E3 - The Koto Club Reborn
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[00:00] ---
We're almost done with the repairs.
[00:03] ---
We can finally get back
to doing normal club stuff!
[00:05] ---
"Nishina Instruments"
Even with the instruments back,
[00:07] ---
"Nishina Instruments"
if we don't get two more members
within the month, we'll be disbanded.
[00:10] ---
"Nishina Instruments"
Because of a certain someone,
we haven't even had any visitors yet.
[00:14] ---
"Nishina Instruments"
What did you say?!
[00:16] ---
I heard you're a pretty infamous
delinquent around here.
[00:20] ---
When the rumor that he joined the club spread,
[00:23] ---
people probably got too scared
to even approach us.
[00:25] ---
Says you! Why don't you bring
one or two of your girl friends?!
[00:29] ---
Oh, is that no good!? You got no friends?!
[00:32] ---
Unfortunately!
[00:33] ---
I've been surrounded by adults
my whole life so no one's on my level.
[00:38] ---
Anyway!
[00:38] ---
If we don't get anyone to join
and we disband, it'll be your fault!
[02:14] ---
"#3 The Koto Club Reborn"
Jeez.
[02:15] ---
"#3 The Koto Club Reborn"
If some baby's hesitating 'cause
I'm there, we don't need 'em.
[02:20] ---
Chika! It's been so long!
[02:23] ---
Kota, stop!
[02:24] ---
Yo, Tetsuki. Chika.
[02:26] ---
Sane, Mittsu!
[02:28] ---
By the way, Chika.
[02:29] ---
I heard you actually joined the koto club.
[02:32] ---
Following in your late granddad's footsteps...
[02:34] ---
Wah, you're making me cry, damn it!
[02:35] ---
Ugh, you guys are annoying!
[02:38] ---
Crap.
[02:40] ---
Whoa, cute! Who is she?!
[02:43] ---
Hello, Kudo.
[02:45] ---
Are these people your friends, perhaps?
[02:49] ---
Yes, we're Kudo's friends!
[02:51] ---
Nice to meet you. I'm Satowa Hozuki,
also from the koto club.
[02:55] ---
Nice to meet you, too!
[02:56] ---
Hey, don't be deceived guys!
[02:58] ---
This girl has a split personality
that's unthinkably mean--
[03:01] ---
How dare you say such things
about a frail young girl!
[03:05] ---
I envy you, being in a club with a cute girl.
[03:09] ---
Maybe I should join the koto club, too.
[03:11] ---
Oh, please do!
[03:13] ---
Huh?
[03:13] ---
We're actually short on members.
[03:15] ---
If nothing changes soon, we'll be disbanded.
[03:18] ---
And plus...
[03:20] ---
...if delightful people like you were to join,
[03:23] ---
I'd be so happy.
[03:25] ---
We'll join!
[03:26] ---
Hold it right there!
[03:27] ---
We'll become the koto club's saviors!
[03:30] ---
What the hell are you thinking?
[03:32] ---
They're all actually thinking of doing this!
What are we gonna do?
[03:35] ---
We don't really need them
to play the koto, right?
[03:37] ---
All we need is their names.
[03:40] ---
As long as they put their names down
for the club, we won't be disbanded.
[03:43] ---
E-Evil...
[03:45] ---
I-If you keep doing stuff like this,
you'll never have friends.
[03:49] ---
I don't need any.
[03:51] ---
I'm used to being alone anyway.
[03:56] ---
"Koto Club"
And with that,
[03:58] ---
we are the koto club's saviors:
Saneyasu Adachi...
[04:01] ---
...Michitaka Sakai...
[04:02] ---
...and Kota Mizuhara!
[04:06] ---
S-Saviors? Wh-What's going on...?
[04:09] ---
Don't worry about it.
[04:10] ---
They'll get bored and leave soon anyway.
[04:12] ---
"Club Application Form"
[04:16] ---
Those damn delinquents...
[04:18] ---
"Nishina Instruments"
Whoa, awesome! There's so many!
[04:22] ---
Looks like the noisy one has multiplied.
[04:24] ---
Here, plectrums and their bands.
[04:26] ---
Choose some that fit.
[04:28] ---
Hozuki!
[04:29] ---
Could you pick out plectrums for Kudo?
[04:31] ---
What?!
[04:32] ---
Why me...?
[04:34] ---
I'm... gonna go help out over there, so...
[04:36] ---
I'll leave it to you.
[04:39] ---
Let me see your hand.
[04:49] ---
I don't... know much about koto schools,
[04:52] ---
but it means your parents
play the koto too, right?
[04:55] ---
What of it?
[04:57] ---
Nothing really...
[04:59] ---
So did you learn from your parents?
[05:02] ---
That's none of your business.
[05:04] ---
Wha--
[05:06] ---
What's with this girl's fingertips?
[05:08] ---
They're so hard.
[05:10] ---
"For woodworking
glue"
[05:11] ---
Whoa, my own plectrums!
[05:15] ---
Is three plectrums enough?
[05:17] ---
Yup, since you use your fingers for the rest.
[05:20] ---
Is everyone finished?
[05:21] ---
Uh, yes!
[05:22] ---
Right then.
[05:23] ---
That'll be 5,000 yen per person.
[05:25] ---
F-Five thousand yen?!
[05:26] ---
What? We have to pay for this?!
[05:28] ---
--Of course you do.
--Damn it... I forgot about money...
[05:31] ---
I'll definitely bring more tomorrow!
[05:34] ---
For the time being, this is all I have.
[05:37] ---
Do you have a way of getting money?
[05:40] ---
I-I'll figure something out.
[05:42] ---
Money doesn't just come out of nowhere.
[05:47] ---
Once I save up some money, I'll come back...
[05:49] ---
S-Sorry, Kudo. I wasn't thinking.
[05:52] ---
That's right, idiot four-eyes!
[05:55] ---
Huh?
[05:56] ---
You did help us repair the kotos, after all.
[05:59] ---
I'll consider that payment.
[06:04] ---
Ah, then... what about ours...?
[06:05] ---
I'm not so kind as to give freebies to idiots
who aren't really interested.
[06:09] ---
"Should've known..."
Should've known...
[06:16] ---
I'll use them well...
[06:21] ---
That's why I'm giving them to you.
[06:26] ---
How was it yesterday? With Sane and everyone.
[06:29] ---
It was useless. They just made
a fuss and went home.
[06:31] ---
Ah, as expected?
[06:33] ---
I mean, they're not gonna come back, anyway.
[06:36] ---
Joining the club was just them
getting carried... away...
[06:39] ---
Yo, Chika! You're late!
[06:41] ---
Why are you guys here again?!
[06:43] ---
You don't even wanna play the koto, right?!
[06:44] ---
Yeah, we won't be playing,
[06:46] ---
but you guys can enter competitions
without us, right?
[06:49] ---
We don't mind lending
our names to the koto club.
[06:51] ---
Yay, we're geniuses!
[06:54] ---
You guys...
[06:55] ---
This is exactly as she planned!
[07:00] ---
Idiot! You fell for it, didn't you?!
[07:01] ---
--Shuddup, idiot!
--Hey, guys!
[07:03] ---
If you're gonna get violent,
do it somewhere else!
[07:08] ---
Hmph, as I thought.
[07:11] ---
I thought it'd be like this.
[07:14] ---
V-Vice-principal?!
[07:15] ---
Crap...
[07:16] ---
What a joke of a club.
[07:18] ---
I'll report this to the principal,
and he'll deal--
[07:21] ---
Who would join a club just to fool around!
[07:24] ---
Hmph. If that's the case,
[07:25] ---
why don't you let me hear you play right now?
[07:28] ---
We can't!
[07:30] ---
We were just about to start practicing.
[07:32] ---
Then I give you a week.
[07:34] ---
If in a week's time you can perform
in a way that satisfies me,
[07:37] ---
then I'll approve of the club.
[07:39] ---
B-But...
[07:41] ---
Bring it on!
[07:43] ---
We can satisfy you in a week--
[07:44] ---
One month...
[07:46] ---
Can you please at least give us a month?
[07:48] ---
Hozuki!
[07:50] ---
Please excuse me for cutting in.
[07:53] ---
I'm also of the koto club.
[07:55] ---
You are?
[07:56] ---
We could probably manage
a simple piece in a week.
[07:59] ---
However, that would surely
not satisfy you, correct?
[08:04] ---
So, one month.
[08:06] ---
If given that,
[08:07] ---
we can do a performance that'll make
the whole school approve.
[08:11] ---
Wait-- Hozuki?!
[08:15] ---
Are you serious?
[08:17] ---
Of course.
[08:18] ---
All right, all right!
[08:20] ---
I'm looking forward to hearing you in a month.
[08:26] ---
H-Hozuki, why did you say that?!
[08:29] ---
Whatever we play in front
of that vice-principal,
[08:32] ---
in the end he'll just say, "I'm not satisfied."
[08:35] ---
But if we do a huge performance
in front of everyone,
[08:39] ---
he'll have no choice but to approve.
[08:42] ---
Y-You make it sound easy, but...
[08:44] ---
With these members, can we really
do a huge performance...
[08:48] ---
Sorry!
[08:51] ---
Without those three,
[08:52] ---
we'll be short members, and,
either way, we'll be disbanded.
[08:57] ---
Chika's mad, isn't he?
[09:00] ---
But it's not like we can play the koto.
[09:03] ---
--We'd just hold them back.
[09:04] ---
--Vice-principal.
--We'd just hold them back.
[09:05] ---
What are we gonna do about them?
[09:07] ---
Kudo and his friends don't
really want to play the koto.
[09:10] ---
In one month's time,
the koto club will be disbanded.
[09:13] ---
Can't rely on the police to do their job, huh?
[09:15] ---
Rotten delinquents like Kudo
should be taken to reform school.
[09:21] ---
Sane!
[09:25] ---
Hey, Tetsuki?
[09:26] ---
How come you hang out with
that Kudo kid from class C?
[09:29] ---
Huh? I've known him since we were kids.
[09:31] ---
But I never hear anything good about him.
[09:34] ---
Shouldn't you stop getting involved with him?
[09:37] ---
Probably...
[09:38] ---
Man, what is that Tetsuki thinking?
[09:42] ---
Hey!
[09:43] ---
What?
[09:48] ---
Don't underestimate me, middle schooler!
[09:51] ---
Sto--
[09:54] ---
K-Kudo?!
[09:56] ---
What do you think you're doing?!
[09:58] ---
Bastard!
[10:04] ---
Why?
[10:05] ---
We aren't even friends!
[10:09] ---
You guys hang out with Tetsuki a lot, right?
[10:14] ---
Risking his life and spilling blood
for a friend of a friend...
[10:24] ---
I thought I'd be all cool and return the favor
[10:27] ---
the next time he got in a big fight, but...
[10:33] ---
Jeez, were we all thinking
the same thing, huh?
[10:37] ---
You guys...
[10:38] ---
I mean, we have nothing better to do anyway.
[10:40] ---
We know each other so well.
[10:42] ---
I can return the favor like this, too, huh?
[10:44] ---
Hey, Granny! Give us those things!
[10:47] ---
Three sets of those things you
put on your fingers, please!
[10:50] ---
Hey!
[10:51] ---
Why the hell are you guys back again?!
[10:54] ---
Hmph... You think we'd just run away like that?
[10:59] ---
You really don't get us, huh?
[11:01] ---
We wouldn't dare upset a girl!
[11:04] ---
In that case,
[11:05] ---
you've all become official members
of the club now, yes?
[11:09] ---
Yes, that's right!
[11:11] ---
Hm, I see...
[11:13] ---
I'm glad you turned out more
simple-minded than I thought.
[11:16] ---
Huh?
[11:18] ---
Now that you're official members
that are gonna play,
[11:21] ---
prepare yourselves, because I
won't be going easy on you.
[11:24] ---
H-Hozuki?
[11:26] ---
--This can't be!
[11:27] ---
--I told you, didn't I?!
--This can't be!
[11:30] ---
"Michitaka (Mittsu) Sakai" "Kota (Kota) Mizuhara"
"Saneyasu (Sane) Adachi"
[11:33] ---
For now, to give a basic
explanation of the koto...
[11:36] ---
A typical koto has thirteen strings.
[11:40] ---
When played, there are moveable
bridges under the strings.
[11:42] ---
These can be tuned to the sounds
needed for each piece.
[11:45] ---
Music is written in traditional koto notation,
[11:47] ---
or in staff notation, like that used
with the piano and such.
[11:51] ---
Done!
[11:52] ---
Now, let's start with the
simple piece, "Sakura, Sakura."
[11:53] ---
Here, play.
[11:54] ---
So fast!
[11:55] ---
You little-- Don't teach so half-heartedly!
[11:57] ---
Half-heartedly?
[11:58] ---
Playing will make you learn faster
than me explaining everything!
[12:02] ---
What? Is it actually that you have
no self-confidence?
[12:04] ---
Bring it on! I'll play this in no time!
[12:07] ---
"Sakura, Sakura"
[12:08] ---
Huh, a spell?
[12:11] ---
Where's my "please, teach me"?
[12:14] ---
Crap!
[12:14] ---
Um, if I remember right...
[12:16] ---
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
[12:19] ---
Oh, it's this one!
[12:22] ---
Seven, seven again, then eight...
[12:29] ---
Take that! I can do this after all!
[12:32] ---
Then next is...
[12:35] ---
An eyeball?
[12:37] ---
"...20 minutes later."
I don't get the koto!
[12:39] ---
"...20 minutes later."
My knee, my legs!
[12:41] ---
"...20 minutes later."
The sakura should just fall already!
[12:43] ---
"...20 minutes later."
Takezo...
[12:44] ---
In one month's time,
this club will probably disband.
[12:47] ---
Not you, too, H-Hozuki.
[12:50] ---
I didn't expect these people
to be this unable to play.
[12:53] ---
Quiet, you little--!
[12:54] ---
I can still keep going!
[12:56] ---
Kudo...
[12:58] ---
There is one thing we could do.
[13:01] ---
We could completely skip over the basics
[13:03] ---
and start learning the piece we're going
to play one month from now.
[13:07] ---
B-But we haven't decided on
the piece we're going to play.
[13:10] ---
There is one piece I was considering...
[13:13] ---
Huh?
[13:14] ---
Ah, but it might be impossible for these guys.
[13:16] ---
I can play it!
[13:17] ---
I don't care how difficult it is!
I'll definitely play it!
[13:21] ---
In that case...
[13:26] ---
"Spring Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Experience the world of
traditional Japanese music."
[13:28] ---
Will you go watch this?
[13:30] ---
They'll be performing the piece there.
[13:34] ---
They're playing here?
[13:38] ---
Hozuki, you seem like you're in disguise.
[13:41] ---
Well, yes...
[13:42] ---
My face is well-known in the field of
traditional Japanese music, so...
[13:45] ---
I-I see...
[13:47] ---
By the way, what kind of piece
is the one you were considering?
[13:50] ---
"Ryuuseigun"
[13:51] ---
"Ryuuseigun"
It's called "Ryuuseigun."
[13:53] ---
"Ryuuseigun"?
[13:55] ---
"Spring Traditional Japanese Music Festival"
[13:57] ---
Hey, isn't that one in the middle really big?
[14:01] ---
It has 17 strings.
[14:02] ---
It's a low-toned koto. Like a bass guitar.
[14:05] ---
It is the core of this piece.
[14:07] ---
Next is "Ryuuseigun" composed by Taki Ayase.
[14:11] ---
It will be performed by students
of the Hozuki koto school.
[14:13] ---
B-By Hozuki, he means...
[14:16] ---
Yes.
[14:16] ---
Today's performers are
the Hozuki school's elite.
[14:21] ---
They're just kids!
[14:22] ---
Grade schoolers?!
[14:23] ---
What? I feel so relieved.
[14:26] ---
Right?
[14:27] ---
If grade schoolers can play it,
[14:29] ---
a month should be enough
for even us to learn it.
[14:52] ---
So that's it.
[14:53] ---
Let's try and learn that piece
before the month is up.
[14:55] ---
Are you insane?!
[14:56] ---
Me aside...
[14:57] ---
Do you really think these guys can
learn something that awesome?!
[14:59] ---
You can't play it either!
[15:01] ---
H-Hozuki, I think it'd be best
if we find another piece...
[15:04] ---
We'll be fine.
[15:05] ---
Aside from the 17-stringed koto,
the piece isn't that hard.
[15:10] ---
I'll play the 17-stringed koto.
[15:12] ---
With this many people,
we can make enough of an impact.
[15:15] ---
If all goes well, in one month's time,
[15:17] ---
the vice-principal and the whole school
will be just as amazed as you are now.
[15:22] ---
Probably.
[15:25] ---
Well, I mean...
[15:26] ---
If you really think it's impossible
then we can find another piece.
[15:30] ---
Which would mean this, correct?
[15:32] ---
"Grade Schoolers"
[15:33] ---
"Grade Schoolers"
"Below"
[15:34] ---
Who said they couldn't do it?
[15:36] ---
This'll be child's play!
[15:38] ---
Right, guys!?
[15:39] ---
Yeah!
[15:40] ---
I'm so glad you guys are idiots.
[15:41] ---
Um, but our club doesn't
have a 17-stringed koto...
[15:45] ---
I have my own, so I'll bring it in from home.
[15:48] ---
That would be great, but it'll be heavy.
[15:51] ---
Uh, I can come pick it up from your house--
[15:53] ---
I-It's okay!
[15:54] ---
Huh? But it's bigger than an ordinary koto...
[15:57] ---
I can bring it myself!
[15:59] ---
Just leave her.
[16:00] ---
She's rich, so she probably has an assistant
who can drive it over for her.
[16:03] ---
You be quiet.
[16:06] ---
Oh, it's those kids from earlier...
[16:11] ---
I wonder if that's their teacher...
[16:13] ---
Which means... it's Hozuki's mother?
[16:16] ---
Hozuki, you don't want to go talk to her?
[16:19] ---
I'm fine.
[16:24] ---
What should we do now?
[16:25] ---
Let's all go eat somewhere!
[16:27] ---
Okay, how about a family restaurant or--
[16:29] ---
I'll pass.
[16:31] ---
See you later...
[16:44] ---
Oh, is this the 17-stringed koto?
[16:47] ---
Y-You!
[16:48] ---
Looks rough. Shall I help you out?
[16:52] ---
Are you kidding me?!
[16:53] ---
I couldn't bear it if I let you
carry it and it got damaged!
[16:59] ---
I see...
[17:03] ---
"Ryuuseigun" is a five-part piece
for the 17-string and koto.
[17:06] ---
In other words, each person
will be playing their own part,
[17:06] ---
"Ryuuseigun"
In other words, each person
will be playing their own part,
[17:08] ---
"Ryuuseigun"
and everyone is playing something different.
[17:11] ---
So that means...
[17:12] ---
We can't look at someone else and play...
[17:14] ---
Or pretend to play...
[17:16] ---
That's right.
[17:18] ---
Plus, you're each responsible for a part,
so there's no running away either.
[17:23] ---
Ever.
[17:29] ---
There's no way I can play this!
[17:31] ---
Kudo, are you all right?
[17:34] ---
No problem, no problem!
Let's get started already!
[17:38] ---
No! You play string six here!
[17:40] ---
How many times do I have to say
it before you understand?!
[17:42] ---
Wah! Having to look so quickly
I don't know which is which!
[17:45] ---
You just have to make your body learn them!
[17:48] ---
Hey... can we stop here for today?
[17:51] ---
Y-You're right.
[17:52] ---
If we do too much at the start, we won't last.
[17:55] ---
This doesn't even count as practicing.
[17:57] ---
Starting tomorrow, we'll also be having
morning practice, so be ready.
[18:00] ---
Morning practice?!
[18:01] ---
Huh?!
[18:03] ---
Hey, you. Don't rush ahead on your own.
[18:06] ---
They're trying their best as it is.
[18:08] ---
You shut your mouth.
[18:10] ---
You don't know anything.
[18:11] ---
I may not know much about the koto yet,
[18:14] ---
but I'm trying my best, too!
[18:15] ---
This is your best?
[18:17] ---
Just how easy can you be on yourself?
[18:19] ---
At this rate, there's no doubt
we'll be disbanded.
[18:22] ---
Even though we have to perform in front
of the whole school in a month,
[18:26] ---
you guys don't even know
which string is which!
[18:29] ---
But it was you that said we
had to do this performance--
[18:32] ---
If we're pointing fingers, then it's
all because you're here, isn't it?
[18:38] ---
I-It's getting late, so let's
stop here for today. Okay?
[18:42] ---
Come on everyone, let's tidy up!
[18:48] ---
Huh? She's that strict?
[18:51] ---
Then, I wonder if she was taught
in that same Spartan style.
[18:55] ---
Huh?
[18:56] ---
You know?
[18:56] ---
People teach based on the way
they were taught themselves, no?
[19:00] ---
Moreover, you say she's the daughter
of a grand master, right?
[19:02] ---
Must have been tough, in a lot of ways.
[19:10] ---
Hey, you. Don't rush ahead on your own.
[19:14] ---
Hozuki.
[19:17] ---
Takezo, I'm sorry about yesterday.
[19:20] ---
Ah, no.
[19:21] ---
I didn't really act like
a club president, either, so...
[19:24] ---
If everyone quits the club, it'll be my fault.
[19:27] ---
Huh? Hold on!
[19:29] ---
No one's going to quit the club so suddenly!
[19:31] ---
Ah, well, I don't know about those three, but...
[19:35] ---
But I'm sure whatever happens,
Kudo'll never quit.
[19:42] ---
Anyone would want to quit
after someone went that far.
[19:48] ---
Why are you trying so hard
by yourself, Satowa?
[19:52] ---
All we wanna do is have fun...
[19:54] ---
But you're so serious it's scary.
[19:57] ---
I can't keep up with you. Just play by yourself.
[20:02] ---
What's up, Chika? Calling us out all this way.
[20:06] ---
I have something to give you.
[20:09] ---
Here. I made them myself. Use 'em!
[20:13] ---
Don't laugh!
[20:15] ---
You... made these? Why would you do that?
[20:17] ---
Huh?! To make that girl speechless, of course!
[20:22] ---
What? He can't possibly be planning
to get revenge or something?
[20:26] ---
This is why delinquents are...
[20:27] ---
I see, I see. Then, I'll take it.
[20:30] ---
All right! Let's all make her speechless!
[20:33] ---
See ya!
[20:37] ---
After all, this guy's "best" is...
[20:41] ---
"one"
"two
"three"
"four"
[20:49] ---
Huh? What was that just now?
[20:51] ---
A koto made of cardboard?!
[20:54] ---
Um, five... five and...
[21:06] ---
I'm sure whatever happens, Kudo'll never quit.
[21:11] ---
Next is, six... six...
[21:13] ---
Hey.
[21:14] ---
It'd be best to stop writing the names
of the strings on the side.
[21:17] ---
Yo--
[21:18] ---
If you have them there, you'll get
into the habit of relying on them.
[21:23] ---
Well, in your case,
[21:25] ---
it'll probably take you a month alone
to remember the strings.
[21:28] ---
Huh?!
[21:29] ---
But well...
[21:31] ---
...considering all that,
[21:33] ---
at least, your form on the hand
you play with is perfect.
[21:37] ---
I'm sure you had a good teacher.
[23:38] ---
Next time, "The First Resounding Note."
[23:41] ---
"#4 The First Resounding Note"
Next time, "The First Resounding Note."
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