"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 am sorry." "The day we said we would go to the amusement park..." "I believe it was next Sunday, right?" "Yes..." "Could it be that it does not work for you anymore?" "Yes, well..." "[Amusement Park Date]" "If it's about me, please do not worry." "Really?" "It's such a help that you're an understanding little sister." "Do you have some business to attend to?" "Perhaps something to do with your father's work?" "No..." "Then, is it family related?" "Well, if anything, I suppose that would be the way to put it." "Speaking of your family, is your mother well?" "Yes." "And your father?" "Both my father and grandfather are well." "But, what of it?" "No, I just thought I would ask." "I see." "See you then." "Dear sister Sachiko." "Oh, Lady Yumi, good day." "G-Good day, Toko." "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" "Rainy Blue" "Even on days when it rains, when I think of how I'll get to use my favorite umbrella," "I don't find it unpleasant." "[Fukuzawa]" "Yumi." "Yumi." "Lady Minako..." "Over there." "That girl." "She's the one from the Maria Festival, right?" "Miss Toko Matsudaira." "What's going on here?" ""What's going on?"" "In truth, I'd almost like to ask that myself." "They are apparently related." "Related?" "Don't you think they're overly familiar with each other?" "She comes by every day, chatting away." "E-Every day?" "So, just as I suspected, you didn't know." "So, would it be all right?" "I swear, I will not get in your way, dear sister Sachiko." "No, this is not for fun." "Toko would be happy, just to be able to go on a drive together." "A drive?" "What could it be about?" "This will not work, Lady Minako." "Provoking me will not result in some kind of incident." "Though, if I were to get jealous and make a grab for Toko with tears in my eyes, you might be able to slap on a title like "Red Rose Revolution,"" "and you would have your story..." "I wasn't anticipating anything of the sort." "What?" "I don't want your relationship with Sachiko to fall apart." "So I thought I would take action early and that was why I brought you here." "Take action?" "Watching you reminds me..." "Of what?" "My friend." "Your friend?" "Yes, a classmate of mine whose big sister was two-timing her." "Two-timing?" "!" "She knew about it, but she pretended not to notice." "She was probably too proud." "What happened to her?" "Nothing." "She just let it lie." "But she spent her three years in high school with negative emotions and in the end, her anger exploded, and when her big sister was graduating, she threw the rosary at her..." "and that was the end." "The end..." "I'm not saying that Sachiko is being unfaithful to you." "Nor am I advocating that you throw the rosary at her." "But I don't think putting up with it is your only option." "She should have pressed her for answers, instead of just waiting." "This is me being a busybody." "I just don't want you to have to put on a fake smile." "Fake..." "Certainly, what Lady Minako said might be right..." "After being told that I was an understanding little sister," "I just can't bring myself to be demanding, so I've been restraining myself..." "But that will all be over tomorrow." "Because tomorrow is the day of the long-awaited amusement park date!" "Because that day is finally going to come!" "[Amusement Park Date]" "What are you twirling for?" "You' re that happy about going on a date with Sachiko?" "I am happy." "I'm relieved." "About what?" "Because you know, you'd been downcast lately." "Really?" "Thank you for worrying about me." "But I'm all better now." "W-What?" "I guess your life at school revolves around Sachiko, huh?" "Yes, it does." "We're soeurs, after all." "Why?" "I don't know how to put it..." "It's like..." "You're dependent on her or something..." "It's just got me a little worried." "Worried?" "Nah, I'm probably worried for nothing." "Don't let it bug you too much." "Yumi, it's from Miss Ogasawara!" "Here." "Right..." "This is Yumi speaking." "This is Sachiko." "I am sorry, Yumi." "About today..." "Are you unable to go?" "Yes, something suddenly came up." "With the way this date had been postponed already," "I had made sure to keep today free far in advance, but..." "I was looking forward to this too, you know." "You're awful, dear sister!" "How many times do you think this makes?" "!" "Now that you have cancelled our date, where do you plan to go and to do what?" "!" "Are you meeting with someone?" "Is that person someone you must prioritize before me?" "!" "I understand." "I am so sorry." "Bye." "Yumi..." "I won't be going out today." "[Amusement Park Date]" "[Amusement Park Date]" "Good day, Lady Yumi." "Good day." "If you are here to visit the Rose Mansion, why don't you come in?" "It's all right." "I only dropped by in the hopes of seeing her for a moment." "Oh, Toko." "Rosa Chinensis." "Here." "Oh, you went to the trouble of bringing it for me?" "Thank you." "I dropped by your class during break, but you weren't there, so..." "It was an optional class." "Why does Toko have my dear sister's watch?" "Something she forgot?" "But when and where did my dear sister forget it?" "Well then, good day, Rosa Chinensis." "Good day." "Yumi, I am so sorry about yesterday." "Not at all..." ""Just as hydrangeas flower in endless layers, may you live as long."" ""Each time I look upon them, I shall think of you, my love."" "To think she broke her promise with me yesterday to meet with Toko." "Do you know how else hydrangeas are referred to?" "You all know how hydrangeas change in color, right?" "Perhaps because of that, in the language of flowers, it seems they are called "change of heart" or "fickleness."" ""Fickleness"..." "Just as the color of the hydrangea blossoms change, can people's hearts change color as well?" "Are you going home?" "Yes." "Since I have reached a good stopping point." "The next..." "Please set the next date." "The next?" "Together..." "You said that we'd go to the amusement park together." "I cannot set any dates, because I may end up having to cancel again." "Even so, please set the next date!" "Because if you set the next date, I can feel at ease until that day." "I do not care if you end up having to cancel." "If you set a date, until that day, I can..." "Dear sister Sachiko." "All right." "Dear sister, we are still in the middle of our conversation." "Toko, go on downstairs and wait for me." "Certainly." "Yumi, I cannot make any plans right now, so I cannot set a date with you." "Then, when will you be able to?" "I don't know." "Dear sister..." "Please be reasonable." "Please don't go." "Please don't go, dear sister!" "Rosa Chinensis!" "So you would choose Toko over me?" "!" "That's crossing the line!" "What a twisted-up person I am..." "Begging her unreasonably to make a promise, and purposefully saying things that will anger her..." "Yumi..." "Where's your umbrella?" "What happened to your umbrella?" "Did you lose it?" "Don't just take things that belong to other people..." "Yumi..." "Don't rob me of the things that are precious to me!" "Sunday has come again." "A Sunday without an engagement with my dear sister..." "I have to apologize about the other day." "This is the Ogasawara residence." "My name is Fukuzawa." "Is Lady Sachiko there?" "One moment, please." "So, she's there..." "Hello?" "Yumi?" "Um..." "This is Kashiwagi." "It's been a long time." "Oh yes, it has been a long time." "Sacchan is home, but she can't come to the phone." "She got a bit car sick, so she's resting." "Car...?" "I'll say this, so you don't get the wrong idea, but it's not as if she and I went out for a drive alone." "Toko was with us too, so don't worry." "Toko was?" "Yes." "Even now, Toko is looking after Sacchan, so you can rest easy and leave things to her." "Like me?" "She won't even let me in the room." "I see..." "Did you need something?" "If you have a message, I'll make sure she gets it." "Oh, would you rather I let you talk to Toko instead?" "No, it's nothing urgent, so I will talk to her when I see her at school." "Really?" "Then, bye." "This is... the answer..." "What in the world happened?" "!" "Why have you stopped coming to the Rose Mansion?" "!" "Lady Sachiko is worried, too!" "Surely not." "It's true." "Anyway, let's go to the Rose Mansion now." "I'm not going." "I don't know what happened, but I'm sure it was Lady Sachiko's fault." "So I'll stand with you in protest." "If you stay angry without saying anything, you'll never reach reconciliation." "We're already beyond that now!" "Thank you for worrying about me." "I'm sorry!" "Yumi..." "Fukuzawa" "Yumi." "Dear sister..." "I had a feeling that I would get to see you." "I owe you a proper explanation, don't I?" "Yumi." "Dear sister..." "[Matsudaira]" "Dear sister Sachiko." "Pardon me for making you wait." "So that is it." "Wait, Lady Yumi." "You were still not done talking, right?" "We are in a bit of a hurry, so we can't stand around talking, but if you wouldn't mind walking with us, why not continue with your conversation?" "Right, Rosa Chinensis?" "Let us do that." "Yes." "Yumi, let's walk home together for a ways." "No..." "It no longer matters." "Lady Yumi?" "!" "Lady Sei!" "Yumi..." "What's wrong?" "There, there." "Sachiko..." "Yumi." "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?" "This is what I am..." "A miserable umbrella, dropped to the ground and soiled in muddy water." "Lady Sachiko picked it up and entrusted it to Lady Sei." "She doesn't need it anymore..." "Dear sister!" "Dear sister!" "My relationship with my dear sister is a candle flickering in the wind." ""A candle flickering in the wind."" "To be in a precarious and short-lived situation, the way a wind-blown flame can be extinguished." "I know they say spilled water cannot be returned to the platter..." "A saying that came from how water spilled from a platter cannot be restored." "But they also say even a dog will not interfere in a marital spat..." "Marital spats often begin over trivial matters and if an outsider unwisely tries to mediate, he will only end up looking like a fool." "So it means, "Keep at it for all we care!"" "Is that the kind of thing this episode is about?" "Next time on "Maria Watches Over Us,"" ""The Blue Umbrella"." "A picture is worth a thousand words." "It is apparently better to see it for yourself, than to hear about it a thousand times from others."