E1 - A Quiet Beginning

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[00:10] Mayu
    Christmas 2013.
[00:15] Mayu
    On a small outdoor
    stage in Kotodai Park,
[00:18] Mayu
    we performed our debut concert.
SIGN    SENDAI Student Metal Band Concert
[00:26] Mayu
    The audience was small,
    and we had only one song,
SIGN    Nanase Yoshino Hisami Nanami Okamoto Miyu Katayama Minami Hayashida Airi Kikuma Kaya Shimada Mayu
[00:31] Mayu
    but we were still trying
    to take one small step.
[00:40] Website
    Kuromaru Channel
[00:41] [Messenger] Website
    Female Idol @ Channel Board
[00:44] [Messenger] Website
    [Former I-1] Shimada Mayu returns to idol work! [Center]
SIGN    I-1's former center Mayushi was in Sendai! So surprised!!
SIGN    Yeah, yeah. Very funny lolol
SIGN    Liar lololololololol
SIGN    Yeah, yeah. Very funny lolol
SIGN    I used to like her
SIGN    Mayushi's past her prime
SIGN    Mayu lost the center position and was exiled to Sendai lololololol
SIGN    >>1 No way
SIGN    Didn't her family commit suicide?
[00:57] [Messenger] Website
    It's true!
    She performed in a small concert at Kotodai Park!!
SIGN    Pics or it didn't happen
[01:03] [Messenger] Website
    I can't take pictures of her,
    so I took one of a flier
SIGN    I can't take pictures of her,
    so I took one of a flier
SIGN    Nanase Yoshino
    Hisami Nanami
    Okamoto Miyu
    Katayama Minami
    Hayashida Airi
    Kikuma Kaya
    Shimada Mayu
SIGN    Shimada Mayu
[01:19] Mayu
    I wanted to find what
    I had once lost here.
[01:36] Matsuda
    The new year's just begun,
    and I'm already having nightmares?!
[03:17] Airi
    I wonder if this
[03:18] Airi
    ever falls on anyone's head
    from being pulled too much.
[03:23] Mayu
    What?
[03:25] Mayu
    No way.
[03:30] Matsuda
    I dreamed the shrine's bell
[03:31] Matsuda
    fell on my head on
     my first visit of the year.
[03:33] Matsuda
    What's that supposed to mean?
SIGN    Good Luck
[03:36] Airi
    Good luck.
[03:37] Airi
    What'd you get, Mayu?
[03:39] Mayu
    Good luck, too.
[03:41] Mayu
    But my wish...
[03:43] Airi
    Will come true.
[03:44] Mayu
    Mine, too.
[03:50] Airi
    It looks like it's about to snow
    even though it's New Year's.
[03:55] Mayu
    "It's always sunny
    above the clouds."
[03:57] Airi
    Huh? What's that?
[04:00] Mayu
    I found it in a collection
    of witticisms.
[04:02] Mayu
    Even if the sky
    is covered in clouds,
[04:05] Mayu
    it's not as though the sun is gone.
[04:08] Mayu
    It means once the clouds leave,
    the sun will come out.
[04:12] Airi
    Huh.
[04:13] Airi
    Hey, could you say it again?
[04:16] Mayu
    Huh?
[04:16] Mayu
    "It's always sunny
    above the clouds."
[04:19] Mayu
    Who are you texting?
[04:20] Airi
    Matsuda-san.
[04:22] Airi
    I think it'll really resonate with him right now.
[04:26] Airi
    And send.
[04:27] [Messenger] PHONE
    Hayashida Airi
    
    You have received a new message
    Read
[04:30] Matsuda
    What gloomy weather.
[04:36] Airi
    I want to keep doing Wake Up, Girls!
[04:40] Mayu
    Yeah.
[04:42] Airi
    Matsuda-san said he'd be in touch, but...
[04:45] Airi
    I wonder what happened.
[05:13] Yoshino
    Kaya.
[05:15] Kaya
    Yoppi. You came, too?
[05:17] Yoshino
    N-No.
[05:18] Yoshino
    I had some free time,
    so I thought I'd see a movie.
[05:21] Kaya
    Huh.
[05:26] Kaya
    So austere!
[05:34] Kaya
    I really like this song.
[05:38] Yoshino
    I was actually kind of curious.
[05:41] Kaya
    I thought so.
SIGN    Green Leaves Entertainment
[05:49] Kaya
    Matsuda-san's not here.
[05:51] Yoshino
    It's New Year's Day.
[05:53] Yoshino
    Maybe he went home.
[05:54] Kaya
    Where does he live?
[05:56] Yoshino
    I don't know.
[05:57] Kaya
    Right. We don't know
    anything about him.
[06:07] Announcer
    President Sakamaki is believed
    to have fled with the company's funds.
[06:10] Announcer
    Miyagi police are searching the premises
    regarding charges of embezzlement.
[06:15] Announcer
    The proprietor named his eldest son
    his guarantor without notice,
[06:20] Announcer
    and under the strain of debt,
    the family was forced to commit suicide.
SIGN    Forced Suicide Due to Debt
SIGN    My beloved darling is having an emergency. I'm leaving Sendai for a while.
SIGN    Green Leaves Entertainment
    
    Collection Notice
[06:34] Matsuda
    What am I supposed to do
    about these bills?
[06:38] Matsuda
    Damn it, boss...
SIGN    Barley
    and
    Hops
[06:43] Matsuda
    I'll think about it tomorrow.
[06:45] Matsuda
    I don't want to think
    on New Year's Day.
[06:50] Yoshino
    During the concert, I was so
    concerned with what was in front of me,
[06:53] Yoshino
    I didn't have time
    to think about the future.
[06:55] Yoshino
    I thought it might be
    our first and last concert.
[06:59] Yoshino
    Now that it's over,
    I feel like it's a waste.
[07:03] Yoshino
    But keeping up with it seems like
    it would be difficult, too...
[07:07] Kaya
    Basically, you want
    to keep doing it, don't you?
[07:10] Kaya
    Didn't you come to talk
    to Matsuda-san today?
[07:13] Yoshino
    Huh? I didn't...
[07:16] Kaya
    The truth is I've been
    thinking about it, too.
[07:20] Kaya
    It was straightforward of Mayu
[07:22] Kaya
    to demand to do it
    because she wanted to.
[07:25] Yoshino
    Yeah, that...
[07:27] Yoshino
    She's faced more challenges than us.
[07:31] Kaya
    Well, yeah.
[07:32] Miyu
    Huh? Yoppi and Kayatan.
[07:34] Yoshino
    Miyu!
[07:35] Miyu
    Happy New Year!
[07:36] Miyu
    What are you two doing?
[07:38] Yoshino
    What are you doing
    on New Year's Day?
[07:40] Miyu
    I came to ask Matsuda-san
    about the future...
[07:44] Miyu
    of Wake Up, Girls! of course.
[07:46] Kaya
    He's not here.
[07:47] Miyu
    What? Aww...
[08:01] Matsuda
    Hello?
[08:03] Matsuda
    What?
[08:04] Miyu
    Doubts?
[08:06] Miyu
    I don't have any.
[08:07] Miyu
    I finally made it
    into an idol group.
[08:11] Miyu
    What? Do you still have doubts?
[08:14] Yoshino
    I wouldn't call them doubts.
[08:16] Yoshino
    The way things ended...
[08:19] Miyu
    You mean the president running away?
[08:21] Miyu
    Lamenting the past
    won't do any good.
[08:25] Kaya
    You're right.
[08:27] Yoshino
    But the agency might shut down!
[08:30] Miyu
    I think that depends on our efforts.
[08:33] Kaya
    What?
[08:34] Miyu
    I believe talent agencies
    are just like stores.
[08:39] Miyu
    You know I worked
    at a maid café, right?
[08:43] Kaya
    I didn't know.
[08:44] Yoshino
    Me, neither.
[08:45] Miyu
    Anyway, when the store
    isn't doing well,
[08:49] Miyu
    sometimes all it takes
    to get back on our feet
[08:51] Miyu
    is for the employees
    to work super hard.
[08:55] Yoshino
    What does that have to do with this?
[08:57] Miyu
    Huh?
[08:58] Miyu
    The agency might not have
    any money right now,
[09:02] Miyu
    but if we work hard,
    we can get it back on its feet!
[09:06] Kaya
    A maid café isn't the same
    as the entertainment industry,
[09:09] Kaya
    and it's not that easy.
[09:12] Yoshino
    Besides,
[09:12] Yoshino
    Matsuda-san doesn't even know
    if he wants to keep the agency open.
[09:16] Miyu
    I think inspiring
    the boss is up to us, too...
[09:21] Kaya
    He's not our boss.
[09:23] Both
    What?
[09:24] Matsuda
    Wh-What?
[09:25] All
    Matsuda-san!
[09:25] Miyu
    Boss!
[09:26] Matsuda
    What crazy timing.
[09:30] Father
    Thank you very much.
[09:32] Mayu
    Sorry for bothering
    you on New Year's Day.
[09:35] Mother
    It's all right.
[09:37] Mother
    We always work on the
    first day of the year.
[09:40] Mayu
    I see.
[09:40] Mother
    Make yourself at home.
[09:46] Mayu
    It's so good.
[09:48] Airi
    Really? That's great.
[09:50] Mayu
    I'm jealous.
[09:51] Airi
    Really? I wish my family
    ran a bakery instead.
[09:56] Mayu
    You're asking for too much.
[09:58] Airi
    You're right.
[10:04] Airi
    I really do want to be an idol...
[10:08] Mayu
    Do you want to go to the agency?
[10:09] Airi
    It's nearby.
[10:10] Airi
    Let's check it out.
[10:11] [Messenger] PHONE
    Matsuda-san
[10:13] Airi
    It's from Matsuda-san.
[10:15] Mayu
    What?
[10:15] Airi
    Yes.
[10:17] Isokawa
    Is this you, Minami-chan?
[10:21] Minami
    I'm over here.
[10:23] Minami
    It's dark, and Matsuda-san—oh,
    he's our manager—was flustered,
[10:26] Minami
    so it's blurry.
[10:29] Isokawa
    You have a manager?
[10:30] Isokawa
    You're like a celebrity.
[10:33] Woman
    Like a celebrity?
    She is a celebrity, Isokawa-san.
[10:38] Isokawa
    When are you going to perform next?
[10:40] Minami
    I don't know yet.
[10:42] Isokawa
    What was that?
[10:45] Minami
    I don't know yet.
[10:47] Isokawa
    I see.
[10:49] Minami
    I'm sure I'll hear something soon.
[10:51] Isokawa
    We'll all go see you next time.
[10:55] Minami
    Yeah, you should come!
[10:58] Isokawa
    Minami-chan!
[11:01] Isokawa
    Here!
[11:03] Minami
    Hello?
[11:06] Minami
    Matsuda-san?
[11:08] Minami
    Huh?
[11:16] Nanami
    Yes, you are yourself
    and not yourself.
[11:21] Nanami
    I have fallen in love with
    both you and not you.
[11:30] [Messenger] PHONE
    Manager
    Incoming Call
[11:31] Nanami
    A phone call? Who could it be?
[11:35] Nanami
    Yes, this is Hisami Nanami.
[11:38] Nanami
    I am currently busy.
[11:40] Nanami
    Who art thou?
[11:41] Matsuda
    Thou?
[11:43] Matsuda
    In any case, I need everyone
    to come to the agency!
[11:45] All
    What?!
[11:47] Matsuda
    Their name's Sudo-san.
[11:49] Matsuda
    They're a famous producer who
    started a lot of projects.
[11:53] Matsuda
    They saw your Christmas concert.
[11:56] Matsuda
    They loved Wake Up, Girls! and said
[11:59] Matsuda
    they'd help us manage the group.
[12:02] Matsuda
    After hearing about Sudo-san's
    background, I was shaking.
[12:06] Miyu
    That's amazing.
[12:08] Airi
    I think my fortune was right.
[12:10] Minami
    This must be a really lucky year
    if we're getting work already.
[12:13] Yoshino
    What does helping with management
    mean, practically speaking?
[12:17] Nanami
    Maybe it means getting work for us.
[12:19] Kaya
    So, what should we do?
[12:22] Matsuda
    Sudo-san will give you the details
[12:24] Matsuda
    when they come
    to the agency this weekend.
[12:28] Matsuda
    They want to speak with
    all of you then, too.
[12:31] Matsuda
    About your direction going forward.
[12:33] Yoshino
    I understand.
[12:35] Nanami
    Matsuda-san, how do you feel?
[12:37] Matsuda
    Huh?
[12:38] Kaya
    If they're helping with management,
[12:40] Kaya
    that means you'll be
    working together, right?
[12:42] Kaya
    Are you going to be okay?
[12:43] Matsuda
    Huh? Well, yeah.
[12:48] Matsuda
    Until now, I simply
    obeyed President Tange.
[12:54] Matsuda
    President Tange was
    rough and irresponsible
[12:57] Matsuda
    and ended up running
    away with our money.
[13:00] Matsuda
    For some reason,
    though, she had major
[13:03] Matsuda
    connections and found work for us.
[13:07] Matsuda
    Compared to her, I...
[13:09] Matsuda
    I don't have connections,
    money, or confidence.
[13:12] Matsuda
    I'm an all-around loser.
[13:14] Miyu
    Are you bragging?
[13:15] Matsuda
    But I finally have a chance.
[13:18] Matsuda
    I can't afford to turn down
    working with Sudo-san.
[13:23] Matsuda
    I believe I have to do it.
[13:26] Matsuda
    What do you think?
[13:26] Matsuda
    Will you work on Wake Up,
    Girls! with me again?
[13:32] Kaya
    I already intended to.
[13:34] Miyu
    All right! I'll do it!
[13:37] Nanami
    Well, I'll see how it goes.
[13:40] Yoshino
    It depends on the work we get.
[13:42] Airi
    You're right.
[13:43] Airi
    I'm glad we're working
    again, though.
[13:46] Airi
    Right, Mayu?
[13:47] Mayu
    Yeah.
[13:49] Minami
    All that relief made me hungry.
[13:52] Miyu
    Do you want to get waffles at Bijou?
[13:54] Minami
    Yeah.
[13:55] Matsuda
    See you this weekend.
[13:56] Matsuda
    I'll text you the time.
[13:58] All
    Okay.
[13:59] All
    Good work today.
[14:03] Matsuda
    I've experienced nothing but bad
    luck since the day I was born,
[14:06] Matsuda
    but I finally have a chance.
[14:08] Matsuda
    I'll do everything
    I can for tomorrow!
[14:15] Minami
    Matsuda-san's so passionate.
[14:17] Miyu
    It's cute.
[14:20] Yoshino
    I hope it's not for nothing.
[14:22] Kaya
    You're right.
[14:24] Nanami
    People unaccustomed to
    happiness lose their cool
[14:28] Nanami
    when confronted with
    great happiness.
[14:30] Airi
    Nanamin, you're so mature.
[14:38] Yoshino
    Anyway, he doesn't
    have a plan, right?
[14:40] Kaya
    He can't help it.
[14:42] Kaya
    President Tange's the one who
    decided to form an idol group.
[14:46] Miyu
    Matsuda-san said it himself.
[14:49] Miyu
    He was just doing as he was told.
[14:51] Nanami
    I can't believe President Tange
    ran off with the money, though.
[14:56] Miyu
    I heard she was taken in by a man.
[15:00] Kaya
    Where did you hear that?
[15:02] Miyu
    Oh. A lot of well-informed
    people come to my work.
[15:06] Airi
    What a crazy information network...
[15:08] Hoshino
    Maybe we really do have to
    rely on this Sudo person.
[15:11] Nanami
    If we don't get along, we can quit.
[15:14] Miyu
    You're going to quit?
[15:15] Nanami
    Yeah.
[15:16] Minami
    But it's good news.
[15:18] Minami
    We can work again.
[15:24] Airi
    I agree.
[15:26] Mayu
    Are you watching that again?
[15:27] Miyu
    Hey, is that...
[15:28] Airi
    Yeah, the Christmas concert.
[15:36] Miyu
    If we ever make it big,
    that'll be one valuable video.
[15:40] Nanami
    If we make it big.
[15:42] Nanami
    If we don't,
    you'll wish you could forget.
[15:44] Kaya
    Don't say that.
[15:46] Airi
    I think it'd be a fun
    experience from our youth.
[15:50] Yoshino
    Hey, Mayu.
[15:52] Yoshino
    Do you ever look at videos
    from when you worked with I-1?
[15:55] Airi
    Yoppi.
[15:57] Yoshino
    Sorry.
[16:00] Mayu
    No.
[16:02] Yoshino
    I see.
[16:07] Miyu
    Okay, okay.
[16:09] Miyu
    Let's come up with introductions.
[16:12] Nanami
    Introductions?
[16:12] Kaya
    Good idea.
[16:13] Miyu
    Will you listen to mine first?
[16:16] Kaya
    You've already made one!
[16:17] Kaya
    That was quick!
[16:18] Miyu
    I have a few ideas,
    but I haven't chosen one yet.
[16:22] Miyu
    I want to hear your opinions.
[16:25] Miyu
    Here I go.
[16:26] Miyu
    Welcome home, master.
[16:29] Miyu
    I will hack into your heart.
[16:32] Miyu
    The Miyu Virus is
    spreading like wildfire!
[16:36] Miyu
    I'm the twin-tailed and incompetent
    angel of Wake Up, Girls!
[16:40] Miyu
    Okamoto Miyu!
[16:42] All
    Huh.
[16:43] All
    That's great.
[16:44] All
    It's cute.
[16:44] All
    It's good.
[16:45] Nanami
    What's hacking?
[16:53] All
    Hello, Sendai!
[16:56] All
    We're the I-1 Club!
[16:58] Shiho
    Today, we have good news for you.
[17:02] MAI
    The I-1 Club
[17:03] MAI
    National 47 Prefecture Love
    Connection Project begins today.
[17:08] Ai
    For this project, the I-1
    Club will go to see you.
[17:13] Nanoka
    Here in Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai,
    we'll be building a theater.
[17:20] Shiho
    We're so excited to see you.
[17:23] MAI
    Look forward to it.
[17:26] All
    This has been a message
    from the I-1 Club!
[17:28] Man A
    Seriously? I-1's finally
    building a theater in Sendai.
[17:32] Man B
    Who's your favorite?
[17:33] Man A
    Shiho of course.
[17:35] Man B
    Me, too.
[17:36] Man A
    When I see her smile, I just...
[17:38] Man B
    Yeah.
[17:39] Man A
    I wish she were my girlfriend.
[17:44] Mayu
    I'm home.
[17:45] Grandmother
    Welcome back.
[17:47] Grandmother
    I see... A job?
[17:50] Grandmother
    Does this mean you're
    going to keep working?
[17:52] Mayu
    Yeah.
[17:54] Grandmother
    Mayu-chan, you really do enjoy it.
[17:57] Mayu
    Huh?
[17:58] Grandmother
    I mean... you seemed so happy
    when you were singing and dancing.
[18:09] Grandmother
    I think it's a good thing.
[18:11] Grandmother
    It means you have
    something you enjoy.
[18:15] Mayu
    Yeah.
[18:17] Grandmother
    That's great.
[18:21] Grandmother
    Have you told your mother?
[18:25] Grandmother
    I see.
[18:28] Grandmother
    It'll take time.
SIGN    SENDAI Student Metal Band Concert
[18:49] Mayu
    We're the Sendai-based group,
    Wake Up, Girls!
[18:54] Mayu
    Um... This is our debut concert.
[18:59] Mayu
    We were allowed to participate
    in today's concert at the last minute.
[19:03] Mayu
    We still only have
    one song, but, um...
[19:08] Mayu
    We'll sing our hearts out.
[19:10] Mayu
    Please listen to our song.
[19:39] Man
    That's Shimada Mayu!
[19:46] SONG
    Believing I could not dream
[19:52] SONG
    I protected my small, quiet self
[19:59] SONG
    Badly hurt, to the harsh sea
[20:05] SONG
    Afraid, I quickly turned my back
[20:10] SONG
    But I am who I am
[20:14] SONG
    No tricks will work against me
[20:17] SONG
    I decided I could only move
    forward without giving up
[20:23] SONG
    WAKE UP bathed in bright sunlight
[20:29] SONG
    The hope in my heart overlaps with you
[20:36] SONG
    STAND UP there is no night
    that does not end
[20:41] SONG
    Believe in tomorrow's smile
[20:48] SONG
    Shine MY ONLY ONE
SIGN    Cutlet Bowls
[21:17] Matsuda
    I didn't order anything.
[21:31] Matsuda
    Su...
[21:33] Matsuda
    I'm telling you.
    I didn't order any delivery.
[21:41] Matsuda
    I'm telling you. I didn't...
[21:42] Sudo
    Is this Green Leaves?
[21:45] Matsuda
    S-S-Sudo-san?!
[22:08] Sudo
    First off... Why don't you try this on?
SIGN    To be continued
SIGN    Next Episode Preview
[23:45] Miyu
    Being seen is my purpose in life.
[23:48] Kaya
    I don't know what
    you're talking about.
[23:49] Miyu
    Showing my face
    in the preview excites me.
[23:52] Kaya
    I see.
[23:53] Miyu
    Look forward to hearing
    more of my sexy voice.
[23:55] Kaya
    That's not what this is for.
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[23:57] All
    The next episode is
    "Girls Standing Onstage!"
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