Mare (まれ)

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What are ya saying, Hiroyuki!

Ta say yer stopping da festival after all dese years...

I can't believe such talk!

It'd be physically impossible, wouldn't it? You want me to tell people well past their 70's...

Kontani Hiroyuki

...to come pull the yama?

Yama

Hiroyuki, don't be so inflexible about these things.

Fool! I'll do it by myself!

That old man says some crazy things, doesn't he?

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The Witch-Princess Birthday Cake

Week 1 (Episode 5)

Screenplay: Shinozaki Eriko

Music: Sawano Hiroyuki

Narrator: Toda Keiko

Tsumura Mare: Matsumoto Kurumu

Tsumura Toru: Ooizumi Yo

Tsumura Aiko: Tokiwa Takako

Kuramoto Haru: Suzuki Sawa

Kuramoto Koichi: Sasai Eisuke

Teraoka Makoto: Tsukaji Muga

Kado Shin'ichiro: Guts Ishimatsu

Kontani Hiroyuki: Itao Itsuji

Teraoka Kumi: Fuse Eri

Obara Maki: Nakagawa Shoko

Okesaku Ganji: Tanaka Min

Okesaku Fumi: Tanaka Yuko

さあ翔け出そうよ Saa kake dasou yo Come, let's soar

今すぐに Ima sugu ni Right now

未来が今は遠くても Mirai ga ima wa toukute mo Even if the future is far off for now

ひとりぼっちのままで Hitori botchi no mama de And it means staying alone like this

泣く夜が続いても Naku yoru ga tsudzuite mo And crying all through the night

本当のわたしへ Hontou no watashi he I'll still head towards the true me

風が強く冷たいほど Kaze ga tsuyoku tsumetai hodo The wind, strong and cold

教えてくれる Oshie te kureru Tells me of

出会うべき人のことを Deau beki hito no koto o The people I should meet

どうか希望の地図を Douka kibou no chizu o Please, gently open up

そっと開いてみてね Sotto aite mite ne The map of hope｣

あたたかい未来たちが Atatakai mirai-tachi ga A warm future

僕らを待っているよ Bokura o matte iru yo Is waiting for us

Yoake madjika kita no umi wa nami mo araku Towards the break of dawn, the north sea waves are rough

And to finish it off, do like this... Ala! It's gorgeous!

Ehh... So dis is what's popular in Tokyo right now.

Haru-san, ya look just like a city woman.

Thanks! With this, I could set my sights on bein' da number one city-style hair salon in Noto!

Not at all. I could always put it up in all sorts of ways.

However you dress up the outside, the insides are still...

Huh?!

Ah... well, uh...

...she looks great, doesn't she?

I can understand how Ganji-san feels though.

Are there that few young people here?

Nearly all da children hightail it outta here once they graduate from high school.

And once gone, they don't come back. The population is decreasing, too.

Noto was a great place back in the old days.

In 1965, Noto had an unprecedented tourist boom.

In our heyday, we had 1 million tourists a year passing though here.

Live in the here and now! The here and now!

Noto hanto The Noto Peninsula

Ah, can't do this!

It'd be impossible, wouldn't it? For you to do the festival alone.

It's the best festival around here, isn't it?

Dis is da countryside. It's not some flashy festival.

Really?

Even so, we're devoted in our feelings fer it.

The Yama's a ship with a Tairyo-bata that's especially splendid.

And on top of da Yama, where the children ride...

...is where dey delightedly shout, "Whaa! Whaa!"

All the village becomes one...

...and dat's what makes fer a great festival.

Hmm...

Will dey end da festival?

That'd be boring, huh?

Will dey get rid of da children's sumo, too?

Wonder if we couldn't help out with the festival, too?

Children can't pull da Yama.

Ah, I see...

Ah, it's Keita.

Keita, why haven't ya been practicin' sumo?

I have somethin' ta tell yas all.

What is it?

Starting with the 2nd semester...

Sorry! It's my Dad who's saying he has ta put a stop ta da festival.

What? Ya don't haveta worry about such a thing.

We're like water. The four of us'll be friends together forever.

Ah, five! The five of us together!

Takeshi's inconspicuous, ain't ya?

Sorry, sorry.

That's right!

Takeshi, ya ain't angry, are ya? Sorry.

That's why you're someone who doesn't understand. When you don't have enough manpower...

...it's fine to hire some stand-ins.

We don't have the budget for that.

No, no, you... Kontani-kun, right? This is a chance for the village.

"With these bad times, we can't afford to go overseas..."

"...but we should get out of the city to heal ourselves. Isn't there a cheap place somewhere?"

"Ala? How about this Noto Peninsula place? What's this? They have a Summer Festival there, too?

You can't let a chance like this slip out of your hands. Consider this plan. Look at this.

Lively, ain't he?

But shouldn't he be over at da saltpan?

"Noto's Satora village can't stop it's aging population, or its decrease in young people." Says so, right here.

Ah.

Hey! Um... has something happened?

You were acting strangely at the shrine... and at the school the other day, too...

I'll listen! If I'd be okay...

Anyhow, an outsider wouldn't understand!