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Wow, this brings back memories...

I was surprised, though.

I had no idea you lived close by.

Yeah, I just happened to find out today,

and I thought it'd be nice to see you again, so here I am.

O-Oh...

Isn't this picture from our field trip to the ocean?

Oh, that's right.

I think you were yelling at me...

Th-That was because you weren't eating your meal in the right order!

You could've at least let me eat however I liked.

You did yell at me a lot back then.

Getting upset so easily is a bad habit, Nico-kun!

Th-That's not true! I didn't yell at you that much!

It's true.

Look, this one, too. It's from our athletic meet.

That's because you were moping after you lost the foot race...

See? You yell at me all the time.

It's your fault for not being tougher.

W-Well, yeah, maybe. I was a real crybaby.

I think it was the day after this when you suddenly disappeared.

I'm sorry I couldn't bring myself to say goodbye.

It's okay. You couldn't help it.

But I really regretted it back then...

That I never got to tell you I liked you.

What?

Oh... D-Don't get me wrong!

I was talking about back then, not... um...

I should be going.

I have work tomorrow.

Uh...

I just said something I really shouldn't have...

Now she'll think I was trying to hit on her!

My feelings weren't one-sided, after all...

"Fuuka"

A promise that's lost its realism fades in your words

My shadow moves separately from the crowd

I only watch them pulsing, with no intention of matching their stride

I have no connection to them at all

These repeating days I've grown sick of hearing

(Even though I renew myself so they won't leave me behind)

The irritation of not blending in looms closer

Inside this box, my heart is wearing down

If it's going to be erased,

I'll just have to smash open that square sky and be prepared to burn up

Let's cloak our hearts in a hot breeze and race up there

Rip apart the chains holding us down and set our incomplete selves free

Until the very last moment, we'll feel a climber's high!

May this dream of steel that no one can break

Reach out to the ends of the world

Morning!

It's been ages!

Dude, you're really tan!

How come I have to be in this band, anyway?

Why not?

You're through with track now, aren't you?

What I did to Tama-chan was wrong.

Besides, I can see your drumsticks in your bag, Nachi-senpai.

What?!

I'm just kidding. You're so cute.

Did you hear about Nachi-senpai and Mikasa-kun?

Nachi-senpai also swings that way?

So... that boy behind them, too?

Huh?!

No, I'm not--

There's no reason to hide it.

After all, you're the one I'm really after, Yuu-kun.

Mikasa!

Hey, Haruna, what are you guys talking about?

A love triangle?!

Yuu-kun!

Ow!

Jeez, what are you--

Morning! What're you guys talking about?

Oh, um...

Just about summer break and stuff.

Yeah, a lot happened, huh?

We met Yassan and the others,

played a concert at the beach house...

Yeah, and we worked, and I almost drowned...

S-Sorry!

They were all good memories. All of it.

Memories...

Here you go.

Practice?

Yeah. Hisashi-san said he'd teach us all about music.

- -Here you go. - -It's incredible to think that HEDGEHOGS is going to teach us.

He also said he'd let us use his rental studio for free when it's not booked up!

And here you go.

Thanks, ma'am!

But we haven't even bought instruments yet.

He said he'd loan us some.

He said we can decide which ones to buy after we learn to play them.

That's a big help.

We'd have no idea what to do on our own.

'Scuse us!

Mind if we join you?

- -Hey, is it okay? - -Uh, Akitsuki...

No.

She's so tall! She looks like a model!

She looks pretty scary...

"Hedgehog"

I'm gonna do guitar and vocals!

I'd like to see what you all can do,

so why don't you try playing a song together?

Right off the bat?

Just to try it out. Don't worry.

The song will be "Climber's High."

You can just do the intro.

O-Okay...

Um...

Stop!

You guys are... less experienced than I thought.

S-Sorry...

Well, it's your first time, Yuu-kun, so that's no surprise,

but your drummer...

And your keyboardist...

Right...

Nachi-senpai, I thought you said you played the drums.

I-I'm just a track team member!

You couldn't play that guitar worth crap, either!

Well...

It's my first time playing one, too...

And Mikasa, weren't you supposed to be really good at the piano?

I heard you won some competition or something!

This doesn't feel the same as a piano.

Also, what happened in the past isn't--

That's enough.

Hisashi-san, can I talk to you?

It's about Sara-san.

O-Oh...

We did this because you asked us to, but we've had it.

We're going to carry on without her.

I see...

All right.

Sorry it turned out that way.

Not again...

Hey, what happened?

Oh, well... My little sister just...

It looks like she just got fired from her band.

Hear that? She's in there.

Her guitar playing is pretty good,

but she's not great at communicating.

Is she that much of a handful?

That's the third band to kick her out.

The third?

No one will stay in a band with her...

Hey! Let's be in a band together!

What?

H-Hang on, Akitsuki!

Hey! Sara, what's wrong with you?!

Okay. Let's do it.

Really?!

H-Hey! You okay?

Please, no!

Um, what does this symbol mean?

That's a slide.

You slide from 5 to 6 without lifting your fingers from the strings.

I think that's when it goes "dwang," Yuu-kun! "Dwang"!

That aside...

She's glaring daggers at me...

Why don't you give it up already?

It's irritating to watch.

Hey, Sara, you didn't have to say it like that.

It's the truth.

Now, now, Senpai...

How about we stop here for the day?

I'm hungry, anyway. Let's go home.

Let's all head to a family restaurant to celebrate our first practice together!

Our leader, Nachi-senpai, is paying!

Wait, who are you calling the leader?!

Where are you going?

Come with us, Sara-senpail

A-Akitsuki, you shouldn't force her...

But she's one of us now!

She came with us...

Okay, so our first cover will be "Climber's High"!

It's a little hard, but...

I can do it! It'll be fine!

I'll give it a try.

Is "Climber's High" okay with you, Sara-senpai?

That song has a really difficult bass part.

So she says, Yuu-kun!

You're gonna have to work hard.

No way! I never agreed to this!

It's in the face of adversity that a man truly shines.

Shut up!

Don't try to brush this off with hot guy language!

Telling a beginner like me to play a song like that is just wrong!

- -l can't even read musi-- - -Oops, sorry.

I've gotta be going.

Huh?!

Bye!

I'll be going, too. I've got a date.

- -I'm gonna head back too, then. - -Wai--

I'm supposed to help out at home.

Hey, wait!

Thanks for dinner, Leader!

Oh, what the hell...

Anyway, Mikasa, is your date with a girl?

I don't know what you mean.

U-Uh...

You don't need to leave, lwami-senpai?

Y-You must be hungry, right?

You didn't eat anything.

I guess we should g--

Yes, can I help you?

The chocolate brownie sundae, then?

Huh?

She's ordering?!

How long have I been stuck here?

"The Admiral (Yamato): Stopped for a while to chat with some friends"

Looks like The Admiral's having fun...

"Yuu: I somehow got stuck at a family restaurant with someone scary (sweatdrop). She's not talking and she looks upset... I envy you..."

"The Admiral (Yamato): What did you get yourself into, Yuu-san? Maybe you should try talking to her..."

"Yuu: No way, I can't! I think she'd bite my head off..."

"The Admiral (Yamato): Is she that scary...?"

I'll just apologize for today and head home.

Um, I'm sorry for everything today!

I'll practice the bass really hard, so...

She took a picture? What the heck?

She's uploading it somewhere?!

Is she exposing my apology to the world?!

"The Admiral (Yamato): Eating at a family restaurant with a friend"

That looks kind of like lwami-senpar's...

No way... It couldn't be.

"Yuu: The Admiral (Yamato)-san, are you actually in front of me right now...? Nah, I guess you couldn't be..."

Wait... Yuu-san?

Uh, yes...

What?! Are you serious?!

I thought you had the same name, but I can't believe it's really you!

Oh, I'm sorry for the sudden change in character!

Did I freak you out?

But you should have told me!

Oh, my God!

I totally just called you a friend in my tweet!

There's so much I want to talk to you about now!

Like earlier...

Thank you very much!

The lousy way my brother was teaching you at the studio was making me so mad...

Oh! And when I hit you with my guitar! Were you okay?

It surprised me, but I've actually been wanting to apologize all day...

Oh, I'm sorry for doing all the talking.

I-It's okay...

I always say things the wrong way and give people the wrong idea.

That's how I end up getting fired from my bands...

I see...

She's just like me.

Um...

Y-Yes?

I'm not very good at talking to people, either.

But now that we've met like this,

I hope we can get along well as bandmates, too.

Yeah!

I hope so, too!

She's cute when she smiles...

Oh! And when I said that song had a difficult bass part,

I was just worried that it might be hard for you.

I'm sorry if I made you feel bad.

But I was so surprised to see how nice you all are!

With everyone up until now,

the mood would've turned sour the moment I said that!

- -Did my brother tell you that in my previous band, - -But I wish our conversations were a little less one-sided.

"Jingido Books"

"Hobbies - Music"

"Easy to Understand The Aspiring Songwriter's Book"

I won't be coming home after all.

But...

I found something I want to do.

It's the music Dad was opposed to before.

Makoto...

I guess I still love music after all.

Keyboard...

A band, huh...

"Track and Field Continent" "Huge Inter-High Special Feature!!"

I never made it to the nationals...

Okay.

It wouldn't be right for a senior to hold the team back.

Yuu-kun, time to eat!

I'll eat later!

Is this right?

Ow...

I just have to do it, though.

I'm the one who's farthest behind.

Where are you going so early on a weekend?

Band practice.

He's... in a band?

H-Hey, Sis!

Yuu-san!

Oh, Sara-senpai...

What's wrong?

I just felt embarrassed walking around with a bass.

I feel like everyone's giving me weird looks.

That's not true at all!

It looks cool.

You look like a musician!

Stop teasing me!

Sheesh...

"Hedgehog"

But...

There's nothing we can do.

What are you guys doing?

Oh, Yuu-kun.

The studio's all booked up, so it looks like we can't use it today.

Oh... We can't?

I'll go talk to my brother.

Hang on, Senpai!

That wouldn't be fair to Hisashi-san!

He lets us use the studio out of good will.

Y-Yeah...

Sorry.

What happened to you, Haruna?

You can talk to lwami like that now? I'm impressed!

Huh? Well, it's not like she's that scary...

This really stinks, though.

I guess we won't be able to practice today.

Oh, all right, fine.

Come with me to my place!

My brother used to practice here with his band.

Wow!

I'm amazed you have all this in a garage...

You should've told us you had such a great place to practice!

Huh?

If I'd told you that, it'd look like I was really into this band thing.

I like how you go from being all cold to being so sweet, Nachi-senpai.

H-Hey! Cut that out!

Oh, Kazuya, you're home?

If you have friends over, I'll have to make some tea.

We don't need any, Grandma!

Just take it easy!

But they came all the way here...

It's fine!

You really care about your grandma, huh?

Wha...

This is why I didn't want to bring you guys here!

Oh, my.

Okay, I'm gonna start.

Go ahead.

Okay!

♪ The place I believed I'd reach is so high, so far off ♪

♪ A promise that's lost its realism fades in your words ♪

♪ My shadow moves separately from the crowd ♪

2 I only watch them pulsing, with no intention of matching their stride J)

JD I have no connection to them at all J) ♪

- -♪ These repeating days I've grown sick of hearing ♪

- -D Inside this box, my heart is wearing down J)

2 I'll just have to smash open that square sky and be prepared to burn up J)

All right! I think we did great!

There were a lot of mistakes,

but it sounded much better than before.

So did your drumming, Nachi-senpai.

Yeah, I made a few breakthroughs.

Your keyboard sounded good, too.

Sara-senpai, you're amazing!

Having a guitarist really makes a difference!

Th-Thanks.

Being in a band...

...is more fun than I thought.

Yuu-san, you managed the bass--

You looked really cool, Yuu-kun!

Really?

Thanks!

Ow!

Wh-What's with you now?!

Nothing.

Yeah, but with a little more practice,

I think we'll be able to play this song okay.

No, we'll practice until we can play two or three other songs perfectly, too...

And then we'll hold our first performance at the school fair in two months!

I felt like even the sky that had shone with summer colors had grown dull

Before I knew it, even the things important to me had been tucked away

I pretended not to notice, but you already saw through me

Your words started to give color to my world

After I take a deep breath, figure out my goal, and resolve myself

I start running now, pulled by your hand

I'll catch the wind with these wings I got from you

I'm sure we'll be able to fly high anywhere together

The trajectory of our shared feelings heads toward tomorrow

I want to keep chasing this dream forever

Ah... Ah...

"Next Time: Koyuki Hinashi"