1. Well then, Maiko-chan,
shall we go home together?Copy !req
2. Okay!Copy !req
3. This is Big Sister...Copy !req
4. If I try hard enough,
maybe I can meet her someday.Copy !req
5. Sheesh, they should hurry and make up.Copy !req
6. I'm home.Copy !req
7. You're late.Copy !req
8. I was cooking, doing laundry
and cleaning over there.Copy !req
9. That's it?Copy !req
10. For today, my honest feelings are that
you guys should hurry and make up.Copy !req
11. I see...Copy !req
12. I'm turning in.Copy !req
13. Eh? No rewards for going over
to check on how she was doing?Copy !req
14. I have an early morning meeting
to prepare for the gig tomorrow.Copy !req
15. SEPTEMBER 8thCopy !req
16. Oh no, I left my window open.Copy !req
17. Care to try being dead, too?Copy !req
18. No, that's not the smile you want!Copy !req
19. If you're going to study up on Mai-san,
make it something a bit more exhilarating.Copy !req
20. Oh, what should I do?Copy !req
21. The retake for the commercial is tomorrow!Copy !req
22. I haven't grasped anything yet!Copy !req
23. Things probably won't change
going into tomorrow, anyway.Copy !req
24. Y-You don't have to be so blunt!Copy !req
25. Maybe you don't have to try
doing things you can't do.Copy !req
26. Just be mediocre. You're being too greedy.Copy !req
27. What, going home already?Copy !req
28. If I'm home late, Mai-san gets in a bad mood.Copy !req
29. Hold on!Copy !req
30. Y-You know...Copy !req
31. I want to take my time with a bath...Copy !req
32. so can you stay until I'm out?Copy !req
33. Huh? I don't see why I have to stay.
I don't flippin' get it.Copy !req
34. Wh-When I'm bathing by myself,
I sometimes have a bad feeling...Copy !req
35. So you're just scared.Copy !req
36. You jumped at that bath scene earlier, too!Copy !req
37. I'm okay if I can bathe with you.Copy !req
38. Y-You'd have to ask Big Sister about that...Copy !req
39. All right, let me call Mai-san.Copy !req
40. N-Never mind! Die!
Seriously, die!Copy !req
41. I'm home!Copy !req
42. W-Welcome back, Big Brother.Copy !req
43. Y-You're home early.Copy !req
44. Is that a new game?Copy !req
45. I-If you think Kaede is playing games
all the time, you're seriously mistaken.Copy !req
46. Kaede has a lot of things on her mind, too.Copy !req
47. What are you thinking of
to end up like that?Copy !req
48. Big Brother, you promise not to laugh?Copy !req
49. I won't laugh.Copy !req
50. What do you think?Copy !req
51. It smells like the closet.Copy !req
52. That's it?Copy !req
53. Hmm... You kinda look
like a middle school student.Copy !req
54. K-Kaede is a bona-fide middle school student!Copy !req
55. I think it's almost time for Kaede.
Almost time to put in some effort.Copy !req
56. Don't overdo it.Copy !req
57. Since Big Brother keeps bringing
one new girl after another,Copy !req
58. Kaede feels she needs to shape up soon.Copy !req
59. I'm home!Copy !req
60. Welcome back, Nodoka-san.Copy !req
61. Your uniform?Copy !req
62. It's great! So cute!Copy !req
63. Really!Copy !req
64. Yup.Copy !req
65. Oh, I have a souvenir.Copy !req
66. Thank you so much!Copy !req
67. Oh, it's slightly better pudding!Copy !req
68. That's right. I got this, too.
Tickets for the gig at the end of the month.Copy !req
69. Give one to Nodoka, too.Copy !req
70. You can give it to her yourself...Copy !req
71. There's one for you too,
so come see the show together.Copy !req
72. I sent one to Nodoka's mom, too.Copy !req
73. SEPTEMBER 19thCopy !req
74. Ready...Copy !req
75. Start!Copy !req
76. Yes! Okay!Copy !req
77. That's a wrap!Copy !req
78. Thank you very much.Copy !req
79. Good thing that went well.Copy !req
80. That didn't go well at all.
Twelve takes? You've got to be kidding!Copy !req
81. It really is impossible for me
to be like Big Sister.Copy !req
82. I seriously can't think about living
under this much pressure every day.Copy !req
83. Totally impossible. Oh man, what should I do?Copy !req
84. Worry about that once you're
actually that popular.Copy !req
85. That's not what I'm talking about.Copy !req
86. What about you?
Do you want to be like Mai-san?Copy !req
87. I'm not sure.
I think I wanted to in the past.Copy !req
88. And now?Copy !req
89. Answer.Copy !req
90. Hello?Copy !req
91. Why are you answering, Sakuta?Copy !req
92. Well, I needed to tell you something,
so it's all right.Copy !req
93. Me?Copy !req
94. Your dad called a few minutes ago.Copy !req
95. I didn't answer, but when
the answering machine picked up,Copy !req
96. he asked if you could see him
two nights from now.Copy !req
97. Got it. Thank you so much.Copy !req
98. Oh, and the commercial shoot ended well.Copy !req
99. Though she had like thirteen takes.Copy !req
100. Twelve!Copy !req
101. I see. Tell Nodoka she did a good job.Copy !req
102. See you.Copy !req
103. That's right. Mai-san told me to give you this.Copy !req
104. The ticket for the gig at the end of the month.Copy !req
105. I still remember when I first met Big Sister
at an audition, back when I was a kid.Copy !req
106. Audition Area - historical drama "Kokonoe"Copy !req
107. I was just thinking
how I wanted a little sister!Copy !req
108. I was so happy...Copy !req
109. Big Sister was just so awesome.Copy !req
110. Well, Mai-san is still awesome as always.Copy !req
111. But recalling it now,
I think Big Sister was bewildered.Copy !req
112. But, she was still Big Sister...Copy !req
113. I know I can't be like Big Sister,
but I'll continue my work as a pop idol.Copy !req
114. The gigs are fun,
and I have fans that cheer for me.Copy !req
115. I see.Copy !req
116. Yeah...Copy !req
117. So I'll first work hard on getting a song
where I'm the main singer.Copy !req
118. That way, Mother may be
more understanding of me.Copy !req
119. Hey, what do you think about your parents?Copy !req
120. Do you know of the situation
regarding my family?Copy !req
121. Yeah. I've heard most of it from Big Sister.Copy !req
122. Your little sister developed Puberty Syndrome,Copy !req
123. your mother was hospitalized
because she couldn't accept that fact,Copy !req
124. and your father had to stay by her side...Copy !req
125. Well, that's about it.Copy !req
126. In the end, they left everything
about Kaede to me, and now we live apart.Copy !req
127. And? How do you feel about your parents?Copy !req
128. They're my parents.Copy !req
129. Huh? What's up with that?
Surely, you have other feelings.Copy !req
130. Like you love them, hate them,
they piss you off or are annoying...Copy !req
131. Well, all of the above?Copy !req
132. No grudges?Copy !req
133. Not really.Copy !req
134. Why?Copy !req
135. Probably because they're my parents.Copy !req
136. Something wrong?Copy !req
137. Mother...Copy !req
138. Where is Nodoka?
This is an important time for her.Copy !req
139. Please return her!Copy !req
140. Sorry, I don't understand...Copy !req
141. She's at your place, isn't she?Copy !req
142. No, she is not.Copy !req
143. Don't lie to me!Copy !req
144. She really isn't here.
Would you like to come in and see for yourself?Copy !req
145. No, that's fine.Copy !req
146. If you hear from Nodoka,
please tell her to hurry back home.Copy !req
147. SEPTEMBER 21stCopy !req
148. It's been a while.Copy !req
149. Perhaps.Copy !req
150. How's Mom?Copy !req
151. Getting better.Copy !req
152. I see. That's good.Copy !req
153. - Oh—
- Ka—Copy !req
154. H-How's Kaede doing?Copy !req
155. She was wearing her uniform
when I came home the other day.Copy !req
156. It's still hard for her to go outside, but I think
she feels that she can't stay like this forever.Copy !req
157. I see...Copy !req
158. You know...Copy !req
159. What is it?Copy !req
160. How does it feel to be a parent?Copy !req
161. You can't possibly have a kid—Copy !req
162. No, not that!
I haven't done that stuff yet!Copy !req
163. That's not what I wanted to ask.Copy !req
164. I see, not yet...Copy !req
165. Well, you can find out what it feels like
once you've become a parent.Copy !req
166. Will I be one someday?Copy !req
167. Honestly, your mother and I were in turmoil
when you were born.Copy !req
168. It was a first time for everything,
which made us feel uneasy...Copy !req
169. One time, when I was changing your diapers,
my head so hazy from utter fatigue,Copy !req
170. I feel asleep before finishing.Copy !req
171. If you're going to tell me anything,
can you make it something more decent?Copy !req
172. SEPTEMBER 30thCopy !req
173. Amazing. You're pretty popular.Copy !req
174. For now, it's all we can do
to fill up a place of this size.Copy !req
175. So your mother is somewhere in the crowd?Copy !req
176. Somewhere towards the front, I think.Copy !req
177. Good evening!Copy !req
178. We're Sweet Bullet!Copy !req
179. Well, it's finally started.Copy !req
180. Toyohama, were you "Doka-chan"?
Should I go along with it?Copy !req
181. Wait, Zukki, aren't you sweating a ton?Copy !req
182. You don't have to!Copy !req
183. Eh? Idols don't sweat.Copy !req
184. No, you are. Quite a bit.Copy !req
185. You always say how even your panties
are drenched after a gig.Copy !req
186. I-Idols don't wear panties!Copy !req
187. Eh? You're not wearing panties?Copy !req
188. Oh no, no, that's not what I wanted to say.
I wanted to say, idols never sweat!Copy !req
189. Then, what's that?Copy !req
190. This is, well...
Some kind of strange juice!Copy !req
191. If we keep this up, she might say
something fatal to a pop idol's career.Copy !req
192. Okay, on to the next song, "BABY"!Copy !req
193. LOVE ME BABY!Copy !req
194. LOVE ME BABY!Copy !req
195. Yeah, yeah!Copy !req
196. Today's Set List
1. Sweet Bullet
2. BABYCopy !req
197. You know,Copy !req
198. Nee, watashiCopy !req
199. My brain has been in a traffic jam all day longCopy !req
200. Asa kara shikou kairo ga daijuutai desuCopy !req
201. I won't look so flat and exhausted like beforeCopy !req
202. Mae mitai ni kino nuketa kao nante shinaiwaCopy !req
203. Calculating to pretend that it's just a coincidenceCopy !req
204. Guuzen wo yosoou tame no keisan wo shiteCopy !req
205. Words to approach you with
are what I desperately—Copy !req
206. Kimi ni kakeru kotoba hisshi—Copy !req
207. am searching forCopy !req
208. SagashiteruCopy !req
209. Confidence that I can speak wellCopy !req
210. Jouzu ni hanaseru jishin nanteCopy !req
211. is something I don't have one bit ofCopy !req
212. Koreppochi mo nai kuse nineCopy !req
213. For you, KISS YOU: LOVE ME BABYCopy !req
214. Kimi ni KISS YOU: LOVE ME BABYCopy !req
215. This story's just begunCopy !req
216. Hajimatta bakari no STORYCopy !req
217. Big Sister is amazing...Copy !req
218. - Yoshuu mo nanimo dekite naikedo
- I haven't beenn able to study in advance at allCopy !req
219. And now, the usual event
for Sweet Bullet...Copy !req
220. Announcing the featured member
for the next single!Copy !req
221. Clap, clap, clap!Copy !req
222. Wait, since I'm the one announcing it,
that means I'm out of the running!Copy !req
223. Maybe it's a surprise and
you're announcing yourself, Zukki!Copy !req
224. Well, here goes!Copy !req
225. Announcing!Copy !req
226. The featured member of our next single...Copy !req
227. is Doka-chan!Copy !req
228. Grats!Copy !req
229. Thank you!Copy !req
230. I'll do my best to not lose
to everyone else, including Zukki!Copy !req
231. Man, that was fun.Copy !req
232. I can kinda see why some people
get totally obsessed with pop idols.Copy !req
233. What are they waiting for?Copy !req
234. That.Copy !req
235. Good for you. Good for you.Copy !req
236. I'm so happy for you.
You really tried so hard.Copy !req
237. Mother was smiling...Copy !req
238. It's normal to smile sometimes.Copy !req
239. No way. She's never looked like that
in front of me.Copy !req
240. So in the end, it's all about Big Sister.Copy !req
241. So Mother thinks Big Sister is better after all...Copy !req
242. I don't want to go home.Copy !req
243. I want to go to the beach.Copy !req
244. All right. Just for a bit.Copy !req
245. Hey!Copy !req
246. Hold on!Copy !req
247. Let go!Copy !req
248. Nobody really needs me at all!Copy !req
249. Toyohama!Copy !req
250. What the hell are you doing?Copy !req
251. I've had enough of this!Copy !req
252. No way you've had enough!Copy !req
253. Let go! Let go of me, you idiot!Copy !req
254. Who's the idiot here!Copy !req
255. This has nothing to do with you!Copy !req
256. Then don't test me so unfairly!Copy !req
257. Don't go into the ocean assuming
someone will save you, idiot!Copy !req
258. Shut up!Copy !req
259. All you care about is Big Sister!Copy !req
260. That's right! If something happened to you,
Mai-san will be sad!Copy !req
261. That's a lie!Copy !req
262. It's not a lie!Copy !req
263. If something happened to you,
I know Mai-san will be sad!Copy !req
264. She said she hated me!Copy !req
265. And that was the lie!Copy !req
266. Do you have proof?Copy !req
267. Fine. I'll show you.Copy !req
268. You shouldn't do that.
Swimming is prohibited in this area.Copy !req
269. What is this?Copy !req
270. You'll see when you open it.Copy !req
271. Annoying.Copy !req
272. These are... all letters I wrote.Copy !req
273. Why?Copy !req
274. I don't get it... Why... Why?Copy !req
275. Obviously, because she was happy
to receive them.Copy !req
276. She kept all the letters from you
safe and sound.Copy !req
277. There's no way she hates you
if she's done this.Copy !req
278. But I'm not... her real little sister!Copy !req
279. What's that about?Copy !req
280. Back when I wrote these,Copy !req
281. I didn't know that Big Sister and I
had different mothers, and what that meant...Copy !req
282. So, after I figured it out,
I always felt uneasy...Copy !req
283. When I thought that I was being a nuisance
to Big Sister, I couldn't write letters anymore!Copy !req
284. Or so she says.
Mai-san, how did you really feel?Copy !req
285. Don't look through people's treasures
without permission.Copy !req
286. Why...Copy !req
287. Big Sister...Copy !req
288. All I remember from back then is
how dizzy I felt from how busy I was.Copy !req
289. All I did after going home was sleep, and didn't
have time to watch the shows I appeared in.Copy !req
290. So many people complimented me,
but all I thought was, "Who are these people?"Copy !req
291. But you were different, Nodoka.Copy !req
292. Honestly, I was bewildered when you
were introduced as my little sister...Copy !req
293. But you always gave me letters saying,
"You were awesome!" or "You're amazing!"Copy !req
294. And it gave me courage each time.Copy !req
295. I felt that I could keep working hard
as long as it made you happy.Copy !req
296. And thanks to that, I came to like my job.Copy !req
297. So, Nodoka...Copy !req
298. Thank you.Copy !req
299. Thank you for being my little sister.Copy !req
300. Big Sister...Copy !req
301. Not fair! You're not fair, Big Sister!Copy !req
302. Saying that after everything's
said and done... It's too late!Copy !req
303. I tried to do my best, too...Copy !req
304. But why do you get a featured song before me?Copy !req
305. Why are you being complimented
by my mother!Copy !req
306. Because I practiced.Copy !req
307. I practiced bit by bit every day.Copy !req
308. That's what I mean!Copy !req
309. No matter how hard it is,
you do what you need to properly!Copy !req
310. It's your fault if you can't do it!
I hate how you're awesome like that!Copy !req
311. Ouch! Why me!Copy !req
312. Sorry. She sounded like a spoiled brat,
so my anger flared up.Copy !req
313. Then you slapped the wrong person, right?Copy !req
314. She has a fashion magazine
photo shoot tomorrow, right?Copy !req
315. What'll she do if she's scarred because of me?Copy !req
316. Stuff like that, too...Copy !req
317. Your professionalism is too strong!
I can't even compete!Copy !req
318. I can't even compete...Copy !req
319. Nodoka.Copy !req
320. You know how your mother was
in the line of high-fives after the gig, right?Copy !req
321. Her hand was trembling on her turn,
and she held my hand.Copy !req
322. I think she felt really uneasy until now.Copy !req
323. Uneasy?Copy !req
324. Seeing you do everything
to meet her expectations,Copy !req
325. she was uneasy about whether or not
you were truly happy this whole timeCopy !req
326. But I don't know anything about that.
I haven't heard a thing.Copy !req
327. Like parents would be able to tell their child
about how uneasy they feel about raising them.Copy !req
328. But I... I...Copy !req
329. I just wanted my mother to be happy
since she was always mad, you see?Copy !req
330. She always talked about you,
so I wanted her to compliment me for once!Copy !req
331. I wanted my mother to smile at me!Copy !req
332. Then, from now on, make her happy
with something you choose for yourself, Nodoka.Copy !req
333. Not something she tells you to do.Copy !req
334. Yup... Yup...Copy !req
335. Sorry... I'm sorry, mother...Copy !req
336. You know, Big Sister...Copy !req
337. What?Copy !req
338. I don't have to be exactly like you, do I?Copy !req
339. You can if you want to be.Copy !req
340. I don't.Copy !req
341. Huh?Copy !req
342. Eh? What?Copy !req
343. We're back?Copy !req
344. I think so...Copy !req
345. We're back! We're back to normal, Big Sister!Copy !req
346. Nodoka! I'm so glad!Copy !req
347. Now, I can be all lovey-dovey with Mai-san...Copy !req
348. Big Sister!Copy !req
349. Oh, don't cry...Copy !req
350. But...Copy !req
351. In the end, I wonder what this was all about.Copy !req
352. First of all, it wasn't their personas
that had swapped, right?Copy !req
353. I guess so. You could say it was only
their appearances that swapped.Copy !req
354. The little sister's consciousness, thinking
"I want to be like Big Sister" or "I have to be like her,"Copy !req
355. probably changed her appearance
into that of Mai Sakurajima.Copy !req
356. Probably, but what kind of reasoning is that?Copy !req
357. As for the principle, it's probably adequate
to assume it's a type of quantum teleportation.Copy !req
358. Quantum Mechanics Stories that
Even Gorillas Can UnderstandCopy !req
359. Gorillas are smart, aren't they?Copy !req
360. In other words...Copy !req
361. Sakurajima-senpai's little sister took the blueprint
for her big sister's physical body for her own,Copy !req
362. and gained the guise of our senpai
by observing it for herself. That's what I think.Copy !req
363. Then, why did Mai-san
look like Toyohama as well?Copy !req
364. Is it possible to think that she may have
been slightly jealous of her little sister, too?Copy !req
365. It's unlocked. Come in.Copy !req
366. Excuse me!Copy !req
367. Why are you here, Toyohama?Copy !req
368. I'm going to live here, too.Copy !req
369. I thought you mended fences with your mom.Copy !req
370. I had another fight soon after.Copy !req
371. I mean, she was so annoying,
telling me to do this and that, you know?Copy !req
372. Don't "you know" me!Copy !req
373. Are you okay with this, Mai-san?Copy !req
374. Oh, sorry. It's a call from my agency.Copy !req
375. Hello. Thanks for the hard work.Copy !req
376. When I talked to Big Sister about it, she asked,
"Do you want to live at my place for a while?"Copy !req
377. And, well... Thank you.Copy !req
378. Big Sister said I should give a proper thanks!Copy !req
379. I troubled you in many ways...
And you saved me...Copy !req
380. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
381. I just wanted to be lovey-dovey
with Mai-san as soon as possible.Copy !req
382. I think I understand it a bit now.Copy !req
383. Huh?Copy !req
384. Why Big Sister chose you, Sakuta.Copy !req
385. I am terribly sorry about that.Copy !req
386. Yes, I realize I'll be troubling you.Copy !req
387. Yes...Copy !req
388. Is something wrong?Copy !req
389. I think we've got a slight problem now...Copy !req
390. Showbiz news
Shocking Scandal for Mai Sakurajima!
Is that her boyfriend walking next to her!Copy !req
391. Nothing less from you, Sakuta-kun.
What a rascal.Copy !req
392. Next Time
#11 The Kaede QuestCopy !req