"A Notice from the Yamayuri Council When watching "Maria Watches Over Us ~Printemps~" please have the room brightly lit and sit well away from the television set." "I'm sorry to trouble you." "Yumi, are you okay with this?" "Sachiko's leaving." "It's fine." "These..." "Sachiko picked them up and handed them to me." "Lady Sachiko did?" "She doesn't need it anymore..." "Dear sister!" "Dear sister!" "The maidens, who flock to Mother Maria's garden, pass through the tall gates today yet again with innocent, angelic smiles." "Their pure hearts and bodies are clad in deep-colored uniforms." "So that the pleats of their skirts are not disturbed and so that their white sailor collars are not set aflutter, it is customary here to walk slowly and with decorum." "The Private Lillian Girls' Academy, a garden of maidens." "Maria Watches Over Us Printemps" "In the morning mist, Asamoya no naka the white path goes on." "tsuzuku shiroi michi" "The birds sing." "Tori no saezuri" "We exchange greetings." "Aisatsu kawashinagara" "At times, the clouds hang low, Toki ni kumo ga tarekomete and the sun may grow dim." "hizashi kagerou tomo" "But I will walk with my chin up, Sesuji nobashite aruku for I know, watashi wa shitteru kara that above those heavy clouds..." "omoi kumo no ue wa ...is the blue sky." "aol sora" "The Blue Umbrella" "It wasn't supposed to be like this..." "That day, when I accepted the rosary, even I knew how terribly mismatched we were as soeurs, but..." "I never thought my dear sister would turn her back and leave like that without saying a word..." "Yumi." "Yumi, let's go." "A friend of mine lives in a boardinghouse nearby, so she says we should drop by for a while." "But..." "You'll catch a cold at this rate and besides, do you plan on taking two buses home looking like that?" "Thank you very much for your concern, but I will be..." "Oh..." "That's why I'm worried." "And with the way you are, you'll make your family worried, too." "Here, give it to me." "There." "Thank you..." "Come on, let's go." "If I at least had that umbrella on this rainy day..." "I really loved that umbrella..." "Here, please come in." "This is... the boardinghouse?" "Thanks for waiting." "Men aren't allowed here." "Women are fine, but the rule is that I receive permission from the landlady first." "I see." "P-Pardon our intrusion." "Were you able to get warmed up?" "Yes." "Thank you very much." "I'm sorry, I can do that." "It's okay." "Let me do it." "In fact, I want to do it." "Let her do it for you." "She looks handler than you, Yumi." "Hot cocoa with milk." "Yours has sugar in it, Yumi." "I appreciate it." "So, what is your name?" "Is she not your friend, Lady Sei?" "!" "I've seen her face, but..." "It's Kato." "Kei Kato." "I'm sorry for the belated introduction." "N-Not at all." "I remember now!" "After the entrance ceremony, we were grouped together by class and I mistakenly responded to the wrong name." "Sei Sato..." "Kei Kato..." "Similar, right?" "You're unbelievable." "You came to the boardinghouse of someone whose name you didn't even remember?" "Because, I had to get Yumi dry." "Oh, I can do that..." "Have her do it for you." "It's so warm." "I have to cheer up." "I have to make sure I don't cause everybody to worry." "[Modern Japanese]" "[Year 2, Pine Class]" "Yoshino." "I'm sorry about yesterday." "You were worried about me, but it ended up like I pushed you away, so..." "Yumi!" "Thank goodness!" "I was afraid that we were done for..." "Please..." "Did you reconcile with Lady Sachiko?" "N-No..." "That didn't happen, but even if it's bit by bit, I figure I should pull myself together." "I think that attitude of yours is admirable." "If it were me," "I think I'd probably be acting more mopey, or I might be lashing out in some way." "No matter what happens with Lady Sachiko," "I really love you, okay?" "Thank you." "I swear!" "That Lady Sachiko, making you suffer so much grief and Toko's a problem, too." "Coming between you two..." "No, it's not Toko's fault." "It was because I lost faith in my dear sister." "Do you want to come to the Rose Mansion during the lunch break?" "It seems Lady Sachiko is absent today, so I don't think you'll have to see her..." "I'll decline." "That'd be like I'm sneaking around behind her back and I don't like that." "I see." "Then, I'll see you later." "Okay." "Yumi, if you would be interested, would you care to come with us to the milk bar?" "What?" "If you are not going to the Rose Mansion, we would love to have you." "We have been hoping to get to know you better." "And then, Mii-tan..." "Oh, Mii-tan is our cat." "I've seen a picture of her." "She's really cute!" "She's a cross between a Persian and a Japanese cat, and..." "Everyone's being so considerate." "Making sure I can keep up with their conversation..." "Would you please show me a picture of Mii-chan sometime, too?" "Yumi, it's not "Mii-chan." It's "Mii-tan."" "You are the worst!" "What?" "I misjudged you, Lady Yumi!" "You have no right to say such things to me!" "How can you avert your eyes from what's important and sit there laughing like a fool?" "!" "You really are not worthy of Lady Sachiko!" "It's not as if I'm averting my eyes..." "Right now, I just want to go back to my old self quickly, so I don't cause everybody to worry." "Will a Red Rose Revolution happen or not?" "Mami, what is that about?" "I hear you almost came to blows with Miss Toko Matsudaira at lunch." "What an exaggeration." "I know you're right about that, but the story has gained a life of its own and now they say you were slapped by an underclassman." "What?" "!" "There are also rumors about Lady Sachiko two-timing you or that Miss Toko Matsudaira took your rosary from you." "So, what's the truth?" "They're all lies." "I want to know what the truth is, too." "What is really happening to Lady Sachiko right now...?" "I suppose your gaze is always firmly fixed on Rosa Chinensis." "Welcome." "I was napping when I suddenly had a feeling that I would have a guest." "So I got tea ready and waited." "Uh, um..." "I know." "You are Kei's friend's friend, right?" "Kei's not home right now." "So chat with me and keep me company at the main house." "Would you be fine with milk tea?" "[Ikegami]" "Um, please do not trouble yourself on my account." "[Ikegami]" "I am sorry for intruding upon you without notice the other day." "My mother would like to thank you as well." "How thoughtful." "Might I ask you what your name is?" "Oh..." "I'm Yumi Fukuzawa." "Really!" "My name is Yumi, too!" "What?" "But with a "ko." My name is Yumiko." "What a great name." "Oh..." "I know that sounds like I'm complimenting my own name..." "It seems you're the daughter of a good family." "What?" "No, not at all." "You come across as a sensible, well brought-up young lady." "Do you... think so?" "It brings back memories..." "That uniform." "I also went to Lillian, you know." "It has been a long, long time since I wore the uniform, but every so often, it comes back to me as if it were yesterday." "What happened to you the other day?" "You were soaking wet." "I'm sorry." "I shouldn't have asked." "No, that day..." "There was a little misunderstanding between my dear sister and me..." "Do you love your dear sister?" "Yes!" "Then all will be fine." "If you love your big sister, the two of you will be reconciled." "After all, she is the person you deemed to be worthy, right?" "That I deemed..." "That is right." "I am sure she will not be so foolish as to part with you." "You should have more confidence." "But though I believe that she cares for me, when she is sharp with me..." "At times, we speak harshly to someone because we love them." "Uh, um..." "I'm sorry." "Just now, an old emotion came rushing back to me..." "We have truly come to such a distant place..." "I wish I could see you..." "How usual for Yumiko to invite someone into her own living room." "She has a sort of misanthropic side to her, so..." "It's in lieu of a Buddhist altar." "What?" "Rather than have my late mother be by herself," "I thought it would be less lonely for her to be in a family photo." "It's already fifteen years ago now, so..." "Then, isn't your father feeling lonely now that you live at this boardinghouse?" "Yes, but my new mother is with him, so..." "At first, I also felt like she'd taken my father from me, but thanks to my new mother, I was able to get out of the house." "When I did, I felt as though the world had opened up somehow, so I'm grateful to my new mother now." "The world..." "Right, because I've been able to meet Yumiko and Miss Sato, and you as well." "The world... opened up..." "Ever since then, I have let even the most trivial words and attitudes of Lady Sachiko's bother me." "Crying, agonizing, and getting depressed..." "But that was..." "I wonder if I failed because I was only ever looking at Lady Sachiko." "What?" "Because I love her so much and I don't want anyone else to take her..." "I've been bawling, like I'm holding on to some precious toy." "Yumi." "What is it, Tsutako?" "Mr. Aota of the middle school division is asking to see you." "Mr. Aota?" "Pardon me." "[Faculty Office]" "Um..." "Long time no see." "Have you been well?" "Oh..." "Yes." "Lillian Girls' Academy." "Yumi Fukuzawa." "What?" "It certainly pays to write your name down on your belongings." "[Lillian Girls' Academy Yumi Fukuzawa]" "This is your umbrella, right?" "Yes." "Yes!" "My late grandpa wrote that for me..." "I had cherished that umbrella for a long time..." "But I had lost it 10 days ago..." "My daughter found it at the train station last night and brought it home." "Train station?" "What train station do you think it was at?" "Don't be surprised now." "It was the Fukushima Train Station." "Fukushima..." "It seems this umbrella has been on a journey, unbeknownst to you." "Take it." "It's your umbrella." "Perhaps that umbrella would also like to know what you've been through in the 10 days that it was away from you." "It was really hard for me..." "Incredibly hard, after I lost this umbrella..." "But you seem to have recovered now." "Mr. Aota, thank you very much." "Class is about to start." "Do your best out there, Rosa Chinensis en bouton." "I will!" "My umbrella has come back to me..." "Yumi, what was it about?" "My lost umbrella came back to me." "What?" "It was so hard for me..." "With the umbrella and Lady Sachiko overlapping..." "Both had disappeared from before my eyes..." "Just because I got the umbrella back, it doesn't mean my dear sister's feelings for me will also return, but..." "Dear sister, like this umbrella," "I have met many people, been touched by their kindness, and I feel I have grown just a little stronger." "The red rose is the symbol of courage!" "The white rose is proof of justice!" "The yellow rose is the fist of victory!" "Red roses!" "Ta-ta!" "White roses!" "Ta-ta!" "Yellow roses!" "Ta-ta!" "No, no, no, no." "That is not how it should be done, now, is it?" "Rosa Chinensis!" "Ta-ta!" "Rosa Gigantea!" "Ta-ta!" "Rosa Foetida!" "Ta-ta!" "Shimako is the Rosa Gigantea, but..." "I am the Rosa Chinensis en bouton!" "Ta-ta!" "I am the Rosa Foetida en bouton!" "Ta-ta!" "Oh, honestly!" "I don't know what you're trying to say!" "I'll at least get this part done!" "Next time on "Maria Watches Over Us,"" ""With a Parasol"." "Ta-ta!" "Ta-ta!"