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Just admit it.
Without money, you have nothing of merit.
I'll forgive you if you do admit it.
And I'll release you.
I won't admit it.
Seira and I aren't friends anymore.
I just had to erase your existence from my head.
I want to go to high school, no matter what!
If you wish to leave from here, you may do so at any time.
It'd be better if you just stopped.
I may not be able to do it anymore.
I admit it.
It's just as you said, Maria-san.
Please forgive me.
I... I'm a person without merit or charm.
Please forgive me.
You have to regret that air of importance you've had and repent over it.
Everyone, please take one.
Masami! You understand, don't you?
Hey! What are you doing?
That's enough already.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
Don't you want to go to high school?
I do want to go.
But I don't want your money!
Don't cry anymore, Seira.
Princesses don't cry, now do they?
Um, Kaito-kun.
You aren't regretting it?
Because you helped me,
your wish to go to high school will vanish.
A little...
Eh... Ah, I'm sorry.
Seira, are you okay?
Yeah.
But, I showed you my weak side.
It's embarrassing.
That's okay sometimes, isn't it?
Eh?
If you're always just thinking of yourself as strong,
you'll usually just be seen as a strong fool.
So it's okay.
Thank you!
Good morning.
Ah, good morning.
Good morning, Emiko-sensei.
Morning. Doing okay?
Good morning.
Ah, Emiko-sensei has come to tell us...
Is it that time of year already?
It is.
So I'll be asking for that from you from today.
Certainly.
Then, I'll be counting on you.
Ahh... What a bother, what a bother.
Starting today, the students will be having lunch in the classroom.
Eh?
This is the season every year when they rehearse for their play.
As the performance gets closer, we may have to make midnight snacks for them.
Our work will only multiply, so prepare yourselves.
Yes.
A play...
Ah, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?
Oh, Juliet!
No! You're no Romeo.
"Romeo and Juliet?"
"That's right."
"At Millenius Seminary,"
"they invite the fathers and mothers to a play every year."
"The play is a very traditional event."
"Each of the student's dream is to be chosen to play the role of Juliet."
"Did you play Juliet?"
"I couldn't."
"Eh?"
"That's why, Seira, when you get older, and enter the Seminary,"
"you can play Juliet. Wonderful, isn't it?"
"And I will be in the audience, watching you."
"That would be so nice."
"That is my dream."
Takeda Maria.
"Romeo and Juliet Starring Role"
Takeda Maria.
Takeda Maria.
What's this?
Huh? What's up?
"Abstain"?
Huh? What is it this time?
"Kuroda Seira".
Ala.
That shouldn't be written down.
That person isn't a student, after all.
Say, that's right, isn't it, Emiko-sensei?
Ah...
Well, that's true...
That's it then.
Congratulations, Maria-san.
Thank you very much.
For the time being, I will be one managing you,
but for the performance itself,
all of it should be done by each of you independently.
So you will be the focus point and will decide all the roles.
But, if there's anything you're not sure about,
you can ask me about anything.
Yes, Emiko-sensei.
I'm looking forward to this. Who will be the Director?
We two will be.
Ah, I see. Do your best then.
Yes.
Excuse me.
I've brought their lunch.
Good work.
Ayumi. You play the role of Romeo.
Eh? Me?
Right?
She should.
It's decided.
Good luck, Ayumi! Good luck!
"Starring Role: Takeda Maria"
Then, I think I'll cast the parts.
Is it okay if I pass?
You can't! Everyone has to participate.
Then make me a rock or a tree, please.
We can't.
You can be...
...a cheerful singer or dancer.
Huh?! Hang on a minute there!
Bonjour, Madame Chieko.
Thank you for your hard work.
It's almost time for Romeo and Juliet, isn't it?
That's the only thing the students have in their heads.
It's a bother since they won't concentrate.
Is that right.
Director, you played Juliet once too, didn't you?
It must have been wonderful. I wish I could have seen it.
Director?
Yes?
Anything the matter?
No.
Ah, I'm sorry.
I just thought I could be of some help.
Thank you very much. I am fine.
Good luck with your lessons.
Yes.
There rust... and let me die.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
"Shokojo Seira" "Little Princess Seira"
Episode 4: "I am the Leading Actress!"
Oh Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?
Ah, I'm looking forward to this year's production of Romeo and Juliet.
Must be nice. You have so many things to look forward to.
Yes. I really look forward to this year after year.
But, this time around it'll be very tough. I'm the one in charge for the time being.
Is that right.
That reminds me, Sister, you once played Juliet, didn't you?
If I remember, I had the mumps at the time, so I couldn't come see it.
Ah, I would have liked seeing your Juliet.
Say, how did you feel when you were chosen?
Were you thrilled? Say, Sister, how was it?
I guess you would say you were proud about it and happy.
It's a nice memory for you, isn't it?
I'm envious of you.
Instead of Juliet, I was supposed to be the Nurse.
Emiko.
Yes?
How can you live being so insensitive?
Eh?
I had created an atmosphere which was saying,
"I don't want to talk about it."
But you couldn't sense that at all.
Really?
I'm sorry.
I want you to tell me.
How can you be so completely insensitive to everything going on around you?
I really envy you that.
You must lead an easy life.
I would be great if I could be like you.
Do you really think so?
You were silent just now, weren't you?
I wonder if you really don't think so.
It is, isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?
You're a great straight man.
You had better do well.
I'm begging you to do this right. You are the person in charge, after all.
Yes, Sister.
This is an important event that values the independence of the students.
Yes!
But, if anything happens, the full responsibility for it falls on you.
Yes!
Somehow it seems like a bad deal now.
Shall we switch?
No!
I will have no involvement in it whatsoever.
You are the one responsible.
You are!
I'm back.
Today I brought you a sandwich.
Here.
Here.
Yes?
What's the matter?
Can I come in?
What are you saying?
Of course. You'll be warmly welcomed.
You're not angry with me Seira-san?
I'm not angry. Not at all.
Thank goodness.
Thank goodness.
Thank goodness.
Masami-san...
Seira-san!
What'll I do?
There's no way I can perform in that play. No way whatsoever.
It's okay, it's okay. Which role is it?
The role of Capulet's wife.
Juliet's mother, huh?
That's an important role. Do your best.
No way, no way. Absolutely no way!
Huh?
Huh?
You know it really well, don't you Seira-san?
Yeah. Because I've read it over and over ever since I was a child.
You have?
Yeah. I've got all the lines in my head.
Eh? Why?
It's a dream of mine.
Back in my Mother's time, she wasn't able to do play Juliet.
Is that right.
It would have been better if Seira-san was Juliet.
It would have been so wonderful that way.
Thank you.
Maria's pretty but, she just doesn't 'feel' like a Juliet.
Besides, I'm scared even if I practice, I'll make a mistake.
Then let's us rehearse.
Eh? Really?
But now I'll tell thee joyful tidings, girl.
The gallant, young and noble gentleman,
The County Paris, at Saint Peter's Church,
Shall happily make thee there a joyful bride.
Now, by Saint Peter's Church
and Peter too,
He shall not make me there a joyful bride.
My, what do you say?
Here comes your father;
tell him so yourself,
And see how he will take it at your hands.
That was...
That was quite good just now, wasn't it?
Yeah. It was really good.
Eh...?
No way! You practiced with Seira?!
That's right. Seira-san's good at it. Really good.
She's memorized every word of it.
Eh? Why?
Because it's her dream.
Ever since she was little, she's wanted to play Juliet.
Eh? Really?
I want to practice with her, too.
Eh? You can't! Seira-san's mine.
Why?
No is no.
Seira-san, I'm sorry.
Teach me! Teach me!
Wait, wait! I told you, you can't!
Who goes there?
What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night
So stumblest on my counsel?
I know not how to tell thee who I am:
My name is an enemy to thee.
Art thou not Romeo?
Enemy of my Capulet family,
that Romeo and a Montague?
Ah, neither, fair saint,
if either thee dislike.
Romeo, how camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?
If any of my kinsmen find thee here...
This place is death, considering who thou art...
What is it?
Power and popularity...
It's the rare person who possesses both of those.
What's that?
It's not that I hate you.
It's not that I like you, either.
Romeo, O gentle Romeo,
If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully.
I give thee both my body and soul.
My love is as boundless as the sea.
Ehh?!
Can't I?
Emiko is the one in charge. She must decide.
Eh? Me?
That's right.
Emiko-sensei.
Let's... let's see.
I think what Maria-san has thought up
is quite wonderful... I think.
Thank you very much.
I want it to be something special.
Yes. That's right...
Emiko-sensei, if you would please.
That's right...
All right. Then, shall we try it?
Right?
Thank you very much.
Well then, excuse me.
Sister.
What is it?
Did... I make a mistake?
I told you, it's of no concern of mine.
That's true, but...
However, if I were in your situation...
If?
I would have rejected it.
Come, draw your swords.
We shall not lose to this villain Capulet.
Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage! You will be seen.
Hateful Montague, we are for you!
Stop! Stop, I say.
Gentlemen, stop. Stop, Gentlemen.
Everyone, I have an announcement.
We have a tradition of performing Romeo and Juliet here at Millenius Seminary.
This year, I am going to try something new.
Eh?!
For this performance, I have invited these people.
We are usually under the care of these people.
We must keep that in mind with every day that passes.
For these people who work here at the Seminary,
I want them to perform in the play as well.
Eh?
You want us?
That's right. We'll be counting on you.
I have decided on their roles, so I will announce them now.
May I?
Konuma-san will play the role of the Apothecary.
Apothecary...
His wife, you will play the role of the Nurse, please.
You will play Balthazar, please.
That's the role of Romeo's servant.
Well...
Seira-san.
Yes.
You will be...
...the offstage maid, if you please.
That's it. Thank you.
She's warped.
Ah, I'm sorry.
I may have raised your hopes up too high.
No... Not at all.
Well then, shall we resume?
Well, let's try this scene again from the top.
Yes.
Come, draw your sword.
We shall not lose to this villain Capulet.
Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage! You will be seen.
My poverty...
but not my will, consents.
Put this in any liquid thing you will,
And drink it off; and, if you had the strength
Of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight.
Oi, Kaito, I want to see you perform.
No, I'm fine.
What's with this "I'm fine" stuff?
- Are you that confident? - It's not that...
There's someone you don't want seeing you, isn't there...
You're wrong.
What's with that?
Still, why do we have to play the poverty roles in this, too?
- It's tailor-made for you. - What did you say?!
You've got the thankless role, don't you?
What's more, it's such a tiny man.
It's nice casting.
You'll get such roles as yours no matter what power of acting you have.
Oi, Seira.
Yes?
Starting tomorrow you'll have to make the lunches by yourself.
We'll be practicing, after all.
Yes. I understand. Please do your best.
Yeah.
Spin around, one two three.
One, two, three. One, two, three.
Spin around, one two three. One, two, three.
Stick out your chests more.
Put this in any liquid thing you will, And drink it off;
and, if you had the strength of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight.
You are strange to me, too.
Men being men, all of them are hypocrites and villains.
Why can you not understand that...
Romeo, please endure it.
Your face is but pale and you brood on something...
Do not... Do not...
I'm sorry.
O cousin, Tybalt! Who hath shed your blood?
Who was it began this bloody fray?
It grieves me to report this, Prince.
Twas the enemy of the Capulet family, Romeo.
Thank you all for waiting.
Kyaa!
Seira-san...
Eat up. I made all of it.
As always, it's delicious, isn't it?
Let me see, let me see how it is...
This is good.
I've seen these before. This old man at the Emperor Hotel a long time ago...
Even the vegetable skins have been peeled...
Are you okay?
Be quiet.
I'm sorry.
Fix all those costumes that are coming apart at the seams.
Hurry it up.
Yes. Very well.
I see. So that's how it is, is it?
Yes. It is.
It's a bother for me, too.
I've told them I would leave it independently to the students,
but I feel sorry for Seira-san, too.
What am I supposed to do?
Sister says she doesn't want to have anything to do with it.
I'm certain she has an inferiority complex about Seira-kun,
so this provides an irritant, doesn't it?
Eh?
Still, don't worry about Seira-kun.
Really?
Yes.
She'll face her current circumstance with a forward outlook,
and she may even find that it is fun.
I think that's the sort of child she is.
It may be, though, that you have invited in some new conflict...
Ah...
But I'm sure if you say it will be okay,
then it will be okay.
You don't have to agree so quickly...
Huh?
Nothing.
Ah, Emiko-sensei.
Yes?
The Director suffered some hurt playing Juliet, didn't she?
What happened?
Ah...
I didn't see it. I had the mumps.
Ah, is that right...
Why?
It's nothing.
I was just thinking a little about what it could have been.
Well then, please do your best during the play rehearsals.
Yes. I'll do my best.
Ah...
Yes?
Is it okay?
I can help.
Thank you, but that's okay.
This is my job.
It's an important job.
But, why is Maria so mean to you, Seira-san?
This is your costume, isn't it?
It is, isn't it?
Let's see... Yeah.
I'll make it especially pretty, okay?
Still, since it's the mother role, it'd be strange if it were too pretty, wouldn't it?
Seira-san.
Are your mother and father coming to see it?
Yeah. It seems all of my relatives will come.
Then I'll have to do my very best on it.
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name...
Maria-san?
Maria-san! Maria-san!
Maria-san! Maria-san!
Maria-san!
Maria-san!?
I'll watch over her, so it's okay.
- But... - Right...
It'd be a problem for everyone if you got sick, too. Right?
You're thinking I got what I deserved, aren't you?
Liar.
You're definitely thinking that.
You're thinking, "she can't be Juliet now."
Aren't you?
That's not true.
You're lying.
Lying...
It's because you don't like me.
That sort of hypocrisy... makes me sick.
I hate it!
You definitely think that about me.
"She got what she deserves."
Admit it.
We'll do this together.
"I'm sorry for asking you to come."
"Are you okay? The play starts soon."
"Everyone is looking forward to seeing your Juliet."
"I won't be able to go."
"Eh?"
"My fever isn't going down."
"My voice won't come out, either."
"Such a Juliet would be unsightly."
"No..."
"Then what should we do?"
"Chieko-san, you must do it."
"Eh?"
"What are you saying?"
"I couldn't do that..."
"Look, I've told you before."
"But..."
"You can do it."
"You can."
"You can definitely do it."
"Say, have confidence in yourself, Chieko-san."
What should we do? Maria-san can't do it.
I think you should ask Seira-san to do it.
Eh? But...
Seira-san knows all of the lines.
Besides, the way the students are now,
I'm sure they'll want Seira-san to be Juliet, too.
Well, that might be so, but...
Excuse me.
Seira-san.
How is Maria-san?
Her fever hasn't come down yet.
Say, Seira-san, if Maria-san really isn't able to do it,
could you do it?
Eh?
Please.
I decline.
She turned it down.
Seira-san...
The heroine should be played by a student.
But...
Don't worry. I'll make certain she's cured, Emiko-sensei.
Really? Really and truly?
Yes.
Therefore, everyone rest easy and rehearse, please.
Okay. Okay, we can do this.
Have you woken up?
Are you thirsty?
It's too bad.
This was my dream.
Something funny about that?
Don't worry about it.
You aren't the type who would miss her chance just because of a cold.
What does that mean?
If you aren't able to do it, you know they'll ask me to be Juliet.
And that I'll answer, "with pleasure."
You're certain I'd do that.
It's that regret which will revive your stubbornness.
Ala, you are better.
You'll be just fine.
If you let a cold keep you from playing the heroine,
you'll mourn it forever.
Where are you going?
I'm the one you're nursing.
I'm just looking for a different ice-pillow, Miss Maria.
Hurry it up.
Stop it. Stop it, I say.
Everyone, give it more of your fighting spirit!
The performance is almost here.
Maria-san will return without fail.
Let's believe in Seira-san.
Yes.
Ah, Friar, I have awoken.
This is the graveyard where I was carried to, is it not?
Well then, where is my Romeo?
Where could my Romeo be?
Romeo!
I won't say thank you.
It is your job, after all.
Yes.
But, this one time is different.
I can tell that you really don't like me
from the bottom of your heart.
I'm very sorry.
Hurry with the preparations.
Our performance is tomorrow.
We'll be up all night today.
Yes. I'll make some midnight snacks.
I'll ask that you make some of that delicious bread, the one with...
Dear!
I will!
Starting now, we'll begin rehearsing once more.
"Millenius Seminary's Production of Romeo and Juliet"
"Emiko"
Ah, Juliet.
Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear
That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops
Thou must not.
Not by the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
O, swear not by the moon.
What shall I swear by?
Do not swear at all;
Or, if thou wilt,
swear by thy gracious self,
Which is the god of my idolatry,
And I'll believe in thee from my heart.
"O churl!"
"Um..."
"Drunk all..."
"Let's see... drunk all..."
"Um..."
"Ahh... Kaoruko-san just had to come down ill."
"This isn't gonna work."
"And everyone practiced so hard, too."
Thy lips are warm.
It's okay.
Nothing's the matter.
Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief.
O happy dagger!
This... is thy sheath;
Now...
There rust... and let me die.
That was wonderful!
Well, well, well, come, Kaito.
Get in there.
Banzai! Banzai!
All of you, thank you! You were wonderful.
We can get plenty of sleep starting tonight.
"Good job."
"Congratulations, Chieko-san."
"I wasn't able to see it, but I'm certain you were fantastic in it."
"I just know it."
"No... Don't say things that aren't in your heart!"
"I wasn't any good at it."
"I ruined it all; I was the worst."
"I... I..."
"...I hate someone like you!"
"Eh..."
"I'm sorry."
"I really am sorry, Chieko-san."
"It wasn't Kaoruko-san's fault, now was it?"
"That's right. Kaoruko-san wanted to do it, after all."
"You shouldn't speak to her that way."
"It was your own fault that you were so bad."
"That's right."
It's over...
I want to see it... Seira-san's Juliet...
Eh?
Show me. I want to see it.
Excuse me... May I turn off all the illumination?
Huh?
It seems there's still someone around.
What's here?
A cup, closed in my true love's hand?
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:
"O churl!"
"Drunk all of it thyself,"
"and left no friendly drop to help me after?"
I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
To make die with a restorative...
Don't mind about them.
Please turn them off.
Ah...
Thy lips are still warm...
Yea, a noise nearby?
The Watchmen, surely.
The Watchmen will try and take me from this place.
Then I'll be brief.
O...
...happy dagger!
This breast...
...is thy sheath;
Now...
There rust, and let me die...