[10:00] Head Chef
B-But today's stew merely made use
of the flavor of the ingredients.
[10:05] Head Chef
I do not deserve any of the credit.
[10:08] Mia (Young)
You don't?
[10:10] Head Chef
For example, if you neglect to
simmer Yellow Moon tomatoes,
[10:15] Head Chef
then they taste underripe
and quite astringent.
[10:18] Head Chef
But if you simmer them for three days,
then their naturally refreshing acidity
[10:22] Head Chef
and their hidden sweetness
come to the forefront.
[10:26] Head Chef
Anyone can make it if they but
take care with the amount of heat.
[10:30] Mia (Young)
Goodness. Three entire days?
[10:32] Mia (Young)
But if it takes so much time,
you needn't go to such trouble.
[10:37] Head Chef
Ah, but Princess Mia,
that would affect your health.
[10:40] Head Chef
Maintaining the royal family's
good health is part of our duties.
[10:51] Head Chef
Of course, what I served today
[10:53] Head Chef
was a high-quality meal worth what
commoners would earn in a month.
[10:59] Head Chef
So it may simply be an issue of cost.
[11:02] Mia (Young)
Oh? I don't have a sense of
what a commoner would earn—
[11:05] (Flashback) Ludwig
Do you know how much is spent
on the royal family's meals?
[11:09] Mia (Young)
Oh.
[11:17] Mia (Young)
Huh?
[11:21] Mia (Young)
Whose snide voice was it
that I remembered hearing?
[11:29] Mia (Young)
When one needs to think,
nothing beats sweets.
[11:35] Mia (Young)
You there, maid. Bring me something sweet.
[11:39] Maid C
Yes, Your Highness.
[11:48] Mia (Young)
Ah, what a lovely fragrance.
[11:54] Mia (Young)
Wh-Why that's...
[11:57] Mia (Young)
c-c-cake!
[11:59] Mia (Young)
It has been far too long since I've had cake!
[12:03] Anne
Please forgive the wait, Y—
[12:23] Maid C
Good gracious!
[12:24] Maid D
Your Highness, I am terribly sorry.
[12:27] Maid D
Are you unharmed?
[12:28] Mia (Young)
Y-Yes. I am quite all right. Thank you.
[12:34] Maid C
Princess Mia hasn't snapped?
[12:37] Maid D
No way! Does that mean
we're due for a blizzard?
[12:40] Mia (Young)
More importantly,
[12:42] Mia (Young)
are you all right down there, Miss?
[12:45] Mia (Young)
The cake can simply be
replaced with a new one.
[12:50] Maid C
Your Highness, I am afraid that
was the only cake available today.
[12:58] Mia (Young)
You, sit up!
[13:02] Mia (Young)
L-Look what you've done to my cake!
[13:06] Maids C & D
She's back to her usual self.
[13:08] Mia (Young)
You, look up at me!
[13:13] Anne
I am t-t-terribly sorry, Your Highness.
[13:24] Mia (Young)
It's you...
[13:34] (Flashback) Soldier A
Hey!
[13:36] (Flashback) Soldier A
You have a visitor before the end.
[13:38] (Flashback) Soldier A
Come.
[13:45] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Princess Mia, I've come to do your hair.
[13:49] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
Anne.
[13:54] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Forgive me, Your Highness.
I've never been very good with a comb.
[14:01] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
It doesn't hurt, does it?
[14:07] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
Why?
[14:10] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
Why are you still serving me?
[14:17] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
The others all stopped coming
in less than a month.
[14:21] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
And yet you...
[14:24] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
have been visiting and taking care
of me for three whole years.
[14:31] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
I have never done anything nice for you.
[14:36] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
In fact, quite the opposite...
[14:39] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Yes. You hit me pretty often.
[14:42] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
And you kicked me, too, sometimes.
[14:45] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
You know something, Your Highness?
Your kicks don't hurt at all.
[14:52] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
Do they not?
[14:54] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Nope. Compared to the fights
with my siblings, not one bit.
[15:00] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
I kept taking care of you
like this, Your Highness,
[15:03] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
because I couldn't just leave you alone.
[15:06] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
There's no particular reason.
[15:08] (Flashback) Soldier A
That's it. It's time.
[15:17] (Flashback) Soldier A
Follow me.
[15:23] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Pr—
[15:36] (Flashback) Soldier A
Hey! Stop!
[15:44] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Your Highness!
[15:46] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Please, lift up your head.
[15:50] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
In my current state, I am unable
to reward your devotion.
[15:56] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
I can do nothing but say "thank you."
[16:02] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
Please forgive me.
[16:11] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
Princess Mia, I am praying for you
to be granted heaven's protection.
[16:34] Mia (Young)
I remember.
[16:40] Maid C
Your Highness, your dress
will be soiled by cream—
[16:42] Mia (Young)
Silence!
[16:44] Mia (Young)
Miss Anne.
[16:46] Anne
I-I am truly sorry, Your Highness!
[16:50] Mia (Young)
I am not angry with you.
[16:52] Mia (Young)
Come. Do stand up.
[16:54] Mia (Young)
You are truly uninjured, I hope?
[16:57] Anne
Y-Yes. Thank you for your concern.
[17:03] Mia (Young)
This time I can reward your devotion.
[17:08] Mia (Young)
I hereby designate you to be my handmaid.
[17:13] Mia (Young)
You shall be charged with my personal care.
[17:16] Anne
What?
[17:19] Maid C
I beg your pardon, Your Highness,
but she is clumsy and careless.
[17:22] Maid C
There is no telling what
affronts she would cause you.
[17:25] Maid D
And she is of common lineage.
[17:28] Mia (Young)
I rather think you two are causing
the affront here, to Anne.
[17:34] Mia (Young)
Anne is now my handmaid.
[17:37] Mia (Young)
She is under my auspices.
[17:39] Mia (Young)
I suggest you both carefully consider
[17:41] Mia (Young)
the full weight of my words.
[17:56] Mia (Young)
There's no denying it.
Those memories were no dream.
[18:00] Mia (Young)
And this is unmistakably the diary
I kept over the next eight years.
[18:06] Mia (Young)
Which means...
[18:13] Anne
Um, Your Highness, are you all right?
[18:16] Mia (Young)
Y-Yes. I'm fine.
[18:19] Anne
But... if there is some way
I might be of assistance...
[18:23] Mia (Young)
Oh, I see. If you insist...
[18:27] Anne
Yes?
[18:28] Anne
Um, well, although I did say I would assist,
my help may not be all that—
[18:36] Mia (Young)
Might I have you use this to procure
sweets the people might buy?
[18:40] Anne
Huh? Sweets?
[18:44] Anne
This is...
[18:45] Mia (Young)
Y-Your Highness! This is far too much!
[18:48] Mia (Young)
It would take a maid
sixty days to earn this much!
[18:51] Mia (Young)
Oh. Is that so?
[18:53] Mia (Young)
But I only have certain money on hand...
[18:56] Mia (Young)
Oh, I know!
[18:58] Mia (Young)
Use the extra to buy something
delicious for your family.
[19:03] Mia (Young)
And also...
[19:06] Mia (Young)
You are to address me as "Mia!"
[19:09] Anne
I, uh...
[19:11] Mia (Young)
I'll leave you to it.
As quickly as possible, please.
[19:15] Mia (Young)
I will be in the Grand Library.
[19:17] Mia (Young)
Could you bring the sweets there?
[19:21] Mia (Young)
Snacks the people would eat. I cannot wait!
[19:33] Mia (Young)
According to the memories I'm starting
to recall from reading my diary,
[19:38] Mia (Young)
in just a few years, the finances of the
Tearmoon Empire will deteriorate.
[19:42] Mia (Young)
And to make matters worse,
a famine will spread.
[19:45] Mia (Young)
The populace will revolt,
[19:47] Mia (Young)
and neighboring nations intervene
on the revolutionary army's behalf.
[19:51] Mia (Young)
I suppose that's about the sum of it.
[19:53] Mia (Young)
Regardless, at the time I had absolutely
no interest in the outside world...
[19:58] (Flashback) Mia (Adult)
If they have no bread,
then let them eat meat.
[20:03] Mia (Young)
Still, even knowing what will happen,
[20:06] Mia (Young)
I have absolutely no clue how to
deal with politics and economics—
[20:15] Narrator
This is the story of a second chance.
[20:18] Narrator
Having been reincarnated
into her twelve-year-old self,
[20:21] Narrator
and relying on her time-worn diary
and her memories of the future,
[20:25] Narrator
Mia will be sent scrambling hither and yon.
[20:29] Mia (Young)
I refuse to give up.
[20:32] Mia (Young)
I'll do anything to avoid that
fate at the guillotine!
[22:07] Narrator
In the Tearmoon Empire's capital, Lunatear,
[22:10] Narrator
there are five Moon Ministries that
assist in the ruling of the empire.
[22:15] Narrator
The Azure Moon Ministry, charged
with administration in the capital.
[22:18] Narrator
The Crimson Moon Ministry, charged
with governance of the provinces.
[22:21] Narrator
The Verdant Moon Ministry,
charged with foreign diplomacy.
[22:24] Narrator
The Black Moon Ministry, charged with
organizing the seven military branches.
[22:28] Narrator
And the one Mia is currently visiting is
[22:31] Narrator
the Gold Moon Ministry,
charged with tax matters.
[22:34] Anne
Um, Princess Mia, what business
brings you here of all places?
[22:40] Mia (Young)
A man I wish to see—no, a
man I need to see is here.
[22:46] Mia (Young)
I had one other loyal retainer besides Anne.
[22:50] Mia (Young)
An outstanding young civil servant.
[22:53] Mia (Young)
He toiled tirelessly to
rebalance the empire's finances,
[22:57] Mia (Young)
and by extension save the imperial family.
[23:01] Mia (Young)
A man who served to the end,
[23:03] Mia (Young)
never abandoning me, no matter
the depths to which I sank.
[23:07] Mia (Young)
And yet his name is nowhere
to be found in my diary.
[23:13] Mia (Young)
The only reference to him was...
[23:15] Mia (Young)
"The dour four-eyed nerd who
was sent off to the provinces."
[23:21] Ludwig
How can such wasteful spending be tolerated?
[23:24] Ludwig
I am sure I don't need to tell you
[23:26] Ludwig
that if things continue like this, the empire's
finances will collapse before long!
[23:31] Mia (Young)
Bingo.
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