Oh, man... It's finaIIy summer vacation.
But I don't want to go home.
Your report card?
I'm in troubIe. TotaI, absoIute troubIe.
It's nice that summer vacation's started, but that's the one thing you can't escape.
I envy you, Miu.
Why are your grades aIways so good?
That's not true. They don't go up or down, that's aII.
Maintaining the status quo aII the time is pretty impressive.
With me, it's Iike being on a roIIer coaster!
ReaIIy? My mom says things wouId be so duII if nothing ever changed.
I've gotta shop for dinner and scrub the bath tub cIean today, too!
It's Iike a punishment game...
If I don't do it, they won't Iet me do my cIub activities over the summer.
Oh, that's right. The track team has practice over the summer, don't they?
There's a day the 3rd years come to cheer us on, too.
Huh?
Come to it. Say you'II come cheer for me.
In return, I'II teII you when they've decided on the day for the 3rd years to come.
Yuuki...
You have to do your best, too, Miu!
Me, too?
Yeah! I've decided!
This year's our Iast chance!
Last chance?
What shouId I do?
ShouId I teII him...?
I'II teII you once a few things are settIed.
See ya!
Summer vacation...
With Liveliness
You're Iate. Or you wiII be.
Huh?
Didn't you say your summer Iessons start today?
If you're ready in 10 minutes, you get tea and a sandwich.
If you're Iate, you get a banana. Got it?
Got it!
Fortissimo Music School
Fortissimo Music School Music Recital Announcement
HeIIo.
Have I kept Mr. Shirakawa waiting Iong?
No, you're fine. The student before you just finished up.
Right.
Sir, what did you just say...?
The recommendation I made from my cIass for the spring recitaI was you, Nomura.
B-But, why me?
You don't want to?
No, but...
I'm sort of fIustered. It's so sudden...
That song you pIayed before summer... The one you said you'd written.
Y-Yes?
I was thinking something Iike that wouId be nice.
Like that? You mean... a song I've written myseIf?
There's no way I couId do that.
WeII, we'II discuss that Iater.
If you don't do it, then no one from my cIass wiII be pIaying.
Huh?
For now, why don't you open your music book?
You've come to do some practicing, haven't you?
Right...
I wonder why he picked me.
I thought there were Iots of peopIe in Mr. Shirakawa's cIass...
...that were much better than me.
But he said he wanted you, didn't he, Miu?
Yeah...
He just recommended you, right? That means it isn't decided yet.
If someone from another cIass comes up, you can say sorry, I don't want to, right?
I suppose so...
Oh! Miu, what's the day circIed on the caIendar?
I just noticed you marked the 20th.
Oh no! That's Yuuki's birthday!
What do you think I shouId get her?
The one who shouId think of that is her best friend, right?
Oh...
Miu! Yuuki's on the phone!
Oh. Okay!
Sorry I took so Iong.
Tomorrow. They'II decide when the 3rd years come tomorrow.
Got that? They may decide to do it on my birthday!
We'II know for sure tomorrow, though. Can you come to schooI?
Sure. My Iessons this week are in the morning,
so anytime in the afternoon wiII be fine.
Okay, see you tomorrow. Meet me on the schooI fieId around four o'cIock.
Remember how I said I'd made up my mind before?
I'II teII you what I meant. Later! I'II be waiting!
Her mind's made up...?
It's over!
Dismissed!
Yahoo!
Oh! Miu!
AII set?
Yup. Can you wait a sec?
This is God's wiII!
This is going to be the greatest birthday ever!
Wow, you don't say...
Yeah! Hang on whiIe I change.
Wait for me!
The greatest birthday ever?
ExactIy!
You don't say.
I've aIways feIt sorta cheated that my birthday comes during the summer,
so onIy you and my famiIy remember it.
Uh, not to say I mind that you're the onIy one who remembers it, but...
Right. So...?
So, this year, that's the day the 3rd years come to cheer us on!
What do you think?! Isn't itjust the best chance ever?!
To see Takizawa?
Right! Remember I said I'd made up my mind?
Yeah...
WeII, I've decided that when the 3rd years come, I'II confess my Iove to him!
Huh?!
The day I've decided to teII him is my birthday!
This is God's birthday present to me!
Wow... You're so brave.
''Takizawa, I reaIIy Iike you. I've Iiked you for a Iong, Iong time.''
''PIease, Iet me go out with you!''
That's what you'II say?
Is it awfuI?
No. It's just your styIe, Yuuki.
Of course! God is with me on this!
It's sure to turn out fine, right?
God, huh? Yeah... I think so, too.
Takizawa and I, thrown together by chance on my birthday!
God has bIessed me!
Right? Don't you think so?
I do!
AII right! It's sure to work out!
Yuuki, you're incredibIe.
Oh, and Takahashi's coming, too. You shouId aIso come.
Huh? Me?
Come on! You can teII him you just happened to come to cheer me on.
R-Right...
Oh, I can't wait! I can't wait tiII the 20th!
Wait, I can't confess after practice, when I'm aII sweaty...
What'II I do, Miu?
Oh...
My sister uses an antiperspirant powder.
I can buy you some.
It's foreign-made, right?
I think.
Does it smeII nice?
I think it does.
Lend me some. PIease!
Mom? Can you come here a second?
Hmm?
Yes, coming.
Ooh! Akiko's gonna be mad at you!
But I promised Yuuki I'd Iend her something from here.
Which one is that antiperspirant powder that sis uses?
Antiperspirant...? Oh, the deodorant powder, you mean?
Isn't it over here?
Oh, it's cIosed up. Is it that important to her?
No way. She got sort of tired of using it and set it aside.
It's just going to waste.
So, it's okay if I borrowed it for a IittIe whiIe, right?
She'II never know if you just use a IittIe.
Just put it back when you're done.
Sure!
Fortissimo Music School
You have two weeks untiI your next intensive Iesson.
Be sure to practice.
Right. Uh, sir... Are you seriousIy...?
What?
Um, it's about the recitaI...
You don't have to make any sudden decisions. Not yet, at Ieast.
Yes, sir...
The next Iesson wiII start on the 20th.
Yes, sir. In the after-
In the afternoon!
Am I mistaken?
Uh, no! The 20th. Yes...
Thank you very much, sir.
MIDORIGAOKA STATION
Sorry. Did you wait Iong?
No probIem! What fIavor ice cream do you want?
I'II have vaniIIa.
Okay.
Wait. Money...
My treat! Think of it as my rentaI fee.
I think you wipe it on with a wetnap.
Roger that!
Look...
AII right!
I Iove this song!
Hearing it makes me feeI great.
Whenever I hear this song, I feeI Iike nothing can go wrong for me!
I reaIIy think this confession's going to work out!
Wow...
And now I have my secret weapon, too.
Anyway, Yuuki...
Miu, hurry up and eat before it aII meIts.
Sure...
Oh, I forgot to mention, but I'm visiting my grandma in the country tomorrow.
I'II buy you a souvenir.
You're going away?
Just for a week. When I get back, I go for that confession!
Yeah, that's right. I hope you have a wonderfuI birthday.
You got me two souvenirs?
The first one is for your famiIy, from my grandma.
The other one is from me to you.
Can I open it?
Oh, it's so cute!
What's wrong? Did something happen out in the country?
WeII, some cousins who are around my age came, too.
When they saw me, they said ''You've gotten even taIIer!''...
...and ''You're Iike a boy'' and stuff Iike that.
Even my aunts said that if I was too tomboyish, no boy wouId Iike me.
That's not true!
Before I went to the country, I never thought about it.
I'm not very feminine at aII.
Maybe Takizawa doesn't Iike girIs Iike me.
That's not true.
I'm such an idiot.
AII I ever thought was that I'd confess and he'd be okay with it.
What if he rejects me?!
Maybe he Iikes girIs who are more feminine than me.
Oh, I don't even know that much about him!
Yuuki...
I've Iost aII my seIf-confidence.
What'II I do on the 20th?
Didn't you say God was with you on this?
But...
And I'm with you, too.
Miu...
When practice is over, can I come to the schooI?
I may not be abIe to do anything for you, but...
ReaIIy? If it doesn't work out, wiII you be there for me?
Don't you dare taIk Iike that!
You'II do just fine!
Yes?
The start of the Iast haIf of your Iessons is the day after tomorrow, right?
So is Yuuki's birthday.
Mom, do boys not Iike energetic girIs?
Depends on the person, right?
Yuuki's depressed because someone said she was Iike a boy.
But the fact she's so energetic is what I Iike about her.
ExactIy! I have to get the oId, cheerfuI Yuuki back. Otherwise...
Oh, nothing.
What shouId I get her as a present?
WeII, how about something to cheer her up?
To cheer her up...
I Iove this song!
Hearing it makes me feeI great.
Whenever I hear this song, I feeI Iike nothing can go wrong for me!
I reaIIy think this confession's going to work out!
Thanks, mom!
No probIem! What'd I do, though...?
Let's see, I'm pretty sure that song was...
Ah!
Oh?
Takahashi!
It's Nomura, right?
Uh, y-yeah. Are you out shopping, too?
Yeah.
You Iike that one?
Oh, it's not for me. It's a present.
You?
I Iike this one.
This one?
It's pretty good.
See you.
WeIcome home!
Hmm? Is Akiko home?
Nope. It's Miu.
Wow... That's sorta unusuaI for Miu, isn't it?
Ah, but she's getting to that age where she's interested in aII sorts of things.
Hmm?
By aII sorts of things, you mean the recitaI?
That, and others.
Now, couId you quit staIIing and take your bath?
Sure.
If you're aII sweaty, your daughter won't Iike you.
She's been taking some of Akiko's cosmetics, IateIy.
Cosmetics?
Yup!
Mew, this is the song Takahashi Iikes.
I bought a copy, too.
I said I was getting Yuuki a present,
and then we taIked some more.
Was that a bIessing from God?
I wonder if Yuuki's confession tomorrow wiII go weII.
What did you do during your vacation?
I'm sorry, sir.
I wonder if I wasn't wrong about you.
Your heart isn't in it. Once again!
But the time's up on my Iesson.
The next student canceIIed. You can stay a IittIe Ionger.
Oh. But...
You have pIans?
No, sir...
Right.
GIRLS' TRACK CLUB
Yes?
GIRLS' TRACK CLUB
Um...
Oh? Nomura. What's up?
Um, is Yuuki- is Miss Matsubara here?
Yuuki?
Um, I made a IittIe promise to her, and...
GIRLS' TRACK CLUB
WeII, she Ieft a IittIe whiIe ago without changing her uniform...
Oh. Thanks.
If you see her, can you teII her aII the 3rd years came to see us?
Sure.
Yu-
...and for the Iatter haIf of August, we're seeing increased saIes in aIcohoI and bottIed water,
and each of the current companies are...
Oh, by the way, did you give her your present, Miu?
I took it to her house.
Oh?
Today was Yuuki's birthday, so...
You didn't give it to her directIy?
WeII, something came up.
Oh, yes. And be sure to return Akiko's powder.
Sure.
Powder?
Yes. The cosmetic I mentioned.
That was your present?
Not exactIy...
Oh, I'II get that.
HeIIo, Nomura residence.
Oh, Yuuki?
Did you Iike your birthday present?
Yeah.
Yeah. I'm gIad you Iiked it.
Oh, sorry. It's nothing.
WeII...?
Uh-huh...
So, what did Takizawa say?
Good. I'm gIad. I reaIIy am.
StiII, there's something I want to thank you for, too.
It was the best summer vacation ever.
For Yuuki... and, in a smaII way, for me as weII.
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
I'm happy to get things for my birthday.
Things Iike accessories and fIowers and cake.
There are aII sorts of things,
but if someone remembers my birthday... that's what makes me happiest of aII.
A person who wants to wish me a happy birthday, makes me truIy gIad.
With Passion