Mahiru Kouzuki, a skilled artist, gives up on her passion after her elementary school classmates ridicule her colorful jellyfish mural. Several years later, upon encountering an unexpected admirer in Kano Yamanouchi, a former idol with a troubled past, Mahiru decides to pursue her childhood dreams once more. Tasked with designing the mascot for Kano's new music project, JELEE, Mahiru enlists the help of her childhood friend and professional streamer Kiui Watase to make JELEE's first music video. Together with Kim Anouk Mei Takanashi, a pianist and fan of Kano's work as an idol, the girls aim to turn JELEE into a global hit. However, if they want to succeed in this ambitious endeavor, they will first have to free themselves from the shackles of their pasts.
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00:00I
00:01Hear you'll be going around CD shops nationwide starting today. Is that right? Correct? This is our comeback
00:08So we want to go back to our roots first and we're going to do everything we did back when we came out with
00:13Our debut single you mean what the grown-ups told you
00:21Take it away
00:24Hi
00:25The Sunflower Dolls are coming back to kick things off officially. We're releasing a double a side single next Wednesday
00:32This will be the first time in two years
00:53My home it's gonna
00:56carry you know
00:58Oh
01:00Nika
01:02Nika
01:04Nika
01:06Nika
01:08Nika
01:10Nika
01:12Nika
01:14Nika
01:16Nika
01:18Nika
01:20Nika
01:22Oh
01:52Oh
02:22Hey, we got 10,000 views
02:26Isn't 10k with our first video pretty decent better than before see
02:33Right
02:35Yeah, I guess that's true
02:37By the way, may wasn't there something you wanted to ask of us?
02:41It's just that I was practicing this DTM thing, but now I feel like I'm getting stuck
02:46Um, so the thing is I want to create a track
02:50But I can't find where the role is
02:54Do you get it? That was totally some other weird language. That's it. Then. Yes, we gotta get some sort of interpreter
03:07I got an error
03:09It uh, it says something about an audio driver. You think maybe there's a screw loose somewhere
03:20Hey Kiwi
03:22If it's okay
03:24Could you maybe actually come here for a bit? I mean, I haven't even gotten to thank you in person for all your help
03:32You see, um, Kiwi is pretty busy and I don't want to impose, you know
03:45What I'll go if we do it at Kano's place
03:50Huh?
03:53Seriously having to tour CD shops in this day and age
03:56Isn't that way too analog remote work is the only way to go these days this campaign though was miss Yukimura's idea
04:04What are you being serious? Then? There's probably some unfathomable strategy that I couldn't possibly even hope to understand
04:12Amazing
04:15Thank you, sir, we put our hearts into these autographs a shop owner
04:20I'll make sure we push to promote these for the release date. Thank you so much
04:25Oh, and if you wouldn't mind that too
04:31That's certainly impressive, but I'm not sure we have a place to put it. Oh
04:38It's miss Yuki
04:42Right, no, actually he says he might not have a place to put it. Oh, well, we'll make space somewhere
04:58It's nothing really great I just live in a rundown apartment with my big sister
05:05Well, she's hardly ever home because of work oh here she comes
05:13Nice to meet you. I'm Kano Yamanouchi
05:16I make him a nuke Takanashi. Hey, I'm Kiwi. What is it?
05:25That hair color is amazing, huh? Yeah, it's lovely some pop idols have their hair like that these days
05:35Complimenting me won't get you anything
05:38What's that mean? You seem pretty cool. Yeah
05:42you too
05:43So it's Tata Kita pretty lax about their dress code. I had this image of black hair and conservative. Well
05:54Sorry, that was a lie
06:01All that about being popular and student council president was just tough talk I'm not going to school right now
06:08What then what we heard from miss Mahiru was all just uh, I made it all up sorry
06:16I see
06:19Then we're the same
06:21Huh? I don't go all that much either to school though
06:26Mine has a lot of students that are currently working in showbiz. So it's not that unusual really. Oh
06:33Okay
06:35Basically what you're telling me is jelly is really well-balanced with two normal high school girls and two exceptionally rebellious girls avoiding school
06:44All right, not really sure I'd call that well-balanced
06:50Anyway in all seriousness, though
06:54They both seem pretty nice don't you think so?
06:59Well, this beats getting hit on at least
07:02Oh
07:04Hey, can we stop by here for a second
07:08Tiramisu cups sounds delicious
07:11There's a long line though. Yeah, you coach. He featured it the other day. That's the power of
07:17350,000 followers. Sorry. We're not here to enjoy ourselves today. Remember that's true, though. They do look tasty
07:28Right, that's too bad
07:32Amazing once again, you can AP wins that life. Am I right? Hey Mero
07:37Oh, I really think you should stop adding P to the producer's name. What? Why would I doesn't P just stand for producer?
07:44I don't think anyone else besides you uses P to mean producer, but all you really did was drop her name
07:51Although that's amazing. I mean, it's the K records in Shinjuku
07:56Mm-hmm. That's why we're set. We just need to follow you
08:00You know what you might be right I mean if we make a comeback and flop that's it for us for sure this time
08:09After a scandal like that. Yeah
08:13Hey, come on no more gloomy talk
08:17You've moved on and it's all over and done with all right over and done with huh?
08:25Thanks for having us over
08:28Come on in
08:32Wow
08:34This is the life of a struggling artist. You'll ruin your health. What am I supposed to do? I'm no good at cooking
08:43Please don't be weird
08:47What's wrong, oh you wanted DTM, isn't that right?
08:53Oh
08:55Don't stare around too much, okay
09:05Hey before we do anything else I
09:09Think we need an icebreaker
09:11Okay. Yeah, we're not here to enjoy ourselves
09:14It's fine. This stuff is important when you're trying to work together as a team
09:19Hmm and that's not all
09:27Here each person gets one you really love your sea creatures, don't you my hero?
09:36That's not a good one, oh, I actually have good ones and bad ones
09:41Oh
09:42What's this one octopus an octopus? That's a good one. Um under what criteria?
09:49Hmm. What did I get? Oh
09:52a seahorse
09:54Not a good one, but it seems like it'd be good
09:57Seriously, what's your criteria?
09:59Let's see what I get
10:03What is it here look, huh, you got a jellyfish
10:08But of course jellies illustrator would get that Wow
10:12You better treasure that little thing
10:15Huh, I'm glad I got this but this is a team-building event, it's a symbol that your jellies leader what?
10:23Kano, do I see a blushing miss Mahiru? What are you implying? I refuse to make room for another fan
10:31My cheeks taste like fresh peaches, I'm the real sweetie of the sunflower dogs
10:38You're up next to Kari, can you introduce yourself?
10:44I'm not some little kid got it. I'm known as the sunflower dolls self-proclaimed sexy luscious one a Kari Suzumura
10:52Mr. Bond. Oh, I know. I just caught your eyes
10:56I'm the dreamy one of the sunflower dolls
11:04You girls keep it up I
11:07I
11:08See, I completely understand. He's him now
11:12Do you though you two done?
11:15Well, um, I taught her all that I could right then. Let's talk about scheduling
11:21Jelly's ultimate goal is to get 100,000 followers
11:25So stating all that for starters, I would like to release our next song by next Wednesday
11:30Huh?
11:31Huh?
11:33So then until that's done. I want us to get together every day
11:37You want us together every day, but um, we have to go back to school the day after tomorrow. I know
11:45But let's meet up in between all that. Come on
11:48Even I can tell that there's no way that's gonna work out for everyone. Mm-hmm. What about you may I'm very sorry
11:55No, no time. I have music lessons three times a week
11:58So but then what about the schedule? I mean about this schedule
12:05You just went and decided that on your own right? And why does it have to be by Wednesday? Anyway, well, um
12:13Well the sooner the better isn't it listen Kano I have a bunch of other stuff
12:18I have to do too like streaming and video editing not just this
12:21It'll be even tougher for the two going to school won't the end of the month or something work just as well
12:26But we have to get it done on time and I'm asking you just what exactly do you mean on time?
12:32Why is the end of the month too late? What's your reasoning your source?
12:36Well, because it's just if you don't have a reason then you need to listen to us
12:42You don't stand a chance arguing with an undefeated flame war champion. You are totally the unreasonable one Kano Yamanouchi
12:49Kano I understand how you feel but all of us have things other than jelly we have to be doing, you know
12:55I
13:01See then I'm gonna go run to the store
13:11What's up with her, huh, did I sound too harsh
13:19She said next Wednesday, didn't she
13:26Oh, I get it now if it's a rivalry thing, I can kind of understand where she's coming from, you know
13:47Hello
13:49You
14:01Please don't worry. I'm sure he's not actually betraying you
14:08Small pink girl, you're a really great woman, you know that
14:12Okay. So anyway, who are you all now? You're asking us
14:16Her friends, huh? I see. I get it now. She finally made some
14:26I'm her older sister me on by the way
14:29So where's Kano? I don't see her around anywhere
14:33Toilet. No, we actually just got into an argument earlier. Why she got an argument. Um, excuse me
14:41Uh, if you don't mind, will you please tell me what I don't know about no no time. Yeah, I would like to know as well
14:49Ah, I get it now
14:52You're the ones huh?
14:54Sure, why not? I'll pink girl here one anyway
14:59My sister wasn't the one who said she wanted to be an idol in the first place
15:04Our parents got divorced when we were in
15:07Elementary school and Kano became really attached to mom ever since she wanted to do whatever she could to please our mother
15:16The opposite for me
15:22Then you mean the one who applied to pop idol auditions focus on marrow a little longer
15:27The producer of the Sunflower Dolls yukinae Hayakawa if you didn't know already that's actually who our mother is
15:36the producer
15:40Because of that my sister was more diligent than anyone and got results to show for it
15:45But she was also isolated within the group and then there was that incident, right?
15:50The one who was supposed to be the producer of the Sunflower Dolls
15:54And then there was that incident right the one where they say Kano punched a fellow member
16:00Hmm. I never heard what exactly drove her to do a thing like that after she retired. She came to live here
16:07She spent every day holed up in her room living off nothing but energy bars and soda
16:12I told her that she'd die if she kept that up
16:16But she's been looking so much more alive these days a lot more positive
16:23Hey, I can't believe it what lately every day. It's just too fun
16:54I
17:05Haven't changed at all
17:13It's a symbol that you're jelly's leader
17:16I
17:19Can't get through to her. Well, do you have any leads to go off of there's a small gig, huh?
17:27Later tonight. The Sun Dolls are performing a mini gig at Hana Zono shrine. She might be there
17:34What's wrong?
17:36the venue is that way a
17:38Lonely person would find a lively place like that to stifling and claustrophobic
17:43I'm guessing Kano's headed for somewhere more
17:48Right, huh, you don't suppose
18:01What were you doing well, um, these are
18:05It was my bad what here hand him over
18:10Dude, why do you get six? Who are they for?
18:13Well, that's cuz they had six flavors and I didn't know which you'd all like
18:18Are you an idiot? What shut up? Come on. Let's go back. Okay
18:25Where's your room?
18:27Welcome home
18:32What the room I had some extra time on my hands while this do simmered yeah, thanks for this
18:43I
18:53Just sent you the drawing. Okay. Thanks. Wow. It's amazing. It's lovely. I have to do a good job. Oh, thanks
19:01Oh my are you smirking? I am NOT. Hey you guys don't you have to go home soon?
19:07I'll give us a break, huh?
19:10We may not be able to get together multiple times a week like you planned but let's give it our all tonight
19:22But why the sudden change of heart sorry, we actually heard a bunch about your past from your sister
19:30I'm sorry. I'm the one who asked you know what I
19:35I used to be the class superstar back in elementary school, but my fall from grace after that was pathetic
19:43I
19:45Bombed my first day. That's when I knew life in middle school was not going to go how I'd planned it
19:50You're telling me that's what happened
19:54Thank you
19:56For what, huh?
19:58Then then I suppose it's my turn next
20:01really
20:03To be honest, I'm really horrible at singing. Huh, but you're so good on the piano
20:10Miss Takanashi, you can stop there
20:16Even the teacher stopped me and that was devastating
20:19It felt like the whole world had decided that I was the odd one out. I
20:24Understand. Let's see. What can I say about me then go on?
20:29Actually, there's this person I'm kind of into right now
20:46Hey, can I change the lyrics here just a little bit then I'd like to make this part of the melody a lot brighter
20:52Can you just send me what you finished recording for now? I must say I like this phrase
20:57I want to draw another variation for this
21:04Just one more drink for me, please
21:19Okay, this is it right yeah
21:27Huh?
21:29We're done?
21:31Yeah!
21:58I know it's just me, but I can't help it
22:02I'm in such a hurry, I'm scared
22:05The light is fading
22:08Why am I here?
22:11What was I looking for?
22:13It's like I can't find it anywhere
22:18A warm resort, a cold reality
22:21What I received is in my pocket
22:23I've traveled a long way
22:26Let's go back to the place we should be
22:29Let's hold hands and go home
22:33To you who said welcome back
22:38To you who found me who was lost
22:43Words I can't say properly
22:48Don't laugh at the obvious
22:51I have to reply
22:53Thank you for being here
23:21Wake up everyone! Hey, the repost! Look at the repost!
23:34What?!
23:36It went viral somehow!