E6 - An Invisible Boundary
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"#6 An Invisible Boundary"
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Whoa!
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Awesome! What was that?!
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What? That was the koto?!
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So cool! I even got goosebumps!
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So intense!
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I-Is this for real?
[01:54] ---
Kudo really played the koto...
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It seems we have a verdict, huh?
Vice-principal?
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Huh? N-No, but--
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We still don't know if all the students
were satisfied or not...
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Vice-principal,
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thank you so much for today.
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Because you chose to give us this test,
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we were encouraged to practice more
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and were able to strive to do our best.
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And thank you so much for teaching
the frivolous and lazy me
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the magnificence of "effort" and "friends."
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Me?!
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Amazing! Kudo thanked him!
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It's like a TV drama!
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It's the first time I've ever seen
a teacher reform a delinquent.
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Way to go, Vice-principal!
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Uh, well...
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We've seen the light!
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We are reborn!
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It's all thanks to you, Vice-principal!
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The koto club can't thank you enough
for your passionate leadership!
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We really, truly thank you!
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As long as you understand.
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From now on, continue to work hard
to the best of your ability.
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Cheers!
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--The club is safe now, huh?!
--It was a huge success!
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Yeah.
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I was really worried there for a while.
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Guys, thank you so much for trying so hard!
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You know what?
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That was the first time I've ever
felt something like that.
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Working hard continuously
at one thing for a whole month,
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then giving it my all for a performance
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and being recognized by someone.
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That thrill you get after playing,
feeling like your whole body is numb.
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You know? It felt really awesome.
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Or something like that...
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"Aim for nationals!!"
--Sane looks so radiant right now!
--Shuddup!
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Um, hey!
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If everyone's okay with it...
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W-Would
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you like to aim for nationals with me?
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Ooh, "nationals" sounds good!
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Sounds kinda cool!
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Let's use this momentum to get there!
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If we're doing this, we better get to the top.
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That was our intention from the start.
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It's not that easy to get to nationals...
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Nationals?
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--Well, I guess this is fine for now...
--Let's do it!
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"Nishina Instruments"
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Granny! What'd you think of our performance?
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When school is over today,
come to the shop alone.
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Was our performance bad?
Is she angry with me?
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There's something of your grandfather's
I've been holding onto.
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If you were a good-for-nothing grandson,
I wasn't going to give it to you, but...
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It's the last koto your grandfather ever made.
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When your grandfather's house
was broken into,
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I took over the repairs and care of his kotos.
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This koto was the only one
that miraculously survived.
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It's beautiful, isn't it?
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It's a straight-grained koto
made from well-aged wood.
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It's made of high-quality wood by
the best koto-maker I've ever known.
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It has a gentle, deep sound
with long-lingering tones.
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The koto is unfortunately a consumable good.
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Its sound changes the more it's played,
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and when it passes its peak,
it eventually withers.
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But there's nothing sadder than an instrument
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withering before it is even played.
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I'm glad I could give it to you
before it withered.
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Play it to your heart's content.
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If it's such an awesome koto,
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it should go to a more reliable guy than me...
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What kind of guy would that be?
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Like, someone who really knows the koto!
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Who'd treasure it! Someone who's good--
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Your sound is still immature,
and I wouldn't call it good,
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but it was a gentler sound than anyone else's.
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It surely reached Gen, as well.
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Dragons can travel between
this world and that world, after all.
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Besides, from the outset,
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I never planned on giving it
to anyone else but you.
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I didn't notice it at first either, but...
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Look here. On the ryuuzetsu,
or dragon's tongue.
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"Chika"
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Chika.
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This is your koto.
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Thank you, Granny.
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Thank you.
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Hey, hey, Kudo?
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Why did you decide to play the koto?
[06:31] ---
Is the koto fun?
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Do you have a girlfriend?
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What kinds of food do you like?
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Your performance was so cool, Hozuki!
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Th-Thank you very much.
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We're the same age,
so you don't have to be so polite!
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Huh? Oh, uh, o-okay...
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Oh, right!
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We're going to the next class,
so you wanna walk together?
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It's boring with you, Satowa.
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I-I'm fine on my own...
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"Koto Club"
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"Koto Club"
S'up!
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"Koto Club"
Hi guys.
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Man, the response to our
performance was amazing!
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It's the first time I've had
so many girls come talk to me.
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Huh? This is...
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"Aim for nationals!!"
Huh? This is...
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Oh, yeah.
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I put up a new one earlier.
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Wasn't the one before precious to you?
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It was.
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But that was a goal between me and
the upperclassmen who graduated.
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"Aim for nationals!!"
This is our goal!
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Let's aim for nationals with
the members we have now!
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Takezo...
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Hey, hey. Wait a minute.
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Nationals? Are you guys serious?
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Give me a break. For real.
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Who's that?
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Mr. Takinami...
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Takinami?
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He's kind of the koto club's advisor...
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Advisor?!
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The best part of this club
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was that it was always unclear
whether it existed or not,
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so I could take it easy.
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But the vice-principal's all
pumped now. What a bother.
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A bother...
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Quit dreaming about nationals
and be sensible, honestly.
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Bastard, you pickin' a fight?!
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Yeah, yeah. This suits you better, Kudo.
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Huh?!
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And you over there.
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Why is someone like you here?
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You're the only one whose level
is completely different.
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If you stay in this puny club,
you'll only get worse.
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That's enough!
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Well, for the time being,
I'll be showing my face here now and then.
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Don't cause me any trouble.
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What's with that guy?!
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--I'm gonna punch him!
--Whoa! Calm down, Chika!
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How long are you guys gonna cry for?
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You didn't really think your performance
would get you to nationals, did you?
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Y-You didn't have to say it like that...!
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It wasn't the sound of people
truly aiming for nationals.
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That's why you failed. That's it.
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We were finally all on the same page,
and the club was going well...
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What? You're serious about this, Hiro?
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Yup, serious.
[09:04] ---
I've gotten kinda excited about the idea
of "friends" and "a place to belong."
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Playing at youth, right?
I wanted to give it a go.
[09:12] ---
I've been really bored recently anyway.
[09:14] ---
Ah, so that's it...
[09:16] ---
Hiro's bad habit has reared its head again.
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The worst way to kill time.
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Kurata!
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Oh, Kurusu? What is it?
[09:24] ---
Actually, I was moved by
the koto club's performance.
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Here.
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"Club Application Form
Full Name: Hiro Kurusu
Club You Wish to Join: Koto Club
Reason(s) for Joining: Sounds fun"
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So...
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Let me join the koto club, too.
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"Koto boys are cute."
"Peak Popularity with Girls"
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"Koto Club"
Uh, so with that,
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this is our new member: Hiro Kurusu!
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She's a second year, like me.
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Please take care of me!
[09:48] ---
Whoa! A female member has come!
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Moreover, she's our upperclassman!
Upperclassman Hiro!
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Teach me lots, okay?!
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Of course, whatever you'd like!
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You're Hozuki, right?!
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Huh?!
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Your performance was so cool!
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You're the daughter of a grand master, right?!
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I can't help but admire you!
[10:06] ---
Uh, no, it's not...
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Hiro, Hiro! I'm Sane!
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I'm Kota!
[10:13] ---
You can call me Mittsu!
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Okay, okay!
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And that's Chika.
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Huh?
[10:19] ---
Hey, act a little more sociable!
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That hurts!
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You guys get along so well.
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I haven't talked to Kurusu much,
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but if she's like this, it should be fine...
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So? What are we doing now?
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Practicing for nationals?
[10:36] ---
The qualifying round
for nationals is in December.
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But, before that,
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I thought it would be good for us
to play at as many places as possible...
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"High School Students'
Kanto Region Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Important points for Applicants"
[10:43] ---
"High School Students'
Kanto Region Traditional Japanese Music Festival
Important points for Applicants"
I wanted to try participating in this...
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"High School Students' Kanto Region
Traditional Japanese Music Festival"?
[10:48] ---
Yeah.
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It's an event held in August.
[10:51] ---
They pick the best schools
from the seven prefectures,
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and from there, they choose
the grand prize winner.
[10:59] ---
Whoa! That means a fight
with other schools, right?!
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All right! I'm fired up!
[11:04] ---
Kudo-- They're fired up...
[11:06] ---
Um... Well then, let's pick a song
and start practicing...
[11:09] ---
Oh, no. If possible, I...
[11:12] ---
I think it would be best if we did
a classical piece before that.
[11:17] ---
A classical piece?
[11:17] ---
There's something different about it.
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A difference in sound between people
who've played classical pieces
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and those who have only played current ones...
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As if there's more depth
to their sound, or something...
[11:26] ---
Depth... to their sound...
[11:29] ---
It might be difficult for beginners
like Kurusu to start with that, though.
[11:33] ---
I'll be okay.
[11:34] ---
I'm not a beginner!
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Huh?!
[11:37] ---
You're an experienced koto player, Hiro?!
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I wouldn't say "experienced,"
but my grandmother played it.
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I'm not that opposed to learning
a classical piece, either.
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Plus, if it's a simple song,
I can probably play it.
[11:49] ---
Whoa, awesome!
[11:51] ---
Oh, well, if that's the case,
let's do a classical piece.
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What would be a good choice?
[11:55] ---
Let's see. Maybe something like "Rokudan."
[11:57] ---
You played it at the club presentation.
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Oh, that song I didn't get at all?
[12:04] ---
"Rokudan no Shirabe."
[12:06] ---
It's a piece that is representative of
the classical pieces of the Edo period.
[12:10] ---
Oh? From the looks of it, it seems
easier than "Ryuuseigun" was.
[12:14] ---
It might seem that way,
but classical pieces are incredibly hard.
[12:18] ---
The notations are completely
different from current pieces.
[12:21] ---
I wonder if you'll be able to play it.
[12:23] ---
What did you just say?!
[12:24] ---
F-For the time being,
let's give it a shot! Okay?
[12:27] ---
Hey, but...
[12:29] ---
Aren't we short two kotos?
[12:30] ---
Oh, you're right. What should we do...?
[12:33] ---
The school won't buy them for us?
[12:35] ---
Hm, that might be difficult...
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I'll bring my own koto!
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What?! You had a koto, Kudo?!
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I got it from Granny.
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Huh?! A koto?!
[12:47] ---
Unfair! Why just you?!
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My granddad... before the end,
he made me a koto...
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So, she gave it to me.
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Are you serious?
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Kudo...
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Why are you all crying?!
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--Shuddup.
--I'm happy for you!
[13:02] ---
Wh-What?
[13:04] ---
Hey, why is everyone so happy--
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I'm happy for you, Kudo.
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Takezo, I'll bring the other one.
[13:15] ---
Huh? But you already brought
in the 17-string for us.
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It's okay.
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Sorry. And thank you.
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Oh, this time I'll definitely come
and pick it up from your house.
[13:26] ---
N-No, that's fine.
[13:29] ---
Stop being hesitant and rely on Takezo!
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Oh, in that case, we should help--
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I-I said, it's fine!
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Oh?
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Man, it's really great what happened to Chika!
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He rarely talks about himself, too.
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He must've been so happy!
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Really? Well then, that must mean
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he trusts you all and has
opened his heart to you, right?
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I guess so.
[13:59] ---
Oh, but it seems Hozuki still has a wall up.
[14:03] ---
Hm? You mean earlier?
[14:05] ---
Yeah, yeah.
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In reality, the world Hozuki
lives in is so different.
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Huh?
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I mean, she's the daughter of a grand master!
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This is just a rumor,
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but it seems she's a prodigy that had
a sweeping victory at nationals!
[14:18] ---
I-Is that so?
[14:20] ---
We didn't really pay any mind to it...
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Hozuki acted like it was nothing
so you guys wouldn't notice it.
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I mean, when we were
alone together, she said so.
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"It's hard because I have to work
with people at a lower level."
[14:33] ---
Oh, sorry. I just...
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W-Well, it's true it must be difficult
with us at the level we're at...
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We caused her a lot of hardship, huh?
[14:41] ---
I probably caused her the most trouble...
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"Koto Club"
[14:50] ---
Whoa!
[14:52] ---
Amazing! It's so cool!
[14:53] ---
This is your koto, Kudo?!
[14:55] ---
It seems kinda special!
[14:57] ---
K-Kudo... that's a straight-grained koto, right?
[15:01] ---
Yeah!
[15:02] ---
I-I can't believe it!
[15:04] ---
What are you doing bringing
such an expensive koto to school?!
[15:07] ---
This is worth over one million yen!
[15:08] ---
Huh?!
[15:09] ---
I'll bring in another koto,
so take this one home!
[15:13] ---
Wh-- But it'd be a waste not to play it, right?
[15:15] ---
Just play it at home or at a performance!
[15:18] ---
What would you do if it
were stolen or broken?!
[15:22] ---
Come on, Hozuki.
[15:24] ---
Chika only brought it for the club's sake,
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so you shouldn't say it like that.
[15:29] ---
Not everyone has an amazing home like yours.
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Some places don't even let you make any noise.
[15:34] ---
Plus, is there even anyone who would
bother stealing or breaking a koto?
[15:42] ---
Fine, I'll take it home.
[15:45] ---
Oh, no, he's angry...
[15:48] ---
Um, so then. For today,
we'll be learning "Rokudan."
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But first, I think it'd be easier
if we listened to an example.
[15:55] ---
I think so, too.
[15:56] ---
Well then, Hozuki--
[15:57] ---
You play the example please, Takezo.
[15:59] ---
Huh? You want me to do it?
[16:03] ---
Well then, I'll play it once through,
[16:06] ---
so just relax and listen.
[16:31] ---
Well...
[16:33] ---
I thought this would happen...
[16:36] ---
Well, let's get to practicing...
[16:38] ---
Um, not that...
[16:40] ---
Like this?
[16:41] ---
Uh, no...
[16:42] ---
How should I explain this...?
[16:45] ---
Sorry, it must be hard
to match my low level, huh?
[16:48] ---
Huh?
[16:49] ---
You're not really the type to be playing
the koto with people like us.
[16:54] ---
I'm really sorry...
[16:56] ---
You're different from us, Satowa.
[16:58] ---
Why not play it by yourself?
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Hozuki!
[17:04] ---
How do you play this again?
[17:06] ---
Oh, yes.
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That's right.
[17:11] ---
Why did you have Kurata play
the example earlier, Hozuki?
[17:15] ---
Huh?
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I mean, you're way better than him.
[17:18] ---
Were you being considerate
because he's the club president?
[17:21] ---
But I wonder how Kurata would feel about that.
[17:24] ---
Don't you think he'd feel ineffectual?
[17:26] ---
That's not what I meant to--
[17:27] ---
Why are you in a club to begin with?
[17:30] ---
Your playing level, and the world you live in,
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are completely different from everyone else's.
[17:35] ---
Why are you here?
[17:49] ---
Huh?
[17:51] ---
Is Hozuki absent today?
[17:53] ---
Oh, Kudo.
[17:54] ---
Sorry, but can you deliver this handout?
[17:57] ---
Huh? Why me?
[18:00] ---
I've never seen Hozuki talk to anyone but you.
[18:04] ---
You're in the same club, too,
so it should be fine, right?
[18:06] ---
Ah, this is her address and the printout, okay?
Well, I'm counting on you.
[18:09] ---
Wh-- Wait!
[18:10] ---
What the hell? Ugh...
[18:12] ---
No, but that's great, isn't it?
[18:14] ---
The teacher entrusted you
with something like this.
[18:17] ---
Aren't a lot of things moving
in a better direction?
[18:20] ---
A better direction...
[18:23] ---
Huh? Hozuki's absent?
[18:25] ---
I wonder if she caught a cold.
[18:27] ---
Or maybe with everything,
the exhaustion hit her.
[18:30] ---
We were so bad she had to
take off because of the stress!
[18:32] ---
What? Are you stupid?
[18:34] ---
I mean, that's what Hiro said!
[18:36] ---
What? Kurusu did?
[18:38] ---
Yeah! Because we're so useless!
[18:40] ---
What should we do?!
[18:41] ---
Wai-- Calm down!
[18:43] ---
I don't think that's the cause--
[18:45] ---
Huh? But...
[18:46] ---
It probably is.
[18:48] ---
Kurusu?
[18:49] ---
She said the fatigue from
club activities had been piling up.
[18:52] ---
So it was because of us!
[18:54] ---
Uh, I mean, I'm a girl, and I have
experience playing the koto,
[18:57] ---
so I was probably easy to confide in.
[19:00] ---
And also, she said this about Chika...
[19:04] ---
"It's tiresome playing with someone with
a different sense of the koto's worth."
[19:09] ---
Well, I wouldn't worry about it.
[19:11] ---
After all, Hozuki lives in a different world--
[19:18] ---
I don't believe anything unless
it comes from the person's mouth.
[19:23] ---
Plus...
[19:24] ---
I don't understand this stuff
about living in different worlds.
[19:27] ---
We play the koto in the same
club room every day.
[19:32] ---
Chika!
[19:33] ---
I might have hurt Hozuki!
[19:36] ---
What? Then go apologize.
[19:40] ---
Even she'd understand if you
didn't mean anything bad by it.
[19:44] ---
Chika...
[19:47] ---
How stupid.
[19:48] ---
Huh?
[19:53] ---
K-Kurusu?
[19:55] ---
What is it, Kurata?
[19:57] ---
Uh, it's just...
[19:58] ---
Your bonds in the koto club are so strong.
[20:01] ---
I'm so jealous.
[20:03] ---
Well, let's get practicing!
[20:07] ---
"Kurusu"
What's this? What's wrong, Hiro?
[20:10] ---
I came to return the plectrums I borrowed.
[20:12] ---
Huh? You're done with them already?
[20:14] ---
Didn't you join the koto club?
[20:16] ---
I did, but I lost interest right away.
[20:20] ---
It wasn't even much of a time killer.
[20:23] ---
Now that I think about it,
[20:24] ---
isn't the daughter of the Hozuki
school in that club, too?
[20:27] ---
It seems that girl is going
through a lot right now.
[20:31] ---
Huh?
[20:32] ---
I mean, from what I heard...
[20:38] ---
What? Is that true?
[20:41] ---
I don't believe anything unless
it comes from the person's mouth.
[20:45] ---
Saying all that...
[20:46] ---
What would you do if that person was
a lying girl in sheep's clothing...?
[20:52] ---
Huh? Did you say something?
[20:54] ---
Nope!
[20:55] ---
On second thought, can I borrow
those plectrums for a little longer?
[20:58] ---
Big sis'll teach you just how worthless
[21:01] ---
things like "believing"
and "friends" really are.
[21:04] ---
I don't see a house that looks
like it could be hers...
[21:07] ---
I'm not on the wrong street, am I?
[21:10] ---
And, "201 Tsukimotosou"?
[21:12] ---
Is this really the right address?
[21:15] ---
Since she's the daughter of a rich family,
I thought it'd be a detached house...
[21:19] ---
"Tsukimotosou"
[21:19] ---
"Tsukimotosou"
Oh, there it is. Is this it?
[21:22] ---
Huh?
[21:23] ---
This is her house?
[21:27] ---
This has to be someone else's address...
[21:33] ---
No nameplate, huh...
[21:45] ---
Yes...?
[23:38] ---
Next time, "Unknown Sounds."
[23:41] ---
"#7 Unknown Sounds"
Next time, "Unknown Sounds."
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