E11 - The Sound We Are Searching For

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    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"