9 - The Answer is Up in the Sky!
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[00:22] Mas
How come you're taking
Asuka-senpai's handouts to her?
[00:27] Mi
What does it matter?
[00:29] Mi
You don't have practice
because of the rain, right?
[00:31] Mi
Come with me, girl.
[00:34] Mas
You're asking me to be your girl?
[00:37] Mi
Let's get going.
[00:38] Mas
Misaki-senpai, my answer is obviously "yes"!
[00:43] A
Your answer is surely up in the sky!
[00:48] Mas
This voice...
[00:49] A
Break through the darkness
and the endless world...
[00:50] Mi
Asuka?
[00:52] Mas
She's singing.
[00:55] A
May your wishes shine eternal,
[00:59] A
Master of the Heavens, Zephyrion!
SIGN Episode Nine:
The Answer is Up in the Sky!
[02:38] Mi
I feel like I wasted my time.
[02:39] Mas
That was the Zephyrion theme song.
[02:42] Mi
What's Zephyrion?
[02:43] Mas
A mecha anime that aired when we were kids.
[02:46] Mas
The weak, no-good
protagonist—wait for it—
[02:49] Mi
What?
[02:49] Mas
becomes invincible when he pilots Zephyrion!
[02:53] Mi
It's from Asuka.
[02:54] Mi
"Thanks for bringing me the handouts.
[02:57] Mi
My mother passed them on to me.
[02:59] Mi
Sorry for not noticing you came by."
[03:01] Mas
Could I borrow that for a second?
[03:03] Mi
Why?
[03:04] Mas
"You were singing Zephyrion's
theme song just now, weren't you?"
[03:08] Mas
Let's Zephyr it sometime.
[03:13] Mas
She replied.
[03:14] Sign
"Sure! Zeph, zeph!"
[03:16] Mi
"Zeph, zeph"? Seriously, what?
[03:19] Mas
I think she's saying, "Yes, yes."
[03:20] Mi
That's not what I mean. I guess
I had nothing to worry about.
[03:27] A
Good morning!
[03:29] Mad
Oh, morning.
[03:30] Mad
You seem fine. Thank goodness.
[03:33] A
I am. Sorry for making you worry.
[03:36] A
Misaki-chan, thank you for yesterday.
[03:39] Mi
No problem. Morning.
[03:44] A
Sorry I couldn't make it to
practice yesterday, New Captain.
[03:48] Mad
Don't be. It was rained out, anyway.
[03:50] Mad
And could you drop the "new" already?
[03:53] H
Morning.
[03:54] A
Good morning, Coach.
[03:56] H
Are you all right, Asuka?
[03:58] A
Yes. Sorry to have worried you.
[04:01] Mad
Think you can practice today?
[04:02] A
Yeah, I'm totally good.
[04:03] A
Bring it on, I say!
[04:05] Mad
You don't have to get that worked up.
[04:05] Mi
Asuka really is different.
[04:07] A
No! Bring it on, I say!
[04:08] Mi
Compared to me.
[04:10] Mad
You just recovered, so take it easy.
[04:11] H
You think?
[04:12] A
No, no!
[04:13] A
I don't think I'll last five hours without
falling asleep if I don't get worked up!
[04:16] Mad
Sounds like you, all right.
[04:23] Mas
A-Asuka-senpai?
[04:28] A
S-Sorry. I can't fly too well.
[04:32] H
Fix your posture and try to fly straight.
[04:35] A
O-Okay!
[04:39] H
Uh, try a high yo-yo next.
[04:41] A
Okay!
[04:47] H
Try a low yo-yo next, then.
[04:49] A
O-Okay!
[04:55] H
Asuka?!
[05:00] Mad
I wonder what's wrong with her.
[05:02] H
Come here, Asuka.
[05:04] A
Coming!
[05:08] Mad
Asuka-chan.
[05:13] A
Sorry. I'm no good at all.
[05:16] Mas
Seriously. It's like you've
lost your save data.
[05:21] A
Yeah...
[05:24] A
I wonder why.
[05:27] H
Just do some stretches and call it a day.
[05:29] A
Coach...
[05:31] H
Try doing some image
training once you get home.
[05:34] H
Picture yourself flying correctly.
[05:37] H
And give it another shot tomorrow.
[05:41] A
Got it.
[05:43] All
Good-bye!
[05:48] A
I'm sorry.
[05:50] Mad
Well, they say even the best
athletes go through slumps.
[06:01] A
Even when I try to light
a fire and stand up again,
[06:11] A
I'm only reminded of my weakness.
[06:30] (Flashback) H
Hey.
[06:34] (Flashback) H
What are you doing?
[06:36] (Flashback) A
Huh?
[06:38] (Flashback) A
Zephyrion?
[06:40] (Flashback) H
Where are you from? Are you lost?
[06:43] (Flashback) A
I'm...
[06:44] (Flashback) A
I'm not lost.
[06:47] (Flashback) H
Then what?
[06:48] (Flashback) A
I'm a crying, sulking, weak, and no-good girl.
[06:52] (Flashback) H
Isn't that line from Zephyrion?
[06:56] (Flashback) H
Let's play together, then.
[07:00] (Flashback) H
Come on, let's go.
[07:02] (Flashback) A
Right...
[07:28] (Flashback) H
You're leaving already?
[07:29] (Flashback) A
Yeah.
[07:30] (Flashback) A
But we'd just become friends...
[07:37] (Flashback) H
You can have this.
[07:40] (Flashback) A
But...
[07:41] (Flashback) H
Just take it!
[07:45] (Flashback) A
Thanks!
[07:52] (Flashback) H
Relax. That part was already broken.
[08:03] Mi
Whatcha doing?
[08:09] Mi
I heard you couldn't fly,
but you got here just fine.
[08:13] A
Misaki-chan...
[08:15] Mi
Hup.
[08:16] Mi
Here, your lunch. You
left it in the classroom.
[08:19] A
Th-Thank you.
[08:22] Mi
You're welcome.
[08:29] Mi
You're not wearing it, huh?
[08:32] Mi
That hairpin.
[08:34] A
For some reason,
[08:36] ---
I felt like I shouldn't.
[08:39] A
My wings might not have been my own.
[08:43] A
I've wanted to fly ever
since I was a little child.
[08:47] A
I wanted to change the weak,
no-good girl that I was.
[08:49] A
So when I came to this island and
got to fly for the first time,
[08:53] ---
I was really happy.
[08:56] A
I picked up FC, practiced with all I had,
[08:59] A
and met a lot of amazing people.
[09:02] A
I had so much fun.
[09:06] A
I found Inui-san's FC incredible, too.
[09:11] A
The fact that someone was
capable of doing that
[09:14] A
made me feel I could soar even higher.
[09:21] A
But I was just getting
carried away, wasn't I?
[09:26] A
I couldn't do a thing in
my match against Inui-san.
[09:31] A
I hadn't changed at all. I was still
the weak, no good girl I'd always been.
[09:36] A
The wings that gave me flight until now,
I'd just borrowed from you and Coach.
[09:42] A
So I got scared of my weakness...
[09:46] Mi
...and you couldn't fly anymore, huh?
[09:49] Mi
I see.
[09:57] Mas
Practicing by myself feels so pointless.
[10:01] Mad
What can ya do? Asuka-chan said
she wanted to keep image training.
SIGN Notice of Absence Kurashina Asuka
SIGN Mashiro Asuka-senpai is taking time off from the team! (>口<;)
SIGN Mashiro Her mother phoned and said she wasn't home yet!
[10:25] Mi
Asuka...
SIGN To Asuka Where are you now? Please respond! Misaki
SIGN Tobisawa
[11:02] A
Uh...
[11:04] A
What am I doing here?
[11:06] Mi
What're you talking about?
[11:07] Mi
You were the one standing outside my
house with a blank look on your face.
[11:11] A
Well...
[11:13] A
I wanted to reply to your
message, but my battery ran out.
[11:17] A
I didn't know what to do,
and before I realized...
[11:19] Mas
It's just like you to show
up to respond in person.
[11:25] Mi
Y'know...
[11:26] Mi
Why are you even here, Mashiro?
[11:28] Mas
That's because you told me
Asuka-senpai was at your place.
[11:33] Mas
So I rushed here as soon as I could.
[11:35] Mas
I most definitely am not here to
take advantage of the situation
[11:39] Mas
to sample your home cooking!
[11:42] A
Sorry to have worried you.
[11:44] Mi
Let's just eat.
[11:46] Mas
Yeah, let's eat!
[11:48] All
Let's eat.
[11:50] Mi
I tried making gyoza tonight.
[11:52] Mi
With flying fish dumplings
and lots of flyer stock.
[11:56] Mas
It's great!
[11:58] Mas
Your flying fish gyoza made
with love is just divine!
[12:00] Mi
There was no love involved.
[12:01] A
Th-This is...
[12:03] J
...delicious, right?
[12:07] A
It's really good.
[12:11] Mi
Asuka.
[12:12] A
Y-Yes?
[12:14] Mi
Stay the night.
[12:17] Mas
"S-Stay"...
[12:20] (Flashback) Mas
Misaki-senpai...
[12:23] (Flashback) Mas
I'll gladly be your personal hug Mashillow.
[12:29] Mi
Could you hurry up and eat?
[12:32] ---
I need to clean up.
[12:32] Mas
Got it!
[12:36] Mas
Wait, Senpai!
[12:38] Mas
No, you can't!
[12:40] Mas
Please...
[12:44] Mi
Sheesh.
[12:46] A
Listen, I'm sorry.
[12:48] A
I ended up causing you trouble.
[12:51] Mi
No problem, I guess.
[12:58] Mi
Why?
[13:00] Mi
Why are you taking time off?
[13:02] A
Well...
[13:05] A
What about you?
[13:07] Mi
Me?
[13:09] Mi
I...
[13:12] Mas
A total stud, no matter how
many times I look at it!
[13:17] Mi
Get lost, Mashiro.
[13:19] Mas
What? Am I not welcome here?
[13:22] Mas
I feel like an abandoned cat right now.
[13:26] Mi
Yeah, I'm abandoning you.
[13:27] Mas
Ack!
[13:29] Mas
Fine. Since I'm such a bother,
I'll get out of your way now.
[13:29] Mi
Shoo, shoo.
[13:32] Mas
You two feel free to flirt
to your hearts' content.
[13:37] Mi
Where did she even pull
these pictures out from?
[13:40] A
I wanna see, too!
[13:42] Mi
Hey, wait.
[13:46] A
Who is this boy?
[13:48] Mi
Me.
[13:50] A
I'm sorry.
[13:52] Mi
I often got mistaken for
a boy, so I'm used to it.
[13:56] A
Grav-Shoes?
[13:57] Mi
I got them as a birthday gift.
[13:59] Mi
I was so happy, I kept
flying around by myself.
[14:01] Mi
After a point, that couldn't
satisfy me anymore,
[14:03] Mi
so I challenged random people to matches.
[14:06] A
You look like you were having fun.
[14:08] Mi
But I get bored easily, you see.
[14:11] Mi
Before I knew it, I stopped
caring about Flying Circus.
[14:16] Mi
After you showed up, I started
playing again on a whim.
[14:24] Mi
But this time,
[14:26] Mi
I ran away.
[14:29] Mi
I thought I'd put up a good
fight against Shindo-san,
[14:32] Mi
but I really hadn't.
[14:34] Mi
He got serious against you, though.
[14:38] Mi
I was so upset.
[14:39] Mi
I couldn't understand why.
[14:42] Mi
And then he lost the match against Inui-san.
[14:45] Mi
I didn't want to believe it.
[14:48] Mi
"What does that make me?" I wondered.
And I got scared.
[14:53] Mi
But you...
[14:56] Mi
You said it was incredible.
[15:00] Mi
I couldn't understand you.
[15:02] Mi
I felt like you were out of my league.
[15:06] Mi
And even after losing so badly, Shindo-san
hadn't let it get to him at all.
[15:11] Mi
In fact, it'd only made him more motivated.
[15:13] (Flashback) Kaz
Because the fear of losing something
shows that you enjoy it.
[15:17] Mi
I can't enjoy that sort of thing.
[15:20] Mi
That's why
[15:22] ---
I decided to quit.
[15:24] A
Misaki-chan...
[15:29] Mi
What can you even say?
[15:32] Mi
I'm so pathetic.
[15:34] A
That's not true!
[15:36] A
You're awesome!
[15:40] A
Sorry.
[15:42] Mi
Asuka?
[15:43] A
I mean,
[15:45] ---
you're the one who took me
to the world in the sky.
[15:50] A
Looking at your pretty flying form made
me wish I could fly like that, too.
[15:57] Mi
Th-Thanks.
[15:59] A
Oh, no need.
[16:04] Mi
You'll be fine.
[16:05] Mi
I know you're flying with your own wings.
[16:08] Mi
Not that I have proof, though.
[16:09] A
You don't?
[16:15] Mi
Wow, it's really late.
[16:16] Mi
Shall we turn in?
[16:18] A
Yes.
[16:20] Mas
I'm Mashiro, the abandoned cat.
[16:22] Mas
I guess they're not coming to pick me up.
[16:25] Mas
Jeez.
[16:27] Mas
Not that I blame them.
[16:33] (Flashback) Mas
Fly across the starry sky
with your unrivaled wings.
[16:40] (Flashback) Mas
Your answer is surely up in the sky.
[16:47] (Flashback) Mas
Break through the darkness
and the endless world.
[16:54] (Flashback) Mas
May your wishes shine eternal,
Master of the Heavens, Zephyrion!
[17:08] Mas
You two forgot about my
existence, didn't you?
[17:11] Mas
Oh, is that so?
[17:12] Mas
You were in your own little world, huh?
[17:14] Mas
Gee, sorry for being the fifth
wheel—Are you even listening to me?
[17:17] A
Sorry, Mashiro-chan.
[17:20] Mas
Well, it's fine.
[17:39] Mas
Step on it, or we'll be late!
[17:42] Mi
I know!
[17:43] A
H-Hey!
[17:44] Mas
What is it? Less talking, more sprinting!
[17:46] A
Misaki-chan!
[17:48] Mi
Wh-What?
[17:50] A
Take me on...
[17:53] A
in a match!
[17:56] Mas
Asuka-senpai?
[17:59] A
The answer is up in the sky!
[18:07] Mas
Wait, that was just a leave letter?
[18:10] A
Yes. I wanted to take a day off.
[18:17] H
And you, Misaki?
[18:18] Mi
I'm gonna play Asuka in a match now.
[18:21] Mi
If I lose, I'll come back.
[18:25] Mi
"The answer is up in the sky"?
You're too naïve, Asuka.
[18:28] Mi
The only things that are up
there are victory and defeat.
[18:31] Mi
And I'm gonna win, no matter what.
[18:33] A
I'll give it all I've got.
[18:40] Mi
To be honest, I'm a bit
scared of taking Asuka on.
[18:44] A
If I win, Misaki-chan will
come back to the team.
[18:47] A
I can't lose here.
[18:49] Mas
On your marks...
[18:50] Mas
Set!
[18:56] Mad
She can fly again!
[18:58] H
She must've remembered her way of flying.
[19:02] Mas
Point to Asuka-senpai!
[19:07] A
Here I go!
[19:11] Mi
You're not getting past me!
[19:13] Mi
What?!
[19:15] A
Let's zipzap, Misaki-chan!
[19:17] Mi
Asuka, that's my catchphrase!
[19:23] Mas
Point to Misaki-senpai 1—
[19:26] Mas
1-2!
[19:35] Mi
That won't get it done!
[19:37] Mas
Point to Misaki-senpai. 1-3.
[19:41] A
Misaki-chan really is amazing.
[19:43] A
But I won't be
[19:46] ---
outdone!
[19:48] Mas
Point to Asuka-senpai!
[19:51] Mi
Let's roll, Asuka!
[19:54] A
Okay!
[20:03] Mad
They're so high up.
[20:13] H
Is that Delta Force?!
[20:16] H
Did Asuka use it on the spur of the moment?!
[20:34] Mi
You know, I've realized something.
[20:37] Mi
I was scared because I'd found
something to take seriously—
[20:41] Mi
something to dedicate myself
to—for the first time.
[20:45] Mi
And I think I'm still a little scared.
[20:49] Mi
You?
[20:49] A
The only thing on my mind...
[20:53] A
is to look up and fly.
[20:56] A
I really do think the
answer is up in the sky.
[21:00] Mi
It may well be.
[21:03] Mas
Misaki-senpai...
[21:05] Mas
You won. What are you going to do with this?
SIGN Notice of Withdrawal
[21:09] Mi
Got a pen?
[21:10] Mad
Here.
[21:11] Mi
Thanks.
[21:14] Mi
That should do it.
SIGN Notice of Withdrawal
Registration
[21:18] Mi
I'm not "coming back."
I'm rejoining.
[21:21] Mad
Ah.
[21:23] Mas
So you're our newest member!
[21:25] Mi
Oh, I guess.
[21:26] Mas
Call me "Mashiro-senpai" from now on.
[21:28] Mi
In your dreams.
[21:31] Phone
Fly across the starry sky
with your unrivaled wings
[21:36] Mi
Oh, so this is Jephyrion?
[21:38] Phone
Your answer is surely up in the sky
[21:38] Mas
You're not pronouncing it right,
Senpai. You can't Zephyr like that.
[21:43] Mi
So that wing of yours was Jephyrion's, Asuka?
[21:44] Phone
Break through the darkness
and the endless world
[21:46] Mas
You're still not pronouncing it right.
[21:48] A
A boy from this island gave
it to me when I was a child.
[21:50] Phone
May your wishes shine eternal,
Master of the Heavens, Zephyrion!
[21:51] Mi
A boy from this island?
[21:52] Mas
Who could it be?
[21:54] A
Like a female version of Coach.
[21:57] Mi
Gross!
[21:58] Mas
Well, it was a long time ago.
[22:01] Mi
Wait, I think I once played a
similar kid in an FC match.
[22:06] Mas
Maybe it was the same person?
[22:10] A
Who knows?
[22:11] [SONG] Sign
To Be Continued
[22:12] Mi
And who cares?
SIGN Preview
[23:46] Ir
Our FC is beautiful.
[23:48] Mi
6 AM? Seriously?
[23:50] A
Coach?!
[23:51] Mi
Is that for FC, too?
SIGN Episode Ten: Is That For FC, Too?