I was the cause of your suffering, Myoga-san...
Kanade! I'll get you out of there!
Myoga-san...
I won't give up this time.
We'll settle the score on stage.
Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall
I'm sorry I had you all worried.
Well, I'm just glad you're all right.
Sure had me scared for a while.
Blue Sky Grand Finale
Everyone.
Let's head to the stage.
Right.
That was quite the ordeal, Kanade-san.
We apologize for our student's terrible behavior.
Sensei...
I am not your "sensei" anymore.
More importantly, Kanade-san... let us travel the world together.
Huh?
For someone of your caliber, this competition is nothing but a farce.
Why you...
What do you mean by that?
Um...
You must spread your wings as a world-class performer.
This student competition is a mere game.
What value can you possibly find in it?
"Game"?
Hm?
Kyoya...
Get lost! All of us have given this competition our all.
And you dare call it a game?!
That is exactly what it is.
I'll take this opportunity to teach you something.
The primary reason for having this competition, Kanade-san,
is to discover diamonds in the rough like you.
Although I was momentarily worried Leiji-kun might crush you.
So it's nothing but a trade fair of new toys for you.
Never mind him. Come with me.
I decline.
I'll ask you one last time.
Ask repeatedly if you want. My answer will be the same.
This competition is the sky in which I'll spread my wings.
There is no other sky for me.
I have to go now. Excuse me.
So you have decided to shut the door to your musical future.
So be it.
But be careful you don't make the same mistake you made seven years ago.
Kanade-san, you are a kind-hearted person.
You are not suited for cruel competitions that divide winners from losers.
You haven't changed from seven years ago; you are too kind-hearted.
That kindness is also your weakness.
I hope you don't get crushed by your own kindness, like you once did.
That was a splendid rejection.
Hm? Nia.
You should stop believing you can control everyone.
How very stern of you.
But I will not give up.
We are now at the final stage.
Who will bask in the glory of first place in the nation?
Seiso, perhaps? Or will it be Amane?
I hope you don't get crushed by your own kindness, like you once did.
That's right. I remember everything now.
On that day...
Please wait!
The decision hasn't been announced yet.
You'll keep your promise if I win, won't you?
You are a performer, so you must already know that you cannot win.
Congratulations, Kohinata-san.
The only one who can defeat all challengers, and rejoice in the victory...
is you.
And now for our second performance: Myoga Leiji-kun.
Myoga-san was backed into a corner, and yet
he did not run from the stage; he fought hard to the very end.
And yet, then I...
Kohinata Kanade-san.
The decision hasn't been announced yet.
Congratulations.
There. It's good to go.
...and rejoice in the victory...
I had...
never thought of it that way.
That if I win, someone loses, and becomes unhappy.
I became afraid...
so I ran away.
What's going on?
What happened?
Because if you lost...
Is that why you let me win?!
You gave me the victory out of charity,
like throwing a bone to a stray dog.
Did you think that would make me happy?
How dare you!
That wasn't my intention...
I won't forgive you!
Myoga-san...
Final stage: the first performance will be by Amane High School.
How long I've waited for this day.
How long I've borne my accursed grudge...
Brother...
I had thought Amane's piano was precise yet boring, but now...
I don't know if I can play like that, touched with brimming emotion.
My thoughts are playing the piano for me.
I will follow the president's sounds. No matter where he takes them.
So this is Sousuke's sound...
Hats off to them...
Amane's ensemble has reached perfection in this final stage.
I haven't forgotten about you,
not for a moment, since that day seven years ago.
My soul, bound by the curse, still strives and screams to be set free.
Coldly resound, Sturm! Let my wailing fill the entire hall!
Kohinata Kanade... listen! And grovel!
Cower from my overwhelming might, which renders you powerless!
I am not like you. I have no pity for the defeated.
I will grind them under my feet.
I will trample them, and use them to climb to the top!
Kohinata-san...
Please save my brother!
Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall
Our final competition for the summer is about to begin.
Daichi...
Mizushima...
Kohinata...
Kyoya...
I am grateful to you all that we have come this far together.
Like it or not, this is the end.
Let's give it our all, and give them the best performance ever!
That's right.
Let's make this the stage we'll never forget for the rest of our lives.
Yes, let's give it our all!
Kohinata, do you see your sky now?
Yes.
Let's win the national championship!
Yes!
I will never run away again.
Kohinata-san... it's overwhelming.
It's wonderful, Kohinata-san.
You have reached such a high level...
You're serious at last, Kohinata Kanade...
I had hit walls. I had been lost in the dark.
I wanted to abandon it all out of anguish, but now I know...
I'm glad I met everyone at the competition.
Thank you, everyone I've met at the competition.
Thank you to the many friends I've made because of my violin.
Kanade...
Hina-chan...
Kohinata-senpai...
Indeed. These are the sounds of Kohinata Kanade.
Do you know how disappointed I was,
when I could hear how clumsy your performances had become?
Have you reached your limit?
But you have returned.
Just as you were seven years ago... no, even more brilliant.
I endured humiliation worse than death.
And still, your beautiful light scorches me.
I stood on this stage to outshine you, but...
Ah... there is no escape from you.
If that's the case...
Conquer me, with everything you've got.
My femme fatale...
In the National Student Music Competition...
the top school in the nation, who will be taking home the silver trophy is...
Seiso Academy!
Hey, we're number one in the nation!
Our sounds took top place in the nation!
We're number one, for real!
Why must you repeat the same thing in different ways?
Hey, are you crying?
So are you, Kyoya-senpai!
Huh? What are you talking about?
Kyoya...
The championship trophy will be
presented to Seiso Academy, by violinist Mr. Etou Kiriya.
Etou Kiriya?
He performed here with the Boston Orchestra.
The time has finally come.
Yeah.
Congratulations. You make me a proud alumnus of Seiso Academy.
You guys earned this trophy. Take good care of it.
Yes.
They did it!
President!
It's been a bumpy road,
but I guess it wasn't a bad idea to attend this school with you after all.
Yeah.
Congratulations.
I'd like for you to play something,
as an exhibition by the first violin of the winning school.
What?
Sounds great! Play your heart out.
Yes. It's quite an honor, you know.
Yeah.
I'll remember this summer for the rest of my life.
You are the radiance of summer itself.
I love you, Kanade-chan!
I can only imagine how your glorious beauty will continue to blossom...
I'm looking forward to it! I really am.
I want to play with you some day...
You shine with dignity on the stage...
Kohinata-san. I am in love with you.
Sorry, Kanade.
All I did was sit back and watch you trapped in a small sky.
You can fly away now...
...toward the big blue sky.
Fairy-san, have you heard?
There's a girl who plays the violin so beautifully!
I want you to meet her some day.
Maybe that wasn't a dream...
It's beautiful, Kanade.
That timbre is more beautiful than anything...
I am filled with gratitude to everyone I've met in the competition.
All of our sounds are connected together.
Underneath the infinitely expansive blue sky!