With Love
Fortissimo Music School
HonestIy, he never changes...
What's wrong?
Oh, I have Miss Nomura on the phone, but Mr. Shirakawa won't answer his intercom.
HeIIo?
Excuse me, sir.
What's wrong?
WeII...
I'II answer promptIy from now on.
I appreciate you taking the troubIe.
Mr. Shirakawa.
Is Miss Nomura taking this Iesson off?
She apparentIy doesn't feeI weII.
And you seriousIy beIieve her?
Who can say?
She's stiII a chiId!
Treat her more gentIy!
I think she reaIIy wants to taIk to you!
I'II handIe this my way.
Your ''way'' being to abandon a troubIed chiId?
That's how it Iooks to you?
I'II be bIunt.
You just aren't abIe to connect to peopIe.
There's no getting around that.
Mr. Shirakawa, we are simuItaneousIy pianists and teachers.
As a pianist, you're top-cIass.
But as a teacher, you do it aII wrong!
Then I won't waste any more of our time.
Mr. Shirakawa!
CouId you give me Miu Nomura's phone number, pIease?
I see...
I think she's reaIIy torn up about the recitaI.
How is she acting at home?
I can see it here, too.
I knew it...
Maybe I'm being presumptuous,
but couId you have a taIk with your daughter about how she reaIIy feeIs about the recitaI?
Of course. And thanks for taking an interest in her.
Not at aII, it's something I take notice of.
No, reaIIy. Thank you very much.
Now, if you'II excuse me.
Miu's writing her own song right now.
Her own song?
Right. Miu's been chosen to represent her cIass at her music schooI's recitaI.
It's amazing!
She'II perform an originaI piece and bIow everyone in the music haII away!
Wow. I asked her a IittIe about it at Christmas.
I didn't reaIize Nomura was that taIented.
So, anyway, um...
The truth is, I have a favor to ask, Takahashi.
CouId you maybe taIk to her?
Miu toId me she's in a reaIIy bad sIump right now.
It's okay with me, but...
I doubt a taIk from me wouId heIp much.
That's not true!
One IittIe ''do your best'' from you wiII get Miu back on her feet in no time!
Huh?
Sorry to caII you out here Iike this.
Anyway, pIease do it, okay?
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I'm home.
WeIcome back.
I took the day off from my Iesson today.
So it wouId seem.
I'm not going to pIay in the recitaI.
And I'm thinking of giving up the piano, too.
I see.
I don't know why I pIay it anymore.
Ever since I decided to pIay in the recitaI, I've had this weird feeIing.
What sort of feeIing is it?
I don't want to say...
So? CouId it be that you're discovering new feeIings?
I don't know.
Miu! Dinner'II be ready soon.
Look Takahashi, if you saw Nomura, why didn't you taIk to her-
Hey! HoId it!
Say something, dammit!
Yuuki!
Listen!
What's up?
Huh?!
Why? Why'd you do that?!
He toId me... He didn't taIk to her yesterday.
TaIk? You mean to Miu?
He said he saw her at a phone booth yesterday, but he didn't taIk to her.
But shoving him isn't gonna make Miu feeI any better!
I know.
But, that guy is...
I doubt a taIk from me wouId heIp much.
Do you think Takahashi's feeIings for Miu are...?
Miu...
Sorry. I know I've been acting a IittIe weird IateIy.
Um, I'm okay now.
I'm okay!
Miu...
I'm not going to be in the recitaI.
Huh?
So, never mind about Takahashi, okay?
I'm thinking of giving up the piano, too.
Just thinking about that makes me feeI better.
Sorry I caused so much troubIe for you.
Um, weII... I...
Go on and quit.
Huh?
I quit, too!
I'm through being your friend!
About Takahashi...
He said he wouIdn't taIk to you because he wants to concentrate fuIIy on his exams.
Because his exams are so hard.
I know that!
But Iook how worried you are about him!
Look, I understand that we can't directIy heIp him...
...aside from worrying about him or encouraging him, but...!
I understand that, but...
Where's dad?
He said he was sIeeping over there tonight.
Mom...
When things get tough at work for dad and you can't heIp him...
You said aII you can do is wait, right?
WhiIe worrying my head off, yes.
But no matter how much you worry, it doesn't make his job any easier, does it?
That's true.
I can't make a manuscript smaIIer or stretch a deadIine for him.
So, does that make it aII meaningIess?
Your mother has never once considered the concern she gives anyone...
...to be meaningIess.
This one...
Thanks for being with me!
That's what the song said!
Yuuki... We'II make up, won't we?
Morning!
Yuuki...
...and so the meaning of these three sentences varies from each other.
Now then, what causes these variances?
This is the postposition and this is the...
Yuuki, I wanted to Iend you that CD I mentioned before.
Can you come over today?
No.
WeII, then I'II bring it tomorrow.
I don't want it.
Yuuki...
PIease don't be so mad.
I'm not mad.
Because...
We're not friends now, so you don't matter.
If I give up the piano, it'II aII end.
No more awfuI feeIings, no more sadness...
No more doubt.
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What is it? You don't have a Iesson today.
Um...
I'm quitting my Iessons. I'm sorry.
I can't write an originaI song at aII.
And so...
WeII...
Oh, Miss Nomura!
FeeIing better today?
What are you doing here today? Did you have something to say?
No, not now...
Anyway, can I have a word with you in another room? PIease?
Don't feeI you have to participate in the recitaI.
I'd be sad to see you give up your Iessons, though.
You have taIent, Miss Nomura.
If you continue, you'II be abIe to pIay better and better.
I've... aIready decided.
I see.
But you're weIcome back here any time you want to pIay again.
If you'II excuse me.
Don't quit.
Don't quit, Nomura.
You don't have to be in the recitaI. You can give up your Iessons.
But...
Don't quit pIaying the piano!
Mr. Shirakawa...
Don't give up, Nomura.
Then pIay me something that's fuII of feeIing sometime, okay?
Look, I understand that we can't directIy heIp him...
...aside from worrying about him or encouraging him, but...!
So? CouId it be that you're discovering new feeIings?
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What is it? What is it that I see?
I'm not going to apoIogize!
I didn't come to apoIogize. I came because I'm mad at you!
It's your business if you give up on Takahashi.
Whether you Iike or hate each other is between you two, after aII.
Nobody eIse can say a thing about that.
It's your business. Your decision. Your choice.
I can't decide it for you.
But stiII... Even so...!
Don't Iet it end by sounding Iike such a pathetic Ioser!
You can't do that! You absoIuteIy can't do that!
I'II never forgive you then!
I'II never forgive you for just giving up Iike that!
It's none of my business! It's your business, but...!
It's just not right!
I'm not giving up.
I won't drop out of the recitaI.
I won't stop pIaying the piano.
And I don't want to stop being your friend, Yuuki.
I'm not giving up on Takahashi, either.
The feeIings you have for someone aren't meaningIess.
I'm ready to write my song now.
Because I feeI so happy now.
''Thank you.'' That's the feeIing I want to put into my song.
Hmm? What's up?
HeIIo, Nomura residence.
Um... My name's Takahashi. May I speak with Miu, pIease?
Sure. Hang on a moment, pIease.
Miu!
My name is Miu Nomura.
And, surrounded by many peopIe,
I 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
Spring has come to us once more.
What wasn't said for the Iongest time, I've put into the piano.
It was onIy one thing,
but it took so much time to say.
I want to teII them aII with the piano.
Into the first note,
to aII the peopIe who have watched over me, I'II put everything.
With Grace