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E8 - You're Good Just the Way You Are

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[00:01] ---
    "Moon Tempest"
[00:04] ---
    Thank you very much!
[00:17] ---
    "Amagami Rhythm" "Sunny Peace"
[00:26] ---
    Let's go, everyone!
[00:29] ---
    Together with the sunshine!
[00:31] ---
    Sunny Peace!
[02:07] ---
    Has the word arrived yet?
[02:10] ---
    That was your fifth time asking that.
[02:13] ---
    You're very calm, Rei.
[02:16] ---
    I'm actually nervous, too.
[02:19] ---
    I've got it this time.
[02:20] ---
    This time, I'm part of a group,
[02:21] ---
    and I have improved skill-wise, too.
[02:25] ---
    It's been three months since the Next Venus
    Grand Prix preliminaries started, huh?
[02:29] ---
    That went by fast, don't you think?
[02:31] ---
    We've accumulated lots of points...
[02:34] ---
    I'm pretty sure.
[02:35] ---
    How many groups get to be in the finals again?
[02:38] ---
    Sixteen groups.
[02:39] ---
    I wonder if all of us will make it...
[02:42] ---
    Until the results are announced,
[02:45] ---
    we won't know.
[02:48] ---
    We've received word from management.
[02:50] ---
    --What are the results?!
    --Did we make it to the finals?!
[02:52] ---
    --Which group?
    --Both groups?!
[02:54] ---
    Calm down! Get back, get back.
[03:02] ---
    Sunny Peace, Moon Tempest...
[03:06] ---
    Both groups will be moving on to the finals!
[03:09] ---
    Heck yeah!
[03:11] ---
    What?!
[03:12] ---
    "President's Office"
[03:16] ---
    "15 Moon Tempest"
    "16 Sunny Peace"
[03:19] ---
    They barely made it.
[03:23] ---
    "16 Finalists Selected"
[03:32] ---
    The finals three years ago...
[03:34] ---
    Time stopped for us right before it happened.
[03:38] ---
    We've been waiting for this Grand Prix.
[03:40] ---
    We'll be the ones who'll rise to the top.
[03:44] ---
    Thank you very much.
[03:46] ---
    TRINITYAiLE, we would like
    to hear your thoughts, too.
[03:50] ---
    Yes.
[03:51] ---
    We came in second,
    behind our seniors in the preliminaries.
[03:56] ---
    But we'll be the ones who'll win.
[03:59] ---
    Are you declaring your victory over us?
[04:02] ---
    I wouldn't mind if you took it that way.
[04:05] ---
    Let's both do our best!
[04:06] ---
    We're your dear juniors,
    so please don't be too hard on us.
[04:11] ---
    We'll know the results when we get on stage.
[04:14] ---
    I'm looking forward to it.
[04:21] ---
    Mr. Makino.
[04:23] ---
    I have a favor to ask you.
[04:26] ---
    Will you please come with me
    to my next regular check-up?
[04:30] ---
    Regular check-up?
[04:31] ---
    Yes.
[04:32] ---
    Since there were continuous concert
    battles in the preliminaries,
[04:35] ---
    before the finals start,
    my doctor wants to confirm with you
[04:38] ---
    how much exercise I've been getting.
[04:41] ---
    I see.
[04:43] ---
    Sure thing.
[04:44] ---
    It's better to be on top
    of these things. When is it?
[04:47] ---
    Makino, Makino!
[04:50] ---
    LizNoir...
[04:51] ---
    Miss Kanzaki is here.
[04:53] ---
    A lot of idols train at this studio, so it
    wouldn't be a surprise to see them here.
[04:58] ---
    It's not like that...
[05:01] ---
    Congratulations on making it to the finals.
[05:03] ---
    You were practically novices just
    the other day, so you should be proud.
[05:07] ---
    How great, right Suzu-nyan?
    We got complimented!
[05:10] ---
    Well, of course we did!
[05:13] ---
    Your coaching us that time got us here.
[05:16] ---
    Thank you very much for that.
[05:18] ---
    Moon Tempest.
[05:20] ---
    It's a good group.
[05:22] ---
    Very well-balanced.
[05:24] ---
    You definitely have the potential
    Mr. Saegusa recognized in you.
[05:27] ---
    But...
[05:28] ---
    Kotono Nagase.
[05:31] ---
    You just look like Mana Nagase.
[05:37] ---
    I watched her ever since
    she made her debut.
[05:41] ---
    More than anyone else.
[05:42] ---
    So I can tell you this bluntly...
[05:44] ---
    Right now, you're merely an inferior copy.
[05:51] ---
    What do you know about Kotono?
[05:54] ---
    Nagisa?
[05:55] ---
    Do you even know what it's like
    for her being an idol?
[06:00] ---
    Thanks, Nagisa.
[06:02] ---
    But I'm okay.
[06:04] ---
    Kotono...
[06:05] ---
    I'm pretty sure that Miss Kanzaki
    and I are the same.
[06:11] ---
    You watched only my sister for a long time...
[06:13] ---
    Isn't that right?
[06:15] ---
    Don't put words in my mouth.
[06:19] ---
    Everyone!
[06:21] ---
    Hurry up and get to the studio.
[06:23] ---
    Mr. Makino.
[06:25] ---
    Rio, what are you doing?
[06:27] ---
    We're done talking now.
[06:29] ---
    Let's get practicing already.
[06:31] ---
    Hello.
[06:32] ---
    I heard that you took care
    of our girls that one time.
[06:35] ---
    Oh, no. It was my pleasure.
[06:38] ---
    I'd like to thank you, too, for the lesson.
[06:41] ---
    That's why we're here now.
[06:43] ---
    Makino, who is this person?
[06:45] ---
    Dummy! She's LizNoir's producer.
[06:48] ---
    What?!
[06:49] ---
    As we both advance,
    we'll eventually face each other.
[06:52] ---
    I'm looking forward
    to when that time comes.
[06:55] ---
    Yes!
[06:57] ---
    As long as you're Mana Nagase's sister,
[06:59] ---
    you won't be able to move up any further.
[07:03] ---
    Are you okay?
[07:04] ---
    Yes.
[07:05] ---
    Thank you very much.
[07:22] ---
    Miss Kawasaki.
[07:24] ---
    Miss Sakura Kawasaki.
[07:25] ---
    Yes!
[07:28] ---
    You'll probably be called in by
    the doctor after the tests are done.
[07:32] ---
    Got it.
[07:33] ---
    Thank you, I'll see you later!
[07:39] ---
    These check-ups take a long time, huh?
[07:42] ---
    I really feel for Sakura.
[07:44] ---
    You show concern for Sakura,
[07:46] ---
    but you're cold when it comes to Kotono.
[07:49] ---
    You think so?
[07:50] ---
    You haven't mentioned anything about the
    interaction between Kotono and Miss Kanzaki.
[07:54] ---
    Are you not concerned for your sister?
[07:57] ---
    There's no point in being concerned.
[07:59] ---
    There's nothing I can do anyway.
[08:05] ---
    Are you Miss Sakura Kawasaki's guardian?
[08:07] ---
    Yes.
[08:09] ---
    Please go to examining room three.
[08:14] ---
    Mana, will you stay outside?
[08:18] ---
    Why?
[08:19] ---
    This is Sakura's private matter.
[08:22] ---
    Really?
[08:23] ---
    Well, that's fine by me.
[08:26] ---
    Thanks.
[08:30] ---
    Well, it'd be a lie if I said
    there's nothing to worry about.
[08:34] ---
    But there's no problem for the time being.
[08:37] ---
    Really?
[08:38] ---
    Quite some time has passed
    since the transplant.
[08:41] ---
    And it seems that she's gradually
    worked up to her current level of exercise.
[08:45] ---
    That's a relief.
[08:46] ---
    I was surprised when I heard
    she was going to become an idol.
[08:51] ---
    Um...
[08:52] ---
    Regarding Sakura's heart...
[08:55] ---
    Yes?
[08:56] ---
    What kind of person was the donor?
[08:59] ---
    As a matter of principle, information
    regarding the donor is confidential.
[09:04] ---
    I see.
[09:06] ---
    There was something I was curious about.
[09:10] ---
    What is it?
[09:11] ---
    Our agency is called Hoshimi Productions.
[09:15] ---
    And we lost an idol
    to an accident three years ago.
[09:19] ---
    Her name was Mana Nagase.
[09:22] ---
    Sakura's voice sounds exactly like hers.
[09:25] ---
    I had a hunch there could be a connection.
[09:29] ---
    What a strange coincidence.
[09:32] ---
    Yes.
[09:33] ---
    When I met Sakura,
    it felt like Mana guided her to us.
[09:39] ---
    That's all.
[09:41] ---
    I see.
[09:49] ---
    Mr. Makino, is the meeting over?
[09:52] ---
    He says there are no concerns worth noting.
[09:54] ---
    That's great. What a relief.
[09:56] ---
    Now Sakura can focus all her energy
    on the Grand Prix.
[10:02] ---
    What is it?
[10:03] ---
    Huh?
[10:05] ---
    Mr. Makino?
[10:07] ---
    Oh, sorry.
[10:10] ---
    It's nothing.
[10:13] ---
    Idoly Pride.
[10:16] ---
    Celebrating Moonest and Sunny P
    making it to the finals!
[10:20] ---
    Cheers!
[10:21] ---
    Cheers!
[10:23] ---
    --Nom, nom, nom!
    --This is delicious.
[10:25] ---
    Really? Give me a bite!
[10:26] ---
    --Make sure you eat a well-balanced meal.
    --Okay!
[10:28] ---
    Miss Haruko, are you drinking wine?
[10:31] ---
    That's right.
[10:32] ---
    You gotta have a drink to celebrate...
[10:36] ---
    Miss Haruko, we still have practice
    tomorrow, so please take it easy--
[10:39] ---
    I said, call me Haruko! Gosh...
[10:44] ---
    Suzu, you're not eating?
[10:45] ---
    O-Oh...
[10:47] ---
    No, um...
[10:48] ---
    We usually... split the cost, don't we?
[10:52] ---
    The thing is... I... Well...
[10:54] ---
    You used up your salary again?
[10:57] ---
    I can't help it!
[10:58] ---
    Mother canceled the credit card because
    I became an idol without her consent!
[11:03] ---
    Suzu, you need to learn how
    to manage your money.
[11:09] ---
    But there's no need to worry today!
[11:12] ---
    This is all Mr. Makino's treat!
[11:14] ---
    Really?!
[11:15] ---
    It's a reward for making it to the finals.
[11:18] ---
    I'll treat you to yakiniku
    for the next victory.
[11:19] ---
    All right! Generous manager!
[11:23] ---
    Mr... Makino!
[11:26] ---
    Mr. Makino?
[11:27] ---
    Oh my goodness.
    I would die for yakiniku!
[11:30] ---
    I wonder what we'll get if we win?
[11:38] ---
    Miss Haruko, you'll catch a cold.
[11:40] ---
    It's Haruko!
[11:43] ---
    Let's wait for now and wake her up later.
[11:47] ---
    I wonder why she didn't get popular.
[11:50] ---
    When she's this cute...
[11:55] ---
    Shizuku, what are you looking at?
[11:58] ---
    Egosurfing...
[11:59] ---
    So? How is my reputation?
[12:02] ---
    For Suzu...
[12:04] ---
    ...nothing comes up.
[12:05] ---
    What? That is impossible!
[12:08] ---
    Someone wrote about Kotono!
[12:10] ---
    "As expected of Mana Nagase's sister,
[12:13] ---
    she's a great singer.
[12:15] ---
    Her presence reminds me of Mana, too..."!
[12:19] ---
    Good for you, Kotono!
[12:21] ---
    Yeah.
[12:22] ---
    If you do a better job searching,
    there has to be something about me...
[12:25] ---
    "Slow Joy@joyslow
    But Mana is hands-down more talented."
[12:32] ---
    Kotono, don't let this get to you.
[12:35] ---
    Th-That's right!
[12:36] ---
    Deplorables who say
    such things are everywhere.
[12:40] ---
    Anything else?
[12:41] ---
    Oh. Um...
[12:44] ---
    This one's about Sakura.
[12:46] ---
    What?
[12:48] ---
    "Peace Mana@manana
    Don't you think Sakura Kawasaki of Sunny P
    resembles Mana more than Kotono Nagase?"
[12:49] ---
    "S_T_O_R_A@Support idols...
    Her aura and how she sings
    are exactly like her."
[12:52] ---
    "Kumakuma@Celebrating NVGP Revival
    It made me think of Mana's performance.
    She's a good singer, so I can root for her."
[12:58] ---
    I really don't understand it myself...
[13:02] ---
    I'm only doing my best to sing...
[13:06] ---
    "Chore Chart"
[13:16] ---
    What's the matter?
[13:17] ---
    Huh?
[13:18] ---
    There's something on your mind, I can tell.
[13:22] ---
    Yeah.
[13:23] ---
    It's about Miss Mana...
[13:26] ---
    You know, I'm not intentionally
    trying to sound like Miss Mana.
[13:31] ---
    I'm only singing naturally...
[13:34] ---
    Well...
[13:35] ---
    I was suddenly able to sing
    like this after my surgery.
[13:40] ---
    I'm not especially concerned.
[13:42] ---
    Just sing with your voice as usual, Sakura.
[13:56] ---
    "Hoshimi Productions"
[13:58] ---
    I put together a schedule for here on out.
[14:02] ---
    Start practice at the studio
    in Tokyo at six in the morning.
[14:06] ---
    Until 10 at night?!
[14:07] ---
    Even the first train won't get us
    there in time for the 6 AM start!
[14:12] ---
    Suzu's the one who said we won't win
    the finals if we don't step things up.
[14:16] ---
    We need to tackle the finals
    in an entirely different way!
[14:20] ---
    This voice...
[14:23] ---
    Sakura?
[14:26] ---
    What did you think of that?
[14:29] ---
    Yeah... That didn't sound
    like Miss Mana just now.
[14:33] ---
    Really?
[14:34] ---
    But...
[14:35] ---
    Sakura.
[14:36] ---
    Kotono.
[14:38] ---
    You weren't singing like
    you normally would just now.
[14:43] ---
    Sakura wanted to try out
    a different way to sing.
[14:48] ---
    But why?
[14:50] ---
    Because...
[14:55] ---
    Let's talk just the two of us for a second.
[15:00] ---
    The thing is...
[15:01] ---
    I researched about Miss Mana last night.
[15:05] ---
    About my sister?
[15:07] ---
    Yup.
[15:08] ---
    Where she was born,
    how she became an idol...
[15:12] ---
    How popular she was...
[15:14] ---
    You know, I was never too
    knowledgeable about those things.
[15:18] ---
    Okay.
[15:20] ---
    I watched her footage...
[15:22] ---
    She really was amazing.
[15:24] ---
    I've seen them a few times before,
[15:27] ---
    but I was amazed again re-watching them.
[15:30] ---
    I feel bad that people say I remind them of her.
[15:35] ---
    And now you're trying to change your singing?
[15:39] ---
    When you've been advancing with that voice?
[15:41] ---
    Is it going to work changing it so suddenly?
[15:45] ---
    Tell me the truth.
[15:48] ---
    Sakura.
[15:53] ---
    "Sakura Kawasaki, Return of Mana Nagase?"
    "Sakura Kawasaki, the leader of Sunny Peace from
    Hoshimi Productions that made it as a finalist
    in the current Next Venus Grand Prix..."
[15:57] ---
    When I asked Shizuku...
[16:00] ---
    She told me people would call me the successor
    of Miss Mana if I kept singing the way I am now.
[16:06] ---
    I questioned whether you would
    be okay with that, Kotono.
[16:10] ---
    I thought you wouldn't like that.
[16:14] ---
    I don't mind.
[16:15] ---
    Really?
[16:17] ---
    Kotono, aren't you singing for Miss Mana?
[16:24] ---
    Tell me the truth!
[16:29] ---
    I don't have my sister's voice.
[16:32] ---
    I'm not as talented a singer as her.
[16:35] ---
    I can't move the audience as much as her.
[16:38] ---
    That's not true!
[16:39] ---
    It is so!
[16:43] ---
    No matter how much I practice, I fail.
[16:46] ---
    Even if I sing in place of my sister,
[16:48] ---
    I won't be able to dispel her regret.
[16:52] ---
    But you're different, Sakura!
[16:54] ---
    You can make it happen.
[16:56] ---
    Kotono...
[16:58] ---
    Sakura...
[16:59] ---
    You could sing the song my sister
    was supposed to sing at the finals...
[17:02] ---
    What?
[17:04] ---
    I want you to sing it, Sakura.
[17:13] ---
    "Rio Kanzaki of LizNoir...
    I feel a great energy from her.
    How can I describe it... Hunger?"
[17:16] ---
    Yes.
[17:17] ---
    Kotono, can we talk a bit?
[17:23] ---
    Did something happen between you and Sakura?
[17:25] ---
    Huh?
[17:26] ---
    You both are so easy to read.
[17:29] ---
    You both have avoided eye contact with
    each other ever since practice ended.
[17:33] ---
    I let Sakura know...
[17:35] ---
    ...that she shouldn't mind me
[17:37] ---
    and keep singing the way she's been.
[17:40] ---
    I see.
[17:42] ---
    I've always felt that I needed to reach
    the top as an idol in place of my sister.
[17:47] ---
    But... I just can't sing like my sister.
[17:52] ---
    That's when Sakura appeared, right?
[17:56] ---
    Yup.
[17:57] ---
    I believe Sakura will be able
    to sing like my sister.
[18:01] ---
    But if that's the case,
[18:04] ---
    I don't know why I'm participating
    in the Grand Prix.
[18:08] ---
    I see.
[18:10] ---
    I know I can't be like this.
[18:14] ---
    Everyone's putting their all
    into the Grand Prix.
[18:16] ---
    It'd be disrespectful if I
    didn't put in my all, too.
[18:20] ---
    I think you should do
    as you want to, Kotono.
[18:24] ---
    As for me and everyone,
[18:26] ---
    I think we all understand
    how you feel, Kotono.
[18:30] ---
    Really?
[18:31] ---
    Yup.
[18:32] ---
    We noticed something was wrong recently...
[18:36] ---
    Maybe you were struggling with something...
[18:39] ---
    Mei, Suzu, and Saki were worried, too!
[18:42] ---
    W-Was I really acting that strange?
[18:45] ---
    No, it's not like that.
[18:47] ---
    Since we've been working together all this time,
[18:49] ---
    we're able to sense even
    the most subtle changes.
[18:52] ---
    Everyone did...?
[18:56] ---
    I'm sorry.
[18:57] ---
    I didn't mean to eavesdrop.
[19:00] ---
    Suzu-nyan made us do it!
[19:02] ---
    Hold up, you're the one
    who instigated this, Mei!
[19:06] ---
    Anyway, we all care about you.
[19:09] ---
    To be honest, I don't really know
    anything about Miss Mana.
[19:14] ---
    I just know I'd be happy leaving a good record
    in the Grand Prix singing with you, Kotono.
[19:20] ---
    Me, too!
[19:22] ---
    Really?
[19:23] ---
    Yup!
[19:24] ---
    Everyone loves your singing, Kotono.
[19:28] ---
    Regardless of Miss Mana, we all want
    to sing together with you, Kotono!
[19:33] ---
    But my singing is...
    Compared to my sister's...
[19:38] ---
    You cannot compare yourself
    with Miss Mana!
[19:42] ---
    I-It's just...
[19:44] ---
    It's true that you have your
    own good qualities, too!
[19:47] ---
    Suzu.
[19:49] ---
    If you're feeling lost without a goal,
[19:53] ---
    just think that you're doing it for all of us.
[19:56] ---
    For all of you?
[19:58] ---
    We've worked so hard together.
[20:00] ---
    It would not hurt to do that for us.
[20:05] ---
    For everyone...
[20:06] ---
    That's right, we, Moon Tempest,
    will sing for all of us.
[20:11] ---
    We'll aim for the top of
    the Grand Prix for all of us.
[20:15] ---
    That is usually the case, you know?
[20:17] ---
    So if you can think that way, too, Kotono...
[20:21] ---
    With all of us who think your voice...
    who think your singing is the best!
[20:26] ---
    Together!
[20:35] ---
    Thanks.
[20:36] ---
    I was fixated on my sister and had no clue...
[20:42] ---
    I didn't know that's how
    you all felt about me...
[20:46] ---
    And the group...
[20:55] ---
    It's a blessing from the moon.
[20:57] ---
    Yup.
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    I'm going to aim to win...
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    ...with Moon Tempest.
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    With everyone here!
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    We were shown the overwhelming strength
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    of the likely winner, LizNoir,
    in the first battle of the first round!
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    The second battle is between
    Moon Tempest and Krystal!
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    Now, which group will the
    goddess of victory smile upon?
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    Let the performance begin!
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    "Moon Tempest" "Krystal"
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    Now, let's sing!
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    From here to the future!
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    From here to space!
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    Let's aim for the top!
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    With the light of the moon in our hands!
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    Moon Tempest!
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    "Moon Tempest"
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    Kotono!
[23:19] ---
    Kotono!
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    Yay!
[23:21] ---
    Hey! Nagisa, Suzu, Mei...
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    Then me, too!
[23:25] ---
    Um...
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    Come on, just for today.
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    Amazing!