8 - Senpai and Me

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[00:02] Kana
    Senpai's too good for this association!
[00:05] All
    Senpai?
[00:08] Kana
    Yeah! I can't understand why Senpai
    even joined an association like this!
[00:13] Kotetsu
    Senpai?
[00:15] ---
    But we're all first-years...
[00:17] Kana
    I'm talking about Arima Hizume-senpai!
[00:20] All
    Huh?
[00:21] Uki
    You're talking about Hizume?
[00:24] Kotetsu
    Wait, but we're the same age.
[00:25] Kohane
    Maybe she was held back a year?
[00:27] Uki
    Or she didn't get in the first time...
[00:28] Kana
    Stop thinking such rude things about Senpai!
[00:31] Kana
    I saw your performance at the park.
    You made so many mistakes!
[00:34] Kohane
    Oh, so she was in the audience.
[00:35] Kana
    The timing on your stunts was
    off, and you were shaky.
[00:38] Kana
    When you changed formation,
    you couldn't keep smiling.
[00:42] Kana
    The heights of your front kicks were uneven,
[00:44] Kana
    and your pivoting foot being crooked
    during the side kick is just unacceptable!
[00:48] Kohane
    Um...
[00:48] Kana
    Not to mention—
[00:50] Kohane
    Thanks for observing us so carefully.
[00:52] Kana
    Why are you thanking me?!
    I'm pointing out your failures!
[00:55] Kana
    Anyway, just so you know,
    I won't accept the existence of
[00:58] ---
    such a half-assed cheer association!
[01:04] Kana
    Ow...
[01:05] Hizume
    I'm very sorry.
[01:08] Hizume
    Are you all right?
[01:09] Two
    Hizume!
[01:09] One
    Hizume-chan!
[01:11] Kana
    S-S-S...
SIGN    Anima Yell!
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[02:47] Kana
    Um...
[02:48] Kana
    If you'll excuse me!
[02:51] Hizume
    Why is she here?
[02:54] Kohane
    Is she a friend of yours?
[02:55] Hizume
    Yes. She's one of the girls from my old squad.
[02:59] Hizume
    I had no idea we went to
    the same high school.
[03:02] Hizume
    Absolutely no idea.
[03:04] Uki
    C-Can you really call her your friend, then?
[03:07] Uki
    I sorta feel bad for her.
[03:08] Kohane
    Are you her senpai?
[03:10] Hizume
    She... Ushiku-san joined the squad
    after me, so she called me that.
[03:16] Uki
    So her name is Ushiku-san.
[03:18] Kotetsu
    In that case, you're all my senpai.
[03:22] Kohane
    Peep!
[03:24] Kohane
    I'm finally Cheer-senpai!
[03:26] Kohane
    Cheer-senpai... Cheer-senpai...
    Cheer-senpai...
[03:27] Hizume
    Just because you started before another
    member doesn't give you seniority.
[03:31] Hizume
    We're all teammates.
[03:32] Kohane
    Y-You're right! Teammates, yeah!
[03:36] Uki
    You seem a little disappointed.
[03:39] Kotetsu
    But I wonder what Ushiku-san wanted.
[03:43] Kotetsu
    She seemed to be concerned
    about you, Hizume-chan.
[03:46] Hizume
    Perhaps she came to greet
    me when she found out
[03:49] ---
    a former teammate was
    going to the same school.
[03:52] Kohane
    Maybe she wanted to join!
[03:54] Uki
    Uh... It sure didn't seem that way to me.
[03:57] Basket
    Um...
[03:59] Basket
    Got a sec?
[04:00] Kohane
    Hey, it's an actual senpai!
[04:04] Basket
    Actual?
SIGN    Episode 8: Senpai and Me
[04:06] Kohane
    You're going to the prefectural tournament?
[04:08] Kotetsu
    That's amazing!
[04:10] Hizume
    That must mean you won
    the regional tournament.
[04:12] Uki
    Congratulations!
[04:14] Bask
    Thanks. So I wanted to ask you
    guys to cheer for us again.
[04:18] Bask
    Actually...
[04:20] (Flashback) Girl A
    Captain! Let's ask them
    to cheer for us again!
[04:22] (Flashback) Girl B
    We need cheerleaders!
[04:24] (Flashback) Girl C
    We need cheers!
[04:25] Bask
    The rest of the team was
    thirsting for cheers.
[04:27] Uki
    Looks like they're hooked.
[04:30] Bask
    This time, we're not just
    asking you to cheer for us.
[04:32] ---
    We'd also like you to perform
    before the game and at halftime,
[04:36] ---
    so it'd be like cheering for
    all the schools participating.
[04:39] Kohane
    Let's do it! The more people we have to
    cheer on, the more worthwhile it'll be!
[04:45] Uki
    Yeah, I figured you'd feel that way.
SIGN    Concerning Basketball Team Prefectural Tournament Choreography
[04:50] Hizume
    Here's an idea.
[04:51] Hizume
    Why don't we try to choreograph
     the routine together?
[04:56] Kotetsu
    I-I-I couldn't!
[04:58] Kohane
    Choreography!
[04:59] Uki
    No way...
[05:01] Hizume
    We'll be fine.
[05:02] Hizume
    No matter what the routine may be,
    it won't be scary if we all do it together!
[05:07] Uki
    Hizume, that's not reassuring at all!
[05:10] Hizume
    I was kidding. If you could
    come up with some moves,
SIGN    Concerning Basketball Team Prefectural Tournament Choreography
[05:13] Hizume
    we'll put together the best parts,
    and I'll make the final choreography.
[05:17] Uki
    She looked totally serious about it.
[05:19] Kohane
    Question!
[05:21] Kohane
    Is there some kind of trick
    to coming up with moves?
[05:24] Hizume
    Trick...
[05:26] Hizume
    In my case, I'll listen to a song
    and let my imagination go to work.
[05:31] Hizume
    Do you have any songs
    you'd like to dance to?
[05:35] Kotetsu
    Off the top of my head?
[05:36] Uki
    I hadn't thought about that.
[05:38] Kohane
    Oh, oh! In that case...
[05:41] Kohane
    How about this?
[05:42] Kotetsu
    Hey, I've heard this song before!
[05:45] Hizume
    I think that'd be perfect.
[05:46] Hizume
    This sounds like it'd be easy to choreograph.
[05:49] Uki
    No complaints here.
[05:50] Kohane
    Yay! Thanks, guys!
[05:54] Hizume
    This is also just me, but I visualize
    someone dancing in my head
[05:59] ---
    and try to objectively come
    up with dance moves.
[06:03] Uki
    Visualize someone dancing in
    my head and objectively...
[06:10] Uki
    I got it!
[06:11] Kotetsu
    Huh? That was fast!
[06:13] Kotetsu
    Um, um... Visualize someone
    dancing in my head...
[06:21] Kotetsu
    I can't do this! It's too hard!
[06:24] Uki
    She visualized herself failing!
[06:31] Hizume
    Why don't we take this assignment home?
[06:34] Hizume
    Try thinking about it overnight.
[06:38] Kotetsu
    Everyone's going to be dancing it,
    so I have to make sure it's decent!
[06:46] Kotetsu
    Since I'm using my head, I need
    to refuel with some sugar!
[07:01] Kotetsu
    The sweet taste is still in my mouth.
    I'll go make some black tea.
SIGN    And She's Derailed
[07:07] Uki
    Hmm...
[07:08] Uki
    Gather materials...
[07:11] Uki
    What else am I supposed to do?
[07:13] Tv
    Please welcome today's guests, the idol
    group produced by YUTA-san, STAR!
[07:19] Uki
    Produce...
[07:22] Uki
    Yeah... This isn't it.
[07:25] Uki
    There should be moves that'll make
    Kohane shine even more!
[07:29] Uki
    Cuter! And more energetic!
SIGN    She's completely forgotten the fact that she'll also be dancing this
[07:35] Kohane
    Choreography, huh?
[07:36] Kohane
    I wonder what kind of cheer
    I should come up with.
[07:39] Kohane
    I'll include that, and...
    I want to do this, too.
[07:42] Kohane
    Oh! And I definitely want to put that in!
[07:48] Kohane
    Okay! I'm done!
SIGN    Completely filled
[07:54] Kohane
    Hizume said she'd figure it out.
SIGN    Leaving all the work to Hizume
[08:04] Hizume
    Perhaps these photos and DVDs of my
    old squad will give me some ideas.
[08:11] Hizume
    Ushiku-san isn't in any of these photos.
[08:13] Hizume
    I'm sure she was in the squad, though...
SIGN    She's there
SIGN    Concerning Basketball Team Prefectural Tournament Choreography
[08:18] Hizume
    How did it go, everyone?
[08:20] Kohane
    I finished!
[08:21] Uki
    I guess it'll work...
[08:23] Kotetsu
    Me, too.
[08:24] Hizume
    All right, I'll brush up your ideas,
[08:28] ---
    so please practice on your own today.
[08:32] Uki
    Did you notice, Kotetsu?
[08:34] Kotetsu
    Yeah.
[08:36] Kotetsu
    She's here again.
[08:38] Uki
    Hey... If you're curious,
    why don't you just come in?
[08:43] Kohane
    Uki, who are you talking to?
[08:46] Uki
    Uh...
[08:47] Kohane
    Oh, is it Ghostie-chan? Does
    Ghostie-chan actually exist?!
[08:50] Uki
    She hasn't recognized her presence at all!
SIGN    The next day
[08:58] Hizume
    Okay, that'll be our choreography.
[09:02] Hizume
    All that's left is to practice.
[09:04] Kohane
    We need to do our best for
    the basketball team, too!
[09:07] Kotetsu
    R-Right...
SIGN    And the next day
[09:09] Hizume
    Kohane-san, keep your wrists
    straight and horizontal.
[09:12] Kohane
    L-Like this?
[09:14] Hizume
    One more time! One, two, three,
    four, five, six, seven, eight!
[09:15] Kotetsu
    I wonder if Ushiku-san has
    nothing better to do...
[09:18] Uki
    Uh, I can't argue with that...
[09:20] Hizume
    Two, two, three, four...
SIGN    A few days later
[09:23] Hizume
    Tomorrow's finally the day.
[09:25] Hizume
    Let's do our best so that we don't get hurt.
[09:28] Kotetsu
    I'm so nervous...
[09:29] Kohane
    We'll be fine! We practiced lots!
[09:32] Kotetsu
    Y-You're right...
[09:34] ---
    We should be fine.
SIGN    Come forth to the roof
SIGN    Curse
[09:37] Uki
    It's that scary handwriting again.
[09:43] Kana
    So you came.
[09:45] Uki
    Ushiku-san?
[09:48] Kana
    There's something I want to ask you.
[09:50] Kana
    Why is Senpai cheering with you guys?
[09:54] Kana
    You guys can't even do
    low-level techniques.
[09:56] ---
    Her previous squad was much better.
[10:00] Uki
    Um... Maybe you should ask Hizume yourself.
[10:04] Uki
    Why are you asking me?
[10:07] Kana
    I mean... How am I supposed
    to speak directly to her?!
[10:11] Kana
    I'm not worthy!
[10:13] Uki
    I think it's because she doesn't care about
[10:15] ---
    our skill levels and is just having fun.
[10:18] Uki
    She's softened up quite a bit.
[10:21] Kana
    That's...
[10:23] Kana
    That's...
[10:29] Uki
    I don't know much about her old squad,
[10:33] Uki
    but we—
[10:34] Kana
    Enough!
[10:35] Kana
    Stop acting like you know her!
[10:37] Kana
    You don't know anything!
[10:49] Kana
    Ow...
[10:53] Kana
    H-Hey! Are you okay?
[10:57] Uki
    Y-Yeah, I think so...
[11:00] Uki
    I'm used to this kind of
    thing because of Kohane.
[11:02] Kohane
    Slide!
[11:03] Kana
    Used to it?
[11:04] Uki
    More importantly, why don't you try
    to talk to Hizume face to face?
[11:08] Kana
    Huh?
[11:09] Uki
    If you're so concerned, you should
    ask her how she really feels.
[11:14] Uki
    Everything I said is just
    based on assumptions.
[11:18] Kana
    You're right...
[11:21] Kana
    I guess we all visualize
    things differently.
[11:24] Uki
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure the way we
    visualize Hizume is way different.
[11:29] Uki
    Now that that's settled, let's hurry
    up before you change your mind.
[11:33] Uki
    Ow!
[11:35] Uki
    Ouch...
[11:38] Uki
    Apparently it's a light sprain.
[11:39] Kotetsu
    Uki-chan?!
[11:41] Kohane
    Are you okay, Uki?
[11:43] Uki
    I'm fine. If I just tape my ankle—
[11:48] Uki
    I told her to talk to her face to face,
[11:51] Uki
    but she hasn't been able to.
[11:53] Kana
    I-I'm so sorry!
[11:55] Kana
    This is all my fault! I—
[11:57] Hizume
    Ushiku-san.
[11:59] Hizume
    Don't tell me...
[12:05] Kana
    Take that!
[12:06] Hizume
    Ushiku-san used some kind
    of move on Uki-san's leg?
[12:09] Uki
    What kind of scary situation would that be?!
[12:11] Uki
    No, I just fell.
[12:14] ---
    I slipped on the roof.
[12:15] Kana
    No! She protected me when
    I was about to fall.
[12:19] Uki
    It doesn't even hurt that much. I'm fine.
[12:23] Hizume
    I believe I understand what's going on,
[12:25] ---
    but even if it's just a light sprain,
    we can't take this lightly.
[12:29] Hizume
    We'll perform tomorrow
    with just the three of us.
[12:33] Kotetsu
    Maybe we can just adjust the
    timing between the four of us...
[12:37] Kohane
    There's a part where we do
    alternating roll-offs, too.
[12:41] Kohane
    Um... it'd be a little hard without Uki...
[12:45] Kana
    Um...
SIGN    Kaminoki Municipal Gymnasium
[12:56] Kohane
    Basketball-senpai!
[12:59] Baske
    Hey.
[13:00] Kohane
    Thanks for having us today!
[13:02] Baske
    Yeah, thanks for coming!
[13:04] Baske
    Wait, uh...
[13:06] Baske
    Did you change your look, Sawatari-san?
[13:09] Uki
    That'd be a plastic surgery kind of change!
[13:14] Kohane
    Thank goodness Uki's uniform
    fits you perfectly.
[13:18] Kana
    I wouldn't say it's perfect.
    The area around the chest is...
[13:22] Kohane
    Then we should make a uniform for you, too!
[13:25] Kana
    Why?
[13:27] Kana
    I'm only doing this because I'm
    responsible for what happened.
[13:29] Kana
    I can handle it being a bit snug.
[13:32] Kohane
    Aw, come on, Ushiku-san!
[13:34] Uki
    Kohane, go get ready.
[13:36] Kohane
    Okay!
[13:38] Uki
    Kohane, you're drinking too much water.
[13:42] Uki
    I'll put the towels out here.
[13:44] Uki
    I'll do everything I can
    to support you guys today.
[13:49] Kohane
    Uki, you're sort of like...
[13:52] Uki
    I was just thinking the same thing.
[13:54] Uki
    I feel like...
[13:56] Uki
    I'm a wife.
[13:56] Kohane
    A manager!
[14:01] Uki
    Yes! A manager! Exactly!
[14:03] Kohane
    Did you just say—
[14:04] Uki
    A manager!
[14:06] Kohane
    Wait, you totally said something different.
[14:08] Uki
    I said "manager"!
[14:10] Kohane
    You're lying!
[14:11] Hizume
    Ushiku-san.
[14:12] Kana
    Y-Yes?
[14:13] Hizume
    We were only able to practice together
    yesterday. Will you be all right?
[14:18] Kana
    I-I'll be fine!
[14:20] Kana
    It's been a while since I've done cheer,
    but the routines were all pretty easy.
[14:24] Hizume
    It's been a while? Did you quit
    the squad, Ushiku-san?
[14:28] Kana
    Y-Yes...
[14:30] ---
    I kept practicing on my own,
    but... with the squad...
[14:34] Kana
    High school just got too busy.
[14:37] Kana
    There was no point in staying on
    the squad without you there...
[14:40] Kotetsu
    I feel a very overbearing presence...
[14:58] Kohane
    Wow... There are so many people!
[15:02] Hizume
    Let's do our best today.
[15:04] Kana
    Y-Yes, ma'am!
[15:06] Kohane
    Hey, let's all form a circle!
[15:08] Kohane
    Let's group up!
[15:11] Hizume
    I have a request...
[15:14] Hizume
    S-So this is what an Instagram
    shot looks like...
[15:16] Uki
    Big bro strikes again, huh?
[15:20] Ann
    Before we begin the match,
[15:22] ---
    the Kaminoki cheer association will perform.
[15:26] Ann
    Everyone, please give them
    a round of applause.
[16:34] Kohane
    She's amazing!
[16:37] Uki
    Ushiku-san's movements
    are big and really sharp,
[16:41] ---
    so she really stands out!
[16:43] Kotetsu
    And...
[16:47] Kotetsu
    Her performance is so energetic!
SIGN    Kaminoki Basketball
[17:08] Girls
    Let's go, Kaminoki! Go for win!
[17:12] Girls
    Let's go, Kaminoki! Go for win!
[17:15] Girls
    Let's go, Kaminoki! Go for win!
[17:18] Girls
    Let's go, Kaminoki! Go for win!
[17:22] Girls
    Let's go, Kaminoki! Go for win!
[17:25] Girls
    Let's go, Kaminoki! Go for win!
[17:26] Kana
    No, no... I'm filling in for Sawatari-san!
[17:29] Girls
    Let's go, Kaminoki! Go for win!
[17:29] ---
    I need to concentrate and do this right!
[17:35] Kohane
    It went in!
[17:37] Kana
    Do this right!
[17:39] Kana
    Huh?
SIGN    Hoshigaoka Girls
SIGN    Kaminoki
[17:42] Uki
    It's halftime!
[17:43] Uki
    Make sure you all get re-hydrated.
[17:45] Uki
    You're back on after a quick breather.
[17:48] Uki
    Great job, Ushiku-san! You had
    the choreography down perfectly.
[17:51] Kohane
    Yeah!
[17:54] Kohane
    You have... a lot of energy, too...
[17:59] Kana
    I think you could conserve more
    energy if you'd shut up once a while.
[18:02] Kohane
    Right, Hizume?
[18:06] Hizume
    Yes.
[18:07] Hizume
    Your moves are very clean, and
    your performance is wonderful.
[18:15] Kotetsu
    Hey, she's relaxing a bit.
[18:17] Kana
    Senpai complimented me.
[18:21] Hizume
    So this is what your cheer
    looks like, Ushiku-san.
[18:25] Hizume
    This is going to sound rude,
[18:27] ---
    but I don't remember much about you
    or the other squad members.
[18:33] Hizume
    I was so obsessed with cheerleading
    that I didn't even notice
[18:37] ---
    the people around me.
[18:40] Hizume
    Everyone else... was basically
    potatoes in a field.
[18:44] All
    Go for win!
[18:46] Uki
    That's terrifying in itself.
[18:48] Hizume
    I know this might be a little late,
[18:52] Hizume
    but I'm really happy that I got to
    cheer with you today, Ushiku-san.
[18:58] Kana
    Senpai...
[19:00] Kana
    I'm the one who's happy to cheer with you.
[19:03] Kana
    But... all I ever did was watch you.
[19:08] Kana
    That's why I can tell...
[19:10] Kana
    She's actually having
    fun now, unlike before.
[19:15] Kana
    Also...
[19:17] Kana
    Her skin is softer, and her hair smells nicer.
[19:19] Kana
    Her upper arms even look different.
[19:21] Uki
    Yikes! This is getting dangerous...
[19:24] Kana
    But just like Senpai only paid
    attention to cheerleading,
[19:28] Kana
    I was also only looking at Senpai.
[19:32] Kana
    I mean, has cheerleading always been
[19:36] Kana
    something you do together like this?
[19:40] Kana
    Senpai used to always look stoic and even
    a little pained when she was cheerleading,
[19:44] Kana
    but now she looks like
    she's having so much fun.
[19:48] Kana
    That's all that matters.
[19:50] Kana
    If that's what makes Senpai happy...
[19:56] Kana
    No... No...
[20:01] Kana
    No!
[20:09] Kohane
    Arrows (ya)?
[20:15] Kana
    I want to cheer with Senpai, too!
[20:20] Kana
    I want to laugh with her!
[20:22] Kana
    Even if I wasn't able to change Senpai,
[20:29] Kana
    I'd been watching her this whole time!
[20:34] Uki
    Wh-Whoa...
[20:37] Uki
    Ushiku-san's cheerleading
    is so full of emotion.
[20:42] Uki
    Cheerleading is so...
[20:45] Kana
    Hmph.
[20:47] Uki
    Is that what it's like?
SIGN    Hoshigaoka Girls
SIGN    Kaminoki
[20:54] Both
    They did it!
[20:56] Uki
    They won!
[21:01] Kohane
    Basketball-senpai, congratulations!
[21:04] Baske
    Thanks!
[21:12] Kana
    Senpai!
[21:14] Kana
    Please...
[21:16] Kana
    continue to
[21:18] Kana
    watch my cheerleading!
[21:23] Hizume
    But...
[21:25] Hizume
    We're already done cheering for the day.
[21:28] Kana
    U-Um, that's not what I meant...
[21:30] Uki
    Support!
[21:32] Hizume
    So you're going to join us!
[21:34] Hizume
    That makes me very happy.
[21:36] Kohane
    Really, Ushiku-san?
[21:37] Hizume
    Then why don't you stop calling me "Senpai"?
[21:41] Hizume
    We're teammates, after all.
[21:45] Hizume
    Please just call me "Hizume."
[21:47] Kohane
    I'm Kohane!
[21:48] Kotetsu
    Um... I'm Kotetsu...
[21:51] Uki
    Call me Uki.
SIGN    Kaminoki Municipal Gymnasium
[21:57] Kohane
    Ushiku-san fainted!
[21:59] Hizume
    A-Are you all right?
[22:01] Uki
    Ushiku-san!
[22:01] Kotetsu
    Ushiku-san!
[22:02] Uki
    Hey, wake up!
[23:38] Kohane
    Next time: "The Captain Is Chosen!
    Five-Person Cheer Squad."