# E8 - Isn't It Frustrating?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR2PW4MMR/isnt-it-frustrating)
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St. Snow is about to
take the stage. Enjoy the show.
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All right! This group is first up to bat...
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St. Snow!
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This next group has been
getting really popular lately!
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Say hello to the school idol group Aqours!
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Chika-chan...
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Oh... okay!
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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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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.
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Is that Mt. Fuji?
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Zura...
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Heh heh heh...
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--Hey, what is that?
--It's my final curse project: release Lucifer,
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--Ssh! Don't look at her!
--It's my final curse project: release Lucifer,
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and summon the demonic power
of two million little demons!
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So cool!
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Yoshiko-chan, you're having fun, huh?
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I'm not Yoshiko! I'm Yohane!
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The show is over, and she's still
acting like Yohane, zura.
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Look what I got!
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Woah, check it out! It's sparkling!
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Chika-chan...
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And it's super tasty! You want some?
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Oh, okay...
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Here you go Ruby! You guys, too!
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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.
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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.
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Me too...
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Wh--What are you talking about?
That was just a coincidence!
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The heavens released an
evil power, and then...
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A coincidence?
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An evil power?
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Huh? Ah, uh, well...
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You're pretty bad at cheering us up, zura.
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C--Come on! I was just trying to be nice!
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That's right!
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Focusing on that stuff won't help right now.
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We came all the way to Tokyo,
let's have some fun!
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This is Chika.
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Huh? Yes, we're still nearby...
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Sorry we had to call you back here!
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I forgot to give this to you.
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What is it?
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Could it be... our paychecks?
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Show some class...
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So, the winners were picked
based on audience voting, right?
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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?
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Let's see... Oh, it's St. Snow!
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Ninth place. They almost
made it into the winners group.
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What about Aqours?
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Hmm...
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30th place...
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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?
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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.
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St. Snow...
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I thought you guys had a lovely song,
and performed really well.
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But if you're trying to
get into Love Live, like μ's,
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you might be better off giving up.
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Don't take Love Live lightly.
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It's not a game!
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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?
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Doesn't it frustrate you?
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Huh?
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Isn't it frustrating?
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We--well... A little. But I'm satisfied.
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We got to stand up there together...
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And that made me happy.
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Oh...
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We're back!
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I can finally say zura again, zura!
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It's not like you ever stopped.
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Zura!
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Hey!
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You guys...
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Welcome back!
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How was it? How was Tokyo?
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Oh, uh... it was amazing.
The stage was all sparkly...
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--Did you guys sing well?
--Did you get nervous and mess up?
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No, we made it through somehow... Right?
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Yeah. We didn't mess up the dance either.
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That's right. We were just saying
how it was our best performance yet.
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Oh man, I got all worried for nothing!
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So does that mean you're
really going to try to win Love Live?
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Huh?
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Totally! They did get invited
to an event in Tokyo, after all!
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--Uh huh, uh huh.
--Oh, yeah, I guess... That'd be good.
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Welcome back.
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Dia...
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You did you best.
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How long has it been
since you called me out here?
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I heard from Dia. About Chika and the others.
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What are you going to do?
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Love Live! Sunshine!!
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So, you got zero votes...
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Yeah.
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I thought this might happen,
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given how school idols are these days.
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I just want to say this first:
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It doesn't mean that you guys failed.
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As school idols, you practiced quite a lot,
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and gave a performance that was
enough to please the audience.
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But that alone is not enough.
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These days, it's not enough.
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What do you mean?
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7,236. Do you know what that number means?
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--It's Yohane's lit--
--No, zura.
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You didn't let me finish!
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That was the final number
of entrants for Love Live last year.
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More than ten times the first competition.
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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.
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And with μ's and A-Rise,
it's sure to stay that way.
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Now they're even holding
the championships in Akiba Dome.
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And that means people are
taking it more seriously.
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--So...
--That's right.
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You weren't supported, and we couldn't sing.
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That's just how it is.
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Couldn't sing?
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What do you mean?
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Two years ago...
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There was already a rumor
about Uranohoshi being combined.
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School idol?
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That's right!
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It's the only way we can
save the school from being shut down!
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You've got great style Mari!
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If you join us,
you'll be super popular for sure!
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Sorry, I'm not interested in that!
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Hug!
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What are you doing?!
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I'm going to hug you until you say yes!
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Let me go!
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Nope!
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--Come on, quit it Kanan!
--I don't think so!
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So what was wrong?
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People from town, and from school,
they all supported us.
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And the show went well.
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But...
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Tokyo?
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Yeah! We've been invited!
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Dia, you're practically losing your breath.
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Whatever, this is our chance!
If we get popular there,
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we'll practically be in Love Live!
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But we couldn't sing.
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The other groups were amazing,
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the atmosphere of
the big stage overwhelmed us,
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and we couldn't sing.
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It is great that you were even able to sing.
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So that's why you were against it...
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I thought this would happen eventually.
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This was a success because of
previous school idols' hard work
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and the goodwill of the townspeople.
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Make no mistake.
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Trying to have other people see us,
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or saving the school by winning Love Live...
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That's totally impossible!
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So it's better to give up?
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I think so.
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Kanan...
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Before someone gets hurt.
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I'm not giving up. I'm going to get it back!
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Get back the feeling I lost with you and Dia!
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That feeling... it was so precious to me.
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The bath is waiting for you!
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Okay.
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You take it easy too, Riko.
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I will, thanks.
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Chika-chan...
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You okay?
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Yeah. I'll think things over.
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If I don't get my act together,
it'll be hard on everyone else.
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Zura...
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That's all for today.
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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?
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This is what you wanted...
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Chika-chan.
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Are we giving up?
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Are we giving up on being school idols?
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You're going to catch cold.
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All right.
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Chika-chan.
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Chika-chan! Chika-chan!
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Chika-chan! Chika-chan!
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Huh? Riko-chan...
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What in the world are you doing?!
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Huh? Oh, uh...
I thought I might see something.
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Remember, Riko-chan? You dove in
looking for the sound of the ocean.
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I thought I might see something, too.
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So...
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Uh huh?
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So, did you see anything?
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Nope. Nothing.
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Nothing?
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Nope. I didn't see anything.
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But that's it. That's why
I have to keep going.
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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.
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After all, it's still zero now.
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Still zero...
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It's zero.
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We practiced that hard together,
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made songs together,
made costumes together,
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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!
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I don't care if there's a big difference,
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or that it's not like
it used to be!
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It's frustrating!
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It really is frustrating...
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I'm so glad.
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You're finally letting it out.
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If I cry, it'll make
everyone feel down, right?
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They tried so hard,
they joined me as school idols...
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They'll be sad, right?
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That's why... That's why...
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You dummy! They didn't decide
to become school idols for you!
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They all made that decision on their own!
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I did...
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...You did, Ruby did,
Hanamaru did, and of course,
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--Hey!
--Yoshiko did, too.
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But...
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So don't worry about it.
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Whatever you're feeling, just let it all out!
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Chika-chan!
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Zura!
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We'll all walk together. Together.
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I don't think we'll be able
to go from zero to 100 right away.
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But we might be able to get to one.
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I want to see if we can do it, too.
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Okay...
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Okay!
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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: "Young Dreamer!"
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