1. Let's recap the show so far!Copy !req
2. Hitori Gotoh is a slightly shy, socially
anxious, and isolated guitar enthusiast!Copy !req
3. This guitar's my friend!Copy !req
4. But some day, I might like to join a band!Copy !req
5. And as she was thinking that...Copy !req
6. Hey, come join our band!Copy !req
7. From that humble beginning, she formed a rock
band with this group of colorful characters!Copy !req
8. Since then, her life has been
one event after another!Copy !req
9. And just now, the club manager said,Copy !req
10. "I can't put you on stage
unless you pass an audition,"Copy !req
11. which inspired a huge panic!Copy !req
12. And after hours and hours of practice...Copy !req
13. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!Copy !req
14. They managed to pass their audition!Copy !req
15. Happiness bloomed!Copy !req
16. Or so they thought, but Hitori Gotoh
still had a towering wall before her!Copy !req
17. It was...Copy !req
18. That five-person ticket quota!Copy !req
19. What was a girl with no contacts
outside of her family and band to do?Copy !req
20. What will you do?Copy !req
21. What will you do, Hitori—Copy !req
22. Only ten days to the concert.Copy !req
23. Father, mother, sister, dog.Copy !req
24. One ticket left for...Copy !req
25. Grandma?Copy !req
26. B-But I doubt she'd make the three-hour trip
just to see me play...Copy !req
27. Good.Copy !req
28. You know Jimihen can't come, right?Copy !req
29. Y-You think?Copy !req
30. I s-sort of had a feeling,
but... I wasn't sure...Copy !req
31. Futari can't go to a club like that either.Copy !req
32. She's only five.Copy !req
33. Aw, no fun!Copy !req
34. It's scary in there.Copy !req
35. Mother, father.Copy !req
36. Mother, father.Copy !req
37. Mother, father.Copy !req
38. Mother, father.Copy !req
39. Mother, father.Copy !req
40. Mother, father.Copy !req
41. Mother, father.Copy !req
42. Mother, father...Copy !req
43. Mother, father...Copy !req
44. Mother, father...Copy !req
45. Mother, father...Copy !req
46. Mother, father...Copy !req
47. I could invite some of my friends.Copy !req
48. My friends.Copy !req
49. My friends.Copy !req
50. My friends.Copy !req
51. Mother?Copy !req
52. It's not like Sis has friends of her own!Copy !req
53. I-I might not talk about them,
but I've got lots of friends at school.Copy !req
54. Lia—Copy !req
55. You shouldn't say that, even as a joke.Copy !req
56. You should grow up to have
empathy for others.Copy !req
57. S-Sorry.Copy !req
58. Sounds like I should talk to my friends.Copy !req
59. Me too—Copy !req
60. N-N-N—Copy !req
61. N-No, that's okay!Copy !req
62. I've got lots of friends at school.Copy !req
63. S-See?Copy !req
64. You just wait for that concert!Copy !req
65. I shouldn't have bragged like that.Copy !req
66. What do I do? If I don't find buyers
for three more tickets...Copy !req
67. I made these promotional flyers to hand out
around my neighborhood, but...Copy !req
68. I read online that stuff with a handmade feel
comes across as more charming!Copy !req
69. But honestly...Copy !req
70. How is someone with social anxiety
supposed to hand out flyers?Copy !req
71. I feel so powerless.Copy !req
72. I'm too scared to even move.Copy !req
73. Looks like lots of my friends
are coming! Thank goodness!Copy !req
74. I got 'em sold.Copy !req
75. How are you doing,
Bocchi-chan? Coming today?Copy !req
76. I want to try the new song all together!Copy !req
77. Th-They're all taking care of it!Copy !req
78. Wh-What do I say back?Copy !req
79. "I got that quota covered!"
and pretend I'm okay?Copy !req
80. Or do I just admit,
"I can't handle the quota!"?Copy !req
81. But if I do that...Copy !req
82. You can't be in the band
if you can't handle your quota.Copy !req
83. Bye-bye, Bocchi.Copy !req
84. Senpai!Copy !req
85. I searched through my extensive connectionsCopy !req
86. and found us an amazing and
totally extroverted guitarist!Copy !req
87. Yeah!Copy !req
88. Rock you!Copy !req
89. Yeah! Rock you!Copy !req
90. Why couldn't I just accept my mom's help?Copy !req
91. A p-person's collapsed.Copy !req
92. Wh-What do I do? I've got to say something...Copy !req
93. Actually, I need an ambulance!Copy !req
94. H-Hello?Copy !req
95. This is the news for 4:30 pm...Copy !req
96. W-Water... Please...Copy !req
97. R-Right! I'll go buy some—Copy !req
98. A-And hangover medicine.Copy !req
99. R-Right!Copy !req
100. And miso soup with clams...Copy !req
101. And rice porridge too...Copy !req
102. Preferably in a bed dressed with
freshly line-dried sheets...Copy !req
103. Sh-She's very demanding.Copy !req
104. I liked dark, cramped spaces,Copy !req
105. so I'd bury my face deep in my hoodCopy !req
106. My eyes resented the heartless world,Copy !req
107. but yearned for loveCopy !req
108. I liked being soaked by the rain,Copy !req
109. because my face looked better clouded overCopy !req
110. I pretended to be afraid of the stormCopy !req
111. while waiting for the sky to burstCopy !req
112. Strum through the light's distortionCopy !req
113. I want to make thunder roarCopy !req
114. Drum beyond the painCopy !req
115. What can I do? This fierce
pounding is out of controlCopy !req
116. Strum in a harmonizing quartetCopy !req
117. I want to cause a revolutionCopy !req
118. Drum in a lamenting forteCopy !req
119. What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wildCopy !req
120. Ah, right to the liver!Copy !req
121. You're a lifesaver! Thanks so much!Copy !req
122. I didn't think you'd really
buy me the miso soup!Copy !req
123. I-It's nothing.Copy !req
124. I wanna take off my head and power-wash it!Copy !req
125. I ended up helping a very weird person.Copy !req
126. I wanna take out my guts
and wring out all the alcohol!Copy !req
127. W-Well, I should be going...Copy !req
128. Say, what's your name?Copy !req
129. H-Hitori Gotoh.Copy !req
130. What a cute name!Copy !req
131. Th-Thank you.Copy !req
132. Drinking should be done
in moderation, y'know?Copy !req
133. She said as she started drinking again!Copy !req
134. Hair of the dog that bit ya!Copy !req
135. So good!Copy !req
136. She's still drinking.Copy !req
137. What should I do? Just leave?Copy !req
138. Ya want some too, Hitori-chan?Copy !req
139. Sorry it's the cheap stuff.Copy !req
140. N-No, thanks...Copy !req
141. Wait, you're underage, right?Copy !req
142. Hey, you listenin'?Copy !req
143. Yeah, she's way too weird.Copy !req
144. Why haven't ya said anything?Copy !req
145. I can't tell if she's
serious or playing dumb.Copy !req
146. Hitori-chan, you're cold as ice!Copy !req
147. Like concrete!Copy !req
148. On the count of three, I book it!Copy !req
149. Wh-Whaddya want?
Ya want some booze after all?Copy !req
150. I sh-should be going...Copy !req
151. Hey, a guitar!Copy !req
152. Do ya play?Copy !req
153. I'm in a band too! Indie, of course.Copy !req
154. Sh-She plays too?Copy !req
155. Hey, can ya play?Copy !req
156. I'm s-s-s-so scared!Copy !req
157. I've never talked to a
grown-up rocker before!Copy !req
158. I d-don't know why, but I bet she'll be mad!Copy !req
159. Lemme see! Lemme see!Copy !req
160. Sheesh, kids these days...Copy !req
161. You don't know what rock is!Copy !req
162. I have to get out of here
before I say something stupid.Copy !req
163. What's with you, Hitori-chan?Copy !req
164. A-A-A-Actually I bought it
but gave up after one day,Copy !req
165. so I was just heading
to a pawn shop to sell it!Copy !req
166. Uh?Copy !req
167. I was hoping for a far more worthy
person to use this guitarCopy !req
168. and truly find their wings and soar,
but I d-d-don't play at all!Copy !req
169. Sorry! Gosh, wonder how much I'll get for it!Copy !req
170. It's all-you-can-eat yakiniku for me today!Copy !req
171. Wait!Copy !req
172. Giving up after one day is a waste.Copy !req
173. You can sell it any time you want.Copy !req
174. But if you stick with it
a little while longer,Copy !req
175. you might become worthy
of that guitar someday.Copy !req
176. Oh, listen to me! Tryin' to sound all wise...Copy !req
177. Wait. Is she kind of normal after all?Copy !req
178. Oh, I know.Copy !req
179. How's about I give you lessons?Copy !req
180. Oh, actually, sorry...Copy !req
181. I lied about everything I said just now.Copy !req
182. That's a heck of a smooth lie you told.Copy !req
183. Wow, nice guitar!Copy !req
184. It's clear you take good care of it.Copy !req
185. Th-Thank you.Copy !req
186. I play bass.Copy !req
187. Booze and the bass are
worth more to me than my life,Copy !req
188. so I always keep them close by.Copy !req
189. So, uh...Copy !req
190. Where's your bass?Copy !req
191. I left it at the pub.Copy !req
192. Let's go grab it, Hitori-chan!Copy !req
193. She values her life so little...Copy !req
194. Hey, hey.Copy !req
195. Have you heard back from Bocchi-chan?Copy !req
196. Still left on read.Copy !req
197. Maybe we shouldn't have
sent those LOINEs.Copy !req
198. I don't think that's it.Copy !req
199. Today's our practice day.Copy !req
200. I'm sure she's just busy.Copy !req
201. You think?Copy !req
202. But what if we overwhelmed her?Copy !req
203. I get how she feels.Copy !req
204. I've felt that pressure so many times myself.Copy !req
205. Yeah, right!Copy !req
206. Sheesh...Copy !req
207. Boy, I sure hope she's okay!Copy !req
208. Ta-dah! My very own bass!Copy !req
209. Th-This is all too incomprehensible.Copy !req
210. Super Ultra Shuten Doji EX!Copy !req
211. I'm struggling.Copy !req
212. Cool, huh?Copy !req
213. Y-Yes. Very cool.Copy !req
214. We really rocked the house
at our concert last night!Copy !req
215. But I drank way too much at the after-party.Copy !req
216. Next thing I knew, the sun was up,Copy !req
217. and I had no idea where I was!Copy !req
218. H-How many hours did you spend drinking?Copy !req
219. Lesse...Copy !req
220. The after-party started at ten, so...Copy !req
221. I was pretty out of it
most of the time, so...Copy !req
222. Figure I might as well stay up 'til tonight.Copy !req
223. Y-You really like drinking that much?Copy !req
224. Sure do! Drinking lets me forget
everything, so I just...Copy !req
225. Everything?Copy !req
226. You know, like fears about the future.Copy !req
227. Pension problems!
Rural depopulation! The poverty gap!Copy !req
228. I call it a Happiness Spiral!Copy !req
229. Kids, try this at home!Copy !req
230. Um...Copy !req
231. What a sad kind of happiness.Copy !req
232. Doesn't ring true, huh?Copy !req
233. You'll understand when
you're older, Hitori-chan.Copy !req
234. A-Actually...Copy !req
235. I'd really rather I didn't!Copy !req
236. You'll be super into drinking, I bet!Copy !req
237. I can tell just by looking at your face!Copy !req
238. I wonder what I'd look like drunk...Copy !req
239. Mom's stopped bugging me to
go to the employment agency.Copy !req
240. Bet she's too busy with her grandkids.Copy !req
241. Futari's a mama now, after all.Copy !req
242. I know it's not good for
things to stay this way,Copy !req
243. but I don't see how I could
pull myself together now.Copy !req
244. Those high school days in the band...Copy !req
245. Feels like a lifetime ago.Copy !req
246. Boy, I sure was shining back then...Copy !req
247. Wonder what they're all up to now.Copy !req
248. But what would I even say if I saw them?Copy !req
249. Wow, you're pretty messed up, too!Copy !req
250. S-S-Sorry. I lost my head.Copy !req
251. That's okay. I kinda like it.Copy !req
252. By the way, what were ya doing?Copy !req
253. A-Actually...Copy !req
254. Lorem ipsum, yada yada,
etc etc, blah blah blah...Copy !req
255. Ah, I see!Copy !req
256. I never knew you lived such a tragic life!Copy !req
257. Sh-She's really sympathetic!Copy !req
258. Selling tickets is so hard.Copy !req
259. I really struggled with it at the start too!Copy !req
260. Y-Yeah, it really is...Copy !req
261. Okay, since you saved my life,Copy !req
262. I'm gonna put some skin in the game.Copy !req
263. Now, prepare yourself.Copy !req
264. You and I are gonna...Copy !req
265. play a street concert, right here and now!Copy !req
266. S-Street concert?Copy !req
267. Yeah! You've got those flyers, after all.Copy !req
268. The best way to sell tickets is to play
on the street and pick up an audience.Copy !req
269. B-But...Copy !req
270. Seems there's some kind of
festival in the area today,Copy !req
271. so there's lots of people around.Copy !req
272. Perfect for a street performance!Copy !req
273. Oh, but we don't have amps and stuff...Copy !req
274. T-Too bad! Guess we'll have
to try another time...Copy !req
275. H-Hey, it's me!Copy !req
276. Yeah, I'm not dead!Copy !req
277. I was gonna play on the street,
so could you bring the stuff by for that?Copy !req
278. Nah, the equipment's enough.Copy !req
279. Wh-What do I do? She's really going for it...Copy !req
280. Yeah.Copy !req
281. Sure, thanks!Copy !req
282. Hey, everyone!Copy !req
283. We're about to play!Copy !req
284. It's free, so come by if you can!Copy !req
285. Hey, Kanazawa-Hakkei peeps!Copy !req
286. We're about to play!Copy !req
287. Come watch!Copy !req
288. Wow!Copy !req
289. I can't wait!Copy !req
290. You're playing, girl!Copy !req
291. Huh? You've never played outside before?Copy !req
292. If you're that scared,
you could shut your eyes...Copy !req
293. Or... Well, I guess you're
scared of strangers, huh?Copy !req
294. Oh, that might just work...Copy !req
295. I feel you.Copy !req
296. I've been playing so long in the dark
where I can't see my fingers anyway.Copy !req
297. Yeah. I can do it.Copy !req
298. But just so you know...Copy !req
299. You're not in combat with
the people in front of you.Copy !req
300. Don't get it twisted who your enemies are.Copy !req
301. Enemies?Copy !req
302. What does she mean, enemies?Copy !req
303. What? What's Gotoh-san like at school?Copy !req
304. Yeah.Copy !req
305. I think I can kind of picture it,Copy !req
306. but... well...Copy !req
307. Is she a loner at school, too?Copy !req
308. Don't just say it like that!Copy !req
309. Well, let me see...Copy !req
310. We're in different classes, so I don't see
what she's like with her classmates, but...Copy !req
311. It's true that I've never seen her
with another person.Copy !req
312. Oh, she's not being bullied
or anything, though.Copy !req
313. That's good to hear!Copy !req
314. She's really withdrawn and people seem
to have trouble interacting with her.Copy !req
315. It's kind of hard to know
how to approach her.Copy !req
316. Really?Copy !req
317. But Bocchi's so fun.Copy !req
318. I know, right?Copy !req
319. Okay, we're starting!Copy !req
320. We're playing an original song
by her band, Kessoku Band!Copy !req
321. Let's have some applause!Copy !req
322. Go on, play.Copy !req
323. R-Right...Copy !req
324. She'll stick with me for guitar practice,Copy !req
325. but when I invite her to have lunch
with my friends, she won't come,Copy !req
326. and she's never in her classroom...Copy !req
327. She's...Copy !req
328. She's ad-libbing, but she's really selling it.Copy !req
329. Her playing is so confident.Copy !req
330. She's giving me such a firm
foundation to play from.Copy !req
331. Just from hearing her play,
I can tell she's having fun.Copy !req
332. By comparison, I...Copy !req
333. I wonder if they're all
laughing at me out there.Copy !req
334. I'm too scared to look up.Copy !req
335. You're doing great!Copy !req
336. Hey, what are you doing?Copy !req
337. Well... The guitar girl seemed nervous,
so it just came out.Copy !req
338. Just came out?Copy !req
339. Bocchi-chan...Copy !req
340. I sure hope she's okay...Copy !req
341. I see.Copy !req
342. I never had any enemies here.Copy !req
343. It was just my imagination.Copy !req
344. She opened her eyes.Copy !req
345. Her playing is suddenly more stable.Copy !req
346. So this is how Hitori-chan plays.Copy !req
347. Interesting.Copy !req
348. That's right.Copy !req
349. The only people here are the ones
who stopped to hear you play.Copy !req
350. Realizing and conquering her flaws
in such a short time... Amazing!Copy !req
351. She's going to get better.Copy !req
352. My instinct never lies!Copy !req
353. They're all smiling.Copy !req
354. If I do more concerts,Copy !req
355. will I see more faces like these?Copy !req
356. I think I'd like that.Copy !req
357. Great work, Hitori-chan!Copy !req
358. Th-Thank you.Copy !req
359. Wh-What a relief...Copy !req
360. She didn't realize I only had one eye open!Copy !req
361. What's wrong?Copy !req
362. Oh, n-nothing...Copy !req
363. Sorry. I can't change everything all at once!Copy !req
364. Excuse me.Copy !req
365. Y-Yes?Copy !req
366. Can we buy tickets to this concert?Copy !req
367. We'll take two!Copy !req
368. Isn't that great, Hitori-chan?Copy !req
369. Huh? Did you freeze up from joy?Copy !req
370. Um... That'll be 1,500 yen apiece, 3,000 total!Copy !req
371. Right?Copy !req
372. Y-Yes!Copy !req
373. A-Are you sure you want
to buy those t-t-tickets?Copy !req
374. Give it up already, Hitori-chan!Copy !req
375. B-But I...Copy !req
376. This was my first time watching a
street performance, but you were so good!Copy !req
377. Keep up the good work at
your next concert, okay?Copy !req
378. R-Right... I'll do my best.Copy !req
379. Will you be playing that song again?Copy !req
380. Y-Yes. I will.Copy !req
381. Can't wait to see it!Copy !req
382. To think I had this shining
period myself once...Copy !req
383. Tonight, I drown away my cares.Copy !req
384. Wh-Why are you crying?Copy !req
385. Sorry, sorry!Copy !req
386. I'll be back in my happiness spiral soon...Copy !req
387. Th-That can't possibly be good for you.Copy !req
388. Excuse me. You guys can't play here!Copy !req
389. Sorry!Copy !req
390. I-It's the fuzz!Copy !req
391. Are they gonna take me away?Copy !req
392. Of course not!Copy !req
393. They are pretty mad, though,
so let's call it quits here.Copy !req
394. Oh, that's right.Copy !req
395. I got so carried away before, but I
still have one ticket left to sell...Copy !req
396. B-But I did sell four!Copy !req
397. Not bad for my first time!Copy !req
398. I'll buy that last one.Copy !req
399. The ticket.Copy !req
400. That'll get you to your quota, right?Copy !req
401. Y-You're sure?Copy !req
402. Of course. I typically operate
out of Shinjuku, so I'm close by,Copy !req
403. and I know this club too.Copy !req
404. Th-Thank you so much...Copy !req
405. A concert costing over five Onikoros...Copy !req
406. It'd better be worth it!Copy !req
407. R-Right!Copy !req
408. Let's play together again some time!Copy !req
409. Bye-bye, Hitori-chan!Copy !req
410. What a mysterious person.Copy !req
411. Rockers really are...Copy !req
412. cool.Copy !req
413. I spent the last of my money on your ticket!Copy !req
414. Can I borrow some for the train?Copy !req
415. I'll pay you back at the concert.Copy !req
416. This feels strangely familiar.Copy !req
417. Achoo!Copy !req
418. Why are rockers all so poor?Copy !req
419. Wow!Copy !req
420. I'm sorry I didn't make it to practice today.Copy !req
421. Also...Copy !req
422. I sold all my tickets!Copy !req
423. And... send!Copy !req
424. May our concert be a big success!Copy !req
425. "Also, I sold all
my tickets," she said!Copy !req
426. Bocchi-chan...Copy !req
427. She's totally lying, right?Copy !req
428. Totally.Copy !req
429. I bet our LOINEs really
did put pressure on her.Copy !req
430. Poor thing.Copy !req
431. Let's all be nice to her
at practice tomorrow!Copy !req
432. Sure.Copy !req
433. Right!Copy !req
434. I sleep, with big problems
weighing down on meCopy !req
435. Though you can't beat that feeling
of being loved, it's trueCopy !req
436. When I awaken from cold dreams,
my body feels numbCopy !req
437. You shine so brightly,
it could make me a shadowCopy !req
438. It's time to take that stepCopy !req
439. Though there's nothing certain about itCopy !req
440. It carries my childish heart into tomorrowCopy !req
441. It's time to blast out the thoughts
rattling around in my brainCopy !req
442. And live, to its fullest, a lifeCopy !req
443. I've been taking advances on for so longCopy !req
444. But I also love the days I spend
lying around, doing nothingCopy !req
445. So I know I'm going to go see youCopy !req
446. Before it all disappears some dayCopy !req
447. Wash'it!Copy !req