The First Concerto

Toya's Room

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MEIKO

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You don't seem like you want to talk about whatever this subject matter is.
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MEIKO

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What if that's what's keeping you from completing your song?
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Toya

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(Think about everything that I've experienced until now...)
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Toya

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(For the sake of this song.)
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Toya

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(I started playing the piano when I was three.)
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Toya

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(I don't have many clear memories from back then, but I do remember the sounds I heard...)
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Toya

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(I could only play simple notes using the keys, but Dad just gently pressed down on one and...)

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Toya

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(I don't think I'm ever going to forget what I heard for as long as I live. It was such a beautiful sound. Like a gentle breeze causing light to poke through the leaves of a tree...)

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Toya

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(It was such a strange sensation...
We were playing the same piano, but producing such different sounds.)
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Toya

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(So strange that I wanted to keep playing it.)
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Toya

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(I wanted to learn how to do what Dad did.)
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Toya

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(That was how I first began playing music.)
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Toya

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(It was also the beginning of some very difficult times...)

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Toya's Father

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No, again.
Don't think you're going to bed before you get it right...
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Toya

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(Dad was so harsh.)
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Toya

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(I thought I knew that since I'd already seen the way his practices with my brothers went.)
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Toya

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(But I wasn't expecting him to be that hard on me. Even now, whenever I find myself in front of a piano, that anxiety comes rushing back.)
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Toya

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(Still...)

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Toya's Father

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Toya.
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Toya's Father

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You weren't bad today.
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Little Toya

...!
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Toya's Father

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But you shouldn't be satisfied with just this.
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Toya's Father

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The world of music is vast and endless. It's much bigger than you realize.
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Toya's Father

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But you may someday come to understand why that is.

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Toya

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(That made me happy...)

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Toya

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(Not only was that the first time he ever praised me, but he said I have a chance to understand the truth someday.)
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Toya

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(And I wanted to meet his expectations.)
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Toya

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(I didn't want to disappoint him...)
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Toya

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(But as time went on, my fingers started feeling heavier and heavier.)
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Toya

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(Endless practices day after day.
The immense pressure of having to perform well during contests. And...)
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Toya

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(I finally reached my limit.)

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Toya's Father

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You're done...?
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Toya's Father

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What nonsense.

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Junior High School Toya

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No, I'm done...
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Junior High School Toya

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I can't do this anymore...
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Junior High School Toya

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I practice every single day in the same room. I'm not allowed to do anything else...
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Junior High School Toya

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I know you have high expectations of me, Dad. I know why you're asking so much of me.
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Junior High School Toya

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But...
But I'm...!
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Toya's Father

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Is this really it for you...?
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Junior High School Toya

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What...?
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Toya's Father

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You're going to throw away everything you've worked for just like that?
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Junior High School Toya

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...
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Junior High School Toya

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What...?
What do you know about me?!
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Junior High School Toya

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It's my life! I want to live it the way I want!
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Junior High School Toya

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I want to do what other people do!
I want to experience as many new things as I can! That's all...
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Junior High School Toya

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I'm sick of being stuck in this room...!!!

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Toya's Father

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Toya!!!
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Toya

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(I ran...)
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Toya

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(I ran and dashed all of Dad's hopes for me...)
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Toya

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(Some have told me that it doesn't count as running...)
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Toya

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(And I thought I would see classical music through a positive lens by now.)
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Toya

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(But the pain I felt back then keeps me from doing so...)
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Toya

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Is that the reason...?
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Toya

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This weight I'm carrying...
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Toya

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Is it causing me to think, “I can't”...?
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Toya

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I ran and tossed aside something that meant everything to me... I've given up once already, so there's no reason I'd ever be able to match Ken and his team's resolve...?
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Toya

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Have I been feeling that subconsciously...?
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Toya

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That would give Dad's words so much more meaning...

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Toya's Father

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Your song lacks pride...
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Toya

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(Of course it does...)

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Toya

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(I... I've been viewing myself as someone who ran away. Someone who lacks pride....)
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Toya

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(Which is why I'm struggling to write a good song...)
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Toya

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(It's why I can't commit to it like Ken and his team did with theirs...)
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Toya

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(No...!
No, I still have to...)

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Toya

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(I still have to do this...!
I have to make these songs so that we can surpass RAD WEEKEND together!)
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Toya

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(But how do I do that?)
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Toya

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(I can't change the past.)
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Toya

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(And I can't just get rid of these feelings that are weighing me down...)
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Toya

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(Unless those go away, I...)
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Toya

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Why...?!
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Toya

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Why did I decide to run away that day...?!
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Toya

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I'm such a...!!!
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???

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What's going on?
Why are you shouting?
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Toya

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...!
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???

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I'm coming in.

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Toya

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Dad...
Next Chapter: It's The Unchangeable Past