I reach out my hands and gathered up...
the scattered music notes in the 88th scene.
I don't know how to put my feelings in words.
I put them in the music score as the days passed by.
When we come across...
at the third time, the feelings will ring out here.
Let me put it straight forwardly like a song.
I write all of them in a song.
This endless crescendo is so strong...
and reaching out to someone.
The melody is heading to the pianist on the stage.
It's the melody of everything about life.
It's the real face.
A whole new world...
has opened up before my eyes.
A new prelude repeats.
What?
They're performing in next month's public concert?
That's correct. It'll mark the S Orchestra's live debut.
We'll take on the A Orchestra with Beethoven's Symphony No.3,
Eroica.
We've only a month!
With this orchestra!
With this orchestra master! Are you serious!?
An orchestra needs an audience.
You are all part of a special orchestra which I selected myself.
So let's be have confidence in ourselves
and show them what we can do!
- Let's do it! - Watch out, A Orchestra!
Our time has come!
Isn't this orchestra's problem "over confidence"?
No matter... it's not like I'm going to be a part of it.
Oh, and let me announce my deputy conductor starting today:
Chiaki!
What?
Wow, Chiaki as deputy conductor!
Way to go, special secretary to the maestro.
Euphemism for "pupil" Deputy conductor?
Me?
And so Chiaki... here you are.
All my directions are written in the score?
What?
I've got a meeting with a special someone,
so I'm leaving the orchestra in your hands.
- Wha? _ - Listen, everybody!
I'm afraid I must attend to something important.
So I'm leaving the conducting to Chiaki here.
Please direct any and all questions or problems to him.
What?
Okay, Chiaki?
See you all later. I'm meeting my "escort", Kameko.
What's he up to?
Okay, Chiaki. Let's rehearse!
Our debut is just around the corner!
So I'm deputy conductor.
There's something fishy about all this.
But still I'm free to conduct an orchestra.
I should feel grateful and do my best.
Sorry I'm late!
Sakura! You again!?
Ow ow ow.
Everything okay with the instrument?
I think it's fine.
Are you late because of your part time job again?
No, I didn't have enough money for the train today.
So I walked here from home.
What?
Must be hard... You're only a grade schooler.
Um, I'm a college student.
Poor student, huh?
The maestro's directions are both subtle and grand.
We're to play with strength and boldness.
Tympani! Louder there!
Okay.
If there's one this orchestra has, it's boldness. And yet...
Cellos and contrabass! Careful of your pitch!
Contrabass! Pitch!
Pitch? I wonder if it's me that's off.
Chiaki is looking at me!
It is me after all.
Everyone else is so good.
I just can't play like that!
Um... excuse me.
Could you explain to me the bowing on this part?
I know you probably have to work and all.
But if you don't attend practices seriously,
it's only natural you'll get confused.
I think you should work on your pitch.
It's pretty bad.
Yoo hoo! Chiaki! _
Here she comes.
Nice rehearsal! Here! A towel and some honey lemon.
Love ya.
Today, I will kill you!
Whole lemons?
Um... Mr. Chiaki? I mean... Chiaki?
Yes?
I'm having trouble playing this phrase right here.
Yes, I see. Try playing it more simply.
Um... could I ask you something?
I have a question, too!
That Chiaki really knows his stuff.
Yeah. Plus he seems to have mellowed a bit.
Well, I'm gonna ask him a question, too.
Me, too.
Why isn't there a piano in an orchestra?
Yes, about this crescendo...
You said we were having stew for dinner tonight.
- Okay, I gotcha! - I get it now.
At this rate, the supermarket will close.
Chiaki, could you help me with this?
I guess I'll go on ahead home.
What? Study abroad?
My parents told me to get a job.
But I want to study music overseas.
- What do I do, Chiaki? - How should I know!?
Don't come to me with everything, all right?
- Yes? - It's Tamaki, clarinet player.
Hey, what do you think about Kaoru Suzuki?
Who went and passed around my cell number!
How should I know the best way to make curry?
What am I? A help hotline for children!?
And now to top it off... Nodame!
I'm seeing things. I must be really tired.
- Chiaki! - Nodame?
Please open up. It's Nodame.
I guess I was imagining things.
Could you spare a little food!?
Is this what being a deputy conductor entails?
Whoah.
Why'd you bring Sakura Saku here?
I found her unconscious on the street. So I brought her.
It's been so long since I've seen a luxurious plate pasta
with so much meat and vegetables.
- "Luxurious"? - We don't even have rice at home.
Sakura says her father's company has hit very hard times.
We've got large debts.
And mother is working part time but it's just not enough.
Music study costs money.
We can barely afford the school fees.
I work nights as a part time security guard.
I haven't been able to practice much.
A lot of the other contrabass players are also on the A Orchestra,
so they're very good to begin with.
Without practice, that gap just grows wider.
I don't think I can remain in the S Orchestra!
Sakura, please...
All you got to do is practice more, right?
But I don't have enough time. I have part time job.
Quit the job.
But then I won't have the money to pay for school!
Then quit school.
Why should she have to do that?
If you can't rehearse because you're working to pay tuition,
What's the purpose of going to school?
There's plenty!
To meet people, fall in love, feel your heart soar!
If it were me,
I'd stop going to school and practice at home.
But if you're not that interested in getting better,
then what you're doing now is fine.
I want to get better!
Do you really?
I find that a little hard to believe coming from someone
who would rather sit here and cry instead of practicing to get better.
I'd say it's hopeless.
Chiaki!
Sorry to have disturbed you!
Sakura!
I can't blame it on poverty.
The fault is all mine!
Okay, good!
Next time we'll start with the 2nd movement.
So please practice it.
The maestro didn't show up again, today.
I wonder what his " important appointment" could've been?
His "escort".
Sakura didn't show up today, either.
Probably her part time job.
Could be, but she usually takes off work
when we have a rehearsal.
Graah! Chiaki!
Sakura didn't show up today! See?
What's your problem? You come running in here screaming.
No food for Chikai today?
Shut up, you two! Go home!
Who are you?
You telling her to quit school must have put her in shock!
"Shock". From just that?
Graah! Chiaki, you devil! You're a devil!
Chopin and Beethoven too struggled with poverty,
and look how big they got!
You're too insensitive toward the poor!
I know about poverty.
Matches! Matches for sale!
Ah, so warm.
Poverty...
I don't mind having a little chat.
But why do we have to go all the way to her house?
We've no choice. Sakura doesn't have a cell phone.
The phone's been cut off at her house.
Tee hee. _
Why are you looking at me like that?
Tee_hee. It's your change of heart.
You've decided to go apologize to Sakura.
I'm not going there to apologize.
I'm going to tell her not to skip orchestra practice. That's all.
Really?
If a member quits while the maestro's away,
it's my responsibility.
Wipe that look off your face!
- Looks like spring is here. - You said it.
Chiaki. That's the house.
It's h_huge! You sure this is the right place?
Can't be. Sakura said her family was poor.
"Impounded"
Impounded?
I'm so sorry.
My daughter is at her part time job.
And so is my wife.
I'm preparing to leave for Italy on business.
Italy?
Excuse me for asking but what do you do?
Uh yes, well... I'm the head of a import furniture company.
I'm embarrassed to admit it but...
sales have plummeted with the recession.
People just aren't buying expensive furniture.
I see.
By the way, do the two of you like the violin?
Yes! Mr. Chiaki here is very good on the violin.
Really!? In that case...
Allow me to show you this!
Wha? _
This is my collection room.
Stradivarius? Eberle Tommaso?
There's hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of big name instruments here!
Beautiful, aren't they?
When the violin appeared almost suddenly in the early 14th century
this is what it looked like.
It's a miracle of an instrument.
Truth is, I can't play the thing.
What, are you crazy!?
You can't play and you have a collection like this!?
You call this being "poor"?
Go sell them all!
Chiaki, you're on fire.
No! This collection is more valuable to me than my own life!
More important than your daughter!?
Doesn't her desire to learn have much more value to you than those!?
Well!? Answer me!
"Several Days Later"
Oh my God! Look at this incredible spread!
This is just a gift of appreciation from my mother
to the both of you.
Huh?
Thanks to my father selling his violins,
we were able to return to our normal life,
and the company also recovered.
The company recovered?
Yes! It seems one of the violins he sold was "cursed."
My father regained his sanity afterwards.
"Cursed"
That's more like it. A solid contrabass section.
Good.
But this is bad.
Only 2 more weeks till the concert.
We're already into the 2nd movement,
and Streseman hasn't showed.
He's given no directions!
What the hell is this?
Stop! Stop!
What in the world are you doing?
Pretty cool, isn't it?
I thought it'd be great to infuse a little rock 'n roll flavor
into the orchestra.
Say what?
I told everyone yesterday. And we practiced it. Right?
This Jimi Hendrix style of play feels great!
In this day and age,
the orchestra should start giving people something to look at, too.
Are you out of your mind!
Before you start performing, learn to play the piece right!
The 2nd movement is a funeral march, for God's sake!
Yeah but...
Leaving an orchestra like this to itself.
What's that old man thinking?
Now cut that out, Milchy.
Why don't we all play a little game?
- Start with rock and... - Hey, old man!
Unbelievable.
So this is what you've been doing every night?
Chiaki...
- You're cute! - He's such a hunk!
- So young! - Friend of Milch's, are you?
Uh no... I...
Graaah! What are you doing here? You cheat!
Nodame? What're you doing in that outfit?
Sex appeal training!
Milch told me I should do it to bewitch you.
"Bewitch me"?
So you mean this is the man Nodame's all in love with?
- Nice boyfriend, Nodame! - I'm not her boyfriend!
Graah! Don't say that!
- What? He isn't? - Then I'll take him.
- No, let me! - He's mine!
I pledge!
I pledge here to remove myself from stewardship
over the S Orchestra,
and devote myself solely to the A Orchestra!
What!?
Wh_why? You can't just do that!
Why not? You already have a wonderfully attractive...
no, wonderfully talented conductor
on a par with myself to lead you all in Chiaki here.
You'll be fine without me.
What do you mean?
But this is the orchestra you built?
Um... this wouldn't happen to have anything to do
with last night, would it?
Like a grudge. It sure does.
You came in and disrupted my harem.
That's unforgivable. And I'll have my revenge.
"Revenge"?
At any rate, I will conduct the A Orchestra.
You take the S Orchestra.
And at the public concert, I will humiliate you.
So be prepared.
Damn him! You hear that, guys!
Well, we won't go down without a fight, will we!?
I guess we're through.
Well, it was nice while it lasted.
Wait! This doesn't mean we're breaking up!
- Yes, it does. - Chiaki?
If Stresemann's not going to do it,
what reason is there for an S Orchestra?
But I want to continue this orchestra under you, Chiaki.
What?
I mean, if it hadn't been for you,
I'd still be struggling with a part time job
with no time to practice.
And I wouldn't have made friends with Kazuhisa here.
She's right. Let's keep the S Orchestra going.
I agree. I want to keep playing under Chiaki.
Yeah, I mean we never played under Stresemann, anyway.
All right, then. Chiaki will do.
Nobody better betray Chiaki or they'll have to deal with my wrath!
Thanks guys for understanding.
Hey, I haven't said I'll do it.
Right, then! Let's demolish the A Orchestra!
- We'll crush Stresemann! - Yeah!
- Death to the traitor! - Hooray for S Orchestra!
This means war!
Why is this war?
Me as this orchestra's official conductor?
Congratulations on your promotion to main conductor!
Let's raise a toast.
Would you like whiskey and water?
The maestro will be conducting the A Orchestra...
We don't stand a chance.
What's more...
can I really bring the S Orchestra together?
"Desire"
He's wide open.
Wait! This is a great opportunity!
There are loads of people with enough talent to lead an orchestra,
but without the opportunity to do so.
It may be a hapless bunch.
But this orchestra that Stresemann put together...
I will make them sing! I can do it!
My hero.
Beethoven's Symphony No.3, "Eroica"
It was with this piece
that Beethoven began to revolutionize the music
and symphonic work.
Stop that! I told you "no grandstanding"!
Why not? Beethoven dedicated this piece to Napolean!
To the man who was fighting to defend the republic
and the fruits of the French Revolution!
I even made S Orchestra T shirts!
We're just trying to express the heroism of the man!
Well, express it with your music!
Stop trying to create images or narrative!
What? The sound was fine, right?
Not in the least!
The high notes are grating and hysteric!
So stop your strange bowing!
Come on, live a little, Chiaki.
We're a rockin' orchestra. And this rocks!
- A "rockin' orchestra"! - I like that!
It's new!
We don't have time to argue!
I hear you in your entirety.
Now play the way I want you to play!
Mine! If you disrupt the session one more time,
- I'll relieve you as concertmaster. - No!
Cellos! Your modulation is vague.
Your vibrato sloppy!
Contrabass! Don't lose the rhythm with your flourishes.
Do you do that with the A Orchestra?
Oboes and clarinets! You're not snake charmers!
When you play the music right,
then maybe you'll have the right to complain!
But you're terrible!
He's regressing.
Just when I thought he'd grown nice.
Talk about Napolean assuming the throne.
Say goodbye to the republic.
Chiaki...
Dearest Chiaki... When Napolean became emperor,
Beethoven ceased to dedicate this piece to him.
Poo_poo.
One week left to go. I've got to make this work.
Love is painful.
I realised it when I was with you that night.
Because I know you...
more than everyone in the world.
Your casual attitude and tenderness...
make my chest feels constricted.
I am here. I am here. I am here right next to you.
Tell me why. Tell me why. Why are we merely "normal friends"?
I love you. I love you. No matter how much I love you,
you still don't get it.
You don't understand. I'm so in love with you.
My heart breaks day after day.
I can't sleep night after night.
The day when I first met you...
I wish if time can go back to that day.
I'm so in love with you.