I look so awesome!
What are you doing?
Working on a signature finishing move for our freshmen reception show!
Anyway, it's weird to see you here so early, Yui-senpai.
I set my alarm clock wrong and came to school an hour early.
You've got something on your face.
Crumbs! Bread crumbs!
Uh-oh! We can't stop, We won't stop! Noon, night, and morning, singing so loud!
All together (Chance Chance), let's make (Jump Jump) a wish
(Fun Fun) and tell each other (Shout Shout) how we feel!
If we blow it, think it's just rehearsal and take it all over again!
The microcosm called the heart that's inside everybody
Is chock full of joy, anger, sadness, humor, and love.
We're busy being down and excited
Let's turn our chaotic routine into a song and spill our guts to each other
Even in class, subconsciously studying musicianship
Air instruments are okay, the mood of the room is important, the rhythm comes naturally
Freely enjoy the beat and mind getting through
Those who have the most fun, win!
Sorry! We can't let it go, We won't let it go!
Vertically, horizontally, diagonally Swinging Around
Maniac. We're just putting out the sounds we love, Girls Go Maniac
We wanna live trying out that groove and this reverb, our breathing always in sync
(Chase Chase) Let's dream (Break Break) of tomorrow
(Faith Faith) and aggressively (Shake Shake) reach our crescendo.
Once you get a taste of it, you never forget it, the limelight!
Azu-nyan! Congratulations on becoming a junior!
Why would you congratulate me for that?
You don't look all that different, Azusa.
Like you're one to talk, Ritsu-senpai!
I was talking about your height!
You were looking at my bust line!
Not much has changed with us being seniors now, has it?
True.
Right, then! Since we're all here, how about some morning practice?!
Yes!
These five people are the members of Sakuragaoka High School's Light Music Club.
I'm Yui Hirasawa, on guitar and vocals.
My favorite things are stuff that's cute or delicious.
Our drummer and club president is the ever-energetic Ritsu Tainaka.
On keyboards is the kindhearted and slightly spacey Tsumugi Kotobuki.
Mio Akiyama on bass.
She's level-headed, but is also really shy and a scaredy-cat.
And also on guitar is the tiny and adorable Azusa Nakano.
She's our beloved kouhai!
Azu-nyan is a junior this year, and the other four of us are seniors.
I feel so grown up!
The five of us play in a band called After-school Teatime,
and have tea and lots of fun every day!
All righty, then...
#1: Seniors!
Wow, we're finally seniors! Time sure flew by!
What are you so happy about?
Can you blame me? We're in the highest school year!
There's something so cool about it! What are seniors supposed to do?
Learn how to set your alarm clock, for starters.
Ritchan, take a gander at this!
What'cha think?
Do I look like a senior? Am I giving off a different vibe?
What could possibly have changed in the last two seconds?
Your part!
You changed sides!
It's... It's!
It's too hard to tell. Denied.
I wonder what our class assignments are gonna be?
Maybe you're gonna be off by yourself in another class again, Mio!
Anything but that!
It'll be all right, Mio-chan.
Goodness gracious me! What shocking development is this?!
I'm kidding, I can't see a thing.
I wanna go home...
Ritchan!
I'll go in to take a look.
Good luck!
Pardon me! Coming through!
But this means...
Hmph!
Oops!
I fell down!
What're you doing?
Well? What did you see?
See what?
We're all in the same class!
No way!
We really are?!
Isn't that amazing?!
That's so gross! You've got snot hanging from your nose!
Do you want to go to class like that?
Isn't that great, Mio? We're all together for senior year, so you don't...
I-I'm so happy!
You could at least try to pretend like you don't care.
If you combine paper with scissors...
Look, look!
Nodoka-chan's in our class, too!
It looks like this is going to be a boisterous class.
Isn't this class great?
It's almost like someone rigged it to get us all together.
It certainly is! What an amazing coincidence!
Wait, you don't think...
You didn't use your power as student council president, did you?
No, of course not. No one could possibly fix it so that...
All right, everyone. Please take your seats.
She could!
Sawako Yamanaka
This is my first time acting as a homeroom teacher,
Sawako Yamanaka so even though I might have my fair share of shortcomings, let's all have a good year.
Talk about lucky! We've got Miss Yamanaka as our homeroom teacher!
She's gorgeous, and she seems really nice.
Don't let appearances deceive you.
Sawa-chan is really...
Miss Tainaka?
Ma'am?
Let's refrain from private discussions in class, shall we?
I'm sho shorry!
Sensei!
Sawa-chan! We need to talk!
We need to ask you something.
Did you have something to do with our class assignment?
That's right. I put all of you in the same class.
Can you do that? Isn't that an abuse of power?
What's the problem? Aren't you happy?
Of course we are, but still...
Besides, it means that I have five fewer names to memorize.
Ah, that explains it.
I love it! Thanks, Sawa-chan!
You're welcome.
Quit spazzing out, Yui.
But we all get to spend our final year of high school together!
It's great that we're together, but we need to start thinking about our future plans.
But this means we'll go on class trips together
and do our school festival presentation together!
And we can study for tests together, and I can copy your homework...
What was that last one?
I'm so psyched to be a senior!
Oops, the orientation ceremony is about to start. You should get to the auditorium right away.
Yes, ma'am!
See ya later, Sawa-chan!
It's gonna be so great to be a senior!
Ritsu! Shape up!
Ready!
All rise for the school song.
We look upwards at the clear blue sky,
and so that our distant ideals may come to fruition,
on this hill where the cherry blossoms bloom.
Oh! This is the garden where we diligent friends gather together.
Here in the bosom of this range of mountain peaks,
we nurture the love in our hearts.
So that we may shoulder the future that opens before us,
Oh! This is the garden where we industrious friends gather together.
Let me at it!
What are you so psyched about, Azusa?
I'm going to get more people to join the club no matter what!
Yeah!
Yui.
Hey, Nodoka-chan.
What are you doing?
I'm one short of a dozen.
Ah, so you are. Well, I'm off to the student council.
And I'm gonna go practice for our reception show before going home.
I hope you guys find some new members.
Well, I don't really mind if we don't.
You don't?
But when you guys graduate, it'll just be Azusa in the club.
Wow, you're right...
You need to start thinking things through. Well, practice hard.
Sure.
She's right...
Volleyball Club Tennis Club
Tea Ceremony Club
The Light Music Club has to work hard, and for Azusa, too!
Yeah!
It's so relaxing here in the club room!
I know what you mean. I had the urge to come here over spring break tons of times.
So did I!
Okay! What's our first order of business in this new school year?
To recruit new... To eat Mugi's cakes!
I'm kidding, I'm kidding. We'll get to that, I promise.
Geez, take this seriously!
She's right, Ritchan.
If we don't get new members, Azu-nyan's gonna be the only one in the club next year.
She's spouting serious words with a slacker pose...
I hadn't thought of that...
Still, that means that you're a lock for club president next year!
El Presidente!
Sorta like this!
I-I couldn't care less about that!
She thought about it.
Just for a second.
Anyway, let's get to work on scouting new members right away, okay?
She dodged the subject.
She panicked and changed the subject.
Oh, right! I made some fliers for us!
No way!
My sister Ui said I should.
Light Music Club Here!
We're the Light Music Club!
Why am I a pig?
You complete the Light Music Club Sandwich.
I don't get it.
We're a club, and club sandwiches have bacon, get it?
Fine, whatever. Let's just hand out these fliers, okay?
Want to join the Light Music Club?
No one is coming.
At this rate, the club's gonna be disbanded next year...
Azu-nyan's gonna be all alone.
Senpai... I'm so lonely...
What is it?
Azusa!
We can't let the club be disbanded!
I think so, too!
President!
True, true... And having more members also means more money in the treasury.
Oink, oink!
Right! Operation: Capture New Members is in effect!
Oink!
So anyway...
Excuse me... Are you okay?
Sorry, but would you mind helping me to the Light Music Club room?
Is anyone here?
Yes?
Are you all right?
We're here.
Hang in there.
Thank you...
And welcome to the Light Music Club!
Welcome!
Would you like some tea? Sign right here!
No thank you!
We have cookies, too!
My "collapse in the hallway" plan failed, eh?
Don't give up so soon, Ritchan!
I'm sorry, dearies, but where might I find the Light Music Club room?
She's doing an accent. What's she doing?
Oh, she's getting directions from them.
That's only natural. How dumb is she?
Next, we'll go with a spy operation!
Ah, so the idea is to join a club ourselves and see how they get new members!
Mind, Body, Spirit
Softness overcomes hardness!
Mind, Body, Spirit Judo is the art of mastering techniques in order to hone the spirit!
Yes, ma'am!
Ah, so they use pep talks.
I think I wanna join the Judo club!
She's drunk the Kool-Aid!
Go is a microcosm of the universe.
Be my guest.
It's so bitter, Ritchan...
All those clubs were really neat, huh?
Yeah.
Occult Studies Club
Wanna take a peek in here, too?
Anybody here?
Greetings!
"The sweat of youth," it says...
This one has a special bonus for joining.
Welcome!
Geez, it's you guys?
We've been handing out fliers!
How did it go on your end?
Didn't have much luck.
You went out like that?
You're very devoted.
Welcome!
It's only Sawa-chan.
What's with you?
So, what are you going to wear for your performance tomorrow?
Our uniforms are fine!
I made frilly miniskirt maid...
Our uniforms are fine!
Aw, but you'll look great in these.
Welcome!
It's only Nodoka.
What's up? Are you doing costume fittings?
Look, about your live performance tomorrow...
Does this look okay for our set list?
Let's have a look...
Let's see.
Looks good!
Mugi, when we do this song, could you...
When Azu-nyan heard us play last time, that's when she decided to join the club, wasn't it?
I'm sure that there'll be more people this year who will feel the same way Azu-nyan did!
I hope. There SHOULD be.
There will be! Probably.
What're you doing, Yui?
It's almost time for us to go on!
Awesome! Let's rock this show, people!
Yeah!
Welcome, New Students!
Testing, testing...
Sakuragaoka High School Freshmen Reception Ceremony
To all you new students out there, congratulations on starting school here!
We're the Light Music Club!
They would've looked great in them...
They're super cute!
We play in a band called After-school Teatime and have tea and stuff every day,
but the best thing is that it's a whole lot of fun playing music together.
If you're interested, please drop by the Light Music Club!
Hurry, hurry!
Have they already started?
Did we miss them?
Our show this year was awesome!
Azusa and Yui, your guitar work was in perfect sync.
You really think so?
Yes, but Yui burned up all her energy and is conked out over there.
You can't rest now, Senpai! We have to go hand out fliers!
No one is coming...
Well, there's still plenty of time.
I guess you're right.
Are you going to hand out fliers?
The restroom.
So, want to all go out and hand out fliers one more time?
It's really strange that no one has come...
I even made the club room a lot more inviting...
Yui-senpai! Put this away!
Welcome to the Light Music Club! Yui-senpai! Put this away!
Aw, I thought it was a great idea!
You're mean!
Azusa-chan!
Good work.
You still haven't recruited any new club members?
Is the Light Music Club really that unpopular?
I don't think that's why.
Yeah, you were awesome during your show.
I heard lots of new students saying so.
It probably seems like the Light Music Club is so tightly knit
that it's hard for anyone else to break in.
Oh. We do?
Yeah, you guys seem like such good friends and are having such a good time.
Yeah.
Either that, or they've gotten wind of how weird you guys are.
Jun-chan! I'm kidding!
That omelette looks great, Ui!
Want some?
Don't mind if I do!
Looks like we're not getting any new members today, either...
Guess not...
I wonder why?
Is everybody mad at us or something?
That can't be it.
I'm sure that things will work out. Right?
Let's come up with our next plan of action!
How about Operation: Bug Catcher?
Operation what?!
We'll use butterfly nets to catch freshmen!
No one will fall for that!
Actually, I'm fine with the way things are for now.
For now, I want things to stay the way they are.
Hanging out in the club room together like this.
Well, Azu-nyan isn't here right now...
Drinking tea, practicing, performing...
Always the five of us.
I guess you're right.
We'll worry about next year next year.
A year flies by really fast, you guys.
But that's 365 whole days!
Well, a few days have passed already.
So, Mugi-chan, what's on the menu for today?
Help yourselves!
Which flavor do you guys want?
I can't decide!
I think Azu-nyan will want the banana one!
Let's set that one aside for her.
I call dibs on the orange one, then!
Chestnut for me!
I get the chocolate!
Vanilla for me!
I get the strawberry one, then.
These look so good!
Sorry! We'll go hand out fliers right now!
Mugi-senpai, could I have a milk tea, please?
And that banana cake.
This year, I want to keep playing with just the five of us.
Azu-nyan...
Azu-nyan!
Yui-senpai. I'm going to be even harder on you this year, understand?
Come on, take out your guitar.
I changed my mind! Come on, new club members!
(It's deep deep) In the depths of my heart
Inside the sanctuary where no sounds carried
(Heat heat) a fire's been lit, so there's no going back now
(It's shock shock) Shocking transmission, "Hey, let's stick together forever."
(Rock rock) Storms of sound trigger tsunamis
Dropped pick, broken sticks, no problem at all
We're inside the same sound, that's the real miracle here
(We'll Sing) We'll sing exactly what we're feeling
No matter how small it is, this is the only song in the world
We want to live life to the fullest so that we could die today without any regrets
Set it free, passionately
This is our PRECIOUS Heart Beat
Hear us sing!
TREASURE Heart Beat Listen!
Next Time
So for those reasons, we are going to do some spring cleaning!
Look at what I found!
That case looks expensive! What sort of treasure lies within?
This tape makes it super-duper easy to bind up old magazines!
But are you sure it's okay for us to split it among ourselves?
What else can we do? Sawa-chan said to put it in the club fund.
Oink!
Looks like all the other clubs have their new members and are getting down to work.
#2: Clean-up! Looks like all the other clubs have their new members and are getting down to work.
#2: Clean-up!