[theme song playing]
[wind whooshing]
[quirky music playing]
[Yazawa] You've got to be kidding me. How many times is this now?
I'm tired of repeating myself. Do you even know what a job is?
Um...
You're easily replaceable, you know?
I'm really sorry.
[inhaling]
[sneezes loudly]
I'm sorry. I have hay fever and...
Are you just saying that, or do you really mean it?
Yes, sir. I'm terribly sorry.
[water running]
That... jerk!
[Tamami] Instead,
-I slink back to my desk like a loser... -[keyboard clacking]
...and just do the work put in front of me.
YOUR DREAM WILL COME TRUE
My dream?
Did I ever have such a thing?
[keyboard clacking]
HE'S PLAYING OUR SONG
RACOON BAR
SOTA SAWADA - 32 TOKYO
KOSUKE KITAURA - 35 TOKYO
Can we meet up?
[bartender] Another glass?
Mmm...
What should I do?
A reward for a hard week of work.
All right. One more. Last one.
[chuckles]
[Tamami] I used to think I could be someone.
I used to. But now...
I had forgotten.
[Tamami] Now every day I feel overwhelmed by inexplicable anxiety and irritation.
Help me!
[music playing in background]
[Tamami] Mmm.
Oh.
[groans]
Mm?
[gasps]
[paper rustles]
["You May Dream" by Sheena and the Rokkets playing]
[Tamami gasps]
[chuckles]
What's wrong?
What the heck is this?
Hey, hey, hey, are you okay?
I must just be tired.
Hey, thanks.
[Tamami] Music is like a chest of drawers for your heart.
At the drop of a hat,
it can make all your memories come flooding back.
[keyboard clacking]
Found it!
["You May Dream" by Sheena and the Rokkets playing]
[sighs]
[inaudible]
FOCUS!
SMILE ICE CREAM
-[boys exclaim] -[song stops]
Scram! You're in the way.
Uh, sorry.
[boy laughs]
[all exclaiming]
ART ROOM
[Miss Miyuki] Here, have some tea.
[Tamami] Thank you.
[Miss Miyuki] Class is about to start.
[Tamami] Okay.
[Miss Miyuki] Are you feeling sick?
[Tamami] Let's say it's my period.
Your fifth one this month?
[sighs]
I'm... kind of a loser.
[laughs] What do you mean?
Well, it's just...
the guys are jerks, too.
[Miss Miyuki] You lose heart so easily, Tamami.
Miss Miyuki!
We're here for the fifth period handouts.
-[both] Oh. -Tamami's here.
[Kana] You're having tea? Lucky you!
[Sara] We want some, too!
[chuckles]
[Miss Miyuki] Enough of that. Here are the handouts.
Once you drink that, I'm closing up shop.
Okay...
[Kana and Sara, distantly] Bow your heads, on your knees!
Thank you for the tea.
[piano music playing]
Hmm?
[playing "You May Dream"]
[gasps]
-[squeaks] -Hmm.
[stops playing]
[gasps]
[panting]
It's Sheena!
Sheena and the Rokkets.
[grunts]
Why?
[straining]
There.
Found it!
What a blast from the past.
[Tamami] High school was some 14 years ago.
In my 20s, I didn't know who I was,
so I tried all sorts of things.
Um...
[Tamami] I drank too much to hide how much of a loser I was.
I drank...
Here I come!
[Tamami] I felt invincible.
[all cheering]
You're going to get hurt!
[Tamami] I felt invincible...
[retching]
[Tamami groaning]
[hiccups]
[groaning]
[woman] The last bus already left.
I know.
[woman] Are you all right?
[Tamami] I am... not all right.
[woman] Did something happen? You poor thing!
Want some?
Ma'am...
Thank...
-[retches] -My word!
[Tamami] I quit trying so hard.
RECORD PLAYER
RECORD PLAYER STORE PRICE COMPARISON
It turns out I'm nobody special.
Which one?
[gasps] Yes.
Rin Kajitani.
RIN KAJITANI
Mmm?
Mmm.
RIN KAJITANI FAMILY NAME DIVINATION
Guess he's not here.
[opening and closing locker]
RIN KAJITANI
[piano playing in distance]
[boys laughing]
Come on!
[Rin playing piano]
[stops playing]
-What? -[gasps]
[Tamami, in English] "You May Dream."
[plays piano]
"Radio Junk."
[stops playing]
[plays piano]
"Lazy Crazy Blues"!
[stops playing]
[speaking Japanese] Wow.
I like them, too.
Hmm?
[Tamami] Looking back, our romance was like something out of a shojo manga.
[girls chatting and laughing]
[soft music playing]
[chuckles]
THE GREAT LABYRINTH CAN YOU ESCAPE?
[people chatting]
-Tamami! -[exclaims]
Uh, I can't use the stage piano,
so I thought I might go to the music room tomorrow.
Oh, uh...
Uh...
Okay then...
Yeah.
[wheel squeaking]
[sighs]
[playing piano softly]
[Rin sighs]
[Tamami] You should play the piano at the festival.
[Rin] You're not doing anything?
My class is going to sell some stuff.
[Rin] You should help out.
[Tamami] No way.
[Rin] Don't you like this school, Tamami?
[Tamami] No, not much. [chuckles]
[Rin] Me, either.
[students chatting and laughing]
[Tamami] In three years, I've never had any fun at the festival.
I've never even been to the after-party.
Don't you want to fit in?
[Tamami] I think about how much easier it'd be if I did.
Just kidding.
[chuckles]
You laugh to hide your feelings.
Eh?
It's a habit of yours.
I...
Just kidding.
Well, I've got nothing.
Like a special skill or something. I've got nothing.
Like you with your piano. Something like that.
[Rin] You're good at art.
[Tamami] What?
You get to skip class and hang out in the art room.
[Tamami scoffs]
[Rin] And you like music.
I was so happy when I realized we like the same thing.
So I've been keeping an eye on you lately.
[Tamami chuckles lightly]
I'd rather be here with you than fit in.
Uh, oh...
[Tamami] Me too.
[Tamami] Nothing has changed. I still don't have a thing.
And I still laugh to hide my feelings.
[Tamami] I don't want to go to school.
[Rin] All right.
Huh?
Let's just go somewhere else. Just the two of us.
[Tamami gasps]
I'll go!
[Tamami] Do you want to be a musician someday?
[Rin] Yeah. That's the plan. I want to be one.
That's amazing.
What about you?
[Tamami] Me? No idea...
I bet I'll just end up as some old lady without ever becoming somebody.
No, you won't.
Wow! You have really long fingers. Look!
[gasps]
Sorry!
That's okay.
[chuckles]
You laughed to hide your feelings again.
[Tamami] I want to draw.
[Tamami] After that, I plucked up my courage
and invited him to the after-party.
-[doorbell rings] -[gasps]
[footsteps running]
[Tamami] No way!
This is just like a Hollywood movie!
Just... Just hold on a second!
I want to take a photo!
[beeps]
-Um, here. -Huh?
[camera shutter clicks]
SCHOOL ARTS FESTIVAL
-[playing rock song] -[fans cheering]
[all cheering]
[chuckles]
[Kana] Hey, it's Tamami!
What? No way! Are you kidding me?
HONEYDEW - STRAWBERRY - BANANA
Seriously? Are you guys, like, dating?
[crowd quietens]
Um...
Uh... [chuckles]
[Tamami] Of course not...
We just ran into each other.
Of course we're not dating.
[Sara] Really?
I totally freaked when I saw Rin with a girl.
[Kana] Right. And of all girls, Tamami.
[Sara] We know you skipped class again, by the way.
[Kana] We still have to clean the classroom.
-[Tamami] Right. Sorry. -Sorry.
[gasps]
[thumping lightly]
[plays note]
[mysterious music playing]
[music stops]
[Tamami] I didn't see him much after that.
It was like
he just dropped off the face of the earth.
[bartender] Are you secretly an artist?
Who, me? No way. I just like drawing.
I used to think I could become one.
Not that it got me anywhere--
[Tamami exclaims]
No way! You kept all these?
You bet. They're so good I thought
maybe they'd be worth something someday.
You're...
You're putting me on! As if...
Why not?
Because I'm not even that good.
[Miss Miyuki] This again?
You lose heart so easily, Tamami.
Say what you want to and do what you want to.
GRADUATION CEREMONY
Don't hold back.
One millimeter of courage. Here.
[Tamami] One millimeter of courage.
[camera clicks]
Back then I couldn't use the courage Miss Miyuki gave me.
But maybe now I can.
I DRAW ILLUSTRATIONS
POSTING
[upbeat music playing]
[camera clicks]
One millimeter of courage!
A PHOTO OF MY PRECIOUS MEMORIES MY SWEET MEMORY
Mmm...
[Tamami] I may not have to be anyone, but I don't have to be down on myself.
I felt like my feet were one millimeter closer to the ground.
[shopkeeper] Thank you.
I got comments.
Are you a Library's fan?
Hmm?
That looks like Library's jacket!
[faintly] Gapao rice with egg, please.
Library's?
IMAGE SEARCH RESULTS FOR LIBRARY'S
[gasps]
What? No way!
[wind whooshing]
[jazz playing]
[sighs]
[gasps]
It's him...
[music fades out]
Rin!
[Rin] Hmm?
Mmm...
[shopkeeper] Thank you.
RACOON BAR
[Tamami sighs]
[music playing faintly]
Oh...
[chuckles]
Good.
It's you.
[Tamami] Music is like a chest of drawers for your heart.
A song can make all the memories from your past
come flooding back.
["You May Dream" by Sheena and the Rokkets playing]