Dragon Drive (ドラゴンドライブ)

Shinjitai

I want to believe

ano hi mitsuketa hikari

In the light that I found that day

kimi to kawashita

Because I still have

tatta hitotsuno yakusoku ga arukara

That one promise that I made to you

mou tachidomarazuni aruite yukitai

I want to keep walking, never stopping

uresugita kajitsu wo kajiru youni

Like biting into an overripe fruit

yowai jibun ni

I was spoiling myself

amaetsuzukete ita

I was giving in to my weakness

kimi ni deawanakereba

If I hadn't met you

ima mo

I'd still...

kabe wo kowasu koto nado dekinakatta yo

...be unable to break the walls around me

wasurenai

I'll never forget

ano hi kanjita itami

The pain that I felt that day

nido to ano basho modoritakunai

I never want to go back to that place

motto tsuyoku

This strong feeling

shinjitai

I want to believe

ano hi mitsuketa hikari

In the light I found that day

kakkowarui to warawaretemo ii

Let them laugh and call me a loser

bukiyou dakara

Because I'm clumsy

onaji ikikata shika erabenainda

I can only choose to live life this way

Somebody...

Somebody...please save me!

It was just a dream.

That same dream again.

What in the world's going on?

I'm totally late!

Oh, well.

A little more sleep can't hurt.

Even if I leave right now...

...I'll still be late.

The Sleeping Dragon

Reiji's late again today.

What is he thinking?!

Please!

With you on our team, we'd breeze through the regional preliminaries!

At least for the regional preliminary round?

I just can't get myself excited about it.

But I'll think about it.

I'm counting on you, Tachibana!

Yeah, he'll think about it!

Today, it's the basketball team.

You're being canvassed by a different team every day.

You're awesome!

Well, I guess it comes naturally when you're perfect at whatever you do.

Yes.

I am perfect at everything.

That's my motto.

U-Um, Tachibana-san?

Please read this!

Thank you. I'll read it with pleasure.

And to top it off, you're popular with girls.

You're disgusting.

Just write her suitable reply for me.

C-Come on!

I might've slept too much.

My head hurts.

Hey, that's dangerous!

What did you do that for?!

Wait, aren't you the King of Tardiness from Class B?!

Hey, isn't that Reiji?

About time!

Oh, no. He's being hassled.

The other guy's Daisuke Hagiwara from Class A.

He thinks he's so great, being around Tachibana all the time.

I feel sorry for Reiji.

I've been apologizing over and over again.

I'm sorry.

Hey, if a simple apology solved everything, we wouldn't need police or judge of hell!

Th-Then what...

This is the answer!

Stop it!

M-Maiko.

Yukino Maiko?!

M-My sweet honey!

Stop it, already!

You're in junior high, so grow up and stop picking on the weak!

If you insist on continuing, I'll be your opponent!

S-S-S...

Sorry.

That's fine, as long as you understand.

How pathetic!

If I hadn't jumped in to help...!

I don't remember asking you to jump in and help.

Don't talk back!

Also, I hear that you quit your extracurricular club again.

Yeah.

You didn't even last three days!

First the baseball team, then the soccer team and now the comic book study club!

You showed up a few times and quit each one!

You know, I just don't think I'm suited for that stuff.

- How can I explain it? - And then there's this!

Reiji: 27 percent

M-My test paper!

You get grades like this because you're always late to school!

Everyone thinks you only come to school for the free lunch.

Seriously, at this rate, you'll have to repeat a grade!

Repeat a grade?

That may not be good.

A week's worth of notes from class.

I've marked areas likely to be on the test.

M-Maiko!

Y-You're letting me copy your notes?!

Sure!

But in return, you'll go everywhere with me for the rest of the day!

No.

What?!

Since we've been kids, the worst things happen when I hang around you!

You made me investigate the sewers...

...and then we got lost in the mountains, looking for a phantom snake.

I see.

Hey, everyone, look here!

It's Ozora Reiji's test! His test!

No, stop that! Wait!

Okay, okay, you win!

I win what?!

I'll go with you wherever you wish!

That's it, right? I just have to go with you?

Exactly.

What? A game?!

Right!

You know, you give up too easily whatever you do, Reiji.

Do I?

But a friend introduced me to an awesome game the other day!

An awesome game?

Yeah, and I think if you tried that game, even you would really get into it, Reiji!

Come to think of it, there was a time when I was into that sort of stuff.

But this isn't just any old game!

You'll understand when you see it!

Hurry, hurry!

I wonder.

This place, here! Hurry!

What's with this rundown cheap candy store?

Can't you read the sign above?

Ryugujo: The Sea Palace Ryu-gu-jo?

Right! Here we go, Mr. Turtle!

Come on, this way!

H-Hey!

You can't just walk into someone's home!

Especially with muddy shoes!

It's okay, we're going in here!

Huh?! Going in where?!

Press this, and...?

The closet's an elevator?

Two people on our way to the Ryugujo!

What in the world?

What is this?

How... How could something like this exist beneath a cheap candy store?

What's going on?

Wh-What was that?

They're showing the current match on the monitor!

- Come with me! - R-Right.

Take this!

- Way to go! - Good move!

Well? This is the game I was talking about.

It's called Dragon Drive!

Dragon... Drive?

This is a game?

No, I swear it looks like...

...like this is actually happening!

You'll see for yourself once you try it, Reiji.

That image on-screen is one hundred percent virtual reality!

You ride a dragon that looks like the real thing...

...and battle in a city that's like a real city, all as part of the game!

I'll see once I try it?

Can I play this game, too?

Beginning to feel excited?

A-A little bit.

That's plenty!

Okay, then let's go and get you registered!

W-Wait, I don't feel ready for it yet!

Never mind that!

My sweet honey!

Yukino Maiko!

That guy. It's that guy again!

What Is he to her, anyway?!

Sorry for the wait, Mr. Ozora Reiji.

Enjoy the game!

- I get a cell phone?! - Yes.

All you do now is insert the dragon card you selected into the cell phone...

...and a dragon belonging only to you will appear in the virtual world.