Asumu
Please sit in a well-lit room, at a comfortable distance, when watching.
Slashing Sound: Razing Thunder!
What about you, Adachi? You don't feel like becoming an Oni?
Sooner or later... I will become Hibiki's apprentice.
Adachi. Is something wrong?
Ah, I'm just working hard for my club right now.
There's a training camp for the next competition, so I'm trying my best.
It's rare for you to be so passionate.
You can see my passion?
Yeah.
Adachi.
Oh, captain.
To be blunt, you're not needed.
The whistle isn't very good.
And there's no room to bring substitutes to the upcoming training camp.
I understand.
That makes sense.
Thank goodness. I'm glad to hear you say that.
Bye.
Are you okay?
I'm totally fine!
Let's go to Tachibana's.
I'll treat you to red bean soup.
It's so sweet and delicious. Well, that's what you'd expect there.
Let's go, let's go.
Haruka tooku no chiheisen kara From the distant horizon
Hikari afurete kuru you ni The light overflows
Kimi no mirai wa hajimatta bakari Your future has only just begun!
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Dare mo isogu michi A road that everyone hurries along
Kimi dake ni mieru asu he hashire Run to the tomorrow that only you can see
Oozora ni ao daichi ni inochi The blue of the sky, the Earth full of life
Senaka wo osu kaze unabara ni nami The wind at your back, the waves in the sea
Kurikaesu hibiki… This recurring resonance...
Ima, hajimari no kimi e Passes now to you, at the beginning!
Volume Thirty­Eight
Failed Slaying Sound
- Hello! - Hello!
Yo. Come to have Hibiki console you again?
No!
Oh, Asumu.
Welcome. Please have a seat.
Asumu. What's going on?
Well... today...
It's a boring story, though.
Should I tell it?
Hey... will you quit it?
Aren't you a man?!
Why didn't you speak up back there?!
Sorry...
It can't be helped.
If Asumu is feeling down, it'll mess with Hibiki's work...
There's nothing else for it. I'll pitch in and help!
Pitch in and help?
Let's gather the substitutes and do a training camp for them all!
As a former brass band captain, I'll train you hard!
Then I'll help too!
Right.
It's decided!
What a good idea.
Hey... where are you?
What?
Welcome back.
Lost little human.
Where is your home?
Over here.
Yo, you two.
Armed Hibiki.
Get the Oni!
They're late!
Hey... are you sure you gave everyone the correct address?
I did! How weird...
Looks like you didn't even have the ability to gather all the substitutes.
No need to say that...
Hey! Why are you even here, Kiriya?
You even brought such a huge suitcase.
So what? Is something wrong with me being here?
No, but...
By the way... Midori, you're with Takeshi, right?
Yeah. What about it?
What exactly does Takeshi do?
Hey... who's Takeshi?
- Could it be Midori's...? - Why do you want to know?
I will definitely become Hibiki's apprentice someday!
- No, that's...
Well, we'll talk about that some other time.
Shall we begin?
Okay.
Listen.
Practicing the basics may be tiresome, but they're the most important thing to practice.
Umm... there are no instruments.
Stop!
There is no need for instruments.
At this training camp, you'll thoroughly learn tempo by heart...
and reinforce your basics.
Okay?
Yes.
First... following the metronome.
Akira? She's not here.
I see...
She hasn't gone back to Zanki since the Shuki incident.
I see...
Akira is the worrying type, after all.
Just as I thought.
I knew she wasn't suited to be an Oni apprentice.
Are you Kiriya?
You don't know Akira well, so don't say thoughtless things.
Yes?
Okay, I understand.
A Makamou?
Yes. Please contact me if Akira comes.
Got it.
Explosive Strike Style!
My my, that won't work.
This time we'll purify you.
Hibiki!
What?!
It's strong.
What is it?!
The Slaying Sound doesn't work on it.
So... we'll use a simultaneous Slaying Sound! Let's go!
Okay!
Right!
Alright!
Unified Fire Burst Style!
Shooting Sound: Hurricane Flash!
Slashing Sound: Seismic Thunder!
What?!
Hibiki, for now...
Good idea.
Well, whatever.
Raise your hand once you count eight beats.
Okay, close your eyes.
Ready... start.
One, two, three, four...
To be blunt, you're not needed.
I will definitely...
become Hibiki's apprentice someday!
Asumu?
Did you forget to count?
Adachi!
What's wrong?
Are you going to go home?
Yo!
Hibiki.
You look well.
Yes.
Boy. So you're training to become a regular member?
Yes.
How's it going?
Uh... it's... it's going well!
I see. That's good.
So, where's Midori?
Ah... she's inside.
I'll take you.
Thanks.
Armed Saber didn't work?
Yeah.
None of the Slaying Sounds worked.
What do you mean? Can you give me the details of the battle?
Still no Akira?
Ah, no. It seems like she's avoiding me.
I wonder why?
You might be hard to talk to.
It's difficult to talk about, but Ibuki, you...
haven't really experienced setbacks, right?
Setbacks?
How should I put this... it's like you've never been down in the dirt.
You're always coolly watching from above.
From above? I am?
It's pretty, isn't it?
Yes.
Did something happen?
No...
Boy! Be honest.
Hibiki...
Have you ever lost the ability to play the drum well?
I have. All the time.
Even you?
Yeah.
When that happens, I go into the forest and listen carefully.
The rustle of the trees... the murmur of a stream.
In nature... everything has a rhythm.
Imprint that rhythm into your body.
If you do that, you can empty your mind.
When my mind is blank,
I can regain my rhythm.
Your rhythm...
My rhythm...
So Slaying Sounds don't work on the Yobuko?
Then...
Wedding dress!
Hinaka would be so cute wearing this.
Todoroki!
Alright!
Someday, I'll...
Zanki!
Ibuki?!
Why?!
Whether she chooses the path of the Oni again, or whether she quits...
Only Akira can decide that for herself.
So all I can do is wait?
As cruel as it may seem.
What was it like with Todoroki?
Many things happened.
But y'know, we're... what do you call it?
Jocks.
He's particularly straightforward.
It must be nice to both be males.
I was told by Kasumi...
...that I always watch everything from above.
When I think about it... I was born to be the head's heir.
So I became an Oni as a matter of course.
Unlike everyone else, nothing catalyzed me into becoming an Oni.
How can someone like that understand Akira's feelings?!
From the start,
I wasn't capable of becoming a teacher.
Get out.
What is it?
What are you doing?!
You're already...
...a teacher!
To be blunt, you're not needed.
I will definitely become...
Hibiki's apprentice someday!
It's no use...
Adachi.
I've got to go home soon.
Ah, sorry.
Hang in there.
You can never transform into an Oni again.
Zanki! Long time no see!
Huh? Zanki?
Hey.
What do you mean "hey"?! What's wrong?!
It's nothing.
But...!
I'm just a bit tired.
Here! I wanted to give you this.
My grandma from the country sent it! Get well soon!
Thanks.
You came all the way just to give me this?
Ah, no... well...
What is it?
I still want to fight alongside you, Zanki!
That's why I want you to come back again!
Don't be stupid. I've already retired.
But you said you became an Oni recently!
How long are you going to depend on me?!
Go home.
Then...
Please punch me too!
With all your heart, like you did Ibuki!
Please!
You're not worth punching right now.
Wait, Zanki! Please wait!
Zanki!
Hey, are you done?
Wait a moment.
How's it going?
Looks like there are traces of some peculiar aura.
Thanks.
So... when they stole this,
they were able to examine it?
Yes.
I think that aura becomes a barrier, so the Slaying Sounds don't work.
Then what do we do?
With auras, there are always...
Hibiki!
Run!
Yo.
Oops.
What a tasty-looking boy.
Marshmallow boy.
Stop!
Boy! Midori!
Akira!
Alright!
Failed Slaying Sound
Whether you will be an Oni or not.
You are the only one who can decide that.
I won't lose! I definitely won't lose!
It's resonating with the waves emitted by the Yobuko.
Hibiki, now!
Your Beginning
Volume Thirty­Nine
Volume Thirty-Nine: Your Beginning.