"29th Suimei University of the Arts High School Graduation Ceremony everything's fine here." "1)}#23 Graduation Ceremony" "Sorata." "Jin!" "How did yours go?" "Perfectly!" "It's our last time wearing our uniforms..." "Are you getting horny?" "Well?" "Do you want to cop a feel one last time?" "What?" "it's good luck." "Jin!" "You're supposed to say no!" "Really?" "I didn't realize you couldn't handle boldness." "but..." "Please take one!" "What are those?" "Take this." "Please take one." "Pin it on your chest." "It's so cute." "What are these things?" "Good morning." "you too." "Take one." "Cherry blossoms?" "What are they?" "Brooches?" "What?" "You mean you don't know?" "I heard it was Sakura Hall's idea..." "Sakura Hall's?" "Stop!" "you have to stop at red lights!" "Even now?" "!" "I made these for everyone..." "Cute." "what are they?" "I heard that cherry blossoms are important... to the Japanese at departures." "So I thought it'd be nice if all the students of Suimei... could wear the same flowers... on their chests for the graduation ceremony." "What?" "There's enough for every student?" "!" "it was Ryunosuke's idea— I had the Student Council make the necessary arrangements." "They should have already been distributed." "both of you!" "huh?" "That's great." "Yeah!" "Yeah." "Don't move." "Don't touch me!" "Okay!" "Let's go!" "Yeah!" "please enter." "A school painted by the four seasons." "Our heartbeats resonate with youth." "my friend!" "Your eyes... are as bright and clear as the water." "Graduation Ceremony we see the distant future." "Suimei High School." "your lack of exercise has caught up with you." "Shut up!" "Do you think they'll still let us inside?" "Graduation ceremonies are boring." "Listening from out here is just fine." "What's so funny?" "Nothing." "I don't enjoy the melancholy." "I'm sure Ponytail's already crying her eyes out." "I met... the upperclassmen for the first time... at the new student welcoming ceremony. but they gave me a warm welcome right from the start." "That's right." "they..." "We will continue to protect the spirit of Suimei... that you have handed down to us." "I... couldn't protect it." "Sakura Hall will be..." "Today is the color of cherry blossoms." "a response from the graduating student representative." "The graduating student representative:" "Kamiigusa Misaki." "Yes!" "it's Kamiigusa-san!" "why isn't it Tatebayashi?" "I have no idea... even the hard buds of the cherry blossoms have slowly begun to open. are grateful that we can graduate." "I decided to apply to Suimei in order to make friends." "I didn't have anyone I could call a friend." "But if I came to this school..." "Suimei University of the Arts High School" "Application Information" "My former teacher enthusiastically recommended... believing I might find friends here." "And I really did make some precious friends in my three years at Suimei High." "And what helped me find these new friends was... the student dorm." "I was kicked out of the regular dorms... within a week of starting school... and moved into Sakura Hall by myself. and myself." "My high school life started in a place... with no laughter or conversation." "I looked in each of the empty rooms... and I had a dream. and for days full of warm light and laughter to follow." "Someone heard my wish." "the empty rooms began to fill... and "I'm home" when they returned. they were greeted with a "welcome back." "it almost frightened me." "The dream I had when I first arrived at Sakura Hall... had finally come true." "Misaki-senpai..." "Ryunosuke?" "this last year... has been a chain of events I could only describe as a dream." "I made new friends this spring. became more and more frequent." "there were times when we were eating hotpot every week." "I wondered if this was what happiness tasted like." "Misaki... we sneaked into the school pool. and running away..." "Everyone kept up with me as I ran ahead of them." "I will never forget the fireworks that exploded above us that night." "I..." "I'll never forget them either... Sakura Hall put together an interactive show." "I had only wished for friends." "I had never even considered... working together with others to make something." "Milky Way Cat Nyapollon is the most wonderful thing I have ever created... and the greatest work of Sakura Hall! and our relationships became strained." "Our days weren't always so sunny." "There were times when we tried to run away... and abandon everything because it hurt so much." "I believe the small seeds of emotion sprouted... and bloomed into new relationships." "Chihiro-sensei." "I know you've always worked hard to support us... without placing any burdens on us." "You are like a sister and a friend." "You are my beloved teacher." "Mashiron." "I loved your eyes." "It was love at first sight. you looked at me the same way you looked at everyone else." "I hope I can always be proud... of the me that I see in your eyes." "I look up to you." "Misaki..." "Nanamin! I'd hoped you would become the last member of Sakura Hall." "You made my wish come true." "Senpai..." "Dragon!" "You've been hurt by your previous friendships." "You do everything you can to shield your heart." "There were times I felt you and I were the same." "You are my friend." "I'm happy." "Please continue being friends with Rittan!" "kouhai-kun." "You always listened to everything I had to say." "You even stayed up all night playing games with me." "you never left my side." "I couldn't contain my excitement." "I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you." "To everyone I've met at Suimei... and all the people who live in this town..." "And finally..." "To the best friends I made at Sakura Hall..." "I want to leave you with these words..." "Thank you for staying with me until this day..." "I thank you more than words can express!" "today..." "I graduate from Suimei High." "But..." "Sakura Hall is currently in danger of being torn down!" "Please don't let them tear down our beloved Sakura Hall!" "Please!" "Lend us your strength!" "Please!" "Don't take our Sakura Hall away from us!" "Misaki-senpai..." "Please!" "Don't take our Sakura Hall away from us!" "Please..." "She hadn't given up yet..." "Lend us your strength." "Senpai..." "That's enough!" "Don't think you can say whatever you like!" "What are you doing?" "Return to your seat!" "We're not just doing as we please." "you know that the response speech... at the Suimei High graduation ceremony is given by the top student." "but no one said... you could use the response to make a personal statement! but the former Student Council President Tatebayashi should be the one..." "But we turned in our manuscript." "Tatebayashi-kun should have discussed... changing the manuscript with you this morning." "Response" "I'm sure you don't mean to say that... right?" "What?" "!" "What are you doing?" "Get her off the stage!" "What?" "sir!" "Kamiigusa!" "Get down from there!" "Misaki!" "Misaki-senpai!" "We're the ones who are grateful!" "Kouhai-kun?" "What? but you created a place where I belonged!" "A place called Sakura Hall!" "That's why I—" "Kanda!" "Like hell I will!" "Kouhai-kun!" "It's all thanks to—" "Shut up!" "you... you always bore the brunt of it!" "you always dragged me into taking action!" "you..." "Aoyama!" "I love Sakura Hall." "Don't take away our Sakura Hall." "Mashiron... guys!" "I know Sakura Hall can do more than that!" "Miyahara-kun?" "you can do it!" "give them hell!" "fight!" "Quiet!" "Sakura Hall!" "Sakura Hall!" "You can do it!" "Sakura Hall!" "Sakura Hall!" "Sakura Hall!" "Sakura Hall!" "Sakura Hall! but..." "But..." "We just got through to them." "I'm sorry for doing this at your graduation." "But it's not just Sakura Hall..." "Everyone at Suimei is the best!" "Misaki-senpai!" "Kouhai-kun!" "I wish I could have spent more time with you guys!" "Kouhai-kun..." "I wish we could have done more stupid stuff together!" "There are still a lot of things we haven't done!" "I don't want you to graduate!" "I wish we could be together forever!" "It's okay." "You've still got a year of high school left." "But you guys won't be there..." "So make it even better than the year we spent together!" "Spend it with the all the kouhai-kuns... who will be joining you next year!" "You can do all the things with them that you weren't able to do with us!" "Senpai..." "So don't cry!" "kouhai-kun!" "I'm rooting for all of you!" "I'm rooting for Sakura Hall!" "What do you say?" "Yes..." "I can't hear you!" "Yes!" "That's enough!" "Go back to your seats!" "let's try to keep this peaceful..." "What are you doing?" "Sit back down!" "Good grief." "You're all idiots." "This is why none of your lectures are worth listening to." "What did you say?" "You still don't understand?" "Everyone in here is on our side." "Why don't you accept it already?" "Tatebayashi..." "I heard Sakura Hall was originally created to nurture... regardless of society's framework." "I don't mean to say that the problem children of Sakura Hall... who cannot follow the rules are necessarily right. and the strong bond they share... has made me feel jealous of Sakura Hall." "I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt this way." "Principal." "Why don't you make your decision here?" "What do you mean? the entire student body is in attendance." "Do you support or oppose repealing the decision to tear down Sakura Hall?" "P-P-Principal!" "I'll leave the rest to you." "Why me?" "Kanda-kun!" "Aoyama." "Ryunosuke." "Very well." "Applaud if you support repealing the decision to tear down..." "That's no fun." "What are you doing?" "Those who support repealing the decision to tear down Sakura Hall... throw your cherry blossoms in the air!" "The sky is blue." "It sure is." "kouhai-kun?" "Of course I'm unhappy!" "Why are we standing out here during the graduation ceremony?" "Tell me about it." "I won't be satisfied unless I bully Kanda-kun later." "It's only natural for you to be standing out here!" "When did you prepare that speech?" "You should have told us." "Don't you think Aoyama-san would have opposed it?" "Of course I would have!" "I think you would have done it anyway." "Good point." "It was an impressive plan. and conducting a vote in which everyone felt compelled... to oppose the demolition of Sakura Hall." "even students... who hadn't signed our petition would throw their flowers in the air." "You make it sound like some kind of awful scam." "It doesn't just sound like one..." "Nanamin!" "Sakura Hall will never be destroyed!" "Yeah!" "Sakura Hall is indestructible!" "Just stand there in silence!" "It's Sorata's fault we got in trouble." "keep your mouth shut." "hush." "You're not going to yell at Misaki-senpai?" "There's something wrong there..." "This song..." "We asked Hauhau to play it." "Let's be friends forever." "Don't they play this song at elementary school graduations?" "But it's a wonderful song." "Let's dream of tomorrow as we walk down the path of hope." "Live as freely as the birds flying in the sky." "Goodbye for today." "Until we meet again." "Treasure the joy of believing in one another." "Goodbye for today." "Until we meet again." "Until we meet again." "1)}#24 Welcome to Sakura Hall"