When even drinking warm milk or counting to one hundred won't help me fall asleep...
Momo-kun!
Nino-chan!
Let's sing!
I sing a song with my next-door neighbor, Momo-kun.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
When I sing with Momo-kun, I'm unstoppable.
♭02 God, I Pray That Alice's Love Will Never Be Realized
Tomorrow's the start of second grade, Momo.
I hope we're in the same class, Nino.
Look how pretty the moon is.
Hey, Nino. My parents have been fighting a lot lately...
Let's sing!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Listen when someone's talking to you.
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
When I sing with Momo, I'm unstoppable.
How have things been at your house since we started fourth grade?
Same as ever. Fighting nonstop.
It'll be funny if my mom, Riko, goes loco and gets a divorce, though.
Huh?
It's a pun.
You're supposed to laugh.
Wow, embarrassing!
You two are going home holding hands again!
You're the one who should be embarrassed.
Don't be jealous just 'cause there are no girls who'll hold your hand. Pathetic.
Sakaki, you jerk!
Stupid Baldy.
When I'm with Momo...
The fireworks show is coming up soon.
Yeah.
We're going, right?
Yeah!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are.
When I'm with Momo, I'm unstoppable.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Arisugawa, your voice is so annoying!
How I wonder—
I can't sing because Arisugawa is so loud.
He has a point...
She puts too much force into it.
Also, stop singing so loudly on the way to and from school.
It makes me embarrassed to be your classmate.
Momo.
Wh-What's your problem? We're in class right now.
Nino's voice is annoying? Are you crazy?
Huh? What are you talking about?!
Y-You two are the crazy ones!
What did you say?!
Crazy?
It's true!
Try saying that again!
These are the best seats in the house.
Hey, Momo...
Is it bad for me to sing?
The kids at school and my mom tell me it's annoying.
That I'm a nuisance.
You're fine just the way you are.
Huh?
Just sing.
It's not bad, you're not a nuisance, and it's not annoying.
You're fine just the way you are.
Momo...
Nino.
If we can't see each other anymore...
I hope, one day, we can use your song as a guide
to find each other again.
Nino?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Listen when someone's talking to you.
Momo... Momo...
Up above the world so high
Momo!
Like a diamond in the sky
Momo!
Is he already asleep?
Momo! Wake up!
Nino.
Mom?
Nino, Momo-kun moved away.
He moved?
Where? Why?
Will I never see him again?
No, I'm sure you'll see him again one day.
Momo... Is it true?
When are you going to come home?
When will I see you again?
He's not here again today.
It's so much quieter when you're not singing, Arisugawa.
I'm glad Sakaki isn't around anymore!
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Momo!
Momo... Momo! Momo!
Momo! Momo!
Momo!
Momo, can't you hear me?
Please open your window.
Sing with me, Momo.
Momo, if you're not here with me...
Nino!
Momo, if you're not here with me, I can't even breathe.
Arisugawa-san, where did Sakaki-kun move to?
Are you listening or ignoring me?
And why are you wearing a mask? Do you have a cold?
Stop it!
S-Sorry.
It's suffocating.
I can't breathe.
I'm suffocating! Suffocating! Suffocating!
I feel like I'm gonna scream!
What are you doing?!
This is...
Milk
That milk carton is huge.
And...
Your eyelashes are so long.
Huh? Who cares about that?! Watch where you're stepping!
The musical score I worked so hard to write is ruined!
I've never seen such a beautiful song before.
Wh-What do you know, anyway?!
I wish Momo could hear this right now!
I found it. My voice.
Huh?
What's your name?
A-Arisugawa Nino.
Too long! I'm calling you Alice!
I'm Yuzu. I'm here every Wednesday.
I'm going to write the next part of this song. Come if you want.
Just now, it wasn't hard to breathe. It was just like before.
I sang!
We can use your song as a guide to find each other again.
If I keep singing here, maybe I can see Momo again.
Eyelashes!
Who's that supposed to be? My name's Yuzu.
Yuzu-kun, what grade are you in? What school? I'm in fourth grade.
You can just call me Yuzu. And fifth grade.
But I don't go to any school.
Because you drink too much milk?
The milk has nothing to do with it!
More importantly...
I've written more of that song.
Sing, Alice.
I've waited all week to hear it.
It happened again.
That suffocating feeling is melting away.
Hey, do you think this song will reach Momo?
Momo? Who's that?
My next-door neighbor who moved.
Ever since Momo left, I feel like I'm suffocating.
I feel like I'll scream if I don't keep that mask on.
This Momo girl must be a really important friend to her.
But when I sing your song, I don't feel like I'm suffocating anymore.
Then I guess I can write you more music.
Why do you write music?
Listen when someone's talking to you!
I wrote this song to sing myself.
But I can't sing anymore.
Really? Why?
I won't sing anymore.
Because if I sing, I'll turn into foam and disappear.
I'm the opposite.
I'll disappear if I don't sing.
I can't breathe if I don't sing.
Momo, can you still not hear my voice?
Momo, when will I see you again?
I heard the Sakakis were so riddled with debt that they skipped town.
Then I guess we won't see them around these parts again.
Mom!
Mom, what does "skipping town" mean?
They're lying when they say I'll never see Momo again, right?
Mom!
Nino, I have something I've been holding on to from Momo-kun.
It's a letter to you.
Dear Nino,
Thank you for singing with me.
There was no point.
We'll never see each other again...
No matter how loudly I sang...
But I hope you'll be well.
There was no point at all!
Alice! Alice!
What's wrong, Alice?
I won't sing.
I'll turn into foam and disappear.
Yuzu...
I really do feel like I'm going to melt away.
My heart, and every other part of me...
What happened, Alice?
It's okay. I'm here for you.
They said I'll never see Momo again.
The girl that you said moved away?
He even told me that he hoped we'd find each other again!
If I can never see Momo again, I won't sing anymore!
I'll never sing again.
Ever.
Come on! You like that guy, don't you?
Then you have to believe you'll see him again and keep singing.
Believe your song will reach him and keep singing.
If you do that, I'm sure you'll see him someday, in some way.
If you feel like screaming again, you can just sing my song.
Yuzu...
And if you end up screaming anyway, I guess I could sing with you.
Really?
And if you end up going somewhere far away, I guess I could go find you.
Really?
After all, there's no way I could miss your voice.
I made a mark on your neck.
You should go home for now.
So Momo's a guy?
Arisugawa, I saw what you did yesterday.
Arisugawa
Eyelashes
You were hugging some girly boy and singing some stupid song.
What's your problem, Baldy?!
Don't make fun of Yuzu or his song!
Because it's a really, really great song!
It's a song that'll reach Momo!
Huh? Sakaki? You don't even know where he went!
There's no way it'll reach him.
I-It won't reach him?
Why don't you try it out and see? Right here and now!
Huh?
I'm trembling so much, I can't move or even open my mouth.
Believe your song will reach him and keep singing.
If you do that, you'll see him again.
Yuzu... Sorry.
It's Wednesday, but Yuzu isn't here.
They could tell.
They knew I couldn't believe in what you told me.
They said that's why I couldn't sing.
Yuzu...
After all, there's no way I could miss your voice.
You told me to sing, didn't you, Baldy?
I'll sing for you, just like you asked.
Reach him.
Both Yuzu...
and Momo.
Because I believe I'll see you both again for sure.
I'm going to believe and keep on singing.
Reach him!
Bye-bye, Alice
It was probably...
a new melody he just wrote.
It reached him.
It really did.
Out of all the times I've sung until now,
this is the melody that melts my heart the most.
Nino?
There's no way that was Momo.
If Momo was here, he would have come to see me before anything else.
So it wasn't him.
It still hasn't reached him.
If singing like that won't reach him...
I don't know what I should do anymore.
No punishment from the student council! The club won't be shut down!
Everyone thought the part where Nino-chan forgot the lyrics was part of the show
and got really into it.
The way Alice looked yesterday
was just like back then.
Yuzu-kun?
I want to go thank Nino-chan.
Alice is absent today.
Huh? Why? Is she sick?
How should I know? Didn't I tell you I don't care about her?!
Totally cares
The "I care" is just oozing off of him, though...
He should really worry about his personality more than his height.
But really, her voice was beyond what I had imagined.
I can tell tell why Yuzu-kun's so captivated by that canary.
Hey, Yuzuriha-kun, are you a fan of In NO Hurry, too?
You did a cover of High School at orientation, didn't you?
Yeah.
In NO Hurry is great, huh?
Yeah.
Arisugawa-san's singing was amazing, too!
Yeah, I totally had goosebumps!
Her singing voice is so cool.
Yeah! I want to hear her sing some other songs!
Damn it!
Yana-chan, did you listen to it?
Yeah.
This voice is pretty interesting.
I like it.
Miou.
What were you up to yesterday?
I seriously can't believe you skipped out on the concert.
Sorry. But I really didn't want to do it.
Why not?
Obviously, because the real Alice is here now.
I'm done pretending to be Alice.
Miou...
Yuzu never even gave me the time of day to begin with.
How many times do I have to tell you?
You should give up on Yuzu and be my girl instead.
No matter how many times I hear it, that joke's hilarious!
I know, right? Cheers you right up, doesn't it?
Yeah, I feel much better. Thanks, Haruyoshi-senpai!
A joke, huh?
What a coincidence!
Yuzu.
I just happened to have something I needed to do out here.
I've been singing here since morning.
Huh? It's already past noon.
During the concert...
I thought I heard Momo's voice.
Nino?
But it wasn't him.
The only Momo I know is from six years ago.
It had to be my imagination.
It was just my imagination,
but I really...
I really didn't want to think it was just my imagination.
So I couldn't stop singing.
I felt like I was just so close to reaching him.
I still like Momo.
Yeah.
I'll write more songs, so why not sing them?
I'll make you more songs for when you feel like screaming.
So you can sing without worrying about anything.
At that time, I prayed for the same thing, over and over again.
Didn't I tell you?
If you sing believing you'll see him again, you will.
It'll be fine.
You'll see him again.
I hope she never sees him.
I hope she never sees Momo again.
So how about we go to school?
Thanks, Yuzu.
God,
I pray that Alice's love
will never be realized.
♭03 Whatever It Takes, Right Now