Mai Mai Miracle (マイマイ新子と千年の魔法, Maimai Shinko to sen-nen no mahō)

Mitsuko-chan, I'm going shopping!

Wait for me!

We should get going, too.

What do you think? Can you fix it?

Well.

In spring, Kojiro the Green runs around noisily.

I made up Kojiro the Green last summer.

There!

It's ready. Try it out.

Sure.

When I fell out of Grandpa's wisteria hammock last summer,...

...Kojiro came to mind while I was underwater.

It's something I imagined, so only I can see it.

Shinko.

What do you think?

Huh?

Streams don't usually...

...turn at a right angle like that.

So why does this one?

But hasn't it always been that way?

Do you know how long it's been like that?

Grandpa used to be a schoolteacher.

Shinko, it's been that way...

...for a thousand years.

A thousand?!

Nowadays, that looks like...

...just a big wheat field, but actually this land...

...a thousand years ago...

Grandpa's asthma crises can be really bad,...

...but he taught me all the interesting things that I know.

Mai Mai Mirac l e

Mitajiri Station! Mitajiri.

Stupid big sister!

Hey, hey, what's wrong?

Sis pulled off Kewpie's arm!

My goodness!

Why would she do such a thing?!

The capital city of this Province was right here a thousand years ago,...

...and this stream was made to flow at a right angle since then.

Suo. This region used to be called the Province of Suo.

And where the stream turns...

New scooter!

This stream follows what was an old ditch around a city block.

Your bike broke down?

So what.

No wonder, that old thing.

Look at my new bike!

And that road where Yoshimura-san and Ejima-san argue...

...has been there since ancient times.

My Grandpa told me all these interesting things.

Thank you, Grandpa!

Did you see Shinko?

No.

Jeez? The steamed bread is also gone.

Shinko!

Shinko! Where are you?

I know you're out there!

If you want to leave home, go ahead!

Shinko! Shinko!

I can't hear you!

I'll give you rice to take!

What was Suo's capital city like...

...a thousand years ago?

Now I know!

And this side?

Shinko!

Come out right now!

I'll be just fine here.

The ship from the Imperial Capital arrives soon. We must meet it.

Imperial Capital?! I'm sure a Princess will come!

Right rudder!

There it is!

I, Motosuke Kiyohara, at 67 years of age, was called here...

...to govern Suo!

Nagiko, come out here!

Let's enjoy the view together.

Hey!

Who's playing in the field?

It's you again! Hey!

Bah! Just when the Princess was coming out!

This is it, Kiiko.

Yes.

You must be Dr. Shimazu?

I'm Fujiwara, General Affairs Department.

Hello.

It's such a long trip from Tokyo.

Welcome, here is my card.

Well, well, well. She must be your daughter?

Yes.

This is the main street.

It's so tiny compared to Tokyo.

Go a little farther, and there's nothing at all.

There are horses and cows.

There are just big wheat fields. Not like Tokyo at all.

Stupid! Idiot!

You shouldn't say that,

even though she was bad.

It's 10 years after the War,

but that's nothing compared to...

...a history of a thousand years.

That's true, Grandpa.

Your medicine.

Daddy didn't come home last night either.

He's too busy working.

Shinko, eat your breakfast quickly!

I'm late, I'm late!

Because of this 'Mai Mai' curl!

You're fast!

But I'm faster!

- It stinks! - Smells bad!

What's that smell?!

Stinks!

Stinks?

Not really, it smells rather nice.

Transfer student, arrived yesterday.

Why'd she use it?

I don't know.

Lipstick! She even wears lipstick.

Pretends to be foreign.

A weirdo.

She makes an awful impression.

Hi, third grade, class three.

The baby of your teacher, Mr Hanada, was born last night!

It was born?!

Yes, so self-study for the first hour.

Yoshioka-san, you color so well!

Not really.

Wonder what they'll name it?

Knowing our teacher, it'll be a trendy name!

Did you listen to the radio?

From 18:00?

Yeah, I did!

Wow! Awesome!

Your colored pencils!

Hey, those pencils I saw,

how many colors are there?

Never seen that before.

What's up?

Ignore her.

2, 4, 6, 8, 10...

12, 14...

Wow! There are 26 colors!

I've never seen such colors!

Yeah, maybe imported?

There sure are lots of reds and blues in foreign countries.

Class, how's your self-study going?

There's Tatsuyoshi, grade five.

Skipped class again.

Ignore him.

Hey, can I borrow this color?

I want to color the Seto Inland Sea with it.

It's a nice color, but maybe not for you.

Of course, he broke it!

That's enough.

Give it back to me!

Be careful, be careful!

Nice clothes.

Are you OK?

Hey, what are you doing to the new girl?!

It's Mr Hanada!

Daddy Hanada!

Daddy!

Don't make fun of me!

Watch out!

Aah... Umm... Shimazu Kiiko-san...

Why didn't you tell? Only Shigeru was punished.

I don't know.

What do you mean "I don't know"?!

Hey.

I'm sorry.

Ah! Hey.

Hold on!

You're so weird.

They call it a 'worker's residence',...

...but there's a whole town here.

I had no idea.

A paper drama storyteller! I want to see!

I want to see the paper drama!

Let's go. Let's go!

Could you...

...go first?

Sure.

Good doggy!

Good doggy!

There! Want a tummy rub?

Good doggy!

Good doggy!

I see. I guess you don't like dogs.

A deutzia shrub!

They're called 'deutzia' because the branches are hollow.

Deutzia means hollow?

I don't know...

It's OK, nobody's home.

How about your mom?

Not here.

So it's OK, come in.

Wow! You have stairs!

Nice! No one has stairs around where I live.

Sit down.

Okay.