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Okay, your turn next, Ruby.
If this were any other audition, Ruby-chan wouldn't stand a chance.
So there must be a reason she's a part of this,
and I'm betting it has to do with this role—this movie.
Say, Ruby.
What does lying mean to you?
I have to play a liar?
What makes a lie... What makes a liar?
Does acting count as lying?
I'm good at acting.
So much so,
Aqua even thought it was in my future back when we were babies.
After all...
I'm acting all the time,
playing the role of "Ruby Hoshino."
Trying to live up to the role of Ai Hoshino's daughter,
a cheerful, innocent, and genuine idol who has overcome her mother's death.
Because I think that's what Mom hoped I'd grow up to be.
I was acting all the time,
playing the role of "Sarina Tendouji."
Who didn't resent her parents for being too busy to visit her in the hospital—
a brave yet pitiful girl.
I had to, 'cause I was too powerless to do anything without the help of other people,
and I knew that was the only way I could survive.
So I hid all of the ugly emotions inside of the real me.
Was it like that for Mom, too?
She played the perfect idol, hiding the fact she had kids.
She was always cheerful and carefree.
But was that all an act?
Did she bottle up all her feelings inside?
If she was the same as I am now—
if she was a liar too, then...
It hurts.
I hate it all. It sucks.
Totally ridiculous. Why even?
Irritating. I can't stand it.
I envy you all. It's gross.
It's awful! It hurts!
I still have nightmares about the day Mom died.
Why is Sensei dead, too?!
Does everyone I come to love have to die?
I'm too scared to love anybody.
I wanna join them where they are.
I want to die.
Just kidding!
That's totally not how I feel!
I've gotten over it all, okay?
That's all from me.
Uh, that was... Yeah, okay.
What do you say, Kurokawa-san?
Yeah, that was good.
I could nitpick it all day long, but she'll do just fine with training.
Picky about acting, much?
Okay.
Let me pick up where she left off.
Yay!
Is that what's going on here, Frill-chan?
What do you mean?
Please. You're the biggest liar here.
You wanted this role to go to Ruby all along, right?
You're doing this to take me, the second choice, out of the running.
What're you talking about?
I'm just guessing here, but this little audition?
I think it's to decide who plays Ai Hoshino.
The movie Director Gotanda's making is based on Ai Hoshino's life.
Am I wrong?
What makes you believe that?
Because it feels like the kind of thing Aqua-kun would think up.
Consequences mean nothing to him anymore.
He'll go to any lengths to reach his goal, even if it turns everyone against him.
What, Aqua's using Mom as a cash grab now?
Huh? I don't think that's what this is about.
I mean, I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the script.
I'd never in my life seen one with so much malice exuding from every page.
I'm not totally stupid, so I realized what Aqua-san was doing.
The 15-Year Lie
He's making this movie for revenge.
Him and Director Gotanda both.
Aqua is...?
As Kurokawa-san guessed, this movie is an account of Ai Hoshino-san's life.
At the same time, it's also intended to condemn her killer.
But the way I see it, that part's up to how Ai's actor plays the role.
It all rests on whether she chooses to forgive her killer or not.
So what matters is, who can best portray Ai-san's will?
Mom's will...
That makes me the only choice.
I've profiled Ai-san, and I have a good grasp on her emotional quirks.
I fully believe that I could express whatever she wanted to say.
You have no acting experience, Ruby-chan. Do you think you could do better than me?
I don't.
But...
Only I get how Mom felt.
Nobody but me could understand her pain!
I'm gonna be the one to avenge Mom and Sensei.
It wouldn't be right for anybody else to do it!
It has to be me.
I don't like playing Aqua's games,
and I was resigned to losing this until a minute ago.
But things have changed.
We're doing this until I win.
Until I've convinced you both,
I'm gonna give it my everything!
Awkward!
This is a girl who saw me as a big sis— the girl whose own mom got killed!
How am I supposed to tell her I understand her mother better than she does?
I don't have the nerve for that!
And heck...
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If I just want to be in the movie, it doesn't have to be as Ai.
That's what I wanted to hear!
If you're that determined, you'll get through all the training!
Akane-chan!
Can we just say that and wrap it all up?
Okay, let's do this!
After that,
the audition went on until everyone was satisfied.
Kurokawa-san's acting lacked its usual impact,
and I was backing Ruby all along,
so the private audition ended with us agreeing to let Ruby have the role.
Okay, good night.
Night.
Akane-chan, Frill-chan, I'll do my best to live up to your hopes!
O-Okay...
Now I know all too well why auditions don't happen without the showrunners.
You never get anywhere without someone to make the final call.
One more time! One more time!
Still, Ruby-chan's acting got better with each attempt.
I guess you never know where you'll run into someone with real talent.
When I turn down Ai's role, I'll sound them out about a different one.
That way,
I can still accomplish my goal.
I won't let Aqua-kun have his way.
Are you done?
It's been a while.
I thought you were going to get out of my life forever?
That was the idea,
but I don't have the power to pick and choose the cast.
Yeah?
If you just want to make a movie, I'll gladly help out.
But if you're planning to take it further than that by yourself,
I will stop you.
Oh, yeah?
I'd love to see you try, Akane Kurokawa!
Kana Arima
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Announcement I apologize for the suddenness of this announcement. I, Kana Arima, will be graduating from B-Komachi. The two years I've spent with the group have been a brand-new adventure in my life, and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Through my idol activities, I got to experience a great many things, and it gave me the chance to reflect on my dreams, aspirations, and what I'd like to do. I want to live my life as an actress. I've come to realize that that desire is a huge part of me.
I apologize for the suddenness of this announcement.
I, Kana Arima, will be graduating from B-Komachi.
The two years I've spent with the group
have been a brand-new adventure in my life,
and I wouldn't trade them for anything.
Through my idol activities,
I got to experience many things, giving me the chance to reflect on my aspirations,
my dreams, and what I'd like to do.
I want to live my life as an actress.
I've come to realize that that desire is a huge part of me.
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Ruby Fan
Ah-kun.
What?
Talk about something fun.
How about the fact that Kana Arima is a panda?
Say what?
In the Himalayas in 1825, a westerner saw a lesser panda for the first time.
He asked a local Nepalese man,
"What is that?"
And the Nepalese man told him it was a "nigalya ponya."
"Ponya" got corrupted into the current word "panda."
Now, as for what "nigalya ponya" actually means...
It means "bamboo eater."
Therefore,
Kana Arima, who's eating bamboo shoots right now, is a panda.
Wow!
Eighty-four points!
Glad you liked it.
You know a lot about so many things. You're like Quiz*nock.
Peep!
It's not that big a deal.
By the way, the word originally referred to what we now call the lesser panda,
but after the black-and-white version got famous in 1869,
the name was split between the lesser panda and the giant panda.
FYI, lesser means inferior.
Now you're even talking like them.
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A business garbage disposal truck will be coming at 2 PM on March 9th. Please collect and sort out your trash by then.
Graduation Certificate
Take us along on your graduation trip!
To Hokkaido
Or to Kyushu
Baking Soda-senpai, congrats on graduating high school!
Sure sounds like showbiz to me.
The more popular ones take your name and legitimacy,
Yearly Music Ranking 1st Place B-Komachi
and if you don't sell, you're called lesser?
Reminds me of entertainers who couldn't become marquee attractions.
Maybe so.
I saw your post, by the way.
Oh.
I went and announced it. Now there's no going back.
How time flies.
It's been two years since you asked me to be an idol—two whole years.
Sorry I was so pushy about it.
Don't be.
At this point, I'm grateful.
If you hadn't done that, Kana Arima would've been dead as an entertainer.
I would've been chilling in some not-bad, not-great college by now.
Sounds like the safer bet to me.
Who knows? Show business has always been a gambling den for social misfits.
You never know if you win big or lose bad until you take that chance.
I may have ended up quitting B-Komachi...
But the experience helped me feel it was okay to bet on myself some more.
Being part of B-Komachi was a lot of fun.
Don't get me wrong! It was also a hard time!
But hard times were all I'd had for ages, so it gave me hope again.
I'm going to win big in this gamble and become a big-time panda.
They're not going to call me "lesser."
You do that.
By the way, the director sent me an offer for that movie.
I was offered the role of an original B-Komachi member who hates Ai.
I'm taking it. That okay with you?
Acting or not, I'll be talking all kinds of shit about your mom. You don't mind?
If it's you, I don't mind.
If it's me? Why?
Because you're special to me. That's why.
Huh?
Wha?!
What's that even mean? I'm not special or anything!
That makes no sense!
Gah! I'm gonna go buy us some drinks!
I'm trying to play it cool as a friend here!
Why does he have to say such misleading things?!
Is he stupid? Tactless moron!
Does he actually like me or something?!
All I did was say something kinda smooth, and she completely lost it.
Learn to doubt people a bit more, Kana Arima.
If you let people like me tie you down and exploit you forever,
someday you'll have nothing left to give.
The main cast's coming together one after another.
We might be able to finalize the schedule all the way up to the start of filming.
That said...
Ruby Hoshino's playing the lead, huh?
Failing to land either Frill Shiranui or Akane Kurokawa for the lead was a blow.
Their schedules "only have room for a supporting role," huh?
I doubt I can take that at face value.
The director and Aqua-kun both seem to have an axe to grind, too.
And I can more or less guess what it is.
Is it condemnation? Vengeance?
Or something even more?
Right now, Ruby Hoshino is the most pressing issue.
We need her to become a real marquee attraction.
What are you thinking about?
Your sister? Your ex?
The girl who's in love with you?
Or your mother, maybe?
You came to run your mouth at me again?
Are you mad at me?
Is it because I told you that Ai Hoshino no longer exists in this world?
Shut up, you pest.
Well, a part of you still held hope, right?
That maybe, just like you two,
Ai Hoshino had been reincarnated and was somewhere out there living a happy life?
Nope.
Ai Hoshino's story ended right then and there.
Utterly and thoroughly.
Her soul crumbled into pieces and returned to the stars and the sea.
Never will it take shape again.
Death is final.
Ai Hoshino will no longer think or feel anything.
She'll never smile again, no matter what you do.
Did you tell Ruby the same thing?
Ooh, scary!
I don't have to. She'll come to fulfill her role one day.
You should give some more thought, too,
as to why your soul was carried into that body.
I don't need you to remind me.
There's only one reason I was born into this life—
only one purpose.
Screenplay & Direction Taishi Gotanda
Final Script Submitted
Producer Approval Given
Production Committee Checks Complete
Production Company Finalized
Camera & Lighting Teams Finalized
Sound and Music Teams Finalized
Cheery Tunes
Gloomy Tunes
B-Komachi Costume
Art & Wardrobe Teams Finalized
Cast Confirmed & Filming Schedule Finalized
Distributor Green Light Given
Production of The 15-Year Lie
Begins
"Boy A"...
Our father.
Episode 34 Private Audition
Translation Sriram Gurunathan Editing & Typesetting Geoff Mazzolini Subtitle Timing Krzysztof Kunc Quality Check Gabriella Alabanza Translation Check Michelle Tymon
The 15-Year Lie
Oh, boy. This is one hell of a story.
All it means is that Mom
was a woman through and through.
She was never able to be a mother.
She loved men, and hated women.
The 15-Year Lie
Maybe that's why Mom hasn't come to pick me up.
Not like that.
Maybe that's why Mom hasn't come...
Mom hasn't come...
Mom!
Mom...
Mom?
Mom... Mom!
You're sweating buckets.
Senpai.
Are you getting any rest at all?
You were already a hot commodity. Your schedule must be packed.
It's okay.
They've adjusted my schedule for the duration of the shoot.
Which means she has no time off at all right now.
The 15-Year Lie
I can't tell her not to push herself too hard after reading this script.
Maybe that's why Mom hasn't...
If I were Ruby, I wouldn't want anybody getting in the way.
Mom hasn't...
I'd want them to push me to my absolute limit.
Mom...
Ruby. Rest your eyes when on the move, even if you have to force yourself.
Even that makes a big difference.
Just a word of advice from a former star child actor.
Okay. Thanks, Senpai.
Ruby Hoshino
Got it! Thanks, Director
Today
Can I ask you something, Director?
It's the scene about the mother...
Something the matter?
Oh, nah.
Kaburagi-san, Director Gotanda.
Mind if I introduce you to someone?
Sure, go ahead.
This is...
Tendouji-san from the advertising agency.