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Having transferred from Kagawa to Omotesand? High School,

I, Kagawa Makoto, made a plan

to reunite my parents on the verge of divorce

by finding a love song in the choir.

But the choir is on the verge of abolition.

Hikita Rina, who was clinging to the edge of the 1st team,

and the ghost member Miyazaki Tasuku were successfully added.

Sakuraba Daisuke, at risk of having to leave the baseball team

was encouraged by the choir, and, although he left the team,

he joined the choir instead,

followed immediately by the mysterious piano girl Kiriboshi Narumi.

With this, the choir can stay!

...Or so we thought, but...

We are going to sue you.

You remember Oyamada Sh?ji-kun, don't you?

Yes.

Here's a copy of the lawsuit.

The court will send you a formal complaint later.

Please know the same pain as Sh?ji.

Now the choir can officially continue!

Here again?

I have something to tell you all.

Suzuki Ariake-sensei is being sued.

"Sued"... Who by?

Your senpai in the choir, Oyamada Sh?ji-san.

Who?

Ah, the power harassment case.

- Power harassment case? - Right, the power harassment case.

5 years ago, because of Ariake's leadership,

a choir member attempted suicide.

This choir used to be prestigious.

But in the case 5 years ago,

there was just one member who couldn't make the right sound.

Ariake was impatient due to an upcoming contest

and gave an unforgivable instruction.

Unforgivable instruction?

He told that student to mime in the contest.

The choir won gold,

and that night at home he attempted suicide.

Telling a choir member not to sing, they'd feel humiliated.

- More than being disciplined. - He failed as a leader!

- What happened to the boy? - It seems he survived,

But he left school and I don't know what happened later.

The other members turned against Ariake,

he lost confidence,

and he gave up leading us so we were almost disbanded.

You see, right? Ariake is the worst possible advisor.

Unfortunately, without an advisor

club activities can't be permitted.

Wait a minute!

Seyama-sensei, please lead us.

I don't mind you having a proxy advisor,

but until the trial, choir is cancelled.

For now, let's keep practising separately.

It's probably better than Ariake.

Where is Ariake-sensei now?

He was told to stay home, and left the school.

Dad! Mayumi!

- Makoto~ - Onee-chan!

- Welcome home. - I'm back.

You startled us turning up suddenly.

That was the plan, right, Mayumi...

You must be tired from the long journey.

I'll make you something tasty, so have a rest.

- I want kakiage! - Me, too!

- Tempura soba... - You both like kakiage, don't you?

We should call you the Kakiage Sisters...

I'll make more than you can eat.

- Let's move your luggage. - Yes~

I'll do the same.

Thank you for coming

all the way from Kagawa Prefecture.

I'm grateful to you

for delivering my precious daughter.

Eh? Why so formal?

Treating me like an outsider.

You are an outsider.

"Outsider"...

Once the divorce is finalised,

you will be, won't you?

- I won't allow it. - Don't be ridiculous!

In these 20 years,

what have you done with

my daughter and granddaughters?

You've just dragged them to Kagawa,

made your udon shop fail,

and made them poor, haven't you?

Please give me one more chance.

I'll rebuild "Kagawa Ya".

I won't make Minayo, Makoto and Mayumi

suffer again.

Right, Minayo? This time...

...our family will be happy. This time.

- You haven't even repaid your debts... - Dad.

Dad, be quiet a moment.

This time?

Right. This time.

In the end, you haven't changed at all.

You don't understand anything!

Makoto, Mayumi and I,

we were always happy.

You were the only one who wasn't.

Minayo...

I'm sorry.

Could you leave for today?

Tempura bits.

- Here. - "Harajuku Festival"?

There'll be a choral presentation in the school courtyard.

You'll sing in front of the public?

If the members agree, I thought we'd participate this year.

Wait a minute, I've only just joined.

I can't do anything yet.

It's true I'm still nervous. If Ariake-sensei were here...

It fine! I'm here.

We can show them a great chorus with these members.

Are you sure?

How did it go? The audition.

- Audition? - Mm.

The results aren't out yet, but I'm not optimistic.

I tried out for a role.

For a special drama at the end of this year.

Sounds fun.

- What do you think? - How was the feedback?

- Here. - This many songs?

- I want to do a medley. - I can't do all this.

Don't worry...

I'm Hasegawa from the organising committee.

Thank you for coming.

This way, everyone!

Ah, Tokuda-san, careful.

This time you'll be singing with

the Omotesand? Senior Society

and the Sendagaya Sugar Kids.

Hasegawa-san, excuse me...

It's not just us singing?

Please have a lively and fun time

with 3 teams singing together.

The truth is, for the past 2 years,

you haven't performed.

That's why I wanted Ariake-sensei in charge this year.

No, I'm in charge.

Leave it to me.

Well then, I'll count on you for now.

Coming through.

What?

The plaintiff?

I want to ask them to withdraw the complaint.

It's not that simple.

The plaintiff says he ruined their life.

Then, don't you mind

if Ariake-sensei leaves this way?

You know, right?

Why they want to sing.

Even if...

Even if I knew who the plaintiff was,

I couldn't tell you.

Right.

If I did something that crazy,

I might end up punished, too.

- Right. - I absolutely won't tell you.

Don't follow me.

Don't you dare follow me.

- Hey. - Oh.

Follow her.

Why?

Don't you dare follow me.

Ah~

Ah, Kaito-kun, don't you dare follow me.

Ah, I won't be lonely,

- so don't even think of following me. - I get it.

Omotesand? High School Chorus!

Subtitles by Candylemon

Hello?

I'm Kagawa Makoto of the Omotesand? High School choir.

Could I please have a word with you?

Please speak to our lawyer.

Just a quick word...

It won't be easy.

Sh?ji, where are you going?

There are some strangers outside,

so you should stay in for now.

Why don't you quit your part-time job

and focus on studying?

You can't live your life this way.

If you take the high school equivalence test,

you could be a doctor, lawyer, civil servant or anything!

Kaito-kun, Sensei!

- What are you doing? - Hey, Kagawa.

Shall we leave things here for today?

Yes, we shouldn't overdo this.

Alright, Sensei.

No, wait!

Excuse me,

I'm Kagawa from the Omotesand? High School choir.

Please withdraw your lawsuit against Ariake-sensei.

Please.

We need Sensei's guidance.

"Withdrawal".

"A pending litigation..." What the heck?

Onee-chan, what are you planning to do about Dad?

I forgot.

Have you found the sheet music?

Sorry, I've been looking.

But does that love song really exist?

They said that song linked their fates together, so it must.

The legendary love song of the Omotesand? High School choir.

If two people sing it together, their fates will be linked.

...According to Dad's story.

Can we believe that?

I believe it.

We have to believe it.

If something will get Mum and Dad back to how they were,

even if it's not a love song,

even if it's a tsuchinoko, (legendary snake-like creature)

I'll believe in it and search.

A tsuchinoko?

In the end, you haven't changed at all.

You don't understand anything!

Hey, whatcha doing? You're in the way!

Why ya walking like that?

Hey hey hey...

How old are you?

Your parents will be worried.

Hurry up and go home.

Huh?

Geezer...

If ya try to be cool,

we'll kill ya.

If you can...

...just try it.

I thought for sure you would save me.

That was the plan.

I didn't think kids my daughter's age

could do so much.

You have a daughter?

One in middle school, one in high school.

Ow!

- Sorry. - Don't worry. Thanks.

High school? Same here.

I came all the way from Kagawa

to see my wife and daughter.

They cast me out alone.

I have nowhere to go.

I have an udon shop in Kagawa.

But that will go under soon.

That's like me, too.

I had a factory.

It was crushed by debts.

My wife took my daughter and remarried a manager.

I lost my money and my family together.

Lonely, isn't it?

But even though I'm like this,

my daughter alone

still thinks of me.

She's an actress.

Still just a beginner, though.

- Mama. - Hm?

You know the drama we discussed?

Oh yes, Katsumi-san asked for your autograph.

The company are excited about promoting you, too.

We should be grateful.

You're worried?

I know. I was the same.

But you'll be fine.

You're the spitting image of me.

I gave up acting to have you,

but if I'd continued I would definitely have succeeded.

- I'm sorry. - Why are you apologising?

You're going to succeed in my place.

That's what matters.

3 and...

Wah, what?

Excuse me, stop a minute.

Stop, please.

Please follow the score. The pitch and rhythm are all over.

Don't make a fuss.

We sang "Hoshi Furu Machi Kado" perfectly last year.

- What's wrong? - We're bored.

But you can't be a chorus if you don't practice.

I'm tired, can we have a break?

Excuse me, could you please listen to me?

Yep.

Seyama-sensei.

I'm here as the choir's deputy advisor.

Please guide the members so they can appear at the Harajuku Festival.

They've done all they can alone.

I refuse.

You know what I did in the past, right?

I heard.

I derailed Oyamada Sh?ji's life.

As long as he's unhappy,

I don't deserve to be involved with the choir.

You won't...!

Kagawa?

You won't know that unless you ask him yourself.

I'm so very sorry for what happened.

- As a teacher and an advisor... - S- s- s- stop it!

I- I...

d- d- don't want to h- hear any more.

Can't you forgive Sensei?

The one who taught me the joy of choral singing

was Ariake-sensei.

I- I- I'm the same.

- In that case... - That's why...

T- t- that's why

I can't

f- f- forgive him.

He's a very honest and gentle boy.

But he finds it a little hard to make friends.

I was always alone.

T- t- there wasn't one thing

that I enjoyed.

B- b- but...

b- by chance I saw a rehearsal,

Hey, you like singing?

- Ah, um... - Never mind that, just try it.

? All the important things

I- I get stuck just speaking,

? Are in this place

s- so I thought singing would be the same.

? Times of tears

Smile.

? Times of laughter

Right, open your mouth wide.

? Times of anger

? Times of joy

It was strange,

b- but when I sang I was fine.

M- meeting the choir

ch- ch- changed

my whole world.

I'd found a place I belonged.

But I was against it.

Joining a club for the first time, I thought he'd be bullied.

Do you know the song "Zenbu"?

Yes.

Let's see...the set song

for the 2010 National Choral Contest?

Wrong!

Oyamada, sing it alone.

? Times of anger

Again.

? Times of anger

You know your pitch is wrong, don't you?

Again.

? Times...

Enough! Enough.

? All the important things

The pitches of the basses are off for A.

Sing the "ko" alone.

Higher. Aoki.

Lower. Sat?.

Okay.

Alright, do your best.

- Yes. - Let's go.

Oyamada, you won't sing.

For today, just mime.

- B- b- but I... - Please.

Sat?, you had the best pitch today...

I can't forgive Suzuki Ariake

for stealing my son's future.

Goodbye

Oyamada Sh?ji

No matter how many times he apologises.

Because look at my son.

Every day he shuffles between part-time jobs.

It's like he's lost his purpose in life.

I want that man to taste the same suffering.

It's unforgivable.

For the sake of his own comfort...

...he stole the place I belonged.

U- u- unforgivable.

There is somewhere you belong.

Oyamada-san.

Won't you sing again?

There'll be a choral presentation at the Harajuku Festival.

Let's sing there together.

We'll be waiting at the old music room at 5 pm tomorrow.

I- I- I've given up singing.

? All the important things

? Are in this place

? Times of laughter

? Times of laughter

? Times of anger

? Times of joy

? All the important...

Wait a minute! Please wait.

Come inside.

Welcome.

Ah...

Oh, Ariake-sensei! What a coincidence.

You called me here yourself.

I can't be caught drinking with a suspended teacher.

- Such a coincidence! - It is!

I knew I'd have to atone for it someday.

I thought they'd want compensation, so I've saved up little by little.

I've stopped being an advisor.

Distanced myself from the choir.

Atonement...

- You're serious as ever. Here. - Thanks.

I thought that when I first met you

as a graduate of the same university.

- You're dependable. - That's not true.

A sincere attitude and exact advice.

Young, passionate.

Someone who loves music more than anything.

That's why I appointed you my successor

as Omotesand? High School choral advisor.

I don't regret leaving it to you.

But after I was appointed, we kept missing out on winning gold.

I was afraid of what might happen.

Back then, I'd forgotten how to enjoy singing.

As a result, I robbed a student of song.

Then what if

Oyamada-kun still has that love of singing?

What if he still wants to sing?

Oyamada-kun

came to watch the practice for the Harajuku Festival.

He did?

Perhaps he really wants to sing?

Will you leave him like that?

If you stole singing from him,

please give it back again.

That is true atonement.

3 and...

I give up!

Do it properly!

Ariake-sensei!

Wait a minute! Please wait!

Could you practice with us a bit more?

Please.

Director, good work, I'll take over.

Go and join them.

Everyone, let's start again.

The theme is summer holidays.

Memories of summer holidays.

Please draw a picture of your happiest

memory of summer.

Don't say that, get drawing!

Alright, everyone.

Please try to sing feeling each other's breath.

You all drew very well.

Now sing with the feeling of diving

into the images you drew.

Understand? Now close your eyes.

Think of those happy memories.

Let's go. 3 and...

? When summer comes, I remember

? The sky of distant Oze

? Floating ahead through the fog

? The kindly form of the narrow trail

? The skunk cabbage flowers are blooming

Feel like you're flying far away.

? Blooming by the water in my dreams

Listen to the voices around you.

? The sunset turns...

Breathe together.

The male voices aren't projecting at all.

Let's hear the male voices again.

And...

Take a breath.

? When summer comes, I remember

Breathe from the diaphragm.

? The sky of distant Oze

? Floating ahead through the fog

Project your voices more.

? The kindly form of the narrow trail

Make your voices fly.

? The skunk cabbage flowers are blooming

? Blooming by the water in my dreams

That's the way!

- Yuria. - Hm?

This is your drama, isn't it?

Why isn't your name on there.

I'm sorry for not telling you.

My role has

been given to someone else...

What?

Wait! Mama, forgive me!

You're

my child, aren't you?

I'm sorry...

I didn't put enough effort in.

As long as you know, that's fine.

Work hard.

The aortic aneurysm has expanded.

It seems you've developed symptoms of arrhythmia.

I really recommend the surgery.

There's still time.

What's up?

There's going to be a choral concert at the Harajuku Festival tomorrow.

Will you come?

What?

Nothing...

I was thinking you're as lively as ever.

I'll go to the concert.

Oyamada-san's going to sing with us, thanks to you.

- I didn't really do anything. - No, thank you.

Hey, listen, Yuria.

F?ka passed the audition!

It's not a big role,

but I have dialogue, so I have to create a role.

There.

Friend B?

The protagonist's entourage...

Very basic.

There's no point in creating a role

just for that.

This is our shop's address. Please call in sometime.

Thank you very much.

People from the Senior Society, this way, please.

There's space at the front here.

Ah, from the Senior Society!

- I'm the headmistress here. - I know.

There's space over there.

This is sudden,

but forget everything you've practised up to now.

Why?

Enjoyment polishes a chorus.

Sing with a smile.

Excuse me!

I've got stomachache, so can I sit it out?

Stomachache!

I'll be leaving you after this.

Let's stick together till the end.

I'm sorry for not teaching you properly until now.

Never mind...

In the end...

...I think you were a proper advisor.

Director!

Kagawa, since you came here

it's been entertaining.

Thanks.

Oyamada.

Thank you for singing here today.

I'm grateful.

I- I'm not really doing it for you.

I'm Hasegawa of the organising committee.

Please get ready to perform.

? Unmanly, unmanly, unmanly

? It's painful

? In just one small event

? Love wounded me

? You suddenly left home (You left)

? Under a midwinter sky

? Ceaselessly pouring down

? Just like the snow

? I was happy when you loved me

? Falling on the window

? Just like the snow

? Our love flowed

Grandpa, do your best!

Onee-chan, you're cool!

? When summer comes, I remember

? The sky of distant Oze

? Floating ahead through the fog

? The kindly form of the narrow trail

? The skunk cabbage flowers are blooming

? Blooming by the water in my dreams

? The sunset turns a rhododendron colour

? In the sky of distant Oze

? Are you ready?

Yeah!

? Hey hey hey hey hey

? Hey hey hey hey hey

? Hey hey hey hey hey

? Hey hey hey hey hey

? Hey!

? Hey!

? Hey!

? Hey!

? Hey

? Hey!

? Hey!

? Hey!

? Yeah!

? Yeah!

? These guys in all these seats

? All have just one aim

? To sit beside the prettiest girl in class

? Ah~ We're all rivals

? Ah~ A life or death struggle

? Yeah yeah yeah!

? Goddess of fate

? Smile down on me

? Just this once

? I don't care about studying

? It all depends on this

? If I can't do it

? I'll go grey

Yeah?

We did it!

Okay! Okay!

You're here!

I've been thinking ever since then.

But you know...

I don't understand at all.

Why can't we try again?

When you were running "Kagawa Ya",

did you hum a tune even once?

Was there ever a time

when music made us feel rich?

I wanted to live with you that way.

Makoto and Mayumi, too.

We wanted that version of you.

But...for a man...

- What man?! - That's not what I mean.

For a man...

- Ah~ - What about men?!

- Ah! - Ah, it got away.

Oyamada?

I- I- It's nostalgic.

I haven't been here for 5 years.

F- f- for all

these 5 years

I've been using you as an excuse

to run away.

But

I- I realised today.

I can still do it.

I- I can try chasing

my dream from that time again.

Dream?

He's here. Everyone, he's here!

Why did you suddenly disappear?

We haven't thanked you yet.

Today's chorus was the most fun so far.

I didn't know choirs could be so much fun.

- I want to get better. - I wanted to sing more.

- Everyone's satisfied. - It's thanks to you.

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

I- I envy these students

who can sing in a choir led by you.

I- I don't have

the right to

r- r- rob them of you.

I'll withdraw the lawsuit.

P- p- please stay here.

Are you sure?

S- someday

I- I- I want to become

a- a teacher like you.

I was listening to your singing earlier.

You're no good at all. You need more practice.

Eh? Then...

Starting tomorrow I'll work you hard.

You don't want that?

It's not that...

- Please do. - Please do!

- Put this away. - Heavy!

Where are you going, Sensei?

- The toilet. - We'll stay with you always.

Not in the toilet!

So you weren't able to reconcile?

No.

Don't be so down. Let's change the mood!

You're in a good mood.

My daughter's coming to see me.

I'll be in the way.

Here.

I'm sorry.

I may not be able to give you any next month.

That's fine.

I'm a pathetic father,

so don't worry.

This really is

more than enough.

- Seriously? - Whoa!

Yuria!

What?