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hitori ga tsurai kara futatsu no te wo tsunaida
It was too hard for one to do, so two of us held hands
hitori ga tsurai kara futatsu no te wo tsunaida
It was too hard for one to do, so two of us held hands
futari ja samishii kara wa ni natte te wo tsunaida
But two would be too lonely, so we all came together in a circle and held hands
futari ja samishii kara wa ni natte te wo tsunaida
But two would be too lonely, so we all came together in a circle and held hands
kitto sore ga ikusen no chikara ni mo nari
I'm sure that will be strength in itself,
kitto sore ga ikusen no chikara ni mo nari
I'm sure that will be strength in itself,
donna yume mo tateru ki ga surunda
Enough to end any dream we have
donna yume mo tateru ki ga surunda
Enough to end any dream we have
takaku tobe takaku sora he
Fly high, high into the sky,
takaku tobe takaku sora he
Fly high, high into the sky,
takaku kere takaku koe wo age
Jump high, and raise your voice high,
takaku kere takaku koe wo age
Jump high, and raise your voice high,
itsuka kujiketa sono hi no mukou made
Until you can move on past the day we'll have died
itsuka kujiketa sono hi no mukou made
Until you can move on past the day we'll have died
kimi no koe wasurenai namida mo wasurenai
I'll never forget your voice, and I'll never forget your tears
kimi no koe wasurenai namida mo wasurenai
I'll never forget your voice, and I'll never forget your tears
kore kara hajimaru kibou to iu na no mirai wo
The future, what we call "hope", begins now
kore kara hajimaru kibou to iu na no mirai wo
The future, what we call "hope", begins now
sono ashi wa arukidasu
Those legs will keep on moving forward,
sono ashi wa arukidasu
Those legs will keep on moving forward,
yagate kuru kakoku mo
Even in the face of the oncoming grief
yagate kuru kakoku mo
Even in the face of the oncoming grief
Kud went back to Tebwa.
Since then, watching the news has become part of our daily routine.
The TV kept us up to date with the situation in Tebwa each day.
Tebwa Rocket Accident
The conflagration at the Novyi Baikonur launch site
has yet to be extinguished.
Because the Tebwan government was unable to respond to the incident with due haste,
rebel forces in the region who opposed the rocket launch have begun an armed uprising.
What?!
An uprising?!
What the hell is happening to Tebwa?!
What does that mean?
What do they mean, "rebel forces"?
There is a great deal of tension between the Tebwan natives who have lived there for hundreds of years
and the westerners who moved there post-19th century.
The failed launch likely transformed that tension into an uprising.
The rebel forces have attacked officials and persons related to TASA, which they blame for the accident.
The violence has resulted in several casualties.
Casualties?!
No way...
Kud-o isn't one of them, right?
There was just too much of a rift between the peaceful everyday life we were living
and the grim situation in that faraway land.
But Kud was, without a doubt, in the midst of that chaos.
Why is this happening?
The sea and sky are as beautiful as always,
but this is Tebwa now.
Hurry.
It's dangerous here.
Let me take you to where your grandfather is hiding.
Grandpa!
Kunya!
I was worried sick thinking you were somewhere here in Tebwa!
Those rebels are killing people indiscriminately.
You came back to Tebwa too, Grandpa?
I came to see Chernushka ride that rocket into space.
Mom...
There's still hope.
There's word that the astronauts aboard noticed an anomaly prior to the accident and got off.
Then...
Chernushka may still be alive.
What is it?
We bring news.
By the heavens, it's a miracle!
Kunya, they've just confirmed that Chernushka's alive!
She was injured while saving one of the other astronauts, but it isn't life-threatening!
Thank goodness... Thank goodness!
She heard you were here, and she's headed this way now.
She may be injured, but she wants to come no matter what!
I'm going to see her here.
Do you want to come too?
Wait here.
The island is crawling with rebels.
Don't move an inch from this house.
I'll be back soon.
With your mother.
You want to be an astronaut...
I've never been happier in my life!
Kudryavka.
I'm so glad I gave you that name.
Mom... despises me.
I know it!
I ran away without telling her!
I can't look at Mom's face.
No...
No!
I came here because I didn't want to run away again!
It's her. That woman's daughter.
The traitor who wasted the nation's resources
and ran off to Japan.
Was I...
wrong?
I should have told Kud not to go to somewhere so dangerous.
There's no use regretting now.
All we can do is pray she comes back safely.
It's a part from the rocket Kud's mom was on.
It must be important to her.
Maybe she should have taken it with her as a charm.
Riki...
Hold onto it for her.
There's no point in worrying!
Kud-o promised she'd come back!
Yeah!
Riki wished her good luck with that spell!
Spell?
Ni puha ni pera?
What does it mean?
Ni puha ni pera.
No fluff, no feathers.
Huh?
May you go to hell with your feathers torn from you.
No way!
Kud made me wish her that?!
Why would she...
If you wish for everything, your wish won't come true.
So if you want to wish someone happiness, you wish for the opposite.
It's a Russian tradition.
Kudryavka went back to Tebwa prepared for the worst.
Noumi-san will come back.
I loved Noumi-san's smile when she played baseball.
Just watching her made me happy.
Noumi-san became a natural part of the world through the Little Busters.
Without even one of us, that place...
that world would not exist.
Noumi-san will return safe and sound.
I have faith.
At least leave my mother's hat with me.
By this time, I bet your dear mommy's...
I'm so weak.
I ended up here because I ran away again.
I'm useless to the world.
A failure of a gear.
Kudryavka, always alone.
Rin?
I can't sleep.
Kud left her best friends in my care.
Strelka and Belka?
Yeah.
I don't know how to say it, but...
It's the first time anyone's left something so important to me.
Kud's coming back, right?
You'll just experience the same thing, the same time?
No...
Kudryavka, don't give up!
You can't!
I haven't been of any use to anyone!
If I can't do something for anyone...
If I can't do something for Riki and Rin-san...
I promised I'd go home.
I want to play baseball again.
I want to laugh with everyone again.
In that place that I love.
And...
And one day...
I want to go with my mom...
To space.
Through those 50 nautical miles of sky!
I need to get out of here.
Out of this dark place!
I won't run from my fears again!
Suppose the world were a giant clock.
It would be made of an infinite number of nameless gears.
But no matter how small a gear is...
We would be ourselves,
and Kud would be herself.
By talking, touching, and thinking of each other,
we can move on.
We can change the world through a compounding of little things.
Yes.
Kud is an important gear to us.
Without Kud, we can't move!
So...
Hang in there, Kud!
Hang in there.
We're waiting for you...
Noumi...
We're waiting for you.
Hang in there!
Kuu-chan...
Come back.
Kudryavka.
Come back safe and sound...
Kud!
Everyone's voices?
Even if it's just an illusion, I'm glad...
I won't...
Kud!
...give up!
Hang in there!
How...
I'm a very lucky person.
I was able to meet people I love.
Thank you, Riki.
You don't have to be like your mom.
You can be awkward and clumsy.
You just need to find what you can do.
You can be your own gear and chase your dream of space.
Your mom showed you that dream, and you looked up to her.
Somewhere, a clock began to move.
You can hear its long hand moving.
Forward...
To the future!
Almost like 50 nautical miles of sky...
Akruks, Bekruks, Gakruks, Dekruks...
The Southern Cross!
michibata ni saku akai hanabira ga ame ni
Blooming on the side of the road, the red flower's petals
I'm now here.
somatteyuku no kyou mo
Are grayed by the rain again today
surechigau kora
Children passing either way
asai mizutamari wo hane
Jumping in the puddles on the road
ieji hashiru
As they run back home
hitoshizuku ochitekuru tabi
Each time a drop falls to the ground
The Tebwan government announced last night that the uprising in Tebwa has been quelled.
hitoshizuku kokoro afureru
Each drop makes my heart flow over
It appears that the rebel uprising has lost its momentum,
anata ga oshietekureta
You taught me to count the sounds
and life for the citizens is slowly returning to normal.
It will still be long before Tebwa fully recovers, but the Tebwan government...
amaoto no kazoekata wo
Of the rain this way
hidarite ni motsu toshoshitsu de karita hon ga
Holding in my left hand a book I borrowed from the library
All right! It's good! Run!
nurenai you ni aruku
I walk so that it doesn't get wet
Wow, Rin-chan!
kanashikute sora aoidemita nara
When I felt sad, I looked up at the sky,
Hey, now.
anata no ano kotoba
I remembered your words
A peaceful everyday life hides its fragility.
Fear and violence aren't just something in another world, completely unrelated to us.
If a disaster happens, we can't change it.
yorimichi wo shite takai kousha no okujou
Taking a little detour, I climbed to the roof of the school
But as long as we small gears are linked together,
we can keep moving forward, even if it's only one small step.
keburu keshiki wo miteta
To see hazy streets around it
That's what I thought.
iroaseta machi
The town fades to gray,
So, where did Noumi say she is?
aka ni midori kasa no iro dake ga haeru
Red and green, only my umbrella has any color
According to her text, she should be back in Japan by now...
Wafuu!
Kud
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Wafuu!!!
Last night, before I left Tebwa, I talked
to my mom!
amadare ga shitataru tabi
Each time a raindrop falls from the sky
Last night, before I left Tebwa, I talked to my mom!
amadare ni kokoro furueru
Each raindrop makes my heart quiver
About all sorts of things I never talked to her about before!
Even about my regrets, and how I was weak and pessimistic.
anata ga shirushitekureta
You wrote me to feel the scars
kizuato no nazori kata wo
Of my heart this way
Kunya, I left you alone from a young age.
I'm the one who drove you into a corner.
tooku ni wa kawa
In the distance I see a river
kasumu hashiwataru densha yurete mo koko wa
And, through the mist, a train crossing the bridge, rattling on the tracks
When you said you wanted to be an astronaut, I was really happy.
shizuka
But it's so quiet here
But I don't want to force that dream onto you.
todokanai koto wakatta toki ni wa
When I realized that I would never reach it,
You should live your own dream, Kunya.
anata no ano kotoba
I remembered your words
Your own life.
With a smile.
Become your own gear for what you hold dearest.
hitotachi wa kono sora tobu koto wa kanawanai kedo
We humans will never be able to fly through the sky,
That's my wish.
sono kawari
But in our place,
That's right.
ima nagasu namida wa ten ni nobori mata
The tears we shed rise to the sky and
Don't forget.
I was with you all 16 of these years.
Hey, mind getting that?
ame to narikaeru
Once again fall as rain
Alright, Rin!
You've got pitching practice with Riki!
Kuru-nee, Saigusa, and Kamikita, get in a triangle and play catch!
nishikaze ga fuku kumo ga nagarete
The west wind blows, the clouds drift past,
What about me?
1,000 swings of the bat!
kokage ni tsugumi no kao ga nozoku
I see a thrush peeking from a tree
What?! Alone?!
tachidomaru hora
I stop for a moment
awai kage hitotsu watashi no soba
To see a faint shadow on the ground next to me
Kud!
nobiru
It's mine
Noumi!
soshite koko ni hikari ga sasu
And the light through the clouds shines on me
Kuu-chan!
Kud!
Kud-o!
haiiro kumoma ga warete
The gray clouds break and between them
kin no maku oriru
A gold curtain falls on through
Welcome back, Kud!
I'm back!
tabitatsu toritachi
The birds fly for distant lands
In English,
Kudryavka Strike Backs!
oikake niji ga kakaru
Following a rainbow that spans the sky
Right?
Welcome back!
Am I...
shoujo ga hashireba
The girl starts to run
smiling right now?
sono saki matsu hito ga iru
Waiting for her someone stands right ahead
Yeah!
You're smiling!
You totally are!
Though you are crying a bit!
ryoute wo nobasu to
She opens both her arms
Everyone...
saigo no shizuku ochiru
And the final drop falls
I'm back!
koboreta namida wa kawaki
The tears she shed dry
hohoemi ga modoru
And her smile returns to her face
hashi no mukou kara
From beyond the bridge in the mist
akane ni sora ga somaru
The sky turns a bright orange
ashita wa hirogeta
Tomorrow she'll open her umbrella
kasa ni hi no nioi atsume
To let the scent of the sun settle on it
dare ka ga nagashita
And the tears that once were shed
namida wo sora ni kaesu
Will be returned once again to the sky
My dream is to one day become a kosmonaut. By Kudryavka
My dream is to one day become a kosmonaut.
My dream is to one day become a kosmonaut. By Kudryavka
By Kudryavka.
My dream is to one day become a kosmonaut. By Kudryavka
For What You Hold Dearest
Episode 23
We got another one of those letters.
The task this time is way too hard!
Rin-chan, I'll help you!
Komari-chan!
Let's all be happy together!
Mission, start!