AI: "Hi! Everyone here?"
EMMA: "Hi, Ai. Kasumi brought some home-made bread today!"
AI: "What?! Awesome! If it's from Da Kas, there's no way I can pass!"
KASUMI: "Don't call me names just to make a pun!"
AKI: "Finally...! Guys, I finally got an impression for this song. Want to hear it?"
KASUMI: "You already finished the song? Oh, I'd love to hear it!"
SHIZUKU: "She switches from angry to lovely in a split second.
Sometimes I think Kasumi would be a natural acting on stage, too."
...
AKI: "So, first impression. What do you think?"
KARIN: "Sounds great!"
RINA: "I can't with to sing it! Rina-chan Board says, 'Woo-hoo!'"
AI: "I love it!"
EMMA: "Yeah, it was amazing!"
AYUMU: "It felt like I could see everyone while I listened to it."
AKI: "Thanks! There are still a fee areas I need to work on, such as mixing other instruments into it."
KANATA: "You said μ's and Aqours write songs like this, right? How was it, witnessing it up close?"
EMMA: "I'd love to hear about that, too. I haven't heard much about the Numazu Festival or your interviews with μ's."
AYUMU: "Actually, none of us have. We'd love to hear all about it."
AKI: "About μ's and Aqours? Hm, let me see... When I went to Uchiura, Riko was the first person I met.
She was staring out at the ocean on the shore and I mistakenly thought she might do something stupid.
The first thing I said to her was 'STOOOOOOOOP!'"
KARIN: "Didn't that surprise her?"
AKI: "To the point where I was almost pepper sprayed."
KARIN: "Yikes."
AKI: "I didn't realize it was the Riko from Aqours at first though.
When I told her I came there to see Aqours, she led me to Chika's place."
SETSUNA: "So that's how you got to talking about helping with the festival?"
AKI: "Well, Mari and her top negotiation skills did that... Everyone was so easy to talk to, though! It was amazing. They were getting ready for the festival and practicing regularly, too.
They cchoreographed the Bon dance and even thought up the menu for the food carts. Isn't that amazing?!"
AYUMU: "That is amazing. What part did you help with?"
AKI: "Everything."
AYUMU: "Everything?"
AKI: "Every element I had a helping hand with. I even helped members of Aqours on their days off. Yoshiko and I did a gaming livestream, I helped Ruby make jewelry. Hanamaru I convinced to enter a library anthology contest. Chika had a disaster with her Mikan oranges falling down a hill. Riko I helped to play piano freely, she was even won a contest I was in when I was younger. Kanan and Mari I helped with the bon dance, although Mari did end up dragging me across Tokyo's schools recently. You I helped run the foodcarts. And Dia I helped organize the final clean up with."
AYUMU: "You're always so helpful!"
AKI: "Yeah, Honoka told me that a few days ago."
SHIZUKU: "I find it great that the festival you all worked so hard on didn't get ruined by the typhoon."
AKI: "If it weren't for Aqours' hard work, it might have gotten canceled. They're amazing for being able to enjoy such challenges.
The festival was a big success, so they might do it next year, too."
KASUMI: "I'm going to save my allowance and go. If things go well, maybe I'll be on the stage. Hehehe."
RINA: "What about your interviews with μ's?"
AKI: "I heard a lot of things from them for the interviews, but it was all so shocking to me at the same time.
Aqours decided on their new song's theme together and discussed their thoughts.
But μ's? They didn't do that at all, and just talked about what kind of show they wanted to do.
You would think they'd narrow down ideas by deciding on a theme, or costumes, or even choreography, right?"
AI: "Uhh... Like if you make it a winter theme then everyhring would be snowy and white, right?"
AKI: "Yeah. If the theme was already winter, you wouldn't suggest swimsuits as costumes, right? It makes brainstorming go smoothly. μ's was so free about it though."
AKI: "It was funny how Honoka always said something ridiculous and then Umi would yell at her for it.
Maki' song writing was similar. I told you about it before, but Hanayo and Rin would sing to her piano about how hungry they were while she played, and she'd get mad."
SETSUNA: "It's surprising how they can put on a concert so good with those kind of methods."
AKI: "And at the same time remain undefeated in contests."
KANATA: "But when we did those contests against them, they were just high school girls like us.
They seemed like they just loved having fun."
SHIZUKU: "I'm sure they just looked like they were playing around, but they were actually being serious. But everyone was just playing when we had that contest, right?"
AI: "I think that kind of thing is perfect for μ's."
AYUMU: "So μ's has their own way and Aqours has theirs."
KASUMI: "So that means Nijigasaki needs our own way, right?"
AKI: "That's what I think. So I want everyone to work together and find out what our way is!"
EVERYONE: "Okay!"
AKI: "That's why I wanted to talk to everyone while playing today, and it was way better than trying to write by myself.
Talking with everyone about all your opinions and stuff made me see how much I love you girls. All of you. It brings about so many ideas.
I played around with the idea I had the other day. The song I've just shown you was a prototype of it. This is the finished composition, I think it's perfect for everyone now. Have a listen."
KANATA: "Wow... It's amazing! I liked the version before, but I like this one way better!"
SETSUNA: "Yes! It sounds like OUR song."
KASUMI: "The chorus conveys how I feel perfectly."
KARIN: "I like the first part of the A melody the best. It's so moving."
AYUMU: "Aki, are you some kind of wizard? That was everything I wanted in a song."
SHIZUKU: "I feel the same way. It nearly made me cry."
RINA: "Yeah, it's such an empowering song."
EMMA: "I can put exactly what I feel right into it."
AI: "It's a song that brings all of our feelings together!"
AKI: "Thanks girls! I'm so glad to hear that!"
Great. Everyone feels like this is our song. I can't wait to see everyone perform it on stage.
AKI: "Now... I shall mix instruments into this song. We shall then begin writing lyrics as well as choreography and vocal practice.
This is our song... With this song we will take up arms, march to the school idol festival and burn it down! This song will rock the very foundation of that stadium in Odaiba and WE. WILL. BE. VICTORIOUS!"
AYUMU: "I'm not sure about burning a stadium to the ground. But this song will make an impact there!"
AKI: "Right? I dream of this song pleasing crowds of thousands and millions watching at home!"
SETSUNA: "Hm? What's this... Huh?!"
AKI: "What's up?"
SETSUNA: "Everyone, listen! We've got a big problem on our hands!"
AI: "What's wrong Setsu?"
AKI: "μ's coming for a second round of contests?"
SETSUNA: "No..."
AKI: "Aqours issuing a challenge? Ooh, I like it! You can all meet ea-"
SETSUNA: "The School Idol Festival has been canceled!"
AKI: "...?!"
EVERYONE: "Whaaaaat?!"