Piano no Mori 40

This translation is for KEFI ONLY.


page 90

b1) Please wait a little until
b2) the results of the preliminaries are announced.
b3) This is kind of exciting right?
b4) Yeah!
b5) If I make it to the finals, I get ot play Petit Chien* waltz!!
*note- that's the actual name of the waltz. Minute waltz was added later on, NOT by chopin. Also, its minute as in small NOT time.

page 91

panel) In front of an audeience!!
title) The best pianist.

page 92

b1) I repeat.
b2) It will take a while for the judges to choose who makes it to the finals, please wait.
b3) Also, the names of those who pass,
b4) will be written in tomorrow's newspaper, so...

page 93

b1) Then, it'll be these 10 right.
sign) Judges room
b2) Wait a second please.
b3) What about #37 Ichinose Kai-kun?

page 94

b1) Since I gave him full points,
b2) I can't accept the fact that he wasn't selected.
b3) There are other judges besides me who gave him full points.
b4) 4 with full points!
b5) Really? I gave him 0 points.
b6,7) Me too.
b8) Same here.

page 95

b1) 6 with 0 points!
b2) Also, // 2 who disqualified him.
b3) With grades like these, he can't make the cut.
b4) Besides, at the very begining his points for 'manners' were very low.
b4/5) He ripped off his tie, and flung his shoes off!
b5) And to top it off, he replayed everything... barefooted.

page 96

b1) But his points on his music...
b2) Its the exact same.
b3) I've never heard a "Mozart" like that before.
b4) The tempo, interpretation, he ignored the score on all of those!
b5) That can't be compared with the other kids who PERFECTLY expressed the piece.
b6) What point is there to a person who simply follows the score in front of him?
b7) What on earth are you getting at Shiba-sensei?

page 97

b1) Are you implying that my judging was wrong!?
b2) Whoa, wait a second there!
b3) Listen here Shiba-chan,
b3/5) if we go by what you're saying, he's the only one that will pass the preliminaries.
b4) More like, all the competitions after this one wont have a winner.
b5) You only find someone like him every 10 years or so.
b6) He took that BOOOOrring piece and made it sound so good.
b7) Ahaha, that was really a lot of fun.
b8) Saga-sensei!
b9) No, no, stay calm...
b10) I gave him 0 points too.

page 98

b1) Then we'll be going with just these 10 then.

page 99

sign) All Japan junior Piano Competition
b1) Those who passed will be announced here by name and number.
b2) Its in chronological order! Your place does NOT equal the amount of points you got!
b3) Can you see?
b4) yeah.
b5) #33, #33
b6) #37, #37.

page 100

panel) #33 Maruyama Takako
b1,2) Ah.
b3) kyaah! Its there, I made it!
b4) Its there! You made it Ojou-sama!

page 101

panel1) Its not there!
panel2) I wasn't good enough.

page 102

panel1) I...
panel2) didn't make it // to the finals.
sign) The 56th All Japan Junior Piano Competition
Finalists (Elementary school division)
3 Ishimoto Takeo*
*note- 1st kanji is too small to make out, sorry
5 Noda Midori
12 Banjou Shinji
17 Suzuki Ryoko
19 Moriyama Nene
22 Kamatae* Kiyoura
*note- i'm not too sure of that last name...
24 Aono Ryo
31 Amamiya Shuuhei
37 Maruyama Takako
45 Hamaguchi Itsuki
These 10 people

page 103

b1) N-no way...
b2) Why isn't Wendy's name up there?
b3) Looks like I wasn't good enough.
b4) That's obsurd! Your's was the best performance!
b5) That's right, that's right!
b6) This has got to be some kind of mistake!
b7) No it isn't.
b8) But...

page 104

b1) Takako!
b2) Good job Takako, you did it!
b3) Congratulations Takako!
b4) Next is the finals!
b5) Shiraishi, you did a really good job too.
b6) I did nothing that deserves praise.
b7) We're going to have a big celebration today.
b8) Now, let's go Takako!

page 105

b1) Wendy!!
b2) No matter what the judges say, you were the best!
b3) You were the best pianist!!
b4) I swear to you, by my dog wendy...
b5) and the god of the bathroom.

page 106

b1) You were the absolute best!
b2) pfft.
b3) Ahaha, thanks Takako!
b4) Good luck in the finals.
b5) Good luck in becoming the Bathroom Princess again!
panel) Its the truth Wendy.

page 107

panel1) No matter who says what, // I really love
panel2) listening to you play the piano!!
b1) I wasn't able to play it Petit Chien.

page 108

b1) A competitions judges go based on a point system.
b2) If the focus wasn't on getting points,
b2/5) the results wouldn't have been a problem for him.
b3) ... but I made a mistake.
b4) I never thought that he'd...
b5) get that depressed over losing.

page 109

b1) I did something really wrong to him.
b2) There's no reason for you to get like that sensei.
b3) He'll be over it soon, and causing trouble like he normally does.
b4) What are you two doing over here.
b5) I was looking all over for you.

page 110

b1) Is...
b2) Is that true?
b3) Yes it is! The amount of points each person got wasn't posted, but there's no doubt that you're number 1!
b4) Congratulations!
b5) That's not what I mean...
b6) Is it true that Kai-kun failed...
b7) Of course! But was there really a need to ask?
b8) His tempo, and interpretation were totally different from the score.*
*note- 4 those that saw the movie, from what everyone is saying here. He did NOT make something up (like in nodame cantabile). He played the notes that Mozart wrote, just not the way Mozart said 2 play it.
b9) I feel a little sorry for him, but
b9/5) You can't try to be #1 like that.
b10) How did something so stupid happen?
b11) Kai-kun didn't make the cut!?

page 111

b1) No matter what anyone says, his performance
b2) was THE best!
b3) You can't put a place on his performance.
b4) Its just not suited for a competition.
b5) Its not what's commonly heard.
b6) Its too bad, but that's the limit of a competition...
b6/5) No matter how much authority they boast of, that's the state of things in Japan.
b7) If that's the case, Ajino has only 1 road left to take.
b7/5) Ajino will take Ichinose...

page 112

b1) Kai!
b2) You're going to catch a cold!
b3) Hm? It feels good.
b4) Come on...
b5) I hope he doesn't plan on trying to be depressed.
b6) Ichinose-san.

page 113

b1) Would let Ichinose...
b2) let Kai
b3) try his skills at the world level?