Bishounen Tanteidan (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Dark Star That Shines for You Alone: Part 2 - full transcript
THE CLIENT'S OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS
Sotoin said my dream was beautiful.
Beautiful? I didn't want
such pretty words to adorn my torment.
- MAYUMI DOJIMA, ASTRONAUT
- Astronaut.
My torment, and my dreams,
were not a tool for you to pass time.
But those weren't my true feelings.
Not only did I mock my own dream,
I even think it's ugly.
WITH THE DAWN
I greeted the morning of my 14th birthday
still unable to find anything.
It was the morning of my promise.
My time was up.
I must say
it is still premature to give up!
What do you mean by that, Leader?
The promise you made with your parents was
until you turn 14 years old, Right?
- MANABU SOTOIN
- What was the exact time of your birth?
- Time of my birth?
- MAYUMI DOJIMA
I believe it was sometime
in the early evening.
Wait, you can't mean...
Yes, that is exactly what I mean.
In other words, we still have
added time left until evening!
You know, that may be true but,
I can understand if it was until night,
but we're talking early evening.
You just don't understand, Mayumi Dojima.
Even during the day, you can observe
celestial bodies like the sun and moon.
Well, of course, if we're talking about
the sun or the moon.
I see.
- NAGAHIRO SAKIGUCHI, MICHIRU FUKUROI
- Come on, Nagahiro.
You can't possibly be thinking about
incorporating a stupid opinion.
No, Michiru. That was simply
an opinion given by a stupid person,
so it is not, in the least,
a stupid opinion.
- HYOTA ASHIKAGA
- What do you mean, Nagahiro?
Well, one new theory has been born.
There's something I'd like to research.
Miss Dojima.
In any case, when you return home,
please use the argument
our leader just gave to your parents.
And can you please come
to the Art Room once again after school?
Perhaps we may be able
to give you some good news.
Don't get your hopes up too high, Dojima.
He may seem pretty decent among us
but he's got a Lolita complex
and dating a first grader.
No need to fear.
His Lolita complex aside, Nagahiro
is a good guy who's hard to find nowadays.
No, no. That's something that no matter
what surgical procedure is used
- LOLITA COMPLEX
- it cannot be removed.
She's not my significant other
but a fiance.
One that my parents arranged
without telling me.
You're fully aware of that, Captain.
However...
When he said not to get your hopes up...
That part may be true.
REMARKS AND SHADOWING
- DOJIMA
- I easily convinceed my parents.
The deadline for our promise
was extended until sunset today.
I forgot my glasses.
I'm screwed.
I saw it.
Anyways, I need to hurry to school.
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Anyways, I need to hurry to school.
But I can't walk too fast, either.
Two people?
And the one person behind me makes three.
Wow, I'm really popular, huh?
Sheesh, sheesh, sheesh, sheesh!
I don't understand.
I don't even have time to ponder that!
What in the world is going on?
Hop on!
RIDING DOUBLE
Don't let go of me!
Hyota the Adonis.
He isn't only
about superficial beauty, huh?
SABOTAGE
So, how was it, Dojima?
Were you able to convince
your strict parents?
I convinced them, or rather...
Well, they did give me more time.
I see, I see. Dojima, you're a good girl.
What do you mean, good girl?
Well, if it were me,
I'd never keep a promise like that.
That's right. It's pretty recent,
but my parents got divorced.
Back then, tons of people told them
they pity the child after the divorce.
That's what people say because they look
down upon kids of single parents, right?
I get it if they said the child
gets inconvenienced from a divorce.
Anyway, when they were trying
to make such an important decision,
I didn't want them
to use me as some excuse.
You too, if you're to give up your dream,
you have to give it up yourself
or I'd feel sorry for your Mom and Dad.
Or not exactly sorry rather then
feel like a burden to them
I just don't get it to begin with.
Why are your Mom and Dad against
your dream of becoming an astronaut?
Can it be...
that it has something to do with how you
get mad when someone praises your eyes?
That has nothing to do with it.
Not at all.
- JOINING UP
- This and that aren't related.
Are you okay?
Perfect.
What part of a middle school kid
getting chased by adults is perfect?
I'm all right.
I mean, Hyota nonchalantly saved me.
No, that was pretty close.
- Please brew me some tea.
- You've gotten rather shameless.
It's fine, though.
Anyone else want a drink?
That's right, I don't see signs of their leader.
Oh, our leader, unlike us members, is a Kogoro.
He'll show up after school.
- KOGORO
- Kogoro...
- you said?
- KOGORO AKECHI
Yes. So please bare with us
until after school.
I gave account of this morning's events
once again to everyone.
I see.
It seems the bad hunch
I didn't want to be true has come true.
Nagahiro. You knew from the beginning
that this would happen?
I wasn't expecting for things to happen
this quickly, though.
I didn't deem this to be dangerous
until after I started the investigation.
As I was researching occurrences
ten years ago with Sosaku
a shocking truth came to light.
A shocking truth?
Yes. I would like to give an explanation
regarding that matter.
Please listen.
VICE-CAPTAIN'S SOLUTION FOR THE MYSTERY
Ladies and gentlemen,
I request your attention!
As our leader had mentioned,
this is quite a beautiful request.
As a boy myself, I cannot help
but feel a spark of joy in my heart.
To find a star all on your own,
and to even name it.
A star just for you, and no one else.
And if you name it after a loved one
there'll be no other desire so cherished.
No, this has nothing to do
with my first-grader girlfriend.
Please stay quiet, Hyota.
In other words, I want to say is that
the beautiful case of searching a star
has always been
an eternal desire from humanity.
The universe is under constant watch.
It is always observed.
Despite its observation, this star
has not been found for the past 10 years.
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Despite its observation, this star
has not been found for the past 10 years.
What does this mean?
Yes Michiru, if we were to make
an ordinary deduction,
we would say the star
never existed to begin with,
that it was simply a misunderstanding
on the part of the 4-year-old Dojima.
However, if our leader were here,
he'd rightfully reject this deduction,
and say that it is not beautiful at all.
I just mentioned that
the universe is under constant watch.
But there is a fallacy in this expression.
The hint lies in the comment
made by our leader this morning.
That's right. People make astronomical
observations mainly at night.
Therefore, the universe is astronomically
observed only half the day, not constantly
In other words, the theory that
I had come up with earlier
was that Miss Dojima didn't see the star
during the evening hours,
but it was perhaps
an occurrence in broad daylight.
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION (DAYTIME)
An occurrence in broad daylight?
Right. That's right.
I was a four-year-old child, after all.
It's an age that's terrible
for doing things at night.
But what of it?
Even if it was daytime in Japan,
but night in some foreign country,
wouldn't the skies
be destined to be observed after all?
However, that depends
on where you deem the universe to be.
To put it simply,
if the star Dojima claims to have seen
was at a distance so close to Earth,
you could say that it's impossible
to see it outside Japan due to its angle.
Also, similar to how you can see the moon
during the day,
you could say that she was able to see it
during the day because it was close by.
I see.
You know what? It's like how
you can see meteors during the day.
You mean she saw a meteor burning up
in the atmosphere and took it for a star?
However, if it's an object flying in from
outer space, even if it landed in Japan,
it would still be witnessed
all over the world.
However, on the point that it burned up
is basically correct.
Sakiguchi?
I appreciate your thoughtfulness.
So, it's okay for you
to be blunt about it.
I'm ready to accept it now.
If an object that was at an altitude that
you recognize as being in outer space,
and that was the star
that I had witnessed,
then that is no longer
what people would call a new star.
- That means it wasn't a star worthy...
- MAYUMI DOJIMA ASTRONAUT
to be the objective of a dream
where one would wish to depart for it.
I made a mistake of some kind.
I'm sure I made a mistake somewhere,
and completely wasted the last ten years.
So, no matter what kind of conclusion
it is, I won't blame it on Sakiguchi.
I won't blame
the Pretty Boy Detective Club.
No matter what the conclusion,
or no matter what the deduction.
It'll be my responsibility for being
the one who's been making that mistake.
Please say it. Please tell me.
What was that object I saw that day?
It wasn't just any star,
but an artificial satellite.
It wasn't just any artificial satellite...
- SOSAKU YUBIWA
- a military satellite.
SPACE WAR
Imagine a certain civilian
military company
developed and launched an
independent military satellite in secret.
Along with, of course,
careful consideration of camouflaging.
They fabricated some other objective
and launched it.
But the mission had to be aborted.
Aborted?
By that, I mean it was shot down.
It had been shot down, and it was
an event with no public knowledge.
Then, the star that I had seen...
In other words, it was the light
from when that satellite was shot down?
That's probably what happened.
Huh? But isn't that strange?
We're talking about outer space.
There's no oxygen out there.
We learned that in grade school.
Without oxygen, matter won't combust.
I see, you don't learn about that
in grade school.
Even without oxygen, even in outer space,
there's an exceptional form of combustion
it starts regardless of trivial matters.
Nuclear fusion.
Shot down by a nuke.
That's something
that can't be public knowledge.
And as if nothing had happened,
without anyone ever knowing,
the incident quietly came to an end.
WITNESS
What's going to happen to me?
Will I be kidnapped?
Will I be erased?
Nothing's going to happen.
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Because we're here with you.
Nothing will happen.
Am I wrong, Nagahiro?
No matter who we're up against,
it doesn't matter. I mean, it's us.
Yes, of course.
No matter what kind of circumstances
the adults have, it doesn't matter.
We are boys.
What is up with these people?
How can they be laughing
in a situation like this?
The Pretty Boy Detective Club.
Oh no. I'm so happy.
I'm so happy that they'll stay with me.
I'm so happy that they'll stay on my side.
So realistically,
should I be contacting the police?
They'd scoff at you and that'd be it.
If you say, I saw a military satellite
being shot down with a nuke 10 years ago,
I don't think they'd ever believe you.
It's not like you have evidence, right?
If you don't have evidence,
why not make some?
At the very least, you being
chased this morning is the truth.
Sure.
That's why if we can instead
get at least one guy from their side,
that would be living proof right there.
Yeah.
That's a dangerous plan.
I'm sure they'll be on alert
for someone tailing the tailer.
There's also the possibility
that they're armed.
- Armed.
- Then let me do this.
I'm here for times like this, right?
No, you're here because
the food you make is tasty.
Rest assured, boys.
I have a secret tactic.
SECRET TACTIC
I see.
The good kids will head to class.
The bad kids will proceed
with the secret tactic.
MANABU SOTOIN, SOSAKU YUBIWA,
HYOTA ASHIKAGA, MAYUMIDOJIMA
THE BAD KIDS
Basically, we'll follow the plan
that Hyota devised.
We'll have those guys lose track of you.
My plan is to capture them
when they become restless and panic.
But they probably figured out
what school I go to already.
Mayumi Dojima, who do you think we are?
Like I'd know. Who are you guys?
Get a hold of yourself.
We're the Pretty Boy Detective Club.
The third rule of Pretty Boy
Detective Club, Be a detective.
And when you hear detective,
what do you think of?
Like I'd know. What is it?
When you hear detective,
of course you think of disguises!
It's your turn, Sosaku! Finish her up!
I'm going to be finished up?
THE ART SQUAD
OF THE PRETTY BOY DETECTIVE CLUB
He finished me up.
Th-This is me?
I thought you hated beautiful people.
I hate them. I absolutely hate them.
Gosh, I hate
that I turned into something like this.
But it's not worth losing my life over,
so I'll bear with it for today.
This is no good.
Absolutely no good!
What part of this is no good, Sotoin?
This is too beautiful, Sosaku!
I've been telling you that your skill is
your biggest merit and your only flaw!
It'd be fine if this pretty boy
has a quirk or two like us,
but if such an orthodox pretty boy
was walking home from school
without a girl, it'd be strange!
You'll draw attention instead.
Oh, you leave me no choice.
It's the leader's job to follow up
with a member's failure, I mean success.
I will lend a helping hand, then.
A necessity has been created.
I'll have to ask you
for one more job, Sosaku!
BEST COUPLE
THIS IS MANABU
Hey, Sotoin. Can I ask you a question?
Only if that question is beautiful.
Why do you go this far?
Isn't it wiser to retreat at this point
for the Pretty Boy Detective Club?
I see. I didn't think of that idea,
that is indeed a wise way to tackle this.
However, that is not a beautiful way
to do it.
That goes against
my sense of aestheticism.
Rest assured, Mayumi Dojima.
We don't protect our confidentiality,
but we do protect our clients.
A pretty boy, no, a pretty girl
said something like that to me,
and I got this indescribable feeling.
You could say I was embarrassed,
or that I felt miserable.
They fixed me up to be so beautiful,
and turned me into a pretty boy.
But in the end, the person inside me
is still the same me.
It's just like Cinderella.
You know how it is when Cinderella
dressed up with the old lady's magic,
and the prince fell in love
with her at the ball,
and he sought her out
with the glass slipper as the clue.
But she didn't do anything.
She's a very passive princess.
I don't think Cinderella
did absolutely nothing.
The days of hardship she endured
with her malicious stepmother
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The days of hardship she endured
with her malicious stepmother
should be more than enough for a reward.
There would be something wrong
if she wasn't rewarded.
Likewise, during the past ten years
that you've spent searching for the star
will not be a waste, either.
We, who you've met as a result of that,
will never let it go to waste.
You will definitely be rewarded.
Even if that star doesn't exist.
By the way, if I were to say more
about the story of Cinderella,
Why did the dress and carriage magic
get undone at the stroke of midnight
but the glass slippers didn't disappear
along with them.
But in my opinion, I don't come across
such a foolish question that often.
Of course, that is a clever arrangement
made by the Fairy Godmother!
Just because she was dressed up,
just because she was put on a carriage,
and just because
she was simply decorated superficially,
Cinderella carried a beautiful spirit
and went to the ball at the castle.
And if that doesn't deserve any rewards...
then what in the world
would count as magic?
MISSION FAILURE
In any case, we faked a pretty couple
and got past the group surrounding us.
I think. Probably.
But still, you are rather sensitive.
Normally, you can't tell
whether or not you're being tailed.
I'd never be able to notice.
Well, girls are a bit more sensitive
about things like that compared to boys.
Is that so?
Well, because of your senses
you witnessed a satellite being shot down.
KAMIKAZARI JR HIGH
- Is something wrong?
- Let's change the way
- Wow, seriously?
- That's crazy!
I see.
Thank you. You saved us.
It's fine.
I had first dibs on you anyway.
The Dark Star that Shines
for You Alone (Part 2)
Sotoin said my dream was beautiful.
Beautiful? I didn't want
such pretty words to adorn my torment.
- MAYUMI DOJIMA, ASTRONAUT
- Astronaut.
My torment, and my dreams,
were not a tool for you to pass time.
But those weren't my true feelings.
Not only did I mock my own dream,
I even think it's ugly.
WITH THE DAWN
I greeted the morning of my 14th birthday
still unable to find anything.
It was the morning of my promise.
My time was up.
I must say
it is still premature to give up!
What do you mean by that, Leader?
The promise you made with your parents was
until you turn 14 years old, Right?
- MANABU SOTOIN
- What was the exact time of your birth?
- Time of my birth?
- MAYUMI DOJIMA
I believe it was sometime
in the early evening.
Wait, you can't mean...
Yes, that is exactly what I mean.
In other words, we still have
added time left until evening!
You know, that may be true but,
I can understand if it was until night,
but we're talking early evening.
You just don't understand, Mayumi Dojima.
Even during the day, you can observe
celestial bodies like the sun and moon.
Well, of course, if we're talking about
the sun or the moon.
I see.
- NAGAHIRO SAKIGUCHI, MICHIRU FUKUROI
- Come on, Nagahiro.
You can't possibly be thinking about
incorporating a stupid opinion.
No, Michiru. That was simply
an opinion given by a stupid person,
so it is not, in the least,
a stupid opinion.
- HYOTA ASHIKAGA
- What do you mean, Nagahiro?
Well, one new theory has been born.
There's something I'd like to research.
Miss Dojima.
In any case, when you return home,
please use the argument
our leader just gave to your parents.
And can you please come
to the Art Room once again after school?
Perhaps we may be able
to give you some good news.
Don't get your hopes up too high, Dojima.
He may seem pretty decent among us
but he's got a Lolita complex
and dating a first grader.
No need to fear.
His Lolita complex aside, Nagahiro
is a good guy who's hard to find nowadays.
No, no. That's something that no matter
what surgical procedure is used
- LOLITA COMPLEX
- it cannot be removed.
She's not my significant other
but a fiance.
One that my parents arranged
without telling me.
You're fully aware of that, Captain.
However...
When he said not to get your hopes up...
That part may be true.
REMARKS AND SHADOWING
- DOJIMA
- I easily convinceed my parents.
The deadline for our promise
was extended until sunset today.
I forgot my glasses.
I'm screwed.
I saw it.
Anyways, I need to hurry to school.
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Anyways, I need to hurry to school.
But I can't walk too fast, either.
Two people?
And the one person behind me makes three.
Wow, I'm really popular, huh?
Sheesh, sheesh, sheesh, sheesh!
I don't understand.
I don't even have time to ponder that!
What in the world is going on?
Hop on!
RIDING DOUBLE
Don't let go of me!
Hyota the Adonis.
He isn't only
about superficial beauty, huh?
SABOTAGE
So, how was it, Dojima?
Were you able to convince
your strict parents?
I convinced them, or rather...
Well, they did give me more time.
I see, I see. Dojima, you're a good girl.
What do you mean, good girl?
Well, if it were me,
I'd never keep a promise like that.
That's right. It's pretty recent,
but my parents got divorced.
Back then, tons of people told them
they pity the child after the divorce.
That's what people say because they look
down upon kids of single parents, right?
I get it if they said the child
gets inconvenienced from a divorce.
Anyway, when they were trying
to make such an important decision,
I didn't want them
to use me as some excuse.
You too, if you're to give up your dream,
you have to give it up yourself
or I'd feel sorry for your Mom and Dad.
Or not exactly sorry rather then
feel like a burden to them
I just don't get it to begin with.
Why are your Mom and Dad against
your dream of becoming an astronaut?
Can it be...
that it has something to do with how you
get mad when someone praises your eyes?
That has nothing to do with it.
Not at all.
- JOINING UP
- This and that aren't related.
Are you okay?
Perfect.
What part of a middle school kid
getting chased by adults is perfect?
I'm all right.
I mean, Hyota nonchalantly saved me.
No, that was pretty close.
- Please brew me some tea.
- You've gotten rather shameless.
It's fine, though.
Anyone else want a drink?
That's right, I don't see signs of their leader.
Oh, our leader, unlike us members, is a Kogoro.
He'll show up after school.
- KOGORO
- Kogoro...
- you said?
- KOGORO AKECHI
Yes. So please bare with us
until after school.
I gave account of this morning's events
once again to everyone.
I see.
It seems the bad hunch
I didn't want to be true has come true.
Nagahiro. You knew from the beginning
that this would happen?
I wasn't expecting for things to happen
this quickly, though.
I didn't deem this to be dangerous
until after I started the investigation.
As I was researching occurrences
ten years ago with Sosaku
a shocking truth came to light.
A shocking truth?
Yes. I would like to give an explanation
regarding that matter.
Please listen.
VICE-CAPTAIN'S SOLUTION FOR THE MYSTERY
Ladies and gentlemen,
I request your attention!
As our leader had mentioned,
this is quite a beautiful request.
As a boy myself, I cannot help
but feel a spark of joy in my heart.
To find a star all on your own,
and to even name it.
A star just for you, and no one else.
And if you name it after a loved one
there'll be no other desire so cherished.
No, this has nothing to do
with my first-grader girlfriend.
Please stay quiet, Hyota.
In other words, I want to say is that
the beautiful case of searching a star
has always been
an eternal desire from humanity.
The universe is under constant watch.
It is always observed.
Despite its observation, this star
has not been found for the past 10 years.
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Despite its observation, this star
has not been found for the past 10 years.
What does this mean?
Yes Michiru, if we were to make
an ordinary deduction,
we would say the star
never existed to begin with,
that it was simply a misunderstanding
on the part of the 4-year-old Dojima.
However, if our leader were here,
he'd rightfully reject this deduction,
and say that it is not beautiful at all.
I just mentioned that
the universe is under constant watch.
But there is a fallacy in this expression.
The hint lies in the comment
made by our leader this morning.
That's right. People make astronomical
observations mainly at night.
Therefore, the universe is astronomically
observed only half the day, not constantly
In other words, the theory that
I had come up with earlier
was that Miss Dojima didn't see the star
during the evening hours,
but it was perhaps
an occurrence in broad daylight.
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION (DAYTIME)
An occurrence in broad daylight?
Right. That's right.
I was a four-year-old child, after all.
It's an age that's terrible
for doing things at night.
But what of it?
Even if it was daytime in Japan,
but night in some foreign country,
wouldn't the skies
be destined to be observed after all?
However, that depends
on where you deem the universe to be.
To put it simply,
if the star Dojima claims to have seen
was at a distance so close to Earth,
you could say that it's impossible
to see it outside Japan due to its angle.
Also, similar to how you can see the moon
during the day,
you could say that she was able to see it
during the day because it was close by.
I see.
You know what? It's like how
you can see meteors during the day.
You mean she saw a meteor burning up
in the atmosphere and took it for a star?
However, if it's an object flying in from
outer space, even if it landed in Japan,
it would still be witnessed
all over the world.
However, on the point that it burned up
is basically correct.
Sakiguchi?
I appreciate your thoughtfulness.
So, it's okay for you
to be blunt about it.
I'm ready to accept it now.
If an object that was at an altitude that
you recognize as being in outer space,
and that was the star
that I had witnessed,
then that is no longer
what people would call a new star.
- That means it wasn't a star worthy...
- MAYUMI DOJIMA ASTRONAUT
to be the objective of a dream
where one would wish to depart for it.
I made a mistake of some kind.
I'm sure I made a mistake somewhere,
and completely wasted the last ten years.
So, no matter what kind of conclusion
it is, I won't blame it on Sakiguchi.
I won't blame
the Pretty Boy Detective Club.
No matter what the conclusion,
or no matter what the deduction.
It'll be my responsibility for being
the one who's been making that mistake.
Please say it. Please tell me.
What was that object I saw that day?
It wasn't just any star,
but an artificial satellite.
It wasn't just any artificial satellite...
- SOSAKU YUBIWA
- a military satellite.
SPACE WAR
Imagine a certain civilian
military company
developed and launched an
independent military satellite in secret.
Along with, of course,
careful consideration of camouflaging.
They fabricated some other objective
and launched it.
But the mission had to be aborted.
Aborted?
By that, I mean it was shot down.
It had been shot down, and it was
an event with no public knowledge.
Then, the star that I had seen...
In other words, it was the light
from when that satellite was shot down?
That's probably what happened.
Huh? But isn't that strange?
We're talking about outer space.
There's no oxygen out there.
We learned that in grade school.
Without oxygen, matter won't combust.
I see, you don't learn about that
in grade school.
Even without oxygen, even in outer space,
there's an exceptional form of combustion
it starts regardless of trivial matters.
Nuclear fusion.
Shot down by a nuke.
That's something
that can't be public knowledge.
And as if nothing had happened,
without anyone ever knowing,
the incident quietly came to an end.
WITNESS
What's going to happen to me?
Will I be kidnapped?
Will I be erased?
Nothing's going to happen.
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Because we're here with you.
Nothing will happen.
Am I wrong, Nagahiro?
No matter who we're up against,
it doesn't matter. I mean, it's us.
Yes, of course.
No matter what kind of circumstances
the adults have, it doesn't matter.
We are boys.
What is up with these people?
How can they be laughing
in a situation like this?
The Pretty Boy Detective Club.
Oh no. I'm so happy.
I'm so happy that they'll stay with me.
I'm so happy that they'll stay on my side.
So realistically,
should I be contacting the police?
They'd scoff at you and that'd be it.
If you say, I saw a military satellite
being shot down with a nuke 10 years ago,
I don't think they'd ever believe you.
It's not like you have evidence, right?
If you don't have evidence,
why not make some?
At the very least, you being
chased this morning is the truth.
Sure.
That's why if we can instead
get at least one guy from their side,
that would be living proof right there.
Yeah.
That's a dangerous plan.
I'm sure they'll be on alert
for someone tailing the tailer.
There's also the possibility
that they're armed.
- Armed.
- Then let me do this.
I'm here for times like this, right?
No, you're here because
the food you make is tasty.
Rest assured, boys.
I have a secret tactic.
SECRET TACTIC
I see.
The good kids will head to class.
The bad kids will proceed
with the secret tactic.
MANABU SOTOIN, SOSAKU YUBIWA,
HYOTA ASHIKAGA, MAYUMIDOJIMA
THE BAD KIDS
Basically, we'll follow the plan
that Hyota devised.
We'll have those guys lose track of you.
My plan is to capture them
when they become restless and panic.
But they probably figured out
what school I go to already.
Mayumi Dojima, who do you think we are?
Like I'd know. Who are you guys?
Get a hold of yourself.
We're the Pretty Boy Detective Club.
The third rule of Pretty Boy
Detective Club, Be a detective.
And when you hear detective,
what do you think of?
Like I'd know. What is it?
When you hear detective,
of course you think of disguises!
It's your turn, Sosaku! Finish her up!
I'm going to be finished up?
THE ART SQUAD
OF THE PRETTY BOY DETECTIVE CLUB
He finished me up.
Th-This is me?
I thought you hated beautiful people.
I hate them. I absolutely hate them.
Gosh, I hate
that I turned into something like this.
But it's not worth losing my life over,
so I'll bear with it for today.
This is no good.
Absolutely no good!
What part of this is no good, Sotoin?
This is too beautiful, Sosaku!
I've been telling you that your skill is
your biggest merit and your only flaw!
It'd be fine if this pretty boy
has a quirk or two like us,
but if such an orthodox pretty boy
was walking home from school
without a girl, it'd be strange!
You'll draw attention instead.
Oh, you leave me no choice.
It's the leader's job to follow up
with a member's failure, I mean success.
I will lend a helping hand, then.
A necessity has been created.
I'll have to ask you
for one more job, Sosaku!
BEST COUPLE
THIS IS MANABU
Hey, Sotoin. Can I ask you a question?
Only if that question is beautiful.
Why do you go this far?
Isn't it wiser to retreat at this point
for the Pretty Boy Detective Club?
I see. I didn't think of that idea,
that is indeed a wise way to tackle this.
However, that is not a beautiful way
to do it.
That goes against
my sense of aestheticism.
Rest assured, Mayumi Dojima.
We don't protect our confidentiality,
but we do protect our clients.
A pretty boy, no, a pretty girl
said something like that to me,
and I got this indescribable feeling.
You could say I was embarrassed,
or that I felt miserable.
They fixed me up to be so beautiful,
and turned me into a pretty boy.
But in the end, the person inside me
is still the same me.
It's just like Cinderella.
You know how it is when Cinderella
dressed up with the old lady's magic,
and the prince fell in love
with her at the ball,
and he sought her out
with the glass slipper as the clue.
But she didn't do anything.
She's a very passive princess.
I don't think Cinderella
did absolutely nothing.
The days of hardship she endured
with her malicious stepmother
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The days of hardship she endured
with her malicious stepmother
should be more than enough for a reward.
There would be something wrong
if she wasn't rewarded.
Likewise, during the past ten years
that you've spent searching for the star
will not be a waste, either.
We, who you've met as a result of that,
will never let it go to waste.
You will definitely be rewarded.
Even if that star doesn't exist.
By the way, if I were to say more
about the story of Cinderella,
Why did the dress and carriage magic
get undone at the stroke of midnight
but the glass slippers didn't disappear
along with them.
But in my opinion, I don't come across
such a foolish question that often.
Of course, that is a clever arrangement
made by the Fairy Godmother!
Just because she was dressed up,
just because she was put on a carriage,
and just because
she was simply decorated superficially,
Cinderella carried a beautiful spirit
and went to the ball at the castle.
And if that doesn't deserve any rewards...
then what in the world
would count as magic?
MISSION FAILURE
In any case, we faked a pretty couple
and got past the group surrounding us.
I think. Probably.
But still, you are rather sensitive.
Normally, you can't tell
whether or not you're being tailed.
I'd never be able to notice.
Well, girls are a bit more sensitive
about things like that compared to boys.
Is that so?
Well, because of your senses
you witnessed a satellite being shot down.
KAMIKAZARI JR HIGH
- Is something wrong?
- Let's change the way
- Wow, seriously?
- That's crazy!
I see.
Thank you. You saved us.
It's fine.
I had first dibs on you anyway.
The Dark Star that Shines
for You Alone (Part 2)