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.
But now is not the time for Comet to go looking for the Prince!
Instead, her shining role model has suddenly returned.
But this version of Keisuke-kun is... well...
He's there?
Yup, there.
Doing what?
He's eating oranges.
He's on his ninth now.
He'll turn orange himself!
At least he has an appetite.
But Keisuke's twinkle has totally vanished!
It's been a while.
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!
A Twinkle-less Keisuke
Anyway...
Keisuke must be tired.
Let him have a good rest.
Yup!
Got it!
He was to be the world's best lifeguard...
He must have hit some sort of wall.
A wall?
That hurts!
Well... how do I put it...
He wasn't able to succeed.
So right now, he's in a dark pit, unable to see the light.
We should leave him to sort through his feelings.
He's hit rock bottom.
Rock bottom?
A hard bottom?
Rock bottom!
But that guy can surely climb out of that place on his own.
So believe in him.
I believe in him!
Tsuyoshi believes too!
Nene believes more!
That kid's future has only just begun.
Let's give him some time!
After Keitarou-papa said that...
Time passed, day by day.
His lifeguard buddies came to cheer him up.
He acted like he'd never seen them before.
To Keitarou-papa, once his "Master"...
He showed only a look of disdain.
He lay there, day by day.
Keisuke... What happened to you?
Comet-san!
Yes!
How's it going?
I don't know what to say to him.
He's at rock bottom.
Keisuke-niichan...
...has a hard bottom.
He's at rock bottom!
Alright!
Huh?
Take this to him.
Okay.
Just try to act natural.
Okay.
Keisuke!
Keisuke-niichan!
Oh... That's me.
He said "that's me".
He did.
Did he forget his name?
He just feels down.
No, I'm fine.
He says he's fine.
He did, he did!
Then let's go for a walk!
Huh?
Because if you just stay home all day... you'll end up one of the statue-folk.
A statue?
Yup, a statue.
A stony statue.
Just like this.
Exactly!
It's cold outside.
Not if you stay active!
Too tiring.
Let's go already!
Keisuke-niichan, come on!
You're such a nuisance!
Just go!
What?
Who spoke just now?
Who was it?
It seemed to... come from here?
If you really insist...
I'll do it, okay?
Yippee!
Yes! He's in position!
That's right!
See?
Finally, a breath of fresh air!
Yes, it's so refreshing!
It feels nice and cool.
Keisuke!
Uh?
Keisuke, what happened to you?
To me?
I know you didn't do well at the lifeguard contest in Australia.
But you aren't the sort to give up after that!
What went wrong?
Nothing.
I was forced to come back over here.
Forced?
They told me that you'd get me my twinkle back.
What?
It's so damn cold!
I'm going back!
But our walk...
You're quitting?
Wait!
Hey! Keisuke!
Yacht's ready. Let's all go together!
Yes!
Let's all go!
Well, I...
Come along!
Right!
The sea will make you better!
Keisuke loves the sea!
Wow, it's Papa's boat! Wow, it's Papa's boat!
It's been so long! We haven't sailed together for ages!
You'll feel better, Keisuke!
Good grief...
I don't like the ocean very much.
What kind of joke is that?
Yeah!
A sea-hating Keisuke isn't Keisuke!
Keisuke...?
Once you're on the water, you'll remember!
Go on! Get aboard!
It's too cold!
I'm going home.
Hey! Keisuke!
Is it still too soon for him?
What do we do, Papa?
He's not coming.
Let's sail anyway.
Go on, get aboard!
Comet-san!
I'll bring him along. Please go on ahead.
H-How would that work...?
It'll work out!
Comet-san will catch up somehow.
Don't do this!
Don't decline Comet-san's invitation!
It's too cold. I'm too tired.
But...
Keisuke?
Keisuke... go on the yacht with me.
I don't know what you've been through...
But you can get over it once at sea!
It's so far.
Home is so far away.
Set one up already.
A Star Tunnel.
W-What was that?
Can't you use star-power?
I'm too tired to walk back.
What? You won't help me now?
Cheapskate.
What a shock!
Keisuke knows about star-power?
This all feels wrong.
This is not acceptable.
We have to go further.
What now?
Bou doesn't have any ideas.
Let's ask for advice.
Advice...?
Ah...
What did you say?
AH....
We wanted your opinion, Meteo-san!
You wanted what?
Can't you see I'm busy?
Huh?
Dislocated jaw.
Not again...
With all the vocal exercises she's doing...
This keeps on happening.
I have to practice if I want to give Shun-sama's songs the performance they deserve!
That bonehead's return is no concern of mine!
Not even a little!
Come on! Continue!
But he's acting weird.
We were hoping you can help.
Augh! Enough!
One way or another, someone has to drag him out to sea!
It's just like you to hope someone else does the dirty work.
Listen up, Comet.
You have to be forceful sometimes.
Alright! Continue, continue!
She's right...
It happened again...
Meteo-sama's vocal exercises are hard.
Be forceful... huh.
Can I really do that? Me?
You can try.
I don't feel very... confident.
Princess...
Huh?
Mira-san!
And Caron-kun!
Comet-sama! Comet-sama!
Mira-san! Caron-kun!
Long time no see!
What's up?
We've come back!
Back to Earth!
Princess.
Sorry, I don't have time to chat.
Because of Keisuke-san?
Seems he's lost his twinkle.
We spoke just a moment ago.
So Keisuke's home now?
He's back to lying around?
I'll be forceful...!
Good luck!
A-Alright then!
Heed me, trillions of little stars.
Transform your radiant shine
and your many powers
into my star-power...
Étoile!
What's this?
Go, Keisuke!
What are you doing?!
Stop that!
That's too forceful!
This isn't like you, Comet-sama!
It's... not like me?
But I gotta do this!
Right!
Rababou.
Yup!
JUMP!
What now?
Uh... there!
Stop right now! Let me off!!
That hurts!
It hurts! It hurts!
We'll let you off at the sea.
I told you I don't want that!
Why not?
Why do you hate the sea?
Do you have some kind of trauma? Is that why?
What are you on about? I've always hated it!
The slimy water, the salty spray...
No way, you can't be Keisuke!
I answered, so shut up!
Comet-sama!
Mira-san?
You're messing things up!
I'm messing up?
This isn't what we agreed!
What you agreed?
N-Nothing!
Anyway, please let Keisuke-san get off!
Or else... we'll be forced to take action!
What?
Princess, they're acting odd too!
Okay.... I'll let him get off.
I knew it!
Meteo-san!
I knew Comet would give up halfway!
Good thing I checked in on you.
The rest is up to me!
Don't do this, Meteo-sama!
Oh? You guys also came back?
Please stop!
Let Keisuke-san go!
Yes! Release me!
Alright then.
This bonehead's going out to sea, right?
Then... there you go!
What?
Keisuke?
Yet another obstacle?
Boring! This is getting boring!
Actually... why are Mira and Caron here?
"This isn't what we agreed"...?
What?
When Keisuke said that... What did he mean?
Tell us, now!
W-Well that's...
Tell us now! TELL US NOW!
We spoke to Keisuke-san before...
We discussed how Comet-sama is very gentle.
S-So... we didn't think she'd be this violent.
But... Keisuke...
He wouldn't listen to anything I say.
So I had to do it...
Is that true?
Then Comet-sama can't do it either.
Strange...
Since when were you two friends with Keisuke?
W-Well we just talked to him!
Yes, yes!
About him hating the sea!
About getting his twinkle back!
About looking for other twinkles!
Other twinkles?
That's so suspicious!
Suspicious?
Why do you two care so much about this one boneheaded boy?
Well, um...
We learned from our time on Earth... how important it is to be kind.
From how kind-hearted Meteo-sama was so kind to us!
Well, well, well...! You got it! You got it!
You understood the message I was trying to impart!
I'm glad! I'm so very glad!
Uh... huh. Uh... huh.
Keisuke-niichan isn't coming.
Comet-san didn't succeed.
It's a tough one, huh.
In the end, he has to get up by himself.
What could have happened?
It's like he turned into someone else...
Everyone's worried about him.
They really are...
Right, right, that's right!
Singing is really good for this!
Yes please!
That's the radiance he needs!
Singing?
I can introduce you to just the guy! Just the guy!
Really? Really?
Keisuke!
Where am I?
Above the ocean.
We were discussing Keisuke-san's twinkle!
My twinkle?
How about a song, then?
Apparently modelling is great too!
Modelling?
Or you could go have fun at school!
Is that actually fun?
Yes!
No!
Keisuke needs the sea.
Let's go, Keisuke!
What are you doing??
Princess!
Princess...
Tsukibito hates getting wet!
Who are you?
Oh crud!
Wait!
Ohh... that was...
Tsukibito-chan from Tambourine?
Sure looks like it.
What do you have to say?
Urk!
Remember, Keisuke!
Keisuke's dream...
Your twinkle!
I don't know when, but Keisuke's dream...
... also became my dream.
This is my dream?
My twinkle?
You lost your father in a maritime accident.
Yet your father left you his love of the sea.
Keisuke, the sea is part of you!
That's why you chose to save people.
To ensure no one would drown out in the waters.
To ensure all those people love the sea too.
Is that how it is?
You protect everyone, Keisuke!
That's amazing, Keisuke!
Don't forget that!
But I...
How can I do all that?
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
Slow down!
No way, I won't!
I lost him...
But I know he's around...
He mustn't find me!
Stop that, Keisuke!
Keisuke?
Save me!
I... I CAN'T SWIM!
Don't struggle!
Are you alright, Comet-san?!
Y-Yes.
Are you cold?
I'm shivering!
You're one of the shiver-folk now?
Yeah...
This is beyond stupid.
Swimming, dressed like that, in this season!?
This was all her doing!
Simpleton!
I'm sorry.
Keisuke, even you have your limits!
Here.
Get yourselves warmed up.
I'm sorry.
Princess.
Rababou?
Keisuke is suspicious.
I know.
That person...
He isn't Keisuke.
C-Comet-sama was just fooling around...
We have no idea why...!
I'm not asking about her!
I asked you. Who is that boy? Who is he?
W-Who is he? W-Who is he?
I already know!
He's the Tambourine star's...
MASTER SPY!
Y... Yes...
You're right!
That creates a lot of problems for me!
What will I do? Whatever will I do?
He's definitely from the Tambourine star.
And he's definitely lost his twinkle.
Or maybe he didn't lose it.
Maybe he never had one.
Not even a glimmer.
"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
It's ya boy, Comet! Let's have a chat.
Princess, why the cool new look?
Hey, it suits you!
So, Keisuke-who-isn't-Keisuke...
How will I train you?
Who even is he?
Don't sweat the small stuff!
If he's the Prince, he should twinkle!
Who cares anymore?
Next on Comet-san: "Someone from Tambourine Star-world"
Shine on 'til next time!
Someone from Tambourine Star-world
There's still twinkles to find!