From "Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu"

"Pride"

No matter what happens, there are some things you have to do.
Some things you have to protect.
That's what pride is.

To be able to hold you chest up high.
Nothing to do with money or position.
Not based on anyone's rules.
Not on superiors or teachers.
You have to ask yourself.
"Am I doing alright ?"
"Am I right ?"
"Can I be proud of who I am right now ?"
This pride leads us down the right path of life.
The future has not been decided at all yet.
You can go anywhere.
If someone wants to decide your future,
just knock them out of the way.
The future is still completely blank.
Go where you want, do what you want.
I want to be proud of myself.


"Alone"

You are not the only one working hard all alone.
There are a lot of people who work as hard as you.
They maybe individuals,
but they are not alone.
They may all be separated,
but they are never alone.
Even if we go our own ways,
we are never alone.


"Who are you ?"

The mysterious thing about people.
When you become adult, you forget your childlike things.
Those dreams you had when you were a child, you will forget them.
You will recite the magic words, "Can't be helped", "Society is wrong", "Everyone knows that"
There are lots of walls in your way.
When you can't climb over those walls,
You will suddenly want to use those magic words.
But when you use those words,
You will become those adults that you hate
That wall is not really a wall, it's a mirror.
A mirror reflecting who you are.
Your biggest enemy is yourself.
The you without dreams.
The you who lies.
The you who loves money.
The you worried about how you look.
The you who stands on top of others.
The you who uses up people below yourself.
The you who prays for unhappiness for others.
The you who can not say I love you.
The you who can not say that's wrong.
The you who says it's impossible and gives up.
The you who doesn't believe in others.
The you who doesn't believe in themselves.
Inside yourself, that you exists.
Looking at the mirror,
the you that you would point and laugh at.
You change how you think about yourself.
You grow up just as how you imagined you would.
No matter the times,
No matter where you are in the world,
Truly look at yourself in the mirror.
"Do you like yourself ?"
"Are you living ?"
And with no names,
no academic background or job,
no gender or nationality,
"Who are you ?"