# E1 - A Quiet Beginning
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6MGD4Q76/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.
***SIGN*** "Girls Standing Onstage"
**[23:57] All**
The next episode is
"Girls Standing Onstage!"
***SIGN***