How's Multi?
She's fine now.
She's sleeping.
Thank goodness...
I can't do anything in this kind of situation.
Fujita-kun...
I just depended on all of you.
Don't lament the present; aim for the future!
Just some words I've heard somewhere, somewhen.
For now, just do the best you can at what you can do.
That will make you stronger.
Nagase-san...
It's late. I'll get you a ride home.
But...
Don't worry about Multi.
We just have to monitor her body here for a while.
Can't you leave her to me for the time being?
Okay.
Multi...
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Anata no sono hitomi wo tada mitsumeteta
I was just looking in your eyes
afuredasu kimochi wo kakushita mama de
hiding these overflowing feelings
te wo nobaseba itsudemo watashi ga iru yo
Whenever you stretch, I'm there for you
yasashiku dakishimete hoshii kara
because I want you to embrace me gently
zutto kokoro ni egaiteta futari de tsunagu ashita
I've always dreamed of a tomorrow conducted by the two of us
ima kanaeraretara
I wish we could make it come true right now
daisuki da yo
I love you so much
kono omoi wa todoiteru kana
Has this feeling reached you?
egao wa kotaete kureru kana
Will the smile answer me?
nagareteyuku toki wo koete aruite yukou
Let's keep walking over the flowing times
Send my love to you
Into your heart
In Order to Understand Each Other
Why...
Don't worry about me! Take care of Multi-chan!
For now, just do the best you can at what you can do.
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The shortcut is gone.
Why...
Why did I say that...
So... if it were you... Multi-chan...
I'm a liar.
Come on!
Pass it!
Hey, hey!
Over here!
Hurry!
Come over here, would ya?
Yeah yeah yeah!
Masashi-chan.
Hey, less standing, more running!
Okay, take a break! We'll start again at 2:00.
Yes!
Akari-chan.
Hey, Akari!
Masashi-chan, didn't you retire already?
I meant to practice alone...
...but they were so nearby that I couldn't help myself.
Honestly!
You're already a pro, so you need to practice with your own interests at heart.
But I'm not a pro yet.
I see...
But why are you here, Shiho?
Is it wrong for me to be here?
No, it's not!
Just a little unusual, that's all.
I detect some rudeness in your tone there.
Now, now. She's here to interview me for an article.
She's been dropping by all week.
R-Really?
Well, yeah. If I'm aiming to be a journalist,
I figured I should start with something easy.
Easy?
And the first step for that is the secret candid photo.
For example... like...
This!
Shiho!
What kind of pictures are you taking?
What's your problem?
People feel closer to celebrities if they get a glimpse of their daily lives.
You've totally lost me.
Don't show that stuff to Akari-chan!
Hey! All of the underclassmen are waiting for you.
This sucks...
Shiho, either that picture goes, or our interview does.
I get it already! It was just a little joke, a joke!
Yeah, a joke in bad taste...
See you later, Akari-chan.
Yeah. Do your best!
Well, I'd better be getting to work, too.
Shiho, that's...
Oh, it's just a few observations about their practice regimen.
Inspection!
Japan's menu -- with particular exercises Warmups Pass, trap, formations Inside? Outside? Is a specifically themed setting important? Traps and such - Mistakes during play
Just a few?
More like a lot!
It's not that much.
But if I was going to do it, I wanted to do it well.
Either way, I think this kind of thing suits me.
I'm jealous that you can be like that.
I'm the one who should be jealous of you.
All righty then! Today's the day I interview his teammates!
Library
Hoshina-sa--
What's wrong, class rep?
Oh, it's nothing.
So here, we use this equation to replace the variable, and factor in terms of x.
Oh...
I see. I get it now! Thanks, class rep.
No problem.
Just what's going on with you, anyway?
I thought I'd see what I was made of.
"Karate Dojo"
Everyone is moving forward.
I'm the only one standing still, unable to see anything.
Only me...
Akari-chan...
Nagase-san...
Ayaka-sama! You've already...
Dispense with the pleasantries. What's the situation here?
Explain clearly. Can you fix her, or not?
It's pretty bad.
We had to force all of Multi's systems into sleep mode.
And?
Can you explain it any better than that?
You've come so far, so why would you stop the research on Multi now?
The other night...
I was looking at the personality formation component
of Multi's emotion program before I archived it away.
I analyzed and verified its contents.
And that analysis revealed a fatal flaw in the emotion programming.
A flaw?
Multi...
Multi can't have worries.
In fact, her structure can't withstand them.
"Big Year-End Sale"
Hmm... For tonight's dinner...
Hiroyuki.
Done at your club?
Yeah. I just finished.
I see. Good work.
Hiroyuki...
Yeah?
What's up?
Akari-chan came to me today.
Come to your senses already!
This has gone on far too long.
Akari-chan is worried.
She gazes around as if she doesn't know where to look...
It's the first time I've seen her so unstable!
Really.
It's up to you to fix this! Isn't Akari-chan important to you?
S-Shut up! What's it to you?!
If you won't take action, then I will!
Wait, Masashi!
Masashi!
Closed for New Years'
Ayaka-sama!
On Box: "Taurine Z"
You really should take a break once in a while.
You didn't sleep last night, either?
I understand how you feel, but it's bad for your health to keep pushing yourself.
Oh...
Shouldn't you rest too--
I'm getting plenty of rest.
Though I can't do much aside from watching.
You have a much bigger burden.
Tomorrow's New Year's Day, you know.
If you keep staying here, your family will--
I know.
But at this rate, I won't be able to wake Multi.
I can't rest with that on my mind.
Nagase-san...
Is it an infinite loop?
Yes.
Sometimes her "human" love and duties as a robot...
...just aren't compatible.
It's out of our hands now.
And after we'd come this far, and finally gotten her back to normal...
I'm sorry. I couldn't do anything.
No...
I just got conceited and believed I could do it.
I... I...
Nagase-san!
Ayaka-sama.
Tomorrow is New Year's Day.
Would you like to rest now?
Rest?! I can't--
Ayaka-sama.
I understand.
Shall we go back to the house?
Yes.
Chief, your blood sugar and blood pressure levels are both poor.
I believe that resting now will increase your efficiency.
I suppose so.
Shall we go?
Tell me...
Hiroyuki... san...
5! 4! 3! 2! 1! 0!
Happy New Year!
Coming!
Masashi-chan?
Happy New Year, Akari-chan.
Yeah, Happy New Year. Let's make it a good one.
Akari-chan, do you want to go visit the shrine?
"Kamigishi Akari"
"Nagaoka Shiho"
Shiho?
Hello?
Hiro! Happy New Year!
I'm hanging up.
What?
That's my line!
Where did this custom of hanging up on a New Year's greeting come from?
From the Edo shogunate. See ya.
Ah, wait, wait!
I'm inviting you to come to the shrine, so--
To the shrine?
You should call Akari for that kind of thing.
The thing is, Akari apparently already went out!
So did Masashi. I called them, but they didn't pick up.
Then I will!
The only shrine around here is Sakaue, so we'll all be at the same place, right?
Wait, Masashi!
I figured we'd both have free time, since we're on vacation.
Masashi!
So we may as well go together.
Akari...
Huh?
Sorry, ask someone else go with you!
"Fujita Hiroyuki"
What.
Boy, you try to do a guy a favor...
"Sakaue Shrine"
Akari-chan.
Huh?
Is something wrong?
Huh? No, nothing.
I don't think we've walked together like this since we were in Kobe.
I... see.
Wasn't the first time we walked like this...
...when we were three years old?
It's already been 15 years.
Sorry, I don't remember.
That's okay. We were little kids then.
Hiroyuki didn't want to hang out with us back then.
Oh yeah, he didn't.
Sorry!
Excuse me!
What did you wish for?
Huh? Oh...
I wished that I'd be able to play on a pro team this year.
The truth is, I should wish for my club team to win a championship,
or for our school's team to make it to Nationals next year too.
But from now on, I think I want to make wishes for myself alone.
Everyone around me is important, but...
Masashi-chan...
Have I changed?
Yeah. But I think it's for the better.
Really?
Yeah.
You've always been trying your best.
Thank you.
Akari...
I never talk to people about this,
but I've always loved soccer, ever since I was little.
It's always been my dream to become a pro player.
But back then, I was a coward.
I got depressed when people took the ball from me or knocked me down.
That's when Hiroyuki...
Masashi!
Who's scarier? Me, or the other team?
Well?
That would be... you.
Good!
So if you can beat me, you won't be scared of the other team, right?
I guess...
What're you doing?
Shut up! If you don't like it, then take me down!
Don't hold back. It's go time!
That's fighting dirty!
That was the first time I fought with Hiroyuki.
I got a real earful from my sister and my mom when I got home.
But after that, I wasn't afraid of my opponents anymore
and I got to like soccer more and more.
It's all thanks to Hiroyuki...
...that I can become a pro soccer player.
Masashi-chan...
You're really amazing.
You're seeing your dreams through, all the way to the end.
You've made the effort to overcome your difficulties, and...
I'm grateful to Hiroyuki.
So I thought it'd be okay if he were the one,
and I intended to never say anything.
Akari-chan, I love you!
Sorry...
I'm sorry.
I knew about it.
Somehow, I've always known.
But I didn't know how I should answer.
Since Hiroyuki-chan's always been...
...the one I loved.
But I didn't want to destroy our relationship.
So I...
I...
Does Hiroyuki...
...make you happy?
If he runs off like he did before,
would you be able to wait for him?
I don't know.
Hiroyuki-chan is attempting to change.
He's found his dream, and he's going forward.
Once he does, he might not look my way anymore.
So...
I thought I had to change, but...
...I didn't know how I should change.
I also don't know if Hiroyuki-chan...
...wants me to change or not.
Isn't waiting just...
...cowardly?
Really, I've just been running away.
Hey, Hiroyuki!
Over here.
Move forward, Akari-chan.
Hiroyuki isn't that kind of guy.
Bye!
Masashi!
Sorry.
Hiroyuki-chan.
Akari...
I'm sorry!
Why are you apologizing?
Because...
Jeez...
sekai juu de ichiban taisetsu na mono The most precious thing in the world
watashi wa mitsuketa no anata no naka ni I've found it in you
What, it's Shiho?
What kind of greeting is that?
Come on, let's go!
Huh? Go where?
A ramen joint! I'm hungry. And it's your treat.
koreijou kono mune ni osaekirenai I can no longer hold it in my heart
My treat?
That picture could be sold at a high price!
I get it.
mabushii toki meki ga tomaranai This dazzling palpitation does not stop
Shiho...
Thanks.
What would you guys do without me?
hitotsu hitotsu yume no kakera wo issho ni atsumeteyukou One by one, let's collect the fragments of this dream together
I...
Where should I go?
futari no takaramono The treasure between the two of us
Akari...
Is... there an answer?
daisuki da yo I love you so much
kono omoi wo tsutaetai kara Because I want to deliver this feeling
Can I find it?
I don't know.
I don't know!
zutto anata no soba ni iru yo I will always be with you
Hiroyuki-san...
sakura no hana ga sakimidare
The cherry blossoms were in their glory
ookime no seifuku wo kite
and with oversized uniforms on
hanabira no mau koutei wo
we took keepsake photos
bakku ni shite kinenshashin totta ne
with petals falling in the schoolyard behind us
akaku somaru kousha mitsumete
Even if I turn into an adult
itsuka otona ni kawattemo
gazing at the school building being painted red,
kodomo no you ni toki wo wasurete
I'll still want to romp about like a child
omoi kiri hashagitai
without worrying about time
donna toki mo genki ni nareru
There is always a place
basho ga kanarazu aru kara
that cheers us up
doko ni itemo wasurenaide
So let's not forget it, wherever we are,
mae ni aruite yukou
and step forward
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No way... That's what caused everything?
Why...
Why didn't anybody tell me something this important?!
Where I Belong
That's cruel... that's cruel, both of you!