Ending - People who chase their dream, people who give guidance

== The day before the tournament ==
== Hanasakigawa girls' High school - Gymnasium ==

Aya - Hagumi : The match begins!
Chisato : Why am I the reader... Well, I supposed it's too late to say that. Here I go. [Oh stormy wind / Bring up the cloud/ and paint the heavens grey]...
Sayo : Shirasaki-san, She is being engulfed by the pace of those two.
Sayo :  Even though I already told them that today we're going to do a rehearsal for tomorrow.
Kanon : Fufu. But it seems like they're having fun. Good luck, both of you~!
Sayo : Seriously... We don't really have that much time. Anyways, just one match, okay.

== The way back home ==

Hagumi : How frustating~! To think that I lose~!
Kanon : That last match was a close one. My heart is beating so fast when watching it...
Sayo : Yes. Both of you doesn't back down at all. That was a good match.
Chisato : The last match is really intense.
Aya : But, I only win once. Today is only a practice... the real match is tomorrow!
Hagumi : Hagumi won't lose to you tomorrow!
Aya : I also don't have any intention to lose!
Hagumi : Yes! Anyway, Hagumi's home is this way!
Kanon : Ah, Wait Hagumi-chan. I want to buy something before I go home, so how about we go home together?
Kanon : Then, let's meet again tomorrow everyone.
Chisato : Yes, see you tomorrow.
Hagumi : Byebye!
Aya : Byebye! ... Fuu. The tournament is tomorrow~. I'm really excited!
Sayo : Are you not worried that tomorrow something will go wrong?
Chisato : Normally, people will worry about that.
Aya : Of course I'm worried about that. But, it's an event that we work so hard to prepare, so it's definitely going to become a fun event!
Sayo : To think you have that kind of confidence... You're awesome, Maruyama-san.
Aya : Eee!? I'm not awesome!
Aya : It's because of everyone helping me that I could have this confidence... It's definitely going to go as planned...!
Sayo : That's the reason I think you're awesome.
Sayo : When I first take this job, I'm only thinking about how to make this tournament goes without any hitch.
Sayo : But, Maruyama-san is different, you're willing to do something that's almost impossible, because of that, you make everyone around you become more passionate, and in the end, the tournament becomes something that's more awesome than originally planned...
Chisato : That's true. That's just how Aya-chan is.
Sayo : Even though you're not that dependable, you still stand in front of everyone and then pull everyone along. Because of that, you make everyone around you want to support you...
Sayo : Together with [Everyone]. That is Maruyama-san charm, and also that's your strength.
Aya : If I'm awesome, then Sayo-chan is awesome too!
Aya : When I'm working with you this time, I feel once again that you're awesome, Sayo-chan. I mean, Sayo-chan is the one who show us the way to move forward.
Aya : You're the one who guide us to the right direction... Yep! That's why, If you say that I'm awesome, then you're also awesome, Sayo-chan!
Chisato : You two are just praising each other. But, I think what both of you said is right.
Chisato : Aya-chan always give us so many great ideas, but there are also many times where she can't find a way to achieve that. Good or bad, in the end, it's just a dream.
Chisato : To make that dream come true, she needs to find someone who can guide her in the right direction right?
Sayo : I'm not really that great.
Chisato : Just accept it for now.
Sayo : Haaaa... Is that so.
Sayo : But, [Dream], huh. That word fit Maruyama-san perfectly.
Sayo : Maruyama-san, before this, we have a conversation about your [Dream notes], right. What happens to that?
Chisato : [Dream notes]. If I'm not wrong, it's a note where Aya-chan write all the dream she want to fulfill, right?
Aya : Yes, I still have it!
Aya : But, I just keep on adding more things... into that. Because of it, I'm having a hard time fulfilling it.
Sayo : But, you're not giving up, right.
Aya : Of course! Someday, I'll definitely fulfill all the dream that I have written on that note!
Sayo : (She's not just all talk. Maruyama-san is seriously thinking of doing that. Her [goal] that she called [dream], she is really trying to fulfill all of it.)
Sayo : (Also, she's using a different method from me. That's why... I still have so many things to learned from Maruyama-san.)
Sayo : I'm glad to hear that. Maruyama-san, let's do our best.
Aya : Yes!
Chisato : Fufu... Anyways. Fulfilling your dream is great and all, but don't forget that you still need to work hard for tomorrow tournament. That's also an important [goal], right?
Sayo : You're right. There's a saying 'a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'.
Aya : Yes! Yosshhh, Let's do our best--!

== The day of the tournament ==
== Hanasakigawa girls' High school - Gymnasium ==


Announcer : Steering committee chairman. Please announce the start of the tournament.
Kanon : Sayo-chan, good luck!
Chisato : We're going to cheer for you from here.
Sayo : Yes. Everyone... Thank you very much... Then.
Sayo : With this, the Hyakunin isshu karuta tournament, start!

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