# 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!
***SIGN*** A/V Room
**[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."