1. Emergency! Emergency!Copy !req
2. The band we had scheduled can't perform!Copy !req
3. Are you kidding?Copy !req
4. How will we find a replacement?Copy !req
5. Perhaps I could be of some assistance?Copy !req
6. Y-You're...Copy !req
7. I forget the name,
but the girl from Class 2—Copy !req
8. The name's Gotoh.Copy !req
9. Gotoh-sama!Copy !req
10. Hold me!Copy !req
11. You're a living national treasure!Copy !req
12. Gotoh! Gotoh!Copy !req
13. Gotoh! Gotoh!Copy !req
14. six votes for a haunted house,Copy !req
15. and two votes for a candy shop.Copy !req
16. How long have I been out?Copy !req
17. I think I was in homeroom, and they started
talking about festival project ideas...Copy !req
18. It's no use.Copy !req
19. Everything after the word
"unity" came up is a blank.Copy !req
20. Okay! So by majority vote,Copy !req
21. Class 2's project will be
a maid and butler cafe!Copy !req
22. We'll have to get lots of maid uniforms!Copy !req
23. M-Maid?Copy !req
24. Since all the girls'll be wearing them!Copy !req
25. All the girls?Copy !req
26. Does that include... me?Copy !req
27. N-No way!Copy !req
28. Too far outside my skill set!Copy !req
29. Maybe if it was a grave cafe...Copy !req
30. A-Afterlife for two...
Souvenirs from the grave available...Copy !req
31. Crud, that was close.Copy !req
32. I almost spaced out again.Copy !req
33. And if anyone wants to perform on the
second day of the culture festival,Copy !req
34. make sure you put one of these forms in
the box in front of the student council room.Copy !req
35. Perform on-stage as a band...Copy !req
36. I never got to do it in middle school.Copy !req
37. But I daydreamed about it a thousand times,
so same thing, right?Copy !req
38. You feelin' the hype, arena?Copy !req
39. Besides, I play in real venues now!Copy !req
40. My band's not for fun and games!Copy !req
41. It's serious business!Copy !req
42. If someone from our class played,
they'd be the coolest person ever!Copy !req
43. Totally!Copy !req
44. How'd I end up at the student council room?Copy !req
45. What's this piece of paper?Copy !req
46. A band performance application...Copy !req
47. Kessoku Band...Copy !req
48. Who wrote all this?Copy !req
49. What? Hitori Gotoh wrote it?Copy !req
50. I'm a professional guitarist now!Copy !req
51. Begone, lust for culture festival attention!Copy !req
52. Focus on your band's career!Copy !req
53. Good... the lust is fading.Copy !req
54. What was that?Copy !req
55. Teacher! Someone's collapsed out here!Copy !req
56. I liked dark, cramped spaces,Copy !req
57. so I'd bury my face deep in my hoodCopy !req
58. My eyes resented the heartless world,Copy !req
59. but yearned for loveCopy !req
60. I liked being soaked by the rain,Copy !req
61. because my face looked better clouded overCopy !req
62. I pretended to be afraid of the stormCopy !req
63. while waiting for the sky to burstCopy !req
64. Strum through the light's distortionCopy !req
65. I want to make thunder roarCopy !req
66. Drum beyond the painCopy !req
67. What can I do? This fierce
pounding is out of controlCopy !req
68. Strum in a harmonizing quartetCopy !req
69. I want to cause a revolutionCopy !req
70. Drum in a lamenting forteCopy !req
71. What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wildCopy !req
72. An unfamiliar ceiling.Copy !req
73. Hey, you're awake?Copy !req
74. How are you feeling?Copy !req
75. I'm f-fine.Copy !req
76. I heard you collapsed, so I got worried.Copy !req
77. S-Sorry.Copy !req
78. What's the matter?Copy !req
79. N-Nothing...Copy !req
80. Wh-What do I do?Copy !req
81. If I tell Kita-san, she'll get
all excited, eyes sparkling,Copy !req
82. and insist that we do it!Copy !req
83. I m-must avoid that!Copy !req
84. Th-Thank you for coming.Copy !req
85. I-I'll head to work after a little more rest.Copy !req
86. D-Don't worry about me.Copy !req
87. But won't you be lonely?Copy !req
88. I'll b-b-be fine!Copy !req
89. Y-You've got plans with friends today, right?Copy !req
90. Sure, but I can cancel them!Copy !req
91. I'll b-b-be fine!Copy !req
92. You're sure?Copy !req
93. Well, just take it easy, okay?Copy !req
94. I'd really like to perform,Copy !req
95. but I've barely done a real concert,
so it's still really scary.Copy !req
96. Although...Copy !req
97. Now that I think about it,Copy !req
98. all the performers in a high school
culture festival are amateurs.Copy !req
99. I wonder what the vibe is like...Copy !req
100. What's up, y'all?Copy !req
101. Ready to feel the hype?Copy !req
102. Yeah!Copy !req
103. We're gonna make one hell of a memory today!Copy !req
104. Join me on this journey!Copy !req
105. Nope. I'm so worn out,
I can't even watch the concert.Copy !req
106. But a loner-type shining at the
culture festival is a classic trope!Copy !req
107. So maybe I can do it too?Copy !req
108. Next up, Kessoku Band performs!Copy !req
109. On drums, Nijika Ijichi
from Shimo-Kitazawa High!Copy !req
110. Hi there!Copy !req
111. And Ryo Yamada, from the same!Copy !req
112. Mini-bow.Copy !req
113. And on lead guitar, from Class 2... Um...Copy !req
114. Oh, Gotoh-san!Copy !req
115. And on guitar and vocals, from Class 5,
our school star, Kita-chan!Copy !req
116. It's Kita-chan!Copy !req
117. We love you!Copy !req
118. Thanks, guys!Copy !req
119. The fervor gap is too intense!Copy !req
120. Yeah. Not happening.Copy !req
121. I gotta know my place.Copy !req
122. Good morning, Manager.Copy !req
123. Uh, could you do some work?Copy !req
124. If you're already on the fence,
I think you should do it.Copy !req
125. These high school years will
be gone before you know it.Copy !req
126. Yeah, maybe...Copy !req
127. Not that I'd know, since I
barely cared about high school.Copy !req
128. I dropped out!Copy !req
129. I asked the wrong people.Copy !req
130. I could never drag myself
out of bed in the morning!Copy !req
131. Huh?Copy !req
132. Bocchi-chan's talking to Sis?Copy !req
133. That never happens.Copy !req
134. She's waffling about her culture festival.Copy !req
135. Culture festival?Copy !req
136. She's trying to figure out if
Kessoku Band should perform there.Copy !req
137. Performing at a culture festival?Copy !req
138. Sounds awesome! Let's do it!Copy !req
139. Um... But...Copy !req
140. It's fun in a different way
from performing at a club.Copy !req
141. Y-You've done it before, Nijika-chan?Copy !req
142. Yeah, in middle school.Copy !req
143. Same.Copy !req
144. I played obscure songs and totally
bombed with the audience!Copy !req
145. Why do you sound proud of that?Copy !req
146. I've never played with Ryo
at a culture festival, though,Copy !req
147. so I'd love to play at this one!Copy !req
148. Really?Copy !req
149. Well, we only recently formed Kessoku Band.Copy !req
150. I'd like to play my original songs
somewhere other than here, too.Copy !req
151. Plus, it's a great chance
to advertise ourselves!Copy !req
152. But...Copy !req
153. Don't you get expelled for playingCopy !req
154. something other than seishun rock
at a high school culture festival?Copy !req
155. Of course not!Copy !req
156. I get why Bocchi's scared, though.Copy !req
157. There's a chance—a likelihood, rather—that
you'll be playing in front of a large crowd.Copy !req
158. So you don't have to rush to a decision.Copy !req
159. Ryo-san...Copy !req
160. To be honest, I still have nightmares
about that concert I bombed.Copy !req
161. So you were just acting strong earlier?Copy !req
162. Either way, just make sure
you don't have any regrets, Bocchi-chan.Copy !req
163. Wise words.Copy !req
164. G-Got it.Copy !req
165. I'll think it over.Copy !req
166. Right, right!Copy !req
167. Nijika-chan wants to play
at the culture festival too.Copy !req
168. I bet it'd feel pretty darn good...Copy !req
169. I...Copy !req
170. I just can't do it!Copy !req
171. I'm sorry, everyone.Copy !req
172. I thought I could do it
yesterday, but I can't.Copy !req
173. B-But Nijika-chan told me to make
sure I don't have any regrets,Copy !req
174. and if I blow it, I don't think I could
make it through the rest of high school...Copy !req
175. I'm already nervous
about playing in a club.Copy !req
176. The thought of being
on stage at a festival...Copy !req
177. Yeah, just not happening.Copy !req
178. Did you know your high school classmate
Hitori Gotoh had become a famous guitarist?Copy !req
179. Wow, Gotoh-san was in a band back then?Copy !req
180. I should've gotten her autograph!Copy !req
181. I'll just follow that model instead!Copy !req
182. I like it.Copy !req
183. Now that I've got a plan in mind,
I don't feel so bad about it.Copy !req
184. Good work, me!Copy !req
185. Gotoh-san!Copy !req
186. Morning!Copy !req
187. G-Good morning...Copy !req
188. How are you feeling?Copy !req
189. I got worried and stopped
by the nurse's office again yesterday,Copy !req
190. but you were already gone.Copy !req
191. R-Really? I'm sorry...Copy !req
192. Oh, and I turned it in.Copy !req
193. For the culture festival performance!Copy !req
194. We'll be on stage as Kessoku Band!Copy !req
195. I just can't wait!Copy !req
196. The application must've fallen
in the trash can by mistake.Copy !req
197. What a close call, right?Copy !req
198. Let's put on the best
culture festival concert ever!Copy !req
199. So that's why she's been like that.Copy !req
200. I was so sure she wanted to do it.Copy !req
201. She seemed very excited yesterday.Copy !req
202. Wh-What do I do?Copy !req
203. Right?Copy !req
204. They're going to label me a murderer!Copy !req
205. It's not too late to back out, is it?Copy !req
206. They said you can't take it back
once you've applied...Copy !req
207. But I'll talk to them tomorrow.Copy !req
208. Hey-ho! Free booze, please!Copy !req
209. Hell no. Piss off.Copy !req
210. Aw, c'mon!Copy !req
211. Tell yer sister to be nicer!Copy !req
212. You like havin' me around, right, li'l sis?Copy !req
213. Kindly depart. We're about
to open for business.Copy !req
214. You've got a death glare
on par with Senpai's lately.Copy !req
215. Bocchi-chan!Copy !req
216. What's with her? Somethin' on her mind?Copy !req
217. I volunteered us for the culture
festival against her will.Copy !req
218. What? You gonna play there?Copy !req
219. I c-can't do it.Copy !req
220. Th-There'd be so many more
people than I'm used to,Copy !req
221. a-and I'm s-scared of performing in
front of people who know me at s-school.Copy !req
222. Bocchi-chan.Copy !req
223. For you!Copy !req
224. Payin' you back for before.Copy !req
225. My band's playin' a gig tonight!Copy !req
226. Wanna come see?Copy !req
227. C-Can I?Copy !req
228. 'Course you can!Copy !req
229. Same goes for all y'all.Copy !req
230. Thank you very much.Copy !req
231. Let me pay you.Copy !req
232. Yes, for the tickets.Copy !req
233. Aw, don't go there. It's a gift!Copy !req
234. But...Copy !req
235. Please, let us pay!Copy !req
236. H-Hang on, do you think
I'm some kind of broke rockerCopy !req
237. who's gotta hustle money from teenage girls?Copy !req
238. You mean you're not?Copy !req
239. Damn it! Senpai, one bottle of shochu!Copy !req
240. Like hell, dumb-ass.Copy !req
241. Anyhoo, it's fine!Copy !req
242. I might not look it, but our band's
pretty popular on the indies circuit!Copy !req
243. Right?Copy !req
244. Yes, they have many hardcore fans.Copy !req
245. Which means we make our ticket quotas, easy!Copy !req
246. We even make money on merch!Copy !req
247. Then why do you only drink the cheap stuff?Copy !req
248. And you use our shower, too.Copy !req
249. Pay rent.Copy !req
250. You never paid me back for your train fare.Copy !req
251. Sounds like a hustle to me!Copy !req
252. Th-There's a reason for all this...Copy !req
253. All my money goes to paying for the
equipment I break while playing drunk.Copy !req
254. So it's your own fault.Copy !req
255. Bocchi-chan, has she borrowed any more
money from you that she hasn't paid back?Copy !req
256. N-No... she hasn't...Copy !req
257. Garbage humans.Copy !req
258. Apologize for your late repayment.Copy !req
259. Sorry for our lateness!Copy !req
260. I-It's okay...Copy !req
261. Noguchi-sensei... farewell...Copy !req
262. You really need to cut back.Copy !req
263. You never used to drink before
you started playing concerts.Copy !req
264. It can't be good for you.Copy !req
265. C'mon, that's no biggie!Copy !req
266. Now, let's all go to Shinjuku!Copy !req
267. I can't hear you!Copy !req
268. Do you think she can really play like that?Copy !req
269. You're supposed to say "go!"Copy !req
270. Getting to see SICK HACK for free...Copy !req
271. My soul is on fire!Copy !req
272. SICK HACK? Is that the name
of Hiroi-san's band?Copy !req
273. Yep!Copy !req
274. I knew she was good
from our street concert...Copy !req
275. But I don't really know
what she sounds like.Copy !req
276. I'm kind of looking forward to this!Copy !req
277. I v-very much enjoyed the concert...Copy !req
278. Thank you for having me...Copy !req
279. We're not even at the venue yet!Copy !req
280. Here's my home base, Shinjuku FOLT!Copy !req
281. C'mon in, y'all!Copy !req
282. The vibe is very different from Starry's...Copy !req
283. Hey, no worries. It's the same kind of place.Copy !req
284. It is a little scary,Copy !req
285. but I feel strangely confident.Copy !req
286. Clubs are the same wherever you—Copy !req
287. Th-Thank you for the wonderful concert!Copy !req
288. Seriously, it hasn't started yet!Copy !req
289. I w-was a fool to think
I'd grown as a person...Copy !req
290. I'm sure they're nice people
if you talk to them!Copy !req
291. Gin-chan! Mornin'!Copy !req
292. Yeah?Copy !req
293. I m-miss my sister!Copy !req
294. It's gotten to Ijichi-senpai too!Copy !req
295. This is the manager, Gin-chan!Copy !req
296. H-Hello!Copy !req
297. Oh, gosh, look at all the cute
little buddies you brought!Copy !req
298. I'm Ginjiro Yoshida, 37 years old!Copy !req
299. Punk rock's my genre of choice!Copy !req
300. The contrast between how he looks and talks
kinda shorts out your brain, right?Copy !req
301. But don't worry.Copy !req
302. Gin-chan's a nice old guy
with the heart of a pure maiden!Copy !req
303. Hey, Hiroi.Copy !req
304. Yeah?Copy !req
305. For the millionth time, don't be late.Copy !req
306. Our rehearsal's already over!Copy !req
307. Sorry!Copy !req
308. But it'll all work out, I bet!Copy !req
309. Are these the members of Kessoku Band?Copy !req
310. Y-Yes!Copy !req
311. And you're...Copy !req
312. She's part of SICK HACK.Copy !req
313. I'm Shima, the drummer.Copy !req
314. A pleasure.Copy !req
315. It's such a pleasure to meet you!Copy !req
316. I'm sure our Hiroi's caused
a lot of trouble for you.Copy !req
317. If this will in any way make up for it...Copy !req
318. Sh-She's so polite!Copy !req
319. Oh, th-thank you!Copy !req
320. Maybe the other band members balance her out?Copy !req
321. I'm Eliza! I lived in England
until I was eighteen.Copy !req
322. This is my third year in Japan.Copy !req
323. Let's be friends!Copy !req
324. You came all the way to
Japan to be in a band?Copy !req
325. Do you like J-Rock?Copy !req
326. No. Actually, I came to Japan for Comiket!Copy !req
327. I really wanna be in an anisong cover band!Copy !req
328. Eliza's always saying anisongs are
Japan's real bleeding-edge sound!Copy !req
329. The three of them are...Copy !req
330. Balanced?Copy !req
331. I bought this in Asakusa!Copy !req
332. Nice one!Copy !req
333. Stop now.Copy !req
334. Here you are.Copy !req
335. Thank you!Copy !req
336. Look at all the people!Copy !req
337. There's at least two hundred here.Copy !req
338. I had no idea her band was this popular...Copy !req
339. By the way, where's Ryo?Copy !req
340. She was with us just minutes ago...Copy !req
341. Eh?Copy !req
342. She's sitting over there!Copy !req
343. Sh-She's doing...Copy !req
344. the club classic: the "I'm not like you
overexcited sheeple" customer!Copy !req
345. Take in the sound. The sound!Copy !req
346. Ryo-senpai.Copy !req
347. What kind of band is SICK HACK, exactly?Copy !req
348. They play psychedelic rock.Copy !req
349. A genre that spread in the 1960s as a musical
expression of drug-induced hallucinationsCopy !req
350. whose influence led to many progressive
rock bands getting their start...Copy !req
351. I've never seen Senpai talk
so much about anything.Copy !req
352. I c-can't wait to hear them.Copy !req
353. Yeah!Copy !req
354. I'm kinda interested in psychedelic rock!Copy !req
355. Really?Copy !req
356. I'll bring all my albums tomorrow.Copy !req
357. It's best for a beginner
to start from the second.Copy !req
358. Better watch what you say, Kita-chan.Copy !req
359. That kind of line will get
you mobbed by fanatics.Copy !req
360. Up late doing spot-the-difference puzzlesCopy !req
361. Oh, what funCopy !req
362. A lost child beckons me to a land of dreamsCopy !req
363. Their band's amazing.Copy !req
364. The drum's spot-on irregular time
signature that keeps you off-balance.Copy !req
365. This-a-way, that-a-wayCopy !req
366. The emotional yet overwhelmingly
logical playing of the guitar...Copy !req
367. Which way is the way?Copy !req
368. My life's run out of batteryCopy !req
369. And the bass forms a wall of sound
that supports it all.Copy !req
370. But now it's time, let's partyCopy !req
371. But the most amazing thing of all...Copy !req
372. I can't tell you how much
I admire your philanthropyCopy !req
373. is her overwhelming charisma!Copy !req
374. All of you, all of you...Copy !req
375. For the time they're standing on stage,Copy !req
376. Round and round and round, let's danceCopy !req
377. performers are heroes!Copy !req
378. Hot and sweaty and close, you swirl around meCopy !req
379. A band really isCopy !req
380. I've got toast spread thick with liesCopy !req
381. the coolest thing ever!Copy !req
382. Would you like to try?Copy !req
383. There's only one ghost, and it's meCopy !req
384. Bocchi-chan! How'd you like my show?Copy !req
385. I-It was great.Copy !req
386. That was so good!Copy !req
387. Hey, what's got you so down?Copy !req
388. Thanks!Copy !req
389. We stunk the place up after all?Copy !req
390. N-Not at all.Copy !req
391. You really were incredible.Copy !req
392. But I... er...Copy !req
393. You were really shining up there.Copy !req
394. I don't think I could... ever...Copy !req
395. Lemme fill you in here.Copy !req
396. Up to high school, I was the gloomy misfit
sittin' in a corner of the classroom.Copy !req
397. Could ya tell?Copy !req
398. I guess it's true what they say:
gloomy people attract.Copy !req
399. But sometimes I'd imagine what
my future was gonna look like,Copy !req
400. and I'd think, "C'mon, that's lame!"Copy !req
401. I started playing rock
to make my life's course do a 180.Copy !req
402. At first, I was scared stiff of buying a bass
at the music shop or going into a club.Copy !req
403. The whole reason I started drinking was
to chill myself out before our first concert.Copy !req
404. Everyone's scared when they
do something for the first time.Copy !req
405. But you played just fine,
both on the street and at Starry!Copy !req
406. And you didn't even need alcohol to do it!Copy !req
407. You mean...Copy !req
408. Have a little faith in yourself!Copy !req
409. And if that's not enough,
have a drink to take the edge off!Copy !req
410. I-I'm really too young.Copy !req
411. But I'd like you to come to our
culture festival performance.Copy !req
412. Yeah, that's the way!Copy !req
413. I'm adding 100,000 to your tab
for wall repairs.Copy !req
414. Th-That one's partly Bocchi-chan's fault!Copy !req
415. Okay!Copy !req
416. Now that the concert's got us all hyped up,Copy !req
417. let's plot our culture festival setlist!Copy !req
418. Kita-chan said each band
gets fifteen minutes.Copy !req
419. So that's about three songs, right?Copy !req
420. H-Hey...Copy !req
421. C-Can't I let Ryo-senpai have some of mine?Copy !req
422. No!Copy !req
423. She needs to learn her lesson
for bumming off of Bocchi-chan for so long.Copy !req
424. Ikuyo...Copy !req
425. Kita-chan! Don't fall for our
wicked bandmate's tricks!Copy !req
426. The three Bs to avoid in a boyfriend are
"bassist, bassist, and bassist," after all!Copy !req
427. I'll never borrow money from anyone again.Copy !req
428. Then I gift you this.Copy !req
429. You're kind, Nijika. I love you.Copy !req
430. The legit gratitude is tugging
on my heartstrings, darn it!Copy !req
431. Just help yourself already!Copy !req
432. I already know our setlist.Copy !req
433. I've been thinking it over since
the culture festival came up.Copy !req
434. Nice!Copy !req
435. We'll put a Bocchi guitar solo
in the second one.Copy !req
436. To make sure you shine.Copy !req
437. It's your and Ikuyo's
culture festival, remember?Copy !req
438. But isn't going all-original in the
culture festival a bit aggressive?Copy !req
439. So what? Let's be aggressive!Copy !req
440. And if we bomb, there's four of us.Copy !req
441. We can split the shame four ways.Copy !req
442. Ryo, are you trying to push
your trauma on the rest of us?Copy !req
443. Guitar solo...Copy !req
444. K-Kita-san?Copy !req
445. G-Gotoh-san...Copy !req
446. I...Copy !req
447. I knew you'd thrown out the
culture festival application!Copy !req
448. But I submitted it anyway.Copy !req
449. I'm so, so sorry that I lied!Copy !req
450. Th-Thank you for doing it.Copy !req
451. I w-was pretty freaked out at first,Copy !req
452. but now I'm kind of looking forward to it.Copy !req
453. Th-That wouldn't have happened
if you hadn't turned in the application.Copy !req
454. So I'm really grateful.Copy !req
455. Thank you.Copy !req
456. Gotoh-san, I'm going to work
even harder at practice than ever!Copy !req
457. So let's make our culture
festival concert a success!Copy !req
458. O-Okay.Copy !req
459. The truth is, I really wanted Gotoh-san
to perform at the culture festival.Copy !req
460. Because Gotoh-san is...Copy !req
461. Ryo-senpai!Copy !req
462. Would you be willing to coach me
on guitar after work?Copy !req
463. Isn't Bocchi coaching you?Copy !req
464. Gotoh-san has her own practice to focus on.Copy !req
465. I want to practice and get better too!Copy !req
466. You heard her.Copy !req
467. Humor her, okay?Copy !req
468. My lessons don't come cheap.Copy !req
469. Okay!Copy !req
470. How come Bocchi-chan's not with you today?Copy !req
471. Well... she's got make-up lessons...Copy !req
472. Bocchi-chan's missing?Copy !req
473. What's wrong with not
letting my sound die down?Copy !req
474. What's wrong with being young?Copy !req
475. Hey, why doesn't it stop?Copy !req
476. The rhythm that I can't stopCopy !req
477. keeps reverberating through my bodyCopy !req
478. The melody playing in my earphonesCopy !req
479. is the only thing that lets me be who I amCopy !req
480. The sky is tinged in redCopy !req
481. But what color is my soul?Copy !req
482. Tell meCopy !req
483. where should I go?Copy !req
484. I've always been searchingCopy !req
485. for something precious (hey!)Copy !req
486. If everything's going to be lost some dayCopy !req
487. let's engrave it as deep as we can (now!)Copy !req
488. My most pathetic nights
and cackling laughterCopy !req
489. And days when I couldn't say
more than "You know..."Copy !req
490. What's wrong with not
letting my sound die down?Copy !req
491. What's wrong with being young?Copy !req
492. Watch it.Copy !req