Original subtitles

Step Jun, Step Jun, Step Jun

Come on, come on, come on

Step

J

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Hai!

I sensed you on a secret frequency

and was captivated by your radiance

And seeing you with my million-bit vision

The circuits of my heart

Ah, they're going wild!

The forces of love move me as they will

So I've embraced the mystery

If it's for the sake of the one you love

Why, there's nothing you couldn't do!

Oh, the heartful, heartful mechanic

the slightest movements of a pure heart

The heartful, heartful mechanic

makes true your dream-colored heartbeats

Step Jun, Step Jun, Step Jun!

Your hot desire! Come on, come on, input!

The Secret of the Carp Streamers

Would you shut up?!

It's Sunday, for pete's sake! Just let me sleep!

But oops, Yukinojo broke!

What do you mean, she broke?

Didn't I tell you to give her oil every three hours?

But Yukinojo won't drink it at all...!

Oh?

Well, this is no good! This oil is ice cold!

You'll need some body heat, first.

Body heat? What the heck?

Ah, the natural temperature of the human body...

The warmth of human skin!

Ah! Wh-Wh-What on earth do you think you're doing?!

Wanna feel that body heat!

Knock this off at once, Kichinosuke!

You're a meanie, I wanted to feel it more!

You moron...

How dare you so brazenly fondle a fair maiden's chest!

Body heat...

Body heat!

Yeah, yippee!!!

Yahoo!

She's fixed, she's fixed!

Yukinojo's fixed.

Grrr... you don't have to shout everything out, you know!

She's drinking it!

She's drinking it all up!

You just have to cause a ruckus, don't you.

Hmmph!

- So, Yukinojo, is it yummy? - Super yummy, pico!

Yahoo! She talked, she talked!

Yukinojo's back to normal!

Shut up already!!!

Why don't you two just take a hike!

Jun's hysterical.

Hysterical?

- And short-tempered! - Short tempered.

- And flat as a board! - Flat? Board?

Never mind that last one.

Oh...

Huh? What are those?!

That's the fish shop Jun's friend Toko has.

Carp streamers are hung on May 5, Children's Day, traditionally only for boys.

Yo!

Whattya think? Totally awesome, huh?

They sure are! They're super giant!

Yeah! Must be great for advertising.

Oops, you broke...?

Guess they broke, pico.

You idiot!

We didn't put these up just 'cause we own a fish shop!

If this was advertising, this whole town would be lousy with fish shops!

...I want some!

Hey, hand some over!

Wh-Who do you think you are?

These carp streamers are so we can become great men one day!

That's why Dad bought them!

You guys? Great men...?

...Whattya trying to say.

Like that'll ever happen! Just hand them over!

They broke again. Pico.

Huh, whatever! Hang up your own if you're gonna get all jealous!

Just beg Jun to build you some robot carp streamers instead!

Haha yeah, that's tellin' him!

What? You want carp streamers?

Bigger than what those triplets got!

Yeah, than the triplets!

Haha, why would robots need carp streamers?

Who cares if I'm a robot? I still want 'em!

But carp streamers are really expensive!

Jun, maybe we can get away with some origami ones?

Sure, I'll make some later.

- I want the real thing! - I want the real thing!

Grrr, these nitwits can just never drop anything...

Oh, that's right! Zero would have some carp streamers for sure!

Huh?

Z-Zero... you mean that punk on the bike?

I don't want a motorbike carp streamer!!!

Yes, indeed!

Carp streamers, you say? We have about 50 to 60 kicking around!

5-50 or 60?

Yes!

Acquaintances the world over gave them to Zero on his first Children's Day.

Th-The world over...?

Zero's household's sure on a different scale than mine!

Wait, do they HAVE carp streamers overseas?

Thanks for waiting!

There's more, but I'm afraid this is my limit!

Look at all those!

Once I find the rest, I'll send them to you by truck.

N-No, that'll be fine! These are more than enough!

- Heave! - Heave ho!!!

Jun sure is makin' us go above and beyond...

No kidding! And we still have all the prep work for the restaurant!

Hey, don't worry about it!

'Cause today's Children's Day!

Didn't know they held Children's Day for robots...

Zero's carp streamers...

Ah, these are Zero's carp streamers!

Still, they've been stashed for so long they're covered in wrinkles.

Oh?

Who's this...?

It--It can't be Zero's...

Huh? What's wrong, Jun? Your face is all pale!

Whoa, what a babe!

She's really pretty, pico!

What's so nice about her, anyway.

Hey, you're pretty, too!

It's fine, save your flattery.

Oh, I just can't believe that Zero!

Gave the carp streamers to Jun?

They certainly aren't going to be hung up here!

Is there a problem?

N-Not like it's a problem or anythin'...

Really! Your tone suggests differently.

Shall I get them back for you?

I'm too damn old to be puttin' them up anyway, right?

Yay! Carp streamers, carp streamers!

They're flying, they're flying!

Well, aren't those fancy?

Whatever! Dumb robot tryin' to act cool...

Who'd you yoink those from, anyway?

- From Zero! - Zero?!

I bet Jun's over the moon about that!

Yeah, so much so she's in bed.

I-In bed...?

What the heck?

Zero...

Zero is just so cold...

He already had a girl as amazing as that!

Hey Jun, I'm coming in!

What's up with you, Jun?

So happy you passed out?

More like gassed out. I found a picture I really didn't want to see!

Picture?

Oh, hey! This uniform's from Youran Academy!

That whole school's a step above the rest!

And I'm a step below in everything, including height.

Huh, so this is Zero's girlfriend.

Bet seeing this'd break Yoko's heart into pieces!

Then I guess it smashed mine to smithereens!!!

They got 'em up.

Mine are bigger! I win!

Just shut up, already!

Dumb robots don't need to hang these up, anyway!

I win! I win! I rule, you drool.

...This sucks.

- Zero! - Huh?

Yo!

Thank you for the carp streamers.

Not like I was usin' 'em, anyway.

Oh, and we found this picture inside them.

Oh...? Heh, wonder how long this was stuffed in there.

...She looks lovely.

Ain't half bad.

Well, see ya!

Just like that, he leaves?

All he really wanted was to get back that picture.

I dunno, still seems like he left in a hurry...

I tell him she looks lovely, and he says "Ain't half bad"!

I've had enough!

I hate Zero's guts!

Starting tomorrow, I don't want anything to do with him ever again!!!

- Mayumi Oda! - Yes!

Noriko Okuda!

- Keiichi Kajima! - Yo.

Rei Kanou!

Zero didn't end up coming today, huh.

Oh, he's probably off on some date with her.

Oh yeah! I just thought of something.

C'mon, let's go check it out!

Check what out?

Youran Academy, I mean!

Aren't you interested in what that girl's like?

Yeah, but...

She takes a nice picture, but who knows, maybe reality isn't so kind?

Hmm...

Still, do you remember what she looks like?

Oh, we're fine in that case! I have this, after all!

Wh-What the heck's up with this?!

Oh, I was bitter, so I figured I'd make a copy.

Maybe she head home already?

The dizzy dame never showed up in the first place.

Why's that?

Off havin' a ball with Zero, ain't she?

Yeah, I guess, huh?

Just what are you two doing?

We've had hoodlums trying to pick fights with our students as of late...

That must be why you're here!

N-No, it's not!

- Hey Jun, the picture... - Here!

Oh?

Oh! If this isn't Reiko Suzuka.

So she is a student here...

Indeed! She's one of my pupils.

Outstanding grades...

Kind and compassionate, with unparalleled style!

Well, if you'll excuse me...!

Hold on a second! Where'd you two get this picture?

Well, that tears it... I'm giving up Zero for good today.

Really? Why all of a sudden?

There's no way I could ever hold a candle to that girl!

But Jun!

There's only one girl who could ever make Zero happy, and that's her.

Jun, this isn't like you! Why are you giving up so easily?

For now on, I'm devoting my entire adolescence to inventions!

Jun!

Jun, just wait! Jun!!!

That was Nonomiya...

What did she throw away just now?

Yep, it's as bad as I thought...

Hey, whatcha doing?

Playing cops-and-robbers?

Shhh!

Right now Jun's in dire straits!

To make a good place to live, we make things nice and clean!

Huh?! Jun's committing suicide?!

Suicide?

That's right.

The heartbreak is just too much...

She's cleaning her room to get ready for the end.

So uh, what's "suicide"?

It's where you take your own life...

In other words, "Oops, you broke yourself"!

If she breaks, we can just fix her!

Humans can't be fixed like that.

But Jun's singing and dancing so happily!

That's just force of habit!

Right now, Jun is suffering...

In pure misery!

Drowning in utter despair!

Kichinosuke!

If Jun ends up breaking herself, it's gonna be all your fault!

Oh? And why's that?

That stupid picture popped out of those carp streamers!

The same carp streamers you so desperately begged for!

Oh hey, Toko, you're here!

AHH!!!

Jun, don't do anything crazy! Please don't jump!!!

Huh...?

Kichinosuke, what the heck are you doing?! Get up there and stop her already!

You got it!

AH!!! What're you doing?! Cut it out!

All right! You stick to her like glue, Kichinosuke!

Jun, you can't break yourself! No breaking yourself!

You're the one breaking me...

The nurse is here, pico!

Huh? Me? Die?

Don't bother trying to hide it!

You were two seconds away from jumping!

Sheesh Toko, you're taking things way too far...

But I understand how you feel...

Those feelings of painful despair...

You adored Zero just oh-so-much!

Let me go!!! Didn't I say I gave that twerp up already?!

But why?

Well, there's the matter of Reiko Suzuka...

She's in a whole different league.

So let's just drop that and go drink some juice!

Here, I'll go get some.

Kichinosuke, what's the matter with you?!

...Huh?

Didn't I say to stick to her like glue?! Get after her already!

You got it!

Oops, I broke.

And you help too, Yukinojo...

Breaking yourself involves a high window! Some rope!

Oh, and big pools of water, too.

I'll keep an eye out! Pico!

Well, it's kind of nice that Toko's worried about me, at least...

But she really is overthinking things.

Ah, that feels nice.

Okay! I should get out.

- JUN!!! - WAGGGH!!!

You can't break yourself!!!

Wh-What are you doing...?!

Barging into a lady's bath like that!

I will grab her face! She won't drown now!

C--Cut it out!!!

Enough already!!!

For pete's sake, I'm not going to drown myself in the tub!

Now get out of here at once!

Wh-What's going on?

All of the power cords are missing!

Hey, Mama...

You seen my belt kickin' around here?

I swore I left it in the bathroom for you...

Really, huh... Searched high and low and it still hasn't turned up!

And here we go.

That cares of anything that even looks like a rope!

Now we can relax...

Nope! We still gotta stay alert.

She's not moving...

Oops, she broke?

I'm so worried!

What should we do?

I'll give her a lil' pinch and see if she moves...

Huh...?

Wagh!!!

- She moved! She moved! - Yay, she's not broke!

Okay you two, cut this out right now!

Sheesh! My entire night was pure chaos, all thanks to you!

I'm glad to hear it, though.

Now it's my turn to stick by you all day to make sure nothing happens!

All day...?!

Yep! Even when you go to the bathroom.

To ho ho...

Good morning.

Good morning!

Excuse me, Nonomiya...

There's... something I need to discuss with you.

Uh... okay.

I'll be tagging along as insurance.

So, about the girl in this photo... I think that she's a fake.

Fake?

That can't be true! Her name is Reiko Suzuka!

Yeah, we heard it straight from a sensei at Youran Academy.

From a sensei...? That's odd.

So uh, by the way, Yoko...

Where'd you get that picture?

Oh, that doesn't matter.

That's the one I threw in the trash, isn't it?

It is, indeed. But I understand all too well why you did!

Ah! It's Zero.

If you're that desperate to learn who this girl is, why not just ask Zero directly?

I suppose! That's just what I'll go do.

You're really going to ask him?

I might as well prove to you it's all made up. After all, that's what kindness is!

Mind your own damn business!

But that's...

The hell you doin', makin' a copy...

That girl was wearing a uniform from Youran Academy...

Don't give a damn about her uniform.

But...

How 'bout you just butt out already!

Oh yeah? You gonna bitch at me, too?

- I'm sorry. - Huh?

I was the one who made the copy Yoko showed you.

That girl was just too perfect...

Heh, more honesty than I was expectin'.

Huh?

Tell ya what, the real deal's way better. Think it's 'bout time the two of you meet.

Heh.

Then how about you both come to my restaurant?

We'll drop by soon.

- All right! - What the heck!!!

You have to come to your senses some day!

Zero, you moron!

Agh! Owie...!

I wonder if he's really gonna bring her to meet you.

Zero definitely keeps his promises.

And you, you're gonna be fine with this?

I'd be burning up with jealousy...

I've already thrown in the towel.

Now I'm devoting my life to money!

Huh?! To money?

If I really start pitching in at the restaurant, we'll be hitting it big in no time!

Well, see you!

Remember, suicide means you lose!

So, beefsteak and curry rice. To drink?

Ah, coffee it is.

- Order up! It's an omelette! - Table 15, right?

Thank you for waiting!

Ah, thank you very much.

Oh! You're that sensei from Youran Academy!

And you're that girl with the picture.

O-Oh, that? I gave it back to Zero already.

So, are you one of Rei Kanou's friends?

Yes. We're in the same grade.

Oh, I see...

Would you have time for a bit of a chat?

Yes.

I have to say, this omelette certainly is delicious!

Yes!!! It's one of Daddy's -- I mean, the owner's pride and joys.

I see...

So, the girl in the picture was in your class?

Yes.

Around 20 years ago now, I'd say...

20 years?!

That girl ended up in a happy marriage, giving birth to a healthy baby boy.

But alas, she ended up passing away due to illness.

So wait, that boy was...

That's right. Rei Kanou.

So that was Zero's mother in that picture?

Correct. I was tidying up old essays and came across it,

and I figured it'd be best to pass it on to him.

And then he placed it with his carp streamers...

He must have lots of memories of his mother wrapped up in those carp streamers.

Jun! It's terrible! Terrible, I say!

Kichinosuke!

The carp streamers are broken, pico!

Huh?! The carp streamers?

These aren't broken! The problem here is a lack of wind!

Like they can't fart?

Some laxative, pico!

Not that kind of wind, silly!

Anyway, Children's Day is over, so let's just give these back!

- No! You can't! - Just a bit more!

These streamers really mean a lot to Zero.

Fine, but only one more day, okay?

Yahoo!

So it turns out the wonderful girl that was perfect for Zero was actually his mother!

- It's a raid! - A raid!

Raid?!

- He's here! - Zero came!

Oh, Zero's here?

It looks like he's making true on his promise...

Thank you for waiting!

Whoa, there's enough here for two! Thanks a bunch!

Please, enjoy yourself.

Huh?

What's up with you, actin' all formal?

So Mama, you think this punk's gonna pay this time?

Well, I wouldn't keep my hopes up...

I know what's in the front pocket of his jacket...

He certainly has that picture of his mother in there.

But, I'm not going to tell a single soul.

The poor boy would blush if anyone found out!

Because Zero's secrets are my secrets...

And my secrets are Zero's.

We'll never betray each other's trust!

We're at the amusement park

On a date, eating ice cream

My crocodile tears are shining

in the illumination of the shuttle loop

But because of his warm kindness

I flash my practiced smile

But it's all a dream, isn't it?

Reality: 100% One-Sided

Looks: Beep Beep Beep... 100

Sports: Beep Beep Beep... 100

Popularity: Beep Beep Beep... 120

That would be his data

Looks: Beep Beep Beep... 30

Sports: Beep Beep Beep... 20

Popularity: Beep Beep Beep... 10

And that would be my data...

*computer beeping*

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*computer beeping*

Tonight's projected chance of love... 0!

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It's almost Mother's Day,

but Zero's mother isn't around anymore!

So, it's time for a grand invention!

It's a dream pillow, where Zero can meet her again in his dreams!

But, Kichinosuke messes up again,

and accidentally swaps out the real one for his fake!

Looks like the dream is over!

Hai! Step Jun!

The Present of Your Dreams!

The Heartful Mechanic!

The Present of Your Dreams