That looks delicious!
It certainly does!
And believe it or not, I'm told that these sweets are made using ingredients
ordered all the way from the countries they originated in!
It lets you sample all the flavors of being abroad while staying home in Japan!
There's really no need to leave the country anymore, huh?
I wouldn't go that far...
And now, here's the contact information for this amazing store!
Moving us along pretty abruptly, I see...
I need to take this down... Moving us along pretty abruptly, I see...
I need to take this down...
Well, we don't have much time. So anyway, let's move on to our next store!
Um... Well, we don't have much time. So anyway, let's move on to our next store!
Let's go to Mr. Suzuki, who is there right now!
I didn't find it in time... Let's go to Mr. Suzuki, who is there right now!
Hey, everybody! Suzuki here!
You're always larger than life, aren't you, Mr. Suzuki?
Thank you for saying so! That's the biggest complement I could receive!
I guess I don't need to iron these.
Um, if you say so. I guess I don't need to iron these.
Anyway, tell us all about the store! I guess I don't need to iron these.
Anyway, tell us all about the store!
These tights are all nubby...
Ah, right you are!
Hey, it's Ritchan! This shop has made a name for itself for these! What you see here!
For their choux pastry!
Hi! What's up, Ritchan? For their choux pastry!
Hi! What's up, Ritchan? Wow, those look delicious, too!
I absolutely love choux pastry!
Great idea! I absolutely love choux pastry!
What're you doing, Ui?
Texting my sister. I want to make sure she's out of bed.
She has a ton of work to do to get ready for tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
She has to iron her school uniform, buy new tights, that sort of thing.
They're all gonna be leaving soon, won't they?
What is it?
She's here.
I love you all!
This Miracle Sing Time ru-la-la continues in fits and starts
Sing, sing, that's the ultimate way to express your love
Even if the melody is clunky and the lyrics are dodgy
Sing out best of my soul
What should we do? We can't keep up
With this schedule that's being decided for us automatically
Dreams unlimited, the things we want are pouring and dash out into the hall to chill
If my manners are bad, sorry!
But don't judge this book by its cover
Totally hooked on playing - sparkle!
Could this be what youth is all about?
Ever ever... Forever Shine.
I really love you guys!
Ramp up the energy, ru-la-la Powerful Gig Time
The heart, the heart is a genius to look for excitement
Even if people go, "Wha..?", even if I make one mistake after another
I want to unleash the bravery that's bubbling up inside me
The tremolo attacks, the flam responds
So what? So what? What's wrong with being hyper?
Being happy always lets you feel the moment
Live on, girls! By your bare instincts
Big love, big love, thank you all for the big love
We'll sing, we'll sing, we'll sing again all day today with all our hearts
Good morning!
Sup!
Morning.
Good morning!
Tea first thing in the morning?
Hurry up and join us, Yui-chan.
This feels so decadent.
Yeah, even though I have this feeling that I should be doing something else.
Anyway, tomorrow's our graduation ceremony. So let's relax!
Our time here was long, but felt so short...
Don't you mean short, but felt long?
It guess that works, too.
What are you doing?
I was challenging myself to see how many bites I can take in 10 seconds!
Lame.
You're on!
#23: After School!
On your marks! Bang.
Ow! I bit my tongue!
Are you okay?
I guess third period should be starting right about now.
So, what should we do?
President Ritchan, didn't you call us here to have us do something?
I got nothin'.
I figured as much.
Then let's play something!
Yes, let's!
It's during class hours. Let's wait until after school.
I guess we should.
It sure is warm today.
Excuse me.
Wanna go somewhere and hang out?
Let's just stay here.
What should we do, though?
Let's have an epic challenge!
Seriously? Snakes and Ladders?
This is no ordinary Snakes and Ladders. It's Light Music Club Snakes and Ladders!
Light Music Club Snakes and Ladders?
Aren't you going to put actions inside the circles?
Should I?
You haven't worked out the rules?
How about "Sing a song" or "Play an instrument"?
"Crushing sense of failure, return to start"!
"Fail an audition, lose three turns"!
This Snakes and Ladders is pretty brutal.
Then let's add in "Drink tea!" and "Eat snacks!" and " Eat candy!"
That's Light Music Club Snakes and Ladders, all right.
What's this paper, anyway? It's a club activities request form!
I guess we still had a few lying around.
Hey, there's no finish line.
I ran out of space.
You can't play Snakes and Ladders without a finish line!
What do YOU want us to do, then?
I've got it!
"Leave your desk as you wish to find it!"
You haven't taken home all your things yet?
It's still our classroom, but it feels different somehow.
Yui, what are those pieces of paper?
Notes that you passed to me in class.
My Ideal Parfait
How childish and immature... You should be embarrassed, Ritchan.
YOU drew that one!
Oops, I think you're right.
I'd like all of those!
Sure, why not?
Thank you!
I have a bag for them!
Please throw them away...
Hm?
Nodoka-chan!
Did you come here to hang out, too?
Is that why you're here?
You aren't?
I came to tidy up the student council office.
She's a mature graduate already...
I also thought I should have a final check done on my commencement speech for tomorrow.
Staff Room
It looks fine to me.
Thank you.
Sawa-chan, read it!
Perhaps you could add one thing to the end, though.
C'mon, read it! C'mon, please! Perhaps you could add one thing to the end, though.
C'mon, read it! C'mon, please! Maybe something like, "And a special thank you to Miss Sawako Yamanaka."
I don't think I should.
But it would be so moving.
For YOU, you mean.
Go ahead and hand this in to the vice principal, then.
I will.
So, what did you girls come here for?
No reason in particular!
It must be nice to not have a care in the world.
Come have tea with us!
I still have a checklist a mile long for tomorrow!
And this ceremony has special meaning for me, since it's my first class of graduating students.
In that case, can you help us carry all this stuff home later?
I don't have time for that!
C'mon, Sawa-chan!
Carry it home yourselves.
Sawa-chan, always thinking of herself! Sawa-chan, always thinking of herself!
The other students are still in class, so keep the noise down.
Fine... Fine...
Shall we go back to the classroom? Or the club room instead?
Good question...
Pardon the interruption.
Okay, I'll be in the student council office.
Kay...
Pardon us!
What did you come here for?
We thought it would be boring to go straight back to the music room.
Ah.
It feels so fresh and exciting here in the student council office.
You come here all the time.
I just felt like saying it, considering the circumstances.
I guess I can understand how you feel.
What?
Nodoka-chan! What's this?
Student Council President Nodoka Manabe
A matchmaking picture!
Of course not. The student council makes an album like that of the president each year.
This IS fresh and exciting! Nodoka is actually blushing!
This is amazing, Nodoka-chan! You're part of Sakura High history now!
This would totally work as a matchmaker headshot.
What?
Nodoka-chan, lend me your glasses for a sec, okay?
Do these make me look all student council presidential?
Not really...
They don't work, huh?
I'm not the student council president anymore, either.
Not to worry! You'll always be presidential!
What's that supposed to mean?
You've got a presidential aura!
I do not.
Here you go! Thanks!
Sure.
See ya, Nodoka-chan!
See you tomorrow!
See you!
Sorry we bothered you!
We can make it if we go now, Ritchan!
You go, Yui!
Ui sad she had some things to take care of, so we shouldn't wait for her.
Sure.
Azu-nyan!
Just the girl I wanted to see!
You're still here?
Azu-nyan's grown so cold and distant...
Have we been cast aside like yesterday's trash?
So, what did you want?
Could you see your way clear to buying lunch buns for us?
We didn't bring lunch.
Why can't you go yourselves?
Well, it's weird for seniors to be in school today.
Fine, I'll buy them for you,
Thanks!
So, what kind do you want?
A croquette bun and melon bun!
A cream bun and a cheese bun!
What do you guys want?
I'll have a tricolor sandwich.
I'd like the same, please.
Mio-senpai!
I'll cover you and Mugi-senpai.
Um. Thank you?
So this is the legendary golden chocolate eclair!
But where does the "golden" part come in?
Wait, you've never eaten one of these before?
I can't believe you snagged one!
I lucked out and spotted it stashed in the corner.
How could something this big stay hidden?
I'll do the honors, then...
Let's eat!
Man, that's sweet!
It's stuffed full of chocolate cream!
I'm so happy!
I always wanted to eat one of these before I graduated!
My dream has come true!
Thank you, Azu-nyan!
I should get back to my classroom.
Wait!
Here's a souvenir! Give it to Jun-chan and Ui!
They're elusive, so they ought to eat it while they can!
We've already eaten one, actually...
Oh. I need to change out of my sweats.
Fifth period is starting...
I feel like we're playing hooky.
Do you guys have any unfinished business that you wanted to do before graduating?
Unfinished business?
Other than eating a golden chocolate eclair.
Let me think...
What is it, Mio-chan?
Oh, you've never fed Ton-chan?
Someone always fed him first.
Dream bigger, why don't ya?
Okay, Ritsu, what are YOUR big plans?
I was trying to think of something to do with all these leftover club funds.
How much is there?
A whole five cents.
Maybe we should just leave that in the "account."
Let's tie a ribbon to it!
This looks like it would make a great lucky charm!
Should we give it to Sawa-chan?
Bad idea.
Do you have anything, Mugi-chan? Some unfinished business?
Nothing comes to mind.
Is it sixth period yet?
This is a new record for us, isn't it?
For what?
For the number of times we've had tea.
Oh, right. Because we started in the morning.
There is!
I have something, too! Unfinished business!
It's all shiny!
I bought this but never used it. It's a special window-cleaning cloth!
That's great! They're so clean!
Hey, since we've started, it might be nice to give the club room a top-to-bottom cleaning.
Mio-chan, that's a great idea!
Right! We came here to clean the club room today!
Indeed we did!
Dial it down.
Done...
It's spotless!
We can move on with no regrets?
We have a lot more stuff to take home now, though.
You have nobody to blame but yourselves.
It's officially after school!
Sweet! As soon as Azusa gets here, we're gonna play some music!
Shall we have tea first?
Again?!
After all, it's our last after school meeting.
W-What should we do?!
What's wrong?
Shouldn't we do something?
Like what?
Like, like, like...
Yui-chan, calm down. Like, like, like...
This might be the last time we ever have tea here!
You're only realizing that now?
Yui-chan.
What are we gonna do?
Why don't we leave something behind? Like Nodoka-chan and her pictures.
What did you have in mind?
Like hanging up a group picture.
It would look weird with just us on the wall...
Or carving our names into a desk!
No. You should never do that.
Then how about... How about...
How about our songs?!
Our songs, huh?
That might work!
How do we leave them, though?
I know!
Are you going up to your club room, Azusa?
If my sister is there, tell her not to stay too late, okay?
I wonder if they're still drinking tea?
Azu-nyan, you're here!
Set up! Set up!
We're playing?
We sure are!
Every song we've written.
All of them?
We're recording them!
With THIS?
It's all we've got right now, so we'll make do with a cassette for now.
Call it a documentary of After-school Tea Time. Proof that we were here or whatever.
We wanted to leave something of ourselves behind.
I get it!
Okay, here we go!
Yeah!
So, what song are we starting with?
Haven't thought it through, huh?
Should we start off with Fuwa Fuwa?
Wouldn't it be better to close with that?
No, we have to open with Curry.
Yeah, the first track should be something up-tempo.
No, taking our musicianship into account, it has to be...
What is it, Azu-nyan?
The word "musicianship" came out of your mouth!
Oh, you! Why are you acting so surprised?
You were itching to use that line, weren't you?
Then why don't we start with Fuwa Fuwa sans vocals?
Sans vocals?
An instrumental. Playing something instruments-only, no vocals.
Oh! A karaoke version?!
Close, but not exactly.
I see where you're going! Lots of bands do that!
They open and close the album with an instrumental!
Right!
That makes sense, but it doesn't need to be that elaborate, does it?
I suppose not. We're pressed for time.
It's harder than it looks to put together a set list, isn't it?
Shall I make some tea?
Good idea!
Um, I'm worried about the time.
But you haven't had any tea at all today!
Yes, because I had classes.
I know right? Which means that you need tea!
We must've had a gallon of the stuff today!
That's not something to brag about.
Why don't we record this, too?
So you see, the thing about After-school Tea Time
is that we're a rock band, right, that expresses the passionate and intense
rock and roll spirit of high schoolers who live in the moment.
Please, you're just trying to talk us up.
Hey, we're leaving this for future club members, right?
In that case, President Ritchan, in your own words, what does After-school mean to you?
Let me think...
Frittering our lives away, I guess.
You have a point.
She sure does.
Let's play it back!
Let me think...
Frittering our lives away, I guess.
You have a point.
She sure does.
Let's play it back!
Does my voice really sound like that?
Let's not record this! Let's only record the songs!
Aw, but it's fun!
Stop that!
Did we get that?
No!
Stop that! No!
That was scary...
I know, right?
You're super-scary when you get mad, Azu-nyan!
I'm sorry. I had no idea that I've sounded like that all this...
Hey, wait! We have to work out the set list!
See? Terrifying!
That was so much work...
Recording session in progress! Please be quiet!
And that one's done!
Sawa-chan!
You're recording, huh?
Yep. Every song in the After-school Time Time catalog!
We wanted to leave behind a recording of our playing.
Since Miss Sawako is here, shall we have some tea?
I'm fine, keep recording.
Okay, next up is Brush Pen, Ballpoint Pen!
Oops, wait! Potty break!
I'll go, too!
Wait for me!
Ditto.
You're ALL going?
That's what happens when you drink nothing but tea all day.
I can't believe those guys...
I'd better go, too.
Okay! Now that we're focused again, Brush Pen, Ballpoint Pen!
Here goes!
Recording!
Mr. Yamamoto of the Biology Dept, you have an outside phone call.
Our take is ruined... Mr. Yamamoto of the Biology Dept, you have an outside phone call.
Yui-chan.
Yeah?
Do you want me to help with the recording?
That's okay, just sit there and watch!
Okay.
Here goes!
I'm sorry!
Don't sweat it, let's play!
Yeah!
Let's play!
Here we go! One, two, three!
Finally done...
Whose big idea was that, anyway?
We really did it, though. We have our album.
Let me see it.
After-school Tea Time
Done.
Let's listen to it!
Good idea! I wanna hear it right away!
Just one song. You don't want to stay too late.
I never bought a new pair of tights!
Why not buy them on the way home?
Hey, does the room seem cleaner to you guys?
Azu-nyan! You finally noticed!
Your uniform is filthy.
Crowded in the whiteboard
They are scribbles and free wishes
Even when the school bell rings out in the evening sun
Sorry, you can't diss the power to dream
Let's sing, louder, louder, louder, at the top of our lungs
Let our lips carry our hopes and dreams
Each time a word crosses them, it turns into light
They're pieces of our selves
I don't need any memories
Because right now, I'm deeply, powerfully in love
Sweet, grownup indulgences like losing self in memories
Are something that I'll pass on for a while yet
Next Time
Final Episode: Graduation Ceremony!