Episode 03: Swaying Thoughts

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**Swaying Thoughts** (ゆれる想い *Yureru Omoi*) is the third episode of the anime Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.

## Plot

Hanon finds out that the handsome man she met at the festival is her new music teacher Tarou Mitsuki. A new girl arrives at Lucia's class.

## Summary

Lucia is cleaning outside of the hotel as Hanon came to announce to her that she will be living with Lucia from now on.

Taki and Nikora talk to Lucia about Hanon's company with her. Taki is fortune telling with some of the restaurants straws and tells everyone that the lucky colour of the day is green, when she throws the straws in the air. Nikora gets slightly annoyed and she bends over to pick the straws up. Hanon warns Lucia about the possibility of her turning into bubbles. Later on, Hippo is shown to be standing next to Hanon's luggage. He sees a package covered in a bow. He asks Hanon what's on it. Hanon unties the bow and shows him and Lucia her jelly-fish, Pura-chan.

Hanon and Lucia are walking to school together. Hanon thanks Lucia for helping her with the move. A stranger starts to talk to them. Hanon notices that he is the same guy that she bumped into in the spring festival. He starts talking to Hanon and reveals them he is the new music teacher of the school named "Mitsuki Taro". Hanon repeats his name for 2 times in her head. Lucia tries to introduce herself but Hanon pushes her and introduces herself instead. They say Goodbye on each other. Another girl appears with green hair. Lucia and Hanon stare at her.

Later in class, it is revealed she is their new classmate and the other students start complimenting her. Lucia supposes she is a transfer student. Lucia's teacher introduces Rina and then asks her to sit. She and Kaito start staring at each other. During the break time, Lucia and Hanon introduce themselves on her. However, she ignores both and leaves the classroom. Hanon gets mad and starts offending her and Lucia tries to justificate her. Hanon leaves before Lucia decided that she will become friends with Rina.

In the afternoon, Madam Taki and Hippo were watching the news along with Nikora when she came into the room. The news claimed that the singer Jennifer Houston just arrived in Japan. Nikora and Madame Taki saw her pendant and thought that she could be the Princess of the Green Pearl. Meanwhile in Gaito's castle, Izuru and Eriru guessed the same thing, Gaito sent both to find out.

Later, Hanon is taking a bath while Lucia is on her desk making 3 rings: a pink ring, an aqua ring, and a green ring. She gives the aqua one to Hanon, picks the pink one for her. Hanon compliments Lucia with the rings and asking why there is one extra. She tells her she will give it to Rina but Hanon tries to change her mind about Rina.

The next day at school, Lucia is looking for Rina to give her the green ring. Hanon is detached by the sound of piano music playing and wants to find out who is playing it. She found out that Taro is the one who is playing it and she starts discussing with him about music. Meanwhile, Lucia is looking for Rina in the roof of the school. There, she saw her "kissing" with Kaito. Lucia was shocked and dropped the ring there as she left. However, they were not kissing but staring at each other's eyes. He asks Rina why are they doing it but Rina tells him that she will reveal who he really is. After Rina left, he found a green ring on the ground and picked it up. Hanon was trying to justify that Rina and Kaito couldn't be kissing but playing Niramekko. Lucia asks her why on the roof of the school but Hanon says it's pretty unusual. Hanon advised her to ask him directly. Lucia gets ready to ask him what he was doing there with Rina but her mind thinks of Rina and Kaito kissing and makes her uncomfortable to ask.

At the evening, Lucia returns home as she sees a woman stalking outside the hotel. She attacks her with her bag and the woman tells her that she is just a customer. Lucia apologizes. The woman said it's okay and she will call her if she needs anything, Lucia is listening to some music sitting in her bed. However, this woman is revealed to be Jennifer Houston. She heard that someone was playing her music in the hotel. Lucia was singing along with the lyrics. Jennifer and Lucia start arguing for the song when she stops it. Lucia told her situation was similar to the song lyrics. This woman reveals to Lucia her true identity and thanks her for liking her song. Meanwhile, Hippo's Pearl Radar did not catch any Green Pearl reactions. Jennifer tells Lucia what happened to her too. Lucia tells her that she must be sure for what happened to her and quickly get out of the hotel with Hanon and call for a Taxi to get them. They finally find him and Lucia encourages Jennifer to ask him. As they are read to talk, Izuru destroys it by taking them into the sea. Lucia and Hanon jump in, in order to save those two. Meanwhile, Izuru and Eriru are fighting for who will verify what's with Jennifer's pendant. Later, they try capture the 2 mermaids. Lucia and Hanon transform and sing Legend of Mermaid to defeat them. Richard tells Jennifer the truth and they eventually kiss that encourages Lucia to do ask Kaito as well.

## Characters:

* Lucia
* Hanon
* Hippo
* Nikora
* Kura-chan (debut)
* Taro Mitsuki
* Kaito
* Rina (debut)
* Jennifer Houston (debut)
* Richard (debut)
* Izuru
* Eriru
* Gaito

### Places

* Pearl Piari
* School
* Gaito's/Panthalassa Castle
* Sea

## Gallery

E03 Screenshot 01.pngLucia sweeping whiel singing Koi wa NandarouE03 Screenshot 02.pngHanon announcing Lucia that she will move to her sister's hotelE03 Screenshot 03.pngIntroducing Kura-chanE03 Screenshot 04.pngHanon daydreamingE03 Screenshot 05.pngLucia and Hanon's English teacher introducing the new student, RinaE03 Screenshot 06.pngLucia and Hanon asking Rina if she would like to become friends with themE03 Screenshot 07.pngHippo and Taki watching TVE03 Screenshot 08.pngGaito, Izuru and Eril making their third planE03 Screenshot 09.pngHanon having a bathE03 Screenshot 10.pngLucia and Hanon wearing Lucia's handmade ringsE03 Screenshot 11.pngHanon blushingE03 Screenshot 12.pngKaito and Rina looking at each otherE03 Screenshot 13.pngLucia attacking on a womanE03 Screenshot 14.pngLucia apologizes because she thought she was a thiefE03 Screenshot 15.pngLucia listening to a song on her CD playerE03 Screenshot 16.pngThe woman complaining the music annoys herE03 Screenshot 17.pngLucia having a flashbach about Rina and Kaito's "kiss"E03 Screenshot 18.pngHanon, Hippo, Taki and Nikora discussing if Jennifer Houston is really the Green Pearl princessE03 Screenshot 19.pngLucia and Jennifer Houston chattingE03 Screenshot 20.pngLucia bragging Jennifer out of her roomE03 Screenshot 21.pngRichard protecting Jennifer from two water dragonsE03 Screenshot 22.pngLucia and Hanon saving the couple from drowningE03 Screenshot 23.pngEriru and IzuruE03 Screenshot 24.pngLucia and Hanon getting out of the water to transform and singE03 SScreenshot.jpgE03 Screenshot 25.pngRichard carrying Jennifer
## Trivia

* Rina's first appearance was marked in this episode along with Jennifer Houston's.
* Niramekko game Hanon mentioned means staring contest.
* In the Portuguese dub, at the beginning of the episode Lucia sings a translation of Koi wa Nandarou, but on a very different melody. Said translation is also slightly different from the one used for the actual song.