"Club disbandment"
What is this...?
How cruel.
Who did this...?
Unbelieveable...
- It must be them, right? - Huh?
During the break...
...I happened to pass by a group of girls from cheerleader club...
...and they smiled weirdly when they saw me.
Do they take revenge on us because Fumi and Kanna joined us?
It must be so.
How cruel.
It pissed me off!
- I'm going to see them. - Me too.
I'll kill them.
Wait!
What?
Even though we look for the culprit, there's nothing we can do about that.
They made our club room into such a mess...
- ...why don't you do anything about that? - I know!
I understand, but for now...
...it's more important for us to prepare...
...to welcome the new members.
For that, let's clean up this room.
- Excuse me. - Here, look at this.
- Look. - Ah, it's Rockets, right?
It said, "Bringing Back the Liveliness of the Shopping District, The Youth Power of ROCKETS".
The audience wasn't as many as that though.
Sakurazawa-sensei, did you come to watch too?
Huh? Ah, well... I just happened to pass by.
Asako-chan looks so pretty in the picture.
Hmm?
Ah...
Those girls gradually grow up, right?
As expected, it's Urushido-sensei's power.
Ah, no, no, I didn't do anything...
...it's them who give me power actually.
Everyone~
First, let's hear formally...
...the introduction from our two new members.
I'm Asou Fumi. I'm looking forward to work with you all.
I'm Kajiyama Kanna. I'll do my very best.
Well, first of all...
With this, you're now our buddies in Rockets.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Hey, can you please help us?
From Fukui Shopping District...
...a present for Rockets!
- Wow! - Mirrors!
The head of shopping district said that they're grateful because you all made them very happy.
Really? Though it's actually them who made us happy instead.
- Yes, indeed. - Ah, and this too...
Ta-daaa! Rockets' jersey!
Whoaaa!
- How cool! - It's great!
Aah~!
- They're very generous! - Yes, they really are!
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- Well, stand up. - Okay.
First, let's do the basic arm movement. Please imitate me.
- Okay. - High Vs.
For the fist, put your thumb in front.
Shiori, sorry, from the roll-off part, how should we do the 2-eight?
- Ah, I'll show you. Please wait a sec. - Okay.
How is it... which part?
Ah, it's to the front, from one-two count...
One, two, three, then upward.
Ah.
High V, Low V.
Taro-san, you're really good in drawing.
Aah, no... it's not that good.
Just don't force yourself too much, okay?
Okay. But...
...to see them work so hard...
...somehow, I feel something in my chest...
...something touches me inside...
...that's why I want to do...
...anything I could possibly do for them.
- I'm glad... - Huh?
Old Taro-san is back now.
- Well... Kyoko? - What?
Are you okay if... I go to Tokyo this weekend?
- Huh? - Tokyo? I want to go there! Let me go with you!
Ah, no, no, it's not for a vacation or so.
- Ooh... - Is it for them?
Can't... I?
It's okay.
Hmmm, how delicious.
The Fukui Nishi Festival will finally be held next week.
Ah, it's already time for that? I completely forgot about that.
Rockets will perform there too, right?
Ah, well, about that... will it be okay if we perform?
But all clubs have to participate, right?
I guess so.
Wakaba, the lottery for Fukui Nishi Festival is today.
- What? Lottery? - Lottery to decide the place.
Ah, as the club's president, you must draw the lottery.
This one!
Yay! It's the gymnasium, from 3 o'clock!
It's golden time!
How pathetic~
- What? - At 3 o'clock...
...we'll perform at the courtyard.
No one will come to watch you.
It'll be empty~
What are you saying? That's our line.
Well, as the transfer student, seems like you don't understand.
What?!
The collaboration between cheerleader club and brass-band club is a like our annual tradition.
- It's the main event of Fukui Nishi Festival. - Just as she says.
Well, best of luck.
Hey, you...
...it's you who messed up our club room, right?
Yeah! What do you want actually?
What are you talking about?
- Don't play dumb! - Stop!
Wakaba.
I'm looking forward for Fukui Nishi Festival.
That time...
...I didn't realize...
...that by having a dream...
...we could hurt others.
- Coach? - Before...
...when they participated in the tournament...
...they had to make the whole configuration, the formation...
...and I think it's difficult for them to think about all of those things.
I see...
But I can't help them to do that as well...
...so I want to look for excellent coach for them.
- Do you have anyone in mind? - Well, about that...
...I'll try to visit any places I can contact...
No one will accept your offer that easily.
Especially for a club with no particular achievements.
But, there is no club which has any particular achievements...
...right from the start, right?
Is it okay for me to look for a coach?
Of course. It's okay, right?
Go ahead, do as you please. But in return...
...please keep doing your job during the working hours properly.
Thank you very much.
Have you heard that the cheer-dance club's room was damaged?
What happened?
There's a rumor that Nozomi-senpai and her friends did that...
- What? Really? - It's just a rumor though, a rumor...
But Fumi and Kanna joined that club too...
To do such things... Isn't it too much?
What is it?
What's too much, Mako?
Well... no, it's nothing.
If you have anything you want to say, just say it clearly.
Nozomi, it's enough.
For us, it will be our last Fukui Nishi Festival.
So we'll practice everyday, starting from today.
- Can you come with me for a while? - Huh?
Though the club room was badly damaged like that, Wakaba said there's nothing we can do about that.
Why does she still keep silent when they messed with us like that?
Well... I think...
...perhaps Nozomi thinks that Wakaba is betraying her.
Betraying her?
When she first entered this school...
...Wakaba was always down and gloomy...
...because she really wanted to enter JETS, but failed the entrance exam...
...and ended up going here.
How long do you want to keep such gloomy face like that?
In order to cheer Wakaba up...
...Nozomi invited her.
If you really want to dance that much...
...let's join the cheerleader club together, shall we?
What?
When I watched them at last year's Fukui Nishi Festival...
...I was so excited. They were so cute.
Let's join them, okay?
The fact that Wakaba is so cheerful like she is now...
...it's all thanks to Nozomi.
Since then, they're always together everywhere.
- This song is good, isn't it? - It is!
"Ashita mo" "SHISHAMO"
How about using this song in the Fukui Nishi Festival in our second year?
- Yeah, let's do that! - Yeah!
But suddenly Wakaba said that she wanted to do cheer-dance...
...so Nozomi feels like she's being betrayed.
Here, you forgot this.
- Huh? - You're no longer in cheerleader club anyway.
If it's so...
...it's my fault then!
It's not.
Wakaba herself wanted to do cheer-dance since the start.
Moreover it seems like...
...she didn't really want to continue being in the cheerleader club, right?
So it's like that...
It would actually be good if they can properly talk about that.
You're right...
Nozomi is arbitrarily being cold toward her...
...but Wakaba becomes stubborn as well.
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Well, let's review our choreography now.
- Okay! - Well...
- Let's start from the beginning. - Okay.
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Ah, sorry.
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Hey, keep your position!
- One more time! - Okay!
Sorry for bothering you in such busy time.
No, no, you've gone all the trouble coming here to Tokyo.
Well... can you possibly come once a month?
Like when you coached JETS...
...could you come to be our coach in Fukui?
I really appreciate that you've come this far to Tokyo, but...
...for now, other than coaching this team, I also have other activities to do...
...and I can't adjust the time for that. I'm really sorry.
Ah, so it's like that...
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I'm sorry, but going to Fukui is a bit...
I understand...
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Currently I'm taking care of 4 groups already...
Can you possibly make it 5...?
I'm sorry.
I'll take the last train home after this.
Okay. Please take care of yourself.
Kida?
- If your injury is healed... - Just leave me alone!
I don't need your unnecessary attention!
Hmm? What's wrong?
Ah, no... Well, sorry. See you.
Ah, is it good enough to just do things like 'doing cheerful greeting'?
But isn't it too much to prohibit ourselves from sweets?
Ah... I guess I should change it.
- You seem so happy now. - What's this?
Huh? Note of Dreams?
- Please give it back. - Why? Let me see it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- She wrote 'All-American Champion'. - How funny~
Please give it back!
Ah!
What happened?
Fumi got injured.
Huh?
That cheerleader club did it, during the break time.
Is it true?
But, it's not a big deal.
I'm really pissed off now.
- Let's go. - I'll crush them for sure.
- Wait! - It's enough, Wakaba.
I said wait!
It's all my fault that it becomes like this now.
So now...
...let me settle this by myself.
What's your intention?
What is it, in all of sudden?
Nozomi, there are things that may and may not be done!
I can't tolerate it anymore!
- Wait, wait! - Huh?!
This is the problem between you and me!
You can do anything to me...
...but...
...I won't forgive you for hurting my friends!
Hurting your friends, you said?
It's you, you know!
The one who hurts your friend is you.
What happened? You look so down.
Nothing.
Sensei, you didn't come to the club room at weekend, did you?
Well...
...I have some things to do.
I see.
Anything happened?
Well... though I'm feeling so irritated right now...
...I really don't know where to vent this out!
What happened?
I regret it.
That time...
...if only I could properly express my feeling...
...it wouldn't become like this now.
So you have some love problems.
Stupid! It's not like that!
It hurts...
Well, it has nothing to do with you anyway.
I'm going to join the practice.
Ah, Fu-Fujitani...
Hmm, well... I have such trouble too.
'I should have properly talked to him'...
...I also have such feeling toward one of my former student.
I'm regretting about that all the time.
It will be great if you can talk properly about that someday, Fujitani.
Well, me too though...
"Enoki Restaurant"
- Welcome! - Welcome!
Ah, Wakaba, you're late!
- Huh? - Here.
My father's new creation, fried rice with Kuzuryuu maitake mushroom and Fukui pork.
- Whoa~ It looks delicious! - Hey, it's my...
Hmmmm~
Seems like you have quarrel with the cheerleader club, don't you?
Well... that's my problem.
Hey, Haru, what about going around Fukui Nishi Festival together?
Ah, sorry. We have baseball practice.
So it's like that? How disappointing.
Are you back being pitcher?
By the way... 'Haru'!?
Well, isn't it already the time for you to tell the coach that you want to try it?
It's the real battle...
If you're still worried about that, you shouldn't force...
Haru, I want to see you throwing the ball!
Shiori, Haru should just take his time...
Okay then. I'll try it.
- You've said that too anyway, Shiori. - Really?!
- Well said, Haruma! - Huh? So you're gonna throw the ball?
Moreover... 'Shiori'!?
- Good luck! - Yeah!
I see~ So it's a love triangle.
Huh? What do you mean?
The battle is getting near~
"Tokyo Cheer-Dance Academy"
It doesn't work out...
One, two.
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Everyone, smile! Smile!
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Kida.
...I'm sorry.
It's time for the last train already...
Welcome. Do you want to meet any particular girl?
Well, no... I'm actually looking for someone...
- One free customer is coming in. - Welcome~
- Go ahead. - N-no, no, it's not like that...
Ah, you're great!
Well, do you know anyone named Kida...
- Kida... - Kida? You know him?
- I don't know such guy. - Me too.
Drink more, drink more. It's okay.
Yay~
Ah~ It's delicious.
Where is this?
- Kida... - You drank too much until you collapsed.
Ah~
Well...
I actually got in after I saw you there...
I'm... sorry.
Kida... are you working there?
I do dish-washing as part-time job there.
I go to a vocational school at noon. The salary there is pretty good.
So it's like that...
Since you quit school...
...I always worry about you.
Kida.
I think it's my fault...
...that I couldn't face you properly...
...and hurt you without realizing about that.
I'm sorry.
It annoyed me a lot...
...to hear you say things like...
...'Aiming for the top' or 'You should work harder'...
...all the time.
However...
...those values you tried to teach me...
...though I didn't understand back when I wasn't involved in the society...
...I began to understand it recently.
It is surprisingly fun...
...to strive for a certain target.
Yeah.
I'm actually worried now...
...perhaps I set my target too high.
"Immigration Lawyer" "Basic Textbook"
You'll be just fine.
Really?
Since it's you, it will be fine.
I'm sorry, Kyoko, for not contacting you.
Don't you know how worried I was!?
Well, I drank a bit too much last night.
Aah... then how is it? Have you found any coach?
Well...
As expected, it's not easy for a coach with good track record...
...to come all the way to Fukui so suddenly like this.
I think you don't need to find someone so great.
Even someone good around here will be okay, right?
I guess so...
Taro-san, take care on your way home.
Yeah, see you.
"Fukui Nishi Festival"
Huh? It's raining.
Well, well, well~
For today's Fukui Nishi Festival...
...since it's raining outside...
...all the outdoor activities will be canceled.
- What? - Canceled?
Aah!
You must be joking...
Yay!
Well, it's definitely a divine punishment.
I don't know about that main-event thing though, but it's good that it's canceled.
It's really irritating. Right, Wakaba?
Hm...
Seems like all the audience will come to the gymnasium then?
You're right! We'll be the main event!
Let's try to perform it from the beginning till the end!
Let's do it.
- From where? - Thank you.
- Here, Wakaba. - Okay.
I wonder how many people will come.
Since it's raining, won't it be totally crowded?
I'm nervous.
- This song is good, isn't it? - It is!
- How about using this song in the Fukui Nishi Festival in our second year? - Yeah! Let's do that!
- It's raining, how disappointing. - I wanted to see it though...
Nozomi.
You must be thinking, 'It serves you right'.
Yes, I do.
What a good personality you have.
You too.
Actually...
...I don't have any intention to break our promise.
- What? - Even though I really want to do cheer-dance...
...I also want to perform together with you in this Fukui Nishi Festival.
- You lie! - I'm not!
But since you suddenly drove me out from the club...
...I got irritated as well...
...and thought, 'Just let it be, then'.
That time...
...even though it's all thanks to you that I could get back on my feet...
...in the end...
...I betrayed you.
I'm sorry.
Thank you to everyone in the folk-song club!
Finally it's our turn.
Come on, let's make a circle.
Okay.
Wakaba.
I have a favor to ask you all.
Next, it's time for the performance from the cheer-dance club, Rockets!
Let's give some applause for them.
A~
Umm...
...please listen to me.
I'm sorry for doing...
...such a sudden broadcast within school.
I know it's time for us, Rockets, to perform now...
...but I'm sorry.
For cheerleader club...
...and brass-band club which performance has to be canceled due to the rain...
...we'd like to give up this gymnasium!
So, everyone from cheerleader club...
...and from the brass-band club...
...and also everyone who were looking forward to see their performance...
...are you listening now?
Please come to the gymnasium right now.
Please!
- Here they are. - Excuse us.
Excuse us.
Then...
...please do the collaboration performance that has been tradition in our school's festival...
...here in the gymnasium!
You're still here.
Everyone is looking forward for it!
Right, everyone?
- Well, what is it? - You heard it, right?
We give up the gymnasium for you.
Why do you have to do that for us?
We didn't want to do that too at first.
- What? What do you mean by giving up the gymnasium? - What are you talking about?
- Can't we? - I can't understand it at all.
Our club room was damaged, and one of us got injured...
...why do we have to give this up for them?
Why is it, Wakaba-senpai?
Everyone in the cheerleader club...
...are collaborating with brass-band club.
They can only perform at the courtyard or the gymnasium.
But as for us, if we want to perform...
...we can do it even in vacant classroom.
You're right though...
Please remember.
At the festival before...
...when we could make others happy, it also made us very happy, right?
Those in the cheerleader club...
...must be looking forward...
...for this big moment, right?
At first...
...I also thought that it served them right.
But to have such thoughts...
...is not what the cheer-spirit is about.
To be honest, we actually want to perform at the gymnasium too.
But since Wakaba said that...
- ...just do it. - Everyone already gathers at the gymnasium.
Please.
Please...
...come.
Nozomi?
Good work.
Hey...
...are you really okay with this?
Between your little pride...
...and pleasing those who are looking forward for your performance...
...which do you think is more important?
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It should be us who performed there, though.
Nagisa.
Wakaba!
Wakaba, and everyone in Rockets...
...thank you!
Nozomi...
Well, at last...
...can we ask Rockets to come here to the stage?
Everyone, can you please come to the stage?
I'm sorry.
I did lots of awful things to you.
Me too.
I'm sorry.
- Sorry. - I'm sorry.
Let's dance together, shall we?
It's a promise anyway.
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Left~
As for me, I want to enjoy the dance more...
Ah, so you're all here.
You're late! Where have you been, Taro...
...sensei?
Well, actually I was looking for someone...
...to be the coach for Rockets.
- Huh? - Coach?
Onee-chan!?
Actually, I think it's already time for you to have a coach...
...who can teach you properly.
So, she is here for that.
I teach cheer-dance in a high school in Tokyo.
I'm Fujitani Aoi.
I'm excited to work together with you all in Rockets.
Ah, and I'm also Wakaba's big sister.
I'm looking forward to work with you.
Yay~!
We're so happy!
I was so surprised!
Right? Taro-sensei said that it would be more interesting if we didn't tell you before.
Aren't you busy there in Tokyo?
Well, we haven't decided how many times I should come every month.
Pour me some tea, please.
- Thanks. - In Tokyo...
Do you have proper meal there?
Yeah, I cook for myself.
That's great, isn't it! Though you never really cooked at home.
- In Tokyo... - What meal did you make?
Well, though I often bought the side dish...
...but I cooked the rice.
What? So you just cooked the rice?
- Don't say you really cook then! - You're right.
- In Tokyo... - Here, Dad.
I bought you souvenir, Kaminari Okoshi.
*Note: it's traditional Japanese sweets, a very popular souvenir from Asakusa, Tokyo.
Oh...
- Kaminari-okoshi? What's that? - You don't know?
Okay, I understand.
If there's something you need, I can buy it for you.
Ah, really? It's really helpful~
Can you buy milk then?
Ah, and ice cream too!
- Hey, you've had some snacks already. - I still have room for dessert!
So it's milk and ice cream, right? Okay.
Ah...