2. I had already found my own beat.
3. By the time I was in elementary school...
4. It was cool.
5. It was loud.
6. "I'm off to school!"
7. "Leave the earphones here!!"
8. It's the beat I love...
9. "It's cute, no?"
10. "See?"
1. "Look at this!"
2. "I bet it'd suit you, mitsuki-chan!"
3. "No way."
4. "Not. At. All. It's for you!"
5. "I think it'd suit you, sakiko-chan."
6. "I..."
7. Even so...
8. Turns out my "Likes" and the "Likes" of those around me...
9. Were quite different.
10. "Aww, and yet, you'd look so good in it..."
1. "Oooh?"
2. I had a very dear friend.
3. Even if my beat was different, I felt at ease.
4. "Isn't it cute?"
5. "I got some bought for me in several colors!"
6. "You two like that kind of stuff too?"
7. "Unexpected!"
8. "I... I guess so..."
9. "..."
10. "Ah, I know!"
11. "Why don't we all wear matching skirts?"
12. "Koga-san's always wearing pants, but..."
13. "Tomorrow! Ok?!"
1. "Even if it's just tomorrow, please come with a skirt, ok?!"
2. "Mitsuki-chan."
3. "But..."
4. But, I don't want to be targeted by that clique.
5. I don't know what they're up to...
6. My beat's different.
7. I don't have any skirts...
8. And I don't want to wear one.
9. There's no way I can match theirs.
1. A few days later...
2. "What's wrong?!"
3. "It's yamashita and her clique..."
4. "They poured ink on my skirt."
5. "Huh?!"
6. "You got it wrong!"
7. "They're going too far!"
8. "Let's tell the teacher!"
1. "I got really mad and shot back at them."
2. "They were bad-mouthing you, mitsuki-chan."
3. "At least for that one day..."
4. "Why couldn't you come in a skirt?"
5. I couldn't chase after her.
1. People hate it when you have a different beat.
2. But as for me...
3. I refused to lie to myself.
4. "It's fine if I'm left behind."
5. I kept being off beat with the world.
6. It's better this way...
1. "Ah!"
2. "Looks like no one wants to..."
3. "He he"
4. I was spacing out...
5. "Crap."
6. "Alright, then!"
7. "I need someone for the cleaning, ok? The cleaning of the"
8. The seat next to me... Oosawa-san, was it...?
9. Some sound's leaking?
10. It's from...
1. This beat...
2. I've heard it before... I think?
3. ...or not.
4. As if...
5. Because...
8. She's exactly the type whose beat is much too different from mine...
9. Based on her looks,
10. "Welcome to our shop..."
2. "Umm... Excuse me."
3. "I'm looking for a cd..."
1. "A cd of nirvana..."
2. "O... Oosawa-san?"
3. "Ah, yes... Sure, which one?"
4. "Err..."
5. "Ni..."
1. Nirvana...! So that was it.
2. I could hear the sound...
3. Of my beat and someone else's...
4. Merging together in perfect sync.
1. Thank you very much for picking up this book!!
2. When I first posted these two girls' story on Twitter, I had not even the smallest idea it would become such a big hit...
3. This book can only exist because of each and every one of you who reads it.
4. I really, really, can't thank you enough.
5. I hope you'll keep on loving them in the future.
6. Thank you for all of your support! I love all of you!!
7. Thank you so much for reading! Xx