Here's to a great practice!

Cheers!

I'd like to thank you again, Kohane, for letting us join your team for practice today!

You're welcome.
Getting to practice like this with everyone was so much fun!

About that, Kohane.
Are your practices always like that?

Like how...?

You know, how everyone seems a little nervous or on edge...?

Was it a little too tense for you?

No, nothing like that. It's just, everyone was taking everything so seriously.

Yeah, you guys are all just able to say what's on your mind right then and there!

I noticed that too... You guys don't really hold back or try to coddle each other.

It's almost like it's hard to get mad when you're told something that bluntly.

But I thought that's really important!

I agree. Being able to say what needs to be said or being willing to hear what you may not want to is no small feat.

Exactly! By doing that, you'll immediately get to know and even trust each other!

Hehe. Thanks, Minori.

Not only that, you guys are so detail-oriented.

Haha... Yeah, I kept getting warnings about not staying in rhythm or maintaining my pitch...

To be fair, that was on a level where regular people probably wouldn't have been able to tell if they heard you sing.

Still, Aoyagi has such good ears.
Does he have a deep music background?

Yeah, he does.
He used to do classical piano and violin.

Th-That's amazing!

Does that mean Shiraishi and Shinonome can play instruments too...?

No, not as far as I know...

But An's liked music since she was little because her dad used to be a professional musician.

We even formed our group in order to surpass this legendary event that he helped organize.

Oh, Shinonome actually got into street music because of that event too.

But he doesn't have much of a music background, so he had to learn everything on his own and practice so much.

All of that on his own...?

I heard that your team's full of incredible people, but I didn't know just how incredible until we practiced together!

And you were brave enough to jump in with them! It's just so incredible!

Hehe. Every other word you said just now was “incredible”, Minori.

I mean...!

In that sense, you're just as incredible, Hanasato.

I agree. You're working alongside three idols who used to be really popular in MORE MORE JUMP!

One of them being the Haruka Kiritani.

Hehe. Well...

Hm? Well what?

Hehe. Kiritani's the idol you've been looking up to since you were little, right, Minori?

Yeah!

O-Okay?

So she's like your hero...?
It may take a while until you catch up to her.

That's the thing...

It's not just Haruka.
Airi and Shizuku have been teaching me so much, but I still have such a long ways to go.

But every time I face a new hurdle, I tell myself to not give up and just keep going!

I see...

(I know exactly how she feels.
I've been chasing after Shiho this whole time.)

But...

They also keep telling me that MORE MORE JUMP! isn't MORE MORE JUMP! unless we're all together.

So no matter what it takes, I want to catch up to them!

Minori...
That's so great.

Yeah, and we believe in you!

(Come to think of it, we don't really have that dynamic in our troupe...)

(But Hanasato said that she's chasing after her hero, so maybe Ms. Kazamatsuri's that person in my case.)

It's like you're trying to beat a game on the hardest difficulty possible...

I've felt that too actually...
But...

We're all doing everything in our power to achieve our goals and make our dreams come true.

Right. And catching up to everyone else won't be easy.

But...

The people I care about most told me that they believe in me!

That's why I'm going to keep trying my best, no matter what.

I see...

Hehe. Your enthusiasm's so infectious. I feel like I need to keep trying my best now too.

Really?!

Hehe! Let's start by doing everything we can for the Fan Festival, Nene!

Okay.

Since we're all here, shall we have a quick debrief and discuss what happened during practice today?

Oh, I'd like that!

Me too! Let's do it!