>381
>A rank battle, second round

>All events completed

>382
>Zzzzz
>Freedom
>Chinatsu~ Come out~
>Yay! We advanced!
>Uwah... We dropped...

>......

>...What?
>Nothing...

>Go see the results...

>Dun wanna

>383
>Fuhaa!
>Tatara-pair really was fun to watch. After Tango they just went to shit!
>Yeah

>Hyoudou and Akagi teaming the John
>Tiny head...
>In tournaments they're almost fighting
>Weren't they arguing during the quick? (They probably got the wrong attention there)
>You're out if the judges ever hate you

>But they didn't drop this round
>Their basics are more than good enough to clear with these opponents
>Yeah, it's only the preliminaries after-

>The fuck?! My shirt!

>....
>... Hey, Hyoudou?
>Tatara's 'good enough'... If they advance in the tournament without finding unity...

>384
>How far do you think
>they can

>get! (Face wash!)

>.....
>bota bota *drip drip
>You're joking right
>Finals are probably impossible

>Good luck finding that sponsor!
>Aah, that was really refreshing!

>What a joke
>....

>............
>*buru buru buru *shaking

>386
>N-no... I'm still shaking
>That second round...

>Number 13
>That 'needless passion' they showed during tango... I thought they were somebody to focus on

>Slow foxtrot, first heat
>I-intimidating... (T-that's a smile, that's a smile, right!?)

>The character in slow foxtrot is about ”dignified continuance”... ”Elegance”...
>This is common sense, right!!?

>Third heat
>*pachi pachi (clap clap)
>....
>Yees... This is how it should be

>Quickstep
>Hiii! Chaos!

>386
>W-what are those two?
>Their movement is revolting

>Like a massaging chair with baseballs in it...

>And what's with that scary look..!?
>What are they fighting about!?

>Uuhh...
>So very ugly...

>Number 13~
>Hiyama!

>Haa~ Do your best, Fujita-kun
>Such terrible condition

>....
>I certainly hope the audience doesn't think they're good...

>It's probably because they move so violently that they're interesting...
>They don't care about unity or anything
>Besides, quickstep always does that with its cheerful rhythm and...

>....
>Hm...?

>387
>Unity?
>Rhythm?
>This is the second round!?
>This isn't the place to ask for such high standards

>Aaaaah... Everyone is looking at them...
>jiiiii *staring

>Those two
>I can't help but look at them

>fuga- (no clue on this one)
>gari (gritting teeth)

>388
>”That 13! Finally a pair with real impact!”

>I didn't
>see the other pairs at all..

>Sorry, dancers of the first heat
>I put the checks randomly!!!
>I hope the other judges did their work properly

>Number 13, Fujita and Hiyama
>Result

>Full check

>.......

>Riiight~
>pi- *slap
>dehehe dehehe *laughing

>389
>Oh
>Fujita-kun has full checks (You're really working hard)

>Yes, thanks to you!
>Thanks to who~~?

>Aa, come closer, I can't get you into frame
>Flash
>Shit... missclick
>Hey... What's with the face, smile (I'm not taking this otherwise)

>What are you smiling, passing just the second round...
>But if we don't, Kugimiya-san will get mad
>... It seems you've forgotten something so I'll remind you

>He's on the hitlist as well

>390
>....
>Number 20 is...

>Pff

>Those guys are dead already so we don't need to think about them, Tatara-kuun!
>Somebody who misses a check in second round! (Goodbye to you)

>sowa sowa *fidgeting
>.... (Ah...)

>O-our mood was a bit off that round!
>Besides, today is just to practice for the Grandprix....
>I am terribly sorry... The explanation took a bit longer than expected
>Sorry Aki, I don't have the luxury to care about your dance

>391
>After all
>my current rival is Tatara!

>Hey...

>Right?

>Entering the second round, Tatara's dance changed

>From the gap of flimsy basics
>As if testing the waters...

>392
>His “self” appeared
>Third round, waltz, first heat

>What is she doing?
>Guh!

>....

>”I don't have to luxury to care”..?
>Looking down on people again...

>Always always acting like I wasn't there

>393
>”Aki doesn't have to work, really”

>”I'll move for the two of us!”

>I've always hated that about Chinatsu

>That insensitive queen-like attitude

>Second heat

>394
>Goodbye, huh...

>Advancing as they change, Fujita and Chinatsu, Chinatsu and Akira

>136
>She's looking at Akira-san again

>Tatara, who would you call to the semifinals?
>Heat 41 (Another nameless chapter)

>I'm judging..?
>Currently there are 24 pairs left...

>137
>12 pairs will enter the semifinals
>42 and 32 and 41...
>Don't just name numbers

>But, even if you don't see them dancing, you can tell if people can ”Make results”
>From how their hair is set and...
>I'm correct, right?
>Riight? (You can tell the ability of dancers from their shape)

>Kugimiya-san is a homeland import. (London or something)
>!! (Stylish...)

>I expect his suit to be tailor made with that body...
>A-as expected of Kugimiya-san!
>Compared to somebody like number 8, Kugimiya-san's suit is... sharp and cool or something...

>8 has loaned a loose suit for himself (It doesn't fit his body)
>Loaned..?

>138
>Yup
>There's a shop by the entrance (”Semi-tailormade” or what they said)
>What kind of people go for fully tailor.made?

>Well, it's common sense for any competitive dancer to have their suits and dresses tailor.made (Iwagawa's looks expensive)
>It seems that just the outfit gets you one round higher
>Good outfits cost about 350 thousand yen a piece

>Uwaah~ Thank goodness Sengoku-san's old one fits~

>Anyway
>That sort of ”loser's thinking” of 8th's is instantly out

>!
>Here it gets different from the previous rounds

>Previously the dancers were individually judged on their image

>But now they are compared

>139
>The detail of their movement
>The position of their hands and feet

>”Beauty”

>Even the slightest miss becomes zero checks

>Look
>Their amalgamations are overlapping

>Ah

>Kugimiya and Mine pairs
>Are moving exactly the same

>Even their line of dance is the same..!?

>140
>Faraway reverse and Slip pivot into

>Open telemark and Telespin

>spinspin

>As if an example danced next to you

>Beautiful
>Slowway oversway [If anybody knows what these moves actually are, please explain to me. I haven't been able to find a single reference to this sort of waltz moves]

>141
>That was the place where Kugimiya-pair would receive checks (And the same would be for us)
>... Yup

>All the way from their sway, they are completely different

>Swaying is something that comes naturally as you try to control your movement
>For the beauty of that movement, it is important to manage its speed and balance
>This is called “Technical sway”
>As your hips need to connect, you must bend your spine
>Imagine the hips as a vase and the dancers flowers spreading out of it

>142
>They are like a vase and a barrel
>Comparing and all...

>Ah, crap, even I see the beer barrel now
>You really can tell the difference with a just glance...

>Exactly how I've come to recognize the amazing people next to me
>My eyes for beauty have been trained

>The hold of 51st's leader...

>His shoulders are shallow and his neck is low
>There's nothing beautiful about it

>You get tired if you don't put your back into it (Even I sometimes...)
>Jii... *stare

>Likewise the partner

>She doesn't use her spine in the sway (It's like she was throwing her neck into the beat)
>Her body must be hurting

>143
>As your “Beauty” is compared, the demanded techniques are numerous

>To create a dynamic dance
>You must be mindful of the [Rotation], [Tilt], [Extension], and [Distortion]

>Build your movement based on your anatomy
>How does that connect to “Beauty”?

>Chinatsu-chan, turn your body more!
>Yes!

>Cross your bodies, widen the space~

>Pour it out!

>....

>Compared to Idogawa-san, Chii-chan's space is...

>144
>From that vase, “Beauty”

>Pour it out

>It connected

>And I just perfectly realized

>145
>Next
>She, compared everyone in this hall, is probably

>Tango, first heat
>The most beautiful

>146
>Yes...
>I understand

>Did Marisa-sensei say something?
>Yeah... “Advice is forbidden”
>Apparently there's a men's world the partner's can't understand
>I see...

>But I am worried
>Their dancing is becoming more and more violent...
>...
>That's, you know, they're heating up! Powering up!
>*gyuu (twisting water out)
>*bota bota (drip drip drip)

>Their stress and all must be terrible
>Where did Shizuku go...

>147
>If our pair became like that my heart would break
>On the other hand, if I was a man, I'd like to once pair with Chinatsu-chan

>Arousing, isn't it? That sort of “I won't let just any man handle me” feel

>That perfection
>I can see myself growing from just a touch

>....

>After pairing with Chinatsu-san somehow...

>Tatara-san... is like a different person compared to when we paired
>He never was somebody that stressed over “Leading and following” or “How to match my partner”

>148
>There is no
>other couple with as unclear male female relationship

>...eh?

>Accepting the stress of your partner's existence
>Going their own ways at full strength...

>That's not something a normal pair can do

>149
>Hey...
>What is this

>It's not that their couple is doing well
>Mine-san, smile
>Aaaa, please make it stop!
> Fusako, say something!

>Why are your eyes so fierce!?

>Tango, second heat
>Waaa~
>Number 20~!!!

>150
>At least their Tango is safe (They really stand out)
>Yeah, but isn't that just because his body is big?

>Their dance itself has fallen since waltz
>Mine-san, your count is weird!

>Daddy~
>Akiraa~

>This person...

>They will probably drop this round
>!

>151
>Please, get it together, Mine-san
>Starting from the second round, it's been hard to dance!

>I...
>I'm sorry..
>Peko (head bowing)
>Hau
>I'm nervous with so many friends watching...
>I was apologized by an adult man...!

>Now that I think of it, we've never talked without care...
>sowa sowa (flustered)
>Is that supposed to a smile

>What is this gap...

>I even managed to couple up before her...

>152
>Hee
>As always
>pushing all responsibility to the leader

>goku goku (loud drinking)
>Ah, we're intruding

>You complain to Tatara-kun as well!
>I don't really mind?
>The quality of our fights is different

>...Ha?
>What? Quality? (Makes you laugh)

>Saying sultry things like “Tatara is my rival”, Chinatsu
>He isn't even close to your skill!

>And how long have you even paired!?
>... For almost four months

>He's clashed with me at full force
>Unlike Aki

>153
>You always said “I don't really love dancing”

>Just because you can't become something, doesn't mean you can vent about it
>Slow foxtrot, first heat

>I don't get you, Chinatsu...
>You see only dancing

>Yes, I don't really love dancing!

>154
>What I love is...

02
I hated elementary school.

Ah crap! I touched the fatty!
The fatness will spread!
Boys, stop that!
Akira-chan isn't a fatty!

I don't want to go to school anymore!
Don't cry. It's probably because Akira-chan is so cute they want to tease you.
That's right!
There are plenty of boys who like their girls a bit pudgy.

AAAAA!
You idiot!

03
We have a transfer student today
On blackboard: Hiyama Chinatsu

Pretty hair...

The summer of first grade
One!
Two!
Three!
Chinatsu was blazing in the sun.

04
She was tall like an adult.
Bikini lines...!!

She laughed like a boy

Her eyes were bright

She always made my heart rush

05
You dropped your eraser
!!!

Hiyama really is ugly
How tall is that girl?
She's way too thin. Like a skeleton!
They're totally fallen for her

Look! The fatty and skeleton are walking as a set!
Shish kebab!
A set name with Chinatsu-chan!

I-it's fine...

I-I'm
used to it...

You know, Akira-chan is bullied so you should stay away from her

Is that so...

06
Somebody stop them!

Fighting is bad!
I'll get the teacher!!

China...

Don't call girls meat!
Don't grow your hair when you're ugly!

07
It's not cute at all!!

The hair...

08
Uuh...
Idiot...

I hate you! Go die!
Hiyama, I'm sorry!

I feel bad for Chinatsu-chan
It's all Akira-chan's fault

Good morning~
Morning!

09
Good morning
Chinatsu
chan...

Morning...

Mother, I made a friend

Hey, can I call you Aki?

You can call me Chinatsu

I want to go train with Aki

I'll go anywhere with you, Chinatsu

10
Ballroom dance studio?

It seems that learning rhytm at an early age helps in many things
You hear about rhytmic or rhytm excercise often
Maybe it helps with posture and discipline
Our girl is a bit shy though...

It's fine. Dancing mends everything

Raise your arms, clap your hands. All together!
There really are only girls here

11
I think that's a relief

I love dancing!
Fine fine... Stubborn girl...

Jitterbug!
Meringue!
Mambo!

Why don't we make a performance together!?

Our first competition together was in 'Formation Dancing'
The dress is pretty~
I'm really excited
I don't wanna! I hate this skirt~

Chinatsu, you're cute

…....

12
Chinatsu!
Akiraa~

Our teacher always told us
”Don't dance with a smile”
”Dance in a way that makes you smile”
Dance was something to enjoy from the heart

Something to enrich your life with

13
That really is true...
After that time, we...

I was so nervous!
I danced really well!

We didn't see anything but 'Fun'

14
Until we found the competitive world

On paper: Super Partner! Hongou Chiduru
I want to become like her!!!

15
Uwah... What happened to these girls?
Well, they sort of saw a girl pair win...

Chiduru-saaan!!!

So this is Mikasa-cup~
It's so cool!
Chiduru... Chiduru...

Hey, Aki

Let's go to many tournaments together!

16
The Hiyama's girl is really hard working

She wanted to learn boy's steps as well

Many girl pairs have a rotation. Not many are so diligent on their leading role
Hmmm... That's amazing

It's a strange feeling

That neckline
The bent of her back

It makes me...

I'm a bit embarrased to...

Dance ris somehow special

17
Go! Chinatsu!
Akira!

The entry trophy is amazing!
Pair with me next!
Sure
…

Akira-chan has grown as well
As the girl role, she may be better than Chinatsu-chan

I-I'll do my best!

Hey, can you let me do the girl role next time?
Can't do! I don't know the boy's steps!

Chinatsu probably didn't realize

19
That at some point their gazes had turned jealous
It's unfair how Chinatsu-chan is favoured

You don't have anybody to train with? How about you dance with me then?
The more Chinatsu became isolated from the rest

The more my eyes were drawn to her
A lone wolf... So cool...

As expected of my Chinatsu
How about you learn the boy's steps already

20
Junior standard finals

What's with that terrible partner?
How did she make it to the finals?
It's it because her leader is amazing?
I'm so jealous! Just because she has a boy she can enter so many tournaments!

Eeeh... I'd hate to pair with a boy
Tournaments twice a year are more than enough
Yup yup
'So unfair.' 'Hate to.' They sure can talk...

Girl only tournaments are so much more fun! They have prizes for best dresses and everything!
I love them too!
Aki

In the Hyoudou pair... Both are amazing
I wonder how much they train every day

21
If I went to this tournament... Could I dance next to them as well?

I really want to go
Really...

My Chinatsu is 'different'

I'm tired...
Geh! Are you for real?
Instead of focusing on themselves, they pass their admirations as jealousy for others

But Chinatsu
was proud of her dance to the point of being arrogant

Eh!? You're going to stop dancing?
I got my middle school tests coming up
I'm thinking of focusing on my piano more...
She apathetic towards those who didn't give their all

Chinatsu, let's do our best today
Yes!
No other girl is going to take Chinatsu any more!

I am her only partner!
I'll let you be my partner anytime!

22
Eh? Aki doesn't have to work, really

Relax
I'll move for the two of us!

Even if its only training, I'm sorry for being so serious about it

S
o
r
r
y
!
?

23
Why couldn't you say 'Let's do our best together'!?

Second heat

Thinking me as
one of the other 'half assed' girls

Scolding me with those cold eyes............

24
What's with that boy?

You've never been so fierce towards me

Yes...
20th really has her emotions in it

Lively...
I'm telling you~

Mou~
Stop flirting around!