Taki decides that the band will choose the euphonium soli player by voting on one final audition. Kumiko then decides that they should choose based on sound alone, and so the two of them audition anonymously.
Yet I pushed it on you, 
saying it's a meritocracy.
‫ومع لك ضغطت عليك وقلت أنّه حكم بالاستحقاق.
Mit dem Leistungsprinzip hab ich dir
noch mehr Druck gemacht.
Pero te lo impuse
diciendo que era meritocracia.
Pero te lo impuse
diciendo que era meritocracia.
Et moi, je n’ai fait
que te parler de mérite.
Eppure ti ho spinta,
con tutti quei discorsi sul merito.
Mas eu a pressionei,
dizendo que somos uma meritocracia.
А я на тебя насела.
Мол, не переживай, всё решает мастерство.