Hey, you! What are you doing here?
Excuse us, we'll be leaving soon
- Who are you? - I'm these girls'... adviser
Yay! Taro-sensei will be our adviser!
- Ah, no... - Yay!
You have found the adviser?
The adviser for Cheer Dance club will be... Taro-sensei!
We got 6 members already
Urushido-sensei,
is it true, you will be the one in charge?
- No, it's not... - Yes! He will be the one in charge
Urushido-sensei
-You will be in charge for the cheer dance? - But we already have one, right?
That is cheerleader club
What's the difference?
- Let's have a talk - Yes
You can't be serious Don't say that you have made a promise with them
No, I didn't promise anything
Making a new club, that's really unrealistic and impossible
- I guess you're right - Right?
- Why is it? - Is it because we don't have 8 members yet?
Yes, that's also the reason. It's our student council's rule that a club must have minimum of 8 members
To get the approval for a new club, that's the rule
Moreover, where will you practice?
- We can do it at the gym's corner - At the gym, we already have volleyball club,
basketball club, table tennis, and gymnastic club that take turns in using it
There will be no room for others
Yes, it was also difficult for track-and-field club to reserve a spot for practicing
There are also baseball club and soccer club that are practicing outside
Right, there will be no more room for a new club, not even one
and the school term is almost over talking about this in halfway time like this...
We understand! We will gather it in this term
We will gather 8 members, so our club will be approved
This school term...
...is just 2 weeks left
If we don't do that, we can't have practice in summer holiday
We won't make it for the qualifying round in autumn, and we won't be able to go to America
Well, I think we can conclude this from our talk
First, you must gather more members in this term
Then you can think for everything else for the club
2 more members, we will surely get them
- Yeah - Maybe our teachers are right
About being a champion in America...
About we didn't have a place for practice...
- Yes... - Why do you all become so weak-hearted?
At any rate,
we should try to get 2 more members, right?
Yuki...
won't you join too?
Cheer-dance? No, no way, that's impossible
- Eh~ I beg you, please... - No, no, I won't
Please, please
Class-rep? You want to join too?
Did you know? In this 15 years, the amount of new club is zero
- Zero? - And the amount of club activities is decreasing
It's not increasing
Reformation of work-style
We are screaming for overwork prevention in this era
"Overwork Prevention" "Let's be careful not overwork"
A newly added club will increase our workload
I guess you're right...
Ah~ But I said to them that I would do it
That's okay. Even if you have said that to them,
you can have a proper talk to withdraw from that.
Yes...
Reality is always harsh
That kind of thing...
...we have realized it
But...
for that reason,
we want to dance!
- Would you join us in cheer-dance? - Please! Ah!
Let's do cheer-dance Will you join?
This is...
Ah! Both of you! Use louder voice!
Ah! Good morning!
Don't you want to try participating in cheer-dance tournament?
Wakaba-senpai...
Want to do it together? It's okay even if you join the cheerleader club too
- But... - Here
Good morning, Fumi-chan, Kanna-chan!
- Senpai... - Good morning!
Good morning
Well, Wakaba has nothing to do with us anymore
So you don't have to listen to her. Let's go!
- Come on! - Let's go!
Let's go
Good morning, Wakaba
Good morning
- Here, you forgot about these - Eh?
You're not a part of cheerleader club anymore, right?
You talk about things like defeating JETS or going to America
Aah, that was heavy!~
Ah, that transfer student came and put these
She said first of all, you should watch all of these JETS video
and learn something from that
It's unexpected supplementary lesson, isn't it?
You're stiff
OK, I'll push you, ready, go!
- Wait, wait! - Breathe out, ready, go
"Wakaba is removed from 2nd year cheerleader club"
More! More!
OK, that's the end of our stretching!
Wakaba, today we're going to do hip-hop
- OK - OK, let's start the count!
5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
No~ It's impossible for me to be their adviser
One more time!
"Changing room" "No peeking!"
I think the most effective way to invite members is...
...by showing our dance
- Dancing in the school? - Yeah
Eh, in front of everyone?
No way, no way!
Let's not do that, we have enough cold stares until now
Right, my friends in track-and-field club also have kind of embarrassed look on me
As expected, to avoid being that stand-out...
By the way, what about the name?
- Name? - Our team's name
- Like "JETS"? - Right!
Everyone, please think about that too, the name that could surpass JETS
About being your adviser...
Kyaa! You're peeking!
- It's sexual harassment, Taro! - No, no...
S-sorry! I'm sorry about that!
Dinner is ready~
Yamato, wash your hands first
Okay!~
It's Chuo high school's JETS
Their supervisor has zero experience in dancing
But then she started the cheer-dance club
With only 3 years, they made it and became a champion in America
So?
Hm?
Why do you watch this JETS video, Taro-san?
Why?
Ah, umm...
Well, it's just... I just want to confirm some things
With doing this I know, I won't be able to be like that JETS' supervisor
Okay, let's eat!
Strike!
...isn't it?
Why don't you throw it?
There's no batter
Well, then...
OK, you can throw it now
Come on!
Here, one more time
Who is he?
It's my childhood friend, Haruma
- Your boyfriend? - No, just a childhood friend
Ah, I see
So, is it okay if I like him?
Eh!?
I think he's my type. Will you be okay with that?
Well... yeah
Yosh! I'll try my best!
Here
There she is!
She has the basic for hip-hop
She'll be able to learn quickly
Hey! Will you join our cheer-dance club?
- Hey, do you know about Shibata Maki? - Shibata Maki?
She's in this class, right?
That's her desk
She almost never comes to school
I wonder, will she join us too in cheer-dance club?
Hmm, I think its impossible
Why?
I went to the same junior high school as her
That girl...
She ever stabbed a boy's back with a cutter knife
What was the reason?
Don't know...
Eh? You want to dance in front of all students?
No, no, that's impossible
You're our adviser, right? Please discuss about that
Well, about being the adviser...
Ah! Taro-sensei!
- Wait, wait... - Ah, no, no...
Vice-principal! Taro-sensei has something to talk about
What do you want to talk about, Urushido-sensei?
What is it?
Ah, no... nothing...
Hm?
We want to dance in front of everyone
We want to show our dance to all students
No way, I don't permit that. Period!
Urushido-sensei, let's have a talk
I'm sorry
What is it?
What's with that teacher? He's the worst
He didn't even listen to us a bit
Urushido-sensei is not a homeroom teacher
Though I've arranged that he wouldn't have big responsibility,
it won't do with the new club thing, or adviser thing.
My job is of course protecting the students, but protecting the teacher is my job too
These days teachers don't have usual life circumstances,
like going home on time, or spending holidays with family.
If anything happen, they also have to deal with students' guardian or mass-media
And in the end,
there were teachers who got hurt.
For now, the most important thing is, taking a good care of yourself.
If you have a poor physical and mental condition,
you can't face the students properly, right?
Yes...
Wait a sec, you said you want to quit. Why? If your injury is healed...
Leave me alone!
Shut up! I don't need your unnecessary attention
Don't use me...
...for your self-satisfaction as a teacher!
Kida-kun is not coming to school anymore. It's Urushido's fault!
Right? He's cruel
He hit Kida, he's a violent teacher
He will be fired
Streamline diagram, contour diagram
Hey!
Stop it, everyone!
Sensei
What happened?
Did Vice-principal get angry at you?
Fujitani, I...
I also...
There was a time that I also thought...
...if you work hard you can do anything
I was so absorbed with it
I even talked to one of my student, let's make your dream come true
But...
In the end, it didn't work at all
I...
...can't be your adviser
I'm sorry
So it's really impossible after all
Suddenly being involved in cheer-dance,
defeating JETS, dominating All-American
Well, we don't know about it yet, though
Dancing to the extent of losing friends, that's stupid, isn't it?
Friends?
Is it true?
But still, I want to do the things that I want to do
I even prepare for "hanging my head"
*Note: Wakaba is mistaken hara (stomach) o kukuru (to prepare for the worst) with kubi (neck) o kukuru
Do you mean "fasten your stomach"? It will be dangerous, "hanging your head"
Ah, it's a little mistake
You pay too much attention to small things, Taro
You should call me sensei
Anyway, no matter how absurd a dream is
just feel free to say it
If you didn't start anything about it,
you won't go anywhere, right?
I guess you're right
About this talk of being adviser,
I won't tell it to everyone
So then
If you want to get absorbed with it again, you can tell me anytime
Aaah, I don't want to do it anymore
In the end, it's my duty too to tell all the bad things
Aah! I can't stand it anymore! Oh!
Ah, Asako, come in
The cram school has over?
Yes
Well, Asako, you should study hard
If you are working hard now,
it's like a ticket for better life...
...when you become an adult later. Things will surely turn out that way, right?
I understand
Good
Let's eat ramen then
Bye-bye
It's fun to dance with other people, right?
Will you try to dance with us, just once?
I hate it
Matching my dance with others, I really hate it
I understand. I hate it too
Eh?
It's like killing one's personality, matching the dance with others
Being together as a team, I really hate it
Wait a sec, Shiori?
That's why people often said that I'm not suitable for cheer-dance
But, look, I'm really good at dancing, right?
You said like that about yourself?
That's why, in my previous school even though I was still a 1st year student
I even moved forward until the national tournament
But,
I often made mistakes in my turn
I tried to recover from that mistakes, by working really hard
But because I'm causing disharmony in my team, they got angry to me
It's my fault...
...that we lost to JETS
So I felt relieved when my parents decided that I had to transfer school
Because I wasn't belong to that team anymore
Then you want to defeat JETS?
Yes, moreover, my mother's hometown is Fukui
That's where JETS is. I want to win against them.
You don't need to change
In cheer-dance's rule, I am me
You are you, dance with your own style
That will be fine. Let's show that to everyone.
Let's do cheer-dance
Please, let's do cheer-dance together
- Please - No
- Ah! - Ah!
1st year students?
Yes, they took the pamphlet
Then they seemed to read it seriously. Isn't it good?
What's their names?
- Did you know? - Well, no
Are you stupid? Why didn't you ask their names?
- Hah?! You call us stupid? - Stop it!
But if they are really interested,
they will come to us, right?
I guess you're right
If both of them really come,
then cheer-dance club will be real, right?
Yeah! Then we will defeat...
...JETS!
Homeroom will be started soon
Oh, no, let's go!
How good it is, seems like you have so much fun
Hey, you!
- Why do you always look so boring? - Hah?
Seems like you don't have anything to enjoy
- For me, doing the things I like... - I'll be back to my class~
What are you listening?
English vocabulary app
You're really great!
You're so smart,
even so you still study so hard
What is it?
I'm just wondering what it is
The one you said before, the things you like
For me,
the one I want to do the most is always
cheer-dance
Class-rep too, beside study...
...is there anything else you want to do?
The thing that I want to do, if I do it freely, what do you think will happen?
I wonder what would it be?
My father will get angry
Aa~
My parents don't want me to change
Since I was a child, always, they want me to be an honor student
They want me to keep being that way
The one you want to do,
is it really a daring thing?
It will surely draw attention from everyone around me
They'd laugh at me as it didn't suit me
Rather than being scolded,
I'm more afraid of being laughed at
It's much easier for me to remain as the class rep everyone expects me to be
However...
...it's fun, you know
Doing the things you want to do
It might not be easy though,
but it's fun
Class rep too, I think it will be great if you could do the things you want to do
♬～
♬～kimi wa kimirashiku ikiteyuku, jiyuu ga aru n da you have the freedom to live the way you like
♬～otonatachi ni shihaisareru na don't get controlled by adults
♬～hajime kara sou akiramete shimattara if you have given up since the beginning
♬～bokura wa nan no tame ni umareta no ka? then for what reason we were born?
(♬～HOPE＆DREAMS)
Defeating JETS and dominating All-American...
...Way to go, isn't it?
It's wa~y to go
If JETS is that thing...
...then we're just a paper airplane
Sorry for being late!
It's okay
♬～Rocket
This is it!
What is it?
A name that can surpass JETS
Something which can surpass jet propulsion, there's nothing else but this!
Just listen to this song
Rocket propulsion?
Shiori has thought about this
Something which can surpass jet is rocket
So our team's name would be...
One, two...
Rockets！
Yes, that's a good name
It is, right? So we'll defeat JETS and dominate the All-American!
Ya~y!
What about the yell? What will we do? Let's make a circle
We're free to say it, right?
Well, yeah
What is it, what is it?
Shuuu~
How is it? Let's do it again Rockets, shuuu~!
Be careful as you decompose the enzyme
Please insert 12 micro-liter in each of those
"You have a new message from Taro-san"
"Do you have time now?"
What happened? You even come here
Ah, well...
There's something I want to tell both of you right now
Right now?
I was always worried about this though
About what?
I'd like to try it, being an adviser
For the cheer-dance club?
Yeah...
I know you both are worried about that
I myself too...
...feel worried about that
Because the reality is harsh
However,
in this world, there are many adults
who say that the reality is harsh
Even so,
I think it will be better
if there are more adults who speak about dreams
Well, I know it
You won't agree
To speak about the adults' role,
it is also
to tell young people that it's good to have a dream
Eeh, if you say that...
If you have something like that in mind,
why don't you tell me anything?
Well, I was very much worried about that...
In times like that, you should ask for advice, right?
Ah, yeah, thank you
Don't be so lovey-dovey like that! Everyone is watching
We're showing it
U~n, Taro-sa~n
Come on, Yamato too
- Let's be lovey-dovey together! - Aah~
Hey, wait, why are you running away?
Please
Please let them show their dance to the entire school
I beg you, please
Hey, hey, everyone!
Taro-sensei is negotiating about that!
About letting us dance after the end-of-term ceremony!
Hooray~! Hooray!
But if we fail, then everything will be over
Our group activities will be banned as well
We'll have to stop doing cheer-dance
It will be fine. If they watch our dance,
I'm sure there will be people who want to join us
Defeating JETS,
Aiming for dominating the All-American!
We are
Rockets！
Fuuu~!
Cheer dance? Are you joining JETS?
The school is different, there's no way I can join them
One week until the end-of-term ceremony, I'll do my best!
Let's go, Taro!
I don't get it at all
Wakaba and Aoi...
...they used to tell us about anything when they were children
Wakaba has always been like that
When she finds something she wants to do, her eyes will be sparkling
Even before Onee-chan started to learn ballet,
Wakaba already told me that she wanted to do that
- She did? - Yeah
The reason that made Aoi who's actually shy could join JETS,
it's all because Wakaba
- Good morning! - Ah, Shiori, good morning!
2 2 3, hey... 1 2, hey
1 2 3 Good morning!
Ah, good morning! 1 2 3, jump!
- 1 2 3, jump! - Good morning~!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
Ah, Taro!
Taro, Taro! Wait~
- Who is that girl? - She's from D class. Don't you know it?
That girl, in the past...
So it was true, about the cutter-stabbing thing
I'm not someone who hangs out with others
I ever had that kind of thoughts too, like "I want to kill that person!"
I didn't really do that though
- 5 6 7 8 - Look
1 2, next...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I always thought that she's such a fool,
but apparently she's hopelessly stupid!
Indeed she is
Yosh, let's do it once more! Let's start from the chorus part
5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4
We'll perform at the end-of-term ceremony
Come to watch us, okay? You'll understand if you watch us
Sorry for making you wait!
- We are waiting! - Sorry~
- We've finished the chorus part - The chorus?
Good work
Finally, the special seminar will be held next week
In this important summer holiday, make sure to study intensively
What is it, Asako?
Nothing
I see
One school term is over
These past 4 months, I wonder how it was for you all
As for me, I only have 2 more years
before I retire from this school
I wonder what I can do during these time left for me
If I earnestly thought about that, every day...
"Does Shibata Maki come to school?"
somehow,
"She doesn't though, why?"
Maybe I don't have much interest...
about young people.
Do you want to listen a bit to an old story of mine?
It was a story of a student when I was a homeroom teacher a long time ago
That male student,
he really loved dinosaurs
There was a day in a summer holiday,
when he was suddenly missing.
He caused a big uproar to the police and the school.
A big search was held, but no one couldn't find him.
Then, 1 week later...
...he suddenly appeared.
"Where have you been?!" I asked.
He said he had gone to the mountain, where it's said that there was dinosaurs fossil in it.
He said he wanted to discover that.
I was like, "Hah?!"
Then I was really mad at him.
But when I think about it now,
for him,
that must be his greatest summer holiday.
Being so absorbed into something like that, I think it's a treasure.
Students, I hope you all have a great summer holiday.
If you want to go somewhere,
make sure you tell it to someone first.
- Then you can go wherever you want. - Yes.
Principal, thank you very much
Well, with this, the end-of-term ceremony will...
Well, please wait a moment
I'm sorry, ah, well...
Please give us only 3 minutes of your time
Some of you might have already heard about this though,
at the moment, there are some students who want to make cheer-dance club
If there are 2 more people joining them,
they will be officially recognized as a club activity
First, please watch their dance
Let me introduce,
Rockets
One, two...
I'm so nervous...
We'll be fine
♬～
♬～kakenukeru hikoukigumo running through the vapor trail
♬～bokura no negai our hope is
♬～Attention, please
♬～kagiri aru toki no naka in this limited time
♬～hashiritsuzukete yukou let's keep running
♬～I'm a dreamer
♬～yume o kataru tabi ni in the journey where we talk about dreams
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4
♬～atsukunaru omoi wa Our burning feelings
5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4
♬～takaramono are our treasure
♬～te o nobashite while reaching out its hands
5 6 7 8
♬～machitsuzuketa sora the sky kept waiting
1 2 3 4, together
♬～tabidachi no toki wa ima the time for our journey is now
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
♬～itsu no hi mo among all the days
♬～minna sora miage everyone, look up at the sky
♬～aruitekitanda while we keep walking
♬～mae o muite look forward
♬～waraeru you ni so you can laugh
♬～tsumazuite mo ii it's okay if you stumble
♬～furikaeri wa shinai don't look back
♬～ima da tobitate now take off
♬～yume rocket the dream rocket
♬～
♬～kawaru koto o negau kimi you who hope for a change
♬～kawaranu koto o nozomu hito people who hope they won't change
♬～sorezore shinjiru each of you believing in that
♬～sora o miagete and look up to the sky
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
♬～My dream that's my dream
♬～nagai yoru o koe passing through the long night
♬～hoshizora no mukou de on the other side of the starry sky
♬～deau mono wa the thing we encounter there
♬～kitto subarashii is surely wonderful
♬～omoikiri sora e to the sky with all of our might
♬～michi naru uchuu e to the unknown universe
♬～ima tobitate now take-off
♬～yume rocket the dream rocket
♬～
Thank you very much!
Is there any? People who want to dance with us
Let's do cheer-dance together!
Are you joining us?
Yaa~y!
So we have 7 members now
Just one more member to go
One more person
Anyone,
Is there anyone who want to join us?
With only 7 people,
it won't be enough
It is, right? It's not enough
Well then,
3 minutes have passed
With this, unfortunately the cheer-dance club will be...
That's why...
I'll be the 8th member
- Eh?! - Asako?
I also
want to dance with you all
So... this is the thing you want to do?
Wait, what are you talking about?
How about the summer short course? The special seminar?
I'll work hard on that too
I'll do my best,
so please let me do cheer-dance as well!
No, no, now is the crucial period for your future...
That 'now'!
Now, this is what I want to do
Doing cheer dance...
...together with them
The things that I want to do...
...I can only do it now!
She wants to do cheer-dance?
- It doesn't suit her at all - She will really do that?
It's impossible
Hey, you!
You're laughing at her?!
Don't laugh at a person that really wants to do something!
Would you stop... laughing?
Please let me...
...join the cheer-dance club
With pleasure!
With this now we have 8 members!
So now cheer-dance club...
...is formed, right?
Thank you very much
We did it!
- Yay! - Let's work hard!
- Thank God! - The ceremony has over
The ceremony is dismissed
You may go back to your classroom
You don't understand
That reality...
...won't go that smoothly