Oh no! I'm overslept!
It can't be! It can't be!
Wakaba, where are you going?
I'm off~!
Our cheer-dance club finally has 8 members in total.
It's officially recognized as club activity.
Now, our rockets of hope...
...is taking off towards our dream.
I'm sorry, I'm over...
Huh?
"Summer vacation school day"
Ah, it's summer holiday starting from today.
- Ah, sensei! - Ah!
What happened?
Ah, summer holiday is starting from today, you know.
I know.
Teachers have nothing to do with summer holiday.
- Ah, by the way, Taro... - Please call me 'sensei'.
Taro-sensei, where do you think...
...we can do cheer-dance practice?
- Like unused clubroom. - Clubroom...
- Well, there's actually one room... - Huh? Really?
Well, how to say it... that place is kinda...
Hello, Shiori? We've found the clubroom!
- Hey, please listen until I finish talking. - Yes, yes, it's for real!
- Huh? But where is it?
Well, that room...
How dirty...
Is it okay for us to enter that place?
- It looks like a haunted house. - One, two!
What the...
Is this the clubroom?
It's previously used by marching band club...
...but after the club was merged with the brass band club, they don't use this room anymore.
But this is such an abandoned room!
It's impossible to do practice here, isn't it?
Let's clean it up, then.
Okay?
One, two!
It's heavy.
- Can't you lift it up a bit? - I can't.
How many more of it? 10 pieces more?
It's can't be!
- Let's work hard~ - It's heavy!
Be careful with your steps.
I can't stand it anymore!
How is it? Seems like you can use the clubroom.
Yes, seems like they've worked hard and clean up everything.
- Thank you very much! - I see.
With this, everyone can practice to their hearts' content.
Well, yes.
What's wrong?
You're so fired up till yesterday,
but you don't seem energetic today.
Well~
Now it's really starting...
So you're still bothered by that.
It's impossible for me.
Kida, are you trying to run away?
Are you really okay with that?
It's your dream to be able to go to national level, right?
I wanted the students...
...to believe that they have the chance to win.
But that student injured his elbow...
...and he couldn't participate in the tournament.
- If your injury is healed, you can... - Just leave me alone!
Shut up! I don't need you unnecessary attention!
After that, he was involved in some bad incidents...
...and he ended up being expelled from school.
It wasn't your fault.
But you were flooded with blame from everyone around you.
Just fire him already.
In the end, you were labelled as a teacher who did power-harassment.
You were worn-out, both your mental and physical condition.
Then you were expelled halfway.
I'm afraid...
...that again, because of my fault...
... I could possibly ruin those girls' lives.
Can't believe it, right, Urushido-sensei?
Well...
...I don't want to be a hindrance for them...
That's not what I mean.
I mean that you actually...
...can't believe in them.
Ah~ Finally we can eat inside!
Only cleaning up took 3 days already~
- It is. - Yeah.
Ah, I want to eat fried chicken~
What about your diet?
I did lots of physical works today, so it's fine.
Hey, Maki, don't you wanna eat together with us?
Well...
Wakaba, don't you know?
She has no interest on anyone but Shiori.
What do you mean?
She likes Shiori.
I like Shiori too, though.
Everyone, come here, come here!
Okay.
Ta-daa!
We'll participate too, as Rockets.
- What? - In the tournament?
But we've just done the basic practice...
We want to dominate the All-American, right?
If we can't win here in Fukui, we can't go to America then!
But JETS is also participating in the Fukui tournament, right?
Of course!
It's impossible then...
Well, it can't be helped to have such thoughts before we do it.
But first, we should just try it. Right?
- Yeah, you're right. - Yes, yes.
Then, before we start our hell-like intensive practice...
Hell-like...
Hey, wait, what are you doing?!
- Hey, will it be okay? - We'll get scolded~
We'll get scolded.
- Oh, no~ - Shiori...
It's done!
"Defeat JETS!!"
Wow~!
- Everyone, let's write down something too! - Yeah, come on!
What color should I use?
Blue will be good.
- Light blue. - Here, Maki too.
Let's use light blue.
- Shiori, what about here... - It's okay. Anywhere is fine.
- Well then, we'll start tomorrow at 9! - Okay!
- Ah, I haven't bought jazz shoes. - Me too.
What about going to buy it now?
That's a good idea. Let's go!
I'm afraid...
...to grasp the ball.
Wakaba?
Sorry, you can go ahead.
Haru.
Nice catch.
What is it?
If you want a partner for catch-ball,
you can tell me anytime.
After having a short break, you can surely be a pitcher again.
What were you doing? There's paint on your face.
We were painting the clubroom's wall.
We wrote down 'Defeat JETS!!' and 'Dominating All-American!'.
You rubbed it, it spreads wider now.
Aah~! You both are really going out!
No, no, we're just childhood friends! Right?
Then, what was that before?
It's because there's paint...
Wakaba is just your childhood friend, right?
Well, yeah.
Well then, I'll book the spot next to Haruma-kun!
Huh?
It's because I'll go out with you.
See you then.
- What's with her? - Sorry, she's a bit weird.
Somehow, she's interesting.
Huh?
I'm home.
This is amazing!
1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4
It's great! Let's do it again. One more, one more.
One more.
What are you two doing?
- Ahahaha, welcome home! - Welcome home.
Since you said you wanted to become adviser for cheer-dance club, I wonder what kind of thing it is.
Well, Saotome-sensei who taught JETS was really great, right?
"Small cheer-dance club to dominate All-American"
"Education to make students do something seriously"
- Ah, what is it? You've read this too? - Yeah.
Why don't you try this 'Note of Dreams' too, Taro-san?
- 'Note of Dreams'? - Yes, this thing.
First, you write down your biggest dream...
"Dominating All-American with JETS"
...then, in order to make it come true...
...you write down your goal in one year, one month, one week, one day.
"taken from 1st generation of JETS' Note of Dreams"
Then you try to realize it day by day.
So what you do everyday will be like steps toward your biggest dream.
Wow~
It's your role as their adviser to make sure that they could get closer and closer to their dreams...
...and to watch over them, right, Taro-san?
Kyoko, would you like to try become their adviser?
- You fool! - You fool!
What? You've created the choreography?
- Yes! - As expected from Shiori!
This is a bit difficult though, but if we can master it...
...somehow I have a feeling that it would work out.
"Choreography for Fukui Tournament"
Wow~!
I want to dance soon!
Hey, Fujitani!
"Cheer-dance club" "We are Rockets"
"Aiming for dominating All-American"
"Wakaba"
"Asako"
"I want to be a cool woman" "Enoki Taeko"
"Honoka"
"Pouring the fighting spirit!!" "Nagisa"
"Koto"
Sorry I'm late.
Huh? It's just two of you?
Wakaba has supplementary lesson to attend, while Asako has to go to cram school
Nagisa has to show up in the track-and-field club too.
- What about Taeko? - She has to help in her family restaurant.
So it's like that.
Ah~ it's just 1 month to go before the tournament.
We don't have time to be like this.
Miss Fujitani.
To suddenly have a late start like this...
...is really the worst thing.
- Fujitani! - Yes!
Try to read this English sentence.
Mi-ke, ha-zu...
It's 'Mike'!
Mike has ben...
- It's 'been'! - Mike...
Urushido-sensei, what are you writing?
Ah, well, this is to be used for the club activity.
I see~ 'Note of Dreams'.
You even wrote down the names too.
- Ah, well... - Hmm~
It's really full of affection, isn't it~?
I wonder if this writing is okay...
- Sorry... - It can't be helped anyway!
The tournament for track-and-field club is coming near too...
But if you keep coming late like this, there's no way you can do the choreography!
But it's you who said that it's okay for me to join two clubs in one time.
If you do this with such half-hearted feeling like that, you don't need to come here again!
- Huh? What's that? - What?
You two, just stop it, will you?
I think Nagisa will try her best to concentrate here after the track-and-field event is ended.
Right?
Class rep too, Taeko too, and now Wakaba too...
...none of you actually have time to come here!
If it's like this from the first day, it's totally impossible for us to win the tournament.
It's not that we're lazing around...
...but we all have our own circumstances.
Ah, Taro, when did you...?
The atmosphere is getting really bad here...
...as our adviser, please do something sternly!
Well, you all...
...how about the practice?
What's that?
Sensei, is that snacks for us?
- Ice cream? - You're really thoughtful!
No, no, no, it's not. It's actually... ...well, the 'Note of Dreams'.
'Note of Dreams'?
Well...
...to have such a big dream...
...it might not be possible...
...to instantly make it come true.
But with one step smaller goal...
...then goes one step smaller...
...and smaller, and smaller...
...starting from the smallest goal you can possibly achieve...
...if you can realize it one by one...
...that biggest dream...
...will surely one step closer to become true.
Well...that's something JETS did.
In short, you want us to imitate JETS?
That's plagiarism.
Well, rather than imitation or plagiarism, it's more like homage?
But, Sensei, we've written down our dreams on that wall.
Look.
Ah, I see.
Well... it's okay then.
Then, everyone...
...let's do our first commemorable practice!
Shiori, please teach us the choreography.
- Okay? - Yeah.
- Nagisa. - Okay.
- Then, let's begin from the first formation. - Okay.
Fujitani Wakaba.
Yes.
Score: 24.
- What the... - This won't end until you pass, you know!
If it's like that, then your summer holiday will be over too, Sensei.
What are you saying, huh?
Do you really have to attend that supplementary lesson everyday?
It won't end until I can get 60 in my mini-test.
What's your score today?
It's 24!
Yosh!
Let's have an intensive course!
What?
Let me give you a special lecture!
To meet the Vice-Principal even in your home, I guess you can't really feel at ease, can you?
He's my father anyway.
I guess so.
Seems like you don't understand Past Perfect Tense at all.
Well, I don't understand how to put them in Japanese...
It's the past tense.
'I live in Tokyo'. How do you say it in past tense?
I live in…
...Edo? *Note: 'Edo' is the former name of 'Tokyo'
Was it wrong?
Shiori is surely doing her best...
...but I think her effort didn't really work out.
Moreover her Tokyo dialect sounds harsh.
With her way of talking, though her intention is good...
...it makes everyone feels offended.
I guess so.
We're all too useless, that's why she got upset.
It's like Shiori is running this club alone.
She's so busy that she might not have time for herself anymore.
I guess you're right...
Hey, Wakaba...
...don't you want to try become the club president?
What? C-club president?
- Fujitani Wakaba. - Yes!
You got 61!
I did it~! I pass~!
Wow~!
- You did it, Wakaba! - Yay~!
Thank God~!
It's all thanks to class rep.
If so, you should have got 80!
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!
Sorry for making you wait! The T-shirts are done!
- T-shirts? - I wondered what we should wear in the tournament...
...so I asked Yuki to design it for us!
Ta-daa~ What do you think?
Wow~!
- It's so cute! - You're really good at drawing!
Wear this, and fly away until the outer-space.
Fly~!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Stop! Let's do it once again. Starting from the part we just did.
- 5 6 7... - Wait a sec.
What's not good about before?
All of it. The rhythm is all over the place,
the height of your arms and the feet movements too, everything is messed up.
I'm sorry, my rhythm is a bit late...
It's not your fault, Taeko.
Can't you say it more carefully? We don't understand what you mean.
Well, do you all practice too at home?
- I've told you don't take it lightly! - Just do it alone then!
Sorry, but we can't be exactly like you.
W-wait, we don't have much time before the tournament...
We don't have time for such quarrel...
She said we can't keep up with her!
Wait a second! Taro, please say something too!
Ah, well... look... please don't...
You all just want to complain to her!
You're like spoiled brats!
You're like that because you like Shiori, right?
How pathetic, such one-sided feeling like that.
Damn you, say it again!
Wait, hey!
Stop it!
Try to say it again!
Hey, hey, Fujitani...
- Don't mess with me! - Please stop it, you all.
Say it again!
AAAAAAH~!
- ...Wakaba? - What happened?
I'm hungry.
"Enoki Restaurant"
Here's today's special, ebi chili!
It's so de-li-cious~!
So happy~
When we had practice with empty stomach...
...nothing good would happen. - You're right.
*Note: 'heshiko' is fish pickled in rice-bran paste (esp. mackerel)​
Taeko, this heshiko fried rice is really great!
It is, isn't it?
We're glad they like it, right, Dad?
You all should go along well.
She drags everyone down, doesn't she?
Well, she's...
Just eat a lot!
Thank you very much!
Well...
I actually have one thing to suggest to you all.
What is it?
How about making Wakaba into our club president?
What? Wakaba?
Well, we still don't have any club president, right?
As you already know...
...I'm completely useless...
...and I don't really have any confidence for that.
But class rep said what if I try to do that.
Isn't that good?
Yeah.
Right?
Yeah.
It's okay, isn't it?
Well, though it might be just a little bit, I guess she'll do it better than someone.
- What?! - It's enough already
Well... but maybe that will be good.
That way, I can devote myself more on making the choreography.
If it's so...
...I guess I'll give it a try.
Club president!
Yay~
Then, as the very first club president of our cheer-dance club, please give us some words.
Yeah!
Well...
I know we don't have much time until the tournament...
...and I also understand the feeling that we're in hurry...
...but I...
...want to take a step closer to that impossible dream.
- Dominating All-American! - Yeah!
To defeat JETS and dominating the All-American...
...at first I thought it's not something we could ever do.
But as we're together now...
...dominating the All-American...
...we're free to say it!
- Yeah! We're free to say it! - Yeah!
First, let's do our very best...
...in the Fukui tournament!
Let's do our best!
Why do they support the other team?
They might be our rival though...
...but to give praise to those who send out the yell from their hearts...
..it's also the spirit of cheer-dance.
I'm going to the toilet for a while...
Sorry.
The next participant is from Fukui Chuo High School cheer-dance club, JETS!
They're really popular.
Class rep, are you okay?
Yeah.
Go!
I know it already though, but they're just too strong.
Are they really high-schoolers like us?
They're completely different from us.
To perform after them is really...
Well, everyone, let's go!
- Well, everyone... - Do you all have your pom-pom ready?
Yeah.
The next participant is from Fukui Nishi High School cheer-dance club, Rockets!
Fuu~!
Sorry.
-That way, that way! - This way, this way!
Ah!
Hey!
Are you okay?
It's impossible.
Ah, sorry!
Let's do our best.
You okay? Let's do it till the end.
To dominate the All-American is totally impossible.
I'm sorry.
It's all my fault.
I made mistakes too...
It's really embarassing...
Since the beginning, there's no way...
...we could defeat JETS.
Let's just stop this.
Huh?
We don't have such capabilities to have that kind of dream.
Shiori...
Sensei.
Thank you for being with us these entire time.
Sorry for wasting your time.
Are you really okay with this?
Do you think it all would go well since the beginning?
Kiryu Shiori.
- Huh? - Where's your reply?
Yes.
You should look at your surroundings more...
...and think of everyone's feeling more.
It must be hard for you to do all these things alone till this point.
But with the way you are now, your feelings won't reach out to anyone.
Cheer-dance is not something you can do alone.
You understand that best, don't you?
Sakurazawa Asako.
Yes.
How was it? As expected, being on the real stage really made you nervous, right?
You're not good with things like that...
...that's what you got for now.
But don't be afraid.
As you continue to practice, you can slowly gain confidence...
...and that confidence will become your strength.
So, believe in yourself more.
Shibata Maki.
Yes.
Your dance is indeed cool.
Your technique is excellent...
...but your sense of cooperation is zero.
That's not cheer-dance.
You should trust your friends more and be more relax.
That way, your dance will shine even more in Rockets.
- Kurihara Nagisa. - Yes.
- It was messy. - Huh?
Your dance is so carefree and has the spirit of 'don't want to lose from anyone'.
But it's too messy.
As expected, energetic dance and sloppy dance...
...are totally different things, right?
Tachibana Honoka.
Yes.
You are picky about your dance partner...
...but the real cheer-dance spirit is to support others whole-heartedly, even though they are your rival.
You should try to accept your partners' personalities which are different from yours.
- Enoki Taeko. - I'm sorry.
Don't apologize.
Despite of being a beginner who knows nothing about dance, you're amazing to be able to come this far.
You should be more proud of yourself.
- Hasumi Koto. - Yes...
Answer with louder voice!
- Yes! - Good reply.
Huh?
You actually have so much energy too here.
But what does it mean if those who watch can't feel it too?
Fujitani Wakaba.
Yes.
Your stupidity is not enough.
Huh? So I have to be even more stupid?
Yeah. Be more and more stupid.
From now on, you will face even bigger walls.
But without being aware of that...
...just keep being a fool who always smiles brightly.
Then you will be...
...the hope of Rockets.
Well...
...no matter what...
...I won't permit you to say things like...
...'I think I'm not good enough for that'.
Are you really okay giving up like this?
It's amazing to have a dream.
It's admirable.
You all are amazing.
It's okay to fail, isn't it?
Don't think about that too much.
To be able to finally reach your dream, it's okay to begin from the very bottom...
...and climb over the obstacles one by one.
That's why...
...you should never run away from the failure you're suffering.
Well...
Somehow, I ended up saying arrogant things like that.
I'm sorry.
I did something unnecessary.
Hey, I think recently Taro likes Koko-chan.
Ah, really?
So that's why he seemed anxious when I took him for a stroll everyday
Really? So I was right.
Wakaba?
Did I say something bad?
Shiori.
You came here too.
It's so frustrating that I can't just stand still.
Everyone.
Maki.
We have to get rid...
...of this unpleasant feeling.
You're right.
I'm so frustrated.
Yeah, me too.
Damn it!
It's so frustrating!
This surely won't be our end!
You're right. We can't just end this here.
Yeah.
Though we failed this time, I want to dance better next time!
Me too.
I'll surely be better!
- Me too! - I'll be better!
We'll be!
Though you say things like that, will you all come for practicing?
- We'll surely do! - Really?
- Of course. - Really?
- We'll work hard! - Work hard?
Maki too.
Class rep too.
Hey, as for the smallest target, what do you write?
I'll hold myself from having between-meal snack!
Don't laugh! It's important to start from little things!
Sorry, as for me...
...I'll practice too at home.
I won't get mad as much as possible.
I'll laugh 10 times a day.
- I'll eat shiitake mushroom. - Huh? What's that?
It's to stop being picky!
Aah~
What about Maki?
I'll talk more.
Wow~
Wow, class rep! She wrote that she will be number one in mock examination!
That has nothing to do with dominating All-American, doesn't it?
It's to make my father silent, so I can concentrate with dancing.
Ooh~
What about Wakaba?
As for me...
...I'll try to call Taro with 'Sensei'!
That's too easy!
You won't dominate All-American with that!
- That's a big no~ - It's impossible.
Well, what about redoing our dance today?
- Yeah, let's do it! - Yeah!