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Meow!

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Music Preparation Room

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Sumiya Junior High School

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Crushed it!

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She got all of that one!

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Look at it go!

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CRASH!

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Oh crap.

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You don't have to hit the snot out of it!

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Go get the ball Tsubaki!

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Whoa!

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So she struck out again huh?

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- Bye!
- Bye!

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Oh jeez! It's a corpse!

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TWITCH

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YOINK

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I'd better make a run for it.

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Ow Ouch.

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Oh it's you Kousei. Thank goodness
it's not someone else!

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Huh? Tsubaki?
When did you get here?

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What?! The window's broken!
All I can see is red!

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You broke it again? We just got
this window fixed you know!

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A slugger is only as good
as the number of windows she's broken.

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You're blasting them too hard!
Ease up a little!

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No way am I batting
with any less than my A-swing!

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It's my last summer in middle school okay?
I'm gonna win the Triple Crown!

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- Anyway gotta get this cleaned up.
- Listen to me!

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Dustpan. Dustpan.

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So I'm gonna have to apologize again?
And write up the damage report.

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Come on that's dangerous!

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What if you sliced a finger?

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Well what if I did?

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Next-door neighbors childhood friends.

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You always seek each other out.
Right you loving hubby and wife?

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We are not hubby and wife!

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Anyway what are you doing
with that cell phone?

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Aren't you in the middle
of soccer practice?

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Don't come in here
with your shoes on Watari!

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That stupid bald vice principal.

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Telling us off for an hour
over a little broken glass?

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At least it only lasted an hour right?

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I was stuck with her for that hour.
Put yourself in my shoes!

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In the first place the school shouldn't
be standing right in the ball's path.

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Am I right?

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I don't mind. Girls can
cheer me on from the windows.

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Yeah right!

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Man I'm starving.

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Are girls and food all you think about?

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I'm gonna stop by
the convenience store. Coming?

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I'll go with you.

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Me too!

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I mean how messed up is that?

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Why should I have to get yelled at too?

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This ice cream is delish!
I'm gonna stock up!

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Not listening.

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Damn Kousei talk about collateral damage.

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Not only did you get yelled at
but you have to write two letters of apology?

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Oh it's no big deal. Piece of cake!

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I've been babysitting her since birth
so it's second nature to me now.

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Busting a suspension bridge
during a field trip.

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Dumping me off a 10-meter diving board.

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Was that in third grade?

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I thought I was gonna die.

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Shut up!

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Even though I'm an only child
it's like having a high-maintenance big sister.

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You really are a nice guy huh Kousei?

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You're kidding right?

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But Kousei you'd better not be too nice.

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You know what they say
nice guys finish last.

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Hey! I got a text from Keiko!

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I have somewhere to be guys!

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- How many does that make?
- She's number three.

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Who knows what they all see in him?
He's like Mr. Shallow!

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But Watari's a good guy you know.

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He's the enemy of all women!

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What about you Kousei?

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Isn't there anyone
you have a crush on?

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Miwa said something the other day.

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That when you're in love with somebody
everything looks colorful.

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There's no one who'd ever
fall in love with me.

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ANNOYED

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Too dark!

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There's no sparkle in your eyes!
We're fourteen you know!

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They don't sparkle because
they're dark colored obviously.

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There it is! Conventional wisdom!
You get my drift don't you?

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They don't sparkle! You're an adolescent
so they should be all lit up!

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Lit up!

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Your eyes are lit up Tsubaki.

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{\i1}Through Tsubaki's eyes{\i0}
{\i1}I'll bet everything looks colorful.{\i0}

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{\i1}Unlike mine.{\i0}

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When's your father coming home?

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Mmm... in a month or maybe two.

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So you don't know yet.

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Well since it changes
depending on the client's needs.

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True.

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If anything happens
your family will help out.

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And besides
I'm used to being on my own now.

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All right see you tomorrow!

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Okay See you!

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Hello? Hey my bad!
I was gonna ask him today but I forgot!

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Okay I'll do it for sure tomorrow.
Hey no worries.

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If I ask him to— Yes. For sure.

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So don't worry okay?

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I'm home.

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Mom.

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{\i1}Miwa said something the other day.{\i0}

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{\i1}"The moment I met him{\i0}

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{\i1}my life changed.{\i0}

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{\i1}Everything I saw everything I heard.{\i0}

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{\i1}Everything I felt.{\i0}

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{\i1}All the scenery around me{\i0}
{\i1}started to take on color."{\i0}

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{\i1}But to me.{\i0}

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{\i1}To me it all looks like it's in monotone.{\i0}

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{\i1}Just like music scores.{\i0}
{\i1}Just like a keyboard.{\i0}

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{\i1}The autumn I was eleven I...{\i0}

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{\i1}could no longer play the piano.{\i0}

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Leaving yourself WIDE open!

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CLANG!

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Jeez what a boring reaction.

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What does youth mean to you?

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We'll never have our
fourteenth spring again!

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Sitting alone in the classroom after school.

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- What are you listening to?
- Hey don't yank on those!

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Hey is this Goose house's new song?

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The one that's playing
on that commercial now?

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{\i1}Really now.{\i0}

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Kousei tomorrow's Saturday
so you're free right?

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Don't just jump to conclusions!

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Oh so you have plans then?

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This girl in my class
asked me to introduce her to Watari.

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And we're gonna meet up tomorrow.

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You come too Kousei.

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Huh? Why would I go?

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Well if it's just me this girl and Watari
it's gonna be awkward for me.

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Because you know
it's gonna get romantic as heck.

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But two on two would be perfect.

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And besides...

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I hear this girl plays classical music.

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Since you play piano
you'd have something to talk about.

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Whenever the conversation lags you
could talk about instruments and stuff right?

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But I—

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I quit playing the piano.
I haven't played in two years.

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You liar! You were playing
in the music room yesterday!

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That was for work!

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Work?

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I'm transcribing the new songs by ear.

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For karaoke and stuff.

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If you can do that in the classroom
you wouldn't have to play the piano.

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I was just checking the sound.

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There are tons of other
part-time jobs out there you know.

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To me...

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it looks like you're
desperately clinging onto it.

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You were way cooler
when you played the piano Kousei.

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{\i1}It was my mother's dream...{\i0}

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{\i1}to raise me to become{\i0}
{\i1}a world-class pianist.{\i0}

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{\i1}My mother ran a music school{\i0}
{\i1}and I took lessons from her{\i0}

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{\i1}day after day for hours on end.{\i0}

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{\i1}She would hit me. Yell at me.{\i0}

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{\i1}She wouldn't let me off even if I cried.{\i0}

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You're going to make it big
in Europe in my place.

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If it'll make you happy.
If it'll make you get well.

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Then I'll keep at it.

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{\i1}Just when I finally had a European{\i0}
{\i1}competition in my sights three years ago...{\i0}

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{\i1}my mother passed away.{\i0}

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{\i1}I hate the piano.{\i0}

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{\i1}But if I'm still clinging to it{\i0}

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{\i1}it must be because I have nothing else.{\i0}

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{\i1}Take away the piano and I'm empty.{\i0}

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{\i1}There's nothing left but an ugly resonance.{\i0}

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{\i1}Can't hear it today either.{\i0}

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{\i1}They're late.{\i0}

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{\i1}They should show up{\i0}
{\i1}five minutes early.{\i0}

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{\i1}They're the ones{\i0}
{\i1}who asked me to come.{\i0}

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To mark the spot? To ward off evil spirits?

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These are women's right?

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What's this?

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L-Leggings? Huh? Huh?

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A melodica? Pretty good playing too.

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{\i1}Miwa said something the other day.{\i0}

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{\i1}"The moment I met him my life changed.{\i0}

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{\i1}Everything I saw heard and felt.{\i0}

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{\i1}All the scenery around me{\i0}
{\i1}started to take on color.{\i0}

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{\i1}The whole world began to sparkle."{\i0}

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{\i1}Tears.{\i0}

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I blew on it too hard.

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Hey!

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No pigeons came!

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Huh? That's weird.

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It's gotta be a bugle or it won't work.

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You mean a trumpet.

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Well but it's a melodica.

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Borders race ecology.
None of them mean anything in music.

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Let's all try it together!

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Let's do it!

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{\i1}What a great picture they make.{\i0}

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{\i1}They're the Bremen Town Musicians!{\i0}

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Here are the pigeons!

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It's the first spring storm!

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My hat!

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Hey you!

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You moron! You've ruined
my chances for marriage!

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I-I'm sorry! But this was just a
miraculous coincidence.

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Hey! My leggings!

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- Why you!
- D-Don't use instruments as weapons!

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You camera voyeur! You won't
get away with this! You pervert!

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What part of "coincidence" don't you get?

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My melodica.

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My recorder.

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Hm I don't see them.
Maybe they're waiting in the wrong spot?

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Hey Tsubaki is she really that cute?

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00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:40,330
Girls calling other girls "cute"
is not exactly credible you know.

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Aha! Kao!

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Hey Kao!

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Tsubaki!

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Uh let's take it from the top. This here...

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is my classmate Kaori Miyazono.

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Nice to meet you!

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And...

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this is Ryota Watari. He may not look it
but he's the captain of the soccer team.

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Nice to meet you.

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{\i1}She's totally cute! Good job Tsubaki!{\i0}

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It's a real pleasure.

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Pleasure!

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{\i1}Can you believe that{\i0}
{\i1}instant about-face?{\i0}

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{\i1}I'm ashamed of myself{\i0}
{\i1}for being transfixed.{\i0}

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Oh and not that it really matters
but this is Friend A.

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Please excuse my earlier behavior.

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One word out of you
and you're dead Camera Voyeur!

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{\i1}She looks like Hell itself.{\i0}

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Wow so polite.

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Oh please! Not at all!

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Yo Kousei.

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Beating him to the punch
by approaching her first...

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My my aren't you the player?

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I'm telling you
it was a miraculous coincidence!

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What are you so pissed about?

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00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:55,110
But you're out of luck!

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Kao likes Watari.

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Today you're in a supporting role.

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You're just Friend A
serving as Watari's foil. Give it up!

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00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:06,660
Who'd want a vicious girl like—

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I'm gonna be up soon!
I've got to head over right now!

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Head over? Where?

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There.

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Isn't that—

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Towa Hall.

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I'll be performing there today.

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I'm a violinist.

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A violinist? That's awesome!

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Isn't it?

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Let's go Kousei.

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I'll pass.

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You come with us too!

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{\i1}The spring of my fourteenth year.{\i0}

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{\i1}I...{\i0}

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Episode 1
Monotone/Colorful

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{\i1}I'm taking off with you.{\i0}

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Episode 2
Friend A