It's been a while hasn't it, Nijigasaki High?
I was able to spend time with Aqours and make the festival a success with them. I got really lucky.
It was a great experience, too.
I can't wait to open this clubroom door and see...
Empty?
Huh, where is everybody?
Maybe they're practicing...
...
KARIN: "One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four!"
KANATA: "Hoh, hoh, hoh, hoh..."
KASUMI: "Now for my jump!"
AKI: "Everyone... You're so great! Your movements are way better than before!"
AYUMU: "Aki, you're back! I missed you so much! Welcome back!"
AKI: "It's great to be back, Ayu!"
RINA: "Rina-chan Board says 'Welcome Home'."
SETSUNA: "Let's take five here!"
EMMA: "We've been practicing a lot while you've been gone."
AKI: "I can see that, you've all improved so mu-"
KASUMI: "Senpaaaaai! Did you see my jump? I got a lot better while you were visiting Aqours, right?"
AYUMU: "Kanata was the one that said if you're going to better yourself by meeting Aqours, we should better ourselves, too."
KANATA: *Giggle* "I have good foresight."
AKI: "Your dance moves were great just now. I can tell how much you guys practiced."
SHIZUKU: "Wait, Senpai, what's that you're holding?"
AI: "It's a picture of you and Aqours! Is this from when you went to Uchiura? What a gem!"
AKI: "It is. I put all the pictures of my time spent with them in an album."
KARIN: "There are comments on all the pictures. I can't believe you've made something like this in such a short time."
AKI: *Laugh* "I feel so many things looking at these pictures, I was up all night making this album to show you."
AYUMU: "These might inspire some great lyrics."
AKI: "I actually thought the same thing, and I started writing some. I think they're coming out nicely!"
KANATA: "Oh ho! Looks like we all need to work hard, too."
SETSUNA: "So are you happy with the songs you write, yet?"
AKI: "No, not yet. I actually tried to write one, but it turned out like the songs I wrote before. Not capturing what it means to be a school idol."
EMMA: "I see..."
All of this time, everyone was practicing so much and growing a lot.
Whike they were working hard, I was having fun with Aqours.
I can't let myself fall behind like this. I need to make an effort to support everyone even more.
KARIN: "To make a new song unlike anything you've made before, you need some more stimulation. Something that slams you, right?"
AI: "Something that slams you?! Sounds scary to me!"
RINA: "Me too... Rina-chan Board says, 'Doki Doki'."
EMMA: "Just what kind of stimulation are you guys imagining?!"
AKI: "I'd like to know too..."
SHIZUKU: "I think what you need Senpai, is something to heighten your feelings for school idols."
AI: "You just got back from seeing Aqours, but maybe you could go see them again?"
AKI: "Nope, it's way too soon for something like that. We need to aim higher."
KARIN: "I know! How about going to see μ's next?"
SETSUNA: "I bet it'd be amazing if you went and met with μ's!"
KASUMI: "Let's get them to tell us how we can grow so quickly!"
KANATA: "But what if they just say that we weren't born with talent, or something like that?"
RINA: "We change the way we were born. Rina-chan Board says 'Dissapointment'."
SHIZUKU: "Meeting them would be such a great experience. But it's tough meeting popular school idols, let alone meeting the number one group."
AKI: "I have a plan."
SHIZUKU: "A plan, to meet μ's?"
AKI: "On behalf of the fansite M.U.S.I.C-S.T.A.R.T, I have agreed to interview μ's for them."
EVERYONE: "An interview with μ's?!"
AYUMU: "Seriously?! You really know how to take action."
AKI: "It's all thanks to the fansite's founder, Shiro Kosaka."
AYUMU: "He's a fan of school idols? Wow, I never knew!"
AKI: "You're his favorite, apparently."
AYUMU: "Huh? I'm a little embarrassed... but I'm so happy!"
SETSUNA: "Kosaka? As in... Honoka Kosaka?!"
AKI: "Shiro is Honoka's cousin. He made the arrangements with her for the interview to take place. That's where I come in."
KARIN: "I must say I'm impressed by the way you think."
AKI: "And I'm impressed by all of you! You're all practicing really hard, and I don't wanna fall behind."
RINA: "Take a close look at μ's for us, too!"
AKI: "Leave it to me!"
To create a performance that makes a lasting impression, I don't need just Aqours' teachings, but μ's too.