"Everyone, Kaleido Star is about to start." "When you watch Kaleido Star, please keep your room brightly lit, and sit as far from the TV as you can." "Well, well, well, you've all given someone a present, right?" "You wonder if they'll be happy to get it, and you feel like you've put all your feelings into it." "In my case, it's this stage." "If I could give all the people who've come to watch us and all the companions who've given it their best with me a stage that they could smile and say "That was great" about, that would be so awesome!" "I mean..." "I mean..." "I am a Kaleido Star!" "Star!" "Star!" "98..." "The daytime practice isn't enough on its own?" "It's nowhere near enough." "The Amazing Injured Swan" "The Amazing Injured Swan" ""The Amazing Injured Swan"" "The Amazing Injured Swan" "If you over train that much, of course it's going to hurt." "Yes, ma'am..." "Because you're trying to force your body to compensate for the basics you lack, you're working your feet too hard." "I see, your center of gravity is unstable, and you're controlling that with the tips of your toes." "These blood blisters are huge." "You should really rest your feet for a few days..." "I don't have time for..." "Okay, okay." "Then how about we at least protect the affected parts so you don't put too much weight on them?" "Please!" "Maybe we should put balance work on your training menu too." "One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three," "one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three," "Hey, I've got a question for you." "one, two, three, one, two, three," "What?" "one, two, three, one, two, three," "What scene will Rosetta be in?" "She won't be in this." "What do you mean she won't be in it?" "There WAS originally a diabolo scene in the script, but she withdrew." "It was a scene Mia put in specifically for Rosetta, so it was superfluous to the story, and we cut it." "Does Sora know this?" "Yes." "Stop!" "Sorry, but I'm going to rethink this configuration again." "Will everybody please drop this and switch to individual practice?" "What's the problem?" "This is the third time!" "Oh, I have someone I want to introduce to you two." "My feet hurt, but I feel like I'm getting a better and better grip on this." "I want to practice more and more!" "Sorry I'm late!" "We'll resume your special training this afternoon." "Rest until I tell you that you can start again." "Okay..." "Welcome, all you gloomy housewives!" "Save your gloomy expressions for your old, tired husbands." "When you're with me, show me your maidenly smiles!" "I'm asking this knowing that it won't happen." "You'd think there'd be SOME training goods geared toward Sora's problems..." "This guy's got a sharp tongue, but he's pretty handsome, so it's just hard to hate him somehow." "Everything is squeaky clean with Clean Finish!" "From your children's doodles to the past doings you can't tell your husbands about, everything's wiped away in no time!" "Come on, do a little serious help and..." "Go on to the next pile of garbage, Junk Baron!" "It isn't garbage, it's treasure!" "It's Anna's dad!" "Huh?" "WHAT?" "!" "They don't look a thing alike!" "This is our next treasure." "With this, that flabby flesh will firm right up!" "This is it!" "Jack!" "Sorry I'm late, Anna!" "Wow, it's the real Jack Baron!" "It looks like work is going well." "Yeah." "The comedy channel has asked me if I'll do a half hour program." "Amazing!" "You'll be busy, then." "I'll definitely help you out." "If I refused a request from my beloved savior, God would be sure to punish me." "Savior?" "Anna is my angel." "I'm ready!" "It, like, looks like the lesson is finally going to start." "Wasn't that a long break?" "Perhaps that means they're close to perfecting the Angel's Maneuver." "This will be the final stage of the special training for the Angel's Maneuver." "Already?" "I knew it." "What's the matter?" "Hurry up." "Right!" "I'll change the way I channel my strength each time." "You sense that and adjust for it." "Right!" "Let's report this." "Yes." "Like, farewell." "Huh?" "Again, please!" "Rosetta." "What?" "I hear you're not going to perform in Swan Lake?" "That's right." "This show is an important one for Sora, so I don't want to get in the way with an unnecessary scene." "Hmmm, how adult." "But considering your lofty intentions, you seem to be sneaking around a lot peeking at everybody's practice." "It's none of your business, is it?" "If you're all right with that, then fine, but..." "I've already made my decision." "Amazing..." "The Angel's Maneuver has really started to take shape." "But her balance seems to be getting worse and worse." "Why is that?" "It's okay for someone unattractive to play a handsome man." "But the opposite is pretty difficult." "Especially with someone as handsome as me!" "But you can take anything and push it over the top, and it will become funny." "The stage direction is being outdone by Sora's energy!" "Right now it's nothing but a nice little setup that follows the rules." "The only ones who will accept this kind of textbook construction are the professional critics!" "It has to be more..." "Hold that pose and maintain it!" "Right!" "That's enough." "The Angel's Maneuver training is over." "What?" "Mr. Leon, what do you mean, "over"?" "The Angel's Maneuver is perfected." "Now spend your time until opening day fine-tuning it and resting your body." "Perfected?" "Don't worry about me, I'll keep going!" "Mr. Leon, please wait!" "It's over now?" "That can't be..." "You're saying you're going to break off the Angel's Maneuver training?" "Even at her current level," "I would think she can maintain it for five minutes." "And if she saves her strength, she can manage the two daily shows." "It's enough." "Can you really call that the Angel's Maneuver?" "She's compensating for her lack of basic balance by forcibly holding the poses with her leg strength." "In that sense I can't call it the real thing, but the audience won't know." "That doesn't satisfy me." "If she overextends herself, the show will fail." "You can just think about giving it the widest publicity you can and raking in the profits." "Can you make good on your promise to your little sister like that?" "It's none of your business." "Sora?" "!" "Hey, what happened?" "Where's Leon?" "He said my special training was over." "I see..." "But that can't be right." "He gave up on me." "Show me your feet." "What is this?" "!" "Your balance was getting worse, so I thought something was off." "You've torn the skin from your toes!" "If you've come this far and Leon's given you the okay, isn't that enough?" "!" "It's no good at all!" "Like this, it's completely..." "There's no way I can wake up everybody's angel hearts with a maneuver at this level." "Like!" "The special training is over?" "Yes, miss." "That's definitely what Leon said." "But Sora like, didn't seem to accept that." "I see." "Miss, you're so beautiful!" "From the reports of her training I've heard up until now," "Leon has minimized balance training and spent that time strengthening her legs instead." "He's trying to modify the Angel's Maneuver into something she can do at her current ability level." "But there's no way Sora would accept a fake like that;" "something that's only the appearance of the thing." "If Leon can't completely become a demon, there's only one way left." "The angel herself has to become a demon, Sora." "The Angel's Maneuver is going to be changed out?" "!" "If that happens, we'll have to rework the entire stage plan!" "How is Sora doing?" "We're making her get treatment for her feet." "She's ripped up the skin of her toes, and in this condition she can't give a proper performance." "But..." "I can still go on." "I can still DO it!" "Do your feet still hurt?" "Enough of this." "I'll be back!" "Sora, where are you going?" "I'm going to try asking Mr. Leon one more time if he'll continue my training." "Sora..." "Oh my, you startled me." "Miss Sarah!" "I have a delivery." "A present from that guy over there." "Ken got me a present?" "Well, I was looking at catalogs and I just kind of bought them." "I couldn't resist, so I bought some too!" "I thought I'd recommend it to Leon as a method of improving her balance while not putting too much of a burden on her feet, but..." "I've decided I'm definitely going to ask Mr. Leon to continue my training." "So I'll try recommending this too!" "Because the special training isn't over!" "What are you doing?" "I thought I told you to rest." "Mr. Leon, please continue my training." "Please." "There's no need." "The Angel's Maneuver has been perfected." "That can't be true!" "Right now it's all I can do just to somehow fake the appearance of it." "I don't own this maneuver at all." "I can't believe that I can give everyone a good time with this." "If I say it's over, it's over." "In that case, I'll continue my training by myself." "What?" "I'm going to do it until I'm satisfied." "And I WILL master the Angel's Maneuver before opening day." "So well that I'll get you to acknowledge me too." "Do what you want." "There's a limit to the amount of pain a person can put herself through of her own will." "You're a fool." "Shut up." "Obviously I won't be able to get it right on the first try." "If I incorporate balance training into my daily life like this..." "The Fool aims for heights yet unseen." "First you have to get completely used to the shoes." "Right!" "Rosetta, can you get the drinks?" "Sure." "Your balance has gotten a lot better, huh?" "Yep!" "It seems as if the special training isn't over, just as Miss Layla predicted." "Here it comes!" "What do you think, Sora?" "It's good!" "Now that I'm doing this," "I can really tell I've been working all my muscles unnecessarily hard this whole time." "Now switch legs!" "This is the feeling of it." "If I get it this way even without these shoes..." "Here it comes again!" "Right!" "Don't let your pose slip." "Right!" "Rosetta..." "I think I'll do balance training again starting tomorrow." "You're really fired up, huh?" "Do you think you'll be able to do the Angel's Maneuver as planned?" "Of course that's what I mean to do." "I'll do my best, so that I can get Leon to acknowledge me too." "I'm sure you can do it, Sora." "Thanks!" "I'm going to practice more too, and someday I'll be onstage with you on the trapeze." "I'm looking forward to it." "I try to force myself to do it on strength alone, so I can only do 1 00 reps." "If my whole body is balanced, I should be able to do more." "She's got way more fighting spirit than she's had up till now." "The really hard part is from here on out, Sora." "Because you can't relax your attention to any part of your body, even for an instant." "My whole body is straining..." "I feel like one rep is tiring me ten reps worth." "The special training is moving backwards." "I don't get it." "She like, looks like she's having a harder time than she was before." "Miss!" "Miss Layla!" "I'm all right." "So Sora's started balance training again?" "Yes, Miss." "That's my Sora." "But after you've learned to fake a technique, retraining your body to do it correctly is no easy thing." "I have to master the technique of instantaneously sensing the flow of my partner's strength soon too." "Because without that, the Angel's Maneuver won't be perfected." "Sora is..." "Sora is..." "Stop!" "Why?" "Why are you going that far?" "Why are you and Sophie so merciless toward yourselves?" "I thought you were going to let Sora do what she wanted." "Every muscle in your body must be creaking with overstrain by now." "If you keep doing this, you'll never be able to stand onstage again!" "Even if that happens, I can't show the audience something fake." "Leon, are you telling me to show them something fake?" "!" "A fake is enough." "No it's not." "With something like that, there's no way the stage without battles..." "Then the stage without battles can't become real." "I was fighting all along, where Sophie couldn't see me." "I struck down those who tried to involve Sophie in their battles!" "Leon, I'm definitely going to become a true star and create a stage with no battles." "Yeah." "I'm sure you can do it, Sophie." "When all's said and done," "I never believed in this "stage with no battles" thing for a moment." "Now stop this." "It's only natural that you can't believe in it." "Because nobody's ever seen it." "I don't know what it's like either." "But that's exactly why I want to see it." "I want to do anything I can to make that happen." "I think Miss Sophie wanted to see you standing on a stage without battles, Mr. Leon." "Promise me, Leon..." "I think that was Sophie's dream!" "Her goal of becoming a true star, and that promise..." "You're saying that was all for my sake?" "Sophie probably knew all about your fighting and..." "Thank you." "I've changed my mind." "We'll start the special training again." "Yes, sir!" "It looks like Sora is fighting with something, doesn't it?" "And so, the difference between fighting and competing, the difference between hating each other and improving each other..." "We know why we fight, and why we tackle challenges." "The audience's smiles are waiting for us!" "They are!" "They are!" "Next time on Kaleido Star, "Our Amazing Futures"" "Our Amazing Futures" "Next time on Kaleido Star, "Our Amazing Futures"" "Our Amazing Futures" "Our Amazing Futures" "My wings are my dream and on towards the sky..." "Our Amazing Futures"