Summer 1924
Where are you going for summer vacation?
My dad bought a yacht, so we're going on a cruise.
Lucky...
Wish I was going out to sea.
Our summer house is in the highlands...
Summer vacation, huh?
With just two months, I don't think I can go back to Japan...
I want to enjoy the summer too...
There he is! Kujō-kun!
How about going to the Mediterranean Sea?
Mediterranean Sea... You mean the Mediterranean Sea?
Yeah. My grandma has a summer house there, and she told me I can bring a friend.
As long as he's well-mannered, she said.
So, um... If you're interested...
Yeah, I'd love to go.
H-Hold on a minute.
All right.
This heat is killing me...
There you are, Victorique...
Huh?
No case to solve?
W-Why would you ask that?
I just wanted to talk to you—
Then where are the sweets?
I don't... have those either.
You came up here without a single present?
You're getting quite full of yourself, Kujō.
Wha—
Bring me sweets from the world below!
Until you find something that'll completely satisfy me...
This is all I have to say to you.
All right!
I'll buy you sweets from the Mediterranean!
Stupid...
Zutto mae kara kimatteita youna
ずっと前から決まっていたような
It's like it was predestined
Tooi mukashi kara wakatteta youna
遠い昔からわかってたような
It's like I've known it since the distant past
Mienai sen no ue wo tadoru youni
見えない線の 上をたどるように
Like following atop invisible wires,
Michibikare deai kousasuru Saison
導かれ出逢い 交差する Saison
we're guided to our meeting where the seasons intersect
Senakaawase no hikari to kage no youni
背中合わせの 光と影のように
Like the co-existant light and shadow,
Tsuyoku hikareru Mystification
強く引かれる Mystification
Mystification is strongly drawn to us
Mimimoto de sasayaki yobu koe ni furimukeba
耳元で囁き呼ぶ声に振り向けば
When I turn to the voice whispering into my ear,
Kizukanu uchi hirakareteita tobira
気付かぬうち 開かれていたトビラ
the door had already been opened
Sukoshi no guuzen to hitsuzen wo tsunagu youni
少しの偶然と 必然をつなぐように
Like joining a little coincidence with inevitability
Ugokihajimeta futatsu no Histoire Ah
動き始めた二つの Histoire Ah
Two stories began
Zutto hatenaku tsuzuiteyuku
ずっと果てなく続いて行く
And they'll go on forevermore
Hmph. The fools...
They move about so cheerfully in this heat...
But even among them, the award for the biggest fool of them all goes to Kujō.
It's too easy to see what he's thinking.
He comes in here without a crime to solve or a present...
On top of that, he was all smiles...
It was so obvious that I didn't need the wellspring of wisdom to know what he wanted!
He's such an idiot!
Burning himself under the sun's harmful rays until his skin peels off...
when...
When he could've...
been right here with me.
Hurry up!
W-Wait a second, Avril!
Mama!
Kujō-kun, come on!
I'm sorry.
I can't go after all.
Why not?!
Victorique is at the academy.
I think Victorique will be lonely with everyone gone.
So...
I'm sorry.
I see.
What can I do?
You're thoughtful when it comes to your friends, Kujō.
I understand.
I'm really sorry.
It's okay. I'll buy you a souvenir.
And one for Victorique-kun, too!
How about if I buy you two matching hemp shirts?
Shirts? I don't know...
Victorique always wears clothes that have a lot of frills and finery...
Huh? It sounds like he has an eccentric sense of fashion for a boy.
Oh, she's a girl.
A-A girl?!
Episode 12
Listening to Cicadas on a
Summer Afternoon
Sunlight...
The words just go right through my head...
This is a discovery.
Even with a boring book...
the sun has a...
strong effect.
What are you doing, Victorique?
K-K-Kujō?!
Y-Y-You...!
Weren't you going somewhere?!
Here, a parasol.
I bought it for you.
I never said I wanted one...
You had to come after I found a revolutionary method of reading...
Also, a package from Japan arrived at the post office.
First, here.
Are these...
precious stones?
It's candy.
Sculpted candy.
And there's a response to your previous message to my brother.
I don't know if you remember or not...
Turn the attacking thug's strength against him...
Like this! Use it to slip past his defenses...
What are you reading?
Oh. It's a magazine sent from Japan.
“Monthly Hooligan”.
Monthly Hooligan
That's a disturbing name.
As the third son of an Imperial soldier, I mustn't neglect my daily training,
even in the faraway land of Sauville. After all...
The Young Academic Male
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The Young Academic Male
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This one...
Is that a science book?
Yeah. My eldest brother is muscular, but my other brother is especially bright.
I'm no match for either of them.
Here.
What about this book?
Tell your second elder brother to solve this within 5 minutes.
What is this?
The idea is to use this horse to make one more “running horse”.
One more horse?
If he really is as bright as you say, this should be child's play.
It looks like this is his response to that.
Hmph... looks like he took a lot longer than five minutes.
Well of course, the mail was delivered by boat.
Um...
The white space becomes a picture of a horse!
I see. Wow...
You need to change the way you think to get this.
How interesting!
What's this? He wrote a note.
“This was really easy~"
"I got the answer in just three minutes~”
“Tell that to the little girl”, he says.
That's odd.
Both my brother and my older sister, who sent you the kimono, seem to think you're a small child.
Well, it's true that you look like a child...
Hey...
Oh. Something's written in a corner of the letter.
It's my sister Ruri's handwriting...
Our brother was so troubled over this puzzle, he had nightmares about horses.
After some begging, his math professor solved it for him.
Well then, that means I win this round.
At any rate, these colors aren't very appetizing.
You don't like them?
If so, I'll take them back...
I'll hold onto them for now!
But next time, bring me better sweets.
Fine. Sheesh...
Say...
You aren't going back yet?
When I'm with Victorique like this...
I feel a slight fondness for my brothers whom I'd feared so much.
It's hot here in the summer, just like it is in Japan.
But something feels different.
Summers in Sauville aren't filled with the cries of cicadas...
Kazuya is this fragile because you're not bringing him up properly!
Please forgive me.
You always do this...
You shield the boy!
Please forgive me...
It's all right, Kazuya-san.
Don't become like our father or brothers.
They're hairy, make a needless mess at meals, and have square jaws for no reason...
I shudder at the thought of you becoming like them!
Don't you agree, Mother?
Oh, Ruri!
Kazuya-san should've been born a girl.
Playing Otedama and wearing a pretty kimono... right?
I'm not so sure...
Kazuya-san is always kind, no matter the situation.
That's not possible unless one is strong.
Kazuya-san is very manly.
In my memories of summer, my mother would always take me under her wing...
And yet, I left for Sauville...
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I went to Sauville to run away from everything...
I-I fell asleep?!
W-What? You could've just called me.
It seemed to me that your useless brain was busy reconstructing some useless chaos.
W-Wait!
Victorique, your books...
Your books!
Morning, Kujō!
Good morning.
Oh, what are these Oriental clothes?
Huh? That smells good.
Since nobody else is around...
How about I give you something special?
Hey! Victorique!
Where are you?
The housemistress baked us an orange cake!
I bet you'll have no complaints about this!
Come out, come out, wherever you are!
I think I know, Victorique.
You can't get down from the tree.
Am I right?
Want some help?
Let's have some cake together!
Not now.
Leave it there and go away.
What about my share?
Leave-it-there-and-go!
Fine...
Bye!
Oh? A scrumptious-looking cake!
I wonder whose it is?
Hey, owner of this cake! Are you around?
Apparently not!
It smells wonderful!
It'd be such a shame to let it go to waste, so...
Delicious!
I was told to stay at the academy and not go anywhere...
I was resentful at first...
But there's a silver lining!
Eh? But summer's only just begun...
Oh, an orange seed...
Some tea would've gone perfectly with this.
That was delicious.
Thank you!
I'll wash and return the plate!
To Kazuya
I can't read all these magazines they keep sending me, sheesh.
To Kazuya
Huh? Another letter?
To Kazuya
A challenge?
To Victorique?
How childish... Geez...
I wonder if Victorique went back to her room...
Victorique...
I knew it!
Victorique!
So you weren't able to get down by yourself after all!
Victorique, you're too stubborn!
Here, jump and I'll catch you!
I-I can't...
It'll be fine, just jump!
Y-You came down feet first?
Is that even normal?
Like I care.
Uh, wait!
Victorique! The umbrella! Ow!
Victorique, are you okay?
Can you change by yourself?
Shut up!
Okay, okay...
I see, she liked them after all.
Victorique?!
What's wrong?
What is that? Tea?
No way!
You know how to make tea?
D-Don't talk!
You'll distract me!
Unbelievable!
You can't even tie your own shoelaces...
But you actually made tea...
Wait, don't move.
I'll clean it up.
Man, you really are hopeless.
Why did you even make tea?
Wait, was that tea for me?
Kujō!
On your hands and knees!
Just wiping it isn't enough!
Get down on all fours and lap it up!
You're kidding!
Another flash...
I was scared of lightning when I was little.
My brothers would laugh at me.
And my father would be angry with me.
Have you gotten over your fear of lightning?
Yeah, because my father would be angry with my mother as well when I got scared.
Your mother...
Never mind.
Oh, that's right.
My second elder brother issued you a challenge.
Let's see...
“If you don't solve it in 3 seconds, you'll get a spanky-spanky~”
His words.
Oh? A foolhardy man, I see.
I accept. Read on.
Um... Young Taro, Young Jiro, and Young Saburo went to the mountain...
Wait, wait, wait!
What the heck is with those names?
All right.
I'll substitute them for you.
Um... so Jean, Phil, and Pierre went to the mountain.
The three were to bring three logs down the mountain at the same time,
as ordered by their lord... I mean, the count.
However, they discovered that the logs were too long for one person to carry.
Incompetent fools.
You're one to talk.
Um... so then, Pierre remembered the count ordered that each man must carry two logs down.
The three men obeyed and successfully brought the logs down the mountain.
The question seems to be how they did it.
I got it! I solved it!
In an instant! In less than a second!
Nothing is impossible for my wellspring of wisdom.
W-Wait a second.
What's that triangle for?
Like this...
They placed the logs in a triangular formation.
And then Jean, Phil, and Pierre stood at each of the corners.
Each man held up an end of a log with each of his two hands.
And that's how each of the three men carried two logs.
Ah, I see!
Now that you've explained it...
I was able to solve your older brother's puzzle in one second.
Yeah! You really are amazing!
Still...
I hate to admit this, but...
You can climb trees higher than I can.
As this academy is filled with children from good families,
I doubt anyone here can climb a tree higher than you can.
Oh, but my brothers can...
Your elder brothers may be able to climb higher than you can.
However, they're not at this academy.
When you met people, you proclaimed yourself as "the third son of an Imperial soldier" at every opportunity.
Y-Yeah.
That stock phrase was rather unpleasant.
I ought to praise you for not using it recently.
Victorique!
Kujō, the rain stopped.
Wow!
Was that Victorique's way of motivating me?
Tomorrow, I'll go to town and buy you some sweets.
Those macaroons that Victorique likes would be good...
And then...
I'll spend my summer in Sauville,
absent the cries of cicadas...
with... Victorique.
Loneliness
Fighting back again
Seems to be like it never ends
Give us hope through the love of peaceful shine on me
Tsuyoku furiyamanu ame ni egao wasureta mama
強く降り止まぬ雨に 笑顔忘れたまま
While I stood in the heavy, never-ending rain, I forgot how to smile...
Tsuyoku furiyamanu ame ni egao wasureta mama
強く降り止まぬ雨に 笑顔忘れたまま
While I stood in the heavy, never-ending rain, I forgot how to smile...
Kurushimi surechigau sekai
苦しみ すれ違う世界
and suffered in this world that doesn't understand me
Kurushimi surechigau sekai
苦しみ すれ違う世界
and suffered in this world that doesn't understand me
Arasoi to itsuwari no naka de
争いと偽りの中で
And if, from the strife and lies,
Arasoi to itsuwari no naka de
争いと偽りの中で
And if, from the strife and lies,
Kokoro karasu no nara
心 枯らすのなら
my heart, turns to stone—
Kokoro karasu no nara
心 枯らすのなら
my heart, turns to stone—
Arekuruu nami ni ukabu hana no you ni
荒れ狂う波に 浮かぶ花のように
Like a flower floating on the raging waves,
Arekuruu nami ni ukabu hana no you ni
荒れ狂う波に 浮かぶ花のように
Like a flower floating on the raging waves,
Lead the way Arashi wo norikoete
嵐を乗り越えて
I will rise above the storm and lead the way
Lead the way Arashi wo norikoete
嵐を乗り越えて
I will rise above the storm and lead the way
Kareyuku daichi wo fumishimeru you ni
枯れ行く大地を 踏みしめるように
So that I can step firmly on the withering earth...
Kareyuku daichi wo fumishimeru you ni
枯れ行く大地を 踏みしめるように
So that I can step firmly on the withering earth...
Go ahead Massugu ayumidaseru
まっすぐ歩みだせる
I'll be able to start walking straight
Go ahead Massugu ayumidaseru
まっすぐ歩みだせる
I'll be able to start walking straight
I made plans to see a movie with Avril!
Hmph. Good for you!
I hope you have a good time, Kujō.
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