"Everyone, Kaleido Star is about to start." "When you watch Kaleido Star, keep your room brightly lit, and sit as far from the TV as you can." "Well, well, well." "We've not seen each other for a long time. lt's Layla." "Did you see the legendary great maneuver that I did with Sora?" "I bet everything on that show." "Both my own fate and my bond with my best partner." "I can no longer appear on Kaleido Stage, but I have no regrets." "Because I found a new dream." "Sora, follow me." "Tattoo Kiss hajimari wa aka to kuro no Passion" "Toki ni urahara na kokoro o tayori ni" "Tattoo Kiss kirifuda wa mirai o kaeru Mission" "New Wings Tattoo Kiss kirifuda wa mirai o kaeru Mission" "Koi ni aimai na kotae wa iranai" "Arienai genjitsu minal furi shite mo Bet" "Egatai shinjitsu Can U feel me now?" "Nesshiyasui jibun ni Say What?" "Tomadou iibun" "Dreamin' samenai yume ochiteku sadame" "Don't stop lovin' Can't stop lovin' U Ya ya ya" "Believe in U hikikae ni subete ushinatte mo" "Still lovin' can't stop loving' U No no no" "Tattoo Kiss" "Wow, we've got a vacation!" "A whole week too!" "It's all thanks to regular maintenance." "I'm gonna take this chance to really make the rounds of the comedy theatres!" "I'll plan new productions like crazy at the library." "I'm going to spend day and night on special trapeze training." "Sora, would you mind joining me..." "Everyone's so motivated." "You will be Mina Murray." "Yes." "If I stay like this, I can never be a real Kaleido Star." "is something wrong?" "What?" "Oh... lt's nothing. lt's nothing. lt's nothing." "Sora, when you've changed your clothes, go to the Boss's office right away." "He has a surprise for you." "What?" "Somehow..." "I have a bad feeling about this." "I think it's a conditioned reflex." "I remember there was that time you had to work during your time off." "Just in case, you should go there expecting the worst case scenario." "The shock will be less that way." "Go for it, Sora!" "Okay." "What?" "I'm going to make a guest appearance on stage with Miss Layla?" "!" "It seems Layla's recommended you." "But if you don't like it, do you want to me to decline the offer?" "Of course, I'm going!" "I'll go to the North Pole, the South Pole, anywhere!" "Sora's going to appear on stage with Miss Layla?" "I'm going to see Miss Layla." "Miss Layla..." "The Ever Amazing Miss Layla" "The Ever Amazing Miss Layla" "The Ever Amazing Miss Layla" "Well..." "Please take me to Off Broadway." "Follow that car." "Miss Layla..." "Sora!" "It's been a long time, hasn't it, Sora?" "Miss Layla!" "Sora?" "Sora!" "Charlotte..." "Julie?" "We're working as Miss Layla's personal assistants now." "Sora, you, like, haven't changed at all." "This is Sora Naegino from Kaleido Stage." "This is the producer, Mike Abbott." "Welcome." "I look forward to working with you for the next week." "I look forward to working under your supervision." "And this is the writer and the director of this show, Cathy Taymor." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too." "Okay... I guess I don't need to alter costumes." "Layla fired the previous performer, you see." "Fired?" "She was a professional performer with a decent career, but it seems Layla didn't like her." "In the middle of the season, without consulting the producer or the director!" "is that the kind of thing people normally do?" "Well..." "No!" "Normally they don't!" "I just don't want to appear on stage with someone who doesn't have any zeal." "This is why I don't like spoiled rich girls." "Her schedule happened to be open, so we're okay, but what were you going to do if we couldn't find a replacement?" "Oh... well... er..." "Thank you for coming, Sora." "Oh, you're welcome." "But I can't be away from Kaleido Stage for more than a week." "That's enough." "We'll figure the rest out, so don't worry." "Right." "You're only going to appear in one scene, but it's a very important scene." "That scene is Salome's dance, which will be in the latter half of the show." "Yes." "Anger and sorrow." "Love and hate." "All of Salome's passion is poured into that scene." "I want you to fire up the scene with an acrobatic performance as a shadow of my character, and raise the temperature of the stage." "Raise the temperature of the stage?" "Once we've set up the rough outline of how it will go, how you want to perform is all up to you." "In other words, do it ad lib." "Ad lib?" "!" "Let's run through the basic outline." "Yes." "Please wait!" "That voice is..." "May!" "Who are you?" "I'm May Wong." "I was inspired by you, and joined Kaleido Stage this year with the top score for new entrants." "May, why?" "Please accept this." "Thank you." "So you're the newcomer who's playing the leading role in the new production." "Yes. I'm more talented than Sora." "Instead of Sora, please let me be in the show!" "What?" "!" "Rolling Flower!" "May found out that I was invited by Miss Layla and came to New York planning to do this?" "Shining Flower!" "Miracle Great!" "Stop, May!" "Stop it!" "What!" "I'm the one who was invited by Miss Layla!" "Get off this stage right now!" "Miss Layla invited you because she didn't know about me." "It's like "A super powerful newcomer appears."" "Sora, like, doesn't seem like she can win." "This is interesting." "Why don't we put them both on, Layla?" "Those were my thoughts exactly." "Then, let's start rehearsal." "Yeah. I want to put in an emergency order for another costume." "What do you think?" "I think maybe I want one more idea in there to make it fly, well, let's put that in tomorrow." "Then, I'll take you to the hotel." "I booked a room at the Century Hotel, which is close to here." "Please don't tell me that you're going to put me in the same room with Sora!" "Uh..." "Yeah... I REFUSE!" "May, don't be so selfish!" "I'd rather sleep outside than stay in a room with you!" "Me too!" "Who wants to be with someone like you?" "!" "Quit your whining!" "Save that energy for tomorrow's show!" "Uh... yes, ma'am." "Say, if the two of you don't mind, why not cancel your hotel reservation and come to my place?" "Here we are." "Wow..." "Amazing..." "That's New York for you." "Beautiful." "I'll try to make coffee now." "So make yourselves at home." ""Try to make"?" "Miss Layla, that's where you put the water." "And the coffee beans should be ground first." "Really?" "Sorry." "You seldom drink coffee..." "Having you really helps me out." "Oh, I'm honored to be of use to you, Miss!" "Miss Layla's already started her new life here." "I guess the legendary great maneuver is already part of her past." "This is interesting." "Why don't we out them both on, Layla?" "Those were my thoughts exactly." "I'm not the only one she has hopes for." "Would you quit moping already?" "Moping?" "Now that we know both of us will be in the show, if you don't pull yourself together," "Miss Layla will be the one who's embarrassed." "I had so many things I wanted to talk with Miss Layla about. I haven't seen her for so long." "But, because of you..." "Miss Layla isn't yours." "I also want to talk with Miss Layla." "It was my dream to appear on the stage with her." "I came here to have Miss Layla recognize me as better than you." "You're the one who injured Miss Layla..." "You alone I WON'T lose to!" "Wait a second." "Did you say that Sora injured me?" "Because, if you hadn't paired with Sora to perform the legendary great maneuver, I'm sure you never would have been injured!" "Why don't you two have a seat?" "I hurt myself because my mind wasn't fully where it needed to be." "I still ventured to do the legendary great maneuver even if it meant smashing my shoulder." "I did it of my own will." "So it's wrong to put the blame on Sora for that." "I can no longer do that kind of performance, but thanks to my injuries, I think I have new opportunities." "But, if you hadn't injured your shoulder, right now you would be in an even larger-scale show... I chose that show." "After I performed the legendary great maneuver, when people heard that I would not go back to Kaleido Stage anymore, I got at lot of job offers to be in movies, plays, and TV shows." "But, after having accomplished the legendary great maneuver, none of them appealed to me." "And then..." "You have a guest." "Okay, now..." "Here you go." "A script." "So how's the injury?" "When will it be healed?" "To recover to the point where l can live a normal life, it will take about a month, maybe." "It'd be great if you could recover faster than that, but I guess there's nothing you can do." "Why don't we do this together?" "You won't regret it." ""Salome in Vegas"..." "Everything about it was fresh." "There were some people who murmured that I'd come down in the world because I appeared Off Broadway in a show that wasn't even all that big." "But that didn't bother me at all." "Because there was something there that motivated me again." "I thought, "This is my new stage."" "And Cathy is my new partner." "Your new partner..." "That's right." "Miss Layla, I will do my best." "So that I'll also be considered your partner." "It was my dream to be able to appear on the same stage with you, Miss Layla." "What is your dream after that?" "What?" "After that?" "After all, your current dream will come true tomorrow." "Oh... well... er... I beat Sora and..." "No..." "So, Miss Layla's current dream is here, huh?" "Sora..." "That's right." "I went and brewed coffee for both of you, and you didn't... lt's bitter." "And Cathy is my new partner." "I'm no longer Miss Layla's partner. I know that." "We're walking down different paths, so that's natural." "I know that, but... I never expected to hear it so clearly, straight out of Miss Layla's mouth like that." "I never expected to feel so lonely just hearing one word from Miss Layla." "In the end, I can't stand on my own at all." "It's pathetic..." "This is not good." "I won't be able to perform tomorrow the way I feel now." "I have to pull myself together." "Layla's constellation, Leo, which emits a blindingly bright light." "And standing motionless in its shadow, Sora's Sagittarius, who's lost sight of the target it should be aiming its arrows at." "Anyway, don't worry about anything." "Just perform the way you feel like doing." "Yes." "Stop looking at me with puppy eyes." "Get on the stage with enough spirit to steal the part of Salome from me." "Salome, please dance for me." "I don't want to dance right now, Herron." "My heart might be the only thing in this country that doesn't always do as you please." "Salome..." "Johann, your skin is as white as the snow just fell on the ground." "And your lips are..." "Salome, don't touch me!" "Johann!" "Johann... I love you." "Get on the stage with enough spirit to steal the part of Salome from me." "Stand by!" "Herron, I will dance for you." "In return, I want you to grant my wish." "Now the match begins, you two." "Attract the audience's eyes." "Upstage me." "In order to meet Miss Layla's expectations... I have to do a performance which exceeds Miss Layla's." "Miss Layla!" "I want to be acknowledged." "I will not beaten by May." "I will not beaten by Sora." "I'm going to win no matter what!" "I will make sure I win." "Looking good." "But... I cannot beat Miss Layla." "Ask me for anything you want, Salome." "There's only one thing I want." "So, this is all right with you?" "Yes." "Miss Layla's shining supremely on this stage too." "But still... I can't catch up with her at all." "We couldn't match Miss Layla." "I know." "Thank you very much for this week." "Thanks to you, I was able to create a satisfying show." "Really?" "Really." "Thanks to you," "Cathy understood what I meant when I said we didn't have enough temperature on stage." "Then that's why you invited me here?" "Yes." "I thought I could show her what a heated stage was really like if I was with you." "But, Sora..." "Back when I was still at Kaleido Stage, I was afraid that you would overtake me from behind." "But I wasn't able to feel that edge from you this time." "When you're having a hard time, you're the only person who can save yourself." "What you're aiming at, what you want to grasp, the only person who knows those things is you." "All the answers are inside you." "My current dream is on this stage." "But, the dream I told you about on that day is also my important dream." "Please be my dream, Sora." "I know you can become a true Kaleido Star." "Miss Layla..." "Keep going after your dream without being lost." "If you do that, I'm sure the road to being a real Kaleido Star will open for you." "Going after my dream..." "That's right." "I'm counting on you." "Yes." "Please say hello to everyone at Kaleido Stage." "Yes." "YES!" "Yes." "Don't worry. I'll take care of it for you!" "I still can see Fool?" "I'll admit that I misunderstood you about Miss Layla." "But it doesn't mean I'm giving up competing with you." "Yeah, I know." "I wonder what I want to do now." "The answer is inside of me..." "Sekasu you ni muragaru Hard luck" "Nagasarete Time is over" "Yokoku douri Take it easy" "Tsuredasu yo imasugu" "Hurry up (here we go)" "Gouin only (saisoku drive)" "Nichijo miorosu best view" "Sunset point (favorite)" "Harbor light (stormy night)" "Asuno tame ni escape" "Bakansu nashi demo oashisu wa get" "Keitai off tte ai o charge shite" "Yasashisa dake ja iyasenai itami mo aru kara" "We are alone." "Surechigau" "What's going on?" "Koukai no hate ni deau true heart" "Naite mo waratte mo l'll be with U" "Next Kaleido Star:" "New Wings I don't want to see Dad looking sad like that." "And so, we decided to do a Kids' Stage for the children." "Wow, Marion is really good at the trampoline!" "I'm not doing the trampoline." "Are you going to bury your dream along with your mother's memories?" "I want to bring the smile back to Marion's face." "I want to!" "I want to!" "Next time, Kaleido Star,"