ZersuAi 1989
Volume 1, Ballad

Abv.
K: 	Nanjo Koji
Kat:	Shibuya Katsumi
Mdk:	Shibuya Madoka

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That year in the ninth grade, I met him for the very first time-
In an amateur singing competition, by himself, he sang with his guitar.  
An impressive performance.
He has such a unique image!
Many talent hunters wanted to sign him, but he refused them all.
He stirred my curiosity-
His music, became the only source of happiness for my pensive sister-
Tchr:	"He is the new transfer student, name is Katsumi. Everyone should try to get 
along with him."
Kat:	"I came to meet girls! I'm looking for girl-friends!"
Tchr:	"Your desk is near the window, second from the last."
Kat:	"My sister is also a seventh grader here."

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So lucky!
Kat:	"Hi!"
K:	"Your sister, is she pretty?"
Kat:	"Huh? What?"
Stdt:	"Be careful!"	"He's a major player!"
Kat:	"Really? I was once one, too! We are a destined pair!"
Tchr:	"What's going on in the back!"
Kat:	"We're birds of the same flock!"

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Can't believe it's so normal!
It's nothing-
Mdk:	"Onisan!"
Kat:	"What is it?"
Neh? Your sister's not bad!
Mdk:	"Ah!"
	"He is Nanjo Koji!"
Kat:	"Shhhhh..."
K:	"What? Do you know me?"
Voc:	"Koji!"

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Voc:	"Have you made up your mind? The recital is coming up!"
	"Com'on, do it!"
Kat:	Neh?	"What band are they?"
	What?
K:	"I told you before, I'm not going to sing."
Kat:	Why?
Voc:	"But this is a good opportunity! We have to take advantage of it!"
You know it?
K:	"It's none of my business!"
Voc:	"Why? Don't you love to sing?"
Full of emotion and passion....
He exuberates an irresistible aura of life to its fullest.
He is a good singer-

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K:	"Are you joking! What's so good about singing-"
Voc:	"You.... Must be kidding?"
Kat:	"No way! Your voice is so moving!"
Mdk:	"It's true! It's such a precious talent!"
Stop flattering him!
Ha!
K:	"So what, I just don't want to sing for you!"

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I.......
"Thought that he is a singer with great potential....."
"Wait second!"
Can't stand it......
Text: Turning point!
K:	"Neh?"
Kat:	"Ugh! Because when we...."
Mdk:	"Last time at the concert, we heard your song, so we remember you."
	"Right? Onisan!"
Kat:	"Your voice was really good! I-"
K:	"I like girls with long hair!"
Mdk:	"I made a pact with myself!"

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Mdk:	"Who knows how long it will get!"
	"I'll let it grow till the day I die."
K:	"....."
Oh-----.....!!
	"Girls love to say... death this, death that."

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Kat:	"You're so hard to get through!"
Mdk:	"Onisan"
Kat:	"Wait!"
Voc:	"There is no use!"
	"Last year his performance was awesome in the concert (talent show)!"
	But he's just not interested in singing!
	Really too bad!"
	"All the girls in our school are obsessed with him..."
	But he's so indifferent!
	"He is a member of the motorcycle gang."
Kat:	"Motorcycle gang?"
	Can't tell, that he's like this-
	He is very indifferent!
Mdk:	"Onisan!"
	But very cool!
	"I want to see what motorcycle gangs are like...."
I've never see them before.
But it's so dangerous.
How about if we go together.
Mdk:	"Koji! You really don't want to sing?"
Kat:	"Wah! Everything I do is for Madoka!"

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But---
K:	"Go away!"
How can there be a person like that---
Kat:	"Ah! Don't get angry!"
"She really likes you!"
"You're so inconsiderate!"
Kat:	He plays with girls...
	"I'm not going to bother with his business anymore..."
Mdk:	"Maybe it's a one-sided crush?"
Grl:	"I'm going to go die in front of you!"
	"You'll regret it!"

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K:	"Go and die."
Kat:	"How can you say something like that?"
	"Be a little compassionate! Give her some dignity!"
If anything......
Mdk:	"Koji!"
I'm leaving now! If you have anything else to say, say it quick!

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Yah!
That girl went with Koji, so dangerous!
Neh? Really?
Kat:	"Oh no....." 	"She's been hit!"

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Grl:	"Ahhh..."
Drvr:	"Do you want to die!?"
Kat:	This guy......
	He was serious.......
But that time-
He was the guy who sang that song---

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Roll call: 	"Nanjo?"
	"Neh? Where is Nanjo? Is he here today?"
K:	"Teacher!"
	"Nanjo was at the restroom."
Tchr:	"Nanjo!"
	"Did you get in a fight again?"
	"Although your grades are excellent, you take too many days off. You've gotten 
ever worse in high school!"
Kat:	"First in the class-"
K:	"Yeah.... What about?"

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Kat:	Neh......
Grls:	"He made a bet with the teacher.. if his grades are good then he doesn't have to 
cut his hair."
	"He wants to prove that his kind of people can also do well in school. He did it on 
purpose."
K:	Stop gossiping.
Grl:	But it's true!
Kat:	What-
	How can it be like this?
	"Hmm! Excellent grades-"
Koji-
Is a natural athlete!
"His grades are good! And he's an athlete."
"His skills in kendo, and judo are not bad."
"And he's also a member of the motorcycle gang."

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Doesn't see that different from other!
Kat:	"Hey you...."
	"Other than music! You have many other talents!"
K:	"Why the hell are you always following me?"
Kat:	"Somebody almost died yesterday. Have you no feelings?"
K:	"She couldn't do anything!"
	"Might as well die."

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Kat:	"You have no emotions what so ever!"
Mdk:	"Onisan!"
Kat:	"You are conceited, and you're like this heartless, cruel person.. I'm so 
disappointed......
Mdk:	"Koji!"
	"Can I ride with you next time?"
Kat:	"Madoka!"
Mdk:	"I've always wanted to try riding a motorcycle!"

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But you'll have to cut your hair!
"Ahh!"
This person is so strange!
If it wasn't for Madoka, I would already have been long gone!
Mdk:	"My... short hair, does it look okay?"
Kat:	"WHAT?"
	"You really cut it?"
Mdk:	"Does it not look okay?"	
Kat:	"That's not what I mean!"
Mdk:	"Let's go together!"
Kat:	Going on a Saturday...

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Mdk:	"We've made a date."
Kat:	Please don't go!
	My god!
You might die!
It's okay, I'm not afraid!

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Step down!
Mdk:	"I... can't move......"
K:	"Girls are so hazardous!"
Mdk:	"Koji, weren't you scared? You might really die someday!"
Kat:	"Ah! Let me off! I want to get off!"
	Get off?
K:	"There's nothing to be afraid of!"
	"Isn't that phrase cool?"
Mdk:	"When I was little-Mother used to sing for me....."

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"Mommy had a magnificent voice! And she was also very beautiful. After she died-"
"I realized that compared to the techniques of singing, the expression of the singer's 
emotion is far more important."
"Daddy said that for a song to move someone, something like that happens only once in a 
life-time. But now I suddenly understand."
"After I heard your songs-"
K:	"You're saying that I also have gentle emotions?"
	"Ah! Of course if a girl will do it with me, then I'll treat her well."

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Kat:	"You asshole!"
Mdk:	"Stop it!"
	"You haven't realized? Perhaps-"
K:	"Neh?"
Mdk:	"It's nothing!"
	"I get dizzy a lot?"
	"Very often!"
	"I'm reaching the limit of my life."
	"When I was born, they said that I would only be alive for ten years."
What happened?
Nothing!

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Mdk:	"Someday you will realize----"
	"You-will also have a true love."
Onisan!
That guy is so cool
And his voice sounds so awesome!
Wouldn't it be great if he signs with our company?
Onisan!
He turned us down!
Why?
He's such a good singer
I want to hear his voice again..
Neh? Onisan?

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Neh? Onisan?
Kat:	"Wah!"
What a huge house!
	"I thought our house was big enough."
	"This one is even bigger!"
	Anybody home?
Voc:	"You ungrateful son, I'm going to kick you out of the house!"
Where the Hell did you go?
Dad! Don't...
Shut up!
Kat:	"Neh? You got wounded again?"
	"What's going on?"

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Kat:	"What did you do? Did you get beat up?"
K:	"Too close to a girl!"
Kat:	"Your dad's not bad! Ugh!"
K:	"It's nothing."
	"Maybe Dads are always like this. What do you want?"
Kat:	I've--- come to-----
	Does this happen often?
	"Hmm.. Do you know of the Shibuya Company?"
K:	"I... think so-"

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Kat:	"Shibuya Record Company?"
	"They talked to you many times, but you've always turned them down!"
	"I was going to befriend you first, and then tell you this."
	"But I don't have time."
K:	"Stop joking."
Kat:	"I'm not joking!"
K:	"Is this why you transferred?"
	"Ha! Don't be too naive!"

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Kat:	"It's all for my sister!"
	"She wants to be able to hear your voice."
	"Because for all these years, this is the only thing she ever really cared about."
	"So... Please sing! Just once!"
K:	"Sorry, I'm busy."

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Kat:	"If you have no talent, I wouldn't be like this."
	"You are denying your own potential, it'll be such a waste if you don't express 
them."
	"Do you know....."
	"You have this natural irresistibility, and it easily captivates people!"
	"I hope you will receive my request."
Mdk:	"Don't! Onisan!"
	"Koji's songs... aren't there to pass out sympathy to other people."
	So don't force him.
K:	"I'm not going to sing for you---"

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Mdk:	"Mm! I know!"
	"You shouldn't do anything you don't want to---"
	"After Mom passed away-Your song is the first that really moved me...."
	"So that's why I really would like to hear it again."

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Mdk:	"Koji! Wait!"
	"Ouch it hurts!"
"What happened?"
K:	"I'm not a saint. Go home."
Kat:	"You bastard!"
Mdk:	"Onisan... I'm bleeding!"

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Kat:	"Koji!"
	"Please call an ambulance! We have to get to the hospital!"
	"Lets ride your bike!"
	"It's faster!"
The blood...
Won't stop draining.....

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The constraint on her life..... is true.......
Kat:	"For her, I will do anything, anything. 
	Anything she wants....
	I will do everything thing I can...
	To give it to her---
Nanjo Koji's song is so beautiful!
	Because nothing else matters!
Please! Let me hear it...
Just one more time......

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Kat:	"I'm so sorry, Madoka!"	
	"I didn't fulfill your wish..."
	"So sorry...... I....."

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Oh God please........

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Kat:	"Ahh!"
Doc:	"Come quick! She's awake!"
Kat:	"Listen...... Nanjo is singing his song......."
Mdk:	"Onisan....."
	"I can hear it....."
Kat:	"Ahh!"	
	Can it be?

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NANJO--------!!
I can hear it----
"Onisan I'm so sorry. I've always been so selfish and spoiled....."
Thank you for been so good to me..
I will always remember.....

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"Onisan!"
.... The harmony is so beautiful......
"My favorite people.... First is Nanjo..... then is Onisan..."
Ah... I.....
Kat:	"Ahh!"
I..... ah......

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I.....
At that time I felt........
What I heard is even better than the last time......

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"Are you coming? When?"
"Neh?"
Kat:	"Still haven't found that girl?"
	Let's go have some fun!
"Yeah! Let's go find some girls!"
"Lets."
"The Shibuya Family Motto---"
"Always make the first move!"
"Let's meet more than just one!"
"Easy!"
"Neh! You're absolutely right!"

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K:	"Katsumi!"
Kat:	"Ahh..."
K:	"--- I think..."
	"Let's reorganize a band----"
Sure----
And Nanjo Koji entered the entertainment circle
"Thank you! Koji!"
Two years later. 


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