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.
Higenoshita was so worried about Comet,
he couldn't take it any more, and came after her.
But Higenoshita is ill suited to life on Earth.
Better not stress him out too much, Comet!
PRINCESS!?
PRINCESS!! PRINCESS!!
Why the screaming?
Why? Look at the stars!
One by one, they are being destroyed!
Oh, this is Tsuyoshi-kun's newest toy...
You have to fly the spaceship out of the planet. It's a game.
A game?
Something so grotesque is a...
They aren't real stars, it's all CG.
What did you just call me? An Ojiji? An old man?
Not "Ojiji"! I said "CG".
Want another trip to the Black Star?
I can get out with love-power!
Without the Princess?
Guess she went to pick up the kids.
You didn't go along? Why are you still here?
I'm babysitting an old man to keep him out of trouble!
I'm an old man after all?
You are old, you old man!
Why you little...!
Is someone there?
A SMILE For You
Comet-san!
Yes!
In the open sky, I have been looking for someone...
A shooting star, so far, I have not been able to discover.
Yet somehow... along the way...
A beaming you was there...
I choose to believe in your unending hope!
A SMILE for you, sparkles and shines!
The wind's whispers blow through me.
A SMILE for you, I want you to know!
I can take hold of the clouds, if you are by my side!
Higenoshita's Twinkle
It's good that preschool does these events...
But we have to work so hard.
Right, right.
What's so hard?
For example, this week is lunchbox week.
Lunchbox week?
It's so annoying to plan all these lunches.
Right, right.
My son is such a picky eater.
I really envy people who do nothing except play!
Hah hah hah...
Oh, did she mean me?
Comet-san will do it?
Really?
Yup!
I want to challenge myself.
Alright! What are you making?
I'm not telling!
Hurrah!
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Uh.
Comet-san said she's gonna make lunch!
Tsuyoshi and Nene's lunch!
Eh? That'd be pretty useful.
I want to ease Mama's workload.
Do Mama's housework!
Housework! Housework!
Oh, is that so?
If you need veggies, try our field in the hills...
The peppers should be good now.
Ugh...
We don't want that!
Why not?
We'll buy everything ourselves.
You'll buy ingredients? Hold on then...
Say... is this the Princess's first time cooking by herself ?
Right. Are you sulking about her wasting time again?
Brides have to know how to cook.
Ehh?
Her Highness clearly must make splendid dishes to attract the Tambourine Prince.
Just like how Rabapyon's bubbly chocolate seduced me!
I have no interest in your love life!
Here, use the cash to buy what you need!
Oh...
Sure!
We're setting off now!
To make a yummy lunch...
how do I buy ingredients?
Supermarket.
Yup, supermarket!
And where's that?
By the station.
By the big train station!
Princess!
Rababou?
Gramps told me to accompany you.
Okay!
Let's go!
Yup!
Ahhh!
So many pretty vegetables!
Comet-san!
We don't want veggies!
No meat or fish either!
You don't?
Come on, come on!
Are you sure Comet came in here?
Yes!
Intel says Princess Comet is learning to cook!
Cook?
She's buying ingredients.
Why does stupid Comet do such stupid things?
Huh?
If you want a meal cooked, you just ask a chef, don't you?
No point coming here!
Is this to woo the Prince?
Concievably.
What a dirty trick...
That cunning Comet, doing such cunning things...
Do you wish you came up with it?
I won't lose! I never lose! So I won't lose!
This, this!
This stuff is yummy!
But those are snacks?
Yes! Lunch made of snacks must be yummy.
It'll be so yummy!
Ehhh?
Our classmates will be so jealous!
So jealous!
Chocolate rice balls? What a dreamy lunch!!
Lucky Tsuyoshi-kun!
Nene-chan, I envy you!
I want to eat all that!
I'm drooling...
Alright?
Okay?
I like eating sweet stuff too.
You agree, Rababou?
Rabapyon's sweet cakes make my heart pound...
We're full up on love-power again.
Comet-san.
Okay, I'll give it a go.
Hurrah!
No more green peppers!
Green peppers!?
You heard wrong.
I'm taking these!
What am I going to make?
Tsuyoshi wants chocolate rice balls!
Nene wants strawberry mousse steak!
I want Rabapyon to eat with me!
Eh?
Pr... Pr... Princess...?
I'll start now.
After I'm done, you can taste-test!
Y...Yes ma'am...
So, to begin...
Hey, what's the correct way to begin?
It's Troubled-san! It's Troubled-san!
Wait, I'll use my love-power to help!
You'll help?
We can make something sweet enough to melt any heart!
Yes please!
Let's go!
Heed me, trillions of little stars.
Transform your radiant shine
and your many powers
into Rababou's love-power
and into my star-power...
Étoile!
It's actually working!
Love-power sure is great!
It's jelly.
Ah! Nene wants some too!
It's so sweet...
Jelly, don't run!
Wait! Wait!
Slow down!
I don't want it any more.
Finished!
There, choco-rice balls,
boiled bubble-gum,
strawberry mousse steak,
and sweet soda jelly.
Taste it! Taste it!
It's sweet and delicious!
Well... but...
We put a lot of love into it!
You put love into it?
It's yummy, right?
For sure!
He fell over.
Higenoshita?
Don't be so dramatic, Gramps!
Higenoshita?
Princess, why are you doing this?
If I'm on top of you, I've no fear of sinking.
Real chefs are very particular about ingredients...
Huh...
So, to be the best, you need the freshest materials.
Come on fishies, bite already!
Got one!
Argh!
Grasshopper-folk, you there?
We're here ATTA!
ATTA! ATTA!
Higenoshita is ill!
He's really ill -atta?
Hurry, he needs help!
Will he be okay?
He's gasping for breath.
What's going on?
Oh... Papa...
Hmm?
What's with the dog?
Did you feed him something weird?
Uh... yeah, he ate from our sweet lunchbox.
Oh no! How can you feed that stuff to a dog?
Okay, I'll take him to the vet!
Hold on, let me take him!
Comet-san, you will?
It was my fault this happened.
Can you manage?
Yes sir!
I'm off.
A sweet lunchbox?
Eurgh! So sweet!
Medic!
Yes sir!
Attend to the commander immediately -atta!
ATTA!
How is he?
Ma'am!
The commander has not adapted to this environment...
It appears he has insufficient star-power -atta!
He lacks star-power?
Earth lacks star-power.
It is a difficult place for elderly star-folk -atta!
But... he seemed so strong willed.
His energy needs replenishing fast -atta!
ATTA! ATTA!
But the stars aren't out yet...
Princess, can't we use my love-power?
Absolutely not -atta!
Why not?
Sweetness, love...
he's allergic to that power -atta!
Even excess sugar is like poison to him -atta!
Poison...!
We've killed him...
What do we do?
It'll be okay! He only ate a little...
I'll be okay...
Lord commander!
You can talk?
He's okay?
Is he?
Ah... Do you want some water?
Water?
We'll go get some!
Princess...
Save your strength, Higenoshita!
I've got an important reminder for you, Your Highness...
What reminder?
It's about star-power...
You must not forget how wonderful star-power is.
Every star in the sky emits a different sort of splendor...
It's the many colours of that illumination that allows starfolk to exist.
Of course, I know.
You do, do you?
I was sure Your Highness had forgotten.
Why is that?
Because Rababou's love-power is an amazingly powerful magic...
Even I am forced to admit that...
His shine is sweet, and it fills you with dreams...
Yup...
But the light of the little stars is not just one type of shine...
There's the type that calms your heart...
There's the type that nurtures your growth...
There's the type that makes you healthy and strong...
They guide and assist you, Princess,
They are your true power, Princess,
They all look out for you, Princess...
Yes.
Don't forget the great kindness of even the littlest of stars.
Alas, my words aren't sweet at all, are they?
Huh?
They must be difficult for you to accept.
They'd go down so much easier... if I wasn't such a bitter old man.
Higenoshita...
The twinkle in my eye is a bitter one, you know.
I will never forget your words!
I'm so very happy to hear that...
I can feel Your Highness's light shine upon me...
It's warm... it warms me deep inside...
The water is here~!
Those two little children...
They give out their own miraculous light...
It's cold, though.
Princess! Where are you!
Y-You're not inside that... are you?
I loved her the moment I caught her!
She's a cutie, right?!
Congratulations, Princess!
Mook, this fish is a way better ride than you.
Then may I rest for a bit?
Sure...
I'm gonna catch a big one!
Look, the first star!
Princess, shall we go into the heavens?
Pretty...
Oh little stars...
Please give Higenoshita your power
Please all focus your power, into one radiance.
Oh... I feel refreshed.
So it's working?
My stamina is recovered, and I'm full of strength!
Princess, do you feel it too?
It feels very nice.
There are many sorts of light: Refreshing, sour...
And even bitter...
Can light really have flavours?
Haha, but of course!
Higenoshita's twinkle shines bitterly, right?
Princess.
What?
Mind calling the Star Train to pick me up?
Eh?
You're going back?
The Princess now realises... the true nature of her power.
Yup!
Get up here!
I've got it! I've got it!
Hello again, Princess.
Eeagh!
Stop struggling so much, okay?!
Well, you wanted it fresh...
...!!
Is there a problem, Your Highness?
Now that I've caught one...
there's just no way I can cook a fish this big!!
Say hello to Mother and Father for me.
I will, of course.
I'll tell them that the Princess is protected by many stars.
Don't neglect your search for the Tambourine Prince.
Ah... those are bitter words.
Rababou, remember, don't let love make you lose your way.
Your duty is to help the Princess find her Prince.
More bitter than green tea.
Talk less and rest, okay?
Comet...!
I concede to you in today's cooking contest.
Cooking contest?
There was a cooking contest?
I understand now, cooking Earth dishes is not my calling.
Ah... I feel I've also failed at that...
Huh?
What what what?!?
Then what should I do with this fish?
Well, can't help you there.
Going back home?
Y-Yes...
Then take this as a souvenir.
Don't be shy, take it home and eat it!
Lord Higenoshita...
Why, if it isn't Mu Weizen Knödel!
You've been well, I trust?
I beg you, just take the Princess's fish...
It'll save a lot of trouble.
I'm in your debt.
I'm ever so selfless, aren't I...!
You really are, Princess!
What was that about?
I don't know either.
It's to stay a mystery -atta!
ATTA ATTA!
Look after yourself, Higenoshita!
You too, Princess!
I'll leave this with you as company!
There's bitter twinkles...
Not just bitter, but sour and spicy...?
Yeah... Thanks to Higenoshita, I now know...
Yes, food also has its own sort of shine.
Food can twinkle?
After all, food gives us life.
It's only by absorbing food's shine...
that we stay strong and healthy.
But if you go for only one light...
you'd lose balance!
I see!
Alright! That's done!
What's this?
I can't find that dog anywhere.
I-I think he's gone back to his owner!
What? He already had an owner?
But I thought we were meant for each other...
Keitarou-papa, you have strange tastes.
Itadakimasu!
Eurgh...
There's green peppers everywhere.
So many green peppers.
Ah! Tsuyoshi's lunchbox is full of green peppers again!
Peppers yesterday,
Peppers today,
Peppers every day!
Be quiet!
We just grow a lot of green peppers.
Fortissimo...
What a nighmarish lunch!
It's not nightmarish! It's a bitter twinkle!
We're going to eat it!
Down the hatch!
Amazing, Tsuyoshi-kun! Amazing, Nene-chan!
Well done the two of you!
They really ate it...
They ate the bitter twinkle!
Food really is a lot like the stars...
I think so too!
Carry on looking after me,
Little stars... and Higenoshita...
Still, I can't handle things that are too bitter.
Hah, well said.
Princess, you agree?
So, Princess, where to next?
Let's look for some other flavours!
Alright!
"Twinkle ☆ Star"
A little down because of what happened.
Things are like that now and then, right?
Turn all those tears into POWER
A big wide smile is definitely the best!!
Hey, a dream, isn't just a dream...
Not if we go make them true...
Together!
Go and shine, TWINKLE STAR
A shining MELODY
I want to send it out, into your HEART!
More and more, TWINKLE STAR
Your own MELODY
I want to listen to it, here in my HEART!
Twinkling on, shining with light, those eyes...
Watch over me! ÉTOILE!
Next time
Finally, finally! The Prince is found!?
What? Rababou, really?
No doubt about it! Meteo-sama is off to grab him!
We'd better hurry!
Yes, hurry!
Hurry... what a pain...
PRRRINCESS!
Next on Comet-san: "Siblings from the Tambourine Star-world"
Shine on 'til next time!
There's still twinkles to find!
Siblings from the Tambourine Star-world