Brush Up Life (ブラッシュアップライフ)

The story so far..

To be reborn as a human, Kondo Asami was reliving the third round of her life.

While producing dramas at a TV station,

she was accumulating points for good deeds, but...

the next life she was told about there was...

Purple sea urchin.

- Can I start over again? - Yes, you can.

Thus started her fourth round of life.

When she studied hard to accumulate a huge amount of points for good deeds...

They're trying to accommodate me.

there was a change in her relationship with Nacchi and Miipon.

Looks like a lot will happen in her fourth round of life.

- Hello! - Welcome.

What do you think about this season's dramas?

- I'd have to say "Kanokoji." - Ah, yeah. "Kanokoji."

My dad doesn't usually watch dramas, but

- he watches "Kanokoji." - Yeah, my whole family is watching it too.

- "Kanokoji"? - Yeah.

- You're not watching it, Ah-chin? - Ah~ No... eh?

"Kanokoji"?

"Kanojo wa Kojinjigyounushi" .

- Really~... - You should definitely watch it.

Oh~ Is that right...

There's also..."The 6 Telemarketers." - Yes, that's good!

- "The 6 Telemarketers"? - You're not watching that?

- No, I'm afraid I don't know about that one. - It's pretty good.

Yeah, it's good.

- Matsufune is so cool. - Yeah, he sure is.

- Matsufune... - Matsubayashi Funehiko.

Matsubayashi Funehiko... who was he?

Eh? You know, the former Seafood Boys.

- Former Seafood Boys? - These two may be it for this season.

Yes, I think so too.

What about "Brush Up Life"?

- "Brush Up Life"! - Huh? What was that?

The drama that I'm producing.

- Ah~! I guess that was on~.

- Did you watch it? - We did, we did...

- Of course, of course. - How was it?

But...Usuda Asami-chan was pretty, wasn't she?

- She sure was! Yeah~! - Right!

Yes, she was... How was the story?

- But the shots were stylish. - Yeah, they were.

- They were stylish. - What's with that "but"?

Huh?

You guys keep saying "but", so what is that "but" in contrast to?

Was it boring?

- Shall we get going? - Shall we? - Yeah.

Hey. Was it boring?

Hey.

Wait...

I said wait!

My fourth middle school days.

I'm about 110 years old in all.

In spite of living that long, I still get irritated with my father when that age rolls around.

Look~.

Like promptly trying out the tip he saw on "Itouke".

"Itouke no Shokutaku" - Kitchen Tips & Trick Show (1998-2007).

Okay, let's eat.

Haruka, keep your elbows off the table.

Like how he runs out of side dishes early on for every meal and has to eat plain rice in the latter half,

everything about him is annoying, but...

What?

with the good reasoning of a 110-year old, I'm holding it in perfectly.

- Haruka, give me your sausage. - No.

Brush Up Life 7

What about your egg?

This time, my teacher recommended that I go to a private middle school, but

I didn't want to put a burden on my parents, so

I decided to continue going to a public school.

Did you know? I heard that the udon shop on Kasumi-dori had to close down.

- Eh? Kashiwagi Udon? - Yes.

Oh really? I didn't know.

I've only been there a few times, but

it's sad to hear it'll be gone, huh?

Yeah, it's sad.

My family often ate udon there after memorial service and things.

- Oh, really? - Good morning.

- Asami-chan, good morning. - Good morning.

So what's it going to be after the udon shop closes down?

- Rumor has it that it's going to be a dining cafe. - What~! That's great!

Since I missed the chance to get close to these two in elementary school,

I'd been unable to close the gap even after that.

As if to shake of that loneliness, I threw myself into my studies.

As a result,

I got the top grades in my grade, and I finally succeeded in surpassing Uno Mari.

However...

- Did you watch "Yanboko" last week? - Of course I did!

"Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru" starring Takenouchi Yutaka (2003)

my school life wasn't very enjoyable.

- Wasn't Takenouchi Yutaka awesome? - Yeah. He's seriously good-looking.

I'm more a fan of Ichihara-kun.

Amidst all that, Round 1 opened as planned.

- It's huge. - It doesn't feel like our hometown.

It's amazing, isn't it?

- Tada~. - Nice.

- Miipon, what's with that pose? - You're the one who said let's do it...

The fact that I wasn't included in there means...

Wow, that really brings back memories.

that future will never come either.

Asami-chan?

- Oh, Mari-chan. - Are you alone?

Yeah. I just happened to be passing by.

- Oh yeah? Me too. - I see.

- This place is amazing, isn't it? - It doesn't feel like my hometown.

I know, right? Oh... Shall we take a picture together?

Yeah, let's do that.

- I'm glad you didn't turn me down. - I won't turn you down.

- Shall we? - Yeah.

2 1 ...

You're meticulous.

- Here. - Thanks.

Don't you think this is nice?

This one makes both of us look prettier.

It does.

Looks good.

- Shall we go? - Yeah.

Can I go to the restroom first?

Sure. I'll be here.

It's like all the fun stuff is there in one place.

Until now, Aeon was about the only place we could go.

I know, right?

- Actually, I want to live there already. - Yeah, I do too.

- If you were to live there, which floor would you want? - Floor?

Yeah. It would have to be karaoke, don't you think?

They have a sofa and AC too.

Oh, you mean live there as it is?

Yeah. Eh? That wasn't it?

I had pictured something like a hotel on top of that and living there.

I see what you mean. That sounds super nice.

Or rather, living in a karaoke box sounds tough.

That's for sure!

- Oh, Asami-chan, you're going that way? - Yeah.

I see.

Can I talk to you again at school?

- Yes, of course. - Thank goodness!

- See you then. - Yeah. Bye bye.

Bye bye.

Mari-chan was much more friendlier than I had imagined,

and was easy to talk to.

- Good morning! - Good morning.

- Ah-chin, did you watch "Trivia" yesterday? - I did.

Ever since that day, Maririn and I became good friends.

By the way, my grades were constantly in the top, and...

The student council has an announcement to make.

furthermore, I was even appointed to be the president of the student council.

Maririn became the vice president, and

we ended our middle school life together as picture perfect honor students.

For high school, I enrolled in the highest ranking prep school in the prefecture...

Yes, that is correct.

Here too, I got top grades in my grade.

Professor Yamanaka Discovers IPS Cells

And gets the Nobel Prize 4 years from now, huh?

The points for good deeds for this must be humongous.

Upon graduation from high school,

I entered the medical school at a national university.

It's my second time living alone in Tokyo.

It's smaller than the last time, but I like it here as well.

And my fourth coming-of-age ceremony.

- It's cute... - Yeah, it's looks like a rose.

- It's cute, isn't it? - It is.

Sorry to keep you waiting~.

- Nice~! - Looks super cute!

It suits you well.

Ah-chin!

- Ah~! Maririn! - Long time no see~!

- Ah-chin, did you watch "Trivia" yesterday? - I did.

It's been 5 years since I last saw Maririn.

Congratulations to the new adults.

Make way for a bright future and...

Hey! That's not right, is it? You old geezer!

- Don't be talking about lame stuff. - Finally!

Would that be forcible obstruction of business?

There are City employees too, so wouldn't it be obstruction of public duty?

Then it's either imprisonment of up to 3 years, or a fine of up to 500,000 yen.

Probably.

Isn't it one of those cases where he gets sent home once, but has to come back later with his parents?

Upon further investigation, he says he just wanted to get attention and repents that he went too far.

Also, depending on the company, he'll probably get fired.

Even if he's a student, I'm sure he'll get some kind of punishment.

- That's some kind of resolve. - I know, huh?

All for a few minutes of being the center of attention.

He's sure determined~.

Although I'm sure he doesn't have the resolve to be a microorganism in his next life.

- Ah-chin, let's take a picture. - Yeah, let's.

Here we go. Is this okay here...

Okay... Say cheese.

- I'll send it to you later. - Okay.

Hey... Long time no see~!

- Hi! - How have you been?

Long time no see. Hey, listen,

the members of our middle school are going to karaoke after this.

- Why don't you two come too? - What shall we do?

- Yeah, shall we? - Let's go.

- Okay. - Let's go, let's go.

This time, Maririn also participated for the first time.

And the customary Iketenai Taiyou.

Seriously, though, I'm thinking about changing the music industry.

- You can do it, Fuku-chan! - I'll guarantee it.

- I'll be rooting for you too! - Me too. I'll buy your CD.