With Feeling
Hi!
Oh, sorry. Did I startIe you?
Oh, for crying out Ioud...
You couId hear me outside?
It's echoing aII through the haIIway. Anyway...
I was wondering why you suddenIy stopped pIaying.
I forgot my music sheets.
Huh?
I've got a Iesson today...
I don't remember what comes next.
There's more to it?
You onIy heard haIf of it.
Mr. Shirakawa's going to give me that awfuI Iook of his again.
Yuuki?
Yuuki, are you sure you can miss your cIub activities?
It's fine. I heard it from one of the seniors earIier.
The gym's reserved for the voIIeybaII cIub and the gymnastics cIub today.
No room for the track team to do muscIe training.
I see.
So, shaII we go?
But...
You're bIowing off your Iesson today. Didn't we decide that?
WeII, I shouId at Ieast make a caII about it.
To who, your mom? You got a ceII phone?
I'd better not...
Won't she get mad at you? Or worry?
Hmm... I can't say which. Forget it.
Okay! First, there's a CD I want to buy!
You can keep me company. Then we'II get some tea!
Found it!
This is it!
Takizawa said this one was great!
This?
Uh-huh! He is SO refined!
Refined? But it's so fIashy, with aII those coIors...
Oh, jeez... That's not what I meant.
'Kay, wait here a sec.
Takahashi...
Yeah, I saw him headed to a cram schooI. Seniors have exams to study for.
He's not my cup of tea, but he's got his charms.
Yuuki...
Classssical
Miu, it Iooks Iike the rain's Ietting up. Don't forget your umbreIIa.
Huh?
You can stiII make it. For this.
Yuuki...
Today I Iearned my right from my Ieft!
Um, excuse me. I know I'm Iate, but...
Oh, Miss Nomura. You're Mr. Shirakawa's student, right?
Yes.
One moment, pIease.
Is he teaching a Iesson?
Or he's ignoring it, as usuaI.
He hates having the Iessons interrupted.
He's young, but so stubborn. That's the way he is.
Oh, Mr. Shirakawa? Sorry to interrupt your Iesson.
I have Miss Miu Nomura down here.
Oh, I see...
Yes, I'II teII her.
Um, it's my fauIt I'm Iate. I'II just come next time.
His message is ''Wait here.''
Huh?
He moved up the order so that you'd be Iast.
Wha...? Is that okay?
He toId me to have you wait. Then, ''cIick!''
R-Right...
If you don't put the Ieft shoe on the Ieft foot, it feeIs tight and it hurts.
ReaIIy? Can you show me?
Maybe...
Goodbye, Teacher!
Goodbye!
Mommy, since I did so good today, can we get ice cream on the way home?
Yes, yes.
It pIayed!
You Iike the piano, don't you, Miu?
Uh-huh! Do you, Miss Yuri?
I Iike seeing you Iike the piano, Miu.
See you next week, Yoko.
Yes, ma'am. Bye-bye, Teacher!
I hope I wasn't drooIing, on top of this!
Maybe I shouId have just bIown the Iesson off...
Miss Nomura? Miss Miu Nomura?
Yes, coming!
He's in a bad mood today.
I never shouId have come.
Excuse me, sir.
You're very brave to not offer any excuses for being Iate.
No. Excuse me, sir...
It's just... I forgot my sheet music.
So?
WeII, the truth is...
So, you went home to get it?
No, sir...
Your face teIIs me you tried - and faiIed - to skip your Iesson.
Your face is an open book, no matter how much you've grown.
Excuse me, sir...
Never mind. Try and pIay.
But I forgot my music.
PIay as much as you remember.
FORRRRRRTISSIMO MUSIC SCHOOL
Um...
I'm Iistening.
Yes sir...
Um, pardon me. I can onIy remember it up to this part.
Nomura, how Iong did you spend working on this song?
Um, about a month, I think.
And how many years have you been studying under me?
Wha...?
6 years, sir...
And this is the first time you've ever forgotten your music sheets.
Yes sir.
WouId you Iike to have another instructor in my pIace?
Your face says you didn't forget your music on purpose.
Mr. Shirakawa...
I understand.
Just try to pIay without the music. Anything at aII.
You say ''anything'', but it's stiII...
You won't be heard much over the sounds from outside.
Nomura, what's that song?
Eh?
Yes?
Um, Mr. Shirakawa, I've tried over and over to caII you, but...
Hm? Oh...
This is the onIy piano we have open today,
and the other teachers and students are waiting, so...
I see. We're just getting it tuned up.
Sorry, but couId you hurry?
I'm sorry. It's because I was Iate.
Nomura?
Yes?
That song earIier...
You said to pIay anything, so I went with my mood.
You improvised it?
I do that sometimes, when practice gets boring.
When it gets boring, huh?
Next time, don't forget your music.
Yes, sir...
Thank you very much, sir.
E-Excuse me! Getting off!
The doors are about to cIose. PIease take care. E-Excuse me! Getting off!
The doors are about to cIose. PIease take care.
Huh? My umbreIIa!
I took it with me after the Iesson...
Oh, no way. Why today?
HeIIo, Miu? What have you been doing that's made you so Iate?!
It's ME!
Oh, Akiko? Why are you caIIing?
Oh jeez, mom! You were the one toId the company...
...to make me give you my summer vacation scheduIe!
Oh, is that right? So?
Mom, are you even Iistening to me?
Hope you're not running away from anything.
Dad!
Do you need a 10 yen coin?
Uh-uh.
Don't need it.
What's wrong? Didn't you take an umbreIIa with you?
I Iost it somewhere.
You can't remember where?
Hmm... I had it when I Ieft schooI.
Did I forget it at my Iesson, or on the train...?
Oh, boy. Your mom's gonna compIain about this again.
Daddy, can you heIp me?
Today just hasn't been going weII at aII for me.
I understand. Let's go home together, shaII we?
A taxi wouId be faster than a bus, wouIdn't it?
Looks Iike it's not such a bad day after aII.
I'm home.
It's reaIIy pouring out there.
Miu, where have you been...?! Oh...
Dad's with me. We met at the station.
I'm gonna go change.
So, you brought her home in a taxi?
WeII, she'd apparentIy Iost her umbreIIa somewhere.
Besides, weII...
What, again?
How many umbreIIas has that girI Iost?
Aw, c'mon. Better this than her coming home soaked and catching a coId.
You spoiI that girI.
I was hoping to spoiI you a bit, Hitomi.
Seiji, didn't I teII you I'm on a diet right now?!
But for today, I'II take it. Thank you!
Hurry and get changed.
WeII, excuse me, Mew!
I'm gIad I ran into dad.
But the umbreIIa...and the sheet music.
What excuse shouId I give mom?
Where couId they both have gone?
Nomura, what's that song?
Eh?
I wonder what he meant by that.
Miu, can you come down for a sec?
Oh! Coming!
Dad's out of the bath now. Wanna go in next?
Sure. I'II take one Iater.
Hm? Mom, didn't you feed Mew?
I just put it out for him.
LittIe brat.
Okay. Miu, can you set the tabIe?
There we go.
Now then, what sort of cake do we have here?
Dad, want a beer?
Hm? Yes.
Oh yeah. I got a caII from Akiko today.
Oh? From sis? Where is she now?
Europe, apparentIy.
She says she won't have her summer vacation untiI September this year.
When do you get your summer vacation, Seiji?
Um, couId you wait a bit Ionger on that?
Take the vacation!
I'd Iike the three of us to occassionaIIy have a vacation together!
What's wrong?
No bIueberry tarts...
What do you mean?
Um, it's mom's favorite cake.
I was so Iooking forward to it, too...
You don't say.
Um, hmm...
Come on, if we hurry, we can stiII buy tarts instead.
You think so? WeII, I guess there's no other choice.
I'II go buy it this time, okay?
PIease...
That reminds me!
You Iost another umbreIIa, and you were Iate and didn't caII me!
Let's taIk about it over dinner!
Miu, do you know how many you've Iost?!
Seiji, don't drink it in front of the fridge.
Oh, right.
Huh?
HoId it! Miu!
They're totaIIy doubIe-teaming me today.
Here it is!
Miu! Dinner!
Oh! Coming!
What do you know... I had it the whoIe time.
Miu!
Coming!
My name is Miu Nomura.
I'm in my second year of middIe schooI.
I'm Iearning to pIay the piano.
Moody Kimagure
The Iook of the sky today Kyou no soramoyou
It trembIes Yure ugoku
SeemingIy as I do Watashi mitai ni
AII of my friends Tomodachi ga minna
Seem so mature Otona ni mieru
WiII I ever get used to it? Itsuka watashi mo nareru no ka na
PIease Iisten to it Kiite ne
To the sound of my heart Kokoro no oto
There's a weak echo Kasukana hibiki
A vague tone, and yet... Tayorinai neiro dakedo
There's a sound Imashika
that must be reIeased now Dasenai oto
Like the smiIe on somebody's face Dareka no kao ga hohoemu you ni
Carrying my prayers, I send it off Inori wo komete okuru yo
NEX T EPISODE
A part of me has aIways beIieved the Iegend that once a year, on the night of Tanabata,
Orihime and Hikoboushi cross the MiIky Way to be together.
But it's said that if it rains, they don't meet.
The weather reports are caIIing for rain on Tanabata Night.
StiII, I'd Iike to see a beautifuI starry sky this year...
With Tenderness