Ballad Made Soba ni Ite

Nomura Hiromi is a girl without clear goals, struggling with a sense of being left behind. After witnessing a classmate, Miyamoto Hiroshi, singing, she is deeply affected by his performance. She had assumed Miyamoto shared her own feelings of uncertainty, but learns he has a clear ambition—to become a professional singer. Inspired, Hiromi decides to pursue singing as her own path forward.