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Shugo Chara! Party! · Episode 21: How do you do? My Name is Hotaru

How do you do? My Name is Hotaru
2010-02-2725 min

Rikka rushes to school and informs Amu that her egg has hatched. Hotaru, who is Rikka's guardian character, gets along with everybody. The Guardians tell her that next year she will become a full-fledged Guardian since she now has a Guardian Character. They ask her to perform a speech, but Rikka worries and says that she will screw it up. Hotaru quickly character changes with Rikka, improving her posture and speaking formally. However, when the day comes to read the speech, Rikka hesitates as she sees all the students watching her. She drops the papers, and scatters to pick them up. Amu was…

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1The Super-Peppy Transfer Student!2009-10-0325 minAmu and her Guardian Characters are on their way to school when they see a girl taking water to a flower. Amu comments on how kind that is. The girl gets flustered, and trips and almost crushes the flower, to be saved by Amu. The two introduce themselves. The girl's name is Rikka and she just transferred to Seiyo. Amu gets surprised when she's able to see Ran, Miki, Su, and Diamond. On the way to school, Amu and co. try to explain everything to Rikka, who lost attention while seeing a butterfly. In the Royal Garden, Amu tells the Guardians about her meeting with Rikka. Then, commotion starts…2Birth! Guardian Apprentice!?2009-10-1025 minThe anime starts with Rikka, the new transfer student, waking up with dozens of X Eggs trying to wake her. She tries to purify the eggs from remembering Amu doing Open Heart in the previous episode, but failed. When she was walking to school she found yet another X Egg and tries to take care of it. In the Royal Garden, Tsukasa introduces the Guardians a new transfer student in 1st grade, Hikaru. Tsukasa tells the guardians that Hikaru will be a Guardian Apprentice for the time being until the other Guardians graduate. Later, they visit the sports field where Nagihiko tells Hikaru about…3Sparkling Heart! Power Song!2009-10-1725 minAmu takes Rikka and Hikaru to an Utau concert and takes them backstage to let them meet her. Rikka becomes embarrassed and tells her when she hears her songs, she feels re-energized. Amu tells Utau that she wishes Ikuto could've come, but Utau tells her that he is traveling the world to find their father. The concert begins, and Rikka discovers one of the X Eggs have followed her. She tells Amu and Hikaru that she forgot something at home and runs off. It turns out that the X Egg loves Utau's songs. Diamond senses an X Egg nearby, and Amu transforms into Amulet Spade. Rikka tries to calm the…4Hikaru vs the Rabbit? The Very First Job!2009-10-2425 minAmu and Tadase arrange for Hikaru to take care of a rabbit. When he tries to feed it, he gets bitten and calls Amu a liar because she said it was tame. Ran, Miki, Su, and Diamond explain to Hikaru that the rabbit is timid and that he needs to gain its trust. He takes the rabbit out for a walk later on, but it runs off and into a patch of flowers; Rikka tries to stop it and nearly falls on them, but Hikaru manages to stop her. The two talk and the rabbit had eaten some flowers that make it ill. Amu's guardians characters suggest some ways to cure the illness, but Rikka yells at them for…5Yaya’s Limitless Gardening!!2009-10-3125 minHikaru and Rikka are helping Yaya take care of the flower beds. Yaya is working hard to take care of the flowers, along with Hikaru and Rikka. Amu and her guardian characters notice and say it's a little out of character for her. Yaya notices them watching and tells them to come help. Later the next day, Rikka is taking care of the flowers by herself, not knowing Yaya had to stay after class. Suddenly, a X Egg emerges from behind some flowers. Rikka wonders where it came from, but then asks if it wanted to help her out since she was getting lonely. Meanwhile, Yaya is hurrying to the flower…6Placing the Eggs Back!2009-10-3125 minRikka gets distracted from working in the Royal Garden, and goes off to get Yaya and Hikaru at the flower beds. Ran, Miki, Su, Diamond, and KusuKusu were asked to go with her so she doesn't get distracted. Along the way, Rikka finds a bird egg which fell from its nest. She tries to climb up the tree, but fails. The guardian characters than bring the egg back into the bird's nest. Rikka then asks the guardian characters what happens when a X Egg is purified but the owner already has a new heart egg. Ran and the others were unable to answer the question, and soon arrived at the sports field…7Welcome Back! Nadeshiko!2009-11-1425 minAmu and Rima come across a poster, much to Amu's surprise, announcing an upcoming performance by Nadeshiko just as Nagihiko comes along and is dragged into a predicament. Amu pleas to him that she wants to see Nadeshiko. The three of them go to the stage the performance is going to be held and Amu asks to see Nadeshiko. Nagihiko worries and quickly changes into Nadeshiko, surprising both girls. The charas meet again, KusuKusu almost spilling the beans. After many more wardrobe changes, a Character Change, and Rima's teasing, they all take a walk as Nadeshiko explains that she has missed Amu…8Charming Chara Change!2009-11-2125 minAmu and Tadase are on their way home when Yoru sends Amu a picture of Ikuto sleeping, and causes her to blush. When Tadase asks Amu to join him to the park, she tries to hide her nervousness. Ran then Character Changes with Amu to help her express her honesty, and inefficiently catches Rikka's attention. Rikka learns about Character Changing and views Amu's different personality changes: Su turns Amu into a girly maiden, Miki turns her into an artist. Then, they ask Diamond to Character Change with Amu, because they had never seen it before. Diamond fulfills their request and Character…9Why!? Rima-senpai!2009-11-2825 minRikka drags Amu to the flower beds, showing her the new buds that have grown. Rima follows them and says that they need to thin out the flowers, because the buds can't absorb sunlight properly if they're too close together. Rikka disagrees, saying all buds should have a chance to become flowers. Amu tries to reason with Rikka, but she misunderstands and runs off. Later on, she finds an X Egg. She starts to say that the egg isn't needed. The X Egg quickly retreats, Rikka running after it. Amu and Rima discover the X Egg and transform into Amulet Heart and Clown Drop. Rikka explains to them…10What? Tadase-kun has a Crush on Someone?!2009-12-0525 minAmu, Ran, Miki, Su, and Diamond overhear Tadase talking to Kukai. He says that there is a girl he that is always on his mind and he can't sleep at night when he thinks over her. He also says that she is really cute. Kukai decides to help Tadase with the girl. Amu is shocked and devastated. Her stubborn character comes out again and at the Royale Garden Kukai stops by and meets Rikka and Hikaru. Hikaru addresses him as the former jack who stops by because he has nothing to do. Kukai defends himself by saying that he gives the Guardian's advice and brings up Tadase's "cute little problem". Amu…11That Sparkling Treasure!2009-12-1225 minHikaru's Grandfather gives him a brand new fountain pen, as a gift for joining Seiyo Elementary School, but he says he doesn't use a fountain pen but keeps it anyway. Rikka loses her special treasure, a necklace that her dad gave her when she entered elementary school, and is desperately retracing her steps in order to find it. Amu and her Guardian Characters all help Rikka out, but Hikaru doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. Hikaru can't comprehend how something as trivial as a gift from someone can be so precious. Amu and her Guardian Characters help Rikka to find it. At the end…12I’m Beat~ Amu-chan Becomes a Mom?2009-12-1925 minIt's finally Sunday, but Amu has a ton of homework to do. However, Amu's mom and dad both have things to do so they leave Amu to tend to Ami, along with household chores. Amu says she has no choice but to do it, and does all the chores. Ami asks Amu to play with her, but Amu says she is busy. Ami goes to Amu's room and starts playing "Cameraman" with Amu's Guardian Characters. Amu tells her to play outside instead and Ami does just that. Ami is at the playground playing with water guns and Amu is watching her. Hikaru finds her and asks what she's doing. Amu tells him and he says he is buying…13Who I Want to be!2009-12-2625 minAmu and the others follow after their Guardian Characters when they sense something strange, and come across a young girl who has lost her heart's egg. The girl is holding a broken stuffed animal in her hand, but they don't know what happened. As they search for the X Egg, Rikka begins to think about who she want to be.14First Encounter of the X Character Kind!?2010-01-0925 minRikka continues to think about what kind of person she wants to become, but she can't come up with anything. Amu and the gang try to give her suggestions, but she just gets frustrated. Just then, an X Egg appears. As it's the first X Character she's ever seen, Rikka tries to calm it down, but it begins to attacks her. She then runs around saying "Mukatsuku!" (English:How Annoying!) over and over again. Amu tells the X character that it's tough being angry all the time and purifies it. They run to Rikka's aid and she starts to cry, saying that she felt sorry for the X character. Rima wipes up…15Stop Fighting!2010-01-1625 minRikka's friend, Kimi tries to read her hand, and asks Hikaru if he want to do it too. But he thinks its unscientific which upsets Kimi. Rikka talks to Hikaru about why did he hurt Kimi, and he asks if Rikka herself understands Kimi's feelings, Rikka gets angry and slaps Hikaru. Amu sees them and try to stop their fighting but Rikka gets mad and thinks that Amu didnt listen to her. Neither of them have many regrets until they are late for the meeting in Royal Garden. Hikaru comes, Tadase and Naighiko try their best to convince Hikaru that he should apologize to Rikka. Rima and Amu went to find…16Go Rikka! Follow the Way of the Guardians!2010-01-2325 minRikka is excited to have her Guardian egg, and she tries to get it to hatch. However, it does not. She goes to school and tells Yaya, Amu and then Nagihiko, which immediately ends when people realize Nagihiko and Amu together. Later, the Hikaru and the girls are picking up trash. Suddenly, two boys start talking about how the Guardians are there only to pick up trash. Rikka gets upset and ask Amu and Yaya what the use of the Guardians was. She doesn't understand and runs off, only to find an X Egg. Amu purifies it with the help of Miki and Dear Baby. The next morning, Amu and Yaya find Rikka…17Round-and-Round! Our Spinning World!2010-01-3025 minAs Hikaru is researching the bar, Amu, Nagihiko, and Rikka comes by and helps Hikaru, telling him to just try and that he might have fun. Mainwhile, a X Egg who is from the volleyball team comes by and starts to attack the 4, telling them that it's never able to play in a game since it's not very good. Amu tells it not to give up, but also gave up herself at trying to do a spin on the bar. Amu tries her best to do a spin and succeeded, then purified the X Egg. Hikaru then decides to give spinning on the bar a try. He then realizes it was fun after succeeding.18A Heart-Racing Picnic!2010-02-0625 minAmu and Hikaru all head out with Rikka's family together for a picnic, but Hikaru doesn't seem to understand what's so fun about it. But as he spends time with Rikka's mom and dad, Hikaru starts to understand a little about what it's like having a family.19Utau’s Wavering Heart!2010-02-1325 minUtau storms out of a recording session for her new song because the director tells her to sing in some other way but she refuses, and goes to eat ramen with Kukai to cool her head. But when even her favorite ramen shop changes their recipe in response to customer feedback, Utau get mad and Kukai tells her at times like this she should go talk to her 'female friend' and that 'female friend is none other than Amu. Amu is shocked when Utau appears at her house, but Amu's family is very happy to see Utau. The two of them go out to talk. Then, an X Egg, which kept saying 'I don't wanna,' appears…20Shock! My Egg Got an X on it?2010-02-2025 minRikka worries about her egg because it didn't hatch yet. She becomes depressed and her egg got a X on it. She wants Amu to purify it but, she thinks Amu will hate her because her egg has a X on it. Then, Amu tells her that she once had a X Egg. Rikka becomes happier and her egg hatches.21How do you do? My Name is Hotaru2010-02-2725 minRikka rushes to school and informs Amu that her egg has hatched. Hotaru, who is Rikka's guardian character, gets along with everybody. The Guardians tell her that next year she will become a full-fledged Guardian since she now has a Guardian Character. They ask her to perform a speech, but Rikka worries and says that she will screw it up. Hotaru quickly character changes with Rikka, improving her posture and speaking formally. However, when the day comes to read the speech, Rikka hesitates as she sees all the students watching her. She drops the papers, and scatters to pick them up. Amu was…22Hikaru and the Fun Amusement Park!2010-03-0625 minAmu and Rikka notice that Hikaru never laughs or shows any facial expression, so Amu decides to take Hikaru out to an amusement park to try and make him laugh. When they get there on Sunday, the bars are locked. But with a simple click of his fingers, Hikaru unlocks the gate. He explains that Easter has bought the amusement park and is planning to re-open it soon. They go onto the ferris wheel first, only to realize that Hotaru is unexpectedly afraid of heights. She says that she is okay flying at Rikka's height, but any higher than that and she becomes dizzy. They go on a series of rides and…23Oh, no! Rikka and the X Eggs...2010-03-1325 minRikka is getting closer and closer to Hotaru, and starting to ignore the X Eggs. Amu the other Guardians are getting ready for graduation, and Yaya's sad that she won't be the youngest anymore. Hikaru tells her that she can be the leader from behind the scenes, and still have her baby character. Nagihiko makes a comment to Tadase that Hikaru's way of speaking hasn't changed, but the meaning behind it has. Meanwhile, not happy that they're being forgotten, the X Eggs try to help Rikka by bringing her forgotten paints to her, and cleaning up her room. But due to some mistakes they just make the…24Believe! In my Pure Heart!2010-03-2025 minAmu and Tadase separate with the rest of the guardians and make their way to Rikka's room, inside, they find her room all messed up and torn. They notice Rikka hunched over crying as she explains that she was hiding X Eggs in her room. She begins explaining about the X Egg 'bursting' and Tadase explains that under too much stress, the egg will break. Rikka starts crying again as Amu gets angry and yells at Rikka, knocking some senses into her. She transformes with Diamond and heads towards the rest of the guardians. Amu uses Twinkle Hold but it failed. Rikka approaches the X Eggs only to have…25Heartbeat of Heartbeat!!!2010-03-2725 minIkuto explains to amu that he is back in town to fill out papers to join an orchestra. Amu's mom comes into Amu's room and Amu finds out that Ikuto was there with her permission. He takes Amu out to the amusement park and they ride on the merry go round. Ikuto says he wants to play the "prince character" and then takes it back saying that it's not his character. Amu falls off the horse and Ikuto catches her. Tadase appears, invited by Ikuto. Ikuto parts from Amu and Tadase again, telling her to grow up already. Tadase kisses Amu on the cheek, saying he will always be there for her, leading to…
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Shugo Chara! Party!

Shugo Chara! Party!

しゅごキャラ!パーティー!

Also known as: しゅごキャラ!パーティー!, Shugo Chara!!! Dokki Doki, Shugo Chara! Third, Shugo Chara! Pucchi Puchi

Synopsis

Amu meets a super-peppy transfer student at Seiyo Academy Elementary School named Hiiragi Rikka at school one day. Not only can she see Guardian Characters, but it seems she has some other, mysterious powers as well. When she sees the work that Amu and the other Guardians do at school, she's awestruck. Each 24-25 minute episode consists of a series of variety show style shorts (including Shugo Chara! Pucchi Puchi) totaling approx. 9-10 minutes, followed by the main 11-12 minute animation titled Shugo Chara!!! Dokki Doki which is the actual continuation of season 2 and comes with it's own opening animation. The remaining time is occupied by live action padding between each section and capped off with the opening/ending themes at the beginning and end of the episode. (Source: AniDB)

Characters & Voice Actors

Yaya Yuiki
Yaya YuikiMain
Tomoko NakamuraJP
Tomoko Nakamura
Rima Mashiro
Rima MashiroMain
Sayuri YahagiJP
Sayuri Yahagi
Miki
MikiMain
Nanae KatouJP
Nanae Katou
Hotaru
HotaruMain
Satomi SatouJP
Satomi Satou
Hikaru Ichinomiya
Hikaru IchinomiyaMain
Eri NakaoJP
Eri Nakao
Amu Hinamori
Amu HinamoriMain
Kanae ItouJP
Kanae Itou
Rikka Hiiragi
Rikka HiiragiMain
ErikaJP
Erika
Nadeshiko Fujisaki
Nadeshiko FujisakiMain
Saeko ChibaJP
Saeko Chiba
Tadase Hotori
Tadase HotoriMain
Reiko TakagiJP
Reiko Takagi
Diamond
DiamondMain
Kanae ItouJP
Kanae Itou
Ami Hinamori
Ami HinamoriMain
Kurumi MamiyaJP
Kurumi Mamiya
Ran
RanMain
Kana AsumiJP
Kana Asumi

Staff

Nana Mizuki
Nana MizukiInsert Song Performance (ep 3, 19)
Gabriele Calindri
Gabriele CalindriADR Director (Italian)
PEACH‐PIT
PEACH‐PITOriginal Creator
Buono!
Buono!Theme Song Performance (ED)
Shugo Chara Egg!
Shugo Chara Egg!Theme Song Performance (OP)
Guardians 4
Guardians 4Theme Song Performance (OP)
Toshizou Nemoto
Toshizou NemotoScript (eps 3, 7, 13, 17, 23)
Kenji Yasuda
Kenji YasudaChief Animation Director

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