ACADEMIC CAREER PLAN
A blank form at this time of year?
Nothing?
Don't you have a dream or anything you wanna do?
Hey!
Fujita!
Eh?
Well...
If there was just one thing.
Something that I could say I loved.
I could change.
Please excuse me.
Are you really thinking about your future?
With your grades, you could enter a great high school in the city.
You need to think about your future more seriously.
Hm.
So even smart people can't decide their futures.
Alright!
She's like me!
Our... eyes met.
Yes, one sec 'til contact
Two sec and check my toe Three sec take your hand, right?
Tick tock as the gears start to turn
But only the one foot placed keeps going
Something's odd I can't remember how to breathe
As each day keeps rolling playing
The most vital heart won't sing
What's the matter? Is an opportunistic score needed?
Sometimes you shouldn't read the situation
One beat, praise, light the fire!
Playing tricks like such a melodrama?
If you're just gonna laugh I'm outta here
Now style a pure heart Change on over
Then you can go anywhere The door is left open
Go on and perform
Take me out! After I shyly take your hand
Let's show off this rhythm of surprise
The way you dance with the world
It's too good I want you to show me a little at a time
Take me out! 110% sympathy
It's a secret that we've linked
Because to see you this close
I may be the only one since the dawn of history, right?
One sec 'til contact
Two sec and check my toe Three sec take your hand, right!
HEAT 1- WELCOME TO OGASAWARA DANCE STUDIO
What?! You're gonna quit?
Well, there's something else I wanna do.
Like what? Become a soccer player?
Then why're you playing baseball?
"Something I wanna do," eh?
The girl from the faculty office.
"Ogasawara Dance Studio"?
Whoa!
Hey.
Who was this again? He was in our class before...
Umm.
Fuguta-kun?
Nah, it's Moguta-kun.
No, I'm Fujita--
Hey, Moguta-kun.
Lend us some cash.
Jeez! Nothin'!
He's dirt poor!
He's got no life or money!
You seriously got nothin', don't ya?
Huh? What?
Right?
Quit laugh--
Huh? Who the heck're you?
My friends, bullying is not good.
Hey, let's go...
Tsk!
H-Hey, wait up!
You want a trial, right?
W-What?
Huh?
No, um!
What are you...
We just opened and needed more students too.
I'm Kaname Sengoku from this studio.
And you?
T-Tatara Fujita.
Tatara, eh?
We welcome you.
Oh, Sengoku-kun.
You brought a cute one.
Welcome to Ogasawara Dance Studio.
Please call me Tamaki.
A pretty lady.
That pain, I feel you.
Huh?
A young boy wanting to try ballroom dance.
It's not exactly something you can openly say.
Whaa?!
But don't worry!
Dance will surely fulfill a young boy's dream of making body contact with a girl!
Please don't go making up stuff!
I mean, there's no way I could dance...
You're slouched.
Straighten your back all the way up to your head.
Like you're sucking in your upper stomach.
You should feel your hips tighten and your pelvis rise up.
Drop your shoulders!
Good, you look much stronger.
Posture determines how people see you.
What?
See?
Hey, Shizuku.
I'll introduce you.
This guy's taking the trial--
I know him.
We met at school.
Oh, you go to the same junior high?
Then perfect.
Can you pair up with him?
What?!
Raise your left hand.
Your right goes here.
Please don't break this hold.
E-Easy for you to say...
Hey.
Y-Yes?
Why is someone who's lost over their future here?
For kicks?
Or are you a perv?
Okay! That's all for today's trial lesson!
Whoever wants to join, please buy our group coupons starting next lesson.
That girl was kinda scary.
Tatara-kun!
So? How 'bout it?
H-How 'bout what?
You want to join?
Well...
If you learn the steps,
you can pair up with a cute girl and enter competitions too.
Oh, there's competitions too?
Of course!
Ballroom dancing is called DanceSport, and it even has worldwide competitions!
Ballroom?
It means a dance hall.
Well, it's pretty much social dancing.
And Sengoku-kun is a pro competitive dancer by the way.
A pro?!
Well, Shizuku is a competitive dancer too.
She's a pro too?
Yeah right.
She's just an amateur newb.
But she's better than some pros out there.
Once you turn 18, you can change over to a pro,
but it looks like she's going to study abroad next year.
Jee, someone's confident.
Study abroad?
She's like me?
She's nothing like me.
She's the exact opposite of me.
Wasn't it fun?
Ballroom dancing.
Do you want to join?
E...
Excuse me!
Wait, Tatara-kun!
For kicks?
Or are you a perv?
You...
idiot!!
Welcome home.
You're back late.
Yeah... sorry.
I got a call from your teacher.
You still haven't decided your high school plans?
Sorry.
It must've been rude leaving all of a sudden...
to everyone.
Hm?
"This is last year's competition DVD. Please watch!!
P.S. This's my copy, so please return it the next time you come."
Tamaki-san...
OGASAWARA DANCE STUDIO
A pamphlet?
Private lessons for 25 minutes are...
5,000 yen?!
There's no way.
Returning this is gonna be awkward.
Just a bit.
Just a glimpse before I return it.
Look at that outfit, I mean, dance.
Those moves don't even look human.
Sengoku-san.
What was that?
It felt like Sengoku-san said something to me.
Look...
Look at me!
Everyone is saying it...
Look!
All the dancers in the stadium.
Look!
Sorry, my bad.
Sengoku-san.
My.
If it isn't Tatara-kun.
Tamaki-san.
Um, this...
Did you watch it?
Yes!
Sengoku-san's dance was amazing!
Right? Sengoku-kun is both the champion of Latin and Ten Dance.
Don't you admire him?
He was awesome!
I wasn't even the one dancing, but it made me sweat.
Well, it's me! Of course I was awesome!
So you'll sign up? You want to join us?
I can't sign up.
The lessons are expensive,
and I can't trouble my dad.
Um!
Hm?
Um...
I'll clean or do anything.
I'll work a part-time job later and pay the total lesson fee.
So, um...
Please teach me how to dance!
Huh? What am I saying?
Hmm, delayed payments...
Hey, why not.
He says he wants to dance, so let him do it like once a month with the grannies.
No, I mean...
Huh?
I want to be like Sengoku-san and enter competitions as a pro!
Seriously, what am I saying?!
I-I'm sorry.
I kinda said that without thinking...
Well, aren't you admirable!
You have a highly ambitious goal.
So try it.
Why did I just look away?
Look!
Look at me!
I...
I have to change!
I'll do it.
Please...
teach me how to dance!
Tamaki-chan.
Can you lend him some shoes?
Watch closely.
We're gonna walk a bit.
First,
start from the right.
Right foot, left foot.
Draw in your right leg and close.
You'll repeat this right-left-right.
One, two, three.
The tempo's in 3/4 time.
You can do it, right?
Hey, are you gonna do the Box?
Bingo.
The Box?
Well, you repeat those three steps by turning 90 degrees clockwise each time.
Tatara-kun?
Right. Left. 90 degrees!
I think I can manage this at least.
Right, that's great.
What should I do after this?
Wow!
What large steps!
Alright, keep continuing like that.
The whole time?
Then you wanna leave?
No...
When that's over, I might teach you the next move.
Then for how long?
Until I tell you to stop.
If it's a beginner's lesson, why don't you teach him something more fun than the Box?
That's a workout menu, right?
Maybe he'll give up and go home soon.
Huh?
I say he'll last for 20 minutes, tops.
Sengoku-kun! How could you do that to our new student?!
Sheesh.
Easy for him to say.
He watches me dance and wants to be like me?
Does he think what I do is that easy?
He has no idea what it takes.
And he says he wants to become a pro?
That ain't funny.
One big step... out!
I can't move like that.
Then you wanna leave?
How did that step Sengoku-san showed me go?
How he moved his legs wasn't normal...
That's it!
Like a pendulum...
He lowered his hips like this.
This's tough!
I'm sitting on thin air!
The pendulum starts off...
low!
As I turn my body sideways...
I swing to the pendulum's apex!
Hup.
The Box...
One of the basic figures in the Waltz.
Three steps of the Natural Turn.
Right...
Left...
From the tip of the toes...
Rise.
Okay, that should do it!
Did Sengoku-san teach you?
Your moves are dynamic and good.
I'll help you.
With your swing now, you drop your knees too quickly when lowering,
so your head pops up and down.
That's why...
Hey, why are you breaking the hold?!
You're slouched!
Straighten up!
Ow!
Shizuku, you were here?
Oh, Sengoku-san!
Hi!
Why are you here?!
Go home!
Don't come any--
Why is the floor wet?!
Oh, I'm sorry.
It's probably my sweat...
Your sweat?!
Ow!
Now what?!
Gross...
Are you okay?
That's past the point of having blisters.
Agh!
I broke the shoes.
I'm sorry!
Don't tell me...
you were doing the Box all night?
Oh... It's morning already.
You idiot!
Isn't it obvious?!
Stop this! You're being stupid!
So you'll teach me the next move?
What's up with this kid?
Sengoku-san.
Please... teach me how to dance.
You were doing the Box all night? What?
Are you stupid?
Jeez, how funny!
You had a nice swing going, Fujita-kun.
What are you all blushing for?!
Hey, Sengoku-san!
If there was just one thing.
Something that I could say I loved.
I feel like I could change.
After the dream-like moment passes
Anyone would want to see more
But it's only beautiful because it ends like a dream
So lock it away deep within our hearts
I want to be driven by rhythm, light, and dreams
On that night I stretch out my hand
I know something will change That something I will find by surprise
Spin, spin By the sounds of the world
The passion blooms and it makes my heart dance
"We shall meet here someday again"
Please don't say that, you unexpected Next Waltz
We will cross paths if we just dance
And we'll enjoy our overlapping lives
We'll express our joy with all of our bodies
After we flash smiles
We can cross paths once again
And when we enjoy our overlapping moments
It'll lead to a new step
So spin, spin forever
Next Episode- "Kiyoharu Hyodo"