Chibi Maruko — Chan Japanese Subtitle

Silence. Even the cicadas stopped.

Then Maruko looked up. “Hey, Tama-chan came over today with a beetle.”

Her grandfather, Tomozou, was trying to fix a broken fan. “Patience, Maruko. Boredom is the seed of creativity.” He paused, then added, “Or so the TV said.” Chibi Maruko Chan Japanese Subtitle

That evening, at dinner, Maruko was uncharacteristically quiet. Her mother, Hiroko, worried she had a fever. Her father, Hiroshi, wondered if she’d broken something.

Maruko squinted. “Sa-ka… no… kage? ‘Shadow’? He’s talking to his shadow? That’s weird, even for me.” Silence

Post-credits scene: The next day, Maruko tries to make her own silent film with a red beach ball and her little brother, Nagoro. Nagoro pops the ball with a stick. Maruko chases him around the yard, screaming. The Japanese subtitle that would appear, if one existed, reads simply: 「姉妹愛は複雑です。」(“Sisterly love is complicated.”)

“That… that was a good story,” Maruko choked out. “Hey, Tama-chan came over today with a beetle

“Grandpa! What’s this?”