This story is one that lightly describes the ordinary daily lives of the three Minami sisters.
Please don't expect too much from it.
Also, watch in a bright room,
and stay 3 meters away from the TV while watching.
shiawase wo kakagete dokidoki tanoshinjaou
Let's embrace this happiness
and have an exciting time!
keikenchi joushou mitetene
Watch me gain experience!
Kana
Chiaki
Haruka
Let's go!
yubisashi kakunin de tobikonda getsuyou
With a point of my finger I confirm that Monday has come flying in
mai peesu kidotte shunkashuu toujou
The seasons come and go at their own pace
tokimeki no reshipi wa hiden no isshun ni aru
The recipe for excitement lies within a secret moment
minami kaze kuru kuru
The southern wind swirls around
sukaato de baruun hikou let's go!
Wearing our skirts and flying with our balloons, let's go!
shiawase wo utaeba kitto pawaa ni naru yo
As long as you express your happiness through song,
it'll become your source of power!
nichijou no naka ni kira kira ga aru
There's so much sparkle in your life
tsumannai koto datte karoyaka suteppu de aisatsu hello
Even if things are boring,
add a spring to your step and say hello!
Let's soar into the sky in happy unison
happii yunizon sora o kaketeku
No matter how stubborn you are, you can't make it on your own, so
wagamama mo hitori ja umaku dekinai dakara motto
I want to be with you and enjoy here and now
issho ni itai ima ga daisuki
Let's go!
Another nice morning.
Oh no!
Good morning, Haruka-neesama.
Good morning, Chiaki.
Need help with anything?
Right...
Well then, peel the carrots for me.
Okay.
Good morning!
Today is Sunday.
The one day of the week with the most freedom.
To confirm that freedom...
First...
Second nap!
Second nap, second nap, second nap.
Second nap, second nap!
Good night.
That's it?
Can't you act a bit more concerned?
Like "even though your hair is already tied up"?
Or "help me with something!"
Well then, you can peel the potatoes.
Roger!
Go to sleep already.
That's so mean!
Three Minami Sisters
I'm home.
Welcome back.
More like...
you should come home early and play with me.
Treating me nicely, respecting me, and making me happy,
that's how you should act as my little sister!
Even so...
Where have you been all this time, you fool?
You give me this lame rhetoric, and yet you call me a fool?
You're hopeless already.
I'm going to do my homework.
Sorry! Please play with me!
I have nothing to do!
Nothing to do, you say...
You're supposed to prepare dinner, right?
Eh?
I'm going to be late today,
so please take care of dinner.
So that's what Haruka-neesama said, right?
Laters.
Help me, Chiaki-sama.
I have to finish my homework.
You know about my cooking skills, right?
Do you know what would happen if you abandoned me now?
After you finish your homework and start feeling hungry,
you will be attacked by an unprecedented dish.
There's more if you want.
I'll have you eat all of it...
So help me.
All right! So, what should we make?
We should check to see what's in the refrigerator first.
Okay!
Surprisingly, there's nothing left.
The chef is in a bad mood!
I can't cook with these ingredients!
What a cook needs are skills.
Passion and good ingredients come next.
However, never mind skills, you don't even have passion.
If we can't even overcome those with ingredients,
we'll end up with rubbish produced from lumps of ego.
Where are you going?
I'm calling for delivery.
I'll make dinner.
I will not accept any third party interventions!
Kana, don't be angry.
A single phone call will return smiles to the dining table.
If I back off here, I will lose my place as an elder sister!
Regarding that, it's too late to worry about that now.
I was just thinking that we've been too confined to the image of a typical dinner.
To forego common sense,
and try something simple and certainly delicious...
In other words, we should make pancakes!
Good.
That's a great idea.
You did it, Kana!
Isn't that right?
You like pancakes, right?
Even an idiot can make that reasonably well.
I shall toast you to a golden brown.
Hey, Chiaki.
Let's put in fruit!
Yogurt also sounds good.
Let's put in juice too!
Wait a minute!
Amateur-like ignorance is a dangerous thing to have!
This is the most complete form for a pancake!
It's okay, it's okay.
They're all sweet foods; it'll fit.
All right!
One more!
Now, let's fry it!
I-It won't harden.
Of course.
The material is thin.
Flour?
All gone.
Oh well...
Let's call it cream stew.
I'm home.
Sorry for being late.
Here, have some cream stew.
Look, there's more cream stew if you want.
I'm sorry.
Minami-ke.
I hate you, Sensei!
Wait, Ninomiya-kun!
Let me go. Let me go, Sensei!
I've lied to you, the world...
I don't care about it anymore.
I love you, Ninomiya-kun.
Sensei...
As usual! Loincloth Festival Begins
Loincloth Festival
The usual loincloth festival has begun.
Lots of visitors have come this year too.
In other news...
Haruka-neesama.
A male teacher was kissing a female student just now...
Chiaki.
Did you have fun at school?
Uh, yes.
Didn't you overreact just now?
Well...
I want Chiaki to have the proper knowledge, but...
I didn't know how to explain it so suddenly.
All right!
Then, as an elder sister,
I will teach her what kissing is.
Don't teach her anything strange.
Kana.
The male teacher was kissing a female student earlier...
That's right.
Ah, about that...
Doesn't broadcasting that in prime time make the living room feel bad?
Right, it doesn't seem like something for the family to watch together.
A reasonable opinion
Well then, Chiaki.
Can you explain why it feels bad?
Explain, you say...
Because they shouldn't kiss, right?
What part of kissing is so wrong to you, then?!
Why are you so angry?
For someone who has never kissed, you should not deny kissing!
Have you done it?
Never.
Shall we try?
N-No.
Ouch...
Why you...
I said I didn't want to!
Aren't we sisters?
There's nothing to be embarrassed about!
Shut up!
Don't you know there are things that you can and can't do as sisters?
You fool!
Wait!
Stop it!
What are you doing?
Kana, let go!
Trying to kiss a truly unwilling sister.
H-Haruka-neesama!
Stop it if she doesn't want to do it.
If it's Haruka, then you can kiss, right?
That's right.
Haruka is probably already experienced.
She should be able to teach you properly.
Now, the two of you together...
Hey.
Kana, wake up.
You'll be late if you don't wake up.
It's an order from Haruka-neesama.
Wa-ke up.
Kana, are you awake?
What are you doing?
Where's the hostess and the chef?
Hey, fool.
Hostess?
Who are you calling the hostess?
We've been saying all along that you'll be late. Don't you understand?
I understand what you're saying.
But isn't it bad for the body if we don't eat breakfast?
Then, Haruka-neesama and I are just fine.
So as long as you two are okay, you're fine with everything?
The part about you being not okay doesn't bother me at all.
What a little sister...
But Haruka is different, right?
With this, you can eat on the way to school.
It's not enough.
Then, let's get up early tomorrow.
Not enough love.
You're really thoughtless.
What did you say?
Even if you make a fuss now,
you will only be late, and not make anyone happy.
But if you go to school...
If I go...?
What will happen if I go?
Are you saying that my heart and body will be filled?
Of course.
At school, there's this guaranteed source of food called school lunch, right?
Well then, comrades!
We'll be late if we don't hurry up!
Let's go!
All rise!
Bow.
What's wrong, Kana?
You don't seem very energetic this morning.
It's unusual.
Keiko.
I... have never felt more like a fool than today.
To think that I was stirred by Chiaki this much.
D-Did something happen?
School lunch... doesn't come out until lunch, right?
What about it?
I wasn't expecting such a normal reaction.
Understand, Keiko.
Right before your eyes, your best friend is collapsing due to an empty stomach!
Don't you want to save her?!
What should I do?
Bring the school lunch to this place now.
Even if you tell me that,
we've only finished the first class.
Minions of Chiaki.
What are you saying I should do?
In the first place, Chiaki-chan has nothing to do with me...
Ah, I'm so hungry.
Next Day
Letter: To Minami Kana-Sama
It's terrible!
Move aside.
What's wrong, "boy who cried wolf"?
It's really terrible!
This was in my locker.
Is this... a "love" letter?
Don't emphasize the "love" in "love letter"!
Was it already like this when you got it?
No, that's because I crushed it when I held it too tightly in my sweaty hands.
So now you're at that age where you start receiving love letters too.
Haruka-neesama, age doesn't really have anything to do with it.
Can we read it?
D-Don't read it aloud.
"Sorry for sending you a letter so suddenly.
Ever since I met you,
I noticed I've always been following you with my eyes.
The lively and energetic you is on my mind.
If it's okay with you,
I want to talk to you when no one is around in the classroom."
What an embarrassing guy.
Did you read it aloud?
Did you deliver your full emotions to our viewers?
It's a "love" letter from Fujioka-kun.
Stop that "love" thing.
What kind of person is Fujioka-kun?
Someone in the same class.
I'm pretty sure he is a regular on the soccer team,
and I heard he's very popular with girls...
Is that right?
If I bring him around, I would be able to brag about it.
Flaunting a brand name accessory around seems to suit you well.
Are you envious, Chiaki?
Huh?
You're envious, aren't you?
Having this popular elder sister!
One who can walk around with a popular guy, this sister!
Get off.
Get down.
It's okay to get excited,
but there are too many suspicious points with this letter.
What is?
For a man who has all his freedom with women,
why would he need to go through the trouble of sending a love letter to you?
I object!
Overruled
What bothers me is this part about the "lively and energetic you."
That's totally Kana, right?
Right, that's my only good point.
It's nothing to be proud of.
That's right.
That might be the reason.
What?
This part, you can read it as "you stand out too much."
And here, "when no one is around in the classroom,"
probably means "the fighting ring where no one can interfere."
A fighting ring where no one can interfere!
When we decode all of the hidden messages...
The letter, in other words, becomes this:
Letter of challenge.
Haven't you been standing out too much recently?
You're an eyesore.
When there's no one around to interfere, let's talk with our fists.
The boss of ball-kicking, Fujioka.
So he's just a guy who's clumsy with words?
Unforgivable!
Trying to crush my little maiden heart!
Calm down, Kana.
Your opponent is a specialist in leg techniques.
You can't win with a frontal attack.
T-Then, what should I do, Chiaki-sama?
"Sama"?
Fear not, big sister.
Let me teach you a special attack.
Mi-Minami!
Y-You know...
I-I...
W-Why?
Your supporting leg is dead.
Therefore, your golden right is as good as dead.
For having toyed with me, you should regret it.
Eh?
I'm home!
Welcome back.
Naritai jibun de narenai kinou ni
Yesterday, I couldn't become who I wanted to be.
ookiku te wo futte ippozutsu sutaato
So I wave goodbye to those days, and step forward, a step at a time.
tsuyoi kimochi ga umidasu mirai days
These strong feelings will get me through my future days.
nandatte dekirutte ki ga suru yo
It feels like I can accomplish anything.
akogare no otona ni natte itsuka yume wo kanaetai
Wanting to become the adult I admired,
to make my dreams come true some day,
massugu ni mitsumeru saki de negaiboshi ni naru yo kirari
I look straight ahead, hoping that glitter becomes a shooting star.
ureshii tanoshii zenbu atsumete tonikaku ima wo kakenukemashou
Collecting all things that are happy and fun,
lets leave the present time behind.
naichau toki toka mo sorya maa arukedo
There are times when I wanted to cry.
Well, there's always times like that, so
koukai to ka tana ni agete yoridori midori karafuru kousen
let's forget about our regrets and other such things,
and choose from the colorful lights you see.
shinpakusuu chuuningu yaritai koto shiyou
Let's tune our hearts, doing the things we want to do!
Next Episode
How was it? Was it interesting?
You guys in front of the TV.
You don't cut anybody slack.
Next time: Strange School.
Strange School
You can watch again if you want.
You're invincible!