We, Rockets, achieved the victory we'd been desired for...
...in Hokushin'etsu Challenge Cup in spring.
In this last summer of our school days...
...as we're striving for the ticket to National Tournament...
"71 days to go until Kansai Region Qualifying Tournament"
...we work hard on practices everyday, toward the qualifying tournament for Kansai region.
"Kansai Region Cheer-Dance Qualifying Tournament"
"ROCKETS Practice Menu"
- Let's continue with our noon practice! - Okay!
Honoka...
...by the way, what do you mean by this?
About 'You'll never walk alone'?
Yeah.
You're not alone.
We always walk along with you. That's the meaning.
- I see~ - There's a song like that.
Previously, when I was still living in London...
...I heard the supporters of Liverpool soccer team...
...sang this song in a chorus from the tribunes.
Somehow, I was deeply moved by that sense of unity.
Though your dreams be tossed and blown...
...With hope in your heart...
...And you'll never walk alone.
"Even though your dream is smashed down..."
"...embrace the hope in your heart and move on..."
"You're not alone."
When I wrote this before, our team was just formed...
...and the members weren't as solid as now.
So I wrote this while hoping that we can unite as one.
So it's like that.
Somehow, it seems like our story before, right?
- Yeah. - You're right.
Ah, this is bad! The homeroom session is starting!
- It's bad... - It's bad, it's bad!
- The paper I just handed out to you is about the future course you desire to enter after graduating... - See you later!
- Sa~fe! - It's out!
- Hurry up, take your seat! - I'm sorry.
We're going to have parent-and-child meeting for this.
You have to discuss this with your family too...
- ...and seriously think about this. - Okay.
- What's this? - It's form about our desired future course after graduating.
Ooh...
- Waseda's Department of Education? - How great!
As expected from class-rep.
So you want to be a teacher just like your father.
- It's not like that. - Nozomi, are you really going to a nurses' school?
Well, my sister is also a nurse anyway.
I've found a job in my relative's company.
Wow!
Me too. I guess we'll be forever in Fukui then.
- Kaori, you're going to Tokyo, right? - Yeah! I'm entering vocational school for fashion.
- You're really going to Tokyo! - You just want to play around, right?
- It's not like that! - Really?
- Of course! - So it's already time...
- ...to think about this? - Well, it's already summer of our third year anyway.
Hey, what about you, Yuki?
I want to go to art university.
- I see. - Wakaba, could it be that you...
I haven't think about it at all!
Well...
Well, Fujitani...
...there's no such thing like this!
"All-American Champion!"
Wakaba, why don't you write it properly?!
Even though you say that...
...for now, I can't think of anything else.
Well, Fujitani, it's good that you work so hard in your club activities.
To aim for All-American is good too.
But your life after that is still a looooong way to go.
I know that though...
It's your life anyway.
What do you intend to do?
Please have a seat.
I look forward to talk with you.
Somehow... this feels really awkward.
About Asako, how is she doing?
Ah, w-well...
I think she had worked so hard in both studying and club activities.
She even got an A in her mock exam for the university of her first choice.
- I think if she continues this way, she'll be okay... - It's fifty-fifty, isn't it?
- Sorry? - My daughter is weak under pressure.
During her high-school entrance exam...
...she got stomachache because she was so nervous and failed the test.
Because of that, she ended up studying here.
So, as not to mess up again like that time...
...we should think about how she could show her true ability even when she's under pressure.
- It's still fifty-fifty... - I'll be fine.
I'm different from the way I used to be.
Taeko, you said you wanted to be a pastry chef, right?
Yeah. So I'm going to finish my study in vocational school...
...and someday, I'll sell sweets in my own shop!
So you're going to sell sweets in Enoki Restaurant?
You're taking university entrance exam, right, Koto?
This time, I want to properly study about traditional Japanese dance in university.
I also want to go to university in Tokyo though...
- ...but my parents opposed that. - Why?
They're so overprotective that they don't want me to leave home.
What about you, Sakura?
I'm trying to enter a textile company.
I'll have my second interview next time!
- Wow! - Really?
You all have already thought about what to do.
Nagisa?
- What happened? - My parents got really pissed off.
They said, "What do you mean by finding a job? You have to go to university!".
Your father is a fisherman, right?
Yeah. He's so stubborn. VERY stubborn.
My parents also opposed when I said that I wanted to be a pro-dancer.
- Pro? - Me too.
- I want to go to America and do cheer-dance. - Huh?
But since I live only with my mother, we don't have such budget for that.
First, I have to save up money for studying abroad.
Studying abroad in America?
It's better if they can have proper talk at home.
As for Kurihara Nagisa-san, it was a hard time for me...
...since she suddenly started a quarrel with her dad about whether she'll find a job or go to university.
For me, the parent I had to face is Vice Principal.
Somehow I felt like having an interview instead.
- It feels like hell. 'In the hell'. - What are you talking about?
Ah! N-no. Nothing in particular.
Teachers for third-year students, please properly guide your students until they graduate.
- I hope for your cooperation. - Yes.
Though it feels like they just enrolled our school...
...now they already have to decide what future course to take.
It's already such time now.
- Good work. - Good work.
- Good work! - Oh gosh, I have to hurry for my cram school!
- I have part-time job too! - I have to help at the restaurant~
Hello, Mom?
Huh? Tomorrow?
When the tournament is over, we'll be graduated.
It's almost time for us to separate with Rockets.
I never really thought about that before.
Shiori.
I'm sorry that you have to expressly come here to Tokyo.
Actually, it's okay if I have to come to Fukui to see you...
- Next time, I'll... - It's okay, actually.
What's your intention?
Well...
Actually, this fall, I get a job transfer...
...so I'll be going to America.
I see.
Shiori...
- Don't you want to come with me? - What?
You always say that...
...you want to go to America and do cheer-dance there, right?
It will be great if you can quickly prepare yourself...
...and enter a high school there, right?
I know it must be hard for you to live only with your mother.
I never do anything for you this far...
...so this time, as your father...
...I want to properly support you, Shiori.
It's really a great chance for you, right?
How selfish you are.
Even though you have never properly contacted me since you divorced with Mom...
...now you suddenly try to act like a father. It's a trouble for me, you know.
I have my own life now...
...and also precious friends I treasure.
Just leave me alone.
Hey!
Stop it, please!
Please stop!
- You're so cute. - Let's go together somewhere~
- I'm home! - Welcome home.
Ah~ I'm hungry.
Huh? Where's Dad?
He's still working, isn't he?
O~oh.
So you're still working.
Yeah. I'm going to finish this.
Dad, do you like this job?
I neither like nor dislike it.
It's our family business anyway.
I see...
I guess I'll take over this business then.
- Huh? - Well...
...it would be bad if no one takes over the business, right?
Don't say something foolish!
There's no job you can properly do with such naive way of thinking.
Wash your hand and eat your dinner!
Where did she go?
- Let's go there! - Yeah!.
Yes?
- Huh? - Wakaba...
Nagisa, what happened?
- Please let me stay here for a while. - What?
- You're running away from home? - I don't want to see my father's face.
Please!
I'm okay with that though...
You're the only one I can rely on to, Wakaba.
Because everyone else is busy with exams or job hunting, right?
What do you mean by that?
Sorry, sorry.
Actually, why isn't it good to have the same job with my father?
I like Fukui's sea...
...so I seriously think about having a job related to fisheries.
Me too...
- My father scolded me just now. - Why?
He said that to inherit my family business isn't something I can easily do.
Wakaba, do you really want to inherit your family business?
Well, to say it like that...
Shiori! Good morning!
- Good morning. - Good morning!
- I'm sorry for suddenly absent yesterday. - Yeah.
How is it with your father?
Well, it's not something important.
- So it's like that... - Shiori, don't you bring us any souvenirs?
No, I didn't go there for vacation anyway.
- Huh? - I want to have some though...
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Sorry for bothering your morning practice.
- Kiryuu. - Yes?
Please come with me.
Okay.
Yes?
- Come in. - Excuse me.
Sit down.
Actually...
...we got a call from the police just now.
They want to confirm if yesterday...
...you're involved in an assault case in Tokyo.
Seems like the guy who was the victim...
...told the police that you injured him.
Do you know anything about this?
Did you go to Tokyo yesterday?
Yes... I went to Tokyo.
Then, did you hurt anyone there?
I didn't.
I...
...didn't do anything.
I understand.
I'll tell the police about that.
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Okay, stop. Next, let's practice the jazz part.
Okay!
Nagisa, come here.
- Shiori? - Huh?
Ah, what's next?
We'll practice the jazz part.
I see. Well... I'll be here then.
- Sorry. - Let's do this part.
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Mako, come here.
- Hey, have you seen this? - I have...
This is about Shiori-senpai, right?
"Is it that Kiryuu Shiori who transferred from Tokyo to Fukui?" "Kiryuu Shiori involved in an assault case in her previous school?"
"Kiryuu Shiori, former student of Tokyo Metropolitan Tachibana Kita High School, involved in assault case!?"
So it was like that?
What is it? It's all over the internet.
"Kiryuu Shiori, former student of Tokyo Metropolitan Tachibana Kita High School, who is now the student of Fukui Nishi High School, involved in assault case? She caused an injury to a man!!"
They even put Shiori-senpai's photograph.
Good morning.
Good morning...
What's wrong?
Senpai, here...
Huh?
"Kiryuu Shiori, who was up until last year, a student of Tokyo Metropolitan Tachibana Kita High School, involved in an assault case in Shibuya. She caused an injury to a man then ran away. Seems like she is currently in Fukui."
- What's this? - Shiori did such things...?
- Shiori. - What's wrong?
On the internet...
...there's some bad things written about you.
Did something happen in Tokyo?
Shiori?
Nothing happened.
If nothing happened, why do these bad articles appear?
- It said assault case... - There's no way she's involved in such things.
You really didn't do anything, right?
Are you doubting me?
No, it's not like that.
Let's practice, shall we? Let's get changed.
We aren't doubting you though...
...but if there's something happened, you should tell us.
If it's not true, isn't it better to have these articles erased?
Yeah, you're right.
But how do we erase them?
It's enough. I'm going home.
Shiori.
She's somehow strange, isn't she?
What happened actually?
But if these articles are true...
...won't we be disqualified from the tournament?
"Kiryuu Shiori from Fukui Nishi High School assaulted someone" "A Fukui student assaulted someone in Tokyo???" "Kiryuu Shiori escapes"
"Kiryuu Shiori, a 3rd year student involved in assault case!?"
"Isn't she doing cheer-dance?"
"Shouldn't she be arrested?" "At this level, she should be suspended from her club activities"
"Which cheer-dance club, JETS or ROCKETS?
"ROCKETS, where will it fly to..." "So ROCKETS will be disbanded!?"
I'm Matsunaga Yuuki, a lawyer from Matsunaga Law Firm.
Is this Kiryuu Shiori's phone number?
Yes.
On 7 July at Shibuya Street...
...you were involved in an assault case which caused injury to Tobashi Hiroki-san.
We've received a formal request from Tobashi-san.
Regarding this case...
...we've filed a report to the police station.
Apart from that, you'll have to prepare...
...the consolation money as the compensation for the damages you've caused.
So we'd like to meet your parents...
The number you are calling is out of reach.
- As expected, Shiori didn't answer... - I see.
Nagisa-chan, you have to call your mother too.
I will. I'm sorry.
I wonder what happened...
Defeat JETS!
Wow!
- Everyone, write something too. - Yeah, let's write something!
Aiming for All-American champion!
We are... Rockets!!
In the 1st place, Rockets!
Excuse me.
Shiori.
You didn't come to the morning practice. What happened?
I...
- ...quit the cheer-dance club. - Huh?
I...
- ...quit the cheer-dance club. - Huh?
- What do you mean with that? - You lie, right?
I've submitted the resignation letter.
Regarding to his job transfer, my father will be going to America...
...and I'm going together with him.
I'll enter a university there...
...and continue doing cheer-dance.
Hey, wait a second...
Then what will happen to Rockets?
Yeah. It's you who wanted to form Rockets at the beginning, right?
I was worried about that.
However...
...to go to America and do cheer-dance there...
...is my true dream.
Shiori...
You lie, don't you?
I'm not lying.
The reason I went to Tokyo before...
...was actually to discuss about this with my dad.
To do this... aren't you being irresponsible?
Even though it was because of you we all started this cheer-dance club...
I'm sorry.
But...
...even though I'm not around...
...Rockets will be just fine.
Shiori!
Shiori.
What happened?
What about the practice?
Haru.
I'm going to go to America.
Huh?
To have a long distance relationship between America and Japan...
...is totally impossible for me.
That's why I'm going to cancel my reservation for the spot beside you.
Am I...
...being rejected?
Do you come to hate it?
Hate you?
I mean Rockets.
There's no way I would hate them.
- I see. - Haru...
...please take care of Wakaba.
What? Shiori did that?
I never imagine Rockets...
- ...without Shiori around. - To go to America in such timing...
...it's surely strange.
What should we do, Onee-chan?
In JETS, we have this term called "welcome pinch".
"Welcome pinch"...?
Saotome-sensei from JETS always said that...
...pinch is the greatest chance.
Feel worried or grief...
...and sometimes have quarrel with each other...
...that's what makes the team stronger.
That's why...
...I still warmly welcome Nagisa who is now running away from home.
Perhaps...
...Shiori is having her greatest pinch now.
What happened?
Won't you say anything?
I didn't do anything.
But if because of my fault...
...our team will be troubled...
...it will be better if I'm not around.
Don't be silly.
I'm riding on the Rockets you created, Shiori.
But if you got off like this...
...what would happen to us who are left behind?
When I decided to move to Tokyo...
...I was extremely worried, you know.
Since I just left Fukui even though Dad was totally opposing my decision.
But when I began my life in Tokyo, at times when I calmed down a bit...
...I met a friend from JETS...
...she scolded me badly, telling me to come back to Fukui right away...
...and talk properly to Dad.
Especially toward the people close to us...
...we have to convey our feelings in words properly, right?
Because of that...
....I decided to face Dad and have a proper talk to him.
So it's like that...
We often don't realize it when we make mistakes, right?
But I think, to have someone around...
...who can tell that we're doing something wrong...
...is something we should be thankful for.
What makes me feel grateful the most about doing cheer-dance is...
...that I could meet such friends in JETS.
It will be great if Rockets can be like that too.
Do you want me to help?
"Notice of Withdrawal"
If Urushido-sensei knows about this...
Well..
- Excuse me! - Yes?
About Shiori's resignation letter...
- ...could you please not accept it yet? - Huh?
Please!
Ah.. o-okay.
Come with me.
Huh?
Everyone...
...we still have qualifying tournament for Kansai region...
...and National Tournament ahead.
After the All-American...
...our high-school life will end.
We don't have much time left...
...to be together with everyone like this.
I want us to be able to...
...support each other's dreams...
...and tell each other when we make mistakes.
I really want us to become...
...irreplaceable friends for the rest of our life.
However...
...about Shiori's dream to go to America...
...I can't support it somehow.
Shiori.
The Rockets we have here now...
...is a miracle, right?
It's a miracle you've created, Shiori.
But even so...
...I don't want to part with you while still doubting you like this.
Do you still want to keep silent?
I want to properly listen...
...to what you have to say.
When I went to Tokyo...
...I happened to meet a junior from my previous school on the way home...
What are you doing?!
- What's with you? - Kiryuu-senpai...
- I'll be fine, just go. - Okay, I'm really sorry.
- What? - Hey, hey~
Stop it, please!
What do you want, huh?
Hey, hey, hey...
- Don't just do things as you please! - Stop it, please!
- Hey, wait! - Let go off my hand!
Whoa, are you okay?
It hurts...
Hey, wait!
I didn't do anything wrong...
...but I can't prove it either.
If it becomes a trouble...
...for my precious Rockets...
...it's better if I'm not around.
That's what I thought...
That's not right.
It will trouble us if you quit.
Wakaba...
I believe in you, Shiori.
Even if...
...the whole world is doubting you...
...I will still believe you, Shiori.
Yeah.
Something's just not right if we loses the one who talks too much like you.
Something feels missing...
- ...without the sharp-tongued evil around. - You're right.
Well, it's a bit of exaggeration though.
But we'll lose the frightening senior then.
Yeah, the rhythm will be off.
Do really want to go to America?
I don't want to quit...
I...
...don't want to quit Rockets!
Shiori.
Hey, Maki, you're crying?
- It can't be! - What?
Huh, really?
I don't cry~
Then, what should we do?
We have to go to the police station and prove Shiori's innocence.
Okay then, everyone! Let's go to Tokyo now!
Yeah!
Let's go!
No, no, you can't! Stop, stop!
I can't permit you all to go to Tokyo.
- Why? - Why is it?
Because...
...only Kiryuu and I will go to the police station in Tokyo.
For the rest of you, please practice for the qualifying tournament for Kansai region.
I will prove that Kiryuu Shiori is innocent!
Vice Principal...
- Let's go then. - Okay.
Shiori.
Here, take this with you.
Even if we're apart...
...we'll always be with you.
Thank you.
I'm going now.
It's really nice!
- Let's do it! - Okay!
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Maki.
7 and 8 and
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5
The English word we should write here is 'roll-off'.
Ah!
What's the movement after roll-off part?
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- Here, Sakura. For table 2, please. - Roger!
Here, your gyoza.
Ah, it's not right
Senpai!
There are some parts we don't understand. Can we practice together?
- Shall we do it from the front? - Okay.
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Okay!
Shiori.
Sorry... for making you worried.
Dad, how was it going?
I want to confirm it one more time.
- So it was not like that? - Yes.
When I was insulted by this guy, Kiryuu-senpai came and helped me.
Thank you very much for your courage...
...to come forward as a witness.
It was you who insulted her first...
...so what she did was...
...a legitimate self-defense. Am I correct?
Don't be such a hindrance...
...to our precious students' dream!
So it means that Shiori is...
Of course.
She's innocent.
Shiori~
Thank you~
- Welcome back! - I'm home!
Thank God!
- Ah, I'm tired! - I'm hungry~
- Yeah. - If it's so...
...how about going to Enoki Restaurant?
Okay!
Hello.
Ah, Shiori.
Dad, I...
...I can't go to America for now.
So it's like that.
But for seriously thinking about my future like that...
...thank you very much.
I was so happy.
Do your best in cheer-dance.
As your dad, I will always support you.
Yeah.
Shiori! Come on.
Okay!
- What are you talking about? - We're all going to Enoki Restaurant... what about you?
Ah, I'm full.
Wakaba.
I'll be going home now. Thank you for everything.
Will you be okay?
Well, today is fishing day.
When my dad comes back from fishing...
...it's always been my rule to see him and say 'welcome home'.
Hmm, how should I put it...
...apparently you love your father so much, right?
Stop it, that sounds gross!
But it's no good if we can't properly express our feelings...
...to those who are close to us, right?
You're right.
Dad.
Please tell me more...
...about your job.
I still don't know about what I really want to do in the future though...
...but I want to know more...
...about your job.
Sit here.
"10 days to go until Kansai Region Qualifying Tournament"
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1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and...
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And 1...
"1 day to go until Kansai Region Qualifying Tournament"
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"The 27th Kansai Region Cheer-Dance Qualifying Tournament"
Next, from Niwa High School of Osaka Prefecture...
...Betty's!
- Everyone, let's form a circle! - Okay!
We're best friends!
Let's give our best performance!
Yeah!
Let's go then.
Fly high to anywhere!
We are...
Rockets!
Fuuuu~!
Yosh! Let's go!
Yeah!