E8 - Isn't It Frustrating?

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    St. Snow is about to
    take the stage. Enjoy the show.
[00:16] ---
    All right! This group is first up to bat...
[00:21] ---
    St. Snow!
[02:14] ---
    This next group has been
    getting really popular lately!
[02:17] ---
    Say hello to the school idol group Aqours!
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    Chika-chan...
[02:23] ---
    Oh... okay!
[02:30] ---
    Chasing down the path
    of a dream I've never seen
[02:46] ---
    Shining Road
[02:47] ---
    This feeling of being off to the races
[02:51] ---
    I searched for you energetically,
    straight and true
[02:56] ---
    No way we can wait one second,
    let's leap out there
[03:00] ---
    The courage we have in us is clamoring
[03:04] ---
    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
[03:28] ---
    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
[03:48] ---
    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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    13 million people live in this city...
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    Really...
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    Even knowing that, I can't imagine it at all.
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    I guess it must be different,
    living in a place like that.
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    Buildings as far as the eye can see, zura.
[04:22] ---
    Is that Mt. Fuji?
[04:24] ---
    Zura...
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    Heh heh heh...
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    --Hey, what is that?
    --It's my final curse project: release Lucifer,
[04:30] ---
    --Ssh! Don't look at her!
    --It's my final curse project: release Lucifer,
[04:33] ---
    and summon the demonic power
    of two million little demons!
[04:39] ---
    So cool!
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    Yoshiko-chan, you're having fun, huh?
[04:42] ---
    I'm not Yoshiko! I'm Yohane!
[04:45] ---
    The show is over, and she's still
    acting like Yohane, zura.
[04:52] ---
    Look what I got!
[04:53] ---
    Woah, check it out! It's sparkling!
[04:57] ---
    Chika-chan...
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    And it's super tasty! You want some?
[05:01] ---
    Oh, okay...
[05:02] ---
    Here you go Ruby! You guys, too!
[05:05] ---
    Th--Thanks...
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    We really did our best.
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    I feel like today's show
    was the best out of all the shows
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    we've done so far.
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    Our voices were strong,
    and we had the fewest mistakes yet.
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    But...
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    Plus all the groups there
    were probably in Love Live, too.
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    It's no wonder we didn't win!
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    But if we want to get into
    the Love Live championships,
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    it means we've got to be
    as good as those groups were today.
[05:40] ---
    Well, yeah...
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    I realized it when I saw St. Snow.
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    That's what top level school idols are like.
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    We have to be that good, too.
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    But they didn't even win.
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    Even at their level, it's not good enough.
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    I kind of thought so, too.
[06:02] ---
    Me too...
[06:05] ---
    Wh--What are you talking about?
    That was just a coincidence!
[06:08] ---
    The heavens released an
    evil power, and then...
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    A coincidence?
[06:11] ---
    An evil power?
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    Huh? Ah, uh, well...
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    You're pretty bad at cheering us up, zura.
[06:17] ---
    C--Come on! I was just trying to be nice!
[06:21] ---
    That's right!
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    Focusing on that stuff won't help right now.
[06:26] ---
    We came all the way to Tokyo,
    let's have some fun!
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    This is Chika.
[06:35] ---
    Huh? Yes, we're still nearby...
[06:39] ---
    Sorry we had to call you back here!
[06:42] ---
    I forgot to give this to you.
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    What is it?
[06:46] ---
    Could it be... our paychecks?
[06:48] ---
    Show some class...
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    So, the winners were picked
    based on audience voting, right?
[06:55] ---
    These are the results.
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    Oh, thank you!
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    To be honest, I wasn't
    really sure what to do.
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    But we decided to hand them out
    to groups that participated, too.
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    Oh...
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    Seeya!
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    --Are you going to look?
    --Yeah...
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    This shows the votes
    for the top winners' groups,
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    and all the other groups, too.
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    Where's Aqours, zura?
[07:26] ---
    Let's see... Oh, it's St. Snow!
[07:29] ---
    Ninth place. They almost
    made it into the winners group.
[07:32] ---
    What about Aqours?
[07:34] ---
    Hmm...
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    30th place...
[07:44] ---
    30th out of 30 groups...
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    We're in last?
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    You didn't have to go and say it, zura!
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    How many votes did we get?
[07:52] ---
    Umm...
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    Zero.
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    No way...
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    That means that not even
    one person voted for us?
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    Chika-chan...
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    Hi there.
[08:16] ---
    St. Snow...
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    I thought you guys had a lovely song,
    and performed really well.
[08:23] ---
    But if you're trying to
    get into Love Live, like μ's,
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    you might be better off giving up.
[08:36] ---
    Don't take Love Live lightly.
[08:39] ---
    It's not a game!
[08:50] ---
    She was crying. It must have been
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    really frustrating for her, not
    getting into the winners group.
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    Zura...
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    Still, she didn't have to
    tell us to not take it lightly.
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    But we might have looked like we were.
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    I thought it was good though.
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    Chika-chan...
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    We did our best.
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    We worked hard at it,
    and got invited to Tokyo.
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    Even that is pretty amazing, don't you think?
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    Well...
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    So we can be proud.
    We did the best that we could.
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    Chika-chan...
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    Hmm?
[09:33] ---
    Doesn't it frustrate you?
[09:35] ---
    Huh?
[09:39] ---
    Isn't it frustrating?
[09:41] ---
    We--well... A little. But I'm satisfied.
[09:45] ---
    We got to stand up there together...
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    And that made me happy.
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    Oh...
[10:00] ---
    We're back!
[10:01] ---
    I can finally say zura again, zura!
[10:03] ---
    It's not like you ever stopped.
[10:05] ---
    Zura!
[10:06] ---
    Hey!
[10:08] ---
    You guys...
[10:09] ---
    Welcome back!
[10:12] ---
    How was it? How was Tokyo?
[10:13] ---
    Oh, uh... it was amazing.
    The stage was all sparkly...
[10:19] ---
    --Did you guys sing well?
    --Did you get nervous and mess up?
[10:22] ---
    No, we made it through somehow... Right?
[10:25] ---
    Yeah. We didn't mess up the dance either.
[10:28] ---
    That's right. We were just saying
    how it was our best performance yet.
[10:34] ---
    Oh man, I got all worried for nothing!
[10:38] ---
    So does that mean you're
    really going to try to win Love Live?
[10:43] ---
    Huh?
[10:44] ---
    Totally! They did get invited
    to an event in Tokyo, after all!
[10:48] ---
    --Uh huh, uh huh.
    --Oh, yeah, I guess... That'd be good.
[10:53] ---
    Welcome back.
[10:56] ---
    Dia...
[11:07] ---
    You did you best.
[11:29] ---
    How long has it been
    since you called me out here?
[11:33] ---
    I heard from Dia. About Chika and the others.
[11:40] ---
    What are you going to do?
[11:43] ---
    Love Live! Sunshine!!
[11:47] ---
    So, you got zero votes...
[11:50] ---
    Yeah.
[11:52] ---
    I thought this might happen,
[11:55] ---
    given how school idols are these days.
[11:59] ---
    I just want to say this first:
[12:01] ---
    It doesn't mean that you guys failed.
[12:04] ---
    As school idols, you practiced quite a lot,
[12:07] ---
    and gave a performance that was
    enough to please the audience.
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    But that alone is not enough.
[12:14] ---
    These days, it's not enough.
[12:17] ---
    What do you mean?
[12:19] ---
    7,236. Do you know what that number means?
[12:24] ---
    --It's Yohane's lit--
    --No, zura.
[12:26] ---
    You didn't let me finish!
[12:29] ---
    That was the final number
    of entrants for Love Live last year.
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    More than ten times the first competition.
[12:38] ---
    That many...
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    School idols have always been popular.
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    But ever since Love Live started,
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    its popularity has skyrocketed.
[12:50] ---
    And with μ's and A-Rise,
    it's sure to stay that way.
[12:55] ---
    Now they're even holding
    the championships in Akiba Dome.
[12:58] ---
    And that means people are
    taking it more seriously.
[13:02] ---
    --So...
    --That's right.
[13:04] ---
    You weren't supported, and we couldn't sing.
[13:09] ---
    That's just how it is.
[13:11] ---
    Couldn't sing?
[13:13] ---
    What do you mean?
[13:16] ---
    Two years ago...
[13:18] ---
    There was already a rumor
    about Uranohoshi being combined.
[13:24] ---
    School idol?
[13:25] ---
    That's right!
[13:27] ---
    It's the only way we can
    save the school from being shut down!
[13:31] ---
    You've got great style Mari!
[13:32] ---
    If you join us,
    you'll be super popular for sure!
[13:35] ---
    Sorry, I'm not interested in that!
[13:40] ---
    Hug!
[13:41] ---
    What are you doing?!
[13:43] ---
    I'm going to hug you until you say yes!
[13:44] ---
    Let me go!
[13:46] ---
    Nope!
[13:47] ---
    --Come on, quit it Kanan!
    --I don't think so!
[13:55] ---
    So what was wrong?
[13:57] ---
    People from town, and from school,
    they all supported us.
[14:02] ---
    And the show went well.
[14:05] ---
    But...
[14:07] ---
    Tokyo?
[14:08] ---
    Yeah! We've been invited!
[14:12] ---
    Dia, you're practically losing your breath.
[14:15] ---
    Whatever, this is our chance!
    If we get popular there,
[14:19] ---
    we'll practically be in Love Live!
[14:22] ---
    But we couldn't sing.
[14:27] ---
    The other groups were amazing,
[14:31] ---
    the atmosphere of
    the big stage overwhelmed us,
[14:34] ---
    and we couldn't sing.
[14:39] ---
    It is great that you were even able to sing.
[14:41] ---
    So that's why you were against it...
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    I thought this would happen eventually.
[14:47] ---
    This was a success because of
    previous school idols' hard work
[14:50] ---
    and the goodwill of the townspeople.
[14:54] ---
    Make no mistake.
[14:56] ---
    Trying to have other people see us,
[14:58] ---
    or saving the school by winning Love Live...
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    That's totally impossible!
[15:04] ---
    So it's better to give up?
[15:07] ---
    I think so.
[15:21] ---
    Kanan...
[15:35] ---
    Before someone gets hurt.
[15:41] ---
    I'm not giving up. I'm going to get it back!
[15:46] ---
    Get back the feeling I lost with you and Dia!
[15:49] ---
    That feeling... it was so precious to me.
[15:59] ---
    The bath is waiting for you!
[16:01] ---
    Okay.
[16:02] ---
    You take it easy too, Riko.
[16:04] ---
    I will, thanks.
[16:08] ---
    Chika-chan...
[16:10] ---
    You okay?
[16:12] ---
    Yeah. I'll think things over.
[16:15] ---
    If I don't get my act together,
    it'll be hard on everyone else.
[16:26] ---
    Zura...
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    That's all for today.
[16:34] ---
    And then this part's like this...
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    Yes, I gave it to her straight.
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    Okay...
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    This is what you wanted, right?
[16:49] ---
    This is what you wanted...
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    Chika-chan.
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    Are we giving up?
[16:59] ---
    Are we giving up on being school idols?
[17:18] ---
    You're going to catch cold.
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    All right.
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    Chika-chan.
[18:19] ---
    Chika-chan! Chika-chan!
[18:23] ---
    Chika-chan! Chika-chan!
[18:28] ---
    Huh? Riko-chan...
[18:32] ---
    What in the world are you doing?!
[18:34] ---
    Huh? Oh, uh...
    I thought I might see something.
[18:40] ---
    Remember, Riko-chan? You dove in
    looking for the sound of the ocean.
[18:44] ---
    I thought I might see something, too.
[18:48] ---
    So...
[18:50] ---
    Uh huh?
[18:54] ---
    So, did you see anything?
[18:55] ---
    Nope. Nothing.
[18:57] ---
    Nothing?
[18:58] ---
    Nope. I didn't see anything.
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    But that's it. That's why
    I have to keep going.
[19:06] ---
    I can't see anything,
    so I don't know what's up ahead.
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    If I keep going, it might be a zero,
    but it might be a one,
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    or it might be a ten.
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    But if I give up now, I'll never find out.
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    Chika-chan...
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    That's why I'm going to stay a school idol.
[19:30] ---
    After all, it's still zero now.
[19:34] ---
    Still zero...
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    It's zero.
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    We practiced that hard together,
[19:40] ---
    made songs together,
    made costumes together,
[19:43] ---
    made the video together,
    we really tried our best,
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    we just wanted to sing well for everyone...
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    To shine, as school idols...
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    But it was still zero! It's so frustrating!
[20:04] ---
    I don't care if there's a big difference,
[20:06] ---
    or that it's not like
    it used to be!
[20:09] ---
    It's frustrating!
[20:12] ---
    It really is frustrating...
[20:21] ---
    I'm so glad.
[20:24] ---
    You're finally letting it out.
[20:26] ---
    If I cry, it'll make
    everyone feel down, right?
[20:30] ---
    They tried so hard,
    they joined me as school idols...
[20:36] ---
    They'll be sad, right?
[20:38] ---
    That's why... That's why...
[20:44] ---
    You dummy! They didn't decide
    to become school idols for you!
[20:49] ---
    They all made that decision on their own!
[20:51] ---
    I did...
[20:54] ---
    ...You did, Ruby did,
    Hanamaru did, and of course,
[20:59] ---
    --Hey!
    --Yoshiko did, too.
[21:00] ---
    But...
[21:02] ---
    So don't worry about it.
[21:04] ---
    Whatever you're feeling, just let it all out!
[21:09] ---
    Chika-chan!
[21:12] ---
    Zura!
[21:14] ---
    We'll all walk together. Together.
[21:31] ---
    I don't think we'll be able
    to go from zero to 100 right away.
[21:35] ---
    But we might be able to get to one.
[21:39] ---
    I want to see if we can do it, too.
[21:44] ---
    Okay...
[21:53] ---
    Okay!
[22:16] ---
    We steadily make our way outside,
    searching for something more
[22:22] ---
    When you give things a try,
    you often find unexpected happiness
[22:28] ---
    As we struggle, as we get laughed at
[22:33] ---
    We won't give in or give up!
    Though we may cry a bit!
[22:36] ---
    But that's fine,
    because our tomorrow's coming into view
[22:42] ---
    Let's not tell our dreams in words;
    let's tell them in song
[22:49] ---
    Because I think a song
    will convey how we feel right now
[22:54] ---
    Putting dreams into words
    lets us put them into songs
[23:03] ---
    This growing feeling
    is a series of favorite melodies
[23:12] ---
    It's time to stop running away
    and move on to someplace new
[23:22] ---
    Singing my song for my dream!
[23:35] ---
    Next time: "Young Dreamer!"
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