AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue (蒼の彼方のフォーリズム)

The sky is just as beautiful as I remember.

Birds are lucky.

I'd give anything to have a pair of wings.

How embarrassing.

It's 8:10 already?

I'm cutting it close this morning.

Oh, no!

Where did it go?

Things don't just disappear! It has to be here somewhere!

Dangit! I'll be locked out of the house if I don't find it.

I can't believe this is happening to me,

and on my first day of school at that!

I'm the worst! The absolute worst!

Ah! It's gone forever.

Good morning up there!

Morning to you, too.

Sounds like you've dropped your house keys, though.

How in the world did you know?

Oh.

Well, I kinda overheard you yelling about it.

If you'd like--

I'd love for you to help me find those pesky keys!

Uh...

I can't thank you enough for this!

Ah! It's amazing how nice everyone is who lives here!

My aunt was right when she said,

"Don't worry 'bout nothing.

The Four-Island Archipelago is the land

of compassion!"

See, I just moved to Kuna Island yesterday

and was worried about being the new girl.

Is this what you're looking for?

Oh, my gosh! Thank you! Thank you!

Masaya!

Hey. What're you doing?

Whoa. It's a real flying girl!

C'mon! You're not supposed to land

outside terminals.

Wow, that was amazing!

I've never seen anyone fly in real life before!

Who's she?

Right. My name is Asuka Kurashina.

Okay.

She's a new transfer student.

You two were getting friendly, huh?

Kurashina mentioned it while looking for her house keys.

That's the only reason I know.

Hey, how do you know who I am?

Duh. I just introduced myself, didn't I?

C'mon, newbie, it's too early to be so hypurr.

By the way, I'm Masaya Hinata.

And that there's Misaki Tobisawa.

It's nice to meet you.

We're both second year students at Kunahama High.

Awesome!

We're in the same class!

Oh, yeah, school.

We need to stop messing around and get over there ASAP.

Miss Kagami's the teacher on duty this week.

--Oh, dangit, you're right! --Who's this Miss Kagami?

She teaches Health and Physical Education.

Plus she's the school counselor.

Anyone caught being tardy is in for some serious punishment.

What d'ya mean by that?

She exposes late students' darkest secrets,

which she gathers via her intelligence web.

That's not nice!

I don't wanna get on her bad side!

Come on, man. We gotta go now.

Let's get flying.

There's a terminal right over there.

If that's the fastest way, then I should fly too!

You coming, Masaya?

Nah, I'm gonna run this morning.

Oh, yeah. So how exactly do I fly?

Huh?

Huh?

Since you're already wearing our school's uniform,

I'm assuming you've been briefed on Grav-Shoes, right?

Um, Grav-Shoes?

Oh! You must mean these comfy kicks.

Let me take a wild guess.

You've never used them?

Never!

That's okay.

You can just pair up with me and I'll show you how it's done.

Hey. Wait a second, Misaki!

Looks like our surroundings are clear.

And the signal's not giving us a stop light either.

Okay, let's go.

You better grab my hand if you're coming along.

'Kay!

You'll get there faster if you fly.

Fine. I'll tag along.

Are you ready?

Yes.

Perfect.

Three, two, one... blastoff!

Time to fly.

What's happening?

Should we be flying this fast?

This doesn't feel right! We're gonna crash and burn!

Are you sleeping?

No, I'm awake.

Don't worry. As long as she's wearing Grav-Shoes,

there's no way you can crash.

You're not lying to me are you?

It's true.

Just take a deep breath and relax so you can enjoy

your first flight across the sky.

It's so amazing.

Hello, birds.

I'm flying too!

I've never been so happy.

Feels like these shoes can take you

wherever you want to go.

"Wherever you want to go," really?

I can't believe I made it!

Three minutes left, students.

Huh. Masaya doesn't usually fly to school.

This should be good.

Why isn't the landing pad on the top

of this dumb hill?

I've asked myself that a million times!

They just want to torture us!

Five. Four. Three. Two.

Time's up!

Good. Looks like no one was tardy today.

Way to hustle, you three.

Safe!

We made it.

That was a nice workout.

Good morning, Miss Kagami.

Good morning.

Oh, so this is the strict and terrifying teacher

you told me about earlier.

Hey, c'mon!

Why would you say that in front of her?

You must be our transfer student, Asuka.

Well the rumors are true, I am terrifying.

Now, then...

Mind coming to the staff room with me?

Um... okay.

It's nice to meet all of you.

I had a feeling she'd join our class.

My father was born and raised on Kuna Island

so we visited here a couple times when I was little.

But now we're official residents thanks to his job transfer.

This morning I was admiring the vast sky

and beautiful ocean when I dropped my house keys and--

That's interesting, but why don't you take a seat for now?

Sorry about that.

You can even see the pretty sky and ocean from here!

Yeah, we're all waiting for you to sit down.

Misaki Tobisawa!

Thank you so much for all your help earlier.

No way!

You're in this class too, Masaya Hinata?

Uh... yeah.

Wonderful.

Masaya and Misaki.

You'll be Miss Kurashina's instructors.

Masaya!

Today's a half day which means that school's over already! Yay!

Yeah, I knew that.

At last, the day can truly begin!

Where should I go? What should I do?

But more importantly, what should I eat?

The possibilities are endless, don't you agree?

Am I imagining things?

Or has Tobisawa turned into a different person?

That's because she has low blood pressure

which makes her extra sleepy in the morning,

but by the time afternoon rolls around

she's her normal hyper self.

I used to worry about her but it's just the way

she is, you know?

I've learned to embrace my quirks and not worry

what anyone else thinks of me-ow.

I'm starting to become envious of your attitude.

Ah! By the way, I'm Madoka Aoyagi.

It's very nice to meet you.

Hey, Kurashina, do you wanna practice using

your Grav-Shoes?

I have time to show you the basics.

Cool!

You should come with us, Instructor Tobisawa.

Oh, I'll totally be there!

Hey, wait.

What's this whole "instructor" thing about?

The law states that beginners to Grav-Shoes

must be accompanied and taught by instructors.

Misaki and I both had to get instructor's licenses.

So you're saying the two of you are my flying coaches?

Yay! I'm in your hands, Coach!

Teach me!