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White Album

2009

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EP1 Yes, maybe the button was already pushed by then. Jan 04, 2009

November, 1986. Second-year student at Yunagi university, Touya Fuji, is having a nightmare one morning. The dream is about his girlfriend and newly-cast idol, Yuki Morikawa.

EP2 Do you believe in long-plotted encounters? Jan 11, 2009

Yuki stops by music star-turned-studio president, Eiji Ogata's home, after finishing shooting a TV shoot. At the same time, Touya is paid a surprise visit by his childhood friend, and college classmate, Haruka Kawashima.

EP3 Hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, back to back, and then... we don't have to take off our clothes. Jan 18, 2009

Rina offers Touya a part time job "helping out her manager." Touya cancels his job as a tutor, more out of a desire to see Yuki than interest in the job itself.

EP4 Sometimes you feel like you understand someone beyond imagination. A lot of times it's the opposite though. Jan 25, 2009

Thanks to Rina's intervention, Touya and Yuki are able to go on their first date in a long time.

EP5 It's not only those who are close to you that get in your way. The less you know someone, the harsher you are. Feb 01, 2009

Yuki's manager tells Touya that their thoughtless actions are perfect bait for celebrity gossip magazines and subtly hints that he should break up with Yuki.

EP6 A good way to forget your troubles...How about getting involved in somebody else's? Feb 08, 2009

Misaki's script was accepted by the Drama Club, but the Drama Club president, with whom she has a past, is forcing her to make all the props and clothes herself. The time limit is two weeks and Touya happily offers to help Misaki.

EP7 A mental image is something that needs constant building up. It crumbles easily. Feb 15, 2009

Yuki successfully finishes the recording of her debut single, "White Album." Meanwhile, Misaki is staying at Touya's father's house, as the two of them work to make the props and clothes.

EP8 The less time you have, the more you can do. The more you do. Of course, love is no exception. Feb 22, 2009

A mentally imbalanced Haruka is wandering the streets, and is harassed by two men. She's saved by Mana, who happens to pass by. Touya is spending his days working with Misaki, the work getting more and more frantic as the deadline approaches...

EP9 Memories don't need to be prettied up like a play. The minute you say them aloud, they're all lies. Mar 01, 2009

The day of the big rehersal for the drama club play, Touya and Misaki finish the props and clothes. However, Tamaru insists that they change the color to "monotone."

EP10 Sumo Wrestling by yourself isn't lonely just because you don't have a partner. The eyes of the audience sting, too. Mar 08, 2009

The injured Misaki spends a night at the hopsital, and finds herself rapidly growing closer with Akira, who stayed with her the whole time. Due to a secret agreement between the head of M&M Music, Itsuki Kanzaki, and Ogata Productions' Eiji, Rina is forced to change the venue she was going to perform her concert in.

EP11 Time won't take care of the feelings building up in your heart. It just labels them "forgotten." Mar 15, 2009

Eiji reveals his secret agreement for the Christmas concert: a match to see who can bring in more fans. Rina interrogates Yayoi about a letter she discovered in the office trash can. Mana has gotten close enough to Haruka that the two of them are going biking together. Meanwhile, Touya is troubled over his feelings for Yuki, and reveals them to Yayoi...

EP12 “Restriction. Deception. Deprivation. Giving. Waiting is more trying than all of these.” Mar 22, 2009

Touya reveals his relationship with Yayoi to Rina but she takes him to task, telling him it’s too dangerous. The next day, Rina goes to wait for Touya in the VIP room at the end of his work day at Echoes, but Touya leaves with Yayoi in her car.

EP13 Even though the glass was tipped over, didn't you notice? Not even one drop of water remained. Mar 29, 2009

At long last, the Christmas concert begins, full of emotions and feelings. Touya shows up at the Yunagi Koukaidou for Yuki's concert.

EP14 I've never been able to tune properly. I keep thinking that it could sound better. Oct 04, 2009

After the Christmas Eve concert, Touya's father collapses, due to a longstanding condition, and is hospitalized. The next day, Yuki goes to visit him but missed Touya on his way out. Itsuki Kanzaki, after blowing off the Christmas Eve concert, is scolded, and the missing M&M agency's star singer, Menou Akiyama, is discovered. Eiji then stands before a painting after winning the spoils of war in his "mobilization value" bet.

EP15 The things you can't find will destroy what's around you. Because they're not there, there's nothing that can be done. Oct 11, 2009

After Eiji stops giving Yuki her lesson, she decides to stop by and visit Touya's father in the hospital. On New Years Eve, Yuki goes to Touya's apartment. The two bring in the new year kissing. This is how 1987 begins...

EP16 When I think back to my childhood, the embarrassment I feel is agonizing. Compared to that... Oct 18, 2009

Touya's father planned to spend the New Year's holiday at home, but his condition suddenly worsens and he has to return to the hospital. Touya is saddened and disappointed in his father's condition. A few days later, a meeting is held at Ogata Productions. It is about the Venus Festival, a musical competition for young female singers which is held every February. Rina has never been given a chance to enter it before... The rule is set that each production company may only send one group or singer to the competition. Rina, realizing what was going on in Eiji's mind, suddenly declares she is going independence, and walks out...

EP17 There are lies one wants exposed. There are truths one does not want to believe in. There is one of each. Oct 25, 2009

Upon declaring independence from Ogata Productions, Rina leaves. Yuki chases her in the rain and desperately begs her to return. Rina has made up her mind and will not be convinced to go back. After regaining her composure, Yuki reminisces about recording White Album with Rina... While this is going on, Eiji is paid a visit by Itsuki and a consultant sent to regain a picture that wasn't theirs to give away. However, this is really just one of Itsuki's plots... Eiji offers his Tri-Sad studio, but the price won't cover the painting...So what will Eiji offer to pay for it...?

EP18 Don't bugs have it too easy? They shut themselves away in their shells, and yet they're claustrophobic. Nov 01, 2009

It is revealed, at a press conference, that Rina will be transferring to Itsuki Kanzaki's rival agency, M&MM. In the same press conference, Sakuradan announces that they are disbanding and that their vice-leader, Sarii, will be going solo. Yuki visits Touya's father in the hospital by herself. The two begin to discuss his son... Touya goes to the dressing room at the TV station to catch Rina after she finishes her last gig for Ogata Productions. Rina tries to put up a strong front, but melts in Touya's arms when he puts them around her. "Kiss me, Fuji-kun."

EP19 They usually say you move on to the next when you're bored with what you have. Although, I usually seem to be bored well before Nov 08, 2009

Rina informs Yuki directly that her and Touya just kissed after showing up at her dressing room. To muddy the waters further, Touya joins Rina at M&MM as her assistant. After this devastating blow, Yuki tries to distract herself from the pain by biting her wrist as she hears Rina's painful words. The next week, as Rina and Touya begin their job at M&MM, Itsuki orders the two of them to sit in on Menou's recording session. At the studio, Touya makes the connection that Menou is the girl he met outside the Yunagi Koukaidou on the night of the Christmas Eve concert. Menou seems to care less about her actual album and lets Rina handle the recording while she chats with Touya...

EP20 Love is not rational. The lovers who said this were poets, critics, and philosophers. Nov 15, 2009

Touya returns to his hometown, only to find Menou waiting for him. She's acting like she owns the place when a staffmember from the agency comes to retrieve her. Eiji determines that the picture of a girl he received from Itsuki is a forgery and continues his search for the real one. Eiji is having delusions about what is really in the pictures, but Yuki sets him straight. Rina, meanwhile, has a nearly empty schedule. With Touya at her side, she undergoes a bunch of voluntary training. And, of course, Touya and Yayoi's affair continues on...

EP21 I want to return to the fork in the road. I should have gone right instead. I've regretted every second since then. Nov 22, 2009

A shadow looms over Touya and everyone. Rina's ex-manager, Hiraragi, is secretly filming Rina outside when Maruta calls out to him. Hiraragi was plotting his revenge against the Ogata Productions team, when Maruta thrusts himself in the mix. Touya is tutoring Mana in her room when her mother, Itsuki, happens to catch him in there. Mana learns that Touya is working for Rina while being friends with Yuki. This enrages Mana and she runs out of the house.

EP22 Worried you're not a good speaker? Try talking with your eyes. It'll make you want to talk in no time. Nov 29, 2009

Touya goes all the way to Haruka's mountain house, in search of Mana, after she ran away from home. There he sees Haruka, getting back on the horse and practicing tennis again. Tamaru suddenly approaches Misaki and asks her to write an article for him. In return, he will not release the secret photos he has of Touya and Yayoi. Menou offers to save the day. She aggrees to stage a scandal to take the place of Touya's...

EP23 We hope to catch colds in order to be nursed and fed. We don't even imagine the pain we're about to endure. Dec 06, 2009

Yuki spends all her free time practicing for her appearance in the Venus festival. At the same time, Menou is chosen to represent M&MM. Hearing this news, Rina stops by the recording studio where Menou and Natsuko are making their album. Touya's dreams of the distant past, while in the hospital... He sees a young Yuki there. He then passes away, never waking from this dream. While Misaki helps go through his things, to display at the wake, Touya tells stories of his father. He then bursts into tears and embraces Misaki. "This is only for today."

EP24 Night does nothing for you. The sun is what makes things fade. Dec 13, 2009

Menou's scandal makes it into the public eye. At the same time, Eiji is accused of possessing forgeries andtax evasion. Menou stays in Touya's apartment to avoid the scandal. Touya cannot remember when or where he first met her. At the same time, Rina declares she will be taking Menou's place in the Venus festival. However, she will be singing Menou's songs and not her own. Yuki visits Eiji in his secrte hiding place and tries to console him, after losing everything. The two of them embrace. Yuki closes her eyes against his chest, and...

EP25 It's somebody else's fault. Not mine. It's all somebody's else's fault. And not at all... Dec 20, 2009

"I'll always be your goddess." Menou is revealed to be the first goddess, and it's shown that her relationship to Touya goes far further back than anyone suspected.

EP26 And thus we sit together now, and all night long we have not stirred. Dec 27, 2009

"The few months before Yuki moved were the first point of connection between us." Yuki's past, and the reason why she became an idol, are revealed.
5.6| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Touya Fujii is a twenty-year-old college student dating a rising singer named Yuki Morikawa. Along the way, they are faced with numerous challenges throughout the course of events at Fuji’s college. Be prepared for an exciting journey!

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Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.