# E3 - First Step!
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Last time on, Love Live! Sunshine!!
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Chika-chan continued to scout out
the transfer student from Tokyo.
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I'm sorry!
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Wait--ooph.
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--Did you hear it?
--Yeah.
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Then, the three heard the sound of the ocean,
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and that triggered
the start of their song writing.
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--Lyrics?
--Lyrics?
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While writing the song, I became
drawn to the idea of being a school idol.
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That's a wonderful thing!
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New events now unfold.
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One, two, three, four.
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One, two, three, four.
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--Let's stop there.
--One, two, three, four.
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--Play.
--One, two, three, four.
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--How is it?
--One, two, three, four.
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I feel like we've gotten much better.
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But, our kick here isn't sharp,
and this move here...
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Ah, you're right.
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It's amazing that you noticed immediately.
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I used to do high diving,
so I'm good at analyzing form.
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How's our rhythm?
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It's pretty good,
but Chika-chan is a little late.
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It's me?!
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What's that?
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It's an Ohara family helicopter.
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Ohara family?
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They run a hotel in Awashima.
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I heard our new director
is from the Ohara family.
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Really?
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Is it getting closer?
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You're imagining it.
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But...
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What's going on?!
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Ciao!
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Chasing down the path
of a dream I've never seen
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Shining Road
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This feeling of being off to the races
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I searched for you energetically,
straight and true
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No way we can wait one second,
let's leap out there
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The courage we have in us is clamoring
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The everyday world takes new doors
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(More) And hides them
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(Let's go!) I want to open them all
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Come on, let's do it together!
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I want to start it! My story!
(Here, now's the time)
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Blue skies are waiting
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Hug that dream tight, and Jumping Heart
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Just with that, I can move on to tomorrow,
youth full speed ahead?!
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From when it began (Sunshine Story)
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Cherish that thrill in our hearts always
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We'll go out to catch our dreams
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Not knowing what might happen
is part of the fun
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"Director's Office"
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What?
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"Director's Office"
"#3 First Step"
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Our new director?
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"#3 First Step"
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Yes! But relax, feel free to call me "Mari."
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But...
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Want some tea?
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Excuse me, Ms. Director?
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I said to call me "Mari."
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M-Mari... that school uniform...
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Does it look funny?
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--I made sure to have a third years' ribbon.
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--Aren't you the director?
--I made sure to have a third years' ribbon.
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Yes, but! I'm a third year at this school.
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I'm a student and the director.
Like a curry beef bowl!
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I don't understand the comparison.
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You don't get it?!
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Of course she doesn't understand!
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Student Council President?
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Oh, Dia. It's been so long! You've grown.
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Please don't touch me.
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Your chest hasn't changed.
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Stop your nonsense!
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--Please.
--It was a joke.
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Goodness, I thought you were gone for good
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when you left during our first year.
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Why on earth are you back now?
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Shiny!
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I see you still don't listen
when others are talking.
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It was a joke.
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Anyway, you don't expect
us to believe that a
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third year is our director, do you?
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That part isn't a joke.
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Huh?
***SIGN*** "Letter of Appointment" "Uranohoshi Girls' High School Third Year" "Ms. Mari Ohara" "You are hereby appointed" "Director of Uranohoshi Girl's High School"
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My home, the Ohara family,
contributed a hefty amount to this school.
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--No way!
--What, why?!
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I heard a rumor that
Uranohoshi now has school idols.
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That can't be. That's why?
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Yup! It's sad if you're
forever getting in their way,
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so I came to support them.
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Is that true?
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Yes. Now that I'm here,
you have nothing to worry about.
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I've booked Akiba Dome
for your debut concert.
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Wh-What?! It's so sudden.
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I-It's a miracle!
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That was a joke!
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Please don't put all that
effort in for just a joke.
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Actually...
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Here?
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Yes. If you can get a full house here,
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I'll approve the formation of your club,
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no matter how many members you have.
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Really?
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You'll have a club budget, too!
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What if we don't have enough people?
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Then, you'll have no choice but to disband.
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What? But, that's...
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If you dislike it, you can refuse.
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--What will you do?
--What do you think?
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This place is pretty big.
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Call it quits?
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We have to do it!
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We have no other choice!
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You're right.
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Okay. Then, our deal is on.
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--Wait!
--Hm?
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How many students do we have here?
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Let's see... uh-oh!
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What is it?
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Don't you see?
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Even if we get all the students,
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we won't fill this room.
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No way.
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Do you think Mari-san knew already?
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What should we do?
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I understand Mari-san's point.
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If we can't do this, we
won't make it down the road.
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We finally made our song!
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We still have to work on our dancing, though.
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--You wanna call it quits?
--I'm not quitting!
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Why do you talk to her that way?
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Chika-chan gets more fired up this way.
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*Next stop, Izumi and Sea Paradise.*
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"Stop"
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*Arrived at Izumi and Sea Paradise.*
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Oh, yeah!
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*Next up is the weather.*
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Please! You know other workers, right?
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*Tomorrow's weather
in the Tokai region will be...*
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Yeah, I guess I do.
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About how many?
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About two hundred, counting the main branch.
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Two hundred?!
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You see, we're having a
concert as school idols
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"We're Having a Concert!!"
"Uranohoshi Gym"
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at the beginning of next month.
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You? A school idol?!
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And I was thinking that
it'd be nice if you came, too.
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And invited about
two hundred of your co-workers.
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We won't have approval for our club
if we don't have a full house!
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So, please!
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"Stupid Chika"
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That's strange. It was the perfect plan.
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I get how your sister's feeling, though.
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What? You're siding with my sister?!
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Huh? Where's Riko-chan?
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She said she was going to the bathroom...
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Oh, what are you doing?
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Anyway, we need to figure out
how to get people to come.
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Yeah. We need to think of something.
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What if we advertise it on the town speakers?
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We should be able to if we ask.
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Then there's Numazu.
There are a lot of high schools there,
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so there should be students
interested in school idols there.
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"Morning Café" "Open 8 AM"
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Not as many people as Tokyo,
but it does feel more urban here.
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People should be coming back
from club activities soon.
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All right! Let's do some flyering!
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Excuse me, please come!
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Huh?
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It's harder than it sounds.
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This is where enthusiasm
and timing come in! Just watch.
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We're having a concert! Please come!
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"We're Having a Concert!!"
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--A concert?
--Yes!
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You'll be performing?
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Yes! Please come!
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Sunday? You wanna go?
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Yeah!
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Thank you!
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--Amazing!
--All right! My turn!
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We're having a concert. You better come.
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Huh? U-Um...
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You better.
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O-Okay...
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Victory!
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Why is this a competition?
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It's your turn next.
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Me?
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Of course! We only have three people.
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--Please come!
--Well, I know but...
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--Please come!
--I'm not good at these things.
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Excuse me. We're having a concert.
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"We're Having a Concert!!"
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Come.
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What are you doing?
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I'm just practicing.
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There's no time for practice. Go!
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Chika-chan? Hey, wh--!
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Uh, er...
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Please come!
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Uh...
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I did it!
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She looked kind of familiar...
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"Special Regional Idols Edition"
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You know what you want?
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Yup!
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I'm getting this!
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You really like idols, don't you.
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What are you getting?
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I'm getting these.
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S-So much.
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--Please come!
--Please come!
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--Please come!
--Please come!
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Oh, Hanamaru-chan!
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Hanamaru-chan! Here!
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A concert?
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You should come, too!
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You're having a concert?
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Huh?
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We really want to have a full house.
So please come, Ruby-chan.
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I'm off. I have to pass more flyers out.
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Uh, er...!
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Wh-What is your group's name?
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Our group's... name?
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"We're Having a Concert!!"
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Love Live! Sunshine!!
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I can't believe we didn't have a name yet.
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You forgot about it, too.
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Anyway, let's hurry and decide on one.
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Yeah, we might as well
put our school name into it.
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Like, "Uranohoshi School Girls"?
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Stating the obvious.
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Then you come up with one, Riko-chan.
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--Huh?
--Yeah. Use hip words from Tokyo.
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Yeah, go ahead!
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Uh, hm...
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...how about "Three Mermaids"
since we met by the sea?
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One, two, three, four,
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--Wait! Forget I said that!
--five, six, seven, eight.
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Any ideas, You-chan?
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Hm...
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"School Uniform Girls' Squad." Well?
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--I'll pass.
--Yeah.
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What?!
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"Mikan" "Wave Girls"
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"Seafood"
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This kind of thing works best by going
with the first thing somebody says.
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Agreed!
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Back to square one!
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You're okay with "School
Uniform Girls' Squad," then?
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It's better than "Three Mermaids."
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I told you to forget that one!
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Well...
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How do you pronounce this?
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"A-q-ours"?
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"A-cue-ah"?
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Is it, "aqua"?
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Like water?
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Water?
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Doesn't it sound like a pretty good name?
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You want to use it, even though
we don't know who wrote it?
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That's why it's perfect.
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We stumbled across it when we were
trying to come up with a name.
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Shouldn't we cherish it?
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You're right.
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We'll never come up
with a name at this rate, anyway.
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Then, that's set!
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In our gratitude to this fateful meeting,
our group will be named...
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The school idols of Uranohoshi Girls'
High School. We're Aqours!
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Wait! We haven't been approved
as a club by the school yet.
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Then, okay. The unofficial idols of
Uranohoshi Girls' High School. We're Aqours!
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This Saturday at 2PM, we'll have
a concert at Uranohoshi's gym--
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I don't know how I feel about "unofficial."
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Then, what do you want me to say?!
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Please come.
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"We're Having a Concert!!"
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Please!
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Thank you.
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We're next!
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Ready, go. Full speed ahead!
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Aye aye!
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You-chan's popular, as expected.
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Help out?
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Yeah!
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--Sure.
--Really?
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Of course.
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--Oh, how gorgeous!
--Oh, how gorgeous!
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Instead of stepping here,
wouldn't it be better
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to move like this so we
can face the audience?
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Then I'll go around here
and go into the chorus?
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Will you make it?
Chika-chan, what do you think?
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Let's call it a day.
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Yeah.
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Ah, look at the time!
The buses aren't running anymore.
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What?!
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Yeah. Okay.
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Are you okay?
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Yes. They scolded me
and said not to do it again.
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You girls really are crazy about this.
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I didn't think Chika-chan
would be so absorbed.
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Really?
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She's like this now,
but you know she tires of things easily.
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It's not that she gets
tired of things easily.
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She just doesn't like
doing things half-heartedly.
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She's not satisfied until
she does something with all she's got.
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I see. You really understand her.
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Do you think the concert will go smoothly?
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Yeah, I hope so.
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A full house, huh?
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There aren't many people around these parts.
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Don't worry.
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Everybody here is warmhearted.
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I'm not used to this.
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Are you sure it's okay for it to be so short?
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Don't worry. Even for
μ's first concert... see, look!
***SIGN*** "We're Having a Concert!!" "Uranohoshi Gym" "Please come!"
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Huh. I shouldn't have become a school idol.
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It's all good! Once you get on stage,
you'll forget about it.
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It's almost time. What do we do again?
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Well, we pile our hands in the middle...
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--Wanna hold hands?
--Huh?
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If we hold hands like this... see?
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It is.
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It's raining, huh.
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I wonder if people will come.
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If they don't come...
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Then, we'll quit and it'll end here.
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Come on, let's go! Let's shine
with everything we've got!
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Aqours! Sunshine!
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We're school idols--ready go!
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We're Aqours!
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The brilliance,
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the will to not give up,
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and the power to believe
are what we look up to.
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That's why we became school idols.
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Our goal is to be like
the school idols, μ's!
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Please listen!
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Sparkle! I noticed the new thrill in my heart
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Because of you, standing there in front of me
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"I want to try!"
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My heart's in motion now,
but it's still uncertain
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Maybe fate is what made it start up anyway
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I think our feelings will connect!
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This world is full of things I don't know
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(What should I do?)
Still, the excitement has me walking on air
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(Jump!)
Still, the excitement has me walking on air
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I'll make sure
we're equally pumped up someday
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I'm feeling fine, gonna keep a good attitude
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Ch-Chika...
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What should we...
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What should we do?
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I think our feelings will connect!
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This world is full of
things I don't know
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Still, the excitement
has me walking on air
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I'll make sure we're
equally pumped up someday
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I'm feeling fine...
gonna keep a good attitude...
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Stupid Chika!
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You told me the wrong start time!
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I really am Stupid Chika.
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Sparkle!
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Sparkle! When I noticed
the new thrill in my heart
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You were standing there
(there you were) in front of me
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Sparkle! I've discovered I can be passionate
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This light (it's so beautiful)
will sparkle brighter (brilliant hope)
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As long as I've got love, I'll be okay!
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They said...
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...that school idols
will become more widespread.
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That they can go anywhere,
and make any dream come true.
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This was successful only because
of the efforts of previous school idols
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and the town's good will.
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Make no mistake of that!
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I know!
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But... But, nothing will start
by just sitting and watching.
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I can't really explain it.
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But, this is my only chance.
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So...
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We want to shine!
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We steadily make our way outside,
searching for something more
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When you give things a try,
you often find unexpected happiness
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As we struggle, as we get laughed at
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We won't give in or give up!
Though we may cry a bit!
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But that's fine,
because our tomorrow's coming into view
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Let's not tell our dreams in words;
let's tell them in song
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Because I think a song
will convey how we feel right now
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Putting dreams into words
lets us put them into songs
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This growing feeling
is a series of favorite melodies
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It's time to stop running away
and move on to someplace new
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Singing my song for my dream!
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Next time, "Their Feelings."
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"Their Feelings"
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