"Everyone, Kaleido Star is about to start!" "When watching Kaleido Star, please keep the room brightly lit, and sit as far from the TV as you can." "I'm Sora Naegino." "I came to America all by myself with aspirations of Joining Kaleido Stage." "Everything is new to me, but I'm doing my best in the spirit of "try it rather than think about it."" "There's nothing I can't do if I try and if I can do it without trying, I'd be super lucky." "And if I'm gonna do it, I Just gotta do it!" "Gotta!" "Gotta!" "That's me." "Well, well, well, does everyone have a lot of friends?" "Friends you can have fun with and laugh with." "Sometime you have fights, but you help each other even during sad or rough times." "Precious friends like that." "I'm going to work hard with the help of Mia and Anna too!" "I'm gonna!" "I'm gonna!" "Yaritai koto wa nani" "What is it that you want to do?" "Sou kikareru tabi" "Every time I was asked that" "Aoi sora miageta" "I looked up at the blue sky" "Kotae wa only my heart" "The answer is only in my heart" "Honto ni daiji na kotoba wa kantan ni wa iwanai" "I don't easily say the words that are really important" "Hikari ga yubisasu basho e to hashiridasu yo" "I start running towards the place the light points to" "Dakishimetai mono nara nakitai hodo mune ni aru" "There's so much in my heart that I want to embrace, I could cry" "Egakitsuzukete yuku kitto take it someda" "I'll keep painting my way, I promise, take it someday" "Shiroi kumo ga nagareru chiheisen no mukou ni" "Beyond the horizon, where the white clouds drift" "Naranderu mirai wa itsumo soba ni aru kara" "The future is lined up and it'll always be there by my side" "Guiding you to a fantastic, exciting, and intoxicating world," "Kaleido Stage's new production, Cinderella!" "Of course, the main cast members are Layla Hamilton and Yuri Killian." "In addition, we have boldly included new members who joined our troupe this year." "We're going to present a dramatic stage with an unbelievable illusion." "You'll be a part of the dawning of a new era in performance!" "Anna got the role of the prince's attendant" "And Mia won the role of the fairy godmother after she went through the final selection process with several others." "I wish I could've been in it too." "So you want to be in it." "Well, of course." "Oh!" "What?" "A child?" "The audience should be all gone by now." "But you're not allowed on stage." "Oh, well..." "There are a lot of circumstances behind this and it's not exactly that I'm "not allowed on the stage"..." "You must be pretty bad." "If you put it that way, you could say that I'm pretty bad." "But you know, everyone's bad when they first start out." "Even someone terrible can get better if she works harder..." "What a loser." "So, who was that kid?" ""Try Hard and You'll Get an Amazing Chance"" "Try Hard and You'll Get an Amazing Chance" "Wow!" "Mia's giving everything she got again today." "Amazing!" "Jump higher!" "Yes!" "Too slow!" "Yes!" "Too slow!" "Yes!" "Too low!" "Yes!" "o low!" "Yes!" "Do it like you're drawing the audience into your performance!" "Yes!" "Gracefully!" "They've been working since this morning without any breaks at all." "Yes!" "No breaks?" "No way..." "I'm sorry!" "Miss Layla!" "It seems like you are not very motivated." "You can go home now." "I'm sorry." "Please one more time..." "That won't be necessary." "I'll find someone else more qualified." "Or if that's not possible, I'll have to have the production cancelled." "What?" "This scene is the climax in the first half of the show." "If this is how it's going to be, we're better off not doing it." "Please wait!" "I'll try harder!" "Please give me one more chance!" "Miss Layla!" "I figured as much." "Or rather, she has way too little talent." "It's like, I might be the only one who can do it." "I wonder if they're going to cancel the show." "If that keeps up, they just might." "Mia!" "Are you all right?" "You've been doing this every morning without breaks." "I'm all right." "Idiot!" "If you keep this up, you'll get hurt." "But I have to." "Because I can't do it." "Why don't you quit then?" "It's so third-rate to give up for a reason like that." "Such a loser." "It's her again!" "You know her?" "Marion, don't interrupt their practice!" "Marion!" "Okay!" "Who's that?" "No idea." "No idea?" "That's Marion." "She's the daughter of Jean, the sceneman." "So that's who she is." "Still, she went too far with what she said." "Her mother used to be a star trampoliner." "She also loves the trampoline." "She's also talented and people used to have high expectations of her." "But after her mother died, she quit trampoline." "Her mother?" "Yeah." "She collapsed suddenly and died soon after." "After that, Marion became sarcastic like that." "I see..." "But still, she said too much." "I guess." "Oh, Mia." "I'm okay." "Please leave me alone." "Mia..." "Mia's grandma is hospitalized and her surgery date is the same day as the opening day for Cinderella." "Surgery?" "So Mia can't show her real abilities because she's worried about her grandma's surgery." "Not really." "It's more like she's trying too hard." "What?" "Her grandma is the one most looking forward to seeing Mia on stage." "I heard that when Mia learned she had been cast, she sent her grandma an e-mail saying that she would do her best, so her grandma should do the same too." "I see." "That's why she was pushing herself so hard." "But Mia has the tendency to lose her cool when she tries too hard." "Sorry, Grandma." "I may not be able to keep my promise." "Make the fairy godmother role a part for three people?" "What do you think?" "Three?" "Oh, I think it sounds great!" "Wouldn't that make it even more difficult?" "But I'd feel more reassured if Anna and Sora are with me." "What?" "What?" "What?" "What?" "That means..." "In short..." "The cast members would be..." "So the cast members are Anna, Sora, and myself!" "WHAT?" "!" "Me?" "!" "Yeah." "You don't want to?" "No." "I'm not saying that, but..." "I'm okay with it, but I'm not sure if we can get him to change the cast now." "Fine, then." "It's an interesting idea." "I will tell the director about it." "Make sure to come up with something Layla will be satisfied with." "Then you mean you don't mind me getting on stage?" "I'll decide that after I see the results." "But the time limit is three days." "If you're not ready in three days," "I will cancel Cinderella as Layla suggested." "Got it?" "Yes, sir!" "We will do our best!" "I can't believe Boss said okay." "Since we've gotten this far, we have to be ready for the show." "I'm grateful to both of you." "No, I'm the one who should be grateful." "Sora?" "What's the matter?" "I have fun handing out toys to kids in the audience now, but I still want to appear on stage." "And now, thanks to Mia, my wish may come true." "Let the three of us join forces and appear on stage together!" "Yeah." "After that, this is the climax and all of us jump towards the center like this." "Oh..." "I wonder if handing off wands while doing a cross jump is impossible after all?" "Yeah." "It could be." "Mia, why don't we change it into something more simple?" "We can't, because we have to convince both Boss and Miss Layla." "I wish I could find a better idea." "When you think of Cinderella..." "Glass slippers!" "When you think of Cinderella..." "A pumpkin prince!" "There's no such thing." "Oh, really?" "That's it." "That's it!" "What do you mean?" "A pumpkin prince?" "!" "All right!" "I'll take that role!" "No, that's not it." "No way!" "Wait, let me try the idea on the simulator." "We'll install some kind of device in the wands." "When we cross jump, we spread out a big cloth like magic." "And then, make it look like a big pumpkin like this." "What do you think?" "Ooh..." "I see." "A pumpkin." "Which means if we don't fall at the right moment together from the top, it won't become the shape of a pumpkin." "I know." "And once we successfully make the pumpkin," "Cinderella will appear from inside." "Amazing!" "It's like magic." "If we can make the audience think that, it'll really be magic." "A spell cast by the three of us." "Oh, it needs a name." "How about something like "Triple Illusion"?" "Triple Illusion?" "Yeah, this maneuver's name." "It sounds good." "All right, intensive training for the Triple Illusion begins tomorrow!" "Let's do our best!" "Yes!" "I have to work hard." "For Mia's sake and for myself." "This is a long awaited chance." "Why are you so flustered?" "Any normal person would be!" "I need to tell you something." "Lay down here." "No, thank you." "Then I will talk to you like this." "Like this?" "I will get right to the point." "You should not pair up with those two girls." "What?" "The skill levels are far too disparate." "I already know that." "It's true that I suck, but this is my chance." "No, I did not mean it like that." "Oh." "Please make sure to turn off the light." "Good night." "The reverse Star." "A failure." "Hurry up and turn off the light." "Right." "Sorry..." "It's my fault." "Don't keep blaming just yourself." "I just couldn't catch it." "I hate it!" "I just keep making mistakes." "I'm sorry." "We failed because our moves didn't match up." "So, it wasn't just your fault." "Right, Mia?" "Mia..." "If you think I shouldn't be part of it, please feel free to say so." "I didn't say that." "No, you didn't." "My timing was also a little off, so it could be my fault." "It's my idea's fault." "My idea was just impossible to begin with." "As I thought, you're third-rate!" "I don't want people like you up on the trampoline!" "Moping around about whose fault it was." "You guys are losers!" "What's the matter with you?" "This has nothing to do with you." "It does too!" "Because..." "Because... the trampoline was... my mom's... my mom's favorite..." "Marion..." "Marion!" "Sorry about the weird things Marion said." "Please let me know whenever you need a trampoline adjustment." "Come on, let's practice, practice." "Miss Layla..." "Um..." "I think having three people play the fairy godmother will be a selling point for the upcoming show." "Thank you." "That is why we need to make sure it is perfect before the show starts." "Yes, we will do our best." "Sora and Anna, please step down from this role." "What?" "Perfect this routine using you, Charlotte, and Julie." "But the Triple Illusion is supposed to be done by Sora, Anna, and myself." "We are not doing this for fun." "And I'm only inviting you to be a part of it because I heard this was your idea." "If you don't like it, I will ask you to step down as well." "Mia..." "Anna, let's go." "Mia..." "Anna, let's go." "But..." "Never mind." "Please excuse us." "I guess it's just the difference in talent, you know?" "It's like, sorry for being so talented." "Here you go." "Oh, thank you very much." "Sorry about that." "You're upset about what Marion said, aren't you?" "Oh, no." "I'm okay about that." "But..." "Well, it's kind of a long story, but..." "So that's what happened." "And the three of you were working so hard at it, too." "Oh, don't worry about it." "It's my fault." "By the way, where's Marion?" "Oh, she's probably hiding somewhere here in the lesson hall." "She's always like that when she's sulking." "Oh well, she'll be back once she gets hungry." "Excuse me..." "What is it?" "About what Marion said earlier..." "Oh..." "Does it have something to do with the way Marion behaves?" "That is, if you don't mind." "Would you tell me about it?" "Have you already heard that her mother passed away?" "Six years ago, my wife, Cynthia, was a star at Kaleido Stage." "She was an earnest woman who loved to practice." "There is no such thing as wasted practice." "We can be confident because we practice every day." "Without that confidence, our performance wouldn't make anyone happy." "But because she seldom took a break, she might have made Marion lonely." "Then one day, Marion had a fever." "It was unusual for her, but Marion asked Cynthia not to go on stage that day." "But since there was no one who could substitute for Cynthia, she went on stage." "However, on that particular day, Cynthia made a big mistake." "Mom, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "It's because I was being so spoiled." "She was taken to the hospital right away, but her condition wasn't good." "It's not your fault, Marion." "It was my mistake, so it's no one's fault." "Besides, Mom's going to recover from these injuries really soon, and I'll show you even more amazing performances." "Those were Cynthia's last words and she passed away without ever setting foot on stage again." "Ever since, in Marion's opinion, no trampoliner better than Cynthia has appeared." "She can't be satisfied with anyone's performance and she became sarcastic like that." "So that's what happened." "Marion must've really loved her mom." "And she must also love the Kaleido Stage that her mom loved so much." "Thank you." "I'd like to thank you too." "I'm glad that I had a chance to hear your story." "When you think about it, it's weird for me to get depressed about it." "Mia's the one who gave me the possibility of appearing on stage." "Yet, I made Mia feel bad." "If I'd been able to do everything properly," "Mia wouldn't have had to be so torn." "I'll practice much harder." "Good morning, Marion." "Dad..." "She's been practicing before the crack of dawn." "Your mom used to do the same before a new show opened, remember?" "Yeah." "Mom!" "Ouch!" "Oh?" "Anna, good morning." "Don't "Good morning" me." "You're still the same reckless risk-taker." "Sorry." "This is no time to be laughing." "Sorry." "This is no time to be laughing." "I'll practice with you." "Mia..." "Where are Charlotte and Julie?" "You're not practicing with them?" "I stepped down from the role." "What?" "But you already told your grandma..." "I thought about it and I'd rather perfect it with you two." "I'm sure my grandma would also agree that's the better thing to do." "Mia..." "I'm sorry." "I should have said so right away yesterday." "Are you really sure about giving up on this?" "No, I haven't given up yet." "What?" "I asked them, "Please give us a chance to show you our Triple Illusion." "If it's still not good enough, we'll resign from our roles."" "I see." "Mia..." "I believe they will become first-rate Kaleido Stars." "Me too." "Then, let's practice right away." "Okay." "I'll try slowing down my spin a little, so, Sora, can you try to speed up yours?" "Okay, I'll do that." "Then, I'll throw in my orangutan pose in the middle." "Please don't!" "We have one day left." "Let's work hard." "Yeah!" "Just now, Mom..." "No, it's nothing." "Dad, I'm hungry." "Okay, let's have breakfast." "The upright Star." "Hope." "She changed the future." "Come on, you three, it's almost time to start." "Okay!" "What do you think?" "You can hardly call this first-rate." "But it looked like you were also on the edge of your seat." "Those girls certainly are strangely captivating." "Kalos, you take the responsibility to perfect it." "I guess it means that they passed." "The Triple Illusion." "When you sabishii toki doushitemasuka" "When you're lonely, what do you do?" "Never say sonna no wakannai" "Never say you don't get any of that" "Nemuru asobu magazine mekuru" "Sleep, play, flip through a magazine" "Sabishii toki wa sabishii yo" "When you're lonely, you're lonely" "Mienai denpa ga kyou mo tulututu machi ni tobikau" "Like always, invisible vibes fly around the city today, tulututu" "Anyway kokoro no bekutoru so many reason hanashiteru" "Anyway, the vector of my heart is talking about so many reasons" "Jiyuu ni sora o tobitai keredo" "I want to be free and fly the skies" "Hane o hirogeru basho ga nai" "But I don't have space to spread my wings" "Demo shinjiteru" "But I have faith" "Katachi no nai mirai ga aru yo" "There is a future yet to be shaped" "Katachi ni shitai watashi ga iru" "And there's a me that I want to shape" "Kanashikutemo machigai demo" "Even if I'm sad, even if it's a mistake" "Omou mama fly to the free" "I'll do what I want and fly towards the freedom" "Next Kaleido Star" "Next Kaleido Star Sora, let's go home together." "Sora, let's go home together." "I'm not leaving for Japan until you say that you're coming with me." "And so, on the opening day for Cinderella, my dad suddenly came to America from Japan." "He says he's going to take Sora back with him." "I understand how your dad feels, but let's do our best together!" "Everyone, I'm sorry." "WHAT?" "!" "My feelings for my family and my dream." "What should I do, I wonder?" "I wonder?" "I wonder?" "Next time on Kaleido Star, "My Amazingly Distant Family"" "My Amazingly Distant Family" "Next time on Kaleido Star, "My Amazingly Distant Family"" "My Amazingly Distant Family My wings are my dream and on towards the sky..."