Love Is Five Seven Five (恋は五・七・五！)

TOHOKU CINEQUANON SDP

Hit it! Hit it! Hit it!

Hit it! Hit it! Hit it!

Hit it! Hit it! Hit it!

Come on!

The sky is blue The curve on this ball Is like that of shattered dreams

LOVE IS FIVE-SEVEN-FIVE!

Let's save Matsuo School!

We need your support!

We are against the closing of the school!

Please support us!

Please support us!

Please take it.

Shove it up your ass.

Don't you care if our school gets closed?!

- Please support us! - So...

Haiku evolved out of haikai.

Haiku quickly became a separate genre.

Poet Masaoka Shiki...

...departed from the original haiku...

Could you be a little quieter?

- Takada-sensei! - Yes?

I can't bear this.

When I look at how these kids are trying to save the school...

...I feel such enormous pain.

I thought our baseball team would do well...

...but it turned out I was wrong.

There are still two years left until the closing.

Let's show everyone that we're worth something.

Well...

Don't give in to despair. Try to stay positive.

OK.

I'd like you to take part in this.

HAIKU CONTEST

Haiku contest?

And the name That you make for yourself Is like a cloud

That's not bad.

But...

Amakawa-sensei! Amakawa-sensei!

Please take care of it.

I want to talk to you before the training begins.

The baseball tournament was really good.

You all did a great job.

Unfortunately our baseball team lost,

but tomorrow we have to support our football team.

Let's help our school make history!

Yes!

I can't hear you!

Yes!!!

Utsumi-san, stay.

- You know, Utsumi-san... - What?

There have been complaints.

The players are saying that you distract them and they can't focus.

So, as hard as it is for me to say this...

...but you're out. Sorry.

I'm really sorry.

Your giant boobs are so wobbly!

What do you want?

Get out of my way.

Who do you think you're talking to?

Take this!

Awesome! I'm in love.

Why?!

Assholes!

This is how you want the world to remember you?

They will you if you end your life now.

I want to be reborn As a ghost Like in magic tales

What?

Wow! That's really dramatic.

My haiku?

Go out with a haiku.

I should do the same when it's my time to die.

Here.

It was hard checking your work.

Apart from your name, everything is written in hiragana.

If you stay in Japan not knowing the hieroglyphs is going to be a problem.

Not at all. You can easily replace it with hieroglyphs in an email!

- Really? - Yes.

Here's something for you to read over the holidays.

I don't know the hieroglyphs, but I speak English very well.

Maybe you could give me a pass without it?

I'd be happy to, but I can't.

Besides, I don't want other teachers to frown at me.

This Japanese mentality!

You people are so stubborn.

I see you're very critical of our culture.

It's not about being critical.

All the boys are so dumb and unattractive.

I think it isn't very good that you notice only bad things about Japan.

You don't seem to notice the Japanese spirit.

The spirit?

Here!

Which one do you choose?

Tsuchiyama-kun is the head of the Takada photography club.

The meeting is starting. Are you coming?

Sure!

I thought I was the only one in the club.

Three people, then.

I'm glad you came.

For certain reasons, the photography club will become the haiku club.

From now on.

What?

I'd like to join the club.

Haiku...

...consists of 17 syllables that are divided in three lines like this: 5-7-5.

Each line has a deeper meaning.

Who cares? What are we going to do?

Oh yes, excuse me.

For three days, starting from August 13...

...in Matsuma Himeken prefecture...

...will be taking place a haiku contest.

But August is holidays.

Give me a break.

Well...

In the contest, two teams of five people each compete with each other.

One is red and the other is white. They take turns to read their haikus.

After that, they are given 3 minutes for comments or questions.

Excuse me, Takada-san! Is it possible to take part with less than five people?

Well, no...

One, two, three, four...

Won't do.

Bye.

Wait!

- What? - I want to take part!

But there are only four of us.

But I really want to take part!

I have tried so many times...

...but I never got accepted!

They keep crushing my dreams!

Or maybe you just don't know how to write haiku.

Now what?

I want to take part too!

Wow...

And what about you?

Me... well...

Open your eyes! Haiku sucks!

It's for old people!

It's totally not cool. Why haiku?!

Haiku doesn't suck.

Quite the contrary...

...haiku rocks!

Your dumb face isn't convincing at all.

Dumb face?

Whatever.

Here you are! Senpai!

From now, I'll be following you everywhere, Haruko-senpai!

What?

What are you all doing here?

Haiku.

Haiku as in Hiking?

No, that's not it.

Doesn't matter! I'll go anywhere Haruko-senpai goes!

You're right on time.

Yes...

Hey, Pochiko!

Hey, Pochiko!

Pochiko!

Grandpa, Pochiko died two years ago.

That's right.

I'm taking part in a contest.

As a pitcher?

It's a haiku contest.

I swing my bat Green summer grass Covers the pitch

Pochiko!

Move.

Move!

Yu-chan! Turn this way!

Alright.

Why did you join the haiku club?

Because Tsuchiyama-kun said my last words were good.

Your last words?

My farewell haiku.

Farewell haiku?

At that point.

But everything changed.

I will play The lap guitar In our club! Ta-da-dam!

Pi-chan, that's not haiku. It's just a song done in 5-7-5.

But it's cute, isn't it?

It's not that simple.

Let me teach you the rules.

Rules? Is there anything to teach?

First of all, you have to include seasonal words.

What are those?

Those are words indicating seasons. To give you a simple example...

...sakura indicates spring.

A handkerchief indicates summer.

The moon indicates autumn.

That's lame!

No shit. That's what I told you yesterday.

Also there are cutting words.

What are those?

Do you know?

- What? - What are cutting words?

Who are the words cutting?

Tsuchiyama-kun, do you know?

Know what?

- Cutting words. - Cutting who?

What are all of you even doing here?

- Look what I've got! - Great!

Teacher, tell us about cutting words.