To look for the Prince of the Tambourine star-world...
the one with a twinkle in his eye...
Comet has come all the way to the distant world of Earth.
Right now, Comet's attention is drawn to Keisuke-kun, who has lost his twinkle.
Or... perhaps, he is in fact someone from the Tambourine star-world.
In any case, he has come to Comet to look for new sources of radiance.
Comet-san!
What are you up to?
I'm a waiting-person.
Waiting-person?
Yup.
Right now, Keitarou-papa and Keisuke are having a man-to-man talk.
A man-to-man talk?
Apparently that's how it has to be.
Comet-san can't go in, so she's a waiting-person instead.
Guess I'll have to...
Do what?
I'll have a look!
Nene too!
But it's a man-to-man talk going on in there!
Girls keep out!
How disgusting.
How disgusting!
What?
Kids aren't allowed!
Apparently we wouldn't understand!
I wanna step up. I wanna wake up.
I wanna make up. PERFECT!
Comet-san!
Yes!
I wanna come up. Just like so?
MIRACLE~ I just say "Étoile!"
Dash and click your heels— GO!
POWERFUL~ I just say "Étoile!"
Always being myself!
Every new morning, I get up early!
Take a deep breath and... let's get started!
I wanna step up. I wanna wake up.
I wanna make up. DIRECT!
I wanna stand up. I wanna go up.
I wanna come up. Won't I be fine?
MIRACLE~ I just say "Étoile!"
Whistle at full volume— GO!
POWERFUL~ I just say "Étoile!"
Always being myself!
Someone from the Tambourine Star-world
Anyway... You can't continue as you are. Understood?
Yeah.
Before you went to Australia, you told me this:
"Because Comet-san works hard, I have to work hard."
Did I?
Now, Comet-san rarely asks for help with...
Um... what was that...?
Finding twinkles?
Right, doing that!
You can't stop hating the sea, sure.
But people aren't meant to do nothing.
Why not find something else to be passionate about?
Alright.
Good.
I've said enough.
Been here a while?
Are you done talking?
Yes.
Comet-san, this guy will be joining you.
Okay!
We're back on track.
So, what did Papa have to say?
Nothing much.
Is it a secret?
It's a secret!
~Secret talks between men~
Anyway, about those twinkles...
Almost there.
They're at the preschool.
Preschool?
What's this? Fortissimo!
Big bro is joining us today!
Yup, Comet-san is here too!
Will they eat lunch?
They're here for twinkles!
Alright kids, time for your favourite class!
Who's your clay teacher?
Kashima-san! Kashima-san! Kashima-san!
Hey kids, good afternoon!
GOOD AFTERNOON! GOOD AFTERNOON!
Why are we here?
Kashima-san is really brilliant.
Just watch.
I'm bored already.
Kashima-san puts life into inanimate objects.
Not literally, that would be bad. But he can make things very cute.
Cute?
Yes.
Cute things make you cherish them.
It's the same reason you feel a newborn star needs to be protected.
Newborn stars?
Yes. A twinkle invoking that affection...
is a sign of a gentle heart.
Clothes-makers also shine.
Clothes?
Clothes from Earth give off all sorts of light.
For example... Doctors and nurses.
Their calm and gentle light emerges from their uniforms...
soothing the worries of their patients.
Oh?
What's wrong?
I wanna make a lil dog but I just don't have enuf clay!
Oh I see then...!
Can anyone give him some?
Yes yes yes! Yes yes yes!
Yuki-sensei calms children down. That's an amazing power too.
The children are also full of light.
Everyone has the power to help.
Maybe he isn't such a bad person.
Do you get it now?
Do I need to turn into a small child to get it?
Alright... Let's go to the next place.
I should've known sooner.
You're not Keisuke, are you?
You're someone from Tambourine.
I... I am?
We've found you out!
That Kashima-san from earlier...
He puts feelings into his art, brightening everyone's life.
And Sayaka-mama adds her light!
Yes. Right.
Then there's...
... sportsmen, and those cheering for them.
What do you mean?
Those who work hard are brilliant...
And people cheer for them so they can see that light.
In turn... the encouraging radiance they send out lets the sportsmen do their best.
There's also... the twinkle by the shore that keeps people safe.
But he's not here.
When did you realise?
A while ago.
When "Keisuke" couldn't swim...
This was all her doing! Simpleton!
And Keisuke doesn't talk like that.
Someone from Tambourine star-world.
Well um...
Isn't it time you told us who you really are?
Is this disguise unacceptable?
No, being "Keisuke" is fine.
It's practice for if the real Keisuke gets lost too.
As long as I'm with you, I can find my twinkle.
That's what Mira and Caron said.
I'm "the one without a twinkle in his eye".
So you're definitely not the Prince!
Where next?
Songs shine light that reaches people's hearts.
Due to his songs, Shun-san is everyone's prince.
Prince?
Meteo-san is now also everyone's princess.
Her singing makes everyone happy.
SHUN-SAMA!
How was my singing? How was it?
You did great!
Ahh, Shun-sama, really?
Really! Meteo-san is great!
Ah, it's Comet.
You can't fluster me by just stating the obvious. You can't!
Why did you bring him here? Why?!
I can't let Tambourine spies see this! They mustn't see!
No! No! You got it wrong!
Shun-sama and I...
What were we doing...?
What heck am I doing?!?
That was a shock...
I embarrassed Meteo-san.
There's no need to worry, Meteo-sama's just like that.
So she's in love with that singer.
Huh?
Yeah.
And you're in love with me.
HUH?!
What did you say?
By me, of course, I'm referring to Keisuke.
I can tell.
That's a misunderstanding!
You were too keen to help me find my twinkle.
But I just...
I just wanted to show you what I've found, to give you a hint...
My allegiance is to the Tambourine star, so you don't want me to know.
But I know.
I feel sorry for him...
Our star-world's Prince.
You're all just using him.
Get off.
You can go look by yourself.
You don't need me.
You can find it by yourself.
After all...
Earth is filled with radiance.
It's so frustrating.
Why do I have to like or dislike someone? I can't control that!
This wasn't some kind of plot!
I don't care about the Prince!
But it's for the future of the Triangle Nebula...
If the Princess gives up on the Prince, it'd be awful.
Adults decided all of that on their own!
She's late.
She's so late.
Um...
Caron and Mira-san!
Is Comet-sama back yet?
No. I dunno where Comet-san is.
Didn't she say they're twinkle-hunting?
It's dark already.
I'm a bit worried.
Ah, they're back!
There! There!
What? They've left again.
She went to Aunt Spica's.
Looks like she's still twinkle-hunting.
But wait!
Where is he?
Yeah... that's right...
I didn't see him!
Comet?!
Where's Comet?
I see...
I do care about the Triangle Nebula's future.
But how can I love a Prince I've never even met?
I don't hate him. I feel nothing.
I'm just getting more confused.
Meteo-san is a princess.
Comet is a princess.
You can't change that fact.
Yeah.
You care about the little stars...
and admire the twinkles of Earth.
But in the end, isn't this just a normal boy-girl problem?
Huh?
That kid from Tambourine...
Wasn't he just being a little jealous?
Jealous?
He saw Comet's feelings for Keisuke-kun...
He saw Meteo-san and Shun-san's dazzling light.
No wonder he felt lonely.
He felt like he had no one.
If only I was a boy instead.
Then I'd find his twinkle for him right away.
Maybe so.
Ah! I got it!
I can be a boy! It's easy!
Huh?
Come, Rababou!
What? Right now?
Auntie, thank you!
Sewing-folk, come here!
Did you call for us? Did you call for us? Did you call for us?
Yes. I require your abilities.
Okay then! Okay then! Okay then!
Heed me, trillions of little stars.
Transform your radiant shine
And your many powers
With love-power
Into my star-power.
Étoile!
Still not back yet?
Yup, not yet.
Dunno where Keisuke is either.
But I told those two to stick together...
Comet!
Come out now!
I'd like a word with you!
Comet! I told you to come out!
Hurry up and come out!
I don't think shouting louder did any good.
Huh? Comet-sama?
I'm your boy, Comet.
What the hell...
You stepped on her! You stepped on her!
Comet-sama...
Where's Keisuke-san?
I dropped him off.
What?
It's fine. I'll fetch him.
Well... I'll do that! Let me do that!
Hey, he's not here.
There's nobody here.
I have to explain to him!
I have to tell him Shun-sama and I aren't like that!
Where could he be?
We're back to square one.
He's missing again?
What? "Again"?
Uh... well...
There's no need to worry.
Who was that?
Shadow-person?
This is the second time we have met, Sir Rababou.
And the first time for Comet-sama and Meteo-sama.
Huh? But I...
Didn't we meet before?
No. I am not a Harmonica star-world agent.
I'm a Tambourine star-world shadow-person.
You were the shadow-person at my trial!
Correct.
Shadow-folk exist in all three star-worlds.
Well whatever! Did you see where that bonehead boy went?
Yes. His Highness is in a safe place.
Highness?
What did you say?
You mean he's the Prince?
Liar! He had no twinkle!
It's no lie.
Our Prince... extinguished his own twinkle.
Never mind the details!
Where is he now?
Down from here.
In an alleyway nearby.
But he'll be taken back to the Star-world soon.
Wait! I need to talk to him!
Me too!
Your Highness!
Your Highness...
We need to talk! We have to!
Where did he go?
There's too many people...
Your Highness!
You...?
Why are you like that?
I want a man to man chat. So you'll listen.
What an odd person...
Anyway, gotta run!
Go, I'll follow.
Wait... no.
Follow me!
Where? Where did the Prince go?!
Seems we lost him!
No! No no NOOO!
Isn't star-power great?
Why don't you use it?
Can't the Tambourine Prince use as much as he likes?
YOUR HIGHNESS!
This way!
We lost them.
Maybe.
Why won't you use star-power?
Star-power, huh?
It's annoying.
Annoying?
Yes.
Everyone looks to me...
Looks to my power... Asking me to shoulder the future of the Worlds.
All because... I was born as a Prince. Never anything I ever chose.
That's just how it works!
"The one with a twinkle in his eye"
Everyone calls me that.
"His light is the hope of the stars"
How can I be that?
You're not that...?
I'm just a made-up Prince.
Remember back to that party...
The two Harmonica and Castanet Princesses...?
They told me to marry one at random.
Isn't that unbearable?
Well, yes... I agree.
I also thought that.
That's why I ran away to Earth.
But... life here was too hard.
I went straight back to Star-world.
"Earth is an amazing place."
"Comet-sama and Meteo-sama are amazing people."
So Mira and Caron claimed.
That got you sent back here?
They said you two would get me my twinkle back.
They said you are especially kind.
But you and Meteo already found partners. I got dumped, just like that.
I'm an embarrassment.
So it's time to go home.
What a funny joke.
It's not funny.
It's not?
No it's not!
Stop joking around!
What?
Everyone expects things of you. But you do nothing!
That's wrong too!
So you're telling me I suck.
Will you hit me?
Yes... I'm a boy now, after all.
Princess...
Alright. Go hit me.
What? Hurry up and hit me!
Please. I beg you...
Stop wearing Keisuke's face.
Princess!
She won't punch me.
It doesn't matter.
But... There's this nagging feeling...
Can I go to the Star-worlds like this?
"Anyway...
"You can't continue as you are. Understood?"
"Alright...! Let's go to the next place."
You let me see them...
The twinkles you found.
Earth truly is filled with radiance.
Maybe even I could have changed.
Say something...
Please say something...!
My true Keisuke...
"Star Parade ☆"
Let's make some noise! Make some noise! PARADE!
The shining sky is a STAGE!
1-2-3 1-2-3 Let's dance!
Everybody GO!!
Let's look for more! Look for more! Twinkles!
Gather up the little stars!
1-2-3 1-2-3 Together!
With a smile GO!!
Have you heard of it? Star-power.
Strike a POSE! Spin around ♪ Your heart starts to pound!
Let's make lots of friends!
Twirl the BATON! Turn 100x braver!
Crybaby caterpillar, fly into the big sky!
You're not alone, come along!
Let's make some noise! Make some noise! PARADE!
The shining sky is a STAGE!
1-2-3 1-2-3 Let's dance!
Everybody GO!!
Next time
Ahhh! His Highness has appeared! He's appeared!
We can go back to Star-world!
My dreamed-of family reunion!
What about Tomeko and Kojiro?
And No. 6 and his brother?
My debut with Shun-sama?!
My wife! My daughters!
Your old man will be home soon~!
Going home... That's...
Next on Comet-san: "How to Say Goodbye"
Shine on 'til next time!
Shine, it's my treat!
How to Say Goodbye