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?
Otokoshi mustn’t lavish 
praise on just one girl.
لا يجب على أوتوكوشي إغراق فتاة
واحدة فقط بالمديح
Ein Otokoshi sollte nicht
nur ein Mädchen loben.
Un otokoshi no puede
elogiar solo a una Maiko.
Un otokoshi no puede
elogiar solo a una Maiko.
Il serait malvenu pour un otokoshi
d’autant flatter une jeune fille.
Un otokoshi non dovrebbe 
concentrare i propri complimenti su una ragazza sola.
Um Otokoshi não pode
elogiar apenas uma delas.
Отокоси не стоит перехваливать
одну-единственную ученицу.