# E8 - You're Good Just the Way You Are
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVJMWW/youre-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.
**[20:59] ---**
I'm going to aim to win...
**[21:02] ---**
...with Moon Tempest.
**[21:04] ---**
With everyone here!
**[21:10] ---**
We were shown the overwhelming strength
**[21:12] ---**
of the likely winner, LizNoir,
in the first battle of the first round!
**[21:17] ---**
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!
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Kotono!
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Yay!
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Hey! Nagisa, Suzu, Mei...
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Then me, too!
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Um...
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Come on, just for today.
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Amazing!