E26 - Starting Line

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[00:04] ---
    Satowa...
[00:19] ---
    Good...
[00:20] ---
    I was looking for you...
    hoping that you'd still be around here.
[00:27] ---
    I heard your performance.
[00:33] ---
    I'm sorry...
[00:34] ---
    What I did to you...
[00:38] ---
    ...can never be undone.
[00:40] ---
    It left a deep scar in your heart.
[00:44] ---
    I know very well that it cannot be forgiven.
[00:48] ---
    So I don't have the right
    to say this to you now... but...
[00:53] ---
    ...would you give me one more chance...
    to properly face you?
[01:01] ---
    S-So did my feelings...
[01:05] ---
    ...reach you this time?
[01:08] ---
    Did I... do it right this time...?
[01:13] ---
    Did they really reach--
[03:34] ---
    Hozuki...!
[03:37] ---
    I'm so happy for you!
[03:38] ---
    You idiot!
[03:40] ---
    Hey, Kota!
[03:48] ---
    Seriously, Kota!
    Why did you have to jump out like that?!
[03:52] ---
    I'm sorry, Hozy... for ruining your
    long-awaited reunion with your mom!
[03:57] ---
    No, not at all...
[03:59] ---
    Rather, I feel embarrassed.
[04:01] ---
    On top of having you look for her,
    you saw me like that.
[04:05] ---
    I'm sorry.
[04:06] ---
    --What're you saying!
    - It's not embarrassing at all!
[04:08] ---
    --U-Um, Hiro...
    --What're you saying!
    It's not embarrassing at all!
[04:10] ---
    --How lively...
    --U-Um, Hiro...
    --What're you saying!
    It's not embarrassing at all!
[04:13] ---
    You really do resemble Hozuki.
[04:17] ---
    If I remember correctly,
    you played the 17-string...?
[04:20] ---
    Um, I'm Kudo.
[04:22] ---
    I see... So you're the one...
[04:25] ---
    Well, you and the other boy played
    the 17-string wonderfully.
[04:31] ---
    Thank you for supporting my daughter.
[04:37] ---
    Well...
[04:38] ---
    It's more like she's been leading us
    all this time... Ma'am.
[04:42] ---
    Leading and supporting are
    two different things, right?
[04:45] ---
    No wonder she cherishes
    this club as well as all of you.
[04:56] ---
    Thanks.
[05:01] ---
    Oh, I'm so happy for her.
[05:03] ---
    Yep, yep.
[05:04] ---
    Well, all that running and crying
    has made me parched.
[05:06] ---
    Chika! We'll play rock-paper-scissors
    to decide who'll get us drinks!
[05:09] ---
    O-Okay.
[05:10] ---
    Grand Master.
[05:13] ---
    Akira...
[05:14] ---
    Thank you for bringing me here.
[05:18] ---
    Well, I'm sorry for taking you by force.
[05:21] ---
    Okay, guys. Ready?!
[05:23] ---
    --Rock, paper, scissors!
    - One, two, three! One, two, three!
[05:24] ---
    --The kids in this club are just as you said.
    --Rock, paper, scissors!
    One, two, three! One, two, three!
[05:29] ---
    They are.
[05:32] ---
    Damn! I suck at rock-paper-scissors
    for some reason.
[05:39] ---
    Whoa!
[05:40] ---
    Wh-What're you doing?!
    How long have you been standing there?!
[05:44] ---
    Hey, what're you looking at?!
[05:45] ---
    What?! I'm not really looking at anything!
[05:48] ---
    I just came to buy some drinks.
[05:55] ---
    I bet you think you outdid us.
[05:58] ---
    Hm?
[05:59] ---
    To see you're relaxing
    and buying drinks like that...
[06:02] ---
    You must think that you guys are first place.
[06:07] ---
    And you don't think you're first?
[06:10] ---
    Being in sync meant everything to me... to us.
[06:16] ---
    Bing in sync was supreme and beautiful...
[06:19] ---
    That's what music meant to us.
[06:23] ---
    But then...
[06:26] ---
    I heard you guys' performance.
[06:29] ---
    Now I feel like all that focus on
    just being in sync... seems stupid.
[06:36] ---
    What're you saying?
[06:39] ---
    "Just being in sync"?
[06:41] ---
    It's not like that at all.
[06:44] ---
    You guys played perfectly with that speed,
    with that many people.
[06:48] ---
    I genuinely thought that was pretty cool.
[06:54] ---
    But... we're still gonna win.
[07:02] ---
    I-I said...
[07:06] ---
    ...you were not worthy to play
    the koto with Satowa.
[07:10] ---
    I take it back.
[07:12] ---
    It pains me to say it...
[07:14] ---
    I don't even want to admit it...!
[07:19] ---
    But your performance today was... really good!
[07:25] ---
    Damn straight!
[07:30] ---
    He ticks me off! Don't people normally
    say "thanks" in this situation?!
[07:38] ---
    We will announce the results
    and hold the closing ceremony now.
[07:44] ---
    We request that the participating
    schools return to the hall.
[07:50] ---
    Thank you all for your performance today.
[07:54] ---
    This year, we heard so many good performances
[07:57] ---
    that we thought this was nationals.
[07:59] ---
    It made us judges very happy.
    But at the same time,
[08:02] ---
    it made it unprecedently
    difficult for us to judge.
[08:07] ---
    Well... only one school
    can go to nationals, right?
[08:11] ---
    Himesaka, Hakuto, and Tokise...
[08:13] ---
    They are all good enough
    to have a shot in nationals.
[08:17] ---
    But if we have to choose one school...
[08:20] ---
    ...I feel Tokise... might be the one after all.
[08:24] ---
    Their skill level is most satisfactory,
    and more than anything,
[08:28] ---
    I've never been so moved
[08:30] ---
    by a performance from high school
    students before, to be honest.
[08:34] ---
    I was purely moved and thought,
    "How wonderful music is."
[08:41] ---
    I disagree.
[08:43] ---
    People these days really
    only play modern pieces.
[08:46] ---
    It's true that they have beautiful melodies
    and easy to understand motifs,
[08:50] ---
    so it's easy for them to remain in your heart.
[08:52] ---
    But it's not that hard
    to play that kind of piece.
[08:57] ---
    I recommend Hakuto.
[08:59] ---
    They should get high marks for their
    selection of piece and performance.
[09:04] ---
    What do you think, Mr. Wada?
[09:06] ---
    Well... I was moved the most by Tokise, too.
[09:12] ---
    But considering that this is a competition,
    I'd choose Himesaka.
[09:16] ---
    Their skills and ability to be perfectly
    in sync, I think, is worthy of first place.
[09:23] ---
    Mr. Matsunaga. What's your opinion?
[09:27] ---
    If it were possible, we would want
    everyone to go nationals.
[09:32] ---
    We seriously thought so.
[09:34] ---
    However, things like competitions are cruel.
[09:38] ---
    We have to assign a rank to all of your
    hard work and the resulting performances.
[09:46] ---
    We have to choose one school
    that can go to nationals.
[09:50] ---
    Well then, I'm now going
    to announce that school.
[09:54] ---
    I think this school is the only choice.
[09:58] ---
    They were clearly in a different league...
[10:01] ---
    ...in terms of what we call music.
[10:05] ---
    I do get what Ms. Midoriyama means, too.
[10:09] ---
    But their excellent performance
    wasn't due to the fact that
[10:12] ---
    it was the kind of piece
    that people like to hear.
[10:15] ---
    A truly wonderful performance
    can go beyond experts
[10:20] ---
    and reach those who don't know much about koto.
[10:25] ---
    Its heart can reach even those
    who speak a different language
[10:28] ---
    and live in a different culture.
[10:31] ---
    I think we should properly shine a light
    on a performance like that.
[10:37] ---
    The 32nd Kanagawa Qualifier for
    Japan High School Music Competition.
[10:41] ---
    The school that receives first place
    and goes to nationals is...
[10:51] ---
    ...Kanagawa Prefectural Tokise High School.
[10:59] ---
    All right!
[11:00] ---
    Whoooa! Seriously?!
[11:02] ---
    Really?! Seriously?!
[11:04] ---
    H-Hozy! We're first place...?!
[11:07] ---
    I-Is it true?!
[11:09] ---
    Is it true?!
[11:10] ---
    Yes!
[11:12] ---
    --Isaki! They did it!
[11:13] ---
    --Nationals! They're going to nationals!
    --Isaki! They did it!
[11:16] ---
    This is incredible...
[11:20] ---
    Really...?!
[11:21] ---
    Nationals...?!
[11:32] ---
    It didn't... end here...
[11:35] ---
    We can keep on going...!
[11:36] ---
    Chika! We did it!
[11:38] ---
    Kudo!
[11:56] ---
    We're all going to nationals!
[12:01] ---
    "Congrats!"
[12:05] ---
    Hey, guys! Good job!
[12:07] ---
    Isaki! Tetsuki!
[12:09] ---
    Mashiro!
[12:11] ---
    Congrats on winning! You guys are amazing!
[12:13] ---
    It really was a good performance!
[12:16] ---
    You see that, Isaki? Just like you told me,
    we snatched the ticket to--
[12:21] ---
    Attaboy!
[12:23] ---
    You did a good job! Good boy!
[12:27] ---
    S-Stop it, you dummy!
[12:29] ---
    Oh, don't be so shy!
[12:31] ---
    Good boy, good boy.
[12:33] ---
    Mashiro, you came, too, huh?
[12:35] ---
    Of course! I happened to sit next to Isaki,
    so we came to know each other.
[12:40] ---
    Congratulations, Takezo!
[12:42] ---
    It's amazing! You're going to nationals!
    It's just amazing!
[12:45] ---
    Thank you so much for such
    a wonderful performance!
[12:49] ---
    Mashiro...
[12:53] ---
    Now we're done for the time being.
[12:55] ---
    You've had composure from
    the start till the end, Mr. Takinami.
[12:59] ---
    That's incredible.
[13:00] ---
    You must be joking, right?
    I've been nervous all this time.
[13:04] ---
    What?
[13:06] ---
    If by any chance they couldn't go
    to nationals with that performance,
[13:10] ---
    it'd be because of my arrangement of the piece.
[13:13] ---
    Th-That's not...
[13:15] ---
    Pieces that are easy to listen
    to sometimes aren't taken seriously.
[13:21] ---
    So I'm relieved from the bottom of my heart now.
[13:25] ---
    This is the first time I've heard
    you express any sort of worry.
[13:29] ---
    Why do you look happy?
[13:31] ---
    What? Well, I didn't mean--
[13:32] ---
    Akira!
[13:38] ---
    Ah... So... he came...
[13:44] ---
    You did it! You guys're going to nationals!
[13:46] ---
    Seriously, I was moved to tears
    while listening to the performance!
[13:49] ---
    They're amazing, as can be expected
    considering who their teacher is!
[13:53] ---
    What am I gonna do? It was so sudden
    that I don't know what to say...
[13:57] ---
    Excuse me! Are you Tokise High School's teacher?
[14:00] ---
    I'm Akira's older brother!
    Thank you for being good to my sister!
[14:03] ---
    Oh, hello. I'm Takinami,
    the advisor for the club.
[14:07] ---
    She's the one who's been good to us.
[14:09] ---
    You are Miss Aki's brother?!
[14:11] ---
    Whoa! You resemble her!
[14:13] ---
    Well, I was surprised when you performed,
[14:15] ---
    but there really are many boys!
    It seems like a lot of fun!
[14:18] ---
    Yep! It's fun! Miss Aki is a
    super tough teacher, though.
[14:22] ---
    Hey!
[14:23] ---
    Oh? So she's tough, huh?
[14:25] ---
    M-My lessons aren't particularly tough.
[14:27] ---
    But... if it wasn't Miss Akira who taught us,
[14:32] ---
    I don't think we would've gotten
    the ticket to nationals.
[14:35] ---
    Thank you, Miss Akira.
[14:38] ---
    Yep, yep. I'm glad it was you, Miss Aki.
[14:41] ---
    Yeah!
[14:46] ---
    Hey, Miss Akira's brother?!
[14:47] ---
    I'm giving you a hug for Akira!
[14:49] ---
    What?!
[14:50] ---
    I want a hug from her.
[14:53] ---
    No way! I won't allow it!
[14:55] ---
    Your performance was innocent,
    earnest, gentle, and warm...
[15:00] ---
    I could tell from your sound
    that you really like the koto.
[15:05] ---
    Akira. Thanks for inviting me today.
[15:09] ---
    I was really glad to hear your current sound.
[15:19] ---
    Thank you... big brother...
[15:32] ---
    Oh, my dear little sister!
[15:34] ---
    Hey! Stop it!
[15:36] ---
    Kazusa. We have to get going.
[15:40] ---
    Kazu--
[15:43] ---
    I somehow knew...
[15:46] ---
    ...from the moment I heard
    Tokise's performance...
[15:49] ---
    He had faith in their sound
    all the way till the end.
[15:54] ---
    But I...
[15:57] ---
    Don't cry! Don't cry! Don't cry!
[15:59] ---
    I don't have... the right to cry.
[16:04] ---
    Hey. Just how long are you
    gonna stay there like that?
[16:07] ---
    You're not the only one who feels--
[16:11] ---
    Kazusa.
[16:13] ---
    Let's play together at nationals for sure!
[16:17] ---
    --Hey, Kazu--
    --I'm sorry!
[16:19] ---
    I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[16:22] ---
    I'm sorry. I'm sorry!
[16:24] ---
    I'm sorry. I'm sorr--
[16:28] ---
    What're you apologizing for?
[16:29] ---
    There's not one single reason
    to apologize, right?
[16:32] ---
    You gave such a wonderful performance.
[16:36] ---
    I'd like to thank you all for trying
    so hard for us support members.
[16:42] ---
    It's okay. You can start again from here.
[16:53] ---
    You can start building up again from here.
[16:58] ---
    Guys... I'm sorry.
[17:00] ---
    You practiced so hard...
[17:03] ---
    ...but I wasn't good enough. I'm really sorry.
[17:06] ---
    Hold on a sec!
[17:07] ---
    Stop it. Why are you apologizing?
[17:11] ---
    Rather, we have to apologize.
[17:14] ---
    We said we'd get the ticket to
    nationals as a farewell gift for you.
[17:17] ---
    We're sorry that we couldn't make it happen.
[17:19] ---
    What're you saying?!
[17:21] ---
    You guys played my piece so wonderfully!
[17:25] ---
    That alone made me really happy!
[17:28] ---
    So all I feel is appreciation for you.
[17:32] ---
    It's just that if I had been
    more of an expert in music...
[17:39] ---
    M-Mio?! What?! What's wrong?!
[17:42] ---
    I was going to win today.
[17:47] ---
    I wanted to win...
[17:49] ---
    ...because for Mr. Yamamoto,
    Club President, and others...
[17:52] ---
    ...this is the last day.
[17:55] ---
    If I had become able to perform
    like today long before,
[18:00] ---
    things might've turned out differently.
[18:04] ---
    Everyone... might've been laughing right now.
[18:10] ---
    I'm sorry.
[18:13] ---
    Hey, stop it.
[18:15] ---
    If we're talking blame, we've been depending
[18:17] ---
    on your performance all this time
    even though you're a first year.
[18:21] ---
    How can we apologize?!
[18:26] ---
    Everyone! I forbid you to apologize!
[18:29] ---
    I won't apologize anymore, either.
[18:31] ---
    What exactly do you need to apologize for?!
[18:33] ---
    It was the best, top-level performance
    you've ever given!
[18:37] ---
    I'll be proud of your performance
    today for the rest of my life!
[18:42] ---
    When I saw... your sheet music
    for the first time...
[18:47] ---
    ...it looked like a starry sky
    and I thought it was pretty.
[18:51] ---
    I like the pieces you create.
[18:56] ---
    I'm glad that I was able to play them.
[19:03] ---
    Thank you.
[19:08] ---
    We gotta get going. You got everything?
[19:11] ---
    Yep.
[19:26] ---
    Tokise High School!
[19:28] ---
    Hey, Kazusa?
[19:31] ---
    Make sure you win!
[19:33] ---
    You're going to nationals after beating us!
[19:36] ---
    So make sure you win first place!
[19:38] ---
    Or I won't forgive you!
[19:41] ---
    Of course we will!
[19:55] ---
    That was a heck of a way to root for you guys.
[19:57] ---
    Whoa!
[19:58] ---
    Congrats on winning first place.
[20:00] ---
    It's upsetting that we lost, but...
[20:02] ---
    ...good luck with nationals.
[20:07] ---
    Thus... with much joy and heartbreak...
[20:11] ---
    ...the Kanagawa Qualifier came to an end.
[20:16] ---
    "Land for Sale"
[20:26] ---
    "The 32nd Kanagawa Qualifier for Japan
    High School Music Competition"
    "First Place"
[20:57] ---
    "Land for Sale"
[22:31] ---
    "Kanagawa Prefectural Tokise High School"
[22:33] ---
    "Koto Club"
[22:35] ---
    Argh! Dammit! I made a mistake again!
[22:37] ---
    "Temporary Title"
    Argh! Dammit! I made a mistake again!
[22:38] ---
    Hey... Isn't this piece really tough?
    This isn't good.
[22:43] ---
    I still can't figure out how
    this piece is going to sound.
[22:46] ---
    Jeez... Didn't you guys say that
    a tougher piece would fire you up?
[22:51] ---
    "Temporary Title"
    Mr. Suzu is evil!
[22:53] ---
    Mr. Suzu is evil!
[22:55] ---
    Then do you wanna ask him to change the piece...
[22:58] ---
    ...saying that it's too hard?
[22:59] ---
    No!
[23:00] ---
    Are you kidding me?! This is a piece of cake!
    A piece of cake!
[23:04] ---
    Well... Shall we practice the ensemble
    performance for the new students first?
[23:08] ---
    The club presentation day
    is coming up soon, so...
[23:10] ---
    All right! Let's get fired up!
[23:13] ---
    Are you guys ready?!
[23:14] ---
    Yeah!
[23:16] ---
    Ready?!
[23:17] ---
    “Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
    One, two...!
[23:21] ---
    “Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
    "#26 Starting Line"