We're going to live together, just the two of us.
We can't rely on anyone.
It's all right!
Things will work out somehow.
Dad and Mom... someday, they'll understand.
ずっと信じている
zutto shinjite iru
I have always believed
終わらない夢を握りしめて
owaranai yume wo nigirishimete
in taking hold of that endless dream.
TRUST ME MY WAY
DON'T MIND 時にこの想い
DON'T MIND toki ni kono omoi
I don't mind... sometimes feeling like
空回りするけど
karamawari suru kedo
I'm just spinning my wheels, but...
‘ちょっとポジティブ’がいいんじゃない？
chotto POJITIBU ga iinjanai
Why don't you act a little more positive?
自分らしいキャラでいい
jibunrashii KYARA de ii
You should be yourself.
でもね... ハチャメチャなシナリオは
demo nee... HACHAMECHA na SHINARIO wa
But you know... this messed up scenario...
愛すべき 未来に変わって いく
aisubeki asu ni kawatte iku
will turn into a lovable tomorrow
TRUST MY WAY
THE WIND 頬をなでる
THE WIND hoho wo naderu
The wind... it caresses my cheek.
風と-緒に心地好く
kaze to issho ni kokochiyoku
Together with this comfortable breeze,
楽しめる速度でこれからも
tanoshimeru sokudo de kore kara mo
and at a rate I also enjoy,
ずっと変わらない想い
zutto kawaranai omoi
these feelings won't ever change.
終わらない夢を握りしめて
owaranai yume wo nigirishimete
I'm taking hold of that endless dream.
TRUST ME MY WAY
[The page in Izumi's hand is full of company names and addresses.]
Where do we have left to go today?
We've done enough for today.
We'll go to the rest tomorrow.
Let's do it tomorrow.
We were turned down everywhere for part time jobs, huh?
Where are we staying tonight?
Onee-chan?
Let's get going for now.
Where are we going?
Do we still have a few prospects?
That's right. For the time being...
Somewhere with a roof, I suppose.
He is My Master!?
It's incredible!
What a huge mansion!
What a place to find something like this.
Ah, a kitty cat!
Well, it's not like we would ever have a chance to live in a place like this.
Onee-chan, Onee-chan!
What is it, Mitsuki?
Look! Look!
What a huge garden!
It's starting to look as if there are no more jobs for us.
Onee-chan, Onee-chan!
Come look at this for a second!
What is it now, Mitsuki?
Urgent Hiring! Taking applications for live-in maid. Inquire within for details.
"Immediate opening! A live-in job."
"Taking applications for maids."
Maids, huh?
Amazing! It's a live-in job! That's perfect!
But you know, I'm not very good at housework...
That's all right!
It'll work out somehow!
It's live-in, live in, live in!
I bet it's someone having trouble due to old age.
I sure hope they're kind...
For now, why don't we at least hear what they have to say?
Okay!
But... it's kind of a lonely place.
There's no sign of anyone...
Onee-chan, there are so many koi!
Koi (鯉) is a domestic variety of the common carp kept for ornamental purposes.
Incredible!
A single fish like this must cost hundreds of thousands of yen.
Mitsuki?
Onee-chan!
Geez, I’m completely soaked!
Mitsuki, give me a change of clothes.
Why am I the only one that falls in and you’re the one that comes out just fine?
I’m sorry…
NOOO!
Just die!!
Ow, ow, ow.
Hey, why are you saying "Just die"...?
Eh?! You were the one who just started stripping!
B-But you were pretty happy just now, right?
So it’s all your fault!
U-Um, we saw the ad out front.
Are you still looking for maids?
Where’s the master of the house?
I see.
I’m the only one who lives in this house right now.
My parents died a little while ago.
It was a car accident.
I’m an only child with no relatives,
and this house is too big to live in by myself.
So, in seeking the warmth of other people, I thought about the possibility of hiring a maid.
Um…
I’m sorry about earlier, suddenly becoming suspicious of you like that.
I’m Sawatari Izumi.
I’m 14 years old.
I’m her younger sister, Mitsuki.
I’m 13 years old!
Nice to meet you!
I’m Nakabayashi Yoshitaka.
That’s right.
Before we can talk properly, why don’t you warm up with a bath?
You must be cold and wet from the rain.
Especially your older sister, since she fell into the pond.
I didn’t fall in because I wanted to!
There, there...
Here is the pride of this house, the bath.
It’s an excellent natural hot spring that draws water from five fathoms below the surface.
So you can go in whenever you like.
Well, I’ll be waiting for you.
U-Um...
What is it?
Thank you.
Yoshitaka-kun seems like such a nice person, doesn’t he?
I suppose so...
He really does!
I-I guess.
What a huge bath!
Hey!
Do that after you wash yourself properly!
Earlier today, I thought I'd never be able to take a bath again.
What a turn of events!
That reminds me, I guess I never asked about the wages or anything.
Maids, huh?
I guess things turned out this way, but...
I wonder if it's all right.
Ah, whatever.
Just what the hell is this?!
Yeah.
It's a little plain.
That's not the problem!
We haven't even decided to work here yet,
Come to the reception room after putting these on - Yoshitaka
but the moron went ahead and did this?!
You say that, but you're already wearing it...
I don't have a choice, since this is all I have to wear!
Where is this reception room?
I don't know.
A house you can live in aught to be enough!
Making it this big...
I don't understand how rich people think!
But still, it looks like he really is the only one in this house.
Yeah.
That's why he's going to hire us, right?
But don't they usually have more than one servant?
If that were the case, then he wouldn't hire us.
That may be true, but...
Hey, Yoshitaka!
They certainly get the point across, but I guess they're too plain.
What's too plain?
Don't just decide to make me wear this!
You're the one who decided to put it on, right?
Because I don't have anything else!
If you're a maid, naturally, you're going to wear a maid's uniform!
What are you complaining about?
It's a little plain...
Don't let him influence you, Mitsuki!
Hey, hey.
I'm the master of this house.
There's no reason why I should take orders from my own maid.
Just because you live in a nice mansion,
that doesn't mean you should act so arrogant!
But that's not the only thing.
I have more money than I could ever use!
Regarding that... Don't you regret the loss of your late parents?
It's not that I'm not sad about the death of my mother and father...
but think about it!
On top of receiving an enormous amount of money,
to be freed from the shackles of your parents at this age is...
Don't you think it's wonderful, in a certain way?
W-What are you saying?!
I can't believe this!
The servants that worked here before you were so mouthy,
so I fired them.
I was paying their salaries and had no need for people who wouldn't listen to what I said.
So that's how you came to be all alone, is it?
I pitied you because I thought you were a lonely guy,
but you're absolute scum!
Fine.
I'd rather put my wet clothes back on!
We're going, Mitsuki.
Wait, Onee-chan...
What an uppity bitch.
But, this was unexpected.
I thought middle school maids only existed in fantasies, so I was unprepared.
I really imagined someone like this would come, but...
And it's all for nothing?
I can't deny that I was unprepared.
But... this is a chance I'll probably never have again!
I absolutely cannot let it get away!
Now that I think of it, this bag is Mitsuki-chan's...
Um, I have a favor to ask, Yoshitaka-kun.
Hmm?
What is it?
While we're in the bath,
I don't want you to open this bag, no matter what.
Yeah, I get it.
I won't open it, no matter what.
No matter what!
Oh no, that's the first time a girl's ever asked me for a favor!
Well, now, I wonder what's inside.
What was that?
That's Pochi's voice!
P-Pochi...
Yoshitaka-kun opened the bag!
H-He's going to eat me!
It's fine.
He was just tasting you.
What do you mean by "tasting"?!
Pochi always tastes people when he first meets them.
It seems he didn't like you very much.
Pochi...
And just what is it?
What kind of creature is that?
Pochi is an alligator.
Isn't he cute?
S-Stay away!
W-What the...
Pochi is really attached to Onee-chan.
E-Even so, won't her clothes get rather torn up like that?
Pochi's really set on her.
He won't settle down when she's like this.
It's not bad.
It's not bad, but something is definitely missing!
Here?
These clothes?
I never though that such a cute girl, let alone two, would come here to be my maids!
No, but just in case a naked girl showed up, I've kept a mans dress shirt ready!
Yo-shi-ta-ka.
Along with some really strong glasses in case that girl was nearsighted!
Yoshitaka-kun, I brought a watermelon, so let's eat it together.
That's right!
I was a fool to think that waiting for a new female teacher,
who just graduated from woman's college, to be worried about my long absence,
and come to check on me was more realistic!
These useless plans... would probably never happen in my life!
No!
That's it!
I suppose so.
The short version may be cuter.
D-Don't!
S-Save me!
Noooo!
Pochi, stay away!
I said stay away! So stay away!
I said stay away! I said stay away! So stay away!
Hey, you two!
Stop watching and help me!
Right!
I have to capture this on video.
You monster!
It looks like he's finally satisfied.
I'm going to make this my secret treasure...
An animal...
But still, what were you two planning to do with that alligator?
It's why... you ran away from home, right?
How do you know something like that?
I could tell.
Bringing that alligator with you, being willing to work at a live-in job...
Those aren't things that normal middle school students do.
I know that.
So what about it?!
Pochi has nothing to do with you!
Why are you protecting him?
Especially when you seemed to dislike him that much!
Don't tell me... you like that kind of stuff?
There's no way I do!
Well, all things considered,
I don't like being told I'm scum by irresponsible people like you.
W-What are you talking about?
You two, after coming to hate your home, ran away from it, right?
O-Of course we did!
That's why it's called running away from home!
Then, you two thought that your mother and father were being distant, right?
That's why you cast aside your home.
So in the end, doesn't that mean that you two aren't so different from me?
Wha-
We're going to get along together, as similar people.
Of course, you two are still my maids.
So, call me Mas-
Don't compare me to...
SOMEONE LIKE YOU!
Y-Yoshitaka?
Onee-chan...
T-This... That... Um...
That's right!
It was self defense!
It's fine.
Not even God is looking!
Where's the hanko for the contract?
Japanese people sign contracts and other legal documents with a "hanko" (判子), a small rubber stamp containing the kanji of their name.
The alligator and the hamster are the avatars of the two authors of the "HMM" manga, a man named Mattsuo and a woman named Tsubaki Asu, respectively.
Well, he'll be able to take care of the rest by himself once he wakes up.
Now, let's get going, Mitsuki.
Yeah.
No matter how nice the house is, we can't have a master like this guy.
We don't have a choice.
A dream?
Damn it!
I never thought you'd fall in the same river twice in one day.
Why does everything happen to me?
There are some strange flowers, Onee-chan!
Mitsuki, look out!
Oh, no!
Onee-chan fell in the river again!
Pochi, hurry!
What should we do?
All the luggage got soaked,
and I can't go anywhere like this.
Here you go, Onee-chan!
The stuff we bought this morning is still fine.
Then let's split it.
Ah, there's so much cream in this bread!
It's delicious!
R-Really?
Mine doesn't have any...
Really?
It's fine.
I left it all for you.
More importantly, did you bring something to keep you warm?
The nights are still cold, after all.
Um, let's see...
Five CDs, a CD player, some cards, the money I just got for my birthday...
With just that, you'll be cold all night.
Well, this is my first time going camping.
It's more fun than I thought, though!
It's like camping out!
It'd be nice if we didn't have to do that, but...
We absolutely have to find some work tomorrow.
Are there any leads?
When you say that...
H-Hey, don't talk about it like it doesn't concern you!
That's right.
I'm sorry.
It's just that I'm kind of worried about what we're going to do.
Are you homesick?
That's not it at all!
What's this?
That's the blueprint for our future house!
It's a house resembling six L-size apartments put together,
An L-size apartment in Japan typically consists of several rooms including a bath, living area, separate bedroom, and possible a western-style room or two. They are extremely expensive.
and your room faces east, with mine right next to it.
This is the room Mom and Dad are living in now.
You know, we ran away from home...
And next to it is...
And then Pochi's room is here.
If you want to be that practical, then the house I've thought of since I was young would be much nicer!
What kind of house?
Ah, let's see...
You have a big tree, and then you make the rooms by digging them out from inside!
You make all the furniture from that tree as well!
That's something a child would think of.
Like I said, it's a dream I had when I was a kid!
My house has a system kitchen with a steam oven and heated floors so that it's warm in the winter.
Plus, it uses solar power, and we sell the extra electricity to the power company!
What's that all about?
My house will grow every year and become huge!
That's really weird!
Your dream is disturbing too!
I'm cold.
I'm hungry.
I guess we're just city girls.
Come here.
If we're together, we won't get cold.
You're so warm...
I'm sorry, Mitsuki.
You must really want to go home.
You're the one who said "Let's run away from home", Onee-chan.
I was so happy.
That's why I decided to go with you.
Hey.
Come closer.
Then, you two thought that your mother and father were being distant, right?
So in the end, doesn't that mean that you two aren't so different from me?
No!
I didn't want to be alone like you did!
I guess I don't care what I have to do.
I won't stand for this!
Not when I'm up against him.
Onee-chan, take some more of the covers!
This is dangerous!
This is too dangerous!
This stream of dangerous ideas is flowing out of me one after another!
I'll definitely have to make those two take responsibility for this!
You're going to find out who's in charge after running away. I'll make sure of that!
Don't think you can get away while you have that alligator with you!
見た目の甘さほどは
mitame no amasa hodo ha
They only appear sweet for a moment
儚いとか 弱くもないから
hakanai to ka yowaku mo nai kara
and they're not weak either.
女の子は結構頑丈よ
onnanoko ha kekkou ganjou yo
Girls are pretty stable.
意地っ張り空回りを
ijippari karamawari wo
Because they're stubborn,
楽しめちゃう余裕も大事ネ!
tanoshimechau yoyuu mo daiji ne!
they can enjoy getting nothing done; free time is precious, too.
笑顔にはたっぷりのスパイスが
egao ni ha tappuri no SUPAISU ga
Is there a good deal of spice in that smile?
どうかナ?
dou ka na?
I wonder...
常識など壊す刺激的なヒミツ
joushiki nado kowasu shigekitekina himitsu
The stimulating secret that smashes common sense,
スカートでそっと巧く隠してる
SUKATTO de sotto umaku kakushiteru
is well-concealed within their skirts.
愛情のカタマリでこの気持ち出来てる
aijou no katamari de kono kimochi dekiteru
I have a feeling this can be a mass of love.
キュんとなるシュンカンを夢みていたいから
KYUN to naru shunkan wo yume miteitai kara
Because I want to have dreams of this moment, that will not matter
愛情のカタマリでオトメは進化する
aijou no katamari de otome ha shinka suru
The maidens grow in a mass of love,
トキメキもカガヤキも抱きしめているから
TOKIMEKI mo kagayaki mo dakishimeteiru kara
because they are embracing their glowing excitement.
Well, today was quite a terrible day!
I didn't find a part time job, I fell into the river twice,
and then Pochi...
But the worst part was meeting that Yoshitaka!
I can't believe that selfish, domineering jerk is the person living in a mansion this nice!
Mitsuki, why are you being so quiet?
You say something, too!
I have a feeling that a lot more interesting things are going to happen.
That Vase, It's 5,000,000...
I'm excited!