Oh...!
Thanks for waiting, Tsukasa, Rui!
We didn't expect you two to arrive together, Nene.
Yeah, we just happened to bump into each other.
Anyway, now that we're all here, let's all congratulate ourselves for getting through the first day of lessons here at Morinomiya!
Nice work, everyone!
Oh, what were you guys' lessons like?!
Did you all learn a lot?
Yes, they were very educational!
As expected from the Morinomiya Music Academy!
Really...?!
What kind of lesson was it?
The boys from Kikyogumi had a ballet lesson.
Oh, so did we.
The girls from Suzurangumi also had a ballet lesson.
Ballet involves learning to move your body in some very specific ways, so it may be a key piece of their program here.
Yeah. Though, was your lesson as intense as mine was?
I'm not sure I would've been able to make it through, if we hadn't trained with Mikazukigumi...
Yes, I feel the same way.
I mean, even with my deep reservoir of stamina, it ended up being a tough test...
Is ballet really that hard?
Yes. Hard may not be the right word, but I had trouble getting my body to move the way I wanted...
(Raise my leg that's facing the audience, and stretch out the opposite arm...)
(Pretend that the mirror is the audience so that you can check to see how you're doing... How's this?!)
Hmm...
(My knee is fully straightened, but...
I'm having trouble lifting my leg any higher, and my arm isn't going much above my shoulder.)
(Also, it looks like my body is bending forward slightly...)
Hup! Hmph! Hah!
Grr! This is far from easy...
...is how that went.
Oh, I think I know the pose you guys were doing♪ I've seen the girls on the gymnastics team do it!
Oh, right. You help a few other clubs out from time to time, right?
Yup! So, I remember them saying how it's important to turn your pelvis the right way, use your back muscles properly, oh, and flexibility is really important too!
Flexibility...
Yes, flexibility...
We understand in theory, but...
Oh no! Don't frown like that, you guys!
You guys are already pretty flexible!
Yes, we are...
But we'll need to reach a new level of flexibility if we're going to do ballet. Actually, I'd say two extra levels...
Yeah. I'm gonna be honest, the stretches we did at the start of our lesson were already really hard.
Ah, those...
The way things stand now, my flexibility is going to be my greatest limiting factor when it comes to these ballet lessons.
The same goes for me...
However! I am not about to back down from this challenge! There are techniques and forms of expression which you can only learn through doing ballet!
We only get to train at Morinomiya for three months! So, we must make the absolute most of each day... No, each lesson!
And I'm gonna do my best to learn lots and lots and lots about how they run things!
Excellent!
While we're on the subject, Emu, you still haven't told us about what they've been teaching you.
Yes, I'd like to know as well!
Then, why don't we head over to SEKAI to continue our talk?
Len and Rin have been asking us about what this school is like.
Right. Then, let's go see them!