E2 - Having What It Takes
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Listen here, four-eyes!
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Don't go losing to any
of those other clubs, okay?!
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A-Actually, um...
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Club presentations aren't really
about winning or losing...
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If we don't have five members,
we'll be disbanded, right?!
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This is a competition to win over
the new first-years!
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Let's crush those other clubs!
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Let's rake in the club members!
[00:18] ---
Crush...?
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If you mess up, I'll make you pay!
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"Koto Club"
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"#2 Having What It Takes"
To all our new first-year students,
[02:06] ---
"#2 Having What It Takes"
congratulations on entering high school!
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Our first club presentation
comes from the light music club!
[02:12] ---
Did Kurata seem okay?
[02:14] ---
Yup. He was brought to tears
by my encouragement.
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Are you sure about that?
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Anyway, don't these guys sound awful?
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You think?
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They're terribly out of tune...
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I was so preoccupied with Kudo...
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...that I just realized this is my
first time performing solo...
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What should I do if I
end up stopping midway...
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What if one of my strings breaks
like my upperclassman's did...
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You always think too much, Takezo!
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Just do what you can before the performance.
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If you still mess up after that,
it can't be helped.
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Taking the stage is a reward for all
the hard work you've put in up until now.
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Enjoy it as much as you can!
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Moving on, an introduction from the koto club.
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N-Nice to meet-- Ah, no.
[03:04] ---
C-C-Congratulations on entering high school!
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We is the kyo-koto club!
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Is he okay...?
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In the koto club, we play a traditional
Japanese instrument called the koto.
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Today, I'd like to perform a piece
called "Rokudan no Shirabe"
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which includes all the
fundamentals of koto playing.
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The fundamentals, huh? All right.
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If anyone's interested, please come visit
the club whenever you'd like.
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You'll be fine. You'll be fine.
[03:41] ---
Hey, you know the next club coming up...
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Shut up! I can't hear a damn thing!
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I'm so sorry, Kurata.
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This guy's an idiot beyond help...
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Huh?!
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I-It's okay... But I wonder
if anyone will join...
[04:04] ---
H-How was my performance?
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Huh, I didn't get it.
[04:09] ---
Uh, you know... it was
unfamiliar to our ears so...
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R-Right.
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I should have picked a more popular song...
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The one you played was fine.
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It was a fundamental piece
for the koto, right?
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I didn't get it, but it wasn't bad.
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What does that even mean...?
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Whoa, she's pretty!
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Uh, um...
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Sorry for letting myself in.
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Um... I'd like to join this club,
if that's all right?
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Huh?!
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Will you give me permission to join?
[04:45] ---
P-Permission?! Of course,
you're completely welcome!
[04:48] ---
"Club Application Form
Name: 1-F Satowa Hozuki"
Great! This is my club application form.
[04:51] ---
Hey, bastard!
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Isn't your attitude a little
different from when I joined?!
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Well, wasn't your entrance a little unusual?!
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Amazing...
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I didn't think anyone would come so quickly...
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Uh, and your name is...
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"Aim for nationals!!"
Satowa... H-Hozuki?
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"Aim for nationals!!"
Yes.
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That wouldn't be the same Hozuki
as the Hozuki school, would it?
[05:11] ---
So you know of the Hozuki school?
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Wha--?!
[05:14] ---
"Hozuki School"
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"Hozuki School"
What is it? You know this girl?
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"Hozuki School"
Of course I know her!
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She's the daughter of the grand
master of a huge koto school.
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"A prodigy has appeared
in the world of koto music!!"
She's a prodigy who has won many
competitions with sweeping victories.
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"A prodigy has appeared
in the world of koto music!!"
She has an amazing reputation.
[05:25] ---
I-It's not that big a deal...
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Hmph! So what?!
[05:29] ---
Besides, you can't rely
on someone's reputatio--
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But why would someone of your caliber
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suddenly want to join a high school koto club?
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Not to mention, the club
of a weak school like ours...
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I've been a part of the world
of koto since I was born.
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But when I played, it was always
solo or with adults...
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I almost never got to play with people my age.
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But last year,
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I heard the koto club from this school
play at the high school qualifiers,
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and I thought, "Wow, these people
look like they're having fun.
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I wonder what it'd be like to play with them."
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Th-Thank you...
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If I remember correctly,
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weren't there some female
upperclassmen in the club as well?
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Oh, well,
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all the upperclassman have graduated,
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so now it's just me and Kudo,
who joined yesterday...
[06:16] ---
What? It's just two guys?
[06:19] ---
Huh?
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So this friendly act was a waste of time.
[06:22] ---
Hm?
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I did think it was odd that there was
only one guy at the presentation.
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U-Um, Hozuki?
[06:30] ---
Your personality is kind of
different from earlier...
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Huh? Of course, that wasn't my natural self.
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If female upperclassmen were here,
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they'd all think someone talented
like me were conceited.
[06:40] ---
I was acting. Acting.
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Huh?!
[06:43] ---
Hey, this girl's bad news!
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S-So, your reason for joining earlier...
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Oh, I'm already planning
on becoming a pro, so...
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I thought this would be a cool story
to tell when I make it big.
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S-Story...?
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Yup.
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"Genius Koto Player Makes Her Debut
After Leading a Puny Koto Club
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to 1st Place in the Nationals!"
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Or something.
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Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
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F-First place...?!
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Puny...?
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No matter how talented I am
or how famous my family is,
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these days, without something
newsworthy, I won't make it big.
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So I'll take this club to
first place at the nationals
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for a more spectacular pro debut.
[07:21] ---
Wh-Wha...?
[07:22] ---
But if you already had that goal in mind,
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even if the intent has changed,
the goal remains the same, right?
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We'll be fine.
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If I'm here, we'll get to
the nationals in no time.
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Let's work hard together!
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What's with you suddenly acting
all high-and-mighty?!
[07:38] ---
Just because you can play the koto a bit,
don't start saying shit--
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Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
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I ain't talking to you.
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Who even are you?
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Why on earth is someone
like you in a koto club?
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--K-Kudo is serious about playing the koto--
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--And you, too!
--K-Kudo is serious about playing the koto--
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What happened to this koto?
It's severely damaged.
[07:57] ---
It doesn't look like these strings
broke naturally either.
[07:59] ---
What kind of maintenance are you even doing?
[08:02] ---
That's--
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That's my fault!
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What? It's not like you broke them, Kudo.
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Hmph, appearances don't lie, it seems.
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I don't know why you're
in this club, nor do I care,
[08:16] ---
but anyone who is willing
to damage the instruments
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doesn't have what it takes to play the koto.
[08:21] ---
I don't want to understand
this stupid thing anyway!
[08:25] ---
Hozuki!
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Let's stop this.
This tense atmosphere isn't good.
[08:30] ---
Let's try and get along, okay?
[08:35] ---
Kudo?
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Just leave him be.
[08:41] ---
You misunderstand him, Hozuki. Kudo is...
[08:44] ---
I only care about how that guy
plans to face the koto.
[08:55] ---
About the koto club...
[08:57] ---
I got permission to join from four-eyes, but...
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Like she said, did I not even have
what it takes from the start?
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How would I know?
[09:08] ---
Bastard, actually give it some thought!
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To think the successor of the Hozuki school
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was that kind of person...
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We'll get to the nationals in no time.
[09:27] ---
Don't say that so thoughtlessly...
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"Satowa Hozuki"
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Wh--
[09:36] ---
Why are you here?!
[09:38] ---
This has been my seat ever since
the entrance ceremony.
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Or should I say, who might you be?
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Y-You little...
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Anyone who is willing
to damage the instruments
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doesn't have what it takes to play the koto.
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A-About what you said before...
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Huh?
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That thing you said yesterday.
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About not having what it takes...
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What of it?
[10:01] ---
How do I get what it takes?
[10:04] ---
Huh?
[10:05] ---
I said, how do I get what it takes?
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You're the daughter of a grand master, right?!
[10:10] ---
Don't you know?!
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That question's so stupid. This is the first
time I've ever had disdain for anyone.
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Quit playing with me!
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Like I can sit next to someone
like this! I'm outta here!
[10:20] ---
What?! H-Hey, wait! Kudo!
[10:22] ---
What an idiot...
[10:24] ---
You misunderstand him, Hozuki. Kudo is...
[10:27] ---
What am I misunderstanding?
[10:29] ---
A guy who makes such crude sounds...
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Sounds do not lie.
[10:35] ---
Sounds reveal a person's true nature.
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That's why I...
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Damn it!
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Whatever!
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Who cares about what it takes?
If I say I'm doing it, I'm doing it!
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I won't let a girl like her complain!
[10:52] ---
It's settled! Settled!
[10:54] ---
Hey, Chika! Stop straddling the instruments!
[10:57] ---
Do you wanna try playing it?
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Well? It was perfect, right?!
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You're pretty good.
[11:05] ---
You've got quite the knack for this.
[11:08] ---
I-It's not like
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being told I've got a knack for
this would make me happy!
[11:13] ---
What did you say? Hey, wait!
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You caused this to happen, did you not?!
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...doesn't have what it takes to play the koto.
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Damn it...
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"Koto Club"
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Good afternoon.
[11:39] ---
H-Hi...
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"Aim for first place at the nationals"
H-Hozuki, what is this...?!
[11:45] ---
Oh, the other one was ripped,
so I thought I'd replace it.
[11:48] ---
Our goal is a little higher now,
[11:50] ---
so I thought I'd renew the mood as well.
[11:52] ---
Don't just do as you please!
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S-Sorry...
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But that goal...
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...might just be a newsworthy story to you,
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but to an ordinary person like me,
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just getting to the nationals
would be a dream come true.
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I'm not a child that will dream
beyond my own abilities.
[12:11] ---
I just want you to understand that...
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Your abilities will grow if you aim higher.
[12:17] ---
People who don't aim high will
never develop the ability to do so.
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Do you not want to get to the nationals, Kurata?
[12:26] ---
Then, why were you crying
[12:28] ---
when you didn't make it past
the qualifiers last year?
[12:31] ---
You saw--
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It's because it was painful, right?
[12:33] ---
Was it not because you wanted to get higher?
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If it were me, I'd want to take
this club to the nationals--
[12:38] ---
The nationals--
[12:40] ---
That's not a place one person
can just take you to single-handedly!
[12:44] ---
It's somewhere we get to together.
[12:57] ---
What? The nationals?!
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You're kidding, right?
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Do you understand the level we're at?
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Of course!
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But aiming for it is something
we're free to do, right?
[13:05] ---
If we aim bigger,
I'm sure we'll improve faster!
[13:12] ---
Do you not want to get to the nationals, Kurata?
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Then why were you crying...?
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Shit...
[13:21] ---
That girl's already here...
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Oh? What? You gonna play?
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You with your arrogant "I'm a pro
from a huge koto school" spiel.
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Let's hear just how good you are...
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Huh?
[13:39] ---
She's playing... the koto, right?
[13:42] ---
Could the same thing four-eyes
was playing yesterday...
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...really sound this different?
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I don't understand it, but...
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...each note is resounding so beautifully.
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It's so different.
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It's so different from the koto music
I've heard up until now...
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A brat like you wouldn't understand
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the profoundness and charm
of the koto anyway!
[14:09] ---
You really don't understand, do you?
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This calculated work of art.
[14:23] ---
Amazing...
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"Principal's Office"
[14:32] ---
I have a request...
[14:37] ---
It feels even more awkward
than it was yesterday.
[14:39] ---
I wonder if Hozuki and Kudo will come today...
[14:44] ---
Uh, um. What's going on?
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Oh, Kurata.
[14:48] ---
I heard your instruments were damaged earlier.
[14:51] ---
So, I've requested a music store
come and repair them.
[14:54] ---
Huh?
[14:55] ---
Is that okay?
[14:57] ---
Of course! It wasn't your club's fault
they were broken, after all.
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However, there's only one instrument left,
[15:03] ---
so it might cause some
trouble for the club, huh?
[15:05] ---
Well...
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It's okay!
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I have my own koto.
[15:10] ---
So while we wait, I can practice at home.
[15:13] ---
My apologies.
[15:14] ---
Not at all!
[15:14] ---
Well, if you run into any problems,
please let me know.
[15:17] ---
Thank you so much!
[15:19] ---
Friendly-mode activated...
[15:24] ---
Well, that's the situation,
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so let me know when
the instruments are back. Bye.
[15:28] ---
Ah, right.
[15:31] ---
She's mad, isn't she?
[15:33] ---
Kudo isn't here either.
[15:35] ---
"Aim for nationals!!"
[15:40] ---
Huh? Kudo's not here?
[15:42] ---
Why? Does he have a cold?
[15:43] ---
He's an idiot, so he wouldn't catch a cold.
[15:46] ---
He's probably just playing hooky.
[15:47] ---
I see...
[15:48] ---
Got it. Thank you.
[15:50] ---
Such a bother, that guy...
[15:53] ---
Am I that bothered by what Hozuki said...?
[15:57] ---
Or is it...?
[15:59] ---
You think I'd stay after
she said all those things?!
[16:01] ---
I quit! I quit!
[16:02] ---
No, no. No way he'd do that...
[16:04] ---
It's not like I even know Kudo that well yet...
[16:08] ---
"Koto Club"
[16:13] ---
It'll be fine!
[16:14] ---
Tomorrow, I'm sure he'll come, too...
[16:16] ---
Huh? He already left?! Why?!
[16:19] ---
As I thought, he must be feeling sick...
[16:20] ---
Well, I don't know the details...
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I'm sorry.
[16:24] ---
Ah! Kudo!
[16:31] ---
What?! This is the third floor!
[16:36] ---
Hm, as I thought. He's just a mere delinquent.
[16:39] ---
And then, a whole week went by...
[16:43] ---
S-Sorry.
[16:44] ---
He said he had something to do today,
so he left pretty quick...
[16:49] ---
Takaoka...
[16:50] ---
Yes...?
[16:51] ---
You're hiding something, aren't you?
[16:54] ---
I'm sorry, Kurata.
[16:56] ---
Chika swore me to secrecy...
[16:59] ---
He's actually...
[17:00] ---
Hozuki!
[17:02] ---
Ow...
[17:02] ---
"Hozuki"
Ow...
[17:03] ---
"Hozuki"
[17:04] ---
That hurt! Don't go bumping into people!
[17:07] ---
These guys are from the light music club...
[17:09] ---
S-Sorry.
[17:11] ---
Huh? Isn't he that Nadeshiko?
[17:13] ---
Nadeshiko?
[17:14] ---
Yeah, from that koto club!
[17:16] ---
Oh, the guy that gave
that pathetic performance?!
[17:19] ---
You can't gather club members
with a performance like that.
[17:21] ---
Shall I join?
[17:22] ---
Idiot, let's go.
[17:24] ---
Well, good luck to you.
[17:27] ---
It's you guys that are gonna need some luck.
[17:29] ---
Huh?
[17:30] ---
What?
[17:31] ---
What are you doing belittling
someone else's performance
[17:33] ---
when you can't even tune properly yourselves?
[17:35] ---
If you have that much time on your hands,
then you should use it to practice.
[17:39] ---
Wha--
[17:41] ---
Hozuki...
[17:42] ---
Uh, um!
[17:44] ---
Can you come with me for a sec?!
[17:47] ---
"Nishina Instruments"
[17:49] ---
So this is it...
[17:51] ---
What?
[17:51] ---
Is this the music store we got
to repair the instruments?
[17:54] ---
Are you guys perhaps Kudo's friends?
[17:57] ---
Huh?
[17:58] ---
Is Kudo here?!
[18:00] ---
--Yeah, he's inside. Go on in.
[18:01] ---
--Ow!
--Yeah, he's inside. Go on in.
[18:04] ---
Idiot!
[18:05] ---
That's why I said do it carefully!
[18:07] ---
Ugh, I get it!
[18:08] ---
Where are your manners?!
[18:11] ---
It's because you're so annoyingly persistent
[18:13] ---
that I'm letting you help out, right?!
[18:15] ---
Good grief!
[18:16] ---
Youngsters these days...
[18:18] ---
For an old hag, that was some punch.
[18:21] ---
Who's an old hag?!
[18:23] ---
--Ow!
[18:24] ---
--Wh-What...
--Ow!
[18:26] ---
Um...
[18:27] ---
One week ago,
[18:29] ---
right after we got the request
to repair the instruments,
[18:32] ---
Kudo suddenly showed up here.
[18:35] ---
Um...
[18:36] ---
It's my fault the koto are broken...
[18:38] ---
...so please let me help you fix them.
[18:40] ---
He said.
[18:41] ---
Huh?
[18:42] ---
He took me by surprise.
[18:43] ---
Well, you see how my granny is, so...
[18:46] ---
What aren't you telling me?!
[18:48] ---
You think I'd let someone who did this
to the koto touch them again?!
[18:51] ---
Get lost!
[18:53] ---
But Kudo came back every day.
[18:55] ---
He sat outside the store for
hours without even eating,
[18:58] ---
so I kinda gave in.
[19:01] ---
Then, Granny finally gave in, too,
[19:03] ---
saying she would let him help
if he told her how they broke.
[19:09] ---
So then, you know about Kudo...
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I heard. About his past, everything.
[19:14] ---
I'm sure it's something Kudo
doesn't like to talk about,
[19:17] ---
but he told her everything.
[19:19] ---
Why would he go this far...?
[19:21] ---
He said he wanted to earn "what it takes."
[19:25] ---
He said, "I'm an idiot,
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so I don't know if it's okay for
someone who's damaged one to play.
[19:30] ---
But if I'm acknowledged by
someone who makes kotos...
[19:34] ---
If I earn what it takes...
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...I think I'd be able
to proudly face the koto."
[19:42] ---
Hozuki?
[19:43] ---
He's an idiot.
[19:45] ---
How simple-minded can you be?
[19:47] ---
I'm honestly amazed.
[19:49] ---
The sound he produces is probably
just as stupidly straightforward.
[19:53] ---
Hozuki...
[19:55] ---
Uh, um. I'm sorry about before...
[19:58] ---
And thanks... for what you did back then...
[20:00] ---
Just like you said, deep in my heart...
[20:04] ---
I probably did dream of going to the nationals.
[20:07] ---
But realizing I had failed miserably last year,
[20:10] ---
I didn't have the courage
to say I wanted to aim higher.
[20:14] ---
No, I said too many arrogant things myself.
[20:19] ---
It's my first time being in a club,
[20:20] ---
so I didn't really know what attitude to have.
[20:22] ---
Well, I still don't.
[20:26] ---
But I'll try my best to learn, so...
[20:29] ---
Again, will you please give me
permission to join the koto club?
[20:32] ---
Of course!
[20:36] ---
Great!
[20:37] ---
Now we're officially aiming
for first place at nationals, right?
[20:40] ---
Huh?! So, that's not changing...
[20:43] ---
But, you know...
[20:46] ---
Though I'm aiming for first place,
I didn't just pick any old school.
[20:50] ---
Huh? You mean...
[20:54] ---
Wh-Wh-Wh-Why are you guys here...?
[20:55] ---
Hey! Don't just drop the tools!
[20:58] ---
Goodness, what are you up to--
[21:00] ---
Oh? These your friends from school?
[21:03] ---
Oh, we're members of the koto club.
[21:05] ---
Oh, you guys must have it hard too, huh?
[21:08] ---
Having this idiot as a club member.
[21:10] ---
What have we here? Aren't you...?
[21:16] ---
Um... If it's all right, is there anything
we can help with, too?
[21:20] ---
Huh, wha--
[21:22] ---
We're members of the same club, after all.
[21:25] ---
Is there anything we can help with?
[21:31] ---
D-Don't joke with me!
[21:33] ---
I can do this by myself!
[21:34] ---
Don't just come barging in!
[21:36] ---
Do you even realize what it took
for me to be able to help--
[21:38] ---
Well, guess I'll take you up on that offer.
[21:40] ---
Thank you so much.
[21:41] ---
Hold on a sec, old hag!
[21:43] ---
This is way too different from when I asked!
[21:45] ---
What is it with everyone?!
[21:47] ---
And, that Tetsuki! Telling my
secret to them like that.
[21:49] ---
--You're so annoying, you know that?
--I'm gonna kick your ass!
[21:51] ---
--Now, now...
--Huh?!
[23:27] ---
"Club Application Form"
[23:36] ---
"Dragon Asterism"
[23:37] ---
"one"
"two
"three"
"four"
[23:38] ---
Next time, "The Koto Club Reborn."
[23:41] ---
"#3 The Koto Club Reborn"
Next time, "The Koto Club Reborn."
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