31st - Gala Concert
But I have no way of contacting you.
I don't know your phone number or your email address.
I...
don't know anything about you do I?
Kousei!
It's Kao.
She collapsed and she's in the hospital.
Totsuhara University Hospital
Hey there! How'd it go yesterday?
I was going to contact you
but I wasn't quite up to it
and so I thought if you could withdraw...
Sorry I couldn't make it.
Hey what did you get?
Some cake from Yoshitomo. Girls like that stuff right?
Her family runs a cake shop you know!
Well it's the thought that counts.
Here we are!
Welcome!
We brought you something!
Thanks!
Well? How do you feel?
Never better! I'm just in here for tests.
Did you miss not seeing me?
Sure I missed you!
Twice in such a short time.
But you were in here for tests the other day weren't you?
This time it's for new tests just for the heck of it.
It's my head.
It's also so I can rest up and take more time to heal.
You just leered at me with a dirty look in your eyes!
Lusting after me no matter where you are!
An invalid! Is it because I'm an invalid?
No I didn't! I did not lust after you!
Well I sure did.
But hey that was a shock.
You don't show up and next thing we hear you're in the hospital.
It was a shock for me too.
I stumbled and hit my head and then...
Blood came gushing out! In spurts you know! In spurts!
I was so stunned!
My parents totally lost it and sent me right to the hospital.
And now we're all caught up. Oh the fig tart for me!
I've always tired easily but lately I've had to expend a lot of energy.
I guess I pushed myself too hard.
- WIGGLE WIGGLE - Yummy!
She's expending energy as she eats.
I brought you some books too! You've got nothing to do in here right?
Are these books from the library? Did you bring them without permission?
There are some about music too.
What's she gonna do with a ton of books?
What's the problem?
Well Kao you'll be coming back to school by the next term right?
Yes of course I will.
I must be imagining things. That answer just now...
I thought it seemed rehearsed.
All right Kaori. Let's hook up in our dreams okay?
Shut up. Bye-bye!
Bye-bye!
I don't have time to read all these...
'Ichigo Doumei' Kousei Arima
Kaori?
Yes?
Have your friends gone home?
Yes.
Then can we...?
Yes.
Please resume the IV drip.
Saito
Oh!
What do you mean "Oh"?
Saito just texted me. He says "Let's go to the festival today."
Saito? You mean that Saito? You haven't broken up yet?
Of course not!
But why?
What do you mean? It's not like I don't like him anymore...
Then do you like him?
Well of course...
I've always had a crush on him...
Then...
What about Arima?
Tsubaki?
Tsubaki!
What...
Why the heck are you bringing up Kousei now?
Th-Th-Th-That's so ridiculous!
Kousei is...
Ever since we were little we've always done everything together
and rather than someone of the opposite sex
I see him as a kid brother.
Kid brother again?
Are you trying to jinx yourself by chanting that "kid brother kid brother" curse?
You're too scared not to.
Because the comfortable relationship you have right now would be destroyed.
I was saving that omelette for last!
I told you it's not like that!
I chose the wrong method of attack.
What the heck!
Arima was afraid but he still took the plunge.
Someday there'll be no turning back you know.
Hey a yukata!
It looks good on you! You look really cute!
Hey you don't have to be nice. Clothes make the man as they say.
What did I tell you Kashiwagi? Kousei would never say that to me.
Because he only sees me...
as a nagging big sister or something.
I'm sure...
Anyway...
Today's the day of the festival huh?
Yeah.
Don't stand there. Have a seat.
Uh okay.
No on second thought I'll stand.
You sure are fidgety. Suspicious much?
I don't like hospitals.
You're gonna be okay right?
You're not lying about being tested right?
You're not gonna tell me you're never coming back to school right?
You're gonna start cussing me out again right?
We can talk in the music room again right?
- You... - Watari was just here.
This is what he brought me.
Watari.
I had no idea. You played alone at the gala concert?
Watari told me about it.
Uh yeah...
The accompanist playing a solo. That's unheard of!
What kind of a show-off are you?
It was a gala concert for violinists so it doesn't make any sense!
Don't make me laugh! Are you an idiot? My sides are splitting!
Whose fault was it?
Why did you do that? Anyone would've expected you to withdraw.
At first it was because someone insulted you.
But then midway through the sound disappeared...
My mom's words her gestures her smell...
My memories of her turned into notes and flew away into the sky.
I see.
You're an artist no matter what aren't you Kousei Arima?
Yeah just as I thought...
That song... She chose that song for me.
"Love's Sorrow." This song reminds me of my mom.
The scent of fabric softener. The sound of the piano as I looked up drowsily.
A quiet lullaby.
The smell of antiseptic.
Footsteps ringing.
A linoleum floor cloudy and white.
All overlapping with you.
Welcome.
I wish I could've heard your piano.
You're okay right?
I wish I could've played with you again.
You're gonna be fine right?
You're not lying about the tests right?
You're not gonna tell me you're never coming back to school right?
I can see you again right?
That's the second time.
What?
That you called me by my name.
You...
You won't leave me...
like my mom did right?
The Sumiya Baseball Youth Sports Club special boot camp for sluggers will now begin!
Huh?
I wanna go swimming!
I wanna play video games!
Shut up! Ten sets of ten sprints down the beach! Begin!
But I don't play baseball. So how come?
Even people who play the piano need to build up their legs! I think!
Huh? You said "I think!"
Tiny footprints.
They are not! It's just that your feet are huge.
What? Is that any way to talk to a maiden?
Come back here you!
Kousei let's go to Ouji Park!
I wish I could but I've got piano lessons.
Huh!
I was gonna show him a mud ball as shiny as a rainbow!
Great job if I say so myself. It's a masterpiece!
I know! I'll make one for Kousei too.
Kousei let's play catch. I just learned how to throw a sinker.
Kousei's going to be a pianist so he's busy.
What would he do if he hurt his hands?
Scrub scrub.
Sorry.
Scrub scrub.
Scrub scrub scrub scrub.
I hear Arima's skipping school
to practice the piano because he's got a competition coming up.
No fair!
Three two...
O Vreneli where is your home?
My home is in Switzerland
It is by the beautiful lake
I hate music!
Are you practicing hard?
You're slacking off because I'm not watching you aren't you?
You don't have to tell me to practice! Every single day both Hanon and Czerny!
That's not nearly enough! Practice Chopin too!
When am I supposed to sleep?
Practice Liszt too!
I don't know what this is about but calm down...
Don't talk about stuff we don't understand.
I wonder...
Back off will you?
I'm turning to you because I can't back off!
I'm not interested in girls who aren't in love with me.
All the more refreshing!
If someone tells her "You're wrong" you know she's gonna sulk
and get all stubborn and then things will get complicated.
Especially when it comes to Kousei.
Agreed. I don't relish the thought...
But I... I want Tsubaki to be smiling.
Even if she gets all bruised and battered Tsubaki's still gonna have to realize it herself.
The fact that the guy by her side isn't her kid brother at all.
Watari the scrimmage is about to start!
Right!
Thanks for the juice!
Thanks.
But that kind of thing...
usually you don't realize it till it's too late.
Hey Arima!
Yes?
Have you made up your mind yet? You're the only holdout in my class.
About which high school you want to go to that is.
High school...
That's what made me think... That I'd like to become a really weird pianist!
You should give it some thought. But let me know soon.
All right.
High school...
The future...
Who do I want to become?
He dropped it on the beach and wouldn't stop crying so I gave him my popsicle.
And then he says he wished it was milk-flavored!
Um... Uh sorry. There I go...
It's okay. It's fun to hear about Arima.
There I go again!
Well you live next door to each other so of course you have the same memories.
He's like your kid brother right?
No he's not! I'm not Kousei's babysitter!
Then... what am I?
We're next-door neighbors.
He's the boy who's smaller than me who lost his mother at a young age
who I can't help doting on...
And the one I wished would get back on his feet.
What are you an idiot?
Use your heart to solve those kinds of problems.
Oh come on! I can't make sense of what you're saying these days!
The other day you told me that you "didn't dislike" Saito but...
"Like" and "don't dislike" are millions of light-years apart you know.
Like? Don't dislike? I don't know what you mean.
You need to be honest with yourself and admit it or someone's going to get hurt.
Do you dislike me?
That's crazy.
He's the guy I always had a crush on.
Then do you like him?
Who is it that I like?
Like. Don't dislike.
Like.
Don't dislike.
Like.
Don't dislike.
Like.
Don't dislike.
Like.
Don't dislike.
Like.
Don't dislike.
Like.
Kousei?
Are you okay? Are you hurt? Sick? Is it food poisoning?
You shouldn't scavenge for food!
I got a call from Kashiwagi. She said you were in trouble!
Oh boy she got me. Who knew Kashiwagi would pull a prank like that?
So she's human too after all.
It is strangely compelling coming from Kashiwagi.
It's not a laughing matter.
I was running around like crazy because I believed her.
I'm dripping with sweat.
I want a popsicle!
Thank you very much!
Milk-flavored again?
It's what I like.
The moon's so pretty.
Well I'm hearing it ad nauseam from the house next door!
I don't play it that much.
The same old banter...
It sounded lousy.
Joking around like we always do...
They're bigger than mine. Those are a boy's footsteps.
Kousei you've changed somehow.
Huh? Really?
So weird...
If our eyes happen to meet my heart flip-flops.
I'm sure...
It's because summer is coming to an end.
You did change I can tell.
Your eyes sparkle now.
They light up like the headlights of a car.
Especially...
When you're playing the piano.
It was pouring out of you. This gentleness and a desire to convey something.
It's like you're shouting to the world "I'm right here!"
You're the kind of pianist who can convey all that huh Kousei?
You're an artist no matter what aren't you?
Tsubaki?
I'm going to go to a high school with a music course.
Music course? Are there any around here?
No so...
I'll be leaving home.
Hiroko said I only had to go to class twice a week or so.
Huh?
Of course I'm not sure that I'll get in...
Huh?
Because I sat out for a while.
Huh?
Huh? Huh?
Again. Here it is again.
Music is taking Kousei far away from me.
Dummy! Kousei you dummy!
Go wherever you want dummy Kousei!
We're next-door neighbors.
He's the boy who's smaller than me
who lost his mother at a young age
who I can't help doting on...
And the one I wish would get back on his feet.
To go on like this for all time...
The boy I took for granted would always be by my side.
The boy I want to be by my side forever.
Tsubaki...
I'm such an idiot...
Scrub scrub scrub scrub...
I wonder if Kousei will be surprised.
Episode 14 Footsteps
Episode 15 Liar