E12 - Rivals

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    "#12 Rivals"
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    "#12 Rivals"
    This is...
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    ...what a Meiryo performance is like...
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    I think I just... saw all the seasons...
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    I feel like a whole year just passed too...
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    Even though all he does is flirt...
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    Disgusting...
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    Good work, everyone!
[01:53] ---
    You were amazing!
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    Hey, Ousuke, are you all right?
[01:59] ---
    Hm, why?
[02:01] ---
    Well, before, you always used to
    get sick after performing.
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    I'm not as weak as I used to be.
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    I mean, if Asa were to give me a kiss,
    maybe I'd feel better.
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    Hey, you!
[02:16] ---
    I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
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    Asano! Ousuke!
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    Good work! It was a great performance!
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    Yoshi!
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    As expected from Meiryo.
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    It seems their second place
    at nationals is well deserved.
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    Rather, to think this only got them second place...
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    With this being the first performance,
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    it might be a little tough on the kids
    from the schools to follow.
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    Hey, guys! Don't be so gloomy!
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    It's just, I kinda feel...
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    ...the same sense of defeat you'd get
    when encountering an undefeatable foe.
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    Chika, you really think we can
    surpass them with our performance?
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    What nonsense are you on about?
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    It's ridiculous to compare yourselves
    and get down about it.
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    What did you just say?!
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    Imagine if Kudo,
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    who had just started the koto, heard me
    play and thought, "I can't beat that."
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    It's laughable.
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    Wh-When you put it that way...
    it does sound ridiculous.
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    Hey!
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    Even so...
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    ...the goal that we hung up in the clubroom
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    means that we have to surpass
    Meiryo's performance.
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    "Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
    If you're thinking that that goal is impossible
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    "Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
    after seeing reality with your own eyes,
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    what will you do?
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    Will you quit?
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    Chika?!
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    Are you kidding me?!
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    What do you mean "will you quit?"
    I'll kick your ass, four-eyes!
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    Guys that quit before they
    even start have no balls!
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    Don't say "balls"!
    And what's with the headbutting?!
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    It's self-punishment!
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    I'm sorry for getting discouraged!
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    Sane! Punch me too!
[04:07] ---
    Give me a gentle punch too!
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    You've gotten pretty good
    at dealing with everyone, huh?
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    Huh? You think?
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    All right! Then, I'll punch you all in one go!
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    What?!
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    So quick to recover...
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    Oh, by the way, where's Suzu?
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    Ah, he said something about
    the hall being suffocating,
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    so he's in the café upstairs.
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    Why is he even here? Jeez.
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    I expected a little more from him after
    what happened with Mizuhara, though.
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    Hey.
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    That aside, are there any other powerhouses
    like Meiryo and Himesaka?
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    Like within Kanagawa?
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    Hm, Himesaka is always at the very top
    in Kanagawa, so not really.
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    That damn curly-head...
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    What about the school going after us?
    They're from Kanagawa.
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    "Tokise High School
    Kanagawa Prefecture
    Hakuto High School
    Tochigi Prefecture"
[04:53] ---
    Hakuto High School?
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    Doesn't ring a bell.
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    I see. Well, doesn't matter then.
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    If they're on after us,
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    we won't be able to hear them since
    we'll be putting stuff away anyway.
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    "Park"
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    What are you doing, mister?
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    I'm listening... to the sound of the wind.
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    "Hakuto"
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    The break should be over soon. Let's go!
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    I don't remember any of the
    performances after Meiryo's.
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    Me neither...
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    That Meiryo guy said all they had to do
    was "outshine" everyone after them...
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    But that's literally what's happened, huh?
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    That's until we perform.
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    --Our performance will knock
    their performance out of the park--
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    --Ouch!
    --Our performance will knock
    their performance out of the park--
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    Oh, my bad...
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    Where are you looking, idiot?!
[05:48] ---
    My bad. I didn't see you there.
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    Wh-Wh-What did you just say?!
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    You picking a fight with me, you bastard?!
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    Don't underestimate me, kid.
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    I don't have the time to pick fights
    with middle schoolers.
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    You're the one who's underestimating me!
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    Whoa! Sen, what are you doing?!
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    Let me go, Haru! This guy just hella mocked me!
[06:10] ---
    What?! Don't start throwing
    around false accusations!
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    Wai-- Kudo!
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    I-I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
[06:16] ---
    H-H-He means no ill-intent!
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    No, no. Please accept our apologies too!
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    What are you apologizing for, four-eyes?!
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    You two will be participating
    in the festival as well, right?
[06:25] ---
    A-Ah, yes!
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    We're the koto club from Eidai Fuzoku
    High School in Ibaraki prefecture.
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    I'm so sorry.
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    Huh? You're high school students?
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    Oh, I'm sorry.
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    Don't mess with me!
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    What?! I said I'm sorry!
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    That guy can't get along with Chika at all, huh?
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    Honestly...
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    I'm so sorry about the actions
    of my club member.
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    I'll be sure to tell him off,
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    so won't you please let this slide for today?
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    S-Sen!
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    I-I'm so sorry! We're an all-boys school,
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    so we're not used to seeing girls...
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    Haru! Shut up, you idiot!
[07:07] ---
    He got a nosebleed?!
[07:08] ---
    He probably saw Hozuki
    and thought of something kinky.
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    Hey, say something to him, Ho... zuki...
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    Disgusting.
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    You have no tact, Chika.
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    Stupid idiot!
[07:22] ---
    Hey!
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    I'm Chika Kudo, a first year from Tokise High.
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    You are?!
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    Sentarou Miya, a first year
    from Eidai Fuzoku, damn it!
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    I'll never lose to the likes of you!
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    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...
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    ...for having you drive me here--
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    Huh? You carsick?
[07:50] ---
    That's weird. I was driving so safely.
[07:53] ---
    How?!
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    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.
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    Well, around this time last year,
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    he was getting into fights and
    getting hurt almost every day.
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    I see.
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    I don't really know much about that time.
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    When I first met him, I didn't know
    what was going to happen.
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    I'm glad that he's really
    started to enjoy his youth.
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    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...
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    Oh, aren't those the guys from earlier?
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    What are they playing?
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    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...
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    Hi there! Did you hear our performance?
[08:58] ---
    Y-Yeah. It was pretty good, I guess.
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    Thanks!
[09:03] ---
    So, "Sarashi" is a difficult piece?
[09:05] ---
    Oh, yeah.
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    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.
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    Usually, when performing,
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    people start playing faster
    because they're nervous and excited.
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    So...
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    R-Right! So I should stay calm and--
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    So think that I'm gonna play three
    times faster than I normally would!
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    Huh?!
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    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...
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    Even though he's so tiny.
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    Number 16,
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    Eidai Fuzoku High School from Ibaraki prefecture,
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    performing "Sarashi Fuutegoto."
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    So fast!
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    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...
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    --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?!
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    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...
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    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.
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    Listen, everybody.
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    Regrettably, first place at nationals
    slipped away from us,
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    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
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    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!
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    The Kanto region's number one isn't Meiryo!
[13:21] ---
    It's us!
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    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.
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    If you have the time to listen to that,
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    do as I ask and listen to
    the other schools perform!
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    The sound at a tournament is boring though.
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    Everyone plays the same sound.
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    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
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    there was an upperclassman
    that had the same name.
[14:53] ---
    Did you know?
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    That power couple, the world-famous
    conductor Kaoru Takinami
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    and the genius pianist, Tsukasa Yukimori.
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    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...
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    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,
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    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"