Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll

Please hold onto the side belt of the escalator.

Thank you very much for coming.

Should I get this one? How about this one?

Mami!

What do you think of this?

How about this? This one is good.

Have you decided?

Daddy, don’t be like that.

You're taking too long to decide.

Give her some time to think.

Right?

Yes, Mom! You know me well.

Ok then!

Mami, what are you going to do with those?

I'm trying them on.

All of them?!

Yes, all of them!

Esper Mami - Dancing Dolls upon the Starry Sky

I think I'll get this.

Oh, no! The emergency bell! I got to go!

Where was it...? I found it!

Mami, have you made up your mind?

I'll take this one.

Oh, nice... hey, where are you going?

I'm going to the restroom!

Oops!

That's them...

Hey, everyone!

What happened?

They were there?

Well, they left this.

Oh, no!

They said that they're quitting.

We lost two more members...

What will we do, Hideki?

The kids are waiting. We have to begin.

We don't have enough people.

We'll have to come up with another plan.

Right now?

Yeah.

Excuse me...

I don't mean to be rude, but it looks as if you need some help. I could help you!

What are you all doing here? The kids are waiting.

Okay! Let's do it!

Right!

Could you come with us?

Yes!

Wow! A puppet show!

Hey, this way!

Ok!

Welcome.

Nice to meet you all.

Let's begin.

We'll do it together.

Ms. Sakura Mami, your parents are waiting for you on the second floor lounge room.

Please come to the second floor lounge room.

Please come here, Little Red Riding Hood.

I want to eat her up.

Hi, Grandma.

I brought some wine and flowers for you.

Little Red Riding Hood, I was waiting for you.

Come a little closer. I want to see your face.

Yes, grandma.

No! Don't go!

You'll be eaten!

That's not your grandma, that's a wolf!

What big ears you have, Grandma!

All the better to hear you, my dear.

No!!!

What a big mouth you have, Grandma!

All the better...

...to eat you!

Run, Little Red Riding Hood!

Stupid wolf!

Don't eat her!

How nice! Everyone's into it!

It's so nice...

You fool!

Where have you been?!

I'm sorry!

We were so worried about you.

We were looking for you in every department.

I'm terribly sorry.

Okay, as punishment, I'll skip a meal tonight.

What?

You're skipping dinner?

You'll skip a meal with me?

Konpoko, it's dinner time!

You traitor!

I’m so hungry!

You were in trouble!

It's not funny.

Sorry.

Konpoko was bad, too.

Give me back my mommy.

Megumi, let’s go home.

Mama!

Please, don't be so silly.

What's going on?

I want my mommy back!

She calls her doll, "Mommy".

A doll?

Megumi liked the doll, but I had to throw it away with the trash.

There was a reason I had to...

Give me back my mommy!

I want it, I want it! I want it back...!

Megumi!

Please listen to me.

I'll look for your doll.

Please don't cry, okay?

Wow... this will be hard, but I have to find it.

Will you help me, Konpoko?

What are you doing?

I'm looking for a doll.

I threw it away this morning with the trash.

Where do you live?

Yes. I...

Oh, that area's garbage has already been burned.

No way!

Megumi will understand.

But...

She said there was a reason. Why did Shizu throw the doll away?

I want to know why Megumi calls her doll "Mommy".

I'm going to Megumi's house.

Me, too!

I'm alone again.

Wow, what a big house!

What is this?!

Do you think children will like this plan?

I've told you so many times! What is the purpose of our show?

I want another idea!

Yes sir.

He looks so scary.

Here's your tea.

Thanks.

Megumi's mother passed away six months ago.

Eh?

Since then, Megumi treated her doll as if it was her mother. Her mother made the doll.

It was okay as long as she took good care of the doll. However, she stopped talking to anyone except her doll.

She didn't want to play with her friends. She always stayed in her room.

We had to do something about it. Therefore, I asked Shizu to throw away the doll.

You did it?!

Megumi.

Megumi!

You liar!

Hmm... You want me to make a doll that looks just like this?

Yes!

I could make something similar to it...

However, what her father did would have been undone.

The most important thing for Megumi is for her to face reality.

What can I do?

There could be a way. Let's think about it.

Yeah.

Megumi!

Megumi!

Why are you crying? What are you so sad about?

Oh, I know! It's because you lost the doll your mother made for you, isn't it?

H-How do you know?

I know a lot about you.

Why?

I'm a scary witch. I can change crying children into pumpkins.

Hey, witch! No one is crying!

I know there is someone...

Oh, here's one.

See? She's crying.

Princess Kaguya, please don't cry. She'll turn you into a pumpkin.

But I don't have a mother or father...

Heh, heh... you ARE crying.

I think I hear another crying child.

Witch, no one is crying.

I know there's someone...

Pinocchio, don't cry.

That's my boy!

You're crying so much. I'll be so happy to change you into a pumpkin.

Pinocchio, don't cry.

I can't be human. I don't have a mother or father...

Crying children will become like this!

Witch, you're so mean!

That reminds me, Snow White... You don't have a mother either, right?

Uh...

Aren't you sad?

Yes, but I have...

You have what?

I have... I have the seven dwarfs. I have friends.

They're still not your mother.

How could you say something like that?

See? Now, you're sad. Cry now.

I'll turn you into a pumpkin, too!

Cry!

Cry now!

No! Don't cry!

Please don't disturb us, Megumi. Snow White is about to cry.

No, she won't cry. Isn't that right, Snow White?