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Ako
Our dark power grows as black flames envelop the stage, our... uh, like... unified power... something...
Ako
Hrm~, I can't come up with the right thing to say to make it cooler~. I'll ask Rin-rin for ideas later on...
Ako
Oh, Yukina-san!
Yukina
Ako...?
Ako
Good morning. You're heading to the studio, right? Can I walk with you?
Yukina
Be my guest.
Ako
Thank you!
Ako
(Ehehe, I'm so lucky to have time with Yukina-san first thing in the morning~♪)
Ako
(And on top of that...)
Yukina
You seem to be enjoying yourself.
Ako
I am! I'm happy that I get to walk to the studio with you, and I was just thinking how much fun our gig was the other day!
Ako
Especially the last song! It was so perfect how it just went like... boom!
Yukina
Everyone seemed quite motivated the moment they heard my fa-... my dad's song.
Ako
Of course!
Ako
The moment I heard that song, there was like this spark! I thought it was just so cool!
Ako
And I totally knew it would sound even cooler if you sang it, Yukina-san!
Ako
And-and-and, something just stirred in me... I just had all these ideas about ways to play it!
Yukina
You looked truly happy on the drums that day.
Ako
I was! Rin-rin played her keyboard with me too, and it made us both wanna play that song even more!
Ako
I thought we were going to play it at our next gig, but... when you said it wouldn't be on the set list, I started to wonder why.
Ako
I thought that maybe you didn't want to play it because we weren't good enough yet...
Ako
So, I talked to Rin-rin, and we decided to practice lots and lots!
Yukina
I see...
Yukina
(I hesitated because I thought I wasn't ready, but... it seems I made Ako and the others worry more than they should have.)
Yukina
I'm sorry I gave you the wrong impression. It wasn't because of you or any of the others.
Ako
Huh?!
Ako
Uh, u-um... d-don't apologize! We understand now!
Ako
And besides, I was really happy in the end.
Yukina
You were...?
Ako
Yeah! You asked me... and the others to give you a chance to sing that song. You asked us for help.
Ako
I really look up to you, Yukina-san. I think you're super cool!
Ako
So even if there isn't much I can do, I want to help you...
Ako
I was really happy that you depended on us, and told us about what you were going through.
Yukina
Ako...
Yukina
I didn't realize you felt that way.
Ako
Ehehe, don't forget I'm one of your hugest fans!
Ako
*sigh*... You were so cool when you were singing that song...
Yukina
I was...?
Ako
Yeah! Rin-rin and I were talking about it after our gig!
Ako
We wanna see you sing that song again, and we wanna put on an even more solid performance next time!
Yukina
I'd like to do that-
Yukina
No, I'd like to do something even better than that. And to do so, I'll need all of your help again.
Ako
You need us...! Do you mean that?!
Yukina
Of course.
Ako
So-so-so, does that mean that I've been helping you?!
Yukina
Y-yes...
Yukina
Not only you. Everyone in Roselia... gives my voice the support it needs.
Yukina
I'm counting on all of you.
Ako
*gasp* O-okay!
Ako
Oh my god... I can't believe it! I'm so super happy!
Ako
Okay! I'm gonna go extra hard at practice today!
Transcript
Ako
Ooh, BanG Dreamer-san! What's up?
Ako
Me? I'm taking a break!
Ako
Huh? You think I was really focused during practice today?
Ako
I was! After that last gig, I've been in really good form~.
Ako
And it's just so much fun to play the drums now!
Ako
I mean, it was always fun in the past too. But now when I play, there's just something... more exciting about it!
Ako
As soon as I have the sticks in my hands, I start thinking about what kinda sounds I can make, and I just get so pumped!
Ako
I guess I started to like the drums even more ever since we played that new song~.
Ako
Yeah, that's the one! The last song that we played at our gig the other day! Apparently, it's one of Yukina-san's dad's songs!
Ako
I thought it was so cool the first time I heard it! It was like it just took control of my feelings.
Ako
Like I could totally visualize the song in my head! It was amazing!
Ako
I got on the drums after that, and it was just so much fun...
Ako
After that, I wanted to play that song so bad at our next gig.
Ako
Oh! Rin-rin played her keyboard with me too~!
Ako
She had an idea and played a part for me, and then I played a rhythm to match it...
Ako
Oh my god, it was sooo much fun~!
Ako
So then I got really excited cause I thought we'd be playing it at our next gig...
Ako
But Yukina-san wasn't sure if we should play it or not.
Ako
She said it was beyond our level...
Ako
I mean, we didn't have much time left before until the gig, and the song seemed pretty hard at the time, so...
Ako
I guess it would've been kinda... I dunno, risky?
Ako
It's a gig, after all. The crowd wouldn't enjoy it if we couldn't play our songs properly!
Ako
So I thought that was why Yukina-san wasn't sure about playing a new song.
Ako
But it turns out it was something different. It was more of like a, umm... emotional thing for her...
Ako
Rin-rin told me that Yukina-san probably needed a lot of resolve to sing that song.
Ako
I didn't really understand what she meant by that. I don't know what Yukina-san would have to do to find her resolve either...
Ako
I'm more of the act first, think later type. Yukina-san thinks about lots of things, so I guess we're opposites.
Ako
So I thought Yukina-san was really cool how she thinks so much about our songs and stressed over them.
Ako
I don't know how to say this properly, but... I think anyone can sing songs, but Yukina does more than just that.
Ako
She doesn't run away from things, you know? Like her feelings towards that song, or how she can come to terms with it...
Ako
I think that kinda thing about her is so cool!
Ako
That's why I practiced that song really hard! I wanted to do something to help Yukina-san.
Ako
That song was just so cool... I wanted to play it so bad. I was super happy when she finally said she wanted us to play it~.
Ako
Yukina-san was incredible when we were practicing!
Ako
She was super focused the whole time and never stopped singing, but she was still paying attention to how we played too...
Ako
I didn't want to let Yukina-san down, and I knew we had to support her.
Ako
We all worked super-duper hard because we knew we had to make it the best song ever!
Ako
And then the gig was a great success... Oh my god, it was sooo much fun~!
Ako
I'm so glad we played that song!
Ako
... *gasp* This is the perfect time to do it... ahem.
Ako
With the triumph over this great ordeal, my dark powers grow ever stronger...
Ako
And... like, release all this power, and... uh, I become a superior being...
Ako
A-anyway, I'm gonna keep working really hard so that Yukina-san knows she can rely on me! Yeah!