# E4 - Raise the Volume More and More
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"Hoshimi Productions"
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I'd say we're looking pretty good.
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We're not stumbling around anymore.
**[00:11] ---**
We've definitely improved...
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But compared to LizNoir,
we are still way behind.
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The disparity is expected.
**[00:18] ---**
Yeah...
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But still, we need to surpass LizNoir, right?
**[00:24] ---**
Huh?
**[00:25] ---**
Oh? Did I just say something weird?
**[00:28] ---**
No, not at all.
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It sounded like something Kotono would say.
**[00:33] ---**
Y-Yeah you're right.
**[00:35] ---**
I agree with Sakura.
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We can put in more enthusiasm
than them, at least.
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Or else we'll never catch up.
**[00:42] ---**
I-I agree!
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But it doesn't mean we need to
blindly increase our training.
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Let's come up with a smart strategy together.
**[00:51] ---**
Yeah.
**[00:52] ---**
Yes.
**[00:54] ---**
How about a different group's choreography?
**[00:56] ---**
We might discover something new.
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Any groups you recommend?
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I know.
**[01:02] ---**
How are the fledglings doing upstairs?
**[01:05] ---**
The joint lesson with LizNoir
boosted their motivation quite a bit.
**[01:09] ---**
As I expected.
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They were bound to feel something
practicing alongside real idols.
**[01:15] ---**
Did you foresee this happening?
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It just turned out this way.
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But it was good timing.
**[01:21] ---**
"Proposal Manager: Kohei Makino"
"Debut Plan"
"Hoshimi Productions" "Confidential"
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"Proposal Manager: Kohei Makino"
"Debut Plan"
"Hoshimi Productions" "Confidential"
It's almost time for you to make a move.
**[01:24] ---**
"Proposal Manager: Kohei Makino"
"Debut Plan"
"Hoshimi Productions" "Confidential"
Yes!
**[01:30] ---**
Hey, when you made your debut...
**[01:43] ---**
Bye-bye!
**[01:46] ---**
Hey!
**[01:47] ---**
Huh?
**[01:48] ---**
Can you help me get down from here?
**[01:52] ---**
Me?!
**[01:53] ---**
Yup! I was playing with the cat
and didn't notice how high we were.
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Okay, so... Let me find a ladder or something...
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Forget that! Just come over here!
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Ready?
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Here I come!
**[02:12] ---**
What?!
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Light as a feather, right?
**[02:22] ---**
All righty then.
**[02:24] ---**
I'm Mei Hayasaka, what's your name?
**[02:28] ---**
It's Makino...
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Thanks Mr. Makino!
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Bye-bye to the girl, too!
**[02:35] ---**
The girl...?
**[02:39] ---**
What?!
**[04:14] ---**
Let's eat!
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Suzu.
**[04:19] ---**
Huh?
**[04:20] ---**
Do you have any material
on idols by any chance?
**[04:24] ---**
Like Miss Mana's?
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Yeah, and other idols, too.
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They'd be useful references from here on out.
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Of course I do!
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I have concert material exclusive to fan club
members only and clippings of featured articles!
**[04:36] ---**
Huh?
**[04:37] ---**
I'll bring mine, too.
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Thanks.
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Miss Mana is hands down the best!
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The audience's reaction is incredible.
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This was when she broke
LizNoir's attendance record!
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Big Sister...
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I wonder what kind of lessons Miss Mana took.
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I would like to know as well!
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Kotono, you must know, don't you?
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We didn't really talk about her work at home.
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Then let's ask Mr. Makino.
**[05:16] ---**
Before that, I want you all to watch this, too.
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They're...
**[05:32] ---**
They are TRINITYAiLE.
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They've been really popular recently.
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Their popularity is split with
LizNoir as newcomer idols.
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Amazing. Compared to us...
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It's like night and day.
**[05:50] ---**
That means they're also...
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Our rivals...
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Huh? What Mana did for lessons?
**[06:01] ---**
Yes. We'd like to know as a reference.
**[06:04] ---**
Well, let's see...
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She'd do basic training and
sing at the station regularly...
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And she would work with a professional coach
a few times a week...
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A professional coach?!
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Maybe...
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Could that be it?
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We would like to take
the same lessons, too!
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Trust me, I know.
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I'm in the process of arranging it right now.
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What else?
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What else...?
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Well...?
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I did take lessons seriously...
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But before I knew it,
I was already popular.
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Just give me some time to remember.
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For now, focus on mastering the basics.
**[06:45] ---**
--I am curious about everything!
--Yeah.
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A professional coach.
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I wonder what it's like.
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Kotono...?
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Do you think we can surpass today's LizNoir
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and TRINITYAiLE if we work harder
than my sister did back then?
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Please be honest with me.
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I don't know.
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They're evolving as idols every day.
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The fans' expectations are
constantly getting higher, too.
**[07:10] ---**
But you were all chosen carefully
by Mr. Saegusa and myself.
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You all have just as much potential as they do.
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And...
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And?
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I'll think about it, too.
**[07:25] ---**
Please do.
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"Hoshimi Productions"
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A potential new member?
**[07:33] ---**
Yeah.
**[07:34] ---**
Kotono prompted me to think about it,
and this vague idea came to me...
**[07:39] ---**
Our group, right now...
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"Is missing something."
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How did you know?
**[07:45] ---**
Who do you think I am?
**[07:48] ---**
The balance of the members isn't too bad.
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They've been clearing every criterion
on their path to make their debut.
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It's just that...
**[07:55] ---**
"They're too perfect"?
**[07:57] ---**
You think so, too?
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I don't feel any kind of
anxiety watching them.
**[08:03] ---**
While that's a good thing,
**[08:05] ---**
the popular idols I knew
**[08:08] ---**
would all somehow keep
everyone in suspense.
**[08:11] ---**
It all started with you, you know?
**[08:12] ---**
What?
**[08:14] ---**
A little erratic...
**[08:16] ---**
Huh?
**[08:17] ---**
What is it?
**[08:18] ---**
I felt that feeling somewhere recently...
**[08:22] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[08:25] ---**
Are you about to scout
that girl from the other day?
**[08:27] ---**
I haven't decided yet, but I thought
it wouldn't hurt to see her again.
**[08:32] ---**
Do you really think she'd
conveniently be at the same--
**[08:35] ---**
There she is.
**[08:38] ---**
Hey!
**[08:39] ---**
Huh?
**[08:41] ---**
Mr. Makino!
**[08:42] ---**
Playing with a cat again?
**[08:44] ---**
Nope!
**[08:45] ---**
Today it's something even more impressive!
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Come on Mr. Makino, I'll show you!
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Whoa.
**[08:55] ---**
Be careful, it's dangerous.
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So, what's there to see?
**[09:00] ---**
That!
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Pretty cool, right?
**[09:17] ---**
Yeah, do you know her?
**[09:19] ---**
Nope.
**[09:20] ---**
--Never spoken to her.
--What?
**[09:23] ---**
But I do know her name!
**[09:25] ---**
It's Rei Ichinose!
**[09:28] ---**
Rei Ichinose...
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I heard she won the high school
dance competition.
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She amazes me so much,
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so I watch her all the time.
**[09:39] ---**
All the time?
**[09:40] ---**
Yup!
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Hey, be careful!
**[09:44] ---**
I'm totally fine!
**[09:45] ---**
I've got a great sense of balance.
**[09:49] ---**
I wonder if I'd be able to
dance like her if I practiced.
**[09:53] ---**
Do you like to dance?
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Yeah!
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It makes me feel like
**[09:59] ---**
I can become something sparkly!
**[10:06] ---**
Miss Mei Hayasaka.
**[10:07] ---**
What's up?
**[10:08] ---**
--You might be surprised at the sudden--
**[10:09] ---**
--Hello? Is this the police?
--You might be surprised at the sudden--
**[10:13] ---**
Yes.
**[10:14] ---**
A suspicious man is speaking to a girl wearing
a school uniform on top of the wall.
**[10:17] ---**
That's not good!
**[10:18] ---**
Huh?
**[10:20] ---**
Hey! Wait up!
**[10:26] ---**
Did she report you?
**[10:28] ---**
Most likely.
**[10:29] ---**
We probably shouldn't be together right now.
**[10:31] ---**
But you wanted to talk to me, right?
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You were just about to say something.
**[10:37] ---**
That's right.
**[10:41] ---**
Miss Mei Hayasaka.
**[10:43] ---**
Yes?
**[10:45] ---**
Would you be interested in becoming an idol?
**[10:55] ---**
Sure thing!
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*Idoly Pride.*
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"Hoshimi Productions"
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A new member...?
**[11:06] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:07] ---**
Come on in.
**[11:11] ---**
Hello there!
**[11:12] ---**
I'm Mei Hayasaka,
a first-year at Hoshimi High!
**[11:15] ---**
Good to meet you!
**[11:17] ---**
Likewise.
**[11:18] ---**
Nice to meet you.
**[11:20] ---**
Mr. Makino, may I have a word?
**[11:25] ---**
What is going on?
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I was never told about a new member.
**[11:29] ---**
Because I never said anything.
**[11:31] ---**
Mr. Makino.
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Kotono...
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I said I would think about it, remember?
**[11:36] ---**
And you came up with adding a new member?
**[11:39] ---**
To my eyes, I think this group
is still incomplete.
**[11:45] ---**
Who knows, more members
could be added at any time.
**[11:48] ---**
Possibly for another...
**[11:52] ---**
I'm doing my best to figure out
what we're lacking.
**[11:57] ---**
Are you saying she has something we lack?
**[12:00] ---**
That's what I thought.
**[12:03] ---**
Anyway, it's Mei's first day.
**[12:06] ---**
I'm counting on you all to help her.
**[12:08] ---**
Will do.
**[12:31] ---**
Hey, hey!
**[12:32] ---**
The group name isn't decided yet, right?
**[12:36] ---**
I came up with a good one!
**[12:40] ---**
Introducing! Mei Donuts!
**[12:44] ---**
Why did you choose donuts...?
**[12:47] ---**
Because I love them!
**[12:49] ---**
Oh, yeah!
**[12:50] ---**
I'm moving into the dorms today, too.
**[12:53] ---**
Maybe I'll move into
the same room as Mr. Makino!
**[12:58] ---**
Mr. Makino...?
**[12:59] ---**
No...!
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C-Come on, Mei.
**[13:01] ---**
You can't joke like that--
**[13:02] ---**
Why are you getting all embarrassed?
**[13:04] ---**
We've already had a date
on top of the wall.
**[13:07] ---**
A date?
**[13:08] ---**
No! Wait!
**[13:09] ---**
What are you calling a date?!
**[13:13] ---**
Mr. Makino.
**[13:14] ---**
Yes?
**[13:15] ---**
May I have a word?
**[13:19] ---**
Mei was just joking.
**[13:20] ---**
I know that.
**[13:23] ---**
She is a cute girl.
**[13:25] ---**
She's cheerful and has good style.
**[13:28] ---**
She does seem suited to becoming an idol.
**[13:31] ---**
Mr. Makino, does this mean
you think we lack those things?
**[13:36] ---**
No, not at all.
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I felt it was necessary to change the air.
**[13:43] ---**
I don't understand.
**[13:49] ---**
But I think this is what it
means to "change the air."
**[13:52] ---**
I didn't mean to cause all this tension.
**[13:56] ---**
Long day?
**[13:58] ---**
Miss Haruko...
**[14:00] ---**
How is the new girl?
**[14:01] ---**
Since it was pretty abrupt,
everyone's a bit flustered.
**[14:06] ---**
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll
manage to get along soon.
**[14:12] ---**
I heard it was a wooden structure,
so I assumed it'd be old...
**[14:15] ---**
But this is nice!
**[14:17] ---**
What were you imagining?
**[14:21] ---**
Do you make the food, Nagisa?
**[14:24] ---**
We all take turns.
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It's chicken *karaage*!
**[14:28] ---**
I love chicken *karaage*!
**[14:30] ---**
That's great!
**[14:31] ---**
I made a lot, so eat up.
**[14:33] ---**
Will do!
**[14:35] ---**
All right, make sure
you fill out the profile section.
**[14:38] ---**
Got it.
**[14:40] ---**
I'm jealous!
**[14:41] ---**
The combination of crispy skin and tender meat!
**[14:44] ---**
The juices flow out when you bite into it!
**[14:46] ---**
That exactly!
**[14:48] ---**
Can't wait to eat it!
**[14:49] ---**
Yeah! What?
**[14:51] ---**
What?
**[14:52] ---**
Could it be that... You see me?
**[14:55] ---**
Yup, sure can!
**[14:57] ---**
What do you see?
**[14:58] ---**
Right next to Mr. Makino--
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Wait! Mei! Come over here!
**[15:07] ---**
Mei, so...
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Do you really see her?
**[15:11] ---**
Sure do.
**[15:12] ---**
Are you really, really sure?
**[15:14] ---**
Yup!
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I really, really do!
**[15:19] ---**
She really does!
**[15:21] ---**
I can finally talk to a girl!
**[15:23] ---**
I'm so happy!
**[15:24] ---**
Imagine only being able
to talk to this guy for years!
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Oh, wow.
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We've run out of topics to talk about.
**[15:32] ---**
Liar.
**[15:34] ---**
Hey, can I ask your name?
**[15:37] ---**
I'm Mana Nagase.
**[15:39] ---**
You're Kotono's big sister, right?
**[15:42] ---**
That's right.
**[15:43] ---**
You both look alike!
**[15:45] ---**
Why are you able to see Mana, Mei?
**[15:49] ---**
It's a disposition... that's been
passed down in the family...?
**[15:52] ---**
Wonder if that's the case with me, too.
**[15:56] ---**
I doubt it...
**[15:59] ---**
But anyway, Mei...
**[16:01] ---**
Could you keep this a secret from everyone?
**[16:04] ---**
Yup, I know.
**[16:06] ---**
I would be called a liar all the time.
**[16:08] ---**
I see...
**[16:10] ---**
Right.
**[16:11] ---**
That's what it would mean
to see something others can't.
**[16:16] ---**
Hey!
**[16:17] ---**
Does this mean I can pop over all the time now?
**[16:20] ---**
What?
**[16:21] ---**
Let's chat about all sorts
of things from here on out!
**[16:26] ---**
Yeah!
**[16:31] ---**
The chicken *karaage* was yummy!
**[16:35] ---**
Thanks for showing me to the bath, Sakura!
**[16:38] ---**
Sure thing.
**[16:40] ---**
We take baths in pairs,
**[16:42] ---**
and when we're done,
we get the next pair.
**[16:44] ---**
Gotcha!
**[16:45] ---**
So Mei, what were you and
Mr. Makino talking about earlier?
**[16:51] ---**
It's a secret.
**[16:52] ---**
What? I'm so curious.
**[16:55] ---**
Oh?
**[16:56] ---**
Sakura... Your chest...
**[16:59] ---**
Oh, this?
**[17:01] ---**
It's a scar from my surgery.
**[17:02] ---**
Surgery?
**[17:04] ---**
Yup.
**[17:04] ---**
But I'm all better now!
**[17:07] ---**
I see.
**[17:12] ---**
The bath is open.
**[17:13] ---**
Okay!
**[17:14] ---**
All right! Time to go play!
**[17:17] ---**
Where to?
**[17:18] ---**
It's a secret!
**[17:22] ---**
"Hoshimi Productions"
**[17:35] ---**
Suzu-*nyan*! The bath is open!
**[17:38] ---**
Okay, thank you.
**[17:40] ---**
Suzu-*nyan*?
**[17:41] ---**
I wonder where she's off to?
**[17:44] ---**
She disappears a lot after the bath.
**[17:47] ---**
Is she... going out at night?
**[17:49] ---**
Judging from her attire,
the furthest she'd be is Makino's room.
**[17:53] ---**
Mr. Makino's...
**[17:55] ---**
...Room?!
**[18:01] ---**
--Come on, hurry!
**[18:02] ---**
--I can hear Mei's voice.
--Come on, hurry!
**[18:03] ---**
--I can hear Mei's voice.
--Just go with your intuition!
**[18:05] ---**
--An idol and manager's
secret rendezvous?!
--You can't look anymore!
I can't keep a straight face.
**[18:07] ---**
--I have read it in novels before!
--You can't look anymore!
I can't keep a straight face.
**[18:10] ---**
--I wonder what they're doing.
--You can't look anymore!
I can't keep a straight face.
**[18:12] ---**
--Anyway, this is imprudent.
--Hurry up.
**[18:13] ---**
--Anyway, this is imprudent.
--I know! Now it's payback!
**[18:14] ---**
--We need to speak up to Mr. Makino.
--I know! Now it's payback!
**[18:18] ---**
Is it this one?
**[18:20] ---**
No, this one!
**[18:21] ---**
Are you sure about that?
**[18:25] ---**
--Mr. Makino?
--Huh?
**[18:27] ---**
Is Mei in your room?
**[18:30] ---**
No... Wait a minute!
**[18:33] ---**
Kotono!
**[18:36] ---**
What's the matter?
**[18:38] ---**
What are you doing?
**[18:40] ---**
Um...
**[18:41] ---**
Mei wanted to know more about Mana,
so I was showing her.
**[18:45] ---**
Oh, really?
**[18:46] ---**
Shh.
**[18:48] ---**
That video!
**[18:49] ---**
It is the unreleased footage of
Miss Mana's legendary concert!
**[18:52] ---**
Sh-Shall we all watch it together?
**[18:54] ---**
Yes, please!
**[19:03] ---**
Yup! It looks better this way!
**[19:05] ---**
Your ideas are great, Mei.
**[19:08] ---**
Incorporating them really makes
the choreography fun.
**[19:12] ---**
Dancing is something fun in the first place.
**[19:14] ---**
It's not because of me.
**[19:24] ---**
Kotono...
**[19:29] ---**
I feel like I kind of get what you mean
by how Mei changes the air.
**[19:34] ---**
How so?
**[19:36] ---**
Before she came,
the lessons felt somewhat tense.
**[19:40] ---**
But because of her, that's changed.
**[19:44] ---**
Everyone has been voicing
their opinions more than before.
**[19:47] ---**
We're all smiling more.
**[19:49] ---**
That's a good thing.
**[19:50] ---**
I was the one who caused the tension before.
**[19:54] ---**
Everyone must've felt my frustration
over wanting to catch up to my sister.
**[19:59] ---**
That was necessary, too.
**[20:02] ---**
That tension heightened everyone's awareness.
**[20:05] ---**
It's not about who's right or wrong.
**[20:09] ---**
There are times when coming together
makes things better or worse.
**[20:13] ---**
What do you think I should do?
**[20:18] ---**
Don't hesitate and push forward
as yourself, Kotono.
**[20:22] ---**
You're the engine for everyone, Kotono.
**[20:27] ---**
I am...?
**[20:43] ---**
This takes me back!
**[20:46] ---**
My monumental debut concert stage!
**[20:48] ---**
I'm going to have them start here, too.
**[20:52] ---**
Sounds good to me.
**[20:54] ---**
But you're still unsure about something.
**[20:56] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:58] ---**
Let me guess.
**[21:00] ---**
You're unsure who to designate as
the leader--Kotono or Sakura, right?
**[21:05] ---**
That's right.
**[21:06] ---**
We've known each other too long,
don't you think?
**[21:11] ---**
Mana, who would you choose?
**[21:14] ---**
That's your job, right, Makino?
**[21:18] ---**
Indeed.
**[21:19] ---**
But I've got a bit of advice for you.
**[21:23] ---**
Makino... Have more faith in your intuition!
**[21:27] ---**
You used to be the manager
for *the* Mana Nagase.
**[21:31] ---**
Mana...
**[21:32] ---**
You've already made up your mind, right?
**[21:39] ---**
"Raise the Volume More and More"
**[21:39] ---**
"Raise the Volume More and More"
Yeah.
**[21:40] ---**
"Raise the Volume More and More"
**[23:17] ---**
Your debut is set.
**[23:20] ---**
From here on out, we'll be tailoring
your lessons towards that end.
**[23:24] ---**
I'll keep you informed about the details.
**[23:26] ---**
But before that, Sakura...
**[23:28] ---**
Yes?
**[23:30] ---**
I'm going to have you leave this group.
**[23:38] ---**
What...?