"Your profile looking up towards the blue sky" "The stopped spiral of time" "I'm always stubborn and hiding my feelings" "I ache for you so much (I pine for you so much) that it hurts" "I'm not actually that strong" "I become afraid about the distance between us two" "I want you to touch my heart" "If I can still reach the goal taking the long way around" "Start line" "A story that unravels the heart" "I'll say goodbye to tears and walk towards the future" "Because I can go with the kindness I found clasped to my heart stay the way you are" ""Suzuka"" "I can't believe that the Inter-high meet will be held in Hiroshima." "I feel like I'm returning home." "Hey!" "I'll retire after this competition." "That's why I want you to do your best!" "Yeah... well..." "I'll try..." "Only trying is not enough!" "Because you have to compete in Inter-high next year!" "Okay?" "It's all in your gut!" "you'll get a special training program when we get to the site... you!" "Let me go get some juice!" "Akitsuki!" "I won't last if I stay with him." "Asahina!" "too?" "No thanks." "are you hungry?" "I can get something from the dining car..." "Sorry... but please don't talk to me now." "I want to concentrate." "O-Okay..." ""Lips"" "Asahina has been cold..." "Akitsuki..." "What's wrong?" "You're staring at Yamato..." "N-No..." "But why are you here anyway?" "You don't even belong to the track and field club..." "Because I want to cheer on the Inter-high athletes." "you just notify the school." "anyway." "I see..." "By the way... why don't you tell him how you feel?" "You're irritating me." "Hey!" "Don't say that in such a loud voice..." "Akitsuki didn't seem to hear what I said to Asahina about my liking him." "especially something like that. but while you dally someone might just steal him away." "Someone?" "I don't really care for him..." "That Yamato!" "Yamato!" "That's what Asahina said..." "But..." ""Okita Hotel"" ""Okita Hotel" Man!" "Are you kidding?" "!" "Man!" "Are you kidding?" "!" "We're staying in a run-down hotel like this?" "Those who will be competing should rest up and stay in good condition!" "Okay?" "All right!" "All right!" "All right!" "It's not the right time to ask her to go for a walk." "Akitsuki seems to be a little bit down." "What happened to him?" "Yamato!" "How about we go pick up some girls?" "Show me around Hiroshima!" "I'm not familiar with the downtown area." "Yamato!" "Let's go... pick up some girls!" "I'm just part of the cheering group anyway." "So he thinks I have nothing to do." "hurry up!" "Huh?" "Why do you move so slowly?" "!" "I'm sorry!" "That guy is..." "Arima..." "H-Hi... too?" "Arima sempai?" "I don't." "Inter-high athletes..." "Sorry... please don't talk to me now." "I want to concentrate." "Maybe the difference between Arima and myself is... just like the difference between Asahina and myself..." "What's wrong with you?" "Daydreaming like that." "Hashiba!" "let's do some fireworks with everybody!" "right?" "No..." "I'll skip it." "The captain told me to practice." "Ah..." "Hey!" "Akitsuki..." ""Okita Hotel"" "You're talking about Yamato?" "but he seems depressed." "He's been so subdued since we got here." "either." "I guess he's fretting over Inter-high." "Fretting..." "He can't improve his time after just one or two months of practice." "why don't you tell him so?" "I'm sure he'll be happy to hear that from you." "Huh?" "Why me?" "Because you guys are close friends." "N-Not really." "okay!" "I heard that he's going to practice alone after dinner." "too." "Okay?" "Nope." "It doesn't matter to me." "Suzuka..." "Darn it!" "My time hasn't improved at all!" "Time for a break!" "I'm so tired!" "I'm doing all this and I'm not even competing tomorrow." "Ah..." "Akitsuki..." "Honoka..." "What's wrong?" "Umm..." "I was just wondering if you were practicing hard." "Actually I was working hard just a few minutes ago." "He seems depressed." "He's been subdued since we got here..." "I guess I should go..." "Can I sit down next to you?" "Yeah..." "Akitsuki really seems to be down... wasn't it?" "Huh?" "I had two bowls of miso soup." "I hope it won't make me fat..." "You'll be fine." "Akitsuki?" "Huh?" "You seem to be down all the time..." "Did something happen to you?" "I feel like I'm losing my confidence." "Confidence? everyone fussed about how fast I could run." "But I lost big time at the regional competition and was humiliated so bad." "I tagged along." ""What am I doing here?"" "D-Don't say that. but I feel like Inter-high athletes are at a different level..." "I don't think I'll ever reach that level." "That's not true." "too." "Huh?" "you run unbelievably fast." "too." "I think you're really cool." "You'll definitely be number one at Inter-high next year." "Thanks." "I feel better now!" "I'm glad..." "This is enough to make me happy for now." "The two of us sitting together like this..." "Huh?" "What's wrong?" "No!" "Don't turn around..." "Only look at me..." "For a moment..." "I didn't know what happened to me." "The only thing I remember is that Honoka's lips were very soft." "I will always be by your side." "Ah!" "Honoka!" "Honoka..." "W-Why did Honoka do something like that all of a sudden?" "I don't get it." "I really don't get it..." "But..." "I actually did it... with Honoka K-Kiss... you hear me?" "A-Asahina!" "You can answer me at least!" "Sitting there in a daze like that!" "Did you finish your practice already?" "Umm... yeah... a little while ago... just now!" "Why am I getting nervous?" "Asahina is not my girlfriend or anything... fretting about your time won't help." "I-I'm not!" "Then it's okay." "Y-Yeah..." "Well then..." "Don't forget to cheer for me tomorrow." "I'm getting nervous about my first Inter-high competition." "Huh?" "What's tomorrow?" "What are you talking about?" "The Inter-high." "right..." "But you came all the way here just to tell me that?" "Huh?" "Umm... yeah..." "Is there a problem?" "N-Not really... okay?" "then." "A-Asahina!" "W-What was that?" "All she talked about was track and field..." "I like Asahina." "but..." "But..." "I think that was my first kiss..." ""National Inter-High School Track and Field Meet"" ""Sponsored by the Japan Track and Field Association MaiasaNewspaper"" "I will always be on your side..." "What does that mean?" "I don't understand..." "It's Asahina's turn..." "God!" "What am I thinking?" "Stupid!" "So stupid!" "Asahina must be very nervous now." "I have to cheer her up!" "Can I... sit next to you?" "Honoka..." "Ah... yeah... go ahead." "Thanks." "I kissed those lips last night." "Umm... well..." "Sorry... about last night." "It was impulsive of me..." "Well... umm..." "Wow!" "Great!" "W-What happened?" "idiot?" "You weren't watching?" "Asahina got third place!" "Oh..." "It was 173cm..." "That's her new personal record!" "Wow!" "There're many reporters around her... right?" "173cm..." "That was her unofficial new record at the time the two of us practiced together." "But now it's official." "so everybody will pay attention to her from now on." "She's moving in a new direction beyond my reach." "And I'll be all alone and never catch up to her..." "Huh?" "A-Akitsuki..." ""Okita Hotel"" "It's here." "Take this there." "How about this?" "what a pain in the neck." "Why do I have to help you guys?" "that's why." "Stop being so lazy..." "Can you hold it over there?" "!" "and Yamato is not around me either." "Nothing good's happened here." "Hey!" "You're not holding it right!" "I asked you to hold it tightly!" ""Seniors Farewell Party and Suzuka Asahina's 3rd-place Celebration Party!"" "Here we go..." "Sakurai!" "Yes!" "too!" "Okay!" "Honoka is a hard worker." "I thought we were just good friends." "Her lips were so soft." "What's wrong?" "Your face is all flushed." "N-Nothing!" "Go back to your work!" "But I realized that my eyes always seek her out." "but Honoka..." "Everybody did really well today." "But we shouldn't be satisfied with this." ""Seniors Farewell Party" But we shouldn't be satisfied with this. and Asahina's 3rd place finish at Inter-high..." "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Suzuka." "You're the star tonight!" "Okay." "You were on TV yesterday." "Did you know?" "They said you're the new heroine in the high-jump field!" "You'll start drawing some university scouts pretty soon!" "too!" "Akitsuki!" "Come here for a sec!" "Where are you?" "Akitsuki isn't here?" "he was here just a while ago..." "He's really a pain in the neck... starting next year." "could you go and bring him over?" "I'm going to have a talk with him!" "Okay!" "What's going on with me?" "yet now I'm thinking of Honoka all the time." "Why?" "Just because we held hands?" "Or... because we kissed..." "Why am I thinking about Honoka so much?" "What are you doing?" "Honoka..." "You suddenly disappeared." "So I got worried and came over to look for you." "Honoka..." "Can I join you?" "I see some carps there." "Yeah... look!" "They're so cute!" "They're not scared of us." "We should bring some food for them." "You're right." "It's a different kind of happiness from being with Asahina." "But I can relax when I'm with her." "Ah!" "Cold..." "B-Be careful." "It's dangerous." "Okay..." "H-Honoka..." "H-Hold on..." "Ah..." "Umm... well..." "Sorry..." "I know..." "Huh?" "so..." "I just felt she's so cute..." "Huh?" "Akitsuki!" "Huh?" "Whoa!" "Hey..." "What are they doing?" "I'll become the wind on the green field" "I'll just..." "Get a little "reckless" and "fired up" and speed up" "Let's go" "Run" "Stop" "Advance" "Falter" "Jump" "Squat" "Sing" "Shout" "Triumph" "Fall short right here either" "I have this feeling" "Day after day of getting covered in bruises though..." "I'll become the wind on the green field" "I'll run right through the moment it's just the way it is" "You can't stop it..." "A little "stubborn" and "mischievous"" ""Competitive"" "That spirit" "Run" "Stop" "Advance" "Falter" "Jump" "Squat" "Sing" "Shout" "Triumph" "Fall short right here is it true that you and Honoka are going out?" "Yeah." "That's good. "Next episode:" "Blessing" so I'm a little bit surprised..." ""Next episode:" "Blessing""