Let's have Shirosai!
Yeah, let's do it.
But with just the five of us?
How?
Don't worry about stuff like that.
I don't know how it'll turn out, but...
We need to sing!
I've had enough of waiting!
mune no oku ga takanaru atsui koe ni kizuitara
胸の奥が高鳴る 熱い声に気付いたら
My heart races whenever it notices your warm voice
sutaatorain wa kimi no me no mae ni aru
スタートラインは君の目の前にある
The starting line is right in front of your eyes
mada mienai michi de mo hashirihajimereba ii sa
まだ見えない道でも走りはじめればいいさ
Just start running, even if it leads down a path you can't see yet
akirameru yori mo suteki da to omowanai?
あきらめるよりも素敵だと思わない？
Don't you think that's better than just giving up?
itsumo fuan wa sugu soba de
いつも不安はすぐそばで
My anxieties are always right here by my side
kakedasu omoi wo shimetsukeru keredo
駆け出す思いを締め付けるけれど
Even if I can quiet the feelings that race through me
ima wo koete arukidasu
今を超えて歩き出す
We'll start walking, passing by today
michi naru michi ni hikari wo
未知なる未来に光を
and cast light down the unknown path ahead
hajimete wo kurikaeshi
初めてを繰り返し
Let's go all the way back to the start
tsukamitore ashita wo
掴み取れ明日を
and seized everything we ever wanted!
sou sa bokutachi wa mugen no
そうさ僕達は無限の
Come on! We'll head onwards
yume dakishime susumu no sa
夢抱きしめ進むのさ
embracing our infinite dreams
kagayaiteru jibun wo shinjitai
輝いてる自分を信じたい
I want to believe in myself as I shine like this
tachiagaru chikara ni
立ち上がる力に
Filling ourselves with endless love...
saidai na ai wo komete
最大な愛をこめて
...and the strength to stand up...
omou mama tabidatou!
思うまま旅立とう！
Let's feel! And set off right away!
atarashii sekai no naka he
新しい世界の中へ
Toward a new world
2nd Music Room
Choir Culture Festival
"Beauty and the Frog (temporary)"
-ies
Script: Miyamoto
Music: Wakana will drill everyone on their parts
Choreography Sawa
Large Props Tanaka
Small Props Vienna
Costumes Vienna?
Stagehands Everyone
17 days to Shirosai!
What's the best case scenario?
We get the okay from the school.
People from other clubs participate as well.
Lots of people come, and it's just like a normal culture festival.
What about the worst case scenario?
We don't get the okay from the school.
We wind up singing alone in an empty gymnasium?
The worst case scenario is not getting to sing, of course!
And that'll never happen, right?
Right.
But it'd still be nice if lots of people could come.
If we sing this song together,
then even if we graduate and go our separate ways,
we'll remember each other, whenever we hear it.
Being invited and arguing.
Getting angry and laughing.
Fighting and losing.
Saying weird things.
Meeting good friends!
I feel like, if lots of people come to hear this song,
and we can share our happy thoughts with them,
even if I run into something difficult later on,
I'll be able to think back to when so many people cheered me on, and keep on going.
Right!
Okay!
Let's all do our best at our parts.
Yeah!
Let's put on our sort of performance!
Let's pour the people we are today into this performance,
and carry them on to tomorrow!
So cool!
Why is it always me?
Episode 12
Piling Up, Ringing Out, and...
We want to gather up the rubbish from the culture festival in bulk, so please bring it to the parking lot.
Okay.
Small props for the culture festival
Okita!
You gave me a fright.
What's up?
Uh...
Huh?
Um... I want to take photos of you.
Huh?
Well, it's because... um...
You see...
Why?
Hamach- No...
There's a guy who told me to give him photos of you in exchange for helping with the stage sets, but it's fine.
Sorry for coming out with something so weird.
Sure.
But make sure you make me look cute, okay?
R-Right!
The camera has to be above me.
Does that matter?
Just do it.
Hurry up.
Right, looks good.
Tell the guy that if his pictures aren't up to scratch, I'll trample him with my horse.
Right.
Thanks.
Tanaka, you're awesome!
I guess.
She really is a goddess!
Look at those curves!
She's the best!
She said if you give us junk, she'll trample you with her horse.
I want her to trample me.
Got it!
Leave the rest to me.
It might be better to hold this note a little longer,
with lots of spirit.
Yeah, got it.
One more time, then.
Hey Vienna, where are your props?
Huh?
They're not up there?
Doesn't Konatsu have them?
Miyamoto has them?
She's at a club meeting just now, so she wouldn't have taken them.
I knew it.
I just saw someone holding a box that looked like Vienna's.
That's it!
I'm going to the rubbish dump!
I'll come with you!
Shirosai has been cancelled this year,
so I'd like to collect up the remaining funds and feed them back into the schoo-
Objection!
Yes?
I propose cancelling Shirosai's cancellation.
The cancellation has already been approved.
Are you really okay with this?!
Club Meeting Topic The cancellation of Shirosai's cancellation
We can't do anything about the school closing down.
But isn't it ridiculous that they care so much about getting in the way of construction...
...that they're even cancelling Shirosai?!
You all spent time preparing for it, right?!
And I'll bet there were people here who were looking forward to it!
To those who are aiming to be pros,
people getting so worked up about the chance to perform at a big event might seem silly.
But for some of us, this is the only chance we'll ever get!
I have no intention of becoming the sort of sad adult who goes along with something wrong...
...just because her superiors told her to!
At least make a formal suggestion on behalf of the student council that we resume the culture festival.
We don't have enough time to prepare a song in time for the festival now.
You've been mocking amateurs like us this whole time!
Why not show us what makes you so great?!
Please be quiet.
We'll have a vote.
All those in favour of the culture festival proposal, raise your hands.
You might as well suggest it, at least.
The proposal is rejected.
We're still going to sing!
Did you find it?!
Tanaka!
Why didn't you stop the guy when you first saw the box?!
You're blaming me?!
You're the president!
You're supposed to manage these things!
Why did nobody notice?
But you saw it, right?!
I couldn't see it properly!
Whether we frown or smile,
the sun will rise, and morning will come.
So no matter how many times...
I can just make new ones.
I might not have time to do them all, though.
Thanks for searching for them, everyone.
Yeah.
Sorry.
The student council said no.
Well there's no helping that.
Let's give it our all again tomorrow.
You're right.
Okay!
Shall we head home?
I'll be off, then.
Here you are.
Will that be all?
I'm heading off now.
Right.
I left the flowers in the hallway.
Sorry I can't come with you.
Don't worry about it.
I'll tell Mum you're working hard.
See you later!
Yeah.
See you later!
Excuse me...
Oh, yes...
In the end, I couldn't create anything on my own.
All I ever had was the song I wrote with you,
and the choir we founded together.
That school was the last tie I had to music.
And now even that is gone...
I guess music just loved you more than it loved me...
Sorry.
I didn't mean to get in your way.
Vice-principal!
Sakai Family Grave
Could you listen to this?
It's the song I wrote with my mother.
The refrain here is a little bit odd.
Ah... but I can feel Mahiru in this song.
I was able to finish the song because you told me that I needed to enjoy music.
Those were Mahiru's words.
She always used to tell me that music was there to be enjoyed.
I have no right to give you advice.
But just as I needed to enjoy music, I also needed friends.
Friends who would call out to me when I was suffering.
Friends who were each so different,
but each so sincere and hard-working.
Sometimes arguing, sometimes helping each other...
Just like the friends Mum had.
People who would laugh and cry with her.
Mum, the song we promised to write is finished,
even if wound up being a little late.
I wrote it together with you and my friends.
This song is my treasure.
A treasure which ties everything together.
Thank you... Mum.
Isn't Konatsu here yet?
It's been a while since we had morning practice, I guess.
He's been here all night...
Everyone...
Morning.
Hey.
Aren't you pushing yourself too hard?
I'm fine.
I meant to make the costumes after I finished the props, though.
"Beauty and the Frog (temporary)"
-ies
Script: Miyamoto
Music: Wakana will drill everyone on their parts
Choreography Sawa
Large Props Tanaka
Small Props Vienna
Costumes Vienna !
Stagehands Everyone
11 days to Shirosai!
Leave those to me.
You can make costumes, Taichi?
Yeah... I want to help with something.
I know you're clumsy.
Don't push yourself.
Let's all think up something together.
That's right!
If the worst comes to the worst, even cloaks like this are kind of cool.
Yeah.
Oh yeah, Wakana, I was thinking about this as I rehearsed yesterday...
Show a little bit of belief in me already.
I believe in you.
...And?
Please show me how to make these.
You're going to make them?
Have you ever made anything before?
Never, but I know how to put thread through a needle.
You have the machine backwards.
Why are you guys so obsessed with Shirosai, anyway?
Huh?
Well, Miyamoto, Sakai and the rest have their own reasons, but...
I guess I just find singing fun,
or maybe I just don't want to give up halfway.
What the heck was that?!
Forget it.
You'll probably break the machine.
No, please!
I can't give up!
And I'm telling you that I'll do it for you!
You're awesome...
I'll help out with something.
You can't make five costumes on your own, right?
Hey, someone give me a hand over here!
Okay!
Go and get me Kuwata from class two and Hara from class three, too.
They'll be able to help.
Got it!
Oh, and get me a sweet bean roll from the canteen!
Right!
And one for everyone else!
Huh?
Well, if it's what you all want, I'd like to help, but...
They announced that the school would be closed at the board of directors meeting.
It wouldn't look good for us to go over their heads and announce something without asking.
We'd be in trouble if they took issue with it.
Have the board of directors been having words with you?
No, not really, but... well...
The project they're working on on the school grounds is for the good of the region,
so we really ought to cooperate, an-
Please!
I desperately want for lots of people to come and see us!
We won't attract a big enough crowd from the school alone.
If you genuinely aren't interested in our songs,
then you don't need to come.
But if that's not the case, I beg of you, please come to the school!
Think of it as you supporting us in whatever the future brings!
There have been things in my life that I couldn't do anything about, and had to abandon.
But I don't think this culture festival is one of them!
We fully intend to give this our all, so please!
Surely we can at least circulate flyers in our shops?
There are lots of graduates of Shiro High in the area.
I'm sure some of them would like to go and see one last festival before the school closes.
Actually, I graduated from Shiro High myself.
Really?!
Don't tell me you were a music major?
No, no.
I was just a regular student.
Here's Sakai-san's song and its sheet music.
There's a cut of us singing it, too.
We're still pretty bad, but give it a listen.
Right.
I really like your piano playing, Ueno-san.
It's gentle, but somehow strong.
Thank you.
If you can't do it, we'll use a recording of Wakana playing,
but I sure would like to sing along to your playing.
You can't.
The school is in a crisis.
This isn't the time to be asking other people to fulfil your own selfish wishes.
It's precisely because we're in a crisis that we should sing.
Huh?
Why do you sing, Hirohata-san?
It's not just to earn money in the future, right?
I may not like you, but I know how much you love to sing.
I was in the vocal group until last year, after all.
So let's sing together!
Are you crazy or something?
Come on, Hirohata-san! Sing with us!
Cut it out!
I have responsibilities as club president.
I can't just do whatever I want like you do!
Don't give me that childish nonsense about loving to sing!
I take music far more seriously than that!
Do you think I'm not being serious?
Keep it down in the corridors.
Is everyone here?
Y-Yes!
We'll start practice.
Right!
Ueno-san, you too.
R-Right.
Sorry.
To those who are aiming to become professionals,
or those who have lots of chances to perform at large events,
the culture festival might be a joke.
But for some students, it's their only chance to perform.
Do we need students like that to perform?
Huh?
O-Of course.
I don't want to be the sort of sad adult who tramples on his students' dreams...
This is difficult for you too, isn't it?
We'll have a toast with this after work.
There's no need to stir things up just after they've calmed down following the announcement.
I found this in town.
Shirohamasaka High School The Final
Shirosai
We can't have this stirring any unwelcome waves in the good will we've fostered with the people of the area.
It's sure to delay the construction.
We'll ban student access to the school on Sunday holidays and weekdays after five.
Those who break the rules will be suspended.
Isn't that a completely disproportionate punishment?
You just worry about delays to the project, and your own retirement.
Shirosai is tomorrow!
The props and costumes are done.
And our guy said he'll pull an all-nighter to finish the set.
I'm begging you!
Be sunny, be sunny, be sunny!
Anyone who comes out to see us in this rain is pretty dedicated.
Knowing Konatsu's luck, it'll probably get heavier.
Right!
We've done all we can!
It is now five o'clock.
Students left in the building should proceed to the exits.
It's finally coming tomorrow, huh?
Even if nobody comes...
My dad will come.
No doubt about it.
Imagine if we did all this preparation for one person.
That'd be so uncool.
Who cares if we're uncool?
Nothing's really gone to plan for us.
But it's been pretty fun!
hareta hi ame no hi de mo
晴れた日雨の日でも
Come rain or shine
minna ga ireba itsumo egao ni nareta
みんながいればいつも笑顔になれた
I was always able to smile when everyone was around
kioku no kanata made omoidashitari
記憶の彼方まで思い出したり
Let's think back to the farthest reaches of our memories
tayutau koe mimi sumasou
たゆたう声耳すまそう
and listen to the voices that murmur there
saa, te wo sashinoberarete wa no naka he
さぁ、 手を差し伸べられて輪の中へ
Oh, to a time where you reached your hands out to me and welcomed me into your circle
hitori ja nai kuukan de muchuu ni natteru jikan
一人じゃない空間で夢中になってる時間
And being in a place where I wasn't alone put me in a daze
kokochiyoi kaze ga fuite
心地好い風が吹いて
As the gentle breeze blows
warattari naitari utatte mitari
笑ったり泣いたり歌ってみたり
Let's smile, and cry, and try to sing, and...
tojiteita kokoro wo hiraite
閉じていた心を開いて
As even my once closed heart begins to open
omoide no fureezu kuchizusamu
思い出のフレーズ口ずさむ
I find myself humming the phrases of my feelings
kanadeyou
奏でよう
Let's play them together
I wonder if it'll stop if we wait?
Not a chance.
We should just run.
It always rains when Konatsu's around.
The rain always stops sooner or later.
Then let's sing.
Shall we sing here, then?
Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit!
Final Episode
Growing Sunny, Crying, and Sometimes Singing
What are you going to do, Sawa?
Even if they don't accept me, I'm going to do it.