Sesuji wo Pin! to ~Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso~ 8

Sesuji wo Pin! to ~Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso~ 8

p1
Star: The begin training hard for their first competition!! A center color page for the super popular dancesport story!!
Text: Going back home after school on the slightly darkened road, while feeling a bit excited their stride is light.
Sesuji wo Pin! to ~Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso~
Yokota Takuma
STEP 8 Dance Waltz!

p2
Voice: "Waltz",
Star: That's the brilliant word of dancing---!!
Voice: "Tango",
Voice: "Slow Foxtrot",
Voice: "Viennese Waltz",

p3
Voice: "Quickstep"...!
Masumi: Those are the five rhythms danced for Standard division competitions!
Masumi: What do you think? Compared to "Blues" which is a party dance,
Masumi: Don't you think they have a greater emphasis on the sports side of things?
Masaharu: Umm...After watching this...
Masaharu: "Blues" feels like it has a ridiculously slow pace...
Masaharu's sd: It didn't feel like that while dancing it...
Masumi: Mmfufu, right?
Masaharu: This is a dancing competition......
Masaharu: When so many people are dancing......
Masaharu: Don't they ever bump into each other...?

p4
Rio: Well, you do bump into others sometimes.
Masumi: Well, with so many people dancing
Masumi's sd: Even if everyone's dancing on the line of dance.
Masumi: You bump into each other, of course.
Masaharu(thinks): So that really happens!?
Masumi: Naturally, the veteran dancers avoid collisions,
Masumi: But there are no penalties for bumping into others.
Masumi: Rather, sometimes how smoothly you recover from a collision and continue dancing is more important.
Masumi: Going back on topic.
Masumi: On standard competitions you dance five rhythms.
Masumi: On a competition, the winner is normally decided by adding the results of all five rhythms...
Masumi: But for the next competition has a format where you can participate on a single rhythm and the ranking is separate for each rhythm.
Masumi: With that said, Tsucchi, Watari-chan,
Masumi: I'll have both of you use the two weeks left until the competition to, from the five competition rhythms---

p5
Masumi: Just one is fine...!
Masumi: You have to master one of the rhythms and compete...!
Masaharu(thinks): One...!
Masaharu(thinks): That's way easier than having to learn all five...
Masaharu(thinks): But even then, we only have two weeks...
Masaharu(thinks): To learn...
Masaharu(thinks): A...All these stuff...!? Can I do it...!?
Masaharu: Umm...
Eri: Ok...
Eri: I'll do my best...
Eri: Please teach me...!

p6
Masumi: As expected from Watari-chan, you sure have guts!
Masaharu: Eh...Umm...! The...
Masaharu: Then me too...!
Shou: Don't you just say "then" there.
Masumi: Ok, great answer.
Masumi: Then, let's get started with this.
Masumi: With the lesson of the representative of standard rhythms...!
Masumi: "Waltz"...!
Rio: One, two, three.
Rio: One, two, three.

p7
Masumi: Waltz---
Masumi: Has a triple time with elegant steeeeeeeeps!
Masumi: Ok, Tsucchi, don't look at your feet.
Masumi: Just like the German word "Walzer" which gives it its name implies--- //The original Japanese makes reference to the Japanese word "enbu" which is also used to refer to waltz and would mean "circular dancing", but I felt this reference is closer to the western audience
Masumi: You whirl and spin---
Masumi: One, two, three,
Masumi: Its characteristic is that you dance while doing circles---
Masumi: But if you can dance blues you should be able to learn Waltz's steps fairly easily.
Masaharu: Eh!?
Masaharu(thinks): This is pretty difficult, you know...
Masumi: So,
Masumi: From here, I'll have you learn something new.

p8
Masumi: That is...
Masumi: The "rise and fall"...!
Masumi: Did you see how I lowered my body on the first step and made it rise on the second and third steps?
Masumi: I used my hips, knees, and footwork to add vertical movement to my steps.

p9
Masumi: By adding vertical movements to what were only two-dimensional movements so far
Masumi: The dance becomes more dynamic! And looks more beautiful...!
Masaharu: N...No way! Just dancing on the floor was hard enough...!
Masaharu: And now we're adding vertical movement...!?
Masaharu(thinks): Isn't this a pretty high-level technique...!?
Shou: Hmph, exactly, first year...!
Shou: To be honest, Rise and Fall is a technique meant for experts...
Masaharu: !?
Masumi: But you know, Tsucchi,
Masumi: Once you master this three-dimensional dancing, your dancing will evolve.
Thought: It's literally...
Thought: On another dimension!!
Masaharu: I'm getting excited! //He says this in Goku's trademark style
Akiko: What are they going on about?
Rio: Well then, Watari-chan, let's try doing it.

p10
Masumi: To do a beautiful rise, you must first train by standing on your tiptoes!!
Masumi: Try standing like that for thirty seconds---!!
Masaharu(thinks): Hmm...
Masaharu(thinks): I might somehow manage this...!
Masaharu's sd: It's a bit harder than I thought...
Shou: Hey, first year,
Shou: Those aren't your tiptoes.
Masaharu: Eh?

p11
Shou: Listen well? The tiptoes are literally the tips of the toes.
Shou: What you have on the floor right now is the ball.
Shoe: {
Toe
Ball
Heel
}
Shou: The part between the arch of the foot and the toes' base.
Shou: Standing on your tiptoes is more like this!
Shou: You must rise your heels high enough that people can see the size number printed on your shoes' soles!
Masaharu(thinks): S...So people can see...
Masaharu(thinks): The size number...!
Masaharu: I can't last even three seconds!!
Shou's sd: That was fast!
Akiko: Wow, Watari-chan, you're doing well.
Eri's sd: S...Somehow...

p12
Masaharu: W-W...Wow, Watari-san...!
Shou: You don't have time to be impressed,
Shou: What's a leader worth if he's losing to his partner, you idiot?
Akiko: Huh, that's something I can't just ignore!
Akiko: Are you saying I'm lower than you!?
Shou: Well that's just it, you know!? Do you have any problem with that!!?
Masumi: Hey, hey, wait there, you two!
Masumi: Yamaki-chan, Akiko-chan, don't you two have to practice for your Latin competition!?
Akiko: Oh, it's ok, prez!
Shou: We want to do standard too once in a while so we'll participate!
Masumi: Geez, what am I going to do with these kids...!
Rio: Fufu,
Rio: I think they're having flashbacks to last year!
Akiko's sd: Watari-chan wins the first year battle by a landslide.
Shou's sd: Gh...That's...Actually right...
Masaharu's sd: Eh!?

p13
Rio: Around this time last year, Akiko-chan and Yamaki-kun
Rio: Were desperately trying to learn Waltz after all...!
Akiko's sd: Do it more like this!
Eri's sd: Yes...!
Shou's sd: That's not it, you have to go clockwise there.
Masaharu's sd: Hm?
Masaharu's sd: Y-Yes...!
Masumi: Well, in the end, they learned all the other four rhythms besides Waltz in two weeks, though.
Masumi's sd: They sure aren't cute.
Rio's sd: That's really promising.

p14
Masaharu: Phew---...
Masaharu: Waltz......Sure is hard...!
Masaharu: I haven't fully learned the steps yet...
Masaharu: But we have to do the rise...And other things too...
Masaharu: I'm getting all confused, aren't you.........?
Masaharu's sd: Rise and fall
Eri: Yeah.
Masaharu: Senpai said we'll eventually get used to it...
Masaharu: But can we really get used to it in the next two weeks...
Eri: ......

p15
Voice: Chuuou Kouen-mae---...
Masaharu: Well then, Watari-san, see you tomorrow...!
Eri: Yeah.
Eri: [Russian]
Masaharu: Eh!? Russian!?
sd: Thank you very much
Masaharu(thinks): Come to think of it.........
Masaharu(thinks): Maybe it was my imagination,
Masaharu(thinks): But it felt like Watari-san was unusually motivated......
Eri: I'll do my best...
Eri: Please teach me...!
Masaharu(thinks): Maybe she's pumped up for the competition......
Masaharu(thinks): She's actually quite brave after all...
Masaharu(thinks): Like this, I don't know...
Masaharu(thinks): If we'll do well in the competition...!

p16
Shou: What's a leader worth if he's losing to his partner, you idiot?
Masaharu: .........
Masumi: Girls will only follow the lead
Masumi: Of smart boys with straightened up backs!
Masaharu: .........I don't have time...
Masaharu: To be eating hashed potatoes...!

p17
Masaharu(thinks): I forgot, that's right...!
Masaharu(thinks): I'm the leader...!
Masaharu(thinks): Why did I relax so quickly...!?
Masaharu(thinks): If Watari-san is doing her best...
Masaharu(thinks): I have to do the same.........
Masaharu(thinks): No, I have to work harder than her or it's all over.........!!
Masaharu(thinks): Practice...!
Masaharu(thinks): I must practice......!
Masaharu(thinks): For now, I need to find...
Masaharu(thinks): A place with no people, like a park or something...!

p18
Masaharu: ............
Masaharu: Wow......

p19
Box: To work harder than this girl.........
Box: Just how much do I have to do?
Eri: !
Masaharu: C...
Masaharu: Can I practice with you.........?
Box: For today.........
Box: Just working as hard as she does is the most I can handle.
Eri: Sure...!
Box: But from tomorrow on
Star: They slowly become "partners"...
Box: I want to work twice as hard...!
Sesuji wo Pin! to ~Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso~
STEP 8/End