E24 - The End of the Beginning Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:12] Rie     Thank you. [00:15] Wom     Next person auditioning? [00:24] Har     My name is Mutsuishi Haruna.     I'm with AiRBLUE. [00:30] Har     Thank you for having me! [00:41] Rio     Haruna-chan! [00:42] Rio     Welcome back. [00:44] Har     Thank you. [00:46] Mai     Welcome back, Haruna. [00:47] Shi     Well, how did it go? [00:50] Har     I'm not sure. [00:52] Har     I personally felt like it     went okay, but who knows? [00:55] Rio     Oh, that reminds me! [00:56] Rio     Speaking of auditions, [00:58] Rio     the results from that audition     you did a while ago came back. [01:05] Rio     It looks like they didn't take     anyone from our agency. [01:09] Hon     That's too bad. [01:11] Chi     Welcome to our ball, my dear prince! [01:15] Chi     Thank you for waiting. [01:17] Chi     Here's your Moon Omelet Rice of Fate     and Glass Slipper Parfait. [01:20] Chi     And your seaweed tea. [01:24] Chi     What are you guys doing here? [01:27] Air     Yuuki-chan insisted on coming. [01:30] Yuz     We wanted to come back, too. [01:32] Chi     Come on, you guys. [01:34] Chi     For me, this is exhausting work, you know? [01:39] Air     I'm so sorry. [01:41] Chi     I was just joking. [01:42] Chi     I'm not mad or anything. [01:45] Yuz     No rest for the poor, huh? [01:46] Chi     Hey, now. [01:48] Yuu     We actually have a lot of free time, though. [01:51] Yuu     I was thinking we'd be really busy     with the anime adaptation of Himmel... [01:54] Yuu     But then it turns out the     recording starts in a year! [01:58] Air     I guess making an anime     takes a very long time. [02:03] Yuz     Anime is so cool! [02:06] Chi     A year, huh? [02:08] Chi     That does sound kinda far off. [02:12] Rie     At first, it was going okay, [02:14] Rie     but after I messed up once,     I completely fell apart. [02:18] Sat     You'll just have to shake it off. [02:20] Sat     We newbies just need to     hit up a lot of auditions. [02:24] Rie     I know that, but... [02:26] Sat     In this business, even the most     sought-after voice actresses get rejected. [02:30] Sat     You need to get used to it,     or you won't survive. [02:33] Rie     Have you gotten used to it already? [02:38] Kid     You know what? [02:39] Kid     We'd love to see you in a play again! [02:43] Kid2     When are you doing the next one? [02:45] Rin     Yeah, we'd like to do one again, too. [02:51] Mei     The stage readings are fun, huh? [02:55] Sat     Yeah. [02:58] Sat     They're not bad. [03:03] Rie     Yeah. [03:05] Rie     I'd like to do one again. [03:13] Rik     Yeah, we're definitely losing listeners. [03:16] Aya     I wonder why. [03:20] Mah     It started going down around the time we     started the Boken Survivors project. [03:26] Aya     Shouldn't we be getting more listeners,     now that we're in an anime? [03:31] Mah     The way we do Survivors is basically     how we do our radio show. [03:37] Rik     So you're saying all those listeners     just moved over to Survivors? [03:42] Aya     I see. [03:44] Mih     Oh, my. [03:47] Rik     I don't like seeing our     listeners decline like this. [03:50] Rik     Isn't there anything we can do? [03:53] Mih     Yeah... [03:55] Rik     Well, wouldn't it be okay to just     call it quits at some point, then? [04:00] Rik     If all our listeners are     moving over to Survivors, [04:03] Rik     doesn't that mean our radio     show has served its purpose? [04:06] Mih     Its purpose... [04:08] Rik     But I can't imagine us not     doing our show anymore. [04:13] Mah     Nobody said this would be easy. [04:25] Chi     Oh... [04:28] Rik     I wasn't expecting you here at this hour. [04:31] Chi     Work ran late, and then I was thinking     I'd relax a bit before going to bed. [04:36] Rik     Welcome back. [04:38] Rik     Want to sit? [04:38] Chi     Sure. [04:40] Rik     What? The recording won't     start for another year? [04:44] Chi     Yeah. [04:44] Rik     I see. I guess it takes     longer than we thought. [04:49] Rik     Do you feel demotivated now? [04:51] Chi     I can't honestly say I don't... [04:55] Chi     But Yuuki-chan and the others are     almost annoyingly full of energy, [04:59] Chi     so that one year might just go by in a flash. [05:03] Chi     I'm also older than everyone else. [05:06] Rik     You're saying that to me? [05:08] Chi     Oh, sorry. [05:11] Chi     But things start to get murky when     all you're doing is your side job. [05:17] Chi     Your sense of distance to your dreams, I mean. [05:19] Rik     Yeah, even if it's a dream     that finally came true, [05:23] Rik     maybe you have to let it go in     order to keep going forward. [05:30] Chi     So I wondered a bit... [05:34] Chi     If it's always, always... [05:37] Chi     going to be... [05:39] Chi     like this. [05:43] Rik     I know what you mean. [05:45] Rik     It's like... [05:56] Rik     Goodnight. [06:00] Mai     Huh? [06:01] Mai     What's up? [06:03] Sat     Oh. [06:07] Sat     I've been taking walks here twice a week. [06:11] Mai     I'm out for a walk, too. [06:15] Mai     I see. So Rie-san's also a little down. [06:18] Sat     Yeah, well, it's almost like we     go to auditions to get shot down. [06:23] Mai     True. [06:26] Mai     I also really wanted to work on the project     Haruna and the others auditioned for today. [06:32] Sat     I guess Rie and Mutsuishi-san were     both invited by name to the audition. [06:36] Mai     Either way, I want to support     Haruna and the others, [06:40] Mai     but it also really sucks that I wasn't invited. [06:44] Mai     It's hard to put it into words. [06:46] Sat     I know. [06:47] Sat     I think every voice actress     should be fending for herself, [06:51] Sat     but I do know what you're talking about. [06:54] Sat     Well, I'm going to keep walking a little longer. [06:58] Mai     And I'm pretty tired, so I'll be heading back. [07:05] Mai     We might be going different ways, [07:07] Mai     but we're still going back to the same home. [07:08] Mai     That's kinda nice. [07:13] Sat     That's true. [07:16] Mas     I asked you all here today for one reason. [07:19] Mas     In the near future, there's going to be a     large-scale audition for a certain project. [07:24] Mas     That project is Alma of the Azure Valley. [07:30] Har     That's... [07:37] Aya     But wasn't Alma... [07:39] Mah     Yeah, Alma was... [07:44] Sat     Alma of the Azure Valley is the     title I once played Alma for. [07:50] Sat     A lot of time has passed since then, [07:53] Sat     and a lot of new characters     have been introduced. [07:56] Har     This seems unreal... [07:59] Mas     We've arranged it so that all of     AiRBLUE can participate. [08:03] Mas     Please make your individual     decisions after talking to Rio. SIGN    Movie Adaptation of Alma of the Azure Valley     Project Plan [08:10] Kir     They seemed a little hesitant. [08:13] Rio     Yes. [08:14] Rio     The audition results     haven't been good lately. [08:17] Rio     I'm wondering if they're     starting to lose confidence. [08:19] Mas     Everyone has to go through that. [08:21] Kir     That's right. [08:22] Rio     B-But isn't this precisely when the     teams should support each other? [08:26] Mas     To be a voice actress is to be alone. [08:28] Mas     Everyone has to walk their own path, [08:31] Mas     even if they happen to be on the same team. [08:33] Rio     That's true, but... [08:38] Kir     But, Masaki, you're still thinking     about that dream of yours, aren't you? [08:44] Mas     You got me. [08:46] Mas     When people are taking their first     step out onto that dark path, [08:49] Mas     I wonder how many more     possibilities would unfold [08:52] Mas     if only there was a small,     friendly voice calling to you... [08:57] Hon     I see. This was your dream, huh? SIGN    Main Characters SIGN    Lilia     Daughter of Alma and Rick.      She seems innocent and calm,      but she's brimming with curiosity and will     jump head-first into dangerous situations.      Her friend Rush always comes to her     rescue when she's in a tight spot.      It was decided that she is to receive her     mother's jewel and the powers of a fairy.      But on the night before the ceremony,     the jewel emits a strange light, and Lilia     and Rush are thrown into a different world. [09:01] Har     Yeah. [09:02] Hon     Dreams, huh? [09:04] Har     What is it? [09:05] Hon     Well, I've been thinking lately. [09:08] Hon     Back when I got that part in Bloom Ball,     and while I was recording, [09:12] Hon     it felt real, that I had actually     become a voice actress. [09:16] Hon     That my dream had come true. [09:20] Hon     But without a job,     we're just regular students. [09:25] Hon     Makes you wonder which parts of     you really are the voice actress. [09:30] Har     Yeah. [09:31] Har     I can't really put it eloquently... [09:34] Har     Right now, I'm still desperate. [09:37] Har     But every day is fun. [09:41] Har     I guess I'd like to keep going until     I find the answer to that question. [09:46] Mai     Yeah, we were desperate. [09:51] Hon     Yeah, but each day is fun. [09:54] Shio     Yeah. [10:00] Shio     That reminds me. It's today. [10:03] Mai     What is? [10:06] Shio     The one-year anniversary     of us all coming here. SIGN    1st anniversary! [10:11] Aya     Hey. [10:12] Aya     What do you think voice acting is? [10:14] Rik     That's a hard question out of the blue. [10:16] Aya     It's been on my mind since we had that talk     about what we should do with the radio show. [10:24] Mah     I guess it's work where you     earn money with your voice. [10:27] Mih     So I guess we're all voice actresses. [10:30] Mah     For now. [10:32] Mih     For now? [10:34] Mah     For now. [10:35] Mah     I mean, we don't know what's ahead. [10:37] Mah     It's not just about making money, SIGN    Ride the     Headwind [10:39] Mah     but about our voices     actually reaching someone. [10:42] Rik     So like, are we doing     what we want to be doing? [10:45] Mah     And you have to be popular. SIGN    ji Mahoro @ live radio broadcast!! SIGN    Miyaji Mahoro SIGN    posts SIGN    followers SIGN    follows SIGN    Edit Profile SIGN    Pin favorites to your profile [10:48] Aya     By "popular," do you mean online followers? [10:51] Mah     Of course, that's important. [10:53] Mih     And the radio? [10:59] Mah     Of course, that's important, too. [11:01] Mih     So why are we quitting? [11:03] Mah     I just said that it's served     the purpose it had until now. [11:06] Aya     There's no money in it, either. [11:08] Rik     Are we gonna keep it going, then? [11:10] Mah     Of course we will! [11:12] Mah     It's the very first thing we did together. [11:16] Mah     Besides, I'm a professional voice actress. [11:20] Aya     So what's a professional     voice actress to you? [11:23] Mah     Someone who earns money with their voice. [11:28] Rik     You circled right back around. [11:30] Mih     I guess we'll continue the radio show, then. [11:32] Rik     Yay! Should we do something     to commemorate this? [11:34] Mah     Commemorate? [11:36] All     We're back! [11:37] Shi     We're home. [11:38] Mih     Welcome back. [11:40] Mih     What's up? [11:43] Hon     Today... is the anniversary     of the first day we all met! [11:48] Mah     Huh? [11:49] Both     Anniversary? [11:50] Mai     So we wanted to do something. [11:52] Har     With everyone in the dorm! [11:54] Shi     Right. [11:55] Hon     Everyone, myself included, [11:57] Hon     seems to be a bit lost lately, [12:00] Hon     so I kinda wanna do something     to, like, psych ourselves up! [12:04] Mih     That's pretty good timing, huh? [12:11] Rik     Good morning, good day, good evening! [12:14] Aya     The radio show that delivers     happiness right to your ears... [12:18] Mah     From four aspiring voice actresses... SIGN    Recording     Keep Out! [12:21] Mih     Brought to you with all our love! [12:27] Rik     Today is a very important day for us, [12:31] Rik     so we wanted to bring you to     this very special broadcast. [12:34] Mih     Today, it's been exactly one year since all of     us came together to work here at AiRBLUE. [12:41] Rik     Which is why we asked all of our friends     here at the dorm to join the show today! [12:48] All     Hello! [12:50] Rik     So let's do introductions! [12:52] Rik     And make it snappy. [12:53] Har     I'm Mutsuishi Haruna. [12:55] Mai     I'm Takatori Maika. [12:56] Shi     Kano Shiho. Nice to meetcha. [12:58] Hon     My name is Tsukii Honoka! [13:01] Yuu     Tendo Yuuki! [13:02] Chi     Akagawa Chisa here. [13:03] Air     I'm, uh, Eniwa Airi. [13:05] Yuz     I'm Kujo Yuzuha! [13:08] Rie     My name is Eris, the demon Eris— [13:10] Sat     You're Maruyama Rie. [13:12] Sat     And I'm Utsugi Satori. [13:13] Myou     I'm Myoujin Rinne! [13:15] Mei     I'm Toomi Mei. [13:17] Rik     That's all of our wonderful friends here! [13:21] Rik     Our show actually has a theme today. [13:23] Aya     It's been one year since we started     working as voice actresses. SIGN    Ride the     Headwind SIGN    Radio SIGN    (no category) SIGN    This is just the beginning! SIGN    I didn't know there were that many of you.     Good luck. SIGN    I want to hear more voices! SIGN    More intros! [13:28] Aya     We're still experiencing a lot of bumps, [13:31] Aya     and turns, and feelings of doubt. [13:33] Rik     But by cheering each other on, [13:36] Rik     we've somehow managed     to survive until this day. [13:39] Rik     So at this turning point... [13:41] Mih     Please listen to our voices and     stories as fledgling voice actresses. [13:50] Chi     Uh, I'm Akagawa Chisa! [13:53] Chi     We're voice actresses, [13:54] Chi     but Yuuki, Airi, Yuzuha and I are mainly     focused on our idol unit, Chun×4. [13:59] Chi     Actually, that's more or less all we do... [14:02] Air     Singing and dancing is very hard, [14:04] Air     so at times, I got so scared     that it made me cry... [14:07] Yuz     It's been so much fun! [14:09] Yuz     And it's only going to be getting more fun! [14:12] Yuu     If you really do your best, [14:15] Yuu     you can convey your     emotions with your voice. [14:17] Yuu     That's something that really     clicked this last year. [14:20] Yuu     Oh, and they're making Chun×4 into an anime! [14:22] Yuu     Hope you'll all tune in! [14:24] Rik     Thanks! [14:25] Rik     Next up is Rie's group. [14:28] Rie     For me, as a creature of the darkness, [14:31] Rie     the concerns and worries of     humans are meaningless. [14:33] Rie     They are sickeningly absurd. [14:36] Rin     Oh, no! Rienne, are you sick?! [14:39] Rie     That's not what I... [14:41] Sat     Stop talking nonsense. [14:43] Mei     Rie... [14:46] Rie     The truth is, it wasn't going     so great for us when we started. [14:50] Rie     We called ourselves industrial     waste and stuff... [14:54] Rie     But so much has changed since     the four of us came together. [14:58] Rie     Recently, we finally got to be in an anime, [15:01] Rie     began working as an idol unit, and so on. [15:05] Rie     We did feel a bit down because we haven't     been called back after several auditions, [15:13] Rie     but... [15:14] Rie     Where we are right now [15:15] Rie     is a place we could only reach     because the four of us are together! [15:19] Rie     If everyone has their own path to walk there, [15:21] Rie     I am certain that nothing will stand     in the way of our fierce rule! [15:26] Sat     So, that kind of sums us up. [15:29] Mei     Yeah. [15:30] Rin     That was so cool! [15:32] Mah     Next up is... [15:33] Mah     Haruna's group. [15:34] Har     Oh! Well... [15:39] Mai     Um, I'm Takatori Maika. [15:41] Mai     I was able to be in an     anime called Bloom Ball, [15:44] Mai     but I'm fully aware that I'm     still not good enough yet. [15:48] Hon     I feel very much like Maika. [15:51] Hon     But I'm going to accept my weaknesses, [15:54] Hon     then train and train and     become a stronger person! [15:58] Shio     All right, musclehead. [16:00] Shio     You ready now, Haruna? [16:02] Har     Yes. Thank you. [16:05] Har     I guess I've been thinking and     feeling what everyone else has. [16:10] Har     All the time, I feel uncertain, scared,     and have no confidence in myself. [16:16] Har     I know that from far away, [16:18] Har     we probably all look like almost     identical fledgling voice actresses. [16:25] Har     But being as close as I am, [16:27] Har     I can see how everyone here     glows in their own color. [16:32] Har     Having basked in all of their colors, [16:36] Har     my glow probably has all sorts of colors. [16:39] Har     So now I feel like, if I'm chosen in an audition, [16:42] Har     it wasn't just my own glow     that made them choose me. [16:46] Har     So I'd like to take this     opportunity to thank you all. [16:51] Har     Thank you for everything! [16:56] Mai     Haruna, you had that all prepared. [17:00] Mah     That was pretty amazing     if you just ad-libbed it. [17:04] Har     I... did think about it a little... [17:09] Rik     But I feel like I just heard a great story. [17:13] Aya     The power of words truly is amazing. [17:18] Mih     And we will continue to     take those important words, [17:23] Mih     and carry them straight     to you with our voices. [17:44] Rie     I'd like my voice to reach someone. [17:47] Rie     That dream alone is what     brought us all this way. [17:52] Air     But most of what I wanted didn't work out, [17:55] Air     and only a tiny fraction went well... [17:59] Aya     There were times when I felt     so lost, and had to cry... [18:03] Hon     Sometimes, there were days     when this dream felt heavy. [18:08] Chi     I don't have time to stand still, [18:11] Chi     and yet, I find myself wishing     there was someone by my side. [18:15] Rin     Even something like eating a     meal together sounds nice then. [18:20] Mah     Sometimes, just hearing a "good morning"     or a "goodnight" can save you. [18:25] Yuu     I realized that these moments only exist here. [18:30] Mei     In reality, each of our starting points and     the scenery we're seeing are different. [18:35] Mai     And I understand that all of us will     eventually go our separate ways. [18:41] Shi     The moment I understood that, I got scared. [18:46] Mih     When I look up at the infinite sky, [18:49] Mih     it's so full of hope and possibility and doubt. [18:54] Rik     But nothing can stop us from     wanting to reach the sky. [18:59] Yuz     One day, you'll see us flying high. [19:02] Sat     Until that day, we're proud to be here, [19:05] Sat     looking in the same direction. [19:08] Har     Which is why we'll all make     our mark with our voices. [19:12] Har     At this time, in this moment... [19:17] All     We are voice actresses! [19:22] Song     Hey, look, the scenery is changing [19:25] Song     I'm leaving the person I was yesterday behind [19:29] Song     Who is this, reflected in the window? [19:36] Song     Someone who looks like me was smiling [19:40] Song     I reach out for them, but they slip away [19:42] Song     It's me, but I'm far away [19:46] Song     And the colors are faded [19:50] Song     But I'm certain that I am here [19:56] Song     In order to advance [19:59] Song     The time that has stopped [20:00] Song     And the monochrome season [20:03] Song     Keep chasing it, keep chasing it [20:07] Song     Toward the future up ahead [20:10] Song     What color should you and I make it? [20:17] Song     So just one step forward, one step forward [20:21] Song     Layering on my color [20:25] Song     And paint from the heart [20:28] Song     Onto this sparkling white canvas [20:47] Song     Everything won't just go     perfectly right from the start [20:50] Song     But I want to get closer     to reality than yesterday [20:54] Song     And slowly, I become me [21:01] Song     When the tears come and you want to erase it [21:04] Song     The courage to keep your back straight [21:08] Song     Will someday [21:09] Song     Become someone's strength [21:14] Song     Make as many mistakes as you want [21:21] Song     Because the new colors you layer on each time [21:25] Song     Will give you strength [21:28] Song     So again and again [21:31] Song     Think about all of our [21:35] Song     Individual futures and layer them on forever [21:42] Song     I still don't have an answer [21:46] Song     To the question you asked [21:50] Song     But I want to paint it vividly [21:53] Song     Onto the canvas in front of me SIGN    Final Episode SIGN    The End of the Beginning [22:04] Song     Red, blue, green, yellow, orange, rainbow [22:09] Song     Everyone's colors [22:11] Song     With this brush that I was given [22:14] Song     I carry those colors [22:18] Song     So many smiles, overflowing smiles [22:21] Song     That's what I want to paint, now and forever [22:25] Song     I'm starting to see it bit by bit [22:28] Song     Our future [22:31] Song     So let it always ring, let it always ring [22:35] Song     Let it ring in our voices [22:39] Song     And let's finish this painting someday [22:46] Song     We've yet to find a color we didn't need [22:53] Song     It's gonna be fine, just believe [22:56] Song     In this painting [23:00] Song     Keep chasing it, keep chasing it [23:00] Rio     All right, everyone. [23:01] Rio     The audition is starting now. [23:03] Song     Toward the future up ahead [23:03] All     Yes ma'am! [23:04] Rio     Who wants to go first? [23:06] Har     Me! [23:07] Song     What color should you and I make it? [23:08] Har     I, Mutsuishi Haruna, will go first! [23:14] Song     So just one step forward, one step forward [23:15] Har     Huh? Masaki-san? [23:18] Song     Layering on my color [23:18] Mas     For today's audition, [23:20] Mas     you'll be reading along with my Alma. [23:21] Song     You can see it, right? [23:24] Song     The new future on this canvas [23:25] Har     Okay! Thank you! [23:30] Mas     The time to set out has come. [23:32] Mas     May the fairies watch over you. [23:35] Har     I'm going now, Mother. [23:38] Mas     There's nothing to fear. [23:40] Mas     Spread those wings on your back     and take to that blue sky. [23:44] Mas     You're free to go as far     and high as you please. [23:48] Har     I will! [23:54] Har     Everyone has a sky they can fly in!