Original subtitles

Love is show

Mesmerize me with an unforgettable kiss

I want to embrace

A sweet secret with you

Buddy! Buddy! Buddy!

Don't stop the love

Don't stop the love

Our talk stopped

And innocence was in the air

I stole a kiss and read your lips

Saying "I don't want to go"

Romance is swinging its needle

You and I can stay sane no longer

I guess this is not like but love

From now on... Venus! Venus!

I won't leave you alone

Love is show

Mesmerize me with an unforgettable kiss

I want to embrace

A sweet secret with you

Buddy! Buddy! Buddy!

Don't stop the love

DECEMBER 24TH

Christmas Eve.

The city overflows with sparkling lights and the sound of jingle bells,

and those in love are swept up in the romantic night.

However...

First, let me ask...

What is this?

A kadomatsu tree.

And this?

A new year's lion dance reindeer.

And what are you?

A Namahage Santa!

ARE THERE ANY GOOD KIDS HERE?

Why does your family combine Christmas and New Year's?

I understand your confusion, President.

We were like you at first.

A couple of years ago, our big sister turned

the Christmas tree we hadn't put away into a kadomatsu.

It felt like a waste to get a new one, so we started using it every year.

Eventually, we started to think this was just the way Christmas ought to be.

Don't make up your own weird customs!

Damn it!

I was planning to turn this

into a fancy night to solidify my relationship with Shinomiya!

What on earth is this bizarre heathen festival?

I was wrong to let Fujiwara handle all the preparations.

Lighten up, Miyuki.

Let's just enjoy welcoming the New Year together like this.

Look! Kei has gotten into the New Year's mood!

I'm happy to be able to celebrate New Year's with everyone here.

Well, if you're fine with it...

Here are the drinks!

Well, then, everyone!

Merry Christmas!

All right, guys!

Cheers!

ALCOHOL-FREE

Cheers!

Cheers!

ALCOHOL-FREE

ALCOHOL-FREE

ALCOHOL-FREE

Now it's time for the gift exchange everyone's been waiting for!

We'll draw lots to decide who receives whose gift!

KEI - ME - KAGUYA - MOEHA - PREZ

So you're using chopsticks as straws.

Let me take...

If you touch the chopsticks with your hand that has a wax on it, they'll get dirty!

I'll draw first!

Ta-da!

Oh, it's mine.

KEI

Here's my gift.

-A picture book. -So cute!

THREE CAT DETECTIVES

PRESIDENT'S GIFT = WANT KEI'S GIFT = WANT

MOEHA'S GIFT = DON'T CARE CHIKA'S GIFT = DON'T CARE

PRESIDENT'S GIFT = WANT KEI'S GIFT = WANT

THREE CAT DETECTIVES

A book! I could have bought one of those!

Due to Kaguya's strange behavior and his stay at the hospital,

Shirogane was left with little time to get a gift for the party.

WINTER PRODUCTS EXHIBITION

What do I get for someone as wealthy as Shinomiya?

After racking his brains, what he got was...

a handkerchief.

A safe and unequivocally boring gift.

-This is a costly blunder for Shirogane! -Now it's your turn!

Please! Please give really lame gifts too!

What? I get Kaguya's gift?

My gift is an aromatherapy diffuser.

I included some oils to go with it.

I'll treasure this.

Feel free to share it with your brother.

PRESIDENT (MAIN TARGET) KEI (NOT BAD EITHER)

I expect no less from Shinomiya. She chose something nice.

But the remaining are from the Fujiwara who came up with these decorations!

They must have got something unbelievably strange

that'll make mine look incredible by comparison!

I get...

ME

Fujiwara... Chika's gift.

My gift is...

hand-made bath bombs!

Bath bombs?

Yup! They fizz and smell good when you put them in the bathtub!

Your gift should've been weirder!

You should've given weird gifts that would puzzle the recipient!

My only hope now is...

The president and I are exchanging gifts!

MOEHA - PREZ

What a coincidence!

-You must've rigged this. -President Shirogane's gift is...

a handkerchief!

It's good and simple!

It's a safe choice, or rather... it's boring.

Please take my gift!

Please let this be a weird one!

Moeha! How dare you give something like that to my brother?

I'm sorry, President!

Everyone in my family is a nutcase, except me!

It's fine.

I'm really happy.

This is exactly what I was hoping for.

Moeha, did you give him some weird drug or something?

If you don't know how to use it, feel free to ask me and I'll teach you!

What do you mean by that? Tell me! Tell me!

Gifts.

We didn't get each other's.

Yeah.

President.

Here. Don't tell anyone, okay?

Open it at home.

Thank you.

Do you... have...

something... for me?

I do.

No. Sorry. I can't give this to you. I chose this randomly.

It's okay. I don't mind if it's random.

No!

I really didn't have enough time to choose your gift!

Something must've gotten into me to get this.

This one is not right for you! You deserve something perfect!

Don't you understand?

I'm saying it doesn't have to be prefect!

NEW DELHI, INDIA I'LL ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT!

MAKI'S TWIN BROTHER: MIKADO SHIJO

I'm saying it doesn't have to be prefect!

If there is something you don't want to show me in this gift,

then I will never let this go!

You're not making any sense!

Fujiwara, can you talk some sense into her?

Fujiwara?

I knew it!

That gift contains a side of him that he wants to hide.

He's always like this.

He always gives everything his all. It makes me worry.

He spends so much time preparing so all he can show me something perfect.

But I also want to know the side of you that isn't perfect.

I want to see it. I want to expose it.

You're really stubborn!

You said you bought that for me!

Which means that is mine!

I told you I can't give this to you! You're acting selfish!

I knew it!

You don't want to show that to me because you hate me, don't you?

Why don't you just say it?

That you hate a willful and awful girl like me!

That's why you won't show it to me!

I showed you my true self because I want you to show me yours.

What are you talking about?

It's obvious, isn't it?

If you love someone, you'd want that person to see your true self!

If you love... someone?

I don't want to hide things from the person I love!

I'LL BECOME THE MAN WHO DESERVES TO STAND BY SHINOMIYA'S SIDE

If we could share everything and understand each other completely,

wouldn't that be the most perfect thing to have?

I'm working on becoming more likeable.

But this is what I'm really like when I remove my mask.

I thought our relationship couldn't move forward

if I kept hiding the side of me that's selfish

and hostile and has a terrible personality.

I've revealed my weaknesses because I want us to understand each other!

That's why...

I want you to show me your weaknesses!

I get what you're saying.

I also agree that it would be ideal.

But I feel the complete opposite.

It's because I like someone that I don't want to show my weaknesses!

What if they get disillusioned with me when they see my weaknesses?

What if they discover something about me that they can never accept?

And the more I like that person...

all the more reason to not show my weaknesses!

I understand your reasoning.

But I've shown you my true self, so you should show me yours too!

Otherwise, I've wasted my time!

You're so stubborn!

You talk as if it would be a fair trade, but it's not like that at all!

You told me you have a terrible personality,

but I like you despite knowing that. I've never had a problem with that.

At first I thought you pushed people away because you looked down on them.

But when I realized you only do that because you don't want to hurt them...

I thought you were cute.

I never hated that side of you to begin with,

so just because you showed me your weaknesses,

asking me to reveal my true self is not an equal trade.

I can't be cool unless I try my hardest to look cool.

So please stop trying stir up...

Enough already!

Just shut up and show me!

Hey, stop it!

No matter what you've got me, it will be okay!

More than you think, I'm a lot more...

You're good.

Why did you buy me a kendama?

I don't know what I was thinking when I bought that either!

I had to pick something in a hurry, but I didn't want to be cheap!

So after a process of elimination, I got this fancy kendama.

So weird!

Now I get why you wanted to run away.

It doesn't suit the mood at all!

You don't have to laugh that much.

You're terrible.

But look.

Do I look disillusioned?

This is silly.

What are we doing in a park without any Christmas lights?

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

This is fine.

I don't need any fancy lights or balloons.

Of course, the balloons were wonderful and very romantic.

But things don't always have to be like that.

I think something ordinary like this...

is romantic too.

Ordinary, huh?

Hey, President.

It's Christmas Eve and we're a couple.

What do most people do at a time like this?

If you want something ordinary, I guess we do this.

Hey, President.

Look at me.

I won't hide my true self.

Show me your true self and I'll accept it all.

I'm sure others will laugh at us for trying to show each other ourselves.

That there must be cleverer ways to do things.

But for me...

this is what I find romantic.

We have nothing to hide.

That's the most romantic thing I can offer you.

Our second kiss was a light one, where our lips barely touched.

Yet, my heart pounded as hard as it did on the day of the cultural festival.

I'm sure whenever I get to know another side of you,

it'll feel like we're kissing for the very first time.

FIRST KISS NEVER ENDS

Now, finally...

you're holding my hand.

It's cold and freezing now, though.

It's okay.

Shinomiya.

Do you really think I should stop putting on a front?

I don't want you to push yourself too hard.

But I'm sure we wouldn't be here like this if I hadn't.

It's because I pushed myself.

Perhaps you're right.

But the same goes for me.

If I had continued to act cold towards you like I did in the past...

I'm sure you would've run out of patience eventually.

Because we pushed ourselves to move closer to each other...

we got to where we are now, hand in hand.

That means I really do need to put up a front.

Maybe.

You're stubborn.

And I'm sure you'll keep giving everything your all to the brink of exhaustion.

But...

How about we take a break together when we get tired?

Little by little,

let's stop pretending to be perfect all the time.

We can support each other

and be there for each other when one of us is about to collapse.

Our hands might be cold, but they're warm when they're together.

I'm sure that's what it means to be in a relationship.

Are you okay with that side of me?

No matter how pathetic I really am?

Yes.

Kaguya? Where are you? We're about to play a board game!

I'm sorry. I'm coming now.

That was anticlimactic.

Yeah.

Snow isn't falling in Tokyo this Christmas Eve either.

That's fine.

It rarely does.

Your gift took me by surprise, though.

But, hey, it's a pretty high quality one!

Yes.

And the cloth it's wrapped in is very nice too.

I want to experience ordinary love.

I want to be an ordinary girl.

I want to laugh and cry as much as I want.

I want to be a cute person.

I thought people who could be nice to others were wonderful.

I want to be cute.

Can I do it?

I want to be someone who can love herself.

How do I look?

You look cute.

TRASH BIN

Yay! President said I'm cute!

No, he was clearly saying that to me.

But the ribbon is my thing!

What difference does it make? We're all the same person.

That should be evaluated in its full context!

You're trying to change the subject!

Of course, it goes without saying,

but their conversation isn't actually taking place in Kaguya's mind.

In the end, caricatures are just caricatures.

Yes, this is all just...

the caricature of a girl's complex heart.

Can I have one of your winter break days?

What? Of course.

Let's go on a date. There's something I want to say to you.

DECEMBER 27TH

Why do people confess their love to each other?

For starters, may I check your palm?

I see. Your love life has never gone well, has it?

You can tell that just by looking at my palm?

Also, you have a lot of integrity.

And your palm says you often go on shopping sprees

when you're stressed out.

Amazing! This guy is the real deal!

So, you want to know why people make love confessions, right?

Yes.

Why are you wearing your normal clothes on a date?

What? Don't people usually wear normal clothes on a date?

But you always wear your school uniform!

That's why I decided to wear my uniform today.

Why today of all days?

Well, that's because...

today's a special day.

Let's go.

Yes.

Everyone's so casual about going out and breaking up.

They don't even know if that person is the right one.

They don't even know how long their feelings for each other will last.

If you like someone, you should be with them.

If you stop liking them, you can just leave.

Don't things just get complicated because you put it into words?

That might be true.

But it's a happy thing to be able to love someone so much that your head is full.

You should give it a try.

It's only natural to want to be in a relationship with someone you love.

And be afraid that person will turn you down.

You try to push and pull.

You'll make all kinds of plans and wait for the perfect moment to confess...

but your heart will beat so fast that your mind goes blank.

And right when you thought you weren't able to say the words...

I love you.

Please go out with me.

It just slips out of your mouth.

To like someone, confess and become one,

anybody will say it's a wonderful thing.

But that's not true.

In love, the journey is half the fun.

Once your feelings have reached their peak,

they can only go downhill from there.

That's what love is really like.

There's no winner or loser in love.

You don't even know if that person is the one.

There might not be such a thing as an "eternal love."

Yes.

However, a true love might exist.

What you need is your intellect.

Those who seek out true love must continue to think.

It can't be done half-heartedly.

But, even so, only those who keep on thinking...

will be the first ones in the world to grasp it.

Sorry

I depended too much

On your tenderness

I guess I'm the only one

Who can untangle your worries

My lips freeze

Whenever I'm next to you

But there's something

That I need to tell you today

Every feeling I met

Every moment in my life

Belongs to me

Only to me

This is my heart note

Which is made of

Everything sweet and bitter

All together