01x07 - Determination

[bunniefuu]

I'm back.

Is it better to be alive?

Asako!

I gotta teach him a few things.

C'mon, Hikaru. Time for school.

He ain't mad about the other day?

I wonder how the choir concert today
is gonna turn out.

Hara kinda gave up on us, didn't he?
"Do yer best, no matter the outcome..."

Wanna ditch school today?

What?

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

Choir concert today.

EPISODE SEVEN: DETERMINATION

- Got the lyrics memorized?
- Nope.

Oh no. I'm nervous now.

Is Class A gonna be okay?

Class D's got it in the bag!

Are we goin' for the gold? No?

KIBOGAYAMA CHOIR CONCERT

No lip-synchin'.

So hot...

Mornin', Ah-chan.

Yu-chan? Where'd you come from?

You a silent assassin or somethin'?

I ain't no assassin. I just said hi.

Morning.

Really? I couldn't hear ya.

That's strange. How come...

Guess what the boys in our class
came up with?

They wanna add choreography
to our choir performance.

Behold, the buffoonery.

Those moves? Ain't no way.

Losing their minds at the final hour.

Says they wanna rap during the interlude.

Our choir's gonna take 'em to school

Blow 'em away 'cause we so cool

Nothin' to lose, so back off, fool

Yeah!

Wow, can we do that?

Told ya!

- You're the coolest, Maki!
- Thanks, fellas.

They're pushin' our luck.

We gotta put a stop to this.

I bet Yoshiki could take care of it...

Looks like he ain't here yet.

Hikaru too.

Yeah...

Hurry up. We'll get in trouble.

Quit bein' such a tryhard.

Hey.

Is it okay for us to be skippin' school?

We have a good attendance record,
so Hara shouldn't be too mad.

Are ya sure you're not mad, Yoshiki?

'Bout the other day.

I ain't mad.

Okay...

Hey, look.

Goin' full throttle on a bike in this heat
looks like t*rture.

That's a normal day for us.

Guess so.

Good morning, Mr. Tsujinaka.

Mornin'. Today's a scorcher, eh?

I'll say. Looking forward
to working with you again today.

Gettin' used to the job yet?

I'm getting the hang of it.

But it's hot as hell
wearing a helmet in the summer.

Can't I just wear a hat?

Safety first. No cuttin' corners.

Ah, yessir.

It's okay today, too?

It's fine.

There's no point forcing yourself
to go to school.

So, where are we going?

The movies.

Your favorite, right?

Oh!

POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!

That night sky
Will become dawn tomorrow

Pour all of your wishes...

Damn.

They're in the zone.

It ain't too late
to ditch the cheesy dance.

Dang, all that practice for nothin'.

Hey, still no sign of Yoshiki or Hikaru.

Maybe they're takin' the day off today.

That bellyache again?

Or just playin' hooky.

Lucky them.

I'm back.

Mom... Kaoru...

Dad... I'm sorry.

Rinshan!

Not havin' fun?

It's not that...

I swear I ain't mad. Just watch the movie.

Weren't you dying to see this?

Yeah.

No way! Tsumo's my one and only frien--

And now, Year Two, Class A
will perform the theme song,

"Shadow of Our Days."

Sometime, somehow

Winter melts into spring

That night sky

Will become dawn tomorrow

Pour all of your wishes

Onto a flock of clouds

And send it away

Toward an unknown future

Without a sound

Keep dreaming that dream

And secretly

Keep seeking what you seek

Even if that glow from the past

Fails to reignite

Toward the future

This pounding in my heart

Now...

Joy, dear friend

See that gleaming shadow of our days

And chase after it

Woe, dear friend

Imagine that wandering soul

Never forget, keep chasing onward

You've done it again, Yoshiki!

Thanks. I'll take good care of it.

Ya really are the nicest guy ever.

Sorrow, dear friend

See this gleaming shadow of our days

And chase after it

Bliss, dear friend

Open that wandering soul

Hi, Mom.

Why are you calling all of a sudden?

Well... Just checkin' to see if you're good.

I'm good.

Oh, okay.

That's great.

Thanks...

Mom.

In that case...

Way to go!

Didn't even need those dance moves!

Tell Dad I said...

Awesome!

...take care.

Yoshiki and Hikaru never showed up, huh?

Later, we'll hit 'em
with that video Hara took.

Yeah.

Watching a tall cedar fall
really gets the adrenaline pumping.

You think your son will get a kick
out of it too?

He's too old to get excited like that.

I barely talk to my son anyway.

Oh, you don't?

Well, you know. It's complicated.

Why was Big Bro talking quieter
than usual?

Wait. He's skipping school, isn't he?

I wonder if this river
goes all the way to the ocean.

Probably.

You wanna go see the ocean?

The ocean's huge, ain't it?

I have a vague memory of it somewhere.

You went with Hikaru
on the way home from school.

In the middle of winter.

I wanna go again.
Gettin' sick of all these mountains.

Let's go for a swim and catch some sharks.

Sharks ain't that easy to catch.

Then I'll use you as bait.

Hey.

While it's eatin' ya,
I'll jab it with a spear!

I'd die.

Let's go see the ocean sometime.

Maybe over summer break.

Ice cream! Movies!

Gettin' to know all this stuff
sure is a blast.

Especially with you, Yoshiki.

But only if ya want to, of course.

I'm in. Let's hit the beach.

Next time.

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

We ditched school only to end up
hangin' at your place like we always do.

Who cares? It's too hot out.

I'm back.

Thanks for havin' me.

Speakin' of Ron and Tsumo,

how'd they become so tight anyway?

Because Tsumo is Ron's only friend
in the world.

Ah, really?

I got a video of today's choir concert.

Ya did?

Without a sound

Keep dreaming that dream

They sound good, huh?

They do.

Maybe I should've gone too.

Fails to reignite

Toward the future

This pounding in my heart

Now...

Joy, dear friend

See that gleaming shadow of our days

And chase after it

Woe, dear frien--

...that wandering soul

Never forget, keep chasing onward

I knew it. You won't die.

Yoshiki?

Way to go!

I was convinced
I could teach ya to be different...

Sorry. I'm sorry...

You hung out with me all day,

plottin' to k*ll me from the start?

I wanted your last memory to be a fun one.

But since ya won't die...

k*ll me instead.

Is that... a request?

Ya want me to do that for you?

What do I do? What now? What now?

It's Yoshiki's request, I gotta do it.

But is this really what Yoshiki wants?

Gotta do somethin'.

I hate this. I hate this!

k*ll him? k*ll him?

k*ll him?

This ain't no time to cry.

I know I don't value life enough.

Even though this stuff
ain't a big deal for me, I think...

humans are afraid of it.

That's probably what's wrong with me.

What're ya doin'?

Sit tight for a sec.

Yoshiki, take this.

It's half of my insides.

I just tore it out.

I can't really comprehend
how much a life is worth.

But I just made myself smaller.
I won't be able to k*ll people as easily.

Why would you do all that for me?

Ya see, I don't even know what I am.

I don't think I had emotions
before comin' here either.

But somewhere deep down,
I just knew that I didn't belong.

At first, I thought I'd just k*ll ya
if I ever got busted.

But for some reason,
I didn't wanna k*ll ya.

I won't tell anyone.

Hikaru...

Nice to meet ya.

In the end,
you accepted me for what I was.

For the first time,
I felt like somebody needed me.

I felt like I was allowed to be here.

I realized that was what
I'd been missin' all along.

I dunno why,

but you became "home" to me.

That was a big deal for me, ya know?

It meant a lot.

You're just a baby bird,
clingin' to the first thing you saw.

I don't care.

Even if that's true, that's fine with me.

I shouldn't expect him
to understand the meaning of life.

We're looking at totally separate worlds.

But still, I...

Honestly, time and time again, I...

I'm an idiot.

I'll stick with you no matter what.

Even if something inside me breaks.

But ya know...

Whatever you are,
I don't think you're supposed to be here.

If you still wanna stay in spite of that...

Let's do some research.

Let's figure out what the hell you are.

Without a sound
Keep dreaming that dream

And secretly
Keep seeking what you seek

Even if that glow from the past
Fails to reignite

Toward the future
This pounding in my heart

Now...

Joy, dear friend

See that gleaming shadow of our days

And chase after it

Woe, dear friend

Imagine that wandering soul

And chase after it

Bliss, dear friend

Open that wandering soul

Never forget, keep chasing onward