It was so unfortunate in the tournament.
2nd term
As for now, I want to practice soon. Really can't wait for that.
By the way, I actually made another uniform design.
Huh? Didn't you already made us the shirts design?
Well, I think it wasn't good enough.
If only you danced wearing uniforms, perhaps the result would be better.
I'd like to see it!
Ta-daaa~
It's so cool!
What's that? Wakaba.
What happened?
Excuse me, sorry, excuse me.
"Target: All-American Champion (what~ever!!)"
"Please forgive us for exaggerating"
"Nishi High School's shame"
"Pathetic"
"I underestimated cheer-dance"
"Please forgive me..."
"Falling down, falling down, ladybug"
"Target!" "All-Rice Champion"
*Note: 米 can also be read as "kome" which means rice
"Eat a lot!"
What the...
- 'All-American Champion'. - Ahahaha!
We came to watch you actually.
It was so embarassing that we couldn't see till the end.
How could you willfully dishonor the name of Nishi High School?
So it's you who did these things?
So you expressly came to watch us.
Thank you.
What?
We didn't dance so well though...
...but next time, we'll surely do better!
You seem so happy about that.
Best of luck, then.
You should be angry, shouldn't you?
Well, it's okay. For Nozomi and everyone else, I'm the traitor anyway.
I guess someday they'll understand.
Aah~ this year's summer...
I went group-dating, I went to the sea.
I went group-dating, I went group-dating~
This group-dating thing, do you mean going to a mixer in town?
- Lovely~ - Haha...
Then, did you meet someone nice?
Yea~h, I did.
Well, summer's love is like fireworks. It didn't last long...
Ah, Urushido-sensei.
How was the tournament going?
- Well... - It was completely a disaster.
To win in All-American championship, it was totally good for nothing.
- Right, Urushido-sensei? - Well...
When adults started to get excited about doing impossible things...
...the one who got hurt in the end is the students.
Could you please be more realistic...
...and stop making them chasing after something impossible?
- But aren't they okay? - Huh? What do you mean?
Well, those girls didn't get hurt, actually.
How could you understand that they didn't get hurt?
The engine is finally started now.
Could you please watch over them a little more?
Isn't it just wasting your time?
Look, look, they're great here.
Wow~
They matched perfectly to each other.
Their jumps were also very high.
Please show it once again.
They're totally different... right?
What about stretching?
- Let's watch it later, okay? - Okay.
I wonder, can we be like that too?
- Don't just imagine that. - We'll be, we'll be.
If we steadily practice, we can surely be like that.
The power of words is great, you know~
But more than cool, I think JETS is also cute~
- It's because they have attractive aura. - Speaking of attractiveness, I think we don't lose from them.
- Ouch, my feet, it hurts!
- We're totally lost. - Ouch, ouch!
Ouch, it huuu~rts!
- The other one! - This one?
It hurts, it hurts~
- What are you enthusiastically writing? - Ah, well...
Well, I make notes about things I noticed from this.
I see~
You become more and more like an adviser now.
No, no, I'm not.
But JETS is really great.
Each of their movement is well polished.
But it's not only that they're good in dancing. There's something else about them, I guess.
What is it?
Well, about that, I still don't understand.
If it's so...
...how about watching them live?
What? Visiting JETS?
- We want to do it! We want to do it! - Can we really do that?
- Well, it hasn't been decided yet... - We definitely want to do it, right?
- But won't we disturb them to make a sudden visit like this? - Huh, suddenly?
- Are we going now? - Of course not now.
- I'm sorry, there's track-and-field club tomorrow. - I also have traditional dance practice.
- It hasn't been decided yet... - What about the day after tomorrow? Everyone is free, right?
- Yes, we're free! - No, no, hey...
The rocket which got broken after being defeated in the tournament...
"Aiming All-American Champion"
...is starting to light up its engine once more toward 'All-American Champion'.
"Fukui Chuo High School"
We're sorry to disturb you in such busy time like this, Principal.
Unfortunately Saotome-sensei and the third year students are currently away in a tour since yesterday...
- Ah, I see. - I'm sorry that the timing isn't good.
No, no, it's because we suddenly asked for this.
Please wait for a while.
Nagisa, are you nervous?
You are too, aren't you?
They are high-schoolers like us.
Be confident.
Well, are you ready?
Excuse us.
- Good afternoon! - Good afternoon!
Welcome, thank you for coming. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you!
He-hey, you too... you all too...
...do your greetings, come on...
N-nice to meet you too.
I'm Hanafusa Tsukiko, 2nd year student.
You're Aoi-senpai's little sister, right?
Yes, I'm Fujitani Wakaba.
Nice to meet you!
Today, feel free to do the observation.
If there's something you don't understand, just ask us.
Okay.
Today's target! Smile!
Be confident! / Screaming out seriously! / Dancing whole-heartedly! / Be thankful!
Be positive! / Smile! / Be expressive! / Focus!
This is...
Before we start our practice, we make a circular formation...
...and each of us has to say our target for today.
Our teacher says, this circle is like a metaphor of a bucket.
Bucket?
A bucket is made from narrow boards in the same height...
...which form a circle like this, right?
If there's one board which has less height than the other boards...
...you can only fill the water up to that height.
That's why if there's someone whose voice isn't loud enough...
...or doing this half-heartedly, all we do will be meaningless.
I see~
1 2, and 3, and 4, and 5 6 7 8. Stop, please.
Because the timing when lowering the arm on 2nd count was a bit off from the 1st count,
...please adjust that! - Yes!
1 2, and 3, and 4, and 5 6 7 8...
That girl... is she the club's president?
- No, she's the practice leader for today. - Practice leader?
By taking turns as practice leader everyday, we can grow the awareness of every member...
...so we can improve our postures during practices.
- Wow, this seems good. - Yeah.
- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.
- Since before, Gamou-sensei had helped me a lot...
...and she often said that she wanted to watch JETS practice.
Ah, so it's like that.
Well, about that...
...apparently Komako-senpai has such interest in cheer-dance.
Ah, can it be...
...the first time they won in All-American?
Yes, you're right. It's JETS' 1st generation and Saotome-sensei.
Ah, as expected.
When Saotome-sensei said that they would go to America...
...everyone terribly laughed at her at first.
Like, "As adult don't say something impossible like that!".
So it was like that.
Well, there are people who laugh and make fool of...
...someone who speak up about such a big dream like that, right?
But Saotome-sensei didn't care about that...
...and kept moving forward confidently.
What practice is this?
We do 5-days check.
At the beginning of the week, we set a certain target...
...then on Friday, the 5th day, we check on each other...
- ...to see whether we achieve the target or not. - So the teacher doesn't check it?
The practice is independently done by the members...
...and if there's some difficulties, the more capable students teach the less capable ones.
- I see~ - So it's like that.
It was great~
Their movements are so lively and their voices are loud too.
You're right! Their greeting was suprising~
I thought they would look down on us, but apparently they're very kind.
They always smiled.
To see them like that, anyone can easily be their fans.
I hate to say this, but we're completely lost from them.
Starting from tomorrow, what about imitating JETS?
- Imitating JETS? - Yeah.
We've heard a lot of things about their practice...
...like doing proper greetings, or doing thorough cleaning...
...or exposing our foreheads like this.
Won't it be good if we can imitate...
...their good habits little by little?
Imitating them...?
But if you can learn something...
...from imitating first, it's good, right?
How funny.
I think by absorbing their good habits...
...then we'll slowly develop our own style later.
Then, what about this?
Starting from tomorrow, we'll pretend to be JETS!
- Pretend to be JETS? - You only change your way of saying it.
I do, but it sounds more interesting that way, right?
- Yeah. - Somehow it seems interesting.
That's good.
Yosh! I'll summarize today's notes and plan the practice menu then.
Wow! As expected from Shiori!
- Yo! Yo, yo, yo, yo! - Yea~h, what should it be?
It sounds interesting, isn't it?
Well, I'm leaving now.
Maki?
- Why does she start to pout again? - Dunno...
Did I say something bad again?
She really has no sense of cooperation.
Today, we visited JETS' practice for observation.
Really? How did it go, then?
It was great~
Honestly, we felt really intimidated.
I heard it, by the way. Seems like you're made into the club's president.
Yeah, it's so unexpected, right?
It's not, you know. I'm sure you can do it.
How is it going there?
Is it really hard teaching in Tokyo?
Well, as an elite school, the practice time is limited here.
Well, Onee-chan, when will you come home?
After selfishly leaving home, I can't just go back so easily.
Moreover, Dad is still mad at me, right?
No, not at all.
Actually, he always thinks about you.
- Really? - Yeah!
Well, take care of your health.
Ah...
Could it be... you wanted to talk to her?
Well... no...
- What about taking a break? - Yeah...
It's already passing 11 o'clock.
Huh? It's already so late.
Since before, everytime you're absorbed into something, you always forgot about time.
- It's good that you become an adviser. - Huh?
Because recently, you always look happy, Taro-san.
Really?
- Hey, let me watch it too. - Okay.
JETS is really good though...
...but it's not only that.
Pretend to be JETS, 1st: we should expose our forehead.
Asako, this style suits you.
Don't look, don't look.
- Wow~ - Cute!
No, no... no.
Removing my fringe like this, somehow I'm worried.
Me too.
- Do you really dislike that? - Isn't it encouraging, on the contrary?
We'll surely get used to it.
Here, Maki too.
It's a rule we've made anyway.
"Fukui Shopping District Festival"
This is last year's pamphlet though...
...but what about making Rockets perform here this year?
Huh? Performing cheer-dance in a festival?
Yes. Till last year, we always did Juratic Show though...
...but the budget is decreased, so we can't do it anymore this year.
Hey, hey, but why are you doing this festival thing, Sugihara-sensei?
- Huh? - Your home is at Sabae, right?
Well... there's someone I met in the group dating who asked me about this...
- Ah, as expected. - Oh, stop it!
Everytime I think about the revitalization of this area, I always wonder what I can do for it...
...so please, Urushido-sensei, do something!
Huh? An offer for Rockets?
Yeah. We got a request to perform cheer-dance...
- Yaa~y! - Yay!
- An offer? - That's great.
Where will we perform at?
It's here, at Fukui Shopping District Festival.
What? A festival?
Fukui Shopping District is the one behind school...
That dead shopping district?
Well... a bit disappointing.
My little brother like the Juratic Show held there...
...but seems like they won't do it again this year.
So we're just filling in the empty slot Juratic left?
We don't have to dance in dinosaur costume, do we...?
What will you do then?
Well, I knew it...
But this seems to trouble the people in the shopping district...
- Only one day... - No, no.
If we're really performing there, we'll have to choose the song, create choreography...
...we don't have time to properly practice.
You're right.
Yeah, it's true.
Well, it is...
Fumi, you actually want to do cheer-dance, right?
But I can't do it together with cheerleader, so I have to give up.
For a shy person like me, to have friends I can have fun with...
...it's thanks to our seniors.
What are you doing?
Senpai.
I think doing things like this is definitely not good.
Fumi!
So just like Wakaba, you want to betray us too.
- I don't... - Well, see you then.
9 10
- Okay, next, spread the legs wide apart. - Okay!
Let's start, 1 2...
It's comfortable to have Taeko as a leader, right?
- I think it's interesting to take turns in being practice leader. - Yeah.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ah, wait, let's stop.
Well... Koto, you didn't smile...
...and Maki, you don't match with the others.
From where?
Well...
- From the middle. - Where exactly 'the middle' is?
Um, well...
Was I really out of sync?
Sorry, I guess it's my mistake.
Hey, from her position, she could see you're out of sync.
- You should accept that. - It's none of your business.
You're always opposing everything, why can't you just trust others?
- Trust? - You don't believe in any of us, don't you?
If you continue to be like that, why don't you just dance alone?
What is it, damn you.
- Wait, hey, hey. - Stop it.
- Stop it already! - Nagisa too, stop it!
I'm not doing this anymore.
I really can't understand her.
As expected, it's impossible for her to be with us.
What do you mean?
I've told you before.
In junior high school, she suddenly...
...stabbed a boy with cutter knife.
- With cutter? - Stabbing someone?
Maki had a good friend named Kaho...
...they were always together...
...so some boys in her class made a gossip...
...that there's something going on between them.
It gradually escalated...
So... she stabbed him?
Perhaps.
Since that time, Maki stopped coming to school.
I don't know what actually happened though...
...but as for now, we can only leave her alone.
Let's write down the candidates for songs to be used in soccer club autumn tournament.
Yay!
Hey, what about "TT"?
- Seems good. - Excuse me...
Please listen to this.
"Hito ni Yasashiku" / "Hammer" "THE BLUE HEARTS"
What is this?
- Blue Hearts... You know them? - Nope.
*Note: Showa era is period from 1926 until 1989
Isn't it from Showa era?
It is though...
...but if you listen to this song, you'll feel encouraged.
- So please listen... - We won't~
- No, we won't. - By the way, Fumi...
...it's okay for you to stop coming here.
Well, 1st year students, any idea?
Fumi?
What's wrong?
- Something happened? - No, nothing.
What are you listening?
Blue He... He...
You don't know it, right? It's too old.
May I listen to it too?
Ah, maybe I've heard of it before...
So you like songs like this.
Actually...
...since I was a child, I'm shy so I didn't have many friends.
To encourage me when I was down...
...my father often sang this song for me.
He might not be that good...
...but my father formed a band with his friends.
He's such a good father.
Does he still sing it for you now?
He passed away from an illness last year.
So it's like that...
When I listen to this song...
...I always feel like my father was here beside me...
...and said, "You'll be okay, Fumi."
That's why I think if we perform with this song...
...we can encourage others and make them feel better.
So I try to recommend this song, but...
...It's okay now.
'It's okay now'... what do you mean?
I'm sorry, excuse me.
5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7...
Okay, stop. Taeko, you're getting more and more to the right.
- Please keep your position. - Okay.
Nagisa, I think you lower your right leg a bit too early.
Well, this part?
Yes. Let's do it once more, from the head.
Principal.
I want to take a look on the practice.
They're so energetic, it's good, isn't it?
It's thanks to you, Principal.
Visiting JETS seems to motivate them a lot.
'Defeat JETS!!', right?
Yeah...
- What's wrong? - Ah, well...
Of course, JETS' dance is really good...
...but I guess it's not just about that.
When I watch JETS' dance...
...I feel like something is burning here in my chest...
...it encourages me.
I can really feel their energy.
That's what 'cheer spirit' is.
Ah! So that's it!
I'm glad it's you, Urushido-sensei.
- You can finally face your duty as an adviser. - Huh?
To make those girls realize about it...
...is the part of your role, right?
- Good afternoon! - Good afternoon!
What is it, Taro?
Let's perform there, shall we? At the festival.
- Huh? - What?
I've told you we don't have time for that, right?
- Yeah, but it's been decided. - How can you...
We won't perform there. It's our decision, right?
Well, but by trying to perform there...
...maybe you can gain something, right?
Are you really unwilling to do it, no matter what?
Everyone, we finally receive an offer like this...
-... what about accepting it? - I've told you, if we really accept it...
...we'll have to choose the song, create the choreography...
Come on, don't you want to try dancing with the new uniform?
- What? - If we don't take this chance...
...we have to postpone wearing the new uniform...
...which Yuki has designed specially for us until the tournament in spring.
You're right.
We'll just do practices all the time, then.
- You're right. - We can't wait that long.
- Yeah, we really can't wait. - But...
...if we just do it with such halfway preparation, we'll just get ashamed again.
About choosing the song and choreography, let's work on it together.
- Right? - Okay!
Do you really want to do it?
- We do. - Yeah, we do.
- Really? - Of course!
- Really? - Let's work on it together.
- Yeah. - Yeah, let's do that.
Huh? So you're helping at the festival too, Haruma?
I have spare time. Moreover, staying at home all the time is depressing.
I guess so.
Ah, by the way, Haruma-kun!
Since it will be our first time dancing in uniform, you should look forward for it.
It will be really cute.
Oh, okay then.
Ah, what's with that face~
- How disgusting~ - What?
Hey, by the way...
...about the song...
...what about this one?
Blue Hearts?
I want someone to watch us perform with this song.
Yo!
Are you still bothered with the quarrel before?
Do you come to dislike Rockets?
It's not like that.
Then, is it because you don't want to imitate JETS?
Honestly, I also hate to imitate others...
...but in order to defeat JETS...
...perhaps we have to do it anyway.
Like exposing our forehead.
We've decided to perform at the festival, so you have to come to the practice.
Even though I come, I'll just drag everyone down.
Why do you say such thing?
Because it's impossible. It's always like that for me.
Really?
To get along with others, or to express my feelings honestly...
...I can't ever do that.
Did you really...
...stabbed someone with a cutter before?
Was it true?
When I was at 2nd grade of junior high...
...I had a good friend for the first time...
Let's go out this Saturday.
What's that...?
"We're dating!"
"We're in love with each other."
"Maki - Kaho" "The birth of big couple."
Hey, we went all the trouble to celebrate it for you, don't just erase it.
You both are dating, right?
How far have you gone?
Don't ignore us.
Hey, don't just selfishly erase it!
Ah! She stabbed me with a cutter!
Hey, crap! Maki stabbed him!
- Whoa~ - How frightening!
But didn't your friend see it too?
Didn't she stand up for you?
She also said that I stabbed him.
Since there was weird rumor about us, I think she came to dislike me.
Well...
...to be betrayed so badly like that...
...perhaps it's better not to trust anyone from the start.
Do you think...
...we will betray you too?
It's okay for you to take your time...
...untill you can believe in us.
You don't need to force yourself to get along with us...
...but to skip the practice is definitely a no.
Saying things like, "I'm dragging everyone down", or "It's better when I'm not around"...
...I think that's not right.
Because without you...
...this cheer-dance club and Rockets would never be born.
That day, you took a step forward...
...gave out courage...
...to all of us.
Let's go back home to Rockets.
We'll be waiting for you tomorrow.
I'll send you the song we'll use at the festival.
- Fumi. - Wakaba-senpai?
Here, if you have time, please come to see us.
Please come for sure!
Excuse me!
We won't make it if we don't start practicing the choreography today.
I guess we should just do it without Maki?
I guess so.
Shiori, what should we do?
Maki!
You expose your forehead?
Don't stare at me like that.
Hey, don't you have anything to say? Suddenly skipping practices like that.
Well, but it's enough that you come.
Let's do stretching there!
Sorry.
What?
I've thought about the choreography.
For the festival?
Yeah.
- Wow~! - Yay~!
- Then, show it to us now! - Yeah, yeah.
- Maki, thank you~ - Please teach us, Maki.
Teach us.
- Is it difficult? - How would it be?
Hey, come here.
Well, everyone, sorry for making you wait.
Now it's time for the main event of Fukui Shopping District Festival 2018.
It's from Nishi High School's cheer-dance club, Rockets.
Please watch their fresh and energetic performance.
Fuuuu~!
♬～ki ga kuruisou yasashii uta ga suki de I like the simple song that drives me crazy
♬～aa anata ni mo kikasetai Aa, I want you to listen to that too
Fuuu~!
♬～kono mama boku wa ase o kaite ikiyou At this rate, I'll keep sweating as I live on
♬～aa itsumademo kono mama sa Aa and always be like this
Hurry up, hurry up!
♬～boku wa itsudemo uta o utau toki wa Whenever when I sing a song
♬～microphone no naka kara Inside of my microphone
♬～ganbare tte itteiru is saying "do your best"
♬～kikoetehoshii anata ni mo I want you to hear that too
♬～ganbare! Do your best!
Ganbare! (Do your best!)
♬～hito wa dare de mo kujikesou ni naru mono Everyone can feel down sometimes
♬～aa boku datte ima datte Aa, even I even now
Fuuuu~!
♬～sakebanakereba yarikirenai omoi o If I don't shout it out that thought will be unbearable
♬～aa taisetsu ni sutenaide Aa, be careful with it, don't throw it away
♬～hito ni yasashiku shite moraenai n da ne You can't just get people to be kind to others
♬～boku ga itte yaru I will say it
♬～dekkai koe de itte yaru I will say it as loud as I can
♬～ganbare tte itte yaru kikoerukai I will say "Do your best" Do you hear it?
Ganbare! (Do your best!)
♬～ganbare! Do your best!
Everyone is so great. Somehow I feel moved.
- Cheer-dance is so cool! - See?
They're my pride, Rockets.
We feel so good~!
- Thank you~! - One more time, Rockets!
Encore, encore, encore, encore, encore, encore, encore, encore...
...encore, encore, encore, encore...
Thank you.
For what?
Everything.
Ah, it was really fun!
Yeah, it really was.
It feels so good~
To see everyone so happy like that, it's a huge success.
We can see lots of smiles.
I never imagine they would thank us like that.
To make someone else happy can make us feel this happy too.
Yeah.
No matter how good your dance is...
...if you don't have the feeling to support someone else...
...it's meaningless then.
- Yeah. - You're right.
But, Wakaba, in the middle part your jump was too high.
But what's important is the feeling, the cheer-spirit.
If you said something like that, you definitely won't win the tournament.
I know~
Wakaba-senpai!
Huh? Fumi?
Please let me join Rockets.
Huh?
Well, okay.
Really?
- It's okay, right? - Of course.
- Of course it's okay. - We're happy about that.
Thank you very much! I look forward to work with you!
Yosh! We got one more member!
We have 9 members now!
- Welcome. - Thank you.
Excuse me...
I... I also want to do cheer-dance.
Please.
We got another member!
Now it's 10 of us!
Let's get along.
Yay! To celebrate this, let's go to Enoki Restaurant!
Today, it's Taro-sensei's treat!
Yay!
Thank you!
H-Hey... don't just decide it like that...
Nice ball!
Haru!
Do your best!
Sorry, I'm late.
What happened?
What the...
"Club disbandment"