Part 1

Morinomiya Music Academy - Courtyard

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Tsukasa

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Oh...!

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Emu

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Thanks for waiting, Tsukasa, Rui!
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Rui

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

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Yeah, we just happened to bump into each other.
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Tsukasa

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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

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Nice work, everyone!
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Emu

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

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

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

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The boys from Kikyogumi had a ballet lesson.
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Nene

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

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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

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

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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

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Yes, I feel the same way.
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Tsukasa

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

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Is ballet really that hard?
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Tsukasa

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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

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

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Tsukasa

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(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

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Hmm...
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Tsukasa

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(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

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

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Hup! Hmph! Hah!
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Tsukasa

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Grr! This is far from easy...
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Tsukasa

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...is how that went.

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Emu

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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

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

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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

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Flexibility...
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Rui

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Yes, flexibility...
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Nene

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We understand in theory, but...
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Emu

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

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You guys are already pretty flexible!
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Tsukasa

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Yes, we are...
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Rui

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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

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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

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Ah, those...
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Rui

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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

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The same goes for me...
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Tsukasa

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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

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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

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

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Excellent!
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Nene

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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

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Yes, I'd like to know as well!
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Rui

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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

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Right. Then, let's go see them!