# E5 - Let Our Sound Resound and Reach Them
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"Aim for nationals!!"
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"Aim for nationals!!"
"#5 Let Our Sound Resound and Reach Them"
I really couldn't bear to look at Chika back then.
**[01:34] ---**
But I'm glad he was able to
pick himself back up again.
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Moreover, he's really trying to understand
the kotos his grandfather loved
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in the koto club his grandfather created.
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We can't do much to help,
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but we want to at least
be there for him, you know?
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Anyways, I'm rambling now.
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Oh, don't tell Chika about this, okay?
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Huh? Wai-- Hozuki?!
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No way...
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The group he used to hang out with
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smashed up his grandfather's house
and the instruments he made
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and pinned it on Chika.
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He was viewed with disdain by everyone,
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and around the same time,
his grandfather died...
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Even so, Chika sees it as something
he has to take responsibility for.
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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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What should I do?
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If we don't get anyone to join
and we disband, it'll be your fault!
**[02:29] ---**
What should I do?
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I couldn't bear it if I let you
carry it and it got damaged!
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What should I do?
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If we're pointing fingers, then it's
all because you're here, isn't it?
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What the--? Oh, it's you?
**[02:45] ---**
A-Are you crying?
**[02:47] ---**
No way I am! It's hay fever!
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L-Looks rough...
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If you're going to be late to the club,
I'll let four-eyes know.
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He said he wanted to earn "what it takes."
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I'll use them well...
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If you can't do it, just say so.
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If you don't know something,
just say you don't know.
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Sorry!
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I-I heard about your grandfather...
and everything...
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I said so many horrible things...
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...not knowing anything about why
you joined the koto club...
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I'm so sorry.
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You're scary when you're nice.
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Wha--?! When someone's seriously--
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So, what?
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That's what you've been crying about?
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So you *can* be cute sometimes, huh? *Satowa*?
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You're so annoying, stupid Kudo!
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Let's go to the clubroom already!
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Sounds do not lie.
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Sounds reveal a person's true nature.
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His sound is...
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A presentation from the koto club?
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At the school's morning assembly
the week after next!
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Whether or not those kids are
actually serious about the club
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must be ascertained.
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And we'll drive Kudo out of the school,
along with the koto club!
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You have no problem with that, right?
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Koto club advisor, Takinami?
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Yes, please feel free.
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"Koto Club"
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"Koto Club"
Stop!
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Try playing that with a more focused sound.
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What?
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Would it sound more focused
if my fingers were harder?
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That's not what I meant...
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Play it like you played that other time.
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What other time?
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I mean...
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Like you played when you were
practicing alone at the music store!
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You think I remember how I played then?!
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You're so useless!
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What?!
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Hozuki!
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I understand what you're trying to say,
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but playing a focused sound at will
is difficult for beginners, right?
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You're right.
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I was a fool to expect anything
from someone like Kudo.
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You've gone and said it now, haven't you?!
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H-Hozuki, you went a little too far.
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W-We made it to the end
without stopping for the first time!
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Yay!
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If we can play like this for the real thing--
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Well, I think we've reached
the bare minimum level of playing.
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Can't you be honestly happy
about something for once?!
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We'd be in trouble if we couldn't even
play to the end without stopping.
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Now, now...
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To us, that's a big step.
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I've made tea. Take a little break.
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So, Granny! How was our performance?
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Well, if it were a test,
you'd have passed, barely.
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What's with that phrasing?
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I mean, you lot...
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You want to satisfy your whole school
with this performance, no?
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Moving people's hearts through music
is not an easy thing to do.
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You all are practicing well.
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You have good technique,
and a powerful sound, as well.
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After this, it's about putting
feeling into your playing.
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Putting feeling into our playing?
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That's right.
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Why are you playing?
Who do you want your music to reach?
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Just being conscious of that a little
changes your tone completely.
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Try playing as if
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you're letting out the words
you want to tell your loved ones.
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Sound is another language for those
that can't communicate well.
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It's perfect for clumsy and
easily-misunderstood people like you lot.
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"Koto Club"
Yo, Chika!
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"Koto Club"
What are you doing
standing here all spaced out?
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Let's go in already!
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That hurt! Anyway, stop being
so noisy so early in the morning!
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Whoa, you set up all our instruments already?!
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Wow! Thanks, Hozuki!
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H-Hey!
**[07:25] ---**
Kota, you need to stop hugging
people without thinking...
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Why? I don't see a problem.
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She's a friend in the same koto club, after all.
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Oh, you guys are early today!
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--Yeah!
--'Morning, Takezo!
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--'Morning!
--'Morning, Takezo!
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Good morning!
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We just got here, too.
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Everything's already prepared perfectly!
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Hozuki did it for us!
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Let's practice already!
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Everyone probably joined the koto club
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for different reasons...
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But the reason we play
is surely one and the same.
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It's finally time for our performance.
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Right, then, let's move
the instruments to the gym!
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Wait!
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It's harder to carry the 17-string, so...
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You carry it.
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I'll carry that one.
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But if I carry it, it could get damaged.
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Then you can repay me.
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A-All the students are really here.
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Is this for real...?
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Shit... What is this?
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My heart has moved to my ear...
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Am I dying?!
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Can we really play like this?!
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Um, we will begin the morning assembly now.
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--Wh-What should I do?
--First, a word from the principal...
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As the club president,
I have to say something...
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But what exactly should I say?
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We'll be just fine.
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No matter how nervous you get,
or how blank your head gets,
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your hands will remember what to do.
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Hozuki...
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Well, I'm here, so we have nothing
to worry about anyway.
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Why do you always--
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You got something to say, scaredy-cat?
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Sorry, Hozuki. And, thank you.
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I should really be the more dependable one...
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No, I'm sorry.
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I think I was out of line.
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No, not at all!
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Up until recently, I thought
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the mistake of one person in an ensemble
meant a mistake for everyone,
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that it was something scary.
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But now,
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I believe we can help each other out
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in the areas where one person
is not enough or is lacking.
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Hozuki...
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When it comes to the koto,
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I rush ahead and become unable
to see the things around me.
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So you've helped me out a lot.
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Uh, next is a word from the vice-principal.
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Let's get ready.
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Uh, today we will have a special
performance from the koto club.
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About a month ago, they made
a certain promise to me.
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If they can't do a performance
that satisfies the whole school,
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the koto club will disband.
That was the promise.
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The fate of the koto club is riding on you.
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That is all from me.
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I wish the koto club good luck.
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Huh? What does that mean? I don't get it.
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--I don't even care what happens
to the koto club anyway.
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--What a pain. So annoying.
--I don't even care what happens
to the koto club anyway.
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I feel like we're kinda unwelcome here...
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So the usual then, right?
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Ah, I feel kinda relieved now.
**[10:32] ---**
This way might actually be easier.
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You have a point.
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In any case, it seems no one's
gonna listen anyway,
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so let's just give it our all!
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We have no shame or pride anyway.
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--Right!
--Yeah.
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Plus, we're not alone.
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All right! Let's go!
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Whoa, they're actually gonna play.
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I mean, don't get us involved in this, too!
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Honestly, I don't really care what happens.
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Thanks for letting me come
even though I'm an outsider.
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What are you saying?
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You've always looked after
this school's koto club.
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Also, the other day...
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Someone you want to invite
to the performance?
**[11:19] ---**
Who might that be?
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The granny from the music store.
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I promised her I'd let her hear
an amazing performance, so...
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Is that all right? It's all right, right?
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That's what he said. You must be loved, huh?
**[11:30] ---**
Hmph... As the principal, if you had
said you'd let the club continue,
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it would have been settled
right then and there.
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I wanted to hear it, too.
**[11:39] ---**
I wondered just what kind of sound
these kids could make.
**[11:44] ---**
Huh? Wai--
**[11:45] ---**
Kudo?! He's seriously going to play the koto?!
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--Oh shit, this cracks me up!
--You've gotta be kidding.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we, the koto club--
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Who cares! Get on with it!
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You're just wasting our precious time
with this dumb performance anyway!
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Yeah! Get on with it!
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So you've helped me out a lot.
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You're wrong.
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I was the one being helped.
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Whenever I'd want to run away,
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or turn my back...
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It's always me that's gotten help.
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If this is funny to you,
then go ahead and laugh.
**[12:27] ---**
If this is boring to you,
then go ahead and complain.
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Regardless,
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I don't want to lose my precious
friends or the place I belong,
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so we are going to play
this piece till the very end.
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So embarrassing! So lame!
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Hey, Chika?
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You always have such a dull look on your face.
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You don't do anything fun at school,
or have someone you like?
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No. Nothing.
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I mean, this is way too lame.
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Right?
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Wha--?!
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--What is this?
--I didn't realize the koto was so...
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As expected from Chika.
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There's no one left now.
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Don't touch me.
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Scary... What was that just now?
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He's always like this. Just leave him.
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He doesn't trust anyone, anyway.
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We can just use him when fights get bad.
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We're now at Hozuki's solo!
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We've been perfect up until now!
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The cry of a dragon...
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Huh?
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Nothing, it's just what it sounded like.
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The cry of a lonely dragon
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with no friends.
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Hey, look, you!
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Why'd you barge into my house
again without asking?
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Jeez, aren't you living
with your grandfather now?
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Go home.
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Shut up.
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How long are you planning on being like this?
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I can't look out for you forever.
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I see...
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Hey, Chika!
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Brat...
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A friend came to pick you up this morning.
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Huh?
**[15:15] ---**
Tetsuki... Takaoka, I think he said.
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He's a good kid.
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At this rate,
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I was worried that you'd quit school
and just get into fights.
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So what if I did.
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Hey, Chika. Don't give up on yourself.
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Don't forsake yourself
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before anyone else has even given up on you.
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If you do, you really will be alone someday.
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How is that different from now?
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You don't get this either? What an idiot.
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I don't get it.
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A brat like you isn't my son.
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Don't ever show your face in front of me again!
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Hey, did you know?
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That guy was abandoned by his parents.
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And his name is written with the
character for "love." It's hilarious!
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Oh, no! I was out of sync!
**[16:15] ---**
That sounded weird.
**[16:16] ---**
Is it supposed to sound like that?
**[16:18] ---**
Crap, I started playing
out of sync because of Kota.
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Shit, they're distracting me.
**[16:23] ---**
Hey! Where are you going, you idiots?!
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This is bad. We're becoming
less and less together.
**[16:27] ---**
What should I do--
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Stop this already!
**[16:33] ---**
Do you want to die?!
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Your grandfather was worried sick!
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Come on, I'm taking you home.
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You're so annoying. Let me go!
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I'm taking you home.
**[16:53] ---**
Come on!
**[16:54] ---**
Come on, walk!
**[16:56] ---**
Those guys hang out with Tetsuki a lot...
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Don't underestimate me, middle-schooler!
**[17:08] ---**
K-Kudo?!
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Hozuki...
**[17:14] ---**
She's making the first beat of the bar louder
so it's easier for everyone to stay together!
**[17:18] ---**
I get it!
**[17:19] ---**
To Hozuki...
**[17:21] ---**
To that girl...
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We'll match her.
**[17:28] ---**
All right! We're back on it!
**[17:30] ---**
All right, we made it this far somehow.
**[17:32] ---**
Next is Kudo's solo.
**[17:38] ---**
Chika, that fight you were in the other day...
**[17:40] ---**
I heard it was to help Takaoka's friends.
**[17:44] ---**
I'm sorry. I called you a brat
without knowing the situation.
**[17:48] ---**
But that was so manly of you! I'm surprised!
**[17:51] ---**
Stop it!
**[17:52] ---**
Here's a reward!
**[17:54] ---**
For today's lunch, I made
some cute rice balls for you.
**[17:58] ---**
They're popular amongst youngsters, right?
**[18:00] ---**
I made them as little characters.
**[18:03] ---**
They're little bear rice balls!
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They don't look like it.
**[18:11] ---**
You... You laughed just now...
You laughed, didn't you?
**[18:14] ---**
Is that bad?
**[18:16] ---**
So that's the way you laugh...
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Hey, Chika.
**[18:21] ---**
Find more people you can smile like that with.
**[18:24] ---**
It's okay if there aren't that many.
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And your hands, as well--
**[18:28] ---**
Don't use them to hit or hurt anyone...
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But use them to protect something important
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and seize your happiness.
**[18:37] ---**
Kotos connect the hearts of
the players and the audience.
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I believe they embody this wish.
**[18:46] ---**
Try playing as if
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you're letting out the words
you want to tell your loved ones.
**[19:13] ---**
Hey, Granddad. You can hear this...
**[19:20] ---**
...right?
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The climax!
**[21:05] ---**
The final push!
**[21:10] ---**
Reach them.
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Reach.
**[21:15] ---**
Reach out to them!
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"Aim for nationals!!"
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"High School Students'
Kanto Region Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Important points for Applicants"
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Next time, "An Invisible Boundary."
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"#6 An Invisible Boundary"
Next time, "An Invisible Boundary."