"You did care, that's why you come in so early."
Early Bird Marina and a Bouquet from the Heart is episode eleven of Ojamajo Doremi.
Opening clip[]
A girl in Doremi's class waters some pretty flowers and she comments on them. A shelf nearby reveals many other colorful plants.
Summary[]
Marina is a sweet classmate of Doremi's who tends to the classroom and school flowers every day. But after another classmate insults her, its up to Hazuki to help restore her compassion.
Recap[]
One day Hazuki shows up early to school to get some violin practice in. She heads to her classroom when she spots another student, Marina, inside opening the window and putting a vase of flowers on a desk. She silently observes Marina as she begins to clean the desks off, catching her off-guard when she looks up to find Hazuki standing there. When class begins later, Hazuki tells Doremi and Aiko what she saw, and she exchanges smiles with Marina.
The next morning the same event occurs and Marina asks Hazuki what she has been coming so early for. Hazuki explains an upcoming recital on Sunday and she wants to get in as much practice as possible since she isn't convinced she is ready yet. The two girls begin chatting about how much they have been learning about each other lately, then Hazuki leaves for the music room. She changes into her witch apprentice uniform to summon a group of vegetable people as a practice audience and resumes playing.
Later, as everyone reads in class, Seki-sensei silently thanks Marina for the flowers she prepared for the room. Marina expresses happiness and continues reading.
During break everyone has gone out to play while Marina works pulling weeds from the flower patches. Doremi, Hazuki, and Aiko pay her a visit and Marina mentions that she is happy tending to the daisies -her favorite flowers- when a ball comes out of nowhere and lands in them. The four girls stare in shock when Kimura and the guys come to get their soccer ball back, with Doremi angrily chewing them out for being so reckless, but they upset her further when they question where she gets off doing that. She ignores them and with Aiko, they demand an apology for what they did. Kimura refuses, saying a girl like Marine doesn't deserve one. This deeply hurts Marina's feelings and she runs away, refusing to listen to Hazuki when she follows after her to try to calm her down.
The following day, Hazuki begins to worry when Marina doesn't show up early. A bit later, Aiko and Doremi show up, along with their classmates and Marina, who appears to be in a foul mood. Hazuki asks her if she is alright but Marina doesn't want to talk, telling her that she won't be cleaning the classroom or tending to the flowers anymore.
During recess Doremi and Aiko angrily yell at Kimura for being so cruel towards Marina's feelings- unaware she is watching them. Hazuki tries speaking to her again, but Marina states her mother is to blame for encouraging her to act like this, because when she was little she had trouble making friends and fitting in. Her mom suggested that she try coming to class early to brighten up the room and tend to the flowers since she liked them so much. Marina agreed because she loves flowers, but she tells Hazuki that she hates doing it, then she storms off.
At the Maho-do, everyone continues to discuss the drama going on back at School. Hazuki points out that she has a lot in common with Marina; because she also had to do something she didn't want to at first but now she really likes it, and she believes Marina feels the same way. She just feels really bad after Kimura treated her poorly and doesn't know how to handle it. The girls continue to chat until a customer arrives, and to their surprise they see Kimura by the entrance. Doremi is quick to snap at Kimura, but he claims he only came to check out the store when he finds a strange charm. With the girls giving him problems he decides to purchase it and quickly leaves.
That evening Hazuki tries to practice the violin but she is too depressed to focus when Rere notices this. She attempts to come up with an idea on how she can help Marina, and decides to visit her the next morning. She gets up early and heads over to Marina's house, but she briskly snaps at her for being nosy and tells her to mind her own business. She returns inside, leaving Hazuki to sadly head to school on her own.
Later, the girls take notice of the poor weather outside. It's become dark and windy. This worsens during break, when Kimura happens to notice Marina is observing the flowers. He expresses concern seeing as they are beginning to be pulled from the ground due to the heavy wind, and as school concludes it begins to pour outside. Aiko suggests they should try to seek home or shelter as quick as possible, but Hazuki worriedly heads outside to check on the garden to discover Kimura is trying to protect it with some rope and a tarp. Marina comes by and briskly tells him not to bother, then she leaves as he ignores her.
It's then the tarp is pulled out of his grasps and Hazuki panics after realizing Kimura is getting a fever. She rushes him to the nurses office and returns in order to try to save the flowers, hoping this will fix everything.
At home, Marina tries to bring the flowers from outside in when her mom forces her back inside. Marina starts thinking about how much effort Kimura put into trying to protect the flowers though, causing her to begin to feel guilty and worry about them. She wishes to return to school and rushes outside again, but her mom refuses to let her leave.
Hazuki transforms and tried to think of a way to protect the flowers, summoning a miniature greenhouse. But it only lasts a few seconds, causing her to panic until Doremi, Aiko, and their fairies show up. The girls explain that Doremi made an attempt to call Hazuki, but when she didn't answer they figured she was still at the school and they returned to make sure she's alright. Since their magic is not enough alone, the girls decide to combine it by using Magical Stage in order to summon many tiny umbrella. The umbrella come together over each section of flowers and they keep them safe from the raging storm above. The girls take shelter nearby to wait a little while before heading home.
The following day, Misora has become damp and wet with many puddles all over town. Marina leaves early and heads right over to the school as the tiny umbrella vanish, and she is shocked to see that they are safe and have began to bloom. She is joined by Hazuki as she expresses relief, and Hazuki claims that it was Kimura who saved them. Feeling better, Marina decides to finish the story she began to tell Hazuki, mentioning that at first she didn't like what her mother suggested- but eventually she started to. She really loves flowers and is relieved that she can continue to do so. Hazuki agrees as she explains that it was her violin she used to detest, but now she loves to play it.
Once school ends, Marina pays Kimura a visit after being informed of his illness. He answers the door and expresses surprise to see her, and hesitantly she hands him a flower as thanks for what he did. They become a bit awkward and share a laugh as the trio are watching them from nearby. They make so much noise that it alerts the duo to their presence, and they bolt the second they realize this, nearly knocking over Hazuki.
Major Events[]
- Characters introduced: Marina, Kimura
- Marina and Kimura's relationship begins with this episode.
Quotes[]
- Marina: Are you going to practice today?
- Hazuki: The recital is on Sunday so I want to practice more. This is the only time of the day that the music room is available.
- Marina: I didn't know that.
- Hazuki: Eh?
- Marina: I didn't know you play the violin Hazuki-chan.
- Hazuki: If I didn't come earlier I wouldn't have known about you either. Marina-chan, you did so many things for us.
- Marina: I quit... I don't want to be the first one in class anymore.
- Doremi: She's still shocked by Kimura's words.
- Aiko: Look's like it...
Errors[]
- As Hazuki walks into the room to see Marina, her legs go missing.
- At one point Marina is shown with brown eyes, instead of dark blue.
- Hazuki's tap beads go out of order during the beginning of the episode when she appears in apprentice form.
- Hazuki's left arm becomes disformed after she stops chasing Marina.
- When the girls cast Magical Stage, it was not shown to be raining. But as they are standing in the rain, it should have been visible.
- Kimura has light skin when he holds the flower; but his normal skin-coloring is tan.
- As Hazuki and Doremi watch Aiko in shock, Hazuki lacks her ponytail and her bow is brown.
Dub Changes[]
Trivia[]
- Doremi references episode 9 while they make charms during this episode.
- It's shown that class begins around 8:00 am.