"Keitaro?" "Keitaro!" "This little girl's mother will be working for us." "won't you?" "Huh?" "Sure..." "It's Liddo!" "Naru." "let's go now!" "let's go now!" "Let's all go off on a big adventure!" "Today we tough it out!" "Today we tough it out!" "Today we tough it out on the wide open seas! they say they'll live happily ever after!" "Tokyo U?" "Tokyo U?" "Tokyo U?" "I guess we all dozed off..." "I just had the strangest we gotta hit the books. studying away after three failures." "My dream is to get into Tokyo U." "And find happiness there..." "I guess." "hizashi wa uraraka." "Miageru sora karadajuu genki ga minagitteku!" "That's so wonderful!" "Ikiterunda!" "akirameru da nante!" "Tohou ni kureta kinou ni sayonara." "Futsufutsu to wakiagaru kono kimochi." "Nandodemo yomigaeru hana o sakaseyou! asu o ikiru tame." "te o nobashite. tengoku to jigoku yukitsumodoritsu." "Nandodemo yomigaeru hana o sakaseyou!" "Hashire hashire ai o te ni suru made." "Sorede kurushimu nara nozomu tokoro." "te o nobashite." "Te o nobashite!" "Ryoute agete!" "The angels of love have descended to Earth and cast a spell of the century's end on us. and it'll surely be granted on this holy night." "You can hear the carols echo through the twinkling town." "It's just like those movies I used to love." "but why is it?" "too." "huh? Hocus pocus like that is so unscientific. aren't they?" "under this huge tree that's so tall I have to arch my back to see the top." "and then they made it into a song." "I wonder if that could really happen... wouldn't it? don't tell me you have someone you want to profess to!" "Shinobu?" "Huh?" "!" "because this is the precious love I've finally come across." "Well..." "There's no one!" "isn't it?" "May I borrow your eraser?" "sure." "Here." "dear." "I" " I'm sorry!" "Catch!" "Narusegawa." "Ms. Mutsumi." "this is torture..." "Isn't Narusegawa worried about me and Ms. Mutsumi?" "I heard something from Ms. Kitsune!" "She says there's this rumor going around that if you profess your love... any wish you have will come true!" "you need to make your dream of getting into Tokyo U come true." "and?" "check it out!" "It's for the Christmas party!" "I just can't wait!" "look!" "but we're studying now." "Could you please leave?" "Narusegawa...!" "you're right!" "We're really sorry." "you two." "Let's go!" "We're really sorry." "actin' all scary... now!" "Decorate it right!" "maybe you could don't pay me no mind." "Oh!" "You two going out?" "Where's Naru?" "She's still studying by herself." "she'd get all upset about you two going out on a date that's all." "I guess I should do some shopping..." "Why did you want to come along with me?" "No reason." "It's just that I ran out of booze." "okay?" "sure... okay?" "you still can't stand Christmas?" "I'm just not in the mood to be cheerful." "This "Profession on Christmas Eve" stuff is a bunch of nonsense." "most people spend it in front of the TV." "I gotta admit that I'm one of those people..." "Huh? we can have it ready for you on Christmas Eve!" "On Christmas Eve!" "The town's decked out in Christmas colors... stuck working part time until Christmas Eve." "Like we have a choice." "We're poor as dirt." "But!" "What?" "who's even poorer than us and destined to fail his exams for a fourth time..." "I feel kinda happy!" "I feel kinda happy!" "That makes you happy?" "!" "Keitaro?" "Someone sure has confidence... it's just that I really needed to get some cash." "Naruse... gawa..." "Oops." "That's pretty cold." "Seems like she's given up on you." "too?" "Darn that Naru..." "What's she thinking?" "Told ya they'd be here!" "Look at the pile of presents!" "This must be for me!" "Huh?" "What's this?" "This is mine?" "Talk about lame!" "let's hit the next spot!" "Nothing..." "There's a letter with it!" "Who's it to?" "The loser?" "Probably..." "R" " Really?" "!" "Did it really have I- l- lo..." "Have "love" written in it?" "but I saw that much." "Naru must be planning to profess her love on Christmas Eve!" "all right?" "no doubt." "But..." "Thank you for the meal." "N" " Narusegawa..." "Um..." "About Christmas Eve..." "Thanks again for breakfast." "I have to start studying right away." "Narusegawa... are you all right?" "Your studies..." "I wonder what the heck Narusegawa is thinking?" "She doesn't even say anything about me being with Ms. Mutsumi anymore... but I guess it was only me." "Getting wrapped up in thoughts like that is getting me..." "I'm sorry." "making you listen to me gripe like that... that's not it." "it would be terrible for both you and Ms. Narusegawa!" "It would be terrible... is there something...?" "Ms. Kitsune?" "don't pay me no mind." "Narusegawa!" "You can be so cute sometimes!" "twirly!" "BE QUIET!" "I'm so sorry." "I couldn't hide it from him any longer..." "Shinobu." "But that moron will ruin his chances for the exam if he keeps this up and breaks a leg or something." "I see!" "She'll profess her love to me on Christmas Eve!" "But just waiting around for her wouldn't be manly!" "All right!" "Then I'll go ahead and..." "Hey!" "What are you doing way up there?" "Up where?" "A sprained ankle?" "That's so cool!" "Let's go see!" "There's no need to agitate him further." "How'd this happen?" "Narusegawa." "Geez... goofing around at a time like this?" "Keep still." "You'll make it worse." "Okay..." "Of all the stupid..." "Are you serious about the exams?" "I couldn't help it." "I was really happy." "Happy about what?" "you know... {\i1\cHDFDFDF}Huh?" "What's going on?" "It's like... {\i1\cHDFDFDF}What's with that look?" "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}Wasn't she going to tell me she loves me?" "It's nothing... {\i1\cHDFDFDF}I get it!" "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}My spraining my ankle was the last straw... {\i1\cHDFDFDF}You're not sure if you can love a miserable man like me..." "Narusegawa?" "it'll be a little better in time for the practice exam." "'Bye." "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}"'Bye"?" "What's that supposed to mean?" "Narusegawa?" "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}Does that mean you've given up on me?" "Narusegawa..." "I've got to take the initiative!" "I love you!" "Narusegawa..." "Looking for Naru?" "She left this morning." "too!" "Narusegawa...?" "You're a total idiot!" "blurting out professions of love like that?" "!" "Just looking at your face makes me sick!" "Is that really what she's thinking?" "Well..." "That's one possibility." "It's not every day that she takes off without telling anyone." "But to think you finally said it..." "Packing up and heading home right before the practice exams..." "My professing my love must've bugged her." "So she..." "That shouldn't bend that way!" "Do you think Ms. Naru has given up on professing her love?" "Hard to say." "they'll see each other at the practice exam on Christmas Eve. or Keitaro might end up making an idiot of himself... it's time to break out the popcorn!" "That's so mean..." "Um..." "Later." "All right!" "Naru..." "Is something bothering you?" "Well..." "Actually..." "Today is Christmas Eve... then..." "We'll be on our way now." "Seems like he's got more important things to worry about than the practice exam..." "Narusegawa!" "um... 'kay?" "Aren't they done yet?" "!" "Hold your horses..." "Hey!" "Here they come!" "where?" "She's not with Mr. Urashima?" "so it's possible that they made plans to meet each other somewhere else." "time for some hot pursuit!" "hot pursuit!" "Shouldn't we let them be?" "Motoko?" "You have some other plans for today?" "No..." "Then let's go!" "for the..." "Huh?" "Where's Narusegawa?" "Narusegawa..." "Looks like she's headin' for Tokyo." "Tokyo...?" "It's not that frightening a place." "It's no different from Hinata Hot Springs." "N" " No different at all." "It sure is a strange place." "there's Naru!" "that's an ultra deluxe hotel!" "You guys picked this for a secret rendezvous?" "Keitaro!" "Mr. Urashima... now!" "Hey!" "There she is!" "She's done it..." "Our little Naru's finally given him her present!" "The one with that letter about her being in love!" "Keitaro?" "Huh?" "You guys?" "Daddy!" "Why...?" "!" "thenwhere the heck is Keitaro?" "Keitaro!" "Keitaro...!" "Why...?" "Keitaro!" "Seta!" "What's this all about?" "!" "don't rough up my daddy!" "Kitsune?" "is this part of a Christmas party?" "Shinobu said that the present had a letter with a message about being in love..." "And that present went to Mr. Seta..." "And this is a special Christmas Eve..." "Narusegawa was still in love with Mr. Seta... and that's why she was avoiding me." "Keitaro!" "so do you want to go someplace?" "Mr. Urashima... my!" "Ms. Naru!" "Are you all done professing your love?" "What is this?" "Why is everyone chasing us around?" "!" "today being Christmas Eve and all?" "I won't!" "I just might!" "Huh?" "Ms. Mutsumi?" "But that's... is there something wrong?" "but... right?" "either." "What the hell is this supposed to mean?" "I don't quite understand any of this." "I wonder what Naru wanted to tell me?" "You're as dense as they come!" "Sara!" "Daddy!" "It's nice how they're all so full of energy..." "Chances are they won't head back to Hinata Apartments." "Go check all the places they're likely to go!" "Roger!" "But I don't have any money!" "why can't he wait until tonight?" "That idiot." "too?" "you forgot this." "What?" "But this isn't mine." "This is Keitaro's..." "For me... is that so?" "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}Thank you for riding." "Then please return it to its owner." "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}Now arriving at Shibuya." "Why me?" "Motoko!" "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}Shibuya." "This is Shibuya." "Thank you for riding." "please get that to Urashima!" "{\i1\cHDFDFDF}The doors are about to close." "This is..." "It's so cute!" "What's the matter?" "This is why he was working part time..." "Keitaro..." "Groper!" "How awful!" "let's ride the Ferris Wheel next!" "Shinobu!" "Mr. Urashima..." "Shinobu?" "Are you hungry?" "No." "right?" "no!" "It's wonderful! but I'm having so much fun being with you." "I want this to last forever..." "Huh?" "That's all the money I got!" "You gotta cut me some slack!" "Thanks!" "please... tell him to meet me there." "Thank you." "Did Naru sound all right?" "Sounds like she isn't upset anymore." "Thank goodness..." "Then why did she come home over this?" "I guess that's how much it means to her." "She wanted to be alone and think things over." "Because he means the world to her." "What kind of money is that?" "The people at Hinata Hot Springs didn't mind taking this money!" "This is our busiest time of year." "Don't tease an old man like this." "Sure is harsh around here..." "Why should I read that?" "What good would it do now?" "Mr. Urashima..." "I don't want to!" "thank you for all you've done for me over the years." "I have something very important that I must profess to you." "Shinobu." "I had loved you." "But I now believe that those feelings were childish adoration." "I was so desperate to be loved by others that I was content to have someone be kind to me." "I have now come to realize that being loved is not as important as loving another." "I am now in..." "Do you get it now?" "Mr. Urashima..." "You only have until midnight today." "Christmas Eve this year... is special." "So you have to hurry." "Ms. Kitsune..." "I'm a terrible girl." "You're a good kid." "let's head home to Hinata Apartments." "I blew all my money on that taxi." "okay?" "Of course..." "Huh?" "Huh?" "What?" "!" "What's the matter?" "I..." "I think I dropped my wallet somewhere." "But I just blew my last yen!" "The pedestrian bridge at Omotesandou?" "That's quite a romantic spot." "Don't you dare make her wait." "Thank you!" "I still have plenty of time!" "Her present...!" "I guess I can go pick it up later." "His present...!" "Pretty lady!" "I'm terribly sorry!" "it's all right... what did I do?" "What the hell did I do?" "!" "world..." "Here I come!" "Shibuya this time?" "!" "she called again to say she was running late and wants you to wait for her at Shibuya Station." "What's this about?" "Is she just messing with me?" "She said she'd get there while it's still Christmas Eve." "She promised." "You've got to trust her!" "I think." "It'll be a White Christmas!" "Ready for karaoke?" "why not?" "but you still shouldn't have injured him." "Why did you do such a thing?" "He's right..." "Why did I do such a thing?" "What happens between the two of them is none of my concern." "today is a day like any other." "There is nothing special about it." "today is the same as tomorrow." "where are Naru and Keitaro?" "what're we gonna do?" "This is the worst Christmas ever!" "Let's just go home!" "it'll stay the worst Christmas ever." "I wanna make it a happy one! but I don't see a single friendly face here." "I want to go home..." "Shinobu... were you planning to profess your love to Keitaro today?" "I see..." "Shinobu." "it doesn't mean that everybody gets to profess their love and live happily ever after." "look at me." "It's pretty lonely..." "But that's the point..." "Right?" "That's why we keep butting in." "'Cause we wanna watch 'em get... no matter how little." "Shinobu?" "What are you doing here?" "Mr. Akamatsu!" "Here you are!" "Thank you very much!" "Here you are!" "Thank you very much!" "you're a real lifesaver." "I'll make sure you're compensated for your trouble." "we'll be able to make it home now!" "Thank you so much! so it'll be hard to find any lost items before tomorrow." "{\cHCFCFCF}Harajuku." "This is Harajuku." "But it has to be today!" "Thank you for riding." "The doors are about to close." "Please be careful." "You're nuts!" "You want to catch up with a train?" "Please!" "Is it that important?" "all right?" "All alone..." "Ms. Motoko?" "Ms. Motoko!" "Ms. Motoko!" "Ms. Motoko!" "Is something the matter?" "What are you" "We were on our way to have an all night Christmas party." "It's in Shibuya!" "Won't you please join us?" "Please!" "Please come with us!" "Ms. Motoko!" "I suppose it's appropriate." "All right!" "Wha?" "Ms. Mutsumi?" "!" "so I chose this place." "doesn't it?" "You sure this is okay?" "We don't have any money!" "myself." "She's living alone right now." "I couldn't bear the thought of her being in the same situation as you two." "This is gonna take forever... no!" "You mustn't." "Your clothes are still wet." "You'll catch cold!" "you see..." "I made a promise with Narusegawa!" "A promise?" "Ms. Mutsumi..." "I'm really sorry." "I know I made a promise to you when I was a kid." "I'm trying to get into Tokyo U so that I can be with..." "I..." "I have a confession to make." "Ms. Mutsumi... You can live happily ever after if you can get into Tokyo University." "So..." "Huh?" "But I thought the girl I made my promise to said that." "That wasn't me." "Kei." "I..." "I'm not the girl you made your promise with." "What...?" "Kei." "That's why I want you to be happy." "not today." "Just reach him by phone somehow..." "There's no time!" "Naruse" "My mistake." "N" " Naruse" "I'm sorry!" "I've been carefully warming this oh so small scrap of happiness." "look at all the people! it hurts so much deep down inside." "Ms. Mutsumi..." "Have you seen Keitaro and Ms. Naru?" "your voice..." "Narusegawa!" "I hold all these things oh so dear. it turned into tears." "Urashima!" "Ms. Narusegawa! Narusegawa!" "and never let go of my hand. sparking stars envelop the two of us." "Our white shoulders and white breath..." "The day is about to end... But..." "But..." "Today is Christmas Eve." "this winter wish." "Perhaps a miracle will happen." "Ms. Kitsune!" "Let's get off here!" "Wh" " What the ?" "I have with me today a young woman who's spending this Christmas Eve alone." "is there?" "haven't I seen you somewhere before?" "let's hear it!" "Say anything you want!" "Why don't you share with us your feelings of being lonely on Christmas Eve!" "Keitaro..." "I'm sorry I haven't been talking to you much lately." "you start slacking off." "you might fail your exams again this year." "It was for my own good?" "you went and professed your love to me like that...." "I was really surprised." "Shinobu!" "Dad!" "Shinobu!" "Dad!" "Shinobu..." "What's going on here?" "!" "Shinobu!" "What the...?" "I went back to my parents' house because I needed to think things through alone." "There was no way I could do that if I was looking at you all the time." "I remembered all sorts of things. and tried to leave." "I'd never met anyone as dumb as you." "So I locked myself up in my room..." "And my hair got all messed up..." "And look at this!" "I even got bags under my eyes from thinking about it all." "understand?" "So here goes." "Keitaro." "I want to go to Tokyo University together with you." "Was that good enough?" "Yeah!" "people." "did he?" "That's amazing!" "that's all." "Naru?" "It wouldn't hurt to compliment him a little." "lay off!" "All I did was say that I wanted to go to Tokyo U with him." "W" " We're just friends!" "what's keeping you guys?" "Grandma's been waiting for all of you to" "I" " I'm sorry!" "You'll never change!" "That's so very true!" "Happy new year!" "We look forward to another year with you!" "We look forward to..." "What is your dream right now?" "I hope with all my body." "Bright mornings find my eyes asparkle." "winding road 'til I get there. but I still gotta go because my heart's fit to burst." "Spread out your arms into the wide open skies." "and soar up high!" "What kind of future awaits us?" "I have no idea what's gonna come next. but that just makes it all the more wonderful!" "four!" "you gotta fall in love!" "Make those fragrant flowers bloom all around us!" "nothing can stop us!" "Being bowled over by fate is right up my alley!"