Original subtitles

Saber Marionette J to X

Kokoro no oku ni chiisa na kakera ga fueteiku

Baramakareta jigusou no piisu

Atsumeru mitaini

Honto no kimochini uso wo tsuicha ikenai

Egao to isshoni oshiete kuretane

Kimiwa hitoniwa itami wo kanjiru kokoro ga aru

Yuuki wo umidasu kairo ni tsunagatteru

Hitoniwa ashita wo shinjiru chikara ga aru

Kagiri ga arukara konotoki mudanishinai

Let's go to the Fair!

Let's go!

Otaru's

Hao!

Look, Otaru! Look! I'm totally in fashion! Hao!

Wow, matching kimonos.

That's pretty neat.

Cherry made them for us.

Good job, Cherry.

The Sanja Fair's tomorrow already.

Seeing you in your kimonos is making me burn with excitement.

Burn with excitement!

What a thing to say! Oh, my... My Maiden Circuit is overheating!

Whatever, Cherry.

Otaru, don't you think I look sexy?

You've got the hots for me again, haven't you?

I hate to break your bubble...

...but it's the kimono that I made that's sexy, not you!

How dare you play such dirty tricks!

I've got a plan for that!

How could you, how could you, how could you?

Hey, Otaru!

Look, I've got a little Ponta right here.

Cute, isn't it?

Yeah, looks good on you, Lime.

Otaru just praised me...!

How dare you sneak in like that!

Well...

Hey, stop fighting, already.

It's like a fair going on in my house every day.

That's right, it's a fair, it's a fair.

A fair... Um, Otaru?

Is a fair... something you eat?!

Saber Marionette J to X

Fulfil Your Wish By Winning The Float Battle!

Oh, right. This is the first fair for you girls, isn't it?

Mr. Gennai, what are you making?

Oh! Hi, Otaru!

Well, you see...

It's a secret weapon for my mechanical float for the Fair.

Mechanical float?!

That's right.

With this weapon, our Ningyocho team will surely...

...win this year's Mechanical Float Battle.

Well, that's good news!

Hey, hey, Otaru.

Wheat is a Mechanical Float Battle?

Let me, Mitsurugi Hanagata, answer that question for you!

The Mechanical Float Battle is the highlight of the Fair from long ago!

The young men of Ningyocho, Kaguracho, and Bentencho...

...man their respective floats through the town.

And those who arrive at the Kappa Shrine first...

...is guaranteed, for one year, no quarrel in the household...

...exemption from disaster, and progress in school!

That was impressive!

The end!

I fully understand now, Yumeji.

Preparations for the night stalls are coming along.

The fair's really starting to take shape!

Hello, Lime, you're as cute as always!

You take my breath away, Cherry!

Bloodberry, you dashing gal, you!

I envy you so much, Otaru!

Stop that...

Did you hear that Cherry?

Everyone's saying Otaru and I are a perfect couple!

You better have your ears checked, Bloodberry!

Nobody said anything like that!

No sense getting jealous.

There's nothing you can do to get in between Otaru and I!

That is completely ridiculous!

It's obvious that I, like a lily flower...

...am the most suitable for Master Otaru!

You've gotta be kidding, you breastless skeleton!

Take that back!

Why should I?!

I said skeleton...!

Oh, boy, there they go again.

Yume, what's in that small house?

Don't you know, Lime?

They're stalls that are open only during the fair.

They sell everything from masks to goldfish and cotton candy.

Cotton candy?

What's cotton candy?

It's candy...

...but it's white like a cloud and fluffy like cotton.

It's sweet and really tasty!

It's sweet, and white, and fluffy...

I want some! Otaru, I want cotton candy!

Okay, okay. You can have some tomorrow.

I want to eat it while holding hands with you, Otaru.

No way!

Why not?!

Because!

I want! I want! I want...!

No way! No way! No way...!

Would you three stop it"?!

You fight practically every time you see each other.

So much for matching kimonos!

They usually get along well, but sometimes...

...this happens.

Master Otaru!

We're about ready to decorate our mechanical float.

Is it already time for that?

As the organizer, I can't afford to be late!

Right!

If you're going to fight, don't follow me!

Master Otaru...

Otaru...

I just want to...

with you...

That's strange. Something's different.

What's wrong, Tiger?

I sense a commotion in this town over the past few days.

Like something's about to happen.

I'm sure it's nothing. Right, Panther?

That's right, Luchs. We Saberdolls didn't come to Japoness to play.

That's right.

We were ordered by Master Faust to come here...

...and study to become better marionettes!

That's right.

All right!

Huh?!

Then why aren't you studying right now?!

Huh?

What?!

All wishes come true to the winner of the Float Battle?!

So I hear.

First place in this?

Can you be more specific, Master Otaru?

It's a legend. Just a legend.

They say that of the participants in the Mechanical Float Battle...

...the first one to touch the Kappa Shrine...

...Iis granted just one wish.

Finally!

The time has come when Master Otaru will be mine!

Great! Otaru and I can get married!

I want to eat cotton candy while holding hands with Otaru!

You're...

You're not thinking of participating in the Battle, are you?

Yup!

That's impossible!

You three are marionettes!

Crying isn't going to help!

Sulking isn't going to help either!

This is a man's event! You girls can't...

Enter the three girls in the Mechanical Float Battle?!

Out of the question!

That would give Ningyocho an unfair advantage!

I cannot allow that...

...as the organizer for Kaguracho.

There you go.

Now, give it up you three.

Let's not be a stickler for the rules, Mr. Organizer!

Yeah, rules are meant to be broken, Mr. Organ!

I'd love to help, really, but... well?

Actually...

...there might be a way!

Huh?

But one of the three comes to our Bentencho team.

Now, there's a great idea.

There's three of you.

So, each of you can join one of the three floats.

In which case, we'll have Cherry join us!

That calculating ability is a tremendous weapon.

Yes! I'll do my best!

All right. We'll take Bloodberry for her power!

Leave it to me! I'll see to it that Kaguracho wins the battle!

Hey, Cherry, Bloodberry...

I'm left over...

No! Otaru and Lime will be together.

But going separately would help me get my wish.

Good luck, Lime!

Ah... Sure...

Hey, you girls starting a fight again?

Fighting just proves that we get along!

We always get along!

Okay, that decides it!

Now that Bloodberry's with us, we'll re-decorate our float!

You'll have a tough time topping our decorations!

Can you believe this turn of events?

Gennai's

I'm almost done.

This time tomorrow, I will be the hero of the town!

For a real man's festival fashion statement...

...there's nothing better than the loin cloth!

Oh, how I would love to have Otaru...

...stare at me in my loin cloth!

I'm no longer the man I used to be.

The day of the fair...

...will be the day I transform from a caterpillar into a butterfly!

I'm a butterfly! In Otaru's arms! I'm a butterfly! In Otaru's arms!

Ponta, my brother's getting stranger by the day.

Tomorrow, I'l give it my best, Otaru.

Kasahari Apartments

Now, the time has finally come!

The main event of the Sanja Fair, the Mechanical Float Battle!

This year, the three Kasahari marionette girls are participating!

With the Kaguracho team is that dashing babe, Bloodberry!

With the Bentencho team is that cherry blossom of a gal, Cherry!

And with the Ningyocho team is the always energetic and fun, Lime!

The battle's about to begin. We're going to have to do our best, Lime!

We're going to win!

We'll win so that God will grant me my wish!

Now is the moment we've all been waiting for. Let's begin!

Yay! Go, go, go!

Gennai, aren't we starting off too quickly?

Don't worry...

We can afford to start at full speed because we've got Lime with us.

Go, go, go!

Otaru, the road's blocked.

If we keep going, we'll ram into that house.

I think you're right.

Floats are built just to go straight.

What?

Really?!

We're gonna crash, Otaru! How do we turn?!

By hand!

By hand?!

That's right!

The men gather around the float and turn it by hand.

That's the thrill of the Mechanical Float Battle!

But we've been going so fast that we've lost everyone.

You're right!

Cherry, just do as we discussed!

Yes!

We're counting on you, Bloodberry!

Leave it to me!

Weight, 7 tons. Speed, 65 kilos...

Approach angle, 28 degrees.

Then this should do it.

Super! Calculations were right on!

You haven't won anything yet!

Wow! Look at those two!

This is no time to be impressed! Lime, we're counting on you!

Right!

Otaru! How much strength should I use!

Like when you kick Hanagata up into the air!

Okay!

Awesome!

Wow! That was close!

Come to think of it, wearing a loin cloth seems kinda outdated.

It's the new civilization!

What better fashion statement than a priest's costume!

And I'm sewing it myself!

I hope Otaru will like this.

You're getting the hang of it!

We're in good shape!

Right!

According to the map, this is the shortest way to Kappa Shrine.

We're doing great.

Yoo-hoo! Cherry!

Lime!

Not bad. But you won't beat me!

The pawnshop on the corner belongs to a stingy, heartless man!

We'll run through it and pretend it was an accident!

Got it!

[tl bring you good luck!

Bye!

I sense a commotion in the town.

I wonder why.

Oh, well. Forget it.

The leading float should be here any time.

I wonder which team will be leading?

There they are! They're neck and neck!

Otaru, I can see Mt. Kappa!

Yeah, it's straight ahead!

Come on! Lime!

Hey, Otaru! Where are you?!

Please look at me!

I dressed up especially for you!

Can you say "painful," boys and girls"?!

I'm going to win this!

No, I am!

Please grant my wish!

Gennai, can't this thing go any faster?!

It's the most for now.

But, I have the secret weapon.

I don't care what, just do it!

Aye-aye, sir! Switching on the rocket booster!

Wheat the...!

Victory is within our grasp! I am the town's hero!

Huh?!

Watch out!

My victory...

That was close.

I've got the lead! Victory's mine!

Not so fast!

I'm not going to make it.

Otaru's marrying me!

Otaru's exclusively mine!

The first one there...!

The first one there is me!

It's me!

Hanagata?!

You're kidding...

Where am I?

No no no no no no!

This is for Otaru's eyes only!

Who'd want to see you like that?!

Don't worry, we have no problem granting you that wish!

Huh?

Hana's wish?

It just came true!

So, I guess Hanagata was the first to finish this year.

But was he even in the Mechanical Float Battle?

I lost.

Lime...

Looks like all that effort was for nothing.

Maybe it was God's way of punishing us for fighting.

By the way, where's Otaru?

I don't see Lime either.

Lime...

Otaru...

You were great.

People's lives are more important than winning or losing.

Both God and I know who the true winner was today.

What?!

Here, have some cotton candy.

Cotton candy?

So, this is it?!

It's sweet!

Is it good?

Let's go home.

Everyone's waiting for us.

All right!

God has granted me my wish.

Boku wa eien nante iranai

Kimi to koko de sugosu shunkan

Atsuku itaku tokimeite itai

Kodou wo kanjitetai

Mamoritaiyo demo mamorareteru

Atatakai manazashini

Chikara no tsuyosa janai

Kokoro no okuni kizamou

Shinjiteiru shinjirareru

Korekara aruku kono michi wo

Kimi ga iruyo boku ga iruyo

Soreijou nanimo iranai

Umareta imi sagasuyorimo

Ima ikiterukoto kanjite

Kotaeyorimo daijinamono

Hitotsu hitotsu mitsukete iku

Preview

Hi! This is Lime!

Who on earth could that big, tough-looking man be?!

What?! Hana's father?!

So, Hana's leaving the apartments.

I feel sad that Hana's leaving.

And he doesn't really want to go too.

Is it all right to leave it like this, Otaru?

Saber Marionette J to X. Next episode...

Daddy's Coming! Daddy's Coming!

I love you, Otaru!