E1 - The Show Must Go On

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    Artist Republic Performers.
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    ARP for short.
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    A group composed of some
    of Japan's finest singers and dancers,
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    aiming to make it big on a global level.
SIGN    Music can change the world.
[03:08] ---
    Coming!
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    Good work today, guys.
[03:12] ---
    Thanks!
[03:14] ---
    That went great!
[03:16] ---
    Thanks.
[03:17] ---
    I know you guys must be tired,
    but there's one more game you have to do.
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    A punishment game?
[03:24] ---
    Why?
[03:27] ---
    We're actually going to be doing an
    interview for the Backstage Pass anime?
[03:33] ---
    No shit?
[03:34] ---
    Reiji has to meditate!
[03:37] ---
    Right now?
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    Let me see if I've got clothes...
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    That anime thing's been going forward, huh?
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    Um...
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    Let's start with this:
    tell us how you got into ARP.
SIGN    How did you get into ARP?
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    Well,
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    the first thing I want you to know is
    that while we're professional performers,
SIGN    Performing Arts Department
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    we're also students at ISM.
[04:17] (Flashback) ---
    Who can tell me the 3rd note in this chord?
SIGN    Shinji Kanou
[04:26] (Flashback) ---
    Nobody? Nobody knows?
[04:31] (Flashback) ---
    Kanou-kun, then.
[04:34] (Flashback) ---
    Yes.
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    Were you paying attention?
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    I'm sorry, sir.
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    What's the 3rd...
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    A flat.
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    It's A flat.
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    Then... what's the next note?
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    G flat.
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    Bravo.
[04:59] (Flashback) ---
    Okay, who can tell me about this next chord?
[05:34] (Flashback) ---
    I'm home.
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    I've studied the violin, piano,
    ballet, and many other fine arts
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    since I was a child.
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    The violin, especially.
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    My father was a musician,
    so I've even done recitals.
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    But... I wasn't able to
    live up to his expectations.
[07:20] (Flashback) ---
    All right.
SIGN    I'm waiting in the chairman's office
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    A heart?
[07:49] (Flashback) ---
    Excuse me.
[07:56] (Flashback) ---
    Shinji Kanou...
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    Our top student in terms of both
    grades and performing skills.
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    Wonderful.
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    Artist Republic Performers.
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    A group composed of some of
    Japan's finest singers and dancers,
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    with the skills to compete
    on a global level.
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    That's ARP.
[08:18] (Flashback) ---
    Welcome to ARP.
[09:35] ---
    ARP.
[09:40] ---
    ARP.
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    Rebel Cross's old name was Cross Bone.
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    We were a four-man band, based out
    of a concert hall in Yokohama.
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    Concert halls, street performances...
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    We made some money,
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    and well, we had some good times.
SIGN    Daiya Koumoto
SIGN    Reiji Hida
[10:37] (Flashback) ---
    What the hell's this?
[10:39] (Flashback) ---
    Some kind of coupon?
[10:42] (Flashback) ---
    I hope it's for a restaurant.
[10:45] (Flashback) ---
    What? A fan letter?
SIGN    Your concert was great
[10:47] (Flashback) ---
    Hey, gimme some more noodles.
[10:54] (Flashback) ---
    Dude, stop ordering extra noodles.
    We're broke this month.
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    Rock dies the second you start
    thinking about money.
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    We'll die before rock does. Of starvation.
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    Fine by me.
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    What do we do now?
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    With what now?
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    The concerts are going fine.
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    We ain't rich, but we ain't dying
    in the street, either.
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    It's pretty fun too, sure.
[11:21] (Flashback) ---
    But this isn't it, right?
[11:35] (Flashback) ---
    Mother Earth can shove global warming up her ass.
[11:38] (Flashback) ---
    Dude, don't talk smack about Mother Earth.
    Is your air conditioner broke?
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    Who the hell are you?
[11:48] (Flashback) ---
    Sorry to intrude. Reiji Hida-kun
    and Daiya Koumoto-kun, right?
[11:55] (Flashback) ---
    Producer?
SIGN    Planning & Sales HQ
     ARP Producer
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    ARP? From those cards?
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    So if we go to this ISM place and
    study there, we can make it big?
[12:06] (Flashback) ---
    Yup. You'll be given
    scholarships and free tuition.
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    You can have rooms
    at the dorm too, if you want.
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    For free, of course.
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    Ow!
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    You might not know this, man,
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    but we can hit it big any time we want.
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    We're at the point where we're throwing
    10,000 yen bills in the garbage
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    just 'cause we don't have a place to put them.
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    Of course. Yeah, I'm sure.
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    But I hope you'll consider it.
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    It's not a bad deal.
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    Debut. Free tuition.
    Dorm. And three meals a day.
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    Three meals? Three meals a day?
[12:47] (Flashback) ---
    Um, okay. Three meals a day.
[12:49] (Flashback) ---
    ISM's got a great cafeteria.
    I'll make it happen.
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    What's your take, Daiya?
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    Debut. Free tuition. Dorm.
    And all you can eat 24 hours a day.
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    You just said that last one now, right? Right?
[13:01] (Flashback) ---
    Um, okay.
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    If it keeps your mind focused
    on your lessons and your concerts,
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    that's more than fine with me.
[13:17] (Flashback) ---
    I can see that you're willing
    to roll out the red carpet for us.
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    We'll think about it.
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    But don't get your hopes up.
[13:26] (Flashback) ---
    Okay. I hope to hear from you soon—
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    Anyway, we have a concert to go to.
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    That was a tough negotiation.
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    Yeah. We won't have to worry
    about money for a while.
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    We're gonna hit it big he says, Reiji?
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    Yeah. Not that I don't think
    the guy's a con man.
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    But maybe we can get to the next stage.
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    The next stage...
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    Yeah. You're right.
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    ARP.
[15:09] ---
    ARP.
SIGN    Leon Fujiwara
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    I really wanted to be in ARP.
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    I saw the other guys singing on the stage,
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    and I just thought it was amazing.
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    The performance was just incredible.
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    So cool.
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    I wanted to be up on the stage with them, too.
[18:35] ---
    Leon-kun makes everything he does look easy.
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    He's super-fast when he's recording, too.
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    Yeah, he just burns right through it.
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    He says, "I wish I could
    sing more, but this is fine."
[18:46] ---
    I see.
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    And he has something he's
    not very good at, right?
[18:50] ---
    He does?
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    What is it?
[18:53] ---
    This is a picture he drew, right?
SIGN    Thank You
[18:56] ---
    That's right. Miia-tan.
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    Cute, huh?
[21:10] ---
    Hello there, all you out there 
    watching ARP Backstage Pass.
[21:14] ---
    Hi there.
[21:15] ---
    Is anybody actually watching?
[21:16] ---
    I'm sure there.
[21:16] ---
    So, ARP's anime, Backstage Pass,
     has finally begun.
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    How did you like it?
[21:24] ---
    Did you enjoy it?
[21:26] ---
    I sure did!
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    He wasn't asking you.
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    Hey, hey, Kanou-kun.
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    Kanou-kun...
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    What? Wait, are you deliberately
    calling me "Kanou-kun"?
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    I figured the people watching
    wouldn't know who you are.
[21:38] ---
    They're not gonna recognize the guy
    with the glasses and goofy hair.
SIGN    Guy with Glasses
[21:42] ---
    Yes. That may be right, right.
[21:44] ---
    I'm Shinji. It's me.
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    I'm the guy in the glasses.
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    Quiet, you.
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    Shinji-kun had the goofy hair,
[21:52] ---
    Goofy hair?
[21:52] ---
    but what about Reiji-kun
    and Daiya-san? Was that okay?
[21:55] ---
    You shouldn't be allowed to show that.
[21:57] ---
    No, it wasn't that bad.
[21:58] ---
    Looking back, it's a little bad, yeah.
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    But Leon, your intro
    was kind of cheating, right?
[22:07] ---
    Yeah, that's right.
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    They showed Rebel Cross back
    when we were still kind of amateurs,
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    but Leon-kun's intro was
    basically like a promo video.
[22:19] ---
    It totally felt like I was
    the main character.
[22:23] ---
    Shut up. You don't get to say that.
[22:26] ---
    Why didn't they show those weird
    t-shirts that you always wear?
[22:29] ---
    That's not fair.
[22:30] ---
    I don't wear weird t-shirts.
[22:31] ---
    You sure do!
[22:32] ---
    You do, actually.
[22:33] ---
    Anyway, let's move on.
[22:36] ---
    So this anime will show you the things
    you can't see from our stage,
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    in other words, our backstage.
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    It's documentary-style,
    with interviews with us and our friends,
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    and dramatic reenactments of things
    that really happened.
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    You'll be able to see us not just as performers,
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    but get to know the real us.
[22:55] ---
    So yeah, that's fine, but...
[22:56] ---
    No, it's not fine, it's important.
[22:58] ---
    Speaking of our friends, Matsumoto.
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    He has a lot of screen time.
SIGN    Matsumoto-kun
[23:02] ---
    Yeah, can you let a guy like
    that on the screen?
[23:05] ---
    He's just a normal dude.
[23:07] ---
    As the interviewer,
    he had more dialogue than us.
[23:10] ---
    That's right.
[23:11] ---
    But yeah, there'll be lots of characters
    like him, or the chairman,
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    people who you'd need to get to
    know to understand our lives.
[23:20] ---
    And it's only going to
    get more dramatic from here.
[23:23] ---
    We hope you enjoyed the first
    episode of ARP Backstage Pass.
[23:28] ---
    Episode 2 will feature me, Shinji,
[23:32] ---
    and show you how I came to make my debut.
[23:34] ---
    All together...
[23:35] ---
    Look forward to it!
[23:37] ---
    See you soon!
[23:37] ---
    I hope you'll watch every week!