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E1 - Next Step

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[00:06] ---
    I wonder what exactly makes people shine...
[00:31] ---
    I can almost...
[00:34] ---
    I can almost reach it...
[00:41] ---
    Aaahhhh!
[00:44] ---
    Gasp!
[00:53] ---
    Whoa!
[00:54] ---
    Ow!
[00:56] ---
    Owww...
[01:04] ---
    Hey! Were you still in bed?!
    You'll be late for school!
[01:07] ---
    What?!
[01:09] ---
    Hello, everybody!
[01:12] ---
    The second season starts today!
[01:18] ---
    --Second season?
[01:18] ---
    --Sing and dance like an Uranohoshi
    student this season again! Shiny!
[01:19] ---
    --She means the second term.
[01:19] ---
    --Sing and dance like an Uranohoshi
    student this season again! Shiny!
[01:21] ---
    --At any rate, Chika-chan is late.
[01:21] ---
    --Sing and dance like an Uranohoshi
    student this season again! Shiny!
[01:23] ---
    She said she'd get up without
    anyone's help, and she's already late...
[01:29] ---
    I did tell you that you should speak
    like a director would, didn't I?
[01:32] ---
    You were supposed to say,
    "Please behave in a way befitting
[01:36] ---
    an Uranohoshi student and study hard."
[01:38] ---
    "Behave in a way befouling"?
[01:40] ---
    "Befitting"!
[01:42] ---
    In any case, it was close.
[01:44] ---
    Yeah. I heard we almost
    made it to the nationals.
[01:48] ---
    There's no point in dwelling
    on the past, zura.
[01:51] ---
    But...!
[01:53] ---
    Why is the prize for participating
    a two-color ballpoint pen?
[01:56] ---
    Maybe you get a three-color one
    if you make it to the nationals?
[01:59] ---
    It's the future, zura!
[02:01] ---
    How is it the future?!
[02:02] ---
    Shut up!
[02:07] ---
    It was indeed disappointing
    that we couldn't make it to the nationals.
[02:13] ---
    But we were able to turn a zero into a one.
[02:16] ---
    It was all thanks to you, everyone.
[02:21] ---
    And...
[02:22] ---
    Now...
[02:22] ---
    The number of prospective students
    went from one to ten as well!
[02:26] ---
    True.
[02:27] ---
    That's not all.
[02:30] ---
    They announced the next Love Live today.
[02:34] ---
    Love Live?!
[02:35] ---
    "Chika Takami"
[02:36] ---
    Really?!
[02:37] ---
    Yes.
[02:38] ---
    Just like the previous ones,
    the final competition will be at Akiba Dome!
[02:43] ---
    --Too late!
    --You're very late!
[02:48] ---
    Next Love Live...
[02:50] ---
    --Chika-chan!
    --What do you wanna do?
[02:52] ---
    I don't think we need to ask.
[02:54] ---
    Yoshiko-chan has been waiting, too, zura!
[02:56] ---
    --Yep!
    --It's Yohane!
[03:00] ---
    Let's enter Love Live!
[03:03] ---
    And... And we'll turn one into ten,
    and ten into a hundred!
[03:09] ---
    And we'll save the school!
[03:11] ---
    --And then...
    --And then?!
[03:15] ---
    And then, I think we'll be able
    to shine in our own way!
[03:19] ---
    I'm sure...
[03:22] ---
    We can shine!
[03:26] ---
    Let's throw our all at each other
    and grab hold of the future!
[03:45] ---
    The sky and this ocean are both on our side
[03:50] ---
    Shining and saying, "Go, do your best!"
[03:56] ---
    To let our voices reach far, far away
[04:01] ---
    Shall we shout our dreams louder?
[04:06] ---
    (Full of hope)
[04:08] ---
    Today pulls tomorrow toward itself
[04:12] ---
    It's really fun to grasp the magnet
    in my heart and run right now!
[04:21] ---
    (Let's always go together)
[04:23] ---
    What shall we do about the future?!
[04:26] ---
    Everyone laughs and cries as
    they look for the shape of their dreams
[04:33] ---
    Because I'm sure the
    future us will have the answer
[04:42] ---
    Let's run with everything we have
    and become the shining wind
[04:50] ---
    We got dream
[04:55] ---
    One, two, three, four... Okay.
[04:57] ---
    "#1 Next Step"
[05:00] ---
    Your body is as stiff as ever, Yoshiko-chan.
[05:02] ---
    Are you stretching every day?
[05:04] ---
    It's Yohane!
[05:07] ---
    That's not good enough.
[05:09] ---
    --Ow, ow, ow, ow!
    --Here, I'll push you.
[05:11] ---
    Hold on a sec!
[05:12] ---
    This body is merely a temporary vessel!
[05:15] ---
    The fallen angel's true form is...
[05:17] ---
    Ow, ow, owwww!
[05:18] ---
    You've become quite flexible, Hanamaru-chan.
[05:21] ---
    I'm stretching at home every day, zura.
[05:24] ---
    I'm doing push-ups, too.
[05:25] ---
    Really?!
[05:26] ---
    Just watch, zura.
[05:28] ---
    Onnnnnnnnnnne!
[05:35] ---
    Gulp.
[05:38] ---
    That was perfect, zura.
[05:39] ---
    That was amazing, Hanamaru-chan!
[05:41] ---
    It's miracle!
[05:43] ---
    A miracle how?!
[05:44] ---
    So when is the next Love Live going to be?
[05:47] ---
    It's probably next spring.
[05:50] ---
    Bzzzzt!
[05:53] ---
    There's something we need to do before that!
[05:56] ---
    --What?
    --Have you forgotten?
[05:58] ---
    We need to increase the number
    of prospective students, right?
[06:01] ---
    School... open house...
[06:03] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[06:05] ---
    "Come join us!!"
    "Uranohoshi Girls' High School"
    "Open House"
[06:05] ---
    Of course! I've already
    made an announcement.
[06:08] ---
    This is a good opportunity.
    Let's hold a concert for the participants
[06:12] ---
    and show how appealing our school is!
[06:15] ---
    That's a good idea!
[06:17] ---
    I think that's a very good idea!
[06:20] ---
    You were in the bathroom forever!
    We've already started practice!
[06:24] ---
    Can you afford to worry about others?
[06:26] ---
    Ow, ow, owwww!
[06:30] ---
    "Incoming call"
    "Slide to answer"
[06:37] ---
    Oh, that's right. The bus service
    stops running earlier in the fall.
[06:41] ---
    "Uranohoshi Girls' High School"
    "Tokai Bus Stop"
[06:41] ---
    That's right, zura.
[06:43] ---
    The sun sets sooner too, so our practice time
    after school may become shorter.
[06:47] ---
    There aren't many days left
    before the school open house.
[06:50] ---
    I know, but...
[06:53] ---
    We need to be serious about ensuring
    we have enough time to practice.
[06:56] ---
    Shall we start
    two hours earlier in the morning?
[07:02] ---
    --Okay, then, it's decided!
    --That's too early!
[07:05] ---
    You were also told to come home
    a little earlier, right, Yoshiko-chan?
[07:09] ---
    Gack! H-How'd you know that?
[07:13] ---
    Well, it seems like my mom spoke
    with your mom a lot at Love Live.
[07:19] ---
    Well then, in the name of the fallen angel...
[07:22] ---
    Yoshiko?
[07:25] ---
    Hey! Open the door.
[07:27] ---
    The name is Yohane!
[07:29] ---
    --Hey, Yoshiko! Open the door.
[07:29] ---
    --I heard that you wouldn't
    let her come in to your room.
[07:32] ---
    Th-That's because Yohane is a fallen angel,
[07:35] ---
    so Mother is basically a temporary housemate.
[07:39] ---
    What's her mom like?
[07:41] ---
    I heard that she's a school teacher.
[07:43] ---
    Since Yoshiko-chan didn't let her
    nursing bottle go until kindergarten,
[07:46] ---
    --her mom had to...
    --Ahhh!
[07:48] ---
    Wait... I wonder if the buses that
    head this way from Numazu run late...
[07:53] ---
    "Uranohoshi Girls' High School"
    "Tokai Bus Stop"
[07:54] ---
    There are people who're
    coming back from work, so...
[07:57] ---
    Ah... We can practice in Numazu!
[08:01] ---
    We can ensure we have enough
    practice time that way, zura!
[08:04] ---
    I'm all for it!
[08:05] ---
    Yeah. What do you think, Mari?
[08:08] ---
    Hm? No problem!
[08:11] ---
    Okay, then, it's decided!
[08:13] ---
    Let's find a place
    to practice together tomorrow.
[08:17] ---
    I'll recruit more little demons!
[08:20] ---
    Yoshiko-chan, you're overly zealous, zura.
[08:22] ---
    It's Yohane!
[08:27] ---
    See you tomorrow!
[08:33] ---
    It's beautiful.
[08:36] ---
    It is.
[08:39] ---
    You know... For a second...
    It was really only for a second,
[08:44] ---
    but I think singing together
    with everyone at the prelims
[08:48] ---
    helped me understand
    what it means to shine.
[08:51] ---
    Is that right?
[08:53] ---
    Yep, of course!
[09:07] ---
    It may just be a little,
    but I'm sure we can shine.
[09:12] ---
    If we try hard, we can definitely shine!
    That's how I felt.
[09:17] ---
    Yeah, it seems tough, but...
[09:20] ---
    That's what makes it worth it.
[09:29] ---
    But you promised me that you'd wait, Dad!
    This is too sudden!
[09:44] ---
    Thank you for waiting!
[09:46] ---
    What happened?
[09:48] ---
    Sorry! I can't speak Japanese.
[09:52] ---
    Something happened, right?!
[09:56] ---
    What're you talking about?
[09:59] ---
    I'll sue you.
[10:01] ---
    Wait, wait...
[10:04] ---
    I guess I have no choice. The truth is...
[10:06] ---
    The truth is...?
[10:07] ---
    I gained a little weight lately,
    so I've been feeling blue.
[10:13] ---
    That's a lie. It hasn't changed.
[10:15] ---
    How do you know?
[10:17] ---
    I can tell. Besides, you wouldn't feel blue
    over something petty like that.
[10:22] ---
    So what is it?
[10:24] ---
    Mari!
[10:27] ---
    What... do we do?
[10:32] ---
    Mari...
[10:42] ---
    Chika-chan, were you able
    to find a good place?
[10:44] ---
    Well... it's pretty hard to find one.
[10:47] ---
    Your family runs a temple, right, Zuramaru?
[10:49] ---
    Isn't there a great hall or something?
[10:51] ---
    Are you really sure you wanna
    use our temple, zura?
[10:55] ---
    Also, our place is pretty far,
    so it won't work, zura.
[10:58] ---
    Then Yoshiko-chan's house might be better.
[11:01] ---
    And just where do you think
    we'd have space to practice?!
[11:06] ---
    Hm? Where did Dia-san and the others go?
[11:10] ---
    They were here up until just earlier.
[11:13] ---
    It looked like Mari-san had a phone call.
[11:17] ---
    So it can no longer be overturned?
[11:20] ---
    No, it can't be over.
[11:24] ---
    --Kanan...
    --Does Dia know about this?
[11:27] ---
    How could I tell her?
[11:31] ---
    Then you should do a better job of hiding it.
[11:34] ---
    Dia!
[11:36] ---
    You've been acting suspicious
    for a while. That's definitely bzzzzt!
[11:42] ---
    Wow...
[11:44] ---
    This is spacious!
[11:46] ---
    This is amazing!
[11:48] ---
    When you open this, there's a mirror, too!
[11:52] ---
    Now, let us journey into the mirror world!
[11:55] ---
    Give it a rest, zura.
[11:57] ---
    My dad's acquaintance is renting this space,
[11:59] ---
    but he said he won't be using it for a while.
[12:01] ---
    --Just as you'd expect from a ship captain!
    --It's not like he sailed us here.
[12:04] ---
    Moreover, there are many stores
    on our way home!
[12:07] ---
    You shouldn't think about
    having fun all the time like that.
[12:11] ---
    --There's a bookstore, too, zura!
    --Really?!
[12:13] ---
    Riko-chan...
[12:14] ---
    Well then, why don't we
    check our formation?
[12:18] ---
    Yeah!
[12:20] ---
    Hold on a sec.
[12:23] ---
    Before that, there's something
    we need to tell you.
[12:25] ---
    Something to tell us?
[12:27] ---
    Yeah. To tell you the truth...
[12:29] ---
    Mari...
[12:31] ---
    To tell you the truth,
    the school open house...
[12:35] ---
    ...will be canceled.
[12:44] ---
    Love Live! Sunshine!!
[12:45] ---
    "Love Live! Sunshine!!"
[12:49] ---
    Canceled?
[12:51] ---
    What do you mean?
[12:52] ---
    It means exactly what it sounds like.
[12:54] ---
    The school open house will be canceled.
[12:56] ---
    Uranohoshi High will officially
    stop recruiting students for the next year.
[13:00] ---
    Oh no...
[13:01] ---
    Isn't it too sudden?
[13:02] ---
    She's right, zura!
    The second term only just started.
[13:06] ---
    Yeah.
[13:07] ---
    From the students' perspective,
    it may seem that way.
[13:10] ---
    But the school has been
    considering combining it
[13:12] ---
    with another school for the past two years.
[13:14] ---
    Mari tried hard to persuade her dad,
    so it was postponed until now.
[13:19] ---
    But there've been more
    prospective students, right?
[13:22] ---
    We had zero first, but now we have ten.
[13:24] ---
    I'm sure we'll have more and more.
[13:28] ---
    Of course I told him that.
[13:29] ---
    But that alone wasn't enough
    to overturn the decision.
[13:33] ---
    Mari-chan! Where's he?
[13:36] ---
    Chika-chi?
[13:38] ---
    --I'll go talk to him!
    --Chika-chan!
[13:39] ---
    Wait! He's in America!
    Mari-san's dad is in America!
[13:44] ---
    Isn't that right?
[13:47] ---
    Yes.
[13:48] ---
    I'll ask Mito-nee, Shima-nee, and my mom.
[13:51] ---
    I'll ask for my allowance in advance
    and borrow even more, and go to America.
[13:56] ---
    And...
[13:58] ---
    I'll ask him to wait a little bit longer.
[14:01] ---
    Chika-chan...
[14:02] ---
    Do you really think that will work?
[14:04] ---
    It will!
[14:08] ---
    Now that it's come to this,
    I'll use my special ability!
[14:13] ---
    Mari loves our school... She loves our town.
[14:17] ---
    She's been putting the school before
    studying abroad and her own future.
[14:23] ---
    She's been trying so hard
    to keep our school alive.
[14:27] ---
    She's been working hard
    as the director behind the scenes.
[14:32] ---
    If Mari herself is telling us that
    we can't do anything about it this time...
[14:37] ---
    But... But...!
[14:42] ---
    Chika-chi... I'm sorry. Tee-hee.
[14:48] ---
    No... I didn't mean it that way. I didn't...
[14:59] ---
    If we had won at the
    regional prelims that time...
[15:04] ---
    ...and were able to go to the nationals,
[15:07] ---
    I wonder...
[15:09] ---
    if we could've
    changed the future...
[15:16] ---
    I wonder if the future...
[15:22] ---
    ...would've been different...
[15:29] ---
    You'll be...
[15:31] ---
    ...getting your winter fur soon, huh?
[15:34] ---
    "Tochiman Inn"
[15:35] ---
    You're home late today.
[15:37] ---
    Yeah.
[15:39] ---
    Oh yeah. Mu-chan and
    the others came by earlier.
[15:44] ---
    "Go for Love Live!"
[15:54] ---
    This...
[15:55] ---
    Yeah. Your friends made it together,
    so she brought it for you.
[15:57] ---
    She said everyone's rooting for you guys.
[16:02] ---
    Chika-chan? What's wrong?
[16:04] ---
    Nothing. Thanks!
[16:10] ---
    For various reasons, our school
    open house has been canceled.
[16:14] ---
    And it's been officially decided
    that Uranohoshi Girls' High School
[16:17] ---
    will be combined with another school
    and closed down next year.
[16:20] ---
    Oh no...
[16:21] ---
    To those of you who've been preparing
    for the open house... I'm very sorry,
[16:21] ---
    --Is that final?
[16:25] ---
    but since it's been canceled, please take
    down posters and such immediately.
[16:32] ---
    I wonder if there's really nothing we can do.
[16:34] ---
    A problem like this is out of our league.
[16:38] ---
    If something could be done, Chika and
    the others would've done it already.
[16:51] ---
    What a beautiful sunset...
[16:55] ---
    How things turned out is,
    of course, unfortunate.
[16:58] ---
    But I'm glad that we worked so hard.
[17:03] ---
    Unlike Tokyo, this is a small seaside town.
    And yet, we were able to come this far.
[17:11] ---
    Do you really mean that?
[17:15] ---
    If you really mean that,
[17:18] ---
    I despise you.
[17:26] ---
    Roar!
[17:29] ---
    Beep, boom!
[17:31] ---
    I'm the normal monster, Riko-pi!
[17:33] ---
    Take this! Riko-chan Beam!
[17:36] ---
    Did I do it right?
[17:40] ---
    You're finally smiling.
[17:44] ---
    I'm an Aqours member, too, you know.
[17:47] ---
    I thought I'd continue
    to sing together with you guys.
[17:50] ---
    I thought I'd make lots of songs, too.
[17:53] ---
    I'd never think that this is okay. Never...
[17:57] ---
    Riko-chan...
[17:59] ---
    I don't know what we should do...
[18:02] ---
    I just don't know...
[18:12] ---
    Chika! Aren't you eating dinner?!
[18:29] ---
    The school open house... will be canceled.
[18:38] ---
    I just don't know...
[18:41] ---
    "Go for Love Live!"
[19:05] ---
    "Tochiman Inn"
[19:06] ---
    Morning! See you later!
[19:08] ---
    Chika?!
[19:09] ---
    Huh?
[19:32] ---
    Roooooooar!
[19:39] ---
    I'll make...
    a miracle happen no matter what!
[19:46] ---
    Until then...
[19:49] ---
    ...I won't cry...
[19:50] ---
    I'm not gonna cry!
[19:53] ---
    I knew you'd come.
[19:57] ---
    You-chan... How'd you...?
[20:00] ---
    I don't know, but... look.
[20:06] ---
    Everyone...
[20:08] ---
    When I noticed, I was here.
[20:11] ---
    Mari-chan...
[20:12] ---
    We're on the same wavelength, zura.
[20:14] ---
    Yep!
[20:16] ---
    A whisper from the darkness called me here.
[20:18] ---
    I don't really get what happened, though...
[20:21] ---
    You don't? I do. I bet...
[20:24] ---
    I bet we don't want to give up.
[20:28] ---
    We just don't want to give up!
[20:30] ---
    I know Mari-chan
    tried very hard all this time.
[20:33] ---
    But I haven't... the rest of us
    haven't done anything yet.
[20:37] ---
    You're right.
[20:38] ---
    We may be wasting our time...
[20:40] ---
    but I want us to try until the very end.
[20:43] ---
    I want us to struggle!
[20:45] ---
    I want to search for
    the shine that I glimpsed.
[20:48] ---
    I want to find it.
[20:50] ---
    You never did know when to give up, Chika.
[20:53] ---
    Neither do you, Kanan-san.
[20:55] ---
    --And you, either, Sis.
    --What?
[21:02] ---
    So what do you think?
[21:10] ---
    Chika-chi... Everyone...
[21:14] ---
    Why not? Why don't we
    struggle as hard as we can?
[21:18] ---
    Yeah. If we're going to do it,
    let's shoot for a miracle!
[21:22] ---
    A miracle!
[21:23] ---
    A miracle!
[21:24] ---
    A miracle!
[21:26] ---
    A miracle!
[21:27] ---
    A miracle!
[21:28] ---
    A miracle!
[21:29] ---
    A miracle!
[21:49] ---
    Wow...
[21:59] ---
    --Chika-chan!
    --Chika-chan!
[22:02] ---
    Let's make a miracle happen!
[22:04] ---
    Let's struggle as hard as we can!
[22:06] ---
    Let's give it all we've got!
    Let's shine together until the very end!
[22:15] ---
    Try and be brave
[22:18] ---
    I know it's actually scary
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    It's not like I was able to
    do it from the start, either
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    I messed up a lot
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    I was really frustrated
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    But that gave me strength,
    so just don't give up
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    Tears in your eyes
    that want to try believing
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    Say "bye-bye" to hesitation and tears
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    Now, let's go!
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    Let's chase them as
    many times as it takes, don't lose
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    Everyone fails sometimes
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    But dreams won't fade, dreams won't fade
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    Let's chase them as
    many times as it takes, don't lose
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    'Cause today is today, and once
    you wake up, it'll be a new morning
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    Oh, the sun's smiling down on you
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    Next Time! "The Sound of Rain."
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    "#2 The Sound of Rain"
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