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I came from Kagawa Prefecture, across the Seto Inland Sea to the big city...

to Omotesand? High School in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo.

I'm Kagawa Makoto.

The choir I joined had four members

and its advisor had zero motivation.

It was on the verge of closure.

I will definitely sing.

I struggled alone to revive the choir,

because there's an important reason I want the choir here to continue.

To reunite my parents on the verge of divorce,

I'm searching for a love song.

No one really knows themselves what they like.

They're annoyed.

How about showing off a bit more?

The root of the word "sing" is "appeal".

Rocky outlook!

Amid those circumstances,

for the sake of the choir and my family,

the Omotesand? High School chorus began its new life.

Grandpa, I can't eat that much.

Come on~ You like kakiage, don't you?

I do, but I'll make my own lunch.

? Shrimps, clams, spring onion and mitsuba~

The best harmonies have 4 parts, don't they?

- Morning. - Morning.

- Frying kakiage this early? - It's for Makoto's lunch.

I said I'll do it myself.

You need stamina for the choir, right?

If you don't eat, you won't sing well.

Even though he hates choirs himself.

You hate choirs?

No no, I used to love them.

- I supported Minayo. - At first.

- Then he turned against it. - Eh? Why?

I wasn't that I hated choirs,

I just couldn't forgive that man!

Ah...

What are you thinking, anyway?

Sleeping later than your daughter.

In the past, mothers made their children's lunch.

- I thought I'd do it now! - I said I'll do it myself...

Move aside.

- I'm making it now... - Give me the chopsticks.

I won't give you them!

I'm going~.

- Ah, have a good day. - See you later.

I'm sorry I hit you!

I've been thinking I should apologise.

I didn't know what to do.

When it looked like you were joining the choir, I was scared.

Somehow it bothered me.

But I was really moved by your singing.

From now on, I'll support you, so...

Can you forgive me?

Mm...

Fine.

I'm glad~

Thank you.

What should I do about these?

Kagawa-san, good morning!

- Morning... - I spoke to Rina earlier.

From now on, I'll continue to support the choir,

- Right, Rina? - Eh? Mm...

I see.

Toilet.

How about you sing with us?

We still need three more people.

- We're recruiting members. - I...can't.

I've got my TV work, so...

That's right. Hey...

Incidentally, did you bring a lunch?

- Why? - I've got a surplus from home.

- I wondered if maybe... - Ah...

I buy lunch, so I'm fine. Sorry.

Right.

Wow, you startled me.

- Want one? - Can I?

Kaito-kun, won't you join the choir?

Me? No thanks.

Why not? Are you in a club?

I've had invites, but I haven't narrowed it down.

You're a second year. Your high school life's nearly over.

Life is short... Right?

True.

- I'll give you this. - Really?

Thank you~ Score!

I've been short of money lately...

- Kakiage! It looks great!

- My grandpa made it. - I'll just taste...

We haven't heard anything...

What's going on?

The old music room is closed.

It's dilapidated and dangerous!

But it's the choir practice room.

Have you gained even one member since the recital?

No.

That's right. Do you seriously think you can get three more?

We'll get them.

I'm talking about reality, here!

We'll get them!

Excuse me but I'm still in here...

What are you doing?!

I was asleep.

Ariake-sensei, you were here?

I was. Ah, Amakusa-sensei, I'm sorry.

I've got lots of important documents in there,

so can we keep it open a bit longer?

It's littered with your cabaret club scraps.

Understood. However, it will definitely close in a month's time.

- No arguments. - Right.

I'll take these...

Seyama-sensei, let's go.

We survived that somehow, but we can't go on like this.

Can we get three people in a month?

Even handing out flyers hasn't worked.

- Let's have another recital! - You just want to sing.

You guessed?

Who's this "Miyazaki"?

A first year?

Technically he's a second year.

He doesn't come to school, though.

He hasn't turned up since the end of last year, to school or choir.

I'll try speaking to him.

If he comes back to school, we'll have one more member...

Don't bother!

Tasuku smeared mud on the choir's reputation.

There's no way we'd want him back.

What do you mean?

Miyazaki Tasuku was the culprit in a theft case 6 months ago.

I see...

Bucket?

How's it going? Gathering members.

Kaito-kun...

Do you know Miyazaki Tasuku?

Miyazaki?

Ah, the thief.

It's rumoured he took money from wallets in the classroom.

Anyway, it would've been hard for him to stay in school.

He skips school, now.

I only know the rumours, myself.

I was hospitalised at the time.

Hospitalised? You were ill?

What?

Hemorrhoids.

I wish I hadn't heard~

If it's Miyazaki, you should ask Sakuraba.

They were at middle school together.

About Tasuku? Why?

I know he was in the choir,

- but not about the case. - Case?

- The theft. - Tasuku didn't do that.

- But everyone... - I still regret it.

Not defending him.

Anyway, he's not the type who would steal.

Sakuraba-kun, why are you doing chores?

Isn't that the first years' job?

- Ah~ I'm hot. - Whoa, Sakuraba's brought a woman.

If you've got free time, organise the clubroom.

Sorry, I'll do that.

Can you leave now?

What's up?

Kaito-kun, do you know where Miyazaki-kun lives?

Yeah, as it happens.

Ah... I won't go.

- You ate the kakiage bent?, right? - I did.

Wasn't it great? Grandpa's kakiage.

It was delicious.

My name is Kagawa Makoto.

I'm in the choir like you.

Right now, the choir is in danger of being abolished.

We need three more people.

We're doing our best with five,

but we only have a month left.

I heard about the incident.

I asked Sakuraba-kun about it,

but he said you weren't the type to steal.

He said he regrets not defending you...

It's the first time any friends have visited him,

so I expect he's bewildered.

The first time?

No one's been here?

Even the choir?

I think he wants to sing again himself.

I leave his meals at his door,

and he only takes baths after we've gone to bed.

I don't see him, but I hear his voice.

Singing in the bath.

I wonder what his voice is like.

I wonder if he really stole.

He's never said anything, so that's like an admission.

Mum?!

Boyfriend?

No!

Itadakimasu?

Her boyfriend?

She says he's just a classmate.

I see...

Are you in the choir, too?

I'm in the going home club.

You're a graduate, aren't you?

Yes, of the choir.

So is Dad.

You're the one who invited Dad to join the choir, right?

- Well, yes. - Why?

That's right.

I wonder why I did that.

Kagawa-kun, dressing like that violates school rules.

I told you he tried to be a delinquent to look cool, right?

No one at school faced up to him,

but I was the student president

so I was concerned with personal appearances.

At that time, I...

was hit on by some boys from Daikanyama High School.

That person misunderstood and suddenly appeared...

There were 108 of them,

those Daikanyama losers.

you said fifty last time.

Got 'em mixed up with the number of earthly desires.

But his totally misunderstanding like that,

was a little adorable.

Your mother was overjoyed.

I was only a bit scratched,

but she went overboard nursing me.

Well, that was her way of thanking me,

but I didn't know when she'd be in danger again, right?

So after that day...

I decided to watch over her.

Every day!

All~ the way through choir practice.

- That was a bit much. - He was full of spirit.

The choir complained they couldn't concentrate, and got him removed.

So I said to your dad, "If you're worried, why not join?"

Eh, that's why?

But you know...

when I heard him sing,

my impression of him changed.

He was serious and sincere.

A man with a straightforward voice.

I felt I could only see the real him when we sang together.

I thought that was what made choral singing interesting.

That's right.

Omotesand? High School Chorus

Your mum says she's divorcing, but she looks happy talking about the past.

Only about the choir.

That's why...

I think that's where my hope lies.

What are you searching for?

Old sheet music.

For a love song.

I hope you find that sheet music.

Mm.

Kaito-kun, about Miyazaki-kun...

Wouldn't you be better off finding someone else?

You've only got a month.

- "Life is short", right? - Ah...

That's...true.

- Seyama-sensei! - What? Something about the choir?

- Got those members? - It's not about that.

It's Miyazaki Tasuku-kun, the former member...

- I need to know about... - If it's about the theft, that's over with.

But Miyazaki-kun hasn't been to school since!

- Don't you want to change that? - He refuses to come.

What can we do?

Rina! Andrew and Miko, too.

Listen, about that theft...

- You're still on that? - I went to see Miyazaki-kun yesterday...

Although I wasn't able to see or hear anything.

Kagawa-san,

are you trying to bring him back so he can rejoin the choir?

Is that it?

A criminal in the class?

Unbelievable.

Watanabe-san.

Hashimoto-san, Sat?-kun.

Yamazaki-kun.

Do you want Miyazaki to come back to school?

You see? They're all his victims.

They don't want a criminal among them.

- "Criminal"... - The choir...!

...can't forgive Miyazaki.

We want peace of mind.

We can't let him come back to the choir.

Watanabe-san, Hashimoto-san, Sat?-kun, Yamazaki-kun.

They were on the committee for the cultural festival.

They were?

That's right.

My surgery was the day of the festival, so I couldn't be there...

- For hemorrhoids. - Don't say that! I'm eating!

Omelette?

Here you go.

Thank you~

So it seems the theft occurred

when those four weren't in the classroom.

Whoa, tendon!

So preparations for the festival

- were after school? - Yeah.

After school.

After school...

Itadakimasu.

Wouldn't Miyazaki-kun have had choir practice after school?

How would he have stolen things? Was that a day off?

- For Tasuku there were no days off. - In that case...

No clubs had practice that day.

Everything stopped during the festival preparation period.

That's why he had no alibi.

Just forget about Tasuku.

- It's better to recruit new members. - But...

Oh, you're all here?

Ariake-sensei, about Miyazaki-kun...

Miyazaki?

The ghost of adviser Suzuki Ariake-sensei

wouldn't remember someone who left.

Miyazaki, Miyazaki... Gotcha.

This is Miyazaki's.

He tried hard, but his singing was terrible.

He used to practise wearing a bucket.

A bucket?

To make his voice echo?

When he could hear his voice, he could correct his pitch.

That's why it says bucket.

You really do remember him.

My ears couldn't forget that lousy voice.

After choir practice,

and even on days off, he did independent practice.

- Even on days off? - Every day.

I could hear him from in here.

Meaning on the day of the incident...

In particular, he eagerly practised that song.

In the end he dropped out before the contest and never sang it, though.

Thank you very much.

You like singing, don't you?

I heard at school.

You practised every day.

Even on the day of the incident,

I'm sure you were in the music room practising.

In that case, you couldn't be the thief.

Not that I'd know.

Miyazaki-kun...

Why didn't you say anything?

If you don't say anything,

I'll give up after this.

But if it's not true...

If there's something you want to say,

I want to hear your voice.

I didn't do it!

But no one was willing

to listen to my voice.

I'll listen.

I...

...believe you, Miyazaki-kun.

Eh? He spoke to you?

He said he didn't do it.

But how can we prove that?

Any ideas?

Nope!

Even if Miyazaki said he was innocent,

that doesn't mean anyone would believe him.

If you had definitive evidence,

like maybe a witness testimony...

Rina?

About Miyazaki...

Did he really say he didn't do it?

Mm.

Why?

Well...

The one who spread the rumour that he was a thief...

...was me.

To be precise, me, F?ka and Honoka.

There was an uproar when the money disappeared,

and a heated search for the culprit...

Then someone said they'd seen him.

Who did?

Yuria.

I wasn't sure it was true,

but I didn't think Yuria would lie.

We'll discuss this again.

Without realising, when it seemed the culprit was being punished,

our mood improved.

If Miyazaki is innocent,

I did a terrible thing, didn't I?

Let's visit Miyazaki-kun together today.

Yeah.

- How about you? - Hm?

Ah, I'll join you later.

I've got somewhere else to go.

Mm, okay.

What's this about? It's been ages.

Just the two of us, drinking tea.

Listen, Yuria...

What?

It's about the Miyazaki case.

Playing detective with Kagawa-san?

You get on well.

I'm jealous.

You said you saw, didn't you?

Miyazaki taking the money.

That was shocking.

I'd left a textbook behind,

so I went back after school.

- and then... - Is that true?

Did you really see?

You don't believe me.

- He denies it... - Would I have a reason to lie?

Do you think I'd gain anything

from labelling him a criminal?

That hurts...

I don't care if nobody else believes me,

I just want you to trust me...

Sorry.

Believe me!

Miyazaki... I'm sorry.

I don't care anymore!

I don't want to go back to a classroom

where I have no place and no allies.

What about the choir?

No one in the choir believed me.

We believe you!

Tani Yuria decided I was the culprit.

I can't change that now.

Even though I thought she was kind.

Eh?

I only saw her once.

A while before the incident, in Ky?jima Park in Akabane,

Yuria?

Giving something to a homeless man.

- Homeless? - "Something", meaning?

How should I know?!

But...

He looked really happy about it.

Our eyes met for a moment, then she left immediately.

Understood. We'll investigate.

I said just forget it!

Go away!

- Makoto, let's go. - I heard from Ariake-sensei

about the bucket.

I've never heard of practising like that before.

But I think you'd have to be serious to do that.

It made me want us to sing together.

Yuria, when will your drama be filmed?

It'll be broadcast early next year,

so maybe autumn.

Yuria, watching other people is the best way to hone your own skills,

That's why I introduced you to your current office,

and I'm supporting you.

Thank you.

Yuria, you understand?

It was for your sake

I remarried Katsumi-san.

Be grateful to him.

Work hard at your job.

Mm, I know.

Desperate, aren't you?

You've finally joined our family,

so don't get above yourself.

Onee-chan~

All the shops in front of the station have been closing,

but it was a bit livelier in the past.

You know a lot.

- This is my home town. - Really?

It was Yuria's, too.

"Was"?

Ah, we're childhood friends.

Her mother remarried,

and they moved to a new neighbourhood.

Oh~

I wonder what she was doing here.

I wonder who the homeless man was.

I dunno.

What's up?

Ah, nothing.

Let's go home for today.

My place is over there, so I'll say goodbye here.

Fine, see you tomorrow.

See you.

So Tasuku was falsely accused?

Most likely.

In that case, how about we all go to his house today?

Apologise and ask him to rejoin the choir.

No, give up on him.

- But Miyazaki-kun is innocent... - It's too late.

Even if we raise a fuss again now,

it won't save his reputation.

- What if it damaged the choir's reputation? - Wait!

We won't be able to sing!

I regret it.

We tried to give up the choir, once.

but thanks to you it survived.

? Ah~ I never want to wake from this dream

? I'm singing like the wind...

I want to protect the choir, now.

If the choir's like this,

I'd rather not sing.

Betraying our friends,

it's impossible to have a good chorus.

The madonna and the delinquent.

Headmistress, why do you say that?

They were both my students.

In the choir?

? Before my eyes, a single morning

? The world is flooded

? With a dazzling light

? With a dazzling light

? Ah~

The recital was lovely.

Thank you very much.

But...

Right now, we don't feel like singing.

Oh, that's a waste.

I want to get an old member back,

but everyone's against it.

I believe everyone has the right to sing.

That's why I love choirs.

You really are just the same.

When the madonna tried to get the delinquent into the choir,

all the other members were against it.

Your mother stood up to their opposition,

and brought your father in.

So that's it.

He had a great voice.

You wouldn't know unless he sang, right?

I don't know what's happened,

but your feeling is correct.

Everyone has the right to sing.

Yes.

Let me hear a lovely chorus again sometime.

Yes.

That was the weather.

- ...And, cut. - Thank you.

Good work.

May we shake hands?

- Thank you. - Good luck.

Good work.

Yuria.

- Got a moment? - Picking me up?

I'm so happy!

How cute~

Delicious.

I saw your father yesterday.

I didn't recognise him at first.

Excuse me...

Did you meet by chance?

Don't run away.

It's humiliating.

I've...

been giving him money, every month.

He's like that, but he's my real father

so I can't not help him.

Is that...

...when Miyazaki saw you?

There's no need to feel ashamed.

I'm Yuria-sama, aren't I?

I can't have a worthless father like that.

Even though

everyone thinks I'm perfect.

Is that why you accused Miyazaki?

So he'd be hounded out of school.

Bingo.

Could it be, you took the money...

Do you hate me now?

Why did you do it?

You weren't like that in the past.

Why did I do a thing like that?

Little me.

Hey, can you throw this away for me?

It's sheet music for all the songs you've sung.

You've given up on Miyazaki?

Nice one, Director Aiba.

To stand at the top, you have to learn to ignore the masses.

I'm just thinking of the choir as a whole.

I gave up on him for the choir's sake.

I'm not like you, who doesn't think at all.

We're the same.

I had to make the same choice, once.

- It can't be helped. - What are you talking about?

Kagawa hasn't fully given up on Miyazaki.

She's an idiot, no doubt about it.

Anyway, I'll leave the music disposal to you.

Music disposal for table 3, please~

Thank you~

I'm sorry.

He'd like you to leave.

He asked me to tell you that.

So...

I'm sorry.

I felt I could only see the real him when we sang together.

I thought that was what made choral singing interesting.

Your feeling is correct.

Everyone has the right to sing.

? If I could have one wish granted

? I would ask for wings

? On this back, just like a bird

? Please give me white wings

? Spreading my wings into the broad sky

? I want to fly away

? To flap my wings and go

? To a free sky with no sadness

? I don't need wealth and honour

? But please give me wings

? Even now I have the same dream

? That I dreamed as a child

? Spreading my wings into the broad sky

? I want to fly away

? To flap my wings and go

? To a free sky with no sadness

? Ah~ Ah~

? Ah~

Shall we go?

Tasuku!

Sorry for not trusting you.

I'm sorry.

I want...

...to sing again, after all.

Yeah.

Miyazaki, I'm sorry.

- Sorry. - I'm sorry.

Sorry.

So am I.

Sorry for slacking off.

Well then,

see you tomorrow.

- Isn't that Miyazaki-kun? - The thief?

- What's he doing here? - I thought he left.

Good morning.

Morning.

Morning. Nice haircut.

You're pretty good-looking.

- You say something. - Eh?

Right. Shall we go?

Let's go!

Let's go~

Let's work hard again today!

Director, put more spirit in.

Let's work hard again today!

Hm?

Morning.

Morning...

Good morning.

Good morning, take your seats.

Now...

I'll take the register.

Aihara Honoka-san,

Aiba Rentar?-kun, Abe Mirai-san,

Ishikawa Sh?-kun, End? Riku-kun,

Okada Tomoya-kun...

Why did I do a thing like that?

Little me.

- Will you tell on me? - I'm not gonna say anything.

You're kind, after all.

In return, leave Miyazaki alone.

The choir, too.

- Tani Yuria-san. - Yes.

Natsume Kaito-kun, Nomura Ayano-san,

Hashimoto Y?ka-san, Hikita Rina-san,

Fujii Misaki-san, Maeda Ry?ta-kun...

I'll be frank, Natsume-kun.

If you don't have the surgery soon,

it'll be too late.

We finally have six people.

Two more to go!