Can we make Nino a guitarist and vocalist?
Rejected.
It's missing something.
Better!
Don't attack with technique. Attack with emotion.
Even if you do go berserk, we'll be there.
Throw more of how you feel into it than you ever have.
Once I made the lyrics into my own words,
I felt like I truly sang for the first time.
You said you were writing a new song, right?
The lyrics...
Can I try writing them?
Look! The new In NO Hurry album is out.
Really?!
I've been looking forward to this.
I'm gonna buy it.
She's buying it! I want to give her a hug!
Hey!
You'll get arrested!
Whatever the case, it's a relief that the album's been released.
Yuzu-kun, texting?
Yeah. I'm telling Alice about the girl who bought our album.
What's Ninocchi been up to? She's been going straight home from school lately.
She's writing lyrics for our new song.
What?!
I haven't given her the OK yet, though.
Why not? Sounds good to me.
Because obviously any lyrics she writes are going to be about Momo.
I don't want to hear anything like that.
I know what you mean. Our poor king of underdogs!
What kind of nickname is that?!
We came up with it yesterday!
Well, that's a new one!
But this will be a change of pace, and isn't that more fun?
Nino can't just stay trapped in your cage forever.
And above all, it'll be easier for her to
put her feelings into it if it's her own words.
I know that!
But...
When she's singing is the only time she's...
I know what you mean! Exactly!
Our poor great king of underdogs!
So now I'm upgraded to a great king?!
Do your best, emperor of underdogs!
Emperor?!
Writing lyrics is so hard!
♭11 I'll Make It So All of Them Can Never Leave
In the bath at night, I set the bath temperature to 40 degrees.
What's the matter, Miou? Your face looks dead.
Why am I listening to such a weird song on my summer break?
Composition: Yuzu. Lyrics: Nino.
Huh? You're writing lyrics? That's amazing.
I just said I wanted to write them.
He said he'd decide whether to use them after hearing them.
I think I can sing even louder if I can sing songs I put into my own words.
It's a battle with my computer every day.
So you can sing even louder by singing, "My bath's 40 degrees"?
No. It feels completely out of place.
Then don't make me listen.
Why don't you just write about Momo?
I-I kind of feel embarrassed to write about Momo.
I can if it's all insults, though.
Seriously? What a waste.
And you're singing at the same festival.
That crappy band.
Nino-chan's working in the music industry now, too, isn't she?
Have you grown taller again?
It's been a while, Momo.
Mom...
Do you live around here now?
No.
How about Nino-chan?
Does she still live in Hase?
She doesn't.
Nino isn't in Kamakura anymore.
She moved to Tokyo.
I see.
Later.
Nino-chan's selling very well, too, isn't she?
I'm glad I saw you.
I'll come back again.
Momo Where are you right now?
I want to see you
I can't!
It's way too embarrassing to put what I'm feeling into words!
Lyricists must all be masochists!
The new song is more intense than all his other songs.
The melody's more emotional than any before.
It feels good.
I wonder how Yuzu usually writes lyrics.
Does he ever get embarrassed?
He wrote "Canary" about me.
That's it!
Yuzu!
It's the "Canary" demo.
I heard this on a commercial just now.
Kanade, you wrote this, didn't you?
No, you're wrong! There's no way—
I'm not wrong.
This vocalist, "Alice"... Are you still forcing that poor girl to be your substitute?
Just set her free already!
I'm sure she regrets it.
I'm sure she wishes she'd never met you.
Don't make me repeat myself!
Get rid of music!
Music kills people!
Mom, Dad didn't die because of music.
Shut your mouth!
You're crazy.
I'm not crazy.
August 12 Appearing in Rock Horizon!!
Let me stay here!
Huh? Hey!
You're here early. Rock Horizon is the day after tomorrow.
I know that! Just let me stay here.
I can't take any more.
What happened?
Stuff.
That doesn't tell me anything.
Hey, Yana...
I think I might be crazy.
Does Alice regret... meeting me?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Anyway, about Nino being both a guitarist and vocalist... I think it's still too soon.
Yuzu,
I'm on your side, okay?
Set List 1. Canary 2. Wednesday Beauty 3. New Song (temp) 4. Borderline 5. High School
All right, rehearsal's done.
So tomorrow's the day!
Is this set list really okay?
It's fine, it's fine.
U-Um...
I wrote lyrics for the new song.
Can we try it before we leave?
It's here! Let's do it!
Can you play the guitar with it?
I'll manage.
Then let's do it after a five-minute break.
Sure.
I can't wait!
Here.
Thanks.
Are you okay with doing the new song?
Whatever.
All right, we'll have a go at the new song.
Let's do it!
Right!
We're hiding how we truly feel
Your lips touch my throat while your voice turns to foam and disappears
Ever since that day, on the other side of your sound is where
My voice will always be
I found it, and I'm sending it
She can sing like this?
Can you hear me?
She's overflowing with passion like usual, but somehow, it's gentle.
I'm standing in front of a whirlpool with only a song in my hand
This is the only weapon I have
Now, let's dance
On the other side of your sound is where my voice will always be
Wait...
While your voice turns to foam and disappears
This isn't about Momo.
Your lips touch my throat
It's about...
I've missed you all this time
me.
I'm happy I met you
It's about me.
If I resound what's in my heart
It will reach
to you
Pass!
We're leaving in an hour.
Now get ready to go.
We did it!
Hey.
Those lyrics... Why did you write them about me?
I tried writing them about me, Momo, and you,
but I could only finish them when they were about you.
Maybe because you're the person closest to me.
We're even similar in how we struggle with who we like.
Speaking of, who's the person you like, anyway?
Who do you think?
Take a guess.
I don't have a clue!
That's what I thought!
Did you think of a title for that song?
You're going to use it?
Well, the crappy quality gave it a good flavor.
Let's see.
It's a big jumble of different feelings, so...
How about "Noise"?
The top Japanese music festival,
Rock Horizon,
begins now.
Starting this year, there are four stages.
The 30,000-capacity Horizon Stage.
The 10,000-capacity Sunset Stage.
The 8,000-capacity Ground Stage.
So this is where the black cats will be.
It's big.
And...
The stage where In NO Hurry will play,
the 5,000-capacity Flight Stage.
Hmm...
"A cheap band at the top of the charts."
"In NO Hurry rip-off."
"Annoying."
"In NO Hurry sells on looks alone."
"It has no place in a music festival."
The black cats? They'll just humiliate themselves in the best time slot! What's "Silent Black Kitty" supposed to mean, anyway?
They write whatever they want.
Come on, a masked band? lol They'll be gone by next year. [Sad news] No one will show up for In No Hurry, and everyone will forget about them. [prediction]
These guys don't have a clue.
They're underestimating us.
You're the ones who are going to be wiped out.
This is bad.
Huh?
The guests are starting to move.
What do you mean?
The festival has several different stages,
so if people get bored with a band's performance, they'll leave right away.
Apparently, it's super visible from up on the stage.
While you're performing, you can see the crowd get smaller and smaller!
Pretty scary!
I wonder if I'll be able to stop people from leaving.
That doesn't matter.
We get to play on this huge stage.
Let's crush it.
Our sound.
That's right.
I'm not alone.
Everything that's happened since that day culminates here.
This stage is just the beginning for us!
Momo's here today, too.
I'll make my sound resound.
Deeper than the scratch on Momo's guitar.
Enough to shake him.
Nino has nothing to do with this!
Damn it.
Kiryuu-kun?
Hey! Where are you going?
Kiryuu-kun!
Talking Mother
Come back home. Aren't we family?
Damn it.
If you do...
I won't do anything to Nino-chan.
Set List 1. Canary 2. Wednesday Beauty 3. Noise 4. Borderless 5. High School
I'm starting to get really nervous.
It's finally time.
Right about now, I'm sure Momo and his band are on standby at their stage, too.
Momo?
Wh-What? Isn't it almost your turn?
I can make it if I run.
Nino, lend me your head.
It won't be like six years ago.
I don't want to just leave
without saying anything.
Huh? Wait, what did he just...
Nino,
this time is for real.
Goodbye.
Momo...
Wait.
Momo.
Momo!
Alice.
It's about time. Hurry.
I have to go after him.
He can't leave when I still haven't told him I lied.
I have to go after him.
I have to tell him.
That I still like him.
That I love him.
I have to tell him.
I have to tell him. I have to tell him. I have to tell him. I have to—
Alice.
Ninocchi.
Nino.
You're twenty minutes late, Alice.
I don't mind teaching you.
Welcome to In NO Hurry.
Man, that seriously felt amazing!
Can we make Nino a guitarist and vocalist?
Throw more of how you feel into it than you ever have, Alice.
We get to play on this huge stage.
I am Alice.
I'm going.
I have to sing.
The concert is starting.
You two better be prepared.
Alice is probably going to go super berserk today.
Perfect!
We've got a great audience here.
Momo's stage is about one kilometer away from here.
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.
I will make my sound resound.
It's time. All right, give it your all!
Right!
With this voice,
I'll stop you.
Yeah, I can see them well.
All the fans, directly in front of me.
Most of the people farther behind them
are here out of curiosity.
She's starting with "Noise"?
But the set list...
She's completely ignoring it?!
We're hiding how we truly feel
A new song?!
Your lips touch my throat while your voice turns to foam and disappears
Sweet!
Ever since that day, on the other side of your sound is where
My voice will always be
Alice.
I found it, and I'm sending it
Is it even harder to put the brakes on because you wrote the lyrics?
Can you hear me?
And really...
I'm standing in front of a whirlpool with only a song in my hand
Didn't you write this song about me? Don't sing it to him!
This is the only weapon I have
Now, let's dance
Around and around, tumbling as we dance and spin
On top of sound
Crossing, sounding, singing
Where the sound of the sand ends up
Around and around, revolving, you spin your tale
Toward a crucible of sound
This is a song to reach you
Hey, listen
I've missed you all this time
I'm so happy we met
I've missed you, I've missed you
I'm so happy we met
Let's put an end to the days where we fight alone
And grab hold of the sound overflowing from us
You and me
Let's smile together
Our goal is far, and we can only barely see it
Like the moonlight
Momo.
Let's hold hands and stamp our feet
Toward that light
Momo.
Gently, with our cobbled-together music
Sealing it with a kiss
Momo!
If you're here with me
I can keep going
Around and around, tumbling as we dance and spin
On top of sound
Crossing, sounding, singing
Where the sound of the sand ends up
Around and around revolving, never ending
Toward a crucible of sound
If I resound what's in my heart
Momo.
It will reach out
I won't let you leave!
To you
Not just Momo.
I'll make it so
all of them can never leave.
♭12 I Pray It Reaches You
The girl who lives next door to me, Nino, almost never smiles.
Momo, let's sing.
What should we sing today?
She only smiles when she sings with me.
The stars are pretty, so "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
I was thinking the same thing!
One, two!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
At night, if I open my window and sing my heart out while looking at the moon,
Like a diamond in the sky
I can no longer hear the sounds of the huge fights that happen
downstairs every night.
Twinkle, twinkle little star
And Nino, who sings with her mouth wide open like a fool,
How I wonder what you are
is really,
really...
If the suit suits you—
Oh, my mom's here.
Goodnight, Momo!
Yeah.
Pun book
I've always thought about a certain thing.
I put all my effort into making puns every night.
And she ignored it again.
Tomorrow for sure.
Tomorrow for sure, I'll make her laugh.
All right.
I stayed up all night making this one. It's my best work yet.
And it was super fun!
Look at that. She can laugh.
Momo!
You meanie! How could you leave without me?
What were you talking about with that guy?
Nothing at all.
I see.
Are you mad? Why?
I was only talking about you...
Because you were laughing, and it looked cute.
I wanted to be the only one to see her smile.
Whatever!
I'm done making puns as of today!
The apple fell into ap-pool!
He thinks I'm cute! Cute!
That's the first time he's said that to me.
Maybe I'm a genius when it comes to puns.