Nodame Cantabile (のだめカンタービレ)

Puririn and Gorota, Puri-Gorota.

Add the vegetables and meat in a 2:1 ratio.

Puririn and Gorota, Puri-Gorota.

For summer vacation, by Stresemann's command,

the four of us are stuck participating in a seminar at the Nagano Music Festival.

I had planned to take the train alone, enjoying some quiet time by myself, yet...

Hey, best friend of mine!

Let's all go together!

Shut up! Everyone, stop singing different songs!

Senpai, we've arrived.

Chiaki-senpai!

Please wake up.

We're there already?

Wh-Where are we?

The beach?!

Hey! Wh-Why is there a beach... in... Nagano...

We're in Niigata right now, at a beach on the Sea of Japan!

Niigata?!

Don't tell me we went down the Kanetsu Expressway?!

Surprised, Chiaki?

Coming to the beach was an awesome idea, don't you think?

We'll be all right if we don't arrive in Nagano till evening.

We're on summer vacation, after all!

Now, now, senpai, go get changed into your swimsuit too, and let's go swimming in the ocean!

You brought yours with you, right?

So everyone, please bring your swimsuits and come along and participate with me!

There will be no time for swimsuits.

You three!

As if I'd bring something like that with me!

Then I'll lend you my spare!

I don't want one!

I hate the ocean.

If you guys wanna swim, then go swim without me!

What? You hate the ocean?

Really, Chiaki-sama?

Why? It's so much fun!

They... don't know I can't handle airplanes or boats?

But... I can't tell them.

If they found out my one and only weakness, who knows what they'd do to me?

Sunburn...

I don't want to get sunburned.

My skin's very sensitive, and I'm not supposed to be exposed to UV rays for long periods of time.

My doctor won't let me.

Is that right, Chiaki?

This is the first time I've heard...

Chiaki-sama, so your skin's also delicate.

So that's the way things are! Just go have your fun!

Then, we'll see you at the beach club later.

We're off to take a swim then.

Please watch my beautiful form at swimming, okay?

All right!

Why'd this have to happen?

The ocean... I can just see those horrible memories returning.

Huh? Mine-kun, aren't you going swimming either?

Nope! I'm gonna get tanned this year for sure!

I'm going for that manly, healthy-looking, golden-brown-skin look!

Now that you mention it, you really are so pale, it's kind of blinding.

Like a white asparagus that was raised underground.

Oh man! His nipples are pink too!

Talk about rare... He's almost a poster boy for the music student look.

I see now. So that's why he wants to be "manly" and "healthy-looking."

Leave me alone!

Hey! How far do you plan on going?!

I came all the way out here...

Ah! I'm scared!

Let's go back already!

You'll be fine.

There!

You jerk!

I want to swim with senpai too...

Die!

The smell of the ocean...

The sound of the waves...

No...

I'll imagine this is a Zen temple deep in the mountains of Nagano.

No matter what anyone says, that's where I am.

Chiaki-senpai!

There you are!

Chiaki-sama!

I'm so hungry.

Chiaki-sama, have you had something to eat yet?

I'm gonna get a rice ball and curry!

Ah! Could you order udon for me too?

See no evil...

I wonder if Ryuu-chan's still asleep out there?

Hear no evil...

Hey, Chiaki-senpai.

See no evil!

You should go in the sea a bit too!

It's so boring out there alone!

Hear no evil.

A Zen temple in Nagano... A Zen temple in Nagano...

Yeah. Chiaki-sama, you should just put on some sunblock and play in the water too!

A Zen temple...

And you could wear that swimsuit Mine brought with him.

Who'd wear something like that?!

Then senpai, do you want to rent a boat and go over to that small island out there?

A boat to a solitary island?!

Oh! That sounds really nice!