# E16 - ~Answer~
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZX4WK/answer)
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**[00:05] Chris**
*I'm glad I met Niska.*
**[00:07] (Flashback) Niska**
Did this person ask you to do that?
**[00:12] Chris**
* Thanks to her, I was able*
* to find my own seil.*
**[00:17] Chris**
*My desire to help Miracle...*
**[00:20] Chris**
*That's the seil I've been looking for.*
**[00:24] Chris**
*Everyone else is looking for their own seil.*
**[00:28] Chris**
*Miracle, Quan, Riz, Noelle...*
**[00:32] Chris**
*All of them.*
**[02:04] Sign**
~Answer~
**[02:04] Sign**
~Answer~
**[02:23] Noelle**
*I was sure I was okay...*
**[02:26] Noelle**
*But I haven't changed at all.*
**[02:33] Noelle**
Riz?
**[02:38] Riz**
Hey.
**[02:39] Noelle**
This might be the first time
you've called me to talk.
**[02:42] Noelle**
What's up?
**[02:44] Riz**
I'm working on a song,
and I wanted your take.
**[02:47] Noelle**
For school?
**[02:49] Riz**
I figured I could use it once
I had somebody to collab with.
**[02:52] Noelle**
You're working hard, huh?
**[02:53] Riz**
So are you, right?
**[02:56] Noelle**
Not as much as you.
**[02:58] Riz**
You sure?
**[02:59] Noelle**
I'm surprised. I figured you'd
do this stuff on your own.
**[03:04] Riz**
Maybe I changed a little too after meeting
Miracle and the rest of you guys.
**[03:08] Noelle**
I see.
**[03:11] Riz**
Here goes.
**[03:18] Riz**
Well?
**[03:19] Noelle**
Well, the melody is certainly
memorable. What else?
**[03:23] Noelle**
Hm, how about a key change
before the chorus?
**[03:27] Noelle**
For you, it'd probably be easy.
**[03:30] Noelle**
Did I say something weird?
**[03:32] Riz**
No, I was just thinking
I was right to ask you.
**[03:36] Noelle**
I see.
**[03:37] Noelle**
I'm glad I was able to help.
**[03:43] Noelle**
What?
**[03:44] Riz**
Nothing.
**[03:45] Riz**
It's really easy to tell what's
going through your head.
**[03:47] Noelle**
It is?
**[03:49] Riz**
Right now, you're feeling kind of run down.
**[03:52] Riz**
You've been like that a lot lately.
**[03:56] Riz**
Remember when we all saw that BRT5 concert?
**[03:59] Riz**
I've been worried about you ever since then.
**[04:02] Noelle**
You've got a sharp eye, huh?
**[04:04] Riz**
I wasn't sure if I should bring it up,
but I decided I had to say something.
**[04:08] Noelle**
I see.
**[04:12] Noelle**
Quan...
**[04:14] Riz**
Quan?
**[04:17] Noelle**
When I saw Quan's concert,
I realized that I had to change.
**[04:23] Noelle**
Quan's eyes were shining.
**[04:24] Noelle**
Her gaze was locked straight onto
her future as a virtual artist.
**[04:29] Noelle**
Right now... I can't be like that.
**[04:34] Noelle**
I'm feeling really stressed out.
**[04:37] Riz**
I guess even you feel stressed, huh?
**[04:39] Noelle**
Of course I do!
**[04:42] Riz**
You know, you're usually act way
more mature than a teenager.
**[04:45] Noelle**
Huh?! I'm 16, you know.
**[04:48] Noelle**
No different than the rest of you.
**[04:52] Riz**
Of course.
**[04:53] Noelle**
I only got fourth place.
**[04:56] Riz**
Fourth place is really good.
**[04:57] Riz**
Is it that big a deal?
**[04:59] Noelle**
To me, it is.
**[05:01] Riz**
Why is the ranking such a big deal to you?
**[05:04] Noelle**
Because...
**[05:06] Noelle**
Um...
**[05:08] Riz**
Sheesh.
**[05:11] Riz**
Noelle, you busy after this?
**[05:14] Riz**
No, if you are, cancel it.
**[05:17] Riz**
There's somewhere I want to take you.
**[05:20] Riz**
You could use a change of pace, right?
**[05:21] Riz**
Come on, stand up.
**[05:23] Riz**
Noelle, bring out Vanity. Hurry.
**[05:26] Riz**
Let's go.
**[05:27] Noelle**
Huh? O-Okay.
**[05:37] Noelle**
What is this place?!
**[05:39] Riz**
A virtual footbath. Feels great, huh?
**[05:42] Riz**
It uses noise and head conduction to make
your brain think you're soaking in a bath.
**[05:47] Riz**
And the visual effect is
important too, right?
**[05:49] Noelle**
I see. But why?
**[05:52] Riz**
'Cause your face always
looks like that recently!
**[05:56] Noelle**
It does not!
**[05:58] Riz**
Well, it sure did!
**[06:00] Riz**
And I figured if you came here,
it might help melt away some of that stress.
**[06:10] Noelle**
This place is nice.
**[06:13] Riz**
I'm happy to hear you say that.
**[06:16] Riz**
It was apparently really hard to get
the details of the re-creation right.
**[06:20] Noelle**
Re-creation?
**[06:22] Riz**
This space is made to look exactly
like the Japanese inn my parents run.
**[06:29] Noelle**
Your parents?!
**[06:31] Riz**
Took you long enough.
**[06:32] Riz**
Our inn's been around for
190 years. It's really old.
**[06:36] Riz**
Isn't that amazing?
**[06:38] Noelle**
190 years?
**[06:40] Noelle**
That is amazing!
**[06:41] Riz**
Thanks.
**[06:43] Riz**
Some people say we're behind
the times and need to change.
**[06:48] Riz**
But whenever that happens,
someone from our family
**[06:51] Riz**
has always worked to protect it,
generation after generation.
**[06:55] Riz**
Repairing each and every pillar.
**[06:57] Riz**
Taking the best care we can
of every single customer.
**[07:00] Riz**
All those years of effort
connect us to the past.
**[07:08] Riz**
When I come here, I can always ask myself...
**[07:10] Riz**
Am I really doing my best with
everything I've got in front of me?
**[07:16] Riz**
So whenever I'm feeling down,
I come here to get my spirits back up.
**[07:20] Riz**
"Whenever you see somebody working hard,
you start to feel like you can work hard, too!"
**[07:24] Riz**
That's what my grandma always said.
**[07:27] Riz**
You kind of remind me of myself, Noelle.
**[07:33] Riz**
So I wondered if maybe we
grew up in similar environments.
**[07:37] Riz**
It felt like you grew up surrounded by people
**[07:40] Riz**
who were always working
as hard as they could.
**[07:42] Riz**
And so you felt like you always needed
to be working harder yourself.
**[07:47] Riz**
Always looking up at someone
you thought was better than you.
**[07:50] Riz**
That's because you know how hard
it is to win their respect, right?
**[07:55] Riz**
Noelle, the anxiety you're
feeling is important.
**[08:03] Riz**
But for now, let's relax.
**[08:16] Niska**
I'm sorry for being so selfish back there.
**[08:20] Niska**
It wasn't like me.
**[08:21] Miracle**
It did surprise me a little.
**[08:24] Miracle**
But was it true? That you want me to um...
**[08:27] Niska**
I didn't mean to say it like that, though.
**[08:32] Niska**
I've been thinking of you a lot lately.
**[08:35] Niska**
And each time I learn more about you,
**[08:37] Niska**
I feel like I don't want to
let anybody else have you.
**[08:39] Niska**
Watch out!
**[08:46] Niska**
You need somebody to look out for you.
**[08:49] Niska**
Maybe that's why.
**[08:51] Miracle**
I-It's your fault, Niska!
For saying weird stuff!
**[08:55] Niska**
I didn't say anything weird.
**[08:57] Niska**
I meant just what I said.
**[08:58] Miracle**
Well, you said it in a weird way!
**[09:00] Niska**
Did I?
**[09:02] Miracle**
And anyway... why me?
**[09:05] Niska**
I'm not sure.
**[09:07] Niska**
You're unpredictable.
You have something I don't.
**[09:12] Niska**
And I find that attractive.
**[09:14] Niska**
I can't say exactly what
that is yet, though.
**[09:16] Niska**
But it’s something I'll never have...
**[09:24] Miracle**
It's the same as I saw before...
**[09:27] Miracle**
I feel a kind of loneliness from Niska.
**[09:33] Miracle**
Did I say that aloud?
**[09:36] Niska**
Yeah.
**[09:36] Niska**
Um, well...
**[09:38] Niska**
When I saw the avatar you
designed, it was really cool,
**[09:42] Niska**
but it looked kind of sad, somehow...
**[09:44] Niska**
But I found the way it was standing
there all alone so compelling...
**[09:48] Niska**
And so I remembered that, and I guess
I said what I was thinking aloud!
**[09:53] Niska**
You really are amazing, Miracle.
**[09:55] Niska**
Maybe that's why.
**[10:02] Niska**
Miracle, I don't want to
take back what I said.
**[10:06] Niska**
Am I not good enough?
**[10:11] Riz**
What a great bath.
**[10:13] Riz**
Please come back sometime.
**[10:15] Noelle**
Yeah.
**[10:17] Noelle**
You're not going to ask anything?
**[10:19] Riz**
I've heard the best thing to
do at times like this is wait.
**[10:23] Noelle**
Is that something your
grandma told you, too?
**[10:25] Riz**
Maybe so.
**[10:29] Noelle**
Will you listen to my story?
**[10:35] Noelle**
My family are all virtual artists.
**[10:38] Noelle**
My sister, my father, my mother:
they're all really talented.
**[10:41] Noelle**
Much more so than me.
**[10:45] Noelle**
Just like you said, I think
I need to work harder...
**[10:49] Noelle**
But thinking about my family just makes
me feel like I'm not good enough.
**[10:54] Riz**
Yeah, you can't help but compare
yourself to your family.
**[10:58] Noelle**
I've always felt like I had to be perfect.
**[11:02] Noelle**
When Miracle said I didn't,
I felt so much better.
**[11:08] Noelle**
I thought I was finally over it.
**[11:12] Noelle**
But when the reality that
I only placed fourth sunk in...
**[11:16] Noelle**
I realized I was wrong.
**[11:18] Noelle**
The thought that my family might
see my failure... made me scared.
**[11:24] Noelle**
I haven't been able to change at all.
**[11:28] Noelle**
I feel so pathetic... and I hate it!
**[11:33] Noelle**
I think about my family so much that
I don't know how to face the music...
**[11:38] Noelle**
I can't do it like I did before.
**[11:43] Noelle**
Like Quan can.
**[11:55] Riz**
My grandma told me that when
you really can't do something,
**[11:58] Riz**
you don't even know what it is you can't do.
**[12:01] Riz**
If you know the reason you’re suffering,
that means you've grown up, right?
**[12:07] Riz**
So what you’re having problems
with right now isn’t your ranking.
**[12:14] Riz**
It's your family, right?
**[12:17] Riz**
You have to overcome that, or you'll
be stuck where you are forever.
**[12:22] Noelle**
But what do I do?
**[12:25] Riz**
Hm...
**[12:29] Riz**
Why not make a performance that you
want to reach just your family?
**[12:35] Noelle**
Just my family?
**[12:37] Riz**
Yes. A performance that touches
everyone is a wonderful thing!
**[12:41] Riz**
But isn't it amazing to have a performance
that only reaches one person, too?
**[12:46] Noelle**
I've never even thought about it.
**[12:49] Riz**
Songs have that kind of power.
**[12:52] Riz**
You of all people should know that, Noelle.
**[13:06] Noelle**
*The people I want to reach...*
**[13:11] Noelle**
* I want them to see who I am now,*
* so that I can like myself.*
**[13:20] Noelle**
It's done!
**[13:28] Noelle**
Yeah, sounds good.
**[13:30] Riz**
It conveys your feelings really well!
**[13:33] Noelle**
Really?
**[13:34] Noelle**
The only thought in my head
when I wrote this song
**[13:37] Noelle**
was that I wanted these
feelings to reach my family.
**[13:39] Noelle**
And then the words just came naturally.
**[13:42] Noelle**
I was able to express my true feelings.
**[13:45] Noelle**
I feel like this song saved me...
**[13:48] Noelle**
That's never happened before.
**[13:50] Noelle**
Maybe it's not a song for
everybody, but I like it.
**[13:54] Riz**
When's the performance?
**[13:55] Noelle**
In two days.
**[13:57] Noelle**
I sent tickets to the stream to my family.
**[14:00] Noelle**
I don't know if they'll listen, but...
**[14:02] Riz**
If you sing, I'm sure it'll be fine.
**[14:05] Riz**
Come on, have some confidence!
**[14:08] Noelle**
Yeah. Thanks.
**[14:22] Noelle**
Everyone, thank you for
coming to my performance.
**[14:28] Noelle**
This song I'm about to
sing is a special one!
**[14:34] Noelle**
Actually, I've been unsure of how to
face my music as a virtual artist.
**[14:42] Noelle**
I was so obsessed with my
Linker count and ranking at school
**[14:46] Noelle**
that I lost sight of myself.
**[14:49] Noelle**
And then my friend encouraged me,
and I realized something.
**[14:53] Noelle**
I was wrong to try and seek
validation through numbers.
**[14:58] Noelle**
I'd been looking away from what
I truly needed to overcome.
**[15:04] Noelle**
This song is for my family.
**[15:08] Noelle**
I offer this song to the people I care about,
who I need to overcome.
**[15:14] Noelle**
This is who I am right now!
**[15:17] Noelle**
I'm still inexperienced,
so maybe it's not perfect.
**[15:19] Noelle**
But I like who I am now a whole lot,
and I like this song, too.
**[15:25] Noelle**
I hope my feelings reach you!
**[17:03] Ada**
Wonderful.
**[17:05] Ada**
I knew it.
**[17:07] Ada**
Only when each individual
shines their brightest
**[17:09] Ada**
can they help each become even better.
**[17:11] Ada**
What makes each of them unique
is going to become even better.
**[17:23] Noelle**
My sister...
**[17:27] Noelle**
Yes, this is Noelle.
**[17:29] Sister**
*Noelle? It's me.*
**[17:31] Sister**
*Thanks for the invitation to your concert.*
**[17:34] Sister**
*I saw it.*
**[17:35] Noelle**
So you saw it... Thanks!
**[17:38] Sister**
*Come home, right now!*
**[17:42] Sister**
*Mom and Dad want to see you right away.*
**[17:45] Sister**
*We're waiting.*
**[17:52] Noelle**
It'll be okay.
**[17:57] Noelle**
It'll be okay.
**[18:04] Noelle**
I'm home.
**[18:05] Mom**
Noelle! It's been so long.
**[18:08] Noelle**
Yes, Mother. It has.
**[18:10] Noelle**
I see everyone is doing well.
**[18:13] Mom**
How's school?
**[18:15] Dad**
Come on, we can talk about that later.
**[18:17] Mom**
That's right!
**[18:19] Mom**
It's been so long I forgot myself.
**[18:21] Mom**
Come over here.
**[18:27] Noelle**
U-Um, I...
**[18:30] Sister**
Noelle, your concert was great!
**[18:33] Sister**
It was wonderful, really!
**[18:36] Sister**
The lyrics in it really resonated with me.
**[18:40] Sister**
You've found your own song, haven't you?
**[18:42] Noelle**
Well...
**[18:45] Mom**
You're really working hard, huh Noelle?
**[18:47] Mom**
I could tell from your performance.
**[18:51] Mom**
I'm so proud!
**[18:53] Noelle**
I was so scared.
**[18:55] Noelle**
I couldn't get the results I wanted.
**[18:58] Noelle**
I hated myself so much
for not being perfect.
**[19:04] Dad**
You seemed just fine to me.
**[19:06] Dad**
You've always faced yourself.
**[19:09] Dad**
You overcome your problems
without running away.
**[19:12] Dad**
You're an amazing artist.
**[19:14] Noelle**
Yeah...
**[19:17] Noelle**
Yeah.
**[19:21] Students**
Noelle's concert was amazing!
**[19:24] Quan**
*Noelle's an even better artist than before.*
**[19:28] Quan**
*I need to practice more.*
**[19:31] Students**
No way!
**[19:32] Students**
I can't believe it!
**[21:09] Students**
Those two were an incredible pair, right?
**[21:12] Students**
I can't believe how well that worked!
***SIGN*** Today's
**[22:46] [SONG] Sign**
Recommended Video
**[22:50] Riz**
Today I'm doing a collab video with Noelle!
**[22:53] Riz**
So let's get to it.
I'd like to put on some muscle.
**[22:56] Noelle**
All of a sudden?
**[22:58] Riz**
More muscle would help with my dancing!
**[23:01] Riz**
Today I'd like to train my abs!
**[23:04] Riz**
Start the music!
**[23:07] Riz**
Hands up, then twist your torso!
**[23:10] Riz**
Focus on your belly!
**[23:12] Noelle**
I can feel it in my core!
**[23:14] Riz**
Now put your hands up and
move your body side-to-side!
**[23:22] Miracle**
I can feel it in my thighs!
**[23:23] Riz**
The more pain, the more you grow!
**[23:25] Noelle**
I won't give up!
**[23:27] Riz**
Now twist!
**[23:30] Riz**
Feel your muscles rejoicing!
**[23:36] Riz**
That's all for today!
**[23:37] Riz**
Bye!
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**[23:39] Niska**
Why do we slip on banana peels?
**[23:42] Niska**
The results of my research
will fascinate you.
**[23:45] Niska**
You want me to tell you, you say?
**[23:47] Niska**
Next time on *Kizuna no Allele*:
**[23:49] Niska**
"One-Sided Rivalry."
**[23:51] Niska**
Come to my atelier, and I'll show you.