shoujo kageki revue starlight, episode 5 script

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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.



05: Where Sparkle Lies

MAYA, CLAUDINE
Then let us go together, to claim that star!

KAREN
It’s okay! I’ll be here for you!

MAHIRU
Here for me? …Will you always be?

KAREN
Huh? …Yeah!

MAHIRU
Karen-chan…!

MAHIRU
Karen-chan, g’morning…

[Locker: Isurugi Futaba]

FUTABA
WAKE UP ALREADY! Kaoruko, you’re supposed to unlock the practice room today!

KAORUKO
Lay off meeeeee!!! I still have muscle cramps from the Legendary Hazing…

FUTABA
Yeah, well, my calf muscles feel ready to snap too! So how come I have to wake up this early with you?!

FUTABA, KAORUKO
Hmm?

KAREN
Nggggggg…

HIKARI
See, your back is stiff! Exhale slowly. Relax!

MAHIRU
Karen-chan…

FUTABA
They were already here when we opened the door.

KAREN
Morning, guys!

FUTABA
Sup.

KAORUKO
Good morning to you both!

MAYA
Good morning.

JUNNA
Good morning.

CLAUDINE
Goode morne to thee.

KAREN
Morning, Tendou-san!

MAYA
Good morning.

KAREN
I’m gonna catch up to you, just wait!

MAYA
I look forward to it.

MAHIRU
Karen…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
Aijou Karen! Please watch this!

SAKURAGI
Stop! Don’t land with all your weight on your toes! Concentrate on your joints more!

KAREN
Let me try one more time!

FUTABA
What’s gotten into Karen?

KAORUKO
She’s always showing up first to practice these days…

JUNNA
She’s not falling asleep in class anymore, either.

BANANA
It seems like she’s staying out late after class for solo practice, too. I’ve NEVER seen Karen-chan behave like this before!

KAORUKO
This is just awful. Is it going to start raining konpeitou next? …Oh, but that might actually be fun if it did.

MAYA
This is no time for the rest of us to be complacent.

CLAUDINE
Huuuuh?! But it’s just KAREN! …What the heck? You wait for us!!

MAHIRU
That day… Something must’ve happened between them.

STUDENT
Thank you for the delivery!

[BOX: Tsuyuzaki Farm]

MAHIRU
What a bounty! Mom, Dad, thank you so much! I hope Karen-chan will eat a lot of our veggies this year, too. …Hm? What’s this?

MAHIRU
“Dear Mahiru, are you doing well? We plan on sending you lots of yummy veggies from our fields this year, just like the last. Please enjoy them with Karen-chan and your other friends. And also, guess what I found while we were cleaning out the drawers! It’s my treasure. I’ve enclosed it in this care package. Take good care of your health and do your best at school. Love, Grandma.”

[DVD: “Piles of Good Stuff TV” – the one with Mahiru, 2017/03/18]

[TITLE: Piles of Good Stuff TV]

REPORTER
This is Piles of Good Stuff TV, bringing you local human interest stories! Today, we hear that a girl from our town has passed the entry exam for that birthplace of famous actors Seishou Music School, so we’ve rushed to the scene here at Kitachian Middle School! Allow me to introduce her! This is Tsuyuzaki Mahiru-san, a third year student at Kitachian Middle School!

MAHIRU
T-That’s me!!

[SIGN: Tsuyuzaki Farm]

REPORTER
Mahiru-san is the oldest child at the Tsuyuzaki Farm, and she has five younger siblings! Encouraged by her grandmother, who loves musicals and plays, she’s been performing in the children’s choir since age four, and started baton twirling at age six! And she’s really polished her talents! She’s won a number of awards already! And finally, she has been accepted into Seishou Music School, which has birthed a number of stars! Congratulations, Mahiru-san!

MAHIRU
T-thank you so much…

REPORTER
We hear that you took the Seishou exam on your grandmother’s recommendation too, but were you confident you’d pass?

MAHIRU
Confident? O-of course not…

REPORTER
This April you’ll be taking your next big step forward and moving to Tokyo, but will you tell us what kind of star you’d like to be?

MAHIRU
What kind of star?! Ummm…

FUTABA
Following that star to this tower was a mistake! That light is cruel. It will never give you the miracle you seek…

CLAUDINE
No…! But then what will become of Claire’s lost memories?! Do you mean that all those precious moments we shared will never come back?!

MAHIRU
Grandma… Seishou Music School is an incredible place. Everyone’s so skilled, and so brilliant, and they’re sparkling. Compared to them, I’m just…

KAREN
I’m Flora.

HIKARI
I am Claire!

KAREN
It feels like we’ve known each other forever!

MAHIRU
Let’s meet again here next year!

MAHIRU, KAREN
On the night of the Star Festival!

SAKURAGI
All right, that’s enough! The other half of you are up after a 15-minute break!

KIRIKO
Those two were in total sync! Aijou-san was especially good. Her lines and her dance both had a great tempo.

SHION
Yeah, I think they could work in the lead roles.

BANANA
Hmm, personally I think that we should go with Maya-chan and Kuro-chan as the leads, same as last year.

KIRIKO
It’s not like I don’t get where you’re coming from, but we don’t really NEED to keep the same cast, right? Even though we are doing Starlight all three years…

BANANA
But…

KIRIKO
Daiba-san, I think that the Starlight we performed as first-years was pretty good. But… It was only pretty good by first-year standards.

SHION
We’re supposed to really transform this play as we grow. That’s our job as stagehands. If you’re going to study how we work, you need to be prepared to push everybody too.

KIRIKO
I’d really love to see Aijou-san and Kagura-san as Flora and Claire.

MAHIRU
Kagura-san, you can’t. The spot next to Karen-chan is where I… Wait!! Karen-chan!!

MAHIRU
Wait for me!!

MAHIRU
Karen-chan…

HIKARI
I forgot this.

MAHIRU
UHYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

SAKURAGI
All right! That’s enough.

MAHIRU
Karen-chan, here you go!

KAREN
Thanks, Mahiru-chan!

FUTABA
Hey, Karen!

JUNNA
Let’s go over those steps again.

KAREN
Ooh, I’ll be right there! Thanks. All right, let’s do this!

KAORUKO
Banana-haaaaaaaan! What’s for dinner tonight?

MAHIRU
UHYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[LOCKER: Hanayagi Kaoruko
Stickers, right to left: Herbal Medicine, KA, caramel]

KAORUKO
I’m exhausted..

BANANA
I’m going to cook Mahiru-chan’s potatoes when we get home!

FUTABA
Woohoo, I can’t wait! Taters! Taters!!

FUTABA, KAORUKO
Taters!! Taters!! Taters!!!

MAHIRU
Oh…

KAREN
Phew! Okay, just a little bit more!

MAHIRU
Ehhh? You’re STILL going to practice?

KAREN
Yeah! Go ahead home without me, Mahiru-chan!

HIKARI
I forgot something.

MAHIRU
UHYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! I can’t… I can’t take this anymore… You’ve messed it all up! Kagura-san, ever since you came here, our room, and Karen-chan, and me… Give Karen-chan back to me! Kagura-san, you’re so good at singing and Japanese dance and acting and Western dancing too! I don’t have anything! Karen-chan is all I have!! Don’t take Karen-chan away from me… Don’t steal my sparkle from me!!!

HIKARI
You shouldn’t make that kind of accusation so lightly.

MAHIRU
Oh… I get it now.



GIRAFFE
The burning flames of envy have warped the innocent passions of a young girl. I see.

KAREN
I am a flower of love, blooming resplendently upon a stage overflowing in stardust! I am Aijou Karen, of the 99th class! I’ll make us ALL Starlight!

MAHIRU
I love the sparkling stage, but I love the way you sparkle even more. If only we could twirl in a duet forever… I am Tsuyuzaki Mahiru of the 99th class! Don’t forget that the one who’s always been by your side is me.

KAREN
M-Mahiru-chan…?

GIRAFFE
We henceforth begin the fourth day of the auditions… the Revue of Jealousy!

MAHIRU
“Ahh… I’m so nervous, my heart won’t stop pounding!” “Don’t worry, Mahiru-chan. I’ll be by your side!” “Oh, Karen-chan…!” “That’s right.”

KAREN
Ehhh? Is that supposed to be ME?

MAHIRU
“Will you really stay by my side? Forever and ever?” “That’s right! I’ll be with you forever, Mahiru-chan!” “Ooh, Karen-chan, ooh!! Hooraaaaay! Hahahahaha!!”

KAREN
Mahiru-chan, umm…

MAHIRU
This is how the world looks to me. And this is what I want more than anything. This is what I lack. Karen-chan, I’ve been able to come this far because you’ve shone your sparkle on me. You promised back then, remember? You said we’d always be together. So I’m not handing you over. I’ll fight Kagura-san! I’ll fight everybody! This Stage of Fate is for you and me alone! Haaaaaah!!

MAHIRU
Wait just a minute

KAREN
Ehh? Yeep! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!

MAHIRU
Ahahahaha~~~

MAHIRU
Don’t look away, don’t avoid me by giving me a walk
Be more straightforward, and only look at me!
Please stay the way you are forever
I’ll never forget that day!
Don’t you remember that miracle pitch of love, that vanishing pitch you threw me?

KAREN (crosstalk over lyrics)
Rolly rolly rolly rolly roll…

MAHIRU
Hey, let’s twirl in a duet
And dance ‘til we collapse from exhaustion
Once the night has ended, it’ll be high noon like my name!
Hey, even if I swing and miss,
That’s not the end of the game!
This is our destiny!

MAHIRU
Don’t worry, Karen-chan! I’m not gonna hurt you! Hehehe, Karen-chan, wait for me~~~~

KAREN
M-Mahiru-chan, nooooooooo!!!

JUNNA
Quiet down over there!

KAORUKO
I’ve got you! …Aww, too bad.

JUNNA
Grr, you really don’t quit!

MAHIRU
Wait for meeeeeee~~~

HIKARI
Karen!!

MAHIRU
Ah… Hehehe!

CLAUDINE
We’re in the middle of a Revue here! This is no time to take a break!

HIKARI
Ahh!!

KAREN
Hikari-chan!!

MAHIRU
…Go back to normal. Back to the way you were before Kagura-san showed up. Oversleep again. Be late to class! Let me take care of you again!!!!!

KAREN (crosstalk over lyrics)
Yeah, I’ve remembered! I remember why I became a Stage Girl now! I remember my promise with Hikari-chan… and I’m gonna be Starlight too! So I can’t lose! I can’t lose to ANYONE!

KAREN
I’m gonna run away, straight and true
I’m sure I’ll draw a line from star to star
I wanna see the rest of the dream I had once upon a time
I’ll never forget that day
As soon as I close my eyes, it’ll start moving, and I can be reborn!

[SIGN: Revue – Karen-chan’s and my beautiful Seishou Music School]

KAREN
Ahh, here on this whirlwind stage
You and I are getting serious and butting heads
This is the first time this has ever happened, huh?

MAHIRU
Hey, who’s changed you this way?

KAREN
It’s ‘cause I have a promise to keep!

MAHIRU
Just what did you promise, and to whom?!

MAHIRU
I don’t care anymore!

KAREN
Huh?

MAHIRU (crosstalk over lyrics)
I only started singing and baton twirling and came to this school because Grandma said I should… I have nothing to call my own! I don’t have any confidence, or talent, or sparkle! Without your sparkle, I can’t do anything! So…!!

MAHIRU
Hey, look at me and only me
A little light like Hikari’s
Can’t possibly stand up to my high noon!
Hey, if I lose you
Then I won’t have anything left!
So don’t let this game end…!

KAREN
But Mahiru-chan, you ARE sparkling…!

MAHIRU
Huh…?

KAREN
Mahiru-chan, I love how warm your singing is. I love the way you dance like the sun. You’re so gentle, and you’re melly… mellifluous…?

MAHIRU
Do you mean “melodious”?

KAREN
Yeah, melodious! You’re so melodious when you’re acting on stage, I love it! What do you mean, you have nothing to call your own? Non non! You’re sparkling! You came to this school ‘cause you have a dream, right? You’re in these auditions ‘cause you wanna be a star, right?! You have it too, don’t you, Mahiru-chan…? You’re full of starlight!

MAHIRU, KAREN
Hey, let’s twirl in a duet
And dance ‘til we collapse from exhaustion
Once the night has ended, high noon is at hand!
Look, the sparkling sun
Is illuminating the baseball grounds
So let’s finish our match!

KAREN
Then, here I go!

MAHIRU
Go ahead. Be gentle, okay?

KAREN
But I can’t afford to lose! Gotcha ♥

GIRAFFE
Game set! The fourth day’s auditions are now over.

MAHIRU
Pwahhh… I lost. But…

BANANA
Oh, Mahiru-chan! I cooked some Mahiru Taters!

ALL
Thank you for the food!

BANANA
This was so much fun for me to cook! So everybody eat lots, okay?

FUTABA
This year’s Mahiru Taters rule, just like last year’s!

KAORUKO
They’re so fluffy I can hardly stand it!

CLAUDINE
You sure like potatoes.

MAYA
Yes. This Is Taters.

MAHIRU
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! I FORGOT!!! NOOOOO, TURN IT OFF!!!!

MAHIRU
Star?! Ummm… I want to be a warm star, so I can make the people I love smile!

KAREN
See? You’re cute and you’re warm, and you’re suuuuuper melodious!

HIKARI
Yeah. You’re sparkling.

REPORTER
And that’s our news flash from Kitachian Middle School! See you next time!

MAHIRU
She’s right. I really AM sparkling. It’s just that everyone else’s sparkle is so bright, I got all discouraged. I got scared. As long as I want to make my loved ones smile, I can always keep sparkling. Oh, this is good.

KAREN
Isn’t it, though?!

MAHIRU
I really do love her. But from now on, I don’t have to rely on anyone else to…



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 Time: The Glory Road to Our Parting

MAHIRU
Girls’ Opera, Revue Starlight!

GIRAFFE
I understaaaaaand!!!!!