Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
A golden bowl, on the right hand
A silver bowl, on the left
Never equal without the other
Those two bowls in each of us;
Those two invisible bowls.
The golden bowl, filled with happiness
Shines with a warm radiance
The overflowing love I've felt since I met you
Couldn't possibly be held in the golden bowl
A golden rapture,
A silver sadness
Let us lay down everything that has passed
So that only you may be held, So that only love may be held,
Let us empty those twin bowls.
I'm going now.
What is Nanako wearing today?
Lilac dress.
It's going to get more disastrous...
Who could possibly stop her?
A week. It's been a week since school started.
First, let me tell you about my wardrobe this week.
Monday, a tailored jacket and pleated skirt.
Tuesday, an open-collared blouse and cardigan, both beige.
Wednesday, a smart look with a single-suit jacket.
Thursday, the uniform.
And Friday, a cobalt green dress.
Well, this is no more than just a plan.
They may change, depending on my mood.
Brother, by now the cherry blossoms have completely fallen.
You can see so many fresh leaves sprouting on the trees.
Episode 2 The Glass Slippers
A letter
What? You're writing a letter? To your prince charming, hmm?
No, it's not like that.
He's just my brother.
It's the same thing.
Definitely not. A brother is a brother.
Huh. I'm not sure.
Yeah. Stay that way.
But my brother's is just noisy.
Oh, I see. My bad...
Your brother, he's not your real brother, is he?
Dunno.
Yes, Brother...
Just as Tomoko said,
You're neither my boyfriend, nor my real big brother.
But, on that day, in the first snow...
I realized that I need you in my life.
There you go, solve this in five minutes.
At the time, you were a part-time teacher at the cram school
and taught us for four full weeks.
That day... It was your last lecture.
It wasn't love between a man and a woman, no, definitely not,
Not love...
It's just that, in that last lecture,
the moment I thought we weren't going to meet each other again,
I just, just decided that I couldn't let you go.
I wanted us to be different from all these people passing by each other on the streets everyday
We had to be different, no, I didn't want us to be like that.
Your dark brown eyes, still bearing the nostalgia of childhood,
perhaps I was drawn to those mysteriously glittering eyes
But I know it isn't love, not love...
Any questions? Right. Which page is it?
Uh... Brother... Bro... Please be my big brother!
...Big brother?
I promise I won't bother you.
Letters... Please, you just need to read my letters.
Just a sec...
And, uh...
If you have time, please, send a reply to me.
Hey, now...
Ok, no replies. Just... Please just read my letters.
I'm serious...
That I could find such courage in me to say that
still amazes me even now.
Uh... What's your name?
I'm Misonoo Nanako.
Misonoo?
Could it be that you're Joto University's Prof. Misonoo's...?
Hey, Henmi, what are you doing?
It's going to be snowing heavily if we don't hurry.
Ah, sorry. Wait for me, just for a moment.
Do you know my father?
No... Ah, his books... I read few of Professor Misonoo's books.
It's my address.
So...
So... Then...
Send your first letter once you get into high school.
Yes!
See ya!
Brother, dear Brother,
It's the one word that made me go pit-a-pat since I was a kid,
The word that always filled my heart with expectation, the word,
is the word "brother".
I felt as if the gentle resonance of that word became mine since then.
"The next station is, Seiran Girls' High School Front Gate."
Oh right, Tomoko,
Mum said she's gonna let us use the kitchen this Saturday.
Really? What should we cook this time?
How about chocolate cake?
Sounds great!
Let's add rum, nuts, and dried fruits as well!
And lots of fluffy whipped cream!
And mint leaves for decoration!
Yes! Let's do that.
That's perfect! Sounds wonderful!
- One condition. Costs, 50/50. - Sure!
Good morning, Nanako!
Oh, hello...
I've been calling out your name. Didn't you hear?
You always come to school at this time, don't you?
Yes...
Then, should I come at the same time?
Excuse us.
Let's hurry!
The teacher always comes early for first period!
Hmph! Excuse you!
How pretty! Your dress looks beautiful today, Misonoo!
Good morning, everyone...!
- Hi! - Hello, little kittens!
Little kittens?
There's the bell now. Hurry up, take your seat.
- Impossible. - Yeah, right.
You should go back to your seats.
How stunning, Prince Kaoru's annoyed face!
It's so nice, to be scolded by Prince Kaoru...
Please, please scold me as well!
- Hey there, move aside. - Huh?
- Can you switch seats with me? - Why?
Come on, it's not a problem.
I want to sit next to Misonoo.
But that's...
Hey what's going on over there. A fight?
See? It's getting bothersome. Hurry up.
Here, this is yours, right? Yours.
Thank goodness you're sitting next to me.
Brother, Shinobu Mariko's face
somehow looked different from the others.
That's how I've thought since the entrance ceremony.
And that was
because of her unnaturally blood-red lips.
Why are you staring at me like that?
N-no... Y-your lips...
Ah... This?
Let me show you...
Look.
You should bite into your lips every now and then.
The older girls just love red lips.
What?
No, it's nothing.
Anyway, that's the trick for natural red lips.
You should try it.
No, I'm fine.
She's so mature, yet surprisingly stubborn,
and somehow mysterious.
Shinobu Mariko downright confuses me.
How much is it?
Hey now, Ms. Misaki...
But it's the truth...
My father and mother are both frantic over me.
Mum's a Seiran alumni, and she was in the Sorority!
Wow! Fabulous!
Then your family's going to be in Sorority for 2 generations!
Why now, we can't be so sure...
There you go again. It's the same thing, it's decided.
Please now,
The truth is, I asked my dad
and tailored my dress for the selection party already!
I knew it.
Over here, Nanako.
- Finally, today's the day. - Huh?
Oh please, the Sorority!
They're going to announce the candidates in the 5th period, during the homeroom period.
Ah, that's why Misaki and the girls were...
Misaki Aya?
She's one strong possibility, though it's a pity.
I hate her.
No, you don't...
I despise her.
It's a mutual hate bond since junior high. We were classmates since then.
She just disgusts me!
- What do you think? - Huh?
Me. Do you think I stand any chance for the Sorority?
Beats me... I'm not that familiar with the Sorority and all...
Actually, I'm pretty confident.
Sorority Members
Only the chosen may enter
this school's special salon.
Both Mariko and Misaki both look so nervous about it.
Me, I didn't know what the Sorority was until coming here.
It's all like an entirely different world to me.
And it's also the only thing that bothers me about this wonderful school.
Not that it's that bad, but...
Lady Saint-Just!
She didn't recognize me... Even though our eyes met...
She completely forgot...
What are you doing? 5th period's beginning.
Lady Saint-Just, Saint-Just!
Well, thank you...
Huh. Little Miss Famous.
Far behind Prince Kaoru, for sure.
That's right.
Speaking of which, you always look so shabby.
I'm not like you. I'm not the one for bourgeois taste.
It's the taste of nobility.
Both of them, how can they be so gorgeous!
They're both so beautiful...
I heard you returned to the Basketball Club?
What's so great about being covered with sweat and dust?
Mind your own business.
- Then, see you later. - Yeah
Make way.
S-sure...
Wow, it's the Sorority!
Look, there's the announcement now.
Silence!
Now we shall announce the chosen candidates for Sorority Members.
Those called, please come to the front.
Shinobu Mariko.
Yes!
Wonderful. Congratulations, you made it!
No, I'm still just a candidate.
- To the front, please. - Yes!
Next... Orihara Kaoru.
Please come to the front.
Oh, thank you, but... I would like to decline.
Indeed? How unexpected. Could I ask you the reason?
Because I am against the very existence of the Sorority itself.
"Because I am against the very existence of the Sorority itself", if I say that,
I would definitely be causing trouble.
So let me correct myself, "Because of health concerns."
Is that so? What a shame.
Even so, thank you for your honesty.
Right onwards, the last candidate chosen from this class:
Misonoo Nanako.
Unacceptable!
I can't accept this, not this!
What can't you accept it?
Isn't it obvious?
What's so great about Misonoo to be chosen for the Sorority?
- That's right! - Misaki is right!
Heh. So you think you're great enough?
Shut up, you're just a *** writer's daughter!
Wh-what?
I knew it since junior high!
I knew that the good-for-nothing Hikawa Shinobu, who writes filthy series in the magazines, is your father!
No, not only me, everyone knows.
We just pretended we didn't know, since you're so pitiful.
What! What! What is this?!
I don't know how much you 'contributed' for this,
but you and Misonoo are just the same!
Your kind is definitely not worthy of the Sorority!
That's enough.
If a child could pick her own parents prior to birth,
I think that would be wonderful.
Ms.Shinobu!
Ms. Mona Lisa...
It's okay, it's okay... It's not your fault.
Our...
You can't accept our our decision, right?
No, I can't!
Then perhaps I could choose you as a candidate instead of Ms.Orihara, who withdrew.
Excuse me?
But instead, I'm certainly going to vote against you.
Wait, Ms.Misaki!
Every year, a lot of students fight over this matter.
Fighting makes people strong.
To survive the many fights and be chosen...
That is the very basic requirement expected from a Sorority Member.
Ms. Misonoo,
The selection party will be held this Sunday.
At the Sorority House, starting at noon.
Here. This is your invitation.
Ms. Misonoo!
Ms. Misonoo!
Hi, Nanako!
What took you so long? I waited for 20 minutes!
The Sorority Announcement completely surprised me!
Everyone was so excited in my class.
What's wrong?
U-Unbelievable!
How could such a thing... Why?
I don't know myself,
but Ms. Shinobu and I... we...
- Well... And? - Huh?
What are you going to do?
I think I need to at least join the selection party.
It's this Sunday!
Yes.
Cake...
You promised to bake cakes with me!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Tomoko.
But I think everything's going to be fine.
I'm not going to make it through the selection anyway...
I'm sorry, Tomoko.
No, I'm sorry.
My friend Nanako just became Cinderella!
Show those girls from Seiran Junior High what we're made of!
Tomoko.
Let's go.
- The front gate's going to be locked soon - Hey, Ms. Misaki...
Like this...
I can't stand down like this... Not me...
Dear Brother,
After dropping her glass shoe, Cinderella, who ran away,
returns from being a princess to her real self by the midnight bell's tolling.
I wonder, when will my midnight bell toll...
I dreamt an awesome dream last Sunday
But when it saw you,
Surprised, the dream just flew away
I would never lose
So just for you
I have rushed and tried so hard
This feeling of love, staying in my heart
bewildered by the mischievous fairies' game
dances to and fro, always capricious