shoujo kageki revue starlight, episode 4 script

[feralphoenix]

since this is past where i just dropped the subs, this translation is completely without training wheels. this is my own translation and is not made for profit.

CAVEAT: all of the dialogue is translated by ear except the song lyrics, and there may be small inaccuracies because of that, but i guarantee you that this is closer than the official subs. simulcast subbing is a complete disaster though, so at least forgive the official subbers for banana's lines pre-episode 7.


Episode 04: Promise Tower

KAREN
Starlight. It’s the story of goddesses guided by the light of a star. They clash, they quarrel, they misunderstand one another, but they still form close bonds.

HIKARI
But in the end they’re torn apart, never to meet again. It’s a sad story.

KAREN, HIKARI
Then let us go together, to claim that star!

KAREN
Ahhhhh!!

HIKARI
Our dream will never come true.

KAREN
The story of those eight women is so compelling we can’t help but be captivated by it.

HIKARI
We can’t help but be driven by those eight women’s songs.

KAREN
Let’s go… to that stage. Let’s become shining stars, together!

HIKARI
You idiot…!

KAREN
Why?!

MAHIRU
Karen-chan…?

KAREN
Eh…? Huh?! Hikari…chan?



Who, oh who will be the one to pluck the star from the top of that tower?
The heat of a silent flame is burning in all of our chests.

This is the Wheel of Fortune
But we aren’t merely being forced to dance upon the stage
Spring forth!

I know that on that day
I saw the sparks of starlight spread
Until I’m able to touch
That faded promise…

We begin before the curtain rises,
The story is being written before our very eyes.
Now that I have been reborn,
I have been reunited with you here
Once more



KAREN
Hikari-chan?! Hikari-chan? Hikari-chaaaaaaaaaaaaan…

BANANA
K…Karen-chan…?

JUNNA
Where’d I put my glasses?!

KAREN
Where did you go?! Jeeeeeeeeeeeez!!

KAREN
Hikari-chan?! Hikari-chan…? She’s not here… or here… Where are you?! Hikari-chaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Where are yoooooooooooooooou?!

CLAUDINE
At this part… I guess I should bend more.

KAREN
Have you seen Hikari-chan?!

CLAUDINE
EEYYAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!?! Qu’est-se qu’il y a?! Je ne sais pas!! (What do you want all of a sudden?! I don’t know!)

KAREN
I can’t understand unless you tell me in Japanese!! Hikari-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan…

CLAUDINE
Hey!!

KAREN
Where are you?! Hikari-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan…

FUTABA
She’s making such a ruckus for this hour…

CLAUDINE
Seriously! It’s such a pain.

KAREN
I can’t find her! She’s not on the roof, in the cafeteria, or even in the bowling room…

FUTABA
What, you mean Kagura?

BANANA
Have you tried calling her on the phone?

KAREN
Huh? Banana, nice! Bananice!!

FUTABA
It didn’t even occur to you?

BANANA
Bananice…

KAREN
Hikari-chan, are you there? Where are you right now?! Huh…? Don’t tell me… Hikari-chan, did you leave school grounds?!

EVERYONE
Eh?

KAREN
Did you fill out the paperwork?! Do you even know our curfew?! No, wait, more importantly!!! Ah… She’s not picking up… UUUUUUUUUGH!!! What is she thinking?!

MAHIRU
Do you know where Kagura-san is?

FUTABA
What about YOUR paperwork?

JUNNA
You’re on hall cleaning duty today, aren’t you?

KAREN
Sorry, guys! I’ll be back!

MAHIRU
Karen-chan!!

KAREN
Ugh, what’s going on?! Hikari-chan, where are you right now?!

[LINE chat:
Karen: Hikari-chan?!
Karen: Hikari-chan, where are you right now?!
Hikari: (Sticker: Begone)]

KAREN
What do you mean, “begone”?!

[LINE chat:
Karen: What do you mean, “begone”?!
Karen: It’s normal to be worried when your friend disappears out of the blue!
Karen: Where are you?!]

KAREN
What the heck is this? Oh!! I know!!

KAREN
Wait, I was wrong!

MOTHER
I wonder what it could be?

LITTLE GIRL
Jellyfish!

KAREN
Oh, that’s it! Thank you so much!

KAREN
Ehh?! It’s a different aquarium…!

KAREN
One adult ticket, please!

TICKET SELLER
That will be 3050 yen.

KAREN
Yikes… Y-yes ma’am…

KAREN
Eh? Ehhhhhhh?!!! Not again!! What do you want from me, Hikari-chan…? Where are you THIS time? Ah…

[LINE chat:
Hikari: Why did you lose?
Karen: I’m sorry…
Karen: I feel like I wasn’t really
Karen: a match for Tendou-san.]

KAREN
I dunno how to explain, but we were on totally different stages… Ah, and I don’t mean literally…

[LINE chat:
Hikari: Stupid stupid Karen]

KAREN
Then what should I have done?!!!

[LINE chat:
Hikari: I don’t know]

KAREN
What do you mean, you don’t know?!!!

[LINE chat:
Hikari: I don’t know either
Hikari: I don’t know what I should do]

KAREN
Hikari-chan… You finally picked up, Hikari-chan!

HIKARI
Hey, Karen…

KAREN
What is it? What is it?!

HIKARI
Do you… still remember our Starlight?

KAREN
Huh?



KAORUKO
Fuwah… Tatami is soooooo calming to lay on. I wish I could live here instead of the dorm.

FUTABA
If you tried it, the teachers would tan your rear.

KAORUKO
And they insist that during school hours we have to be in uniform at all times… They’re so unreasonable!

FUTABA
Ow, ow, ow.

KAORUKO
Heh… But it really surprised me. I never would have thought you’d be participating too, Futaba-han. In Giraffe-han’s auditions, I mean. I wonder what it’s all supposed to be about. “The Stage of Fate”… “the eternal lead role”… Like we could really become Top Star like that.

FUTABA
But you’re in ‘em because you believe it just like the rest of us, right?

KAORUKO
Well, I suppose so. What really surprised me… was that you joined them without even telling me, Futaba-han. Whatever shall we do! At this rate, you and I will have to fight each other eventually. Well, when that happens, you’ll let me win, won’t you?

FUTABA
You’re heavy!

KAORUKO
Owie! Ah… I know!

FUTABA
Hey, Kaoruko! Where are you going?!

MAHIRU
Stop right there.

KAORUKO
Mahiru-han…?

MAHIRU
I’m not Mahiru. I am the guardian goddess of the hallways. And I sense ill will from you, mortal.

KAORUKO
Wtf?

MAHIRU
Kaoruko-chan!! You’d better not be thinking, “If I snitch to Sensei that Karen-chan and Kagura-san left without filling out their paperwork, they’ll get in trouble and maybe I can get rid of my competition!” Well?! You’d better not be!

KAORUKO
Ugh… I wasn’t! I wasn’t thinking THAT far!

MAHIRU
Well, then, how much WERE you plotting?!

KAORUKO
Nooo! Stay away!!!

MAHIRU
That’s right! I am the guardian goddess of the hallways! But I wish I were Kagura-san instead, so I could get Karen-chan to chase after me.

KAREN
Our Starlight… There’s no way I’d ever forget. That’s where everything started for us. That’s why we made our promise. That promise is the whole reason I enrolled in the Seishou Music School.

HIKARI
It really is strict there, but I’ve never thought it was too tough. That’s what makes it the Royal Actors’ Academy, after all.

KAREN
Which is it? Umm, marcs? No, wait, is it pesos?

HIKARI
Yeah, it really is rainy and cloudy all the time. That’s just how London is.

KAREN
I mean, I KNOW you said you wouldn’t, but you never answered no matter how many letters I sent!

HIKARI
But you still can’t eat green peas, right?

KAREN
Yeah, I went to see it! I used up all my allowance on it, and it was the premiere too!

HIKARI
They told us to watch as many classics as we did new plays.

KAREN
“Mister White’s Tumblr”? So that was limited to Japan after all!

HIKARI
That’s just a rumor. England has plenty of delicious food.

KAREN
I know just what you mean! That reunion scene, and that music! It really gets to you!

HIKARI
That’s right. There’s a stage that’s been around for over 300 years. I’ll… show you it someday.

KAREN
I was really happy when you transferred here all of a sudden.

HIKARI
I was worried that I was the only one who still remembered our promise.

KAREN
I never forgot it even once! That Starlight was the beginning of everything for us.

HIKARI
The promise we made back then is our future.

KAREN
I didn’t forget. I always figured it’d work out one day. But that wasn’t enough fuel for a proper Stage Girl. You and I know the passion that arises from the stage. The tomorrows that we can only find there. The moments we can only share there. Our souls and our bodies cry out for the stage. Ever higher, ever fiercer. Until we reach Position Zero. So I need to spark the ignition once more. With the first time I was ever touched like that, that thrill I’d never felt before. The place we promised. So that I can stay in the world of the Stage Girls.

HIKARI
You’re late.

KAREN
Sorry I kept you waiting, Hikari-chan.

MAYA
May I join you?

MAYA
It seems you have your edge back.

CLAUDINE
Yeah, I got a little encouragement.

MAYA
That’s lovely for you.

CLAUDINE
What’s your problem, anyway?! You’re already singing and dancing with center stage all to yourself, so what do you need the audition for?!

MAYA
I’m a terribly possessive person, you see. More than anyone else in the world.

CLAUDINE
Huh?

MAYA
Just the thought of someone other than me becoming Top Star makes me liable to lose my mind with jealousy.

CLAUDINE
Well, how avaricious of you.

[SIGN: Due to today’s equipment inspection, we are closing at 8 PM.]

KAREN
Shoot…

HIKARI
My jellyfish…

KAREN
It’s too bad we didn’t get to see ‘em. But I guess we can just come again sometime! Together!

HIKARI
In that audition… If you can’t get chosen, it’s all over. You’ll lose what’s most important to you as a Stage Girl.

KAREN
What’s most important to you…?

HIKARI
So you can’t lose, no matter what.

KAREN
You really are amazing, Hikari-chan. You know everything I don’t know. That must be why you locked me in the storage shed that time!

HIKARI
Yeah.

KAREN
But, like, if I was a no-show, wouldn’t that count as losing?

HIKARI
Eh… Ah…

KAREN
You didn’t think that part through, huh…? Hikari-chan, sometimes you can be so…

HIKARI
W-what?!

KAREN
Thanks, Hikari-chan.

HIKARI
Eh…?

KAREN
I’m not losing anymore. I’m gonna shine so I can stand on that stage! I’m gonna shine hot and bright, hotter and brighter than anybody else! ‘Cause after all, Aijou Karen the Stage Girl is evolving every day!

HIKARI
Karen… But only one person can pass the audition. One day, you and I…

KAREN
Then let’s both pass!

HIKARI
Eh…?

KAREN
The giraffe never said only one person could pass! He was just like, “To whosoever shines the brightest in this revue, blah blah blah”.

HIKARI
There’s no way we’d be granted that kind of special treatment!

KAREN
It’ll be fine!

HIKARI
Karen… Well, I guess it could be possible.

KAREN
Am I right or am I right?!

HIKARI
You’re right. If we both sparkle the brightest… then I’m sure…

KAREN
Yeah, I’m sure too.

JUNNA
Hoshimi Junna, Daiba Nana, both present.

SAKURAGI
Hoshimi, Daiba… Alright. Next! Roll call! …Hm?

MAHIRU
T-Tsuyuzaki Mahiru, Aijou Karen, Kagura Hikari. A-all present!

SAKURAGI
Hmm? What’s wrong with Aijou and Kagura?

MAHIRU
Umm, I guess they’re all tired out from too much solo practice…

KAORUKO
Why do WE have to get roped into this?

SAKURAGI
Next! Roll call!

MAYA
Ahh! It’s Saijou-san!!

CLAUDINE
Il fait beau aujourd’hui. (The weather is so nice today.)

SAKURAGI
What’s gotten into her?

MAYA
The roll call has triggered her stage fright…!

SAKURAGI
Huh???

CLAUDINE
Parisien toujours, toujours, toujours… Je fais quelque chose… (The people of Paris always, always, always… What did we always do…?)

MAYA
Oh no, she has a fever!

FUTABA
Isurugi Futaba, Hanayagi Kaoruko, present!

SAKURAGI
Oh… all right.

CLAUDINE
Je vous en prie… (Thank you very much.)

MAYA
How long do you plan to keep this up?

CLAUDINE
Oh. I’m all better all of a sudden! Tres bien!

SAKURAGI
I… see.

BANANA
This is the first time anything like this has happened, but… Bananice?

JUNNA
Well, I don’t wanna get roped into making their alibis ever again!

MAHIRU
Huh? Karen-chaaaaaaan! Karen-chan!

JUNNA
Ugh! What are you two THINKING, coming back at the crack of dawn?!

HIKARI
I spent all my money.

KAREN
But hey, we got back at six!

JUNNA
Our curfew is at six IN THE EVENING!!! Do you have any idea what you put the rest of us through for you?!

BANANA
Junna-chan cleaned the halls for you!

KAREN
I’m so sorry, Jun-Jun! I’ll do yours for you the next ten times you’re on duty!

JUNNA
Good grief…

SAKURAGI
Kagura, Aijou, meet me in the staff room later. Bring everyone who covered up for you with you. You’re all getting the Legendary Hazing as a punishment.

JUNNA
T-the Legendary Hazing?!

HIKARI
What’s that?

JUNNA
It’s a training program passed down through Seishou Music Academy so strict it defies believability! They say that there are plenty of upperclassmen who dropped out because they couldn’t keep up with it.

KAREN
I’m sure it’ll be okay if we have everyone together…! Right?

JUNNA
Just whose fault do you think it is that this is happening to all of us?! God!!! But anyway… I’m glad you made it back home safe and sound. Welcome home.

BANANA
Welcome home, Hikari-chan!

MAHIRU
Yeah! You too, Karen-chan, welcome home.

MAYA
Welcome home, you two.

CLAUDINE
Bienvenue. (Welcome home.)

FUTABA
Don’t just run away from home like that! Who do you think you are, Kaoruko or something?

KAORUKO
I would never do something like that!

KAREN
Welcome home, Hikari-chan!

HIKARI
I’m home.

KAREN
I’m so hungryyyy. Banana-chan, what’s breakfast?

BANANA
Miso soup with tofu, and…

HIKARI
I hate tofu.

BANANA
Okay, then let’s have miso soup with bananas instead!

EVERYONE
Huh? Bananas?!

HIKARI
With bananas…



I’ve been watching you all along
It seems like you’ve left your loneliness behind
Tonight too the moon is smiling down at me
Please turn my way, and fly me to the star

I couldn’t tell you how I felt
So I imagined other lives and I’ll try acting them out
Because I want to catch your eye
Oh fly me to the star



Next Episode: Where Sparkle Lies

KAREN, HIKARI
Girls’ Opera, Revue Starlight.

GIRAFFE
I see.