E20 - Another Chance

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    "#20 Another Chance"
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    "#20 Another Chance"
    I'm going to quit teaching
    your koto club as of today.
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    What's the reason?
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    I no longer feel like I'm
    good enough to teach them.
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    You warned me about this
    at the beginning, right?
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    If there's anything we can do,
    we definitely would like to be of help.
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    I came to recommend
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    my granddaughter Akira
    as your outside instructor.
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    Outside instructor...
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    This is Akira's career record.
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    By the way, she doesn't have to get paid.
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    What? But that's just not...
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    Teaching others is a great
    learning experience in itself.
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    It's going to help her in the future, too, so...
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    What do you think, Mr. Takinami?
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    I was just thinking about finding someone
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    who can give them koto lessons.
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    So if you could help us, that would be great.
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    However...
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    ...if I find you useless,
    I'll ask you to quit right away.
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    Would that be okay with you?
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    I know I'm being rude.
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    But the instructor's compatibility with
    the students and her quality as a teacher
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    will greatly affect their future performances.
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    I believe that our club can go to nationals.
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    My students have the potential.
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    So if they couldn't go to nationals
    just because of an inadequate instructor,
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    it wouldn't be funny.
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    "Inadequate"?
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    That's fine.
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    It's okay to fire me the moment
    you feel that I'm not good enough.
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    I did say that, but I don't think
    you're not good enough.
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    But I feel that way about myself.
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    If the teacher can't teach with confidence,
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    it'll have a negative influence
    on the students.
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    I see... Understood.
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    Since you're teaching them without pay,
    I can't force you to continue.
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    I'm sorry to see you go, though.
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    But could you stay at least until
    I find the next instructor?
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    I'll find someone as soon as possible.
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    Okay.
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    Well then...
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    Although it was a short period of time,
    I'm glad we had you.
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    You've helped them improve
    their skills quite a bit.
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    "Koto Club"
    Thank you very much.
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    What was that? Sarcasm?
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    If anything, they all disliked me...
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    "Koto Club"
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    What...? Their sound is...
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    Miss Dojima?
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    Your sound...
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    It's only been a few days,
    but your sound changed quite a bit.
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    You think so?!
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    Did something happen?
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    We listened to your performance.
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    We did think it might be a bit rude
    listening to it without asking you, but...
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    I'm sorry.
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    But after we finished listening
    to your performance together,
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    we all stood up without saying anything
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    and started practicing like crazy.
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    When we heard your performance,
    we all suddenly realized...
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    ...what it means to
    "play every single note with care."
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    Miss Dojima! I can now play that spot
    you taught me the other day!
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    Listen!
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    "Please."
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    Please!
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    --How was that?!
    --The rhythm isn't right.
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    But I can see you're now putting
    lots of care into the sound. I'm surprised.
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    All right!
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    You look happy, Kota.
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    I rarely get compliments from teachers, so...
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    A-After you taught me
    how to position my arm,
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    pressing the strings became easier.
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    Thank you... very much.
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    I can even hear "stop" now,
    even when you're not around.
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    Satowa...
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    U-Um... Could you give us advice
    on our ensemble as well today?
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    We have been practicing it when you're
    not around and during after-club practice.
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    But.... Um...
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    I-I'm not good at teaching, so...!
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    We stumble from the start
    and can't play it well together at all.
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    But I don't know what to do,
    so we can't move forward.
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    So... um...
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    Hey! Are you indirectly complaining about us?!
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    N-No! I don't mean that at all!
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    What are you saying I should teach you?
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    Even after I pushed her away like that...
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    You're right.
    You're disorganized from the start.
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    Let's pair the solo and 17-string,
    and the first and second kotos
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    and practice separately first.
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    In this piece, the 17-string is
    the foundation and the solo is the key.
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    So first, please form a consistent core
    with these two parts together.
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    "Core"...
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    Wow! You guys are over the moon!
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    If you consider the 17-string and the solo
    as the "root" and "trunk" of a tree,
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    the first and second kotos are leaves
    and blossoms that lend colors to it.
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    Depending on how the first and
    second kotos are played together,
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    the expression of the piece
    changes quite a bit.
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    The first and second koto parts
    chase each other a lot
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    and have lots of interplay,
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    so you should also practice together.
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    Then after that,
    we'll go back to the ensemble.
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    Well then, let's start with
    the 17-string and the solo.
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    O-Okay.
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    Stop. The 17-string is being
    influenced by the solo again.
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    Sorry, Chika. It was me.
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    I'm sorry! Can we try again?
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    I thought I nailed it after practicing hard.
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    Sorry! I wanna try that spot one more time!
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    Okay.
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    So just mixing in the solo
    makes it this much harder to play?
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    Shoot... Considering the structure of the piece,
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    I paired the 17-string and
    the solo without thinking much,
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    but...
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    ...it might've put him
    in a very tough situation.
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    This is a tricky bar with irregular eighth notes.
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    And the solo coming in
    with triplets makes it even harder.
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    Can we try again?!
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    Dammit... I'm dragging them down.
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    Chika can play it without difficulty.
    I don't want to keep holding them back!
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    Am I listening to the solo too much?
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    But I should listen to it, right?
    Since it's an ensemble.
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    But it won't work if I get influenced.
    I need to focus on my own sound.
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    I'm fine up to here...
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    Next...!
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    Dammit!
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    Sorry!
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    Should I ask them to let me
    practice alone for now?
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    No. It's pointless if I can't
    play along with the solo.
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    Oh, no... If this situation continues...
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    L-Let's move on for--
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    One more time.
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    What?
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    We'll try one more time.
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    Starting from the same spot.
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    I'm sorry, Miss Dojima!
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    Can I keep trying until I can do it?!
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    Chika! Hozuki!
    Sorry, but play along with me!
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    Strawberry au lait.
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    I'll treat you!
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    One strawberry au lait per mistake.
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    You bastard!
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    Paplico would do, too.
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    You slimy bastard!
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    Keishi...
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    "Strawberry Au Lait"
    Keishi...
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    How can I be first place like you?
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    "Strawberry Au Lait"
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    I failed many times and I even
    injured myself a little...
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    ...but I kept trying to do it, and I did it!
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    All right! I did it!
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    Sorry, Chika! Guess I won't be treating you
    to many strawberry au laits.
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    Whoooa! Wh-Wh-Wh-What's wrong,
    Miss Dojima?!
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    Wh-What happened?!
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    Well, it's... I'm sorry. It's nothing.
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    H-Here! A handkerchief! Tissue!
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    Um...
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    I do appreciate your thoughtfulness,
    but I don't need this many.
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    Oh, o-of course!
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    Sorry!
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    Wh-Why did she cry out of the blue?
    Is it because I'm so terrible?
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    I don't know!
    Women often cry out of the blue.
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    Um... It's really nothing.
    I just got some dust in my eye.
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    Oh, yeah?!
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    It's painful when that happens.
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    Don't scare us like that.
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    It was just some dust.
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    I'm sorry to scare you like that.
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    Well then, let's move on.
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    Hey... What kind of practice
    are you guys doing?
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    We're practicing in two groups.
    The 17-string and solo,
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    and the first and second kotos.
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    I see.
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    Ugh! I'm the only one out of sync again!
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    Sorry. To think that I still get out of sync
    even when using a metronome...
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    Don't worry, Kota. You'll be fine.
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    Hm? What're you doing, Suzu?
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    I forbid you guys to use
    the metronome from here on.
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    What?!
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    Oh, no! When my sense of rhythm
    is already bad enough...!
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    Since your sense of rhythm is already bad,
    this won't make much difference.
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    That's mean!
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    Besides, there's no metronome sound
    included in the piece.
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    "Tenkyu"
    Besides, there's no metronome sound
    included in the piece.
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    "Tenkyu"
    Don't desperately try to match the sound
    that doesn't exist in the piece.
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    Match the others' sound.
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    That's the ensemble.
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    So...
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    Miss Dojima...
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    ...and Hozuki...
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    Can you two show the others
    a good example of an ensemble?
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    I want Miss Dojima to play
    the 17-string and Hozuki the solo.
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    I wanna hear it!
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    Yeah! Me, too!
[13:47] ---
    What? Um...
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    Well, these guys can get it quicker
    by hearing music instead of an explanation.
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    So can you?
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    I'd like to ask you, too!
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    I-I'd like to play... with you.
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    Okay.
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    Come to think of it,
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    I've never seen Hozuki
    playing with anyone else.
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    I wonder if it'll be different depending
    on who she plays with...
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    Our sounds... expand...
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    They come together...
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    And a new sound is born.
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    We come to know each other.
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    And we accept and improve each other...
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    Ever further and deeper...
    our sounds become one piece...
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    They become one world.
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    Mr. Suzu!
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    So the ensemble is... The ensemble
    is all about an interchange of hearts?!
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    That's something you're good at, right?
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    Thanks to Miss Dojima's lessons, you're
    getting better at facing a single note.
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    Your technique and foundation
    are better, too.
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    You're now probably ready to practice
    together, but don't just play together.
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    See the entire piece thoroughly.
    Understand its flow.
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    Think how your own sound goes
    together with others' in that flow.
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    Think about what your
    sound means and its role.
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    What you say is always too difficult.
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    I don't understand it at all.
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    Agonize over it.
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    Agonize, think... and intently face it.
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    The more you do, the thicker and
    deeper your sound will resonate.
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    Yeah! I'm getting fired up!
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    Okay, now get back to your practice already.
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    That's all for today.
    Please put your kotos away.
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    Thank you for your lesson!
[16:30] ---
    Hey, about the after-club practice today...
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    Yeah?
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    Um... Satowa mentioned it, too,
    but what is this "after-club practice"?
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    There's this nice instrument shop
    that lets us play there with their kotos
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    so we can practice after the club.
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    What? You'll practice more after this?
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    You practice early morning
    and during lunch break, too, right?
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    Yes, we're immersed in koto.
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    But it's fun. A lot of fun.
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    You all must really like the koto.
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    So must you, right?
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    Welcome home, Akira.
[17:09] ---
    How are things in the club?
[17:11] ---
    Isn't it about time for the club members
    to throw in the towel?
[17:14] ---
    I investigated the club a little.
    That really is a low-ranked one.
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    It's a haunt for delinquents. How disgusting.
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    I bet none of them are serious
    about the koto anyway, right?
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    To think that girl is hanging out
    with a crowd like that...
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    She sure has hit rock bottom. Right, Aki--
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    Akira?
[17:40] ---
    I'm sorry, Grandmother. I'm exhausted today.
    May I go to bed now?
[17:46] ---
    Of course you may.
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    Hey, Chika!
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    Don't sleep there!
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    Hey, did you hear me?
    You're gonna catch a-- Whoa!
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    Hey, you are up?
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    What're you listening to?
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    My own performance.
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    Say, Isaki. What do you think I lack?
[18:14] ---
    What? Is there anything you don't lack?
[18:18] ---
    Oh yeah, sugar.
    You're always eating sweet stuff.
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    You stupid head.
[18:23] ---
    Quit sulking.
[18:25] ---
    You damn hag.
[18:26] ---
    --What'd you say, you damn brat?!
[18:27] ---
    --So when Hozuki plays with
    someone at her skill level,
    --What'd you say, you damn brat?!
[18:28] ---
    --So when Hozuki plays with
    someone at her skill level,
    --I'm not that old!
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    it turns out like that, huh...?
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    It was really good.
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    It seemed Hozuki was having
    an easy time playing,
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    and her performance was better
    than usual as well.
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    Think about what your sound
    means and its role.
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    "The Hozuki School"
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    You all must really like the koto.
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    So must you, right?
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    "Teachers' Room"
[19:04] ---
    Mr. Takinami.
[19:06] ---
    Miss Dojima. I thought you
    didn't have a lesson today.
[19:10] ---
    I'm sorry, but I need to talk to you.
[19:13] ---
    Talk to me?
[19:14] ---
    Yes, but before that, there's something
    I'd like to check with you.
[19:18] ---
    What is it?
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    How serious are you
    about aiming for nationals?
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    When I met you the first time,
    I thought you were serious.
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    But you don't come to see the practices at all.
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    And then, you suddenly show up
    and give them advice like yesterday.
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    Are you doing things on a whim?
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    Well, I don't really care what you think,
    but I am very serious.
[19:45] ---
    I thought I wasn't needed
    for practicing the basics,
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    so I just let you handle it.
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    Let me handle it?
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    You still taught them properly
    without me being there, right?
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    I-I did...
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    But you're entrusting your
    students with a stranger...
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    I feel you aren't serious after all.
[20:03] ---
    For two years...
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    What?
[20:05] ---
    For two years, you've seriously faced
    a single piece and produced a result.
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    You even told me to fire you when
    I feel you're not good enough.
[20:16] ---
    With that kind of resolution, it's harder
    to think of a reason not to trust you.
[20:24] ---
    Is that all you needed to talk about?
    Well then, I have a class to teach, so...
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    Please let me... be of help one more time!
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    I'm sorry. I just told you yesterday
    that I was going to quit.
[20:38] ---
    I know I'm really causing trouble.
[20:42] ---
    I might not be good enough after all.
[20:45] ---
    But please...! Could you give me
    another chance?!
[21:08] ---
    Thank you. Welcome back.
[21:15] ---
    It definitely wasn't a waste of time.
[21:19] ---
    The time I spent then is giving me
    the power to stand here right now.
[21:27] ---
    It was never a waste of time.
[21:31] ---
    Hey, you. Have you seen Akira?
[21:34] ---
    She went out early this morning.
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    What...? I see.
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    Don't tell me she is...
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    To be sure... Maybe I'll take action
    before it's too late.
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    Next time, "Meaning and Role."
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    "#21 Meaning and Role"