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I woke up to the jingle-jingle of my alarm clock Jiri-jiri to narihibiku mezamashi de okosareta

The dazzling sun is in perfect form again today Gira-gira to taiyou ga kyou mo mata zekkouchou

I followed your back, rubbing my sleepy eyes Nemutai me kosutte wa kimi no senaka oikakete

I ran, stumbled and fell, and then got depressed Kakeashi de tsumazuite koronde wa ochikonda

During class, I look up to the sky Jugyouchuu sora wo mite

With my mouth open wide, and suddenly Bokari kuchi wo akeru atama ni

A paper plane hits me in the head, with a message: Meichuushita kamihikouki no MESSEJI

"Please, keep on smiling forever" "itsumo itsumo warattete"

Now, I'm by your side every day Ima kimi no sugusoba de wakachiaeru mainichi

I feel like I can overcome any hardship Donna konnan datte tobikoerareru

Together, we'll keep heading toward tomorrow Ashita wo futari de mukaerareru you ni ne

Even when it's cloudy, we'll smile in happy colors, Kumorizora no hi datte shiawase iro de warau kara

Just like the sparkling sun Pika-pika no taiyou no you ni

The School's Going To Be Shut Down *

The School's Going To Be Shut Down * The School's Going To Be Shut Down!

The School's Going To Be Shut Down *

Please sign this petition, so that our Satsuki Elementary School won't get shut down!

Everyone! Please sign the petition!

Mikan, what are you doing?

An opposition campaign!

An opposition campaign? For what?

What do you mean, " For what?"

Because of the district merger, our school is gonna be merged with a city school!

Our school is going to be shut down!

Don't you think that'll be better than coming to this old, run-down school?

They'll send school buses to pick us up.

Plus they have cute uniforms!

You idiots!

This school is filled with our memories!

Memories, huh?

You know you have them!

Precious memories! Lots of 'em!

I don't have parents, so instead, my Grandpa had a suit made, and came to my entrance ceremony.

I'm glad he came, but it was a little embarrassing.

I'm Mikan Sakura!

My goal is to make lots of friends at this school!

Our first class trip.

SatsukiElementarySchool 2ndGrade,Class1 Our first class trip.

SatsukiElementarySchool 2ndGrade,Class1

Go Mikan!

The sports festival. Go Mikan!

But the most memorable thing for me happened in third grade.

Hotaru Imai

Hotaru Imai Does anyone have any questions for Miss lmai?

Does anyone have any questions for Miss lmai?

Yes!

What's your favorite subject?

Nanotechnology.

What's that?

Is it a food? What's that?

Is it a food?

Is it a food? Hotaru the transfer student was kinda strange, so I didn't really like her at first.

Hotaru the transfer student was kinda strange, so I didn't really like her at first.

Then, one day...

Hey.

Why don't we become friends?

As long as we don't act alike,

ourCity's Beautiful Girl Karaoke Contest there could be a lot of advantages if cute girls like us stick together.

Group Duet OK! Grand Prize: Meal Tickets Worth 100,000 Yen

Grand Prize: Meal Tickets Worth 100,000 Yen

It was the pick-up line of the century.

At that moment, I thought...

...this girl knows how to choose a partner!

From that day on, Hotaru and I were such a famous duo, everyone in the village knew who we were.

We were always together, no matter what.

We had our fair share of fights, too.

Okay, pull! You can do it!

Got it!

Well done, Mikan!

Wow! It's big!

A real hippopotamus...

...doesn't eat fish.

Hotaru was always unique at whatever she did.

Hotaru and I will always be together, whenever and wherever we are.

Taking a trip down memory lane is fine and all, but...

...stop yapping away when no one's listening.

Hotaru! Perfect timing!

Just so you know...

...the district merger and the school getting shut down have nothing to do with each other.

R... Really?

Simply put, they don't have money. Neither the village nor the school.

Money?

But even without money, it's the government's responsibility to provide a quality education.

And that's exactly why they're merging us with a city school.

What? But...

If they shut down the school,

just where is the Seniors' Club supposed to play gateball?!

...is what Grandpa is saying.

At any rate, if you're going to fight this, you're on your own.

Doesn't say that. Fight with me, Hotaru!

There's something I have to do, so...

Mikan! News, news!

News?

A guy in a black foreign car just pulled up at the gate.

He's heading to the faculty office!

That guy is definitely here to bring the bad news.

Bad news?

Maybe he's here to officially say that the school's getting shut down?

Let's go to the faculty room.

Huh?

What's Hotaru doing in there?

I wonder if the school's finally shutting down?

I wonder what they're discussing...

Hotaru, look over here!

Oww...

Huh?

It's Hotaru's turtle mail.

Invention #001 : Snapping Turtle Mail.

The delivery will take one week.

There is no express delivery option.

Hotaru...

Mikan?

Hotaru!

Hotaru!

Mikan.

Hotaru!!

You big dumb moron!

Hotaru Mikan

I don't have much time, so state your business quickly.

This letter you wrote...

...it says you're going to a school far away...

Not only that, it says you're leaving today.

It says you're transferring to a K-12 escalator school...

Yes, that's true.

Don't use turtle mail to tell me something so important!

But if you found out ahead of time, you would have protested loudly.

Of course I would have!

I knew I'd have to put up with you crying and latching on to me every day.

How dare you take my love for granted!

Hotaru, you moron, idiot, dummy!

How could you not tell me something so important?!

You're such a dummy, Mikan.

It's nothing to cry about.

It's not like we'll never see each other again. I'll be back during summer and winter vacation.

We can also send each other letters.

But Hotaru...

You can have this turtle.

Hotaru...

It's almost time.

You have to let go.

Hotaru...

Best in Best Japan Genius in Japan

Best in Best Japan Genius in Japan Stupid Hotaru...

Best in Best Japan Genius in Japan

Leaving so suddenly... This is too cruel!

Knowing Hotaru,

I knew that if we were separated, she definitely...

...definitely...

...definitely...

...definitely...

...definitely!

Definitely!!

...wouldn't stay in touch! And sure enough...

But...

...only one letter in nine months? I guess Hotaru doesn't care for such bothersome things.

I can't go on like this... I've been writing to her every other day.

Unrequited love is hard. When I was young, I used to send love letters to girls, too.

Come on, Mikan! Cheer up!

One, two! Three, four!

Five, six!

"This summer has been really hot and traveling is exhausting, so I won't be coming back."

"They have both cooling and heating units here, so it's quite comfortable."

"The billboard I can see from my window looks just like you, so I sent you this postcard."

"Please send watermelon."

Hotaru, you heartless girl!

Moron

Moron Mikan has been down in the dumps ever since Hotaru left.

Mikan has been down in the dumps ever since Hotaru left.

Hotaru hasn't helped the situation either. She's only sent one letter in nine months.

I wonder if she's forgotten about us?

I'm sure Tokyo is really exciting.

I wish I were there, too...

But I heard my father say, " I'm glad my child isn't an Alice, like Hotaru!"

Apparently that Alice Academy where Hotaru went...

...doesn't allow students to see their parents until they graduate.

It's hear it's kinda like a prison.

What...?!

Hotaru...

Alices are sort of like national treasures, so...

...the government made that school to protect them, apparently.

What...?!

Plus, they say it's in Tokyo, but it's actually on a secluded island or something...

...so people won't find out about it.

What...?!

That's why Hotaru's mom and dad were really against the whole thing.

They were practically on the run to keep the government recruiters at bay.

Then why is Hotaru going there now?

I heard the government gives you money when you go to the Alice school.

When Hotaru heard that, she immediately agreed to go!

What!? Is that true?

Money is all that matters in this world

What the heck is that about?!

Money can't Buy happiness

Greedy people suck Money can't Buy happiness

Greedy people suck Moron

Mikan, bye-bye!

Cheer up!

See you tomorrow...

Sure... Bye-bye...

It's pretty severe.

Let's just cheer her on from a distance.

We're through Moron Let's just cheer her on from a distance.

We're through Moron

We're through Moron You said you'd write...

You said you'd write...

Liar.

My best friend in the whole wide world is you, Hotaru!

Who's yours, Hotaru?

Myself.

Then who's your second best?

Myself.

Fine! I'll make lots of other best friends!

You came all this way? But you've already done so much for us, Mrs. Imai... Fine! I'll make lots of other best friends!

Good riddance, moron You came all this way? But you've already done so much for us, Mrs. Imai... Fine! I'll make lots of other best friends!

Good riddance, moron You came all this way? But you've already done so much for us, Mrs. Imai... Don't blame me if you're upset later!

Cold hearted person Good riddance, moron Forget you You came all this way? But you've already done so much for us, Mrs. Imai... Don't blame me if you're upset later!

Cold hearted person Good riddance, moron Forget you You came all this way? But you've already done so much for us, Mrs. Imai...

You came all this way? But you've already done so much for us, Mrs. Imai...

Not at all. I wanted to come by and say farewell before we moved.

Hotaru's mom, and the Principal... Not at all. I wanted to come by and say farewell before we moved.

Hotaru's mom, and the Principal... Thank you so much for your generous donation to our school.

Thank you so much for your generous donation to our school.

It was my daughter's earnest wish.

She really loved this school.

I think she really wanted to protect this place, even if it meant going to Alice Academy.

From the moment we found out she was an Alice, we knew this day would come eventually.

Mrs. Imai...

I'm actually happy that she felt like she could make a difference.

She's so clumsy in strange ways.

This was the only way she could give back to the the people who liked her, to show them she cared...

Mikan?

What you just...

What you just said. Is it true?

She went to that school for us?

She went because we're poor?

Why? Why didn't Hotaru tell us?

I... I thought...

...I thought she didn't care about me anymore.

It's not your fault.

Sooner or later, Hotaru would've had to go to that school.

Hotaru really cared about you,

so I'm sure she wanted to leave in the way that would be the least upsetting to you.

No way... But Hotaru said...

How much longer are you going to cry, Mikan?

But you said your favorite person in the whole world is yourself!

Your top ten favorite people are all yourself. Just what am I to you?

You're thirty percent uglier when you cry.

With a face like that, I'm not going to change my mind, no matter how much you cry.

Why you...!

But...

...when I see you smiling, for some reason, I'm able to forgot the things that upset me.

I like that part about you.

So smile.

Hotaru! I love you!

Don't cling on me like that. Hotaru! I love you!

Oh, don't say that!

She was cold to me so I wouldn't cry?

Even though we're friends...

...she kept it to herself and took all the burden?

Hotaru, you dummy.

Your love is too hard to understand!

Hotaru, you dummy.

I can't smile like that if I'm alone.

It doesn't mean anything if we're not together.

I'm sorry, Grandpa.

To Grandpa

To Grandpa I have to see Hotaru one more time.

I heard that the Alice school Hotaru went to won't even let students meet with their parents,

but I'm going to ask anyway, and see Hotaru somehow.

I'll come right back, so don't worry about me.

As long as I don't give up, I'll always find a way.

You taught me that a long time ago, remember, Grandpa?

I've decided.

I'm going to see Hotaru one more time, and restart our friendship from scratch.

My granddaughter ran away!

Atta girl, Mikan!

Whoa, Mikan! Atta girl, Mikan!

Whoa, Mikan!

Whoa, Mikan! Geez, what got into her?

Geez, what got into her?

I'm in the big city!

No, no! I was almost overwhelmed by its sheer size!

But...

...I wonder where this is?

It must be in there.

National Alice Research Institute Academy Headquarters

National Alice Research Institute Academy Headquarters Looks like I'm in the right place!

But...

...this school is so huge!

I wonder if Hotaru really goes to school in a place like this?

Hey, you! I wonder if Hotaru really goes to school in a place like this?

Hey, you!

This place is for authorized personnel only.

Go home if you have no business here.

I came to see a friend! Go home if you have no business here.

I came to see a friend!

That's not possible.

But...!

Then, please tell a girl named Hotaru lmai that I'm here!

What's that kid doing? Then, please tell a girl named Hotaru lmai that I'm here!

What's that kid doing? Messages aren't allowed either.

Who knows. Sounds like she wants to get inside the school. Messages aren't allowed either.

Who knows. Sounds like she wants to get inside the school. We're best friends! Please!

This is a school? We're best friends! Please!

This is a school? No!

This is a school? Don't be stingy! Let me see her!

Apparently. Don't be stingy! Let me see her!

It's huge, so I bet it's an escalator boarding school for rich kids.

Geez!

I came all this way, and I'm not going away empty-handed!

What's wrong, little girl?

Did you come to see a friend?

I did, but that big dummy won't let me in because I'm not authorized!

Oh, you poor thing! We can let you in if you'd like.

Really?!

Yup, really! We go to college here.

That's amazing!

Come on. Let's go.

But...

Th... There's a back entrance!

R... Right! So then...

Let's go! Let's go!

All right, get in, get in.

Okay! All right, get in, get in.

Okay!

Hold it right there.

Sorry to intrude, but...

...just where do you think you're taking that little kitten?

W... Who the heck is he?

Me?

I'm a teacher at Alice Academy.

That's a lie!! That's a lie!!

Eh? Why?

Come on. Let's go.

No one that flamboyant could be a teacher.

You shouldn't tell lies.

Okay.

We were doing it for the ransom money.

That was a close one.

You should head home, too.

I get it!

You're a lady man!

Wha...?

You're not?

Hmm, not exactly.

But your ear is pierced and you're wearing a ring, so...

We wear these to control our powers.

Your powers?

Yup. It makes everyday life a little easier.

Oh? You followed your friend all the way to Alice Academy?

Yes!

By the way, Mikan...

...are you feeling okay? Do you feel strange, or sense anything?

Huh?

What...?! I'm positive I used my power back there, but...

...this girl...

You can't visit your friend, but...

...if you become a student at this academy, you might be able to see her.

Huh?

If I do that, I'll be able to see Hotaru?

In that case, please let me take the entrance exam!

So, you want to enroll?

Yes!

Wait, what?

I'll let you into Alice Academy.

It's not something I can authorize all by myself, of course, but you'll be fine.

No way!

I'm telling you the truth.

But I'm not a genius!

Ahh, that's a misunderstanding.

What makes someone an " Alice" isn't how smart they are, but rather if they have a special talent.

This academy is full of individuals who all have unique natural abilities.

It's the ultimate talent school, in a way.

So you're saying that maybe I have a natural talent, too?

Maybe? Of course!

Actually, I have a natural talent, too.

No way! No way! What kind, what kind?

You're so excited, you're making it difficult for me to tell you.

Hurry! Hurry! Tell me! You're so excited, you're making it difficult for me to tell you.

Hurry! Hurry! Tell me!

Well, here's a hint.

I guess that information about a possible escape was true.

Glad I was on guard.

W... What's going on?

Take a look for yourself, Mikan.

He's the youngest of our top tier geniuses here at the academy.

His name is Natsume Hyuga.

His Alice is Fire.

A black cat...

You laughed out in a loud, loud voice Kimi ga ookkina ookkina koe de warattara

Then I copied you, and we laughed together Sugu ni manekko issho ni waratta ne

We walk along this road hand in hand Te wo tsunaide aruita michi

Let's run a race today, you and me Kyou wa futari de kakekkoshiyou

The world shines brightly when we're together Kimi to iru to donna sekai mo akaruku kagayaku yo

As I stand here close to you, Sonna kimi no tonari ni iru

I gather all the tiny moments of happiness Konna chiccha na shiawase wo

And as I embrace them, one by one... Hitotsu hitotsu dakishime nagara

...they turn into smiles Egao ni kaeru yo

Like the rainbow we passed while riding our bikes, Jitensha de kugurinuketa ano niji no you ni

Let's keep these happy colors forever HAPPII na iro de iyou itsumademo

I followed Hotaru and managed to find Alice Academy, but...

...there's something weird about this school!

Maybe I've come to a really crazy place?!

But Grandpa, I won't give up! I refuse to lose!

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