# Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life
Down to its last member, the koto club will accept anyone who is interested in the traditional Japanese instrument. But when a delinquent and a prodigy player sign up, finding harmony isn't going to be easy.
# Season 1
# E1 - New Club Members
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY5P5M1KY/new-club-members)
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**[00:03] ---**
"Kudo's Musical Instruments"
"Metropolitan Police Department"
**[00:04] ---**
"Kudo's Musical Instruments"
"Metropolitan Police Department"
This is awful...
**[00:07] ---**
The culprit is his own grandson?
**[00:09] ---**
Yes.
**[00:10] ---**
According to the witness...
**[00:13] ---**
That place...
**[00:16] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[00:17] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
...was irreplaceable.
**[00:25] ---**
Over there! It's him!
**[00:28] ---**
See you later, Takezo.
**[00:29] ---**
I leave the club to you.
**[00:32] ---**
You'll be fine.
**[00:34] ---**
lf it's you, Takezo, I'm sure...
**[00:35] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
If it's you, Takezo, I'm sure...
**[00:36] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[00:37] ---**
"Koto club"
**[02:11] ---**
"Kanagawa Prefectural Tokise High School"
"School Entrance Ceremony"
**[02:12] ---**
"Kanagawa Prefectural Tokise High School"
"School Entrance Ceremony"
Hey.
**[02:13] ---**
"#1 New Club Members"
Why is that Kudo guy here?!
**[02:15] ---**
"#1 New Club Members"
By "Kudo" you mean Chika Kudo
from Nishi Middle School?
**[02:17] ---**
That guy's crazy!
**[02:22] ---**
"Welcome!!! Koto Club"
**[02:22] ---**
"Welcome!!! Koto Club"
All right.
**[02:24] ---**
Perfect!
**[02:25] ---**
Next is...
**[02:30] ---**
Are these fliers for the koto club?
**[02:34] ---**
Principal!
**[02:35] ---**
You're very passionate, huh, Kurata?
**[02:37] ---**
Ah, well...
**[02:39] ---**
The upperclassman have graduated,
**[02:40] ---**
so now I'm the only one left in the club.
**[02:42] ---**
If none of this year's first years join,
**[02:45] ---**
the club will be disbanded.
**[02:46] ---**
Is that so?
**[02:48] ---**
An old friend of mine
actually started this club.
**[02:53] ---**
So, I wouldn't like it to disband either.
**[02:56] ---**
Good luck, okay?
**[02:58] ---**
Ah, thank you.
**[03:02] ---**
"Welcome!!! Koto Club"
**[03:03] ---**
"Welcome!!! Koto Club"
New club members, huh?
**[03:05] ---**
"I'm a virgin~"
"Koto Club (LOL)"
**[03:07] ---**
"Abandoned"
"Koto Club (LOL)"
**[03:14] ---**
Ahhh, shit!
**[03:15] ---**
Not that way!
**[03:16] ---**
Damn, this shit is hot!
**[03:23] ---**
Oh?
**[03:24] ---**
Nadeshiko!
**[03:26] ---**
You've come back to visit
our little oasis again?
**[03:29] ---**
Th-This is the koto club's room.
**[03:32] ---**
C-Could you please leave now?
**[03:35] ---**
The new students will be coming
to look around today.
**[03:37] ---**
If the club looks like this...
**[03:38] ---**
Club?
**[03:40] ---**
You mean this thing?
**[03:41] ---**
Don't touch the instruments!
**[03:46] ---**
What have we here?
**[03:47] ---**
You're pretty full of yourself, huh?
**[03:49] ---**
Even with it in this state, not even
the teachers care about this club.
**[03:53] ---**
Whether it's here or not, doesn't matter.
**[03:56] ---**
No one will notice.
**[03:58] ---**
Just like no one notices you.
**[04:01] ---**
It's gonna be disbanded anyway, right?
**[04:03] ---**
Just give up already.
**[04:04] ---**
I--
**[04:05] ---**
I won't let that happen!
**[04:07] ---**
I made a promise to my upperclassman.
**[04:10] ---**
So...
**[04:11] ---**
I see...
**[04:14] ---**
In that case, I'll make you give up.
**[04:17] ---**
--You'll never play agai--
**[04:18] ---**
--S-Sto--
--You'll never play agai--
**[04:22] ---**
You bastard! What do you think you're doing?!
**[04:28] ---**
The hell? A first year?
**[04:30] ---**
Hey, quit it!
**[04:31] ---**
That's Kudo from Nishi Middle School!
**[04:33] ---**
What? The guy that had a run-in
with the police last year?
**[04:37] ---**
Hey, idiots.
**[04:39] ---**
You better stop messin' 'round
in front of my street!
**[04:42] ---**
Move!
**[04:43] ---**
Hey, I have business in there!
**[04:46] ---**
Huh?
**[04:47] ---**
U-Uh, business? But this is...
**[04:50] ---**
--Huh?
--Hey, Chika!
**[04:52] ---**
Tetsuki?
**[04:52] ---**
It's only the first day!
What are you up to already?
**[04:55] ---**
Didn't you say you weren't
gonna get into fights anymore?
**[04:57] ---**
Are you stupid?
**[04:58] ---**
I was protecting beansprout four-eyes
over here from a bunch of delinquents.
**[05:02] ---**
--Right?
--What?!
**[05:03] ---**
Really? Sheesh...
**[05:05] ---**
Um, where are the upperclassmen?
**[05:07] ---**
Ah, I-I'm the koto club's president so...
**[05:10] ---**
Huh? *You* are?
**[05:12] ---**
You're kidding me!
**[05:13] ---**
We don't have a hot upperclassman?!
**[05:16] ---**
--What is this guy's problem?
**[05:17] ---**
--Well, whatever.
--What is this guy's problem?
**[05:19] ---**
Here.
**[05:20] ---**
Huh?
**[05:21] ---**
W-Wait, uh... this is a club room for...
**[05:23] ---**
I know!
**[05:24] ---**
"Club Application
1-F Chika Kudo"
**[05:26] ---**
I'm joining the koto club.
**[05:28] ---**
What?
**[05:29] ---**
Th-This must be some kind of mistake...
**[05:32] ---**
--This is a club for playing the koto...
**[05:33] ---**
--Hey, idiot!
--This is a club for playing the koto...
**[05:34] ---**
What's with this club room?!
**[05:36] ---**
Do some cleaning, you octopus!
**[05:37] ---**
Huh? I do the cleaning everyday...
**[05:39] ---**
I've heard enough.
**[05:40] ---**
You are disqualified as club president.
**[05:42] ---**
From today on, I will be president!
**[05:43] ---**
Huh?! Wh-What are you saying...?
**[05:52] ---**
I-I don't know what you're up to,
**[05:55] ---**
but I can't accept this!
**[05:57] ---**
Get out!
**[05:58] ---**
This isn't a hang-out spot for you delinquents!
**[06:01] ---**
What's with this new member act?
**[06:04] ---**
Stop mocking me!
**[06:07] ---**
"I'm a virgin~"
"Koto Club (LOL)"
What the hell is this?!
**[06:09] ---**
"I'm a virgin~"
"Koto Club (LOL)"
**[06:14] ---**
Wh-What is this?!
**[06:15] ---**
"Four-eyed alien
I took the club sign,
stupid four-eyes. From Chika."
Wh-What is this?!
**[06:19] ---**
What should I do...?
**[06:21] ---**
I have to get back the sign
I inherited from my upperclassmen.
**[06:26] ---**
Takezo got home late today, huh?
**[06:27] ---**
He said he was doing club stuff.
**[06:29] ---**
Club stuff? So that koto thing?
**[06:31] ---**
He's still doing that?
**[06:33] ---**
I thought he was doing it out of
desperation after failing the exam.
**[06:38] ---**
Takezo didn't get into Meiryo High School?
**[06:41] ---**
It seems his stomach hurt the day of the test...
**[06:44] ---**
Even though he had the grades to pass...
**[06:46] ---**
Takezo always messes up when it's important.
**[06:50] ---**
It was true that I hated that part of myself
**[06:53] ---**
and was on the verge of despair.
**[06:55] ---**
But...
**[06:56] ---**
Well then, moving on...
**[06:57] ---**
This is a presentation from the koto club.
**[06:59] ---**
The koto, huh...
**[07:01] ---**
It's like...
**[07:02] ---**
I don't know anything about the koto,
but even I can tell.
**[07:04] ---**
They're really bad.
**[07:09] ---**
Watching this club...
**[07:10] ---**
...is kinda like watching myself.
**[07:12] ---**
They probably want to stop
performing and run away.
**[07:22] ---**
Um...
**[07:23] ---**
Are you wanting to join?!
**[07:25] ---**
Uh, no, I...
**[07:29] ---**
Yes...
**[07:30] ---**
I ended up saying yes without thinking...
**[07:34] ---**
But...
**[07:35] ---**
Thanks for joining, Takezo.
**[07:39] ---**
Huh? There's a piece you want to teach me?
**[07:41] ---**
So close to graduation?
**[07:43] ---**
It's a piece that has been taught here
for generations.
**[07:47] ---**
I'm glad I've found an underclassman
I want to teach this piece to.
**[07:52] ---**
I'm really glad
**[07:54] ---**
that you're here, Takezo.
**[07:59] ---**
C-Can you give me back the sign now, please?
**[08:03] ---**
No.
**[08:04] ---**
Huh?!
**[08:05] ---**
Please!
**[08:05] ---**
I inherited it from the upperclassmen,
**[08:07] ---**
so it's very important to me.
**[08:08] ---**
I ain't got shit to give back to you.
**[08:11] ---**
What's so special about it in the first place?
**[08:14] ---**
Don't make me laugh.
**[08:19] ---**
What is *with* that guy?!
**[08:20] ---**
Suddenly showing up
and barging into the club.
**[08:22] ---**
Why did he have to go and say that!
**[08:28] ---**
The hell? You again?
**[08:30] ---**
Why are you here?
**[08:31] ---**
Where's all the stuff that was here?
**[08:32] ---**
--I threw it out.
--Huh? All their things?!
**[08:34] ---**
It was trash.
**[08:36] ---**
Y-You didn't throw out
the instruments too, did you?
**[08:38] ---**
What are those glasses of yours even seeing?!
**[08:41] ---**
My neck, my neck!
**[08:43] ---**
Like I said, I'm joining the koto club!
**[08:45] ---**
Why would I throw out all the instruments?
**[08:48] ---**
Huh?
**[08:49] ---**
Anyway, idiot, if you're so free
then go throw this out.
**[08:52] ---**
Why me?
**[08:54] ---**
The... sign...
**[08:57] ---**
Damn it...
**[08:58] ---**
What is that guy even thinking?!
**[09:01] ---**
Like I said, I'm joining the koto club!
**[09:04] ---**
No way, no way.
**[09:05] ---**
There's no way a guy like him
wants to play the koto.
**[09:07] ---**
Nadeshiko!
**[09:10] ---**
What?
**[09:11] ---**
Kudo already making you run errands for him?
**[09:13] ---**
Huh? No, that's not...
**[09:14] ---**
You think Kudo's more dangerous,
**[09:15] ---**
so you're siding with him, is that it?
**[09:17] ---**
It's not like that...
**[09:20] ---**
Don't talk back to me!
**[09:22] ---**
You getting involved
with these small fries again?
**[09:25] ---**
K-Kudo!
**[09:27] ---**
Hey.
**[09:28] ---**
He came at you first, right?
**[09:30] ---**
Huh? Y-Yeah.
**[09:31] ---**
Well then, this is
**[09:32] ---**
self-defense, isn't it?
**[09:34] ---**
S-Stop it!
**[09:35] ---**
Huh? What's with you? I'm helping you!
**[09:38] ---**
I-It's none of your business!
**[09:40] ---**
My business?
**[09:41] ---**
It's got nothing to do with anyone's business.
**[09:43] ---**
Stuff like this has to be stopped!
**[09:46] ---**
Well, violence isn't the answer.
**[09:48] ---**
All I want is to protect the club.
**[09:51] ---**
What exactly are you protecting?
**[09:53] ---**
Does "protect" mean "do nothing" to you?!
**[09:56] ---**
That's why you get made fun of and beaten up.
**[09:58] ---**
It's the same as what *you're* doing!
**[10:00] ---**
You suddenly barge in uninvited
and do as you please.
**[10:02] ---**
What are you even planning?
**[10:04] ---**
Do you have some grudge
against the club or something?
**[10:06] ---**
Like I said,
**[10:07] ---**
I want to join the club!
**[10:12] ---**
There's no way I can believe that!
**[10:22] ---**
I see...
**[10:30] ---**
"Takezo Kurata" "Chika Kudo"
**[10:33] ---**
What's with him?
**[10:35] ---**
Suddenly getting all gloomy like that.
**[10:37] ---**
Now *I* look like the bad guy.
**[10:42] ---**
This...
**[10:43] ---**
What kind of sloppiness is this?
**[10:46] ---**
It's the same as what *you're* doing!
**[10:51] ---**
Chika?
**[10:53] ---**
He's not here yet.
**[10:55] ---**
I see...
**[10:56] ---**
Was he up to no good again?
**[10:59] ---**
Uh, no. Not Kudo.
**[11:01] ---**
It was me.
**[11:04] ---**
Kurata, can I talk to you for a bit?
**[11:08] ---**
Dammit! I hate that Kudo guy.
**[11:10] ---**
I have an idea.
**[11:12] ---**
Let's lure him out indirectly.
**[11:15] ---**
Are you serious?
**[11:16] ---**
What are we gonna do?
**[11:17] ---**
We're going to recreate it.
**[11:20] ---**
Kudo's incident last year with the police...
**[11:25] ---**
Oh no, that kid's back again.
**[11:27] ---**
Every single month, on this day...
**[11:29] ---**
Is this him repenting?
**[11:32] ---**
"Land for Sale"
**[11:33] ---**
"Land for Sale"
To get straight to the point,
**[11:36] ---**
it was his grandfather
that introduced him to koto.
**[11:40] ---**
In his third year of middle school,
Chika started living with him.
**[11:43] ---**
Apparently, his grandfather was a koto maker.
**[11:48] ---**
A-A koto maker?
**[11:51] ---**
That Chika...
**[11:52] ---**
He's actually been acting
relatively mellow, for him.
**[11:55] ---**
In middle school, he was way more violent.
**[11:58] ---**
He even fought with his grandfather constantly.
**[12:01] ---**
But...
**[12:02] ---**
There was probably a lot
going on between them.
**[12:07] ---**
What's up, Chika?
**[12:09] ---**
Have you been off fighting again?
**[12:11] ---**
Well, well.
**[12:12] ---**
You really lost control again this time.
**[12:15] ---**
Shuddup.
**[12:16] ---**
There were nine of them.
**[12:17] ---**
High school guys.
**[12:19] ---**
But I won, so...
**[12:20] ---**
You really are a brat, aren't you?
**[12:22] ---**
Huh?
**[12:24] ---**
How long are you gonna treat yourself
badly before you're satisfied?
**[12:26] ---**
Living like you're so bored with life.
**[12:29] ---**
You know, if I were you,
**[12:31] ---**
I'd live a life 100 million times more fun.
**[12:34] ---**
Shut up, old man.
**[12:36] ---**
All you do is make those
dumb instruments every day.
**[12:41] ---**
A brat like you wouldn't understand
**[12:43] ---**
the profoundness and charm
of the koto anyway!
**[12:46] ---**
Stop calling me a brat!
**[12:47] ---**
I don't want to understand
this stupid thing anyway!
**[12:52] ---**
And that's why you're a brat.
**[12:57] ---**
Hey, Chika! Where are you going?!
**[12:59] ---**
Chika!
**[13:09] ---**
Shit.
**[13:12] ---**
Hey, Gen?
**[13:13] ---**
Are you waiting for your grandson again?
**[13:15] ---**
That delinquent of a grandson.
**[13:17] ---**
You would be better off...
**[13:19] ---**
A brat like you isn't my son.
**[13:22] ---**
Don't ever show your face
in front of me again!
**[13:26] ---**
I don't care what he is.
**[13:28] ---**
He's my grandson.
**[13:30] ---**
I wanna be his grandfather.
**[13:39] ---**
What's this?
**[13:41] ---**
You've finally gotten interested in the koto?
**[13:45] ---**
No way.
**[13:46] ---**
I just wondered if this lump of wood
could make a sound.
**[13:50] ---**
You really don't understand, do you?
**[13:52] ---**
This calculated work of art.
**[13:54] ---**
You know, the koto...
**[13:56] ---**
The koto is an awesome instrument
made to resemble a dragon.
**[13:59] ---**
A dragon?
**[14:00] ---**
You'll understand too, someday,
**[14:02] ---**
once you experience the most wonderful
performance that comes of a meeting
**[14:05] ---**
between the finest koto, the finest piece,
and the finest player.
**[14:09] ---**
What do you say?
**[14:10] ---**
Wanna try playing it?
**[14:11] ---**
Why would I?
**[14:13] ---**
Are you afraid of failing in front of me?
**[14:16] ---**
I'm fine!
**[14:18] ---**
Just give it here!
**[14:19] ---**
Then, here.
**[14:21] ---**
Put this on your finger.
**[14:24] ---**
After they started living together,
**[14:26] ---**
he and his grandfather
stopped fighting as much.
**[14:29] ---**
He stopped hanging out
with those delinquents, too.
**[14:32] ---**
But then,
**[14:33] ---**
there were those that thought
Chika had gotten boring.
**[14:37] ---**
And so...
**[14:38] ---**
They attacked his grandfather's place.
**[14:41] ---**
What?
**[14:42] ---**
Pretending to be Chika,
**[14:44] ---**
they waited for his grandfather to go out.
**[14:46] ---**
The instruments, their house...
**[14:48] ---**
Anything and everything...
**[14:50] ---**
You don't mean...
**[14:51] ---**
...that incident with the police...
**[14:55] ---**
The police suspected Chika.
**[14:58] ---**
And his grandfather collapsed that night.
**[15:01] ---**
A few days later, he passed away.
**[15:04] ---**
Because of what happened?
**[15:05] ---**
I don't know.
**[15:07] ---**
It seems like he was already ill at the time.
**[15:11] ---**
Kurata.
**[15:12] ---**
The reason he wants to join the koto club...
**[15:15] ---**
...is because it was his grandfather
**[15:18] ---**
who started it.
**[15:21] ---**
He was telling the truth.
**[15:23] ---**
All he honestly wanted
**[15:25] ---**
was to join the club his grandfather started.
**[15:28] ---**
There's no way I can believe that!
**[15:32] ---**
I want to disappear...
**[15:35] ---**
I should apologize to Kudo...
**[15:37] ---**
But what should I say...
**[15:44] ---**
There's no way I can believe that!
**[15:47] ---**
Ah, shit!
**[15:49] ---**
Hey, four-eyes!
**[15:55] ---**
Hey, are you okay?
**[15:57] ---**
Hey, you! What are you doing?!
**[16:00] ---**
Kudo...
**[16:01] ---**
I heard a big racket and came to look.
**[16:03] ---**
I should've known it'd be you!
**[16:04] ---**
--Come with us!
--Huh?!
**[16:05] ---**
I haven't done anything!
**[16:07] ---**
Anyway, hurry up and help this guy!
**[16:08] ---**
Be quiet!
**[16:09] ---**
Who would believe anything you say anyway?!
**[16:13] ---**
What is this?
**[16:16] ---**
Not again...
**[16:20] ---**
Ow, ow!
**[16:22] ---**
Oh, you're awake?
**[16:24] ---**
You were beaten up by some kid named Kudo.
**[16:26] ---**
What?! Kudo?!
**[16:28] ---**
He was caught red-handed,
**[16:30] ---**
so he's in the principal's office now.
**[16:31] ---**
He tore up your club room, too.
**[16:33] ---**
Oh no...
**[16:34] ---**
It's just like the incident last year--
**[16:38] ---**
I don't think Kudo is the culprit!
**[16:40] ---**
I'll go explain--
**[16:41] ---**
Hold it!
**[16:42] ---**
You're better off not getting
involved with that kid.
**[16:45] ---**
But...
**[16:46] ---**
With all that's happened,
**[16:48] ---**
you understand that, right?
**[16:50] ---**
Kudo,
**[16:51] ---**
won't you say something?
**[16:55] ---**
If you don't say anything,
nothing will ever be resolved.
**[16:59] ---**
Or maybe...
**[17:00] ---**
I should assume your silence
means you're guilty?
**[17:04] ---**
You're wrong! It wasn't me!
**[17:05] ---**
Wrecking the house of the grandfather
that took care of you...
**[17:08] ---**
What a terrible kid!
**[17:09] ---**
I said I--
**[17:10] ---**
Even if it wasn't you,
**[17:11] ---**
you caused this to happen, did you not?!
**[17:18] ---**
She's right.
**[17:20] ---**
Involving myself with Kudo...
**[17:22] ---**
I should have been prepared for this.
**[17:26] ---**
We live in completely different worlds.
**[17:28] ---**
I feel bad for Kudo, but…
**[17:30] ---**
I shouldn't be involved with him anymore.
**[17:33] ---**
I need to protect the club...
**[17:43] ---**
Does "protect" mean "do nothing" to you?!
**[17:48] ---**
Well, that went well, huh?
**[17:50] ---**
I wonder if he'll get expelled now.
**[17:53] ---**
Hey!
**[17:54] ---**
What are you guys on about?
**[17:57] ---**
Principal, it's useless asking.
**[18:00] ---**
This is exactly like last year's incident.
**[18:04] ---**
It's clear who the culprit is.
**[18:06] ---**
What shall the punishment be?
Expulsion seems--
**[18:08] ---**
Please, wait!
**[18:14] ---**
Four-eyes...
**[18:15] ---**
Kurata?
**[18:17] ---**
Are you okay with those injuries?
**[18:19] ---**
I'm fine!
**[18:20] ---**
That aside...
**[18:21] ---**
Um...
**[18:27] ---**
K-Kudo isn't the culprit!
**[18:31] ---**
Wha--?!
**[18:32] ---**
Do you know who the culprit is?
**[18:33] ---**
I don't, but...
**[18:35] ---**
Then it's Kudo, right?
**[18:37] ---**
I mean, he was at the scene of the crime!
**[18:38] ---**
Do we need any more proof than that.
**[18:40] ---**
Kudo is--!
**[18:42] ---**
Kudo is a new member of the koto club!
**[18:46] ---**
It's only natural that he'd be in the club room!
**[18:54] ---**
So, you've come, Chika?
**[18:57] ---**
Confess!
**[18:58] ---**
Who would believe you?!
**[19:00] ---**
Wha--?! What are you saying...?
**[19:01] ---**
Is this true, Kudo?
**[19:04] ---**
Why have you joined the koto club?
**[19:06] ---**
I--
**[19:07] ---**
You brat!
**[19:09] ---**
Don't underestimate your grandfather!
**[19:12] ---**
I already know.
**[19:26] ---**
I joined because...
**[19:29] ---**
...it's the club my grandfather started.
**[19:31] ---**
It's my fault that
**[19:33] ---**
most of the things my grandfather
cherished were broken.
**[19:36] ---**
So, I want to at least protect
the things that are left.
**[19:40] ---**
Whatever that may be,
**[19:42] ---**
I want to know more about it.
**[19:45] ---**
That's why I joined the koto club.
**[19:48] ---**
A story like that--
**[19:49] ---**
Couldn't possibly be a lie, correct?
**[19:51] ---**
His grandfather...
**[19:53] ---**
...was a friend of mine.
**[19:56] ---**
Even if you say that,
**[19:57] ---**
it doesn't prove he didn't do it!
**[20:00] ---**
I mean, it's Kudo that destroyed
his grandfather's house--
**[20:01] ---**
Be careful what you say!
**[20:04] ---**
Even that statement has no proof.
**[20:06] ---**
It's nothing but speculation born from bias.
**[20:09] ---**
Am I wrong?
**[20:10] ---**
B-But...
**[20:11] ---**
Principal! Vice Principal!
**[20:13] ---**
Three students have
come forward as the culprits.
**[20:16] ---**
Wh-What?!
**[20:17] ---**
Who?!
**[20:19] ---**
Kudo. Kurata.
**[20:22] ---**
Sorry for the unpleasantness.
**[20:24] ---**
I'm truly sorry.
**[20:27] ---**
It's nothing.
**[20:30] ---**
Y-You were friends with my granddad?
**[20:34] ---**
Yes.
**[20:36] ---**
Let's have a nice long talk
about him sometime soon.
**[20:41] ---**
"Silence"
**[20:44] ---**
W-Well, shall we go home?
**[20:48] ---**
Tha--!
**[20:50] ---**
Thank you so much.
**[20:55] ---**
Huh?! Was that gratitude?
**[20:56] ---**
The hell it is, baldy!
**[20:58] ---**
Huh?!
**[20:59] ---**
That aside,
**[21:00] ---**
what did the culprits even want?
**[21:02] ---**
Why'd they give themselves up...?
**[21:04] ---**
Who knows?
**[21:05] ---**
Well,
**[21:06] ---**
some interfering guy probably had a hand in it.
**[21:10] ---**
Huh?
**[21:13] ---**
Where are you going?
**[21:14] ---**
The gate is that way...
**[21:17] ---**
The club room.
**[21:18] ---**
We can't do any club stuff
with it in that state.
**[21:26] ---**
You'll be fine.
**[21:27] ---**
If it's you, Takezo, I'm sure...
**[21:30] ---**
...you'll make it the best koto club there is.
**[21:35] ---**
Everyone...
**[21:36] ---**
He's a lot to deal with, but...
**[21:38] ---**
somehow our strongest recruit yet
has joined the club.
**[21:41] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[21:43] ---**
Thanks for cleaning the sign, Kudo.
**[21:45] ---**
Huh?! I don't know what you're
talking about! What sign?!
**[21:47] ---**
"Koto club"
Why hide it?
**[21:49] ---**
"Koto club"
Wait, are you blushing?
**[21:50] ---**
"Koto club"
Shuddup, bald little four-eyes!
**[21:53] ---**
"Koto club"
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Having What It Takes."
**[23:41] ---**
"#2 Having What it Takes"
# E2 - Having What It Takes
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRG53MZPR/having-what-it-takes)
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**[00:01] ---**
Listen here, four-eyes!
**[00:03] ---**
Don't go losing to any
of those other clubs, okay?!
**[00:06] ---**
A-Actually, um...
**[00:08] ---**
Club presentations aren't really
about winning or losing...
**[00:11] ---**
If we don't have five members,
we'll be disbanded, right?!
**[00:14] ---**
This is a competition to win over
the new first-years!
**[00:16] ---**
Let's crush those other clubs!
**[00:17] ---**
Let's rake in the club members!
**[00:18] ---**
Crush...?
**[00:20] ---**
If you mess up, I'll make you pay!
**[00:29] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[02:04] ---**
"#2 Having What It Takes"
To all our new first-year students,
**[02:06] ---**
"#2 Having What It Takes"
congratulations on entering high school!
**[02:09] ---**
Our first club presentation
comes from the light music club!
**[02:12] ---**
Did Kurata seem okay?
**[02:14] ---**
Yup. He was brought to tears
by my encouragement.
**[02:17] ---**
Are you sure about that?
**[02:19] ---**
Anyway, don't these guys sound awful?
**[02:23] ---**
You think?
**[02:26] ---**
They're terribly out of tune...
**[02:30] ---**
I was so preoccupied with Kudo...
**[02:33] ---**
...that I just realized this is my
first time performing solo...
**[02:37] ---**
What should I do if I
end up stopping midway...
**[02:39] ---**
What if one of my strings breaks
like my upperclassman's did...
**[02:42] ---**
You always think too much, Takezo!
**[02:45] ---**
Just do what you can before the performance.
**[02:47] ---**
If you still mess up after that,
it can't be helped.
**[02:50] ---**
Taking the stage is a reward for all
the hard work you've put in up until now.
**[02:54] ---**
Enjoy it as much as you can!
**[02:58] ---**
Moving on, an introduction from the koto club.
**[03:01] ---**
N-Nice to meet-- Ah, no.
**[03:04] ---**
C-C-Congratulations on entering high school!
**[03:08] ---**
We is the kyo-koto club!
**[03:11] ---**
Is he okay...?
**[03:13] ---**
In the koto club, we play a traditional
Japanese instrument called the koto.
**[03:16] ---**
Today, I'd like to perform a piece
called "Rokudan no Shirabe"
**[03:18] ---**
which includes all the
fundamentals of koto playing.
**[03:21] ---**
The fundamentals, huh? All right.
**[03:23] ---**
If anyone's interested, please come visit
the club whenever you'd like.
**[03:30] ---**
You'll be fine. You'll be fine.
**[03:41] ---**
Hey, you know the next club coming up...
**[03:47] ---**
Shut up! I can't hear a damn thing!
**[03:55] ---**
I'm so sorry, Kurata.
**[03:58] ---**
This guy's an idiot beyond help...
**[03:59] ---**
Huh?!
**[04:00] ---**
I-It's okay... But I wonder
if anyone will join...
**[04:04] ---**
H-How was my performance?
**[04:06] ---**
Huh, I didn't get it.
**[04:09] ---**
Uh, you know... it was
unfamiliar to our ears so...
**[04:12] ---**
R-Right.
**[04:13] ---**
I should have picked a more popular song...
**[04:16] ---**
The one you played was fine.
**[04:17] ---**
It was a fundamental piece
for the koto, right?
**[04:20] ---**
I didn't get it, but it wasn't bad.
**[04:23] ---**
What does that even mean...?
**[04:33] ---**
Whoa, she's pretty!
**[04:34] ---**
Uh, um...
**[04:36] ---**
Sorry for letting myself in.
**[04:39] ---**
Um... I'd like to join this club,
if that's all right?
**[04:42] ---**
Huh?!
**[04:43] ---**
Will you give me permission to join?
**[04:45] ---**
P-Permission?! Of course,
you're completely welcome!
**[04:48] ---**
"Club Application Form
Name: 1-F Satowa Hozuki"
Great! This is my club application form.
**[04:51] ---**
Hey, bastard!
**[04:52] ---**
Isn't your attitude a little
different from when I joined?!
**[04:55] ---**
Well, wasn't your entrance a little unusual?!
**[04:58] ---**
Amazing...
**[05:00] ---**
I didn't think anyone would come so quickly...
**[05:02] ---**
Uh, and your name is...
**[05:04] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
Satowa... H-Hozuki?
**[05:07] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
Yes.
**[05:08] ---**
That wouldn't be the same Hozuki
as the Hozuki school, would it?
**[05:11] ---**
So you know of the Hozuki school?
**[05:13] ---**
Wha--?!
**[05:14] ---**
"Hozuki School"
**[05:15] ---**
"Hozuki School"
What is it? You know this girl?
**[05:17] ---**
"Hozuki School"
Of course I know her!
**[05:18] ---**
She's the daughter of the grand
master of a huge koto school.
**[05:21] ---**
"A prodigy has appeared
in the world of koto music!!"
She's a prodigy who has won many
competitions with sweeping victories.
**[05:23] ---**
"A prodigy has appeared
in the world of koto music!!"
She has an amazing reputation.
**[05:25] ---**
I-It's not that big a deal...
**[05:27] ---**
Hmph! So what?!
**[05:29] ---**
Besides, you can't rely
on someone's reputatio--
**[05:31] ---**
But why would someone of your caliber
**[05:34] ---**
suddenly want to join a high school koto club?
**[05:36] ---**
Not to mention, the club
of a weak school like ours...
**[05:38] ---**
I've been a part of the world
of koto since I was born.
**[05:43] ---**
But when I played, it was always
solo or with adults...
**[05:46] ---**
I almost never got to play with people my age.
**[05:52] ---**
But last year,
**[05:53] ---**
I heard the koto club from this school
play at the high school qualifiers,
**[05:57] ---**
and I thought, "Wow, these people
look like they're having fun.
**[06:01] ---**
I wonder what it'd be like to play with them."
**[06:04] ---**
Th-Thank you...
**[06:06] ---**
If I remember correctly,
**[06:07] ---**
weren't there some female
upperclassmen in the club as well?
**[06:09] ---**
Oh, well,
**[06:10] ---**
all the upperclassman have graduated,
**[06:13] ---**
so now it's just me and Kudo,
who joined yesterday...
**[06:16] ---**
What? It's just two guys?
**[06:19] ---**
Huh?
**[06:20] ---**
So this friendly act was a waste of time.
**[06:22] ---**
Hm?
**[06:23] ---**
I did think it was odd that there was
only one guy at the presentation.
**[06:27] ---**
U-Um, Hozuki?
**[06:30] ---**
Your personality is kind of
different from earlier...
**[06:32] ---**
Huh? Of course, that wasn't my natural self.
**[06:35] ---**
If female upperclassmen were here,
**[06:36] ---**
they'd all think someone talented
like me were conceited.
**[06:40] ---**
I was acting. *Acting*.
**[06:42] ---**
Huh?!
**[06:43] ---**
Hey, this girl's bad news!
**[06:45] ---**
S-So, your reason for joining earlier...
**[06:48] ---**
Oh, I'm already planning
on becoming a pro, so...
**[06:52] ---**
I thought this would be a cool story
to tell when I make it big.
**[06:55] ---**
S-Story...?
**[06:56] ---**
Yup.
**[06:57] ---**
"Genius Koto Player Makes Her Debut
After Leading a Puny Koto Club
**[07:00] ---**
to 1st Place in the Nationals!"
**[07:02] ---**
Or something.
**[07:03] ---**
Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
**[07:05] ---**
F-First place...?!
**[07:07] ---**
Puny...?
**[07:08] ---**
No matter how talented I am
or how famous my family is,
**[07:11] ---**
these days, without something
newsworthy, I won't make it big.
**[07:15] ---**
So I'll take this club to
first place at the nationals
**[07:17] ---**
for a more spectacular pro debut.
**[07:21] ---**
Wh-Wha...?
**[07:22] ---**
But if you already had that goal in mind,
**[07:25] ---**
even if the intent has changed,
the goal remains the same, right?
**[07:28] ---**
We'll be fine.
**[07:29] ---**
If I'm here, we'll get to
the nationals in no time.
**[07:32] ---**
Let's work hard together!
**[07:35] ---**
What's with you suddenly acting
all high-and-mighty?!
**[07:38] ---**
Just because you can play the koto a bit,
don't start saying shit--
**[07:41] ---**
Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
**[07:43] ---**
I ain't talking to you.
**[07:46] ---**
Who even are you?
**[07:47] ---**
Why on earth is someone
like you in a koto club?
**[07:51] ---**
--K-Kudo is serious about playing the koto--
**[07:53] ---**
--And you, too!
--K-Kudo is serious about playing the koto--
**[07:54] ---**
What happened to this koto?
It's severely damaged.
**[07:57] ---**
It doesn't look like these strings
broke naturally either.
**[07:59] ---**
What kind of maintenance are you even doing?
**[08:02] ---**
That's--
**[08:03] ---**
That's my fault!
**[08:05] ---**
What? It's not like you broke them, Kudo.
**[08:08] ---**
Hmph, appearances don't lie, it seems.
**[08:11] ---**
I don't know why you're
in this club, nor do I care,
**[08:16] ---**
but anyone who is willing
to damage the instruments
**[08:18] ---**
doesn't have what it takes to play the koto.
**[08:21] ---**
I don't want to understand
this stupid thing anyway!
**[08:25] ---**
Hozuki!
**[08:27] ---**
Let's stop this.
This tense atmosphere isn't good.
**[08:30] ---**
Let's try and get along, okay?
**[08:35] ---**
Kudo?
**[08:39] ---**
Just leave him be.
**[08:41] ---**
You misunderstand him, Hozuki. Kudo is...
**[08:44] ---**
I only care about how that guy
plans to face the koto.
**[08:55] ---**
About the koto club...
**[08:57] ---**
I got permission to join from four-eyes, but...
**[09:00] ---**
Like she said, did I not even have
what it takes from the start?
**[09:06] ---**
How would I know?
**[09:08] ---**
Bastard, actually give it some thought!
**[09:16] ---**
To think the successor of the Hozuki school
**[09:19] ---**
was that kind of person...
**[09:21] ---**
We'll get to the nationals in no time.
**[09:27] ---**
Don't say that so thoughtlessly...
**[09:32] ---**
"Satowa Hozuki"
**[09:35] ---**
Wh--
**[09:36] ---**
Why are *you* here?!
**[09:38] ---**
This has been my seat ever since
the entrance ceremony.
**[09:41] ---**
Or should I say, who might you be?
**[09:44] ---**
Y-You little...
**[09:45] ---**
Anyone who is willing
to damage the instruments
**[09:47] ---**
doesn't have what it takes to play the koto.
**[09:52] ---**
A-About what you said before...
**[09:55] ---**
Huh?
**[09:56] ---**
That thing you said yesterday.
**[09:57] ---**
About not having what it takes...
**[09:59] ---**
What of it?
**[10:01] ---**
How do I get what it takes?
**[10:04] ---**
Huh?
**[10:05] ---**
I said, how do I get what it takes?
**[10:08] ---**
You're the daughter of a grand master, right?!
**[10:10] ---**
Don't you know?!
**[10:12] ---**
That question's so stupid. This is the first
time I've ever had disdain for anyone.
**[10:17] ---**
Quit playing with me!
**[10:18] ---**
Like I can sit next to someone
like this! I'm outta here!
**[10:20] ---**
What?! H-Hey, wait! Kudo!
**[10:22] ---**
What an idiot...
**[10:24] ---**
You misunderstand him, Hozuki. Kudo is...
**[10:27] ---**
What am I misunderstanding?
**[10:29] ---**
A guy who makes such crude sounds...
**[10:32] ---**
Sounds do not lie.
**[10:35] ---**
Sounds reveal a person's true nature.
**[10:39] ---**
That's why I...
**[10:44] ---**
Damn it!
**[10:45] ---**
Whatever!
**[10:46] ---**
Who cares about what it takes?
If I say I'm doing it, I'm doing it!
**[10:50] ---**
I won't let a girl like her complain!
**[10:52] ---**
It's settled! *Settled*!
**[10:54] ---**
Hey, Chika! Stop straddling the instruments!
**[10:57] ---**
Do you wanna try playing it?
**[11:00] ---**
Well? It was perfect, right?!
**[11:03] ---**
You're pretty good.
**[11:05] ---**
You've got quite the knack for this.
**[11:08] ---**
I-It's not like
**[11:09] ---**
being told I've got a knack for
this would make me happy!
**[11:13] ---**
What did you say? Hey, wait!
**[11:27] ---**
You caused this to happen, did you not?!
**[11:30] ---**
...doesn't have what it takes to play the koto.
**[11:33] ---**
Damn it...
**[11:35] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[11:37] ---**
Good afternoon.
**[11:39] ---**
H-Hi...
**[11:42] ---**
"Aim for first place at the nationals"
H-Hozuki, what is this...?!
**[11:45] ---**
Oh, the other one was ripped,
so I thought I'd replace it.
**[11:48] ---**
Our goal is a little higher now,
**[11:50] ---**
so I thought I'd renew the mood as well.
**[11:52] ---**
Don't just do as you please!
**[11:55] ---**
S-Sorry...
**[11:57] ---**
But that goal...
**[11:59] ---**
...might just be a newsworthy story to you,
**[12:03] ---**
but to an ordinary person like me,
**[12:04] ---**
just getting to the nationals
would be a dream come true.
**[12:08] ---**
I'm not a child that will dream
beyond my own abilities.
**[12:11] ---**
I just want you to understand that...
**[12:14] ---**
Your abilities will grow if you aim higher.
**[12:17] ---**
People who don't aim high will
never develop the ability to do so.
**[12:23] ---**
Do you not want to get to the nationals, Kurata?
**[12:26] ---**
Then, why were you crying
**[12:28] ---**
when you didn't make it past
the qualifiers last year?
**[12:31] ---**
You saw--
**[12:32] ---**
It's because it was painful, right?
**[12:33] ---**
Was it not because you wanted to get higher?
**[12:36] ---**
If it were me, I'd want to take
this club to the nationals--
**[12:38] ---**
The nationals--
**[12:40] ---**
That's not a place one person
can just take you to single-handedly!
**[12:44] ---**
It's somewhere we get to together.
**[12:57] ---**
What? The nationals?!
**[12:59] ---**
You're kidding, right?
**[13:00] ---**
Do you understand the level we're at?
**[13:02] ---**
Of course!
**[13:03] ---**
But aiming for it is something
we're free to do, right?
**[13:05] ---**
If we aim bigger,
I'm sure we'll improve faster!
**[13:12] ---**
Do you not want to get to the nationals, Kurata?
**[13:15] ---**
Then why were you crying...?
**[13:20] ---**
Shit...
**[13:21] ---**
That girl's already here...
**[13:25] ---**
Oh? What? You gonna play?
**[13:27] ---**
You with your arrogant "I'm a pro
from a huge koto school" spiel.
**[13:30] ---**
Let's hear just how good you are...
**[13:37] ---**
Huh?
**[13:39] ---**
She's playing... the koto, right?
**[13:42] ---**
Could the same thing four-eyes
was playing yesterday...
**[13:45] ---**
...really sound this different?
**[13:48] ---**
I don't understand it, but...
**[13:50] ---**
...each note is resounding so beautifully.
**[13:53] ---**
It's so different.
**[13:54] ---**
It's so different from the koto music
I've heard up until now...
**[14:01] ---**
A brat like you wouldn't understand
**[14:03] ---**
the profoundness and charm
of the koto anyway!
**[14:09] ---**
You really don't understand, do you?
**[14:11] ---**
This calculated work of art.
**[14:23] ---**
Amazing...
**[14:29] ---**
"Principal's Office"
**[14:32] ---**
I have a request...
**[14:37] ---**
It feels even more awkward
than it was yesterday.
**[14:39] ---**
I wonder if Hozuki and Kudo will come today...
**[14:44] ---**
Uh, um. What's going on?
**[14:46] ---**
Oh, Kurata.
**[14:48] ---**
I heard your instruments were damaged earlier.
**[14:51] ---**
So, I've requested a music store
come and repair them.
**[14:54] ---**
Huh?
**[14:55] ---**
Is that okay?
**[14:57] ---**
Of course! It wasn't your club's fault
they were broken, after all.
**[15:00] ---**
However, there's only one instrument left,
**[15:03] ---**
so it might cause some
trouble for the club, huh?
**[15:05] ---**
Well...
**[15:06] ---**
It's okay!
**[15:08] ---**
I have my own koto.
**[15:10] ---**
So while we wait, I can practice at home.
**[15:13] ---**
My apologies.
**[15:14] ---**
Not at all!
**[15:14] ---**
Well, if you run into any problems,
please let me know.
**[15:17] ---**
Thank you so much!
**[15:19] ---**
Friendly-mode activated...
**[15:24] ---**
Well, that's the situation,
**[15:26] ---**
so let me know when
the instruments are back. Bye.
**[15:28] ---**
Ah, right.
**[15:31] ---**
She's mad, isn't she?
**[15:33] ---**
Kudo isn't here either.
**[15:35] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[15:40] ---**
Huh? Kudo's not here?
**[15:42] ---**
Why? Does he have a cold?
**[15:43] ---**
He's an idiot, so he wouldn't catch a cold.
**[15:46] ---**
He's probably just playing hooky.
**[15:47] ---**
I see...
**[15:48] ---**
Got it. Thank you.
**[15:50] ---**
Such a bother, that guy...
**[15:53] ---**
Am I that bothered by what Hozuki said...?
**[15:57] ---**
Or is it...?
**[15:59] ---**
You think I'd stay after
she said all those things?!
**[16:01] ---**
I quit! I *quit*!
**[16:02] ---**
No, no. No way he'd do that...
**[16:04] ---**
It's not like I even know Kudo that well yet...
**[16:08] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[16:13] ---**
It'll be fine!
**[16:14] ---**
Tomorrow, I'm sure he'll come, too...
**[16:16] ---**
Huh? He already left?! Why?!
**[16:19] ---**
As I thought, he must be feeling sick...
**[16:20] ---**
Well, I don't know the details...
**[16:23] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[16:24] ---**
Ah! Kudo!
**[16:31] ---**
What?! This is the third floor!
**[16:36] ---**
Hm, as I thought. He's just a mere delinquent.
**[16:39] ---**
And then, a whole week went by...
**[16:43] ---**
S-Sorry.
**[16:44] ---**
He said he had something to do today,
so he left pretty quick...
**[16:49] ---**
Takaoka...
**[16:50] ---**
Yes...?
**[16:51] ---**
You're hiding something, aren't you?
**[16:54] ---**
I'm sorry, Kurata.
**[16:56] ---**
Chika swore me to secrecy...
**[16:59] ---**
He's actually...
**[17:00] ---**
Hozuki!
**[17:02] ---**
Ow...
**[17:02] ---**
"Hozuki"
Ow...
**[17:03] ---**
"Hozuki"
**[17:04] ---**
That hurt! Don't go bumping into people!
**[17:07] ---**
These guys are from the light music club...
**[17:09] ---**
S-Sorry.
**[17:11] ---**
Huh? Isn't he that Nadeshiko?
**[17:13] ---**
Nadeshiko?
**[17:14] ---**
Yeah, from that koto club!
**[17:16] ---**
Oh, the guy that gave
that pathetic performance?!
**[17:19] ---**
You can't gather club members
with a performance like that.
**[17:21] ---**
Shall I join?
**[17:22] ---**
Idiot, let's go.
**[17:24] ---**
Well, good luck to you.
**[17:27] ---**
It's you guys that are gonna need some luck.
**[17:29] ---**
Huh?
**[17:30] ---**
What?
**[17:31] ---**
What are you doing belittling
someone else's performance
**[17:33] ---**
when you can't even tune properly yourselves?
**[17:35] ---**
If you have that much time on your hands,
then you should use it to practice.
**[17:39] ---**
Wha--
**[17:41] ---**
Hozuki...
**[17:42] ---**
Uh, um!
**[17:44] ---**
Can you come with me for a sec?!
**[17:47] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
**[17:49] ---**
So this is it...
**[17:51] ---**
What?
**[17:51] ---**
Is this the music store we got
to repair the instruments?
**[17:54] ---**
Are you guys perhaps Kudo's friends?
**[17:57] ---**
Huh?
**[17:58] ---**
Is Kudo here?!
**[18:00] ---**
--Yeah, he's inside. Go on in.
**[18:01] ---**
--Ow!
--Yeah, he's inside. Go on in.
**[18:04] ---**
Idiot!
**[18:05] ---**
That's why I said do it carefully!
**[18:07] ---**
Ugh, I get it!
**[18:08] ---**
Where are your manners?!
**[18:11] ---**
It's because you're so annoyingly persistent
**[18:13] ---**
that I'm letting you help out, right?!
**[18:15] ---**
Good grief!
**[18:16] ---**
Youngsters these days...
**[18:18] ---**
For an old hag, that was some punch.
**[18:21] ---**
Who's an old hag?!
**[18:23] ---**
--Ow!
**[18:24] ---**
--Wh-What...
--Ow!
**[18:26] ---**
Um...
**[18:27] ---**
One week ago,
**[18:29] ---**
right after we got the request
to repair the instruments,
**[18:32] ---**
Kudo suddenly showed up here.
**[18:35] ---**
Um...
**[18:36] ---**
It's my fault the koto are broken...
**[18:38] ---**
...so please let me help you fix them.
**[18:40] ---**
He said.
**[18:41] ---**
Huh?
**[18:42] ---**
He took me by surprise.
**[18:43] ---**
Well, you see how my granny is, so...
**[18:46] ---**
What aren't you telling me?!
**[18:48] ---**
You think I'd let someone who did this
to the koto touch them again?!
**[18:51] ---**
Get lost!
**[18:53] ---**
But Kudo came back every day.
**[18:55] ---**
He sat outside the store for
hours without even eating,
**[18:58] ---**
so I kinda gave in.
**[19:01] ---**
Then, Granny finally gave in, too,
**[19:03] ---**
saying she would let him help
if he told her how they broke.
**[19:09] ---**
So then, you know about Kudo...
**[19:11] ---**
I heard. About his past, everything.
**[19:14] ---**
I'm sure it's something Kudo
doesn't like to talk about,
**[19:17] ---**
but he told her everything.
**[19:19] ---**
Why would he go this far...?
**[19:21] ---**
He said he wanted to earn "what it takes."
**[19:25] ---**
He said, "I'm an idiot,
**[19:27] ---**
so I don't know if it's okay for
someone who's damaged one to play.
**[19:30] ---**
But if I'm acknowledged by
someone who makes kotos...
**[19:34] ---**
If I earn what it takes...
**[19:36] ---**
...I think I'd be able
to proudly face the koto."
**[19:42] ---**
Hozuki?
**[19:43] ---**
He's an idiot.
**[19:45] ---**
How simple-minded can you be?
**[19:47] ---**
I'm honestly amazed.
**[19:49] ---**
The sound he produces is probably
just as stupidly straightforward.
**[19:53] ---**
Hozuki...
**[19:55] ---**
Uh, um. I'm sorry about before...
**[19:58] ---**
And thanks... for what you did back then...
**[20:00] ---**
Just like you said, deep in my heart...
**[20:04] ---**
I probably did dream of going to the nationals.
**[20:07] ---**
But realizing I had failed miserably last year,
**[20:10] ---**
I didn't have the courage
to say I wanted to aim higher.
**[20:14] ---**
No, I said too many arrogant things myself.
**[20:19] ---**
It's my first time being in a club,
**[20:20] ---**
so I didn't really know what attitude to have.
**[20:22] ---**
Well, I still don't.
**[20:26] ---**
But I'll try my best to learn, so...
**[20:29] ---**
Again, will you please give me
permission to join the koto club?
**[20:32] ---**
Of course!
**[20:36] ---**
Great!
**[20:37] ---**
Now we're officially aiming
for first place at nationals, right?
**[20:40] ---**
Huh?! So, that's not changing...
**[20:43] ---**
But, you know...
**[20:46] ---**
Though I'm aiming for first place,
I didn't just pick any old school.
**[20:50] ---**
Huh? You mean...
**[20:54] ---**
Wh-Wh-Wh-Why are you guys here...?
**[20:55] ---**
Hey! Don't just drop the tools!
**[20:58] ---**
Goodness, what are you up to--
**[21:00] ---**
Oh? These your friends from school?
**[21:03] ---**
Oh, we're members of the koto club.
**[21:05] ---**
Oh, you guys must have it hard too, huh?
**[21:08] ---**
Having this idiot as a club member.
**[21:10] ---**
What have we here? Aren't you...?
**[21:16] ---**
Um... If it's all right, is there anything
we can help with, too?
**[21:20] ---**
Huh, wha--
**[21:22] ---**
We're members of the same club, after all.
**[21:25] ---**
Is there anything we can help with?
**[21:31] ---**
D-Don't joke with me!
**[21:33] ---**
I can do this by myself!
**[21:34] ---**
Don't just come barging in!
**[21:36] ---**
Do you even realize what it took
for me to be able to help--
**[21:38] ---**
Well, guess I'll take you up on that offer.
**[21:40] ---**
Thank you so much.
**[21:41] ---**
Hold on a sec, old hag!
**[21:43] ---**
This is way too different from when I asked!
**[21:45] ---**
What is it with everyone?!
**[21:47] ---**
And, that Tetsuki! Telling my
secret to them like that.
**[21:49] ---**
--You're so annoying, you know that?
--I'm gonna kick your ass!
**[21:51] ---**
--Now, now...
--Huh?!
**[23:27] ---**
"Club Application Form"
**[23:36] ---**
"Dragon Asterism"
**[23:37] ---**
"one"
"two
"three"
"four"
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "The Koto Club Reborn."
**[23:41] ---**
"#3 The Koto Club Reborn"
Next time, "The Koto Club Reborn."
# E3 - The Koto Club Reborn
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GREXNDZ9Y/the-koto-club-reborn)
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**[00:00] ---**
We're almost done with the repairs.
**[00:03] ---**
We can finally get back
to doing normal club stuff!
**[00:05] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
Even with the instruments back,
**[00:07] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
if we don't get two more members
within the month, we'll be disbanded.
**[00:10] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
Because of a *certain someone*,
we haven't even had any visitors yet.
**[00:14] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
What did you say?!
**[00:16] ---**
I heard you're a pretty infamous
delinquent around here.
**[00:20] ---**
When the rumor that he joined the club spread,
**[00:23] ---**
people probably got too scared
to even approach us.
**[00:25] ---**
Says you! Why don't you bring
one or two of your girl friends?!
**[00:29] ---**
Oh, is that no good!? You got no friends?!
**[00:32] ---**
Unfortunately!
**[00:33] ---**
I've been surrounded by adults
my whole life so no one's on my level.
**[00:38] ---**
Anyway!
**[00:38] ---**
If we don't get anyone to join
and we disband, it'll be your fault!
**[02:14] ---**
"#3 The Koto Club Reborn"
Jeez.
**[02:15] ---**
"#3 The Koto Club Reborn"
If some baby's hesitating 'cause
I'm there, we don't need 'em.
**[02:20] ---**
Chika! It's been so long!
**[02:23] ---**
Kota, stop!
**[02:24] ---**
Yo, Tetsuki. Chika.
**[02:26] ---**
Sane, Mittsu!
**[02:28] ---**
By the way, Chika.
**[02:29] ---**
I heard you actually joined the koto club.
**[02:32] ---**
Following in your late granddad's footsteps...
**[02:34] ---**
Wah, you're making me cry, damn it!
**[02:35] ---**
Ugh, you guys are annoying!
**[02:38] ---**
Crap.
**[02:40] ---**
Whoa, cute! Who is she?!
**[02:43] ---**
Hello, Kudo.
**[02:45] ---**
Are these people your friends, perhaps?
**[02:49] ---**
Yes, we're Kudo's friends!
**[02:51] ---**
Nice to meet you. I'm Satowa Hozuki,
also from the koto club.
**[02:55] ---**
Nice to meet you, too!
**[02:56] ---**
Hey, don't be deceived guys!
**[02:58] ---**
This girl has a split personality
that's unthinkably mean--
**[03:01] ---**
How dare you say such things
about a frail young girl!
**[03:05] ---**
I envy you, being in a club with a cute girl.
**[03:09] ---**
Maybe I should join the koto club, too.
**[03:11] ---**
Oh, please do!
**[03:13] ---**
Huh?
**[03:13] ---**
We're actually short on members.
**[03:15] ---**
If nothing changes soon, we'll be disbanded.
**[03:18] ---**
And plus...
**[03:20] ---**
...if delightful people like you were to join,
**[03:23] ---**
I'd be so happy.
**[03:25] ---**
We'll join!
**[03:26] ---**
Hold it right there!
**[03:27] ---**
We'll become the koto club's saviors!
**[03:30] ---**
What the hell are you thinking?
**[03:32] ---**
They're all actually thinking of doing this!
What are we gonna do?
**[03:35] ---**
We don't really need them
to play the koto, right?
**[03:37] ---**
All we need is their names.
**[03:40] ---**
As long as they put their names down
for the club, we won't be disbanded.
**[03:43] ---**
E-Evil...
**[03:45] ---**
I-If you keep doing stuff like this,
you'll never have friends.
**[03:49] ---**
I don't need any.
**[03:51] ---**
I'm used to being alone anyway.
**[03:56] ---**
"Koto Club"
And with that,
**[03:58] ---**
we are the koto club's saviors:
Saneyasu Adachi...
**[04:01] ---**
...Michitaka Sakai...
**[04:02] ---**
...and Kota Mizuhara!
**[04:06] ---**
S-Saviors? Wh-What's going on...?
**[04:09] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[04:10] ---**
They'll get bored and leave soon anyway.
**[04:12] ---**
"Club Application Form"
**[04:16] ---**
Those damn delinquents...
**[04:18] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
Whoa, awesome! There's so many!
**[04:22] ---**
Looks like the noisy one has multiplied.
**[04:24] ---**
Here, plectrums and their bands.
**[04:26] ---**
Choose some that fit.
**[04:28] ---**
Hozuki!
**[04:29] ---**
Could you pick out plectrums for Kudo?
**[04:31] ---**
What?!
**[04:32] ---**
Why me...?
**[04:34] ---**
I'm... gonna go help out over there, so...
**[04:36] ---**
I'll leave it to you.
**[04:39] ---**
Let me see your hand.
**[04:49] ---**
I don't... know much about koto schools,
**[04:52] ---**
but it means your parents
play the koto too, right?
**[04:55] ---**
What of it?
**[04:57] ---**
Nothing really...
**[04:59] ---**
So did you learn from your parents?
**[05:02] ---**
That's none of your business.
**[05:04] ---**
Wha--
**[05:06] ---**
What's with this girl's fingertips?
**[05:08] ---**
They're so hard.
**[05:10] ---**
"For woodworking
glue"
**[05:11] ---**
Whoa, my own plectrums!
**[05:15] ---**
Is three plectrums enough?
**[05:17] ---**
Yup, since you use your fingers for the rest.
**[05:20] ---**
Is everyone finished?
**[05:21] ---**
Uh, yes!
**[05:22] ---**
Right then.
**[05:23] ---**
That'll be 5,000 yen per person.
**[05:25] ---**
F-Five thousand yen?!
**[05:26] ---**
What? We have to pay for this?!
**[05:28] ---**
--Of course you do.
--Damn it... I forgot about money...
**[05:31] ---**
I'll definitely bring more tomorrow!
**[05:34] ---**
For the time being, this is all I have.
**[05:37] ---**
Do you have a way of getting money?
**[05:40] ---**
I-I'll figure something out.
**[05:42] ---**
Money doesn't just come out of nowhere.
**[05:47] ---**
Once I save up some money, I'll come back...
**[05:49] ---**
S-Sorry, Kudo. I wasn't thinking.
**[05:52] ---**
That's right, idiot four-eyes!
**[05:55] ---**
Huh?
**[05:56] ---**
You did help us repair the kotos, after all.
**[05:59] ---**
I'll consider that payment.
**[06:04] ---**
Ah, then... what about ours...?
**[06:05] ---**
I'm not so kind as to give freebies to idiots
who aren't really interested.
**[06:09] ---**
"Should've known..."
Should've known...
**[06:16] ---**
I'll use them well...
**[06:21] ---**
That's why I'm giving them to you.
**[06:26] ---**
How was it yesterday? With Sane and everyone.
**[06:29] ---**
It was useless. They just made
a fuss and went home.
**[06:31] ---**
Ah, as expected?
**[06:33] ---**
I mean, they're not gonna come back, anyway.
**[06:36] ---**
Joining the club was just them
getting carried... away...
**[06:39] ---**
Yo, Chika! You're late!
**[06:41] ---**
Why are you guys here again?!
**[06:43] ---**
You don't even wanna play the koto, right?!
**[06:44] ---**
Yeah, we won't be playing,
**[06:46] ---**
but you guys can enter competitions
without us, right?
**[06:49] ---**
We don't mind lending
our names to the koto club.
**[06:51] ---**
Yay, we're geniuses!
**[06:54] ---**
You guys...
**[06:55] ---**
This is exactly as she planned!
**[07:00] ---**
Idiot! You fell for it, didn't you?!
**[07:01] ---**
--Shuddup, idiot!
--Hey, guys!
**[07:03] ---**
If you're gonna get violent,
do it somewhere else!
**[07:08] ---**
Hmph, as I thought.
**[07:11] ---**
I thought it'd be like this.
**[07:14] ---**
V-Vice-principal?!
**[07:15] ---**
Crap...
**[07:16] ---**
What a joke of a club.
**[07:18] ---**
I'll report this to the principal,
and he'll deal--
**[07:21] ---**
Who would join a club just to fool around!
**[07:24] ---**
Hmph. If that's the case,
**[07:25] ---**
why don't you let me hear you play right now?
**[07:28] ---**
We can't!
**[07:30] ---**
We were just about to start practicing.
**[07:32] ---**
Then I give you a week.
**[07:34] ---**
If in a week's time you can perform
in a way that satisfies me,
**[07:37] ---**
then I'll approve of the club.
**[07:39] ---**
B-But...
**[07:41] ---**
Bring it on!
**[07:43] ---**
We can satisfy you in a week--
**[07:44] ---**
One month...
**[07:46] ---**
Can you please at least give us a month?
**[07:48] ---**
Hozuki!
**[07:50] ---**
Please excuse me for cutting in.
**[07:53] ---**
I'm also of the koto club.
**[07:55] ---**
*You* are?
**[07:56] ---**
We could probably manage
a simple piece in a week.
**[07:59] ---**
However, that would surely
not satisfy you, correct?
**[08:04] ---**
So, one month.
**[08:06] ---**
If given that,
**[08:07] ---**
we can do a performance that'll make
the whole school approve.
**[08:11] ---**
Wait-- Hozuki?!
**[08:15] ---**
Are you serious?
**[08:17] ---**
Of course.
**[08:18] ---**
All right, all right!
**[08:20] ---**
I'm looking forward to hearing you in a month.
**[08:26] ---**
H-Hozuki, why did you say that?!
**[08:29] ---**
Whatever we play in front
of that vice-principal,
**[08:32] ---**
in the end he'll just say, "I'm not satisfied."
**[08:35] ---**
But if we do a huge performance
in front of everyone,
**[08:39] ---**
he'll have no choice but to approve.
**[08:42] ---**
Y-You make it sound easy, but...
**[08:44] ---**
With these members, can we really
do a huge performance...
**[08:48] ---**
Sorry!
**[08:51] ---**
Without those three,
**[08:52] ---**
we'll be short members, and,
either way, we'll be disbanded.
**[08:57] ---**
Chika's mad, isn't he?
**[09:00] ---**
But it's not like we can play the koto.
**[09:03] ---**
--We'd just hold them back.
**[09:04] ---**
--Vice-principal.
--We'd just hold them back.
**[09:05] ---**
What are we gonna do about them?
**[09:07] ---**
Kudo and his friends don't
really want to play the koto.
**[09:10] ---**
In one month's time,
the koto club will be disbanded.
**[09:13] ---**
Can't rely on the police to do their job, huh?
**[09:15] ---**
Rotten delinquents like Kudo
should be taken to reform school.
**[09:21] ---**
Sane!
**[09:25] ---**
Hey, Tetsuki?
**[09:26] ---**
How come you hang out with
that Kudo kid from class C?
**[09:29] ---**
Huh? I've known him since we were kids.
**[09:31] ---**
But I never hear anything good about him.
**[09:34] ---**
Shouldn't you stop getting involved with him?
**[09:37] ---**
Probably...
**[09:38] ---**
Man, what is that Tetsuki thinking?
**[09:42] ---**
Hey!
**[09:43] ---**
What?
**[09:48] ---**
Don't underestimate me, middle schooler!
**[09:51] ---**
Sto--
**[09:54] ---**
K-Kudo?!
**[09:56] ---**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[09:58] ---**
Bastard!
**[10:04] ---**
Why?
**[10:05] ---**
We aren't even friends!
**[10:09] ---**
You guys hang out with Tetsuki a lot, right?
**[10:14] ---**
Risking his life and spilling blood
for a friend of a friend...
**[10:24] ---**
I thought I'd be all cool and return the favor
**[10:27] ---**
the next time he got in a big fight, but...
**[10:33] ---**
Jeez, were we all thinking
the same thing, huh?
**[10:37] ---**
You guys...
**[10:38] ---**
I mean, we have nothing better to do anyway.
**[10:40] ---**
We know each other so well.
**[10:42] ---**
I can return the favor like this, too, huh?
**[10:44] ---**
Hey, Granny! Give us those things!
**[10:47] ---**
Three sets of those things you
put on your fingers, please!
**[10:50] ---**
Hey!
**[10:51] ---**
Why the hell are you guys back again?!
**[10:54] ---**
Hmph... You think we'd just run away like that?
**[10:59] ---**
You really don't get us, huh?
**[11:01] ---**
We wouldn't dare upset a girl!
**[11:04] ---**
In that case,
**[11:05] ---**
you've all become official members
of the club now, yes?
**[11:09] ---**
Yes, that's right!
**[11:11] ---**
Hm, I see...
**[11:13] ---**
I'm glad you turned out more
simple-minded than I thought.
**[11:16] ---**
Huh?
**[11:18] ---**
Now that you're official members
that are gonna play,
**[11:21] ---**
prepare yourselves, because I
won't be going easy on you.
**[11:24] ---**
H-Hozuki?
**[11:26] ---**
--This can't be!
**[11:27] ---**
--I told you, didn't I?!
--This can't be!
**[11:30] ---**
"Michitaka (Mittsu) Sakai" "Kota (Kota) Mizuhara"
"Saneyasu (Sane) Adachi"
**[11:33] ---**
For now, to give a basic
explanation of the koto...
**[11:36] ---**
A typical koto has thirteen strings.
**[11:40] ---**
When played, there are moveable
bridges under the strings.
**[11:42] ---**
These can be tuned to the sounds
needed for each piece.
**[11:45] ---**
Music is written in traditional koto notation,
**[11:47] ---**
or in staff notation, like that used
with the piano and such.
**[11:51] ---**
Done!
**[11:52] ---**
Now, let's start with the
simple piece, "Sakura, Sakura."
**[11:53] ---**
Here, play.
**[11:54] ---**
So fast!
**[11:55] ---**
You little-- Don't teach so half-heartedly!
**[11:57] ---**
Half-heartedly?
**[11:58] ---**
Playing will make you learn faster
than me explaining everything!
**[12:02] ---**
What? Is it actually that you have
no self-confidence?
**[12:04] ---**
Bring it on! I'll play this in no time!
**[12:07] ---**
"Sakura, Sakura"
**[12:08] ---**
Huh, a spell?
**[12:11] ---**
Where's my "please, teach me"?
**[12:14] ---**
Crap!
**[12:14] ---**
Um, if I remember right...
**[12:16] ---**
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
**[12:19] ---**
Oh, it's this one!
**[12:22] ---**
Seven, seven again, then eight...
**[12:29] ---**
Take that! I can do this after all!
**[12:32] ---**
Then next is...
**[12:35] ---**
An eyeball?
**[12:37] ---**
"...20 minutes later."
I don't get the koto!
**[12:39] ---**
"...20 minutes later."
My knee, my legs!
**[12:41] ---**
"...20 minutes later."
The sakura should just fall already!
**[12:43] ---**
"...20 minutes later."
Takezo...
**[12:44] ---**
In one month's time,
this club will probably disband.
**[12:47] ---**
Not you, too, H-Hozuki.
**[12:50] ---**
I didn't expect these people
to be this unable to play.
**[12:53] ---**
Quiet, you little--!
**[12:54] ---**
I can still keep going!
**[12:56] ---**
Kudo...
**[12:58] ---**
There is one thing we could do.
**[13:01] ---**
We could completely skip over the basics
**[13:03] ---**
and start learning the piece we're going
to play one month from now.
**[13:07] ---**
B-But we haven't decided on
the piece we're going to play.
**[13:10] ---**
There is one piece I was considering...
**[13:13] ---**
Huh?
**[13:14] ---**
Ah, but it might be impossible for these guys.
**[13:16] ---**
I can play it!
**[13:17] ---**
I don't care how difficult it is!
I'll definitely play it!
**[13:21] ---**
In that case...
**[13:26] ---**
"Spring Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Experience the world of
traditional Japanese music."
**[13:28] ---**
Will you go watch this?
**[13:30] ---**
They'll be performing the piece there.
**[13:34] ---**
They're playing here?
**[13:38] ---**
Hozuki, you seem like you're in disguise.
**[13:41] ---**
Well, yes...
**[13:42] ---**
My face is well-known in the field of
traditional Japanese music, so...
**[13:45] ---**
I-I see...
**[13:47] ---**
By the way, what kind of piece
is the one you were considering?
**[13:50] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
**[13:51] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
It's called "Ryuuseigun."
**[13:53] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"?
**[13:55] ---**
"Spring Traditional Japanese Music Festival"
**[13:57] ---**
Hey, isn't that one in the middle really big?
**[14:01] ---**
It has 17 strings.
**[14:02] ---**
It's a low-toned koto. Like a bass guitar.
**[14:05] ---**
It is the core of this piece.
**[14:07] ---**
Next is "Ryuuseigun" composed by Taki Ayase.
**[14:11] ---**
It will be performed by students
of the Hozuki koto school.
**[14:13] ---**
B-By Hozuki, he means...
**[14:16] ---**
Yes.
**[14:16] ---**
Today's performers are
the Hozuki school's elite.
**[14:21] ---**
They're just kids!
**[14:22] ---**
Grade schoolers?!
**[14:23] ---**
What? I feel so relieved.
**[14:26] ---**
Right?
**[14:27] ---**
If grade schoolers can play it,
**[14:29] ---**
a month should be enough
for even us to learn it.
**[14:52] ---**
So that's it.
**[14:53] ---**
Let's try and learn that piece
before the month is up.
**[14:55] ---**
Are you insane?!
**[14:56] ---**
Me aside...
**[14:57] ---**
Do you really think these guys can
learn something that awesome?!
**[14:59] ---**
You can't play it either!
**[15:01] ---**
H-Hozuki, I think it'd be best
if we find another piece...
**[15:04] ---**
We'll be fine.
**[15:05] ---**
Aside from the 17-stringed koto,
the piece isn't that hard.
**[15:10] ---**
I'll play the 17-stringed koto.
**[15:12] ---**
With this many people,
we can make enough of an impact.
**[15:15] ---**
If all goes well, in one month's time,
**[15:17] ---**
the vice-principal and the whole school
will be just as amazed as you are now.
**[15:22] ---**
Probably.
**[15:25] ---**
Well, I mean...
**[15:26] ---**
If you really think it's impossible
then we can find another piece.
**[15:30] ---**
Which would mean this, correct?
**[15:32] ---**
"Grade Schoolers"
**[15:33] ---**
"Grade Schoolers"
"Below"
**[15:34] ---**
Who said they couldn't do it?
**[15:36] ---**
This'll be child's play!
**[15:38] ---**
Right, guys!?
**[15:39] ---**
Yeah!
**[15:40] ---**
I'm so glad you guys are idiots.
**[15:41] ---**
Um, but our club doesn't
have a 17-stringed koto...
**[15:45] ---**
I have my own, so I'll bring it in from home.
**[15:48] ---**
That would be great, but it'll be heavy.
**[15:51] ---**
Uh, I can come pick it up from your house--
**[15:53] ---**
I-It's okay!
**[15:54] ---**
Huh? But it's bigger than an ordinary koto...
**[15:57] ---**
I can bring it myself!
**[15:59] ---**
Just leave her.
**[16:00] ---**
She's rich, so she probably has an assistant
who can drive it over for her.
**[16:03] ---**
You be quiet.
**[16:06] ---**
Oh, it's those kids from earlier...
**[16:11] ---**
I wonder if that's their teacher...
**[16:13] ---**
Which means... it's Hozuki's mother?
**[16:16] ---**
Hozuki, you don't want to go talk to her?
**[16:19] ---**
I'm fine.
**[16:24] ---**
What should we do now?
**[16:25] ---**
Let's all go eat somewhere!
**[16:27] ---**
Okay, how about a family restaurant or--
**[16:29] ---**
I'll pass.
**[16:31] ---**
See you later...
**[16:44] ---**
Oh, is this the 17-stringed koto?
**[16:47] ---**
Y-You!
**[16:48] ---**
Looks rough. Shall I help you out?
**[16:52] ---**
Are you kidding me?!
**[16:53] ---**
I couldn't bear it if I let you
carry it and it got damaged!
**[16:59] ---**
I see...
**[17:03] ---**
"Ryuuseigun" is a five-part piece
for the 17-string and koto.
**[17:06] ---**
In other words, each person
will be playing their own part,
**[17:06] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
In other words, each person
will be playing their own part,
**[17:08] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
and everyone is playing something different.
**[17:11] ---**
So that means...
**[17:12] ---**
We can't look at someone else and play...
**[17:14] ---**
Or pretend to play...
**[17:16] ---**
That's right.
**[17:18] ---**
Plus, you're each responsible for a part,
so there's no running away either.
**[17:23] ---**
Ever.
**[17:29] ---**
There's no way I can play this!
**[17:31] ---**
Kudo, are you all right?
**[17:34] ---**
No problem, no problem!
Let's get started already!
**[17:38] ---**
No! You play string six here!
**[17:40] ---**
How many times do I have to say
it before you understand?!
**[17:42] ---**
Wah! Having to look so quickly
I don't know which is which!
**[17:45] ---**
You just have to make your body learn them!
**[17:48] ---**
Hey... can we stop here for today?
**[17:51] ---**
Y-You're right.
**[17:52] ---**
If we do too much at the start, we won't last.
**[17:55] ---**
This doesn't even count as practicing.
**[17:57] ---**
Starting tomorrow, we'll also be having
morning practice, so be ready.
**[18:00] ---**
Morning practice?!
**[18:01] ---**
Huh?!
**[18:03] ---**
Hey, you. Don't rush ahead on your own.
**[18:06] ---**
They're trying their best as it is.
**[18:08] ---**
You shut your mouth.
**[18:10] ---**
You don't know anything.
**[18:11] ---**
I may not know much about the koto yet,
**[18:14] ---**
but I'm trying my best, too!
**[18:15] ---**
This is your best?
**[18:17] ---**
Just how easy can you be on yourself?
**[18:19] ---**
At this rate, there's no doubt
we'll be disbanded.
**[18:22] ---**
Even though we have to perform in front
of the whole school in a month,
**[18:26] ---**
you guys don't even know
which string is which!
**[18:29] ---**
But it was you that said we
had to do this performance--
**[18:32] ---**
If we're pointing fingers, then it's
all because you're here, isn't it?
**[18:38] ---**
I-It's getting late, so let's
stop here for today. Okay?
**[18:42] ---**
Come on everyone, let's tidy up!
**[18:48] ---**
Huh? She's that strict?
**[18:51] ---**
Then, I wonder if she was taught
in that same Spartan style.
**[18:55] ---**
Huh?
**[18:56] ---**
You know?
**[18:56] ---**
People teach based on the way
they were taught themselves, no?
**[19:00] ---**
Moreover, you say she's the daughter
of a grand master, right?
**[19:02] ---**
Must have been tough, in a lot of ways.
**[19:10] ---**
Hey, you. Don't rush ahead on your own.
**[19:14] ---**
Hozuki.
**[19:17] ---**
Takezo, I'm sorry about yesterday.
**[19:20] ---**
Ah, no.
**[19:21] ---**
I didn't really act like
a club president, either, so...
**[19:24] ---**
If everyone quits the club, it'll be my fault.
**[19:27] ---**
Huh? Hold on!
**[19:29] ---**
No one's going to quit the club so suddenly!
**[19:31] ---**
Ah, well, I don't know about those three, but...
**[19:35] ---**
But I'm sure whatever happens,
Kudo'll never quit.
**[19:42] ---**
Anyone would want to quit
after someone went that far.
**[19:48] ---**
Why are you trying so hard
by yourself, Satowa?
**[19:52] ---**
All we wanna do is have fun...
**[19:54] ---**
But you're so serious it's scary.
**[19:57] ---**
I can't keep up with you. Just play by yourself.
**[20:02] ---**
What's up, Chika? Calling us out all this way.
**[20:06] ---**
I have something to give you.
**[20:09] ---**
Here. I made them myself. Use 'em!
**[20:13] ---**
Don't laugh!
**[20:15] ---**
You... made these? Why would you do that?
**[20:17] ---**
Huh?! To make that girl speechless, of course!
**[20:22] ---**
What? He can't possibly be planning
to get revenge or something?
**[20:26] ---**
This is why delinquents are...
**[20:27] ---**
I see, I see. Then, I'll take it.
**[20:30] ---**
All right! Let's all make her speechless!
**[20:33] ---**
See ya!
**[20:37] ---**
After all, this guy's "best" is...
**[20:41] ---**
"one"
"two
"three"
"four"
**[20:49] ---**
Huh? What was that just now?
**[20:51] ---**
A koto made of cardboard?!
**[20:54] ---**
Um, five... five and...
**[21:06] ---**
I'm sure whatever happens, Kudo'll never quit.
**[21:11] ---**
Next is, six... six...
**[21:13] ---**
Hey.
**[21:14] ---**
It'd be best to stop writing the names
of the strings on the side.
**[21:17] ---**
Yo--
**[21:18] ---**
If you have them there, you'll get
into the habit of relying on them.
**[21:23] ---**
Well, in your case,
**[21:25] ---**
it'll probably take you a month alone
to remember the strings.
**[21:28] ---**
Huh?!
**[21:29] ---**
But well...
**[21:31] ---**
...considering all that,
**[21:33] ---**
at least, your form on the hand
you play with is perfect.
**[21:37] ---**
I'm sure you had a good teacher.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "The First Resounding Note."
**[23:41] ---**
"#4 The First Resounding Note"
Next time, "The First Resounding Note."
# E4 - The First Resounding Note
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G69V4Q2WY/the-first-resounding-note)
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**[00:01] ---**
Morning!
**[00:02] ---**
I don't have time for this!
Stop being so stingy.
**[00:04] ---**
You won't improve at all if I just tell you!
**[00:07] ---**
What are you two both arguing
about so early in the morning?
**[00:10] ---**
Oh, four-eyes!
**[00:12] ---**
My part has a section where I have
to use my fingers to pluck, right?
**[00:16] ---**
No matter how I play it, it always sounds dull.
**[00:21] ---**
Hey, how can I get a clear
sound using my fingers?
**[00:25] ---**
You probably just haven't practiced enough.
**[00:28] ---**
You don't have any other advice?!
**[00:30] ---**
As I said, you're just not trying hard enough!
**[00:32] ---**
What did you just say?!
**[00:33] ---**
What?!
**[00:34] ---**
I-I see...
**[00:36] ---**
Um, the reason it's sounding dull
**[00:40] ---**
might be because Kudo's fingers are still soft.
**[00:43] ---**
Soft?
**[00:44] ---**
If you practice more,
your fingers will grow calluses
**[00:48] ---**
and become harder than before.
**[00:49] ---**
Little by little, you'll have
your "playing fingers,"
**[00:52] ---**
and you'll be able to make
much clearer sounds.
**[00:55] ---**
I think that's what Hozuki was trying to say...
**[00:58] ---**
Makes sense...
**[01:00] ---**
Wait, how was I supposed to know that?!
**[01:02] ---**
You left out too much!
**[01:04] ---**
Hozuki probably isn't suited for teaching,
**[01:07] ---**
being so naturally talented.
**[01:09] ---**
All right!
**[01:10] ---**
From now on, so that she doesn't have
to bear all the responsibility herself,
**[01:12] ---**
I need to step up, too.
**[01:16] ---**
Four-eyes!
**[01:18] ---**
Wh-What is it?
**[01:20] ---**
My fingers are softer...
**[01:23] ---**
...than both that girl's and that four-eyes...
**[02:56] ---**
"#4 The First Resounding Note"
So, you're tightening the strings?
**[02:58] ---**
"#4 The First Resounding Note"
Yeah...
**[02:59] ---**
If I don't make them as close as I can to
the real thing, my fingers won't toughen up.
**[03:03] ---**
I can't take the real ones here home,
or buy one either.
**[03:07] ---**
Then why not borrow one from someone?
**[03:09] ---**
Who would have them
**[03:11] ---**
and let me practice with them--
**[03:16] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
So...
**[03:18] ---**
Please let the four of us practice here!
**[03:21] ---**
I'm not you lot's grandmother!
**[03:25] ---**
If I lent you instruments and
gave you a place to practice,
**[03:27] ---**
what exactly would be in it for me?
**[03:29] ---**
I-I don't have money, but...
**[03:31] ---**
"Shoulder Massage Ticket
Exclusive Use for Granny
Expiration: As long as I live
Can be used like 10 times"
**[03:34] ---**
Don't you underestimate adults!
**[03:38] ---**
Then...
**[03:39] ---**
In one month...
**[03:40] ---**
...we'll let you hear an amazing performance!
**[03:45] ---**
It will be a good memory
to take to the afterlife with you.
**[03:50] ---**
Honestly...
**[03:54] ---**
I see. So, you're Gen's grandson...
**[03:57] ---**
You know my granddad?
**[03:59] ---**
Of course I do.
It's a small industry, after all.
**[04:03] ---**
Gen, don't you have your
grandson living with you?
**[04:07] ---**
I heard he's quite a brat?
**[04:09] ---**
Yeah, I guess.
**[04:11] ---**
Shizu! Listen to this!
You know my grandson?
**[04:14] ---**
He played my koto!
**[04:17] ---**
I only explained a little,
and he was able to play it right away!
**[04:20] ---**
I bet he has talent in him!
**[04:24] ---**
In one month...
**[04:25] ---**
...we'll let you hear an amazing performance!
**[04:30] ---**
Gen...
**[04:31] ---**
I wish you could have heard those words...
**[04:38] ---**
Men don't go back on their word, right?
**[04:43] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[04:45] ---**
Guys, it's almost eight, so let's start tidyi--
**[04:48] ---**
Good work, guys!
**[05:00] ---**
Shit...
**[05:01] ---**
It still sounds dull...
**[05:04] ---**
Plucking with my fingers hurts
more than I expected, too...
**[05:09] ---**
Those two...
**[05:10] ---**
How long did they have to do this
before they got fingers that hard?
**[05:20] ---**
Yay!
**[05:21] ---**
A-Amazing, you guys...
**[05:24] ---**
You're able to play your parts
with almost no mistakes now!
**[05:29] ---**
Hozuki, why don't we all
try playing together now?
**[05:33] ---**
Very well.
**[05:35] ---**
I haven't even seen you practice.
**[05:38] ---**
You can actually play this, right?
**[05:40] ---**
I don't want someone like you
worrying about me.
**[05:43] ---**
Okay, let's start!
**[05:47] ---**
Three, and...
**[05:49] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[05:55] ---**
Beginning's good...
**[05:56] ---**
From the fourth bar,
**[05:58] ---**
Hozuki's 17-string comes in...
**[06:11] ---**
Hey! Why did everyone stop?!
**[06:14] ---**
S-Sorry! I-I was just so moved.
**[06:18] ---**
Amazing!
**[06:19] ---**
She only played for a second,
**[06:21] ---**
but every note was extremely honed
**[06:23] ---**
with a rich tone that only
comes with experience.
**[06:25] ---**
Shit... How can I make that sound?!
**[06:29] ---**
Come on, one more time from the top!
**[06:31] ---**
Right, well...
**[06:33] ---**
Three, and...
**[06:38] ---**
Beginning's good...
**[06:43] ---**
Then Hozuki's 17-string comes in...
**[06:48] ---**
We split up into parts!
**[06:54] ---**
And we're not together at all...
**[06:56] ---**
Hey! Quit making those awful noises, you idiots!
**[07:00] ---**
Huh? I played it right, though!
**[07:02] ---**
Me, too!
**[07:03] ---**
Your playing is fine,
but everyone's timing is off.
**[07:06] ---**
Make sure you listen to the sounds around you!
**[07:09] ---**
Um...
**[07:11] ---**
What do you mean by listen
to the sounds around you?
**[07:14] ---**
Huh?
**[07:15] ---**
If we start at the same time,
won't we be in sync?
**[07:19] ---**
They don't know how to listen
to the sounds around them,
**[07:21] ---**
or understand how to stay together?
**[07:24] ---**
It's such an intuitive thing
that I can't teach--
**[07:27] ---**
Stop whining that you can't do it!
**[07:30] ---**
When you're older,
**[07:31] ---**
you will have to take
responsibility for this school.
**[07:34] ---**
I will not tolerate words like
"I can't" or "I don't know."
**[07:40] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[07:41] ---**
"Koto Club"
Wrong! You're one beat too fast!
**[07:44] ---**
"Koto Club"
Now you're too slow!
**[07:46] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[07:47] ---**
I-I'm done...
**[07:49] ---**
My... My feet...
**[07:51] ---**
It's like I'm understanding less...
**[07:53] ---**
I feel sick...
**[07:55] ---**
Why?
**[07:56] ---**
We're even less together
now than we were before...
**[07:59] ---**
O-Once again from the top.
**[08:01] ---**
Hozuki, it's closing time.
**[08:03] ---**
We have to tidy up now.
**[08:05] ---**
I didn't think playing in sync
would be this hard...
**[08:10] ---**
I'm the one that started
Tokise High's koto club.
**[08:13] ---**
Isn't that awesome?
**[08:14] ---**
I don't care about that shit...
**[08:17] ---**
I'll just play by myself.
**[08:19] ---**
You don't get it, huh?
It's completely different!
**[08:22] ---**
The sound you get when you play
with people you've spent time with
**[08:26] ---**
you just can't produce on your own.
**[08:30] ---**
It's nice.
**[08:37] ---**
Hozuki probably doesn't
know what to do either.
**[08:43] ---**
What was it like when I first started?
**[08:45] ---**
Takezo, after this, let's all go...
**[08:49] ---**
Uh, hey...
**[08:52] ---**
Would you like to go eat after this?
**[08:55] ---**
W-With everyone!
**[08:58] ---**
Sounds fun! Sounds fun!
**[08:59] ---**
Let's go! What should we eat?
**[09:01] ---**
I'll have to pass...
**[09:06] ---**
You should come, too, once in a while!
**[09:08] ---**
Huh?
**[09:10] ---**
Come on, let's go!
**[09:11] ---**
What?! Huh, wa--
**[09:13] ---**
Yay, food, food!
**[09:14] ---**
"Monja"
Yay, food, food!
**[09:18] ---**
Is this actually your first time eating *monja*?
**[09:20] ---**
O-Of course not!
**[09:22] ---**
So it *is* her first time...
**[09:24] ---**
All right, sorry for the wait!
**[09:25] ---**
Cheesy mochi and pollack roe *monja*
and stamina *monja*, right?
**[09:28] ---**
Woo-hoo!
**[09:29] ---**
Huh? You're gonna cook it for us, Hozuki?
**[09:32] ---**
--Huh?
--Really?
**[09:33] ---**
All right! Thank you!
**[09:38] ---**
Huh? Sorry, you didn't want to?
**[09:41] ---**
If you don't want to, we'll do it.
**[09:46] ---**
If you can't do it, just say so.
**[09:51] ---**
If you don't know something,
just say you don't know.
**[09:54] ---**
No one's gonna get mad.
**[09:56] ---**
Um... Hozuki?
**[09:59] ---**
That applies to the club as well, you know?
**[10:02] ---**
You're really good and have
lots of experience, but...
**[10:05] ---**
There's no need for you to be perfect. I mean...
**[10:07] ---**
I don't think I can be relied on,
**[10:10] ---**
but if there's something
you can't solve on your own,
**[10:12] ---**
let's all think about it together!
**[10:17] ---**
Oh, we can probably eat this soon.
**[10:20] ---**
Huh? I-It's done?
**[10:32] ---**
You eat it like this.
**[10:41] ---**
It's delicious.
**[10:43] ---**
Of course it is! *I* cooked it, after all.
**[10:50] ---**
I-I...
**[10:52] ---**
...don't know how to teach you guys...
**[10:57] ---**
...how to play so that you're together...
**[11:00] ---**
From a young age,
it just came naturally to me...
**[11:04] ---**
You always say one thing too many!
**[11:08] ---**
Hey, hey, you two.
**[11:10] ---**
Let's all talk about this together.
**[11:15] ---**
How we can learn to play in sync, huh?
**[11:17] ---**
I play guitar,
**[11:19] ---**
but in a band there's a drummer,
so gauging the tempo is pretty easy.
**[11:22] ---**
Instead of trying to sync with *everyone*,
**[11:23] ---**
syncing to *someone* might be easier.
**[11:26] ---**
Oh, makes sense.
**[11:28] ---**
Well then, you guys should try syncing to me!
**[11:30] ---**
Why you?!
**[11:31] ---**
If we're clapping, I could probably do it.
**[11:33] ---**
Oh, then, to start,
**[11:35] ---**
why don't we practice clapping
to the same rhythm?
**[11:39] ---**
You guys look like you're having fun.
**[11:40] ---**
--This one's on the house!
**[11:41] ---**
--Hurray! Hurray!
--This one's on the house!
**[11:46] ---**
"It's done..."
**[11:49] ---**
"Koto Club"
One, two, three, four.
**[11:51] ---**
"Koto Club"
Fourth and fifth koto rest.
**[11:52] ---**
Yes, all together now.
**[12:00] ---**
Okay. Let's stop here for now.
**[12:02] ---**
So fast. It's so hard to keep up.
**[12:05] ---**
But you know,
**[12:06] ---**
it really is different with
the clapping and Hozuki's cues.
**[12:10] ---**
It's easier to stay together!
**[12:11] ---**
But...
**[12:12] ---**
...it'd be a problem if we got
in the habit of relying on them.
**[12:15] ---**
Let's try once without the clapping.
**[12:17] ---**
Huh? Have you memorized
when to come in already, Chika?
**[12:20] ---**
Yeah, sort of.
**[12:21] ---**
I've sorta figured it out, too.
**[12:24] ---**
I can probably do it, too!
**[12:27] ---**
Mizuhara.
**[12:28] ---**
Don't feel like you have to rush yourself.
**[12:31] ---**
I'll try and play so that it's easier
for the other parts to come in.
**[12:34] ---**
O-Okay.
**[12:36] ---**
Just relax, okay?
**[12:37] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:39] ---**
Okay, ready?
**[12:40] ---**
Let's start.
**[12:41] ---**
Three, and...
**[12:43] ---**
One, two, three, four.
**[12:45] ---**
One, two, three, four.
**[12:47] ---**
One, two, three, four.
**[12:50] ---**
One, two, three, four.
**[12:52] ---**
One, two, three...
**[12:55] ---**
Now!
**[13:03] ---**
W-We were in sync!
**[13:05] ---**
You idiots!
**[13:06] ---**
We were finally together and you stop...
**[13:10] ---**
Well, that said...
**[13:11] ---**
It did sound really good.
**[13:14] ---**
--Chika, praise me!
**[13:15] ---**
--Um... guys... practice...
--Chika, praise me!
**[13:16] ---**
--Why me?
--Um... guys... practice...
--Chika, praise me!
**[13:20] ---**
We did it! We did it!
**[13:22] ---**
Let's hurry up and do the next part already!
**[13:24] ---**
Okay!
**[13:28] ---**
Aren't there more of you than before?
**[13:30] ---**
Ah, you figured it out?
**[13:31] ---**
Even if there's one or two more of you,
it doesn't change anything.
**[13:34] ---**
Do as you please.
**[13:36] ---**
I had no idea Kudo and
the others were practicing here.
**[13:41] ---**
I'm a bad club president, aren't I?
**[13:52] ---**
That's Chika's way of saying thanks.
**[13:54] ---**
Even though he doesn't look it, he's grateful.
**[13:55] ---**
"Strawberry *Daifuku*
full of love and strawberries"
Even though he doesn't look it, he's grateful.
**[13:59] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[14:00] ---**
"Koto Club"
Stop. We're not together again.
**[14:02] ---**
Even though we finally
got the beginning down.
**[14:05] ---**
--Crap.
**[14:06] ---**
--This isn't good.
--Crap.
**[14:07] ---**
--The atmosphere's gone sour again...
--Come on, let's try again!
**[14:09] ---**
Hozuki, let's take a little break.
**[14:12] ---**
Sakai, you can relax your legs for a bit.
**[14:14] ---**
Thanks, club president four-eyes.
**[14:16] ---**
Wah, I'm so sorry everyone.
**[14:19] ---**
What are you saying?
**[14:20] ---**
You and everyone else are doing great!
**[14:23] ---**
It took me way longer to get
to where you guys are now.
**[14:28] ---**
So, um...
**[14:30] ---**
So, we'll be fine!
**[14:31] ---**
If we practice consistently
without rushing ourselves,
**[14:33] ---**
we'll definitely be able to do this!
**[14:35] ---**
Oh, no!
**[14:37] ---**
I sounded so arrogant right now...
**[14:39] ---**
Ah, um, sorry. I just...
**[14:42] ---**
No. Thank you for that.
**[14:44] ---**
Huh?
**[14:45] ---**
All right!
**[14:46] ---**
Let's practice again from the top!
**[14:48] ---**
Wai--! My feet are still...
**[14:49] ---**
--You should go on a diet or something!
--Why not have Mittsu use a koto stand?
**[14:52] ---**
This atmosphere... is kind of nostalgic...
**[14:57] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
**[14:59] ---**
So, from here it gets gradually more intense...
**[15:02] ---**
And then after that it gets
suddenly softer, right?
**[15:04] ---**
It has more variation and
should increase the impact.
**[15:07] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
But just adding varying intensities
is still not enough.
**[15:11] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
From there, you have to
work out the motif,
**[15:13] ---**
play it over and over, and make it your own.
**[15:15] ---**
Only then will it become a piece
that can reach others...
**[15:18] ---**
"Motif"?
**[15:20] ---**
Like a piece's image or theme.
**[15:22] ---**
You consider what a piece is trying to convey,
**[15:25] ---**
and then, if you can put your own
feelings into it, it's even better.
**[15:29] ---**
Our feelings?
**[15:31] ---**
So, first we have to understand the piece, huh?
**[15:34] ---**
"Ryuu"...
**[15:36] ---**
The koto is an awesome instrument
made to resemble a dragon.
**[15:42] ---**
Hey, the koto is modeled
to look like a dragon, right?
**[15:46] ---**
Kudo, you're well-informed, huh?
**[15:48] ---**
What about it?
**[15:50] ---**
Nothing really.
**[15:51] ---**
The title replaces the "ryuu" in "meteor
shower" with the kanji for "dragon."
**[15:54] ---**
I thought there might be a reason for it.
**[15:56] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
**[15:57] ---**
"Ryuuseigun"
Why is the koto associated
with dragons to begin with?
**[16:01] ---**
This is my own way of explaining it, but...
**[16:05] ---**
Dragons are said to connect heaven and earth,
**[16:07] ---**
the world of the living and the dead,
**[16:09] ---**
joining together two unconnected things.
**[16:13] ---**
So kotos, which are created
to resemble those same dragons,
**[16:17] ---**
connect the hearts of
the players and the audience.
**[16:21] ---**
I believe it embodies this wish.
**[16:27] ---**
Ah, so then...
**[16:28] ---**
This "Ryuuseigun" piece is trying to say
**[16:30] ---**
"please reach them!" with all its might, right?
**[16:34] ---**
I mean it's a dragon meteor shower
that connects hearts, right?
**[16:37] ---**
Th-That's it!
**[16:38] ---**
Through the sound of the dragon,
let our feelings reach them!
**[16:41] ---**
A piece that will pass on the feelings
of us misunderstood guys!
**[16:45] ---**
We may have been hindered
by the vice-principal and stuff,
**[16:48] ---**
but in the end, we'll become dragon
meteors and reach everyone!
**[16:52] ---**
This piece is surely meant for us!
**[16:55] ---**
Right, Hozuki?
**[16:59] ---**
You might be right.
**[17:01] ---**
Sh-She smiled?!
**[17:04] ---**
Hozuki, did you smile right now?!
**[17:05] ---**
Wha--? I can smile, too, you know!
**[17:07] ---**
No, but it wasn't an evil or devious smile!
**[17:10] ---**
You guys are annoying!
**[17:16] ---**
Kotos connect the hearts of
the players and the audience.
**[17:21] ---**
I believe it embodies this wish.
**[17:28] ---**
Oh, Kudo!
**[17:29] ---**
If you're gonna start
practicing again, I'll joi--
**[17:36] ---**
Oh, is someone already playin--
**[17:40] ---**
This is the first koto part of "Ryuuseigun"...
**[17:43] ---**
It's rough... but the core is there...
**[17:47] ---**
Moreover, what is this tone?
**[17:50] ---**
It's incredibly gentle and warm...
**[17:54] ---**
Th-The first koto is... but it can't be...
**[17:58] ---**
*He* can't produce this sound...
**[18:07] ---**
What is this tone?
**[18:09] ---**
Its core is strong, but gentle...
**[18:12] ---**
You wouldn't believe it's Kudo that's playing...
**[18:15] ---**
It draws you in...
**[18:16] ---**
Ah, shit! I messed up...
**[18:19] ---**
K-Kudo!
**[18:21] ---**
How did you play that just now?!
**[18:23] ---**
Huh? What are you on about?
**[18:26] ---**
He isn't aware of it himself?
**[18:30] ---**
You've played the koto in the past, right?
**[18:33] ---**
Who taught you?
**[18:35] ---**
My granddad.
**[18:41] ---**
We practiced again after that,
**[18:43] ---**
but in the end, he only made that sound once.
**[18:46] ---**
Was it just a fluke?
**[18:49] ---**
If only we had a proper teacher...
**[18:52] ---**
I'm no help...
**[18:54] ---**
Kurata!
**[18:55] ---**
Our homeroom teacher said to stop
by the staff room before you leave.
**[18:57] ---**
Huh? Oh, got it.
**[19:00] ---**
That aside, are you okay?
**[19:03] ---**
What do you mean?
**[19:04] ---**
I heard that you're being made to run errands
**[19:07] ---**
by the first-year delinquents who've
taken over the koto club's hangout.
**[19:11] ---**
I see...
**[19:12] ---**
So that's how it's still being seen
by everyone on the outside...
**[19:16] ---**
Everyone's practicing their hardest,
**[19:18] ---**
but we don't even know if anyone
in the school will listen to us perform.
**[19:22] ---**
What if we don't reach anyone...?
**[19:25] ---**
Sorry... oh...
**[19:27] ---**
The hell? It's Nadeshiko again.
**[19:30] ---**
Speaking of, I heard something about you.
**[19:32] ---**
Aren't you involved with Kudo
and his delinquent friends now?
**[19:36] ---**
No, um...
**[19:38] ---**
Kudo and his friends are members
of the koto club, so...
**[19:42] ---**
Could it be you don't even realize
you're being pushed around by them?
**[19:46] ---**
That's not...
**[19:47] ---**
Everyone's actually serious about the koto...
**[19:49] ---**
So that's how it is, huh?
**[19:51] ---**
Being pushed around by first-years...
**[19:53] ---**
It must be so embarrassing
that you can't even admit it.
**[19:56] ---**
Takezo, sir.
**[19:59] ---**
Aren't you coming to the clubroom?
**[20:01] ---**
We'll be starting soon.
**[20:04] ---**
K-Kudo...
**[20:07] ---**
Huh? What's with you guys?
**[20:09] ---**
You got business with my club president?
**[20:11] ---**
Huh? Uh, no...
**[20:12] ---**
If you've got no business,
then get lost already!
**[20:16] ---**
What's with those guys?
**[20:19] ---**
You not coming to the clubroom?
**[20:21] ---**
Ah, I have to go to the staff room for a sec...
**[20:24] ---**
Oh, I see. I'll head there first then.
**[20:28] ---**
K-Kudo...
**[20:33] ---**
Thank you!
**[20:35] ---**
For what?
**[20:41] ---**
"I'm a virgin~"
"Koto Club (LOL)"
**[20:42] ---**
If I have time to think about whether
or not we can reach them,
**[20:45] ---**
then I should be thinking about
how we *are* gonna reach them.
**[20:49] ---**
We will reach them.
**[20:51] ---**
"Koto Club"
So we can protect that place!
**[20:57] ---**
Oh, Hozuki!
**[20:59] ---**
This is unusual. Are you by yourself today?
**[21:02] ---**
Yeah.
**[21:03] ---**
I feel like I'm holding everyone back,
**[21:05] ---**
so I thought I'd come here early
and practice by myself!
**[21:09] ---**
Why are you trying so hard?
**[21:12] ---**
Because Chika is.
**[21:14] ---**
Huh?
**[21:15] ---**
The reason we're all trying hard
is because Chika is.
**[21:20] ---**
I'm not...
**[21:22] ---**
...really interested in why he's playing the koto.
**[21:25] ---**
But...
**[21:26] ---**
Is he playing the koto because of
his grandfather's influence?
**[21:30] ---**
Oh, what? So you knew about
that already, Hozuki?
**[21:33] ---**
Huh? Well, no...
**[21:35] ---**
But, it was a surprise when I heard
Chika had started playing.
**[21:39] ---**
I thought the incident with
his grandfather and the kotos
**[21:41] ---**
would have been too
traumatic for him for sure.
**[21:43] ---**
Traumatic?
**[21:45] ---**
I mean...
**[21:53] ---**
Huh?
**[23:37] ---**
Next time, "Let Our Sound Resound
and Reach Them."
**[23:41] ---**
"#5 Let Our Sound Resound and Reach Them"
Next time, "Let Our Sound Resound
and Reach Them."
# E5 - Let Our Sound Resound and Reach Them
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**[01:30] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[01:31] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
"#5 Let Our Sound Resound and Reach Them"
I really couldn't bear to look at Chika back then.
**[01:34] ---**
But I'm glad he was able to
pick himself back up again.
**[01:37] ---**
Moreover, he's really trying to understand
the kotos his grandfather loved
**[01:42] ---**
in the koto club his grandfather created.
**[01:44] ---**
We can't do much to help,
**[01:47] ---**
but we want to at least
be there for him, you know?
**[01:50] ---**
Anyways, I'm rambling now.
**[01:52] ---**
Oh, don't tell Chika about this, okay?
**[01:55] ---**
Huh? Wai-- Hozuki?!
**[01:58] ---**
No way...
**[01:59] ---**
The group he used to hang out with
**[02:01] ---**
smashed up his grandfather's house
and the instruments he made
**[02:05] ---**
and pinned it on Chika.
**[02:06] ---**
He was viewed with disdain by everyone,
**[02:09] ---**
and around the same time,
his grandfather died...
**[02:12] ---**
Even so, Chika sees it as something
he has to take responsibility for.
**[02:18] ---**
Anyone who is willing
to damage the instruments
**[02:20] ---**
doesn't have what it takes to play the koto.
**[02:23] ---**
What should I do?
**[02:25] ---**
If we don't get anyone to join
and we disband, it'll be your fault!
**[02:29] ---**
What should I do?
**[02:30] ---**
I couldn't bear it if I let you
carry it and it got damaged!
**[02:34] ---**
What should I do?
**[02:37] ---**
If we're pointing fingers, then it's
all because you're here, isn't it?
**[02:43] ---**
What the--? Oh, it's you?
**[02:45] ---**
A-Are you crying?
**[02:47] ---**
No way I am! It's hay fever!
**[02:50] ---**
L-Looks rough...
**[02:58] ---**
If you're going to be late to the club,
I'll let four-eyes know.
**[03:04] ---**
He said he wanted to earn "what it takes."
**[03:07] ---**
I'll use them well...
**[03:09] ---**
If you can't do it, just say so.
**[03:11] ---**
If you don't know something,
just say you don't know.
**[03:20] ---**
Sorry!
**[03:23] ---**
I-I heard about your grandfather...
and everything...
**[03:29] ---**
I said so many horrible things...
**[03:32] ---**
...not knowing anything about why
you joined the koto club...
**[03:36] ---**
I'm so sorry.
**[03:40] ---**
You're scary when you're nice.
**[03:43] ---**
Wha--?! When someone's seriously--
**[03:51] ---**
So, what?
**[03:52] ---**
That's what you've been crying about?
**[03:54] ---**
So you *can* be cute sometimes, huh? *Satowa*?
**[03:58] ---**
You're so annoying, stupid Kudo!
**[04:00] ---**
Let's go to the clubroom already!
**[04:03] ---**
Sounds do not lie.
**[04:06] ---**
Sounds reveal a person's true nature.
**[04:09] ---**
His sound is...
**[04:14] ---**
A presentation from the koto club?
**[04:16] ---**
At the school's morning assembly
the week after next!
**[04:20] ---**
Whether or not those kids are
actually serious about the club
**[04:23] ---**
must be ascertained.
**[04:25] ---**
And we'll drive Kudo out of the school,
along with the koto club!
**[04:31] ---**
You have no problem with that, right?
**[04:33] ---**
Koto club advisor, Takinami?
**[04:36] ---**
Yes, please feel free.
**[04:39] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[04:39] ---**
"Koto Club"
Stop!
**[04:41] ---**
Try playing that with a more focused sound.
**[04:44] ---**
What?
**[04:44] ---**
Would it sound more focused
if my fingers were harder?
**[04:48] ---**
That's not what I meant...
**[04:50] ---**
Play it like you played that other time.
**[04:53] ---**
What other time?
**[04:55] ---**
I mean...
**[04:56] ---**
Like you played when you were
practicing alone at the music store!
**[04:59] ---**
You think I remember how I played then?!
**[05:01] ---**
You're so useless!
**[05:02] ---**
What?!
**[05:03] ---**
Hozuki!
**[05:04] ---**
I understand what you're trying to say,
**[05:05] ---**
but playing a focused sound at will
is difficult for beginners, right?
**[05:09] ---**
You're right.
**[05:10] ---**
I was a fool to expect anything
from someone like Kudo.
**[05:14] ---**
You've gone and said it now, haven't you?!
**[05:16] ---**
H-Hozuki, you went a little too far.
**[05:32] ---**
W-We made it to the end
without stopping for the first time!
**[05:36] ---**
Yay!
**[05:37] ---**
If we can play like this for the real thing--
**[05:39] ---**
Well, I think we've reached
the bare minimum level of playing.
**[05:42] ---**
Can't you be honestly happy
about something for once?!
**[05:46] ---**
We'd be in trouble if we couldn't even
play to the end without stopping.
**[05:51] ---**
Now, now...
**[05:52] ---**
To us, that's a big step.
**[05:54] ---**
I've made tea. Take a little break.
**[06:00] ---**
So, Granny! How was our performance?
**[06:03] ---**
Well, if it were a test,
you'd have passed, barely.
**[06:07] ---**
What's with that phrasing?
**[06:09] ---**
I mean, you lot...
**[06:10] ---**
You want to satisfy your whole school
with this performance, no?
**[06:14] ---**
Moving people's hearts through music
is not an easy thing to do.
**[06:18] ---**
You all are practicing well.
**[06:21] ---**
You have good technique,
and a powerful sound, as well.
**[06:24] ---**
After this, it's about putting
feeling into your playing.
**[06:28] ---**
Putting feeling into our playing?
**[06:30] ---**
That's right.
**[06:31] ---**
Why are you playing?
Who do you want your music to reach?
**[06:35] ---**
Just being conscious of that a little
changes your tone completely.
**[06:39] ---**
Try playing as if
**[06:41] ---**
you're letting out the words
you want to tell your loved ones.
**[06:44] ---**
Sound is another language for those
that can't communicate well.
**[06:50] ---**
It's perfect for clumsy and
easily-misunderstood people like you lot.
**[07:10] ---**
"Koto Club"
Yo, Chika!
**[07:11] ---**
"Koto Club"
What are you doing
standing here all spaced out?
**[07:13] ---**
Let's go in already!
**[07:15] ---**
That hurt! Anyway, stop being
so noisy so early in the morning!
**[07:18] ---**
Whoa, you set up all our instruments already?!
**[07:21] ---**
Wow! Thanks, Hozuki!
**[07:23] ---**
H-Hey!
**[07:25] ---**
Kota, you need to stop hugging
people without thinking...
**[07:28] ---**
Why? I don't see a problem.
**[07:31] ---**
She's a friend in the same koto club, after all.
**[07:34] ---**
Oh, you guys are early today!
**[07:36] ---**
--Yeah!
--'Morning, Takezo!
**[07:36] ---**
--'Morning!
--'Morning, Takezo!
**[07:37] ---**
Good morning!
**[07:38] ---**
We just got here, too.
**[07:40] ---**
Everything's already prepared perfectly!
**[07:42] ---**
Hozuki did it for us!
**[07:44] ---**
Let's practice already!
**[07:47] ---**
Everyone probably joined the koto club
**[07:50] ---**
for different reasons...
**[07:53] ---**
But the reason we play
is surely one and the same.
**[07:58] ---**
It's finally time for our performance.
**[07:59] ---**
Right, then, let's move
the instruments to the gym!
**[08:08] ---**
Wait!
**[08:09] ---**
It's harder to carry the 17-string, so...
**[08:12] ---**
You carry it.
**[08:14] ---**
I'll carry that one.
**[08:16] ---**
But if I carry it, it could get damaged.
**[08:19] ---**
Then you can repay me.
**[08:31] ---**
A-All the students are really here.
**[08:34] ---**
Is this for real...?
**[08:35] ---**
Shit... What is this?
**[08:37] ---**
My heart has moved to my ear...
**[08:40] ---**
Am I dying?!
**[08:41] ---**
Can we really play like this?!
**[08:44] ---**
Um, we will begin the morning assembly now.
**[08:47] ---**
--Wh-What should I do?
--First, a word from the principal...
**[08:49] ---**
As the club president,
I have to say something...
**[08:52] ---**
But what exactly should I say?
**[08:54] ---**
We'll be just fine.
**[08:56] ---**
No matter how nervous you get,
or how blank your head gets,
**[09:00] ---**
your hands will remember what to do.
**[09:01] ---**
Hozuki...
**[09:03] ---**
Well, I'm here, so we have nothing
to worry about anyway.
**[09:07] ---**
Why do you always--
**[09:09] ---**
You got something to say, scaredy-cat?
**[09:11] ---**
Sorry, Hozuki. And, thank you.
**[09:14] ---**
I should really be the more dependable one...
**[09:18] ---**
No, I'm sorry.
**[09:19] ---**
I think I was out of line.
**[09:22] ---**
No, not at all!
**[09:23] ---**
Up until recently, I thought
**[09:26] ---**
the mistake of one person in an ensemble
meant a mistake for everyone,
**[09:28] ---**
that it was something scary.
**[09:30] ---**
But now,
**[09:32] ---**
I believe we can help each other out
**[09:35] ---**
in the areas where one person
is not enough or is lacking.
**[09:38] ---**
Hozuki...
**[09:40] ---**
When it comes to the koto,
**[09:42] ---**
I rush ahead and become unable
to see the things around me.
**[09:45] ---**
So you've helped me out a lot.
**[09:48] ---**
Uh, next is a word from the vice-principal.
**[09:52] ---**
Let's get ready.
**[09:54] ---**
Uh, today we will have a special
performance from the koto club.
**[09:59] ---**
About a month ago, they made
a certain promise to me.
**[10:04] ---**
If they can't do a performance
that satisfies the whole school,
**[10:07] ---**
the koto club will disband.
That was the promise.
**[10:10] ---**
The fate of the koto club is riding on you.
**[10:14] ---**
That is all from me.
**[10:16] ---**
I wish the koto club good luck.
**[10:19] ---**
Huh? What does that mean? I don't get it.
**[10:21] ---**
--I don't even care what happens
to the koto club anyway.
**[10:22] ---**
--What a pain. So annoying.
--I don't even care what happens
to the koto club anyway.
**[10:24] ---**
I feel like we're kinda unwelcome here...
**[10:28] ---**
So the usual then, right?
**[10:29] ---**
Ah, I feel kinda relieved now.
**[10:32] ---**
This way might actually be easier.
**[10:35] ---**
You have a point.
**[10:37] ---**
In any case, it seems no one's
gonna listen anyway,
**[10:40] ---**
so let's just give it our all!
**[10:41] ---**
We have no shame or pride anyway.
**[10:44] ---**
--Right!
--Yeah.
**[10:45] ---**
Plus, we're not alone.
**[10:52] ---**
All right! Let's go!
**[10:58] ---**
Whoa, they're actually gonna play.
**[11:00] ---**
I mean, don't get us involved in this, too!
**[11:02] ---**
Honestly, I don't really care what happens.
**[11:04] ---**
Thanks for letting me come
even though I'm an outsider.
**[11:07] ---**
What are you saying?
**[11:09] ---**
You've always looked after
this school's koto club.
**[11:14] ---**
Also, the other day...
**[11:17] ---**
Someone you want to invite
to the performance?
**[11:19] ---**
Who might that be?
**[11:20] ---**
The granny from the music store.
**[11:22] ---**
I promised her I'd let her hear
an amazing performance, so...
**[11:25] ---**
Is that all right? It's all right, right?
**[11:27] ---**
That's what he said. You must be loved, huh?
**[11:30] ---**
Hmph... As the principal, if you had
said you'd let the club continue,
**[11:34] ---**
it would have been settled
right then and there.
**[11:36] ---**
I wanted to hear it, too.
**[11:39] ---**
I wondered just what kind of sound
these kids could make.
**[11:44] ---**
Huh? Wai--
**[11:45] ---**
Kudo?! He's seriously going to play the koto?!
**[11:48] ---**
--Oh shit, this cracks me up!
--You've gotta be kidding.
**[11:51] ---**
Ladies and gentlemen, we, the koto club--
**[11:54] ---**
Who cares! Get on with it!
**[11:56] ---**
You're just wasting our precious time
with this dumb performance anyway!
**[12:00] ---**
Yeah! Get on with it!
**[12:09] ---**
So you've helped me out a lot.
**[12:13] ---**
You're wrong.
**[12:15] ---**
I was the one being helped.
**[12:17] ---**
Whenever I'd want to run away,
**[12:18] ---**
or turn my back...
**[12:20] ---**
It's always me that's gotten help.
**[12:24] ---**
If this is funny to you,
then go ahead and laugh.
**[12:27] ---**
If this is boring to you,
then go ahead and complain.
**[12:31] ---**
Regardless,
**[12:32] ---**
I don't want to lose my precious
friends or the place I belong,
**[12:35] ---**
so we are going to play
this piece till the very end.
**[12:41] ---**
So embarrassing! So lame!
**[12:56] ---**
Hey, Chika?
**[12:58] ---**
You always have such a dull look on your face.
**[13:02] ---**
You don't do anything fun at school,
or have someone you like?
**[13:06] ---**
No. Nothing.
**[13:08] ---**
I mean, this is way too lame.
**[13:09] ---**
Right?
**[13:19] ---**
Wha--?!
**[13:38] ---**
--What is this?
--I didn't realize the koto was so...
**[14:02] ---**
As expected from Chika.
**[14:04] ---**
There's no one left now.
**[14:06] ---**
Don't touch me.
**[14:08] ---**
Scary... What was that just now?
**[14:11] ---**
He's always like this. Just leave him.
**[14:13] ---**
He doesn't trust anyone, anyway.
**[14:16] ---**
We can just use him when fights get bad.
**[14:24] ---**
We're now at Hozuki's solo!
**[14:26] ---**
We've been perfect up until now!
**[14:28] ---**
The cry of a dragon...
**[14:30] ---**
Huh?
**[14:32] ---**
Nothing, it's just what it sounded like.
**[14:35] ---**
The cry of a lonely dragon
**[14:37] ---**
with no friends.
**[14:44] ---**
Hey, look, you!
**[14:46] ---**
Why'd you barge into my house
again without asking?
**[14:49] ---**
Jeez, aren't you living
with your grandfather now?
**[14:52] ---**
Go home.
**[14:54] ---**
Shut up.
**[14:55] ---**
How long are you planning on being like this?
**[14:58] ---**
I can't look out for you forever.
**[15:00] ---**
I see...
**[15:03] ---**
Hey, Chika!
**[15:05] ---**
Brat...
**[15:11] ---**
A friend came to pick you up this morning.
**[15:14] ---**
Huh?
**[15:15] ---**
Tetsuki... Takaoka, I think he said.
**[15:17] ---**
He's a good kid.
**[15:19] ---**
At this rate,
**[15:20] ---**
I was worried that you'd quit school
and just get into fights.
**[15:25] ---**
So what if I did.
**[15:28] ---**
Hey, Chika. Don't give up on yourself.
**[15:32] ---**
Don't forsake yourself
**[15:36] ---**
before anyone else has even given up on you.
**[15:40] ---**
If you do, you really will be alone someday.
**[15:43] ---**
How is that different from now?
**[15:48] ---**
You don't get this either? What an idiot.
**[15:52] ---**
I don't get it.
**[15:54] ---**
A brat like you isn't my son.
**[15:57] ---**
Don't ever show your face in front of me again!
**[15:59] ---**
Hey, did you know?
**[16:01] ---**
That guy was abandoned by his parents.
**[16:03] ---**
And his name is written with the
character for "love." It's hilarious!
**[16:11] ---**
Oh, no! I was out of sync!
**[16:15] ---**
That sounded weird.
**[16:16] ---**
Is it supposed to sound like that?
**[16:18] ---**
Crap, I started playing
out of sync because of Kota.
**[16:21] ---**
Shit, they're distracting me.
**[16:23] ---**
Hey! Where are you going, you idiots?!
**[16:25] ---**
This is bad. We're becoming
less and less together.
**[16:27] ---**
What should I do--
**[16:31] ---**
Stop this already!
**[16:33] ---**
Do you want to die?!
**[16:35] ---**
Your grandfather was worried sick!
**[16:37] ---**
Come on, I'm taking you home.
**[16:38] ---**
You're so annoying. Let me go!
**[16:49] ---**
I'm taking you home.
**[16:53] ---**
Come on!
**[16:54] ---**
Come on, walk!
**[16:56] ---**
Those guys hang out with Tetsuki a lot...
**[17:05] ---**
Don't underestimate me, middle-schooler!
**[17:08] ---**
K-Kudo?!
**[17:13] ---**
Hozuki...
**[17:14] ---**
She's making the first beat of the bar louder
so it's easier for everyone to stay together!
**[17:18] ---**
I get it!
**[17:19] ---**
To Hozuki...
**[17:21] ---**
To that girl...
**[17:22] ---**
We'll match her.
**[17:28] ---**
All right! We're back on it!
**[17:30] ---**
All right, we made it this far somehow.
**[17:32] ---**
Next is Kudo's solo.
**[17:38] ---**
Chika, that fight you were in the other day...
**[17:40] ---**
I heard it was to help Takaoka's friends.
**[17:44] ---**
I'm sorry. I called you a brat
without knowing the situation.
**[17:48] ---**
But that was so manly of you! I'm surprised!
**[17:51] ---**
Stop it!
**[17:52] ---**
Here's a reward!
**[17:54] ---**
For today's lunch, I made
some cute rice balls for you.
**[17:58] ---**
They're popular amongst youngsters, right?
**[18:00] ---**
I made them as little characters.
**[18:03] ---**
They're little bear rice balls!
**[18:07] ---**
They don't look like it.
**[18:11] ---**
You... You laughed just now...
You laughed, didn't you?
**[18:14] ---**
Is that bad?
**[18:16] ---**
So that's the way you laugh...
**[18:20] ---**
Hey, Chika.
**[18:21] ---**
Find more people you can smile like that with.
**[18:24] ---**
It's okay if there aren't that many.
**[18:26] ---**
And your hands, as well--
**[18:28] ---**
Don't use them to hit or hurt anyone...
**[18:32] ---**
But use them to protect something important
**[18:34] ---**
and seize your happiness.
**[18:37] ---**
Kotos connect the hearts of
the players and the audience.
**[18:42] ---**
I believe they embody this wish.
**[18:46] ---**
Try playing as if
**[18:48] ---**
you're letting out the words
you want to tell your loved ones.
**[19:13] ---**
Hey, Granddad. You can hear this...
**[19:20] ---**
...right?
**[21:04] ---**
The climax!
**[21:05] ---**
The final push!
**[21:10] ---**
Reach them.
**[21:13] ---**
Reach.
**[21:15] ---**
Reach out to them!
**[23:28] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[23:36] ---**
"High School Students'
Kanto Region Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Important points for Applicants"
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "An Invisible Boundary."
**[23:41] ---**
"#6 An Invisible Boundary"
Next time, "An Invisible Boundary."
# E6 - An Invisible Boundary
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6KEGQZ76/an-invisible-boundary)
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**[01:30] ---**
"#6 An Invisible Boundary"
**[01:36] ---**
Whoa!
**[01:38] ---**
Awesome! What was that?!
**[01:40] ---**
What? That was the koto?!
**[01:42] ---**
So cool! I even got goosebumps!
**[01:44] ---**
So intense!
**[01:49] ---**
I-Is this for real?
**[01:54] ---**
Kudo really played the koto...
**[01:57] ---**
It seems we have a verdict, huh?
Vice-principal?
**[02:01] ---**
Huh? N-No, but--
**[02:03] ---**
We still don't know if all the students
were satisfied or not...
**[02:05] ---**
Vice-principal,
**[02:07] ---**
thank you so much for today.
**[02:11] ---**
Because you chose to give us this test,
**[02:14] ---**
we were encouraged to practice more
**[02:16] ---**
and were able to strive to do our best.
**[02:19] ---**
And thank you so much for teaching
the frivolous and lazy me
**[02:22] ---**
the magnificence of "effort" and "friends."
**[02:27] ---**
Me?!
**[02:28] ---**
Amazing! Kudo thanked him!
**[02:30] ---**
It's like a TV drama!
**[02:31] ---**
It's the first time I've ever seen
a teacher reform a delinquent.
**[02:34] ---**
Way to go, Vice-principal!
**[02:35] ---**
Uh, well...
**[02:37] ---**
We've seen the light!
**[02:39] ---**
We are reborn!
**[02:41] ---**
It's all thanks to you, Vice-principal!
**[02:44] ---**
The koto club can't thank you enough
for your passionate leadership!
**[02:49] ---**
We really, truly thank you!
**[02:54] ---**
As long as you understand.
**[02:57] ---**
From now on, continue to work hard
to the best of your ability.
**[03:07] ---**
Cheers!
**[03:10] ---**
--The club is safe now, huh?!
--It was a huge success!
**[03:11] ---**
Yeah.
**[03:12] ---**
I was really worried there for a while.
**[03:15] ---**
Guys, thank you so much for trying so hard!
**[03:19] ---**
You know what?
**[03:20] ---**
That was the first time I've ever
felt something like that.
**[03:23] ---**
Working hard continuously
at one thing for a whole month,
**[03:25] ---**
then giving it my all for a performance
**[03:27] ---**
and being recognized by someone.
**[03:29] ---**
That thrill you get after playing,
feeling like your whole body is numb.
**[03:34] ---**
You know? It felt really awesome.
**[03:37] ---**
Or something like that...
**[03:38] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
--Sane looks so radiant right now!
--Shuddup!
**[03:41] ---**
Um, hey!
**[03:43] ---**
If everyone's okay with it...
**[03:45] ---**
W-Would
**[03:48] ---**
you like to aim for nationals with me?
**[03:52] ---**
Ooh, "nationals" sounds good!
**[03:54] ---**
Sounds kinda cool!
**[03:55] ---**
Let's use this momentum to get there!
**[03:57] ---**
If we're doing this, we better get to the top.
**[04:00] ---**
That was our intention from the start.
**[04:02] ---**
It's not that easy to get to nationals...
**[04:06] ---**
Nationals?
**[04:08] ---**
--Well, I guess this is fine for now...
--Let's do it!
**[04:10] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
**[04:17] ---**
Granny! What'd you think of our performance?
**[04:20] ---**
When school is over today,
come to the shop alone.
**[04:24] ---**
Was our performance bad?
Is she angry with me?
**[04:27] ---**
There's something of your grandfather's
I've been holding onto.
**[04:31] ---**
If you were a good-for-nothing grandson,
I wasn't going to give it to you, but...
**[04:37] ---**
It's the last koto your grandfather ever made.
**[04:41] ---**
When your grandfather's house
was broken into,
**[04:43] ---**
I took over the repairs and care of his kotos.
**[04:46] ---**
This koto was the only one
that miraculously survived.
**[04:50] ---**
It's beautiful, isn't it?
**[04:52] ---**
It's a straight-grained koto
made from well-aged wood.
**[04:56] ---**
It's made of high-quality wood by
the best koto-maker I've ever known.
**[05:01] ---**
It has a gentle, deep sound
with long-lingering tones.
**[05:05] ---**
The koto is unfortunately a consumable good.
**[05:08] ---**
Its sound changes the more it's played,
**[05:10] ---**
and when it passes its peak,
it eventually withers.
**[05:13] ---**
But there's nothing sadder than an instrument
**[05:16] ---**
withering before it is even played.
**[05:19] ---**
I'm glad I could give it to you
before it withered.
**[05:22] ---**
Play it to your heart's content.
**[05:25] ---**
If it's such an awesome koto,
**[05:27] ---**
it should go to a more reliable guy than me...
**[05:30] ---**
What kind of guy would that be?
**[05:33] ---**
Like, someone who really knows the koto!
**[05:35] ---**
Who'd treasure it! Someone who's good--
**[05:40] ---**
Your sound is still immature,
and I wouldn't call it good,
**[05:44] ---**
but it was a gentler sound than anyone else's.
**[05:48] ---**
It surely reached Gen, as well.
**[05:50] ---**
Dragons can travel between
this world and that world, after all.
**[05:55] ---**
Besides, from the outset,
**[05:57] ---**
I never planned on giving it
to anyone else but you.
**[06:00] ---**
I didn't notice it at first either, but...
**[06:03] ---**
Look here. On the *ryuuzetsu*,
or dragon's tongue.
**[06:09] ---**
"Chika"
**[06:12] ---**
Chika.
**[06:15] ---**
This is *your* koto.
**[06:21] ---**
Thank you, Granny.
**[06:24] ---**
Thank you.
**[06:27] ---**
Hey, hey, Kudo?
**[06:29] ---**
Why did you decide to play the koto?
**[06:31] ---**
Is the koto fun?
**[06:32] ---**
Do you have a girlfriend?
**[06:34] ---**
What kinds of food do you like?
**[06:35] ---**
Your performance was so cool, Hozuki!
**[06:38] ---**
Th-Thank you very much.
**[06:40] ---**
We're the same age,
so you don't have to be so polite!
**[06:43] ---**
Huh? Oh, uh, o-okay...
**[06:46] ---**
Oh, right!
**[06:47] ---**
We're going to the next class,
so you wanna walk together?
**[06:50] ---**
It's boring with you, Satowa.
**[06:54] ---**
I-I'm fine on my own...
**[07:01] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[07:01] ---**
"Koto Club"
S'up!
**[07:03] ---**
"Koto Club"
Hi guys.
**[07:04] ---**
Man, the response to our
performance was amazing!
**[07:07] ---**
It's the first time I've had
so many girls come talk to me.
**[07:10] ---**
Huh? This is...
**[07:10] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
Huh? This is...
**[07:12] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[07:13] ---**
I put up a new one earlier.
**[07:16] ---**
Wasn't the one before precious to you?
**[07:19] ---**
It was.
**[07:21] ---**
But that was a goal between me and
the upperclassmen who graduated.
**[07:25] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
This is *our* goal!
**[07:28] ---**
Let's aim for nationals with
the members we have now!
**[07:31] ---**
Takezo...
**[07:32] ---**
Hey, hey. Wait a minute.
**[07:35] ---**
Nationals? Are you guys serious?
**[07:37] ---**
Give me a break. For real.
**[07:40] ---**
Who's that?
**[07:41] ---**
Mr. Takinami...
**[07:43] ---**
Takinami?
**[07:44] ---**
He's kind of the koto club's advisor...
**[07:47] ---**
Advisor?!
**[07:49] ---**
The best part of this club
**[07:51] ---**
was that it was always unclear
whether it existed or not,
**[07:53] ---**
so I could take it easy.
**[07:55] ---**
But the vice-principal's all
pumped now. What a bother.
**[07:59] ---**
A bother...
**[08:00] ---**
Quit dreaming about nationals
and be sensible, honestly.
**[08:05] ---**
Bastard, you pickin' a fight?!
**[08:08] ---**
Yeah, yeah. This suits you better, Kudo.
**[08:12] ---**
Huh?!
**[08:13] ---**
And you over there.
**[08:14] ---**
Why is someone like you here?
**[08:17] ---**
You're the only one whose level
is completely different.
**[08:19] ---**
If you stay in this puny club,
you'll only get worse.
**[08:22] ---**
That's enough!
**[08:24] ---**
Well, for the time being,
I'll be showing my face here now and then.
**[08:28] ---**
Don't cause me any trouble.
**[08:31] ---**
What's with that guy?!
**[08:33] ---**
--I'm gonna punch him!
--Whoa! Calm down, Chika!
**[08:36] ---**
How long are you guys gonna cry for?
**[08:40] ---**
You didn't really think your performance
would get you to nationals, did you?
**[08:45] ---**
Y-You didn't have to say it like that...!
**[08:48] ---**
It wasn't the sound of people
truly aiming for nationals.
**[08:52] ---**
That's why you failed. That's it.
**[08:56] ---**
We were finally all on the same page,
and the club was going well...
**[09:01] ---**
What? You're serious about this, Hiro?
**[09:03] ---**
Yup, serious.
**[09:04] ---**
I've gotten kinda excited about the idea
of "friends" and "a place to belong."
**[09:09] ---**
Playing at youth, right?
I wanted to give it a go.
**[09:12] ---**
I've been really bored recently anyway.
**[09:14] ---**
Ah, so that's it...
**[09:16] ---**
Hiro's bad habit has reared its head again.
**[09:18] ---**
The worst way to kill time.
**[09:20] ---**
Kurata!
**[09:22] ---**
Oh, Kurusu? What is it?
**[09:24] ---**
Actually, I was moved by
the koto club's performance.
**[09:27] ---**
Here.
**[09:30] ---**
"Club Application Form
Full Name: Hiro Kurusu
Club You Wish to Join: Koto Club
Reason(s) for Joining: Sounds fun"
**[09:32] ---**
So...
**[09:33] ---**
Let me join the koto club, too.
**[09:37] ---**
"Koto boys are cute."
"Peak Popularity with Girls"
**[09:40] ---**
"Koto Club"
Uh, so with that,
**[09:42] ---**
this is our new member: Hiro Kurusu!
**[09:44] ---**
She's a second year, like me.
**[09:46] ---**
Please take care of me!
**[09:48] ---**
Whoa! A female member has come!
**[09:50] ---**
Moreover, she's our upperclassman!
Upperclassman Hiro!
**[09:52] ---**
Teach me lots, okay?!
**[09:54] ---**
Of course, whatever you'd like!
**[09:57] ---**
You're Hozuki, right?!
**[09:58] ---**
Huh?!
**[09:59] ---**
Your performance was so cool!
**[10:01] ---**
You're the daughter of a grand master, right?!
**[10:04] ---**
I can't help but admire you!
**[10:06] ---**
Uh, no, it's not...
**[10:09] ---**
Hiro, Hiro! I'm Sane!
**[10:12] ---**
I'm Kota!
**[10:13] ---**
You can call me Mittsu!
**[10:14] ---**
Okay, okay!
**[10:16] ---**
And that's Chika.
**[10:18] ---**
Huh?
**[10:19] ---**
Hey, act a little more sociable!
**[10:21] ---**
That hurts!
**[10:23] ---**
You guys get along so well.
**[10:26] ---**
I haven't talked to Kurusu much,
**[10:29] ---**
but if she's like this, it should be fine...
**[10:32] ---**
So? What are we doing now?
**[10:34] ---**
Practicing for nationals?
**[10:36] ---**
The qualifying round
for nationals is in December.
**[10:38] ---**
But, before that,
**[10:40] ---**
I thought it would be good for us
to play at as many places as possible...
**[10:43] ---**
"High School Students'
Kanto Region Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Important points for Applicants"
**[10:43] ---**
"High School Students'
Kanto Region Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Important points for Applicants"
I wanted to try participating in this...
**[10:45] ---**
"High School Students' Kanto Region
Traditional Japanese Music Festival"?
**[10:48] ---**
Yeah.
**[10:49] ---**
It's an event held in August.
**[10:51] ---**
They pick the best schools
from the seven prefectures,
**[10:55] ---**
and from there, they choose
the grand prize winner.
**[10:59] ---**
Whoa! That means a fight
with other schools, right?!
**[11:02] ---**
All right! I'm fired up!
**[11:04] ---**
Kudo-- They're fired up...
**[11:06] ---**
Um... Well then, let's pick a song
and start practicing...
**[11:09] ---**
Oh, no. If possible, I...
**[11:12] ---**
I think it would be best if we did
a classical piece before that.
**[11:17] ---**
A classical piece?
**[11:17] ---**
There's something different about it.
**[11:19] ---**
A difference in sound between people
who've played classical pieces
**[11:21] ---**
and those who have only played current ones...
**[11:24] ---**
As if there's more depth
to their sound, or something...
**[11:26] ---**
Depth... to their sound...
**[11:29] ---**
It might be difficult for beginners
like Kurusu to start with that, though.
**[11:33] ---**
I'll be okay.
**[11:34] ---**
I'm not a beginner!
**[11:36] ---**
Huh?!
**[11:37] ---**
You're an experienced koto player, Hiro?!
**[11:40] ---**
I wouldn't say "experienced,"
but my grandmother played it.
**[11:44] ---**
I'm not that opposed to learning
a classical piece, either.
**[11:45] ---**
Plus, if it's a simple song,
I can probably play it.
**[11:49] ---**
Whoa, awesome!
**[11:51] ---**
Oh, well, if that's the case,
let's do a classical piece.
**[11:53] ---**
What would be a good choice?
**[11:55] ---**
Let's see. Maybe something like "Rokudan."
**[11:57] ---**
You played it at the club presentation.
**[12:00] ---**
Oh, that song I didn't get at all?
**[12:04] ---**
"Rokudan no Shirabe."
**[12:06] ---**
It's a piece that is representative of
the classical pieces of the Edo period.
**[12:10] ---**
Oh? From the looks of it, it seems
easier than "Ryuuseigun" was.
**[12:14] ---**
It might seem that way,
but classical pieces are incredibly hard.
**[12:18] ---**
The notations are completely
different from current pieces.
**[12:21] ---**
I wonder if you'll be able to play it.
**[12:23] ---**
What did you just say?!
**[12:24] ---**
F-For the time being,
let's give it a shot! Okay?
**[12:27] ---**
Hey, but...
**[12:29] ---**
Aren't we short two kotos?
**[12:30] ---**
Oh, you're right. What should we do...?
**[12:33] ---**
The school won't buy them for us?
**[12:35] ---**
Hm, that might be difficult...
**[12:38] ---**
I'll bring my own koto!
**[12:41] ---**
What?! You had a koto, Kudo?!
**[12:44] ---**
I got it from Granny.
**[12:45] ---**
Huh?! A koto?!
**[12:47] ---**
Unfair! Why just you?!
**[12:49] ---**
My granddad... before the end,
he made me a koto...
**[12:53] ---**
So, she gave it to me.
**[12:55] ---**
Are you serious?
**[12:57] ---**
Kudo...
**[12:58] ---**
Why are you all crying?!
**[13:00] ---**
--Shuddup.
--I'm happy for you!
**[13:02] ---**
Wh-What?
**[13:04] ---**
Hey, why is everyone so happy--
**[13:09] ---**
I'm happy for you, Kudo.
**[13:12] ---**
Takezo, I'll bring the other one.
**[13:15] ---**
Huh? But you already brought
in the 17-string for us.
**[13:19] ---**
It's okay.
**[13:21] ---**
Sorry. And thank you.
**[13:23] ---**
Oh, this time I'll definitely come
and pick it up from your house.
**[13:26] ---**
N-No, that's fine.
**[13:29] ---**
Stop being hesitant and rely on Takezo!
**[13:32] ---**
Oh, in that case, we should help--
**[13:34] ---**
I-I said, it's fine!
**[13:39] ---**
Oh?
**[13:41] ---**
Man, it's really great what happened to Chika!
**[13:45] ---**
He rarely talks about himself, too.
**[13:48] ---**
He must've been so happy!
**[13:50] ---**
Really? Well then, that must mean
**[13:52] ---**
he trusts you all and has
opened his heart to you, right?
**[13:56] ---**
I guess so.
**[13:59] ---**
Oh, but it seems Hozuki still has a wall up.
**[14:03] ---**
Hm? You mean earlier?
**[14:05] ---**
Yeah, yeah.
**[14:06] ---**
In reality, the world Hozuki
lives in is so different.
**[14:10] ---**
Huh?
**[14:10] ---**
I mean, she's the daughter of a grand master!
**[14:13] ---**
This is just a rumor,
**[14:14] ---**
but it seems she's a prodigy that had
a sweeping victory at nationals!
**[14:18] ---**
I-Is that so?
**[14:20] ---**
We didn't really pay any mind to it...
**[14:23] ---**
Hozuki acted like it was nothing
so you guys wouldn't notice it.
**[14:27] ---**
I mean, when we were
alone together, she said so.
**[14:29] ---**
"It's hard because I have to work
with people at a lower level."
**[14:33] ---**
Oh, sorry. I just...
**[14:36] ---**
W-Well, it's true it must be difficult
with us at the level we're at...
**[14:39] ---**
We caused her a lot of hardship, huh?
**[14:41] ---**
I probably caused her the most trouble...
**[14:48] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[14:50] ---**
Whoa!
**[14:52] ---**
Amazing! It's so cool!
**[14:53] ---**
This is your koto, Kudo?!
**[14:55] ---**
It seems kinda special!
**[14:57] ---**
K-Kudo... that's a straight-grained koto, right?
**[15:01] ---**
Yeah!
**[15:02] ---**
I-I can't believe it!
**[15:04] ---**
What are you doing bringing
such an expensive koto to school?!
**[15:07] ---**
This is worth over one million yen!
**[15:08] ---**
Huh?!
**[15:09] ---**
I'll bring in another koto,
so take this one home!
**[15:13] ---**
Wh-- But it'd be a waste not to play it, right?
**[15:15] ---**
Just play it at home or at a performance!
**[15:18] ---**
What would you do if it
were stolen or broken?!
**[15:22] ---**
Come on, Hozuki.
**[15:24] ---**
Chika only brought it for the club's sake,
**[15:27] ---**
so you shouldn't say it like that.
**[15:29] ---**
Not everyone has an amazing home like yours.
**[15:32] ---**
Some places don't even let you make any noise.
**[15:34] ---**
Plus, is there even anyone who would
bother stealing or breaking a koto?
**[15:42] ---**
Fine, I'll take it home.
**[15:45] ---**
Oh, no, he's angry...
**[15:48] ---**
Um, so then. For today,
we'll be learning "Rokudan."
**[15:52] ---**
But first, I think it'd be easier
if we listened to an example.
**[15:55] ---**
I think so, too.
**[15:56] ---**
Well then, Hozuki--
**[15:57] ---**
You play the example please, Takezo.
**[15:59] ---**
Huh? You want me to do it?
**[16:03] ---**
Well then, I'll play it once through,
**[16:06] ---**
so just relax and listen.
**[16:31] ---**
Well...
**[16:33] ---**
I thought this would happen...
**[16:36] ---**
Well, let's get to practicing...
**[16:38] ---**
Um, not that...
**[16:40] ---**
Like this?
**[16:41] ---**
Uh, no...
**[16:42] ---**
How should I explain this...?
**[16:45] ---**
Sorry, it must be hard
to match my low level, huh?
**[16:48] ---**
Huh?
**[16:49] ---**
You're not really the type to be playing
the koto with people like us.
**[16:54] ---**
I'm really sorry...
**[16:56] ---**
You're different from us, Satowa.
**[16:58] ---**
Why not play it by yourself?
**[17:03] ---**
Hozuki!
**[17:04] ---**
How do you play this again?
**[17:06] ---**
Oh, yes.
**[17:10] ---**
That's right.
**[17:11] ---**
Why did you have Kurata play
the example earlier, Hozuki?
**[17:15] ---**
Huh?
**[17:16] ---**
I mean, you're way better than him.
**[17:18] ---**
Were you being considerate
because he's the club president?
**[17:21] ---**
But I wonder how Kurata would feel about that.
**[17:24] ---**
Don't you think he'd feel ineffectual?
**[17:26] ---**
That's not what I meant to--
**[17:27] ---**
Why are you in a club to begin with?
**[17:30] ---**
Your playing level, and the world you live in,
**[17:32] ---**
are completely different from everyone else's.
**[17:35] ---**
Why are you here?
**[17:49] ---**
Huh?
**[17:51] ---**
Is Hozuki absent today?
**[17:53] ---**
Oh, Kudo.
**[17:54] ---**
Sorry, but can you deliver this handout?
**[17:57] ---**
Huh? Why me?
**[18:00] ---**
I've never seen Hozuki talk to anyone but you.
**[18:04] ---**
You're in the same club, too,
so it should be fine, right?
**[18:06] ---**
Ah, this is her address and the printout, okay?
Well, I'm counting on you.
**[18:09] ---**
Wh-- Wait!
**[18:10] ---**
What the hell? Ugh...
**[18:12] ---**
No, but that's great, isn't it?
**[18:14] ---**
The teacher entrusted you
with something like this.
**[18:17] ---**
Aren't a lot of things moving
in a better direction?
**[18:20] ---**
A better direction...
**[18:23] ---**
Huh? Hozuki's absent?
**[18:25] ---**
I wonder if she caught a cold.
**[18:27] ---**
Or maybe with everything,
the exhaustion hit her.
**[18:30] ---**
We were so bad she had to
take off because of the stress!
**[18:32] ---**
What? Are you stupid?
**[18:34] ---**
I mean, that's what Hiro said!
**[18:36] ---**
What? Kurusu did?
**[18:38] ---**
Yeah! Because we're so useless!
**[18:40] ---**
What should we do?!
**[18:41] ---**
Wai-- Calm down!
**[18:43] ---**
I don't think that's the cause--
**[18:45] ---**
Huh? But...
**[18:46] ---**
It probably is.
**[18:48] ---**
Kurusu?
**[18:49] ---**
She said the fatigue from
club activities had been piling up.
**[18:52] ---**
So it *was* because of us!
**[18:54] ---**
Uh, I mean, I'm a girl, and I have
experience playing the koto,
**[18:57] ---**
so I was probably easy to confide in.
**[19:00] ---**
And also, she said this about Chika...
**[19:04] ---**
"It's tiresome playing with someone with
a different sense of the koto's worth."
**[19:09] ---**
Well, I wouldn't worry about it.
**[19:11] ---**
After all, Hozuki lives in a different world--
**[19:18] ---**
I don't believe anything unless
it comes from the person's mouth.
**[19:23] ---**
Plus...
**[19:24] ---**
I don't understand this stuff
about living in different worlds.
**[19:27] ---**
We play the koto in the same
club room every day.
**[19:32] ---**
Chika!
**[19:33] ---**
I might have hurt Hozuki!
**[19:36] ---**
What? Then go apologize.
**[19:40] ---**
Even she'd understand if you
didn't mean anything bad by it.
**[19:44] ---**
Chika...
**[19:47] ---**
How stupid.
**[19:48] ---**
Huh?
**[19:53] ---**
K-Kurusu?
**[19:55] ---**
What is it, Kurata?
**[19:57] ---**
Uh, it's just...
**[19:58] ---**
Your bonds in the koto club are so strong.
**[20:01] ---**
I'm so jealous.
**[20:03] ---**
Well, let's get practicing!
**[20:07] ---**
"Kurusu"
What's this? What's wrong, Hiro?
**[20:10] ---**
I came to return the plectrums I borrowed.
**[20:12] ---**
Huh? You're done with them already?
**[20:14] ---**
Didn't you join the koto club?
**[20:16] ---**
I did, but I lost interest right away.
**[20:20] ---**
It wasn't even much of a time killer.
**[20:23] ---**
Now that I think about it,
**[20:24] ---**
isn't the daughter of the Hozuki
school in that club, too?
**[20:27] ---**
It seems that girl is going
through a lot right now.
**[20:31] ---**
Huh?
**[20:32] ---**
I mean, from what I heard...
**[20:38] ---**
What? Is that true?
**[20:41] ---**
I don't believe anything unless
it comes from the person's mouth.
**[20:45] ---**
Saying all that...
**[20:46] ---**
What would you do if that person was
a lying girl in sheep's clothing...?
**[20:52] ---**
Huh? Did you say something?
**[20:54] ---**
Nope!
**[20:55] ---**
On second thought, can I borrow
those plectrums for a little longer?
**[20:58] ---**
Big sis'll teach you just how worthless
**[21:01] ---**
things like "believing"
and "friends" really are.
**[21:04] ---**
I don't see a house that looks
like it could be hers...
**[21:07] ---**
I'm not on the wrong street, am I?
**[21:10] ---**
And, "201 Tsukimotosou"?
**[21:12] ---**
Is this really the right address?
**[21:15] ---**
Since she's the daughter of a rich family,
I thought it'd be a detached house...
**[21:19] ---**
"Tsukimotosou"
**[21:19] ---**
"Tsukimotosou"
Oh, there it is. Is this it?
**[21:22] ---**
Huh?
**[21:23] ---**
This is her house?
**[21:27] ---**
This has to be someone else's address...
**[21:33] ---**
No nameplate, huh...
**[21:45] ---**
Yes...?
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Unknown Sounds."
**[23:41] ---**
"#7 Unknown Sounds"
Next time, "Unknown Sounds."
# E7 - Unknown Sounds
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRVD0J85R/unknown-sounds)
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**[01:34] ---**
"#7 Unknown Sounds"
No!
**[01:37] ---**
"#7 Unknown Sounds"
Wh-What?! Why?! Why are *you* here?!
**[01:39] ---**
Wh-What?! Why?! Why are *you* here?!
**[01:41] ---**
Well, to deliver this handout...
**[01:43] ---**
I don't believe you!
**[01:44] ---**
Idiot! Pervert! Go home!
**[01:46] ---**
Hey, you.
**[01:47] ---**
Don't give me that attitude
after I came all the way out here.
**[01:52] ---**
D-Don't come in...
**[01:55] ---**
Wha-- Wait--
**[01:59] ---**
Ugh, why me...?
**[02:04] ---**
Is she... living here alone?
**[02:08] ---**
I gotta cool her down.
**[02:11] ---**
Hey. Where are the towels?
**[02:12] ---**
The towels?
**[02:14] ---**
In... the closet... bottom... right...
**[02:17] ---**
Here? I'm opening it.
**[02:21] ---**
I didn't see anything. *Anything*.
**[02:25] ---**
Oh, they're here?
**[02:31] ---**
"National Koto Competition"
**[02:36] ---**
Now that I think about it,
**[02:38] ---**
I don't know anything about this girl.
**[02:41] ---**
Even though we played the koto
together for a whole month.
**[02:48] ---**
Hey, is it okay if I watch this? It is? Okay.
**[02:52] ---**
When I first heard her play...
**[02:55] ---**
I kinda just stood there in awe,
**[02:57] ---**
but maybe now I can listen to it properly.
**[03:00] ---**
Moving on to entry number 13, Satowa Hozuki.
**[03:04] ---**
"Yaegoromo."
**[03:06] ---**
They said it was an illness.
**[03:08] ---**
Even though he was still so young.
**[03:10] ---**
It looks like his wife, Chiharu,
will take over the Hozuki school.
**[03:13] ---**
I wonder if she's truly fit for the job...
**[03:17] ---**
Mother...
**[03:19] ---**
Satowa?
**[03:20] ---**
U-Uh, I wrote a piece for the koto.
**[03:24] ---**
Will you listen?
**[03:32] ---**
What a wonderful song.
**[03:34] ---**
You're a koto genius, Satowa.
**[03:37] ---**
Thank you.
**[03:38] ---**
Hearing you play has cheered me up a bit.
**[03:42] ---**
Really?!
**[03:43] ---**
Yes! I have to work hard, too.
**[03:45] ---**
So that you can always have
a smile on your face.
**[03:49] ---**
What? Y-You're quitting?!
**[03:52] ---**
The whole reason we chose the Hozuki school
**[03:54] ---**
was because your husband, Reiji,
was the grand master.
**[03:58] ---**
A lot of people have quit again, it seems.
**[04:00] ---**
It's the grand master's fault, right?
**[04:01] ---**
She doesn't have any real ability
and can't compose at all.
**[04:07] ---**
No! You know that's not it, don't you?!
**[04:11] ---**
I'm sorry. I'm being too harsh, aren't I?
**[04:13] ---**
It's fine! I'm fine with you being stricter!
**[04:16] ---**
I wanna get better!
**[04:20] ---**
Satowa...
**[04:21] ---**
I won't let them say those things ever again...
**[04:25] ---**
If I become a great successor...
**[04:26] ---**
"Grade School Nationals"
If I become a great successor...
**[04:28] ---**
...it'll surely help mother.
**[04:34] ---**
Man, I heard the rumors,
**[04:37] ---**
but to think the Hozuki school
had such an amazing heir.
**[04:40] ---**
Thank you so much.
**[04:42] ---**
Grand master.
**[04:43] ---**
That girl will be a great attraction
for the Hozuki school.
**[04:47] ---**
Don't mess it up, okay?
**[04:50] ---**
No matter how far down
you've brought the Hozuki school,
**[04:54] ---**
I'm sure you're at least capable
of teaching your own daughter.
**[04:56] ---**
At least raise your successor well, okay?
**[05:00] ---**
Wrong!
**[05:01] ---**
You're very good, but you tend
to play too much in your own style.
**[05:04] ---**
This isn't how the heir of
the Hozuki school should play, is it?
**[05:08] ---**
D-Did something happen, Mom?
Today, you've been--
**[05:11] ---**
When we're practicing, it's "Ms. Hozuki."
**[05:13] ---**
Once again, from the beginning!
**[05:15] ---**
Yes.
**[05:16] ---**
Huh? You have koto lessons again?
**[05:19] ---**
Just leave her. Let's go.
**[05:23] ---**
Hey, dear!
**[05:24] ---**
This piece is amazing!
Satowa says she wrote it.
**[05:28] ---**
Amazing! You're already better than me!
**[05:31] ---**
Doesn't listening to Satowa
play the koto make you so happy?
**[05:36] ---**
Yes.
**[05:37] ---**
I'm sure Satowa's koto playing
can make everyone happy.
**[05:43] ---**
I'm fine...
**[05:45] ---**
Even with no friends...
**[05:47] ---**
No matter what people say about me...
**[05:50] ---**
You picked a club yet, Hozuki?
**[05:52] ---**
Huh?
**[05:53] ---**
Apparently, it's mandatory here
for everyone to join a club.
**[05:56] ---**
If you'd like, we could all go look together.
**[05:59] ---**
O-Okay! I'll come!
**[06:00] ---**
Club?
**[06:02] ---**
Yes, it seems everyone has to join one.
**[06:05] ---**
I already asked the teachers to grant you
special permission to not join a club.
**[06:11] ---**
Huh? W-Wait. Why did you do that?
**[06:14] ---**
If you had said something to me--
**[06:15] ---**
Hurry up and practice!
**[06:18] ---**
Huh? Oh, I see...
**[06:20] ---**
Your home life seems kinda rough...
**[06:26] ---**
I'm fine...
**[06:28] ---**
It's not like I wanted to join
a club that badly anyway.
**[06:31] ---**
If I keep practicing hard...
**[06:34] ---**
...surely...
**[06:36] ---**
I've decided you're going to Ichiei High School.
**[06:40] ---**
What?
**[06:41] ---**
It's an elite music school.
**[06:42] ---**
You'll have to win a competition
to earn a scholarship.
**[06:46] ---**
W-Wait!
**[06:47] ---**
Why do you always decide
these things by yourself?
**[06:50] ---**
You could at least discuss it with me...
**[06:52] ---**
Why should I have to consult you?
**[06:57] ---**
Wh-Why?
**[07:00] ---**
Wait, Mother!
**[07:02] ---**
Hey, please listen to what I have to say!
**[07:05] ---**
*Look* at me! Mother!
**[07:10] ---**
Hurry up and practice...
**[07:14] ---**
"36th National Koto Competition"
**[07:16] ---**
Moving on to entry number 13, Satowa Hozuki.
**[07:20] ---**
"Yaegoromo."
**[07:22] ---**
The Hozuki school?
**[07:23] ---**
Is that the rumored prodigy?
**[07:25] ---**
And now she's playing "Yaegoromo"
as a middle schooler?
**[07:28] ---**
Another difficult piece...
**[07:30] ---**
My mother...
**[07:32] ---**
...can no longer hear my voice...
**[07:36] ---**
But even if I mess up the tiniest bit
in practice, she stops me.
**[07:40] ---**
If that's the case,
**[07:41] ---**
on this stage where she can't
possibly stop me...
**[07:46] ---**
Please connect me to her!
**[07:53] ---**
Wh-What is this piece?!
**[07:56] ---**
This isn't "Yaegoromo"!
**[07:57] ---**
I haven't heard this piece before.
Is this her own composition?
**[08:00] ---**
We'll have to fail her if she doesn't
play her designated piece!
**[08:04] ---**
But this is...
**[08:10] ---**
Hey, Mother?
**[08:11] ---**
The koto is a dragon, right?
**[08:14] ---**
What is a dragon?
**[08:15] ---**
Well,
**[08:16] ---**
I haven't seen one myself,
**[08:19] ---**
but dragons can bring
together heaven and earth,
**[08:20] ---**
this world and that world,
**[08:21] ---**
two things that can't be connected.
That's what I've heard.
**[08:26] ---**
So, if I play the koto,
will it reach Father in heaven, too?
**[08:33] ---**
Of course!
**[08:34] ---**
I'm sure the koto will bring
you two together again.
**[08:39] ---**
Tell her!
**[08:41] ---**
Tell her! All I...
**[08:44] ---**
All I want is for it to be like it was before.
**[08:55] ---**
*This* and she's still only 15 years old...
**[09:00] ---**
Mother...
**[09:01] ---**
What... were you thinking... doing this?
**[09:05] ---**
Mothe--
**[09:07] ---**
Don't touch me!
**[09:10] ---**
You wouldn't understand, would you?
**[09:12] ---**
The weight it is for someone who isn't
talented to shoulder someone who is.
**[09:18] ---**
Your koto... is like a weapon to me.
**[09:27] ---**
It didn't reach her...
**[09:31] ---**
It didn't reach her!
**[09:41] ---**
Whoa, what's this?
**[09:42] ---**
This girl...
**[09:43] ---**
Wow, the Hozuki heir really did it!
**[09:47] ---**
My goodness!
**[09:49] ---**
The long-established name of
the Hozuki school will be dirtied!
**[09:54] ---**
I'm... an idiot...
**[09:58] ---**
Skipping out on practice two days in a row...
**[10:01] ---**
What exactly are you thinking?!
**[10:03] ---**
Nothing really...
**[10:04] ---**
I thought it might be easier on you that way.
**[10:09] ---**
You don't have to shoulder me anymore.
**[10:14] ---**
All that practicing, but nothing changed.
**[10:18] ---**
In fact, it became worse.
**[10:19] ---**
With that, now...
**[10:21] ---**
...there's no reason for me to play anymore.
**[10:23] ---**
Satowa has not been serious
about her lessons lately!
**[10:29] ---**
You skipped lessons again, didn't you?
**[10:31] ---**
You have no motivation anymore, do you?
**[10:34] ---**
So what?
**[10:42] ---**
Huh? Didn't that guy
come to my house yesterday?
**[10:46] ---**
Was it a dream?
**[10:49] ---**
Wh-Wh-Wh-Wha--
**[10:52] ---**
You finally awake?
**[10:54] ---**
What time is it?
**[10:54] ---**
Why are *you* here?!
**[10:57] ---**
Why? You can't just leave
a sick person by themselves!
**[11:01] ---**
H-How can you come so casually
into someone else's house...?
**[11:04] ---**
Well, if you're that lively,
you should be fine now.
**[11:08] ---**
And your fever...
**[11:10] ---**
...is gone, huh?
**[11:12] ---**
Well, I'm heading to school now. Take care.
**[11:15] ---**
Hey-- Wait a minute!
**[11:16] ---**
Wh-Why aren't you saying anything?
**[11:19] ---**
A-About my house and stuff...
**[11:20] ---**
Huh? Oh...
**[11:22] ---**
Well, your school isn't making as much
money as I thought it would be.
**[11:26] ---**
Listen here, you...
**[11:27] ---**
Well, if you ever feel like
talking about it, just talk.
**[11:30] ---**
Oh, and your fridge has way too little in it.
**[11:34] ---**
At least go and buy something to eat.
**[11:35] ---**
Huh?! What are you doing opening it without--
**[11:40] ---**
What was that...?
**[11:44] ---**
Huh? Did I leave the pot out?
**[11:48] ---**
Egg and rice porridge?
**[12:05] ---**
I wonder what was with Kurusu yesterday...
**[12:09] ---**
She was clearly acting strange.
**[12:11] ---**
'Morning, Kurata!
**[12:14] ---**
Kurusu?!
**[12:16] ---**
Um... about yesterday...
**[12:19] ---**
Hey, Kurata?
**[12:21] ---**
You said that you thought of everyone
in the koto club as close friends, right?
**[12:25] ---**
But if you found out one of them
was deceiving everyone,
**[12:28] ---**
could you still say the same thing?
**[12:30] ---**
Huh? What's that? What do you mean--
**[12:33] ---**
I'm looking forward to today's club meeting.
**[12:44] ---**
Hozuki!
**[12:46] ---**
I'm so glad you've come today!
**[12:47] ---**
Oh, hey! Kota, you're doing it again!
**[12:50] ---**
But I'm really glad.
**[12:52] ---**
Did you have a cold yesterday,
Hozuki? Are you okay?
**[12:55] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[12:56] ---**
You can have this.
You'll feel better if you eat.
**[12:58] ---**
Thanks.
**[13:01] ---**
Um...
**[13:03] ---**
I'm sorry. It's because we caused you
so much trouble, isn't it?
**[13:06] ---**
Huh?
**[13:07] ---**
Are you still going on about that?
**[13:10] ---**
These guys...
**[13:11] ---**
They thought you were absent because
you were tired from how bad we are.
**[13:15] ---**
What? Of course not!
**[13:17] ---**
The club... i-is fun...
**[13:21] ---**
"Koto Club"
Well then... why aren't you telling everyone the truth?
**[13:24] ---**
Huh? Hiro?
**[13:26] ---**
I'm sorry, Hozuki.
**[13:28] ---**
I heard everything from my grandmother.
**[13:31] ---**
You didn't have anywhere else to play the koto,
**[13:34] ---**
so you had to join a club, right?
**[13:37] ---**
That means, to you, this koto club
**[13:40] ---**
was nothing but a place for you to escape.
**[13:42] ---**
*That's* why you didn't tell anyone, right?
**[13:46] ---**
Kurusu, I haven't understood what
you've been talking about since earlier.
**[13:50] ---**
Oh, sorry about that, Kurata.
**[13:53] ---**
It seemed like Hozuki was having
a hard time telling everyone,
**[13:55] ---**
so I thought I should--
**[13:57] ---**
Kurusu,
**[13:58] ---**
I will be the one to tell people about myself.
**[14:02] ---**
And the reason I kept quiet about the truth
**[14:05] ---**
was because I, myself,
refused to acknowledge it.
**[14:09] ---**
But...
**[14:12] ---**
Now, I think I can face the truth.
**[14:17] ---**
I haven't told you guys this, but...
**[14:20] ---**
As of today, you...
**[14:23] ---**
...are excommunicated.
**[14:25] ---**
I... have been excommunicated
from the Hozuki school.
**[14:31] ---**
Ah, they're so put off.
**[14:33] ---**
But that's to be expected.
**[14:35] ---**
She was hiding something
as big as this, after all.
**[14:37] ---**
But relationships between humans are like that.
**[14:41] ---**
Things like "trust" and "friendship"
are just lip service.
**[14:45] ---**
What does "excommunicated" mean?
**[14:46] ---**
I wonder...
**[14:48] ---**
Generally speaking,
**[14:49] ---**
it means I've been cut off from the school
and have been dismissed as the next heir...
**[14:52] ---**
...or something like that.
**[14:55] ---**
So did you learn from your parents?
**[14:58] ---**
That's none of your business.
**[15:00] ---**
So if she's excommunicated...
that means from her mother, too?
**[15:03] ---**
Uh, um...
**[15:05] ---**
Hozuki...
**[15:07] ---**
Thank you for telling us!
**[15:12] ---**
So that's how it is...
**[15:13] ---**
You've had it rough, haven't you?
**[15:16] ---**
I'll give you more bread!
**[15:17] ---**
Anyway, don't go collapsing over a cold.
**[15:19] ---**
Build some more stamina.
**[15:21] ---**
Come on now, Kudo.
Couldn't you say that in a nicer way?
**[15:27] ---**
Wait... a minute.
**[15:29] ---**
What do you mean "thank you"?
**[15:31] ---**
Taking "playing at youth" this far is hilarious.
**[15:34] ---**
Good for you, huh? You have good friends.
**[15:38] ---**
Ridiculous.
**[15:40] ---**
Huh?! Wai-- Kurusu!
**[15:43] ---**
Wait! Hey! Kurusu!
**[15:46] ---**
You're annoying!
**[15:48] ---**
My plan has been ruined.
**[15:50] ---**
The fact that I ended up strengthening
your bonds instead of breaking them--
**[15:53] ---**
it really pisses me off!
**[15:55] ---**
Huh?
**[15:56] ---**
You really thought I joined because
I was moved by your performance?
**[16:00] ---**
Before the performance, you said
**[16:02] ---**
you didn't want to lose your precious
friends or the place you belong,
**[16:04] ---**
so I joined so I could tease you!
**[16:08] ---**
Really.... looking at people like you
**[16:10] ---**
disgusts me!
**[16:15] ---**
Is that all you wanted to say?
**[16:18] ---**
You must have a lot of free time, huh? Kurusu?
**[16:28] ---**
So irritating! So irritating!
**[16:31] ---**
Hiro...
**[16:32] ---**
I heard you've been complaining
about me to your friends?
**[16:37] ---**
Huh? What do you mean?
I haven't been complaining.
**[16:40] ---**
Hiro!
**[16:41] ---**
I heard you've been harassing Minami
**[16:43] ---**
because you don't want her
to steal your man, right?
**[16:45] ---**
What's with that? You're the worst.
**[16:47] ---**
I can't believe you.
**[16:50] ---**
Wait! I never said that!
**[16:53] ---**
I haven't been harassing her!
**[16:55] ---**
Please listen to me!
**[16:58] ---**
Even though that was a lie
that that girl had told
**[17:01] ---**
to steal my boyfriend from me...
**[17:05] ---**
Everyone immediately
believed it without question.
**[17:07] ---**
The girl had transferred to my class
in the second year of middle school,
**[17:10] ---**
so I had known my friends
and my boyfriend for longer.
**[17:15] ---**
Was the fact that they
didn't believe me my fault?
**[17:19] ---**
Was I that untrustworthy?
**[17:22] ---**
Or... are relationships just like that?
**[17:26] ---**
Can I talk to you for a sec?
**[17:27] ---**
After that...
**[17:29] ---**
...whenever I'd find people that seemed close,
I would get close to them
**[17:32] ---**
and make up an appropriate lie.
**[17:35] ---**
And then, hilariously,
everyone would just fall apart.
**[17:41] ---**
That's why... I thought this time
would be the same.
**[17:44] ---**
That everything would crumble
if I just nudged them a little.
**[17:48] ---**
I don't believe anything unless
it comes from the person's mouth.
**[17:52] ---**
Thank you for telling us!
**[17:56] ---**
I... I didn't want to hear them
say things like that!
**[18:04] ---**
This is the worst.
**[18:08] ---**
I hate people like that
who don't make any sense!
**[18:14] ---**
Hey, four-eyes. Forget that,
teach me "Rokudan" --
**[18:17] ---**
What?!
**[18:18] ---**
I'm sorry...
**[18:19] ---**
Chika apologized?!
**[18:20] ---**
How far did you get yesterday?
**[18:22] ---**
I got through the first column, more or less...
**[18:25] ---**
But I can't really understand its goal.
**[18:26] ---**
There isn't a goal.
**[18:28] ---**
Huh?
**[18:29] ---**
Depending on the school,
**[18:31] ---**
the way a classical piece is passed down
and taught is completely different.
**[18:34] ---**
Because of its long history, many people's
interpretations and thoughts pile up.
**[18:39] ---**
So it is a very complicated thing.
**[18:43] ---**
Just like people...
**[18:44] ---**
If you want to understand it,
you must face it head on.
**[18:48] ---**
Until the sound comes to you.
**[18:54] ---**
You know...
**[18:56] ---**
Yesterday, I was the one that wanted
to cry after what you said, but...
**[19:00] ---**
Why were *you* crying, Kurusu?
**[19:04] ---**
What's with that?
**[19:06] ---**
Are you gonna comfort me
or something if I tell you?
**[19:09] ---**
Are you kidding me?
**[19:11] ---**
I just thought if there's
a reason, I should ask.
**[19:16] ---**
If you'll talk to me seriously,
**[19:18] ---**
I'll hear you out.
**[19:21] ---**
Th-There is no reason!
**[19:31] ---**
Kurusu!
**[19:34] ---**
What?
**[19:36] ---**
Um...
**[19:38] ---**
Yesterday, you said that
the reason I joined the koto club
**[19:41] ---**
was because I had nowhere else to play, right?
**[19:45] ---**
But you're wrong.
**[19:47] ---**
I joined the koto club because I wanted to.
**[19:50] ---**
Why are you telling me that now?
**[19:54] ---**
I thought that... maybe you
and I were the same...
**[19:58] ---**
The real reason I joined this koto club...
**[20:05] ---**
"15th High School Japanese Music
Koto Performance"
Japanese... music?
**[20:11] ---**
A koto club...
**[20:13] ---**
What am I doing...?
**[20:19] ---**
They aren't at all good, but...
**[20:24] ---**
How are they having so much fun playing?
**[20:37] ---**
I'm jealous...
**[20:45] ---**
We have a club meeting as usual today, too.
**[20:47] ---**
You wouldn't make a very good impression
**[20:49] ---**
if you started skipping two days after joining.
**[20:52] ---**
What do you mean?
**[20:54] ---**
Their impression of me
is already the worst it can be.
**[20:58] ---**
Oh, I wonder if Hiro will come today.
**[21:01] ---**
She most likely won't.
**[21:06] ---**
If you'll talk to me seriously,
**[21:08] ---**
I'll hear you out.
**[21:10] ---**
You're in the way.
**[21:11] ---**
Ch-Chika!
**[21:13] ---**
If you stand right in front
of the door, no one can get in!
**[21:16] ---**
Oh, s-sorry...
**[21:24] ---**
What? You not coming in?
**[21:28] ---**
"Koto Club"
Huh? I-Is it okay... for me to come in?
**[21:31] ---**
"Koto Club"
What? That's not something for me to decide.
**[21:33] ---**
What? That's not something for me to decide.
**[21:35] ---**
Oh, Hiro!
**[21:38] ---**
I'm so glad you came!
**[21:42] ---**
Uh, um...
**[21:44] ---**
Th-There's something...
I want to apologize for...
**[21:51] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[21:52] ---**
"Koto Club"
Okay.
**[23:39] ---**
Next time, "A Sign."
**[23:41] ---**
"#8 A Sign"
# E8 - A Sign
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6P5KEZK6/a-sign)
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**[00:00] ---**
"Rokudan no Shirabe"
**[00:02] ---**
What's that? The piece you're doing next?
**[00:04] ---**
Yeah.
**[00:05] ---**
That girl said...
**[00:06] ---**
Just like people...
**[00:07] ---**
If you want to understand it,
you must face it head-on.
**[00:10] ---**
So, since yesterday,
I've been facing it like this.
**[00:13] ---**
I see.
**[00:14] ---**
What? Are you eating lunch alone again?
**[00:17] ---**
Must be lonely, huh?
**[00:18] ---**
Shut up.
**[00:20] ---**
Wanna eat together?
**[00:21] ---**
What?!
**[00:22] ---**
Wh-Why would I eat with *you*--
**[00:24] ---**
Actually, it'd probably taste bad
if I ate with you, so I'll pass.
**[00:29] ---**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[00:31] ---**
Hey, you!
**[00:33] ---**
It's okay, it's okay.
**[00:34] ---**
By the way, do you wanna eat with us?
**[00:36] ---**
Huh?
**[00:38] ---**
Uh, um, I-I--
**[00:47] ---**
Hozuki...
**[00:48] ---**
Um... if you really don't want to...
**[00:50] ---**
I-It's not that!
**[00:52] ---**
I-Is it...
**[00:54] ---**
...okay... if I eat with you guys?
**[00:59] ---**
Of course!
**[02:34] ---**
"#8 A Sign"
Wh-What happened to your face?!
**[02:36] ---**
"#8 A Sign"
I went to see the people whose relationships
I had broken with my lies
**[02:40] ---**
and apologized to them.
**[02:41] ---**
And I was smacked by all of them.
**[02:43] ---**
W-Wild...
**[02:45] ---**
It's not like this'll make them forgive me,
**[02:47] ---**
or restore those broken relationships, but...
**[02:50] ---**
Kurusu...
**[02:51] ---**
If you understood that,
I wonder why you did it back then.
**[02:56] ---**
Nah, man, I'm impressed!
**[02:58] ---**
It's so refreshing!
**[03:00] ---**
That aside, are you okay with those injuries?
**[03:04] ---**
Hozy!
**[03:05] ---**
Hozy?
**[03:06] ---**
Oh, jeez! You're the only one
who's worried about me!
**[03:09] ---**
Everyone else is just like:
"you reap what you sow!"
**[03:13] ---**
--A lot has happened, but...
**[03:13] ---**
--Well, actually, I agree with them...
--A lot has happened, but...
**[03:14] ---**
--I'm glad.
--A lot has happened, but...
**[03:15] ---**
Guys, we'll be doing "Rokudan"
until the end of this week.
**[03:18] ---**
After that,
**[03:19] ---**
we'll be practicing for the Kanto Region
Traditional Japanese Music Festival.
**[03:22] ---**
It'll be our first event as a club together.
**[03:26] ---**
Crap...
**[03:27] ---**
Suzu!
**[03:28] ---**
Suzu?
**[03:30] ---**
Yeah, Suzuka Takinami.
**[03:32] ---**
He teaches my elective class.
**[03:35] ---**
Do you have business with the club?
**[03:37] ---**
Business? I mean, I *am* the club's advisor.
**[03:41] ---**
I'll just be watching, so don't mind me.
**[03:46] ---**
Let's start practicing.
**[03:48] ---**
That reminds me.
After all that, I still don't get it.
**[03:52] ---**
Face the piece head-on...
**[03:54] ---**
What does it even mean to "face" something?
**[03:57] ---**
Just like people?
**[03:59] ---**
Just like them?
**[04:00] ---**
Argh, crap! I'm a feeler, not a thinker!
**[04:03] ---**
Give me an example! An example!
**[04:08] ---**
Wh-What?
**[04:10] ---**
I wanna hear you play "Rokudan."
**[04:13] ---**
Huh?
**[04:14] ---**
I still don't get what you mean
when you say "face it head-on."
**[04:18] ---**
And anyways,
**[04:19] ---**
I wanna really listen to you
play the koto in person.
**[04:23] ---**
Like with "Ryuuseigun,"
**[04:25] ---**
there were probably a lot of times
where you were matching how we played.
**[04:28] ---**
I don't mean like that.
**[04:29] ---**
I wanna hear you seriously playing
the koto, facing it head-on.
**[04:33] ---**
Whoa! We wanna hear, too!
**[04:36] ---**
Your koto... is like a weapon to me.
**[05:09] ---**
There isn't a clear goal to any piece.
**[05:13] ---**
But, supposing you were
to make one for "Rokudan,"
**[05:18] ---**
it would probably be...
**[05:28] ---**
That was my version of "Rokudan."
**[05:30] ---**
Amazing!
**[05:31] ---**
So you can play the koto like this, too?
**[05:33] ---**
You're so cool, Hozuki!
**[05:36] ---**
Hozy! That was wonderful!
**[05:38] ---**
Amazing.
**[05:39] ---**
Every note resounded as if it were alive...
**[05:44] ---**
Hey. You all right, Kurata?
**[05:49] ---**
So *this* is a "piece."
**[05:52] ---**
How can I learn to play like that?
Please tell me!
**[05:55] ---**
There's no reason for you to learn
how to play the same way.
**[05:58] ---**
"No reason."
There's no reason for you to learn
how to play the same way.
**[05:59] ---**
That was *my* way of playing "Rokudan."
**[06:02] ---**
I think it'd be best if everyone learns
to play "Rokudan" their own way.
**[06:06] ---**
Got it! So, how do I do that?!
**[06:10] ---**
You say that so casually,
**[06:13] ---**
but I think something like that's
way too advanced for these guys.
**[06:17] ---**
Do you have any musical
experience, Mr. Takinami?
**[06:21] ---**
No, none.
**[06:24] ---**
Our own "Rokudan"... huh?
**[06:27] ---**
The "Rokudan" I've been playing up until now...
**[06:30] ---**
It wasn't even a piece, was it?
**[06:32] ---**
But...
**[06:33] ---**
...being able to play your own "Rokudan"
in such a short period
**[06:36] ---**
is pretty insane.
**[06:38] ---**
What exactly should our goal be?
**[06:41] ---**
What's with the serious face?
**[06:44] ---**
Kurusu!
**[06:46] ---**
Well, I was just thinking about "Rokudan"...
**[06:48] ---**
Whoa, so hardworking!
**[06:50] ---**
I am hardworking. Is anything wrong with that?
**[06:53] ---**
No, I'm jealous.
**[06:55] ---**
Getting so serious about something...
**[06:58] ---**
I don't have anything like that in my life.
**[07:00] ---**
Then, why not get serious about the koto club?
**[07:06] ---**
I mean,
**[07:07] ---**
we're aiming for the nationals, so if you
don't get serious, it'll be a problem for us.
**[07:13] ---**
This is hard. Our own "Rokudan"?
**[07:16] ---**
I fell asleep thinking about it in class.
**[07:19] ---**
And it looks like there's someone
who's given up on thinking.
**[07:22] ---**
Shuddup!
**[07:23] ---**
I stayed up all night practicing.
Now, I don't know anything anymore!
**[07:27] ---**
What? You can stay up all night
and practice? At home?
**[07:29] ---**
Where do you live again, Chika?
**[07:32] ---**
Where? My aunt's.
**[07:33] ---**
Huh?
**[07:34] ---**
What?! Really?!
**[07:36] ---**
You guys didn't know?
**[07:38] ---**
You knew, Tetsuki?!
**[07:40] ---**
Well, yeah...
**[07:42] ---**
I'm so jealous you can play at home.
**[07:45] ---**
We wanna practice, too.
**[07:52] ---**
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chika?
**[07:55] ---**
Wh-Wh-What kind of job d-d-does your aunt do?
**[07:58] ---**
I dunno.
**[08:00] ---**
Isaki, you little--!
**[08:06] ---**
I'm Isaki Kudo.
**[08:08] ---**
I'm Chika's father's little sister.
**[08:10] ---**
Well, nice to meet you boys.
**[08:12] ---**
Anyways, your clothes! I told you not
to fling them all over the place!
**[08:16] ---**
Th-That aside, where's Chika's room?
**[08:19] ---**
Yeah, show us!
**[08:22] ---**
My room's there...
**[08:23] ---**
Huh?
**[08:24] ---**
"Chika's room.
Expansion allowed at bedtime only.
By the great Isaki"
**[08:27] ---**
What a nice room!
**[08:29] ---**
Yeah, yeah. Looks so fun!
**[08:32] ---**
Oh! Your grandfather's koto!
**[08:35] ---**
Huh? There's two of them.
**[08:36] ---**
Ah, I borrowed the other one from Granny.
**[08:39] ---**
Huh?! Why?!
**[08:40] ---**
Well, you know...
**[08:43] ---**
I don't know if it's okay for me
to play my granddad's koto yet.
**[08:47] ---**
What would you do if it were stolen or broken?!
**[08:50] ---**
That's what Hozuki said to me.
**[08:52] ---**
And I thought, even though a lot of kotos
have been broken because of me,
**[08:54] ---**
I haven't learned from it at all.
**[08:58] ---**
Granny, could you hold on
to this koto for me for a bit?
**[09:02] ---**
I really don't think I have
the right to play it yet.
**[09:04] ---**
What are you on about?
**[09:06] ---**
Gen made it for you,
**[09:08] ---**
and I saw your potential.
**[09:10] ---**
*That's* why I gave it to you.
**[09:14] ---**
I guess it can't be helped.
**[09:15] ---**
In that case, I'll lend you another one.
**[09:18] ---**
When the time comes, and you feel
like you can play it, please do.
**[09:23] ---**
But... don't make Gen's koto wait too long.
**[09:27] ---**
And... I still don't know whether it's
okay for me to play it or not, so...
**[09:31] ---**
Of course it is...
**[09:33] ---**
Of course it's okay for you to play it!
**[09:37] ---**
There's no reason for it not to be.
**[09:39] ---**
You care so much about the koto.
**[09:41] ---**
You care so much about
your granddad's feelings.
**[09:44] ---**
I've watched you face the koto so head-on
**[09:47] ---**
that you're almost too head-on!
**[09:50] ---**
We've *all* watched you!
**[09:56] ---**
Why do *you* guys look like you're gonna cry?
**[10:02] ---**
"Stop yapping and just play it already!"
**[10:05] ---**
That's what that granddad of yours
would've probably said.
**[10:13] ---**
What will you play first? "Rokudan"?
**[10:15] ---**
No.
**[10:16] ---**
If I'm gonna play it, I wanna play
the piece my granddad taught me,
**[10:19] ---**
but I don't know the right tuning for it--
**[10:21] ---**
Move it!
**[10:22] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[10:24] ---**
Be quiet.
**[10:25] ---**
The great Isaki'll do the tuning for you.
**[10:28] ---**
Did you know? My father wrote that piece.
**[10:31] ---**
Huh? Granddad did?
**[10:33] ---**
Here, try playing it now.
**[10:36] ---**
Here, put this on your finger.
**[10:50] ---**
"Chika"
Hey, Chika.
**[10:53] ---**
You know sound? It touches people's souls.
**[10:57] ---**
And pieces of music are the souls
of the people who create them.
**[11:02] ---**
That's what a soul is.
**[11:05] ---**
I wonder why granddad wrote this piece.
**[11:09] ---**
When? What was he thinking about?
**[11:12] ---**
And what was he feeling
when he taught it to me?
**[11:16] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[11:18] ---**
So this is what it means
to face a piece head-on...
**[11:23] ---**
Crap... I can't stop crying...
**[11:25] ---**
It was so warm, yet heartbreaking...
**[11:27] ---**
I feel rejuvenated!
**[11:29] ---**
Your granddad was amazing!
**[11:31] ---**
He made such amazing instruments, too!
**[11:35] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:40] ---**
Guys, you've been crying way too much today!
**[11:43] ---**
Hey, Isaki.
**[11:45] ---**
If something were to ever happen to me...
**[11:47] ---**
...could you look after Chika for me?
**[11:50] ---**
What?! Don't say such things.
**[11:52] ---**
Please. That boy...
**[11:55] ---**
...his eyes have become gentler recently.
**[11:57] ---**
He showed me his smile for
the first time just the other day.
**[12:01] ---**
I feel it won't be long before
he can live more positively.
**[12:04] ---**
But if I were to die,
**[12:07] ---**
he'll have no place to return to again.
**[12:10] ---**
He'll have no adult to tell him off anymore.
**[12:14] ---**
I want Chika to always be smiling.
**[12:18] ---**
Even after I'm gone.
**[12:22] ---**
It's all right.
**[12:26] ---**
He's smiling.
**[12:30] ---**
Takezo!
**[12:31] ---**
Could you listen to our "Rokudan"?
**[12:33] ---**
Huh?
**[12:34] ---**
Tell us our strengths and weaknesses!
**[12:37] ---**
Oh, Mizuhara! I'll tune it for you.
**[12:40] ---**
I'll try tuning it myself today!
**[12:42] ---**
Everyone seems kinda lively today, huh?
**[12:45] ---**
Kurusu? Did you stop getting your nails done?
**[12:47] ---**
Yeah, you can't play the koto
with those kinds of nails anyway.
**[12:51] ---**
What?
**[12:54] ---**
Nothing.
**[12:55] ---**
I'm just happy you've decided
to get serious about the koto.
**[13:00] ---**
Everyone has thought about
and practiced the piece.
**[13:04] ---**
And now, they're facing the koto,
one-on-one, head-on.
**[13:08] ---**
I see.
**[13:10] ---**
So the goal of our "Rokudan"... was this.
**[13:16] ---**
Apparently, we *are* participating in
the Traditional Japanese Music Festival.
**[13:20] ---**
What? But it's not like any
decent schools will participate.
**[13:23] ---**
Right?
**[13:24] ---**
Oh, but that girl you were
interested in, "Satowa Hozuki"...
**[13:27] ---**
She might be there.
**[13:29] ---**
I heard she goes to Tokise High School.
**[13:32] ---**
Well, that's the rumor anyway.
**[13:35] ---**
"Hiro Kurusu"
**[13:38] ---**
Thanks for the meal!
**[13:40] ---**
Oh, you're going already?
**[13:42] ---**
Yeah.
**[13:42] ---**
Don't tell me you're going to that club again?
**[13:45] ---**
Takeru...
**[13:46] ---**
I wish you'd stop.
**[13:48] ---**
A guy playing the koto...
**[13:50] ---**
I'm honestly glad you're not at Meiryo.
**[13:52] ---**
I couldn't bear it if we
went to the same school.
**[13:54] ---**
Stop it, Takeru!
**[13:57] ---**
I'll be going now...
**[14:01] ---**
"Refreshingly sweet. A taste you'll love."
"Showa"
"Strawberry Milk"
**[14:05] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[14:06] ---**
What the heck is that?
**[14:07] ---**
You got business here?
**[14:11] ---**
"Kazusa and Fumi Vision"
**[14:14] ---**
"Reality"
**[14:15] ---**
Well, if you have no business here,
then get outta the way.
**[14:20] ---**
--No! Fumi, this guy touched me! Disgusting!
**[14:21] ---**
--What?
--No! Fumi, this guy touched me! Disgusting!
**[14:23] ---**
--Huh?!
--No! Fumi, this guy touched me! Disgusting!
**[14:24] ---**
No! Stay away from me! You're unclean!
**[14:26] ---**
Wai-- What's going on?!
**[14:28] ---**
A boy?!
**[14:29] ---**
Hey, what was that voice just now?!
**[14:31] ---**
More boys!
**[14:32] ---**
"Kazusa and Fumi Vision"
There's nothing but boys... is this hell?!
**[14:36] ---**
What are you guys up to?
**[14:38] ---**
Kazusa Vision"
**[14:44] ---**
I-It's Satowa!
**[14:48] ---**
Huh?
**[14:50] ---**
Kazusa Otori, the successor of the Kao school?
**[14:54] ---**
Yes!
**[14:55] ---**
What's this "Kao school"?
**[14:58] ---**
It's a big school that rivals the Hozuki school.
**[15:01] ---**
The hell? So Hozuki knows her?
**[15:03] ---**
I know her name, but...
**[15:05] ---**
What did you say?!
**[15:06] ---**
Do you even know how much
Kazusa thinks about you--
**[15:08] ---**
Fumi, it's okay!
**[15:10] ---**
I heard Satowa perform
**[15:12] ---**
at the joint performances of the Kao and
Hozuki schools held once every two years.
**[15:17] ---**
"4th grader"
"Listen to the Wind"
They were all amazing pieces
to be able to play at those ages,
**[15:18] ---**
"6th grader"
"Like a Bird"
They were all amazing pieces
to be able to play at those ages,
**[15:20] ---**
"2nd year middle schooler"
"Hanayagi"
but Satowa's performances were so good,
I couldn't stop my goosebumps or my tears!
**[15:21] ---**
but Satowa's performances were so good,
I couldn't stop my goosebumps or my tears!
**[15:25] ---**
But at the time, I was so embarrassed
I couldn't even introduce myself!
**[15:28] ---**
So, you don't actually know her?!
**[15:30] ---**
I told you, it was my dream to be able
to play the koto with her one day!
**[15:34] ---**
However...
**[15:35] ---**
...after her legendary performance
on the grand stage at the nationals,
**[15:39] ---**
Satowa disappeared.
**[15:42] ---**
But then, I heard a rumor that
Satowa was here, so I came to see!
**[15:46] ---**
But I hadn't ever heard of
Tokise High School's koto club.
**[15:49] ---**
Now that I've come, I see it's just
a hangout for barbaric boys.
**[15:52] ---**
The clubroom is a level of dirty
I've never seen before, too.
**[15:54] ---**
I know what happened to you
after the competition,
**[15:57] ---**
but to think you've ended up
in a place like this!
**[16:00] ---**
Please come to the Himesaka Girls' Academy!
**[16:03] ---**
Let's play the koto together at Himesaka!
**[16:08] ---**
No, thank you.
**[16:11] ---**
Wh-Why?!
**[16:12] ---**
Could it be that you've been
threatened by these barbaric boys?!
**[16:16] ---**
That's it, right?! Right?!
**[16:18] ---**
How cruel! What terrible boys!
**[16:20] ---**
You're wrong. That's not it!
**[16:21] ---**
I like it here!
**[16:30] ---**
Kazusa!
**[16:30] ---**
No way...
**[16:31] ---**
No... I can't believe it.
**[16:34] ---**
If you hear our club perform,
you'll definitely want to play with us!
**[16:38] ---**
Club President, are you all free next Saturday?!
**[16:41] ---**
Huh? Yeah...
**[16:42] ---**
We'll be having a joint practice session
**[16:44] ---**
with the koto club from Meiryo,
the elite school from Tokyo,
**[16:47] ---**
and our own Himesaka koto club.
**[16:50] ---**
Please come with Satowa and see us play!
**[16:53] ---**
Meiryo?
**[16:54] ---**
Yes! The event will be held
at Meiryo High School.
**[16:57] ---**
It's too sudden. We can't possibly--
**[16:59] ---**
Bring it on!
**[17:01] ---**
We'll hear just how good you guys really are!
**[17:04] ---**
What? You're a member of this club, too?
**[17:06] ---**
I thought you were just a delinquent
treating the clubroom as a hangout.
**[17:09] ---**
Well, that's okay.
**[17:10] ---**
If you wanna come, too, why don't you?
**[17:12] ---**
And, then you'll realize
**[17:13] ---**
just how much better we are!
**[17:17] ---**
You guys just aren't a good match for Satowa!
**[17:22] ---**
Bye then, Satowa!
**[17:25] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[17:25] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
What's with those girls?!
**[17:27] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
Is Himesaka really that good?
**[17:30] ---**
At this year's nationals,
they represented Kanagawa prefecture.
**[17:33] ---**
I've only ever heard them once,
**[17:35] ---**
but they were overwhelmingly good.
**[17:37] ---**
So that means, if we crush them,
*we'll* be Kanagawa's number one?!
**[17:40] ---**
We must study our enemy!
**[17:42] ---**
Wait--
**[17:43] ---**
You guys really want to go...
to this joint practice session?
**[17:47] ---**
What? Can't we?
**[17:48] ---**
Huh? Well...
**[17:53] ---**
You're first place again, Kurata?!
**[17:55] ---**
If you keep this up,
you're bound to get into Meiryo!
**[17:58] ---**
We'll try our best, too!
**[18:00] ---**
Let's stick together at high school, too!
**[18:01] ---**
Yes! I got in!
**[18:03] ---**
Me, too!
**[18:04] ---**
Now, we can all go together!
**[18:11] ---**
You decide.
**[18:13] ---**
Huh?
**[18:13] ---**
You're the club president.
**[18:15] ---**
It's okay if you say you don't
wanna hear those people play.
**[18:21] ---**
No.
**[18:22] ---**
It's a good opportunity, so let's go.
**[18:25] ---**
Oh, that's right!
**[18:26] ---**
"Kuon"
I brought some options
for pieces for the festival.
**[18:30] ---**
Whoa!
**[18:31] ---**
I don't know this "Kuon" piece.
**[18:34] ---**
It has the same kanji as my name!
**[18:37] ---**
Is this piece made for me?
**[18:39] ---**
Yeah, it kinda felt like fate
from the piece's title, so--!
**[18:42] ---**
All right! Let's do this piece for the festival!
**[18:45] ---**
Hold on a minute!
**[18:46] ---**
We don't even know what kind of piece it is.
**[18:48] ---**
Give it here.
**[18:49] ---**
It's made for me! Of course it's a good piece!
**[18:52] ---**
The parts for first koto
and the 17-string look difficult.
**[18:55] ---**
The part where the first koto part
splits into two and becomes a duet
**[18:59] ---**
will be especially hard.
**[19:00] ---**
Bring it on!
**[19:01] ---**
Then *you* play first koto!
**[19:03] ---**
But...
**[19:05] ---**
...if we refine the theme well enough,
I think it'll sound beautiful.
**[19:09] ---**
Well, let's go with "Kuon"
for the festival then!
**[19:11] ---**
All right, it's decided!
**[19:13] ---**
Kurata should play the other
first koto part, then.
**[19:15] ---**
Since it seems hard.
**[19:16] ---**
Huh?!
**[19:17] ---**
Let's hurry up and practice!
**[19:18] ---**
"Staff room"
**[19:19] ---**
"Staff room"
A joint practice session?
**[19:20] ---**
If other schools are going,
that means I have to go, too, right?
**[19:23] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[19:25] ---**
Well, it's fine.
**[19:26] ---**
Himesaka and Meiryo are elite schools, right?
**[19:28] ---**
It might be a good opportunity
for them to see reality.
**[19:32] ---**
Reality?
**[19:33] ---**
The reality you witnessed
for yourself last year.
**[19:42] ---**
Don't make such a scary face.
**[19:44] ---**
It's important to see reality...
**[19:48] ---**
...if you truly wish to aim higher.
**[19:53] ---**
Hey, once again from the beginning.
**[19:58] ---**
I messed up again!
**[20:00] ---**
Hey, can't we stop this?
**[20:01] ---**
It's embarrassing.
**[20:03] ---**
Shuddup!
**[20:04] ---**
I can't stay together with the four-eyes
in this part of the duet at all.
**[20:07] ---**
Anyway...
**[20:08] ---**
Didn't you tell those Himesaka
girls you liked it here?
**[20:11] ---**
Wh-What of it?!
**[20:13] ---**
Nothing. I just thought "wow,
she's really aiming to be a pro, huh?"
**[20:17] ---**
Huh?
**[20:18] ---**
"Genius Koto Player"
I mean, you joined the club so that you'd
have a story when you go pro, right?
**[20:22] ---**
Th-That was--
**[20:24] ---**
Huh? What? Am I wrong?
**[20:28] ---**
That's right! That's how it is!
**[20:30] ---**
I'm using you guys to become a pro.
Is there a problem?!
**[20:34] ---**
Nope, not really.
**[20:35] ---**
There isn't?!
**[20:36] ---**
You mean it's okay for me to be
in the club for that reason?!
**[20:39] ---**
That reason?
**[20:40] ---**
It means your future is riding on
our performance, right?
**[20:44] ---**
It's actually a big responsibility.
**[20:50] ---**
Th-The reason I said I liked the club...
**[20:54] ---**
...w-was because I like playing...
with you guys...
**[21:05] ---**
What? Is that bad?!
**[21:07] ---**
What, are you getting embarrassed
by your own words? So lame!
**[21:11] ---**
What?! I can't believe you!
**[21:13] ---**
You're the worst!
**[21:14] ---**
Idiot! Brat!
**[21:24] ---**
Hey, you. What do you think you're doing, huh?
**[21:27] ---**
You've got some nerve! You wanna fight?!
**[21:32] ---**
"Meiryo High Koto School"
**[21:34] ---**
You guys are late!
**[21:36] ---**
Twenty minutes late.
**[21:37] ---**
I-I'm sorry. Our train was late.
**[21:41] ---**
Come on, let's hurry up and get in.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "A Piercing Sound."
**[23:39] ---**
"Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
Next time, "A Piercing Sound."
**[23:41] ---**
"#9 A Piercing Sound"
Next time, "A Piercing Sound."
# E9 - A Piercing Sound
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8D9P7WY/a-piercing-sound)
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"#9 A Piercing Sound"
**[01:37] ---**
So this is Meiryo's koto club?
**[01:41] ---**
Satowa!
**[01:43] ---**
I'm so glad! You were late,
so I was getting worried...
**[01:48] ---**
It's okay!
**[01:49] ---**
I have the anti-bacterial spray!
**[01:50] ---**
I take baths, you know!
**[01:53] ---**
What? Is that the koto club from Tokise?
**[01:55] ---**
So uncivilized!
**[01:56] ---**
Those *things* really play the koto?
**[01:59] ---**
Huh?! What are you all whispering about?!
**[02:01] ---**
Got a problem or something?!
**[02:02] ---**
Kudo!
**[02:03] ---**
Oh!
**[02:04] ---**
Did the girl you're interested in come, Kazusa?
**[02:07] ---**
Whoa, she's a beauty!
**[02:09] ---**
Wait... boys?
**[02:12] ---**
Huh, wait...
**[02:13] ---**
You guys aren't all...
in the koto club, are you?
**[02:16] ---**
Huh?! So what if we are?!
**[02:22] ---**
Are you for real?! Brothers!
**[02:23] ---**
You, too? And you?
**[02:25] ---**
And you?
**[02:25] ---**
And you, you play the koto, too?
**[02:28] ---**
I'm Ousuke Kiryu, a first year at Meiryo.
**[02:31] ---**
It's the first time I've met
so many guys who play the koto!
**[02:35] ---**
I'm so happy!
**[02:36] ---**
Ousuke,
**[02:37] ---**
you're being annoying.
**[02:39] ---**
I'm sorry, Kou.
**[02:40] ---**
Are you lonely because I'm getting along
with students from other schools?
**[02:46] ---**
I feel like we can become good friends.
**[02:48] ---**
That boy's a good-for-nothing.
**[02:50] ---**
Don't get close to him, okay?
**[02:52] ---**
Well then, Satowa.
**[02:54] ---**
Listen carefully to our performance, okay?
**[02:58] ---**
Ugh.
**[02:59] ---**
*That's* really Kanagawa
prefecture's number one?
**[03:02] ---**
Not just Kanagawa.
**[03:04] ---**
Himesaka is regularly one of
the top contestants at nationals.
**[03:07] ---**
Huh? Really?
**[03:09] ---**
Yeah!
**[03:09] ---**
Well, you'll understand once you hear them play.
**[03:12] ---**
At the end of the day, they fit together.
**[03:14] ---**
Fit together?
**[03:16] ---**
Just because they fit together
doesn't mean their music's good.
**[03:20] ---**
Maybe so.
**[03:21] ---**
But if you don't fit together,
**[03:23] ---**
the nationals are out of the question.
**[03:27] ---**
--Can this lineup... really fit together?
--Fit together.
**[03:29] ---**
--Can this lineup... really fit together?
--Fit together...
**[03:31] ---**
Shit, that might be impossible.
**[03:33] ---**
Everyone, please take a seat.
**[03:35] ---**
Himesaka's performance will now begin.
**[03:39] ---**
Excuse me...
**[03:40] ---**
I thought Meiryo was supposed
to go before Himesaka today?
**[03:45] ---**
Meiryo's performance is already over.
**[03:48] ---**
I see.
**[03:49] ---**
Because we were late...
**[03:52] ---**
The piece we will be playing
is called "Two Personalities."
**[03:55] ---**
Please enjoy.
**[03:58] ---**
"Two Personalities"? With this many people?
**[04:01] ---**
How on earth are they going to...
**[04:10] ---**
It's so intense! It hurts!
**[04:13] ---**
Wait, this is--
**[04:13] ---**
Are there really two parts?
**[04:15] ---**
Yes.
**[04:16] ---**
Originally, this piece is played
as a duet between two people.
**[04:19] ---**
"2nd Koto" "1st Koto"
It's done so that the duet between first koto
and second koto becomes one melody.
**[04:24] ---**
The tempo is fast,
**[04:25] ---**
so if you mess up even a little,
it'll sound off.
**[04:28] ---**
It's a difficult piece.
**[04:30] ---**
It's hard enough playing
together with two people...
**[04:33] ---**
But even at this speed,
with this many people...
**[04:35] ---**
...they're so together that it sounds
like only one person is playing!
**[04:41] ---**
Forming one melody as a duet...
**[04:44] ---**
There's a part like that in "Kuon," too,
**[04:46] ---**
but we can't get it to work at all...
**[04:49] ---**
Just how amazing is this?
**[04:56] ---**
What is this?
**[04:57] ---**
Alternate picking?
**[04:58] ---**
Very rapidly, too.
**[05:00] ---**
So fast...
**[05:01] ---**
Is the whole melody played this way?
**[05:05] ---**
Last year...
**[05:06] ---**
...when I heard Himesaka perform...
**[05:08] ---**
...when I heard a national level performance,
I was overwhelmed.
**[05:11] ---**
But now the club is reborn,
**[05:13] ---**
we've been recognized by the school,
**[05:15] ---**
and I've surely grown a little, too.
**[05:18] ---**
That's why I understand more
than I did last year...
**[05:21] ---**
You'll realize
**[05:23] ---**
just how much better we are!
**[05:25] ---**
You guys just aren't a good match for Satowa!
**[05:42] ---**
Even at that high speed,
they stayed together till the end.
**[05:46] ---**
This is a high school at the national level.
**[05:49] ---**
I may have been too naïve...
**[05:55] ---**
Crap!
**[05:57] ---**
So Wavy wasn't all talk after all.
**[06:00] ---**
See? Didn't they fit well together?!
**[06:02] ---**
Y-Yeah. They were pretty good.
**[06:04] ---**
Are you guys aiming for the nationals?
**[06:07] ---**
Yeah...
**[06:08] ---**
Well then... You'll have to do better
than that performance just now, huh?
**[06:12] ---**
Man...
**[06:14] ---**
I really wanted you to hear us,
Tokyo's representatives, perform--
**[06:18] ---**
Satowa!
**[06:20] ---**
Did you hear our performance?!
**[06:22] ---**
How was it?!
**[06:23] ---**
It was amazing.
**[06:25] ---**
The fact that you played "Two Personalities"
with that many people,
**[06:27] ---**
at that speed...
**[06:31] ---**
Well then, let's hurry up and begin
the transfer process!
**[06:33] ---**
--Huh? No, I--
--I'll introduce you to everyone, too--
**[06:44] ---**
Hey, what are you doing?!
**[06:46] ---**
Release your filthy hands right now!
**[06:48] ---**
Shuddup, Shaggy!
**[06:50] ---**
"Shaggy"?!
**[06:50] ---**
Were you not listening before?
**[06:53] ---**
She said she liked it with us, right?
**[06:55] ---**
You're too persistent. Just give up already!
**[06:57] ---**
Wha--?!
**[06:58] ---**
Even after hearing our performance,
you still don't understand?!
**[07:01] ---**
That's just how low a level you are, huh?
**[07:03] ---**
You guys really are no match for Satowa!
**[07:06] ---**
We're the ones that understand that the most!
**[07:10] ---**
But that just means we have to catch up to her.
**[07:15] ---**
Wha...
**[07:18] ---**
Th-That's right!
**[07:20] ---**
We're already fully aware
that we're not very good.
**[07:23] ---**
All that's left now is to try our hardest!
**[07:26] ---**
Hozuki! We'll try our best!
**[07:29] ---**
I can't keep up with you.
Just play by yourself.
**[07:37] ---**
Okay.
**[07:45] ---**
Catch up?
**[07:48] ---**
How?
**[07:52] ---**
Man, those Tokise koto club
guys were entertaining.
**[07:56] ---**
Mm, but it's really a shame.
**[07:59] ---**
I really wanted to let them all hear--
**[08:02] ---**
Not just a group that "fits together,"
**[08:04] ---**
but an actual ensemble.
**[08:06] ---**
But, man, wasn't Himesaka's
performance amazing?
**[08:10] ---**
--Yeah, they were kinda like military troops.
--The sale starts tomorrow apparently.
**[08:12] ---**
--Yeah, they were kinda like military troops.
--Really?
**[08:13] ---**
Kurata?
**[08:15] ---**
Huh?
**[08:16] ---**
It *is* you! Whoa, is this for real?!
**[08:18] ---**
Long time no see!
**[08:19] ---**
We haven't seen you since
our middle school graduation!
**[08:22] ---**
Nakayama? Tsuda?
**[08:24] ---**
What's with you?
**[08:25] ---**
You haven't contacted us since graduation,
so we've been worried!
**[08:29] ---**
Sorry...
**[08:30] ---**
Did I really have to bump into them *now*?
**[08:33] ---**
Oh, but why are you at Meiryo?
**[08:36] ---**
Oh, um...
**[08:37] ---**
...for a club... joint practice session...
**[08:39] ---**
Oh, what club?
**[08:42] ---**
The koto club.
**[08:43] ---**
Huh? What's that?
**[08:45] ---**
A club... for playing the koto.
**[08:47] ---**
The koto? Oh, that instrument?
**[08:52] ---**
Is that a joke?
**[08:54] ---**
The koto?!
**[08:55] ---**
Have you gone crazy?
**[09:03] ---**
What's so funny?!
**[09:05] ---**
What's so funny about the koto?!
**[09:07] ---**
Wai-- Kudo!
**[09:09] ---**
Kurata, who *is* this guy?
**[09:11] ---**
Shuddup! This guy is actually serious about--
**[09:13] ---**
Kudo! It's fine!
**[09:15] ---**
Huh?! No, it's not!
**[09:17] ---**
These guys just belittled you and the koto--
**[09:19] ---**
It's fine! Okay? Let's go.
**[09:20] ---**
Bye, you two!
**[09:22] ---**
Hey, wait a minute, four-eyes!
**[09:23] ---**
I'm not fine!
**[09:25] ---**
I said, let go!
**[09:27] ---**
H-Hey, Chika.
**[09:28] ---**
Are you not frustrated by what they said?!
**[09:31] ---**
Not really... I'm used to that kind of response.
**[09:34] ---**
Don't get used to being ridiculed!
**[09:38] ---**
That's not what I meant...
**[09:39] ---**
I just don't pay it any mind anymore.
**[09:41] ---**
If that's the case,
**[09:42] ---**
then be more confident about it!
**[09:44] ---**
Don't just laugh it off!
**[09:48] ---**
--Confident?
--Anyway, you've been acting weird from the start.
**[09:51] ---**
If there's something you've been
holding back or want to say, just--
**[09:54] ---**
You wouldn't understand, Kudo.
**[10:00] ---**
All right, that's enough.
**[10:01] ---**
Don't fight when we're at
another school, all right?
**[10:04] ---**
Come on, let's go.
**[10:16] ---**
Ah, you made an underclassman
make that kind of face.
**[10:20] ---**
Please leave me alone!
**[10:23] ---**
Hey.
**[10:24] ---**
Are you truly aiming for the nationals, Kurata?
**[10:33] ---**
Is something wrong with that?
**[10:36] ---**
What's with that response?
**[10:39] ---**
You laugh it off with your old classmates,
**[10:41] ---**
and you can't even look me in the eye.
**[10:44] ---**
If you, the club president who
must lead those around him,
**[10:48] ---**
isn't even confident in himself...
**[10:51] ---**
...then the nationals will be utterly impossible.
**[10:54] ---**
Well, I don't care whether we go
to the nationals or not anyway.
**[11:08] ---**
Oh, Takezo. You were at Meiryo?
**[11:11] ---**
What were you there for?
**[11:12] ---**
Just some club business...
**[11:14] ---**
Huh? You're not actually serious
about that club stuff, are you?
**[11:21] ---**
Lame.
**[11:29] ---**
How on earth...
**[11:31] ---**
...do I become confident?
**[11:37] ---**
"Koto Club"
Well, let's do it once more from the top.
**[11:40] ---**
The duet still isn't meshing together,
**[11:43] ---**
so let's do it a little slower.
**[11:46] ---**
Three, four--
**[11:50] ---**
Shit.
**[11:51] ---**
It's no use even at this speed?
**[11:53] ---**
For the time being,
let's try practicing on our own.
**[11:55] ---**
What?
**[11:57] ---**
It's just,
**[11:58] ---**
I thought it'd be best if we can
play it better individually
**[12:01] ---**
before we try and play together...
**[12:03] ---**
Why are you--
**[12:04] ---**
You wouldn't understand, Kudo.
**[12:09] ---**
H-Hey, Chika. Where are you going?
**[12:11] ---**
To practice alone. Visualization training.
**[12:15] ---**
Um, Kurata...
**[12:16] ---**
Sorry, I'm gonna go, too...
**[12:24] ---**
Even though this isn't the time for wavering...
**[12:28] ---**
Tetsuki! Food! Cheese hamburg steak!
**[12:31] ---**
No, we're having pork cutlet bowls tonight.
**[12:33] ---**
No fair!
**[12:34] ---**
I heard from Sane and the others.
**[12:37] ---**
You haven't made up with Kurata yet?
**[12:40] ---**
I don't need to. We aren't even fighting!
**[12:43] ---**
He's just being his normal four-eyes self.
**[12:46] ---**
Ah, right, right.
**[12:47] ---**
I don't know the details, but...
**[12:49] ---**
Upperclassmen are upperclassmen, right?
**[12:52] ---**
So?
**[12:53] ---**
Even if they're worried about something,
**[12:55] ---**
it's hard for upperclassmen to confide in
**[12:57] ---**
or complain to an underclassman, right?
**[12:59] ---**
Try keeping that in mind.
**[13:02] ---**
Is that how it is?
**[13:03] ---**
My older brother would never
actually confide in me either.
**[13:08] ---**
What's with that?
**[13:10] ---**
I can't do anything, then.
**[13:15] ---**
How can we catch up to her...? Think...
**[13:19] ---**
Sorry for the sudden intrusion!
**[13:20] ---**
I'm Kurusu, his classmate from the koto club.
**[13:24] ---**
Huh?
**[13:25] ---**
I have something to discuss with Takezo,
the president, about the club.
**[13:29] ---**
Huh? He's the club president?
**[13:31] ---**
K-Kurusu?
**[13:34] ---**
Good evening, Takezo.
**[13:38] ---**
Wow, your room's so clean.
**[13:40] ---**
So, why have you come to my house?
**[13:42] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[13:44] ---**
What's this? A DVD of
the National Culture Festival?
**[13:47] ---**
Yeah.
**[13:48] ---**
I thought I'd listen to
the national performances.
**[13:51] ---**
Wow, you're so serious about this, huh?!
**[13:54] ---**
You're gonna go bald in the future for sure!
**[13:56] ---**
"National Culture Festival 2017"
"National Culture Festival 2018"
Uh... thank you...
**[13:58] ---**
"National Culture Festival 2017"
"National Culture Festival 2018"
But you know?
**[13:59] ---**
Just because you're the club president
**[14:01] ---**
doesn't mean you have to
handle everything on your own.
**[14:04] ---**
So I talked to Suzu earlier,
**[14:07] ---**
and starting tomorrow,
I'll be the club's vice-president!
**[14:11] ---**
What?! The vice-president?!
**[14:13] ---**
Yup! There hasn't been one up until now, right?
**[14:15] ---**
It must be hard doing it all by yourself!
**[14:17] ---**
If there's something
troubling you, then tell me.
**[14:19] ---**
All right?
**[14:20] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[14:21] ---**
Because I'm so unreliable, I've made you worry.
**[14:24] ---**
But... I can't possibly put
such a burden on you--
**[14:28] ---**
Look at me properly!
**[14:29] ---**
Just so you know,
**[14:30] ---**
carrying it all on your own
and moping around like you are
**[14:33] ---**
is *way* more of a burden.
**[14:36] ---**
The club becomes gloomy,
and the atmosphere is bad.
**[14:38] ---**
Don't you see that?!
**[14:39] ---**
Uh, um...
**[14:41] ---**
The reason I wanted to join the koto club
**[14:45] ---**
was because I saw a group of people
with seemingly no common ground
**[14:48] ---**
supporting each other by compensating
for what the others lacked.
**[14:51] ---**
And I thought...
**[14:52] ---**
I thought that was...
**[14:54] ---**
...kinda cool.
**[14:57] ---**
Huh?
**[14:57] ---**
Wasn't it because it pissed you off
and you wanted to mess with us?
**[15:01] ---**
Sh-Shut up!
**[15:03] ---**
Anyway! I'm telling you not
to carry it all on your own!
**[15:06] ---**
Confiding in the people around you
might make it easier sometimes.
**[15:09] ---**
You'd hear me out if I talked to you, right?
**[15:13] ---**
Well, I'd hear *you* out, too!
**[15:17] ---**
Th-That's all I came to say! So, bye!
**[15:20] ---**
Ah, wai-- Kurusu!
**[15:22] ---**
Sorry for the intrusion!
**[15:23] ---**
So noisy. Who was that?
**[15:27] ---**
A friend from Takezo's koto club, apparently.
**[15:30] ---**
The koto club? Ah, no wonder.
**[15:33] ---**
The guys he was with before
were an uncivilized bunch, too.
**[15:36] ---**
Takezo.
**[15:37] ---**
You should choose the people
you hang out with better.
**[15:39] ---**
Hey now, Takeru--
**[15:41] ---**
Takeru,
**[15:43] ---**
don't say such things about stuff
you know nothing about.
**[15:56] ---**
Takezo.
**[15:57] ---**
Your girlfriend came over today, right?
**[16:00] ---**
No, she's not my--
**[16:01] ---**
And it seems you're the president
of the koto club, as well?
**[16:05] ---**
Why didn't you tell us?
**[16:06] ---**
Why?
**[16:08] ---**
I mean, even if I am,
**[16:09] ---**
I just became it because
I was the only one left.
**[16:12] ---**
Takezo.
**[16:13] ---**
Don't lessen your own worth.
**[16:16] ---**
You worked hard by yourself
to continue the club, right?
**[16:21] ---**
That alone is admirable.
**[16:23] ---**
I was so happy you told Takeru off earlier.
**[16:27] ---**
You never get angry when Takeru
talks badly about you, right?
**[16:31] ---**
But it made me think, "If it's about his
friends, he will get angry, huh?"
**[16:35] ---**
You must be surrounded by
some wonderful friends.
**[16:44] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[16:44] ---**
"Koto Club"
Huh? Where's Kudo today?
**[16:47] ---**
Ah, um...
**[16:48] ---**
He said he's gonna do visualization
training alone again today,
**[16:50] ---**
so he's still in the classroom.
**[16:52] ---**
I see...
**[16:54] ---**
Sorry, Takezo.
**[16:56] ---**
We're not quite sure what to do...
**[16:59] ---**
I mean, I think Chika isn't sure
what to do either...
**[17:11] ---**
Takezo?
**[17:13] ---**
I'm a huge idiot.
**[17:15] ---**
I've been so focused on myself
**[17:17] ---**
that I haven't been seeing
what's going on around me.
**[17:19] ---**
Even though I wasn't the only one struggling...
**[17:23] ---**
Up until now,
**[17:24] ---**
Chika hadn't really involved
himself with anyone.
**[17:27] ---**
Even if he did, they'd just fight,
**[17:28] ---**
and it'd end with him punching them.
**[17:31] ---**
So getting angry on someone's behalf
**[17:34] ---**
or wanting to understand where
someone else is coming from
**[17:37] ---**
is something I think he's rarely experienced.
**[17:40] ---**
So, right now, I think he's really frustrated
**[17:42] ---**
that he can't do anything to help.
**[17:46] ---**
Kudo!
**[17:49] ---**
Um...
**[17:50] ---**
I'm in the middle of visualization training.
Don't talk to me.
**[17:53] ---**
I'm sorry about before.
**[17:56] ---**
Meiryo was actually the school
I failed the entrance exam to.
**[18:00] ---**
So I didn't really want to go to
the joint practice session.
**[18:04] ---**
But I pretended not to know
my own feelings and went.
**[18:08] ---**
I got overwhelmed by Himesaka's performance,
**[18:10] ---**
and drove myself into a corner,
**[18:11] ---**
and said something horrible to you.
**[18:14] ---**
I have no self-confidence,
**[18:17] ---**
so when you said those things
so confidently in front of everyone,
**[18:20] ---**
I felt inferior.
**[18:22] ---**
I'm a failure as a club president. I'm sorry.
**[18:26] ---**
I thought it might bother you
for me to tell you all this,
**[18:29] ---**
but I felt like I should--
**[18:31] ---**
Not really.
**[18:32] ---**
I don't have much faith in myself either.
**[18:36] ---**
But even if I don't believe in myself,
**[18:39] ---**
my granddad did,
**[18:42] ---**
and you believed in me, too.
**[18:44] ---**
Huh?
**[18:45] ---**
Before, when everyone doubted me,
**[18:47] ---**
you came, right?
**[18:50] ---**
You believed in someone like me,
and saw me as a member of the club.
**[18:53] ---**
That's why, it's because
you're here now that I...
**[18:59] ---**
Like I can say that!
**[19:00] ---**
Say what?!
**[19:01] ---**
Shuddup! Anyway!
**[19:03] ---**
The only one who doesn't see you
as the club president is you!
**[19:07] ---**
Don't be controlled by something
you can't even see, like confidence!
**[19:10] ---**
Since you can't see it,
if you say you have it, you've got it!
**[19:13] ---**
...supporting each other by compensating
for what the others lacked.
**[19:18] ---**
I see... Yeah...
**[19:21] ---**
I already had something more
important than self-confidence.
**[19:25] ---**
You're right.
**[19:33] ---**
Ah! They've come back!
**[19:35] ---**
Right? Just as I said they would!
**[19:38] ---**
Guys?
**[19:38] ---**
I'm glad! You guys have made up, right?
**[19:41] ---**
Huh? We weren't even fighting.
**[19:43] ---**
We know, we know.
**[19:45] ---**
Because you guys were all awkward,
we're really behind on practice.
**[19:49] ---**
Right?
**[19:50] ---**
We'll be doing morning practice
starting tomorrow, so don't forget.
**[19:52] ---**
Huh? Really?
**[19:53] ---**
Really.
**[19:54] ---**
--What time will we start practicing?
--Yay! It's been a while since
we've practiced in the morning.
**[19:56] ---**
Would 7 o'clock be too early?
**[20:00] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
**[20:01] ---**
"Aim for nationals!!"
Hey, guys?
**[20:02] ---**
I think it's impossible for us
to get to the nationals.
**[20:06] ---**
Huh?
**[20:08] ---**
Himesaka, Kanagawa's number one,
**[20:09] ---**
is clearly better than us.
**[20:12] ---**
I think it's impossible for us
to get better than them.
**[20:15] ---**
At the rate that we're going, anyway.
**[20:17] ---**
Even if we put in the same amount
of effort as Himesaka,
**[20:20] ---**
we'll never catch up to them.
**[20:22] ---**
No matter how much effort we put in,
**[20:24] ---**
the likelihood that we'll be
crying is way higher.
**[20:26] ---**
But even so, I truly want to aim for
the nationals with everyone here!
**[20:36] ---**
Hey, four-eyes. I'm taking this off.
**[20:38] ---**
Huh?
**[20:41] ---**
All right. One character each, okay?
**[20:43] ---**
Huh? Aren't there not enough?
**[20:45] ---**
It's okay, as long as we add two characters.
**[20:48] ---**
Takezo should go first, right?
**[20:54] ---**
I won't hide it anymore.
**[20:56] ---**
I won't turn my eyes away anymore!
**[20:59] ---**
Battles you know you'll win
aren't fun anyway, right?
**[21:03] ---**
It'd be tough working hard alone,
**[21:06] ---**
but we're all in this together.
**[21:07] ---**
I'm no good with hard work,
but I'm gonna try my best!
**[21:11] ---**
Here you go, Hiro!
**[21:12] ---**
Thanks!
**[21:13] ---**
Oh, that's right! I haven't told you guys,
**[21:15] ---**
but starting today, I'm gonna be
the club's vice-president.
**[21:18] ---**
I'm looking forward to working with you guys!
**[21:19] ---**
What?!
**[21:20] ---**
Hozy. What two characters are you gonna add?
**[21:22] ---**
Exclamation marks?
**[21:24] ---**
This used to be my goal.
**[21:27] ---**
It's impossible for me alone,
**[21:30] ---**
but if everyone's with me...
**[21:32] ---**
Right?
**[21:33] ---**
Having goals that are a little high
is more fun anyway, right?
**[21:40] ---**
Is it okay if I put it up here?
**[21:42] ---**
Oh, a little bit more to the right!
**[21:44] ---**
Oh, it looks good!
**[21:47] ---**
'Kay, it's finished!
**[21:49] ---**
"Takezo Kurata" "Saneyasu Adachi" "Michitaka Sakai"
"Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
"Kota "Hiro "Satowa "Chika
Mizuhara" Kurusu" Hozuki" Kudo!"
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Near Yet Far."
**[23:41] ---**
"#10 Near Yet Far"
Next time, "Near Yet Far."
# E10 - Near Yet Far
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G65P5MGK6/near-yet-far)
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**[00:00] ---**
"Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
**[00:01] ---**
"Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
"Fitting together," "staying together"...
**[00:03] ---**
We still can't do these things
that are only natural
**[00:06] ---**
to be able to do at the national level.
**[00:07] ---**
I mean, we're still working on
the skills that come before them.
**[00:12] ---**
Hey, Hozuki.
**[00:13] ---**
Don't you dare try and "match" our level, okay?
**[00:16] ---**
Huh?
**[00:17] ---**
Everybody's saying your and
our levels are this and that,
**[00:22] ---**
but just play with all you've got!
**[00:25] ---**
Of course I will.
**[00:27] ---**
If we're going to do this,
then I'm going to do it right.
**[00:29] ---**
But don't start crying
when you can't keep up with me.
**[00:32] ---**
What did you just say?!
**[00:33] ---**
I could defeat you in an instant!
**[00:35] ---**
Go ahead and try!
**[00:39] ---**
Ugh, come on!
**[00:40] ---**
Why are you two becoming
rivals all of a sudden?!
**[02:13] ---**
"#10 Near Yet Far"
Everyone!
**[02:14] ---**
"#10 Near Yet Far"
We're gonna start practicing
our parts for "Kuon" today.
**[02:17] ---**
Um...
**[02:19] ---**
Okay, second kotos, Adachi and Sakai.
**[02:21] ---**
You two practice over here.
**[02:22] ---**
Okay.
**[02:23] ---**
Let's do this, Mittsu!
**[02:25] ---**
Third kotos, Mizuhara and Kurusu,
will be over there.
**[02:28] ---**
Let's do this, Hiro!
**[02:30] ---**
Yes, yes. Let's...
**[02:33] ---**
Kota's cute and friendly,
**[02:35] ---**
but I never know what he's thinking...
**[02:38] ---**
Not that it matters.
**[02:40] ---**
Kudo, you and I will practice over there.
**[02:43] ---**
Once I finish practicing myself,
I'll switch to teaching, okay?
**[02:47] ---**
Thanks, that'd help a lot.
**[02:49] ---**
Okay, one more time.
**[02:51] ---**
Three, four--
**[02:56] ---**
Hey, four-eyes!
**[02:57] ---**
Stop playing over me!
**[03:00] ---**
Same to you!
**[03:01] ---**
You need to keep a steady rhythm!
**[03:03] ---**
Huh? Hey, you!
**[03:04] ---**
Here. It's a metronome. Try using it.
**[03:07] ---**
What's this?
**[03:09] ---**
Whoa! Awesome! It's so cool!
**[03:11] ---**
Now we can hammer the rhythm into our heads!
**[03:14] ---**
Th-This can't be real...
**[03:17] ---**
Kota's sense of rhythm is terrible!
**[03:19] ---**
We've been off for a while now.
**[03:21] ---**
Could he really not have noticed?!
**[03:23] ---**
Hozy! Help!
**[03:26] ---**
Oh... she's already in despair...
**[03:29] ---**
Takezo, can we have a moment?
**[03:33] ---**
My koto kinda sounds bad compared to Sane's.
**[03:37] ---**
Like it can't produce
a clean note or something...
**[03:43] ---**
Ah, this might be because
you're plucking too lightly
**[03:45] ---**
rather than a problem with the koto itself.
**[03:50] ---**
Ah, Papuco's so good!
**[03:54] ---**
Papuco?
**[03:55] ---**
You've never had it?
**[04:02] ---**
Huh? Hey--
**[04:08] ---**
What's wrong, Kota?
**[04:10] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[04:11] ---**
Hozuki and Hiro worked him
pretty hard at practice, right?
**[04:16] ---**
He's totally beat from it all...
**[04:19] ---**
That said, there are a bunch of parts
I still can't play either.
**[04:22] ---**
I wonder if we can't find a bigger
chunk of time to really practice.
**[04:25] ---**
Oh, then do you wanna
try doing a training camp?
**[04:28] ---**
A training camp?!
**[04:29] ---**
Wow, a training camp!
I wanna do it! Let's do it!
**[04:32] ---**
Oh, but our club doesn't have much of a budget,
**[04:35] ---**
so it'll probably end up being at school.
**[04:38] ---**
We can't get pumped like that!
**[04:40] ---**
My uncle has an inn,
so I'll ask him if we can use it!
**[04:44] ---**
Huh? No, but we couldn't...
**[04:47] ---**
Stop being so polite!
**[04:48] ---**
But I'm sorry if he says no!
**[04:51] ---**
No, no. That's fine! Thank you!
**[04:55] ---**
Well then, I leave telling Suzu to you!
**[04:57] ---**
Oh... Yeah, no worries.
**[05:00] ---**
I've always been bad with Mr. Takinami.
**[05:03] ---**
It always feels like he can
see right through me,
**[05:06] ---**
and he never sugarcoats anything.
**[05:10] ---**
But I'm okay now...
**[05:13] ---**
So, I'd like to ask your permission
to do a training camp.
**[05:17] ---**
A training camp?
**[05:19] ---**
Give me a break, man. What a pain.
**[05:21] ---**
As I thought, you don't want to do it, do you?
**[05:24] ---**
That goes without saying, doesn't it?
**[05:27] ---**
I see...
**[05:28] ---**
In that case...
**[05:30] ---**
Please quit as our club advisor.
**[05:34] ---**
We've all decided to
seriously aim for the nationals,
**[05:37] ---**
so it's problematic to have
an advisor who's unmotivated.
**[05:39] ---**
Please switch with a teacher
who's more willing to help us.
**[05:42] ---**
If you like,
**[05:44] ---**
I can go to the principal or
vice-principal right now and--
**[05:46] ---**
Hey, wait-- Stop.
**[05:54] ---**
I honestly never expected
to hear that from you!
**[05:58] ---**
Um... I'm serious--
**[06:00] ---**
I know. A training camp, right? Okay, let's go!
**[06:03] ---**
Huh?
**[06:04] ---**
I mean... If I get fired as the advisor, it'll make
the higher-ups mad and be a pain, so...
**[06:09] ---**
Plus, you guys are interesting!
**[06:17] ---**
"Stop"
**[06:21] ---**
Wake up, you brat!
**[06:24] ---**
Your alarm's making a racket!
**[06:26] ---**
Honestly... Your training camp
starts today, right?
**[06:30] ---**
That said,
**[06:31] ---**
to think a day would come when
you go to a club's training camp...
**[06:35] ---**
Yo, Chika!
**[06:41] ---**
You guys better keep a hold of them!
**[06:48] ---**
Hey, isn't there anything we
can do to practice right now?
**[06:51] ---**
Good idea. Let's--
**[06:53] ---**
Hey, Kurata!
**[06:55] ---**
Might as well put this on
while we're here, right?
**[06:57] ---**
I recorded you guys' performance the other day.
**[07:00] ---**
What?!
**[07:02] ---**
Wow! What's that? I wanna hear!
**[07:04] ---**
When did you... and why?
**[07:07] ---**
You guys are seriously aiming higher, right?
**[07:10] ---**
I said this before,
**[07:11] ---**
but it's important to face reality.
**[07:24] ---**
I-It's awful...
**[07:26] ---**
All the awful notes one after
another are making me feel sick.
**[07:30] ---**
We're in a worse situation than I thought...
**[07:33] ---**
We're ruining every note Hozuki plays.
**[07:38] ---**
We have so many flaws compared to Himesaka.
**[07:42] ---**
The one that's always sticking out
and making weird noises...
**[07:45] ---**
That's me.
**[07:46] ---**
It sounds really bad hearing it
from the audience's perspective.
**[07:49] ---**
What should I do?
**[07:50] ---**
It'd probably sound
so much better without me...
**[07:53] ---**
But we've won, right?
**[07:54] ---**
Huh?
**[07:55] ---**
Being able to listen to this now
means we've won, right?
**[07:59] ---**
I mean, after listening to this,
we fully understand where we're at, right?
**[08:01] ---**
"Understand"
I mean, after listening to this,
we fully understand where we're at, right?
**[08:03] ---**
"Understand"
Now, we're going to go to camp to practice
our butts off and improve, right?
**[08:04] ---**
"Practice"
Now, we're going to go to camp to practice
our butts off and improve, right?
**[08:06] ---**
"Improve"
Now, we're going to go to camp to practice
our butts off and improve, right?
**[08:07] ---**
"Tournament Victory"
A tournament victory!
**[08:08] ---**
See? It means we've won!
**[08:11] ---**
You're right.
**[08:12] ---**
It might be a good thing
we listened to this now.
**[08:14] ---**
Now that we're going to camp,
we can work on anything!
**[08:16] ---**
Right!
**[08:17] ---**
We won't accomplish anything
getting all down about it!
**[08:20] ---**
That's a good point!
**[08:21] ---**
All right! Let's do this!
**[08:28] ---**
"Aoharu Inn"
We're here!
**[08:29] ---**
"Aoharu Inn"
Wow, it's an inn!
**[08:31] ---**
Well then, let's go to separate
rooms and practice by part.
**[08:35] ---**
After that, we'll play together.
**[08:36] ---**
Yeah!
**[08:42] ---**
We've gotten a lot better, huh?
**[08:43] ---**
Our playing is still stiff though.
**[08:47] ---**
I feel like I'm just about to grasp something,
**[08:50] ---**
but it's just a little out of my reach.
**[08:59] ---**
K-Kudo?!
**[09:01] ---**
Hozuki, play this part for me.
**[09:03] ---**
Show me how it's supposed to go.
**[09:07] ---**
That's fine, but...
**[09:09] ---**
...aren't you a bit close?
**[09:10] ---**
If I'm not at the same angle as you, then I
won't be able to see your hand movements!
**[09:14] ---**
I see.
**[09:26] ---**
One more time.
**[09:27] ---**
Huh?
**[09:38] ---**
Got it, thanks!
**[09:42] ---**
Your sound...
**[09:44] ---**
It's really pretty.
**[09:49] ---**
But that just means we have to catch up to her.
**[09:53] ---**
Hozuki! We'll try our best!
**[09:58] ---**
I...
**[10:00] ---**
...never want to lose this place.
**[10:09] ---**
No!
**[10:10] ---**
Your half beats are too sloppy!
**[10:13] ---**
It's un, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta. Got it?!
**[10:15] ---**
Yes!
**[10:16] ---**
If you play out of sync here,
it'll really stand out,
**[10:18] ---**
so, while we're here,
hammer that rhythm into your head!
**[10:21] ---**
Yes!
**[10:22] ---**
Good luck, my friend.
**[10:24] ---**
What should I do?
**[10:25] ---**
I don't understand why
he's so unable to get this.
**[10:28] ---**
It might be... that my teaching-style is bad...
**[10:35] ---**
We're going to start playing together soon!
**[10:40] ---**
Mizuhara! It's not time for you to come in yet!
**[10:43] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[10:44] ---**
Don't worry about it. Let's do it once more.
**[10:46] ---**
No, you're still too early!
**[10:49] ---**
Your tempo's off!
**[10:52] ---**
The atmosphere's gone bad...
**[10:54] ---**
Hozuki, can we move on
to the next part for a bit?
**[10:59] ---**
All right, then...
**[11:04] ---**
Amazing, Sakai!
**[11:05] ---**
Your notes sound a lot better, don't you think?
**[11:08] ---**
Y-You think so?!
**[11:10] ---**
I think I've kinda gotten the hang
of how much strength to use.
**[11:13] ---**
You've done it, Mittsu!
**[11:14] ---**
It's the fruits of our training!
**[11:16] ---**
Okay, let's start from page 14,
**[11:17] ---**
line one, measure three.
**[11:20] ---**
Three, four--
**[11:26] ---**
"Kuon"
**[11:27] ---**
"Kuon"
The next measure is the part
Kudo said he couldn't play...
**[11:41] ---**
Ah! S-Sorry, I...
**[11:43] ---**
Kudo, wasn't that the part you couldn't play?
**[11:48] ---**
Huh?
**[11:49] ---**
That's why I got you to play it for me.
**[11:52] ---**
Just by watching me play...
**[11:55] ---**
That's amazing, Kudo!
Since when were you able to...
**[11:58] ---**
That's awesome, Chika!
**[11:59] ---**
You're so talented!
**[12:09] ---**
I was using my voice so much,
my throat's all dry.
**[12:13] ---**
Good work today.
**[12:14] ---**
Um, is Mizuhara all right?
**[12:17] ---**
Oh, yeah...
**[12:19] ---**
I thought I might have been too harsh with him,
**[12:23] ---**
but going easy on him
won't do him any good either.
**[12:28] ---**
Anyway, how can I get
a big chest like yours, Hozy?!
**[12:31] ---**
Let me feel!
**[12:32] ---**
Huh? Wha--? Stop it!
**[12:44] ---**
"Club Application Form
Name: 1-B, Koto Mizuhara"
At first...
**[12:45] ---**
"Club Application Form
Name: 1-B, Koto Mizuhara"
I thought, if I can help Chika out even a little,
**[12:48] ---**
"Club Application Form
Name: 1-B, Koto Mizuhara"
joining a club didn't seem like a bad idea,
**[12:50] ---**
"Club Application Form
Name: 1-B, Koto Mizuhara"
and I joined without giving it much thought.
**[12:52] ---**
You guys hang out with Tetsuki a lot, right?
**[12:55] ---**
A friend of a friend is just a stranger...
**[12:57] ---**
Anyway, I...
**[12:59] ---**
...felt so embarrassed that I'd believed
the rumors about Chika and badmouthed him.
**[13:05] ---**
At the same time, I looked up to him a little.
**[13:08] ---**
I wanted to get closer to him.
**[13:10] ---**
Chika!
**[13:11] ---**
These guys said you saved them
before and wanna thank you.
**[13:15] ---**
Um...
**[13:17] ---**
Thank you so much for before, K-Kudo--
**[13:19] ---**
You don't need to call me by my last name.
**[13:20] ---**
Huh?
**[13:21] ---**
Being treated so formally
by another guy feels weird.
**[13:24] ---**
This guy's just embarrassed.
**[13:26] ---**
He rarely gets thanked.
**[13:28] ---**
I'll kick your ass, you bastard!
**[13:30] ---**
Huh? Go ahead and try it!
**[13:33] ---**
Uh, um, well then...
**[13:36] ---**
Can I call you Ch-Chika, then?
**[13:40] ---**
That sounds overly familiar, doesn't it? Sorry--
**[13:41] ---**
And you?
**[13:42] ---**
Huh?
**[13:44] ---**
Your name.
**[13:45] ---**
Kota... Mizuhara.
**[13:48] ---**
Y-You can call me Kota!
**[13:51] ---**
The fact that Chika,
who I thought was an awesome guy,
**[13:54] ---**
seemed way closer than I was expecting
**[13:56] ---**
made me so happy.
**[13:59] ---**
That's why I found it so fun
that I could bump shoulders
**[14:00] ---**
and have a blast with everyone in the koto club.
**[14:04] ---**
And that was... enough for me.
**[14:08] ---**
But now, it's different.
**[14:10] ---**
There's no one beside me anymore.
**[14:13] ---**
Chika and everyone else
are too far ahead of me.
**[14:16] ---**
They're trying to aim higher,
**[14:17] ---**
but I'm just holding them back.
**[14:23] ---**
What do you mean?
**[14:24] ---**
Kota's gone?
**[14:26] ---**
He wasn't there when I woke up
to go to the bathroom.
**[14:29] ---**
I thought he might've gone to
the bathroom, too, but he wasn't there.
**[14:32] ---**
His things are gone, too.
**[14:34] ---**
He won't answer his phone, either.
**[14:36] ---**
I think he might've gotten fed up
with the camp and gone home...
**[14:40] ---**
That Kota...
**[14:42] ---**
He's been super down because he's
been worked so hard during practice.
**[14:45] ---**
Sane!
**[14:46] ---**
What should I do?
**[14:47] ---**
I knew he was feeling down!
**[14:49] ---**
I...
**[14:50] ---**
I was so focused on myself,
I couldn't support him--
**[14:53] ---**
Saneyasu!
**[14:55] ---**
Calm down.
**[14:57] ---**
Chika...
**[15:00] ---**
I'll go look for him outside.
**[15:02] ---**
I-I'll go, too!
**[15:04] ---**
Me, too!
**[15:05] ---**
Kudo!
**[15:07] ---**
I'll go after I've told the teacher about it,
**[15:09] ---**
so if anything happens, let me know, okay?
**[15:11] ---**
Got it.
**[15:16] ---**
They're being kinda noisy, huh?
**[15:20] ---**
Huh?!
**[15:21] ---**
Kota's gone?!
**[15:22] ---**
He got fed up and ran, huh?
**[15:24] ---**
What should I do?
**[15:26] ---**
It's because I was too hard on him!
**[15:28] ---**
I'll go look for him, too!
**[15:30] ---**
M-Me, too!
**[15:31] ---**
Kurusu!
**[15:32] ---**
Wha--
**[15:33] ---**
It's dangerous for girls to be out at this hour!
**[15:37] ---**
You two stay here!
**[15:41] ---**
Hey, Kurata!
**[15:42] ---**
You idiot, Kota!
**[15:43] ---**
When I find you, I'm gonna punch you!
**[15:45] ---**
He might've gotten fed up
with the camp and gone home...
**[15:48] ---**
Shit...
**[15:50] ---**
How's it going? Did you find him yet?!
**[15:51] ---**
Takezo! No, not yet...
**[15:54] ---**
Then I'll go down the road and look!
**[15:56] ---**
Takezo, um...
**[15:58] ---**
If you go down here, there isn't really
anything except a train station, right?
**[16:01] ---**
Huh? Yeah.
**[16:04] ---**
Adachi?
**[16:05] ---**
Takezo, he...
**[16:08] ---**
Kota is--!
**[16:10] ---**
Shit... Which way?
**[16:14] ---**
This sound...
**[16:15] ---**
"Aoharu Inn"
**[16:24] ---**
Ch-Chika?!
**[16:27] ---**
Huh?
**[16:28] ---**
What?
**[16:32] ---**
Why?
**[16:36] ---**
Ouch!
**[16:38] ---**
Everyone's worried sick
and looking everywhere for you.
**[16:41] ---**
Huh? N-No way. I'm sorry...
**[16:43] ---**
It's the middle of the night,
so I thought no one would notice...
**[16:45] ---**
You weren't answering your
phone either, so we panicked.
**[16:50] ---**
No way. Just because I was gone for a bit--
**[16:52] ---**
We panicked.
**[16:56] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[16:59] ---**
I'm...
**[17:00] ---**
...really holding everyone back right now.
**[17:03] ---**
Huh?
**[17:04] ---**
Because of me, we're not making
any progress in practice,
**[17:07] ---**
and the piece sounds all over the place,
**[17:08] ---**
and I'm causing so much trouble.
**[17:11] ---**
Wha--
**[17:11] ---**
But I... I'm going work hard!
**[17:14] ---**
I'm gonna practice so much more.
**[17:18] ---**
I'll practice so that I can catch up to everyone
**[17:20] ---**
and then work even harder!
**[17:22] ---**
So...
**[17:23] ---**
...please don't give up on me!
**[17:27] ---**
I...
**[17:28] ---**
...wanna stay beside you all.
**[17:31] ---**
Ouch!
**[17:32] ---**
Ow! O-O-Ow! Hey, Chika!
**[17:35] ---**
It's unfair for you to practice on your own!
**[17:38] ---**
Huh?
**[17:39] ---**
I'll practice, too!
**[17:40] ---**
Huh? But then there's no point!
**[17:42] ---**
I'm practicing so I can catch up to everyone!
**[17:44] ---**
Shuddup!
**[17:45] ---**
Chika.
**[17:47] ---**
Bastard! If you've found Kota, then tell us!
**[17:51] ---**
Sane, Mittsu!
**[17:52] ---**
You guys! When did you get here?
**[17:54] ---**
Sorry.
**[17:55] ---**
We got here when Mizuhara was talking,
so we were unsure when to come out...
**[17:59] ---**
You, too, Takezo...
**[18:01] ---**
Anyway! Kota, you bastard!
At least answer your phone!
**[18:04] ---**
Sorry, I didn't notice!
**[18:06] ---**
That or leave a note!
**[18:08] ---**
I'm surprised you guys knew where to look.
**[18:11] ---**
Yeah, Adachi said...
**[18:13] ---**
If he went down there,
it'd mean he was going home, right?
**[18:17] ---**
Takezo, he...
**[18:19] ---**
Kota isn't the type to do that!
**[18:23] ---**
So, we came here.
**[18:25] ---**
I heard a voice just now! Hurry, hurry!
**[18:28] ---**
Kurusu! Hozuki!
**[18:30] ---**
Kota... you're here!
**[18:32] ---**
Oh, s-sorry!
**[18:35] ---**
You and Hozuki came out, too...
**[18:43] ---**
He was practicing!
**[18:45] ---**
K-K-Kurusu?! Are you okay?!
**[18:48] ---**
H-H-Hiro, I'm s-s-sorry!
**[18:51] ---**
I'm sorry! I...
**[18:52] ---**
I thought you'd gotten fed up and
gone home because I was too harsh with you.
**[18:58] ---**
I'm sorry, Kota.
**[19:00] ---**
Me too...
**[19:01] ---**
I rushed ahead during practice
without thinking again...
**[19:04] ---**
I'm very sorry.
**[19:05] ---**
Wait-- Why are you two apologizing?!
**[19:08] ---**
I never once thought those things about you.
**[19:11] ---**
I *was* down about how I bad I was, though...
**[19:14] ---**
But anyway,
**[19:15] ---**
it wouldn't have been very manly of me
to run away just because of that.
**[19:19] ---**
Idiot! Stop trying to act so cool!
**[19:23] ---**
I thought I told you guys
to stay at the inn, though.
**[19:26] ---**
We had an escort, so it was fine.
**[19:29] ---**
Escort?
**[19:30] ---**
Well, well.
**[19:32] ---**
You lot are just at the peak
of youth, aren't you?
**[19:34] ---**
Cutting down on someone
else's sleep without a care.
**[19:39] ---**
Honestly, everybody's
running around on their own.
**[19:42] ---**
If you've found him,
come back to the inn already.
**[19:45] ---**
W-We're sorry.
**[19:48] ---**
I'm sorry, guys! And thank you.
**[19:51] ---**
Damn right!
**[19:53] ---**
Kota!
**[19:55] ---**
About what you said before...
**[19:57] ---**
Huh?
**[19:58] ---**
It's got nothing to do
with giving up on you or not...
**[20:00] ---**
I'd hate it if you weren't around.
**[20:21] ---**
'Morning...
**[20:23] ---**
Whoa, your faces!
**[20:25] ---**
What? You guys didn't sleep?
**[20:27] ---**
Yeah, after what happened yesterday,
**[20:28] ---**
we figured out what Mizuhara was
struggling with and tried a few things.
**[20:33] ---**
"Downbeat"
We worked out that he struggles
especially with finding the upbeat.
**[20:34] ---**
"Downbeat" "Upbeat"
We worked out that he struggles
especially with finding the upbeat.
**[20:38] ---**
But we couldn't think of
a good way to practice it...
**[20:41] ---**
Mizuhara...
**[20:43] ---**
Yes, Mr. Takinami?
**[20:46] ---**
A sticky note?
**[20:48] ---**
Try and take the sticky note. If you can't,
then you don't get breakfast.
**[20:53] ---**
What?!
**[20:57] ---**
Get... the sticky note... get it...
**[21:02] ---**
I did it!
**[21:03] ---**
I can eat breakfast!
**[21:05] ---**
That just now...
**[21:06] ---**
...was the upbeat.
**[21:10] ---**
Next time, try touching
the sticky note five times.
**[21:13] ---**
Once you can do that, try doing it
more times and changing the tempo.
**[21:16] ---**
Sound and rhythm are things you can't see.
**[21:19] ---**
That's why they're so hard to understand.
**[21:21] ---**
So burn the image of what we did
just now into your mind.
**[21:24] ---**
Then hammer it into your head.
**[21:27] ---**
Once the sound and rhythm
are in your body, they're yours.
**[21:31] ---**
Well then, I leave the rest to you, Kurusu.
**[21:34] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[21:36] ---**
Th-Thank you, Mr. Takinami!
**[21:39] ---**
You can thank me when you can actually do it.
**[21:44] ---**
All right, Kota.
**[21:45] ---**
Let's get to it!
**[21:47] ---**
I won't hold back, okay?
**[21:50] ---**
Okay!
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "The Sound We Were Searching For."
**[23:41] ---**
"#11 The Sound We Were Searching For"
Next time, "The Sound We Were Searching For."
# E11 - The Sound We Are Searching For
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYG53M7PY/the-sound-we-were-searching-for)
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**[00:04] ---**
I still don't quite understand this piece.
**[00:07] ---**
"~Leap through time like the wind and wish~"
What kind of musical theme should we have?
**[00:10] ---**
This is all that's written as the piece's explanation.
**[00:13] ---**
I'm surprised you guys are still at it
even with it being this hot.
**[00:16] ---**
Mr. Takinami.
**[00:18] ---**
Oh, uh--
**[00:21] ---**
You must have some sort of
musical experience, right, sir?
**[00:25] ---**
I told you before. I don't have any.
**[00:29] ---**
--But this morning with the upbeat--
**[00:29] ---**
--Takinami!
--But this morning with the upbeat--
**[00:33] ---**
Honestly, it's one thing
after another. What is it?
**[00:36] ---**
This! We just can't get our duet to sound right!
**[00:41] ---**
Ugh, don't ask me for help. What a pain.
**[00:45] ---**
Kudo, you two are great friends, right?
**[00:49] ---**
Trust in your friend!
**[00:52] ---**
--Let's go, Kudo. Let's just do it ourselves--
**[00:54] ---**
--Got it!
--Let's go, Kudo. Let's just do it ourselves--
**[00:58] ---**
Let's go, four-eyes!
**[00:59] ---**
Huh? Wait-- What did you "get" from that?
**[01:04] ---**
Isn't Kudo so fascinating?!
**[01:07] ---**
He's just an idiot.
**[01:08] ---**
But you've decided to stay here
with those idiots, right?
**[01:14] ---**
Are you really okay with that?
**[01:15] ---**
What do you mean?
**[01:17] ---**
I said it before.
**[01:19] ---**
If you continue to play with bad players,
you'll become bad yourself.
**[01:22] ---**
Yet you're still going to stay with them?
**[01:26] ---**
I am.
**[01:28] ---**
I believe the sound I was searching for
is most likely here.
**[01:33] ---**
And, sir...
**[01:35] ---**
You underestimate them too much.
**[01:39] ---**
Everyone's improving very rapidly.
**[01:41] ---**
I can't slack off either.
**[03:19] ---**
"#11 The Sound We Were Searching For"
Listen up, four-eyes.
**[03:21] ---**
"#11 The Sound We Were Searching For"
From now on, I'm gonna put all my trust in you.
**[03:24] ---**
Y-Yes?
**[03:25] ---**
I'll listen to you play, but I won't wait.
**[03:29] ---**
So that's what he meant.
**[03:31] ---**
Right!
**[03:33] ---**
Up until now, I've been listening
to Chika play and then playing myself.
**[03:38] ---**
That's why, when the tempo got faster,
**[03:40] ---**
my hand couldn't keep up
and it wouldn't mesh together.
**[03:43] ---**
Listening to four-eyes' playing
before playing myself is no good.
**[03:46] ---**
I just have to play and believe that...
**[03:48] ---**
--...four-eyes'...
--...Kudo's...
**[03:50] ---**
...notes will come after mine.
**[03:55] ---**
--Amazing!
--What is this?!
**[03:57] ---**
The notes are right where I want them to be!
**[04:04] ---**
Wow, awesome! What was that
just now?! It felt so good!
**[04:07] ---**
It sounded like only one person was playing!
**[04:09] ---**
I've got it! I really feel like I've gotten it!
**[04:13] ---**
It's mine now!
**[04:15] ---**
Man... This is so fun.
**[04:19] ---**
Yeah... Yeah!
**[04:22] ---**
Let's do it one more time!
**[04:23] ---**
Let's try upping the tempo!
**[04:28] ---**
"Aoharu Inn"
Now that the duet is coming
together really beautifully,
**[04:30] ---**
Now that the duet is coming
together really beautifully,
**[04:33] ---**
we should try and make it
sound more like singing.
**[04:36] ---**
Singing?
**[04:37] ---**
Right.
**[04:38] ---**
Right now, it sounded like "taka taka taka,"
**[04:40] ---**
which sounds flat and has no dynamics.
**[04:42] ---**
# Talalala tilalila. Talalila lilalila. #
**[04:47] ---**
If you add differing levels of stress,
it'll sound like singing.
**[04:50] ---**
Singing...
**[04:51] ---**
I didn't explain it very well, did I...?
**[04:54] ---**
No, it'd just be easier
if you showed us as well.
**[04:57] ---**
Now, let's work on the first
koto's solo a bit more--
**[05:01] ---**
B-By the way...
**[05:03] ---**
What kind of piece do you guys think this is?
**[05:06] ---**
I'm still unsure on what kind of
musical theme we should go with...
**[05:11] ---**
What was the introduction for the piece again?
**[05:14] ---**
It's "leap through time
like the wind and wish."
**[05:17] ---**
"Wish," huh?
**[05:20] ---**
You know, isn't this moment
right now kind of amazing?
**[05:24] ---**
Amazing?
**[05:25] ---**
Just a few months ago,
**[05:28] ---**
I never would have imagined
I'd be playing the koto.
**[05:30] ---**
And if I hadn't, I probably
wouldn't have ever met you all.
**[05:35] ---**
I'm having so much fun now.
**[05:38] ---**
But times like these are fleeting.
**[05:42] ---**
I think,
**[05:43] ---**
if it were possible, I'd wanna
make this time last forever.
**[05:48] ---**
Yeah!
**[05:49] ---**
Yeah, I agree.
**[05:55] ---**
"Leap through time like the wind...
**[05:58] ---**
"Kuon"
"Leap through time like the wind...
**[05:58] ---**
"Kuon"
...and wish."
**[06:03] ---**
Well then, to finish off the training camp,
**[06:05] ---**
let's do a final run-through together.
**[06:09] ---**
Kota!
**[06:11] ---**
You'll be fine! You can do it!
**[06:17] ---**
Yeah!
**[06:20] ---**
"Aoharu Inn"
**[06:24] ---**
We're almost at the part
**[06:26] ---**
where Kota has a hard time
coming in strong on the upbeat.
**[06:30] ---**
So burn the image of what
we did just now into your mind.
**[06:32] ---**
Then...
**[06:33] ---**
...hammer it into your head.
**[06:36] ---**
One, two, three.
**[06:50] ---**
Amazing...
**[06:52] ---**
We've kinda...
**[06:53] ---**
...gotten better, haven't we?
**[06:56] ---**
Y-Yeah!
**[06:58] ---**
It feels kinda different from when
we've played up until now.
**[07:00] ---**
Hey, Hozuki! We've gotten better, haven't we?!
**[07:07] ---**
Kurusu, thank you so much.
**[07:10] ---**
Huh? For what?
**[07:11] ---**
If it weren't for you getting this place for us,
**[07:15] ---**
we wouldn't have been able
to practice this much!
**[07:17] ---**
Truly, thank you.
**[07:22] ---**
W-Well then, you should treat me
to something sometime!
**[07:25] ---**
Huh? Uh, yeah.
**[07:29] ---**
Thank you.
**[07:39] ---**
All right!
**[07:40] ---**
Well, that concludes the training camp!
**[07:42] ---**
I imagine you're all tired,
so let's finish early for toda--
**[07:45] ---**
Chika, you're not going home?
**[07:47] ---**
Oh, yeah. I'm gonna practice by myself.
**[07:51] ---**
Huh? No fair! I'll practice too!
**[07:53] ---**
I can't let you get better without me!
**[07:55] ---**
Jeez, guess I'll practice too...
**[08:01] ---**
If it were possible, I'd wanna
make this time last forever.
**[08:07] ---**
I'm going home.
**[08:09] ---**
I can't stand being in the light
of your youth any longer.
**[08:12] ---**
Bye.
**[08:13] ---**
Oh, thanks for your hard work!
**[08:16] ---**
You don't say...
**[08:24] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[08:25] ---**
"Land for Sale"
**[08:32] ---**
Here's a stone I picked up at the training camp.
**[08:35] ---**
The sound you get when you
play with your friends
**[08:37] ---**
you just can't produce on your own.
**[08:41] ---**
I think I understand that a little more now.
**[08:47] ---**
Just a little.
**[08:52] ---**
So the festival's finally just
around the corner, huh?
**[08:55] ---**
Oh, the other schools have
the nationals before this, too.
**[08:59] ---**
The preliminaries were in December,
but the tournament's only just happening now?
**[09:02] ---**
That's such a big gap.
**[09:04] ---**
It really is...
**[09:05] ---**
I wish they'd consider
the timing of it a little more.
**[09:13] ---**
Come to think of it, at the training camp,
**[09:15] ---**
didn't you ask us what kind of piece
we thought "Kuon" was?
**[09:18] ---**
Did you figure it out in the end?
**[09:20] ---**
I think what Mizuhara said really hit the mark.
**[09:25] ---**
Kota?
**[09:26] ---**
Times like these fly away
in an instant like the wind,
**[09:31] ---**
so we wish that it would continue.
**[09:36] ---**
It was like this with "Ryuuseigun," too,
**[09:38] ---**
but I think if we can identify with the piece,
**[09:41] ---**
it'll be easier to put emotion into it.
**[09:45] ---**
Wh-What?
**[09:46] ---**
Nothing, I just thought it looked
like you're having a lot of fun.
**[09:50] ---**
Huh?
**[09:51] ---**
You like playing the koto with us that much?
**[09:55] ---**
I like playing... with you guys...
**[09:59] ---**
Wha-- Hey, you!
**[10:06] ---**
That was close...
**[10:07] ---**
What are you doing?
What if you had gotten hurt?
**[10:22] ---**
Chika...
**[10:24] ---**
What is a guy like *you* doing, you bastard?!
**[10:27] ---**
--It might surprise you,
but I wasn't doing anything!
**[10:28] ---**
--Good morning!
--It might surprise you,
but I wasn't doing anything!
**[10:29] ---**
Oh? What's all the fuss about?
**[10:34] ---**
Maybe it *was* bad that my arm
brushed her chest a little...
**[10:37] ---**
That's right!
**[10:38] ---**
The order of performances for
the tournament was decided!
**[10:40] ---**
What's our number? What's our number?
**[10:42] ---**
Number 24 out of 33 groups.
**[10:45] ---**
At a tournament,
all the schools play one after another,
**[10:49] ---**
then the judges give us scores
which determine our rank.
**[10:54] ---**
At any rate, all that's left
to do now is keep going.
**[10:57] ---**
Let's give it our all in these last practices.
**[11:00] ---**
Yeah!
**[11:04] ---**
And, then...
**[11:05] ---**
...it was finally time for the big event.
**[11:08] ---**
Whoa.
**[11:10] ---**
There's more people here
than I thought there'd be.
**[11:12] ---**
Doesn't it seem like we're
practically the only guys here?
**[11:16] ---**
Well, koto clubs are 80 to 90 percent female.
**[11:19] ---**
What?! Really?!
**[11:20] ---**
What's with you guys all of a sudden?
You didn't know?
**[11:23] ---**
Hi there, Tokise gang!
**[11:26] ---**
You're that guy from Meiryo!
**[11:29] ---**
I'm the koto club prince, Ousuke Kiryu!
**[11:33] ---**
What? You're participating
in this tournament too?
**[11:35] ---**
Yup.
**[11:36] ---**
Oh, yeah. Didn't you say you guys were
gonna participate in the nationals?
**[11:41] ---**
Did you guys win?
**[11:43] ---**
We lost!
**[11:45] ---**
We placed in the top four though!
**[11:47] ---**
The guys in first place were really good.
**[11:49] ---**
Oh, by the way, Himesaka also--
**[11:51] ---**
Satowa!
**[11:53] ---**
Satowa! We placed in the top four at nationals!
**[11:57] ---**
If we have you, Satowa, I'm sure
we'll take first place next time!
**[12:00] ---**
Persistent...
**[12:03] ---**
So the barbarian shows his face!
**[12:05] ---**
You'll be playing the koto as well today, right?
**[12:08] ---**
What of it?
**[12:09] ---**
Nothing really.
**[12:10] ---**
Just thinking how much
I'm looking forward to it.
**[12:13] ---**
At the joint practice, you said all you
had to do was catch up to Satowa, right?
**[12:17] ---**
The likes of you said this. The likes of *you*.
**[12:20] ---**
Shuddup, frizzy head!
**[12:23] ---**
They're scaring me.
**[12:24] ---**
Bleh!
**[12:26] ---**
See you later, Satowa!
**[12:29] ---**
Ousuke.
**[12:32] ---**
Hurry up.
**[12:33] ---**
Asano and Yoshiki are asking for you.
**[12:36] ---**
Asa and Yoshi?
**[12:38] ---**
Well then, I'm off!
**[12:40] ---**
We'll be performing first.
**[12:42] ---**
Whoa, seriously?
**[12:43] ---**
I heard going first isn't great because
you become the standard for the judges,
**[12:47] ---**
so I was kinda bummed at first.
**[12:50] ---**
But, well,
**[12:51] ---**
there's no problem as long as we
outshine everyone coming after us!
**[12:58] ---**
Later!
**[13:00] ---**
He kinda...
**[13:02] ---**
...said that just now
like it was no big deal, huh?
**[13:07] ---**
Honestly, what is that Ousuke up to?
**[13:10] ---**
I wonder if there was a cute girl
over there or something.
**[13:12] ---**
Ugh.
**[13:13] ---**
He was so much cuter
when he was young and innocent.
**[13:16] ---**
But...
**[13:18] ---**
...that guy can instantly change
the atmosphere all on his own.
**[13:21] ---**
The piece changes color,
**[13:24] ---**
and while Ousuke's solos are plenty spectacular,
**[13:27] ---**
I know of no other person more able
**[13:30] ---**
to bring out other people's
strengths in an ensemble.
**[13:34] ---**
Is this the concert hall?
**[13:36] ---**
It makes me kinda nervous.
**[13:44] ---**
These guys...
**[13:46] ---**
...are all people who play the koto, right?
**[13:49] ---**
Yeah.
**[13:50] ---**
It kinda makes you happy, huh?
**[13:54] ---**
Now, we shall now begin
**[13:56] ---**
the High School Students' Kanto Region
Traditional Japanese Music Festival.
**[14:00] ---**
Oh yeah, what are the Meiryo guys going to play?
**[14:04] ---**
"Hyakkafu."
**[14:06] ---**
Is that hard?
**[14:07] ---**
Yes, both the rhythm and technique are difficult.
**[14:10] ---**
It's a piece that describes the four seasons,
**[14:13] ---**
but the Winter part at
the end is really something.
**[14:17] ---**
The nationals wasn't that long ago.
**[14:19] ---**
Which means they made it into
the top four with this piece, right?
**[14:23] ---**
Just what kind of performance is it?
**[14:26] ---**
Is everyone ready? Here we go!
**[14:33] ---**
Up first is Meiryo High School
**[14:38] ---**
performing "Hyakkafu."
**[14:57] ---**
What... on earth...
**[15:00] ---**
Unbelievable... this is...
**[15:02] ---**
This is an... ensemble, right?
**[15:06] ---**
Amazing...
**[15:08] ---**
Even with this many people, with this rhythm,
**[15:10] ---**
it doesn't feel like they're "fitting together."
**[15:12] ---**
They're just naturally... together.
**[15:14] ---**
The more people in an ensemble,
**[15:17] ---**
the more differences you get
in tone quality and rhythm.
**[15:19] ---**
That's why, to sound together,
**[15:21] ---**
most groups tend to play at a fixed
tempo with fixed dynamics.
**[15:25] ---**
Even with this many people, they can sing.
**[15:29] ---**
No...
**[15:31] ---**
That's not it.
**[15:33] ---**
That person is leading them
**[15:35] ---**
in a way that allows them to sing.
**[15:42] ---**
We're ruining every note Hozuki plays.
**[15:47] ---**
That's something that, right now,
**[15:49] ---**
I'm absolutely incapable of.
**[15:56] ---**
Summer... the solo's next...
**[16:08] ---**
What the hell? This guy's sound is kinda...
**[16:13] ---**
At first, it sounded so pretty, but now...
**[16:20] ---**
Now, it's kind of...
**[16:22] ---**
...piercing.
**[16:32] ---**
And then, my mom got so pissed...
**[16:35] ---**
Um...
**[16:37] ---**
Good morning.
**[16:38] ---**
Huh? Who are you again?
**[16:40] ---**
Oh, remember!
**[16:40] ---**
It's that boy who's been
hospitalized this whole time.
**[16:44] ---**
What do you wanna do after this?
**[16:46] ---**
Let's go outside!
**[16:47] ---**
Hey, you wanna play soccer with us?
**[16:50] ---**
Huh?
**[16:51] ---**
O-Oh, um...
**[16:54] ---**
I-I'll play!
**[16:59] ---**
Hey, it went over there!
**[17:02] ---**
Kiryu?
**[17:07] ---**
"School Nurse's Office"
**[17:08] ---**
They told you not to do any
intense exercise yet, remember?
**[17:18] ---**
And then, you know that new game...
**[17:20] ---**
U-Um, sorry about yester--
**[17:22] ---**
We got yelled at by the teacher
because of you, you know?
**[17:29] ---**
Now no one will ever... play with me anymore.
**[17:45] ---**
Nice to meet you.
**[17:46] ---**
We just moved in next door. We're the Izumis.
**[17:49] ---**
This is my daughter, Asano.
**[17:51] ---**
Nice to meet ya, Ousuke!
**[17:55] ---**
I'm sorry, Asano.
**[17:57] ---**
Ousuke's body has been weak
ever since he was born.
**[18:01] ---**
Ousuke!
**[18:04] ---**
Let's play!
**[18:08] ---**
You know? I was looking for a fun place to play,
**[18:12] ---**
and I found a really cool place nearby!
**[18:15] ---**
B-But I...
**[18:17] ---**
"Koto School"
Tada!
**[18:18] ---**
"Koto School"
A koto school!
**[18:20] ---**
"Koto School"
If it's something like this, you can play too!
**[18:27] ---**
I can play too...
**[18:41] ---**
Asa!
**[18:42] ---**
Asa!
**[18:44] ---**
I love you!
**[18:46] ---**
Are you two dating?
**[18:49] ---**
How lewd.
**[18:50] ---**
Idiots.
**[18:51] ---**
Don't worry about that kind of stuff, Ousuke.
**[18:54] ---**
Let's go!
**[18:59] ---**
So pointless.
**[19:01] ---**
--Don't they have anything better to do?
**[19:02] ---**
--What should I do?
--Don't they have anything better to do?
**[19:04] ---**
It's because I'm with her that she's...
**[19:07] ---**
I have to get away from her.
**[19:10] ---**
I have to--
**[19:11] ---**
Ousuke.
**[19:13] ---**
It's okay!
**[19:16] ---**
I have to...
**[19:18] ---**
But I don't want to.
**[19:20] ---**
If I wanna be with Asano without
hurting her, I have to think.
**[19:26] ---**
Observe and understand people.
**[19:29] ---**
Be distant so they can't make a fool of me.
**[19:31] ---**
Have an attitude they can't underestimate.
**[19:33] ---**
Know their thoughts, desires, weaknesses.
**[19:37] ---**
Before I knew it,
**[19:38] ---**
I was able to read people
more than others could,
**[19:41] ---**
and I was able to hear their sounds.
**[19:44] ---**
Summer and Autumn are over.
**[19:47] ---**
Next is the conclusion.
**[19:51] ---**
The Winter comes.
**[20:07] ---**
Ousuke.
**[20:08] ---**
You're really able to bring out
people's strengths, huh?
**[20:13] ---**
When they play with you,
you're able to lead them to be better.
**[20:17] ---**
Honestly, even though I'm the coach,
I can't compare.
**[20:20] ---**
Just how do you do it?
**[20:22] ---**
I'm not really doing anything special.
**[20:25] ---**
I just understand who I'm playing with.
**[20:26] ---**
I understand their sound,
**[20:28] ---**
and if there's something I can do
to help them, I just do it.
**[20:32] ---**
"Just," huh? That's amazing.
**[20:34] ---**
You must really like people, huh?
**[20:36] ---**
You're wrong, Yoshi.
**[20:38] ---**
It's not such a pure reason.
**[20:42] ---**
I'm...
**[20:44] ---**
...just so afraid of being alone again.
**[20:50] ---**
I'm just trying desperately to survive
**[20:53] ---**
in this colorful world.
**[20:55] ---**
That's all it is.
**[21:08] ---**
It hurts. It's cold.
**[21:14] ---**
The snowstorm is raging.
**[21:38] ---**
I feel the same way as I did
when I heard Hozuki play...
**[21:42] ---**
Shit.
**[21:44] ---**
There's no problem as long as we
outshine everyone coming after us!
**[21:49] ---**
This is...
**[21:51] ---**
...what a Meiryo performance is like...
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Rivals."
**[23:41] ---**
"#12 Rivals"
# E12 - Rivals
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYEXND096/rivals)
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"#12 Rivals"
**[01:33] ---**
"#12 Rivals"
This is...
**[01:34] ---**
...what a Meiryo performance is like...
**[01:39] ---**
I think I just... saw all the seasons...
**[01:42] ---**
I feel like a whole year just passed too...
**[01:45] ---**
Even though all he does is flirt...
**[01:47] ---**
Disgusting...
**[01:51] ---**
Good work, everyone!
**[01:53] ---**
You were amazing!
**[01:57] ---**
Hey, Ousuke, are you all right?
**[01:59] ---**
Hm, why?
**[02:01] ---**
Well, before, you always used to
get sick after performing.
**[02:05] ---**
I'm not as weak as I used to be.
**[02:09] ---**
I mean, if Asa were to give me a kiss,
maybe I'd feel better.
**[02:14] ---**
Hey, you!
**[02:16] ---**
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
**[02:20] ---**
Asano! Ousuke!
**[02:22] ---**
Good work! It was a great performance!
**[02:24] ---**
Yoshi!
**[02:35] ---**
As expected from Meiryo.
**[02:37] ---**
It seems their second place
at nationals is well deserved.
**[02:40] ---**
Rather, to think this only got them second place...
**[02:42] ---**
With this being the first performance,
**[02:45] ---**
it might be a little tough on the kids
from the schools to follow.
**[02:51] ---**
Hey, guys! Don't be so gloomy!
**[02:54] ---**
It's just, I kinda feel...
**[02:55] ---**
...the same sense of defeat you'd get
when encountering an undefeatable foe.
**[02:59] ---**
Chika, you really think we can
surpass them with our performance?
**[03:06] ---**
What nonsense are you on about?
**[03:08] ---**
It's ridiculous to compare yourselves
and get down about it.
**[03:11] ---**
What did you just say?!
**[03:13] ---**
Imagine if Kudo,
**[03:14] ---**
who had just started the koto, heard me
play and thought, "I can't beat that."
**[03:19] ---**
It's laughable.
**[03:21] ---**
Wh-When you put it that way...
it does sound ridiculous.
**[03:25] ---**
Hey!
**[03:26] ---**
Even so...
**[03:27] ---**
...the goal that we hung up in the clubroom
**[03:29] ---**
means that we have to surpass
Meiryo's performance.
**[03:32] ---**
"Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
If you're thinking that that goal is impossible
**[03:34] ---**
"Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
after seeing reality with your own eyes,
**[03:37] ---**
what will you do?
**[03:39] ---**
Will you quit?
**[03:45] ---**
Chika?!
**[03:46] ---**
Are you kidding me?!
**[03:48] ---**
What do you mean "will you quit?"
I'll kick your ass, four-eyes!
**[03:51] ---**
Guys that quit before they
even start have no balls!
**[03:54] ---**
Don't say "balls"!
And what's with the headbutting?!
**[03:57] ---**
It's self-punishment!
**[04:03] ---**
I'm sorry for getting discouraged!
**[04:05] ---**
Sane! Punch me too!
**[04:07] ---**
Give me a gentle punch too!
**[04:12] ---**
You've gotten pretty good
at dealing with everyone, huh?
**[04:16] ---**
Huh? You think?
**[04:17] ---**
All right! Then, I'll punch you all in one go!
**[04:20] ---**
What?!
**[04:21] ---**
So quick to recover...
**[04:23] ---**
Oh, by the way, where's Suzu?
**[04:25] ---**
Ah, he said something about
the hall being suffocating,
**[04:28] ---**
so he's in the café upstairs.
**[04:29] ---**
Why is he even here? Jeez.
**[04:32] ---**
I expected a little more from him after
what happened with Mizuhara, though.
**[04:36] ---**
Hey.
**[04:37] ---**
That aside, are there any other powerhouses
like Meiryo and Himesaka?
**[04:40] ---**
Like within Kanagawa?
**[04:41] ---**
Hm, Himesaka is always at the very top
in Kanagawa, so not really.
**[04:46] ---**
That damn curly-head...
**[04:49] ---**
What about the school going after us?
They're from Kanagawa.
**[04:52] ---**
"Tokise High School
Kanagawa Prefecture
Hakuto High School
Tochigi Prefecture"
**[04:53] ---**
Hakuto High School?
**[04:55] ---**
Doesn't ring a bell.
**[04:56] ---**
I see. Well, doesn't matter then.
**[04:59] ---**
If they're on after us,
**[05:00] ---**
we won't be able to hear them since
we'll be putting stuff away anyway.
**[05:02] ---**
"Park"
**[05:11] ---**
What are you doing, mister?
**[05:15] ---**
I'm listening... to the sound of the wind.
**[05:20] ---**
"Hakuto"
**[05:22] ---**
The break should be over soon. Let's go!
**[05:24] ---**
I don't remember any of the
performances after Meiryo's.
**[05:28] ---**
Me neither...
**[05:29] ---**
That Meiryo guy said all they had to do
was "outshine" everyone after them...
**[05:32] ---**
But that's literally what's happened, huh?
**[05:34] ---**
That's until we perform.
**[05:37] ---**
--Our performance will knock
their performance out of the park--
**[05:40] ---**
--Ouch!
--Our performance will knock
their performance out of the park--
**[05:41] ---**
Oh, my bad...
**[05:44] ---**
Where are you looking, idiot?!
**[05:48] ---**
My bad. I didn't see you there.
**[05:51] ---**
Wh-Wh-What did you just say?!
**[05:54] ---**
You picking a fight with me, you bastard?!
**[05:56] ---**
Don't underestimate me, kid.
**[05:58] ---**
I don't have the time to pick fights
with middle schoolers.
**[06:02] ---**
You're the one who's underestimating *me*!
**[06:05] ---**
Whoa! Sen, what are you doing?!
**[06:07] ---**
Let me go, Haru! This guy just hella mocked me!
**[06:10] ---**
What?! Don't start throwing
around false accusations!
**[06:13] ---**
Wai-- Kudo!
**[06:14] ---**
I-I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
**[06:16] ---**
H-H-He means no ill-intent!
**[06:18] ---**
No, no. Please accept our apologies too!
**[06:20] ---**
What are you apologizing for, four-eyes?!
**[06:23] ---**
You two will be participating
in the festival as well, right?
**[06:25] ---**
A-Ah, yes!
**[06:27] ---**
We're the koto club from Eidai Fuzoku
High School in Ibaraki prefecture.
**[06:29] ---**
I'm so sorry.
**[06:31] ---**
Huh? You're high school students?
**[06:32] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[06:35] ---**
Don't mess with me!
**[06:37] ---**
What?! I said I'm sorry!
**[06:40] ---**
That guy can't get along with Chika at all, huh?
**[06:43] ---**
Honestly...
**[06:44] ---**
I'm so sorry about the actions
of my club member.
**[06:46] ---**
I'll be sure to tell him off,
**[06:49] ---**
so won't you please let this slide for today?
**[06:57] ---**
S-Sen!
**[06:59] ---**
I-I'm so sorry! We're an all-boys school,
**[07:01] ---**
so we're not used to seeing girls...
**[07:03] ---**
Haru! Shut up, you idiot!
**[07:07] ---**
He got a nosebleed?!
**[07:08] ---**
He probably saw Hozuki
and thought of something kinky.
**[07:11] ---**
Hey, say something to him, Ho... zuki...
**[07:16] ---**
Disgusting.
**[07:17] ---**
You have no tact, Chika.
**[07:20] ---**
Stupid idiot!
**[07:22] ---**
Hey!
**[07:23] ---**
I'm Chika Kudo, a first year from Tokise High.
**[07:26] ---**
You are?!
**[07:27] ---**
Sentarou Miya, a first year
from Eidai Fuzoku, damn it!
**[07:31] ---**
I'll never lose to the likes of you!
**[07:34] ---**
Let's go, four-eyes!
**[07:35] ---**
Let's go, Haru! We gotta prep!
**[07:38] ---**
Oh, so they're playing here?
**[07:41] ---**
Thanks for showing me how to get here,
Takaoka. I appreciate it!
**[07:44] ---**
No, I apologize...
**[07:46] ---**
...for having you drive me here--
**[07:49] ---**
Huh? You carsick?
**[07:50] ---**
That's weird. I was driving so safely.
**[07:53] ---**
How?!
**[07:54] ---**
It feels kinda strange.
**[07:56] ---**
To think the day would come when I'd be going
to listen to my nephew's koto performance.
**[08:00] ---**
Well, around this time last year,
**[08:02] ---**
he was getting into fights and
getting hurt almost every day.
**[08:06] ---**
I see.
**[08:07] ---**
I don't really know much about that time.
**[08:11] ---**
When I first met him, I didn't know
what was going to happen.
**[08:17] ---**
I'm glad that he's really
started to enjoy his youth.
**[08:21] ---**
I would have liked my father to hear this too.
**[08:27] ---**
He's listening. For sure.
**[08:29] ---**
You're kinda like Chika's guardian, huh, Takaoka?
**[08:33] ---**
Huh?!
**[08:35] ---**
Next is Eidai Fuzoku...
**[08:38] ---**
Oh, aren't those the guys from earlier?
**[08:41] ---**
What are they playing?
**[08:42] ---**
Um, "Sarashi Fuutegoto."
**[08:45] ---**
Never heard of it.
**[08:47] ---**
I wonder if it's harder than "Kuon."
**[08:49] ---**
I don't know this "Kuon" piece,
but "Sarashi" is a difficult piece.
**[08:53] ---**
It's you...
**[08:55] ---**
Hi there! Did you hear our performance?
**[08:58] ---**
Y-Yeah. It was pretty good, I guess.
**[09:02] ---**
Thanks!
**[09:03] ---**
So, "Sarashi" is a difficult piece?
**[09:05] ---**
Oh, yeah.
**[09:06] ---**
It has a lot of forms and advanced techniques.
**[09:10] ---**
There's a bit in the middle
that's really hard to play too.
**[09:13] ---**
I-I see.
**[09:15] ---**
Well, it depends on how fast you play it though.
**[09:19] ---**
Listen up, Haru.
**[09:20] ---**
Usually, when performing,
**[09:21] ---**
people start playing faster
because they're nervous and excited.
**[09:25] ---**
So...
**[09:26] ---**
R-Right! So I should stay calm and--
**[09:28] ---**
So think that I'm gonna play three
times faster than I normally would!
**[09:31] ---**
Huh?!
**[09:32] ---**
D-Don't people normally say "so relax
and don't rush" after that?!
**[09:36] ---**
Are you stupid?! Then we wouldn't be as sharp!
**[09:40] ---**
Don't worry! I'll lead you.
**[09:46] ---**
Sen's back looks so big right now...
**[09:48] ---**
Even though he's so tiny.
**[09:51] ---**
Number 16,
**[09:53] ---**
Eidai Fuzoku High School from Ibaraki prefecture,
**[09:57] ---**
performing "Sarashi Fuutegoto."
**[10:22] ---**
So fast!
**[10:24] ---**
Wow.
**[10:25] ---**
I've heard a lot of people play "Sarashi,"
but this is definitely the fastest.
**[10:29] ---**
Their hands are moving well too.
**[10:31] ---**
I-It's so fast. I can't even see
their hands moving...
**[10:34] ---**
Their notes aren't getting sloppy
even at this speed?!
**[10:37] ---**
They've practiced this a lot.
Even their breathing is perfectly in sync.
**[10:40] ---**
Almost like they're synchronized
with each other--
**[10:42] ---**
No, wait...
**[10:44] ---**
They may be synchronized,
**[10:46] ---**
"Alpha" "Omega"
**[10:47] ---**
"Alpha" "Omega"
but it's more like...
**[10:48] ---**
"Alpha" "Omega"
**[10:50] ---**
How interesting!
**[10:52] ---**
There's so much vigor in that speed...
**[10:57] ---**
--Don't underestimate me!
**[10:57] ---**
--Is it my imagination or can you
hear him talking too?
--Don't underestimate me!
**[11:01] ---**
The koto club?
**[11:03] ---**
Ah yeah, now that you mention it,
we do have one, huh?
**[11:07] ---**
It's scheduled to be disbanded this year, but...
**[11:09] ---**
You want to join?
**[11:11] ---**
Lil' Sentarou!
**[11:12] ---**
You're tiny *and* you play...
the koto? You're like a girl!
**[11:17] ---**
How cute!
**[11:19] ---**
Damn it! Everybody's always ridiculing me!
**[11:23] ---**
They got even faster?!
**[11:26] ---**
It was my granny that started and
taught the koto club at Eidai Fuzoku.
**[11:31] ---**
They used to go to nationals proudly every year.
**[11:34] ---**
It's not a club for people to ridicule
**[11:37] ---**
and mock!
**[11:39] ---**
They're still getting faster?!
**[11:41] ---**
I'll...
**[11:42] ---**
I'll take them to the nationals again for sure.
**[11:46] ---**
So please watch me, Granny.
**[11:56] ---**
I can see something...
**[12:17] ---**
It was so vigorous, it's even
got the audience sweating.
**[12:21] ---**
He's got talent, huh?
**[12:22] ---**
Right now, there's a difference in vigor,
**[12:24] ---**
but if these two got to the same
level of skill, they'd be...
**[12:28] ---**
Hey, up until now there haven't been
any bad performances, have there?
**[12:31] ---**
Yeah, not really.
Everyone's been playing at a high level.
**[12:35] ---**
Hey, isn't--
**[12:37] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:38] ---**
Himesaka's next.
**[12:40] ---**
Listen, everybody.
**[12:41] ---**
Regrettably, first place at nationals
slipped away from us,
**[12:43] ---**
but this time we'll snatch first place for sure!
**[12:46] ---**
Show them all that Kanto's number one
isn't Meiryo, but Himesaka!
**[12:50] ---**
Yes!
**[12:52] ---**
Himesaka Girls' Academy
from Kanagawa prefecture
**[12:55] ---**
performing "Two Personalities."
**[13:06] ---**
They're fitting together
even more than last time.
**[13:09] ---**
My whole body hurts!
**[13:11] ---**
They sound like military troops, as usual.
**[13:13] ---**
I feel like I'm being stabbed by a spear.
**[13:16] ---**
This is what a performance by a top
contestant of the nationals is like!
**[13:19] ---**
The Kanto region's number one isn't Meiryo!
**[13:21] ---**
It's us!
**[13:39] ---**
Honestly!
**[13:40] ---**
Where have you been all this time, Mio?!
**[13:42] ---**
President, you're scary...
**[13:44] ---**
He was sleeping in a nearby park...
**[13:47] ---**
What?!
**[13:48] ---**
The wind sounded nice.
**[13:51] ---**
If you have the time to listen to that,
**[13:53] ---**
do as I ask and listen to
the other schools perform!
**[13:56] ---**
The sound at a tournament is boring though.
**[13:59] ---**
Everyone plays the same sound.
**[14:02] ---**
A predetermined sound.
**[14:04] ---**
It's painful to be surrounded
by that kind of sound.
**[14:09] ---**
Ms. Isaki.
**[14:10] ---**
Hm? Oh, did I fall asleep?
**[14:13] ---**
Yes, you were knocked out.
**[14:15] ---**
Are you tired?
**[14:17] ---**
No, not really.
**[14:18] ---**
The performances were just boring.
**[14:20] ---**
Huh? Was that school just now bad?
**[14:22] ---**
That's not really what I mean.
**[14:25] ---**
It was just a boring performance.
**[14:28] ---**
It's probably a problem with their coach.
**[14:30] ---**
The daughter of a grand master is
teaching Chika and the others, right?
**[14:34] ---**
It must be tough.
**[14:36] ---**
I wonder if there's anyone else
that can teach them.
**[14:39] ---**
Ah, well, they seem to have
an advisor called Takinami.
**[14:44] ---**
Takinami?
**[14:45] ---**
Yeah, have you heard about him from Chika?
**[14:47] ---**
No, I was just thinking that back in high school
**[14:50] ---**
there was an upperclassman
that had the same name.
**[14:53] ---**
Did you know?
**[14:55] ---**
That power couple, the world-famous
conductor Kaoru Takinami
**[14:58] ---**
and the genius pianist, Tsukasa Yukimori.
**[15:01] ---**
Their son was two years above me.
**[15:04] ---**
Awesome, he's a purebred.
**[15:06] ---**
Well, he was called the disappointment
of a musically elite household.
**[15:11] ---**
Apparently, the son didn't play music.
**[15:14] ---**
But I did see him one time.
**[15:19] ---**
Hey, Takinami!
**[15:22] ---**
Aren't you the son of that conductor,
Kaoru Takinami?
**[15:26] ---**
Our club's advisor isn't here today,
so could you conduct us a little?
**[15:31] ---**
"Conduct a little"?
**[15:33] ---**
I'm not interested in your sound
enough to *want* to conduct you.
**[15:36] ---**
Come back when you've fixed it, idiot.
**[15:38] ---**
Huh?! The hell...?!
**[15:41] ---**
Strangely, I've never forgotten that incident.
**[15:44] ---**
I wondered if he really was a "disappointment."
**[15:47] ---**
I see.
**[15:48] ---**
Well, there was also a rumor
**[15:50] ---**
he was just a prodigy
that abandoned his talent.
**[15:54] ---**
But I don't know whether it was true or not.
**[15:56] ---**
Oh, what was his first name again?
**[15:59] ---**
Suzuka Takinami?
**[16:00] ---**
Oh, yeah! Suzuka...
**[16:03] ---**
Huh?
**[16:15] ---**
Kaoru.
**[16:16] ---**
Is Suzuka still not showing
any interest in instruments?
**[16:20] ---**
Yeah.
**[16:21] ---**
Every day, he lies there listening
to music from morning till night.
**[16:24] ---**
His older sister, Kiyoka,
plays the piano, right?
**[16:27] ---**
What if you made Suzuka play an instrument too?
**[16:29] ---**
It's fine.
**[16:31] ---**
Music isn't something you can make someone do.
**[16:33] ---**
If he really wants to do something, he'll do it.
**[16:44] ---**
What are you up to there, Suzuka?
**[16:47] ---**
I wrote a piece.
**[16:48] ---**
Really? You can already compose?
**[16:51] ---**
That's amazing!
**[16:52] ---**
Let me see!
**[16:53] ---**
As I thought, Suzuka really does
want to be involved with music.
**[16:57] ---**
What do we have here...
**[16:58] ---**
This is...
**[17:00] ---**
This is a score for an orchestra!
**[17:02] ---**
Suzuka! When did you learn
how to write a score?!
**[17:06] ---**
I've been writing them ever since
I can remember, so I don't know.
**[17:10] ---**
I don't have any interest in playing,
but I love to listen.
**[17:14] ---**
But I've listened to most of the stuff at home.
**[17:17] ---**
I'll think, "I'd love to listen to this
kind of piece," but never find it.
**[17:21] ---**
Whenever that happens, I just write it myself.
**[17:24] ---**
He's a genius!
**[17:25] ---**
As expected from a child of two geniuses.
**[17:27] ---**
Not even a high school or
college student could write this,
**[17:29] ---**
yet he's done it at only seven years of age?!
**[17:31] ---**
You don't have to make
such a big fuss about it...
**[17:33] ---**
It's best to leave him be.
**[17:35] ---**
Don't be stupid!
You have to raise a prodigy properly!
**[17:39] ---**
That's it! Let's play Suzuka's
piece at the next concert!
**[17:42] ---**
How about we perform it on TV too?!
**[17:45] ---**
At first, I was happy.
**[17:48] ---**
The fact that I was able to hear the piece
I wanted to hear played by pros.
**[17:52] ---**
But, day by day, as they
continued to make a fuss,
**[17:55] ---**
the once beautiful and endlessly
free world of music
**[17:59] ---**
suddenly became rigid and boring.
**[18:04] ---**
I couldn't take it anymore.
**[18:10] ---**
I heard, Suzuka.
**[18:12] ---**
So you're going to stay
with our uncle in Japan?
**[18:15] ---**
Sis...
**[18:16] ---**
Yeah, here...
**[18:18] ---**
...everyone wants me to get sucked into
the music world and it's annoying.
**[18:21] ---**
Why not get "sucked into it"?
You like music after all, don't you?
**[18:25] ---**
I do. That's why I don't want to get involved.
**[18:29] ---**
Music is best when it's just genuinely enjoyed.
**[18:33] ---**
I don't understand
**[18:34] ---**
the meaning in continuing music
when people like you
**[18:37] ---**
look like you're suffering.
**[18:39] ---**
My bad for "suffering."
**[18:41] ---**
Unfortunately, I'm just an ordinary person.
**[18:43] ---**
But I can't quit.
**[18:45] ---**
Why not?
**[18:47] ---**
That's because...
**[18:53] ---**
All right!
**[18:54] ---**
Let's start unloading the instruments
during the lunch break.
**[18:57] ---**
Whoa, it kinda feels like our turn is finally here.
**[19:01] ---**
My stomach's starting to ache.
**[19:02] ---**
It's the same nervousness I felt
before we did "Ryuuseigun."
**[19:05] ---**
What are you doing getting nervous now?
**[19:07] ---**
Our turn is still a ways away.
**[19:09] ---**
Oh, Hozuki's so confident
before a performance...
**[19:12] ---**
Do you not get nervous before
a performance, Hozuki?
**[19:16] ---**
I do a little.
**[19:17] ---**
A little...? That's amazing.
**[19:20] ---**
My stomach's already churning.
**[19:22] ---**
Well, I'm just used to it.
**[19:24] ---**
Used to it, huh?
**[19:27] ---**
Kurusu? Are you okay?
**[19:29] ---**
Huh? Wh-Why?
**[19:31] ---**
Well, you just seemed down...
**[19:34] ---**
I'm completely normal! I feel great!
**[19:36] ---**
Really? That's good then.
**[19:40] ---**
This is bad.
**[19:41] ---**
It's not like me to be nervous.
I can't tell him that I am.
**[19:44] ---**
All the other schools were so good
that I started worrying.
**[19:47] ---**
And when I really thought about it, I realized...
**[19:49] ---**
I'm the only one who hasn't played
in front of an audience before.
**[19:53] ---**
If I held Kota back during the performance
**[19:56] ---**
after training him so hard...
**[19:59] ---**
I can't mess up!
**[20:04] ---**
Here. This is your koto, Kudo.
**[20:07] ---**
Oh, your granddad's koto, huh?
**[20:08] ---**
I see. So you're gonna use it today?
**[20:11] ---**
Well, I've been using it this whole time at home.
**[20:14] ---**
But this is the first time on a stage, right?
**[20:16] ---**
It means Gen's koto is finally
going to see the light of day.
**[20:20] ---**
I'm sure Gen is very happy too.
**[20:22] ---**
I wonder.
**[20:24] ---**
Oh, Hozuki.
**[20:27] ---**
You take this koto instead.
**[20:29] ---**
I'll take the 17 string.
**[20:32] ---**
U-Uh--
**[20:35] ---**
Got it.
**[20:38] ---**
Kurusu, could you go ahead to the drop-off place
**[20:41] ---**
and tell everyone what to do?
**[20:44] ---**
I'm gonna go register us.
**[20:45] ---**
Oh, okay!
**[20:48] ---**
Oh, Mr. Takinami! Just in time!
**[20:50] ---**
Can you carry this koto inside?
**[20:53] ---**
I'm gonna go register--
**[20:54] ---**
I already registered you.
**[20:56] ---**
Huh? *You* did?
**[20:58] ---**
What do you mean "*you* did?"
**[21:00] ---**
The advisor's supposed to do
the registering and stuff anyway.
**[21:03] ---**
I just thought that you must've forgotten...
**[21:05] ---**
Don't underestimate me.
**[21:08] ---**
Oh, Hiro!
**[21:10] ---**
I'm going to place the bridges
here and quickly tune it,
**[21:13] ---**
so please leave that one there.
**[21:15] ---**
Huh?
**[21:16] ---**
Oh, I see! Sorry!
**[21:21] ---**
The kotos!
**[21:24] ---**
Hozuki!
**[21:31] ---**
Hey, are you guys okay?!
**[21:32] ---**
Are you two hurt?!
**[21:34] ---**
I'm fine! Are the kotos okay?!
**[21:37] ---**
They're both fine.
**[21:41] ---**
I'm sorry, Hozy... Chika.
**[21:44] ---**
No, it's all right.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Kuon."
**[23:41] ---**
"#13 Kuon"
# E13 - Kuon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR9V4Q9W6/kuon)
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**[00:03] ---**
Hozuki!
**[00:08] ---**
Are you two hurt?!
**[00:10] ---**
I-I'm sorry, Hozy... Chika.
**[00:13] ---**
No, it's all right.
**[00:15] ---**
What should I do? What am I doing?
**[00:18] ---**
I almost hurt them both
and damaged the kotos.
**[00:22] ---**
I can't believe I could make such
a mistake before the performance.
**[00:25] ---**
What should I do?
**[00:27] ---**
Kurusu.
**[00:28] ---**
It's okay.
**[00:30] ---**
Huh?
**[00:31] ---**
You know?
**[00:32] ---**
This is something my upperclassman once said,
**[00:35] ---**
but the stage is a reward for all
the hard work you've put in up until now.
**[00:39] ---**
So enjoy it as much as you can.
**[00:43] ---**
We've done all we can now.
**[00:45] ---**
All that's left for us to do now
is to not worry about messing up
**[00:47] ---**
and just enjoy playing.
**[00:49] ---**
I'm kinda pep talking myself right now, too.
**[00:54] ---**
What's with that?
**[00:58] ---**
Thanks, Takezo.
I'm feeling a little better now, too.
**[01:02] ---**
Me too! Me too!
**[01:03] ---**
Kudo, let's hurry and set up the bridges.
**[01:06] ---**
Okay.
**[01:19] ---**
Wha--
**[01:20] ---**
Kudo, come with me a sec.
**[01:22] ---**
What are you doing, Takinami,
you bastard?! Let me go!
**[02:59] ---**
"#13 Kuon"
**[03:00] ---**
"#13 Kuon"
Hey!
**[03:01] ---**
"#13 Kuon"
Why do I have to go to
the bathroom with you?!
**[03:04] ---**
That's not why I brought you here, idiot.
**[03:08] ---**
Ugh.
**[03:09] ---**
Don't "ugh" me!
**[03:11] ---**
You're not performing today.
**[03:13] ---**
Go to the first-aid station right now
and have them tend to your hand.
**[03:16] ---**
Huh?! Stop messing with me! This is nothing!
**[03:19] ---**
Are you stupid?
**[03:20] ---**
It has nothing to do with
whether you're okay or not.
**[03:23] ---**
It'll be my responsibility as the advisor
if you go out there and something happens.
**[03:27] ---**
Who cares about you! I'm performing!
**[03:30] ---**
You have nothing to worry about anyway.
**[03:32] ---**
I'm not gonna force responsibility
on someone else
**[03:34] ---**
for something I decided myself.
**[03:36] ---**
That's lame.
**[03:37] ---**
Getting hurt just before a performance
is pretty lame itself, Kudo.
**[03:41] ---**
Shuddup!
**[03:42] ---**
It's not like this performance is
a preliminary for the nationals.
**[03:45] ---**
It's not really a big deal if you
skip out on this performance, right?
**[03:48] ---**
Kurata's playing first koto, too.
**[03:49] ---**
We can have him do the duet part alone
and we'll just cut your solo.
**[03:54] ---**
Problem solved.
**[03:55] ---**
We can do today's performance without you.
**[04:01] ---**
So that's how it's going to be.
**[04:02] ---**
Come on, hurry up and go
to the first-aid station.
**[04:05] ---**
I'll tell the others.
**[04:09] ---**
Like I said...
**[04:11] ---**
My hand's fine, so I'm gonna perform.
**[04:14] ---**
To think you were this passionate
about club activities...
**[04:17] ---**
Or is it that you're just drunk on excitement--
**[04:21] ---**
I like playing with them!
**[04:24] ---**
I'd hate to be the only one...
looking from the outside in!
**[04:33] ---**
I'll beat you up if you tell
the others about my hand.
**[04:42] ---**
We can do today's performance without you.
**[04:46] ---**
...without you.
**[04:52] ---**
Damn it.
**[04:56] ---**
What is it, Kurata?
**[04:58] ---**
It's bad taste to wait for people
outside the bathroom.
**[05:01] ---**
Stop playing around.
**[05:03] ---**
So you were listening?
**[05:05] ---**
Then I leave this thing with Kudo to you.
**[05:08] ---**
It's a pain in the ass.
**[05:10] ---**
Are you testing us, Mr. Takinami?
**[05:14] ---**
You're always saying things that rub
people the wrong way on purpose.
**[05:17] ---**
My bad.
**[05:19] ---**
I can only say what I think.
**[05:23] ---**
If this was really about protecting yourself,
**[05:25] ---**
you didn't have to bring him here.
**[05:27] ---**
You could have taken him directly
to the first-aid station yourself.
**[05:31] ---**
I didn't think of that.
**[05:33] ---**
I'll do that next time.
**[05:42] ---**
I have no idea what that guy's thinking.
**[05:45] ---**
Kudo...
**[05:47] ---**
What should I do?
What's the right thing to do?
**[05:50] ---**
I like playing with them!
**[05:53] ---**
I'd hate to be the only one...
looking from the outside in!
**[06:06] ---**
This is bad... It's gotten more
swollen than it was before.
**[06:09] ---**
It feels like the pain level
is like five times higher, too.
**[06:14] ---**
I... might be an idiot.
**[06:18] ---**
Not only that,
**[06:19] ---**
but "I'd hate to be the only one
looking from the outside in"?
**[06:22] ---**
What was that? So lame.
I was acting like a kid.
**[06:28] ---**
What's up?
**[06:29] ---**
Don't "what's up?" me!
**[06:31] ---**
Where the heck are you, Chika?!
**[06:33] ---**
We've already moved the instruments
to the tuning room!
**[06:36] ---**
We're gonna play once through and then tune!
**[06:39] ---**
Hurry up and get here!
**[06:41] ---**
We can only use this room for 30 minutes!
**[06:44] ---**
Play once through...
**[06:46] ---**
Uh, sorry, Sane. The thing is...
**[06:48] ---**
Isaki's breakfast this morning
didn't agree with me.
**[06:52] ---**
What?!
**[06:52] ---**
I'll be there for the actual performance.
**[06:54] ---**
Wai-- Hey!
**[06:56] ---**
He hung up...
**[06:57] ---**
What did Chika say?
**[06:59] ---**
Ah, he said he's taking a dump...
**[07:02] ---**
--Huh?
--Disgusting...
**[07:04] ---**
His breakfast apparently didn't
agree with him or something.
**[07:06] ---**
What?
**[07:07] ---**
Is he going to be okay?
**[07:11] ---**
Then I leave this thing with Kudo to you.
**[07:16] ---**
Ugh, damn it.
**[07:18] ---**
I can't put any strength into it.
**[07:25] ---**
It means Gen's koto is finally
going to see the light of day.
**[07:28] ---**
I'm sure Gen is very happy too.
**[07:35] ---**
I wanna play this properly.
**[07:40] ---**
Ah, damn it.
**[07:41] ---**
Chika, what are you up to?
It's almost time for our performance!
**[07:45] ---**
This is stressing me out.
**[07:47] ---**
Shouldn't we go see if he's okay?
**[07:49] ---**
Yeah, but...
**[07:51] ---**
I wonder if Chika's okay...
**[07:53] ---**
He might really be in bad shape.
**[07:55] ---**
Don't you think, Hozy?
**[07:57] ---**
He lacks spirit if he's going to get sick
just before a performance.
**[08:02] ---**
It's okay to admit you're worried, you know?
**[08:05] ---**
I-I'm not worried about him!
**[08:07] ---**
I'm worried about the performance!
**[08:12] ---**
Why do I have to do this?
**[08:14] ---**
Stop complaining.
**[08:16] ---**
Kudo's hand must be pretty bad.
**[08:19] ---**
Maybe I *should* stop him from performing...
**[08:22] ---**
...but...
**[08:23] ---**
I like playing with them!
**[08:26] ---**
That made me so happy!
**[08:29] ---**
It made me want to perform
with everyone at all costs.
**[08:31] ---**
But... if I really consider
what's best for Kudo...
**[08:37] ---**
I'm sorry, everyone--
**[08:40] ---**
I shouldn't be telling you this
right before the performance,
**[08:45] ---**
but Kudo is--
**[08:45] ---**
My bad!
**[08:47] ---**
I'm sorry for being late.
**[08:48] ---**
Chika!
**[08:57] ---**
Honestly, man!
What do you think you're doing?!
**[09:00] ---**
Even *my* stomach started hurting, you idiot!
**[09:03] ---**
My bad...
**[09:04] ---**
I was worried about what we'd do if you
didn't make it for the performance!
**[09:08] ---**
Playing without you would be out of
the question after how far we've come!
**[09:13] ---**
Honestly! Do you know how much
you had us worried?!
**[09:16] ---**
I'm glad you made it, Chika!
**[09:19] ---**
Do you feel all refreshed now
after getting everything out?!
**[09:22] ---**
Hey, Mittsu!
**[09:23] ---**
Hey, Kudo.
**[09:24] ---**
Without you, our last practice
was half-baked, you know?
**[09:29] ---**
Missing just one person can completely
change a performance,
**[09:32] ---**
so don't let a little stomachache get to you.
**[09:40] ---**
Everyone from Tokise High School,
please quiet down.
**[09:43] ---**
You will perform in ten minutes,
so please move to the waiting area.
**[09:46] ---**
Oh, yes! Sorry!
**[09:48] ---**
Crap.
**[09:49] ---**
Kudo...
**[10:01] ---**
Let's make this... our best performance yet!
**[10:08] ---**
Of course.
**[10:14] ---**
Hearing the school before us play
makes me even more nervous.
**[10:18] ---**
Crap, my heart's going crazy.
**[10:21] ---**
Kurata.
**[10:22] ---**
Are you really okay with this?
**[10:24] ---**
As the club president,
I think this is the wrong decision,
**[10:28] ---**
but I don't regret it.
**[10:30] ---**
I thought this was the best thing to do,
**[10:32] ---**
even if it's a mistake.
**[10:34] ---**
I don't think you,
looking on from the outside in,
**[10:36] ---**
would understand.
**[10:39] ---**
How long do you plan on
being a bystander, Suzuka?
**[10:46] ---**
I think I can probably last long enough
to play "Kuon" once through.
**[10:50] ---**
I'll make it happen!
**[10:51] ---**
In the past, I'd get completely beaten up
and bleed from fights and be totally fine.
**[10:56] ---**
I can do this no problem.
**[10:58] ---**
Hey, Kudo.
**[10:59] ---**
You're sweating a lot.
Does your stomach still hurt?
**[11:02] ---**
Huh?! No! The spotlight's just hot.
**[11:05] ---**
It's not on us yet though...
**[11:09] ---**
He's acting kind of strange...
**[11:15] ---**
Th-Th-Th-They finished.
**[11:18] ---**
O-O-Our turn's next. C-Calm down.
**[11:22] ---**
It's finally Tokise's turn, huh, Kazusa?
**[11:25] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:25] ---**
"Kazusa Vision"
I look forward to seeing
**[11:27] ---**
"Kazusa Vision"
that barbarian perform
after he blew all that smoke.
**[11:31] ---**
And it's been so long...
since I've heard Satowa perform.
**[11:36] ---**
But why couldn't it have been a solo?!
**[11:38] ---**
I don't need to hear all those
unnecessary sounds!
**[11:40] ---**
--Why aren't I the one playing with her?!
**[11:42] ---**
--Such a busy girl...
--Why aren't I the one playing with her?!
**[11:45] ---**
Ousuke!
**[11:47] ---**
Kou!
**[11:48] ---**
You've come to listen to Tokise play too?
**[11:50] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:51] ---**
We did have a practice
session together after all.
**[11:54] ---**
You also seemed interested in them.
**[11:56] ---**
Yeah. I'm interested to hear what kind
of sound that guy can produce.
**[12:01] ---**
"That guy"?
**[12:02] ---**
Not the girl Ootori was interested in?
**[12:04] ---**
Yeah. That guy that really stood out.
**[12:08] ---**
We've only met twice,
**[12:09] ---**
but he really cherishes what he loves,
**[12:13] ---**
so I wondered what kind of tone
that kind of person would have.
**[12:18] ---**
Won't it just be stupidly straightforward?
**[12:23] ---**
You might be right...
**[12:25] ---**
S-Sen...
**[12:27] ---**
A-Are we really gonna listen
this close to the stage?
**[12:31] ---**
Yeah. It's that idiot's turn next after all.
**[12:34] ---**
We're gonna pressure him from the first row!
**[12:40] ---**
Is everyone ready?
**[12:42] ---**
Y-Yeah!
**[12:54] ---**
This is totally different from
the view from the audience chairs.
**[12:58] ---**
It's so bright.
**[13:00] ---**
This is different from the time
we performed "Ryuuseigun."
**[13:02] ---**
Everyone here came to listen
to us from the start.
**[13:05] ---**
I-I'm so scared.
I can't even look at the audience.
**[13:13] ---**
It's my first time returning to
the stage since that time...
**[13:18] ---**
I don't regret it.
**[13:20] ---**
I thought this was the best thing to do,
**[13:22] ---**
even if it's a mistake.
**[13:24] ---**
He's gotten pretty bold.
**[13:28] ---**
I really hope you don't regret this--
**[13:31] ---**
whatever performance this turns into.
**[13:34] ---**
Number 24,
**[13:36] ---**
Tokise High School
from Kanagawa prefecture,
**[13:40] ---**
performing "Kuon."
**[13:45] ---**
"Kuon"
**[13:49] ---**
Number 24,
**[13:51] ---**
Tokise High School
from Kanagawa prefecture,
**[13:54] ---**
performing "Kuon."
**[14:07] ---**
Wind?
**[14:18] ---**
Hold up! Until the end!
**[14:35] ---**
Every note is resounding so beautifully.
**[14:40] ---**
No wonder Kazusa has been making a fuss.
**[14:46] ---**
It's Satowa's... solo.
**[14:49] ---**
The tone quality seems a little
different from before though...
**[15:17] ---**
All right, let me hear it--
**[15:20] ---**
whether you can truly keep up with Satowa.
**[15:30] ---**
I can do this!
**[15:31] ---**
This is the duet we've practiced so much.
**[15:33] ---**
Duet number one.
**[15:41] ---**
We aren't together!
**[15:43] ---**
Kudo!
**[15:45] ---**
I thought they had their duet down perfectly!
**[15:49] ---**
My, my.
**[15:50] ---**
The difference in skill level between
the 17 string and the others is incredible.
**[15:52] ---**
It's not just that they aren't together.
**[15:54] ---**
Kudo's playing is so much quieter than usu--
**[15:58] ---**
What's with his hand? Is it bruised?
**[16:00] ---**
How?! Since when?!
**[16:03] ---**
Hozuki!
**[16:06] ---**
Then?
**[16:08] ---**
No way... What should I do?
**[16:09] ---**
It's because he protected me!
**[16:11] ---**
How didn't I notice...?
**[16:14] ---**
The 17 string's tempo is wavering!
**[16:16] ---**
It's suddenly gotten harder to play.
**[16:18] ---**
Whoa, so sloppy. They're all over the place.
**[16:24] ---**
What's... happening?!
**[16:26] ---**
What should I do? My decision was--
**[16:29] ---**
What am I doing?! What am I doing?!
**[16:33] ---**
This is a horrible performance because of *me*.
**[16:35] ---**
We're in this sorry state because
**[16:37] ---**
I selfishly decided to perform like this.
**[16:39] ---**
Everyone can actually play really well!
**[16:41] ---**
Hozuki is much better than this!
**[16:45] ---**
Shit... Shit!
**[16:48] ---**
So it turned out this way after all...
**[16:50] ---**
No one's heart is in it.
**[16:54] ---**
I shouldn't get involved after all.
**[16:57] ---**
I have to somehow lead everyone
**[16:59] ---**
while supporting Kudo's sound!
**[17:01] ---**
But how?!
**[17:04] ---**
If the power to lead people like
that boy can is somewhere inside me...
**[17:09] ---**
We're almost at the part Kota struggles with...
**[17:12] ---**
What should I do?
**[17:13] ---**
At this rate, he'll mess up and--
**[17:20] ---**
What?! That was *Kota* just now?!
**[17:22] ---**
Amazing, Kota!
**[17:24] ---**
His timing was perfect!
**[17:26] ---**
Mizuhara...
**[17:27] ---**
I'd hate for it to end like this!
**[17:30] ---**
For the people that didn't abandon
someone like me and came looking for me
**[17:33] ---**
to end their performance without a smile...
**[17:38] ---**
I'd absolutely hate it!
**[17:43] ---**
You're right, Kota.
**[17:45] ---**
It's not over yet!
**[17:52] ---**
That's right.
**[17:55] ---**
What am I doing...
**[17:57] ---**
...not believing in the decision
I made until the end?!
**[18:03] ---**
We're almost at the second duet!
**[18:07] ---**
It's okay.
**[18:09] ---**
The notes will definitely...
**[18:11] ---**
...play where we want them to!
**[18:19] ---**
Wh-What is this?!
**[18:20] ---**
They're playing totally different than before!
**[18:22] ---**
Kudo!
**[18:32] ---**
After this, it's the first koto solo.
First Takezo, then Kudo's.
**[18:36] ---**
I won't be able to hide any mistakes.
**[18:50] ---**
I'm not alone anymore.
**[18:53] ---**
The sound that believed in me... is right here.
**[18:58] ---**
Someone will fill in the sound I lack.
**[19:16] ---**
Next is Kudo's solo.
**[19:40] ---**
Hey, Hozuki.
**[19:43] ---**
Don't you dare try and
"match" our level, okay?
**[19:47] ---**
Just play with all you've got!
**[19:49] ---**
That's it. I'll lead in my own way.
**[19:54] ---**
Of course I will.
**[20:03] ---**
Hozuki?
**[20:08] ---**
Here we go!
**[20:10] ---**
At this rate, the second half...
is gonna liven up!
**[20:48] ---**
The wind, it's--
**[20:55] ---**
I don't understand
**[20:56] ---**
the meaning in continuing music
when people like you
**[20:59] ---**
look like you're suffering.
**[21:01] ---**
My bad for "suffering."
**[21:02] ---**
But I can't quit.
**[21:03] ---**
Why not?
**[21:05] ---**
That's because...
**[21:15] ---**
...once I found it, I couldn't *not* get involved...
**[21:20] ---**
...with the sound that sways
my heart so intensely.
**[21:38] ---**
"Chika"
# Season 2
# E14 - A Step Forward
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYGVNV35Y/a-step-forward)
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**[00:01] ---**
Hozuki!
**[00:10] ---**
We aren't together!
**[00:12] ---**
No way... What should I do?
It's because he protected me!
**[00:15] ---**
I'd hate for it to end like this!
**[00:19] ---**
I'd absolutely hate it!
**[00:22] ---**
That's right.
**[00:24] ---**
What am I doing... not believing in
the decision I made until the end?!
**[00:29] ---**
It's okay.
**[00:30] ---**
The notes will definitely...
play where we want them to!
**[00:34] ---**
Wh-What is this?! They're playing
totally different than before!
**[00:37] ---**
I'm not alone anymore.
**[00:40] ---**
Don't you dare try and "match" our level, okay?
**[00:44] ---**
Just play with all you've got!
**[00:46] ---**
That's it. I'll lead in my own way.
**[00:50] ---**
Of course I will.
**[00:52] ---**
Once I found it, I couldn't *not* get involved...
**[00:56] ---**
...with the sound that sways
my heart so intensely.
**[01:15] ---**
What on earth... just happened?
**[01:19] ---**
"#14 A Step Forward"
**[01:46] ---**
Their performance got really good
halfway through, didn't it?
**[01:50] ---**
The audience is super excited.
**[01:52] ---**
I-It's okay! We can still
outdo them! Right, Mio?!
**[02:03] ---**
Mio...?
**[02:06] ---**
Mio is laughing out loud?!
**[02:08] ---**
I've never seen that before! How creepy!
**[02:10] ---**
Don't roll around in a place like this!
Hey, it's our turn next, you know!
**[02:14] ---**
President...
**[02:17] ---**
I can give my best performance ever today.
**[02:23] ---**
The first half and the second half...
**[02:25] ---**
It seemed as if they were played
by two different schools.
**[02:28] ---**
Then they showed their real
ability in the second half?
**[02:32] ---**
Their tone was quite different from
what I expected. It was profound...
**[02:37] ---**
You look happy, Ousuke.
**[02:39] ---**
What? I do?
**[02:41] ---**
Sen... Their performance was
kinda amazing, wasn't it?
**[02:46] ---**
Yeah...
**[02:48] ---**
Hey! Don't be so impressed, you stupid Haru!
**[02:50] ---**
Compared to us, they're nothing!
**[02:53] ---**
What? But--
**[02:54] ---**
Shut up!
**[02:55] ---**
My goodness... I feel like
I saw something very incredible.
**[03:00] ---**
They did a great job
recovering in the second half.
**[03:03] ---**
I feel like their performance lifted my spirits.
**[03:06] ---**
We were able to witness someone's growth.
**[03:10] ---**
We're lucky to hear a performance like this.
**[03:13] ---**
Their performance was great.
**[03:17] ---**
Chika did a good job... though he
worried me at the beginning.
**[03:22] ---**
Would you like to use this?
**[03:23] ---**
Thanks, Mom.
**[03:25] ---**
What?
**[03:26] ---**
Are you okay, Kazusa?
**[03:30] ---**
I'm not okay.
**[03:32] ---**
I can't accept a performance like that.
**[03:40] ---**
I'm sorry!
**[03:43] ---**
What?
**[03:44] ---**
Hey, what's going on?
What's up with you three?
**[03:47] ---**
Ah, well, Kudo was actually...
**[03:54] ---**
Since I've been having a bad case of diarrhea,
**[03:57] ---**
I couldn't focus and
dragged you down. I'm sorry.
**[04:03] ---**
I-I knew about it,
but I didn't tell you guys.
**[04:05] ---**
Same here.
**[04:06] ---**
Don't tell such an obvious lie.
**[04:09] ---**
M-Mr. Takinami!
**[04:11] ---**
What? A lie? What're you talking about?
**[04:13] ---**
--Ow!
--Whoa... It looks worse than earlier.
**[04:15] ---**
--Whoa... It looks worse than earlier.
**[04:18] ---**
Chika! Your hand...!
**[04:19] ---**
Oh, no! What happened?
**[04:23] ---**
Could it be from that time...?
**[04:25] ---**
He hurt himself in the restroom.
**[04:28] ---**
What?
**[04:29] ---**
Since he didn't look well,
**[04:31] ---**
I threw him into the restroom and
told him he didn't have to perform.
**[04:35] ---**
Then he snapped and hit the wall,
injuring his hand.
**[04:38] ---**
It was so lame that even I can
understand why he wanted to lie.
**[04:42] ---**
You bastard...!
**[04:43] ---**
Hm? Am I mistaken?
**[04:46] ---**
Y-You're not... mistaken.
**[04:51] ---**
Jeez... How lame!
**[04:53] ---**
That's our Chika!
**[04:54] ---**
You're so funny, Chika!
**[04:56] ---**
Stop playing around and
go get your hand treated.
**[04:59] ---**
I know already!
**[05:01] ---**
Now, you guys pack up the instruments.
**[05:05] ---**
Sorry. I got thirsty, so I'm going
to buy something to drink.
**[05:08] ---**
What? Ah... Sure.
**[05:10] ---**
Whoa... Hozuki sure can pack up fast.
**[05:13] ---**
K-Kurata...
**[05:14] ---**
Is Chika's injury really...?
**[05:19] ---**
Yeah, really, I hope it gets better soon.
**[05:23] ---**
When it does, let's play together again.
**[05:28] ---**
Yes.
**[05:31] ---**
"First-aid Station"
**[05:33] ---**
It'll require one month to heal.
Actually, it might take longer than that.
**[05:37] ---**
Huh?! One month?!
**[05:39] ---**
Why?! It's just a sprain, right?
**[05:41] ---**
Don't take it lightly. Because you overdid it,
it's gotten quite a bit worse.
**[05:45] ---**
Don't use that hand for a while.
Once the swelling is gone, start rehab.
**[05:49] ---**
Wh-What about the koto?
**[05:51] ---**
Don't play it, of course.
**[05:53] ---**
"Shock"
**[05:54] ---**
I'll heal it up in three days!
**[05:56] ---**
Good luck with that. Okay, you can go now.
**[05:59] ---**
Let's see... The one he's always drinking is...
**[06:03] ---**
"Strawberry Au Lait"
**[06:08] ---**
Are you looking for something?
**[06:10] ---**
What? U-Um... I-I'd like to buy the tasty
strawberry snacks. All of them!
**[06:19] ---**
"Concession Stand"
**[06:22] ---**
Ah... Kud--
**[06:24] ---**
Hey you, wait!
**[06:26] ---**
Ugh!
**[06:27] ---**
What, you again?
**[06:30] ---**
What do you want?
**[06:31] ---**
I heard your performance.
What the heck was that?!
**[06:35] ---**
You were unorganized and terrible
in the first half. I couldn't stand it.
**[06:38] ---**
It seemed that you recovered
quite a bit in the second half,
**[06:41] ---**
but a piece is a piece when you
play it from the start till the end!
**[06:46] ---**
I can't accept that kind of performance!
**[06:49] ---**
As I thought, you're not worthy
to play the koto with Satowa!
**[06:56] ---**
You're saying that again?
Today's performance was all my fault.
**[07:00] ---**
And, I've said this many times,
**[07:02] ---**
but Hozuki plays with us because she wants to.
**[07:05] ---**
It's not for you to decide.
**[07:08] ---**
Is that all? See ya.
**[07:11] ---**
It's you guys' fault!
**[07:13] ---**
Huh?
**[07:14] ---**
Satowa's performance today...
**[07:19] ---**
That's... That's not how
her performance should be!
**[07:24] ---**
Huh?
**[07:25] ---**
Those tones weren't hers!
**[07:28] ---**
They used to be sharper
and more honed before!
**[07:31] ---**
They sounded strong, noble, and always solid!
**[07:35] ---**
I admired her tones so much, but now,
they've been defiled by you!
**[07:39] ---**
Because she plays with
unskilled people like you guys,
**[07:43] ---**
Satowa's tones became halfhearted!
She's not as good as she was before!
**[07:48] ---**
If you stay in this puny club,
you'll only get worse.
**[07:53] ---**
Why...? Then does it mean that I
should be facing the koto like I used to?
**[07:58] ---**
Continuing to scream all by myself...?
**[08:02] ---**
Your koto... is like a weapon to me.
**[08:07] ---**
They've become gentle.
**[08:11] ---**
What?
**[08:13] ---**
It's not that they became halfhearted
or that she became a bad player.
**[08:18] ---**
It's just that her tones became gentler.
**[08:21] ---**
I like her current tones a lot more than
**[08:24] ---**
her tones when I first heard them.
**[08:43] ---**
I'm not asking you what you like.
**[08:47] ---**
You don't know anything about tones!
**[08:52] ---**
They've become gentle.
**[08:55] ---**
I already... know that. You don't have
to tell me 'cause I already know that!
**[09:02] ---**
From childhood, Satowa's tones
were enveloped by solitude in some way.
**[09:07] ---**
They were irresistibly beautiful.
**[09:10] ---**
They were so beautiful that they
made her unapproachable.
**[09:13] ---**
They were transcendent to me.
**[09:17] ---**
But I was wrong...
**[09:19] ---**
I've never heard her tones sound so gentle,
brilliant, fun, and happy before.
**[09:27] ---**
Tones like that...
**[09:30] ---**
...would never have been born
playing with me.
**[09:35] ---**
Damn. She just said whatever she wanted.
**[09:38] ---**
Whoa! You?! How long have you been here?
**[09:42] ---**
I've been here from the beginning.
**[09:45] ---**
What do *you* know about my tones?
**[09:49] ---**
What, you were listening?
Sorry, I only said what I thought.
**[10:01] ---**
Th...
**[10:04] ---**
Thank you.
**[10:09] ---**
Thank you.
**[10:20] ---**
Chika!
**[10:22] ---**
There you are!
**[10:24] ---**
This is for you!
**[10:26] ---**
Huh? Wha...?
**[10:30] ---**
Hey, Chika. Is your hand okay?
**[10:33] ---**
Hm? Wasn't Hozuki just here, too?
**[10:35] ---**
Ah! You went ahead and bought snacks
already?! That's not fair! Give me some!
**[10:42] ---**
No way.
**[10:43] ---**
How stingy! Since when
did you become so petty?!
**[10:46] ---**
Shut up.
**[10:58] ---**
That concludes all the performances
by participating high schools.
**[11:04] ---**
My goodness... I never expected to see
this many high-level performances.
**[11:09] ---**
I'm glad I was able to listen to them.
**[11:12] ---**
After hearing them, I started questioning
if it was okay for us to give marks.
**[11:18] ---**
There's nothing we can do about it.
**[11:20] ---**
Since this is a competition, we have
to decide the ranking no matter what.
**[11:30] ---**
Kudo...
**[11:32] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:33] ---**
"Stare..."
**[11:34] ---**
"Stare..."
Is the person behind us your friend?
**[11:36] ---**
"Stare..."
A total stranger.
**[11:37] ---**
Hey... What's your name?
**[11:39] ---**
Definitely no!
**[11:41] ---**
Then give me your contact info.
**[11:42] ---**
No!
**[11:44] ---**
Then can I come hang out
with you at your place?
**[11:48] ---**
Four-eyes! Help me!
**[11:49] ---**
What?!
**[11:51] ---**
Your tones are... interesting.
**[11:55] ---**
Your tones, I can understand.
**[11:58] ---**
What?
**[11:59] ---**
I can see the accumulated
training behind them.
**[12:03] ---**
They're refined, very beautiful tones.
**[12:07] ---**
But your tones are mysterious.
**[12:10] ---**
They're unrefined, but for some reason--
**[12:12] ---**
Hey, Mio! You wandered off again!
**[12:15] ---**
Everyone's sitting over there. Let's go.
**[12:18] ---**
No. You sit here, too, Uta.
**[12:21] ---**
Jeez...!
**[12:23] ---**
What does "unrefined" mean?
**[12:25] ---**
Well, we're now going to announce
the results of this competition.
**[12:31] ---**
Ahh... I'm so nervous.
I'm scared of hearing the results.
**[12:34] ---**
Stop it, Kota. I don't wanna
catch your nervousness!
**[12:37] ---**
Hmph! How pathetic! If you're a man,
you should remain calm!
**[12:42] ---**
You sure seem manly.
**[12:44] ---**
Shut up! You picking a fight?!
**[12:46] ---**
We heard many high-level,
memorable performances,
**[12:51] ---**
which made this competition an amazing one.
**[12:54] ---**
Judging was difficult, especially
the best performance award.
**[12:58] ---**
Well, enough with the introduction.
**[13:02] ---**
We'll now move onto announcing the results.
**[13:09] ---**
First, I'll announce the seven
schools out of all 33,
**[13:12] ---**
one from each prefecture, to receive
the award for outstanding performance.
**[13:16] ---**
Then, I'll announce the school that won
first place, the best performance award,
**[13:19] ---**
out of those seven.
**[13:22] ---**
The first outstanding performance award
is for Tokyo, which goes to...
**[13:26] ---**
...Meiryo High School.
**[13:30] ---**
Great.
**[13:31] ---**
Ousuke.
**[13:33] ---**
We did it!
**[13:36] ---**
Yep.
**[13:37] ---**
Next is for Ibaraki, which goes
to Eidai Fuzoku High School.
**[13:43] ---**
All rrrrrright!
**[13:46] ---**
Whooooa! Sen!
**[13:49] ---**
Did you hear that?!
This is the level of our ability!
**[13:52] ---**
Don't be so conceited just because you
have cute girl members!
**[13:55] ---**
S-Sen!
**[13:58] ---**
Stupid idiot. What an embarrassing guy.
**[14:01] ---**
--Oh, shoot... My heart is pounding
so hard that my body is swaying.
--For Tochigi, the award goes to
Ichihara Yamaoka High School.
**[14:06] ---**
I can't breathe...
**[14:08] ---**
--Ahh... I hope we get chosen.
--For Gunma, the award goes
to Kuriyama Daiichi High School.
**[14:13] ---**
Ahh... Oh boy, oh boy...
**[14:14] ---**
--For Saitama, the award goes
to Ezawa High School.
**[14:16] ---**
--It's nerve-racking, isn't it, Mio?
--For Saitama, the award goes
to Ezawa High School.
**[14:18] ---**
Not really.
**[14:19] ---**
We're not gonna lose.
I don't wanna lose... not to Tokise.
**[14:24] ---**
It'll be fine.
**[14:26] ---**
We'll win.
**[14:28] ---**
Fumi...
**[14:31] ---**
Of course we will.
**[14:33] ---**
And lastly, for Kanagawa.
**[14:36] ---**
I'm more nervous than when I'm by myself.
**[14:40] ---**
We did everything we could do!
**[14:44] ---**
The award goes to...
**[14:50] ---**
...Kanagawa Prefectural...
**[14:53] ---**
...Hakuto High School.
**[15:00] ---**
What?
**[15:01] ---**
We did it!
**[15:04] ---**
Haku... to...
**[15:06] ---**
"Tokise High School
Kanagawa Prefectural Hakuto High School"
What about the school going after us?
They're from Kanagawa.
**[15:10] ---**
They're the ones who played right after us!
**[15:14] ---**
We did it, Mio! We won the award!
**[15:20] ---**
Do you now feel like telling me your name?
**[15:29] ---**
We didn't get chosen...
**[15:30] ---**
Oh, you guys didn't get chosen? How lame...
**[15:33] ---**
Hey, Sen!
**[15:36] ---**
Sorry.
**[15:40] ---**
Well, it was a natural outcome.
**[15:43] ---**
With a mistake like that,
they can't win a competition.
**[15:46] ---**
Hakuto High School... It's the school
that performed right after Tokise...
**[15:51] ---**
Well, that's understandable...
given the kind of performance they gave.
**[15:58] ---**
What...? What just happened?
**[16:02] ---**
Hakuto? Who's that?
**[16:05] ---**
How could we lose
to an unknown school like that...?
**[16:08] ---**
And, as for the best performance award,
actually, it'll be awarded to two schools.
**[16:14] ---**
Meiryo High School from Tokyo
**[16:18] ---**
and Hakuto High School from Kanagawa.
**[16:22] ---**
I know this is unusual,
but both schools are equally excellent,
**[16:26] ---**
so we'd like to give the best
performance award to both schools.
**[16:31] ---**
No way! The best performance award?!
**[16:33] ---**
We did it!
**[16:34] ---**
The same level as us...
**[16:37] ---**
Well then, we'll start the award ceremony now.
**[16:40] ---**
--This can't be happening.
--Those who are receiving the award...
**[16:43] ---**
Himesaka has been in first place
all this time in Kanagawa.
**[16:51] ---**
Kazusa...
**[17:12] ---**
What's happening...?
**[17:15] ---**
The back of my throat feels uncomfortable.
**[17:19] ---**
Hard to breathe...
**[17:22] ---**
It feels damn hot inside my body...
**[17:25] ---**
...like it's burning.
**[17:29] ---**
Takaoka, are you gonna go talk to Chika
and the others before you leave?
**[17:33] ---**
Ah... No, I'll go home. They probably
don't want me to talk to them right now.
**[17:37] ---**
I don't think they mind.
**[17:40] ---**
But well, let's go home, then.
I'll take you home.
**[17:43] ---**
No, thank you. I'll be fine.
**[17:45] ---**
Oh, don't be so reserved.
**[17:46] ---**
No, really, I'm fine.
**[17:47] ---**
Let's go home, Haru. What're you doing?
**[17:50] ---**
Ah, well, I was wondering where they were.
**[17:53] ---**
You mean those guys from Tokise?
**[17:55] ---**
Y-Yeah. I thought I wanted to
make friends with them.
**[17:59] ---**
Huh?! Don't talk nonsense!
**[18:02] ---**
We'll see them again anyway...
**[18:05] ---**
...as long as we continue to play the koto.
**[18:06] ---**
Sen...
**[18:08] ---**
Enough about that!
We have to go home and practice!
**[18:10] ---**
We don't have the luxury to take a break!
**[18:12] ---**
Dammit! We couldn't even
be first place in Kanto
**[18:15] ---**
when we're aiming to be
number one in nationals...
**[18:17] ---**
We'll definitely be first place next time!
**[18:21] ---**
Do you feel a little calmer now?
**[18:24] ---**
I'm okay.
**[18:31] ---**
This will make us stronger.
**[18:41] ---**
Hey, Mio! Where're you going?!
**[18:47] ---**
Looks like things are getting
more and more interesting.
**[18:58] ---**
Guys...
**[19:00] ---**
As expected, it's not
so easy to place, is it?
**[19:03] ---**
Y-Yeah. I thought we worked very hard,
but we were too optimistic.
**[19:09] ---**
I should've... I should've practiced
a lot harder than I did.
**[19:13] ---**
We were talking about nationals
when we're at this level...
**[19:16] ---**
I feel very embarra--
**[19:18] ---**
It's not embarrassing!
It's not embarrassing at all!
**[19:23] ---**
It's true that today's result wasn't
what we wanted,
**[19:27] ---**
but we performed the best we could at the time.
**[19:30] ---**
There's definitely no need
to be so hard on ourselves!
**[19:34] ---**
Takezo...
**[19:37] ---**
It's not working... My words aren't enough.
**[19:41] ---**
I mean every single word, but...
**[19:44] ---**
...since I play the koto with them,
my words aren't...
**[19:47] ---**
Stop looking so dejected.
**[19:51] ---**
Mr. Takinami...
**[19:53] ---**
What'd you expect? You guys
messed up during the competition.
**[19:57] ---**
It was a natural outcome.
**[19:59] ---**
Like I said before, why do you--?
**[20:00] ---**
--To be honest, I never thought that Mizuhara
would become the trigger
**[20:02] ---**
--What?
--To be honest, I never thought that Mizuhara
would become the trigger
**[20:04] ---**
for making a comeback.
**[20:06] ---**
Nor did I think that Kudo could play
all the way through with that hand,
**[20:09] ---**
or that you guys could
recover big together like that.
**[20:14] ---**
You didn't give your best performance today.
**[20:19] ---**
It was better than your best.
**[20:22] ---**
What...?
**[20:25] ---**
I liked your performance.
**[20:28] ---**
It was a good performance.
**[20:31] ---**
You guys can become even better.
**[20:36] ---**
My bad. I can only say what I think.
**[20:50] ---**
I'm so frustrated!
**[20:53] ---**
We'll win next time for sure!
**[20:56] ---**
I'll... I'll practice more
and more to get better!
**[21:00] ---**
Next time, I'll perform a lot better than today!
**[21:04] ---**
Our next competition is
the national qualifier, right?
**[21:08] ---**
Yeah.
**[21:09] ---**
We're definitely gonna go...
**[21:12] ---**
...to nationals!
**[21:21] ---**
Let's go for sure!
**[21:25] ---**
Yep.
**[21:31] ---**
All right! We'll make it happen!
**[21:32] ---**
Ahhh, okay, okay. Good luck.
**[21:34] ---**
Let's go home already.
**[21:36] ---**
You're not telling us
to quit dreaming today, huh?
**[21:40] ---**
I don't say things that I don't think.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Becoming Aware."
**[23:41] ---**
"#15 Becoming Aware"
# E15 - Becoming Aware
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR9XGX4JY/becoming-aware)
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**[01:30] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[01:33] ---**
"#15 Becoming Aware"
I came in for some reason even though
we don't have morning practice today.
**[01:38] ---**
We lost yesterday...
**[01:41] ---**
...to a school whose performance
we didn't even hear.
**[01:45] ---**
You guys can become even better.
**[01:54] ---**
Hm? It's not locked?
**[01:57] ---**
Ah...
**[01:59] ---**
Why are *you* here?
**[02:00] ---**
Why are *you* here? I told you guys
there's no practice today.
**[02:04] ---**
Yeah, we know.
**[02:06] ---**
But we've practiced koto
day in and day out all summer.
**[02:09] ---**
So we don't know what else
to do with ourselves now.
**[02:12] ---**
Guys...
**[02:13] ---**
Jeez... This is no different
from any other day after all.
**[02:17] ---**
Our next competition
is the national qualifier, right?
**[02:20] ---**
Which piece are we playing?
**[02:21] ---**
We can practice "Kuon" more,
or maybe learn a new piece?
**[02:25] ---**
Wha...? You guys are all here?
Don't you have anything else to do?
**[02:30] ---**
Mr. Takinami?! Why're you here?
**[02:32] ---**
Never mind.
**[02:33] ---**
Well then, here.
**[02:37] ---**
"For School Festival"
Sheet music?
**[02:38] ---**
It's a medley of a bunch of pieces
that are popular these days.
**[02:43] ---**
Your next performance is
the school festival in September.
**[02:46] ---**
Play this piece for that.
**[02:47] ---**
What?
**[02:48] ---**
You guys have a serious lack of
experience performing in public.
**[02:51] ---**
As a first step, grab any chance
to gain experience.
**[02:56] ---**
Say something.
**[02:58] ---**
You sound like a club advisor.
**[03:01] ---**
That's because I *am* your club advisor.
**[03:03] ---**
Suzu...!
**[03:04] ---**
But an arrangement of popular pieces?
Where'd you find sheet music like this?
**[03:09] ---**
I didn't. I wrote it.
**[03:11] ---**
Oh, that makes sense.
**[03:13] ---**
It even has koto notation written in.
**[03:16] ---**
Huh?!
**[03:17] ---**
You wrote it?!
**[03:17] ---**
Y-You mean *you* wrote it?!
**[03:20] ---**
Who else could it be?
**[03:22] ---**
But it's a music piece.
And it even has koto notation!
**[03:25] ---**
I thought you had no
experience with the koto!
**[03:27] ---**
After two years of being a koto club advisor,
**[03:29] ---**
I can at least read and write a koto score.
**[03:33] ---**
Oh, is that right?
**[03:35] ---**
Wow...
**[03:36] ---**
If even a non-koto player like him can do it,
maybe we can already do it, too.
**[03:39] ---**
No way!
**[03:41] ---**
You guys really are idiots!
**[03:42] ---**
Mr. Takinami, what on earth...?
**[03:44] ---**
Enough about me. More importantly,
that score has three parts.
**[03:47] ---**
First and second koto and the 17-string.
**[03:51] ---**
I made the 17-string part simpler.
**[03:54] ---**
So this time, instead of Hozuki,
you play it, Adachi.
**[03:58] ---**
What? Me?
**[03:59] ---**
You have a good sense of rhythm and power,
so you're probably suited for it.
**[04:05] ---**
There's a little less than
a month till the school festival.
**[04:07] ---**
We've got enough time.
**[04:09] ---**
So we'll also decide on the piece
for the qualifier during this time.
**[04:12] ---**
I'll look for one, too, but Hozuki,
**[04:14] ---**
you're more familiar with koto music,
so let me know if you find something.
**[04:18] ---**
Well then... practice that piece, okay?
**[04:22] ---**
What? Huh? What the heck is going on?
What happened to Suzu?
**[04:27] ---**
I-I don't know.
**[04:30] ---**
"For School Festival"
**[04:31] ---**
"For School Festival"
But...
**[04:34] ---**
And one more thing.
**[04:35] ---**
Make sure you finish your summer assignments,
**[04:39] ---**
or you'll attract the vice principal's
attention again,
**[04:41] ---**
and then you might not be able
to perform at the school festival.
**[04:44] ---**
What assignments?
**[04:46] ---**
We had assignments?
**[04:47] ---**
Eeeek.
**[04:50] ---**
You don't have to worry, Takezo.
**[04:54] ---**
We've got the ultimate secret weapon.
**[04:58] ---**
What?
**[04:59] ---**
"Math I"
Thanks for helping us again!
**[05:02] ---**
I'm sorry that I tagged along, Takaoka.
**[05:05] ---**
No, actually, I appreciate it.
**[05:07] ---**
I can't handle them all by myself,
so it'd be great
**[05:09] ---**
if you could help me teach them.
**[05:12] ---**
At any rate, I didn't expect Takaoka
to be their secret weapon.
**[05:17] ---**
Tetsuki is super smart.
**[05:19] ---**
It's thanks to him that we
were able to get into Tokise.
**[05:22] ---**
He got the highest score on the entrance exam.
**[05:24] ---**
What?!
**[05:25] ---**
Okay then. Let's start with math.
**[05:28] ---**
Alrighty.
**[05:30] ---**
"Math I"
**[05:36] ---**
Hey, Tetsuki.
**[05:38] ---**
It looks like the math textbook
isn't doing well right now,
**[05:41] ---**
so let's work on a different subject.
**[05:42] ---**
It's your head that's not doing well.
**[05:46] ---**
"30 minutes later"
**[05:49] ---**
Math is scary. Math is scary.
**[05:52] ---**
I'm hungry.
**[05:53] ---**
That's too soon!
**[05:54] ---**
I mean, what's the deal with X and Y?!
**[05:56] ---**
Aren't they trying too hard
to hide their identities?
**[05:58] ---**
They should live more confidently!
Are they shy or what?!
**[06:00] ---**
We just aren't that into you, you know!
**[06:03] ---**
--I-It certainly isn't easy to teach them.
**[06:03] ---**
--The hell with X!
--I-It certainly isn't easy to teach them.
**[06:07] ---**
I wonder how Takaoka does it...
**[06:09] ---**
--Stupid idiots! What's their problem?!
**[06:10] ---**
--So you guys are just gonna
turn your backs on X and Y, huh?
--Stupid idiots! What's their problem?!
**[06:11] ---**
--So you guys are just gonna
turn your backs on X and Y, huh?
--Stop messing with us!
**[06:13] ---**
--So you guys are just gonna
turn your backs on X and Y, huh?
--I don't get it anymore!
**[06:17] ---**
T-Turn our backs on...?
**[06:19] ---**
They've been forced to conceal
their identities since birth
**[06:24] ---**
and live in solitude, unable to reveal
their true selves to anyone.
**[06:28] ---**
And you guys just turn your backs on them,
saying, "Who cares?"
**[06:31] ---**
Poor things.
**[06:35] ---**
Since birth...
**[06:37] ---**
In solitude...
**[06:39] ---**
Poor X...! Poor Y...!
**[06:41] ---**
We're sorry!
We're not gonna leave you alone!
**[06:45] ---**
I'm not gonna give up on you!
**[06:47] ---**
What?!
**[06:49] ---**
Mr. Tetsu! Tell me how I can
save X from her solitude!
**[06:53] ---**
Mr. Takezo! Please teach me this!
**[07:05] ---**
It's kinda nice... to spend time
like this for a change.
**[07:11] ---**
All right! We're done with English, too!
**[07:15] ---**
Tetsu.
**[07:16] ---**
What?
**[07:17] ---**
I'm hungry. Dinner!
**[07:22] ---**
Let me help you.
**[07:23] ---**
Ah... Thank you very much.
**[07:26] ---**
Well then, could you wash those vegetables?
**[07:29] ---**
Okay.
**[07:34] ---**
At any rate, you really are smart.
You're good at teaching, too.
**[07:39] ---**
Yeah?
**[07:41] ---**
Yeah. Couldn't you have gone
to a better high school?
**[07:44] ---**
Why did you come to Tokise?
**[07:46] ---**
Well...
**[07:47] ---**
No reason in particular.
**[07:50] ---**
It's close to my house, and it seemed
more fun at Tokise, so...
**[07:53] ---**
That's all.
**[07:55] ---**
I see.
**[07:56] ---**
Hey, four-eyes!
**[07:58] ---**
If you're in the kitchen, too,
there's no one to teach us!
**[08:02] ---**
What? Ahh, sorry.
**[08:03] ---**
You're still calling him "four-eyes"?
**[08:07] ---**
Shut up.
**[08:08] ---**
Oh, but there was one time
when you called me "sir."
**[08:11] ---**
What?
**[08:12] ---**
Though it was a while back. Remember?
**[08:14] ---**
You wanna get hurt?
**[08:17] ---**
But well, with all said and done...
**[08:19] ---**
If there's something you
can't solve on your own,
**[08:21] ---**
let's all think about it together!
**[08:23] ---**
Mizuhara. Don't feel like you
have to rush yourself.
**[08:27] ---**
...I feel like you really are
the club president.
**[08:29] ---**
What?
**[08:30] ---**
It was a long time ago,
**[08:33] ---**
but like the time like when Hozuki
told us about her situation...
**[08:36] ---**
I... have been excommunicated
from the Hozuki school.
**[08:39] ---**
Hozuki...
**[08:41] ---**
Thank you for telling us!
**[08:44] ---**
It was probably what she wanted
to hear the most at that moment.
**[08:48] ---**
It's incredible that you said
those words so promptly.
**[08:52] ---**
I can't say things like that, so...
**[08:59] ---**
What? A-Are you crying?
**[09:02] ---**
No! It's the onion!
**[09:04] ---**
You haven't even peeled it yet, though.
**[09:07] ---**
Let's go back to studying already. Jeez...
**[09:10] ---**
I'll be fine, so please go help them.
**[09:13] ---**
S-Sorry.
**[09:16] ---**
Kurata.
**[09:18] ---**
Thank you.
**[09:20] ---**
What?
**[09:21] ---**
When Chika told me that he was
going to join the koto club,
**[09:25] ---**
I thought it'd be tough for him in many ways.
**[09:27] ---**
I thought he'd be rejected by the club members.
**[09:32] ---**
But I was wrong.
**[09:36] ---**
Kurata.
**[09:37] ---**
Thank you for preserving the only place
where he could get over his hardships.
**[09:49] ---**
That's my line.
**[09:54] ---**
Kudo is a new member of the koto club!
**[09:58] ---**
It's only natural that he'd be in the club room!
**[10:00] ---**
We're members of the same club, after all.
**[10:03] ---**
I don't want to lose my precious friends
or the place I belong,
**[10:05] ---**
so we are going to play this piece
till the very end.
**[10:08] ---**
I felt like I should tell you all this.
**[10:10] ---**
What will you do?
**[10:12] ---**
Will you quit?
**[10:13] ---**
Let's make this... our best performance yet!
**[10:20] ---**
Whoooa! It looks yummy!
**[10:24] ---**
Thank you!
**[10:25] ---**
Wow! It's yummy!
**[10:28] ---**
Tetsuki's curry is the best curry.
**[10:31] ---**
Thanks. Actually, I wanted
to let it stand about a day, but...
**[10:35] ---**
I'll eat it again tomorrow.
**[10:36] ---**
What? Are you guys staying over?
**[10:38] ---**
Is that a problem?
**[10:39] ---**
Well, it's not a problem, I guess.
**[10:42] ---**
Seconds, please!
**[10:43] ---**
That was fast.
**[10:47] ---**
The son of Kaoru Takinami
and Tsukasa Yukimori?!
**[10:50] ---**
So I heard.
**[10:51] ---**
You know about them, Takezo?
**[10:54] ---**
What?! You guys don't know them?!
**[10:55] ---**
He's a world-renowned conductor,
and she's a piano prodigy!
**[10:58] ---**
Are they famous?
**[10:59] ---**
They are. Even I know about them.
**[11:02] ---**
Having them as his parents,
he must have quite a good ear for music.
**[11:08] ---**
So someone like that, who's always
listened to super high-level music,
**[11:11] ---**
said our performance was good, huh?
**[11:14] ---**
That makes me feel extra happy.
**[11:20] ---**
I'm happy for you guys.
**[11:24] ---**
All right! I'm getting fired up!
**[11:26] ---**
Let's hurry up and finish the assignments!
**[11:29] ---**
Okay, then, Tetsuki.
Let's exchange assignments.
**[11:31] ---**
How about I deck you instead?!
**[11:38] ---**
"Impatient"
"The only one practicing
with a cardboard koto"
**[11:41] ---**
"September 1"
**[11:44] ---**
Completely healed!
**[11:45] ---**
Are you serious?! It's only been
two weeks or so, hasn't it?
**[11:49] ---**
Don't underestimate my healing power.
**[11:52] ---**
If you aren't careful, you'll hurt it again.
**[11:54] ---**
Oh? It's been a while since
the last time you wore hair down.
**[11:58] ---**
Wh-What? Is that a problem?
**[12:00] ---**
No, it doesn't matter either way.
**[12:03] ---**
Is that so?
**[12:04] ---**
Why are you upset?
**[12:06] ---**
I'm not. This is how I usually am.
**[12:10] ---**
Well, with a majority vote, it's now decided
**[12:12] ---**
"*Okonomiyaki Takoyaki* Waffles Churros Crêpes"
that we'll do a waffle booth
at the school festival!
**[12:15] ---**
And we're going to decide on
the roles now as well.
**[12:23] ---**
I can't believe we're even on
the shopping team together.
**[12:26] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[12:27] ---**
Why are you apologizing?
**[12:29] ---**
Why do I, of all people,
have to be with boring people?
**[12:33] ---**
Hey, Miyu!
**[12:34] ---**
What? You know, you've become
really mellow lately.
**[12:38] ---**
You used to make fun of Kurata
by calling him Nadeshiko, too.
**[12:49] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[12:53] ---**
No problem at all.
**[12:54] ---**
Why're you laughing?
**[12:55] ---**
Well, you've said harsher things
to my face, so...
**[13:00] ---**
Besides... I know what you're like now.
**[13:05] ---**
So don't worry.
**[13:09] ---**
Oh... shoot...
**[13:11] ---**
I feel like...
**[13:13] ---**
...crying...
**[13:15] ---**
Hey, what's with that reaction?
Don't tell me you--
**[13:18] ---**
Saeki.
**[13:20] ---**
Your ability to pick up
on things needs some work.
**[13:23] ---**
Huh?! I don't wanna be told that
by a boring guy like you!
**[13:25] ---**
You don't know what you should
or shouldn't say, either.
**[13:28] ---**
You seriously piss me off!
**[13:30] ---**
A Japanese-style cafe?
Your class will be doing that?
**[13:34] ---**
Serving things like matcha au lait
and *hojicha* latte?
**[13:36] ---**
And strawberry *daifuku*!
**[13:38] ---**
Strawberry *daifuku*?
**[13:40] ---**
Chika insisted and it became
part of the menu.
**[13:43] ---**
Who has an idea for the menu?
**[13:46] ---**
Strawberry *daifuku*!
**[13:50] ---**
The class got noisy, saying like,
"Kudo suggested strawberry *daifuku*?
**[13:53] ---**
How're we supposed to react to that?"
**[13:56] ---**
What about you guys' class?
**[13:58] ---**
A classic--a haunted house!
**[14:00] ---**
Anyhow, I could see the three of you
participating in the school festival,
**[14:04] ---**
but Chika, too? I'm surprised.
You'll perform, too, right?
**[14:07] ---**
Yeah.
**[14:08] ---**
Before I played it, I thought it was
probably a lame medley.
**[14:11] ---**
But then, it was actually a super cool piece.
**[14:13] ---**
Yeah. Not only are
Mr. Takinami's parents amazing,
**[14:16] ---**
but he's no ordinary person, either.
**[14:19] ---**
The other day, too...
**[14:21] ---**
These are music CDs and DVDs that
I don't think you normally listen to.
**[14:25] ---**
As a first step, listen to all of them.
**[14:27] ---**
What?
**[14:28] ---**
This is an inordinate amount...
**[14:30] ---**
This is only a fraction
of what I carefully selected.
**[14:33] ---**
The amount of music you guys come
in contact with is overwhelmingly small.
**[14:38] ---**
Listen to a variety of excellent
music as often as possible,
**[14:41] ---**
and learn various sounds and expressions.
**[14:43] ---**
Absorb them into yourselves.
**[14:45] ---**
Develop a great deal of musicality.
**[14:47] ---**
When you do, playing the koto
will become a lot more fun.
**[14:52] ---**
Well then, make sure you listen to them.
**[14:54] ---**
Um, Mr. Takinami! You're not going
to help us with our performance?
**[14:57] ---**
After you finish those CDs and DVDs.
**[15:01] ---**
So we've been listening to that
music all day long, every day.
**[15:05] ---**
Sounds like you guys will get busy again.
**[15:08] ---**
Don't feel so lonely, Tetsu.
**[15:10] ---**
We'll make sure to go over
and eat with you sometimes.
**[15:12] ---**
--Don't come.
--Ow!
**[15:14] ---**
Anyhow, I was surprised earlier.
**[15:16] ---**
I thought Kudo was scary,
but then, he likes strawberries?
**[15:20] ---**
When it was decided, he looked happy.
He's super cute!
**[15:23] ---**
C-Cute?
**[15:26] ---**
Satowa. What's Kudo like during club?
**[15:30] ---**
What? Wh-What's he like?
I think he's just normal...
**[15:34] ---**
There are more guys than girls
in the koto club, right?
**[15:38] ---**
Is there anyone you like, Satowa?
**[15:40] ---**
What?! N-No, there's no one like that!
**[15:43] ---**
Really?!
**[15:44] ---**
Hey, I got a boyfriend over the summer.
He's from another school.
**[15:48] ---**
You did?! I envy you!
**[15:50] ---**
Wh-What's this conversation?
**[15:52] ---**
Is this what girls normally talk about?
**[15:55] ---**
I-I can't follow it at all.
**[15:58] ---**
"Koto Nut" "Club Activity Nut"
**[16:00] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[16:01] ---**
Yeah, it's normal for the number
of couples to increase after summer.
**[16:05] ---**
We're high-school girls in
the flower of youth after all.
**[16:08] ---**
I didn't realize girls are like that.
**[16:10] ---**
Hiro... Do you think I'm a little off?
**[16:15] ---**
I don't get those kinds of topics at all.
**[16:17] ---**
Aww, you're so cute.
**[16:19] ---**
It's okay. I like you
just the way you are, Hozy.
**[16:22] ---**
I-Is there... someone... who, um... y-you like?
**[16:30] ---**
What?
**[16:32] ---**
There's no one.
**[16:34] ---**
What was that pause for?
**[16:35] ---**
S'up?!
**[16:37] ---**
Oh, Sane. Are you by yourself today?
**[16:40] ---**
Well, Mittsu and Kota are on cleaning duty,
so I left them behind.
**[16:43] ---**
I wanted to practice sooner, so...
**[16:45] ---**
I get it. You're playing
the 17-string this time, so...
**[16:48] ---**
I feel a little pressure,
**[16:50] ---**
but I'm happy about
being entrusted with this.
**[16:53] ---**
I feel like I'm being given some credit.
**[16:55] ---**
So, I'm sorry to bother you again, Hozuki,
**[16:57] ---**
but please instruct me
on the 17-string today, too!
**[17:00] ---**
I'll work you hard.
**[17:01] ---**
Thanks!
**[17:03] ---**
This atmosphere makes me feel comfortable.
It's more suited for me.
**[17:10] ---**
Is there... someone... you like?
**[17:15] ---**
Focus! We're gonna go
to nationals for sure!
**[17:19] ---**
I should follow Sane's example
and practice hard!
**[17:22] ---**
Hm?
**[17:23] ---**
Hey, shopping team! Can you go shopping?
**[17:27] ---**
Here, this is the shopping list.
**[17:28] ---**
Okay.
**[17:30] ---**
Well then, shall we go?
**[17:31] ---**
What? Just the two of us?
**[17:33] ---**
The other two aren't around, so...
**[17:36] ---**
If you don't want to, I can go by myself.
**[17:38] ---**
That's not what I meant.
**[17:43] ---**
Hey, why am I feeling restless?
**[17:46] ---**
I don't get it.
**[17:48] ---**
When I think about it, we've been
alone in his room before, right?
**[17:52] ---**
It's just shopping. A piece of cake.
**[17:54] ---**
Hm?
**[17:55] ---**
Hiro?
**[17:58] ---**
What...? This voice...
**[18:02] ---**
Ah! I was right. It's you, Hiro!
**[18:08] ---**
I heard you've been complaining
about me to your friends?
**[18:11] ---**
Hiro! I heard you've been harassing Minami
**[18:14] ---**
because you don't want her
to steal your man, right?
**[18:16] ---**
What's with that? You're the worst.
**[18:18] ---**
What a coincidence! It's been a while, huh?
**[18:21] ---**
Mi... nami... Naoya...
**[18:26] ---**
Are they your friends, Kurusu?
**[18:31] ---**
Is he the guy you're dating now?
**[18:33] ---**
N-No.
**[18:34] ---**
I still hear bad things about you.
**[18:38] ---**
Are you still doing
the kind of stuff you did to us?
**[18:41] ---**
I didn't do anything to you two.
**[18:44] ---**
I told you that... so many times.
**[18:47] ---**
You said that and never gave us
any word of apology.
**[18:52] ---**
Why do I...?
**[18:59] ---**
Sorry, but we're in a hurry, so...
**[19:02] ---**
Let's go.
**[19:07] ---**
You should be careful.
If you trust her, one day, you'll--
**[19:16] ---**
You needn't worry... since I'm
a better judge of people than you.
**[19:34] ---**
Kurata... Kurata!
**[19:37] ---**
My hand... Hand!
**[19:38] ---**
Ah, yeah. Sorry.
**[19:41] ---**
U... Um...
**[19:44] ---**
Well then, let's go finish shopping.
**[19:50] ---**
Oh, no...
**[19:52] ---**
Shoot...
**[19:54] ---**
My heart... Don't beat so loudly... Don't!
**[20:01] ---**
Hozuki, what're you making?
**[20:03] ---**
Wh-What am I making? Can't you tell?
**[20:07] ---**
The menu we'll put out outside our classroom.
**[20:10] ---**
"Green Tea 150 yen"
"*Hojicha* 150 yen"
"Matcha Latte 150"
Hmm...
**[20:12] ---**
What's this?
**[20:13] ---**
Drawing of a teacup.
**[20:15] ---**
And this?
**[20:16] ---**
S-Strawberry *daifuku*.
**[20:22] ---**
Amazing...! You're such a great artist.
**[20:27] ---**
What? Kudo laughed?!
**[20:30] ---**
"Orange"
**[20:32] ---**
What're you doing?
**[20:34] ---**
What? Ah...
**[20:37] ---**
N-Nothing.
**[20:39] ---**
Really, what am I doing?
**[20:42] ---**
Anyway, isn't this base board too distorted?
**[20:46] ---**
I got scrap wood, so...
**[20:48] ---**
I'll fix it for you. Give me the tool.
**[20:51] ---**
Hey! A nail is sticking out there!
**[21:01] ---**
Whoa! S-Sorry!
**[21:04] ---**
Don't get it wrong! It was,
you know, that! An accident!
**[21:07] ---**
I meant no harm!
**[21:09] ---**
Well, I moved forward suddenly, so...
**[21:16] ---**
What? Hm? Why?
**[21:20] ---**
I-I'm sorry!
**[21:21] ---**
Ah... Hozuki...
**[21:24] ---**
I made her cry...
**[21:31] ---**
My face feels hot... What should I do?
**[21:37] ---**
It feels hot...
**[21:48] ---**
Look! Mine looks super scary!
**[21:50] ---**
Let's put more fake blood!
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Their Time."
# E16 - Their Time
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYEMEMN1R/their-time)
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**[00:08] ---**
I-I wonder why it feels awkward in the room...
**[00:12] ---**
You needn't worry... since I'm
a better judge of people than you.
**[00:17] ---**
Kurusu.
**[00:19] ---**
Y-Yeah?
**[00:20] ---**
About the rehearsal for the school festival...
**[00:24] ---**
Are you feeling sick by any chance?
**[00:27] ---**
Kurusu?!
**[00:28] ---**
H-Hey, are you okay?!
**[00:31] ---**
I'm fine. I'm fine.
**[00:33] ---**
P-Practice! Let's practice already!
**[00:35] ---**
O-Okay.
**[00:41] ---**
Crap... It feels more awkward than I thought.
**[00:45] ---**
Though it was an accident, it seems like it
bothered her enough to make her cry.
**[00:49] ---**
But if I sincerely apologize, I'm sure she'll...
**[00:52] ---**
Hozuki!
**[00:55] ---**
Why did I turn my face away
from him so obviously?
**[00:57] ---**
If I had said, "It wasn't a big deal"
just now, like I always do,
**[01:01] ---**
things could've gone back to normal.
**[01:04] ---**
Grrrr! Are there any naughty kids?
**[01:07] ---**
We're gonna eat you!
**[01:08] ---**
Just kidding.
**[01:10] ---**
Did you get scared? Did you?
**[01:11] ---**
We're gonna wear these costumes for our
haunted house at the school festival.
**[01:14] ---**
--Wow, cool...
--Look at Chika and Hozuki.
It was so shocking that it dazed them.
**[01:17] ---**
--You guys are your usual selves
and I think it's really good.
--Look at Chika and Hozuki.
It was so shocking that it dazed them.
**[01:19] ---**
--It was a big success!
**[01:19] ---**
--Huh?
--It was a big success!
**[02:51] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[02:52] ---**
"Koto Club"
"#16 Their Time"
**[02:54] ---**
"#16 Their Time"
Oh, shoot! I made another mistake!
**[02:57] ---**
We're not really together at all.
**[02:59] ---**
Ahh... That's enough.
Let's call it a day. Dismissed.
**[03:03] ---**
What? Why?
**[03:04] ---**
Poor-quality practice lowers your motivation
and nothing good comes of it.
**[03:08] ---**
If you want to practice, go ahead and do it
individually. But don't play together.
**[03:12] ---**
It's because I couldn't focus...
**[03:14] ---**
I'm sorry!
**[03:16] ---**
It's probably because
I'm not good at the 17-string.
**[03:19] ---**
I think we lack unity because I can't
lead you guys like Hozuki can.
**[03:24] ---**
What am I doing being distracted
when they're working hard?
**[03:29] ---**
Especially when Suzu is finally motivated...
**[03:32] ---**
I'm being so terrible at
sensing the atmosphere.
**[03:34] ---**
Let's practice!
**[03:35] ---**
Hiro...
**[03:37] ---**
I wasn't focusing earlier. I'm sorry!
**[03:40] ---**
I know what Suzu said,
but we don't have many days left.
**[03:43] ---**
So let's play together!
**[03:46] ---**
Yeah... Let's do it.
**[03:48] ---**
All right! Let's do it!
**[03:50] ---**
--Well then, let's try from the start again.
**[03:51] ---**
--This is no time to be distraught
over something like that.
--Well then, let's try from the start again.
**[03:53] ---**
I need to focus on
the school festival right now.
**[03:55] ---**
I have to hurry up and get rid of these
feelings that can disturb the mood.
**[04:02] ---**
Are you feeling better now, Kurusu?
**[04:04] ---**
What? What're you talking about?
**[04:06] ---**
Well, you were acting a little strange
when we started practice, so...
**[04:10] ---**
Oh, that. Since the school festival
is nearing, I was a little distracted.
**[04:14] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[04:16] ---**
Yeah? Okay then.
**[04:18] ---**
Sorry that I worried you.
**[04:20] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[04:21] ---**
What?
**[04:22] ---**
It's true that I got shaken up,
but I was the one who moved suddenly.
**[04:25] ---**
So you're the victim here.
**[04:28] ---**
I'm sorry for acting strange
over a mere accident.
**[04:32] ---**
Hozuki...
**[04:32] ---**
Okay. Everything's settled now.
**[04:36] ---**
Well then, see you tomorrow.
**[04:38] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[04:42] ---**
What? It's good that it's been resolved.
**[04:45] ---**
Yeah. Something kinda
doesn't feel right, though.
**[04:50] ---**
I can talk to her like I usually do, right?
**[04:53] ---**
H-Hey.
**[04:55] ---**
Good morning.
**[04:57] ---**
Ah... By the way, Hozuki--
**[04:59] ---**
I'm in a hurry, so...
**[05:03] ---**
What?
**[05:07] ---**
She probably can't help it...
**[05:09] ---**
...since it bothered her enough to make her cry.
**[05:12] ---**
Even if her head tells her to act normally,
it probably takes time.
**[05:16] ---**
Dammit! If only I had quicker reflexes...
**[05:20] ---**
I don't think that's it.
**[05:22] ---**
Anyway, why don't you give her
a little space for now?
**[05:24] ---**
Things will probably go back
to normal with time.
**[05:28] ---**
"Koto Club"
Hozuki. Do you already have a shortlist
for the national qualifier?
**[05:33] ---**
"Koto Club"
Yes. I brought a few pieces.
**[05:35] ---**
Wow, this is great! Lots of pieces here.
**[05:39] ---**
I'm interested in this one.
**[05:41] ---**
Hey, Chika. You should check this CD out, too.
**[05:44] ---**
Yeah.
**[05:46] ---**
What's the titl--
**[05:49] ---**
Let me see the one you have, Sane.
**[05:53] ---**
With time, things will go back
to normal. With time...
**[06:02] ---**
"Tokise School Festival"
**[06:05] ---**
"Haunted House"
Come one, come all!
We're doing a haunted house!
**[06:09] ---**
Ah! Hiro!
**[06:11] ---**
Kota!
**[06:12] ---**
Wow! Cute costume!
**[06:14] ---**
You look good in it!
**[06:16] ---**
Thanks. Oh? You guys are wearing
different costumes from the other day.
**[06:19] ---**
The girls in our class turned them down.
**[06:22] ---**
They told us to wear these.
**[06:24] ---**
Y-You look good in them.
**[06:28] ---**
I'm sorry I'm late!
**[06:31] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry, Kurusu... for having
you go pick them up by yourself.
**[06:36] ---**
H-He looks cute...
**[06:38] ---**
...not!
**[06:39] ---**
Kurusu?!
**[06:40] ---**
H-How frightening a school festival can be.
I'd better not let my guard down.
**[06:44] ---**
You look good in that costume. You look cute.
**[06:47] ---**
Do you wanna get hurt?!
**[06:48] ---**
Sorry!
**[06:49] ---**
"Japanese-Style Cafe"
"Green Tea 150 yen
*Hojicha* Latte 150 yen
Strawberry *Daifuku* 200 yen"
**[06:55] ---**
Thank you for waiting.
Here's your matcha latte and--
**[06:57] ---**
Wow! You're cute!
**[06:58] ---**
Huh?
**[06:59] ---**
Hey, why don't you leave this place
and come hang with us for a while?
**[07:02] ---**
I'm sorry, but I'm busy, so...
**[07:04] ---**
What's the big deal? It's just for a little bit.
**[07:06] ---**
Please let go of me.
**[07:07] ---**
Sure. I'll let you go after you
tell me your name.
**[07:11] ---**
Wha--?
**[07:11] ---**
Owww!
**[07:13] ---**
I'm Chika Kudo. A Virgo born on
September 2nd. Blood type O.
**[07:17] ---**
Anything else you wanna know?
**[07:20] ---**
N-No, we're good.
**[07:25] ---**
I still can't...
**[07:27] ---**
I can't look Kudo in the eyes.
**[07:30] ---**
My face still feels hot.
**[07:32] ---**
Why...? What do I do?
**[07:35] ---**
I just want things to go back to normal...
**[07:37] ---**
Are you okay?
**[07:39] ---**
Shut up, stupid.
**[07:41] ---**
You stupid Tetsuki.
**[07:42] ---**
He's really feeling down, huh?
**[07:45] ---**
2-A is serving waffles!
**[07:48] ---**
Glad that I picked the barker role.
This way, I don't have to see Kurata so much.
**[07:54] ---**
Welcome!
**[07:55] ---**
Ah, excuse me. Is Kurata here?
**[07:58] ---**
Ah, yes, he is.
**[08:00] ---**
Who's this?
**[08:03] ---**
Takezo!
**[08:11] ---**
What?! Mashiro?! Y-You came?
**[08:15] ---**
Yep. I came because I wanted to see you.
**[08:18] ---**
You look cute in that costume.
**[08:19] ---**
Oh, stop it. You could've told me
that you were coming.
**[08:23] ---**
I wanted to surprise you.
**[08:25] ---**
I haven't even been gone that long,
but you look so much more mature now!
**[08:28] ---**
Well, that's...
**[08:30] ---**
I-I'm sorry.
**[08:31] ---**
I'm so surprised by your sudden visit
that I don't know what to say.
**[08:42] ---**
Actually, we're going to have our koto
performance at 12:30 in the gym.
**[08:46] ---**
Really?! I'll come!
I'll definitely come hear it!
**[08:49] ---**
Wait. Were you able to get
permission to use the stage?
**[08:52] ---**
If I remember correctly, you need
more than five people to get it.
**[08:56] ---**
There are seven members
in the koto club right now.
**[08:58] ---**
Seven... members...
**[09:01] ---**
No way... That's incredible...
**[09:02] ---**
That's amazing, Takezo.
**[09:05] ---**
You must've worked really hard. That's amazing.
**[09:07] ---**
Well, I didn't do anything special.
**[09:10] ---**
You did a good job.
**[09:17] ---**
Well then, see you later.
I look forward to your performance!
**[09:20] ---**
Okay!
**[09:24] ---**
Ah, Kurusu! Shoot, I should've
introduced you to her.
**[09:28] ---**
That person was the previous
koto club president.
**[09:31] ---**
Since I was the only first year in the club
last year, she was very nice to me.
**[09:34] ---**
It doesn't...
**[09:35] ---**
What?
**[09:36] ---**
It doesn't have anything to do with me.
**[09:40] ---**
You're... right. I'm sorry.
**[09:44] ---**
I really hurt his feelings just now.
**[09:47] ---**
Far from getting rid of
my feelings towards him,
**[09:49] ---**
I got jealous and took it out on him?
**[09:51] ---**
What am I doing? I'm so terrible!
**[09:54] ---**
I knew very little about Kurata
when we were first years.
**[09:59] ---**
When I was tricking and hurting people,
**[10:02] ---**
he continued working hard
on his club activities
**[10:04] ---**
while being called "Nadeshiko."
**[10:07] ---**
And I was just looking down
on him with the others.
**[10:10] ---**
I know nothing about their history
that led to that conversation, either.
**[10:14] ---**
But even so, if I'm still
allowed to take part...
**[10:18] ---**
Kurata!
**[10:18] ---**
F-Forget what I just said. I was just
taking it out on you. I'm sorry!
**[10:23] ---**
That person is someone dear to you, right?
**[10:25] ---**
I'll do my best in the performance
**[10:28] ---**
so that you can be proud of
the current koto club!
**[10:31] ---**
So... um...
**[10:34] ---**
Kurusu.
**[10:37] ---**
Thank you.
**[10:42] ---**
Listen! The previous club president
is here to see our performance.
**[10:45] ---**
So let's give it everything we've got!
**[10:46] ---**
President Takezo's president, huh?
**[10:49] ---**
Then she's like our super president.
**[10:51] ---**
We'd better do a good job.
**[10:53] ---**
Yeah. I'll try very hard.
**[10:54] ---**
You don't have to try so hard.
**[10:56] ---**
Let's enjoy our performance on stage
to the fullest. That's what she told me.
**[11:01] ---**
It'll be fine. I'm borrowing a line
from the previous club president,
**[11:05] ---**
but performing on stage is
a reward for our hard work.
**[11:10] ---**
So we can just enjoy it to the fullest.
**[11:13] ---**
It *does* have something to do with me.
I was already connected to her.
**[11:17] ---**
When I was the only club member,
her words were my support every day.
**[11:23] ---**
So I'm really happy
**[11:25] ---**
that the day when we, the current koto club,
can play for her has come!
**[11:37] ---**
Next is the performance by our koto club.
**[11:40] ---**
This is great... There really are seven members.
**[11:43] ---**
On top of that, there are so many boys.
**[11:58] ---**
Wow... Aren't they good? They look like
they're having fun performing.
**[12:03] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:04] ---**
During practice, some of them looked
like they were feeling uneasy,
**[12:09] ---**
so I thought they'd be really distracted
during the performance, but...
**[12:14] ---**
I guess the most important thing
for all of them must be the same.
**[12:21] ---**
They really are... an interesting bunch.
**[12:29] ---**
Seriously! You guys were so cool!
**[12:32] ---**
Really?!
**[12:33] ---**
I-Is that right?
**[12:34] ---**
You're so good!
You stayed together very well, too!
**[12:37] ---**
I found myself totally drawn in!
It was really amazing!
**[12:39] ---**
Yaay! I like you, Mashiron!
**[12:42] ---**
She hasn't changed.
**[12:47] ---**
Okay, guys. Don't monopolize her.
**[12:51] ---**
She and Kurata have a lot of catching-up to do.
**[12:54] ---**
Kurata. Don't worry about us.
Go on and talk with her.
**[12:57] ---**
What? But...
**[12:58] ---**
Just go.
**[13:00] ---**
Kurusu... right?
**[13:01] ---**
Ah, yes.
**[13:03] ---**
Thank you for everything.
**[13:05] ---**
Takezo must feel at ease
having someone like you
**[13:07] ---**
as the club vice president.
**[13:10] ---**
I'm not sure about that.
**[13:12] ---**
She really is cute.
**[13:15] ---**
Well, then... Thanks.
**[13:16] ---**
No problem! Please take your time!
**[13:19] ---**
She's such a nice person.
**[13:20] ---**
Yeah.
**[13:21] ---**
Was that okay?
**[13:23] ---**
Huh? W-Was what okay?
**[13:27] ---**
Nothing.
**[13:31] ---**
Suzu! Come with me!
**[13:33] ---**
Hiro?
**[13:34] ---**
Wh-What the heck?
**[13:41] ---**
I was really surprised by the number
of members as well as your abilities.
**[13:45] ---**
Thank you very much.
I'm happy to hear that from you.
**[13:50] ---**
At first, I was really worried that I
might not be able to keep my promise
**[13:53] ---**
to protect the club.
**[13:55] ---**
But I was very lucky to find good friends.
**[13:58] ---**
Also, the words you gave me
helped me so many times.
**[14:04] ---**
Really?
**[14:06] ---**
To be honest, I was regretting...
**[14:09] ---**
...saying things to you like, "We'll leave
the club to you," and "You'll be fine."
**[14:14] ---**
What?
**[14:15] ---**
I thought I said very selfish,
cruel things to you.
**[14:19] ---**
When I saw you alone in
the clubroom on our graduation day,
**[14:24] ---**
I thought that from then on, you'd
have to recruit club members
**[14:27] ---**
and do activities as the club
president all by yourself.
**[14:29] ---**
I thought you'd be worried,
and that it would be a lot of work.
**[14:33] ---**
I thought that I might've bound you with
words and driven you into a corner...
**[14:39] ---**
...and that I might've forced
the "end" of the club on you.
**[14:43] ---**
That's so terrible, isn't it? It means
that I didn't have complete faith in you.
**[14:48] ---**
Really, I'm sorry.
**[14:49] ---**
Oh, that?
**[14:51] ---**
"That"?!
**[14:52] ---**
You don't have to worry about things like that.
**[14:55] ---**
Whether you had complete faith in me or not,
**[14:58] ---**
it doesn't change the fact that
those words from you gave me power.
**[15:06] ---**
You totally are a club president now.
**[15:08] ---**
Oh, please stop!
**[15:14] ---**
S-Suzu... Um... You're aware... right?
**[15:19] ---**
Aware of what?
**[15:21] ---**
You must be aware!
**[15:23] ---**
That's why you said what
you said earlier, right?
**[15:25] ---**
Did I say something?
**[15:27] ---**
I'll make sure...!
**[15:29] ---**
I-I'll make sure that I get rid
of these feelings.
**[15:32] ---**
I'll make sure that I won't cause
trouble for the club! So...
**[15:36] ---**
Why do you have to get rid of them?
**[15:38] ---**
"Why"?
**[15:39] ---**
Because when everyone is working hard
at the club, if I'm distracted,
**[15:45] ---**
that's selfish. That's no good.
**[15:47] ---**
Honestly, I really don't see what's
selfish about liking someone.
**[15:54] ---**
I don't get the whole causing
trouble thing, either.
**[15:57] ---**
As long as we're alive, we cause trouble
and others cause us trouble...
**[16:01] ---**
...romance or not.
**[16:03] ---**
Hey, Suzu... What're you saying?
**[16:05] ---**
Nothing special. I'm just saying
what I think, that's all.
**[16:09] ---**
If a club goes down just because
one member has a crush on another,
**[16:13] ---**
it just means that's the level of that club.
**[16:16] ---**
If you want to do something about it,
turn "that" into power.
**[16:22] ---**
Is it okay to turn it into power?
**[16:24] ---**
Is it okay to have feelings like that?
**[16:40] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[16:41] ---**
"Koto Club"
All right! Done putting the kotos away!
**[16:43] ---**
I wonder if Hiro and Mr. Takinami
are coming back here.
**[16:46] ---**
Probably. He said he wanted to talk to us
about the piece for the qualifier.
**[16:51] ---**
Then let's go around to the booths
and get some food while we can.
**[16:54] ---**
Sounds good!
**[16:55] ---**
Then I'll wait here for Hiro and Mr. Takinami.
**[16:58] ---**
Then we'll get something for you, too.
**[17:01] ---**
Thanks.
**[17:02] ---**
Let's go, Chika!
**[17:04] ---**
I feel lazy, so I'll wait here, too.
**[17:08] ---**
Chika! Don't take the easy way out!
**[17:10] ---**
Shut up! Go already!
**[17:12] ---**
O-Oh no... What do I do?
**[17:14] ---**
Ah... On second thought, I'll go with--
**[17:16] ---**
Hozuki...
**[17:18] ---**
Excuse me...
**[17:19] ---**
"Excuse me"?
**[17:21] ---**
Um...
**[17:28] ---**
Can you tell me... what I need to do
to make things right with you?
**[17:34] ---**
It's just... I really feel bad about
making you feel so uncomfortable.
**[17:38] ---**
I wanted to apologize,
but you've been kinda avoiding me.
**[17:42] ---**
So, um...
**[17:43] ---**
I am... truly sorry.
**[17:48] ---**
Oh, Chika! We ran into
Mr. Takinami right outside!
**[17:55] ---**
Wait, wait, wait!
**[17:57] ---**
Why'd you close the door like that?!
**[17:58] ---**
Well, I didn't wanna
interrupt your conversation.
**[18:01] ---**
It's too late! You're here to
talk about the piece, right?
**[18:05] ---**
The shortlist for the national qualifier...
**[18:07] ---**
Oh, did you listen to them?
I'm thinking of choosing one of them.
**[18:11] ---**
I don't think they're quite right.
No to all of them.
**[18:13] ---**
What?
**[18:14] ---**
Hozuki. Bring in all
the koto recordings you have.
**[18:19] ---**
Um... What specifically was the problem?
**[18:22] ---**
There's no piece among them that can
take you guys to nationals. That's all.
**[18:27] ---**
But difficulty-wise, I think all of them
are good enough for the--
**[18:30] ---**
It's not a matter of difficulty.
**[18:32] ---**
So, for that reason, play this
until I've decided on the piece.
**[18:36] ---**
It's a piece for practicing hand movements,
so it's not fun or anything, though.
**[18:40] ---**
Tell Kurata and Kurusu about it, too.
**[18:43] ---**
To them, the next qualifier is their
last chance to go to nationals.
**[18:49] ---**
What?
**[18:50] ---**
What're you talking about?
**[18:52] ---**
They're second years.
Why is it gonna be their last chance?
**[18:55] ---**
Oh? You guys weren't aware?
**[18:58] ---**
The qualifier takes place
either in fall or winter.
**[19:00] ---**
And the actual nationals take place
in the summer of the following year.
**[19:04] ---**
So even if they get past
the qualifier as third years,
**[19:07] ---**
they can't go to nationals since they'll
have already graduated by then.
**[19:12] ---**
If you lose in the next qualifier,
they won't be able to go to nationals.
**[19:17] ---**
So to them, it's their last chance.
**[19:21] ---**
Thank you very much for coming today.
**[19:24] ---**
No. Thank *you*.
**[19:26] ---**
You're gonna participate
in the national qualifier, right?
**[19:28] ---**
Yes.
**[19:30] ---**
With the current Tokise koto club,
**[19:32] ---**
I feel like nationals are
no longer a pipe dream,
**[19:34] ---**
even though we were nowhere
near it when I was in the club.
**[19:37] ---**
You were third years, and yet,
you aimed for nationals for me.
**[19:41] ---**
That alone made me happy.
**[19:43] ---**
Even if we had passed the qualifier,
you couldn't have gone to nationals,
**[19:48] ---**
but you still tried hard with me.
**[19:50] ---**
If we were actually able to get
the ticket to nationals for you,
**[19:53] ---**
that would've been cool, though.
**[19:55] ---**
Even so, I was really happy.
**[20:01] ---**
Their last chance...
**[20:03] ---**
If we should fail, that'll be it.
**[20:07] ---**
No way!
**[20:09] ---**
Among the first years who joined the club,
there's a very skilled player.
**[20:13] ---**
Then practice.
**[20:15] ---**
The other first years and Kurusu
are rapidly getting more skilled.
**[20:19] ---**
They practice very hard.
**[20:21] ---**
If you don't want it to be
the last one for them,
**[20:24] ---**
practice like crazy for the next two months.
**[20:27] ---**
So I don't want the next
competition to be our last.
**[20:30] ---**
Do it efficiently, frantically, and devotedly...
**[20:33] ---**
...so that you can think with confidence
that no one practiced more than you did.
**[20:37] ---**
Even after all that, nationals
are still hard to reach.
**[20:40] ---**
With those guys...
**[20:42] ---**
...I'll give it everything
I've got until the very end.
**[20:45] ---**
Yep!
**[20:47] ---**
Good luck!
**[20:48] ---**
Hey!
**[20:50] ---**
Chika...
**[21:01] ---**
Hozuki. Actually, you don't have
to bring in the music.
**[21:04] ---**
What? But...
**[21:06] ---**
I'll drive, so let's go
to your place to grab them.
**[21:09] ---**
It's a school festival day.
It should be okay to step out.
**[21:11] ---**
Okay. That'd be great since I'd like
to know which piece you decide on
**[21:14] ---**
as soon as possible.
**[21:16] ---**
Kudo. This practice piece
uses the *hirajoshi* scale.
**[21:19] ---**
Here's the tuner.
**[21:23] ---**
Thanks.
**[21:30] ---**
Their last chance...
**[23:06] ---**
Dammit. None of these sound good.
**[23:16] ---**
"National Koto Competition"
**[23:17] ---**
"National Koto Competition"
I found it.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Reunion."
**[23:41] ---**
"#17 Reunion"
# E17 - Reunion
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR4G2GZJY/reunion)
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**[00:00] ---**
All I wanted was to get it back...
**[00:04] ---**
...just like that time.
**[00:07] ---**
It was something that I swore
to protect with everything I had,
**[00:11] ---**
no matter how people might see or shun me.
**[00:13] ---**
"Hozuki School"
no matter how people might see or shun me.
**[00:17] ---**
No...! Don't go there, Mom!
**[00:21] ---**
Don't push me away!
**[00:22] ---**
Don't isolate yourself!
**[00:25] ---**
I'll work hard with you!
**[00:30] ---**
In the end, *this* is all I've got.
**[00:36] ---**
So I staked everything... on my sound.
**[00:41] ---**
I thought I could get it back.
**[00:43] ---**
I thought I could still reach her
if I desperately reached out.
**[00:46] ---**
I believed... in my sound.
**[00:52] ---**
Your koto... is like a weapon to me.
**[00:56] ---**
A weapon...
**[01:07] ---**
I haven't had that dream in a while.
**[01:09] ---**
Why now, when I haven't had it lately?
**[01:12] ---**
So to them, it's their last chance.
**[01:16] ---**
Oh, it was because it reminded me...
**[01:19] ---**
Since I feel so comfortable where I am
right now, I've been avoiding thinking...
**[01:23] ---**
...about the fact that my time with them
will definitely come to an end someday.
**[01:28] ---**
When that happens, once again, I'll...
**[01:31] ---**
I'm afraid of being alone again
after all this time? How pathetic...
**[01:38] ---**
I'm just gonna focus on going
to nationals right now.
**[01:42] ---**
To nationals with everyone...
**[03:14] ---**
"Koto Club"
Ah! Kurata!
**[03:16] ---**
"#17 Reunion"
Oh, Kurusu! Are you about to go
practice on your own?
**[03:19] ---**
Yeah, kinda.
**[03:21] ---**
Me too.
**[03:26] ---**
What am I doing?! I made my
own rules yesterday, didn't I?!
**[03:30] ---**
K-Kurusu?!
**[03:31] ---**
It's okay to have feelings for him,
**[03:33] ---**
but I won't tell him how I feel
until we retire from the club.
**[03:35] ---**
I won't let him notice my feelings!
**[03:37] ---**
I won't cause problems
for our club or performance!
**[03:39] ---**
I'll strictly observe these three big rules!
**[03:42] ---**
But there's one... just one thing
that I want to ask him.
**[03:45] ---**
Hey, are you okay?
**[03:46] ---**
K-Kurata! Do you like the previous
club president, Mashiro?!
**[03:50] ---**
Wh-What?! Where'd that come from?!
**[03:53] ---**
H-He's really rattled. Does he, after all...?
**[03:57] ---**
Well... yeah... I do like her.
**[04:01] ---**
I-I see...
**[04:02] ---**
It's okay. It's okay.
**[04:04] ---**
This was to be expected.
I'll work super hard on club stuff.
**[04:07] ---**
But it's like I respect her as a person.
**[04:10] ---**
I think it's more like I admire her
rather than that I like her romantically.
**[04:14] ---**
But why'd you ask me that question?
**[04:16] ---**
I see.
**[04:19] ---**
What? What was that about?
**[04:22] ---**
Oh? You're here, too, Hozy?
**[04:24] ---**
Hiro... Takezo...
**[04:27] ---**
Argh! Dammit! They beat me to it!
**[04:32] ---**
I was so sure that I'd be the first to arrive.
**[04:35] ---**
Hey...
**[04:37] ---**
Wow, that's some serious bedhead!
**[04:38] ---**
How'd you have to sleep in order to get that?
**[04:41] ---**
Shut up! It's a fashion statement.
**[04:43] ---**
Huh? Why don't you stop saying
dumb things and get ready already?
**[04:47] ---**
You're the one who started it! Dammit!
**[04:50] ---**
We're back to normal now.
**[04:53] ---**
Oh, everyone's here, huh?
**[04:55] ---**
Suzu!
**[04:56] ---**
I decided on the piece for the qualifier.
"Yaegoromo."
**[04:59] ---**
What? "Yaegoromo"?
Are we going to play a classical piece?
**[05:03] ---**
It may not be suited for our--
**[05:04] ---**
A classic? It sounded like
a modern piece, though.
**[05:08] ---**
I saw you play it in this.
**[05:11] ---**
Oh, that! I've watched it, too! I heard it!
**[05:14] ---**
What?
**[05:15] ---**
Seriously?! We can play that piece?!
**[05:17] ---**
What? You know this piece?!
**[05:18] ---**
Whoa! Cool! What kind of piece is that?
**[05:21] ---**
Th-This isn't "Yaegoromo."
**[05:24] ---**
We can play any piece but this.
**[05:26] ---**
Why?
**[05:27] ---**
This is a solo.
**[05:29] ---**
I'll change it to be an ensemble.
**[05:31] ---**
But a piece like this can't
reach anyone's heart!
**[05:35] ---**
We can't go to nationals, either!
Anyway, we can't play this piece!
**[05:39] ---**
Have you listened to your
performance properly even once?
**[05:44] ---**
But well, if you say so...
**[05:46] ---**
In any event, you guys all go
to the audiovisual room now.
**[05:50] ---**
The DVD from the last
music festival has arrived.
**[05:53] ---**
Listen to your own performance as well
as Hakuto's, the school that won.
**[06:00] ---**
I'll play Hakuto's performance first.
**[06:03] ---**
Hm? What's with this formation?
**[06:05] ---**
Why is he sitting up front all alone?
It looks like he's the star.
**[06:08] ---**
Well, he *is* actually the "star."
**[06:12] ---**
That's him.
**[06:15] ---**
What's this?
**[06:17] ---**
Why...?
**[06:19] ---**
It's not flashy at all, and yet,
his sound just flows into my head.
**[06:25] ---**
This is what Hakuto's performance is like.
**[06:28] ---**
A classical piece?
**[06:30] ---**
I don't like classics that much
because they make me feel sleepy,
**[06:34] ---**
but that piece was kinda...
**[06:36] ---**
This had the least frills of any
performance I've ever heard,
**[06:39] ---**
but I was really drawn into it!
**[06:42] ---**
Their pauses and tempo...
**[06:44] ---**
It's like their sounds build up quietly,
**[06:46] ---**
with just the right splash of color at
the right time as if it was all calculated.
**[06:51] ---**
Hakuto doesn't have the impressive
togetherness that Himesaka has
**[06:55] ---**
or the flamboyant impact that Meiryo has.
**[06:58] ---**
But their performance is as if it's
the "right answer" to this piece.
**[07:03] ---**
"Right answer"...
**[07:04] ---**
I don't like to use those words for music,
but I kinda get what you mean.
**[07:08] ---**
They make a classic sound so entrancing...
**[07:10] ---**
They must understand the piece quite--
**[07:11] ---**
No, this isn't a classic.
**[07:13] ---**
I hear Hakuto's playing an original piece.
**[07:15] ---**
An original?
**[07:17] ---**
On top of that, I think it was written
so that the sound of this guy in the middle
**[07:20] ---**
could be brought out in the best way.
**[07:22] ---**
It was written entirely so he
could be the core of this piece.
**[07:25] ---**
The structure of the piece...
The sounds of the other parts...
**[07:28] ---**
They are all calculated and arranged
**[07:30] ---**
in order to help his sound
further stand out and shine.
**[07:34] ---**
It looks like Hakuto's got
a very good composer.
**[07:38] ---**
A composer...
**[07:41] ---**
And in order for you to go to nationals,
you'll have to beat them.
**[07:48] ---**
But their performance is the right answer,
right? How can we beat that?
**[07:53] ---**
You guys just have to surpass the right answer.
**[07:55] ---**
Huh?!
**[07:56] ---**
"Right" doesn't necessarily mean "best."
**[08:00] ---**
Next is your performance.
**[08:03] ---**
Your performance is rough
and relies on momentum.
**[08:06] ---**
You're unskilled, too.
**[08:08] ---**
But you're capable of putting
your emotions into the music.
**[08:11] ---**
That's your biggest weapon right now.
**[08:14] ---**
"National Koto Competition"
And this piece seems to have the best
potential to bring out that power.
**[08:19] ---**
Since this was originally a solo,
**[08:21] ---**
I'll consider the balance of your power,
as well as sound quality,
**[08:24] ---**
and change its composition to best suit you all.
**[08:28] ---**
I recommend this piece,
but the final decision is up to you.
**[08:33] ---**
Up to us?
**[08:35] ---**
What should we do?
**[08:44] ---**
Of all pieces, why did
Mr. Takinami pick this one?
**[08:48] ---**
This one...
**[08:56] ---**
Kudo...
**[08:57] ---**
I'm gonna have my lunch here, too, today.
**[09:03] ---**
You said you heard this piece before.
**[09:05] ---**
Yeah, when I went to your place that time.
**[09:08] ---**
Without asking me?
**[09:09] ---**
I did get permission... but you were asleep.
**[09:12] ---**
I like her current tones a lot more than
**[09:16] ---**
her tones when I first heard them.
**[09:23] ---**
What did you think
when you heard this piece?
**[09:29] ---**
It hurt... Or rather, it was very stressful...
**[09:32] ---**
It can't be... Why...?
**[09:35] ---**
I wanted... I just wanted her to smile again.
**[09:40] ---**
...because your tone sounded like screaming.
**[09:49] ---**
Wh-What?
**[09:50] ---**
I asked Takinami to give me
the audio data from that DVD.
**[09:54] ---**
You haven't listened to it yet yourself, have you?
**[09:57] ---**
No, but...
**[09:59] ---**
I don't know what this piece means to you,
**[10:03] ---**
but it won't be scary
if we listen to it together.
**[10:07] ---**
Entry number 13, Satowa Hozuki.
**[10:13] ---**
This is what I sounded like?
**[10:15] ---**
All my sound could express at that time
was the pain and suffering I felt?
**[10:25] ---**
What a terrible tone...
**[10:28] ---**
The feelings that I wanted to convey
aren't in this piece at all.
**[10:34] ---**
There was no way my feelings
could've reached her.
**[10:37] ---**
Right...
**[10:40] ---**
Right...
**[10:43] ---**
Hozuki...
**[10:44] ---**
Thanks, Kudo.
**[10:48] ---**
I'm fine now.
**[10:53] ---**
Mr. Takinami!
**[10:57] ---**
"National Koto Competition"
So this piece can really take
our current team to nationals?
**[11:03] ---**
That's up to you guys.
**[11:10] ---**
So this is the piece that will be
the basis for your next piece.
**[11:13] ---**
And--
**[11:17] ---**
Oh, no...! I can't help but cry.
I got goose bumps and they won't go away!
**[11:24] ---**
This was my third time, so it wasn't really...
**[11:27] ---**
But can we give a tear-jerking
performance like this?
**[11:30] ---**
Well, um...
**[11:32] ---**
To tell you the truth,
I played this piece hoping
**[11:35] ---**
that people would smile after listening to it.
**[11:37] ---**
So...
**[11:39] ---**
No, you don't have to force
yourself to smile. I'm sorry.
**[11:43] ---**
I put the wrong feelings into this piece.
**[11:47] ---**
Since we're going to play it together,
**[11:49] ---**
if possible, I'd like our performance
to be more positive, just like this club.
**[11:53] ---**
Yeah... So don't try to play like
the performance you just saw.
**[11:58] ---**
I'm gonna change its motif big time.
**[12:00] ---**
What?! Then why did you have us listen to it?
**[12:03] ---**
It was engraved in my heart big time.
**[12:06] ---**
It was needed.
**[12:07] ---**
In order to give a positive performance...
**[12:09] ---**
In other words, in order
to properly express "yang,"
**[12:11] ---**
you also should have an expression of "yin."
**[12:15] ---**
If you do, you can express a piece a lot
more deeply. Especially with this one.
**[12:20] ---**
What?!
**[12:21] ---**
Anyway, I wrote the score,
**[12:23] ---**
so make photocopies
and bind them for everyone.
**[12:25] ---**
Start practicing it after school today.
**[12:27] ---**
You wrote it in just one day?!
**[12:29] ---**
Suzu! Don't tell me you pulled an all-nighter?!
**[12:32] ---**
I didn't. There's no way I'd cut my sleep.
**[12:38] ---**
Th-Thank you very much!
**[12:41] ---**
There's still some time before
the teachers' meeting.
**[12:45] ---**
Seriously, in just one day? He's amazing!
**[12:48] ---**
"Math Preparation Room"
Can I take a quick look at the music?
**[12:51] ---**
Of course!
**[13:04] ---**
How are the parts assigned?!
Which part am I playing?
**[13:07] ---**
Oh... Let's see... You'll play...
**[13:09] ---**
"17-string: Adachi
Kudo"
Oh... Let's see... You'll play...
**[13:10] ---**
"17-string: Adachi
Kudo"
What?
**[13:11] ---**
Whoa! All right! The 17-string!
**[13:13] ---**
Me, too!
**[13:14] ---**
What? Two people on the 17-string?
**[13:17] ---**
But don't we only have one 17-string?
**[13:20] ---**
Ah...
**[13:21] ---**
Jeez... Like students, like advisor.
**[13:25] ---**
What nerve you have.
**[13:28] ---**
Here's the 17-string you wanted to borrow.
**[13:30] ---**
Sorry. I really appreciate it.
**[13:33] ---**
Gee, Suzu. When'd you ask her to let us borrow it?
**[13:35] ---**
"Solo: Satowa Hozuki
First koto: Takezo Kurata
Michitaka Sakai"
Gee, Suzu. When'd you ask her to let us borrow it?
**[13:39] ---**
The introduction starts with my solo.
**[13:54] ---**
Is this... the introduction part?
**[13:57] ---**
Wow... It's so cool!
**[13:59] ---**
This is the same melody as
the one we heard this morning.
**[14:02] ---**
So how it's played and the arrangement
make it sound this different?
**[14:11] ---**
Her tone changed again.
**[14:13] ---**
It's become stronger. It reverberates
even more than before.
**[14:18] ---**
So she continues to improve even more?
**[14:23] ---**
Sane. Teach me the 17-string.
**[14:25] ---**
What? *I'm* teaching *you*?
**[14:27] ---**
You have more experience
with the 17-string than me.
**[14:30] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[14:31] ---**
Hozuki. I forgot to ask you this before,
but what's the title of this piece?
**[14:35] ---**
Er... I haven't decided on it, yet.
**[14:37] ---**
So that's why you lost sight of
the emotion to put into it, huh?
**[14:41] ---**
Hurry up and decide on the title.
It's unconvincing without it.
**[14:45] ---**
Okay.
**[14:46] ---**
What do I do? I'm really bad
at coming up with titles.
**[14:51] ---**
Look, Chika. These are
the strings of a 17-string.
**[14:55] ---**
And it seems better to sit closer to
the middle than with the usual koto.
**[14:59] ---**
Sounds reverberate better that way.
**[15:01] ---**
I see.
**[15:02] ---**
Now, practice it until it becomes automatic.
**[15:04] ---**
Got it!
**[15:16] ---**
Whoa...! Awesome!
**[15:18] ---**
It sounds somber! The bass sounds cool!
It resonates in my gut!
**[15:22] ---**
So she was playing this
without much difficulty, huh?
**[15:25] ---**
I'm not gonna let her increase her lead.
I'll definitely catch up to her!
**[15:32] ---**
Hey, let's go use Granny's place
to practice again starting today.
**[15:36] ---**
Oh, you two'll have to take turns every
other day practicing at Ms. Nishina's place.
**[15:41] ---**
--Huh?
--Why's that?!
**[15:43] ---**
Because we borrowed one 17-string,
**[15:46] ---**
she said she had only one other 17-string
there that she could let us use.
**[15:50] ---**
So you two can't practice at the same time.
**[15:52] ---**
Then we just have to take this 17-string
with us there every day, right?
**[15:56] ---**
I can't let you carry around
a borrowed instrument like that.
**[15:59] ---**
So focus and practice efficiently
as much as you can when you can use it.
**[16:03] ---**
Dammit. It can't be helped.
**[16:05] ---**
Since we can't practice together
at Granny's place,
**[16:07] ---**
we'll need to find time somewhere else.
**[16:09] ---**
We'll skip classes, Sane!
**[16:11] ---**
Yeah, it can't be helped!
**[16:12] ---**
You guys really are idiots.
**[16:15] ---**
I'm sorry, but there's a place I have
to go today, so I'll see you tomorrow.
**[16:19] ---**
What? Oh, okay.
**[16:23] ---**
It sure is rare that Hozy isn't coming
to after-club practice.
**[16:26] ---**
Yeah.
**[16:35] ---**
"Hozuki School"
**[16:40] ---**
Oh?
**[16:41] ---**
Well, well... What an unusual visitor...
**[16:46] ---**
Ms. Dojima, and...
**[16:48] ---**
My granddaughter Akira.
You've met her before, though.
**[16:53] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[16:54] ---**
So what brings you here?
**[16:57] ---**
You disgraced the Hozuki name
and were driven out.
**[17:00] ---**
I came to talk to my mother.
**[17:03] ---**
What about you, Ms. Dojima?
You're practicing at this late hour?
**[17:06] ---**
No. Akira and I have become
the grand master's live-in apprentices.
**[17:13] ---**
Live-in apprentices?
**[17:15] ---**
Not only did she lose her husband,
she also lost her heir.
**[17:21] ---**
Someone needs to stay
close by and support her.
**[17:25] ---**
She'll have to start thinking
about her new heir, too, so...
**[17:31] ---**
Anyway, Satowa, you came to talk
to the grand master, right?
**[17:35] ---**
Why don't you come in?
**[17:37] ---**
Wait, Akira. She is--
**[17:40] ---**
Even though she was excommunicated,
she's still the grand master's daughter.
**[17:44] ---**
Besides, she's still a high school student.
**[17:46] ---**
It'd be sad if she couldn't
come inside the house.
**[17:48] ---**
You truly are a very kind person.
**[17:53] ---**
No, it's not like that.
**[18:02] ---**
Ah... Grand Master.
**[18:08] ---**
It's been a while.
**[18:10] ---**
What are you doing here?
**[18:12] ---**
I want you to leave.
**[18:14] ---**
Wait, Mom!
**[18:18] ---**
I came to ask you a favor.
**[18:21] ---**
Hmph. Don't tell me you want to come back?
**[18:25] ---**
How could you after what you've done...?
**[18:28] ---**
I joined the koto club at my high school.
**[18:31] ---**
I'm still playing the koto there.
**[18:35] ---**
But we need one more 17-string right now.
**[18:39] ---**
Could you let me borrow one of the school's?
**[18:41] ---**
You've been excommunicated
by the Hozuki School
**[18:43] ---**
and play the koto in a school club for fun.
**[18:46] ---**
And now, you want to borrow a 17-string?
**[18:49] ---**
I've never heard anything so shameful!
**[18:52] ---**
I'm talking to my mother.
**[18:54] ---**
Wha...?
**[18:55] ---**
If I remember correctly,
you have your own 17-string.
**[18:59] ---**
I need one more.
**[19:02] ---**
There's no instrument here
that I could lend you.
**[19:05] ---**
Leave.
**[19:06] ---**
So to them, it's their last chance.
**[19:10] ---**
That's just natural. What nerve you've got.
**[19:13] ---**
To start with, is that the kind of attitude
you show when you're asking for a favor?
**[19:16] ---**
This is why a child with lots of problems is--
**[19:23] ---**
Please...
**[19:26] ---**
I can only think that you're insane.
**[19:29] ---**
You're doing this for a mere school club...
**[19:31] ---**
You'd better not be plotting something...
**[19:34] ---**
If you don't mind, I can lend you my 17-string.
**[19:38] ---**
That would be okay with you,
right, Grand Master?
**[19:41] ---**
Since it's my instrument?
**[19:42] ---**
Wait, Akira.
**[19:45] ---**
You don't mind?
**[19:46] ---**
No. I have one that's not being used.
**[19:50] ---**
Besides... I can't stand seeing you
in such a pitiful state.
**[19:56] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[19:59] ---**
No.
**[20:01] ---**
It is nothing short of shamefule
**[20:02] ---**
if I cause trouble for my apprentice
because of my own daughter.
**[20:07] ---**
Just take whichever one you wish.
**[20:09] ---**
In return, don't ever come here again.
**[20:15] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[20:21] ---**
No matter what I'm told, I'm not
gonna give up on Mom anymore.
**[20:26] ---**
I won't, until my true sound
reaches her... Never...
**[20:32] ---**
To think that she's still playing the koto...
**[20:35] ---**
We must make sure that
**[20:37] ---**
there isn't the slightest chance
for her to come back to Hozuki.
**[20:41] ---**
Right, Akira?
**[20:43] ---**
Yes, Grandmother.
**[20:53] ---**
Whooooa!
**[20:55] ---**
It's a 17-string!
**[20:56] ---**
All right!
**[20:58] ---**
Hozuki! Where'd you get this?
**[21:00] ---**
I borrowed it from my mom.
**[21:02] ---**
What? From your mom?
**[21:04] ---**
Is it okay, Hozuki?
**[21:06] ---**
Wasn't it hard to borrow it?
**[21:09] ---**
Not really. I just borrowed an instrument.
**[21:13] ---**
Is that... right?
**[21:15] ---**
More importantly,
you two need to practice more.
**[21:18] ---**
I don't want you to hold the others back.
**[21:21] ---**
Yeah, you're right. Thanks, Hozuki.
**[21:24] ---**
"Not really"? There's no way
that's true 'cause it's the home
**[21:28] ---**
where she was excommunicated and driven out.
**[21:31] ---**
Let's practice as hard as possible!
**[21:32] ---**
Yeah!
**[21:33] ---**
Squeeze!
**[21:35] ---**
"Koto Club"
Wh-What're you doing, Hiro?
**[21:38] ---**
"Koto Club"
Nothing! Let's practice!
**[23:09] ---**
"The 36th National Koto Competition"
**[23:12] ---**
I won't forget about that day...
**[23:15] ---**
I'll never forget that performance.
**[23:20] ---**
"Program"
**[23:22] ---**
"Akira Dojima"
"Satowa Hozuki"
**[23:23] ---**
"Akira Dojima"
"Satowa Hozuki"
Never...
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Their Determination."
**[23:41] ---**
"#18 Their Determination"
# E18 - Their Determination
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJK7K58Y/their-determination)
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**[00:00] ---**
"Teachers' Room"
**[00:00] ---**
"Teachers' Room"
Mr. Takinami. Um...
About the title of that piece...
**[00:04] ---**
"Tenkyu"
"A bow in the heavens"... "Tenkyu," huh?
**[00:08] ---**
Yes. I originally thought of "Rainbow,"
but I thought it might be too obvious.
**[00:13] ---**
Why "Rainbow"?
**[00:16] ---**
I-I thought that the rainbow
that comes after the rain
**[00:18] ---**
is kind of like our smiles...
since there are seven of us...
**[00:22] ---**
"Hahaha!
Seven club members"
**[00:23] ---**
"Hahaha!
Seven club members"
"Rainbow (a bow in the heavens)
Seven colors...?"
**[00:27] ---**
A rainbow with seven colors, huh?
**[00:28] ---**
That's good.
**[00:30] ---**
On second thought, I'll change it!
**[00:32] ---**
Wait, wait. I really think it's good.
But I want to change just one character.
**[00:35] ---**
From "bow" to "cry."
This is still read "Tenkyu," so...
**[00:36] ---**
"Ten (sky) kyu (bow)
kyu (cry)"
From "bow" to "cry."
This is still read "Tenkyu," so...
**[00:41] ---**
"The heavens cry"? So this piece
really does give off a sad impression?
**[00:47] ---**
I didn't say that.
**[00:49] ---**
Tenkyu with "cry" is the rain that falls
even when there's no cloud.
**[00:53] ---**
This is just my impression, but I think it's like
the rain that falls from a clear blue sky.
**[00:59] ---**
People cry for different reasons, right?
Not just when they're sad.
**[01:05] ---**
It seems like you understand
this piece a lot better than I do.
**[01:10] ---**
If I didn't, that'd be a problem.
**[01:11] ---**
Unless I understand it better,
I can't give you guidance, can I?
**[01:20] ---**
The title has been decided.
**[01:21] ---**
But what they still seriously lack is...
**[01:25] ---**
Mr. Takinami. Do you have a minute?
**[03:01] ---**
"#18 Their Determination"
**[03:04] ---**
"#18 Their Determination"
Oh? Are you gonna be
sitting behind me, Kurusu?
**[03:06] ---**
What?! You're sitting in front of me?!
**[03:09] ---**
I feel kinda bad that even our seats are close.
**[03:11] ---**
It's like we're constantly together
if you count our club time.
**[03:14] ---**
"Seating Rearrangement"
No, not at all! Rather, I'm happy!
**[03:16] ---**
What?
**[03:17] ---**
Y-You know, it's easier to
discuss club activities this way!
**[03:20] ---**
I'm happy in that sense!
**[03:21] ---**
Oh, yeah, you're right.
**[03:26] ---**
Th-That was close. Good thing he's dense.
**[03:33] ---**
Wow...
**[03:35] ---**
Thank you, God! I'll work hard
on club stuff! I'll work super hard!
**[03:40] ---**
My name is Dojima. I'm from
Ikuta Style Koto Hozuki School.
**[03:46] ---**
We heard that the daughter of our grand master
is a member of your koto club.
**[03:53] ---**
So if there's anything we can do,
we definitely would like to be of help.
**[03:59] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[03:59] ---**
"Koto Club"
"Tenkyu"?!
**[04:01] ---**
Wow... It sounds kinda pretty.
The rain that falls even when it's sunny?
**[04:07] ---**
Oh, Mr. Takinami.
**[04:08] ---**
What, not everyone's here yet?
**[04:10] ---**
Ah... Kudo and the others
are on cleaning duty, so--
**[04:17] ---**
Hello, Satowa.
**[04:22] ---**
M-Miss Dojima... Why...?
**[04:25] ---**
You know her, Hozuki?
**[04:27] ---**
I am Akira Dojima from the Hozuki School.
Nice to meet you.
**[04:34] ---**
Starting today, I'll be giving you koto lessons.
**[04:39] ---**
I appreciate this opportunity.
**[04:42] ---**
What?! K-Koto lessons?
**[04:44] ---**
And she's from the Hozuki School?!
**[04:47] ---**
Hey, Suzu! What's the meaning of this?!
**[04:50] ---**
This? It's exactly how it sounds.
**[04:52] ---**
That's not what I meant!
**[04:54] ---**
Whooooa! Chika! I'm gonna beat you today!
**[04:57] ---**
In your dreams!
**[05:02] ---**
Whoosh!
**[05:06] ---**
You idiots...!
**[05:09] ---**
So cool, we fell over like dominos!
**[05:15] ---**
Mr. Takinami. What're these students doing?
**[05:19] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry for the commotion.
**[05:22] ---**
They're koto club members, too.
**[05:25] ---**
You're kidding, right?
**[05:27] ---**
No.
**[05:29] ---**
Mr. Takinami, who's this lady?
**[05:31] ---**
Starting today, she's your koto teacher.
**[05:35] ---**
Huh?!
**[05:35] ---**
On top of that, she's from the Hozuki School.
**[05:39] ---**
I thought you were going to
give us guidance, Mr. Takinami.
**[05:43] ---**
I will... I'll give you musical guidance
on the piece as a whole.
**[05:47] ---**
But what you need the most right now
is to improve your technique.
**[05:52] ---**
No matter how outstanding one's musicality is
or how deeply it can touch people,
**[05:56] ---**
if their technique is inferior,
they can't win in a competition.
**[05:59] ---**
And unfortunately,
I can't teach you koto.
**[06:04] ---**
But we've got Hozuki. If she teaches us
like she has been, then--
**[06:08] ---**
I want her to focus on her own practice.
**[06:13] ---**
It's quite a burden to teach others
while you're playing.
**[06:17] ---**
You lose quite a bit of
practice time for yourself, too.
**[06:21] ---**
Or did you guys think that Hozuki doesn't
need to practice or something?
**[06:26] ---**
So, if you get it,
then start practicing already.
**[06:30] ---**
I'd like to know your abilities,
so I'll just watch today.
**[06:35] ---**
It's true that it's better to have a koto teacher.
**[06:40] ---**
But why does it have to be Miss Dojima?
**[06:42] ---**
What do I do if she's trying
to pull something on the club?
**[06:45] ---**
If something happens to
the others because of me...
**[06:48] ---**
Hozuki.
**[06:49] ---**
You don't have to worry about anything.
**[06:52] ---**
It'll be fine, so practice
as much as you'd like.
**[06:56] ---**
Mr. Takinami...
**[07:01] ---**
Now, you guys, too.
**[07:06] ---**
This is the sheet music for the piece
they're practicing right now.
**[07:09] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[07:11] ---**
I've never heard of this piece before.
**[07:13] ---**
It's an original piece, so...
**[07:15] ---**
I see... Then first I need to learn
about this piece, too.
**[07:43] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[07:45] ---**
So what do you think after
watching their practice?
**[07:48] ---**
Well... I'm disappointed that their
skill level is lower than what I expected.
**[07:55] ---**
It seems that Satowa has been
teaching them until now,
**[07:58] ---**
but her teaching must have been quite sloppy.
**[08:01] ---**
Huh?!
**[08:02] ---**
You sound pretty arrogant,
but are you really that good?
**[08:06] ---**
What do you mean by "that good"?
**[08:07] ---**
Can you play better than Hozuki?
**[08:10] ---**
I think teaching and playing
require totally different talents.
**[08:14] ---**
But well...
**[08:15] ---**
Satowa played the original piece,
"Tenkyu," and was disqualified
**[08:19] ---**
in the National Koto Competition.
**[08:22] ---**
And I'm the one who won first place
in that same competition.
**[08:31] ---**
Is that satisfactory to you?
**[08:34] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
**[08:35] ---**
Arrrgh! Who does she think she is?!
**[08:38] ---**
"Is that satisfactory to you?"
**[08:39] ---**
She ticks me off!
**[08:40] ---**
I don't like her, either!
**[08:42] ---**
I bet she's planning to mess up our club,
just like I was before!
**[08:46] ---**
Kurusu. Calm down.
**[08:48] ---**
--If I remember correctly,
--Huh?! How can you be so calm, Kurata?!
**[08:50] ---**
--the first-place person in that year's
competition played "Mizu no Hentai."
--Huh?! How can you be so calm, Kurata?!
**[08:53] ---**
-- "Mizu no Hentai"?
--Doesn't her attitude tick you off?!
**[08:55] ---**
-- "Hentai"...?
--Doesn't her attitude tick you off?!
**[08:56] ---**
--It's about water changing its form
to things like fog or clouds.
--She kept saying irritating things
with a serious look!
**[08:59] ---**
--You have to sing too and it's technically hard.
It's a very difficult piece.
--Argh! She makes my skin crawl!
**[09:02] ---**
You sing, too, while playing the koto?
**[09:05] ---**
In that competition, if no one is worthy
of first place, then no one receives the award.
**[09:09] ---**
In other words...
**[09:11] ---**
Her ability has been proven.
**[09:13] ---**
In which case, she's perfect
for improving our skills.
**[09:16] ---**
Mr. Takinami said it'd be fine, too.
**[09:19] ---**
But what if this decision is wrong...?
**[09:23] ---**
Hozy! You don't have to force yourself!
**[09:27] ---**
If you don't like it, it's okay to say so!
**[09:29] ---**
You don't have to think that this is for
the best for the club or anything!
**[09:32] ---**
Ahh... Once again...
**[09:35] ---**
I'm always being saved by them...
**[09:39] ---**
There's no longer time to hesitate
**[09:41] ---**
or shrink away from Miss Dojima
and her grandmother.
**[09:43] ---**
So to them, it's their last chance.
**[09:48] ---**
Let's use her to the fullest.
**[09:50] ---**
What?
**[09:52] ---**
Miss Dojima's ability has been proven.
**[09:54] ---**
Mr. Takinami said it'd be fine,
so I'm sure she'll teach us properly.
**[09:59] ---**
Let's learn as much as we can from her
as long as she teaches us properly.
**[10:04] ---**
But if she doesn't...
**[10:07] ---**
...we'll just have to show her the door.
**[10:09] ---**
Whoa... It's the dark Satowa!
**[10:12] ---**
Are you really sure, Hozuki?
**[10:14] ---**
Yes. I also think improving our
technique is necessary, so...
**[10:19] ---**
Okay.
**[10:20] ---**
Kurata! What're you--
**[10:22] ---**
Continuing this discussion will get us nowhere.
**[10:25] ---**
Let's try a lesson with her first.
**[10:27] ---**
Otherwise we can't make a decision.
**[10:31] ---**
But would Chika accept that?
**[10:34] ---**
He's still practicing, so I'll go get him.
**[10:41] ---**
It's quite a burden to teach others
while you're playing.
**[10:47] ---**
Her teaching must have been quite sloppy.
**[10:50] ---**
I'm disappointed that their skill level
is lower than what I expected.
**[10:54] ---**
Chika! Why don't you take a break?
**[10:56] ---**
We've been talking about Miss Dojima, and--
**[10:59] ---**
Hey, don't tell me you're asleep while play--
**[11:07] ---**
Chika...
**[11:16] ---**
Akira. How was the koto club?
**[11:19] ---**
Most of them haven't even mastered the basics.
**[11:22] ---**
There's nothing to be concerned about.
**[11:26] ---**
Still, the only way to be certain
is to nip it in the bud now
**[11:30] ---**
no matter how small it is.
**[11:31] ---**
Make sure they clearly understand
the difference between their abilities
**[11:35] ---**
and that of a serious koto player.
**[11:39] ---**
And make *her* aware that there's no longer
a place for her to play the koto.
**[11:46] ---**
Understood.
**[12:01] ---**
How stupid...
**[12:12] ---**
Today, you'll first practice how to play
a single note firmly and carefully.
**[12:17] ---**
A single note?!
**[12:18] ---**
We're starting with something
as basic as that *now*?
**[12:20] ---**
You practice it because you can't do it.
Now, please play.
**[12:28] ---**
Are you taking this lightly
because it's just a single note?
**[12:32] ---**
Every performance is comprised
of a connection of single notes.
**[12:40] ---**
Play like this. Now, try it again.
**[12:44] ---**
Hozuki...
**[12:46] ---**
You don't have to do it, Satowa.
**[12:49] ---**
Well, it's important to go back
to the basics, so...
**[12:56] ---**
Next, play from the *kin* string
through the tenth continuously.
**[12:59] ---**
Please play them so that you give
every single note the same weight.
**[13:04] ---**
Make sure that the notes sound even.
**[13:07] ---**
Play them at a fast tempo and go
down the scale one note at a time.
**[13:12] ---**
Hm? This should be a simple pattern,
but the notes sound kinda muddled.
**[13:17] ---**
I can only hear muddled sounds.
**[13:20] ---**
That's enough. Let's move on.
**[13:23] ---**
This is a variation of two-finger picking.
**[13:25] ---**
Go up the scale from strings 1 and 5,
2 and 7, 3 and 8, and so on.
**[13:28] ---**
Once you get to *kin*, go down
the scale in the same way.
**[13:32] ---**
After that, play closer strings this time,
**[13:35] ---**
from 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, and so on,
and do the same thing but faster.
**[13:38] ---**
Please alternate and repeat this.
**[13:44] ---**
Is it possible that you all don't even realize
that your sounds are muddled?
**[13:49] ---**
You're not paying attention
to what each note sounds like at all.
**[13:53] ---**
You take each note lightly and feel like
you can play because it sounds okay.
**[13:57] ---**
If the volume of the sound
the paired fingers play isn't the same,
**[14:00] ---**
the notes won't be uniform.
**[14:02] ---**
"The volume of the sound
the paired fingers play"...?
**[14:04] ---**
You play each note at a different volume.
**[14:08] ---**
That's why they're not uniform
and sound muddled.
**[14:10] ---**
And because of that,
the rhythm becomes disturbed.
**[14:19] ---**
This is what it means
for the notes to be uniform.
**[14:24] ---**
Well then, everyone, try one more time.
**[14:27] ---**
H-Hey, Chika!
**[14:29] ---**
What is it? If you have a problem
with me, you can just quit--
**[14:34] ---**
Play one more time.
**[14:36] ---**
What?
**[14:37] ---**
I couldn't see it well because I was
sitting far away. So play one more time.
**[14:41] ---**
You should speak politely
when speaking to your teacher.
**[14:46] ---**
Please play it one more time.
**[14:56] ---**
When using alternate picking,
don't use just your thumb.
**[15:00] ---**
These notes sound muddled, too, when these
patterns are in the pieces we play.
**[15:06] ---**
I thought I was playing them okay,
**[15:08] ---**
but when I play them separately,
they all sound unclear.
**[15:12] ---**
That's enough. This is getting nowhere.
**[15:16] ---**
It's surprising that you're aiming
for nationals with your skill level.
**[15:19] ---**
Hey, you don't have to say--
**[15:20] ---**
You're not worthy of playing "Tenkyu," yet.
**[15:23] ---**
For today, please diligently practice
the basics we just went over.
**[15:28] ---**
That is befitting for you.
**[15:36] ---**
Hozuki. It's okay to practice "Tenkyu"
at Ms. Nishina's place, right?
**[15:41] ---**
Yes, of course.
**[15:42] ---**
Also, today's...
**[15:46] ---**
Chika. What were you thinking?
**[15:48] ---**
Why did you readily follow
what that woman said?
**[15:51] ---**
What? "Why"?
**[15:52] ---**
That woman looks down
on Hozy as well as the club!
**[15:56] ---**
She's right! You're the one
who'd normally get upset first. But...!
**[16:00] ---**
Because we're terrible players.
**[16:02] ---**
What?
**[16:03] ---**
Because we're terrible players,
she looked down on Hozuki and the club.
**[16:08] ---**
I wanna get better as soon as possible.
**[16:12] ---**
And I'm definitely gonna go to nationals...
**[16:15] ---**
...with everyone here.
**[16:18] ---**
I'll use everything I can to do so.
**[16:21] ---**
I think it was Chika who was the most
frustrated when she looked down on us...
**[16:26] ---**
...because he loves this club
a lot more than we know, right?
**[16:33] ---**
Argh! I said something stupid!
I messed up again!
**[16:39] ---**
There are things we need to do
before we complain!
**[16:42] ---**
Right!
**[16:45] ---**
"The 36th National Koto Competition
Best Performance Award"
**[16:48] ---**
Let's first hammer out the basics
thoroughly as "befits" us!
**[16:58] ---**
Kudo! You're quite early!
**[17:00] ---**
Yeah.
**[17:02] ---**
You're probably keeping your hand too flat.
**[17:05] ---**
No, not like that.
**[17:07] ---**
I'm fine.
**[17:08] ---**
What?
**[17:09] ---**
You don't have to worry about me.
Do your own practice.
**[17:13] ---**
Are you stupid or what?
**[17:15] ---**
What?!
**[17:16] ---**
You're worried about what Mr. Takinami said.
**[17:18] ---**
And you're honest to a fault, so you just
accepted it. I'm right, aren't I?
**[17:21] ---**
You really are stupid.
**[17:22] ---**
You called me "stupid" three times!
**[17:23] ---**
I'm going to keep being
involved with your practice.
**[17:26] ---**
But if you do, your practice time will--
**[17:28] ---**
Let me be clear. Teaching everyone
has never been a burden to me.
**[17:34] ---**
Not even once.
**[17:37] ---**
Now, move. The 17-string is hard
because the amount of strength you use
**[17:41] ---**
is different compared to the usual 13-string.
**[17:47] ---**
It's the same basics,
**[17:48] ---**
but depending on the player,
it really does sound totally different.
**[17:52] ---**
Hozuki's tones are strong but somehow soft.
**[17:55] ---**
And, how should I put it...
**[17:57] ---**
They are very clear.
**[18:00] ---**
Unlike my sounds, hers have
no unwanted noise at all.
**[18:03] ---**
It sounds like every single note has meaning.
**[18:07] ---**
I wanna play like this, too!
**[18:11] ---**
One more time!
**[18:14] ---**
Hold it right there!
**[18:15] ---**
It's not fair that only Chika
is shown how to do it!
**[18:18] ---**
Hozuki! Please show us how to do it, too!
**[18:20] ---**
You're too close!
**[18:22] ---**
Jeez... What're you guys doing?
**[18:25] ---**
Good. Things are going back to normal.
**[18:28] ---**
Well, I was the one who was most irritated.
**[18:31] ---**
But that's because you were
thinking about Hozuki the most.
**[18:37] ---**
That's why I thought it'd be okay
to accept Miss Dojima.
**[18:43] ---**
Oh, hey, guys. Got a minute?
**[18:46] ---**
What is it, four-eyes?
**[18:47] ---**
Well, about practicing the basics...
**[18:58] ---**
Four, two, three, four...
**[18:58] ---**
"Koto Club"
Four, two, three, four...
**[19:00] ---**
Four, two, three, four...
**[19:01] ---**
One, two, three, four...
**[19:04] ---**
Two, two, three, four...
**[19:07] ---**
--Three, two, three, four...
**[19:08] ---**
--What're they doing?
--Three, two, three, four...
**[19:09] ---**
--They said they made their own
arrangement of the basic practice.
--Three, two, three, four...
**[19:10] ---**
--They said they made their own
arrangement of the basic practice.
--Four, two, three, four...
**[19:12] ---**
--It seems that they are using the patterns
from "Tenkyu" containing the basics
--Four, two, three, four...
**[19:13] ---**
--It seems that they are using the patterns
from "Tenkyu" containing the basics
--One, two, three, four...
**[19:15] ---**
--so that it will help as much
as possible when they play it.
--One, two, three, four...
**[19:16] ---**
--so that it will help as much
as possible when they play it.
--Two, two, three, four...
**[19:17] ---**
--They all pitched in their ideas, like playing
the parts in order like a relay.
--Two, two, three, four...
**[19:19] ---**
--They all pitched in their ideas, like playing
the parts in order like a relay.
--Three, two, three, four...
**[19:21] ---**
--There are many others, too.
--Three, two, three, four...
**[19:22] ---**
--There are many others, too.
--Four, two, three, four...
**[19:24] ---**
--Interesting, isn't it?
--Four, two, three, four...
**[19:25] ---**
One, two, three, four...
**[19:29] ---**
Miss Dojima...
**[19:30] ---**
They haven't mastered the basics yet.
**[19:33] ---**
Don't move onto a more
advanced level on your own.
**[19:35] ---**
You all readily neglect the basics like that.
**[19:38] ---**
We might want to use today to correct
your attitude towards the koto fir--
**[19:49] ---**
Kudo! Since when could he
play it so clearly...?
**[19:57] ---**
Whoa! Amazing! How the heck did he...?!
**[19:59] ---**
As always, he surprises me.
**[20:03] ---**
We're not neglecting them.
**[20:06] ---**
His sounds are completely
different from before!
**[20:09] ---**
They weren't so different
from mine not too long ago!
**[20:12] ---**
Well, we don't have much
time left before the qualifier.
**[20:15] ---**
So could you start giving lessons
**[20:16] ---**
on "Tenkyu" while doing the basic practice?
**[20:21] ---**
Okay.
**[20:23] ---**
Well then, I'll work with each part separately.
**[20:25] ---**
Please practice on your own until your turn.
**[20:29] ---**
Satowa... You don't need any lessons, right?
**[20:33] ---**
Oh no, please give me advice
if you think of anything.
**[20:37] ---**
*I* give *you* advice? You must be joking.
**[20:40] ---**
I'm not joking. I heard that you won
that competition with "Mizu no Hentai."
**[20:45] ---**
I think that's incredible.
**[20:50] ---**
Can I ask you something?
**[20:52] ---**
Sure.
**[20:53] ---**
Why did you decide to do this piece?
**[20:57] ---**
Mr. Takinami suggested it.
**[20:59] ---**
I also thought it was a good opportunity
to finally face this piece.
**[21:04] ---**
"Face" it...?
**[21:06] ---**
I... see.
**[21:07] ---**
Um... May I ask you something, too?
**[21:11] ---**
What is it?
**[21:12] ---**
I heard that you're
teaching us without any pay.
**[21:16] ---**
Doing it twice a week requires
quite a bit of your time.
**[21:19] ---**
Why would you go so far?
**[21:22] ---**
All this time...
**[21:24] ---**
All this time... All this time...
All this time...
**[21:30] ---**
I haven't been able to see
the light since that day.
**[21:34] ---**
I just wanted to know what it was
**[21:36] ---**
that you wanted so badly
that you threw everything away
**[21:38] ---**
and even messed things up
for those around you.
**[21:42] ---**
What?
**[21:43] ---**
It's this club, right?
**[21:45] ---**
I want to know its value.
**[21:48] ---**
That's all.
**[21:51] ---**
I can't even remember the light.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Confrontation."
**[23:41] ---**
"#19 Confrontation"
# E19 - Confrontation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRKKDKGWR/confrontation)
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**[00:01] ---**
My older brother would run back home
from school in the afternoon.
**[00:06] ---**
He would dash straight to his koto
and play his favorite pieces.
**[00:13] ---**
Mom would soon join him and the room
would be filled with fun sounds.
**[00:20] ---**
I liked that gentle time.
**[00:25] ---**
I really loved it.
**[01:59] ---**
"The Tsubaki School
First Performance of the Year"
**[02:00] ---**
"The Tsubaki School
First Performance of the Year"
"#19 Confrontation"
**[02:03] ---**
"#19 Confrontation"
**[02:07] ---**
Keishi's performance really does
put adults' to shame.
**[02:10] ---**
You two must be so proud
to have such an excellent heir.
**[02:15] ---**
Oh, well, um...
**[02:21] ---**
Akira. Did you like your
brother's performance?
**[02:24] ---**
Yep! I loved it!
**[02:26] ---**
Since I received a passionate encore from
my cute sister, I'll play another piece!
**[02:30] ---**
A song by the rock band that I'm so into
right now, with my special arrangement!
**[02:36] ---**
Yaaaay!
**[02:41] ---**
I'm so exhausted! Grandma's
scolding always takes forever!
**[02:45] ---**
It was a great performance, though.
**[02:47] ---**
I know, right?
**[02:48] ---**
Yep!
**[02:49] ---**
Will I be able to play like you?
**[02:56] ---**
You'll be able to play a lot
better than I can... Akira!
**[03:04] ---**
"First Place" "Best Performance Award"
**[03:04] ---**
"First Place" "Best Performance Award"
Keishi really is amazing! He gets first
place in every competition he's in.
**[03:09] ---**
I saw your brother on TV the other day.
I wish I had a big brother like him!
**[03:15] ---**
I'll enter a competition, too!
I'll be a genius, too!
**[03:19] ---**
I'll get first place in a competition
and shine like Keishi!
**[03:25] ---**
"Participation Award"
**[03:26] ---**
Participation Award...
**[03:28] ---**
When Keishi gets first place...
**[03:32] ---**
What's wrong with Akira?
**[03:34] ---**
She's feeling down because
she didn't get first place.
**[03:37] ---**
Akira! Let's play the koto together!
**[03:39] ---**
No. I'm a failure as your sister.
**[03:43] ---**
Akira...
**[03:45] ---**
Keishi. How can I be first place like you?
**[03:51] ---**
You know, I was practicing backflips
with my friends the other day.
**[03:55] ---**
What?! That's dangerous!
**[03:57] ---**
I failed many times and I
even injured myself a little...
**[04:00] ---**
...but I kept trying to do it, and I did it!
**[04:06] ---**
Mom! I'll enter the next competition, too!
**[04:09] ---**
I'll keep entering them until I get first place!
**[04:12] ---**
Since then, I've participated
in many competitions.
**[04:16] ---**
I wanted to catch up with Keishi.
I wanted to shine.
**[04:21] ---**
But what I started seeing after working hard
and becoming more skilled
**[04:25] ---**
was not me shining like my brother
but his true self and talent.
**[04:32] ---**
I came to realize that he
really was a true genius.
**[04:36] ---**
But still, he practiced and
worked harder than anyone.
**[04:43] ---**
So I thought, "It's okay that I'm not
a genius. I can still work hard."
**[04:50] ---**
Akira has been working hard lately, huh?
**[04:53] ---**
She finally got second place the other day!
**[04:56] ---**
I hope she can get first place soon.
**[04:58] ---**
It'll be fine. I'm sure she'll--
**[05:05] ---**
Akira! Grandma!
**[05:09] ---**
Keishi...
**[05:18] ---**
Then, all too suddenly and unexpectedly,
our parents were gone.
**[05:28] ---**
"Dojima"
**[05:29] ---**
"Dojima"
What?
**[05:30] ---**
What did you just say?
**[05:32] ---**
I said I decided to quit college
and start working!
**[05:35] ---**
But aren't you gonna succeed
the Tsubaki School?!
**[05:39] ---**
Forgive me, Akira.
**[05:40] ---**
I'm quitting koto.
I'll leave the Tsubaki School to you.
**[05:48] ---**
W-Wait a sec!
**[05:50] ---**
Why are you quitting koto?!
**[05:53] ---**
Hey! Keishi!
**[05:57] ---**
Why...?
**[05:58] ---**
The income from the Tsubaki School alone
**[06:00] ---**
is nowhere near enough
to support the two of you.
**[06:04] ---**
But Keishi is good enough to perform--
**[06:06] ---**
Things aren't easy in this industry.
It'll take a while
**[06:09] ---**
before he can start earning money.
**[06:11] ---**
Then I'll quit high school and work!
**[06:14] ---**
Don't be ridiculous!
**[06:16] ---**
You're the only one who can
succeed the Tsubaki School now!
**[06:19] ---**
Come to terms with that!
**[06:20] ---**
But to think that Keishi would quit koto...!
**[06:22] ---**
Keishi...
**[06:24] ---**
Keishi entrusted everything to you!
**[06:27] ---**
Are you saying that you're
going to betray his wish?!
**[06:33] ---**
What...? Why is Keishi the one quitting?
**[06:37] ---**
Why...?
**[06:39] ---**
"Mizu no Hentai"?
**[06:41] ---**
That's right. Technique, singing, expression...
**[06:45] ---**
It's an unsurpassed masterpiece on all counts.
**[06:48] ---**
I'll have you focus on this piece
for the next two years.
**[06:52] ---**
What?
**[06:53] ---**
Your current ability is nowhere near Keishi's.
**[06:57] ---**
Many of the disciples are unhappy, too.
**[07:01] ---**
So I'll intensely retrain you from
the basics using this piece.
**[07:04] ---**
After your ability has improved,
I'll have you get first place
**[07:06] ---**
in the competition that attracts
the most attention in the koto industry.
**[07:10] ---**
Then no one should have any more complaints.
**[07:13] ---**
First place...
**[07:14] ---**
Understood? Work hard...
on behalf of Keishi as well.
**[07:20] ---**
On that day... my days of devotedly
facing the koto started.
**[07:26] ---**
I worked frantically...
so that I could replace my brother...
**[07:31] ---**
...and so that the choice he made
wouldn't become a mistake.
**[07:34] ---**
I heard that girl from Hozuki will
also be in the upcoming competition.
**[07:38] ---**
What? Isn't she still a middle school student?
**[07:41] ---**
She is. What a conceited girl...!
**[07:44] ---**
Hozuki is the parent school that
the Tsubaki School belongs to.
**[07:48] ---**
The Hozuki heir was a girl
who was also called a genius.
**[07:53] ---**
I've heard her performance before.
It was indeed incredible.
**[07:57] ---**
Perfect... No flaws... Hard to approach...
It was a performance like that.
**[08:05] ---**
Akira. The competition is today, right?
**[08:08] ---**
I can't get away from work today
to go see your performance.
**[08:12] ---**
That's okay.
**[08:13] ---**
A-Akira... Um...
**[08:14] ---**
Sorry. I have to go.
**[08:17] ---**
If I get through today,
I'm sure something will change.
**[08:23] ---**
I'm sure the light is waiting
for me! I'm sure...!
**[08:27] ---**
Entry number 5. Akira Dojima.
"Mizu no Hentai."
**[08:39] ---**
She's good.
**[08:45] ---**
--# In Oyamada... #
**[08:48] ---**
--What a player... She puts such care
into every single note she plays.
--# In Oyamada... #
**[08:53] ---**
--Both her singing and
koto technique are so pure.
--# In Oyamada... #
**[08:57] ---**
--Every single note is beautiful.
--# In Oyamada... #
**[09:01] ---**
I wonder how much she devoted herself
to playing the koto to get here...
**[09:05] ---**
--# ...in the fog... I thought... #
**[09:08] ---**
--It's okay that I'm not a genius.
I can still work hard.
--# ...in the fog... I thought... #
**[09:14] ---**
--Then someday, I will...
--# ...in the fog... I thought... #
**[09:17] ---**
--I will be able to get there, too!
--# ...in the fog... I thought... #
**[09:22] ---**
# ...someone was making
their way through... #
**[09:40] ---**
I did it... I was able to give
my best performance ever.
**[09:47] ---**
I did it!
**[09:49] ---**
That performance pretty much
sealed first place for you.
**[09:52] ---**
That's not really...
**[09:53] ---**
Entry number 13. Satowa Hozuki.
**[09:57] ---**
"Yaegoromo."
**[09:59] ---**
The Hozuki girl...
**[10:01] ---**
It's amazing that she can play
"Yaegoromo" at her age.
**[10:04] ---**
But it's okay. I know her performance.
Even if she's a genius...
**[10:20] ---**
A single note was all it took...
**[10:23] ---**
The technique and expression I had attained
**[10:25] ---**
in the two years I devoted
myself entirely to koto...
**[10:28] ---**
Her single note crushed them all.
**[10:31] ---**
Wh-What's this piece?!
This isn't "Yaegoromo"!
**[10:35] ---**
This will get her disqualified!
**[10:38] ---**
I realized then... that no
matter how hard I worked,
**[10:42] ---**
I would never be able to reach that place.
**[10:47] ---**
The best performance award
goes to Akira Dojima.
**[10:51] ---**
See! Akira! They called you.
Stop being dazed and go up already!
**[10:57] ---**
What? That girl isn't first place?
**[10:59] ---**
You dummy. She got disqualified, remember?
**[11:02] ---**
Oh, that's right.
**[11:05] ---**
Wait, what kind of piece did
the first-place person play again?
**[11:09] ---**
"Second Place"
"Outstanding Performance Award"
"Third Place"
**[11:12] ---**
"The 36th National Koto Competition
Best Performance Award"
**[11:13] ---**
Will I be able to play like you?
**[11:25] ---**
Disqualified?! That's BS!
**[11:27] ---**
After giving that performance?!
Don't mock me!
**[11:31] ---**
"Participation Award"
Don't insult me!
**[11:54] ---**
I thought the light was waiting for me.
**[11:58] ---**
But what I found there was...
**[12:01] ---**
"The 36th National Koto Competition
Best Performance Award"
**[12:01] ---**
"The 36th National Koto Competition
Best Performance Award"
...an even deeper darkness with no exit.
**[12:12] ---**
A short time after the competition,
**[12:14] ---**
I heard that girl was excommunicated.
**[12:17] ---**
This is a perfect opportunity.
**[12:20] ---**
The heir of the Hozuki School is gone.
**[12:24] ---**
You can take that position!
**[12:27] ---**
That grand master of Hozuki isn't
capable in the first place.
**[12:30] ---**
And look at the state her daughter,
their only hope, is in.
**[12:33] ---**
The school is just an empty shell now.
**[12:37] ---**
Yeah...
**[12:39] ---**
What's with her?
**[12:41] ---**
I wonder why she doesn't get it...
**[12:43] ---**
Ever since Keishi left, the Tsubaki School
has been the empty shell.
**[12:50] ---**
How have I been playing the koto
up until now? How have I been facing it?
**[12:56] ---**
When talented people are rapidly
moving away from koto...
**[13:00] ---**
...why is someone like me still hanging onto it?
**[13:04] ---**
It hurts... It hurts... I'm exhausted.
**[13:09] ---**
I don't care anymore.
**[13:14] ---**
I joined the koto club at my high school.
**[13:19] ---**
Please...
**[13:21] ---**
What? A school club?
**[13:23] ---**
Talent, a big house, an outstanding future...
She threw everything away.
**[13:28] ---**
What's her problem?
**[13:29] ---**
How far will she go to insult
someone who's serious about--
**[13:38] ---**
I just wanted to know what it was
**[13:40] ---**
that you wanted so badly
that you threw everything away
**[13:42] ---**
and even messed things up
for those around you.
**[13:47] ---**
I want to know its value.
**[13:50] ---**
That's all.
**[13:54] ---**
Just kidding. I'm sorry.
I carried the joke too far.
**[13:58] ---**
Please forget it.
**[14:06] ---**
The value...
**[14:08] ---**
Just a single note...
**[14:13] ---**
That's all it takes.
**[14:15] ---**
You don't need to hear it.
You don't need to know.
**[14:20] ---**
You no longer need the light...
**[14:23] ---**
...because you're not capable
of handling it anyway.
**[14:35] ---**
Well then, I'll start with the 17-string part.
**[14:39] ---**
Start from the beginning.
**[14:43] ---**
That's not good at all.
**[14:45] ---**
The sound isn't clear. One more time.
**[14:50] ---**
This boy is very quick to learn.
**[14:55] ---**
He absorbs what I teach
as fast as I can teach him.
**[14:59] ---**
This boy is a typical hard-working type.
**[15:02] ---**
I think he's got good intuition,
but he's almost pitifully...
**[15:06] ---**
...ordinary.
**[15:11] ---**
Mr. Takinami is cruel to have
these two play the same part.
**[15:19] ---**
Well then, next is the second koto part.
**[15:21] ---**
Okay.
**[15:27] ---**
Stop there.
**[15:28] ---**
You're not putting the right
pressure on the string.
**[15:30] ---**
Press harder.
**[15:33] ---**
Harder. That's only raising
the note by a half step.
**[15:38] ---**
But I can't do it any harder than this.
**[15:42] ---**
Your arm is open and shoulder is raised.
You can't press hard like that.
**[15:47] ---**
Try not to press with just your arm.
Put your weight on it.
**[15:52] ---**
Close my arm and put my weight on it.
Don't raise my shoulder.
**[15:59] ---**
Good. Let's move on.
**[16:02] ---**
"Nishina Instruments"
**[16:06] ---**
Argh! Dammit! Since that woman
told me about this unclear sound,
**[16:09] ---**
I can't stop thinking about it!
**[16:15] ---**
What?
**[16:18] ---**
Wh-Wh-What're you doing all of a sudden?!
**[16:20] ---**
Well, I was trying to remember
how hard your fingertips were.
**[16:24] ---**
Even so, don't touch me
so casually, stupid! Perv!
**[16:27] ---**
Per--?!
**[16:30] ---**
Could she still be holding a grudge?
**[16:34] ---**
Hey, you're fine.
**[16:37] ---**
What?
**[16:38] ---**
You've been kinda quiet today.
**[16:42] ---**
I just had a sore throat, that's all.
**[16:45] ---**
Throat...
**[16:48] ---**
Here.
**[16:54] ---**
You really do like strawberries, huh?
**[16:56] ---**
Shut up. Got a problem with that?
**[17:02] ---**
Thanks.
**[17:04] ---**
Missy.
**[17:06] ---**
A koto teacher I know had
that DVD you were asking about.
**[17:10] ---**
Really?!
**[17:12] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[17:13] ---**
Hm? What's that?
**[17:15] ---**
Miss Dojima's performance in that
competition where she got first place.
**[17:20] ---**
I felt... that I should listen to it.
**[17:24] ---**
I'll listen to it, too!
**[17:25] ---**
Hey, let's listen to it together.
**[17:29] ---**
Wow... I'm kinda nervous.
**[17:31] ---**
I'm gonna play it now, okay?
**[17:37] ---**
Entry number 5. Akira Dojima.
"Mizu no Hentai."
**[17:58] ---**
Is something wrong, Satowa?
**[18:02] ---**
I listened to your
"Mizu no Hentai" performance.
**[18:09] ---**
I'm sorry!
**[18:12] ---**
What...?
**[18:13] ---**
At first, I thought you might
be up to something.
**[18:19] ---**
But after listening to your performance,
I felt very ashamed for thinking that.
**[18:25] ---**
I've never heard a performance so sincere
towards a piece and the koto.
**[18:30] ---**
To someone who gives
a performance like that, I was--
**[18:33] ---**
Please stop it.
**[18:34] ---**
Satowa. Please raise your head.
**[18:39] ---**
Please don't make me feel any
more miserable than I do now.
**[18:47] ---**
U-Um...!
**[18:48] ---**
That time... why did you do it?
**[18:51] ---**
What?
**[18:52] ---**
You were good enough to win first place.
Did you play a different piece
**[18:56] ---**
to purposely get disqualified
in order to stand out?
**[18:59] ---**
--It's not like--
--After that competition,
you don't know how many times I heard...
**[19:03] ---**
"Poor thing. Her performance was first place,
but the disqualified one was better."
**[19:08] ---**
"Poor thing," they said.
**[19:10] ---**
I don't wanna hear a compliment
from you after all this time.
**[19:20] ---**
I wanted... to get my mother back.
**[19:25] ---**
Sh-She was under all sorts
of pressure and changed rapidly.
**[19:30] ---**
At that time, I was invisible to her.
My words didn't reach her, either.
**[19:36] ---**
So... I threw a tantrum on that big stage
screaming, "Look at me, Mom!"...
**[19:45] ---**
...like a small child...
**[19:51] ---**
But in the end, all I did was
hurt her and mess up the school.
**[19:57] ---**
You said I wouldn't need any lessons,
**[20:00] ---**
but there are a lot of things
that I'd like to learn from you.
**[20:04] ---**
So I came to formally
ask you for your guidance.
**[20:09] ---**
The truth is, I knew it even before she told me.
**[20:13] ---**
*That* performance was not a game
or her having fun. I knew that much.
**[20:18] ---**
Ahh, that's right. She's only
a first-year student in high school.
**[20:24] ---**
She's about the same age as me
when I could do nothing
**[20:27] ---**
but be protected by Keishi.
**[20:44] ---**
Oh, her long-sought-after first place
has been totally eclipsed.
**[20:47] ---**
Even though she spent two whole years...
**[20:49] ---**
She'll never be able to surpass her brother.
**[20:52] ---**
Poor thing...
**[20:54] ---**
Where're you going?
Do you want to escape from here?
**[20:58] ---**
Even if there's an exit in this darkness,
all that lies beyond it is...
**[21:04] ---**
...an endless series of walls
that you could never overcome.
**[21:15] ---**
Um...
**[21:17] ---**
I studied "Mizu no Hentai" for two years.
**[21:21] ---**
But those two years were instantly
crushed by one single note of yours.
**[21:29] ---**
What are you saying I should teach you?
**[21:33] ---**
It's time... I put an end
to all my struggling.
**[23:11] ---**
Oh, Miss Dojima.
**[23:14] ---**
I'm sorry to tell you this so suddenly...
**[23:19] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[23:19] ---**
"Koto Club"
I'm going to quit teaching
your koto club as of today.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Another Chance."
**[23:41] ---**
"#20 Another Chance"
# E20 - Another Chance
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**[01:30] ---**
"#20 Another Chance"
**[01:31] ---**
"#20 Another Chance"
I'm going to quit teaching
your koto club as of today.
**[01:39] ---**
What's the reason?
**[01:41] ---**
I no longer feel like I'm
good enough to teach them.
**[01:44] ---**
You warned me about this
at the beginning, right?
**[01:50] ---**
If there's anything we can do,
we definitely would like to be of help.
**[01:55] ---**
I came to recommend
**[01:57] ---**
my granddaughter Akira
as your outside instructor.
**[02:00] ---**
Outside instructor...
**[02:01] ---**
This is Akira's career record.
**[02:07] ---**
By the way, she doesn't have to get paid.
**[02:10] ---**
What? But that's just not...
**[02:13] ---**
Teaching others is a great
learning experience in itself.
**[02:17] ---**
It's going to help her in the future, too, so...
**[02:21] ---**
What do you think, Mr. Takinami?
**[02:24] ---**
I was just thinking about finding someone
**[02:26] ---**
who can give them koto lessons.
**[02:28] ---**
So if you could help us, that would be great.
**[02:31] ---**
However...
**[02:33] ---**
...if I find you useless,
I'll ask you to quit right away.
**[02:37] ---**
Would that be okay with you?
**[02:40] ---**
I know I'm being rude.
**[02:41] ---**
But the instructor's compatibility with
the students and her quality as a teacher
**[02:44] ---**
will greatly affect their future performances.
**[02:48] ---**
I believe that our club can go to nationals.
**[02:53] ---**
My students have the potential.
**[02:56] ---**
So if they couldn't go to nationals
just because of an inadequate instructor,
**[03:01] ---**
it wouldn't be funny.
**[03:02] ---**
"Inadequate"?
**[03:03] ---**
That's fine.
**[03:05] ---**
It's okay to fire me the moment
you feel that I'm not good enough.
**[03:15] ---**
I did say that, but I don't think
you're not good enough.
**[03:21] ---**
But I feel that way about myself.
**[03:23] ---**
If the teacher can't teach with confidence,
**[03:26] ---**
it'll have a negative influence
on the students.
**[03:29] ---**
I see... Understood.
**[03:31] ---**
Since you're teaching them without pay,
I can't force you to continue.
**[03:35] ---**
I'm sorry to see you go, though.
**[03:37] ---**
But could you stay at least until
I find the next instructor?
**[03:41] ---**
I'll find someone as soon as possible.
**[03:43] ---**
Okay.
**[03:45] ---**
Well then...
**[03:47] ---**
Although it was a short period of time,
I'm glad we had you.
**[03:51] ---**
You've helped them improve
their skills quite a bit.
**[03:56] ---**
"Koto Club"
Thank you very much.
**[03:59] ---**
What was that? Sarcasm?
**[04:04] ---**
If anything, they all disliked me...
**[04:17] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[04:26] ---**
What...? Their sound is...
**[04:37] ---**
Miss Dojima?
**[04:40] ---**
Your sound...
**[04:41] ---**
It's only been a few days,
but your sound changed quite a bit.
**[04:47] ---**
You think so?!
**[04:48] ---**
Did something happen?
**[04:53] ---**
We listened to your performance.
**[04:56] ---**
We did think it might be a bit rude
listening to it without asking you, but...
**[04:59] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[05:01] ---**
But after we finished listening
to your performance together,
**[05:06] ---**
we all stood up without saying anything
**[05:08] ---**
and started practicing like crazy.
**[05:12] ---**
When we heard your performance,
we all suddenly realized...
**[05:18] ---**
...what it means to
"play every single note with care."
**[05:23] ---**
Miss Dojima! I can now play that spot
you taught me the other day!
**[05:27] ---**
Listen!
**[05:28] ---**
"Please."
**[05:29] ---**
Please!
**[05:43] ---**
--How was that?!
--The rhythm isn't right.
**[05:46] ---**
But I can see you're now putting
lots of care into the sound. I'm surprised.
**[05:54] ---**
All right!
**[05:56] ---**
You look happy, Kota.
**[05:57] ---**
I rarely get compliments from teachers, so...
**[06:02] ---**
A-After you taught me
how to position my arm,
**[06:05] ---**
pressing the strings became easier.
**[06:08] ---**
Thank you... very much.
**[06:13] ---**
I can even hear "stop" now,
even when you're not around.
**[06:20] ---**
Satowa...
**[06:22] ---**
U-Um... Could you give us advice
on our ensemble as well today?
**[06:27] ---**
We have been practicing it when you're
not around and during after-club practice.
**[06:35] ---**
But.... Um...
**[06:39] ---**
I-I'm not good at teaching, so...!
**[06:43] ---**
We stumble from the start
and can't play it well together at all.
**[06:47] ---**
But I don't know what to do,
so we can't move forward.
**[06:51] ---**
So... um...
**[06:54] ---**
Hey! Are you indirectly complaining about us?!
**[06:57] ---**
N-No! I don't mean that at all!
**[07:01] ---**
What are you saying I should teach you?
**[07:05] ---**
Even after I pushed her away like that...
**[07:11] ---**
You're right.
You're disorganized from the start.
**[07:17] ---**
Let's pair the solo and 17-string,
and the first and second kotos
**[07:22] ---**
and practice separately first.
**[07:23] ---**
In this piece, the 17-string is
the foundation and the solo is the key.
**[07:28] ---**
So first, please form a consistent core
with these two parts together.
**[07:33] ---**
"Core"...
**[07:34] ---**
Wow! You guys are over the moon!
**[07:37] ---**
If you consider the 17-string and the solo
as the "root" and "trunk" of a tree,
**[07:41] ---**
the first and second kotos are leaves
and blossoms that lend colors to it.
**[07:45] ---**
Depending on how the first and
second kotos are played together,
**[07:48] ---**
the expression of the piece
changes quite a bit.
**[07:51] ---**
The first and second koto parts
chase each other a lot
**[07:54] ---**
and have lots of interplay,
**[07:57] ---**
so you should also practice together.
**[07:59] ---**
Then after that,
we'll go back to the ensemble.
**[08:01] ---**
Well then, let's start with
the 17-string and the solo.
**[08:05] ---**
O-Okay.
**[08:11] ---**
Stop. The 17-string is being
influenced by the solo again.
**[08:15] ---**
Sorry, Chika. It was me.
**[08:17] ---**
I'm sorry! Can we try again?
**[08:20] ---**
I thought I nailed it after practicing hard.
**[08:28] ---**
Sorry! I wanna try that spot one more time!
**[08:29] ---**
Okay.
**[08:31] ---**
So just mixing in the solo
makes it this much harder to play?
**[08:35] ---**
Shoot... Considering the structure of the piece,
**[08:39] ---**
I paired the 17-string and
the solo without thinking much,
**[08:42] ---**
but...
**[08:44] ---**
...it might've put him
in a very tough situation.
**[08:48] ---**
This is a tricky bar with irregular eighth notes.
**[08:52] ---**
And the solo coming in
with triplets makes it even harder.
**[08:56] ---**
Can we try again?!
**[09:00] ---**
Dammit... I'm dragging them down.
**[09:03] ---**
Chika can play it without difficulty.
I don't want to keep holding them back!
**[09:08] ---**
Am I listening to the solo too much?
**[09:10] ---**
But I *should* listen to it, right?
Since it's an ensemble.
**[09:13] ---**
But it won't work if I get influenced.
I need to focus on my own sound.
**[09:18] ---**
I'm fine up to here...
**[09:21] ---**
Next...!
**[09:23] ---**
Dammit!
**[09:25] ---**
Sorry!
**[09:26] ---**
Should I ask them to let me
practice alone for now?
**[09:29] ---**
No. It's pointless if I can't
play along with the solo.
**[09:42] ---**
Oh, no... If this situation continues...
**[09:44] ---**
L-Let's move on for--
**[09:48] ---**
One more time.
**[09:49] ---**
What?
**[09:51] ---**
We'll try one more time.
**[09:53] ---**
Starting from the same spot.
**[10:01] ---**
I'm sorry, Miss Dojima!
**[10:03] ---**
Can I keep trying until I can do it?!
**[10:13] ---**
Chika! Hozuki!
Sorry, but play along with me!
**[10:16] ---**
Strawberry au lait.
**[10:17] ---**
I'll treat you!
**[10:18] ---**
One strawberry au lait per mistake.
**[10:20] ---**
You bastard!
**[10:21] ---**
Paplico would do, too.
**[10:23] ---**
You slimy bastard!
**[10:28] ---**
Keishi...
**[10:28] ---**
"Strawberry Au Lait"
Keishi...
**[10:31] ---**
How can I be first place like you?
**[10:38] ---**
"Strawberry Au Lait"
**[10:46] ---**
I failed many times and I even
injured myself a little...
**[11:10] ---**
...but I kept trying to do it, and I did it!
**[11:16] ---**
All right! I did it!
**[11:20] ---**
Sorry, Chika! Guess I won't be treating you
to many strawberry au laits.
**[11:29] ---**
Whoooa! Wh-Wh-Wh-What's wrong,
Miss Dojima?!
**[11:31] ---**
Wh-What happened?!
**[11:34] ---**
Well, it's... I'm sorry. It's nothing.
**[11:42] ---**
H-Here! A handkerchief! Tissue!
**[11:52] ---**
Um...
**[11:54] ---**
I do appreciate your thoughtfulness,
but I don't need this many.
**[11:57] ---**
Oh, o-of course!
**[12:00] ---**
Sorry!
**[12:01] ---**
Wh-Why did she cry out of the blue?
Is it because I'm so terrible?
**[12:04] ---**
I don't know!
Women often cry out of the blue.
**[12:07] ---**
Um... It's really nothing.
I just got some dust in my eye.
**[12:11] ---**
Oh, yeah?!
**[12:13] ---**
It's painful when that happens.
**[12:15] ---**
Don't scare us like that.
**[12:16] ---**
It was just some dust.
**[12:19] ---**
I'm sorry to scare you like that.
**[12:21] ---**
Well then, let's move on.
**[12:43] ---**
Hey... What kind of practice
are you guys doing?
**[12:45] ---**
We're practicing in two groups.
The 17-string and solo,
**[12:47] ---**
and the first and second kotos.
**[12:49] ---**
I see.
**[12:56] ---**
Ugh! I'm the only one out of sync again!
**[12:58] ---**
Sorry. To think that I still get out of sync
even when using a metronome...
**[13:03] ---**
Don't worry, Kota. You'll be fine.
**[13:06] ---**
Hm? What're you doing, Suzu?
**[13:08] ---**
I forbid you guys to use
the metronome from here on.
**[13:11] ---**
What?!
**[13:12] ---**
Oh, no! When my sense of rhythm
is already bad enough...!
**[13:15] ---**
Since your sense of rhythm is already bad,
this won't make much difference.
**[13:19] ---**
That's mean!
**[13:20] ---**
Besides, there's no metronome sound
included in the piece.
**[13:21] ---**
"Tenkyu"
Besides, there's no metronome sound
included in the piece.
**[13:24] ---**
"Tenkyu"
Don't desperately try to match the sound
that doesn't exist in the piece.
**[13:27] ---**
Match the others' sound.
**[13:29] ---**
That's the ensemble.
**[13:32] ---**
So...
**[13:34] ---**
Miss Dojima...
**[13:35] ---**
...and Hozuki...
**[13:37] ---**
Can you two show the others
a good example of an ensemble?
**[13:41] ---**
I want Miss Dojima to play
the 17-string and Hozuki the solo.
**[13:44] ---**
I wanna hear it!
**[13:45] ---**
Yeah! Me, too!
**[13:47] ---**
What? Um...
**[13:48] ---**
Well, these guys can get it quicker
by hearing music instead of an explanation.
**[13:53] ---**
So can you?
**[13:55] ---**
I'd like to ask you, too!
**[13:58] ---**
I-I'd like to play... with you.
**[14:07] ---**
Okay.
**[14:09] ---**
Come to think of it,
**[14:11] ---**
I've never seen Hozuki
playing with anyone else.
**[14:15] ---**
I wonder if it'll be different depending
on who she plays with...
**[14:41] ---**
Our sounds... expand...
**[14:45] ---**
They come together...
**[14:46] ---**
And a new sound is born.
**[14:49] ---**
We come to know each other.
**[14:50] ---**
And we accept and improve each other...
**[14:55] ---**
Ever further and deeper...
our sounds become one piece...
**[15:00] ---**
They become one world.
**[15:26] ---**
Mr. Suzu!
**[15:27] ---**
So the ensemble is... The ensemble
is all about an interchange of hearts?!
**[15:31] ---**
That's something you're good at, right?
**[15:34] ---**
Thanks to Miss Dojima's lessons, you're
getting better at facing a single note.
**[15:37] ---**
Your technique and foundation
are better, too.
**[15:40] ---**
You're now probably ready to practice
together, but don't just play together.
**[15:45] ---**
See the entire piece thoroughly.
Understand its flow.
**[15:48] ---**
Think how your own sound goes
together with others' in that flow.
**[15:52] ---**
Think about what your
sound means and its role.
**[15:56] ---**
What you say is always too difficult.
**[15:59] ---**
I don't understand it at all.
**[16:01] ---**
Agonize over it.
**[16:02] ---**
Agonize, think... and intently face it.
**[16:06] ---**
The more you do, the thicker and
deeper your sound will resonate.
**[16:15] ---**
Yeah! I'm getting fired up!
**[16:17] ---**
Okay, now get back to your practice already.
**[16:25] ---**
That's all for today.
Please put your kotos away.
**[16:28] ---**
Thank you for your lesson!
**[16:30] ---**
Hey, about the after-club practice today...
**[16:32] ---**
Yeah?
**[16:34] ---**
Um... Satowa mentioned it, too,
but what is this "after-club practice"?
**[16:39] ---**
There's this nice instrument shop
that lets us play there with their kotos
**[16:42] ---**
so we can practice after the club.
**[16:45] ---**
What? You'll practice more after this?
**[16:48] ---**
You practice early morning
and during lunch break, too, right?
**[16:51] ---**
Yes, we're immersed in koto.
**[16:54] ---**
But it's fun. A lot of fun.
**[16:57] ---**
You all must really like the koto.
**[17:01] ---**
So must you, right?
**[17:06] ---**
Welcome home, Akira.
**[17:09] ---**
How are things in the club?
**[17:11] ---**
Isn't it about time for the club members
to throw in the towel?
**[17:14] ---**
I investigated the club a little.
That really is a low-ranked one.
**[17:20] ---**
It's a haunt for delinquents. How disgusting.
**[17:23] ---**
I bet none of them are serious
about the koto anyway, right?
**[17:28] ---**
To think that girl is hanging out
with a crowd like that...
**[17:30] ---**
She sure has hit rock bottom. Right, Aki--
**[17:37] ---**
Akira?
**[17:40] ---**
I'm sorry, Grandmother. I'm exhausted today.
May I go to bed now?
**[17:46] ---**
Of course you may.
**[17:57] ---**
Hey, Chika!
**[17:59] ---**
Don't sleep there!
**[18:02] ---**
Hey, did you hear me?
You're gonna catch a-- Whoa!
**[18:05] ---**
Hey, you are up?
**[18:07] ---**
What're you listening to?
**[18:08] ---**
My own performance.
**[18:10] ---**
Say, Isaki. What do you think I lack?
**[18:14] ---**
What? Is there anything you don't lack?
**[18:18] ---**
Oh yeah, sugar.
You're always eating sweet stuff.
**[18:21] ---**
You stupid head.
**[18:23] ---**
Quit sulking.
**[18:25] ---**
You damn hag.
**[18:26] ---**
--What'd you say, you damn brat?!
**[18:27] ---**
--So when Hozuki plays with
someone at her skill level,
--What'd you say, you damn brat?!
**[18:28] ---**
--So when Hozuki plays with
someone at her skill level,
--I'm not that old!
**[18:31] ---**
it turns out like that, huh...?
**[18:33] ---**
It was really good.
**[18:35] ---**
It seemed Hozuki was having
an easy time playing,
**[18:37] ---**
and her performance was better
than usual as well.
**[18:41] ---**
Think about what your sound
means and its role.
**[18:47] ---**
"The Hozuki School"
**[18:55] ---**
You all must really like the koto.
**[19:00] ---**
So must you, right?
**[19:03] ---**
"Teachers' Room"
**[19:04] ---**
Mr. Takinami.
**[19:06] ---**
Miss Dojima. I thought you
didn't have a lesson today.
**[19:10] ---**
I'm sorry, but I need to talk to you.
**[19:13] ---**
Talk to me?
**[19:14] ---**
Yes, but before that, there's something
I'd like to check with you.
**[19:18] ---**
What is it?
**[19:20] ---**
How serious are you
about aiming for nationals?
**[19:26] ---**
When I met you the first time,
I thought you were serious.
**[19:30] ---**
But you don't come to see the practices at all.
**[19:33] ---**
And then, you suddenly show up
and give them advice like yesterday.
**[19:37] ---**
Are you doing things on a whim?
**[19:39] ---**
Well, I don't really care what you think,
but I *am* very serious.
**[19:45] ---**
I thought I wasn't needed
for practicing the basics,
**[19:48] ---**
so I just let you handle it.
**[19:50] ---**
Let me handle it?
**[19:52] ---**
You still taught them properly
without me being there, right?
**[19:57] ---**
I-I did...
**[19:59] ---**
But you're entrusting your
students with a stranger...
**[20:02] ---**
I feel you aren't serious after all.
**[20:03] ---**
For two years...
**[20:05] ---**
What?
**[20:05] ---**
For two years, you've seriously faced
a single piece and produced a result.
**[20:11] ---**
You even told me to fire you when
I feel you're not good enough.
**[20:16] ---**
With that kind of resolution, it's harder
to think of a reason *not* to trust you.
**[20:24] ---**
Is that all you needed to talk about?
Well then, I have a class to teach, so...
**[20:28] ---**
Please let me... be of help one more time!
**[20:34] ---**
I'm sorry. I just told you yesterday
that I was going to quit.
**[20:38] ---**
I know I'm really causing trouble.
**[20:42] ---**
I might not be good enough after all.
**[20:45] ---**
But please...! Could you give me
another chance?!
**[21:08] ---**
Thank you. Welcome back.
**[21:15] ---**
It definitely wasn't a waste of time.
**[21:19] ---**
The time I spent then is giving me
the power to stand here right now.
**[21:27] ---**
It was never a waste of time.
**[21:31] ---**
Hey, you. Have you seen Akira?
**[21:34] ---**
She went out early this morning.
**[21:37] ---**
What...? I see.
**[21:40] ---**
Don't tell me she is...
**[21:47] ---**
To be sure... Maybe I'll take action
before it's too late.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Meaning and Role."
**[23:41] ---**
"#21 Meaning and Role"
# E21 - Meaning and Role
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**[01:30] ---**
"Koto Club"
"#21 Meaning and Role"
**[01:31] ---**
"Koto Club"
"#21 Meaning and Role"
I wondered what it was about when
you told me to come in at 5:00 am.
**[01:35] ---**
You've been starting your practice
this early every day?
**[01:39] ---**
No wonder you're always here first.
**[01:41] ---**
Aren't you sleepy, though?
You're not exactly a morning person.
**[01:43] ---**
I wanna dive into my bed right now.
**[01:47] ---**
The ensemble by Hozuki and
Miss Dojima was incredible.
**[01:51] ---**
Yeah.
**[01:53] ---**
All this time,
**[01:54] ---**
I've been thinking that I should be able
to play like Hozuki by nationals,
**[01:58] ---**
but I might've been wrong.
**[01:59] ---**
What do you mean?
**[02:06] ---**
I feel we should find our own way
and stand alongside her.
**[02:12] ---**
"Find our own way"?
**[02:14] ---**
Takinami said something about
**[02:16] ---**
thinking about the meaning
and role of our sound, right?
**[02:19] ---**
Well, I still don't know the answer at all,
**[02:23] ---**
but I think it goes beyond just playing
each note with care and skill.
**[02:28] ---**
True. I thought... I had to
practice harder, too, but...
**[02:33] ---**
Chika... Seriously... I sometimes feel
like you're leaving me in the dust.
**[02:38] ---**
But... "we"... huh?
**[02:43] ---**
Okay!
**[02:44] ---**
Let's give a 17-string performance
grand enough
**[02:46] ---**
to match Hozuki's performance!
**[02:48] ---**
Yeah!
**[02:50] ---**
--First, we'll double our current practice time.
**[02:50] ---**
--Hey, Chika... I wanna make sure that I
stand alongside you, too, you know.
--First, we'll double our current practice time.
**[02:53] ---**
--Hey, Chika... I wanna make sure that I
stand alongside you, too, you know.
--Do you know how many hours are in a day?
**[02:59] ---**
You and Mizuhara are becoming
in tune for the second koto part.
**[03:02] ---**
Yeah! Kota has been practicing super hard!
**[03:05] ---**
You and Mittsu seem to be doing well
without any problems.
**[03:08] ---**
Mittsu's performance sounds
delicate and beautiful.
**[03:11] ---**
Yeah!
**[03:13] ---**
But... our first koto performance is plain.
**[03:17] ---**
What?!
**[03:18] ---**
It's kinda serious.
**[03:22] ---**
It's not a laughing matter! We're told
**[03:24] ---**
that the expression of
the piece changes depending on
**[03:26] ---**
how the first and second kotos
are played together, you know!
**[03:30] ---**
This has been bothering me for quite
some time... "Serious and boring."
**[03:33] ---**
What? It's not boring! It's cool!
**[03:37] ---**
What?
**[03:38] ---**
Being "serious" is cool!
**[03:43] ---**
So make the best of it. You guys on
first koto play with some serious style.
**[03:48] ---**
And we, the second koto,
aim to make it lively.
**[03:52] ---**
And...
**[03:58] ---**
Hey, Kurata! Are you listening?!
**[04:00] ---**
Yes, I'm listening! I'm sorry!
**[04:03] ---**
Oh? Miss Dojima! You're early.
**[04:06] ---**
Adachi...
**[04:07] ---**
Are you okay today?
**[04:09] ---**
What?
**[04:10] ---**
Your eyes. If you get dust in them again
**[04:12] ---**
or something happens,
please don't hesitate to tell us.
**[04:18] ---**
I'll probably be okay.
**[04:20] ---**
That's good.
**[04:25] ---**
Whoa! I'm the first here! Lucky me!
I can have Miss Dojima all to myself!
**[04:29] ---**
Please give me special training
until the others come!
**[04:36] ---**
You've been working very hard, Adachi.
**[04:38] ---**
You think so? But Chika works
a lot harder than I do.
**[04:43] ---**
He can play better and has
a better ear for music than me,
**[04:45] ---**
but he practices a lot more than I do.
**[04:48] ---**
Mr. Takinami was talking about
the meaning and the role of our sound.
**[04:52] ---**
I think Chika has a reason to feel this
is really important to him for sure...
**[04:56] ---**
But to be honest, my sound doesn't...
**[05:01] ---**
A-Anyway, I'll work hard so that
I won't hold the others back.
**[05:04] ---**
Your sound harmonizes very well
with all the others'.
**[05:09] ---**
What?
**[05:09] ---**
Mr. Takinami told me the reason why
he picked you for the 17-string.
**[05:16] ---**
The sound quality of our club
members are all different, right?
**[05:19] ---**
So if things go wrong, the music could
become completely disorganized.
**[05:24] ---**
But Adachi's sound harmonizes very well
with all those different sounds.
**[05:27] ---**
It connects everyone's sound very nicely.
**[05:31] ---**
That's why he assigned you the 17-string,
which is the core of the piece.
**[05:38] ---**
He said so, and I agree with him.
**[05:41] ---**
It connects... everyone's sound...
**[05:47] ---**
Thank you very much...
**[05:50] ---**
I'll work hard!
**[05:54] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[05:55] ---**
"Koto Club"
Sane.
**[05:57] ---**
Did you change how you play?
**[05:59] ---**
What? You think so? I can't tell
a difference myself, though.
**[06:03] ---**
It might be because I figured out
the meaning and role of my sound.
**[06:08] ---**
What? You did?! What is it?!
**[06:11] ---**
What? It's a secret.
**[06:12] ---**
It's embarrassing to say it myself.
**[06:14] ---**
--Don't "it's a secret" me!
**[06:15] ---**
--Satowa. Did you change how you play a little?
--Don't "it's a secret" me!
**[06:18] ---**
Yes. My index finger has always been weak.
**[06:23] ---**
I do think it's getting a lot better lately,
**[06:26] ---**
but after I heard your performance,
**[06:28] ---**
I realized I still had
a long way to go after all.
**[06:31] ---**
I'm having a hard time giving
every note the same weight.
**[06:35] ---**
If you'd like, please use this.
**[06:38] ---**
Play wearing this. I often practice that way.
**[06:41] ---**
Your total attention goes to your ears
and your senses get finely honed,
**[06:45] ---**
which makes it easier to
converse with your own sound.
**[06:48] ---**
You can have it, so try it
when you practice alone.
**[06:54] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[06:56] ---**
You're welcome.
**[07:06] ---**
I have to hurry up and move forward, too.
**[07:14] ---**
"Chika Kudo"
**[07:15] ---**
"Chika Kudo"
I have to hurry up and stand alongside her.
**[07:16] ---**
I have to hurry up and stand alongside her.
**[07:20] ---**
I have to... hurry up...
**[07:26] ---**
Crap... I feel kinda woozy.
**[07:30] ---**
Oh, good morning. I was finally able
to come in before you.
**[07:34] ---**
Four-eyes...
**[07:36] ---**
You've been practicing
this early every day, huh?
**[07:39] ---**
Not really...
**[07:40] ---**
I'm a total morning person,
so I wake up early.
**[07:44] ---**
Well, it's not convincing
when you look so sleepy.
**[07:49] ---**
Kudo. Aren't you overdoing it
with practice lately?
**[07:52] ---**
Hm? What do you mean? I'm not overdoing it.
**[07:55] ---**
Rather, I'm not practicing enough.
**[07:58] ---**
We've got only one month
before the competition.
**[08:03] ---**
His fingers...! Just how much
has he been practicing...?!
**[08:06] ---**
You're practicing too much!
**[08:08] ---**
I said it's not enough!
**[08:09] ---**
As it stands, we can't go to nationals!
I have to practice more!
**[08:14] ---**
I do get how you feel, but you're
still a first-year student!
**[08:18] ---**
So don't be so hasty.
**[08:20] ---**
You'll still have a chance next year to--
**[08:22] ---**
Next year won't work for you guys!
**[08:28] ---**
Next year... will be too late.
**[08:35] ---**
If you get it, move. You're in the way of--
**[08:37] ---**
I forbid you to practice!
**[08:39] ---**
--What?!
--Doing it too much is counterproductive!
**[08:41] ---**
Shut up! I can't get better
without practicing, you idiot!
**[08:44] ---**
I'm telling you to think about how you do it!
**[08:46] ---**
Shut the hell up!
**[08:48] ---**
--Hey! I said no practice!
--Let go of me!
**[08:52] ---**
Dammit! What are we doing?
We wasted a lot of time.
**[08:57] ---**
It was a good diversion, wasn't it?
**[09:01] ---**
There's something I've been wondering...
**[09:05] ---**
...about your sound.
**[09:07] ---**
Wh-What is it?!
**[09:09] ---**
Your sound... sometimes shines...
**[09:12] ---**
"Sh-Shines"...?
**[09:14] ---**
Yeah. Sometimes.
**[09:16] ---**
It shines...
**[09:18] ---**
...very gently...
**[09:20] ---**
...and warmly.
**[09:23] ---**
I've been curious what that sound
is about all this time...
**[09:27] ---**
But I think I finally know what it is.
**[09:32] ---**
That sound is your soul itself.
**[09:39] ---**
It's your soul itself.
**[09:43] ---**
Shoot! I said exactly what
I thought without thinking!
**[09:47] ---**
What the heck? You must've
hit your head or something.
**[09:51] ---**
I shouldn't have said that.
**[09:54] ---**
Hey, Chika.
**[09:58] ---**
You know sound? It touches people's souls.
**[10:02] ---**
And pieces of music are the souls
of the people who create them.
**[10:07] ---**
I don't know what this piece
means to you, but...
**[10:11] ---**
To tell you the truth,
I played this piece hoping
**[10:14] ---**
that people would smile after listening to it.
**[10:17] ---**
See the entire piece thoroughly.
Understand its flow.
**[10:22] ---**
Akira. We have guests,
so please prepare some tea for them.
**[10:27] ---**
Guests?
**[10:30] ---**
Mr. Takagi... The others are all senior
members of the Hozuki School, too.
**[10:36] ---**
Come see them later to say hello.
**[10:39] ---**
Make tea for the grand master, too.
**[10:43] ---**
Grandmother.
**[10:44] ---**
Is it okay... for me to sit in the meeting, too?
**[10:51] ---**
Sure. Come with me.
**[10:55] ---**
Hmph. I don't like the look in her eyes...
**[10:58] ---**
But she won't be able to do anything anyway.
**[11:01] ---**
Well, she can just sit there and watch quietly.
**[11:05] ---**
Since Akira is taking her time
shutting down that club,
**[11:08] ---**
I'll put an end to it for good.
**[11:13] ---**
What is this about?
**[11:17] ---**
"I wanna do it, too."
**[11:21] ---**
I called for this meeting in order to
discuss the grand master's daughter.
**[11:26] ---**
She was excommunicated after causing
trouble for the school before
**[11:31] ---**
and now, she is about to
jeopardize the school again.
**[11:37] ---**
"Jeopardize the school"?
**[11:39] ---**
Satowa belongs to a koto club
at her high school right now.
**[11:43] ---**
But it's only a koto club in name.
They're a group of delinquents.
**[11:52] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry. It was just anticlimactic, so...
**[11:55] ---**
That's Mr. Takagi's son...
**[11:58] ---**
I wondered what this was about.
**[11:59] ---**
The excommunicated daughter's club activities?
**[12:03] ---**
It's not something we, adults,
have to meet and--
**[12:05] ---**
Even if one of the delinquents has
gotten into trouble with the police?
**[12:12] ---**
"Strawberry Au Lait"
**[12:13] ---**
"Strawberry Au Lait"
Oh? Chika. Aren't you going to
the lunch-break practice today?
**[12:15] ---**
Oh? Chika. Aren't you going to
the lunch-break practice today?
**[12:17] ---**
That damn four-eyes forbade me
to go until my hand heals.
**[12:21] ---**
Your hand?
**[12:22] ---**
Oh, I get it. You practiced like an idiot,
right? Use your head at little.
**[12:26] ---**
Shut up.
**[12:27] ---**
Satowa. You're going to the practice now?
**[12:29] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:31] ---**
Well then, see you later.
**[12:34] ---**
Kudo...
**[12:35] ---**
Got a minute?
**[12:36] ---**
Huh?
**[12:37] ---**
Ahhh! What's going on?!
**[12:39] ---**
--Is he gonna confess his love?!
**[12:39] ---**
--I was worried about Satowa,
so I investigated the club.
--Is he gonna confess his love?!
**[12:43] ---**
I heard that one of the club members
named Kudo is a famous delinquent.
**[12:48] ---**
He got in trouble with the police
many times due to his violence.
**[12:53] ---**
Violence?!
**[12:54] ---**
It seems that his grandfather is a koto maker.
**[12:58] ---**
This is hard to believe, but he even caused
an outrageous incident last year,
**[13:03] ---**
attacking his grandfather's house
with his delinquent friends.
**[13:07] ---**
Attack?!
**[13:09] ---**
Rather than just a delinquent,
that sounds like he's a criminal.
**[13:14] ---**
Kudo did...?
**[13:16] ---**
I really wanna know what
kind of piece "Tenkyu" is.
**[13:20] ---**
"What kind"?
**[13:22] ---**
I wanna know what kind of situation
you were in at the time,
**[13:25] ---**
what you were thinking,
and who you created this piece for.
**[13:33] ---**
My granddad said...
**[13:36] ---**
...that pieces of music are "the souls
of the people who create them."
**[13:44] ---**
So I don't wanna play it without
knowing those things.
**[13:47] ---**
Actually, since I've been playing it
without knowing them,
**[13:49] ---**
I feel like something has been
missing all this time.
**[13:52] ---**
It'll be a story solely about my family.
**[13:56] ---**
Is that gonna help your performance?
**[13:59] ---**
It'll help a lot!
**[14:05] ---**
Okay.
**[14:06] ---**
You're saying that Satowa is hanging out
with such a dangerous boy?
**[14:10] ---**
Yes. Satowa must hate Hozuki
since she was excommunicated.
**[14:15] ---**
This boy and Satowa being in
a koto club together made me think...
**[14:19] ---**
...that they might be plotting
something like "revenge."
**[14:27] ---**
Play one more time.
**[14:29] ---**
We're not neglecting them.
**[14:31] ---**
I threw a tantrum on that big stage.
**[14:35] ---**
I-I'd like to play... with you.
**[14:39] ---**
Satowa's actions at the competition
severely demeaned the Hozuki name.
**[14:44] ---**
We must do everything to prevent
further damage to Hozuki's reputation.
**[14:49] ---**
We'll ask the school to disband the club
and have Satowa transfer to another--
**[14:54] ---**
How stupid...
**[14:57] ---**
What?
**[14:58] ---**
You couldn't hear me? I said, "How stupid."
**[15:04] ---**
Akira...? What're you--?
**[15:07] ---**
I've held my tongue as you talked,
but "revenge"? That's ridiculous.
**[15:11] ---**
How can you say things like that when
you don't know anything about Kudo?
**[15:16] ---**
You're the one who's plotting
something, right, Grandmother?!
**[15:20] ---**
You've been secretly snooping
around on high school students
**[15:22] ---**
and now you're just saying whatever,
whether it's true or not!
**[15:25] ---**
You're the one who is outrageous,
Grandmother!
**[15:28] ---**
Do you know this student Kudo?
**[15:32] ---**
Yes. I've been giving lessons
to that koto club.
**[15:37] ---**
The idea they're plotting
"revenge" is nonsense.
**[15:39] ---**
I see. Then--
**[15:41] ---**
Akira! You poor dear!
It must be that you're exhausted!
**[15:46] ---**
You must not know what you're saying.
**[15:50] ---**
No, I do know very well what I'm saying.
**[15:53] ---**
But *you* should take a second
look at yourself, Grandmother.
**[15:56] ---**
Wha...?!
**[15:57] ---**
It's true... that due to
the preconceptions I had,
**[16:01] ---**
I just assumed that the students
were not serious about the koto.
**[16:06] ---**
But I was wrong.
**[16:07] ---**
Kudo and Satowa, and of course,
the other members too,
**[16:11] ---**
face the koto very seriously.
**[16:15] ---**
They just purely love the koto...
**[16:17] ---**
...and want to become better at it.
**[16:20] ---**
You're the only one who cannot
always face the koto, Grandmother!
**[16:26] ---**
All you think about
are things like your position,
**[16:29] ---**
making the school famous,
and dragging others down.
**[16:32] ---**
Why don't you stop that and face
the koto for a change?
**[16:36] ---**
A-A-Akira... Who do you think
you're talking--?
**[16:41] ---**
Ms. Dojima...
**[16:42] ---**
That's enough. You put your granddaughter
in this difficult position.
**[16:47] ---**
Mr. Takagi...
**[16:49] ---**
Akira. Is this student Kudo really someone
**[16:52] ---**
who's going to be harmful
to Satowa or the Hozuki School?
**[16:57] ---**
I don't know what he was like in the past,
**[17:01] ---**
but right now, his attitude towards
the koto is very earnest and sincere.
**[17:11] ---**
I see.
**[17:13] ---**
What do you guys think? I don't think
we need to be concerned right--
**[17:17] ---**
Hold on a second, please!
Even if he's not causing problems now,
**[17:20] ---**
human nature doesn't change so easi--
**[17:23] ---**
That's enough!
**[17:25] ---**
No further discussion
on this subject is necessary.
**[17:28] ---**
Ms. Dojima. Please show them out.
**[17:31] ---**
You, too, Grand Master?!
**[17:32] ---**
Also...
**[17:34] ---**
I won't allow you to investigate
my daughter and her friends
**[17:37] ---**
and say whatever you like!
I find it repugnant!
**[17:41] ---**
Although I did excommunicate her...
**[17:44] ---**
...she's still my daughter.
**[17:51] ---**
Grand Master.
**[17:52] ---**
She feels that club and her friends
are precious enough for her
**[17:55] ---**
to even get down on her hands and
knees to ask a favor of me, right?
**[18:00] ---**
I think so.
**[18:02] ---**
Then that's fine.
**[18:04] ---**
The qualifier for nationals
will be held next month.
**[18:07] ---**
Satowa will perform, too.
**[18:09] ---**
Grand Master, why don't you come see it?
**[18:13] ---**
I no longer have...
**[18:15] ---**
...the right to do that.
**[18:22] ---**
Mr. Takagi. I'm sorry for behaving
like that in front of everyone.
**[18:27] ---**
That's okay.
**[18:28] ---**
I was relieved to find out
**[18:29] ---**
that Hozuki still has a young person
like you with such backbone.
**[18:33] ---**
I look forward to your successful future.
**[18:36] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[18:39] ---**
Hmph! Backbone, he said?!
**[18:41] ---**
That club is full of troublemakers.
I bet they'll cause trouble someday.
**[18:46] ---**
When they do, don't come crying to me!
**[18:56] ---**
So it was like that...
**[18:59] ---**
...up to the point when "Tenkyu" was created.
**[19:03] ---**
I see.
**[19:05] ---**
Got it. Thanks.
**[19:10] ---**
Hey, do you mind telling the others
what you just told me?
**[19:14] ---**
What?
**[19:15] ---**
I finally feel like I can figure out
how I should play that piece.
**[19:19] ---**
But stories about my family would only be...
**[19:21] ---**
It might irritate us if it were a family story
of someone we don't care about,
**[19:25] ---**
but it's different in your case.
**[19:27] ---**
Different?
**[19:32] ---**
We do care about you.
**[19:37] ---**
Well, I'm not gonna force you, though.
**[19:40] ---**
Why... is Kudo always like this?
**[19:45] ---**
Always...
**[19:51] ---**
Kudo. I'll treat you to a Paplico.
**[19:53] ---**
What?! Why?!
**[19:55] ---**
I just felt like it.
**[19:56] ---**
I wonder someday...
**[19:58] ---**
...if I could return...
**[20:01] ---**
...the same amount of warmth...
you gave me...
**[20:08] ---**
Someday...
**[20:10] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[20:11] ---**
"Koto Club"
There.
**[20:13] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[20:14] ---**
The spot where it livens up while
each part becomes the theme in turn...
**[20:18] ---**
Can you make those handoffs smoother?
**[20:21] ---**
Smoother?
**[20:23] ---**
So smooth that the listener
can't tell when they happened.
**[20:26] ---**
And, from there, it's like you'll
gradually show your own tone color.
**[20:30] ---**
You can sing to your heart's content.
**[20:31] ---**
Just make sure you lock down the tempo.
**[20:34] ---**
I see...
**[20:35] ---**
This is the best part of the piece,
so play with your sound
**[20:38] ---**
to your heart's content.
**[20:40] ---**
And Hozuki.
**[20:42] ---**
You play the start of the piece very softly,
but can you make it a little tense?
**[20:47] ---**
Tense?
**[20:49] ---**
You're probably doing it unconsciously,
but your sound is overall gentle.
**[20:54] ---**
You seem to completely deny your
performance from the competition,
**[20:58] ---**
but that sound had an incredible power.
**[21:01] ---**
Don't get rid of it. Make the best use of it.
**[21:03] ---**
By putting that sound in the piece,
the other parts will shine more.
**[21:13] ---**
Okay.
**[21:17] ---**
Sounds like it'll be an amazing performance.
**[21:22] ---**
I wonder when the last time was...
**[21:25] ---**
...that I felt excited like this...
**[21:27] ---**
"Keishi"
**[21:30] ---**
Thus...
**[21:32] ---**
...with each of us conveying
our feelings in our sound...
**[21:42] ---**
"Ms. Chiharu Hozuki"
**[21:49] ---**
...the qualifier for nationals...
**[21:51] ---**
...was about to begin.
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Morning of the Showdown."
**[23:41] ---**
"#22 Morning of the Showdown"
# E22 - Morning of the Showdown
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G68M2M946/morning-of-the-showdown)
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**[00:00] ---**
"National Qualifier!"
**[00:08] ---**
I'm sorry, Takezo... for not being able
to get us a ticket to nationals.
**[00:19] ---**
I already know.
**[00:23] ---**
Since that day...
**[00:26] ---**
It's been a whole year...
**[01:59] ---**
"#22 Morning of the Showdown"
Good morning!
**[02:01] ---**
"#22 Morning of the Showdown"
Oh, good morning!
**[02:02] ---**
Breakfast looks like quite the feast today.
**[02:05] ---**
Today's the national qualifier, right?
You need to get fired up!
**[02:09] ---**
I'll come hear your performance.
**[02:12] ---**
What?!
**[02:12] ---**
What, you don't want me to?
**[02:14] ---**
Well, it's not like that, but...
**[02:16] ---**
I know you've been working hard from
early in the morning till late at night,
**[02:21] ---**
and yet, I've never heard
your performance, you know.
**[02:25] ---**
I'll come with your dad to root for you.
**[02:27] ---**
Dad, too?!
**[02:28] ---**
I'm glad that the qualifier is on a Sunday.
**[02:31] ---**
I don't have any plans today,
but I'm not going.
**[02:34] ---**
Hey, Takeru!
**[02:36] ---**
But if by some chance you guys make it
to nationals, I guess I could go.
**[02:42] ---**
Thanks, Takeru.
**[02:48] ---**
Kurusu?!
**[02:51] ---**
What're you doing here?
Did something happen?
**[02:53] ---**
Today we're meeting up at
the station near the venue, right?
**[02:56] ---**
Um... Well...
**[02:58] ---**
If you don't mind... um...
can we go together today?
**[03:02] ---**
I'm so nervous I feel like I'll end up
getting on the wrong train.
**[03:07] ---**
Hold on a sec.
**[03:11] ---**
You can have this.
**[03:12] ---**
Hey, your hands!
**[03:14] ---**
They're very cold! How long did you wait?!
**[03:16] ---**
I-I didn't wait that long, really!
**[03:19] ---**
Hm...? Aren't your hands cold, too?
**[03:24] ---**
To tell you the truth, I've also
been nervous since yesterday...
**[03:28] ---**
So I'm a little relieved now since you're here.
**[03:33] ---**
Let's go.
**[03:35] ---**
Chika. You got everything?
Do you have your plectrums with you?
**[03:39] ---**
Who'd forget their plectrums
when they're going to perform?
**[03:43] ---**
More people than you might think.
**[03:45] ---**
Oh. I'll come hear your performance
with Takaoka today.
**[03:47] ---**
What? With Tetsuki? Why?
**[03:50] ---**
Well, I heard he was coming, too,
**[03:53] ---**
so I thought I'd give him a ride... by force.
**[03:56] ---**
Are you trying to kill him?
**[04:00] ---**
See you later.
**[04:01] ---**
Chika!
**[04:04] ---**
Snatch that ticket to nationals!
**[04:10] ---**
Of course we will, dummy!
**[04:18] ---**
"Kao School"
**[04:23] ---**
The award goes to...
**[04:25] ---**
...Kanagawa Prefectural...
**[04:28] ---**
...Hakuto High School.
**[04:38] ---**
Kazusa seems unusually nervous.
**[04:43] ---**
What's the matter, Nene?
**[04:45] ---**
Listen! You'll be number one!
**[04:48] ---**
What?
**[04:49] ---**
Ask me "why?"!
**[04:51] ---**
Wh-Why?
**[04:53] ---**
'Cause *I'm* rooting for you!
**[04:58] ---**
You're such an angel! Thanks, Nene!
**[05:02] ---**
There's no way I'm gonna lose.
**[05:05] ---**
I'm gonna take you to nationals for sure!
**[05:09] ---**
That's right, Kazusa.
We, Himesaka, will never lose again.
**[05:16] ---**
Jeez, Mio! The bus is already at school!
**[05:21] ---**
It's still not...
**[05:22] ---**
What?
**[05:23] ---**
It's still not enough.
Power... I need to charge it.
**[05:27] ---**
Mio!
**[05:29] ---**
Hey! Suzumori!
So you found Kanzaki, huh? Good!
**[05:33] ---**
Mr. Yamamoto! But Mio says
he still isn't coming yet.
**[05:37] ---**
What? Why?
**[05:39] ---**
Photosynthesis.
**[05:41] ---**
Oh, I see! Photosynthesis, huh?
That sounds good! I'll do it, too.
**[05:47] ---**
Whoa! This feels good, Kanzaki!
**[05:50] ---**
You look like you're having fun again today.
**[05:54] ---**
Yep! I'm having fun!
**[05:56] ---**
Because the national qualifier
is finally here today!
**[05:59] ---**
I've been excited for months now!
**[06:03] ---**
That's something.
**[06:05] ---**
I couldn't go to the traditional music festival
because I got the flu, right?
**[06:10] ---**
Oh, yeah?
**[06:11] ---**
You don't remember?!
**[06:14] ---**
But seriously...
**[06:15] ---**
Thanks... for following me all this way.
**[06:20] ---**
I didn't really follow you, though.
**[06:24] ---**
What?!
**[06:26] ---**
Right, of course!
**[06:28] ---**
Whoa... I feel embarrassed.
Forget what I just said!
**[06:31] ---**
Mr. Yamamoto! Mio! We'll be late!
**[06:34] ---**
Oh... Sorry, Suzumori!
**[06:36] ---**
Now, get up, Kanzaki. Let's go!
**[06:42] ---**
Listen, Mio... The fact is, Mr. Yamamoto is...
**[06:47] ---**
Kanzaki!
**[06:49] ---**
Hurry up, or I'll carry you to the bus!
**[06:55] ---**
Yeah, that's fine. Carry me on your back.
**[06:58] ---**
What?
**[06:59] ---**
"Yamawa Station"
**[07:01] ---**
Okay, guys. We need to take a deep breath.
I heard exhaling is important.
**[07:11] ---**
It's not working! I can't calm down at all!
My heart is about to pop out of my ear!
**[07:14] ---**
Oh, no! Put it back!
**[07:15] ---**
Calm down! We can try acupressure!
**[07:17] ---**
My mom said pressing here on
our hands relieves tension.
**[07:20] ---**
I also saw on the Internet that it
helps if we admit we're nervous!
**[07:24] ---**
Okay, let's do both! We're nervous!
**[07:27] ---**
What're you guys doing?
**[07:30] ---**
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Chika! Hozuki!
Don't scare us like that!
**[07:33] ---**
Hey, why are you already so nervous?
**[07:36] ---**
This isn't even our first competition.
**[07:38] ---**
That's exactly why we're more nervous!
**[07:41] ---**
On top of that, today... you know... um...
**[07:46] ---**
We can't fail... for sure...
**[07:51] ---**
If you're thinking like that,
you're gonna mess up.
**[07:56] ---**
Hey, you should give them
a little bit of hope.
**[07:59] ---**
It's shock therapy.
**[08:05] ---**
Is your mom coming to hear
our performance today?
**[08:11] ---**
No.
**[08:12] ---**
I sent her a letter and
mentioned today's competition,
**[08:15] ---**
but she didn't write back or call me.
**[08:20] ---**
I see...
**[08:21] ---**
But...
**[08:23] ---**
...it's okay. My current performance
and my performance with you...
**[08:27] ---**
This isn't the last chance for her to hear it.
**[08:33] ---**
--Yep!
--That's right!
**[08:34] ---**
Good morning, guys!
**[08:36] ---**
Good morning!
**[08:38] ---**
Are we all here?
**[08:40] ---**
We are!
**[08:41] ---**
Miss Akira will join us later, right?
**[08:44] ---**
Yeah. Okay then, let's go.
**[08:46] ---**
It'll take ten minutes to get
to the venue on foot.
**[08:48] ---**
U-Um, excuse me!
**[08:51] ---**
This may not be the right place to give
these to you, but I'll do it while I can.
**[08:55] ---**
What? What is it?
**[08:58] ---**
A-Actually, nothing. I'm sorr--
**[09:00] ---**
Jeez! Stop being so hesitant.
**[09:02] ---**
--Hey!
--Can I open it? I'll open it, okay?
**[09:04] ---**
Wai--
**[09:11] ---**
Are they... charms?
**[09:13] ---**
They're in the shape of a bridge!
And they have our names!
**[09:16] ---**
Did you make these for us, Hozy?!
**[09:19] ---**
U-Um... I-I-I'm sorry that they aren't
well made... Th-They look tacky, too.
**[09:24] ---**
I-I caused you trouble
because of my family stuff.
**[09:28] ---**
Well, actually, I made them wishing
that we could do our best today.
**[09:32] ---**
Hozy...
**[09:33] ---**
This is amazing! I'm so happy! Thank you!
**[09:36] ---**
These are filled with lots of love!
**[09:38] ---**
We're definitely gonna be okay today!
**[09:41] ---**
Thank you!
**[09:42] ---**
Here's yours, Mr. Takinami.
**[09:44] ---**
What? I've got one, too? Thanks.
**[09:47] ---**
Hozuki. Did you poke your
fingers with the needle?
**[09:50] ---**
I did, but my fingertips
are very hard now, so...
**[09:53] ---**
Oh, Chika? We need to
get going or we'll be late.
**[09:57] ---**
What's the deal with him?
He didn't even say thanks.
**[10:00] ---**
Kudo. That's the wrong direction.
**[10:03] ---**
Oh. He must be really happy.
**[10:06] ---**
Looks like it.
**[10:07] ---**
This might be the first time
someone's given him a charm.
**[10:12] ---**
This is crazy. It's a charm just for me...
**[10:15] ---**
Don't ever show your face
in front of me again!
**[10:18] ---**
We can just use him when fights get bad.
**[10:24] ---**
Shall we get going, too?
**[10:26] ---**
Hey, Granddad...
**[10:28] ---**
The koto club you created really is amazing!
**[10:32] ---**
I wish these days could go on forever...
**[10:36] ---**
Komaki! Hurry up!
**[10:38] ---**
"Monthly Hogaku Days"
Komaki! Hurry up!
**[10:38] ---**
"Monthly Hogaku Days"
We're gonna head out to the venue now!
**[10:41] ---**
"Koto for Beginners"
What? Please wait for me, Mr. Tsukaji!
**[10:42] ---**
"Koto: You can play it, too"
"History of Traditional Japanese Music"
What? Please wait for me, Mr. Tsukaji!
**[10:46] ---**
In any case, do I have to go today, too?
**[10:51] ---**
When I go to concerts, I fall asleep
in the middle without fail.
**[10:55] ---**
So I think it'd be better if you go alone.
**[10:58] ---**
Komaki!
**[11:00] ---**
Are you taking your job seriously?!
**[11:02] ---**
We publish a specialized magazine
on traditional Japanese music!
**[11:05] ---**
And you're one of its editors,
for God's sake! So act like one!
**[11:09] ---**
I got the job through my personal connections.
**[11:11] ---**
It's not like I'm interested
in traditional Japanese music.
**[11:13] ---**
I've heard enough!
**[11:17] ---**
Don't you think koto is kinda a tough subject?
**[11:21] ---**
Then today's work suits you very well.
**[11:25] ---**
What?
**[11:26] ---**
It's Kanagawa's qualifier for nationals.
**[11:29] ---**
Koto is tough? Difficult to approach?
**[11:33] ---**
This is way beyond that.
**[11:35] ---**
Today a bunch of high school students
in their prime battle it out!
**[11:40] ---**
"Tetsuki taken by force"
**[11:44] ---**
Whoa... So they're all our rivals, huh?
**[11:48] ---**
As expected, there are so many girls...
**[11:50] ---**
A total of 14 schools, was it?
**[11:53] ---**
Yeah. And the number of schools
that can go to nationals...
**[11:55] ---**
...is one.
**[11:57] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:01] ---**
Ugh!
**[12:03] ---**
Long time no see. I'm glad to see you again.
**[12:06] ---**
You...!
**[12:07] ---**
Oh? You don't remember me?
**[12:09] ---**
I made friends with you guys
at the music festival.
**[12:12] ---**
I don't recall becoming your friend! But...
**[12:16] ---**
How could I forget...?
**[12:18] ---**
You told me that my tones
were unrefined that time!
**[12:21] ---**
I found out later that you were
saying I sucked, you bastard!
**[12:24] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:25] ---**
Don't "yeah" me!
**[12:26] ---**
Let me tell you something!
We're not the same as we were then!
**[12:29] ---**
We're definitely gonna win today!
**[12:31] ---**
Kanzaki! You often disappear on me
when I look away for a second!
**[12:36] ---**
Everyone's looking for you over--
**[12:38] ---**
Whoa! Tokise High School!
**[12:41] ---**
Yeah, that's us, why?
**[12:43] ---**
Er... I'm sorry! Are you their advisor?
**[12:47] ---**
I'm Taishin Yamamoto.
I'm the advisor for Hakuto's koto club.
**[12:51] ---**
I'm delighted to meet you!
**[12:53] ---**
Well, thank you. I'm Takinami,
Tokise's advisor.
**[12:57] ---**
When I heard Tokise's performance on
the traditional music festival's DVD,
**[13:02] ---**
I was sooo moved!
**[13:05] ---**
What kind of guidance do you give them?!
**[13:07] ---**
Nothing really. It's all my students doing.
**[13:10] ---**
Wow! That's a cool answer!
**[13:12] ---**
Unlike the music festival, Tokise performs
right after Hakuto today, right?
**[13:17] ---**
I'll be rushing to hear your
performance after ours is over!
**[13:21] ---**
Thank you.
**[13:22] ---**
What? We're playing right after Hakuto?
**[13:24] ---**
Yeah.
**[13:25] ---**
Huh?! The heck?!
How come we didn't know?!
**[13:28] ---**
Why didn't you tell us, Suzu?!
**[13:30] ---**
We'd be the second to last performance.
That's all you told us!
**[13:35] ---**
What? Did I have to tell you that?
**[13:37] ---**
Does the order somehow
affect your performance?
**[13:40] ---**
Are you scared?
**[13:41] ---**
Oh... I guess maybe you are, huh?
**[13:44] ---**
--No way! Order doesn't matter!
**[13:46] ---**
--He's right!
--No way! Order doesn't matter!
**[13:47] ---**
Then no problem, right?
**[13:48] ---**
--You're damn right!
--Yeah!
**[13:50] ---**
What wonderful leadership!
**[13:53] ---**
My students give a very
good performance, too.
**[13:56] ---**
So please listen at the stage wings.
**[14:01] ---**
Mr. Yamamoto! Mio!
**[14:03] ---**
Oh, excuse me, but we have to go now.
**[14:05] ---**
See you later.
**[14:07] ---**
Let's go, Kanzaki!
**[14:11] ---**
Hey...
**[14:14] ---**
I'm not gonna lose, either...
**[14:16] ---**
...for sure.
**[14:30] ---**
Is she gonna come running?
**[14:31] ---**
Satowa!
**[14:38] ---**
They're serious... Everyone is
seriously aiming for nationals.
**[14:42] ---**
"Service Entrance"
**[14:45] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[14:46] ---**
Hey, Granny.
**[14:48] ---**
You'll stay and listen to our
performance today, right?
**[14:50] ---**
Actually, I have some business
to take care of after this.
**[14:53] ---**
What...? I see...
**[14:55] ---**
But, well... I'll finish it quickly
and come back.
**[14:59] ---**
You guys are already like my grandkids, so...
**[15:03] ---**
Chika, hurry up! The next school
will be coming in soon.
**[15:06] ---**
Yeah.
**[15:11] ---**
I still feel very upset about
not being able to have
**[15:15] ---**
my granddad hear my performance,
**[15:17] ---**
but I'm glad that I've got you.
**[15:25] ---**
We'll... take you to nationals, too, Granny.
**[15:31] ---**
Chika!
**[15:33] ---**
You guys are gonna be okay, for sure.
**[15:37] ---**
Go play to your heart's content.
**[15:46] ---**
"Tuning Room"
**[15:51] ---**
Kazusa.
**[15:53] ---**
Hozumi!
**[15:55] ---**
Are you doing okay?
**[15:56] ---**
Is there anything I can help with?
**[15:58] ---**
Ah, no, I'm okay. Thank you very much.
**[16:02] ---**
It's just that I'm kinda
more nervous than usual
**[16:05] ---**
since we're playing early, the third in line.
**[16:08] ---**
I see. That's just natural.
**[16:10] ---**
When you perform, all we, the support
members, can do is root for you,
**[16:14] ---**
but we'll be sending you
our strong spiritual power!
**[16:25] ---**
Well then, if you need anything,
just let me know.
**[16:28] ---**
Hozumi!
**[16:30] ---**
Let's play together at nationals for sure!
**[16:35] ---**
Of course!
**[16:45] ---**
Whoa... It's been a while since
the last time we were in a hall!
**[16:48] ---**
This place is smaller than
the one at the music festival.
**[16:50] ---**
The number of schools
performing is about half, too.
**[16:54] ---**
It's starting.
**[16:58] ---**
We are now commencing
**[17:00] ---**
the 32nd Kanagawa Qualifier for
Japan High School Music Competition.
**[17:08] ---**
Oh, wow! They're all high
school students! They're so young!
**[17:12] ---**
But as I thought, it seems there are
very few boys. How disappointing.
**[17:17] ---**
Only one school can go to nationals, right?
**[17:20] ---**
I wonder which school I wanna root for...
**[17:23] ---**
Mr. Tsukaji. Which school
do you think will win?
**[17:26] ---**
Don't make it sound so simple.
**[17:27] ---**
I really do want to say that the one
who worked the hardest will win.
**[17:32] ---**
But even if they worked hard,
there are always those who make mistakes
**[17:35] ---**
due to the nervousness and pressure
from performing during the competition.
**[17:40] ---**
Chemistry with the judges
is a significant factor, too.
**[17:43] ---**
Really?
**[17:44] ---**
It can't be helped since judges are human, too.
**[17:46] ---**
"Koto Performer - Hisako Midoriyama"
"Shakuhachi Performer - Yoshiharu Wada"
"President of Ichiei University of Music - Kai Asahina"
It can't be helped since judges are human, too.
**[17:47] ---**
"Koto Performer - Hisako Midoriyama"
"Shakuhachi Performer - Yoshiharu Wada"
"President of Ichiei University of Music - Kai Asahina"
Today's judges are...
**[17:50] ---**
There's an uptight person.
**[17:52] ---**
Well, as usual, it's reasonable to think
that Himesaka will be first place.
**[17:57] ---**
But the Kanto Traditional Japanese
Music Festival that I couldn't go see...
**[18:01] ---**
I'm curious about Hakuto,
who beat out Himesaka for first place.
**[18:05] ---**
The music festival's DVD...
**[18:08] ---**
...was broken by Komaki
before I watched it. It really hurt!
**[18:11] ---**
"Hozuki School"
**[18:13] ---**
The lesson took longer than I thought.
**[18:16] ---**
I have to hurry to the venue.
**[18:22] ---**
So she's still angry with me, huh?
Well, it's not surprising, I guess.
**[18:31] ---**
"Satowa Hozuki"
**[18:33] ---**
Excuse me, Grand Master.
**[18:37] ---**
What is it?
**[18:38] ---**
I'm heading out to
the national qualifier.
**[18:42] ---**
As I told you before,
Satowa will perform, too.
**[18:46] ---**
I'm driving there, so if you'd like--
**[18:49] ---**
Why would I go? She's been excommunicated.
**[18:53] ---**
I'm the grand master. It's improper
for me to go hear her performance.
**[18:57] ---**
It's not improper...
**[18:59] ---**
...because you're her mother
before you're her teacher.
**[19:02] ---**
You think I can say that I'm her mother?
**[19:06] ---**
I had my own problems to deal with,
**[19:09] ---**
so I turned my eyes away from her feelings.
**[19:11] ---**
I gave a look of contempt and strong
rejection to the scream from her heart.
**[19:17] ---**
I don't even have the right to call myself
her mother, let alone go to hear her--
**[19:21] ---**
Grand Master.
**[19:22] ---**
Forgive me!
**[19:24] ---**
What? Hey...
**[19:26] ---**
What're you doing, Akira?
**[19:27] ---**
I'm sorry, but I don't have time,
so I'm taking you by force!
**[19:32] ---**
I know this is none of my business
and I'm being selfish.
**[19:35] ---**
But... I'm so fed up...!
**[19:37] ---**
The shackles of the school.
The hardships in the past.
**[19:40] ---**
Being bound by them and watching...
**[19:42] ---**
...others be bound! I'm fed up with all of it!
**[19:45] ---**
What's the fuss?
**[19:47] ---**
--Hm? Akira. What're you doing this time?
**[19:50] ---**
--Good timing. Come with us, Grandmother.
--Hm? Akira. What're you doing this time?
**[19:52] ---**
What?
**[19:53] ---**
You should hear their performance, too!
**[19:57] ---**
A-Akira! You're being rough!
**[20:01] ---**
I just got my driver's license.
Please hold on tight!
**[20:07] ---**
"Program"
**[20:08] ---**
"Program"
"Kata..." "Kata..."?
**[20:10] ---**
"Kata kata"? What're you
trying to say, Kudo?
**[20:13] ---**
Well, I can't read the name of
the piece Hakuto is gonna play.
**[20:16] ---**
"Katakago"
**[20:16] ---**
"Katakago"
Yeah. I wonder what it is... "Katagashi"?
**[20:19] ---**
"Katakago." It's the name of a flower.
If I remember correctly,
**[20:22] ---**
it's an archaic word for *katakuri.*
**[20:24] ---**
Even the name sounds difficult.
**[20:27] ---**
Do you think it's another original piece?
**[20:29] ---**
Most likely. The same composer wrote it.
**[20:33] ---**
Let's see...
**[20:34] ---**
"Composed by Miyabi Tojo"
The composer is Miyabi Tojo.
**[20:37] ---**
Have you heard of the person?
**[20:39] ---**
No. I checked,
but I couldn't find anything.
**[20:43] ---**
It looks like Hakuto's got
a very good composer.
**[20:48] ---**
"Program"
**[20:49] ---**
Hozuki. Why are you so quiet?
**[20:51] ---**
Well, Himesaka is...
**[20:52] ---**
Himesaka?
**[20:54] ---**
I was thinking they're playing
another difficult piece.
**[20:58] ---**
Everyone, it's about time.
**[21:00] ---**
Club President.
**[21:01] ---**
Yes.
**[21:03] ---**
Everyone. We're finally at the qualifier.
**[21:06] ---**
We really went through a lot to get here.
**[21:09] ---**
We argued and fought the most this time,
**[21:12] ---**
and the mood was often bad, to be honest.
**[21:15] ---**
There are also members
who can't perform today.
**[21:18] ---**
But they helped the performing
members a lot as support members.
**[21:22] ---**
All of us were needed to come here today.
**[21:26] ---**
As the club president, I can proudly say...
**[21:29] ---**
...that we've practiced more
than any other school.
**[21:33] ---**
We'll win today with everyone here together!
**[21:36] ---**
Form a circle!
**[21:38] ---**
We are one!
**[21:40] ---**
We're the champions of Kanagawa!
**[21:43] ---**
Let's go!
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Champions' Resolve."
**[23:41] ---**
"#23 Champions' Resolve"
# E23 - Champions' Resolve
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDV0V11Y/champions-resolve)
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**[01:31] ---**
Himesaka Girls' Academy Koto Club...
**[01:35] ---**
"#23 Champions' Resolve"
A super prestigious school that went
to nationals for 10 consecutive years...
**[01:40] ---**
"Unshakable, absolute champions"
that stand unchallenged in Kanagawa...
**[01:45] ---**
That was just who we were.
**[01:48] ---**
It was our pride... until that day.
**[01:54] ---**
The award goes to...
**[01:56] ---**
...Kanagawa Prefectural...
Hakuto High School.
**[02:00] ---**
What? What happened...?
**[02:03] ---**
It can't be true...
**[02:05] ---**
We lost...?
**[02:09] ---**
"Himesaka Girls' Academy"
**[02:10] ---**
"Himesaka Girls' Academy"
Club President.
**[02:12] ---**
What is it, Wakaba?
**[02:13] ---**
To be honest, I don't think
we were inferior to Hakuto.
**[02:17] ---**
I think their piece turned out to be
more popular with the judges, that's all.
**[02:21] ---**
Yeah...
**[02:22] ---**
It feels like a fluke.
**[02:24] ---**
I disagree.
**[02:26] ---**
Yae.
**[02:28] ---**
Our loss wasn't a fluke.
**[02:30] ---**
"There's no way we'll lose
because we're Himesaka."
**[02:34] ---**
I think we lost because that thought
caused us to let our guard down.
**[02:38] ---**
Yeah, I agree.
**[02:40] ---**
We third years want to
get back at Hakuto, too.
**[02:44] ---**
But we'll retire after the performance
in Tokyo next week.
**[02:47] ---**
So we'll entrust it to the first
and second years.
**[02:49] ---**
The new club president will be Yae.
**[02:51] ---**
Okay!
**[02:53] ---**
Going to nationals 11 years in a row
won't be easy, but you can do it!
**[02:58] ---**
Yeah!
**[03:03] ---**
I didn't hear Hakuto's performance.
**[03:08] ---**
Right after Tokise finished playing,
I went to see *him* to complain.
**[03:12] ---**
I looked down on both Tokise and Hakuto.
**[03:19] ---**
Fumi... I...
**[03:24] ---**
I feel very... ashamed... of myself.
**[03:37] ---**
Don't look so miserable!
**[03:39] ---**
It's okay. You're lucky
that you noticed it *now*.
**[03:43] ---**
We can now face the qualifier
thoroughly prepared.
**[03:46] ---**
We won't lose next time for sure!
**[03:48] ---**
Fumi...
**[03:49] ---**
Now, brace up!
**[03:51] ---**
We'll practice furiously again
starting tomorrow!
**[03:54] ---**
Yep!
**[03:57] ---**
Girls! We received the sheet music
for the qualifier piece. Come get it.
**[04:03] ---**
"Three Paraphrases"...
**[04:06] ---**
I've never played it, but if I
remember correctly, this piece is...
**[04:10] ---**
A-A lot of string-pressing...!
**[04:12] ---**
On top of that, they're sixteenth notes...
**[04:14] ---**
Doesn't the picking in
the second half look crazy?
**[04:16] ---**
And we need to change the tuning a lot!
**[04:18] ---**
We have to be in sync with this many people?!
**[04:20] ---**
Shoot...
**[04:22] ---**
I feel super fired up.
**[04:24] ---**
Does everyone have it? Okay then,
I'd like to make a suggestion.
**[04:28] ---**
All these years, every member
played in the qualifier.
**[04:32] ---**
But you can't win like that anymore.
**[04:35] ---**
The era of Himesaka always
being number one is over.
**[04:38] ---**
So, like we always do for nationals,
**[04:41] ---**
I'll choose who will perform by audition.
**[04:44] ---**
I'll hold the audition one month
prior to the qualifier.
**[04:46] ---**
Considering the balance of first koto
and second koto, I'll choose 24 members.
**[04:50] ---**
It'll be based on your abilities.
Your year doesn't matter.
**[04:54] ---**
I'll choose a team to go to nationals.
**[04:57] ---**
What do you think?
**[04:58] ---**
Okay!
**[05:00] ---**
Okay then. That's decided.
**[05:02] ---**
Now, let's start practice. Get ready!
**[05:08] ---**
Hozumi! Why the gloomy face?
**[05:12] ---**
Rui.
**[05:13] ---**
Well, this piece seems really tough, so...
**[05:17] ---**
It's got a ton of string-pressing,
which I'm not good at.
**[05:19] ---**
On top of that, 12 members
will be cut by audition.
**[05:22] ---**
Why are you whining already?!
We still have time.
**[05:25] ---**
If we practice like there's
no tomorrow, we'll be fine!
**[05:28] ---**
This is the last chance for us second years.
We'll play together on stage!
**[05:33] ---**
Yep!
**[05:35] ---**
I think we should increase the practice time.
**[05:37] ---**
What're you saying, Kazusa?
We already have enough practice time.
**[05:42] ---**
Really? You can't play it well yet, Wakaba.
**[05:45] ---**
What? I've already memorized
the score perfectly.
**[05:48] ---**
But the way you play is rough.
**[05:50] ---**
Don't act so high-and-mighty!
**[05:52] ---**
I wanna go to nationals for sure!
**[05:54] ---**
In order to do so, I wanna do
everything we can do now!
**[05:57] ---**
Hey, you two, calm down.
**[06:00] ---**
We all want to go to nationals.
Let's work this out. Okay?
**[06:04] ---**
Hozumi...
**[06:08] ---**
Seriously, Kazusa really ticks me off!
**[06:11] ---**
I don't know if she's the daughter
of a grand master or what,
**[06:14] ---**
but she's always condescending.
Who does she think she is?
**[06:18] ---**
Also, she keeps praising this
Satowa girl from another school.
**[06:23] ---**
I bet she looks down on us.
**[06:25] ---**
I don't think so.
**[06:28] ---**
To me, she just looks very desperate.
**[06:31] ---**
She seriously wants to go to nationals,
**[06:32] ---**
so I'm sure she just spoke a little too harshly.
**[06:35] ---**
I'm seriously aiming for nationals, too.
**[06:38] ---**
Of course! I know that.
**[06:41] ---**
But you two are both first years,
good koto players, and aiming for nationals.
**[06:47] ---**
So I thought the two of you
fighting would be a shame.
**[06:50] ---**
Thank you very much for your concern.
**[06:57] ---**
That's sloppy! One more time, from the start!
**[07:00] ---**
Get the tempo right!
Make each sound clear and distinct!
**[07:02] ---**
Hozumi! You're not pressing
the strings hard at all!
**[07:05] ---**
That's just a half tone!
**[07:06] ---**
Not enough! Harder!
**[07:09] ---**
--Good practice.
**[07:10] ---**
--Good practice.
--Good practice.
**[07:12] ---**
Bye-bye.
**[07:13] ---**
Hozumi. Are you gonna keep
practicing by any chance?
**[07:17] ---**
Yeah. My skills aren't good
compared to the others.
**[07:21] ---**
I can't press strings hard at all, either, so...
**[07:24] ---**
There are a lot of string marks on your
left hand. Your fingers look swollen, too.
**[07:28] ---**
What? Your hand is like that, too.
**[07:30] ---**
Yours is beyond mine.
**[07:32] ---**
It's embarrassing that only
my fingers look kinda impressive.
**[07:36] ---**
I have to improve my skills, too.
I'll work hard!
**[07:40] ---**
Um...! Can I practice with you?!
**[07:45] ---**
Of course!
**[07:50] ---**
"Himesaka Girls' Academy"
**[07:51] ---**
Thus, a month before the qualifier,
**[07:53] ---**
we had the audition
to decide the qualifier team.
**[07:56] ---**
Next! First koto, Hozumi Tachibana.
Second koto, Rui Natsume!
**[08:01] ---**
Okay!
**[08:03] ---**
This is the hardest I've ever practiced.
**[08:06] ---**
So I'm sure I'll be okay.
**[08:13] ---**
Well then... I'll announce
the team for the qualifier.
**[08:17] ---**
I'll start with the second years.
**[08:19] ---**
Makimoto, Yokozawa, Aida, Sakaguchi,
Itofuji, Hara, Nishino, Sato,
**[08:25] ---**
--Watanabe, Oobayashi, Inoue, Ikeda,
Abe, Taniguchi, Iwasaki, and Natsume.
**[08:28] ---**
--Wow... Maybe all the second years will be--
--Watanabe, Oobayashi, Inoue, Ikeda,
Abe, Taniguchi, Iwasaki, and Natsume.
**[08:32] ---**
That's all. Now, first years.
**[08:36] ---**
E-Excuse me! All the second years
were called but Hozumi!
**[08:40] ---**
Unfortunately, Hozumi isn't
on the team this time.
**[08:45] ---**
Her hands moved well.
She practiced a lot, too.
**[08:48] ---**
But her string-pressing was still unstable.
**[08:52] ---**
That's the reason.
**[08:54] ---**
But... But to think that
only Hozumi is left out...
**[08:57] ---**
This is the last qualifier for us second years.
**[08:59] ---**
That's okay, Rui. It can't be helped.
**[09:03] ---**
She said it'd be based on our abilities
regardless of our year from the start.
**[09:07] ---**
I did everything I could. I have no regrets.
**[09:12] ---**
Hozumi...
**[09:14] ---**
Hozumi...
**[09:17] ---**
See you tomorrow.
**[09:19] ---**
Aren't you going home, Hozumi?
**[09:21] ---**
No, I'll stay a little longer.
**[09:25] ---**
I see. Then I'll see you tomorrow.
**[09:27] ---**
Yeah.
**[09:37] ---**
I'm the only second year who
wasn't chosen... How pathetic...
**[10:00] ---**
Hey, Wakaba! That hurts! Let go of me!
**[10:04] ---**
Are you stupid?
**[10:05] ---**
If you go talk to her right now, it'll only
make her feel more miserable, right?
**[10:10] ---**
She wasn't chosen because she wasn't good.
**[10:12] ---**
She couldn't improve enough by the time
of the audition. That's the reality.
**[10:17] ---**
How dare you say--
**[10:18] ---**
So...
**[10:20] ---**
...we'll go to nationals for sure.
**[10:23] ---**
If we do, there'll be another
audition before nationals.
**[10:27] ---**
All we can do for her now is
go to nationals. Am I wrong?
**[10:33] ---**
I thought you hated Hozumi.
**[10:38] ---**
I said she wasn't good,
but I didn't say I hated her.
**[10:41] ---**
The only person I hate is you.
**[10:43] ---**
Wakaba! I hate you, too!
**[10:46] ---**
But just this once, I agree with you!
**[10:49] ---**
We're gonna get the ticket to nationals!
**[10:54] ---**
We're definitely not gonna let things end here.
**[10:57] ---**
We're gonna create the path
that leads us to our next step...
**[11:02] ---**
...for sure...
**[11:05] ---**
Program number three.
Himesaka Girls' Academy.
**[11:11] ---**
"Three Paraphrases."
**[11:23] ---**
Himesaka Girls' Academy.
**[11:26] ---**
"Three Paraphrases."
**[12:18] ---**
Are you kidding me?!
**[12:21] ---**
Even though there's a lot of
string-pressing and tuning-changing,
**[12:23] ---**
they're doing it completely in sync
**[12:26] ---**
while they're playing
sixteenth notes seamlessly!
**[12:29] ---**
How can they move their hands like that?
**[12:31] ---**
How come no one knocks down
the bridges with this speed?
**[12:37] ---**
You girls are amazing!
**[12:40] ---**
Keep it up... Keep it up...!
**[12:46] ---**
Support member?
**[12:48] ---**
Yes.
**[12:49] ---**
When going to nationals,
non-performing members assist, right?
**[12:54] ---**
So I was hoping to assist in the same way.
**[12:57] ---**
That'd be great... But aren't you
pushing yourself, Hozumi?
**[13:02] ---**
I know I'm the one who didn't choose you,
but if it's hard for you--
**[13:05] ---**
It's hard... very hard...
**[13:08] ---**
But...
**[13:14] ---**
Hozumi! Good morning!
**[13:17] ---**
Rui.
**[13:18] ---**
Did you hear? We'll be practicing
a lot more from today.
**[13:22] ---**
I heard that Kazusa and Wakaba
went to ask the advisor directly
**[13:26] ---**
even though they don't get along.
**[13:27] ---**
What...? I see, those two did...
**[13:31] ---**
Hozumi. Make sure you keep practicing...
**[13:35] ---**
...'cause we'll play together at nationals.
**[13:40] ---**
I thought I'd regret it if I just kept
feeling down until the qualifier.
**[13:45] ---**
I'm lucky to have friends
who say things like that,
**[13:49] ---**
so I'd like to do all I can to spend
this time together with everyone.
**[13:57] ---**
They haven't messed up at all so far.
**[14:00] ---**
Incredible...!
**[14:04] ---**
*That* third movement is coming up soon.
**[14:26] ---**
Picking sixteenth notes. Half tones and
whole tones. Irregular string-pressing...
**[14:30] ---**
With this many people? Are they monsters?!
**[14:33] ---**
What's this? I didn't realize
kotos could be this incredible...!
**[14:39] ---**
We no longer let our guards down thinking,
"Because we're Himesaka."
**[14:43] ---**
We will win!
**[14:46] ---**
Incredible...
**[14:48] ---**
Oh... This is...
**[14:51] ---**
Yeah, without doubt...
**[14:56] ---**
These are the sounds that belong
to those who practice a lot.
**[15:06] ---**
Whoa... Very impressive...
**[15:20] ---**
Their specialization as a team
has always been staying together,
**[15:24] ---**
but to this extent...?
**[15:25] ---**
I never liked their performances before,
**[15:30] ---**
but their performance today was good.
**[15:36] ---**
Stupid! Stupid Chika!
Why're you casually praising our rival?!
**[15:40] ---**
If you praise them, we lose!
**[15:41] ---**
Shut up! What's good is good!
**[15:44] ---**
But our performance is better!
**[15:48] ---**
Takinami, you bastard!
What're you laughing about?!
**[15:50] ---**
Well, I just like this side of you, that's all.
**[15:56] ---**
Ah! Mr. Takinami!
**[15:59] ---**
Oh, you're Hakuto's...
**[16:01] ---**
Taishin Yamamoto!
**[16:03] ---**
Mr. Yamamoto. Are you guys moving
to the tuning room now?
**[16:07] ---**
Yes. My heart is already pounding so hard.
**[16:10] ---**
By the way, you instruct
the Hakuto students, right?
**[16:15] ---**
Yes, more or less.
**[16:17] ---**
Are you a music teacher?
**[16:19] ---**
No, I usually teach math,
but I love music, too!
**[16:25] ---**
I see... It's amazing that you can
give such a great instruction
**[16:29] ---**
when you're not a music teacher.
**[16:31] ---**
What?
**[16:32] ---**
I heard Hakuto's performance from
the traditional music festival on DVD.
**[16:36] ---**
I was blown away by it being so high level.
**[16:39] ---**
The piece, as well as the performance,
was perfectly calculated
**[16:42] ---**
so that the music would smoothly
come into listeners' hearts.
**[16:45] ---**
Oh, by the way, who's Miyabi Tojo,
the composer for Hakuto?
**[16:51] ---**
This person creates such high-level pieces,
**[16:53] ---**
and yet, no matter how hard I checked--
**[16:59] ---**
Did I say something wrong?
**[17:02] ---**
Oh, no...! It's not... It's not like that!
**[17:05] ---**
N-No one's said that to me before
about the performance and pieces,
**[17:09] ---**
so I'm just so happy!
**[17:12] ---**
What?
**[17:13] ---**
Hey, Mr. Yamamoto! We have to
hurry up or we'll run out time!
**[17:16] ---**
Oh... Sorry!
**[17:17] ---**
Now, let's go!
**[17:19] ---**
Sorry, Mr. Takinami! If you don't mind,
let's talk sometime soon!
**[17:25] ---**
Yes, definitely.
**[17:28] ---**
Math, huh...? That explains it.
**[17:32] ---**
No wonder I couldn't find him.
**[17:37] ---**
Kurata.
**[17:39] ---**
We need to go to the tuning room now.
**[17:41] ---**
Okay.
**[17:43] ---**
How pathetic, you bunch of scaredy-cats.
**[17:46] ---**
Hey, that's Chika and the others.
**[17:48] ---**
I wonder if they're getting ready now.
Do you wanna talk to them?
**[17:51] ---**
No, that's okay. I don't wanna
disturb their concentration.
**[17:56] ---**
Excuse me. Is that seat taken?
**[17:59] ---**
No. Go ahead.
**[18:01] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[18:07] ---**
"Program"
**[18:08] ---**
"Tenkyu"
**[18:09] ---**
"Tenkyu"
"The heavens... cry"?
**[18:12] ---**
I wonder what this piece is like...
**[18:14] ---**
Ugh! Calm down, my heart!
**[18:17] ---**
As expected, everyone's nervous.
**[18:19] ---**
I'd better get a grip so I don't catch it, too.
**[18:21] ---**
Hey!
**[18:23] ---**
What's with that scary look?!
**[18:26] ---**
Taking the stage is a reward for all the
hard work you've put in until now, right?
**[18:29] ---**
We should enjoy it
as much as we can, right?!
**[18:32] ---**
Kurusu...
**[18:35] ---**
Your hand is shaking.
**[18:36] ---**
Sh-Shut up!
**[18:43] ---**
Okay, guys! Let's check
the tuning quickly and practice!
**[18:47] ---**
--But Miss Akira isn't here--
**[18:48] ---**
--I'm sorry I'm late!
--But Miss Akira isn't here--
**[18:50] ---**
Miss Akira!
**[18:52] ---**
It's rare that you cut it this close.
**[18:55] ---**
The roads were busier than I expected.
**[18:58] ---**
--Well then, let's--
--M-Miss Akira!
**[19:00] ---**
Um... I made this for you, too,
so if you'd like...
**[19:07] ---**
You made it?
**[19:08] ---**
I-I-I-It's okay to throw it away!
**[19:11] ---**
Thank you very much.
I'm happy to have it... Very happy.
**[19:18] ---**
Come to think of it...
**[19:19] ---**
...where's yours?
**[19:20] ---**
What? I didn't make one.
**[19:22] ---**
You didn't?!
**[19:23] ---**
Jeez... Then...
**[19:25] ---**
Hey! What're you--
**[19:30] ---**
How's this? Now it's--
**[19:35] ---**
Wow! You two are like a couple!
**[19:37] ---**
A cou--?!
**[19:38] ---**
Chika. Your handwriting is terrible as usual.
**[19:41] ---**
Yeah. What terrible handwriting.
**[19:42] ---**
What'd you say?!
**[19:43] ---**
I'm jealous...
**[19:44] ---**
Stop fooling around and
get on with the preparation.
**[19:47] ---**
I know! Dammit!
**[19:49] ---**
That was... a happy look on her face... right?
**[19:55] ---**
Seriously, Mr. Tsukaji.
I really can't take much more of this.
**[20:00] ---**
It's true that Himesaka's
performance was amazing,
**[20:03] ---**
but all the schools after them
kinda sound the same to me.
**[20:06] ---**
You're so hopeless...!
**[20:09] ---**
But well, what she said
isn't necessarily wrong.
**[20:12] ---**
So far, Himesaka is clearly
the top contender,
**[20:15] ---**
and there's little difference among the rest.
**[20:17] ---**
Will Himesaka go to nationals
as they've done in other years?
**[20:22] ---**
"Program"
Or...
**[20:23] ---**
"Hakuto High School"
**[20:25] ---**
It's about time!
**[20:27] ---**
Get ready to go on stage, everyone!
**[20:34] ---**
Kanzaki. You get ready, too!
**[20:36] ---**
How're you doing?
**[20:39] ---**
Good.
**[20:40] ---**
Hey, it's rare that you say "good."
**[20:43] ---**
Really?
**[20:43] ---**
Yeah! You always say stuff like, "normal."
**[20:48] ---**
Listen, Mio... The fact is,
Mr. Yamamoto is...
**[20:52] ---**
What's wrong?
**[20:56] ---**
Photosynthesis.
**[20:58] ---**
You're like the sun,
so I'm getting power from you.
**[21:05] ---**
Taishin power!
**[21:08] ---**
Now you'll be fine!
**[21:10] ---**
You can give your best
performance ever today!
**[21:14] ---**
Weirdo.
**[21:17] ---**
Hey! Mio! Carry your
instrument yourself, okay?!
**[21:22] ---**
You carry it, Club President.
**[21:24] ---**
Don't be ridiculous!
**[21:27] ---**
I've never seen him smile like that before.
**[21:31] ---**
What? Advisor for the koto club?
**[21:35] ---**
It's been ten years since then...
**[21:38] ---**
And today is the last day!
**[21:42] ---**
Now... let me hear your performance...
**[21:46] ---**
I'll see if your ability to beat Himesaka at the
traditional music festival...
**[21:51] ---**
...is the real deal...
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Beyond the Right Answer."
**[23:42] ---**
"#24 Beyond the Right Answer"
# E24 - Beyond the Right Answer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR5J2K20R/beyond-the-right-answer)
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**[00:01] ---**
When I open sheet music,
**[00:04] ---**
sounds rise up glowing
and create a path in the darkness.
**[00:08] ---**
I just move forward following that light...
**[00:13] ---**
So that I won't go off the path
and get swallowed by the darkness,
**[00:15] ---**
I just follow the path faithfully... faithfully.
**[00:19] ---**
That's the only way I know
to play the koto right now.
**[01:55] ---**
"#24 Beyond the Right Answer"
What? Advisor for the koto club?
**[01:59] ---**
Ten years ago... The first year
after I graduated from college...
**[02:02] ---**
After becoming a math teacher,
my dream job,
**[02:05] ---**
I suddenly became the advisor
for a club I'd never heard of.
**[02:07] ---**
"Koto Club"
The world of music was completely
unknown to me, not to mention the koto.
**[02:13] ---**
Oh, I see! I'm becoming interested!
**[02:17] ---**
What? You haven't even heard
a koto performance yet.
**[02:20] ---**
Yeah, but koto sheet music consists
of a combination of 13 numbers,
**[02:23] ---**
from one through *kin*, and symbols, right?
**[02:26] ---**
It looks like math, so I thought
it looked interesting.
**[02:29] ---**
Huh?
**[02:30] ---**
I casually started learning
about the world of koto.
**[02:33] ---**
Okay, I'll first listen to pieces called
"classics." There's a lot to learn!
**[02:40] ---**
What I found there...
**[02:42] ---**
...was a delicate, meticulous world
that seemed to be perfectly calculated.
**[02:47] ---**
It was indeed a math world that
I loved, with infinite potential
**[02:50] ---**
contained within only 13 strings.
**[02:55] ---**
Wow... I'm listening... to math right now!
**[02:59] ---**
After that, I was rapidly
sucked into the world of music.
**[03:03] ---**
And... finally, I started creating pieces.
**[03:06] ---**
They were unpopular among the students,
so no one played them, though.
**[03:11] ---**
Maybe teenagers like modern music after all.
**[03:14] ---**
But I like classics the most.
**[03:18] ---**
The number of sounds, how they're
assembled, and their timing...
**[03:21] ---**
They're beautiful and efficient.
**[03:23] ---**
Even after I was transferred
to a different school, I kept creating pieces.
**[03:27] ---**
And then... I ended up in Hakuto's koto club.
**[03:32] ---**
We got many new first-year
members this year.
**[03:35] ---**
Someone may play my pieces...
I guess I'm just kidding myself.
**[03:43] ---**
What?! This is my piece!
**[03:52] ---**
My piece... My world is coming to life?!
**[03:56] ---**
Yeah! This is how I wanted it to be played!
**[03:59] ---**
This is the perfected version of my piece!
**[04:04] ---**
Who are you?
**[04:05] ---**
Oh! Um... I'm Yamamoto,
the koto club advisor!
**[04:08] ---**
If I remember right,
he's a new member named Kanzaki...
**[04:12] ---**
I'm the one who wrote
the piece you were just playing!
**[04:17] ---**
Oh... I found the sheet music
on the shelf there, so...
**[04:21] ---**
You didn't want me to play it?
**[04:22] ---**
I-It's not like that at all!
Actually, I'm really happy that you did!
**[04:27] ---**
Thank you for playing it!
**[04:30] ---**
If you'd like, you can play other--
**[04:32] ---**
No thanks.
**[04:34] ---**
What?! Why?!
**[04:36] ---**
My sound is boring. I hate it.
**[04:45] ---**
Suzumori!
**[04:46] ---**
If I remember correctly,
Kanzaki is your cousin, right?
**[04:49] ---**
I wanna ask you something.
**[04:52] ---**
Both of Mio's parents work,
so he often spent time at my place.
**[04:57] ---**
My mom was learning koto,
so we started learning with her, too.
**[05:02] ---**
I think we were around six then.
**[05:04] ---**
I see. So you two have been playing
the koto for a long time, huh?
**[05:07] ---**
No wonder you guys are so good.
**[05:09] ---**
Not really... But Mio is special.
**[05:12] ---**
Mio can "see" sounds.
**[05:15] ---**
What?!
**[05:16] ---**
It's like he knows the right answer as to how
he should play or express the piece.
**[05:22] ---**
That's an incredible talent!
**[05:24] ---**
Yes, but Mio seems to hate it.
**[05:27] ---**
He says that the right sounds are boring.
**[05:30] ---**
The set-in-stone sounds are no fun.
So he hates his own sound.
**[05:35] ---**
He's been searching for
the "sound beyond the right answer."
**[05:41] ---**
Kanzaki!
**[05:43] ---**
Is it true that you can see sounds?!
**[05:47] ---**
Yeah. So what?
**[05:48] ---**
I want you to play the pieces I create!
**[05:51] ---**
When you played my piece the other day,
I was very... very moved!
**[05:57] ---**
It was like the world I pictured started
moving exactly the way I wanted...
**[06:02] ---**
It was quite a shock!
**[06:04] ---**
It's not good enough for it to
"start moving exactly the way" you want.
**[06:08] ---**
I have to go "beyond that"...
**[06:10] ---**
...or I'll never be able to be
moved by my own sound.
**[06:16] ---**
I'll make a piece that will allow you
to go "beyond that"
**[06:21] ---**
because I want to hear your
"sound beyond the right answer," too!
**[06:26] ---**
So... would you entrust
that talent of yours with me?!
**[06:32] ---**
No.
**[06:33] ---**
What?!
**[06:34] ---**
You scare me.
**[06:34] ---**
Kanzaki!
**[06:37] ---**
And so, here we are.
**[06:39] ---**
Oh, no... I-I-I'm so nervous!
**[06:42] ---**
You're the advisor.
You should act like one, jeez...
**[06:45] ---**
By the way, you're quitting your
teaching job after the qualifier, right?
**[06:49] ---**
What?! H-H-How do you know that?!
**[06:52] ---**
Everyone knows it. You're the only one
who thinks no one knows.
**[06:56] ---**
What?!
**[06:57] ---**
You're taking over your family's inn, right?
**[06:59] ---**
We also know you couldn't come
to the traditional music festival--
**[07:02] ---**
not because you got the flu,
but because your dad collapsed.
**[07:06] ---**
Are you really going to quit?
**[07:12] ---**
I made the decision after
giving it a lot of thought, so...
**[07:15] ---**
I see...
**[07:21] ---**
Grand Master. Let's go home.
**[07:24] ---**
No performance so far was that good.
**[07:27] ---**
At this rate, we can't expect much
from Satowa's school, either.
**[07:37] ---**
I'll go outside and get some fresh air.
**[07:42] ---**
I don't want to be here even a minute longer.
**[07:48] ---**
You should hear their performance, too!
**[07:50] ---**
You're the only one who cannot
always face the koto, Grandmother!
**[07:55] ---**
I know what she said, but I no longer can...
**[07:59] ---**
It's too late.
**[08:03] ---**
Oh, you came, too, Grandma?
**[08:06] ---**
Keishi!
**[08:10] ---**
Hey. We need to go
in five minutes. Get ready.
**[08:14] ---**
Aaaahhh! I-I-I-It's time!
**[08:15] ---**
Oh crap! Oh crap!
**[08:16] ---**
What am I gonna do? I can't breathe.
**[08:18] ---**
C-C-Calm down, Kota. Take a deep breath.
**[08:21] ---**
*You* calm down.
**[08:22] ---**
Hozy... Hozy...!
**[08:24] ---**
H-Hey, guys! After leaving this room,
we can't speak loudly,
**[08:28] ---**
so do you wanna form a circle?
**[08:29] ---**
Yeah! That's a good idea!
**[08:31] ---**
I wanna do it!
**[08:32] ---**
It'll give us power!
**[08:33] ---**
Oh, Mr. Takinami and Miss Akira, if you'd--
**[08:35] ---**
No way.
**[08:36] ---**
I'm okay.
**[08:38] ---**
Oh, it's kinda embarrassing.
**[08:40] ---**
This is fun!
**[08:43] ---**
Whoa... I feel...
**[08:45] ---**
...the warmth from the other guys...
It kinda calms me down.
**[08:52] ---**
Hey, four-eyes! Say something!
**[08:54] ---**
Oh, yeah. Of course.
**[08:57] ---**
Um... I want to continue playing
with you guys for a little while longer.
**[09:02] ---**
I don't want today to be
our last day playing together!
**[09:04] ---**
So let's play with all--
**[09:06] ---**
What was that for?!
**[09:07] ---**
Hey! Stop saying depressing stuff!
**[09:09] ---**
Say something to get us fired up!
**[09:11] ---**
If you're gonna do it, say something
you usually can't with all your might!
**[09:15] ---**
Shout it!
**[09:18] ---**
We're gonna go to nationals for sure!
**[09:23] ---**
Yeah!
**[09:31] ---**
Oh... Finally, Hakuto is next.
**[09:33] ---**
The school who won last time, right?
**[09:35] ---**
Yep.
**[09:36] ---**
If they give a performance that's
like the right answer like last time,
**[09:39] ---**
Tokise can win.
**[09:42] ---**
But if it's different from last time...
**[09:48] ---**
"Hakuto"
**[09:51] ---**
Okay, guys! Do your best!
**[09:53] ---**
You don't have to tell us. We will!
**[09:56] ---**
The pieces you create are plain,
**[09:58] ---**
but we'll prove that...
**[10:01] ---**
...they're actually amazing!
**[10:03] ---**
We'll get the ticket to nationals
as a farewell gift for you.
**[10:06] ---**
Look forward to it!
**[10:21] ---**
Program number 12. Hakuto High School.
**[10:25] ---**
"Katakago."
**[10:26] ---**
I've hated my own sound all this time.
**[10:30] ---**
It's the right answer,
but something is missing.
**[10:32] ---**
It's not wrong, but it's somewhat boring.
**[10:35] ---**
I've been searching for
this missing something...
**[10:38] ---**
But...
**[10:43] ---**
Thanks...
**[10:44] ---**
Thanks to all of you,
I can finally go to the other side...
**[10:56] ---**
What a deep first sound...
**[11:14] ---**
Is this a classical piece...?
**[11:17] ---**
No, if I remember right,
it should be an original piece.
**[11:21] ---**
What a tranquil space...
**[11:25] ---**
It's like if I exhale, people might hear it.
**[11:29] ---**
Frankly speaking, it's very plain.
**[11:32] ---**
It doesn't have the lively feeling
of high school students, either. But...
**[11:36] ---**
Again...
**[11:38] ---**
It's not like it's got momentum,
nor does it have a catchy melody,
**[11:43] ---**
but his sound just flows into my head.
**[11:46] ---**
I can't take my eyes off of him.
**[11:51] ---**
A performance that's as if it's
the right answer to the piece...
**[11:57] ---**
This is, indeed, incredible. This isn't
a performance by high school students.
**[12:02] ---**
But that's thanks in large part
to the piece itself.
**[12:11] ---**
The solo and the three other parts...
**[12:13] ---**
How the sounds are placed
and intertwined is impeccable.
**[12:17] ---**
Though it seems the difference in ability
between the guy in the center
**[12:20] ---**
and the rest is quite big,
**[12:22] ---**
the piece was solidly calculated
so that it's well-balanced
**[12:26] ---**
while making the solo stand out.
**[12:29] ---**
The tempo that makes
people feel comfortable...
**[12:32] ---**
The pauses that draw you in... To think
someone could create a piece like this...
**[12:37] ---**
How scary...
**[12:41] ---**
It's true that their level is quite high.
**[12:44] ---**
It's not just the piece.
It's amazing that they can express it.
**[12:49] ---**
But after hearing that performance
by Himesaka, something is missing.
**[12:57] ---**
I'll quit the koto.
**[12:59] ---**
What?! Why? You liked how
the koto sounded, didn't you?
**[13:04] ---**
I like the sound of the koto. But when I play,
it becomes a sound I don't like.
**[13:09] ---**
When I play, the sound of the koto dies.
**[13:13] ---**
It dies?
**[13:16] ---**
Listen, Mio. I don't understand it much,
**[13:19] ---**
but no one can play the sound
they want from the start.
**[13:25] ---**
Really?
**[13:26] ---**
Yeah, I think...
**[13:27] ---**
Then when will I be able
to play the sound I like?
**[13:30] ---**
That... probably depends on
how much effort you put in.
**[13:34] ---**
Effort?
**[13:35] ---**
Will playing a lot do? If I play all day long,
will it become a sound I like?
**[13:41] ---**
A sound that's free and independent
from everything, like water and wind...
**[13:47] ---**
A sound with life...
**[13:49] ---**
It'd make me happy if I could
create a sound like that...
**[13:55] ---**
But after a year, three years,
even five years...
**[14:00] ---**
In all that time, I was never able
to play a sound like that.
**[14:03] ---**
Mio, I think you're thinking too much.
**[14:05] ---**
You're very good. Have confidence.
**[14:08] ---**
Would you like to participate
in a competition?
**[14:10] ---**
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
**[14:12] ---**
Hey, Mio. Everyone praises your sound.
They say you're very good. So--
**[14:17] ---**
I don't care about "everyone."
**[14:19] ---**
I just want to create
the sound I like by myself!
**[14:23] ---**
Mio...
**[14:25] ---**
I feel kinda upset.
I don't know what to do.
**[14:30] ---**
I can always see the sounds, but they
never lead me to the place I wanna go...
**[14:38] ---**
I'm tired...
**[14:40] ---**
I'm exhausted.
**[14:41] ---**
I'll...
**[14:43] ---**
I'll make a piece that will allow you
to go "beyond that"
**[14:46] ---**
because I want to hear your "sound
beyond the right answer," too!
**[14:50] ---**
It was a shock... like a dazzling light...
**[14:59] ---**
The sound changed?
**[15:01] ---**
You create pieces by calculating?
**[15:03] ---**
That's right!
**[15:04] ---**
I don't like calculated sounds.
**[15:07] ---**
Then I'll make it sound
uncalculated by calculating!
**[15:14] ---**
How's this piece?
**[15:16] ---**
It's fine.
**[15:18] ---**
I'll rewrite it!
**[15:20] ---**
What?
**[15:21] ---**
I promised you I'd make a piece that
will allow you to go "beyond that."
**[15:25] ---**
So the piece has to be
something you want to play!
**[15:32] ---**
You can only play the sound
the way you see it?
**[15:35] ---**
Yeah. I don't know how to play
the other sounds.
**[15:39] ---**
The sound I can see glows
and becomes a path.
**[15:42] ---**
But the area around it is pitch-dark
and there's nothing there.
**[15:46] ---**
If I go off the path, I'm gonna
fall into the darkness for sure.
**[15:51] ---**
The moment you go off the path, though,
I think a new path is created.
**[15:57] ---**
And then, this time,
*you* will become the path!
**[16:05] ---**
What's this unnerving feeling...?
**[16:07] ---**
Hey, hey, hey...! The solo part has
been repeating only one sound.
**[16:12] ---**
And... just how deep is he
going to dive with it...?
**[16:18] ---**
I don't quite get what Mr. Yamamoto said.
**[16:22] ---**
They're disorganized.
Their sound is messy.
**[16:25] ---**
If I go off the path, I bet I'll be just like--
**[16:39] ---**
What...? What's with this sound...?
**[16:42] ---**
Their feelings are flowing into me...
**[16:44] ---**
...even though I don't know
anything about these people.
**[16:47] ---**
Everyone's smiling. They're happy and alive.
**[16:50] ---**
It's as if they *themselves* are the sound...
**[16:53] ---**
*You* will become the path!
**[17:12] ---**
Clearly...
**[17:13] ---**
...there's something happening... right now...
**[17:23] ---**
Mio...
**[17:50] ---**
Hey...!
**[17:51] ---**
What's going on?!
**[17:56] ---**
I'm getting dragged into it!
**[18:04] ---**
Ahh... Amazing...
**[18:06] ---**
This is amazing...
**[18:08] ---**
Within only 13 strings,
they're creating a boundless universe!
**[18:13] ---**
Hey, Mio!
**[18:15] ---**
This piece isn't just yours!
**[18:17] ---**
Don't forget about us!
**[18:19] ---**
I'm sorry, Club President.
It's just that I'm having fun.
**[18:23] ---**
I'll take you guys with me... anywhere...
**[18:27] ---**
There are only 13 strings.
**[18:29] ---**
But even so, I can now go wherever
I want, to the ends of the earth...
**[18:44] ---**
I heard that Mr. Yamamoto is going
to quit teaching after the qualifier.
**[18:48] ---**
His dad collapsed.
**[18:52] ---**
Let's make sure our last performance
for him is a good one.
**[19:01] ---**
Hey, Kanzaki. Do you know what
kind of flower a *katakago* is?
**[19:06] ---**
No, I don't.
**[19:07] ---**
It's a flower that can't bloom
one year, three years,
**[19:12] ---**
or even five years after budding.
**[19:20] ---**
Even so, it keeps growing
little by little every year
**[19:25] ---**
and finally blooms after
almost ten long years.
**[19:32] ---**
Say, Kanzaki...
**[19:38] ---**
It's been ten years since we
came to know the koto, huh?
**[21:32] ---**
It was like something awakened
in him at the end...
**[21:37] ---**
So you can play the koto like this too, huh?
**[21:40] ---**
Oh, crap. I'm getting nervous again
after hearing Hakuto's performance...
**[21:44] ---**
Seriously! Why do we have
to play after Hakuto?
**[21:47] ---**
Rhythm... Rhythm... I hope I can
stay together with everyone else.
**[21:51] ---**
I hope my fingers move okay!
**[21:56] ---**
Everyone is so nervous.
I have to say something.
**[22:01] ---**
What?
**[22:05] ---**
We'll be fine. We don't have
to worry about anything.
**[22:09] ---**
We'll be fine if we just play
like we always do.
**[22:11] ---**
Takezo...
**[22:18] ---**
Because we've practiced...
**[22:20] ---**
...more than anyone for sure!
**[22:28] ---**
If our club president says so,
then it must be true!
**[22:30] ---**
Hey, Kudo!
**[22:32] ---**
You'll be fine.
**[22:34] ---**
You survived my tough lessons.
**[22:38] ---**
So please play to your heart's content today.
**[22:41] ---**
Miss Aki...
**[22:43] ---**
Tokise High School.
Please proceed to the stage.
**[22:46] ---**
Okay!
**[22:47] ---**
Don't forget.
**[22:50] ---**
What's important isn't
going to nationals itself,
**[22:53] ---**
but *why* you want to go to nationals.
**[22:55] ---**
Don't forget that.
**[22:57] ---**
Why...
**[22:59] ---**
...do we want to...
**[23:01] ---**
If you lose in the next qualifier,
they won't be able to go to nationals.
**[23:06] ---**
So to them, it's their last chance.
**[23:10] ---**
I don't want it to end yet.
**[23:12] ---**
I wish it could go on forever.
**[23:15] ---**
Next year won't work for you guys!
**[23:18] ---**
Next year... will be too late.
**[23:21] ---**
We're gonna go to nationals for sure!
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Tenkyu."
**[23:41] ---**
"#25 Tenkyu"
# E25 - Tenkyu
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**[00:00] ---**
We'll be fine.
**[00:02] ---**
Because we've practiced...
**[00:04] ---**
...more than anyone for sure!
**[00:07] ---**
You'll be fine.
**[00:09] ---**
You survived my tough lessons.
**[00:12] ---**
Don't forget.
**[00:14] ---**
What's important isn't
going to nationals itself,
**[00:16] ---**
but *why* you want to go to nationals.
**[00:19] ---**
So to them, it's their last chance.
**[00:23] ---**
I don't want it to end yet.
**[00:25] ---**
I wish it could go on forever.
**[00:27] ---**
Next year won't work for you guys!
**[00:30] ---**
Next year... will be too late.
**[00:33] ---**
We're gonna go to nationals for sure!
**[02:07] ---**
"#25 Tenkyu"
**[02:14] ---**
I can't believe it! What kind
of performance is that?!
**[02:18] ---**
It's evenly matched with ours...
though how it was done was quite different...
**[02:25] ---**
Judges' votes will probably be split, too.
**[02:28] ---**
What's with these high-level performances...?
What's happening?
**[02:32] ---**
Himesaka and Hakuto...
Only one of them can go to nationals...?
**[02:36] ---**
You gotta be kidding me...!
**[02:37] ---**
It was amazing...
**[02:39] ---**
It's like Hakuto was amazing in a totally
different way than Himesaka.
**[02:43] ---**
Yeah... they were... I bet the judges
are gonna have a hard time deciding.
**[02:49] ---**
With music, how do they
decide which one's better?
**[02:51] ---**
The difficulty and degree
of perfection of the piece?
**[02:54] ---**
Yeah, they're important. But when schools
are at the same level for both,
**[02:59] ---**
I think it'll depend on
what each judge values...
**[03:04] ---**
Do they value an aesthetic of staying together?
**[03:06] ---**
Or do they value how
the sound was expressed?
**[03:27] ---**
Honey! Takezo and the others
are taking the stage!
**[03:30] ---**
I wonder if he'll be okay?
He often makes mistakes at critical times.
**[03:36] ---**
Calm down, dear.
**[03:38] ---**
Good, Granny. We made it back just in time.
**[03:41] ---**
Yeah.
**[03:42] ---**
Takezo...! Everyone...! Go for it!
**[03:46] ---**
This isn't like me. I'm getting kinda nervous.
**[03:50] ---**
They'll be fine...
**[03:53] ---**
...since they've practiced like crazy.
**[03:56] ---**
Mr. Tsukaji!
**[03:57] ---**
The next school has five boys! This is amazing!
**[04:02] ---**
To think that they're playing
after Hakuto... I feel bad for them.
**[04:06] ---**
Honestly, I don't even want to hear
the crappy performances coming up.
**[04:10] ---**
It's likely that either Himesaka
or Hakuto will win anyway...
**[04:16] ---**
Tokise...
**[04:42] ---**
Program number 13.
**[04:49] ---**
Tokise High School.
**[04:59] ---**
"Tenkyu."
**[05:12] ---**
The words I repeated
so many times in my head...
**[05:16] ---**
Your koto... is like a weapon to me.
**[05:23] ---**
How pathetic... that I'm afraid of hearing
my own daughter's performance...
**[05:29] ---**
I never understood it. I couldn't face it.
**[05:34] ---**
But now...
**[06:15] ---**
Ahh... That's right. This is it.
**[06:19] ---**
This is completely different from that time.
**[06:34] ---**
A single note...
**[06:36] ---**
I have to work hard, too.
**[06:38] ---**
So that you can always
have a smile on your face.
**[06:46] ---**
How can she play...
**[06:48] ---**
...a sound like this...?
**[06:52] ---**
Satowa...
**[06:54] ---**
She's already in a class of her own.
**[06:56] ---**
But there's no way that
the others can match her sound!
**[07:22] ---**
Is this really possible...?!
**[07:24] ---**
This can't be happening...
Those vulgar delinquents can...?
**[07:29] ---**
You're not worthy to play
the koto with Satowa!
**[07:41] ---**
If you consider the 17-string and the solo
as the "root" and "trunk" of a tree...
**[07:47] ---**
...the first and second kotos are leaves
and blossoms that lend colors to it.
**[08:13] ---**
Hold on a sec...
**[08:15] ---**
What the heck is going on?! This sound...!
**[08:19] ---**
It's not just the solo part...?!
**[08:40] ---**
Their sound is completely different
from the other schools.
**[08:43] ---**
The care they put into each note...
How it resonates... The others are no match.
**[09:26] ---**
Who are these kids...?
How did they become like this?
**[09:31] ---**
Just how much time...
did they spend practicing?!
**[09:45] ---**
I liked your performance.
**[09:49] ---**
It was a good performance.
**[09:52] ---**
You guys can become even better.
**[10:03] ---**
So I don't want the next
competition to be our last.
**[10:07] ---**
With those guys... I'll give it everything
I've got until the very end.
**[10:13] ---**
I wanna get better as soon as possible.
**[10:16] ---**
There are things we need
to do before we complain!
**[10:23] ---**
That sound is your soul itself.
**[10:27] ---**
It's your soul itself.
**[10:47] ---**
After suddenly losing someone precious to me,
**[10:50] ---**
I had to protect that which was left behind.
**[10:54] ---**
I thought I could somehow
manage it... and overcome it...
**[10:59] ---**
...because I had my daughter.
**[11:03] ---**
But I was weak.
**[11:07] ---**
I was weaker... a lot weaker than I thought...
**[11:11] ---**
...that I let go of...
**[11:14] ---**
...the only light I had.
**[11:16] ---**
I thought I'd quit...
**[11:19] ---**
I thought there was no point in playing
the koto anymore if I couldn't help Mom.
**[11:29] ---**
But...
**[12:24] ---**
The theme moves from part
to part every two beats!
**[12:28] ---**
High-level techniques are used
at important spots.
**[12:31] ---**
But they play in a way
that we pay no attention to them
**[12:33] ---**
by completely hiding the difficulty
of their performance.
**[12:36] ---**
That's how music should be.
**[12:39] ---**
The highlight scene
for each part is starting now.
**[13:08] ---**
Oh... I'm so happy...
**[13:11] ---**
I'm having so much fun!
**[13:14] ---**
I want to play... a lot, lot while longer...
with these guys...
**[13:18] ---**
You could just play alone.
**[13:20] ---**
The sound you get when you play
with friends you've spent time with...
**[13:25] ---**
You just can't produce it on your own.
**[13:28] ---**
You're damn right, Granddad.
**[13:30] ---**
I understand it now.
**[13:32] ---**
Good. Now, the last part.
**[14:45] ---**
Hm?
**[14:45] ---**
O-Oh...? We finished, but...
**[14:48] ---**
No applause...?!
**[14:50] ---**
W-Was something weird...?!
**[14:57] ---**
Guys! It's blacked out,
so take your koto and leave the stage!
**[15:01] ---**
O-Okay.
**[15:29] ---**
N-Now?!
**[15:50] ---**
The applause started at
a weird time, didn't it?
**[15:53] ---**
Yeah, it happened after the blackout.
**[15:56] ---**
I wonder if our performance
wasn't that good...
**[15:58] ---**
No way!
**[16:00] ---**
I think our performance today
was the best one ever.
**[16:03] ---**
Takezo...!
**[16:06] ---**
Everyone! Good job!
**[16:08] ---**
Miss Aki!
**[16:10] ---**
Mr. Suzu!
**[16:13] ---**
Was our performance bad?! How was it?!
**[16:17] ---**
Please be honest!
**[16:22] ---**
Why are you... looking so worried...
**[16:27] ---**
...after giving such a wonderful performance?
**[16:33] ---**
Right, Mr. Takinami?
**[16:36] ---**
Yeah. It was so-so.
**[16:38] ---**
Now, get a move on already.
**[16:42] ---**
So it wasn't that good after all!
**[16:44] ---**
Takinami, you bastard!
**[16:46] ---**
Mr. Takinami! You're stubborn.
You should be honest and say--
**[16:51] ---**
I'm always honest.
**[16:55] ---**
Having watched them
all this time, it's obvious
**[16:57] ---**
a performance like that is
nothing special for them.
**[17:08] ---**
Hozy. Is something wrong?
**[17:11] ---**
Oh, no... I just feel kinda listless
now that we're done...
**[17:15] ---**
Oh, yeah. Me, too.
**[17:18] ---**
But now, we just have to wait for
the results, huh?
**[17:24] ---**
Yeah.
**[17:28] ---**
Dammit! Dammit!
Tokise High School was good!
**[17:32] ---**
I cried, too!
**[17:34] ---**
I'm scared! What's going on? Why?
**[17:39] ---**
"Dazed..."
**[17:40] ---**
It was... a very good performance.
**[17:44] ---**
Not just performance,
but the piece was incredible.
**[17:47] ---**
I created my piece in a way
that allowed Kanzaki to stand out
**[17:50] ---**
and balanced his role with the others.
**[17:53] ---**
In contrast, Tokise's piece was constructed
**[17:56] ---**
to make sure to bring out
the characteristics of each part.
**[18:00] ---**
Dammit... Today is the last day for me...
**[18:04] ---**
...and yet, I'm already itching
to write the next piece.
**[18:09] ---**
Takaoka... I need more tissues.
**[18:12] ---**
Well, mine's all gone, too. Seriously,
how much do you have to cry?
**[18:17] ---**
What?!
**[18:18] ---**
Hey, are you okay?!
**[18:20] ---**
I-I'm sorry. I'm just so deeply moved...
**[18:23] ---**
Takaoka. Give her some tissues.
**[18:24] ---**
Like I said, mine's all gone!
**[18:26] ---**
"Service Entrance"
**[18:31] ---**
Well then, kids, good work today.
It was a good performance.
**[18:35] ---**
Thanks, Granny!
**[18:37] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[18:40] ---**
Okay, then. All the performances
are finished now,
**[18:43] ---**
and there's some time before
the results are announced.
**[18:46] ---**
What're you guys gonna do?
Just head to the hall?
**[18:48] ---**
Well, I don't know.
**[18:51] ---**
I'm thirsty.
**[18:52] ---**
Oh, then let's go buy something to--
**[18:55] ---**
U-Um, I'm sorry, but can I
step out for a moment?!
**[18:59] ---**
I-It looks like my mother came
to hear our performance, so...
**[19:02] ---**
Um... Sh-She may've gone home,
but just in case...
**[19:09] ---**
I'm sorry. I know this is personal--
**[19:13] ---**
Why didn't you say so sooner?!
**[19:17] ---**
He's right, Hozy!
**[19:19] ---**
You should've just let us
take care of your koto! Jeez...!
**[19:23] ---**
Hozuki's mom! Please still be around!
**[19:27] ---**
Sorry! We'll all go and help her!
**[19:29] ---**
What? Do they all have to go, too?
**[19:32] ---**
Mr. Takinami...
**[19:35] ---**
We should go, too!
**[19:37] ---**
Huh?
**[19:43] ---**
Okay! We're gonna split up and find her!
**[19:45] ---**
What? You know what Hozy's
mom's face looks like, Chika?
**[19:48] ---**
No! But I should find a
grand-master-looking person, right?!
**[19:52] ---**
What?!
**[19:53] ---**
Sh-She's wearing a kimono.
**[19:54] ---**
That's it!
**[19:58] ---**
Guys! If you find her, ask her
to stay and contact Hozuki!
**[20:03] ---**
Text or call Hozy!
**[20:16] ---**
If I remember correctly,
she was sitting around here...
**[20:26] ---**
Dammit! I hope she's still around...
**[20:43] ---**
I can't find her... Maybe she really is--
**[20:48] ---**
"Hiro"
"Sorry, Hozy.
I couldn't find her over here."
**[20:54] ---**
The only place we haven't
looked is backstage...
**[21:22] ---**
What... am I doing...?
**[21:25] ---**
There's no way she'd come here...
when she's got no business here.
**[21:30] ---**
What did I expect...?
**[21:35] ---**
Satowa...
**[23:38] ---**
Next time, "Starting Line."
**[23:41] ---**
"#26 Starting Line"
# E26 - Starting Line
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6EME1E1Y/starting-line)
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**[00:04] ---**
Satowa...
**[00:19] ---**
Good...
**[00:20] ---**
I was looking for you...
hoping that you'd still be around here.
**[00:27] ---**
I heard your performance.
**[00:33] ---**
I'm sorry...
**[00:34] ---**
What I did to you...
**[00:38] ---**
...can never be undone.
**[00:40] ---**
It left a deep scar in your heart.
**[00:44] ---**
I know very well that it cannot be forgiven.
**[00:48] ---**
So I don't have the right
to say this to you now... but...
**[00:53] ---**
...would you give me one more chance...
to properly face you?
**[01:01] ---**
S-So did my feelings...
**[01:05] ---**
...reach you this time?
**[01:08] ---**
Did I... do it right this time...?
**[01:13] ---**
Did they really reach--
**[03:34] ---**
Hozuki...!
**[03:37] ---**
I'm so happy for you!
**[03:38] ---**
You idiot!
**[03:40] ---**
Hey, Kota!
**[03:48] ---**
Seriously, Kota!
Why did you have to jump out like that?!
**[03:52] ---**
I'm sorry, Hozy... for ruining your
long-awaited reunion with your mom!
**[03:57] ---**
No, not at all...
**[03:59] ---**
Rather, I feel embarrassed.
**[04:01] ---**
On top of having you look for her,
you saw me like that.
**[04:05] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[04:06] ---**
--What're you saying!
- It's not embarrassing at all!
**[04:08] ---**
--U-Um, Hiro...
--What're you saying!
It's not embarrassing at all!
**[04:10] ---**
--How lively...
--U-Um, Hiro...
--What're you saying!
It's not embarrassing at all!
**[04:13] ---**
You really do resemble Hozuki.
**[04:17] ---**
If I remember correctly,
you played the 17-string...?
**[04:20] ---**
Um, I'm Kudo.
**[04:22] ---**
I see... So you're the one...
**[04:25] ---**
Well, you and the other boy played
the 17-string wonderfully.
**[04:31] ---**
Thank you for supporting my daughter.
**[04:37] ---**
Well...
**[04:38] ---**
It's more like she's been leading us
all this time... Ma'am.
**[04:42] ---**
Leading and supporting are
two different things, right?
**[04:45] ---**
No wonder she cherishes
this club as well as all of you.
**[04:56] ---**
Thanks.
**[05:01] ---**
Oh, I'm so happy for her.
**[05:03] ---**
Yep, yep.
**[05:04] ---**
Well, all that running and crying
has made me parched.
**[05:06] ---**
Chika! We'll play rock-paper-scissors
to decide who'll get us drinks!
**[05:09] ---**
O-Okay.
**[05:10] ---**
Grand Master.
**[05:13] ---**
Akira...
**[05:14] ---**
Thank you for bringing me here.
**[05:18] ---**
Well, I'm sorry for taking you by force.
**[05:21] ---**
Okay, guys. Ready?!
**[05:23] ---**
--Rock, paper, scissors!
- One, two, three! One, two, three!
**[05:24] ---**
--The kids in this club are just as you said.
--Rock, paper, scissors!
One, two, three! One, two, three!
**[05:29] ---**
They are.
**[05:32] ---**
Damn! I suck at rock-paper-scissors
for some reason.
**[05:39] ---**
Whoa!
**[05:40] ---**
Wh-What're you doing?!
How long have you been standing there?!
**[05:44] ---**
Hey, what're you looking at?!
**[05:45] ---**
What?! I'm not really looking at anything!
**[05:48] ---**
I just came to buy some drinks.
**[05:55] ---**
I bet you think you outdid us.
**[05:58] ---**
Hm?
**[05:59] ---**
To see you're relaxing
and buying drinks like that...
**[06:02] ---**
You must think that you guys are first place.
**[06:07] ---**
And you don't think you're first?
**[06:10] ---**
Being in sync meant everything to me... to us.
**[06:16] ---**
Bing in sync was supreme and beautiful...
**[06:19] ---**
That's what music meant to us.
**[06:23] ---**
But then...
**[06:26] ---**
I heard you guys' performance.
**[06:29] ---**
Now I feel like all that focus on
just being in sync... seems stupid.
**[06:36] ---**
What're you saying?
**[06:39] ---**
"*Just* being in sync"?
**[06:41] ---**
It's not like that at all.
**[06:44] ---**
You guys played perfectly with that speed,
with that many people.
**[06:48] ---**
I genuinely thought that was pretty cool.
**[06:54] ---**
But... we're still gonna win.
**[07:02] ---**
I-I said...
**[07:06] ---**
...you were not worthy to play
the koto with Satowa.
**[07:10] ---**
I take it back.
**[07:12] ---**
It pains me to say it...
**[07:14] ---**
I don't even want to admit it...!
**[07:19] ---**
But your performance today was... really good!
**[07:25] ---**
Damn straight!
**[07:30] ---**
He ticks me off! Don't people normally
say "thanks" in this situation?!
**[07:38] ---**
We will announce the results
and hold the closing ceremony now.
**[07:44] ---**
We request that the participating
schools return to the hall.
**[07:50] ---**
Thank you all for your performance today.
**[07:54] ---**
This year, we heard so many good performances
**[07:57] ---**
that we thought this *was* nationals.
**[07:59] ---**
It made us judges very happy.
But at the same time,
**[08:02] ---**
it made it unprecedently
difficult for us to judge.
**[08:07] ---**
Well... only one school
can go to nationals, right?
**[08:11] ---**
Himesaka, Hakuto, and Tokise...
**[08:13] ---**
They are all good enough
to have a shot in nationals.
**[08:17] ---**
But if we have to choose one school...
**[08:20] ---**
...I feel Tokise... might be the one after all.
**[08:24] ---**
Their skill level is most satisfactory,
and more than anything,
**[08:28] ---**
I've never been so moved
**[08:30] ---**
by a performance from high school
students before, to be honest.
**[08:34] ---**
I was purely moved and thought,
"How wonderful music is."
**[08:41] ---**
I disagree.
**[08:43] ---**
People these days really
only play modern pieces.
**[08:46] ---**
It's true that they have beautiful melodies
and easy to understand motifs,
**[08:50] ---**
so it's easy for them to remain in your heart.
**[08:52] ---**
But it's not that hard
to play that kind of piece.
**[08:57] ---**
I recommend Hakuto.
**[08:59] ---**
They should get high marks for their
selection of piece and performance.
**[09:04] ---**
What do you think, Mr. Wada?
**[09:06] ---**
Well... I was moved the most by Tokise, too.
**[09:12] ---**
But considering that this is a competition,
I'd choose Himesaka.
**[09:16] ---**
Their skills and ability to be perfectly
in sync, I think, is worthy of first place.
**[09:23] ---**
Mr. Matsunaga. What's your opinion?
**[09:27] ---**
If it were possible, we would want
everyone to go nationals.
**[09:32] ---**
We seriously thought so.
**[09:34] ---**
However, things like competitions are cruel.
**[09:38] ---**
We have to assign a rank to all of your
hard work and the resulting performances.
**[09:46] ---**
We have to choose one school
that can go to nationals.
**[09:50] ---**
Well then, I'm now going
to announce that school.
**[09:54] ---**
I think this school is the only choice.
**[09:58] ---**
They were clearly in a different league...
**[10:01] ---**
...in terms of what we call music.
**[10:05] ---**
I do get what Ms. Midoriyama means, too.
**[10:09] ---**
But their excellent performance
wasn't due to the fact that
**[10:12] ---**
it was the kind of piece
that people like to hear.
**[10:15] ---**
A truly wonderful performance
can go beyond experts
**[10:20] ---**
and reach those who don't know much about koto.
**[10:25] ---**
Its heart can reach even those
who speak a different language
**[10:28] ---**
and live in a different culture.
**[10:31] ---**
I think we should properly shine a light
on a performance like that.
**[10:37] ---**
The 32nd Kanagawa Qualifier for
Japan High School Music Competition.
**[10:41] ---**
The school that receives first place
and goes to nationals is...
**[10:51] ---**
...Kanagawa Prefectural Tokise High School.
**[10:59] ---**
All right!
**[11:00] ---**
Whoooa! Seriously?!
**[11:02] ---**
Really?! Seriously?!
**[11:04] ---**
H-Hozy! We're first place...?!
**[11:07] ---**
I-Is it true?!
**[11:09] ---**
Is it true?!
**[11:10] ---**
Yes!
**[11:12] ---**
--Isaki! They did it!
**[11:13] ---**
--Nationals! They're going to nationals!
--Isaki! They did it!
**[11:16] ---**
This is incredible...
**[11:20] ---**
Really...?!
**[11:21] ---**
Nationals...?!
**[11:32] ---**
It didn't... end here...
**[11:35] ---**
We can keep on going...!
**[11:36] ---**
Chika! We did it!
**[11:38] ---**
Kudo!
**[11:56] ---**
We're all going to nationals!
**[12:01] ---**
"Congrats!"
**[12:05] ---**
Hey, guys! Good job!
**[12:07] ---**
Isaki! Tetsuki!
**[12:09] ---**
Mashiro!
**[12:11] ---**
Congrats on winning! You guys are amazing!
**[12:13] ---**
It really was a good performance!
**[12:16] ---**
You see that, Isaki? Just like you told me,
we snatched the ticket to--
**[12:21] ---**
Attaboy!
**[12:23] ---**
You did a good job! Good boy!
**[12:27] ---**
S-Stop it, you dummy!
**[12:29] ---**
Oh, don't be so shy!
**[12:31] ---**
Good boy, good boy.
**[12:33] ---**
Mashiro, you came, too, huh?
**[12:35] ---**
Of course! I happened to sit next to Isaki,
so we came to know each other.
**[12:40] ---**
Congratulations, Takezo!
**[12:42] ---**
It's amazing! You're going to nationals!
It's just amazing!
**[12:45] ---**
Thank you so much for such
a wonderful performance!
**[12:49] ---**
Mashiro...
**[12:53] ---**
Now we're done for the time being.
**[12:55] ---**
You've had composure from
the start till the end, Mr. Takinami.
**[12:59] ---**
That's incredible.
**[13:00] ---**
You must be joking, right?
I've been nervous all this time.
**[13:04] ---**
What?
**[13:06] ---**
If by any chance they couldn't go
to nationals with that performance,
**[13:10] ---**
it'd be because of my arrangement of the piece.
**[13:13] ---**
Th-That's not...
**[13:15] ---**
Pieces that are easy to listen
to sometimes aren't taken seriously.
**[13:21] ---**
So I'm relieved from the bottom of my heart now.
**[13:25] ---**
This is the first time I've heard
you express any sort of worry.
**[13:29] ---**
Why do you look happy?
**[13:31] ---**
What? Well, I didn't mean--
**[13:32] ---**
Akira!
**[13:38] ---**
Ah... So... he came...
**[13:44] ---**
You did it! You guys're going to nationals!
**[13:46] ---**
Seriously, I was moved to tears
while listening to the performance!
**[13:49] ---**
They're amazing, as can be expected
considering who their teacher is!
**[13:53] ---**
What am I gonna do? It was so sudden
that I don't know what to say...
**[13:57] ---**
Excuse me! Are you Tokise High School's teacher?
**[14:00] ---**
I'm Akira's older brother!
Thank you for being good to my sister!
**[14:03] ---**
Oh, hello. I'm Takinami,
the advisor for the club.
**[14:07] ---**
She's the one who's been good to us.
**[14:09] ---**
You are Miss Aki's brother?!
**[14:11] ---**
Whoa! You resemble her!
**[14:13] ---**
Well, I was surprised when you performed,
**[14:15] ---**
but there really are many boys!
It seems like a lot of fun!
**[14:18] ---**
Yep! It's fun! Miss Aki is a
super tough teacher, though.
**[14:22] ---**
Hey!
**[14:23] ---**
Oh? So she's tough, huh?
**[14:25] ---**
M-My lessons aren't particularly tough.
**[14:27] ---**
But... if it wasn't Miss Akira who taught us,
**[14:32] ---**
I don't think we would've gotten
the ticket to nationals.
**[14:35] ---**
Thank you, Miss Akira.
**[14:38] ---**
Yep, yep. I'm glad it was you, Miss Aki.
**[14:41] ---**
Yeah!
**[14:46] ---**
Hey, Miss Akira's brother?!
**[14:47] ---**
I'm giving you a hug for Akira!
**[14:49] ---**
What?!
**[14:50] ---**
I want a hug from *her*.
**[14:53] ---**
No way! I won't allow it!
**[14:55] ---**
Your performance was innocent,
earnest, gentle, and warm...
**[15:00] ---**
I could tell from your sound
that you really like the koto.
**[15:05] ---**
Akira. Thanks for inviting me today.
**[15:09] ---**
I was really glad to hear your current sound.
**[15:19] ---**
Thank you... big brother...
**[15:32] ---**
Oh, my dear little sister!
**[15:34] ---**
Hey! Stop it!
**[15:36] ---**
Kazusa. We have to get going.
**[15:40] ---**
Kazu--
**[15:43] ---**
I somehow knew...
**[15:46] ---**
...from the moment I heard
Tokise's performance...
**[15:49] ---**
He had faith in their sound
all the way till the end.
**[15:54] ---**
But I...
**[15:57] ---**
Don't cry! Don't cry! Don't cry!
**[15:59] ---**
I don't have... the right to cry.
**[16:04] ---**
Hey. Just how long are you
gonna stay there like that?
**[16:07] ---**
You're not the only one who feels--
**[16:11] ---**
Kazusa.
**[16:13] ---**
Let's play together at nationals for sure!
**[16:17] ---**
--Hey, Kazu--
--I'm sorry!
**[16:19] ---**
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
**[16:22] ---**
I'm sorry. I'm sorry!
**[16:24] ---**
I'm sorry. I'm sorr--
**[16:28] ---**
What're you apologizing for?
**[16:29] ---**
There's not one single reason
to apologize, right?
**[16:32] ---**
You gave such a wonderful performance.
**[16:36] ---**
I'd like to thank you all for trying
so hard for us support members.
**[16:42] ---**
It's okay. You can start again from here.
**[16:53] ---**
You can start building up again from here.
**[16:58] ---**
Guys... I'm sorry.
**[17:00] ---**
You practiced so hard...
**[17:03] ---**
...but I wasn't good enough. I'm really sorry.
**[17:06] ---**
Hold on a sec!
**[17:07] ---**
Stop it. Why are *you* apologizing?
**[17:11] ---**
Rather, *we* have to apologize.
**[17:14] ---**
We said we'd get the ticket to
nationals as a farewell gift for you.
**[17:17] ---**
We're sorry that we couldn't make it happen.
**[17:19] ---**
What're you saying?!
**[17:21] ---**
You guys played my piece so wonderfully!
**[17:25] ---**
That alone made me really happy!
**[17:28] ---**
So all I feel is appreciation for you.
**[17:32] ---**
It's just that if I had been
more of an expert in music...
**[17:39] ---**
M-Mio?! What?! What's wrong?!
**[17:42] ---**
I was going to win today.
**[17:47] ---**
I wanted to win...
**[17:49] ---**
...because for Mr. Yamamoto,
Club President, and others...
**[17:52] ---**
...this is the last day.
**[17:55] ---**
If I had become able to perform
like today long before,
**[18:00] ---**
things might've turned out differently.
**[18:04] ---**
Everyone... might've been laughing right now.
**[18:10] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[18:13] ---**
Hey, stop it.
**[18:15] ---**
If we're talking blame, we've been depending
**[18:17] ---**
on your performance all this time
even though you're a first year.
**[18:21] ---**
How can we apologize?!
**[18:26] ---**
Everyone! I forbid you to apologize!
**[18:29] ---**
I won't apologize anymore, either.
**[18:31] ---**
What exactly do you need to apologize for?!
**[18:33] ---**
It was the best, top-level performance
you've ever given!
**[18:37] ---**
I'll be proud of your performance
today for the rest of my life!
**[18:42] ---**
When I saw... your sheet music
for the first time...
**[18:47] ---**
...it looked like a starry sky
and I thought it was pretty.
**[18:51] ---**
I like the pieces you create.
**[18:56] ---**
I'm glad that I was able to play them.
**[19:03] ---**
Thank you.
**[19:08] ---**
We gotta get going. You got everything?
**[19:11] ---**
Yep.
**[19:26] ---**
Tokise High School!
**[19:28] ---**
Hey, Kazusa?
**[19:31] ---**
Make sure you win!
**[19:33] ---**
You're going to nationals after beating us!
**[19:36] ---**
So make sure you win first place!
**[19:38] ---**
Or I won't forgive you!
**[19:41] ---**
Of course we will!
**[19:55] ---**
That was a heck of a way to root for you guys.
**[19:57] ---**
Whoa!
**[19:58] ---**
Congrats on winning first place.
**[20:00] ---**
It's upsetting that we lost, but...
**[20:02] ---**
...good luck with nationals.
**[20:07] ---**
Thus... with much joy and heartbreak...
**[20:11] ---**
...the Kanagawa Qualifier came to an end.
**[20:16] ---**
"Land for Sale"
**[20:26] ---**
"The 32nd Kanagawa Qualifier for Japan
High School Music Competition"
"First Place"
**[20:57] ---**
"Land for Sale"
**[22:31] ---**
"Kanagawa Prefectural Tokise High School"
**[22:33] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[22:35] ---**
Argh! Dammit! I made a mistake again!
**[22:37] ---**
"Temporary Title"
Argh! Dammit! I made a mistake again!
**[22:38] ---**
Hey... Isn't this piece really tough?
This isn't good.
**[22:43] ---**
I still can't figure out how
this piece is going to sound.
**[22:46] ---**
Jeez... Didn't you guys say that
a tougher piece would fire you up?
**[22:51] ---**
"Temporary Title"
Mr. Suzu is evil!
**[22:53] ---**
Mr. Suzu is evil!
**[22:55] ---**
Then do you wanna ask him to change the piece...
**[22:58] ---**
...saying that it's too hard?
**[22:59] ---**
No!
**[23:00] ---**
Are you kidding me?! This is a piece of cake!
A piece of cake!
**[23:04] ---**
Well... Shall we practice the ensemble
performance for the new students first?
**[23:08] ---**
The club presentation day
is coming up soon, so...
**[23:10] ---**
All right! Let's get fired up!
**[23:13] ---**
Are you guys ready?!
**[23:14] ---**
Yeah!
**[23:16] ---**
Ready?!
**[23:17] ---**
“Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
One, two...!
**[23:21] ---**
“Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
"#26 Starting Line"