E14 - 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.
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    Next time, "Becoming Aware."
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    "#15 Becoming Aware"