01x03 - Kudamono Moereba Amaku Naru

[bunniefuu]

Santa Claus, huh?

I went and became an adult

We're two sides of the same coin,

with you still a kid

I went and blurted out the words

I'll never be able to take them back

There's nothing righteous

about unrequited feelings,

so let things stay as is

In the gaps between the seasons

that whiz by,

I was crying,

and I bet I always will

You don't believe, do you?

In despair? Being moved?

Unable to take it anymore, the night

that had turned white now turns black

Nothing's going to change

ever again? I just don't know!

I've been clinging to this moment

no matter what,

and I pray that today

my wish will come true

DON'T STOP

I won't forget the adultish heart

I stole from you ever again

Because neither the me that grew up

nor you will ever change

It's okay

Because I still haven't forgotten

the adultish heart I stole

Because even though I've changed,

I'm still me

Regrets, hopes and prayers,

Children, me,

I don't understand any of it

You can believe in wishes coming true,

but who I am will never end

EPISODE 3:

CHARRED FRUIT TASTES ALL THE SWEETER

Izawa, you've got something in your hair.

I touched a girl's hair!

Sorry, sorry!

No, thanks for doing it.

Um, right

You're sweet, Sanda.

There it is again.

Lately, stuff around me keeps

Stuff keeps falling?

That's a new one.

Are you sure

it's not just you being jumpy?

Also, should we be discussing this

in the open like this?

It's noisy since it's break time.

We're fine as long as we don't shout.

It's a Santa power, I know it!

Hi, Abe, it's been a while!

How are you?

I-I'm fine. Bye!

S-Sorry about that. But I can sense it.

Day by day, the Santa powers

inside me are growing.

You two kids believe in Santa.

Just from that, it's like my body is

Be that as it may,

what use does Santa have for an ability

to knock stuff to the ground?

That's just it. I have no idea.

Maybe your body is so small

that the power is leaking out of it.

Small? Excuse me?

You aren't much bigger than me, Amaya!

I'm 161 centimeters! How about you?

I'm 170 centimeters tall.

Hey, maybe it's triggered by lying!

I'm actually 168!

I'm 182 centimeters.

If you're gonna fudge a number,

go big or don't bother!

Anyway, we need to clean up

this flower vase.

What's up with that, though?

I've never heard anything

about Santa hating lies or whatever.

And I've done a ton of reading

on Christmas practices.

Santa Claus

doesn't give presents to naughty children.

He would need some kind of ability

to tell the good kids from the bad.

If something fell over when he

is in the presence of a naughty child

they'd be startled awake by the noise,

and he'd leave then and there

to avoid being seen by them.

You're a descendant of Santa Claus, right?

Maybe the definition of "naughty child"

has become even more specific

and now means "liar."

Lies are an outward manifestation

of someone's wicked nature.

What do you think? How's my theory?

This is amazing, Sanda.

If you have the ability to detect lies as

a Santa power, that would be super useful.

Theory rejected!

Why is it rejected?

Because if that's true, then earlier

my pencil case falling to the floor

from Izawa's reaction

after I touched her hair means that

You're sweet, Sanda.

This weirdo touched my hair

without asking!

SANDA'S MENTAL IMAGE

That line about there being something

in it was a lie, I know it!

Don't tell such bald-faced lies

just because you want to touch the hair

of Lady Izawa, Cutest Girl in Class!

MIKU IZAWA

CUTEST GIRL IN CLASS

Wouldn't that mean

FULL-ON BOY MIDDLE SCHOOLER MODE

that Izawa

is actually grossed out by me?

ENGAGE

Just because I've turned into Santa

doesn't mean I've suddenly lost

all interest in girls!

I never wanted to be a human lie detector!

Hey, try lying to Sanda about something.

What? Don't put me on the spot like that.

Let's see

Don't! Don't do it!

Just drop the whole thing!

Forget it! It's just my imagination!

What's gotten into you?

Sanda, this is a golden opportunity!

We might be able to ID someone

who knows where Ono is!

S-Sorry!

Why, hello there, Fuyumura and Amaya.

I've been looking for you.

You're Sanda as I recall?

The wound on his face is gone.

I'm terribly sorry, might I borrow

your friends for a while?

In particular

there is a matter I would like to discuss

with Fuyumura in an unofficial capacity.

Sanda

There's something that

I've kept secret from you this whole time.

What? Wh-What is it?

I like you.

Ever since the day I first saw you.

Always.

Let's get out of here!

That settles it! This new power of yours

lets you detect lies!

And that one was such a whopper that

it destroyed the fluorescent lights, huh?

How big a hopeless loser am I?

We can use this! To learn where Ono is!

Let's hold a class meeting later

and try it out!

We might find Ono!

Ah well, no matter.

As long as we're on school grounds,

there is no shortage of opportunities

to see students.

EMERGENCY CLASS MEETING

It's been one month and one week

since Ono disappeared.

We'd like to open up the topic again

and question the class.

If someone has any information, no matter

how trivial, that might lead us to her

raise your hand.

Uh, isn't it kinda late for this?

We students are on the suspect list now?

Yeah, I guess that would

be the natural reaction.

Of course not, we just

Ono was kind of a weirdo, remember?

There weren't that many people

who talked to her much.

He's right. I guess

I didn't know her very well, either.

I bet she would've been super cute

without those glasses.

That's all you ever think about!

-She never set foot outside, remember?

-Should we all look for her together?

-No way, I'm too scared!

-I gotta pee so bad.

-Isn't Ono dead, though?

-She was weird.

-That's what the teachers said.

-Personally, I liked Ono.

Ono is dead.

JAPANESE FOR TENSHI

Who said that just now?

The books

They fell!

Come on, fess up.

Who said that?

Who said Ono is dead just now?

Sanda!

Sanda passed out! His eyes

are rolled back in his head!

Sanda!

Everybody's fussing over me.

Is that how you guys really feel?

You'd better watch out,

I'm descended from Santa Claus.

If you lie, something will fall over

and I'll know right away.

I'm a human lie detector.

This power sucks so bad!

You must've passed out

from paranoia overload.

Are you okay?

Don't you dare be nice to me!

That's just another lie, isn't it!

Do you have any idea for someone

to say something nice to you,

but then you wait to see

if something falls over?

You sound like a fragile 14-year-old.

Because I am a fragile 14-year-old!

Every clatter, every thud

They're the sounds of my heart breaking!

I can't take it!

They say that humans

tell 200 lies every day.

I'm gonna show you just how trivial

the lies that you're so afraid of are

in comparison to the rest.

Ono is dead.

I don't give a damn what happened to Ono.

She's just some girl

who went missing over a month ago.

Everybody knows she's long dead.

Even if she was abducted,

there's nothing we can do to save her.

Let's just forget about her.

Even if someone in our class is a suspect,

I

don't give a rat's a*s!

Let's forget all about her

and get on with our lives!

Wow, your hands are like ice, Fuyumura!

If the next words from you are "But your

heart is warm," I'm gonna get mad.

Listen, I like you a lot.

Let's all act like she's dead!

Let's all agree

to erase her from our memory!

Cut it out, Fuyumura!

Sanda

I promise you this.

I'll never lie to you

unless I'm prepared to take it this far!

So, if you're Santa Claus

unless it's a lie that also hurts

the person who's telling it

you need to ignore every last one of them!

This is how

This is how I'm supposed to balance

my student life with being Santa Claus?

My heart can't take it!

-Hang on.

-Huh?

This hurts real bad.

Th-The doctor! Go see the school doctor!

The blood from your fist

turned me into Santa!

The doctor was sweating b*ll*ts.

Try to keep the crazy outbursts

to a minimum, okay?

It took four hours to patch me up.

DAIKOKU WELFARE ACADEMY

TRAUMA-FREE CURRICULUM

It's way past nightfall. Let's clean up

that glass and go back to our rooms.

Fuyumura

Do you think someone in our class had

something to do with Ono's disappearance?

At the very least

there's someone who thinks

that Ono is alive.

That's something we learned today.

You two are gonna keep helping me

to find out who.

When we find her, let's throw a party!

What?

O-Ono?

Is it really you?

Ono!

I'm going after her!

I'll be faster as Santa!

I have to catch her now while I can!

Fuyumura! Aren't you going after her?

What happened to you, Ono?

CHILDREN ARE TREASURES

In the end

we searched the school grounds for a while

after that, but we couldn't find her.

Drinks are on me.

After a weird night like tonight,

something warm and sweet

is called for.

It's almost like the three of us

are afraid to say the name "Ono."

Fuyumura in particular hasn't said a word.

Come on, say something.

Maybe what just happened hasn't sunk in.

Or maybe she's mad at me

for not being able to catch her?

Or is she in shock over finally finding

the friend she's been looking for,

only to have her run away?

Sanda, it's not going in your mouth!

What are you doing, Amaya?

You're the one with the drinking problem!

Don't spill any on me, too!

Man, this sucks!

Oh! Just count your blessings

that it wasn't tomato juice.

If your shirt had turned red,

you'd have turned back into Sand-pa.

S-Sand-pa?

Sanda and Sand-pa!

It's to tell you apart.

To hell with that!

Fuyumura, do you have a hanky

or something on you? I made a mess

You two are such goofs.

Hang on a second.

That was Ono that I saw back there, right?

That really was her, wasn't it?

I can hardly believe it.

Oh, right.

Ono was alive.

That was no ghost.

Why Ono ran away

What happened to her

Fuyumura's so happy over seeing Ono

that she doesn't care about anything else.

Why did she run, though?

Yeah, I'm curious about that, too.

She's still the same old oddball.

Hearing

a girl laughing can put me on edge.

Because it sometimes sounds

like they're crying.

So, I just sat there next to her

and listened closely.

What? A school funeral for Ono?

Right now?

Yeah. Apparently,

her family didn't hold one,

so the school is holding one for her.

All students are supposed to come

to the gym after school in formal dress.

Straight from Headmaster Oshibu.

Two days after we ran into Ono?

That can't be a coincidence.

They said everybody.

You'd better be there.

Sure, we'll be there.

This smells funny.

What's he planning?

All right, the ceremony will begin soon!

You children in the school band

are certainly dressed to the nines!

We have red suits

made for occasions like this.

Do you know

why people wear red to the funerals of

minors in the Tenshi era and not black?

No, sir. I just know that children and

adults both wore black a long time ago.

Because when a child dies, they should

be sent off in a festive manner.

In our ultra-declining birth rate

ultra-aging society,

when a valuable soul

is called to Heaven while still young,

although it may be painful

it can also be

a very precious thing indeed.

So, at a school funeral,

there is music and there is feasting.

Let us give her a send-off in grand style!

For her benefit, as well!

I'll go check on Fuyumura!

Thanks!

GYMNASIUM

I'm on recon.

I bet the adults will say or do something

that will give themselves away.

Why is it so decked out?

It's like a celebration or something.

I never noticed it

until after my Santa genes kicked in.

There is something very, very wrong

with this school.

In any case, I'm not gonna be attending.

If I put on my red mourning clothes,

my secret will be out then and there.

Sanda

What's that you're doing there?

Crap!

I'm gonna crash this funeral.

Literally.

Even if you have a knack for making bombs,

you won't be charged with anything

if you're a minor.

I love that I was born in this era.

Things might have gone badly.

Hey, lady!

Bombs are strictly forbidden!

How many of those do you have anyway?

You're gonna hurt

a lot of innocent student bystanders!

They're about to hold a funeral

for a student who's actually alive.

I have to stop it.

I can see your point.

I have asked you all to come here today

for a specific purpose.

It's because this is the perfect chance

for the St. Nick Pursuit Unit

to finally capture

our target, Santa Claus.

Dried holly leaves.

It would appear

that all of you are official members.

As far as the students know, you are

workers keeping an eye on the funeral.

That man suddenly appeared

after Ichie Ono's death.

So frequently

that it cannot be coincidence.

He is clearly involved

with her death somehow.

He will appear at today's funeral,

of that you can be certain.

Exercise all due caution

while looking for him.

Yes, sir!

SABURO YAGIUDA (51)

FORMER RED LEADER

Sure.

Mr. Yagiuda. I'm given to understand

that you are their greatest weapon.

Why are you standing in back?

I don't like it

when someone's standing behind me.

If Santa appearing was really this simple,

our job wouldn't be so hard. Besides

the whole "greatest weapon" thing

is just because I hurt Santa Claus pretty

badly when he turned up 20 years ago.

I've spent years hunting him,

and now I'm in my 50s.

I've got one foot in the door

of joining the ranks of the elderly

that this country is drowning in

and treats like garbage.

Being back in a school like this reminds

me of when I felt invincible as a kid.

Oops, better be careful.

I got sentimental there for a second.

I guess I'll k*ll some time with a smoke.

By the way, Sanda

you're staring.

You've got a bone to pick with me?

What? Why would you think that?

Students still get up to youthful antics

behind the gym?

Cut it out.

If you're not trying to start a fight,

it's rude to stare at someone.

What kind of moral compass is that?

Excuse me for making you

feel uncomfortable.

I'm getting some bittersweet vibes here.

Does he have a thing for the

dark-haired girl? Hang in there, kiddo.

I think

I want to remember.

How you sounded that night.

The way you laughed.

Compared to everything else

I saw that night

you laughing

was the biggest miracle by far.

Anyway, sorry.

Hearing me say that probably makes it

even harder for you to laugh.

Wow, the pair on this kid!

You fell for a girl who's a tough nut

to crack, huh? That's rough!

But

when the Santa Claus curse was broken,

I made up my mind.

Hang on, is he just gonna plow ahead

and profess his love for her?

Go for it, kiddo!

I get the feeling that a lot of hard times

are waiting for us.

But even so

But even so

Fuyumura, I'm gonna make you smile again.

I think that's why

I was born as Santa's descendant.

Sanda

So

to do that, I'll do

whatever you need me to do.

So, please.

Sanda

There's something I need to tell you, too.

I

S-Sanda!

That was so awesome!

As the years go by, I'm more and more

a sucker for this teen romance stuff!

Still

I heard what I heard.

I'm gonna hold back my tears

as I capture Santa.

I swear

having a job to do can be such a b*tch.

When I'm feeling antsy,

full of muddled emotions,

I sometimes just stand there,

or sometimes I shout

at the top of my lungs

When I'm feeling indecisive,

full of emotions that ebb and flow,

the diary I grumble and complain to

is tucked away in a closed drawer

How's it gonna turn out?

Not knowing, I just cry

I bet that's how it is, right?

Out of desperation, a lie

Really, how's it gonna turn out?

I wish I could stay in my dreams

I wish I could stay,

could stay, could stay

When I'm feeling antsy,

full of muddled emotions,

I sometimes just stand there,

or sometimes I shout

at the top of my lungs

It's ironic that it's only once

you've grown up

that you realize

you can't stay a kid forever

There are even times

that I get depressed

thinking about these days

I find myself in,

but once they've passed me by,

will I look back and miss them?

How's it gonna turn out every day

I'm shouting every day