Part 1

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Mizuki

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We talked before she went off to that art class, but she seemed really unsure about going. That kinda made me worried...
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Kanade

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Unsure...?
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Mizuki

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Yeah, I'm not sure if it's okay for me to say this right now.
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Kanade

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...
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Kanade

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Can you tell us more about what you two talked about, Mizuki?
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Kanade

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She doesn't think she's good enough...?
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Mizuki

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Yeah. She's convinced that you and Mafuyu keep finding new ways to express yourselves while she hasn't.
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Rin

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And she's worried that her illustrations won't be able to do your songs justice...
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Mafuyu

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...
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Kanade

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I had a feeling that she was going through something of a slump, but I didn't realize it was this serious...
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Kanade

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This art class she's attending...
She quit once already, right?
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Mizuki

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Yeah.
Which is making it that much harder for her.
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Mizuki

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You need a lot of guts to ask someone to teach you again after leaving them.
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Mizuki

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To make things worse, this teacher's apparently not exactly a ray of sunshine.
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Rin

Okay, can't she just go somewhere else...?
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Mizuki

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That's the thing. This teacher's also a really accomplished artist...
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Mizuki

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So much so that Ena wants to learn from studying art under them.
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Kanade

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...
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Rin

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What's wrong, Kanade...?
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Kanade

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Oh, um...
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Kanade

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It's as if drawing for N25 is what forced her down this terrible path...
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Mizuki

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Wait, that's...
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Mafuyu

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Not the right way to look at this.
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Kanade

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...
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Mafuyu

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At the very least, I doubt she'd ever put herself on the line in such a way...
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Mizuki

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I think so too. Ena's all about whether or not she can produce something that's to her liking.
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Rin

Yeah, I know what you mean.
That's just who she is...
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Kanade

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Hehe. Remember when Mafuyu was still making music as OWN here and she said she'd come to SEKAI to give her a piece of her mind?
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Mizuki

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Yeah! I totally froze when she jumped in and screamed, “Just knock it off already!”
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Kanade

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...
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Kanade

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Thank you, Mafuyu. You as well, Mizuki.
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Kanade

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I understand now that Ena wasn't forced into a corner. She made this choice herself.
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Kanade

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Not fully appreciating her situation only served to belittle her.

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Ena

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<In my current state, I feel like I won't be able to draw anything decent for this song or anything that comes after it...>
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Kanade

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(That one sentence encapsulates what Ena's going through right now.)
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Kanade

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Thank you for sharing this information with us, Mizuki.
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Kanade

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I'll be sure to apologize to her later.
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Mizuki

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Okay. If she does get mad, I'll be there to take my punishment too.
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Mafuyu

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What do you plan on doing now...?
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Kanade

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Support her of course.
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Kanade

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That won't change.
We'll just have to give her some time to finish her illustration.
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Kanade

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But I know what she's going through now, so I want to tell her that myself...
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Kanade

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Also, I want to tell her that we're willing to wait for her.
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Mizuki

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Me too...!
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Mizuki

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I'll let you guys know if I hear anything more from her.
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Kanade

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Okay, thank you.