E9 - A Piercing Sound

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    "#9 A Piercing Sound"
[01:37] ---
    So this is Meiryo's koto club?
[01:41] ---
    Satowa!
[01:43] ---
    I'm so glad! You were late,
    so I was getting worried...
[01:48] ---
    It's okay!
[01:49] ---
    I have the anti-bacterial spray!
[01:50] ---
    I take baths, you know!
[01:53] ---
    What? Is that the koto club from Tokise?
[01:55] ---
    So uncivilized!
[01:56] ---
    Those things really play the koto?
[01:59] ---
    Huh?! What are you all whispering about?!
[02:01] ---
    Got a problem or something?!
[02:02] ---
    Kudo!
[02:03] ---
    Oh!
[02:04] ---
    Did the girl you're interested in come, Kazusa?
[02:07] ---
    Whoa, she's a beauty!
[02:09] ---
    Wait... boys?
[02:12] ---
    Huh, wait...
[02:13] ---
    You guys aren't all...
    in the koto club, are you?
[02:16] ---
    Huh?! So what if we are?!
[02:22] ---
    Are you for real?! Brothers!
[02:23] ---
    You, too? And you?
[02:25] ---
    And you?
[02:25] ---
    And you, you play the koto, too?
[02:28] ---
    I'm Ousuke Kiryu, a first year at Meiryo.
[02:31] ---
    It's the first time I've met
    so many guys who play the koto!
[02:35] ---
    I'm so happy!
[02:36] ---
    Ousuke,
[02:37] ---
    you're being annoying.
[02:39] ---
    I'm sorry, Kou.
[02:40] ---
    Are you lonely because I'm getting along
    with students from other schools?
[02:46] ---
    I feel like we can become good friends.
[02:48] ---
    That boy's a good-for-nothing.
[02:50] ---
    Don't get close to him, okay?
[02:52] ---
    Well then, Satowa.
[02:54] ---
    Listen carefully to our performance, okay?
[02:58] ---
    Ugh.
[02:59] ---
    That's really Kanagawa
    prefecture's number one?
[03:02] ---
    Not just Kanagawa.
[03:04] ---
    Himesaka is regularly one of
    the top contestants at nationals.
[03:07] ---
    Huh? Really?
[03:09] ---
    Yeah!
[03:09] ---
    Well, you'll understand once you hear them play.
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    At the end of the day, they fit together.
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    Fit together?
[03:16] ---
    Just because they fit together
    doesn't mean their music's good.
[03:20] ---
    Maybe so.
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    But if you don't fit together,
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    the nationals are out of the question.
[03:27] ---
    --Can this lineup... really fit together?
    --Fit together.
[03:29] ---
    --Can this lineup... really fit together?
    --Fit together...
[03:31] ---
    Shit, that might be impossible.
[03:33] ---
    Everyone, please take a seat.
[03:35] ---
    Himesaka's performance will now begin.
[03:39] ---
    Excuse me...
[03:40] ---
    I thought Meiryo was supposed
    to go before Himesaka today?
[03:45] ---
    Meiryo's performance is already over.
[03:48] ---
    I see.
[03:49] ---
    Because we were late...
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    The piece we will be playing
    is called "Two Personalities."
[03:55] ---
    Please enjoy.
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    "Two Personalities"? With this many people?
[04:01] ---
    How on earth are they going to...
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    It's so intense! It hurts!
[04:13] ---
    Wait, this is--
[04:13] ---
    Are there really two parts?
[04:15] ---
    Yes.
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    Originally, this piece is played
    as a duet between two people.
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    "2nd Koto" "1st Koto"
    It's done so that the duet between first koto
    and second koto becomes one melody.
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    The tempo is fast,
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    so if you mess up even a little,
    it'll sound off.
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    It's a difficult piece.
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    It's hard enough playing
    together with two people...
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    But even at this speed,
    with this many people...
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    ...they're so together that it sounds
    like only one person is playing!
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    Forming one melody as a duet...
[04:44] ---
    There's a part like that in "Kuon," too,
[04:46] ---
    but we can't get it to work at all...
[04:49] ---
    Just how amazing is this?
[04:56] ---
    What is this?
[04:57] ---
    Alternate picking?
[04:58] ---
    Very rapidly, too.
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    So fast...
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    Is the whole melody played this way?
[05:05] ---
    Last year...
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    ...when I heard Himesaka perform...
[05:08] ---
    ...when I heard a national level performance,
    I was overwhelmed.
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    But now the club is reborn,
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    we've been recognized by the school,
[05:15] ---
    and I've surely grown a little, too.
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    That's why I understand more
    than I did last year...
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    You'll realize
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    just how much better we are!
[05:25] ---
    You guys just aren't a good match for Satowa!
[05:42] ---
    Even at that high speed,
    they stayed together till the end.
[05:46] ---
    This is a high school at the national level.
[05:49] ---
    I may have been too naïve...
[05:55] ---
    Crap!
[05:57] ---
    So Wavy wasn't all talk after all.
[06:00] ---
    See? Didn't they fit well together?!
[06:02] ---
    Y-Yeah. They were pretty good.
[06:04] ---
    Are you guys aiming for the nationals?
[06:07] ---
    Yeah...
[06:08] ---
    Well then... You'll have to do better
    than that performance just now, huh?
[06:12] ---
    Man...
[06:14] ---
    I really wanted you to hear us,
    Tokyo's representatives, perform--
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    Satowa!
[06:20] ---
    Did you hear our performance?!
[06:22] ---
    How was it?!
[06:23] ---
    It was amazing.
[06:25] ---
    The fact that you played "Two Personalities"
    with that many people,
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    at that speed...
[06:31] ---
    Well then, let's hurry up and begin
    the transfer process!
[06:33] ---
    --Huh? No, I--
    --I'll introduce you to everyone, too--
[06:44] ---
    Hey, what are you doing?!
[06:46] ---
    Release your filthy hands right now!
[06:48] ---
    Shuddup, Shaggy!
[06:50] ---
    "Shaggy"?!
[06:50] ---
    Were you not listening before?
[06:53] ---
    She said she liked it with us, right?
[06:55] ---
    You're too persistent. Just give up already!
[06:57] ---
    Wha--?!
[06:58] ---
    Even after hearing our performance,
    you still don't understand?!
[07:01] ---
    That's just how low a level you are, huh?
[07:03] ---
    You guys really are no match for Satowa!
[07:06] ---
    We're the ones that understand that the most!
[07:10] ---
    But that just means we have to catch up to her.
[07:15] ---
    Wha...
[07:18] ---
    Th-That's right!
[07:20] ---
    We're already fully aware
    that we're not very good.
[07:23] ---
    All that's left now is to try our hardest!
[07:26] ---
    Hozuki! We'll try our best!
[07:29] ---
    I can't keep up with you.
    Just play by yourself.
[07:37] ---
    Okay.
[07:45] ---
    Catch up?
[07:48] ---
    How?
[07:52] ---
    Man, those Tokise koto club
    guys were entertaining.
[07:56] ---
    Mm, but it's really a shame.
[07:59] ---
    I really wanted to let them all hear--
[08:02] ---
    Not just a group that "fits together,"
[08:04] ---
    but an actual ensemble.
[08:06] ---
    But, man, wasn't Himesaka's
    performance amazing?
[08:10] ---
    --Yeah, they were kinda like military troops.
    --The sale starts tomorrow apparently.
[08:12] ---
    --Yeah, they were kinda like military troops.
    --Really?
[08:13] ---
    Kurata?
[08:15] ---
    Huh?
[08:16] ---
    It is you! Whoa, is this for real?!
[08:18] ---
    Long time no see!
[08:19] ---
    We haven't seen you since
    our middle school graduation!
[08:22] ---
    Nakayama? Tsuda?
[08:24] ---
    What's with you?
[08:25] ---
    You haven't contacted us since graduation,
    so we've been worried!
[08:29] ---
    Sorry...
[08:30] ---
    Did I really have to bump into them now?
[08:33] ---
    Oh, but why are you at Meiryo?
[08:36] ---
    Oh, um...
[08:37] ---
    ...for a club... joint practice session...
[08:39] ---
    Oh, what club?
[08:42] ---
    The koto club.
[08:43] ---
    Huh? What's that?
[08:45] ---
    A club... for playing the koto.
[08:47] ---
    The koto? Oh, that instrument?
[08:52] ---
    Is that a joke?
[08:54] ---
    The koto?!
[08:55] ---
    Have you gone crazy?
[09:03] ---
    What's so funny?!
[09:05] ---
    What's so funny about the koto?!
[09:07] ---
    Wai-- Kudo!
[09:09] ---
    Kurata, who is this guy?
[09:11] ---
    Shuddup! This guy is actually serious about--
[09:13] ---
    Kudo! It's fine!
[09:15] ---
    Huh?! No, it's not!
[09:17] ---
    These guys just belittled you and the koto--
[09:19] ---
    It's fine! Okay? Let's go.
[09:20] ---
    Bye, you two!
[09:22] ---
    Hey, wait a minute, four-eyes!
[09:23] ---
    I'm not fine!
[09:25] ---
    I said, let go!
[09:27] ---
    H-Hey, Chika.
[09:28] ---
    Are you not frustrated by what they said?!
[09:31] ---
    Not really... I'm used to that kind of response.
[09:34] ---
    Don't get used to being ridiculed!
[09:38] ---
    That's not what I meant...
[09:39] ---
    I just don't pay it any mind anymore.
[09:41] ---
    If that's the case,
[09:42] ---
    then be more confident about it!
[09:44] ---
    Don't just laugh it off!
[09:48] ---
    --Confident?
    --Anyway, you've been acting weird from the start.
[09:51] ---
    If there's something you've been
    holding back or want to say, just--
[09:54] ---
    You wouldn't understand, Kudo.
[10:00] ---
    All right, that's enough.
[10:01] ---
    Don't fight when we're at
    another school, all right?
[10:04] ---
    Come on, let's go.
[10:16] ---
    Ah, you made an underclassman
    make that kind of face.
[10:20] ---
    Please leave me alone!
[10:23] ---
    Hey.
[10:24] ---
    Are you truly aiming for the nationals, Kurata?
[10:33] ---
    Is something wrong with that?
[10:36] ---
    What's with that response?
[10:39] ---
    You laugh it off with your old classmates,
[10:41] ---
    and you can't even look me in the eye.
[10:44] ---
    If you, the club president who
    must lead those around him,
[10:48] ---
    isn't even confident in himself...
[10:51] ---
    ...then the nationals will be utterly impossible.
[10:54] ---
    Well, I don't care whether we go
    to the nationals or not anyway.
[11:08] ---
    Oh, Takezo. You were at Meiryo?
[11:11] ---
    What were you there for?
[11:12] ---
    Just some club business...
[11:14] ---
    Huh? You're not actually serious
    about that club stuff, are you?
[11:21] ---
    Lame.
[11:29] ---
    How on earth...
[11:31] ---
    ...do I become confident?
[11:37] ---
    "Koto Club"
    Well, let's do it once more from the top.
[11:40] ---
    The duet still isn't meshing together,
[11:43] ---
    so let's do it a little slower.
[11:46] ---
    Three, four--
[11:50] ---
    Shit.
[11:51] ---
    It's no use even at this speed?
[11:53] ---
    For the time being,
    let's try practicing on our own.
[11:55] ---
    What?
[11:57] ---
    It's just,
[11:58] ---
    I thought it'd be best if we can
    play it better individually
[12:01] ---
    before we try and play together...
[12:03] ---
    Why are you--
[12:04] ---
    You wouldn't understand, Kudo.
[12:09] ---
    H-Hey, Chika. Where are you going?
[12:11] ---
    To practice alone. Visualization training.
[12:15] ---
    Um, Kurata...
[12:16] ---
    Sorry, I'm gonna go, too...
[12:24] ---
    Even though this isn't the time for wavering...
[12:28] ---
    Tetsuki! Food! Cheese hamburg steak!
[12:31] ---
    No, we're having pork cutlet bowls tonight.
[12:33] ---
    No fair!
[12:34] ---
    I heard from Sane and the others.
[12:37] ---
    You haven't made up with Kurata yet?
[12:40] ---
    I don't need to. We aren't even fighting!
[12:43] ---
    He's just being his normal four-eyes self.
[12:46] ---
    Ah, right, right.
[12:47] ---
    I don't know the details, but...
[12:49] ---
    Upperclassmen are upperclassmen, right?
[12:52] ---
    So?
[12:53] ---
    Even if they're worried about something,
[12:55] ---
    it's hard for upperclassmen to confide in
[12:57] ---
    or complain to an underclassman, right?
[12:59] ---
    Try keeping that in mind.
[13:02] ---
    Is that how it is?
[13:03] ---
    My older brother would never
    actually confide in me either.
[13:08] ---
    What's with that?
[13:10] ---
    I can't do anything, then.
[13:15] ---
    How can we catch up to her...? Think...
[13:19] ---
    Sorry for the sudden intrusion!
[13:20] ---
    I'm Kurusu, his classmate from the koto club.
[13:24] ---
    Huh?
[13:25] ---
    I have something to discuss with Takezo,
    the president, about the club.
[13:29] ---
    Huh? He's the club president?
[13:31] ---
    K-Kurusu?
[13:34] ---
    Good evening, Takezo.
[13:38] ---
    Wow, your room's so clean.
[13:40] ---
    So, why have you come to my house?
[13:42] ---
    Don't worry about it.
[13:44] ---
    What's this? A DVD of
    the National Culture Festival?
[13:47] ---
    Yeah.
[13:48] ---
    I thought I'd listen to
    the national performances.
[13:51] ---
    Wow, you're so serious about this, huh?!
[13:54] ---
    You're gonna go bald in the future for sure!
[13:56] ---
    "National Culture Festival 2017"
    "National Culture Festival 2018"
    Uh... thank you...
[13:58] ---
    "National Culture Festival 2017"
    "National Culture Festival 2018"
    But you know?
[13:59] ---
    Just because you're the club president
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    doesn't mean you have to
    handle everything on your own.
[14:04] ---
    So I talked to Suzu earlier,
[14:07] ---
    and starting tomorrow,
    I'll be the club's vice-president!
[14:11] ---
    What?! The vice-president?!
[14:13] ---
    Yup! There hasn't been one up until now, right?
[14:15] ---
    It must be hard doing it all by yourself!
[14:17] ---
    If there's something
    troubling you, then tell me.
[14:19] ---
    All right?
[14:20] ---
    I'm sorry.
[14:21] ---
    Because I'm so unreliable, I've made you worry.
[14:24] ---
    But... I can't possibly put
    such a burden on you--
[14:28] ---
    Look at me properly!
[14:29] ---
    Just so you know,
[14:30] ---
    carrying it all on your own
    and moping around like you are
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    is way more of a burden.
[14:36] ---
    The club becomes gloomy,
    and the atmosphere is bad.
[14:38] ---
    Don't you see that?!
[14:39] ---
    Uh, um...
[14:41] ---
    The reason I wanted to join the koto club
[14:45] ---
    was because I saw a group of people
    with seemingly no common ground
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    supporting each other by compensating
    for what the others lacked.
[14:51] ---
    And I thought...
[14:52] ---
    I thought that was...
[14:54] ---
    ...kinda cool.
[14:57] ---
    Huh?
[14:57] ---
    Wasn't it because it pissed you off
    and you wanted to mess with us?
[15:01] ---
    Sh-Shut up!
[15:03] ---
    Anyway! I'm telling you not
    to carry it all on your own!
[15:06] ---
    Confiding in the people around you
    might make it easier sometimes.
[15:09] ---
    You'd hear me out if I talked to you, right?
[15:13] ---
    Well, I'd hear you out, too!
[15:17] ---
    Th-That's all I came to say! So, bye!
[15:20] ---
    Ah, wai-- Kurusu!
[15:22] ---
    Sorry for the intrusion!
[15:23] ---
    So noisy. Who was that?
[15:27] ---
    A friend from Takezo's koto club, apparently.
[15:30] ---
    The koto club? Ah, no wonder.
[15:33] ---
    The guys he was with before
    were an uncivilized bunch, too.
[15:36] ---
    Takezo.
[15:37] ---
    You should choose the people
    you hang out with better.
[15:39] ---
    Hey now, Takeru--
[15:41] ---
    Takeru,
[15:43] ---
    don't say such things about stuff
    you know nothing about.
[15:56] ---
    Takezo.
[15:57] ---
    Your girlfriend came over today, right?
[16:00] ---
    No, she's not my--
[16:01] ---
    And it seems you're the president
    of the koto club, as well?
[16:05] ---
    Why didn't you tell us?
[16:06] ---
    Why?
[16:08] ---
    I mean, even if I am,
[16:09] ---
    I just became it because
    I was the only one left.
[16:12] ---
    Takezo.
[16:13] ---
    Don't lessen your own worth.
[16:16] ---
    You worked hard by yourself
    to continue the club, right?
[16:21] ---
    That alone is admirable.
[16:23] ---
    I was so happy you told Takeru off earlier.
[16:27] ---
    You never get angry when Takeru
    talks badly about you, right?
[16:31] ---
    But it made me think, "If it's about his
    friends, he will get angry, huh?"
[16:35] ---
    You must be surrounded by
    some wonderful friends.
[16:44] ---
    "Koto Club"
[16:44] ---
    "Koto Club"
    Huh? Where's Kudo today?
[16:47] ---
    Ah, um...
[16:48] ---
    He said he's gonna do visualization
    training alone again today,
[16:50] ---
    so he's still in the classroom.
[16:52] ---
    I see...
[16:54] ---
    Sorry, Takezo.
[16:56] ---
    We're not quite sure what to do...
[16:59] ---
    I mean, I think Chika isn't sure
    what to do either...
[17:11] ---
    Takezo?
[17:13] ---
    I'm a huge idiot.
[17:15] ---
    I've been so focused on myself
[17:17] ---
    that I haven't been seeing
    what's going on around me.
[17:19] ---
    Even though I wasn't the only one struggling...
[17:23] ---
    Up until now,
[17:24] ---
    Chika hadn't really involved
    himself with anyone.
[17:27] ---
    Even if he did, they'd just fight,
[17:28] ---
    and it'd end with him punching them.
[17:31] ---
    So getting angry on someone's behalf
[17:34] ---
    or wanting to understand where
    someone else is coming from
[17:37] ---
    is something I think he's rarely experienced.
[17:40] ---
    So, right now, I think he's really frustrated
[17:42] ---
    that he can't do anything to help.
[17:46] ---
    Kudo!
[17:49] ---
    Um...
[17:50] ---
    I'm in the middle of visualization training.
    Don't talk to me.
[17:53] ---
    I'm sorry about before.
[17:56] ---
    Meiryo was actually the school
    I failed the entrance exam to.
[18:00] ---
    So I didn't really want to go to
    the joint practice session.
[18:04] ---
    But I pretended not to know
    my own feelings and went.
[18:08] ---
    I got overwhelmed by Himesaka's performance,
[18:10] ---
    and drove myself into a corner,
[18:11] ---
    and said something horrible to you.
[18:14] ---
    I have no self-confidence,
[18:17] ---
    so when you said those things
    so confidently in front of everyone,
[18:20] ---
    I felt inferior.
[18:22] ---
    I'm a failure as a club president. I'm sorry.
[18:26] ---
    I thought it might bother you
    for me to tell you all this,
[18:29] ---
    but I felt like I should--
[18:31] ---
    Not really.
[18:32] ---
    I don't have much faith in myself either.
[18:36] ---
    But even if I don't believe in myself,
[18:39] ---
    my granddad did,
[18:42] ---
    and you believed in me, too.
[18:44] ---
    Huh?
[18:45] ---
    Before, when everyone doubted me,
[18:47] ---
    you came, right?
[18:50] ---
    You believed in someone like me,
    and saw me as a member of the club.
[18:53] ---
    That's why, it's because
    you're here now that I...
[18:59] ---
    Like I can say that!
[19:00] ---
    Say what?!
[19:01] ---
    Shuddup! Anyway!
[19:03] ---
    The only one who doesn't see you
    as the club president is you!
[19:07] ---
    Don't be controlled by something
    you can't even see, like confidence!
[19:10] ---
    Since you can't see it,
    if you say you have it, you've got it!
[19:13] ---
    ...supporting each other by compensating
    for what the others lacked.
[19:18] ---
    I see... Yeah...
[19:21] ---
    I already had something more
    important than self-confidence.
[19:25] ---
    You're right.
[19:33] ---
    Ah! They've come back!
[19:35] ---
    Right? Just as I said they would!
[19:38] ---
    Guys?
[19:38] ---
    I'm glad! You guys have made up, right?
[19:41] ---
    Huh? We weren't even fighting.
[19:43] ---
    We know, we know.
[19:45] ---
    Because you guys were all awkward,
    we're really behind on practice.
[19:49] ---
    Right?
[19:50] ---
    We'll be doing morning practice
    starting tomorrow, so don't forget.
[19:52] ---
    Huh? Really?
[19:53] ---
    Really.
[19:54] ---
    --What time will we start practicing?
    --Yay! It's been a while since
    we've practiced in the morning.
[19:56] ---
    Would 7 o'clock be too early?
[20:00] ---
    "Aim for nationals!!"
[20:01] ---
    "Aim for nationals!!"
    Hey, guys?
[20:02] ---
    I think it's impossible for us
    to get to the nationals.
[20:06] ---
    Huh?
[20:08] ---
    Himesaka, Kanagawa's number one,
[20:09] ---
    is clearly better than us.
[20:12] ---
    I think it's impossible for us
    to get better than them.
[20:15] ---
    At the rate that we're going, anyway.
[20:17] ---
    Even if we put in the same amount
    of effort as Himesaka,
[20:20] ---
    we'll never catch up to them.
[20:22] ---
    No matter how much effort we put in,
[20:24] ---
    the likelihood that we'll be
    crying is way higher.
[20:26] ---
    But even so, I truly want to aim for
    the nationals with everyone here!
[20:36] ---
    Hey, four-eyes. I'm taking this off.
[20:38] ---
    Huh?
[20:41] ---
    All right. One character each, okay?
[20:43] ---
    Huh? Aren't there not enough?
[20:45] ---
    It's okay, as long as we add two characters.
[20:48] ---
    Takezo should go first, right?
[20:54] ---
    I won't hide it anymore.
[20:56] ---
    I won't turn my eyes away anymore!
[20:59] ---
    Battles you know you'll win
    aren't fun anyway, right?
[21:03] ---
    It'd be tough working hard alone,
[21:06] ---
    but we're all in this together.
[21:07] ---
    I'm no good with hard work,
    but I'm gonna try my best!
[21:11] ---
    Here you go, Hiro!
[21:12] ---
    Thanks!
[21:13] ---
    Oh, that's right! I haven't told you guys,
[21:15] ---
    but starting today, I'm gonna be
    the club's vice-president.
[21:18] ---
    I'm looking forward to working with you guys!
[21:19] ---
    What?!
[21:20] ---
    Hozy. What two characters are you gonna add?
[21:22] ---
    Exclamation marks?
[21:24] ---
    This used to be my goal.
[21:27] ---
    It's impossible for me alone,
[21:30] ---
    but if everyone's with me...
[21:32] ---
    Right?
[21:33] ---
    Having goals that are a little high
    is more fun anyway, right?
[21:40] ---
    Is it okay if I put it up here?
[21:42] ---
    Oh, a little bit more to the right!
[21:44] ---
    Oh, it looks good!
[21:47] ---
    'Kay, it's finished!
[21:49] ---
    "Takezo Kurata" "Saneyasu Adachi" "Michitaka Sakai"
    "Aim for 1st place in the nationals!!"
    "Kota "Hiro "Satowa "Chika
    Mizuhara" Kurusu" Hozuki" Kudo!"
[23:38] ---
    Next time, "Near Yet Far."
[23:41] ---
    "#10 Near Yet Far"
    Next time, "Near Yet Far."