Kono Oto Tomare! Chapter 143 Scans and Rough TL
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Page 1 Chapter Title: Blue determination Tsukaji: … Judges Panel Page:
Koto Performer: Agata Kouzo
Hokkaido Music University: Kurokawa Yoshie
Composer: Tatsumi Yukito
Shakuhachi Performer: Nanba Yoshihisa(?)
Music Critic: Iwagaki Keiko(?)
Komaki: Tsukaji-san~!
Komaki: The social gathering is about to start—
Tsukaji: That so.
Tsurugi: Is something wrong? You were staring at that program with such a serious face.
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Tsukaji: Ahh, no. I was just thinking how tough must judging be…
Tsurugi: Ahh— That’s true.
Komaki: The judges are totally at odds with each other, right?
Tsukaji: Well, there’s also that but… I think the main problem is how high the level of the performances were this time.
Tsukaji: If there was a clear difference between the performance’s skill levels, even if the judges were to have clashing opinions, it wouldn’t lead to conflict… but this time..
Tsukaji: Truly… This turned out to a be quite a problem…
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Judge Nanba(?): If there had been a clear difference in the scores, it would’ve been fairly easy to move the discussion along.
Judge Kurokawa: This is surprising. Well, it is understandable, though.
Judge Iwagaki(?): Yeah… But to think—
Judge Iwagaki(?): We have 3-way tie for the highest score…
Judge Tatsumi: …
Judge Agata: There’s nothing we can do about that.
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Judge Agata: When it comes to these three schools, there was nothing we could deduct points from.
Judge Agata: Fundamentals, expressiveness, artistry, difficulty, harmony… All of it was outstanding.
Judge Agata: From this point on, it’s about how we assign extra points.
Judge Agata: This will be a difficult evaluation.
Judge Agata: …Let’s thoroughly discuss this.
Judge Agata: Those performances deserve us to face them with our full dedication.
Judge Tatsumi: -----….
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Judge Tatsumi: That’s right…
Program:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award – 1st Place
Agency of Cultural Affairs Awars – 2nd to 4th Place.
Excellence Award: 5th to 8th Place
Cultural Federation Award – All participating schools
[1st to 4th Place qualify for the Outstanding Tokyo Public Performance.]
Chika: Ministr… Minister’s Award…?
Sane: It says “Ministry” right? Ministry’s award.
Kota: What an impressive name~ What kind of award is that?
Takezou: That’s the award the winner of the National Cultural Festival Competition receives.
3-baka: …What-?
Kota: Woah, that’s so cool—!
Natsu: Why don’t you know the name of the award you’ve been aiming for all this time…?
3-baka: !!
Sane: Shup up! No matter the name, 1st place it’s 1st place.
Chika: Did you know about this, Momoya!
Natsu: Yes.
Mittsu: Eh?
Chika: ----~ A- Anyway, “Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award”!
Chika: If they call us after saying this, that means we won 1st place!!
Takezou: ---Yeah.
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Program: 1st to 4th Place qualify for the Outstanding Tokyo Public Performance.
Chika: Hey, what’s this written here---?
Takezou: !
MC 1: Hello, everyone!
MC 2: We’re now going to begin the social gathering!
Chika: Oooh.
MC 1: The schools gave us such wonderful performances!
MC 1: Even while we were helping with the event, we found ourselves completely drawn in!
MC 2: Yeah, we did.
MC 1: Should we take a little break here then
MC 2: Sounds good!
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MC 1: We thought we'd take this opportunity to introduce Hokkaido to you.
MC 2: By doing a Hokkaido Quiz!
Mittsu: Oooh, so this is a social gathering.
Sane: I thought it was about “socializing” with the other schools
Kota: I like quizzes—
MC: Then, 1st question
MC: What do people in Hokkaido mean when they say “Zangi”*—?
MC: Clap if you think it’s #3!
Kota: It’s definitely 3!
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*No text*
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Judge Tatsumi: -------…
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Judge Agata: With this, we are in agreement with this final decision.
Judge Agata: …I’ve been a judge for many different competitions, but… I didn’t expect something like this to happen.
Judge Agata: Today I also learned a lot.
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Judge Agata: Let us go, then.
MC 1: That concludes this social gathering!
MC 1: Did you have a good time?
MC 2: Next year’s event will be in Kyoto!
MC 2: Let’s meet again there next year!
Chika [thoughts]: Next year…
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MC: We will be taking a 10 minute break now. After that we will begin with the closing ceremony—
Mittsu: Uoooh here it is… The closing ceremony… Which means…
Sane: Results announcement…
Kota: Woah, amazing. My hands are getting cold again—
Hiro: Oh man. My heart is pounding. My hands are shaking—
Takezou: …Wanna hold hands?
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Hiro: Ah… Eh…!?
Takezou: Ah, um… You often see people holding hands when waiting for an announcement…
Takezou: If you don’t want to
Takezou: Then…
3-baka: grab
Natsu: Woah, are you serious?
Atsumu: grabs
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Kota: Momoyan’s hand transmits so much calm—
Natsu: What does that even mean?
Natsu: Wait, let go of m…
Natsu: Huh? How are you so strong…?
Chika & Satowa: ………………….
Chika: Hm.
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Akira: Fufu Ahh, youth.
Suzuka: Ha ha ha.
Akira: ……
Akira: Could it be that you are also nervous, Takinami-sensei?
Suzuka: Eh?
Akira. After the preliminaries, you said you’d been covered in cold sweat.
Suzuka: Ah—…
Suzuka: For now, I want to have a full night of sleep tonight.
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MC: Thank you all very much for waiting.
MC: We will now begin the closing ceremony of the National High School Cultural Festival, Japanese Music Division.
MC: First, the Judge Agata Kouzou-sensei will address the overall assessment of the competition.
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Judge Agata: Yes. I want to thank you all for participating in this competition over the last two days.
Judge Agata: Before I announce the winners, please allow me to say one thing.
Judge Agata: I truly thank you for allowing us to hear such wonderful performances.
Judge Agata: Both technically and musically, this year’s level was incredibly high.
Judge Agata: Us judges unanimously agreed on that.
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Judge Agata: “To these marvelous sounds”
Judge Agata: “I do not want to do something as meaningless as giving out points”
Judge Agata: “I do not want to rank them”
Judge Agata: I’m truly thankful that you made us feel that way.
Judge Agata: And so, “What is music?”
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Judge Agata: To this question with no clear right answer…
Judge Agata: Even us judges had differing thoughts about this question
Judge Agata: We got to hear so many colorful and vibrant answers.
Judge Agata: Since this is a competition, we had to assign rankings…
Judge Agata: But we judges want to express our heartfelt respect for every performance.
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Judge: Without further ado, I’ll begin with the awards announcement.
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Judge: Beginning with the Excellence Awards, I will announce the 5th to 8th ranked schools.
Akari [thoughts]: 5th to 8th…
Akari [thoughts]: My bridge fell, so it might be out of the question.
Judge Agata: In 8th place.
Judge Agata: Tokushima Prefecture, Tokushima City, Minamikawa High School.
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Judge Agata: In 7th place, Shizuoka Prefecture, Fukumori High School
Fukumori students: No way, seriously!?
Fukumori students: We did it!!
Fukumori students: Amazing, amazing!!
Judge Agata: In 6th place
Judge Agata: Ibaraki prefecture, Ibaraki Prefectural, Eidai Affiliated High School
Akari: ...Eh?
Akari [thoughts]: 6th place!?
Akari: Senpa...
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Judge Iwagaki(?): But my, Eidai was impressive.
Judge Iwagaki(?): Even with so few members, their presence rivaled that of the other schools.
Judge Iwagaki(?): There was a mistake when the pillar fell, but how they recovered from that point on... I personally rated that highly.
Judge Nanba(?): I feel the same way. With just three people, it wouldn't have been strange if the performance had collapsed from there.
Judge Nanba(?): The other two supported him firmly, and the kid who had the mistake handled the situation very calmly.
Judge Tatsumi: It was made evident they've build a relationship of complete trust through endless practice.
Judge Tatsumi: Their recovery was impressive, and the performance after that was so strong and vibrant. It was delightful.
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Judge Agata: The brilliance of that performance, went above the mistakes.
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Akari's friends: Akari!! That's amazing!!
Akari's friends: You're 6th!! 6th in the nation!! That's incredible!!!
Akari: Ye... Yeah...
Judge Agata: In 5th place, Saitama Prefecture----
Akari [thoughts]: But
Akari [thoughts]: If I handn't made a mistake, then we would've ranked highe--
Sen-chan: Akari!
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Haru & Sen-chan: We did it!!
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Sen-chan: Oh, come on, are you crying of happiness~~!? You're such a crybaby!
Akari[thoughts]: The expression I saw for one moment in the faces of Miya-senpai and Haru-senpai
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Akari [thoughts]: Was frustration.
Akari [thoughts]: The quickly hid that frustration so I wouldn't see it.
Sen-chan [memory]: Be proud!!
Akari: I... I will practice even more from now on...
Akari [thoughts]: I don't want then to hide it from me anymore
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Akari [thoughts]: Their frustration, their happiness.
Akari: I will become a lot... A lot better.
Akari [thoughts]: I want to share it with them
Akari [thoughts]: Next time
Akari [thoughts]: For sure
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Akari [thoughts]: I will stand firmly by their side.
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Mittsu [thoughts]: Eidai, even with that performance, ended up 6th...
Sane [thoughts]: Are you for real?
Judge Agata: Next, I'll announce the winners of the Agency of Cultural Affairs Award.
Judge Agata: That corresponds to the 2nd to 4th ranked schools.
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Side text: Nerves are running....!!
Judge Agata: In 4th place.
---Kono Oto Tomare! will continue in the next issue!---