What are you going to do, Marinette? I don't have a choice, Tikki.
This letter from Gabriel holds the whole truth.
If I want a relationship with Adrien that's built on authentic love
And true honesty, I must give it to him.
He must know the truth that his father was a supervillain
Who put the entire world in danger
And discover the real causes of the illness
That afflicted his mother.
That truth will make him suffer horribly,
But I'll be there to comfort him and never lie to him.
Ever again.
How will you explain that Ladybug
Kept this from the entire world?
I don't know, Tikki. Ladybug will figure it out,
But I, Marinette, can't continue a relationship
Where I lie to the person I love most every day.
If I can't tell Adrien the truth,
Then I'll have to break up with him.
Come in!
Marinette? Adrien.
I have something important to tell you.
In the daytime, I'm Marinette,
Just a normal girl with a normal life,
But there's something about me that no one knows yet
'cause I've got a secret.
Miraculous Simply the best!
Up to the test When things go wrong
Miraculous, the luckiest
The power of love, Always so strong
Miraculous
Miraculous!
So, lovebirds, what'll you be having this morning?
Today's special? You got it!
Twig, four specials, please.
Acai and seasonal fruit skewers
Topped with crunchy granola!
You two are the best!
Nice job, Twig. Well, I didn't do much.
You really make an awesome couple!
Huh? Who you callin'a couple, Cappie?
Uh... No, I meant
You really make an awesome duo.
Okay, so we can all agree
Something's going on between those two, right?
Totally agree, except my sister
Doesn't want to hear a peep about love.
I mean, her ex, Kuki, was such a toxic dude.
Sure, but Twig is super sweet and kind.
Just look at the way he gazes at your sister.
I'm sure she likes him too. They're always together,
Even outside of work. He supports her
In everything she does.
He has endless admiration for her
And, and most notable, my independent sister
Actually tolerates his presence.
But Nora will never say that she's in love.
I don't think she's even aware of her own feelings.
But she should be told!
Love is what gives flavor to life's every meal!
What's the point of making these'fruitolicious'skewers
If you're gonna eat them without love?
What's the point of Cook Fu if you're not
Sharing the passion?
Cook what?
Cook Fu, a martial art
That combines Kung Fu and cooking.
It's all Nora can think about.
She's actually going to Shanghai soon
To get serious training. She'll be staying
At my Uncle Wang's for the year.
She can't leave for a year
Without talking to Twig first!
But has Twig told her about the way he feels?
Uh, I don't think so. No, he's way too shy.
Maybe he just needs a hand.
Nora can't see love, but maybe she'll hear it.
Yeah, but it's too late already.
Nora's leaving in a couple of days.
It's never too late to express your love!
Nino, give me your cap.
You want her to talk to my cap?
Kinda.
Are you going to tell us what you're up to
Or is it a surprise?
I'm doing what they'll regret not having done
If we do nothing.
Go ahead, begin. You tell Adrien something about you.
Like, that I'm Carapace? Shh!
No, something that everyone can hear!
Oh, right! Hm...
I know! Cotton candy gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Uh, I'm kinda lost.
You have the paper with the ear,
So you guess if it's a fib or not.
A fib? Wrong.
You sure you get the rules? Are you really scared
Of cotton candy, Nino? Yup.
He thinks it looks deceptive.
You know me so well. I can't hide anything from you.
How can cotton candy look deceptive?
It doesn't even have a face. Precisely!
Why are you flyweights still here? Don't you have class?
We have a free period, so we're playing Fib or No Fib
To get to know each other better.
Wanna play? No way.
Sounds like the cringiest game ever.
No, no, wait! It's a...
Traditional game in Shanghai!
My Uncle Wang taught it to me.
When you're there, you can be sure
He'll want to play it with you.
Okay, you win, Baguette.
But it requires an even number of players.
Twig, will you play with us?
Oh, uh... But I'm not done cleaning.
Don't sweat it, Twig. We'll finish up later.
Besides, Baguette won't leave us alone until we play.
It's a great game, you'll see. So, first,
Everyone pulls a piece of paper from the cap.
Alya, you got the mouth, so you have to tell something
About yourself to the person who got the ear,
A. K. A. Me!
And I guess whether it's true or not.
Good luck, girl, because
You've already told me everything
About your life.
Ready?
Nora's father is not my father.
Too easy! Fib.
Wrong, Baguette. My father is not her father,
Which is lucky for her,
But her father is like a father to me,
Which is lucky for me.
Technically, Nora is my half sister.
I never mentioned it because she's just my sister
To me, that's all, but now was the perfect time
Because it means I won!
Yeah, right, Okay, fine. One point for you,
And now we know each other even better.
How amazing is this game?
Let's play another round.
The rules say that in the second round
You must hand the ear paper
Twice on your right. Awesome game.
Not convoluted at all!
All right, Twig, I'm listening.
Come on if there's something
You want to tell Nora,
Something you've wanted to
Get off your chest for a while,
Something you'd regret never having told her
If she were to leave, now is the time!
Go on, this is a turning point in your life, Twig.
I really like you, Nora. I'm devastated you're leaving,
But I'm very happy you're embarking
On this adventure in Shanghai.
Fib. Wrong.
Additional rule! If you get it wrong,
You have to swap papers.
Nora, it's your turn to tell something to Twig. Go, go, go!
I...
I... You and...
Me?
Never in a million years!
Fib.
Correct.
Right! Well, we'll leave you to it
'cause, you know, we have classes and all
To learn lots of stuff that will help us
In our lives to come. Anyway, bye!
What? What what?
You're gawking at me all weird like a raw fish.
Oh, sorry.
Well, uh, anyway, um...
The oven shelf isn't gonna remove the grease by itself.
Go ahead. No, no, you go.
Nino!
I'm a nice cotton candy!
Well, that one isn't scary.
It's beautiful, Marinette.
Thanks.
By the way, did you get a chance
To work on my drawing?
Your drawing? What drawing?
You know, my father's portrait.
Oh, right! That drawing.
It's so wonderful that the person I love the most
Can recreate the imagine of the hero my father really was.
I can't wait to see the drawing!
Sure! Me too! I can't wait,
But I haven't had time yet 'cause...
I had badminton practice yesterday.
Really? You didn't tell me you've taken up badminton.
Oh, it was just a trial practice,
But it was awesome, super fun.
Maybe you'll have time tonight.
No, no, tonight I'm giving figure skating a try.
You are? But I'll get on it
As soon as I have a free moment.
Thank you, Marinette.
So, how was badminton yesterday?
Marinette, you and I spent last evening
Playing Ultimate Mecha Strike. Why are you feeding
Your boyfriend all this baloney?
Because I can't draw the portrait of his father
That he asked me to.
Then why don't you just tell him that?
I'm scared he'll take it the wrong way
And I don't want to disappoint him.
Five minutes ago, you made up some silly game
To stand for truth and love at all costs,
And now because you're afraid of disappointing Adrien,
You totally lie to him? Whoa, girl!
What's up with that? You ought to be practicing gymnastics
Instead of badminton because you're doing
A mega-split right now.
It's...
More complicated than that.
Okay, then explain away. I love complicated stuff.
Yeah, well, it's easy for you to say.
You and Nino tell each other everything.
I just can't do that with Adrien.
I know it's a heavy burden to have
To hide you're Ladybug from everyone
And especially from Adrien, but...
I don't see what this has to do
With the whole portrait thing.
That's because it's not the point.
Huh? Then what is it? I can't think of anything
More important than having to hide your secret identity.
I think our hands are pretty clean now.
Could we just forget about this whole convo, please?
Marinette, I'm your friend.
I'm here if you need help. You know that, right?
If I did share the secret with you,
It wouldn't change anything.
I'd still have to lie to Adrien.
I just have to learn to live with it.
There will always be this wall...
Between him and me.
For years, it was kept from me
That Nora and I didn't have the same dad.
When I found out, the only thing that really hurt
Wasn't the truth but the fact that someone else
Had decided for me what was good for me,
What I should or shouldn't know.
I really wish I could tell him.
Every day it's on my lips,
But I can't!
Marinette, I don't know what lie
You've gotten yourself stuck in,
But the truth always comes out in the end,
So what would you rather have happen?
You being honest with Adrien
Or him eventually finding out on his own
And realizing you betrayed him on top of lying?
You're right.
You always are. It's just...
It's so hard!
Adrien only wants this portrait
So much because I've done everything to make him see
His father as a good person, a hero.
I suppose I could wait a few more days
Before I finally tell him the truth
And make the boy I love very, very sad,
Don't you think?
I don't know, Marinette.
What are you hoping to achieve
By giving him this drawing?
One last image of the father he made peace with
Before I ruin it forever.
No!
What do you want from me?
Hm... Hm?
Don't look at me like that.
"Marinette, make sure that Adrien never knows
About the villain that I was,
But instead that he remembers the times
I tried to be a good father."
Well, mission accomplished!
Adrien now believes that you were a hero
In spite of all the harm you caused,
But soon I'll reveal the truth.
"No, don't do it, Marinette! I'm begging you!
You'll cause so much pain to the person you love the most."
Yes, I know! But because of you
I can't have a simple, loving relationship.
Even gone, you keep hurting us.
I can't give you these eyes.
Adrien wants to forget about that man,
The cruel father that you were,
The father who only opened his mouth to criticize,
Humiliate, control!
"Adrien, your fencing. Adrien, your piano.
Adrien, go live in London on your own
Away from all your friends and the girl you love."
There, this is the father Adrien wants to see,
But has he ever even existed?
Of course he existed.
I was the man in tears over not having
A child with the woman he loved,
The father who traveled the world
Looking for the Peacock Miraculous,
The father who was crushed when the mother
Of his beloved son became ill.
I was the father who became Hawk Moth
In order to save the woman he loved
And give back Adrien the mother he deserved.
You and I are the same, Marinette.
You said it yourself on the final day we faced each other.
We both want the same thing.
We want Adrien to be happy.
No, no! I'm not like you!
I don't want to lie to him anymore!
Yes, a lie is a heavy burden to keep secret,
But that truth will only become one if you talk.
I was willing to do anything to ensure my son's happiness.
If you truly love him, you'll find the strength to lie.
Be quiet!
Adrien deserves sincere
And honest love!
I love Adrien!
I love him so much!
Marinette! Marinette!
Don't worry!
Sadnansi will set you all free!
Love is like poison to the heart.
Soon no one will love anyone anymore
And nobody will suffer ever again!
Sadnansi?
Did Nora get akumatized again?
Shoot! I guess she wasn't ready
To find out that Twig likes her.
What if Adrien isn't ready either?
What if he doesn't want to hear the truth?
Marinette, don't you think we should go?
Yes, of course.
Tikki, Spots On!
Since Paris is a city of love,
Let's destroy Paris!
Shell-ter!
Love isn't destroyed so easily, Sadnansi.
What do you know about love, beetle?
Lucky charm!
Love is the most beautiful thing in the world!
Really? You think it's so simple.
Love is a burden!
Let me show you how easy life is
Without it.
Cataclysm!
Mind your heart, M'Lady!
Mr. Whiskers,
Come face me if you dare.
I'm always down for stretching my paws.
Everything okay? Yes, only...
What if Sadnansi's right?
It's probably easier to do what's right
When you're not burdened by love.
Huh? Are you seriously willing
To give up on love? I don't want to give up on it
But if I'd stop loving you know who,
Maybe I'd have the courage to do
What's best for him.
Don't you think that maybe love shows us the way?
Shell-ter!
What are you doing? We're coming!
Thanks, Carapace!
Come on, girl. Get a grip.
Thanks.
Lucky charm!
Missed by a whisker, kitty cat.
Thanks for the helping paw, M'Lady.
Huh?
It's time for us to rise.
We've got to find the akumatized item
And quick before love
Disappears from Paris for good!
The problem is a six-armed supervillain
Is keeping us out of reach.
Six arms and a martial-arts champion.
We have more than six arms
Between the four of us.
We don't have as many allies as she does.
Maybe, but we have the...
Lucky charm!
A boxing glove?
She's keeping a fist closed.
The akumatized object must be inside.
Let's find a way to make her unclench it.
No more messing around.
It's the final round!
Friends, have I ever told you that I love you?
You were always too sentimental, Cat Noir.
No way!
You can never be too sentimental.
Love shows us the way.
You're right, as always.
We need you guys to create a diversion.
Shell-ter!
Mirage!
Hey, spider! What would you do if the man
You supposedly don't love
Was about to fall from a great height?
A superhero would never allow that.
She'd never put an innocent person in danger.
I know what your power is.
This is an allusion. You're bluffing!
Are you sure? Maybe I'm like you and I love no one.
So, who do you think is bluffing?
Twig!
Dinner is served!
Cataclysm.
No more evildoing for you, Ultrakuma.
Time to de-evilize!
Gotcha!
Bye bye, little butterfly.
Miraculous Ladybug!
It looks so pretty.
Did you carve it?
No.
It was a gift. This whole thing
Was my fault. I'm sorry.
Something wrong? Of course not!
It's the onions, and you too
Messing with my head!
You couldn't keep your lovey-dovey
Feelings to yourself.
Things were fine before
Back when we didn't tell each other anything.
Now it's gonna be the biggest headache ever!
But didn't it make you feel good to tell...
The things we told eachother? Feel good?
Before we talked, I was sad about leaving
'cause I was gonna miss you, your face,
But I thought of Cook Fu and it passed,
But now that I know we like each other,
What do I do? If I go to Shanghai,
I'll think of you the whole time
And it's gonna hurt like crazy,
But if I stay, I'll regret not going to Shanghai
Every time I see you! You're a pain, Twig!
And these onions are a pain too.
Those aren't onions, Nora.
They're carrots. Watch it, Twig.
I'm sorry.
And Nora transformed into Sadnansi.
I should have told you how I felt.
Don't sweat it, Twig.
The truth is it would have hurt
In Shanghai without you.
I just didn't want to see it is all.
Maybe we can call each other when you're there?
Yeah, totally!
And you can even come and visit me?
I mean, if you have nothing else to do.
I'd love to come visit you.
I'm gonna miss you.
You'll come back eventually.
Hm?
This Magical Charm will remind you
That some truths are hard to hear
But must be told.
Your love had the courage to be sincere.
Good job to both of you.
You okay, M'Lady?
Mhm.
Pound it!
What will you do, Marinette? I don't have a choice, Tikki.
This letter from Gabriel holds the whole truth.
If I want a relationship with Adrien that's built on authentic love
And true honesty, I must give it to him.
He must know the truth that his father was a supervillain
Who put the entire world in danger
And discover the real causes of the illness
That afflicted his mother.
That truth will make him suffer horribly,
But I'll be there to comfort him and never lie to him.
Ever again.
Come in!
Marinette? Adrien.
I have something important to tell you.
I love you, Adrien! I love you so much!
Uh, that's not it. Bug Noir's there.
It means Monarch can't be wearing the Ladybug earrings.
Marinette can't draw the portrait of Gabriel Agreste
Because her secret has something to do
With Adrien's dad.
If I want to help her, I have to figure out
What she's keeping to herself first.
Mirage!
And with a secret that heavy,
It's gotta be connected to the day he died.
Mirage!
I'll find out sooner or later.