Part 1

Morinomiya Music Academy - Courtyard

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Tsukasa

Oh...!

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Emu

Thanks for waiting, Tsukasa, Rui!

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Rui

We didn't expect you two to arrive together, Nene.

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Nene

Yeah, we just happened to bump into each other.

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Tsukasa

Anyway, now that we're all here, let's all congratulate ourselves for getting through the first day of lessons here at Morinomiya!

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Rui, Emu & Nene

Nice work, everyone!

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Emu

Oh, what were you guys' lessons like?!
Did you all learn a lot?

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Tsukasa

Yes, they were very educational!
As expected from the Morinomiya Music Academy!

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Emu

Really...?!
What kind of lesson was it?

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Rui

The boys from Kikyogumi had a ballet lesson.

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Nene

Oh, so did we.
The girls from Suzurangumi also had a ballet lesson.

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Rui

Ballet involves learning to move your body in some very specific ways, so it may be a key piece of their program here.

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Nene

Yeah. Though, was your lesson as intense as mine was?

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Nene

I'm not sure I would've been able to make it through, if we hadn't trained with Mikazukigumi...

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Tsukasa

Yes, I feel the same way.

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Tsukasa

I mean, even with my deep reservoir of stamina, it ended up being a tough test...

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Emu

Is ballet really that hard?

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Tsukasa

Yes. Hard may not be the right word, but I had trouble getting my body to move the way I wanted...

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Tsukasa

(Raise my leg that's facing the audience, and stretch out the opposite arm...)

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Tsukasa

(Pretend that the mirror is the audience so that you can check to see how you're doing... How's this?!)

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Tsukasa

Hmm...

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Tsukasa

(My knee is fully straightened, but...
I'm having trouble lifting my leg any higher, and my arm isn't going much above my shoulder.)

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Tsukasa

(Also, it looks like my body is bending forward slightly...)

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Tsukasa

Hup! Hmph! Hah!

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Tsukasa

Grr! This is far from easy...

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Tsukasa

...is how that went.

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Emu

Oh, I think I know the pose you guys were doing♪ I've seen the girls on the gymnastics team do it!

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Nene

Oh, right. You help a few other clubs out from time to time, right?

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Emu

Yup! So, I remember them saying how it's important to turn your pelvis the right way, use your back muscles properly, oh, and flexibility is really important too!

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Tsukasa

Flexibility...

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Rui

Yes, flexibility...

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Nene

We understand in theory, but...

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Emu

Oh no! Don't frown like that, you guys!

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Emu

You guys are already pretty flexible!

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Tsukasa

Yes, we are...

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Rui

But we'll need to reach a new level of flexibility if we're going to do ballet. Actually, I'd say two extra levels...

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Nene

Yeah. I'm gonna be honest, the stretches we did at the start of our lesson were already really hard.

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Tsukasa

Ah, those...

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Rui

The way things stand now, my flexibility is going to be my greatest limiting factor when it comes to these ballet lessons.

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Tsukasa

The same goes for me...

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Tsukasa

However! I am not about to back down from this challenge! There are techniques and forms of expression which you can only learn through doing ballet!

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Tsukasa

We only get to train at Morinomiya for three months! So, we must make the absolute most of each day... No, each lesson!

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Emu

And I'm gonna do my best to learn lots and lots and lots about how they run things!

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Tsukasa

Excellent!

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Nene

While we're on the subject, Emu, you still haven't told us about what they've been teaching you.

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Tsukasa

Yes, I'd like to know as well!

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Rui

Then, why don't we head over to SEKAI to continue our talk?
Len and Rin have been asking us about what this school is like.

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Tsukasa

Right. Then, let's go see them!