"I'm impressed..." "where I picked up an abandoned kitten." "...that you listened to the whole thing so calmly." "He might not have looked it, but the mayor was worried." "The whole thing's between them, after all." "which descended to Earth just for me." "You're quite the grown-up, I see." "When I was your age, Miss Eri, I was still just a little girl." "They both said they wanted a divorce." "There's nothing for me to do or say." "My, but you do have a solid grasp of things." "But don't you worry." "I won't do anything to harm your father's public image." "That makes me feel better." "You do seem quite sharp, it's true." "After all, you stayed the night at our house, but now you're wearing a different suit from yesterday, right?" "That's Naota's girlfriend." "My, but you do pay close attention." "Speaking of clothes, what about that outfit you're carrying?" "We're putting on a play for the school festival." "And I'm the star!" "with this thing in you." "Mar-Raba!" "Don't look at it!" "Hey, you!" "Mother's Helper!" "Cleaning Lady!" "Housemaid!" "No brains." "Servant!" "Alien..." "What is it?" "You are so messed up." "Straighten up the room." "Just forget it." "The store's in pretty much the same shape, after all." "He printed up more fanzines that we're stuck with, is that it?" "Monny says he's a journalist, you know." "It's not normal to grow horns." ""Monny?"" "He called them local-zines." "What he calls them makes no difference." "Garbage." "It's always the same: the better the performance, the quicker the parts break down." "Bye-bye!" "You're choking me!" "My name is Haruhara Haruko." "Well, you're wearing this stupid hat again." "Hey!" "Leave it alone!" "Hold still!" "I like the way this feels." "It's soft and kinda relaxing." "Like Alpha waves..." "D-Don't touch!" "We're not going on Star Search." "See you this evening." "You need special curry, don't you?" "anything, do you, Ta?" "I don't like hot and spicy stuff!" "Like I said..." "And how come it can take x-rays?" ""Little Prince Curry." We've got a date to go get some, right?" "You're late!" "That's where it was built." "I told you to be on time for morning rehearsals didn't I?" "What's the connection here, huh?" "Well?" "You're the lead, after all." "Not me, you." "Anyone can play my part." "I'm out of here." "You were elected by majority vote." "You will play the role of Puss!" ""Puss?"" "Be on time for after-school rehearsals." "Dad, keep it in doors!" "Oh, and that hat doesn't go with the character." "What's gotten into her?" "When you stroke a cat's throat, it purrs, right?" "That's the sound that kittens make when they're nursing." "What is this?" "They said it was in the old candy store in Sakae-cho." "Isn't it great?" "The place that still sells that old Cherio soft drink?" "What's "Cherio?"" "You know, the one with that pop star in the commercials." "Hey!" "What're you doing over there?" "Miyaji..." "which makes all of this possible..." "Oh no..." "What is this...?" "Oh no!" "This is forbidden!" "As of now, your class is under lockdown!" "Reading such naughty things in secret like this is offensive to the Ninamori family!" "I'm telling you, you must consider how they are likely to feel!" "Children cannot choose the adults around them, least of all their parents." "Ninamori's father is the mayor, for example and she must have it pretty rough because of that." "What do you think you're doing?" "I ditched after-school rehearsals too." "The very thought of playing a talking cat was too lame for words." "Say cheese!" "It's the hat..." "So you're finally playing hooky." "Heh." "You got anything?" "It goes with the cat, all right." "You're turning delinquent." "School is out for the day." "And you saved him?" "Besides, these rehearsals won't make any difference to my grades." "I was in a school festival too, once." "I was so embarrassed..." "But it was kind of fun, too." "who burns towns to the ground." "My mom and dad both came." "I'll always remember it." ""Hear me..."" ""The king has..."" ""...the ears..."" ""...of a donkey!"" "Now that's a volatile reaction for you." "I've said all along that we need journalism in local as well as national government." "It's got parts I've never seen before." "And by this time tomorrow, we will have so many customers here..." "You don't seem to know what's what. ...that we'll sell out of our stale stock of Cherio Pop." "without you adding to it." "Oh, it's too much to contemplate." "Hey, give me a little more help." "Just another 100 copies..." "No, 80!" "Hey, look, here they come now." "Excuse me..." "Coming right up." "I like your head." "I'm an Earthling, after all." "You've got these cute ears, not to mention Canti..." "People are working here!" "...popping out..." "It's kind of like that robot cat, the one with the secret pocket..." "That cat doesn't have ears." "But you saved me the same way, right?" "You know, the other night..." "Are you talking about this kid here?" "...when you operated Canti..." "You were so cool." "I don't remember much of what happened that night at least, not after being swallowed up by Canti." "Allow me to thank you." "Canti!" "Canti!" "Get the laundry!" "And after that..." "Pee-yew!" "Take care of it." "You've always got an escape route planned, I see." "I'm a grown-up." "Nice nouveau-riche boots..." "It's too cold..." "AHHH!" "I see..." "Bye-bye!" "I have no home anymore." "All that's left to me now..." "especially when I'm not wearing a helmet!" "...is just some useless cat." "What do you have to be afraid of?" "Hardly fitting behavior for a student body council member." "Wh-What do you think you're doing, ditching rehearsal?" "!" "I think I'll report you at school tomorrow." "Sometimes, you seem like such a delinquent." "You could say that." "That hat is unbecoming, though." "Are you having trouble at home, by any chance?" "None of your business." "That thing is full of nonsense." "Ignore it." "Well... it's all true." "I'm really pretty rich being the daughter of a nouveau-riche mayor and all." "Hey, will you come with me?" "What, now?" "You're the family Puss, right?" "So shut up and do as you're told." "What have you been doing?" "!" "That's just in the play." "Besides..." "I'm meeting somebody." "And here she comes now." "Who?" "Our housemaid." "I thought I was dead for sure." "What's this?" "Now let's see..." "Don't touch that!" "You're a growing girl." "You mustn't touch that with your bare hands!" "What is this?" "Uh, ears, I guess." "Of what?" "Of a cat, I guess..." "He's an angel!" "Ow!" "Ow, ow, ow!" "My stomach hurts!" "What did I tell you?" "Hey, this isn't my fault..." "Is it?" "Isn't this good, Pop." "The East Indians would be just amazed." "Tastes like Manhattan..." "Or I'll put you on a leash." "...that "Little Prince in New York Curry" stuff, you know." "It's too HOT!" "You didn't have to go to New York for this!" "Stop being such a child." "This taste is meant for adults." "How come he doesn't think it's hot?" "How come he's eating it in the first place?" "What is this?" "The police have already been here." "It's the TV, that's all." "Wa-Water..." "Hey, you cheater!" "How come it's walking around?" "Well, uh, haven't you ever heard of a TV Walkman?" "From Sony?" "But it just ate some curry." "You took all the mild curry for yourself!" "See?" "Maybe I should have gotten some of the Mont Blanc kind instead." "Canti, get me some water too." "Get it yourself." "That's what you're supposed to do." "I only work for you." "You're the mayor's daughter, right?" "Did you like the soda?" "The soda?" "Oh!" "How do you know so much?" "Everyone knows about her." "Right?" "Really, it's no big deal." "Haruko sideswiped her." "She sideswiped the mayor's daughter?" "!" "That's why she's not feeling very well." "She..." "She's not...?" "It's nothing, really." "Don't go noising it around that you got sideswiped by a moped belonging to the bakery." "the Devil's own city, came into existence." "We're in real trouble." "Is your stomach OK now?" "That's rude." "It's nothing, really." "I know..." "You can stay here tonight." "You've got enough trouble at home as it is, I understand." "How can you talk like that?" "Please, I insist." "Stay here tonight." "Get a good night's sleep and forget unpleasant things..." "I like getting sideswiped." "It happened around here too the other day." "It's nothing, really." "She says it's nothing." "I'll call your family and tell them where you are." "My parents and I live separate lives." "It's nothing to me whether my father is arrested or my mother divorces him." "Delayed Stress Syndrome?" "The bathroom is that way." "How are you?" "Are you feeling any better?" "It's nothing, really." "Where did you go?" "Do you think I'm a bad person, by any chance?" "I hate my father's secretary." "And thanks to you, she's gone." "I'm grateful to you for that." "You're very mature." "Oh, here's a bathing cap..." "Must've dropped them somewhere." "...for you." "Huh?" "If she says no, she means it." "She's got her act together." "You wear glasses?" "Don't tell anyone." "I normally wear contacts." "You've been keeping it a secret." "Where'd she go?" "Who are you to talk?" "It was six years ago." "Ha!" "You have short pajamas." "I thought so." "Are you really going to stay the night?" "Well, I mean, your father already called my house, after all..." "Shucks, my father would have to pick a time like this to be useful." "We could hardly tell anyone about this, could we." "Of course not." "You can imagine what our classmates would say if they found out." "After this, you better stay away from me for a while." "In that case, we won't worry about tonight." "I BET!" "Oh, no, I didn't mean anything by that." "See?" "You can have it." "You really should go home." "This isn't right." "No, it isn't right." "Your head, that is." "You saw?" "!" "I was told not to touch." "What was it?" "What did it look like?" "Cat's ears... perfect for playing the part of a cat." "Why in hell are you trying to make into a cat, anyway?" "but its remains are still here." "I changed the results of the vote." "Look..." "I made myself the lead and you, Puss-In-Boots." "You didn't notice, did you." "Nobody figured that I, as class president, would do such a thing, right?" "You mean, cheat?" "This one's bigger than the one before!" "You won't be mad, will you?" "Right?" "Why would you want to go to such lengths to play the lead?" "I would have thought that you would understand without being told." "You see,the protagonist of "Puss-In-Boots" achieves happiness by deceiving the Princess for the rest of his life, with his lies about being a Marquis." "And over time, the deceit becomes the reality." "And what's wrong with that?" "What, indeed." "What are you doing there?" "What, indeed." "Let go of me!" "You were eavesdropping." "Not exactly." "Things like cheating to get a leading role in a play are of no interest to me." "Why did you go and eat Ta?" "!" "What is it with this maid of yours?" "That's what I'd like to know." "You're pretty sharp yourself, using secrets to get what you want." "I'm not hurting anyone." "You're definitely doing it!" "You're groping all over her!" "What about me?" "It's not nice to fool people." "You tell her!" "Honesty is attractive, you know." "Do you always sleep there?" "You bet." "two standing there for?" "!" "Cut it out!" "You mean... really?" "real and what wasn't." "Yep, right here." "Ta and I spend all our nights together." "and do whatever I could for her." "Hey..." "Don't touch..." "Not my ears!" "It's a robot!" "Who's in there?" "She..." "She just kissed him!" "Hey!" "What's the big idea?" "Your curry bento." "I hear you've got rehearsal after school on Saturday." "Keep it!" "I'm not going to be in that lousy play." "You're going to need something for lunch, after all." "I'm going home." "No!" "You're coming to rehearsal today." "No excuses." "You heard her, Naota." "Yeah, you have to abide by the voting results." "And what was that kissing business, anyway?" "Will you shut up?" "I can't tell you about that!" "You're not going anywhere!" "I said I don't want to do it!" "The decision has been made." "You must abide by it." "What's got into you?" "Everyone will be there." "I tell you, no one will come." "I want people to see." "So it's all for your own ego!" "My mother and father will come and see it together!" "Class plays are for kids!" "And what does that make you?" "I'd die from shame of playing a cat!" "How dare you talk like that!" "Have you seen your own head lately?" "What's with those ears?" "What the?" "Eek!" "That's weird!" "Oh man!" "I think it looks kind of cute." "Don't you get on your high horse with me!" "You fixed the voting so you'd get the lead role!" "Oh no..." "What's happening to me?" "Ninamori!" "Stop that at once!" "Ninamori!" "Stop it, Haruko!" "This ukulele won't cut it." "Canti!" "We're out of here." "Ninamori!" "Let go of me this instant!" "It is forbidden to run in the hallways!" "Oh no!" "They did a hit-and-run on Miyaji!" "You fell for it, hook, line and sinker." "I've got you right where I want you." "No!" "She's still..." "Don't do it, Haruko!" "Canti!" "Out of my way!" "There goes his curry bento!" "Where did they go?" "Oh no!" "Miyaji's car!" "And with all those loan payments, too..." "Miyaji could really be hurt!" "Maybe even dead." "Vulgarity is forbidden!" "The bathroom's that way." "Ninamori's father didn't go to court and her parents didn't get divorced, either." "She laughed it off, saying it meant nothing to her one way or the other." "There were also rumors of her being transferred to another school, but she's still here." "Break a leg, Ninamori." "You're wearing glasses!" "They're fake."