It's spring now. Since Rockets was formed on September...
"Spring 2019"
...I'm now in the third grade.
Pay more attention to the music. Yeah, like that. And to your toes.
You're focusing too much on how to sync with others.
- You should be more expressive. - Okay!
"Aiming for All-American Champion"
In order to make our impossible dream come true...
...we give out all of our energy everyday.
Taeko, your movements are too stiff.
- Be more flexible. - Okay.
But we only have 24 hours in one day...
...and time is not something unlimited.
- Please gather. - Yes!
It's only one month to go until the Hokushin'etsu Challenge Cup.
"22 days to go until Hokushin'etsu Challenge Cup"
Brace yourself everyday...
...and keep practicing by yourself at home.
Yes!
This morning, I've got this from Taro-sensei.
So it's your turn for Taro-notes today, Maki?
What did Taro-sensei write?
"It's about time for the Hokushin'etsu Challenge Cup!"
"Did you practice properly?"
Of course we do!
It will be your second time to perform in a stage in such event...
...after your appearance in Fukui Tournament in September last year.
To remember about what happened that time...
...some of you must be worried.
I've made some notes about that.
You're now different from that time.
With all the hard works you've piled up until now, and if you trust your friends...
...I think you all will be surely fine.
You're doing well.
Ah, yes.
Yeah! We're different from ourselves from that time.
We can surely win this time!
Yeah!
Moreover, JETS doesn't participate this time...
...so there's no way we can't win!
- Yeah! - You're right.
Just as you said.
Vice Principal.
I'm also the substitute adviser.
- Please gather. - Yes.
In this tournament which JETS doesn't participate...
...if you can't win this time...
...your dream to be All-American champion will just remain a dream.
What is it? Though what he says is really true...
But to hear it from Vice Principal... well.
You don't have time to spare for things other than cheer-dance.
Yeah! We should throw everything away and concentrate fully on cheer-dance!
You're right! As expected from the club-president.
We shouldn't even spare our time for studying as well.
You fool. It's something else. It's a must for us to study.
Well, well. It means that from 24 hours you have in a day, you should be fully prepared...
...to devote your time for cheer-dance, other than for sleeping and studying.
Isn't it too much...?
Ah.
Shoo!
Now is a very important time for the cheer-dance club.
That's why after this, I forbid all members of this club...
...to be involved in romantic relationship.
No! I don't get it!
Well, JETS also has that kind of rule among them.
Right, Coach Aoi?
Well... it's true though.
See? So it's okay.
From now on, love is strictly prohibited!
Sorry to make you wait. I want to go to that cafe in front of the station!
So Nozomi already has a boyfriend?
I don't know about that~
How good~ I want a boyfriend too.
Huh? You don't have boyfriend, Honoka-senpai?
Well... I'm just happened to have none for now.
Wait, you have a boyfriend?
- Yeah. / It can't be. - You too?
Of course.
It's obvious, right?
Seriously...?
We're just told about the love-restriction, right?
Ah, class-rep! Do you have anyone you like?
I'm not interested in that kind of things.
It's just a waste of time.
But if JETS also have that love-restriction rule...
...then it can't be helped. It's true that we have to work hard anyway.
Ah, Haru!
Haru, fight!
We have someone who isn't listening at all here.
- Shiori, let's go. - Okay.
Excuse me.
Ah, umm...
Are you talking to... me?
Yes!
Can you please... take this?
"To Sakurazawa Asako"
What is it? What is it? Open it, open it!
"I'm sorry for suddenly writing a letter to you like this. I'm Mizushima Hiroki from 2-B."
"To see how you always give your best in cheer-dance practices..."
"...It makes me wants to talk to you, Sakurazawa-senpai."
"If you don't mind, please contact me."
This is a love letter!
Class-rep, you've got a love confession!
We only have 24 hours in a day, and time is not limitless.
Ah, I have to go to cram school!
But even so, there are so many important things...
...that makes our hearts jump up and down to many directions.
Dad?
What? Are you okay?
I'm going home now.
What happened?
Ah, my father sprained his back a little bit...
...so he can't easily move around in the restaurant. So I'm going home now.
See you tomorrow.
It's hard for her, isn't it?
Her mother's health isn't really good too.
But we don't have time to look away.
Because we have a dream...
...a dream we want to make come true more than anything.
Oh, really? So there's a love letter for that class-rep.
Onee-chan, three minutes have passed, right?
But if Vice Principal knows about that, he's going to faint.
Your arms are falling off.
Well, it's class-rep anyway.
I think she won't do anything about that.
You don't understand. Mind and heart are totally different.
Even though you know you shouldn't be, you end up liking him. That's what love is.
- Really? - Wakaba, aren't you just running away?
- Huh? - It's because you're afraid...
...that admitting your feelings will change your relationship, right?
What are you talking about?
Haru!
If it's continue like this, Shiori will really take him away, you know.
I don't... We're just childhood friends, anyway.
Is it really okay? Even though you play a sweet innocent girl, or act as if you're clumsy about love...
...no prince would come to pick you up, you know.
A prince...?
Onee-chan, how old are you? Aren't you ashamed...
...to talk about Merci things like that?
It's Märchen. *Note: Märchen = fairy tale
I know! I just mistaken it a bit.
Look, you're restless.
I'm not!
Everyone, I'm sorry!
I know the tournament is drawing near, and it's such an important time...
I see. So you have to help out at the restaurant after school.
It's only for a while though, until my father is fully healed.
Even though I'm already worse than you all...
...I'm really sorry.
Even though you apologize like that, it's your family's circumstances anyway.
What about Sunday? You can come to practice at least once, right?
Yeah. I will seriously practice at home too.
We should do more noon practice, then?
Yeah. Let's do that.
I'm really sorry.
We'll work it out.
That's why, 'sorry' is now prohibited.
Yeah. Sorry.
Ah!
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- Let's have a break. - Okay.
Thank you.
Huh? You haven't finished yet?
Even though we've been told about the love-restriction... What's with her?
Well, well, for those who have boyfriends...
...it must be a trouble to suddenly be told not to have love relationship, right?
But it's actually possible, right? I don't think I should say this though...
...but I think I'm pretty cute, and I'm not ugly as well.
- What? - So there must be some boys here and there...
...who are interested in me. But to speak about boys...
...there are also boys who only want to have girlfriend...
...and think any girl is okay, right?
Then, to know if he's serious or not...
- What about the love-restriction? - If I let him go free for a bit...
...he'd go out with other girl right away.
In the end, that's how much he actually likes me.
Are you a princess?
What circumstance is she talking about? Do you understand?
Not at all.
It means that we shouldn't just wait.
Principal!
Here, I bought you some snacks.
Thank you very much!
How is it? Everyone is working hard?
Yes!
We'll surely win! So Principal, please support...
Enough with that. What do you mean by 'we shouldn't just wait'?
Nowadays, boy will quickly run away...
...after ringing a doorbell of the house of the girl he's interested in.
So you have to immediately open the door and come out to meet him.
Girls who have ability to take action like that will surely get the love.
Well, since I've expressly come here...
...what about having a tea?
Huh? What circumstance is she talking about?
Do you understand?
- I understand. - What?
- Principal. - Yes?
Please don't talk about weird things like that.
We don't have time to think about such unnecessary things.
But I think...
...even though you're told not to be in love, love isn't something you can really stop.
Even though you insist on doing that, you can't just stop it anyway.
Well, you don't need to think that hard about it.
It's okay.
By the way, did you contact him?
There's no way I would do that!
Well, I think he... what's his name, Mizushima-kun?
I think he gave out his courage to do that.
It's pitiful if you ignore him.
Good work.
Ah, Yuki. You're going home now?
Yeah. Here, I made this.
- Hmm? - What?
Aah~ How cute!
I'm going to make a horizontal banner like this to support you all at the tournament.
- Thank you, Yuki. - No problem.
This one looks different from the others.
It's drawn by a junior in the art club named Mizushima.
He said, 'I also want to support them'.
Ooh~ So he's in the art club.
Asako, you should contact him to say thanks for this.
Huh? Why me?
I don't know his contact info, right?
So I'll leave it to you, class-rep.
Yosh.
"I'm Sakurazawa from 3rd grade."
"Thank you for your drawing..."
"...for the horizontal banner."
"Thank you for contacting me! I'm really happy!"
"To give you a letter so suddenly like that, actually I was afraid..."
"...that it would bother you."
"I was surprised though, but it's not bothering me."
"Enoki Restaurant"
Thank you for the meal.
"Since the restaurant's owner is having sprained back, we don't serve food cooked with wok. But we still serve our famous fried rice"
Thank you very much!
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Taeko, please take this, ouch...
Okay.
- Sorry. - It's okay.
Sorry to make you wait, this is your mapo tofu.
Ah, after this, we still have some homework to do.
- It's really tough, right. - Yeah, it's hard.
About Haruma-san, will he be okay?
Our coach said he could throw the ball though, but isn't it pretty bad?
It's a regular game anyway. What will happen if we lose?
- He must feel really sorry then. - Yeah, you're right.
I think it's better to leave him alone.
But...
I understand Haru's feeling.
Me too, in my previous school, it was my fault that my team was lost from JETS.
People talked badly about me behind my back...
...but even so, I desperately worked hard.
I think to comfort him in times like this is not the right thing to do.
So it's like that?
Wakaba...
...do you like Haru?
Huh? What are you...
At first, I was just curious about him somehow...
...that he was pretending to be tough when he actually felt restless.
It makes me think that maybe, we both are similar in some ways.
I can't win if it's about how much time you've spent with Haru...
...but surely, I can be the one...
...who can understand Haru best.
Or to properly say it, I want to be like that!
Well, I...
...I like Haru.
But I think...
...it's not like...
...how you feel about him.
So it's like that. I understand.
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- Sorry! - I'm sorry.
Ah, Taeko-senpai, for that part, we actually changed the pair yesterday.
We've written it down there.
"Change in movement pair! Attention please!!"
Ah, I'm sorry.
It can't be helped. Taeko always practices alone anyway.
What about splitting up in group for the practice?
You're right. That might be good.
Class-rep, where is the paper we drew the formation on?
Class-rep?
Huh? Sorry, what did you say?
We're splitting up in group for today's practice.
The formation.
Ah, sorry, I left it in the classroom! I'll take it now!
Asako too, what happened to her?
"I've bought the reference book you've told me about."
"It's really difficult to understand..."
"I didn't understand either at first..."
"...but after I read it again and again, I finally understand it."
"I'm sure you'll be okay!"
"If you don't mind, what about going out together somewhere next time?"
Huh?
Don't just read it as you please!
I don't read it. I just happened to see it...
Is he your friend? That boy.
It's not like that.
Now everyone in Rockets is doing their best...
That's why I told you it's not like that!
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Stop.
Aah... why can't I do that right...?
Hey, isn't it pretty bad?
Hmm, I'm a bit worried.
- I thought so too. - Taeko...
...will it be okay for her to participate in the tournament?
It's true if she's a bit messy today...
...but I think she'll work harder from now on.
Well, I don't want to say this, though...
...but if we remain like this, Rockets won't be able to win.
- We're done~ - Next, go ahead.
Um...
...actually, I've been worried about when I should tell you this...
...so I didn't say it out...
...but I... I'm not going to participate in the tournament.
Why?
The restaurant doesn't have any day-off...
But your father knows about this tournament, right?
Well, there are troubles with my little brothers too...
Everyone, I'm sorry.
I actually want to participate in the tournament, and I want to win too...
...but my family is also important to me.
I can't pretend not knowing anything while my family is in trouble.
I'm sure you all have your own circumstances too...
...but even so, you still can spare time for cheer-dance practice.
However, with the way I am now...
...I can't give my all into cheer-dance.
I'm really sorry.
If it's you all, I'm sure you can win it.
Please win it.
- Taeko, wait a sec! - Wakaba!
Isn't it good this way?
Are you seriously saying that?
I want to win.
Everyone else thinks the same.
We don't want to cut Taeko out like this...
...but...
Nagisa too...
Wakaba, don't you want to defeat JETS?
The one who dragged us into this All-American champion dream is you, Wakaba. Right?
I think Taeko was being really thoughtful about us...
...to say things like that.
Asako-senpai!
I'm relieved. I was worried since you didn't reply my LINE message before.
I'm sorry. It's impossible for me after all.
It's already hard for me to spare time for studying...
...so I can't really think about anything else.
Everyone desperately does their best...
...and said that we had to win no matter what.
I also want... to give 100% in cheer-dance.
That's why... I can't keep in touch with you anymore.
I'm really sorry.
So Taeko did that...
I have responsibility...
...because I'm the one who brought everyone into Rockest.
I understand that if Taeko also participates...
...there's a chance that we will not win.
If it's so, why are you troubled like this?
We should throw away everything else...
...and focus only on cheer-dance. With such feeling, everyone is doing their best.
I think because of that thought, Taeko decided to withdraw from the tournament.
But it feels a bit off for me...
...since Taeko has worked very hard to come this far.
Somehow, is it okay if she just leave halfway like this?
In crucial times like now...
...I can't be with you all. I'm not fit to be your adviser.
What are you saying? Taro is our adviser!
But I'm busy thinking about my condition more than about you all.
Why do you say such things?
Without Taro-sensei, Rockets won't be Rockets!
It has nothing to do with the fact that you can't be with us now.
Rockets is indeed important for me...
...because your dream is my dream as well.
But for me...
...my body condition is also important...
...and the family who always worries about me is important too.
Hey, Fujitani...
...in order to achieve something...
...do we really have to let go of something else in return?
I see!
Taro-sensei, thank you!
Wakaba, you're late!
Everyone, can I have your time for a while?
Okay.
I'm just like you all.
I want to win the tournament no matter what.
But to remove Taeko like this...
...is not something right to do.
But we can't win otherwise.
It's true that because of her family trouble...
...Taeko didn't have enough time to practice, and her level can't really catch up...
...but she wasn't lazing around, right?
She did her best all the time.
She's having a hard time now.
So to make it not that hard for her...
...can't we do something?
Wakaba...
To be able to throw away everything other than cheer-dance...
...spare lots of time for practices...
...and always do our best is the most important thing.
But there are also times when we can't do that.
Though we might be fine today...
...there's a chance that something will happen tomorrow.
Each time there is someone who can't throw away things other than cheer-dance...
...do we always have to leave her behind?
Of course cheer-dance is important.
We want to win.
However...
...if we have to lose friends...
...in order to achieve that...
...if we let go of something that important...
...what will be left in the end?
I want to dance with you all.
Rockets is Rockets with 20 members.
'Friends is important'...
...I want to keep that as well.
We were worried about something wrong.
When our friend's level is not good enough, it's not about whether we remove her or not...
..but it's about what we should do to help her raising her level.
I'm sorry.
Shiori...
Then, what will we do?
Something that makes Taeko can come to our practice.
About that, I have something to suggest.
Done! Here's fried rice with heshiko and gyoza. Taeko.
Okay.
Here's your fried rice with heshiko and gyoza.
Welcome!
Ah, welcome.
Everyone...
What's wrong?
Starting from today, we'll be taking turns according to this plan.
Huh?
The ones who have to help here today are me and Wakaba.
It's okay, isn't it, Uncle?
Huh? Huh?
With this, you can go to school then, Taeko.
- But... - You're lack of practicing.
Everyone will back you up...
...to make sure you have enough time for practices.
But if you do that, you will...
Even without this plan to help you...
...we're already troubled since we don't have time to go for a date now. Right, class-rep?
Huh? I don't...
Taeko, let's win this together.
I'm never good in giving up...
...so I won't give up on you, Taeko.
Wakaba...
I'm sorry, it's my fault...
Uncle, it's not your fault.
Moreover, saying 'sorry' is prohibited.
Okay. Sorry.
Aah~ Sorry, ah, no, I mean... ah, I don't know anymore.
See? You should go to the practice now.
Everyone is waiting for you.
Okay. Thank you.
Yay~!
Are you fantasizing?
It's meditating. To say I'm fantasizing makes me sound like a pervert.
I know. I just mistaken it a bit.
I'm imagining myself...
...throwing a clean low-and-away pitch and win the game.
But when I lose my focus for a while...
...I imagine what happened on that day right away.
By the way...
...your baseball game will be held in the same day as our tournament.
You must feel timid because cheer-dance club won't be supporting you.
What? How can that be!
How pitiful~
Here, for you.
"You'll be okay"
You have to win no matter what!
Yeah! Haru too.
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- Okay. - And also, please make sure...
- ...you keep your position while dancing. - Okay!
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What should I do...
If we don't win, it must be my fault.
Hey, don't say things like that.
Yeah, we'll be just fine.
I think the conclusion Wakaba made to perform with all members...
...is very typical of Rockets.
Onee-chan...
But the reason why I don't want Taeko to be removed...
...is different from yours.
Among all the members, no one can beat Taeko's ability to read between the lines.
You can be really considerate...
...and make everyone around you feel good.
As a coach...
...I think that I should have you here to win this tournament.
Even now, I'm still thinking that way.
Coach...
Yosh, everyone.
- Let's go! - Okay!
Strike!
"Sabae Higashi"
"Fukui Nishi"
- Nice ball! - Nice ball, nice ball.
The next ball is important.
Here, here.
Aah~ I wonder if they'll be okay...
This is not good, I feel like my heart would stop beating.
What are you saying? To be more nervous than those girls...
...when you're their substitute adviser, what will happen then?
There are so many people coming.
Oh gosh, JETS is watching too.
What should we do?
It's okay.
Let's perform just like how we used to do.
"Please come to watch the tournament."
I'd like to announce player substitution for Fukui Nishi High School.
The pitcher Kamiya-kun will be substituted by Tsubakiyama-kun.
Go! Go! Win the game!
Go~!
- Good luck! - Go! Go!
Play!
Strike!
Yosh!
Thank you for coming.
To come and support you like this is the only thing I can do, anyway.
I'm not such a skillful person...
...and to have love relationship, study, and do club activities at once is impossible for me.
But even so...
...I had so much fun.
Senpai...
I will be waiting.
I will be waiting until the tournament and the exams are over.
Can't... I?
Thank you.
That was the performance from Luna...
- ...from Seishin High School, Ishikawa Prefecture. - Hey, everyone, smile.
You'll be okay.
Sorry!
Hey, Taeko, your glasses...
I'm wearing contact lens today...
- Ah, but as expected, it's embarassing... - You look good with that!
- You look definitely good with that! - From Fukui Nishi High School...
- ...let's welcome, Rockets. - Come on, make a circle.
Yeah!
Fly high to anywhere! We are...
...Rockets!
Fuuu~!
- They're so cool! - Right?
- Wakaba! - Everyone, you're great!
Wakaba, Haruma won the game! He was contributing a lot too.
Yay! Haru did it!
Thank God~ As expected from Haru!
Well, let me announce the result now.
Hokushin'etsu Cheer-Dance Challenge Cup.
In the 3rd place...
...from Seishin High School, Ishikawa Prefecture, Luna!
Next, in the 2nd place...
...from Hakuryuu High School, Nagano Prefecture, Luce!
It's okay.
Yeah.
And now, in the 1st place...
...from Fukui Nishi High School, Fukui Prefecture, Rockets!
We did it, we did it!
We have to keep up our spirits too. We won't give up the All-American champion.
Taro-san, everyone was so great.
They won it!
Rockets won!
Really?
I understand.
What happened?
Well, something really great happened.
- Oh, really? - Yes.
We won!
Yay!