# E7 - Unknown Sounds
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"#7 Unknown Sounds"
No!
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"#7 Unknown Sounds"
Wh-What?! Why?! Why are *you* here?!
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Wh-What?! Why?! Why are *you* here?!
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Well, to deliver this handout...
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I don't believe you!
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Idiot! Pervert! Go home!
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Hey, you.
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Don't give me that attitude
after I came all the way out here.
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D-Don't come in...
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Wha-- Wait--
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Ugh, why me...?
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Is she... living here alone?
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I gotta cool her down.
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Hey. Where are the towels?
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The towels?
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In... the closet... bottom... right...
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Here? I'm opening it.
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I didn't see anything. *Anything*.
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Oh, they're here?
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"National Koto Competition"
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Now that I think about it,
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I don't know anything about this girl.
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Even though we played the koto
together for a whole month.
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Hey, is it okay if I watch this? It is? Okay.
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When I first heard her play...
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I kinda just stood there in awe,
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but maybe now I can listen to it properly.
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Moving on to entry number 13, Satowa Hozuki.
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"Yaegoromo."
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They said it was an illness.
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Even though he was still so young.
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It looks like his wife, Chiharu,
will take over the Hozuki school.
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I wonder if she's truly fit for the job...
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Mother...
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Satowa?
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U-Uh, I wrote a piece for the koto.
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Will you listen?
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What a wonderful song.
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You're a koto genius, Satowa.
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Thank you.
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Hearing you play has cheered me up a bit.
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Really?!
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Yes! I have to work hard, too.
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So that you can always have
a smile on your face.
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What? Y-You're quitting?!
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The whole reason we chose the Hozuki school
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was because your husband, Reiji,
was the grand master.
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A lot of people have quit again, it seems.
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It's the grand master's fault, right?
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She doesn't have any real ability
and can't compose at all.
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No! You know that's not it, don't you?!
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I'm sorry. I'm being too harsh, aren't I?
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It's fine! I'm fine with you being stricter!
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I wanna get better!
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Satowa...
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I won't let them say those things ever again...
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If I become a great successor...
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"Grade School Nationals"
If I become a great successor...
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...it'll surely help mother.
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Man, I heard the rumors,
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but to think the Hozuki school
had such an amazing heir.
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Thank you so much.
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Grand master.
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That girl will be a great attraction
for the Hozuki school.
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Don't mess it up, okay?
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No matter how far down
you've brought the Hozuki school,
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I'm sure you're at least capable
of teaching your own daughter.
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At least raise your successor well, okay?
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Wrong!
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You're very good, but you tend
to play too much in your own style.
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This isn't how the heir of
the Hozuki school should play, is it?
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D-Did something happen, Mom?
Today, you've been--
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When we're practicing, it's "Ms. Hozuki."
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Once again, from the beginning!
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Yes.
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Huh? You have koto lessons again?
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Just leave her. Let's go.
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Hey, dear!
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This piece is amazing!
Satowa says she wrote it.
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Amazing! You're already better than me!
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Doesn't listening to Satowa
play the koto make you so happy?
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Yes.
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I'm sure Satowa's koto playing
can make everyone happy.
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I'm fine...
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Even with no friends...
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No matter what people say about me...
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You picked a club yet, Hozuki?
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Huh?
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Apparently, it's mandatory here
for everyone to join a club.
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If you'd like, we could all go look together.
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O-Okay! I'll come!
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Club?
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Yes, it seems everyone has to join one.
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I already asked the teachers to grant you
special permission to not join a club.
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Huh? W-Wait. Why did you do that?
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If you had said something to me--
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Hurry up and practice!
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Huh? Oh, I see...
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Your home life seems kinda rough...
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I'm fine...
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It's not like I wanted to join
a club that badly anyway.
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If I keep practicing hard...
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...surely...
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I've decided you're going to Ichiei High School.
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What?
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It's an elite music school.
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You'll have to win a competition
to earn a scholarship.
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W-Wait!
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Why do you always decide
these things by yourself?
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You could at least discuss it with me...
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Why should I have to consult you?
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Wh-Why?
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Wait, Mother!
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Hey, please listen to what I have to say!
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*Look* at me! Mother!
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Hurry up and practice...
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"36th National Koto Competition"
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Moving on to entry number 13, Satowa Hozuki.
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"Yaegoromo."
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The Hozuki school?
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Is that the rumored prodigy?
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And now she's playing "Yaegoromo"
as a middle schooler?
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Another difficult piece...
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My mother...
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...can no longer hear my voice...
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But even if I mess up the tiniest bit
in practice, she stops me.
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If that's the case,
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on this stage where she can't
possibly stop me...
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Please connect me to her!
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Wh-What is this piece?!
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This isn't "Yaegoromo"!
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I haven't heard this piece before.
Is this her own composition?
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We'll have to fail her if she doesn't
play her designated piece!
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But this is...
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Hey, Mother?
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The koto is a dragon, right?
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What is a dragon?
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Well,
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I haven't seen one myself,
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but dragons can bring
together heaven and earth,
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this world and that world,
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two things that can't be connected.
That's what I've heard.
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So, if I play the koto,
will it reach Father in heaven, too?
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Of course!
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I'm sure the koto will bring
you two together again.
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Tell her!
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Tell her! All I...
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All I want is for it to be like it was before.
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*This* and she's still only 15 years old...
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Mother...
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What... were you thinking... doing this?
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Mothe--
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Don't touch me!
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You wouldn't understand, would you?
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The weight it is for someone who isn't
talented to shoulder someone who is.
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Your koto... is like a weapon to me.
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It didn't reach her...
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It didn't reach her!
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Whoa, what's this?
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This girl...
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Wow, the Hozuki heir really did it!
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My goodness!
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The long-established name of
the Hozuki school will be dirtied!
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I'm... an idiot...
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Skipping out on practice two days in a row...
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What exactly are you thinking?!
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Nothing really...
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I thought it might be easier on you that way.
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You don't have to shoulder me anymore.
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All that practicing, but nothing changed.
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In fact, it became worse.
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With that, now...
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...there's no reason for me to play anymore.
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Satowa has not been serious
about her lessons lately!
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You skipped lessons again, didn't you?
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You have no motivation anymore, do you?
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So what?
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Huh? Didn't that guy
come to my house yesterday?
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Was it a dream?
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Wh-Wh-Wh-Wha--
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You finally awake?
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What time is it?
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Why are *you* here?!
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Why? You can't just leave
a sick person by themselves!
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H-How can you come so casually
into someone else's house...?
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Well, if you're that lively,
you should be fine now.
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And your fever...
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...is gone, huh?
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Well, I'm heading to school now. Take care.
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Hey-- Wait a minute!
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Wh-Why aren't you saying anything?
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A-About my house and stuff...
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Huh? Oh...
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Well, your school isn't making as much
money as I thought it would be.
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Listen here, you...
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Well, if you ever feel like
talking about it, just talk.
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Oh, and your fridge has way too little in it.
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At least go and buy something to eat.
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Huh?! What are you doing opening it without--
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What was that...?
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Huh? Did I leave the pot out?
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Egg and rice porridge?
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I wonder what was with Kurusu yesterday...
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She was clearly acting strange.
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'Morning, Kurata!
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Kurusu?!
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Um... about yesterday...
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Hey, Kurata?
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You said that you thought of everyone
in the koto club as close friends, right?
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But if you found out one of them
was deceiving everyone,
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could you still say the same thing?
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Huh? What's that? What do you mean--
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I'm looking forward to today's club meeting.
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Hozuki!
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I'm so glad you've come today!
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Oh, hey! Kota, you're doing it again!
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But I'm really glad.
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Did you have a cold yesterday,
Hozuki? Are you okay?
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Oh, yeah.
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You can have this.
You'll feel better if you eat.
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Thanks.
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Um...
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I'm sorry. It's because we caused you
so much trouble, isn't it?
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Huh?
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Are you still going on about that?
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These guys...
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They thought you were absent because
you were tired from how bad we are.
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What? Of course not!
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The club... i-is fun...
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"Koto Club"
Well then... why aren't you telling everyone the truth?
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Huh? Hiro?
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I'm sorry, Hozuki.
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I heard everything from my grandmother.
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You didn't have anywhere else to play the koto,
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so you had to join a club, right?
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That means, to you, this koto club
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was nothing but a place for you to escape.
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*That's* why you didn't tell anyone, right?
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Kurusu, I haven't understood what
you've been talking about since earlier.
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Oh, sorry about that, Kurata.
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It seemed like Hozuki was having
a hard time telling everyone,
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so I thought I should--
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Kurusu,
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I will be the one to tell people about myself.
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And the reason I kept quiet about the truth
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was because I, myself,
refused to acknowledge it.
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But...
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Now, I think I can face the truth.
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I haven't told you guys this, but...
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As of today, you...
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...are excommunicated.
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I... have been excommunicated
from the Hozuki school.
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Ah, they're so put off.
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But that's to be expected.
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She was hiding something
as big as this, after all.
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But relationships between humans are like that.
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Things like "trust" and "friendship"
are just lip service.
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What does "excommunicated" mean?
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I wonder...
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Generally speaking,
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it means I've been cut off from the school
and have been dismissed as the next heir...
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...or something like that.
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So did you learn from your parents?
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That's none of your business.
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So if she's excommunicated...
that means from her mother, too?
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Uh, um...
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Hozuki...
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Thank you for telling us!
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So that's how it is...
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You've had it rough, haven't you?
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I'll give you more bread!
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Anyway, don't go collapsing over a cold.
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Build some more stamina.
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Come on now, Kudo.
Couldn't you say that in a nicer way?
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Wait... a minute.
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What do you mean "thank you"?
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Taking "playing at youth" this far is hilarious.
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Good for you, huh? You have good friends.
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Ridiculous.
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Huh?! Wai-- Kurusu!
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Wait! Hey! Kurusu!
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You're annoying!
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My plan has been ruined.
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The fact that I ended up strengthening
your bonds instead of breaking them--
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it really pisses me off!
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Huh?
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You really thought I joined because
I was moved by your performance?
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Before the performance, you said
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you didn't want to lose your precious
friends or the place you belong,
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so I joined so I could tease you!
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Really.... looking at people like you
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disgusts me!
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Is that all you wanted to say?
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You must have a lot of free time, huh? Kurusu?
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So irritating! So irritating!
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Hiro...
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I heard you've been complaining
about me to your friends?
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Huh? What do you mean?
I haven't been complaining.
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Hiro!
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I heard you've been harassing Minami
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because you don't want her
to steal your man, right?
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What's with that? You're the worst.
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I can't believe you.
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Wait! I never said that!
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I haven't been harassing her!
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Please listen to me!
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Even though that was a lie
that that girl had told
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to steal my boyfriend from me...
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Everyone immediately
believed it without question.
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The girl had transferred to my class
in the second year of middle school,
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so I had known my friends
and my boyfriend for longer.
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Was the fact that they
didn't believe me my fault?
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Was I that untrustworthy?
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Or... are relationships just like that?
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Can I talk to you for a sec?
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After that...
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...whenever I'd find people that seemed close,
I would get close to them
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and make up an appropriate lie.
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And then, hilariously,
everyone would just fall apart.
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That's why... I thought this time
would be the same.
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That everything would crumble
if I just nudged them a little.
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I don't believe anything unless
it comes from the person's mouth.
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Thank you for telling us!
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I... I didn't want to hear them
say things like that!
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This is the worst.
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I hate people like that
who don't make any sense!
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Hey, four-eyes. Forget that,
teach me "Rokudan" --
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What?!
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I'm sorry...
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Chika apologized?!
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How far did you get yesterday?
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I got through the first column, more or less...
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But I can't really understand its goal.
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There isn't a goal.
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Huh?
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Depending on the school,
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the way a classical piece is passed down
and taught is completely different.
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Because of its long history, many people's
interpretations and thoughts pile up.
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So it is a very complicated thing.
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Just like people...
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If you want to understand it,
you must face it head on.
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Until the sound comes to you.
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You know...
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Yesterday, I was the one that wanted
to cry after what you said, but...
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Why were *you* crying, Kurusu?
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What's with that?
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Are you gonna comfort me
or something if I tell you?
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Are you kidding me?
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I just thought if there's
a reason, I should ask.
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If you'll talk to me seriously,
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I'll hear you out.
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Th-There is no reason!
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Kurusu!
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What?
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Um...
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Yesterday, you said that
the reason I joined the koto club
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was because I had nowhere else to play, right?
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But you're wrong.
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I joined the koto club because I wanted to.
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Why are you telling me that now?
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I thought that... maybe you
and I were the same...
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The real reason I joined this koto club...
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"15th High School Japanese Music
Koto Performance"
Japanese... music?
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A koto club...
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What am I doing...?
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They aren't at all good, but...
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How are they having so much fun playing?
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I'm jealous...
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We have a club meeting as usual today, too.
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You wouldn't make a very good impression
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if you started skipping two days after joining.
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What do you mean?
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Their impression of me
is already the worst it can be.
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Oh, I wonder if Hiro will come today.
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She most likely won't.
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If you'll talk to me seriously,
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I'll hear you out.
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You're in the way.
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Ch-Chika!
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If you stand right in front
of the door, no one can get in!
**[21:16] ---**
Oh, s-sorry...
**[21:24] ---**
What? You not coming in?
**[21:28] ---**
"Koto Club"
Huh? I-Is it okay... for me to come in?
**[21:31] ---**
"Koto Club"
What? That's not something for me to decide.
**[21:33] ---**
What? That's not something for me to decide.
**[21:35] ---**
Oh, Hiro!
**[21:38] ---**
I'm so glad you came!
**[21:42] ---**
Uh, um...
**[21:44] ---**
Th-There's something...
I want to apologize for...
**[21:51] ---**
"Koto Club"
**[21:52] ---**
"Koto Club"
Okay.
**[23:39] ---**
Next time, "A Sign."
**[23:41] ---**
"#8 A Sign"