You aren't synchronizing! Watch your moves!
Ok, form a line from there!
And now
tab position to
ballet leg!
You two there, you've got to master it faster!
We don't have much time!
Yes, sir.
When I raise my leg
my body always sinks.
I wonder if the angle of our waist is wrong.
Yeah, it's your waist.
So move the waist...
You're in my way.
The washing machine!
-Lucky! -Cookie! -Sentakuki!!
Clean, clean, swimming pants, clean.
-Swimmin' pants #1! -#2! -#3!
Hey, what are you doing?!
Washing our trunks.
What are you doing, Gan-chan?
This is the girl's washing machine.
The student-council president is going to get so mad if something of the boys is washed in this.
Such a nice washing machine...
Go for it, president!
Go!
I wonder if the girls hate the fact that a guy is washing their clothes.
But they treat him like a girl.
Well, he's definitely not a man.
Forget about Bakayo's little minion.
-Let's get these washed. -Clean, clean, swimming pants, clean.
Everyone has to take this more seriously.
There's only one week left before the performance.
We have to make it a success if we are going to be approved as an official club.
At this rate
we aren't going to make it.
Yes, sir.
Well, let's practice more then, right?
We can practice during lunch break or something.
Ok.
Starting tomorrow we will begin parent interviews regarding your plans for after graduation.
Those who have not handed in their form yet
should do so right away.
Oh man.
Don't forget that your decision here
will be an important factor in shaping your future.
So really think this through and make a good decision.
-Noon practice, noon practice! -Yeah! Noon practice!
What is this?
Oh, those are my trunks. Cool, huh?
Leopard pattern.
-Cool... -Aren't they though?
Forget about the swimming pants.
I am here to talk about why you changed "Boy's Village" into your clubroom without asking.
This is a place for the guys to hang out and relax.
It isn't just for you.
Get your things out of here right away.
But we'll get in trouble if we don't have a clubroom to change in.
Captain, captain, captain!!
Haruka-sensei is pissed about the clubroom and is on her way here!
What should we do?
Leave it to me. I've got an idea.
No...
I can't go any further!
Yep.
Haruka-sensei!
Sensei!
We are very sorry!
Do you have any idea what time it is right now?
Now is an important time to prepare for your future since you are all third years.
Mizushima, you are having a parent-teacher conference tomorrow.
Yet you haven't turned in your questionnaire.
Hand it in at once.
Yes, ma'am.
Ooooh, are you stressing about college, Shiori?
Nope, not really.
You can't get high marks on your final exams without studying.
Shiori, if you were to work hard you could make it into a good college.
What?
Enough about that. Let's focus on the competition. Practice, practice!
Ok, ok.
We have one more week before the performance.
Let's start practicing the "land" dance for our big hit!
Yay!
Alright, everyone line up!
Let's go! 5-6-7-8
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
1-2-3-4-5...
No, no, no, no, no!!
This is no good at all!
Translation brought to you by Kinzaru and Yuko.
:P
Only one week left.
What're we going to do?
What's this?
The clubroom is gone.
I wonder if Sano did this.
Gan-chan?
What're you doing?
What? That curtain...
Oh, this...?
Don't tell me that...
Ah!
He ran off!
The question is what are you guys doing?
Creating a clubroom without permission is against the rules.
But we can't change without a clubroom.
We could abolish your club easily if we held a student meeting and took a vote.
Good work.
Gan-chan's being trouble.
Why the hell does he follow Bakayo?
Well, we have to think about practice times and a clubroom first.
It's time to really dig in.
You're right.
Well, I've been wanting to get some new members
so how about "Isesakicho Blues"...
Hm, I see. Using image as your strategy.
Hey.
Here you are.
With matching uniforms lots of guys will join up.
These t-shirts are sweet!
And there is no charge for designs right now.
Wait, but aren't you in it for the finder's fee?
Don't talk stupid.
You make it out like I'm broke and after high school kid's pocket change. Sounds like I'm a bad adult.
What are you guys trying to say?
Hey, stop standing around and say something you two!
Rinrin ranran.
Rinrin ranran? How the hell would they know that?
-"I am precocious..." -Do me a favor and stop singing.
Stop it. The dance should go like this.
This t-shirt strategy might just work.
Really?
Ok, now when you order make sure you order through me. Through me.. what...
No, I'm not in it for the money.
This is goodwill. Goodwill.
Good for you, boss.
Supper is about ready.
Grandpa!
You'll be able to come to tomorrow's parent-teacher meeting, right?
Of course.
Anything for the future Beethoven.
Beethoven?
But I had no idea
that you wanted to go to music school.
Music school?
Closing the train line?
But if they close the line then what will happen to your job?
Shiori is taking entrance exams for college.
Maybe we should cut expenses?
Well, it's just a rumor right now.
Still though, I might look for a part-time job.
It's still just a rumor.
This is yours, isn't it?
Did you look at it?
I can't believe you...
I'm starving!
Thanks for supper.
You finished?
I'm going to school now.
School?
Evening practice for the brass band.
Wait a second, Shiori.
Ah, that's it.
Evening practice.
When are you going to talk about which college you want to go to?
There's only one week left before the competition.
Can't we talk about it after that?
I'm going now.
Oh Shiori...
You should say something to her too.
Ah, it's time.
I'm heading out.
Take care.
What happened? It's not like you to mess up, Shiori.
I'm sorry.
Alright, once more from that line.
Yes, ma'am.
1-2-3
I've come to realize..
my feelings...
of love for you.
Whatcha doin', Gan-chan?
Oh, nothing. I'm not doing anything.
Just a little more, Eikichi.
Why are you here?
I've been thinking about it
and I thought maybe we could practice at night.
Just like you, Eikichi.
But you beat me to it!
Night-time at school is kind of exciting, isn't it?
Yosuke!
What are you doing at this time of night?
Evening practice.
What are YOU doing, Gan-chan?
Well... I...
I'm not talking about me!
You don't have to get so upset.
Anyways, please go home right away.
Without a proper report and approval from the student council, you can't practice at night.
I'll have to report this to the student-council president.
Can't you just overlook it and not say anything?
I cannot.
The president will get mad at me.
Are you ok with being suspended?
Ok, ok.
We'll hand in an official request tomorrow.
Please do so.
President this, president that. Gan-chan is being a pain in the ass.
Oh well, let's practice even harder tomorrow.
Yep. Ok, see ya tomorrow.
Bye-bye!
See ya!
Hey! Wa-wait up!
What are you doing out at this hour?
Evening practice!
But the brass band is practicing hard at night too, huh?
We really want to win this competition.
It must be different for someone trying to get into music school, huh?
You looked at my form.
Sorry.
Don't say anything at the house.
Why are you hiding it?
Enough about that, what about you?
Have you decided yet?
Not yet.
Worry about yourself then.
Don't follow me!
At night?
Yes, I know it's a lot to ask but can everyone participate as much as possible?
-We won't be able to go to karaoke. -I wanted to sing "Michinoku Hitori Tabi."
Let's just do what we can.
Ok?
You all want this to be a success, right?
Everyone! The t-shirts are here!
Awesome!
Give me one.
Give it to me.
What is this?
Boy's Synchro Club We are always looking for new members! Inquiries to 3rd year 3rd class students, Mizushima and Yamamoto.
Well, since we want new members...
Yay! You put my name as Yamamoto!
What? What is that?
Hey, that's not good publicity.
You've got to show it to everybody.
Ok for these answers, how about Eikichi, Yosuke and Senichi?
Yes, sir!
Come on. Hurry, hurry!
Ok, throw your chest out and straighten up.
What is that?
This is not going to get lots of members.
Seven guys came to join because of these t-shirts?
Matching clothes for guys would have never happened before.
Yeah, never.
We can have one if we join the club, right?
Of course.
Just write your names on this application.
Isn't this great, Eikichi?
Yep.
5-6-7-8
Good, good!
This is so much better with a lot of guys.
I'm starting to feel like we can make it!
The formation is perfect since I considered it with this number of members.
Yay, yay!
It's Sano again.
Yokoyama, just what are you doing?
The older guys being slack have made this school like it is.
And now you are associating with Turtle and Yowasuke.
So you're leaving Sano's group?
You won't be a member of the Chakkiri Girls then.
Chakkiri Girls??
We are doing a live performance at my supermarket.
These t-shirts are much cooler, don't you think?
Are they?
Bad taste, isn't it?
I think I'll quit synchro.
Are you serious?
Score.
Wait a sec!
You came just to take him back?
He's just decided that
it would be better for his future
if he stays with me and not you.
We lost a member.
Things were going so good.
It's fine.
We can get more members with those t-shirts.
Gan-chan!
Give 'em back, Gan-chan!
Come any closer and Haruka-sensei will faint again!
Pull out!
We won't forget this!
Haruka-sensei, thank you so much.
Gan-chan, give them back!
Give our t-shirts back!
It's against the rules to wear t-shirts to class.
The student-council is confiscating these.
Disrupting discipline, making your own clubroom and now these t-shirts.
We certainly can't give permission for evening practice to a club like this.
Get out.
What are we going to do?
It's hopeless if we can't make time for practice.
It looks like defeat. What are we gonna do, captain?
Don't ask me...
I'm really sorry.
I have a parent-teacher conference!
Why is nothing written here?
I can't believe this. You haven't decided yet?
Please give me a little more time to think about it.
With your grades you could get into the local public university.
Talk it over with your parents
who couldn't come today.
Yes, ma'am.
Excuse me.
Why didn't you ask your parents?
You are keeping this secret from the teachers too?
Stay out of my business.
This is my grandson from a prestigious Tokyo high school, who I am very proud of.
At any rate, it will be hard to get into college with your current grades.
Set your goals for the future and think seriously about what to do to obtain them.
You talk about the future but...
If you have time to play around with synchro then you have time to think about your future.
Synchronized swimming in such a shallow pool is ridiculous.
You all are being childish putting up this worthless pretense.
Is this more important than your future?
Are you ok with tossing aside your most important time
just so you can play make-believe with this ridiculous synchro?
You don't have much time.
Have this filled out and turned in by the end of this week.
You aren't Beethoven?
Welcome!
What's wrong with you, Ei-chan? Cheer up!
What did you two write on the questionnaire?
I said I'm taking over our bakery.
I said I'm going to be somebody.
Somebody?
What are you going to do, Eikichi?
Welcome!
Hey Gan-chan,
what happened with that love letter the other day?
How do you know about that?
Anyone could tell with you murmuring about it while writing.
You're in love with someone?
That's hard to imagine.
Don't say anything about the love letter.
We know, we know.
By the way, what about synchro?
Yeah, Gan-chan, please!
We are both men, right?
Then join our side!
You just said synchro, huh?
What?
Synchro.
You do synchro even though you are guys?
We just started a week ago.
We have to practice hard cause we have a performance in a week.
Can you do it with a team thrown together that fast?
We can do it if we come together with one spirit.
Well, can you even do the flamingo or bent-knee or moves like that?
Eh? You know a lot about it, don't you?
Um well, I...
You are third year high schoolers. Stop doing such ridiculous things.
You should be thinking about your future and studying.
Do that.
Hey, you two don't have to study. Can you wash the dishes?
Please.
-Welcome home. -Oh, thanks.
How was it?
Are you getting used to your new school?
Well...
I'm leaving now.
Where are you going, Shiori?
Evening practice.
Um, did she say something about her future plans?
No.
Really?
What is she thinking about...
Oh, today we are having curry.
Why don't you go change?
Ok.
Bathrooms in the summer stink.
Isn't there some other place we can change?
Yeah, since we lost our clubroom.
Good work!
Huh? "Otome"-sensei, where did you change?
A secret place.
A secret place?
Here.
No one seems to be using it. So it's convenient.
No one ever comes here.
I use it since I am shy.
You should have told us about this place sooner!
Huh?
Let's change this into our secret clubroom.
Let's clean it during the lunch break first.
Thanks, Sensei!
That room is awesome.
It's great to have a clubroom.
A clubroom?
Look!
He's running!
-Agh! You're heavy! -Please, Gan-chan!
Let the clubroom stay a secret.
As a member of the student-council, I can't do that.
Well then, I guess it is ok to tell everyone about this love letter.
"To my beloved, beloved Kayo..."
Who is Kayo?
It says Kayo Ohba on the envelope.
It's Bakayo!
Hey!
Could you please stop calling her Bakayo?
No one would believe the most girly guy in school
is in love with the most manly girl in school.
I'm begging you. Please keep this a secret.
Well, can you keep our clubroom a secret?
This is a promise from a man to a man.
Let's get back to cleaning!
Excuse me.
I got these back without telling the president.
Thanks!
Now can you give the letter back?
Ah, but we can't give it back until something is done about evening practice.
Can you do something about that?
Well, if you start your morning practice earlier
then I think it may be possible to cheat.
He's right. The gates close at 11 PM and no one is at school.
We can sneak into school then and practice until morning!
Thank you, Gan-chan. We'll try that.
Make sure you don't tell the president.
Ok, I'll take this.
Good luck, Gan-chan.
You are going to give her the letter, right?
I can't.
It wouldn't matter anyways.
Ah, I guess it can't be helped.
Alright, I'll tell you the best way to win her.
So there's a way?
Leave it to me.
Ok.
Alright, ready?
Ok, we'll circle around those student-council girls.
When they get all scared and start screaming
Gan-chan will swoop in
and knock us all out.
When Bakayo comes out of the council room and
sees his manliness, she is going to be crazy about him.
What do you think? It's perfect, isn't it?
Oh, here they come! Here they come!
Ready to go?
What are you doing?!
Let's go.
Gan-chan.
Don't mind, don't mind.
We'll try Operation Bouquet next.
You're in the way.
Girls definitely like flowers.
You'll be fine.
Don't be nervous.
I want to get married to a wealthy man I meet at a party and then live in a rich house.
But it's not like anyone will do just cause they are rich, right?
I guess.
What type of guy do you like, Kayo?
Someone like Gan-chan?
You're always together.
No way. I don't look at him that way.
He always listens to what I say. He's like a little sister to me.
I want someone who will lead me, a manly kind of guy.
The complete opposite of Gan-chan.
Gan-chan?
What is it?
I'll just be going.
What? What?
What were you thinking, Shiori?
You're too loud.
I have to be.
Saying that your parents couldn't come
and even deceiving your teacher...
We would have never even known
if we hadn't heard about the meeting from Granpa Kame.
You are over-reacting.
Thanks for dinner.
Why have you been hiding this?
I just forgot to tell you.
You don't want to discuss your future?
It's not like that.
Well, since we are having the meeting tomorrow,
explain to us what your plans are right now.
There's nothing to explain.
I haven't even decided what I want yet.
Excuse me, I have to go to evening practice.
Shiori!
Really! You need to say something to her too!
What are you doin'?
What about evening practice?
Talk to them if you are worrying over it.
I told you to stay out of my business.
But it's not something you have to hide.
Wanting to go to music school is a great plan.
They wouldn't agree to me wanting to study music.
So you're just giving up?
Did I say I was giving up?
Then you can't start this without telling them.
Your dad seems like he is waiting for you to talk to him.
Don't talk as if you know my family.
My family isn't rich like yours.
I want to go to music school in Tokyo
but they could never afford that.
Besides, they might be closing the line.
The train line?
I've been wanting to get out of this town since middle school.
I don't want to end up
like my father
spending every day seeing off trains leaving here.
I've always felt this way.
Think about yourself before minding other people's business.
Welcome!
What's wrong, highschooler?
How was everyone able to decide what they want to do?
Don't ask me.
I'm just a bad example of someone who made the wrong choice.
Man, you guys really like to worry about things?
You guys?
Gan-chan.
He's broken-hearted.
But he hasn't even told the girl yet. Seems stupid to me.
You're the same.
Always stressing out over things. How bout worrying once you've actually tried to do something?
Stop worrying.
Well, my house is over that way.
Gan-chan.
Is it ok to just leave things like this?
You were serious when you wrote that letter, right?
It's fine.
I think you should tell her how you feel.
It would be much better to just tell her
then to regret it forever.
Well, this is not a good example but
I...
I couldn't tell my dad the things I wanted to say.
I wasn't able to tell him anything very well.
Well, that kind of behavior is pitiful.
That's why next time we meet I want to be able to tell my dad everything.
Bakayo will be taking entrance exams soon
and will graduate in six months.
I really think that
you should tell her how you feel now.
Eikichi!
Yosuke, Senichi!
We thought you'd be here.
We just couldn't help ourselves. We decided to practice secretly at midnight.
Well, I thought this might happen.
Saotome-sensei.
Please! We really want to practice.
Bakayo keeps makin' fools out of us!
Alright.
I'll take responsibility if something happens.
I'll be there when you practice.
Are you sure?
Thank you, Sensei!
Ok, ready? 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
You did the ballet leg!
Ei-chan! Yowasuke!
Wasn't that worth it? Practicing overnight?
You really did it!
Well, why don't we join the night practice then?
What is it, Gan-chan?
I've decided I am going to do it.
Good job.
Ok, that's all for now. Get dressed and make sure you aren't late for class.
Yes, ma'am.
Um, I need to talk to you.
I don't have time now so tell me at lunch or after school.
Sorry, Gan-chan.
What are you all doing?
You can do it, Gan-chan.
President!
No.
Kayo Ohba!
When we were in elementary school you saved me from the bully Takahashi.
When my recorder was snapped in two you let me use yours.
When we were in middle school you always complimented my painting.
Huh?
I love you!
What are you talking about, Gan-chan?
Don't make fun.
I'm serious.
My heart is killing me.
Are you sure you're serious?
Yes.
Oh god, what should I say...
I've always thought of you as a sister.
Can't things just stay the way they are?
I'm sorry.
Did I hurt you?
Sorry.
What are they doing?
Were you just making fun of me with them?
You're the worst.
It's not like that...!
That's enough.
I understand now.
Excuse me.
I'm sorry to cause you all this trouble.
Shiori, today you will talk about your plans.
Please, have a seat.
Excuse me.
Eikichi.
I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting.
I came to hand in my form.
What do you mean?
Nothing is written on it.
I can't think about the answers right now.
I need to take the time to think about them more.
All I can do now is what is in front of me.
I can't move on until I have finished that.
I want to spend my time in high school without any regrets.
Excuse me.
Go ahead.
I...
I'm not going to college.
What?
I want to go to music school in Tokyo.
What is it?
Gan-chan.
Hi. I am the new member, Iwao Iwata.
New member?
Is that ok?
Bakayo and the others will hate you even more if you join this club.
I realized that following them has not helped me become recgonized as a man.
So I've decided to completely disobey them this time.
Please accept my membership!
Oh, and please stop calling her Bakayo.
What an extreme guy.
It seems like he's throwing the sadness of his broken heart into the water.
Hey!
Oh god, oh god, oh god...
Gan-chan, what happened to the council meeting?
I'm quitting the council as well as being a manager for track and field.
Wow, you are doing good if you got to Gan-chan.
You're wrong.
I joined by himself.
I want to become a man.
How are you going to do that by joining them?
You'll regret this after being incredibly humiliated at the performance.
How bout you decide whether or not we suck once you have seen the performance?
Oh really?
I'll watch it then if you insist that much.
To be continued...