The sound won't stop.
I shouldn't have looked.
Manabe.
Here.
Yasuda.
Here.
Yuzuriha.
Yuzuriha?
Absent again?
I wonder what happened to Yuzu.
He didn't come to practice this morning, either.
This has never happened before.
No new messages.
He hasn't tried to message or call me.
Jeez...
Just when I thought she was learning to mind her own business,
she goes into my room without asking again.
Why do you have partially written music in your room?
You promised me you'd never get involved with music again!
Stop this!
It has no meaning!
I couldn't make it to morning practice.
No! I have to think about something fun!
Yuzu.
We're friends, right?
Friends, huh?
It's gonna hurt if I fall for her any more than this.
♭07 Our Lines of Sight Finally Overlapped
Nino: Yuzu, are you sick?
Sorry, Alice.
I don't want to see you today.
I'll have to change my strings soon.
Yeah?
Bass strings are so expensive.
I wonder why.
Not here.
What?!
But it was like—
Nino?
Not here.
Hey, what are you up to, Nino?
I haven't been able to contact Yuzu all morning.
Huh? Doesn't that happen all the time?
Not here.
Crap, it's getting dark.
What should I do?
I don't think I can go home.
But Haruyoshi lives too far away,
and Kuro is probably busy at his part-time job.
Eyelashes?
Yeah, it really is you.
Sakaki?
Oh, that's right. You live around here.
What are you doing here?
Uh, er... no real reason.
Running away?
You're in the apex of youth, huh?
Apex-choo!
Are you making fun of me?!
Wanna come to my place?
The number you have dialed is either out of the service area or turned—
No new messages.
Thanks for having me.
Sit wherever.
Coffee okay with you?
I'm not a fan of coffee.
Oh, right. Milk's your thing.
I-I can drink coffee!
Here, it's coffee with a milk ratio of 1:9.
That's basically just milk!
Would you rather play tough with strong coffee?
Stop it with the puns!
It's good.
So? Why'd you run away from home?
It's not a big deal.
Oh. Did they find your porn?
That's not it!
Music isn't allowed in my home, but my mom found out I was writing music.
Not allowed? Why?
My mother's abnormally afraid of letting me get involved in music.
I once had to repeat a year because of conflict over that.
That's why there's nothing related to music in our house.
I'm used to it now, though.
You're older than me?
That's the part that gets you?
She checks my computer and phone every day.
Of course, I delete the history, but...
Can't you set a password?
That's not allowed, either.
You could make it, like, "moojuice" or something.
I said it's not allowed!
The only places I can play music are school and...
Come with me, Eyelashes.
You want to play, don't you?
Amazing!
You compose here?
Yeah.
Sometimes I do it elsewhere, but mostly here.
It's a Jazzmaster! I want one of those!
What kind of songs do you write?
Well, I guess songs for women.
Seriously? Me, too! Why?
Doggy...
Originally, I was making them for a childhood friend.
But recently, someone took her from me, and it made me angry.
She was supposed to belong only to me.
Is she... the girl you like?
That's not it.
You don't have anyone you like?
I dunno.
But you have someone you like, don't you?
How do you know?
Because you drink milk.
That's how?!
With that personality of yours, I bet you're not very assertive.
How did you know?!
Stop acting like such a pushover.
Try something like, "I'm a man, you know. You never know what I'll do to you."
In what situation would I do that?!
Think about that yourself.
You're not doing a good job of this!
Assertive, huh? You're pretty strong.
I bet you never get jealous.
Are you stupid? Of course I do.
But I don't bottle it up. I let it out with music.
You're the same, right?
What song is that?
Just one of the many I wrote today.
Yeah? Sounds like it wouldn't sell, in a good way.
It sounds like it won't sell?!
Huh?
It doesn't smell like money?
N-Nope, not at all.
It sounds like you just impulsively threw all your feelings into it or something.
Is that right?
I can play it?
Sure.
Oh, yes.
Hello?
Right.
The second song.
Yes.
This is bad.
I really want to see you right now,
Alice.
12 new messages.
Alice Alice Alice Alice Alice Alice Alice
This many?
What happened?
Incoming Call Alice
Hello?
Yuzu?
Y-Yeah... What's the matter?
I got through.
Right. About that...
Yes.
That's right.
Thanks, Sakaki!
I'll come by again!
Talking Tsukika-san
Oh, hello? Sorry about that.
I just had a friend over.
Yuzu!
Alice!
What's the matter, Alice? You're a mess.
I was worried since you didn't come to morning practice...
And I couldn't reach you all day.
I... I asked Miou and the rest, and they didn't know anything.
They laughed at me, saying there was nothing to worry about.
But I was just so, so worried, for some reason.
I couldn't help it.
Are you okay?
I was worried something had happened, like six years ago,
and you'd disappeared again.
I was so scared.
So scared.
Let me see your face.
I'm so relieved that nothing's wrong.
Your mask slipped off.
Oh, you're right.
And your hair's a mess.
It is.
Have you been looking for me all this time?
Don't look at me.
Yuzu?
Don't look at me like that.
Huh?
Uh, Yuzu, I can't see.
Huh? Yuzu? Yuzu? I can't see a thing.
Did you shrink?
In NO Hurry's a real eyesore.
Yes, of course.
I'll show no mercy. I'll crush them.
Have you guys seen this?
Silent Black Kitty.
It's Kiryuu's new band.
They're a masked band,
and their debut album comes out the same day as In NO Hurry's first album.
They even have "black cat" right in their name!
This is the band from that audition.
What's more...
This crazy feeling full of lies
A plastic memory, falling apart
Virtual discord that won't stop echoing
I'm falling silent!
It's alternative. Same as us.
Isn't Kiryuu Momo the guy who wrote idol songs?
He can write songs like this, too?
The instrumental parts are amazing.
Especially the drums.
Is this the time for praise?
The bassist...
It's Momo.
He's actually a member of the band?
Wait a minute. The vocalist...
Yeah. That's me.
What?!
I told Yuzu that I got through the audition.
But I didn't hear about this!
Congrats, Miou! I guess.
You guess?!
That's great! I guess.
Miou's gotten really good.
You guess?!
I guess.
Hello?
Hello, this is Yana.
It's lunch right now, right? So you're all there?
Huh? Yeah.
Put me on speaker and turn down the volume.
Talking Yana
The top summer music festival,
Rock Horizon, has confirmed an appearance by In NO Hurry.
I'm sure you've already seen the rip-off band online.
That annoying black cat will be there, too.
So you're looking at a direct showdown.
But more importantly, it'll be your first live concert.
Talking Yana
You know what this means, right?
We do. Obviously...
We're gonna crush it!
Direct showdown?
In other words, at this festival,
I can see Momo!
I didn't mean to hide the fact that I was accepted.
But they said I couldn't say anything until the information was released.
More like, why are we the rip-off band?
Damn that Yana! He even knew I got accepted!
I'm so pissed off!
Con—
Congratulations on being accepted.
That sounded pretty forced.
I know you're actually frustrated.
That's not true! I went in knowing I'd fail.
Did you really?
Did...
Did you talk to Momo?
Yep.
Was he cool?
What's that supposed to mean? Well, I guess he's the popular type.
Miou...
Don't fall for Momo, okay?
You're starting to seem more human!
What are you talking about?
I've been a human since the day I was born.
Anyway, about Rock Horizon...
It might be perfect for you.
Did you know that Rock Horizon has three stages?
And from the biggest stage, you can see all the way to the horizon.
Didn't you once say that
you wanted to reach the entire globe?
I want to change my voice into something that'll reach everyone around the globe.
Back then, I was thinking, "What's with this girl? What an idiot."
But if you sing on that stage, won't it feel like your song will reach the entire globe?
Miou's good at playing guitar.
And her voice is totally different than it was at orientation.
This was the voice
that made Momo
look her way that day.
I want to get better.
When I shout, that alone makes me invincible
I want to get better by summer.
And then, for sure,
I'll make you look.
What happened to your fingers?
I played too much over the weekend.
Your voice sounds kind of hoarse, too!
No practicing today.
Why? I want to practice.
Don't forget that you're a pro now!
Sorry.
I was just so preoccupied thinking I could see Momo again.
Momo?
Momo was in that band.
So I realized I could see him at Rock Horizon.
So I thought, this time for sure, I have to make him look my way.
I was in too much of a rush, and could only think about myself.
I'm so embarrassed.
I can't believe I was in such a rush that I couldn't see anything around me.
I'm sorry.
I understand. All too well.
When your fingers and voice get better,
I can give you vocal and guitar lessons after school.
J-Just so you know, it's because I have no other choice!
You'll go too far if I leave you alone, so you've left me no choice, got that?
Yuzu.
What?
Thanks.
I won't say you're short anymore!
What's that got to do with it?!
You're late, Eyelashes.
It's my first time coming to the S-class building.
Turns out it's right next to our building.
Do you come to the roof often?
Yeah, since I can be alone up here.
Anyway, what did you want to talk about?
I just came to thank you for the other day.
Liar. I bet you want to talk about that girl you like.
How did you know?!
Out with it. I'm busier than a busy bee.
Sakaki, h-have you ever asked a girl out before?
Is that what you're gonna do?
Well, more like, lately...
I feel like I might just accidentally tell her...
that I like her.
So you're confessing that the time to confess is getting near?
I hate you!
Why not just tell her?
You just keep bottling everything up.
Before you do something weird,
isn't it better just to let it all out?
You think so?
We finally got through everything.
But I still make lots of mistakes.
You've got a good feel for everything, so I think you're almost there.
Really?
Well, it's mostly all thanks to me, though.
I won't say you're short anymore.
Just drop it already!
You're amazing, Yuzu.
You always get through difficult things like this so easily.
I admire that.
I respect you.
Th-That was no big deal, really.
We will be arriving shortly at Kamakura. Kamakura.
L-Look, Alice, we're here. We have to get off—
The doors on line one are closing.
Be careful of closing doors.
Next is the last station, Zushi.
Crap! I fell asleep! I missed our stop!
Whoa! I fell asleep, too! What a shock!
Now we've done it!
Alice.
Can we do tomorrow's morning practice on the roof?
I don't mind, but why?
There's something I want to talk to you about.
I wonder what he wants to talk about.
He had a really serious look on his face.
Amazing. I haven't messed up once!
Go!
I did it! I played it!
I did it!
I'm so happy.
I did it!
I'm so happy, Yuzu!
Fly!
Alice.
I'll tell you.
Before you see Momo...
I'll tell you!
I'm always there when I wake up
You say that's fine if everyone's there
Yuzu, I can play it.
Can you hear me?
Hurry.
So come here with me
Hurry.
I want to see you.
When I shout, that alone makes me invincible
Momo!
So please don't open this cage
It's been six years
since I first heard your voice and cries.
Alice!
Momo.
Today,
our lines of sight finally
overlapped.
♭08 I Will Be Your Friend, I Swear I Will