In all the 6 months I've been enrolled in Asuko
how many moments like this...
have I run with all my might?
Also, how many times have I fallen this way?
And ever since I entered Asuko
I've been running for someone's sake.
But today, I didn't expect
that I would be running again...
And that from Asuko, some of us will start off on a new journey...
~ASUKO MARCH!~
The Final Episode "The Last Part! Goodbye!! Thanks to the 25 guys for an inspiring conclusion.."
['A few days ago'] ['Tamaki Screw Factory']
I have always liked you...
There ought to be a deadline to giving your answer after someone confesses to you...
I've got to tell him today...
Oh, Yoshino.
Tamaki-kun.
What good timing! I've got some good news...
Good news?
Seems we can restart
Dad's factory after all.
What?
You see, my dad knows this person from the past..
and he's helping dad by selling him cheap, second-hand
machinery needed for the screw factory.
I see.
Good for you.
I also now want to help Dad with the factory...
So I think I have to transfer to a 'teiji-sei.'*
[*night/part-time high school for working students]
Transfer?
I didn't get to tell him...
What are you reading?
Oh,
I just got this audition script.
'Ore no Sora: Keiji-hen'*
[*'My Sky: Police Arc' is a real manga set to be dramatized soon]
Script?
I'm thinking of going back to acting.
Wow~.
The acting I did back..
when I was a child was helpful.
Actually, I made it into the final selection.
Oh, that's great!
If I'll get the role, I'll be able to pay for my mom's treatment.
It has to be a good hospital
so I've decided to move to Tokyo.
Eh?
You're moving?
Yeah...
Soon I also will
have to leave Asuko.
I see...
You're sad?
No, it's okay.
I'm home~.
Welcome home.
Oh, this is Kajihara-san of the neighborhood association.
Good evening.
Kajihara-san,
this is my grandaughter, Nao.
Oh, is that your grandaughter, Fujio-san?
You both look alike!
Oh, please don't say that.
She's in a technical high school.
She wants to be like me.
You're the only who's saying that!
What's the name of your school?
Asuka Tech.
Asuka Tech?
Do you know it?
That's where I graduated.
I still remember... that Asuko March.
'Asuko March?'
Just before our graduation as 3rd year students
we stage an event wherein we make use of scrap materials
to create a whole new work.
Like some sort of a graduation project.
I've never heard of anything like that recently.
Yeah.
Don't they do it anymore?
Here. Checkmate.
Eh?
'Asuko March...'
Here.
Thanks.
I'm surprised Yoshino that you chose to major in Mechanical Arts.
Really?
Yeah. Every year...
female students often don't choose mechanical arts...
so I expected that you'll be taking up Electricity course...
[Note: Omukai-sensei is in the Electric Science Department]
Why, are you going to miss me?
Of course I will.
Frankly, Sensei is motivated
to teach when there are girl students around so you think I should switch departments?
No!
'Kayy.
Yoshino,
we'll still be working together by 2nd year, right?
Oh, you're also gonna take up Mechanical Arts.
It's because you'll be a music box craftsman, right?
Don't say it out loud that I'll be a music box craftsman!
Hirose-kun is the one who said it out loud.
What? I'm surprised!
The 3 of us are taking up Public Works.
Exciting, isn't it?
I see...
You guys should've chosen Electric Science. Nobody seems to like me.
-I'll transfer if you want. -Nope... you don't have to.
Actually, I'll be glad to take it up.
Nope. You don't have to.
But Sensei, I'm very good in electricity subject right?
Sensei is not sure you should ask me that.
Takeuchi-kun!
Takeuchi-kun.,you're going to take up Automobile Arts, right?
I'd like to.
But
soon I'll be going to America.
Eh? America?
Yeah... My brother who had been holed up in his room has finally come out.
He's starting to look for a career path.
Your brother...
There are openings in an American
high school which teaches an automotive design course
...and he has asked me to join him.
I see.
Seems like everyone is going his own way.
What are you making?
I'm sculpting aroma candles.
Seems like my creativity side has woken up.
You'll be shaping those?
It's a lot, right?
The more I do it, the more soothing it is.
Oh, I wish to be soothed, too.
Why, what's wrong, Nao-chan?
Guys in my class are going their own separate ways...
Some are leaving soon.
Aruto-kun... and Tamaki-kun.. and Takeuchi-kun...
and Aruto-kun...
Didn't you just mention Aruto's name twice?
Oh...
I did?
Well,
you know...
Autumn is usually the season to say goodbye.
What are you saying? Isn't it usually during spring season?
To decide which is more important - to continue with school or get a job...
Usually at this time, the students here have to
make a decision as soon as possible.
But still I think it's too early for that.
That's why
you shouldn't show them that you're sad.
Try to see them off with a smile of support.
Though we were able to stop the factory from shutting down, it was very difficult.
But we were able to get some cheap machinery so it looks like it'll be okay.
Your dad has really worked hard, huh?
Wow... cool!
Oh, it seems like before..
We're leaving now.
Hey, wait a minute!
Aren't those the wrong models?
And these flywheels...
..are too rusty I don't think they'll even work.
Well, they ARE second-hand, aren't they?
These are far from second-hand.. these are more like junk!
How the hell should I know?
This is what you'll get for a cheap price, right?
Please. I won't be able to restart the factory with this.
-It's not our concern. -C'mon, let's go.
Wait, I'm asking you. Please!
I told you I don't know!
What does this mean?
Wait wait... calm down.
-Answer us! -Stop it, Makoto.
I'll try to sort this out with the supervisor.
Yeah, you better.
-Let's go. -Yeah.
Uchiyama-san,
I can't restart the factory
with those machines.
You have no right to complain.
Please.
Can you at least give us machines that are slightly used...
It's your fault you didn't check the contract properly!
But...
I've known you for a long time
and I've trusted you.
Stop being naive...
That trusting attitude of yours is why your factory went bankrupt.
Go home!
Wait! Please!
I beg of you!
Please!
I'm begging you!
Who are you?
She's my son's friend...
Why are you...
Please
change back the machines.
Please, do it!
Yoshino-san, you don't have to do this.
Tamaki-kun
had wanted to quit school.
We're the same age, but he already knows what he wants...
and that is to choose to work in the factory.
Please...
don't make him regret this decision.
Such things...
are not my concern!
Forget it.
No, I'll make him understand.
It's no use.
Whatever it is you'll do,
it won't work.
Come on.
This is not like in your school.
They'll listen to you in school...
but in society, there are many who don't want to listen.
But!
What happened?
You came home wearing damp clothes.
It's nothing.
You know...
...that Asuko March from before?
Just tell me next time.
At first...
it was an event...
wherein they carried scrap materials to the dump site.
That's enough...
But then, a bunch of merry students...
turned the materials into musical instruments...
and played music while walking...
...and so they called it 'The Asuko March..'
Enough of that!
That doesn't matter right now!
Grandpa?
No...
today, I'm your grandma.
You like grandma, right?
Are you trying to be funny?
Yes,
I'm trying to be funny.
I want to make you laugh, you know?
When you're sad...
you only think of the things that's making you sad...
so in a way, you get even more depressed
Even so...
Sometimes, you know, it's important to look away.
Then from that,
you might chance upon an unexpected force...
something that gives you the strength to confront your depression.
And with that,
this Asuko March seemed like a pretty nice event.
Try to read these articles.
Well,
if you're dressed like that,
it's hard to take you seriously.
Grandma
looks pretty cute, right?
Not cute at all.
Don't have to be blunt about it.
'Asuko March,' huh?
What happened so far?
It's no use.
No use?
Such freakin bad luck!
My Dad had worked so hard all this time...
why did we have to be swindled like this?
Excuse me, guys!
Please listen?
What is this 'Asuko March' thing?
Now, now.. just read it first.
3 of us,
namely Takeuchi-kun, Tamaki-kun and Aruto-kun...
will transfer soon, right?
Then when we're on our 2nd year, this class will be split up...
and we won't be spending a lot of time with each other.
That's why... this!
Let's all do the Asuko March.
Huh?
What do you mean?
You want us to do a parade?
That was the old story of the march.
In this event, we work on scrap materials
and reuse them to complete a project.
Hey, Yoshino.
Can't you read the atmosphere?
What?
Can't you see what Tamaki is going through?
That's why... we should do Asuko March.
Can't we do something instead about Tamaki's factory...
We can't meddle in such issues!
There are things that cannot be helped.
That's why we need to do this...
This is no time to be making memories and be complacent about it!
This is not about being complacent!
Working on something keeps us sane and level-headed.
Of course, you'll join this, Tamaki-kun, ok?
No matter what you say, I'm not in the mood for that.
Then...
are you just going to fret and plan on getting even more depressed?
Such a thing won't make it better, Tamaki-kun.
That's enough!
You don't know how it feels like so don't tell me to forget it.
Anyway, you and I grew up in a different way.
The way we grew up doesn't matter.
Even if we did,
it sill can't be helped.
Anyone who wants to join can come.
We'll start today right after classes.
I knew I'll be alone...
First, I got to have the materials...
You're alone, huh?
I'll help you.
So everyone didn't come?
Yeah...
I think it's a happy thing, this Asuko March.
Soon, everyone will realize that such chances of working together to create things is a good idea.
Thanks.
No need to thank me.
I...
only don't want to see you feel hurt, that's why.
That will not happen.
Here.
Thanks.
It's your fault!
Kyoko-chan...
Ah... Kyoko-san...
You have been seducing Aruto so that
..he'll switch over to you.
I wasn't...
Yoshino!
Is that why...
you suddenly left me?
Why, am I useless to you?
I have loved you since you were a child actor.
So much...
But...
that isn't the real me.
What is then...
What is it then?!
Wait.
Watch out!
Aruto-kun!
Kyoko-san!
Aruto-kun! Aruto-kun!
Aruto-kun, are you ok?
Aruto-kun!
Subtitled by: earthcolors
Retiming by: furransu
Nao-chan! How's Aruto?
How is he? Is he ok?
He has no major injuries to his leg bone.
After several days, he can go back home....
So then, he won't make it...
What is it?
His final audition...
is today.
What?
Aruto-kun,
are you ok?
This time, I am not okay.
Everything is hopeless.
A chance to act again...
and to send mom to a good hospital...
There's no point to transfer now.
But...
you will still do it, right?
What?
Asuko March.
After you're discharged, I'd still like you to join me.
What?
Because of what you said.
That making things with everyone can make a person happy.
Finally, the sky has appeared but...
my wings still struggled to fly.
From the beginning..
up to end, I guess I'll always be stuck on the ground...
I guess I'm doomed that way.
That will not happen.
Surely, Aruto-kun will still be able to...
~Kobore ochiru sono namida ga itsudemo~ *The tears you shed...*
~...kimi no senaka wo oshiteru~ *..will always push you to move forward*
Finally the sky had appeared...
But my wings still struggled to fly...
~Mou gaman shinakutemoi yo~ *You don't have to hold back..*
~..afure dashi sounasono kimochi wo~ *..your emotions now*
~Itsumono egao ni modore runara~ *If it'll help you smile again*
~..asa made zutto tsuki au kara~ *I'll stay with you al night*
~Konna naki mushi na kimi wa~ *You cry like a baby*
~..kitto kokoro ni sunao nadakesa~ *because your heart is pure*
~Sono hoo ni tsutau shizuku wo boku wa mimamotte iru yo~ *'ll watch over that teardrop on your cheek*
~Me wo sora shitekita jibun no yowasa to ima~ *My weakness was that I turned away*
~Mukai au koto deshika tsukamenai mirai ga aru kara~ *Now the only way to grab my future is to look in your eyes*
~Kobore ochiru sono namida ga itsu...~ *The tears you shed...*
No... no... no!
-Wait! -Go home!
Oww~!
Oh.. what now?
Aha!
Audition staff, please wait!
What the-... who are you?
I'm sorry...
But Yokoyama Aruto was injured today...
That's why he couldn't come here...
If possible,
could you please schedule him for another audition date?
I know it's troublesome.
But surely, Aruto-kun can do it...
I am Tachibana, the producer.
What is your relationship with him?
Oh, he's my friend.
Can you tell me exactly how
you find his acting skills?
His acting skills?
I haven't seen it.
But I'm sure he can do it...
This is a serious business, you know.
I can't simply take your word just because he's your friend.
Sorry.
For how long will you keep on doing that?
As long as I'm able to.
Honestly,
I don't understand why you're insisting with this Asuko March.
How can this make any sense?
It makes me realize I can do this much.
I know we're going through painful times.
And we can't do anything about it.
If only we can help change things by just doing our best....
But even so...
to continue dwelling on these frustrations is also bad.
Maybe.. by doing something like this
it could make someone feel well again.
Creating precious memories
can help inspire or encourage someone.
Even if such a chance to make a change is small...
It won't happen unless someone tries to do it.
So...
what are you going to make?
I haven't decided yet.
Maybe...
an image of everyone taking off into a brighter future.
That's just too vague.
Yoisho!
What are you doing?
Sorry...
Put it here?
Yeah.
What are you guys doing here?
Here...
Please accept this.
It's from our wages from our part-time jobs but they aren't much.
Still you can use it to add to your expenses.
You guys...
Sorry.. I can't accept this.
No, it's okay...
The fact that you're trying to help has made us glad.
I truly appreciate it.
Even that girl... I want to thank her for trying to help out.
Yoshino-san is her name, right?
No, she doesn't have anything to do with this.
She bowed in front of the supervisor.
What?
Even in the pouring rain, I couldn't stop her from begging in front of him.
Seriously..?
Aruto, let's celebrate your recovery.
Mom...
But I don't feel like celebrating.
A while ago, the producer called me up.
What?
Since you weren't able to do the audition..
..he'd still want to meet with you.
Really?
Yes. He said a girl sent him a tape of your show when you were a child actor...
She really worked hard into persuading him.
Was it.. Yoshino?
No. It didn't seem to be Yoshino.
Eh..?
Kyoko-san...
I've done what you said.
Please wait!
Please talk to the producer about Aruto-kun.
-What're you talking about? -Aruto-kun saved your life, right?
You know how Aruto-kun was when he was a child actor.
Please!
Kyoko-san...
thank you.
Just to let you know...
I didn't do this for you.
I just want to watch Aruto
... act on TV again.
Yoshi!
Still more.
Yoisho...
So heavy.
Oww~...
You don't give up easily, huh?
But at your pace, you'll likely be working here all night.
Tamaki-kun...
You're slow as usual!
Doesn't make any sense...
to trying doing this all by yourself.
Just leave the heavy lifting to us.
That's right, since you're just too clumsy.
Guys...
I don't know if this helps...
Still I drew this.
It's a drawing of these objects
Something like what you said... 'Everyone taking off into a brighter future.'
What do you think?
As expected of Takeuchi-kun.
Alright then! Let's all do this Asuko March!
Being shameful again?
Nao-chan as usual is being
friendly towards the boys, huh?
...Eh?
Even if...
there's a small chance of change, it'll happen if we just try...
Thanks.
Are you the final package to be carried?
Aruto-kun?
If you're exhausted,
you don't have to do this.
I'm ok.
I can still do it.
If we don't do this together then it'll be meaningless.
I see.
Ok,
let's go.
Yes.
~Oretachi wa mada chippoke de tenohira no naka ni wa~ *We still have just a little, in the palm of our hands*
~Kono tenohira no naka ni wa nanimo nai kedo~ *Here in the palm of my hand there isn't anything at all*
~Ame ni utare kaze ni fukare~ *Struck by the rain, blown around by the wind*
~Demo akiramenai kara, demo akirametakunai kara~ *But I won't give up but I don't wanna give up*
~Kitto itsuka nanika o tsukamunda~ *So surely someday I'll hold on to something*
~Oretachi wa mada chippoke de tenohira no naka ni wa~ *We still have just a little, in the palm of our hands*
~Kono tenohira no naka ni wa nanimo nai kedo~ *Here in the palm of my hand there isn't anything at all*
-Hey! -We've been waiting for you!
You were late. So we decided to start ahead.
-Guys... -Alright, let's do this!
Anything I can do to help?
This is 3D, you can't understand it.
You can't understand it.
Fine~.
That working form looks coming of you.
Really?
Yeah.
You look unintentionally fascinating, you know?
No I don't...
Are you working out your butt, Tamaki? It looks cute.
What?
I wish to see you dress up as a girl again.
Instead of Yoshino, can it be me?
Stop it.
-I can't stop it. -Snap out of it.
Please?
I'll scream.
I know
Nao easily gives up on things...
So I tried to find something that she can immerse herself with...
So I recommended Asuko.
But Nao..
hated Asuko at first...
It was really difficult at the start of the school year.
But
now to see her doing so vibrantly...
I'm so happy.
Really happy...
She looks like me, right?
Especially around this lower area...
Very similar indeed.
Guys...
let's keep on doing this til we're done!
Yeah~!
Yoshi! Alright everyone, are you ready for it?
Yeah!
Ok,
Yoshino,
you do it.
Alright.
Ok, guys,
let's count from 5!
Ready go!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Zero!
This is our...
Asuko March.
The figure of wings is
very meaningful, isn't it?
What's it mean?
'To rise.'
A wish for everyone to rise in the future.
Then I'm gonna make a wish, too. That my upcoming match-making will be successful.
Uh, no, granting wishes isn't what it's for...
Sugisaki-sensei. I'm glad we did this.
Like what you said, 'send them off with a smile.'
Yes.
Alright guys, listen.
Why're you calling us out so suddenly, Sensei?
Okay, silence please.
The next step is the most important one.
-No, we've already finished it. -What else is there to do?
We're going to break it.
Eh?
Why?
-That'll be a waste! -But why?
We can't leave it here forever, right?
But to break it apart is also bad, isn't it?
Whatever we create, sooner or later will come crumbling down.
Our ancestors learned by breaking things in order to create something even better.
Breaking something apart in order to study it...
is also a very important step.
That's why when you break this apart, I want you to learn from it.
But you know...
seeing all your expressions makes me very happy.
You now know the joys of building something...
...as well as the sadness of breaking it apart.
With this, you are worthy of being Asuko students.
-Okay! -...Yes.
-Oh, sensei. -What is it?
Before we take it apart, can we have a little more time please?
What the-... that'll be too troublesome...
Sugisaki-sensei. Do you still have some left?
Hmm? What is it?
Shaving aroma candles into different shapes..
and to use them as decorations...
It's a nice idea, isn't it?
Takeuchi-kun, take care of yourself while you're there, okay?
Uh...
Yoshino...
Hmm?
Hey Yoshino,
give us some of that light.
Okay, be right there.
Oh, what is it?
Oh,
it was nothing.
Just go.
Okay.
You were supposed to say that you like Yoshino, weren't you?
Eh?
No...
What?
What are you saying?
Of course I wouldn't say that.
In the US, there's a blonde beauty waiting for me there.
Really...
such a meek guy.
Tamaki-kun, how's the factory?
Oh, it'll be okay.
For each time it shut downs, the stronger it becomes once it restarts.
And looks like he'll be ok, too.
What do you mean?
Once he goes back to acting
he'll be popular, and won't have any more problems, right?
You don't have to give me your answer.
I already know.
What?
Oh, by the way, I don't have to transfer to another school.
Turns out Asuko is also offering night-time classes.
-Is that so? -Yeah.
So if you wanna meet, we can do it anytime.
So that's it! Go now.
Aruto-kun. Here's a flame.
Oh, thank you.
Yoshi.
Good luck... with your acting, okay?
Well, I'll try to give my best.
I don't want all your hard work to be in vain.
Why me?
This tech high school may be full of boys...
but you were the only one one who was able to accomplish many things...
You really are an amazing person.
I didn't do anything much.
I wouldn't be able to do those things by myself.
And my ideas weren't always
a success...
Eventually,
I needed someone to help me out.
But still what you did was great.
You had the courage to take the first steps in order to move forward.
Even if they were tiny steps...
Without those steps, miracles won't happen.
I think that's surely...
what makes Yoshino Nao so charming.
and it's certainly the reason why I've fallen in love with you...
Huh? What did you say?
Hmm? I said 'You should learn to listen more.'
Eh? What was it? What did you really say?
When I've grown more stable, I will come back and tell you.
What? Tell me now.
Sorry for changing the subject but... Look.
~Soredemo shinji teru bokura wa shinji teru~ *Still believe, We believe*
~Kono te to te ni afure dasu chikara o~ *These hands are filled with power*
Kono te to te ni afure dasu chikara o~ *These hands are filled with power*
It's beautiful.
~Kono te to te ni afure dasu chikara o~ *These hands are filled with power*
Yeah.
~Ano ame o koete umare kuru niji o~ *And that beyond the rain, the newborn rainbow come*
~Watareba kagayakudarou tsugi no sora o Oh~ *Just cross over to the brightness of the nearby sky.. Oh*
-Yoshi~ Guys, let's take it apart! -Eh?!
-Do we really have to? -Let's enjoy its completion just a little more.
Sensei's the one who told us, right?
With this... Our Asuko March is now complete.
Oh, well... Let's break it apart, shall we?!
~Kotae wa kitto don'na dare de mo~ *Surely whatever anyone's answer is*
~Jibun de sagasu shika nai toshite mo~ *You're the only one who can find it*
~Wasurenaide ite boku mo onaji datte...~ *Don't forget that I'm the same*
~Kimi dake janai yo kimi dake janai tte koto o~ *You're not the only one, not the only one*
So then...
~Kimi dake janai yo kimi dake janai tte koto o~ *You're not the only one, not the only one*
each of us went on our own different paths.
And the next thing you know...
[Next school year, April, 2012]
I'm now on my second year.
Yoshi!
For the last time, let me remind you...
that this is not a factory.
This is Asuka Prefectural Technical High School.
Also known as 'Asuko.'
This is the training room for the Mechanical Arts course.
Primarily, you will learn to do welding and lathe work here.
What the hell's this?
Alright, alright. Don't touch. Don't touch. Today, you only get to watch.
-So troublesome. -Shut up.
Sh*t~!
The girls who enroll here annually.
are less than one-tenth of the number of boys.
Oi.
-You just stepped on my foot!
So what about it, ya mother****?!
Stop that, stop that. Calm down, calm down...
Still it may be an uncomfortable place for women.
But...
It'll be okay.
I was glad I entered Asuko.
Thank you very much.
It's nothing.
For now, this is the best place for me!
Oh, crap!
I think
perhaps
it is the best of all.
Subtitled by: earthcolors
Retiming by: furransu
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