Let's go!
Feels so good!
Next!
Kousei! Go!
I think I'll pass.
You'll go if you're a man!
It's gonna change your whole world!
But I have a lesson.
IRATE
My mom's gonna yell at me.
Shoulder wheel backdrop!
Tsubaki?
Kousei?
Hey he can't swim!
Kousei!
He just came to!
Kousei!
Again! Again!
Aha! He's addicted now!
Kao we came to pay you a visit—
- The nape of her neck! - Ever heard of knocking?
Her skin's so fair!
Delete that memory!
Oh wow what a shock.
Now I can never be anyone's bride!
Totsuhara University Hospital
You really threw us a curve getting hospitalized like this.
Well my dad's so over the top.
I'm only here for routine testing just to make sure.
Have you ever passed out like that before?
It's the first time.
I've always been a little anemic
but this is a good chance to get thoroughly tested.
I guess I pushed myself a little too hard.
All that violin practice
not to mention chasing after Mr. Escape Artist all week long!
The stress of not being able to rehearse together and all.
That's right that's right!
It's all your fault!
That's right that's right!
We didn't make it to the next round.
Unprecedented.
One mishap after another.
A no-brainer for disqualification.
Ineligible.
Performance interrupted.
The worst possible scenario.
All my fault.
You haven't said a word of reproach.
Hey let's get going.
We shouldn't outstay our welcome.
What? I'm gonna spend the night!
Okay Kao see you at school!
I'm staying over! Bye!
I'm spending the night!
There's no way!
Hey...
Have you been playing the piano?
It would be so much easier if she just chewed me out.
No I haven't.
Why not?
It's like I have nothing to offer but my piano playing.
Is that a bad thing?
Do you think you'll be able to forget?
Cloudy skies...
Totsuhara University Hospital
Looks like rain huh?
Hurry up hurry up! You're not there?
What were you talking about with Kao?
Huh? Oh not anything major.
Then you shouldn't mind telling me!
Keiko?
It's Watari. Yeah yeah.
Kinda last minute but want to hang out?
Is playing the piano all I have to offer?
Want to get something to eat?
No not at all.
You have lots of good qualities Kousei.
For example—
Look at the sky!
A sunny spell.
Do you think you'll be able to forget?
Did you see me make the shot!
You gave me a heart attack.
What's that?
I'm sending this to Kaori.
Let's stop by the hospital tomorrow.
I hear she'll be getting discharged the day after.
Let's get her a present on the way.
So he already knows her email address.
I bet she'll get a kick out of that!
I'm gonna pass. You should go by yourself Watari.
I'd feel awkward.
I'm the one who made a fiasco out of her competition.
And besides—
But...
you were the one she leaned on
Kousei.
But that's only because I'm the one who can play the piano.
That's all there is to it. No other reason.
I know. I know that but still.
I know but who cares?
Don't hold back because of me. Let's go together!
We might catch her naked again!
Watari! The captain shouldn't be slacking!
Sorry!
Just watch all the dazzling plays I make!
Someone's pretty pumped up.
You got that right!
Our final tournament's about to start!
Besides after witnessing that spectacle how can I not get all fired up?
The way you two were that day—
it's burned into my mind I'll never forget it!
Do you think you'll be able to forget?
The piano is just one part of you. But in that moment without a doubt...
the piano was everything to you.
And you're trying to rip that away by force.
As if you were plucking off your limbs.
That's why it hurts too much for you to bear.
Your suffering is so painful.
Too painful to bear. That's what your face is telling me.
Do you think you'll be able to forget?
No not a chance.
Because you and I are living for that moment.
Bravo!
You were great middle school duo!
That was awesome!
Encore!
Because you're a musician just like me.
Good job pianist!
Unprecedented. One mishap after another.
Even so
the people here won't ever forget us.
I won't forget.
I won't forget even if I die.
Thank you.
It's all thanks to you.
Because you accompanied me.
Because you played the piano for me.
Thank you Kousei Arima.
She's merciless.
That unbending gaze.
Even from the back
she won't let me give up.
Please support me!
The one who was being supported...
was me.
Thank you.
So... I passed out again.
First!
Safe!
What the heck was that? Tsubaki!
Yay!
Little kids are so gung-ho.
Even though the water's still cold.
Yeah but you used to dive from that Courage Bridge all the time.
Not to mention always dumping Arima off it.
Kousei!
That was no biggie!
Kousei always laughed it off himself.
I wouldn't call that "no biggie."
Sure it was.
I know it for a fact.
Did something happen between you and Arima?
N-N-N-Not a thing! Don't say weird things like that!
Well okay then.
Being upbeat is your only saving grace.
But yesterday and today you kind of haven't been yourself. Tsubaki...
your eyes are cloudy.
Hey!
If it isn't Kashiwagi and Tsubaki!
What a coincidence!
Yo Saito!
Long time no see!
Hey check out that uniform.
Now that's a high school student!
I haven't seen you since graduation.
You burning up the league as usual?
I'm on fire! How about you?
It's tough being a first year again. I'm nothing but a gofer.
If they'd let me play shortstop I'd be the best you know?
The former captain of our baseball team.
Totally hot dependable and the one all the girls dreamed about.
So unlike someone else I know.
A complete tool
not to be depended on.
No one's idea of a dreamboat.
It's okay.
I do know that Kousei has lots of good qualities besides playing the piano.
Looks like rain huh?
Cloudy skies...
Your eyes are cloudy.
It's okay.
So why am I feeling so uneasy then?
Hey Tsubaki?
Yes?
This was no coincidence see.
The former captain of our baseball team.
Totally hot dependable
and the one all the girls dreamed about.
I dreamed about him too.
But I was never able to tell him
and my love melted away with the snow on graduation day and it was over.
That's the kind of love I thought it was.
I'm happy. I'm so happy.
Look I'm serious about this okay?
And yet why isn't my heart sparkling?
I bet if this was back around graduation
my heart would've been sparkling like a starry sky in winter.
So she's out of the hospital.
All right.
Don't get the wrong idea.
She just needed an accompanist.
Hop skip...
As if you can see right through my heart.
jump!
Hop skip.
Always out of nowhere...
Hop.
Skip!
you just show up.
Hey.
What are you doing?
Isn't it obvious?
Playing hopscotch.
She said she was waiting for someone.
Yeah.
Here.
Come on come on.
Why are you holding out your hand?
My gift for getting out of the hospital.
I'll take it now.
No gift?
That's horrible of you! Watari gave me flowers!
And you're the one who made such a mess of my performance!
When I was gunning to win it all!
You liar!
Don't make women cry!
This is why boys are stupid.
Okay! I'll do something for you!
You'll do anything I ask?
Sure sure.
No matter what?
No matter what.
Yippee!
I knew it.
What should I ask for?
I know!
Enter a piano competition.
It's your turn now.
There's no way I can do that.
Why not? You were playing fine.
Are you still afraid?
There you go again looking down!
We're all afraid you know...
to get up on stage.
Maybe you'll mess up.
Maybe they'll totally reject you.
Even so you grit your teeth and get up on stage anyway.
Something compels us moves us to play music.
Is it like that for you too?
Everything you say and do. It all sparkles so brightly.
It's too blinding for me and I end up closing my eyes.
I'm a guy who hurled my precious sheet music away.
I don't deserve to be a performer.
I played with all my might because I wanted you to get well Mom.
There are tons of musicians in the same boat. I'm sure!
Ones who think "I can't take it anymore" or "I quit you play!"
And yet you pick it up and sit before that score again.
That's how...
you create the most beautiful lie of all.
We're still only 14 you know!
Let's pull out all the stops and dive right in!
Like this!
Bombs away!
She survived!
Ooh that was scary!
It feels so good! I've always wanted to try that!
Everything you say and do...
it all sparkles so brightly.
It's too blinding for me and I end up closing my eyes.
But I can't help aspiring to be like you.
Do you think you'll be able to forget?
That moment when my music reached them.
Go!
It's gonna change your whole world!
There's no way I could ever forget that!
Huh? No way.
Mister!
There you are!
Scary stuff!
There's no way I could ever forget.
Because I'm a musician
just like you.
Where are your glasses?
Episode 5 Cloudy Skies
Episode 6 On the Way Home