We Love Sweets![]
The girls try making their favorite Homura treats!
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Story 1 |
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| Honoka: Good morning, everyone! Today's a beautiful day!
Umi: I've been looking forwards to helping make Japanese sweets at Homura Bakery today. Rin: I'm still tired... Eli: I feel great! The weather's so beautiful, how could I not? How about you, Alisa? Alisa: Yeah! Honoka: Whoa! Alisa's here today, too? Yukiho will be happy. Alisa: I'm looking forward to today, too! Honoka: Oh? Speaking of... Good morning, Yukiho. Yukiho: You're up pretty early, sis... Oh! What are you all doing here? Alisa, too? Alisa: Everyone's here to help out at Homura Bakery today. Yukiho: Really? Is that right? Kotori: That's right. I'm looking forward to helping. Nico: I'm not particularly excited... Maki: So, you're going to head home early then, Nico? Nico: I-I didn't say that! I was kind of looking forward to it. And you'd all be sad without me here. Maki: Yes, yes. You never change, Nico. Nico: What? I don't need to hear that from Ms. Hot-and-Cold! Maki: What's that supposed to mean! Nozomi: Hee hee... Well, you two seem to be having fun. Yukiho: But... it's a holiday. We shouldn't be asking all of you to help out. Right? Honoka: What are you saying, Yukiho? It's fine, everyone's already here. Yukiho: But... Hanayo: Yukiho, we're not here because we have to be. We're all here because we want to help. Yukiho: Is that right? I don't really think it's much fun to help out. Umi: We all wanted to help because we really like Homura Bakery's Japanese sweets. Kotori: We're all happy and looking forward to helping out at Homura Bakery. Yukiho: Really? Eli: It's not just that. We like Homura Bakery, but we also care about Honoka. Yukiho: Huh? Umi: It's perfectly normal to want to help someone you care about, don't you think? Honoka: Hey, Eli and Umi. Cut it out, you're embarrassing me... Hanayo: We all really care about Honoka, but we also care about you, Yukiho, Alisa: Me too... I want to make Japanese sweets with you, Yukiho! Yukiho: I see.. Thank you, everyone. Honoka: Heh heh... I'm glad you're all here to help. I think my mom's going to give us a lot of work. Terrible, isn't it? Honoka's mother: What'd you say, Honoka? Honoka: Whoa! Where'd she come from? Honoka: Our mom can get pretty scary when she's angry. Honoka's mother: Ahem... Honoka: I-I didn't say anything! Honoka's mother: Thank you, everyone. Let's work together today. Together: Yes, ma'am. Nico: This is all great and everything, but can we hurry up and get inside? It's cold out here! Nozomi: It's all right, Nico-cchi, you don't have to hide your embarrassment. Nico: I'm not hiding anything! It's seriously cold... Ah-ah-achoo! Nozomi: Wow, it must be cold! Nico: Didn't I just say so? Ah-ah-achoo! Honoka: All right then, everyone inside, |
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Story 2 |
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| Umi: Is everyone wearing an apron and a bandana?
Kotori: Yes! I'm wearing mine! Honoka: Hey, Yukiho, can you make some tea? Yukiho: Sis! Isn't everyone about to get started? Hanayo: What are we going to make today? I hope I'll be helping with something I can actually do... Nozomi: Agreed. Maybe we'll be making the Homura Bakery signature sweet buns? Honoka's mother: I thought you could all help make New Year's celebration sweets. Eli: New Year's celebration, huh? Honoka's mother: I've made some already... Please take a look. Together: Wow! Umi: They're so wonderfully delicate. Kotori: The one with the small bird on a while rice cake is beautiful. Honoka's mother: Today, you'll be making one of these. They're decorated with plum blossoms. Umi: Can you eat the plum blossoms? Honoka's mother: Yes, of course you can. Eli: Harasho! Alisa: This is the first time I've seen such beautiful sweets! Hanayo: The plum blossoms are really pretty, don't you think, Rin? Rin: I wonder if I'll be able to make these... Hanayo: Hey, Rin? Rin: ...Huh? Hanayo: Are you OK? You're kind of spaced out. Rin: O-oh, it's nothing. The sweets are really pretty, I was just caught off guard... Hanayo: Really? Well then, that's OK. They really are pretty. Honoka's mother: OK, how about I show you how to make them? First you... Kotori: Once you do that, it becomes a plum blossom. It's so fluffy and pink and cute. Honoka: This yellow fondant makes the stamen and pistil at the center of the flowers. Umi: Wrap the sweet bean paste with fondant... Use a spatula to put in into the box... Yukiho: Put the flower that Kotori made here, and... done. Nozomi: Put this here and... It's hard to use this spatula... Eli: But your flower turned out beautifully, Nozomi. Nozomi: Yours looks great too, Eli. Alisa: Hmm... Mine looks kind of lumpy and weird. Hanayo: Hmm... Um... What if we do this? Is it OK now? Honoka: Yeah, that's it! Nico: ...Hey Maki, get over here and help me out. Maki: Huh? I'm not really all that good at this, either! Nico: Really? Rin: Wait... Oh... Why isn't this working right? Nico: Rin can't see to do it, either... Maybe I should leave making sweets to those who are better at it. Maki: The right job to the right person. We should help clean up. Rin: No... I don't want to! I want to finish this! Rin: Just give me a minute. I'm sure I can get this if I just keep trying! Alisa: Me too... I don't want to give up yet... Umi: Rin... Alisa... Rin: I know I'm bad at cooking... But I really want to try to make these beautiful sweets. I mean, look at how pretty they are. Hanayo: Rin... It's all right, Rin! You can do it! Honoka: All right, let's help Rin and Alisa! Hanayo: Here, Rin, I'll help guide you. Let's work together. Rin: Wait... Really? Thank you, Hanayo! I'll do my best! Yukiho: I'll help you, Alisa. I'm sure you can do it! Alisa: Thanks... I'll do my best! Honoka: All right! Time for a crash course! |
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Story 3 |
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Rin: Oh, I think I've got it! Now put the spatula into the bowl while I turn it. 
Umi: That's right! It looks great. Alisa: Like this... Is this where the flower goes? Nozomi: It looks really cute! You're doing great, Alisa! Alisa: Heh heh... Rin: OK, we take the base I made... Alisa: And we add the flower I made... Rin: Wow! We did it! Eli: Harasho... You two are amazing! It looks beautiful. Alisa: I'm so happy... I made this beautiful confection! Hanayo: I'm glad... You two worked really hard. Rin: Oh, I'm so happy! Thank you, Alisa! Thank you, Hanayo! Thank you, everyone! Kotori: All right, everyone! Let's channel this energy into making the rest of them! Nico: Wait a minute! Hanayo: Huh? Nico: ...Please teach me, too. Maki: I want to learn, too! Maki: I feel really motivated after watching Rin and Alisa work so hard. Rin: Wow! Here, I'll teach you. Eli: Hee hee. Now Rin and Alisa get to make the model confection. Alisa: Yep! Rin: Time for Professor Rin's class to begin! Maki: Done! Is this right? Alisa: Perfect! Nico: I did it! I call this a "Love Nico Flower"! Rin: That's a cute plum blossom. Maki: You two are great teachers. I did it with no trouble. Alisa: I really know which tasks are difficult... Nico: You make a better teacher than I would have thought, Rin. Rin: Professor Rin gives help to those who need it. Honoka's mother: How's it coming along? Honoka: We're almost done! Nico: Maki and I will be making the last ones soon. Honoka's mother: Wow! These all look beautiful! Honoka: You've all done a great job making these for us. Eli: Great job, Alisa. Alisa: Heh heh... Hanayo: Yours looks really pretty too, Rin! Rin: Aw, shucks... Umi: The ones Nico and Maki made look very elegant as well. Nico: Don't they? My Japanese confections just exude elegance. Maki: I was sure I couldn't do it... But I'm glad I tried. Honoka's mother: You've made a lot of them. so you can each eat one. Nozomi: Really? That's really lucky! Yukiho: I've made tea. Eli: Mmm... This is so delicious! Kotori: It just slowly melts in your mouth! It's amazing how delicious this is! Alisa: Harasho! Yukiho: Homura Bakery may be famous for our steamed buns, but our fresh sweets are delicious, too. Honoka's mother: Would you all like to place the sweets you've made today out for sale to the customers? Kotori: I'd love to! Nico: I'll help! Everyone will be delighted! Honoka: Let's all head out to the storefront and see if we can call in some customers! I'm sure we'll be able to sell lots! |
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Story 4 |
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| Honoka: How about some sweets from Homura Bakery?
Umi: New Year's sweets, available for a limited time only! Maki: Why...? Nobody's buying our sweets... Hanayo: But they're so cute... Honoka's mother: How's it going? Have we gotten any customers? Kotori: Well... Honoka's mother: I see. How are you calling out to customers? Hanayo: We said, "We're selling New Year's sweets for a limited time, so please by them." Maki: We're being vert polite to the customer's we're serving. Rin: The sweets are cute, and pretty, and really delicious... I wonder why... Umi: They look brilliant, they're delicious... I think they're perfect for New Year's... Nozomi: A sweet that's this delicious and pretty... I'd want to eat it all year long, not just New Years. Honoka's mother: Heh heh... Isn't that what you should be telling the customers? Honoka: Huh? Eli: That's right... A shop saying "please buy" just sounds desperate. Hanayo: I see... We weren't recommending the sweets. Alisa: I get it! Umi: We didn't think about that. Kotori: We already know how delicious these sweets are. We know we'd recommend them. Rin: I really love these sweets! That's the message we need to spread! Eli: I get it! Everyone, let's try this again! Together: Yeah! Honoka: We did it! We sold every last one of them! Honoka's mother: Splendid! Everyone, thank you for your help today. Rin: I wonder if everyone who bough the sweets I made will be happy with them? Nozomi: Of course they will! They were so cute! Rin: Heh heh... Alisa: I had so much fun today! And I got to spend the day with Yukiho! Yukiho: I had fun too! Usually chores aren't very enjoyable, but today was a lot of fun! Rin: Phew... Now that we're finished, I'm feeling pretty tired... Hanayo: Rin, you were pretty focused today. Maki: I'm pretty tired, too. Kotori: I'm as tired as I usually am after our school idol practice. Eli: Making sweets, then selling them... That's really no small feat. Alisa: Honoka, you and your family are amazing for doing this every day! Honoka: That's right... Yukiho: Mama works very hard every day... Honoka's mother: Heh heh... I'm glad you understand. Honoka: Maybe I should skip the bread once in a while and eat Japanese confections instead... Rin: That reminds me, while we were selling sweets, an older gentleman said, "Today's sweets are wonderful!" Hanayo: Really? Was it one that we made? Rin: Yeah. He was really happy, and he even shook my hand. I was so incredibly happy! Hanayo: That's great, Rin! Umi: It's great that the sweets we made could make customers that happy. Honoka: Heh heh, that's great. It's like when we're school idols. Maki: Like when we're school idols? What is? Honoka: Whether working hard at practice, or making delicious sweets, we make people happy. Honoka: People are happy, just like when we sing as school idols. Kotori: I see... Nico: Japanese sweets and idols... Those two things are completely different. Eli: Are their foundations really that different? Rin: Today was so much fun... I want to come and help again sometime. Honoka: Please, by all means! Let's work hard as school idols... and at making sweets! Rin: All right! I love sweets, and being a school idol! |