nebulancer | Tsukiuta. Girls’ 3rd Season CD 11 – Samhain no Kiseki (I miss you.) Drama

Summary – Some time ago. The subculture-loving Goddess candidate, Ichisaki Reina, threw her shoe to divine what kind of Goddess she’d be supporting. The one who picked up the shoe that went flying in an off-course direction was... the dorm mother!?

“At times, Selene Academy’s Dorm Mother. Yet at other times, I’m a grandmother of six grandchildren. Her true identity is... the current oldest Goddess, Andou Miyu, at your service!”

1. Drama – “What are the Results of the Shoe Fortune?”

Reina: Whoo-wee~! Tomorrow’s finally the day we’re meeting ‘em in person! I wonder what kinda person I’ll be assisting?

That person? ...No, no. That person? Maybe even... that person!?

Mm~! Who knows what sort of encounter is waiting for little ol’ me!?

Tsubaki: Fufu. It seems to me, Reina, that you’re so excited, you can’t sit still.

Reina: Well, yeah! It’s the person I’m gonna be assisting. We’re going to be working together from now on. There’s no way I wouldn’t be uber-thrilled and uber-stoked~!

Tsubaki: Depending on the Goddess whom you end up supporting, the type of work you do will change as well.

It truly is... the crossroads of fate ☆

Reina: *blissfully* HHNRNNGH~!!

Tsubaki: The institution allocates these jobs according to our respective aptitudes and compatibility for the fields, yet...

Exactly what kinds of numerical values do they look at? What kinds of conversations do they have in order to decide these? It’s a mystery as to how it happens.

That ambiguity included makes it quite apt to call this fate as well.

Reina: The crossroads of fate... The right person in the right place, huh~!

Tsubaki: There are all sorts of Goddesses out there, after all. Not only that, but their approaches to Earth are just as varied and wide-ranging.

Take, for example, Yuki of Fluna. From what I hear, she enters the world of dreams, fighting nightmares directly. Slicing and dicing with a sword.

I’d expect nothing less from Hajime-sama’s relative...! So cool...! ✨

Reina: That last part included an incredibly subjective opinion, didn’t it?

She is cool, though, I’ll give you that!

Slice’n dice with a sword in someone’s dreams... It’s like being a character in a game where you can fight!

[T/N: This could be referencing ZANSHIN.]

Tsubaki: I can feel Yuki becoming ever more dignified with every subsequent time we meet.

Reina: She really is a pretty-girl warrior! That sorta thing sounds so cool! I love that concept, too!

The Goddesses that all of the Seleas members are assisting are also super unique.

Like, for example... Yunochin’s been assigned to the sadistic gap moe Goddess!

[T/N: Gap moe is a term used when the contrast between one’s appearance and inner self/actions makes one feel affection for the subject.]

Tsubaki: As for Mizuki, she works underneath a genius at summarizing and analyzing spiritual energy.

Reina: Aka-nee’s with a super-gorgeous, drop-dead stunner of a totes-outrageous Goddess who works as a promoter of a brand on Earth, huh!

Tsubaki: Matsuri works under a dye artist and goes through days of explosions and booms and the like. ...I’m quite envious.

Reina: And plus, they’re all saying whatever, but it looks to me that they’re all having the time of their lives! I guess it really is the right person in the right place!

Tsubaki: I hope that I, too, can be in a position where my powers as the White Witch can be put on full display.

Also, my signal waves... No. I hope I am put in an environment where I have favorable heavenly reception. It would be nice.

Reina: Ahaha... Does a place like that really exist?

Tsubaki, do you have any hopes as to what kinda person you’d like to get?

Tsubaki: I will only abide by what fate foretells. According to the rumors, the Goddess who is in charge of me is an oddity who spouts dangerous statements with an expressionless face.

Reina: Hrrm...! Yep! Right person in the right place!

Tsubaki: That could be quite true. I’m excited to meet her for the first time. Ufufu.

Reina: For me, I sure do hope I get a job that makes use of my subculture-loving~!

Coming from someone who loves subcultures, I guess it’s sorta... yikes to put it this way, but it’s not like they’re for everyone, right?

I don’t wanna get a strict and moody Goddess who’s, like, a super-hardened veteran, and end up having to seal away my hobby~!

Tsubaki: Oh? Even if your superior at work were a subculture-hater, I doubt you would have to force yourself to meet her preference. All you’d need to do is not bring it into work.

Though you will be working as an assistant, it is also a workplace for you to become a Goddess.

Reina. Be yourself. And I will be myself. ☆

Reina: *giggles* So true! You’re right. Nice advice, Tsubaki!

All righty, then. Then shall we be our Black Witch, White Witch selves and do some fortune-telling?

Tsubaki: Oh? How, exactly?

Reina: Here’s the time for, uh... that! The good old-fashioned fortune-telling method!

Tsubaki: Good old-fashioned fortune-telling...?

Reina: Fufufu! This shoe will lead me...! Well, it should!

There we go!

Tsubaki: At first look, it doesn’t seem as if there’s anything out of the blue with your one shoe. Pray tell, what power could it have...?

Reina: You don’t know what the Shoe Fortune is? You’ve never tried fortune-telling the weather, I guess?

This time, I’m gonna be telling the fortune of... the Goddess who’ll be in charge of me!

At this very moment, I will send this shoe flying, and if this shoe lands heads-up, she’ll be someone whom I’m on the same wavelength as!

If it lands face-down, it’ll be someone interesting!

Tsubaki: Goodness. How lovely.

In that case, it will sound interesting no matter what the result may be.

Reina: I thought it’d be nice to give superstition a try~! All right, then! Let’s get’er done~

Ready, set... GO!

[Reina tosses her shoe far away.]

Tsubaki: ...Oh, dear. It flew further than I expected.

Reina: Oh... my gosh~! I totally lost sight of it!

Tsubaki: I believe it landed in the flower bed past the thicket.

Reina: Gah, that’s bad! I’m gonna go rescue my shoe!

[Reina runs off.]

Tsubaki: ...Goodness, gracious, Reina. You aren’t even concerned about how your sock is getting dirtied.

Ufu.

Reina: Uh, let’s see~? Where’d it go~?

Dorm Mother: Oh my, my. Quite the commotion going on here.

Reina: Uwaaah~! I’m so sorry, Dorm Mother! Er, did a shoe come flying around this area?

Dorm Mother: Could this be what you’re looking for, little lady?

Reina: My shoe! You picked it up, ma’am?

Or actually, did it hit you!? I’m so, so sorry! I didn’t expect there to be someone in this area...!

Dorm Mother: *chuckles* I’m fine, dear. While I was maintaining the flower bed, it came soaring right down, but I splendidly managed to catch it.

Reina: Thank goodness~! Thank you so much, ma’am!

Dorm Mother: Think nothing of it. Here you go.

Tsubaki: It seems to me that you’ve found your shoe.

Reina: Mmhmm! Found it~

Tsubaki: So? What was the result?

Reina: Eh?

...*sucks in breath* Aw, shoot! I totally forgot!

I wonder what happens in this situation!?

Tsubaki: Hmm. Neither heads-up nor face-down. I can feel a rather mysterious air emanating from this situation.

Reina: Stop iiit~! Don’t say something so foreboding, puh-leeease~?

Tsubaki: Worry not. Everything will happen as fate foretells.

Ufu.

Reina: Phew... Finally... I’ve finally come this far...! Past this door I see right in front of my eyes is the final boss who’s lying in wait for me...

No, representative Goddess!

*sighs* I got a little nervous, but I’ll be fine. ...Phew.

I should be myself. All~ right!

*knocks* Goddess candidate Ichisaki Reina here! I’ve come for my introductory meeting!

Andou: Come in.

Reina: Excuse me!

[Reina walks in.]

Reina: It’s nice to meet you! I’m Ichisaki Reina, who’ll be working under you as your assistant! I’ll be doing my very best... so...

Huh, wait?

Wait, huh, huh, wait?

Andou: *chuckles* Oh, my, my. So you’re Ichisaki Reina-san, my dear?

Reina: D-Dorm Mother~!? Erm, uh!? I came here to meet with my Goddess...

Andou: Yes, dear. I am that same Goddess.

Reina: Ahh, I get it now! *claps* That’s how it is... I see, I see.

...EEEEUUUEEEEGHHH!?

Andou: Ufufufu. At times, Selene Academy’s Dorm Mother. Yet at other times, I’m a grandmother of six grandchildren.

Her true identity is... the current oldest Goddess, Andou Miyu, at your service!

Why yes, indeed! Ufufufu!

Reina: An unexpected triple face...! Are you... serious!?

[T/N: Reina calls Andou a triple face due to her multiple personas as the Dorm Mother, grandmother, and as a Goddess. This is a reference to Amuro Toru from Detective Conan, whose nickname of being a triple face is a result of him having multiple personas.]

Andou: Quite serious, dear! ✨

Ufufufu!

Reina: I got... the super-hardened veteran~!

2. Drama – “For a Thrilled Heartbeat, No Matter How Old I Get”

Reina: All righty then~! Hey there, everyone! Reina-chan here ☆

Andou: Grandma Miyu here ☆

Reina: Grandma and Granddaughter Channel, AKA Grand-Ma-Daughter Channel~? Ready, set!

Reina, Andou: Is getting started~!

Reina: Applause, everyone~! Clappy clap~!

So! With that being said...

Hey, hey, Grandma? What’re we gonna do today?

Andou: For today, Reina-chan, we’ll be making homestyle cookies that are packed full of chocolate chips!

Reina: Ooh~! If Grandma’s the one making it, then I already know that it’ll taste totally scrumptious!

The inside will be so moist, because the chocolate chips are inside~ Like, a country ma’am style? *gasps* Or! Maybe it’s like from that Stella store~?

[T/N: Aunt Stella’s (Stella Obasan no Cookie) is a cookie shop.]

Andou: It’ll have the sensations of both: the best of both worlds!

Reina: I’d expect nothing less from Grandma! You’re just making me plain hungry~

Andou: Well, then! Are you ready, dear?

Reina: Yes~!

Reina: Why, hello there~! Today, Grandma and granddaughter...

Andou: Tried dancing the Tsukiusa. exercise!

[The instrumental of Tsukiusa. Taisou plays.]

Reina: This uses the lower back a good deal! Grandma, are you gonna be fine? You don’t have to jump, okay?

Andou: I can handle something this easy, no problem, dear! I’ve often danced anime ending songs and the like with my grandchildren!

Reina: Now that’s Grandma for you! Ah, what she meant by grandchildren here doesn’t refer to the concept we have. She’s referring to her IRL grandchildren, ‘kay?

Andou: Hohoho! The grandchild I have for my concept and my IRL grandchildren are all very adorable sweethearts!

Reina: The cosmetics we’ll be testing out today are these ones!

We’ll be introducing the eyeshadow and nail polish from the new cosmetics series that Mutsuki Hajime-san from Six Gravity serves as the image character of~

Andou: Goodness, me. This is a lovely color palette. This on the packaging is... a butterfly, perhaps?

Reina: Yeah! The concept of the series this time is “The Allure of Eclosion”.

Hajime-san’s image motif is a butterfly, so it looks like it’s incorporating that, too!

Andou: Hmm, hmm. It has a very gorgeous appearance, so it puts me in high spirits.

Will Grandma also be able to look as exquisite, my dear?

Reina: Leave it to me! This Black Witch here will cast a magic spell on you to help you look adorable and exquisite!

So! Without further ado, I’d like to get putting makeup on Grandma~

Andou: Reina-chan. Go ahead.

Reina: Ooh~! Grandma, you’re so cute! I totally super-duper recommend this eye shadow.

Reina: Put this~ here, and. Mm. I think this here’s enough~?

Aw yeah, editing done! All that’s left is to upload, and...

Ah! Look, look here, Tsubaki. Isn’t this video totally the best~?

Tsubaki: You’re making merry, doing whatever you want as always, it seems. What a formidable Grandma.

By the way, the previous cosmetics episode was absolute perfection. But of course, I have all colors of Hajime-sama’s eyeshadow.

Either way, it has become a popular channel, through and through.

Reina: I know, isn’t it such a surprise~? The subscriber count just keeps going through the roof~!

Looks like they love the concept of a grandma and her grandchild.

Tsubaki: That is true. The sense of fresh novelties and familiar nostalgia are coupled together to form something one could easily get hooked on.

Reina: When I first started out, I sorta wondered if it’d be fine to have my Goddess assistant work being uploading videos. Like, I’m having fun, but at Miyu-san’s age? I worried about whether or not it’d be fine, y’know?

Tsubaki: If memory serves me right, you were the one who suggested the idea?

Reina: Yep! Miyu-san was curious to know what the youths of today would snap up most eagerly. So, making use of my experience as an internet idol, I brought up the idea of filming videos, which we ended up using!

Tsubaki: And here we are now.

While we’re on the topic, you are doing genres that are all over the place, hm?

Live game commentary; singing and dancing; cosmetics; gourmet eating...

Reina: Miyu-san wants to do any projects, as long as they’re fun! She’s aiming to make it a channel that has the vibes of a jack-in-the-box.

Reina: All righty, then~! Hey there, everyone! Reina-chan here!

Andou: Grandma Miyu here!

Reina: Grandma and Granddaughter Channel, AKA Grand-Ma-Daughter Channel~? Ready, set!

Reina, Andou: Is getting started~!

Reina: Are you ready, Grandma? Can you believe it? Today, we’re~?

Andou: Going to livestream ourselves playing an action game!

Reina: It’s that game where you go online to fight opponents, a hot topic right now! Grandma, are you gonna be okay? Is the screen too bright?

Andou: If I pace myself with rests, then I’ll be fine.

The button at my fingertips and the movements on screen aren’t linking together very well, but this, too, is something I have to get used to! Isn’t that right?

For now, I’ll give it a try! Yes, bring it on!

[The buzzer blares.]

Reina: Ooh... oof... Oogh!

Reina, Andou: *Exclaiming*

Reina: Gosh, stop scampering around like that! Oh, fine, I’ll use an item and use the raging flames of this hellfire to turn you into charcoal! Whoo!

Oof! Get it! Ohohoho~!

Get a load of this!

Andou: And that! ...Very nice!

Reina: Whuh!? Ahh! I didn’t notice how much damage I’d taken!

Gah! There’s an enemy behind me! This is bad, this is bad, so bad!

Andou: And there!

Reina: Whuh... Wuhuhuh!

Andou: Let Grandma take care of that! Reina-chan, focus on taking out the enemies in front of us!

Reina: Ooh! My savior arriveth~!

Andou: I’ll be pulling the trigger all the way! Whachachachacha~! Grandma Attack!

Reina: Grandma, you’re so strong...! Since when have you... Wait! I can’t let myself lose out. Take that! And that!

Andou: Hoh! Hoh! It seems we’ll be able to beat them... with a little more!

Reina: All right, Grandma! Let’s finish things off with a combined attack!

Andou: Roger that! Atatatata~!

Reina: Go, do it~!

...Yay! We won!

Andou: If we work together, nothing can stand in our way.

Reina: Ah, look. They’re saying they found it fun to watch. The comments are just flooding in! And they say you’re the ultimate grandma!

Andou: Thanks, dears. Thank you for the support, everyone.

Reina: Ah! Oh my gosh! That famous streamer’s commented on this stream, too!

“Would you like to collab with me next time?” They said!

Andou: Collab...?

Reina: Basically, it means that when we’re going up against each other, we’ll both take a commentary video of the fight!

Andou: A welcome challenge. I accept!

Reina: Ahaha! You’re totally fired up to do this! We’re gonna for sure make this collab a thing, so~ looks like we’re coming to an end for today~

[A whistle blows.]

Andou: A big thank you to everyone who joined us. Make sure to hit that subscribe button!

Reina: Thanks for watching. See ya laters~

Andou: Here you are, my dear. Grandma’s specialty, warm barley tea.

Reina: Thanks for the drink! ...Hwah~... Tea after finishing a big job is on another level entirely~

Andou: Ufufufu. Reina-chan’s acting more like a grandma than the actual grandma here.

Hoho. Today was quite fun as well, wasn’t it?

Reina: Yes’m! Still, Miyu-san, you’ve gotten so good that it knocked my socks right off!

Since when did you level up so much?

Andou: During our first stream, I had gotten lost when things came to a close. I tried practicing at home.

My real-life grandchild gave me advice. It seems my efforts in practicing little by little paid off. I’ll get even stronger and stronger! Hohoho.

Reina: You sure are amazing. Even if you struggled at the beginning, you practiced... got used to things... and in the blink of an eye, you took it all in!

I admire that vitality of yours!

Andou: Fufu. Thank you.

Reina: To tell the truth, I was a bit anxious at first. That was also the case when we started posting videos. When we play games or do new projects, I can’t help but worry if it’s okay for you, with your age in mind. It was an unnecessary worry.

Andou: Reina-chan...

Reina: Miyu-san. ...I’m so sorry!

Andou: Er—Why are you apologizing, dear?

Reina: I thought it was rude of me to act that way with the ultimate Miyu-san, who enjoys everything, continues to take in more knowledge, and keeps powering up. I’ve reflected on my mistake!

Andou: Ah... Oh, that’s all it was? I take that as a compliment.

Reina: Eh?

Andou: Getting older is not a bad thing.

Most things don’t surprise you as time goes on, and your pretensions and pickiness about strange things go away. You’ll become capable of enjoying anything and everything.

Reina: When I’m with you, Miyu-san, I can really tell that’s the case!

Andou: But you know, my dear? There are those who are the complete opposite.

There are those who continue choosing ways to live that stifle their own selves, more and more.

Reina: But... why’s that?

Andou: When those people get older, they start thinking about this and that. Some get too concerned about those around them; some become incapable of responding to opposition; and they... bind themselves until they’re immobile, through their own actions.

That’s the type of people who are referred to as being the stubborn, hard-to-please elderly. *chuckles*

Reina: ...

Andou: You know, dear? I think that is just a terribly huge waste. Both the Earth and the Moon are plunging into a new generation, so if we give up on changing... that is where the match ends, is it not?

[T/N: The usual Slam Dunk reference. I think I’ve translated at least three drama tracks with the famous quote from the coach (If you give up, that’s where the match ends). Reina’s response is because she recognizes where it comes from.]

Reina: ...Gosh, those words are just so convincing.

Andou: Starting something new gets me excited, no matter how old I get.

That’s the message I want to get through to everyone as a Goddess. That everything all depends on how your heart treats it.

Reina: It depends on how your heart treats it...? You’re probably right. That happened to me, too.

With manga, games, the internet, and stuff... I guess I must’ve been prejudiced in thinking that the subculture world was meant for young people.

Andou: In reality, there aren’t all that many things that you can only do when you’re young. No matter how old you get... you can do whatever you want to do, whenever you feel like doing it.

And getting Reina-chan as my assistant was the same situation.

Reina: Eh...?

Andou: When I asked for a new aide, I requested the executive office to get me a powerful girl who does all she can to enjoy what she loves!

Reina: I... see...! I think I understand the reason why I was chosen.

Andou: You’re sensitive to the flow of trends, and you’re always opening my eyes to new things. I’m very, very grateful to you, Reina-chan.

“I can’t keep up with how the wave of trends are passing me by!” That won’t be the case.

I want to become a Grandma who can skillfully surf the wave of trends!

Reina: So... So cool...! Grandm—Er, no. Miyu-san!

Andou: It’s fine, my dear. *chuckles* At this point, you’re basically my seventh grandchild! Ufufufu.

We only live life once. We need to try out all sorts of things.

I want to learn many things from Reina-chan!

Reina: Same here! I want to learn lots from Miyu-san!

Andou: Then it goes both ways. Ufufu.

By the way, my current goal is to become a Subculture Grandma!

Reina: In that case, I’d like to become a Charismatic Otaku Grandma who can always, no matter what, keep up with the trending topics!

Andou: How wonderful, my dear! But before that... you’ll need to become a Goddess, isn’t that right?

Reina: NGRK!?

A harsh reminder of my cruel reality! ...Ehehe...

Andou: Ufufufu.

Reina: Hehehe~ Miyu-san shines regardless of how old she is. She might be close to my ideal image of what I wanna be as a Goddess.

...ALL RIGHT, THEN! I’ve gotten pumped up about this now~!

Let’s keep those videos coming! They’re the videos that’ll thrill and excite everyone watching, while also putting them in a relaxed’n happy little mood!

Andou: Keep on teaching me lots and lots of fun things, dear.

Reina: Leave it to me, Grandma! *gasps* How about next time, we can go out to a bunch of different places...

Aah! I’d like to watch late-night anime while it airs with you!

Andou: Will I... be able to stay up during those late nights? But I’ll try my best!

Reina: Oh, I see... I guess the 25:00 and 26:00 time slots would be difficult, huh?

Andou: I thought a day was only composed of 24 hours... But before I realized, it seems that the number of hours has increased...?

[T/N: Late-night anime takes place past midnight, often at 1 A.M. or 2 A.M. or the like. Those are 25:00 or 26:00 of that same night, warping the time perceived to still technically be on the previous day despite it actually being the next day.]