Kiyo works at the Maiko House as the live-in cook. She sees her childhood friend Sumire in town one day, accompanying older maiko. Back at the House kitchen, Sumire tells Kiyo how hard she is working towards her goal of becoming one, too. Sumire is overjoyed to learn that she will debut as a maiko later that evening. She runs straight to Kiyo to share her news, but what will she think?
It’s nothing like what I imagined.
إنّه ليس كما تخيّلت
So hätte ich mir das
jetzt nicht vorgestellt.
No se parece en nada
al pudín que conozco.
No se parece en nada
al pudding que conozco.
Ce n’est pas du tout
ce que j’imaginais.
Non è come me l'ero immaginato.
Não tem nada a ver com o que imaginava.
Я представляла его себе другим.