E18 - Their Determination
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"Teachers' Room"
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"Teachers' Room"
Mr. Takinami. Um...
About the title of that piece...
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"Tenkyu"
"A bow in the heavens"... "Tenkyu," huh?
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Yes. I originally thought of "Rainbow,"
but I thought it might be too obvious.
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Why "Rainbow"?
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I-I thought that the rainbow
that comes after the rain
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is kind of like our smiles...
since there are seven of us...
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"Hahaha!
Seven club members"
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"Hahaha!
Seven club members"
"Rainbow (a bow in the heavens)
Seven colors...?"
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A rainbow with seven colors, huh?
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That's good.
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On second thought, I'll change it!
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Wait, wait. I really think it's good.
But I want to change just one character.
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From "bow" to "cry."
This is still read "Tenkyu," so...
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"Ten (sky) kyu (bow)
kyu (cry)"
From "bow" to "cry."
This is still read "Tenkyu," so...
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"The heavens cry"? So this piece
really does give off a sad impression?
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I didn't say that.
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Tenkyu with "cry" is the rain that falls
even when there's no cloud.
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This is just my impression, but I think it's like
the rain that falls from a clear blue sky.
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People cry for different reasons, right?
Not just when they're sad.
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It seems like you understand
this piece a lot better than I do.
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If I didn't, that'd be a problem.
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Unless I understand it better,
I can't give you guidance, can I?
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The title has been decided.
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But what they still seriously lack is...
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Mr. Takinami. Do you have a minute?
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"#18 Their Determination"
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"#18 Their Determination"
Oh? Are you gonna be
sitting behind me, Kurusu?
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What?! You're sitting in front of me?!
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I feel kinda bad that even our seats are close.
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It's like we're constantly together
if you count our club time.
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"Seating Rearrangement"
No, not at all! Rather, I'm happy!
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What?
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Y-You know, it's easier to
discuss club activities this way!
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I'm happy in that sense!
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Oh, yeah, you're right.
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Th-That was close. Good thing he's dense.
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Wow...
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Thank you, God! I'll work hard
on club stuff! I'll work super hard!
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My name is Dojima. I'm from
Ikuta Style Koto Hozuki School.
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We heard that the daughter of our grand master
is a member of your koto club.
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So if there's anything we can do,
we definitely would like to be of help.
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"Koto Club"
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"Koto Club"
"Tenkyu"?!
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Wow... It sounds kinda pretty.
The rain that falls even when it's sunny?
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Oh, Mr. Takinami.
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What, not everyone's here yet?
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Ah... Kudo and the others
are on cleaning duty, so--
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Hello, Satowa.
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M-Miss Dojima... Why...?
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You know her, Hozuki?
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I am Akira Dojima from the Hozuki School.
Nice to meet you.
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Starting today, I'll be giving you koto lessons.
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I appreciate this opportunity.
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What?! K-Koto lessons?
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And she's from the Hozuki School?!
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Hey, Suzu! What's the meaning of this?!
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This? It's exactly how it sounds.
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That's not what I meant!
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Whooooa! Chika! I'm gonna beat you today!
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In your dreams!
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Whoosh!
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You idiots...!
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So cool, we fell over like dominos!
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Mr. Takinami. What're these students doing?
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Oh, I'm sorry for the commotion.
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They're koto club members, too.
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You're kidding, right?
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No.
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Mr. Takinami, who's this lady?
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Starting today, she's your koto teacher.
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Huh?!
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On top of that, she's from the Hozuki School.
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I thought you were going to
give us guidance, Mr. Takinami.
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I will... I'll give you musical guidance
on the piece as a whole.
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But what you need the most right now
is to improve your technique.
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No matter how outstanding one's musicality is
or how deeply it can touch people,
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if their technique is inferior,
they can't win in a competition.
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And unfortunately,
I can't teach you koto.
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But we've got Hozuki. If she teaches us
like she has been, then--
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I want her to focus on her own practice.
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It's quite a burden to teach others
while you're playing.
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You lose quite a bit of
practice time for yourself, too.
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Or did you guys think that Hozuki doesn't
need to practice or something?
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So, if you get it,
then start practicing already.
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I'd like to know your abilities,
so I'll just watch today.
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It's true that it's better to have a koto teacher.
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But why does it have to be Miss Dojima?
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What do I do if she's trying
to pull something on the club?
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If something happens to
the others because of me...
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Hozuki.
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You don't have to worry about anything.
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It'll be fine, so practice
as much as you'd like.
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Mr. Takinami...
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Now, you guys, too.
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This is the sheet music for the piece
they're practicing right now.
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Thank you very much.
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I've never heard of this piece before.
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It's an original piece, so...
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I see... Then first I need to learn
about this piece, too.
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"Koto Club"
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So what do you think after
watching their practice?
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Well... I'm disappointed that their
skill level is lower than what I expected.
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It seems that Satowa has been
teaching them until now,
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but her teaching must have been quite sloppy.
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Huh?!
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You sound pretty arrogant,
but are you really that good?
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What do you mean by "that good"?
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Can you play better than Hozuki?
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I think teaching and playing
require totally different talents.
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But well...
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Satowa played the original piece,
"Tenkyu," and was disqualified
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in the National Koto Competition.
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And I'm the one who won first place
in that same competition.
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Is that satisfactory to you?
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"Nishina Instruments"
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Arrrgh! Who does she think she is?!
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"Is that satisfactory to you?"
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She ticks me off!
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I don't like her, either!
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I bet she's planning to mess up our club,
just like I was before!
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Kurusu. Calm down.
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--If I remember correctly,
--Huh?! How can you be so calm, Kurata?!
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--the first-place person in that year's
competition played "Mizu no Hentai."
--Huh?! How can you be so calm, Kurata?!
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-- "Mizu no Hentai"?
--Doesn't her attitude tick you off?!
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-- "Hentai"...?
--Doesn't her attitude tick you off?!
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--It's about water changing its form
to things like fog or clouds.
--She kept saying irritating things
with a serious look!
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--You have to sing too and it's technically hard.
It's a very difficult piece.
--Argh! She makes my skin crawl!
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You sing, too, while playing the koto?
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In that competition, if no one is worthy
of first place, then no one receives the award.
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In other words...
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Her ability has been proven.
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In which case, she's perfect
for improving our skills.
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Mr. Takinami said it'd be fine, too.
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But what if this decision is wrong...?
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Hozy! You don't have to force yourself!
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If you don't like it, it's okay to say so!
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You don't have to think that this is for
the best for the club or anything!
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Ahh... Once again...
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I'm always being saved by them...
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There's no longer time to hesitate
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or shrink away from Miss Dojima
and her grandmother.
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So to them, it's their last chance.
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Let's use her to the fullest.
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What?
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Miss Dojima's ability has been proven.
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Mr. Takinami said it'd be fine,
so I'm sure she'll teach us properly.
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Let's learn as much as we can from her
as long as she teaches us properly.
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But if she doesn't...
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...we'll just have to show her the door.
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Whoa... It's the dark Satowa!
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Are you really sure, Hozuki?
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Yes. I also think improving our
technique is necessary, so...
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Okay.
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Kurata! What're you--
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Continuing this discussion will get us nowhere.
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Let's try a lesson with her first.
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Otherwise we can't make a decision.
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But would Chika accept that?
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He's still practicing, so I'll go get him.
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It's quite a burden to teach others
while you're playing.
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Her teaching must have been quite sloppy.
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I'm disappointed that their skill level
is lower than what I expected.
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Chika! Why don't you take a break?
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We've been talking about Miss Dojima, and--
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Hey, don't tell me you're asleep while play--
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Chika...
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Akira. How was the koto club?
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Most of them haven't even mastered the basics.
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There's nothing to be concerned about.
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Still, the only way to be certain
is to nip it in the bud now
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no matter how small it is.
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Make sure they clearly understand
the difference between their abilities
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and that of a serious koto player.
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And make her aware that there's no longer
a place for her to play the koto.
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Understood.
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How stupid...
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Today, you'll first practice how to play
a single note firmly and carefully.
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A single note?!
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We're starting with something
as basic as that now?
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You practice it because you can't do it.
Now, please play.
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Are you taking this lightly
because it's just a single note?
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Every performance is comprised
of a connection of single notes.
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Play like this. Now, try it again.
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Hozuki...
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You don't have to do it, Satowa.
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Well, it's important to go back
to the basics, so...
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Next, play from the kin string
through the tenth continuously.
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Please play them so that you give
every single note the same weight.
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Make sure that the notes sound even.
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Play them at a fast tempo and go
down the scale one note at a time.
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Hm? This should be a simple pattern,
but the notes sound kinda muddled.
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I can only hear muddled sounds.
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That's enough. Let's move on.
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This is a variation of two-finger picking.
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Go up the scale from strings 1 and 5,
2 and 7, 3 and 8, and so on.
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Once you get to kin, go down
the scale in the same way.
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After that, play closer strings this time,
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from 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, and so on,
and do the same thing but faster.
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Please alternate and repeat this.
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Is it possible that you all don't even realize
that your sounds are muddled?
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You're not paying attention
to what each note sounds like at all.
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You take each note lightly and feel like
you can play because it sounds okay.
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If the volume of the sound
the paired fingers play isn't the same,
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the notes won't be uniform.
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"The volume of the sound
the paired fingers play"...?
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You play each note at a different volume.
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That's why they're not uniform
and sound muddled.
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And because of that,
the rhythm becomes disturbed.
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This is what it means
for the notes to be uniform.
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Well then, everyone, try one more time.
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H-Hey, Chika!
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What is it? If you have a problem
with me, you can just quit--
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Play one more time.
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What?
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I couldn't see it well because I was
sitting far away. So play one more time.
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You should speak politely
when speaking to your teacher.
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Please play it one more time.
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When using alternate picking,
don't use just your thumb.
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These notes sound muddled, too, when these
patterns are in the pieces we play.
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I thought I was playing them okay,
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but when I play them separately,
they all sound unclear.
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That's enough. This is getting nowhere.
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It's surprising that you're aiming
for nationals with your skill level.
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Hey, you don't have to say--
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You're not worthy of playing "Tenkyu," yet.
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For today, please diligently practice
the basics we just went over.
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That is befitting for you.
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Hozuki. It's okay to practice "Tenkyu"
at Ms. Nishina's place, right?
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Yes, of course.
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Also, today's...
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Chika. What were you thinking?
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Why did you readily follow
what that woman said?
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What? "Why"?
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That woman looks down
on Hozy as well as the club!
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She's right! You're the one
who'd normally get upset first. But...!
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Because we're terrible players.
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What?
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Because we're terrible players,
she looked down on Hozuki and the club.
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I wanna get better as soon as possible.
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And I'm definitely gonna go to nationals...
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...with everyone here.
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I'll use everything I can to do so.
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I think it was Chika who was the most
frustrated when she looked down on us...
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...because he loves this club
a lot more than we know, right?
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Argh! I said something stupid!
I messed up again!
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There are things we need to do
before we complain!
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Right!
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"The 36th National Koto Competition
Best Performance Award"
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Let's first hammer out the basics
thoroughly as "befits" us!
[16:58] ---
Kudo! You're quite early!
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Yeah.
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You're probably keeping your hand too flat.
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No, not like that.
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I'm fine.
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What?
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You don't have to worry about me.
Do your own practice.
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Are you stupid or what?
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What?!
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You're worried about what Mr. Takinami said.
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And you're honest to a fault, so you just
accepted it. I'm right, aren't I?
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You really are stupid.
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You called me "stupid" three times!
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I'm going to keep being
involved with your practice.
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But if you do, your practice time will--
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Let me be clear. Teaching everyone
has never been a burden to me.
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Not even once.
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Now, move. The 17-string is hard
because the amount of strength you use
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is different compared to the usual 13-string.
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It's the same basics,
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but depending on the player,
it really does sound totally different.
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Hozuki's tones are strong but somehow soft.
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And, how should I put it...
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They are very clear.
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Unlike my sounds, hers have
no unwanted noise at all.
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It sounds like every single note has meaning.
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I wanna play like this, too!
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One more time!
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Hold it right there!
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It's not fair that only Chika
is shown how to do it!
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Hozuki! Please show us how to do it, too!
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You're too close!
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Jeez... What're you guys doing?
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Good. Things are going back to normal.
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Well, I was the one who was most irritated.
[18:31] ---
But that's because you were
thinking about Hozuki the most.
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That's why I thought it'd be okay
to accept Miss Dojima.
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Oh, hey, guys. Got a minute?
[18:46] ---
What is it, four-eyes?
[18:47] ---
Well, about practicing the basics...
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Four, two, three, four...
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"Koto Club"
Four, two, three, four...
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Four, two, three, four...
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One, two, three, four...
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Two, two, three, four...
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--Three, two, three, four...
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--What're they doing?
--Three, two, three, four...
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--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...
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--It seems that they are using the patterns
from "Tenkyu" containing the basics
--Four, two, three, four...
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--It seems that they are using the patterns
from "Tenkyu" containing the basics
--One, two, three, four...
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--so that it will help as much
as possible when they play it.
--One, two, three, four...
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--so that it will help as much
as possible when they play it.
--Two, two, three, four...
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--They all pitched in their ideas, like playing
the parts in order like a relay.
--Two, two, three, four...
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--They all pitched in their ideas, like playing
the parts in order like a relay.
--Three, two, three, four...
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--There are many others, too.
--Three, two, three, four...
[19:22] ---
--There are many others, too.
--Four, two, three, four...
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--Interesting, isn't it?
--Four, two, three, four...
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One, two, three, four...
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Miss Dojima...
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They haven't mastered the basics yet.
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Don't move onto a more
advanced level on your own.
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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...?
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Whoa! Amazing! How the heck did he...?!
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As always, he surprises me.
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We're not neglecting them.
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His sounds are completely
different from before!
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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
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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?
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Oh no, please give me advice
if you think of anything.
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I give you advice? You must be joking.
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I'm not joking. I heard that you won
that competition with "Mizu no Hentai."
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I think that's incredible.
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Can I ask you something?
[20:52] ---
Sure.
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Why did you decide to do this piece?
[20:57] ---
Mr. Takinami suggested it.
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I also thought it was a good opportunity
to finally face this piece.
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"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.
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Why would you go so far?
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All this time...
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All this time... All this time...
All this time...
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I haven't been able to see
the light since that day.
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I just wanted to know what it was
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that you wanted so badly
that you threw everything away
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and even messed things up
for those around you.
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What?
[21:43] ---
It's this club, right?
[21:45] ---
I want to know its value.
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That's all.
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I can't even remember the light.
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Next time, "Confrontation."
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"#19 Confrontation"
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