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[bright, jangly music playing]
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[clicking tongue]
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[metal jangling]
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Doesn't it make you mad?
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[Toya] No way.
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It's just annoying, that's all.
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[clicks tongue]
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[Naoki] Nice to meet you guys.
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We're TENBLANK.
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TENBLANK…
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[Naoki] On drums, Akane Saijo.
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On bass and vocals,
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Naoki Fujitani.
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[playing "MATRIX"]
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[in Japanese] ♪ Lifeless words
Never reach anyone's heart ♪
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♪ I don't want to sing
Tainted by modern thought ♪
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♪ Money, glory, status, and fame ♪
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♪ They never made much sense to me ♪
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♪ The answer I'm searching for
Isn't something so corrupt ♪
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♪ MATRIX, who am I?
I'll never be anyone ♪
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♪ I'm putting an end to my soliloquy ♪
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♪ I'm taking sense and senselessness
To another level ♪
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♪ My heart's beating out of my chest ♪
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♪ Life is smoldering
Life is growing dull ♪
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♪ I pour the essence of my sobbing soul ♪
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♪ Into this endless stream of words ♪
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♪ Even in these tenuous times ♪
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♪ Where truth and lies are muddled
Everywhere you look ♪
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♪ You've gotta let
Your impulses burst free ♪
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[cheering and applause]
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Just as I thought.
Their drummer's the weakest link.
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[man] Yeah! That was dope!
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They're gonna have
to do better than that one.
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[yawns]
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[slow heartbeat]
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[cheering fades]
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[sounds return]
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-[sounds fade]
-[heartbeat speeding up]
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[breathing heavily]
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[sounds return]
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-[cheering fades]
-[breathing heavily]
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[heartbeat pounding]
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[sounds return]
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[playing "Crystalline Echo"]
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[in Japanese] ♪ Am I still dreaming? ♪
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♪ I'm sure I felt it ♪
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-♪ Is there even any point… ♪
-[sound fading]
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-[heartbeat]
-[gasping]
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She's getting stuck in her head.
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♪ …in separating dreams from reality? ♪
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♪ In a distant melody ♪
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-♪ Far beyond our comprehension… ♪
-[gasping]
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-[sounds fade]
-[loud heartbeat]
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[heartbeat speeding up]
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[Naoki] Akane.
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[sounds return]
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Don't hold back. Let go.
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Let go!
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♪ …the raindrops celebrate this life ♪
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♪ No matter what else happens ♪
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♪ The moon will be found by the sun ♪
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♪ I could never bring myself to tell you ♪
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♪ It's the same for you and me ♪
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♪ The way you held your umbrella… ♪
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There she goes.
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♪ Taught me everything about kindness ♪
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♪ I hung my head and cried ♪
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♪ Afraid you'd see through my imitation ♪
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♪ No matter how many times
We were broken apart ♪
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♪ A song was found in our love ♪
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♪ The magic that brings back to life ♪
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♪ The sad melody that lost its way… ♪
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[loud cheering]
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♪ The moon will be found by the sun… ♪
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This is boring.
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♪ I could never bring myself to tell you ♪
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♪ It's the same for you and me ♪
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♪ The way your shoulders shook ♪
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♪ Taught me everything about regret ♪
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♪ I lost sight of what was right ♪
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♪ And in a daze pulled you close ♪
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[cheering]
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So good!
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What do you think of Naoki Fujitani?
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I didn't think I'd like it that much.
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[Isagi] Yeah.
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The kid's brilliant.
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-[cheering]
-[woman] You wanna ruin his career?
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Nah. I'll allow him to spread his wings.
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For now.
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He'll come back.
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Back to me again.
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[bright, emotional piano music playing]
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[music fades]
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[birdsong]
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[lively guitar music playing]
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Good morning, everyone.
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-Oh!
-Oh! Oh, oh, sorry. Are you okay? My bad.
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-Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.
-Oh, good.
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Kazushi!
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Sho Takaoka's around every day now.
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I hope I can get used to all of this.
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[music fades]
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-Huh?
-It's your mug.
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You're sure?
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The way things are going, you'll need one.
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Thank you, Kazushi.
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I was kinda rude… the other day.
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-[clattering]
-Huh?
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-Huh?
-[loud banging]
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-[Naoki] Rotation, rotation.
-[light music playing]
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[Naoki] Localization, lodestone.
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[gasps] Lodestone!
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Build for three beats.
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Right there.
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That locks everything into place.
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[grunts] Ah.
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If I use that instead, I have to arrange…
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[Kazushi] Did he say
he was working on a new song?
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-[Sho] Beats me. Not that I remember.
-[Naoki] …power…
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[Akane] Sensei has
three sides to himself, huh?
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[Sho] Mmm. You're onto something.
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He wears a mask for music,
a mask for filming, and…
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one that's human.
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One that's human?
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[guitar plays scattered notes]
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All right. Please, everybody, listen up.
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[Kazushi] What's with the "everybody"?
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It took some time, but we have an official
date for the release of our single.
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Oh!
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That means the ones
who were fighting it can't stop it.
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We're also past the point of no return
together as a group.
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We're in this together, so let's do this.
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Let's focus up.
The recording happens in three days.
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-[playing guitar]
-[all] What?
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Hey, come on. You're joking.
That's way too soon.
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Did you choose a song already?
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The song we did at the Yaon,
with a new arrangement.
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You're just starting now?
Is there time to finish it?
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[Naoki] I'll do my best!
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[Kazushi] Um, I'm sure
that will work for you.
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Remember, she's got school and we don't.
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[Akane] No. I'll be fine.
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[Sho] That's what you say now,
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but it's your first time
recording with Sensei.
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[Akane] Huh?
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[poignant music playing]
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[Naoki] I'm sorry.
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You have school and all that.
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I think your life could turn out different
because we're working together.
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-[girl 1] I love her.
-[girl 2] I know, right?
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-[girl 1] So unreal!
-[girl 2] Next song'll be even better.
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-[girl 1] We listen as soon as it drops.
-[Akane] Whoa! It's Yukino Sakurai.
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[Naoki] She's got a great voice.
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Yeah. And her songwriting is
really good too.
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Her producer was Ichidai Isagi, right?
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Sensei?
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[chuckles] I can see you
up there like her in no time.
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Really? [chuckles]
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[rock music playing]
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[Naoki] No.
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[track restarts]
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Hey, no. Sorry.
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Start over. Something's off.
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[track restarts]
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-[Naoki] No, that's not it. Again.
-[Kai] That's our time.
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I'm sure Ms. Saijo's worn out too.
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I can keep going.
Please let me go on.
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I can play it again.
Tell me what needs to be fixed. It's okay.
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-I just--
-All right.
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I need you to show us
the Akane I know. In the session.
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[paper rustling]
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[footsteps approaching]
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[Kazushi] Here.
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[Akane] Huh?
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I got one during the session.
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[Akane] Thank you.
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Sensei says I need
to show the Akane he knows.
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I wonder what she's like.
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I know that's what he said,
but don't take it so seriously.
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You know how he is.
That mind of his is full of his music.
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Other than that, he's not a good person.
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What do you mean, Kazushi?
Are you saying you hate him?
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It's different than like or hate.
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[poignant music playing]
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We're rivals.
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Rivals?
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Till now, I always made music on my own.
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I made tracks digitally
and uploaded them online.
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That was good enough for me. I liked it.
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No unnecessary noise getting in the way.
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Joining a band really wasn't my style.
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Then one day,
he asked if I wanted to collaborate.
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Think about it.
That means, if he asked you,
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Sensei appreciated your sound,
isn't that right?
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But he can do everything by himself.
He doesn't need anyone.
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He's good at bass and guitar.
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He might even outdo me on the keyboard.
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That jerk doesn't need to start a band.
I don't understand why he's doing it.
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Even so, I needed to show
he wasn't the only one with talent.
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I swore that I'd show him, no matter what.
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That's why I'm here.
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So.
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This is your chance
to show him too, Akane.
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What are you… This is a pep talk, right?
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What?
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Whatever. I was just telling you
the truth. That's what I think.
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I like you, Kazushi. You're really kind.
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Whoa. I can't deal with you.
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That stupid positivity of yours.
It's so annoying.
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[chuckles]
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[music fades]
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[Kai] We'll never make
the deadline like this.
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We need to update the schedule again.
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[woman] TENBLANK. There you are.
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-[inspiring music playing]
-[Akane] Yukino Sakurai.
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It really is you.
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I saw you guys play.
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What a talented, handsome singer.
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It's so unfair, I love it.
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[music fades]
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[Isagi] I took her with me
to your gig at the Yaon.
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[tense, discordant music playing]
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How often do you get to see history
in the making with your own eyes?
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TENBLANK, right? You're gonna reinvent
the rock scene from the ground up.
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[Kai] Long time no see, Mr. Isagi.
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Your name, uh… What was it again?
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Miyako Kai with BEAT Corporation.
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I manage and produce TENBLANK.
Nice to see you again.
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Might wanna let him take care
of producing the music.
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The man can do it on his own.
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Right?
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You're recording something
today in the studio?
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Yeah. Yukino's album sessions are today.
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However, her title track isn't
really quite there yet.
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[chuckles] We thought maybe
it could feature Naoki on a song.
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The lead singer of TENBLANK,
isn't that great?
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{\an8}That's the first I've heard of it.
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[Isagi] Yeah.
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That's because I haven't asked you yet.
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And I'm sure I'm right.
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That you'll graciously accept.
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'Cause when it comes to Naoki,
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both of us know just how your mind works.
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[Kai] Excuse me… but we have to go now.
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[Isagi] I'll be in touch soon.
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[Yukino] Bye-bye.
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[Kai] Absolutely not.
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-If you work with Isagi again, the same--
-Kai.
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Thanks for looking out for me,
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but I'll be okay.
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[drumming]
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[unsettling music playing]
254
00:15:25,049 --> 00:15:26,550
-Do it again.
-[Akane] Yeah.
255
00:15:29,386 --> 00:15:30,679
That's wrong.
256
00:15:35,476 --> 00:15:36,727
Not those sounds.
257
00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:38,479
Right.
258
00:15:38,562 --> 00:15:40,022
-Do it again.
-[Akane] Yes.
259
00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,779
Hmm. Once more
from the fill four bars ago.
260
00:15:46,862 --> 00:15:47,738
[Akane] Yeah.
261
00:15:47,821 --> 00:15:49,740
[unsettling music continues]
262
00:15:58,207 --> 00:15:59,792
[drumming playing through headphones]
263
00:15:59,875 --> 00:16:01,752
[unsettling music continues]
264
00:16:10,552 --> 00:16:12,513
-[music fades]
-[elevator chimes]
265
00:16:13,889 --> 00:16:15,140
[sighs]
266
00:16:24,191 --> 00:16:25,150
Good morning.
267
00:16:25,859 --> 00:16:26,860
Oh, morning.
268
00:16:28,612 --> 00:16:29,697
You stayed here all night?
269
00:16:29,780 --> 00:16:31,448
[sighs] You're here to see it.
270
00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,956
[keyboard playing
intense, fast rock music]
271
00:17:00,894 --> 00:17:01,770
[Kai] Naoki!
272
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:04,857
[Naoki continues playing]
273
00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:17,911
[grunts]
274
00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:20,372
Huh?
275
00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,416
Where did I wander off to?
276
00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:25,961
You managed to stop
short of Mars, I guess.
277
00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:26,962
[Akane] Sensei.
278
00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:29,339
I've had enough of all this.
279
00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:31,050
It's not working.
280
00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:32,301
{\an8}[Naoki panting]
281
00:17:34,261 --> 00:17:36,055
Even if the song stayed like it was,
282
00:17:36,138 --> 00:17:39,391
whenever you play a song in studio,
the sound is gonna change, right?
283
00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:41,393
You're getting hung up on this idea
284
00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:43,812
and forcing us to fix a song
that we already had down.
285
00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,148
It's so simple.
Why can't you understand that?
286
00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:48,942
{\an8}[Naoki] I never will.
287
00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:51,070
[Kazushi] Whining about it
won't change anything.
288
00:17:51,820 --> 00:17:54,156
If you fall apart now,
all the work will be for nothing!
289
00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:56,283
[Naoki] I don't wanna sing it as it is!
290
00:17:56,366 --> 00:17:57,826
[panting]
291
00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:02,039
[swallows]
292
00:18:02,122 --> 00:18:04,583
If I'm not happy
with the composition of the song,
293
00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:07,252
how could anyone else like it?
294
00:18:08,712 --> 00:18:11,757
This is ours. TENBLANK's first single.
295
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,136
Is anyone gonna love it?
296
00:18:22,184 --> 00:18:23,644
[Sho] I hear you, Sensei.
297
00:18:25,020 --> 00:18:26,897
But there's one thing you don't get.
298
00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:32,277
When you continuously delay recording,
299
00:18:32,361 --> 00:18:34,947
all that stress it causes
falls on everybody else.
300
00:18:37,407 --> 00:18:38,659
Look at these two.
301
00:18:40,994 --> 00:18:44,414
These kids are working nonstop
and haven't complained once.
302
00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:46,083
They're both worried about you.
303
00:18:48,418 --> 00:18:52,631
Even if you push through
and bury all these feelings about it,
304
00:18:53,382 --> 00:18:56,844
and in the end, you decide
that we definitely need a new composition,
305
00:18:58,637 --> 00:19:01,265
then you should do it
as a matter of pride.
306
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:04,184
Just know…
307
00:19:05,561 --> 00:19:06,687
[sighs]
308
00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,648
…if you keep the song exactly as it is,
309
00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,318
you're not letting anybody down.
310
00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:16,572
[Naoki sighs]
311
00:19:20,742 --> 00:19:21,660
[Sho] Okay?
312
00:19:24,371 --> 00:19:25,914
There's a right version of it.
313
00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:29,251
I know I can work it out.
314
00:19:31,461 --> 00:19:33,881
I just need time to find it.
I'm really sorry.
315
00:19:36,466 --> 00:19:37,676
[sighs]
316
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,264
[Sho sighs]
317
00:19:54,151 --> 00:19:56,153
[piano music playing through earbuds]
318
00:19:58,614 --> 00:20:00,741
[Isagi] I was called to you by your sound.
319
00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:03,035
-[horn blares]
-[piano music continues]
320
00:20:05,329 --> 00:20:06,205
[clapping]
321
00:20:07,581 --> 00:20:09,458
I like that song, Ichidai. It's great.
322
00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:10,792
[exhales] Oh, yeah?
323
00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:13,670
[echoing] Naoki! Listen to me, Naoki!
324
00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:15,964
[thunder rumbles]
325
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,133
You're not going anywhere!
326
00:20:19,134 --> 00:20:20,135
[Akane, muffled] Sensei.
327
00:20:21,094 --> 00:20:22,095
Sensei!
328
00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,183
[music stops]
329
00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:30,103
You'll catch a cold out here.
You should come inside now.
330
00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:34,399
[sighs] Yeah, you're right.
331
00:20:36,944 --> 00:20:39,696
I probably just want to stay out here
to avoid seeing someone.
332
00:20:41,573 --> 00:20:42,866
[Akane] Is it Mr. Isagi?
333
00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:47,996
I was the one who turned him into a jerk.
334
00:20:49,873 --> 00:20:50,916
What?
335
00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:53,710
[horn blares]
336
00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:54,795
I'm sorry, Akane.
337
00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:58,882
I haven't been thinking
about how everyone else is feeling.
338
00:21:01,176 --> 00:21:02,177
I apologize.
339
00:21:04,554 --> 00:21:07,432
Uh, well… I'm okay.
Don't worry about it.
340
00:21:08,183 --> 00:21:10,727
Honestly. It's my fault
my drumming's no good.
341
00:21:14,398 --> 00:21:15,399
At this point,
342
00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:20,570
the rest of us,
struggling as we're waiting on you…
343
00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:22,489
Well, it's routine now.
344
00:21:22,572 --> 00:21:23,949
It's just a part of it all.
345
00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:27,828
I mean, nobody else can do what you do.
346
00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:30,622
We can't imagine
what you're going through.
347
00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:33,000
We can't do this without you.
348
00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:34,876
Huh.
349
00:21:36,086 --> 00:21:37,004
Hmm.
350
00:21:39,047 --> 00:21:41,049
[wistful music playing]
351
00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:50,767
Akane, listen.
352
00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:56,898
I've done a lot of awful things to others,
and I never forgot what I did.
353
00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:00,235
Even though that's true, I know one thing.
354
00:22:00,902 --> 00:22:03,405
Despite all the hurt I've caused,
I still feel content.
355
00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:08,827
There are people who are still in pain
because of what I've done.
356
00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:13,540
And it's hard to face that.
357
00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:17,210
But the music I create
makes a lot of people happy.
358
00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:18,420
More than those I've hurt.
359
00:22:21,631 --> 00:22:22,632
It evens out, right?
360
00:22:26,094 --> 00:22:27,304
And I want you to know…
361
00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:31,308
I'd do anything to make you happy, Akane.
362
00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:38,732
I swear I won't let you down, okay?
363
00:22:41,318 --> 00:22:43,320
[emotional music swells]
364
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:49,993
[music ebbs]
365
00:22:50,077 --> 00:22:52,537
[Sho] I heard Ichidai Isagi
was at the studio today.
366
00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,331
[Akane] Uh, yeah.
367
00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:57,793
I guess he just so happened
to be recording at the same place.
368
00:22:57,876 --> 00:23:00,337
Yeah, "just so happened."
369
00:23:01,338 --> 00:23:03,799
I wish we could have kept Sensei
away from him.
370
00:23:05,759 --> 00:23:07,469
[Akane] A new mask came out today.
371
00:23:07,969 --> 00:23:08,845
[Sho] Huh?
372
00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:10,972
[Akane] Naoki.
373
00:23:11,598 --> 00:23:12,682
[Sho chuckles softly]
374
00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:14,142
He's got a lot of masks he wears,
375
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:16,895
but at his core,
I think he's always the same.
376
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,196
Sho Takaoka gave you a ride home?
Are you serious?
377
00:23:26,279 --> 00:23:27,155
[Akane] Yeah.
378
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,074
Why aren't you flipping out?
379
00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:32,119
Is the Akane Saijo I know still in there?
380
00:23:32,202 --> 00:23:33,870
[emotional music continues]
381
00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:43,922
[Akane] Naoki told me he was content.
But I don't think so.
382
00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:45,632
He looked lonely.
383
00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:51,096
He's giving everything he has. All of it.
384
00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:55,475
He's pushing his limits, and it feels
like one wrong move could break him.
385
00:23:56,393 --> 00:24:00,272
Hmm. He does look
like he's burning the candle at both ends.
386
00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,817
Like one day, he could just disappear.
387
00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:05,569
Don't say that!
388
00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:10,907
[trembles] I think I'm scared.
389
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:13,326
I've never been afraid of drumming.
390
00:24:14,744 --> 00:24:16,538
You're in uncharted territory.
391
00:24:17,497 --> 00:24:21,001
In situations like this,
there's only one thing to do.
392
00:24:21,084 --> 00:24:23,712
Play those drums with all your heart!
393
00:24:23,795 --> 00:24:25,797
[emotional music swells]
394
00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:05,337
[sighs]
395
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,547
[gasps]
396
00:25:08,215 --> 00:25:09,591
[music fades]
397
00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:10,675
[sighs shakily]
398
00:25:19,142 --> 00:25:22,062
[playing Sonatine, No. 2,
"Mouvement de Menuet" by Ravel]
399
00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:48,672
Yo, Little Miss Ambition.
400
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:50,173
Um…
401
00:25:50,257 --> 00:25:53,051
Thank you for the Yaon.
We really appreciate it.
402
00:25:53,718 --> 00:25:55,512
Yeah, whatever. Thank you is right.
403
00:25:56,304 --> 00:25:58,181
So, is OVER CHROME recording here?
404
00:25:59,015 --> 00:26:00,016
Play along.
405
00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:01,142
Do I have to? Or--
406
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:02,435
[Toya] Are you deaf?
407
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:30,505
[plays dissonant chord]
408
00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:35,218
Do you have a thing with Naoki?
409
00:26:35,302 --> 00:26:37,178
What? What are you saying?
410
00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:41,141
When I heard you playing just like Naoki,
I figured you two hooked up once at least.
411
00:26:41,224 --> 00:26:43,852
-What? I only wanna create music together!
-Only what?
412
00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:47,022
Remember when you talked tough
the other night, Little Miss Ambition?
413
00:26:49,482 --> 00:26:52,444
You challenged OVER CHROME and then
you forgot your own sound so easily?
414
00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:53,778
That's so crazy.
415
00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:56,990
I have my own sound?
416
00:26:57,073 --> 00:26:58,908
[Naoki] I need you to show us
the Akane I know.
417
00:26:58,992 --> 00:26:59,909
In the session.
418
00:27:01,494 --> 00:27:02,954
[Toya] I tried to warn you before.
419
00:27:03,038 --> 00:27:06,499
If you and Naoki work together,
there are only two ways this will end up.
420
00:27:06,583 --> 00:27:09,294
You'll destroy his sound,
or he'll destroy you instead.
421
00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:14,674
I'd just give up now.
422
00:27:17,385 --> 00:27:18,762
I won't give up on this!
423
00:27:22,682 --> 00:27:23,600
[tuts]
424
00:27:23,683 --> 00:27:25,268
[sighs]
425
00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:26,728
Join in if you're good enough.
426
00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:30,857
Look out, though. I'll kill you
if you start sounding like Naoki again.
427
00:27:31,358 --> 00:27:33,401
[playing aggressively]
428
00:27:37,113 --> 00:27:38,156
Hey!
429
00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:47,749
That sucks!
430
00:28:15,443 --> 00:28:17,529
That's offbeat, you're amateur.
431
00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:23,493
I'm hungry, buy me food.
432
00:28:26,496 --> 00:28:27,622
Why would I do that?
433
00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:30,542
[footsteps receding]
434
00:28:32,043 --> 00:28:34,129
[server] Your ramen.
Thank you for your patience.
435
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:36,047
-[Akane] Thank you so much.
-[server] Of course.
436
00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:39,342
-[Akane] Itadakimasu.
-[Toya] You're unbelievable.
437
00:28:39,426 --> 00:28:41,136
-What? I'm footing the bill.
-[slurps]
438
00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:44,139
If you don't put onions in ramen,
you shouldn't be allowed to eat it.
439
00:28:46,641 --> 00:28:47,892
[sighs]
440
00:28:50,478 --> 00:28:51,438
Let's see.
441
00:28:56,276 --> 00:28:57,444
Itadakimasu.
442
00:28:58,611 --> 00:28:59,863
[Toya slurps]
443
00:29:02,782 --> 00:29:04,617
[slurps] Mmm! It's so good!
444
00:29:05,368 --> 00:29:06,703
Do you know why he quit?
445
00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:09,205
Why Naoki quit playing music?
446
00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:11,791
Huh?
447
00:29:12,876 --> 00:29:14,961
I didn't hear about him quitting before?
448
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:20,675
This jerk, he stole his song
when they were playing together.
449
00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:24,220
[chuckles]
450
00:29:24,304 --> 00:29:27,515
After that, the guy who stole the song,
451
00:29:28,141 --> 00:29:29,100
karma caught up,
452
00:29:29,184 --> 00:29:31,186
and his musical talent and reputation
453
00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:33,605
were completely destroyed.
454
00:29:38,485 --> 00:29:39,778
Serves the jerk right.
455
00:29:40,403 --> 00:29:42,238
A genius's sound makes people uneasy.
456
00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:47,535
Weird. Kai told me the same thing.
457
00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:50,205
Don't ever put me on her level again.
458
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:54,709
No way.
459
00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,922
Hey! Uh, where are you going?
460
00:29:59,005 --> 00:30:00,465
RAMEN SHOP TORAICHI
461
00:30:00,548 --> 00:30:02,217
[Toya, mouth full] I see you, genius.
462
00:30:04,093 --> 00:30:04,969
[Akane] Oh.
463
00:30:07,222 --> 00:30:09,057
What a coincidence to run into you here.
464
00:30:09,557 --> 00:30:10,767
Interesting, right?
465
00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:15,605
Is it true you're collaborating
with Ichidai?
466
00:30:15,688 --> 00:30:17,315
[poignant music playing]
467
00:30:17,398 --> 00:30:18,942
[Toya] Where's your pride?
468
00:30:19,025 --> 00:30:21,110
You're ready to sell out
the first chance you get?
469
00:30:21,694 --> 00:30:24,781
[Naoki] I have my own vision,
and I'm willing to make things work.
470
00:30:25,698 --> 00:30:27,826
[Toya] Skipping right over
the agency and Miyako.
471
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:31,120
He's leeching off
Naoki Fujitani's massive connections.
472
00:30:31,621 --> 00:30:32,956
That guy's a joke, right?
473
00:30:33,623 --> 00:30:35,166
There's no way I can avoid it,
474
00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:37,460
but my name holds
a lot of weight, I guess.
475
00:30:38,044 --> 00:30:39,295
Since that's the way it's going,
476
00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:41,339
I figure I should
dirty my hands and use it.
477
00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:44,050
[Toya] Listen to you, talkin' a big game.
478
00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:46,427
Lookin' like you're half dead already.
479
00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:48,263
You might think you're okay,
480
00:30:48,346 --> 00:30:50,306
but you're grinding yourself
into the ground.
481
00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:53,226
Hah! Look at this guy.
482
00:30:53,893 --> 00:30:55,895
Why not go until you end up dead for real?
483
00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:02,735
If your sound means more to you
than your health,
484
00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:07,657
why not write as many masterpieces
as you can, then drop dead?
485
00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:10,451
They'll remember you then.
486
00:31:10,952 --> 00:31:13,079
"The legendary genius, Naoki."
487
00:31:13,621 --> 00:31:15,915
[stirring music playing]
488
00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:18,668
Sorta like John Lennon?
489
00:31:22,922 --> 00:31:24,799
I guess there's something to that.
490
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,722
[music intensifies]
491
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:33,892
-[tires screech]
-[music stops]
492
00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:35,226
[high-pitched ringing]
493
00:31:38,938 --> 00:31:39,939
[Naoki] Akane?
494
00:31:43,026 --> 00:31:44,444
Uh… [gasps]
495
00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:48,907
Sorry. I forgot
that I have to get home early.
496
00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:52,702
Excuse me. I gotta go.
497
00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:54,245
I'm sorry.
498
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:56,331
[poignant music playing]
499
00:32:06,549 --> 00:32:08,051
[Akane panting]
500
00:32:12,805 --> 00:32:14,557
[crosswalk bleeping]
501
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,068
[Naoki panting] Akane!
502
00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:28,196
[gasps] Wait a second!
503
00:32:28,821 --> 00:32:29,697
[sighs]
504
00:32:31,908 --> 00:32:32,784
This.
505
00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:36,162
[sighs] Here.
506
00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:38,957
[panting] Give it a listen.
507
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:44,462
I rerecorded the bass.
Got Kazushi to help out. He programmed it.
508
00:32:52,011 --> 00:32:52,887
Akane?
509
00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:58,476
I have to ask.
510
00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:02,897
Do I not have what it takes
to play your music?
511
00:33:06,901 --> 00:33:08,486
The way I play already…
512
00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:13,741
can I ever make you the sound you want?
513
00:33:20,748 --> 00:33:23,042
I want to know, Akane. Let's pretend.
514
00:33:25,795 --> 00:33:30,508
Just imagine that tomorrow,
I died in a fluke accident somehow.
515
00:33:32,051 --> 00:33:33,553
TENBLANK couldn't go on.
516
00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:35,638
Uh…
517
00:33:38,224 --> 00:33:40,435
Would you keep drumming,
or would you give it all up?
518
00:33:48,818 --> 00:33:49,777
[bleeping]
519
00:33:51,487 --> 00:33:53,364
Forget about it. Just hypothetical.
520
00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:55,283
I'll see you tomorrow.
521
00:34:09,297 --> 00:34:11,299
[siren blaring]
522
00:34:20,975 --> 00:34:22,310
[whistle blows]
523
00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:27,815
[friend] He does look like
he's burning the candle at both ends.
524
00:34:29,525 --> 00:34:31,652
Like one day, he could just disappear.
525
00:34:32,862 --> 00:34:35,323
-[siren continues]
-[whistle blowing]
526
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,116
[man] Please step aside.
527
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,910
[siren and whistle getting louder]
528
00:34:40,369 --> 00:34:41,412
[silence]
529
00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:44,957
[emotional song in Japanese playing]
530
00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:06,395
[horn blares]
531
00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,194
-[music stops]
-[splash echoes]
532
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:14,654
[both grunt]
533
00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:16,989
-Akane?
-I'd still play!
534
00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:18,991
[emotional song resumes]
535
00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:22,578
Even if you disappeared
and TENBLANK wasn't around anymore.
536
00:35:23,079 --> 00:35:24,455
Even if this was all gone.
537
00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:26,958
I'll find my sound
and I'll play the drums.
538
00:35:33,506 --> 00:35:34,507
Even so.
539
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:39,720
Don't disappear
like John Lennon did, okay?
540
00:35:49,772 --> 00:35:50,815
[song stops]
541
00:35:51,732 --> 00:35:53,109
["Crystalline Echo" playing]
542
00:36:11,043 --> 00:36:13,337
[poignant music playing]
543
00:36:23,472 --> 00:36:24,599
[Naoki] Hmm.
544
00:36:24,682 --> 00:36:25,975
Yeah, that'll be the one.
545
00:36:31,063 --> 00:36:32,940
[Kazushi sighs]
546
00:36:42,074 --> 00:36:43,659
[birdsong]
547
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,161
-[shop bell rings]
-I'm off.
548
00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:46,454
[friend] Have a good day.
549
00:36:48,247 --> 00:36:49,665
-Hmm.
-[phone buzzes]
550
00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,253
NEW MESSAGE FROM NAOKI
551
00:36:54,337 --> 00:36:56,339
FRESHLY MADE
CRYSTALLINE ECHO.MP3
552
00:36:56,422 --> 00:36:57,798
[music fades]
553
00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:04,055
["Crystalline Echo" playing]
554
00:37:29,205 --> 00:37:31,249
[in Japanese] ♪ Am I still dreaming? ♪
555
00:37:31,332 --> 00:37:34,669
♪ I'm sure I felt it ♪
556
00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:37,922
♪ Is there even a point ♪
557
00:37:38,005 --> 00:37:42,218
♪ To separating dreams from reality? ♪
558
00:37:42,301 --> 00:37:44,637
♪ In a distant melody ♪
559
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:50,434
♪ Far beyond our comprehension ♪
560
00:37:50,518 --> 00:37:53,396
♪ The raindrops celebrate this life ♪
561
00:37:53,479 --> 00:37:57,316
♪ No matter what else happens ♪
562
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,819
♪ The moon will be found by the sun ♪
563
00:37:59,902 --> 00:38:03,823
♪ I could never bring myself to tell you ♪
564
00:38:03,906 --> 00:38:06,033
♪ It's the same for you and me ♪
565
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:09,120
♪ The way you held your umbrella ♪
566
00:38:09,203 --> 00:38:12,415
♪ Taught me everything about kindness ♪
567
00:38:12,498 --> 00:38:15,334
♪ I hung my head and cried ♪
568
00:38:15,418 --> 00:38:18,838
♪ Afraid you'd see through my imitation ♪
569
00:38:23,718 --> 00:38:27,471
♪ No matter how many times
We were broken apart ♪
570
00:38:27,555 --> 00:38:30,016
♪ A song was found in our love ♪
571
00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:33,894
♪ The magic brings back to life ♪
572
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:36,355
♪ The sad melody that lost its way ♪
573
00:38:36,439 --> 00:38:39,859
♪ No matter what else happens ♪
574
00:38:39,942 --> 00:38:42,570
♪ The moon will be found by the sun ♪
575
00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:46,365
♪ I could never bring myself to tell you ♪
576
00:38:46,449 --> 00:38:48,993
♪ It's the same for you and me ♪
577
00:38:49,076 --> 00:38:51,829
♪ The way your shoulders shook ♪
578
00:38:51,912 --> 00:38:55,333
♪ Taught me everything about regret ♪
579
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:58,419
♪ I lost sight of what was right ♪
580
00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:02,548
♪ And in a daze pulled you close ♪
581
00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:07,803
[pensive instrumental music playing]
582
00:40:17,998 --> 00:40:19,708
[music fades]