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Hmm?

Don't you think it's strange not to realize

that the limits of the leader's abilities place a limit on the team's abilities?

You understand that, don't you?

Yeah, of course.

It's a shame that nobody understands

what I tell them.

It's outrageous, isn't it?

I can't stand to play with those people anymore!

You can't touch tar without getting your hands dirty.

What do I do?

Although, they have their cases to make, too.

Hey...!

What I'm saying isn't getting through to you, either.

What gives, you...!

Wait!

Wait?

I see.

You, too, must be...

...my enemy!

What? What about you?!

I'd like to do something for her.

"Look out! Get out of the way!!"

We're not playing with you, Haruto!

Haruto, you're a drag.

You're bugging us.

Haruto, you're a drag!

You're bothering us!

--I thought you were a little smarter than that.

--I thought you were a little smarter than that. --I thought you were a little smarter than that.

Huh?

(Are you o

kay?)

Two witches have appeared?

That's nice and glamorous, isn't it?

That's true,

but one of them has a strong personality, and is aggressive.

You like strong young ladies, don't you?

Huh?

She may be more at the end of her rope than you think.

Why don't you offer her

a sympathetic ear to talk to?

So, what about the other one?

Ah, I didn't get to talk to her.

I couldn't hear her.

Ah, come to think of it...

You couldn't hear her?

Nor the other sounds around you?

No. I'm not sure whether or not she could hear my voice, either.

The two of you need to find some other means of communication,

is that what you mean?

You say he can't converse with someone in a dream?

What's up with that?

That's what I'm asking you.

A dream is a sort of world of thought, right?

Maybe they're on such different wavelengths that they can't talk.

If they're meeting in a dream, I'd say their

wavelengths are pretty close.

Hmm?

Ah...

That lady just now...

Huh?

Deaf Vocal?

Excuse me, what is Deaf Vocal?

A bright parade of light in the colors of the rainbow

You can cry, but your tears will stream across the sky

Leaving a trail of light in the colors of the rainbow

You can color me with it too

The color of the future

Ah...

Deaf Vocal...

...is a band for the deaf?

You’re so precious, I’m just so happy

I can’t even put it into words

When you smile like the sun

Everything becomes a joy to me

She sings in sign language?

You could say that the energy of her thoughts are contained in it.

The energy... of her thoughts?

Her hearing impairment could be due to a lot of things,

whether she was born with it or had some illness,

but she's doing her best, every day.

"Raw Noodle Prince: The Movie"

I've been in the rubble for a whole week,

and nobody's even realized it!

Oh...

Are you deaf?

Yes, at least in the real world.

But in this world?

No problem.

You can hear?

Not so much hear

as I can clearly understand what you say.

Even if I don't look at your mouth.

Look at my mouth?

Yeah. In this world, I can freely say anything I think,

I can convey anything about myself that I please,

and I can listen to others unimpeded.

It allows what I want to come true.

Look at you--you're taking the form that you want, right?

Huh?

You don't want to wake up from this dream.

Somewhere, in your feelings, that's what you're thinking.

N-No way.

I'm going to wake up soon,

and do all sorts of things I want to back in that world.

What is it you want to do?

Well, I...

Is it something that you can only do in the other world, where you were before?

Then that's another matter, for when you're there.

You just need to do whatever you can here.

What I can do here?

You're already doing it, aren't you? Spontaneously?

You're here taking in my griping, my bitching, my whining and my abuse.

Well, that's because...

that's what I sensed your heart was wanting to shout out.

Even so,