Whoa! A big music festival?!

Yeah, we'll get suggested for it depending on how our performance goes.

Which means you'll need to practice really hard for it.

Yeah, that's the plan...

Also, the festival is important, but I'd like for us to put on the best performance we can for Mr. Shindo and Mr. Ota too.

Ichika...

Me too...
As pros, we need to be ready to do that for anyone on demand.

Then, you should take this energy and do your best during practice today.

We will!

They certainly sound motivated.

Yes. Honami in particular...

Her mind seems clearer now that she knows what she wants to do for this band. She's focusing much better as a result.

Yes, and becoming the leader must also have something to do with that. Something about the way she's playing is more compelling than ever before.

Right...

(They're putting on a compelling performance. I can feel their confidence resonating through each note...)

(At the same time, something feels off...)

(This sound...)

Stop.

We fell out of sync again...

We're achieving the same sort of momentum as before, but we're also all over the place for some reason...

Yeah, something didn't feel right to me either...

But why...?
I'm being super careful not to rush ahead...

We can't blame one person, since we've had trouble getting on the same page all the time lately.

Right...

(I thought I was the one causing all this...)

(I mean, not having an answer to that question was distracting me. I was having trouble focusing and keeping up with the others because of it.)

(But I have my answer now.
I'm having a much easier time focusing.)

(And yet...)

I don't get it! How do we keep ending up all over the place?!

I don't know, but it's almost as if...
We're all pointed in different directions or something.

Different directions...?

You may be right...

Huh? What do you mean?

It's just a guess, but...

I think this has something to do with you all hashing out what your aspirations are.

It's because they hashed that out...?

Each of you now knows what you wish to do in terms of your music. You feel more confident as a result.

However, you're also trying to accomplish slightly different goals from one another.

What if you're all subconsciously doing what you can to make your own aspirations a reality?

Oh...

I see...
That would certainly explain why they can't stay in sync.

Yeah...
KAITO may be right.

You wish to move people's hearts, Shiho, which results in you producing this powerful energy. Meanwhile, Saki exudes kindness because she wants to cheer everybody up...

In other words, because you're all prioritizing different things, you're struggling to stay on the same page.

Wait, so... Them deciding what they want their music to be about was a bad thing?

No, I doubt that's the case.
They're clearly playing a lot better and really letting their feelings flow through each note.

How they each feel as individuals is important, but they need to be a single unit when performing together.

What?! That sounds really hard...!
How are they supposed to do that?!

...

You may want to discuss what you should be feeling as you play...

What we should be feeling...?

Yes.
For instance, the intro for this song...

It screams, “Cheering everyone up is what's most important right now, so let's put on a performance which does that.”

I see...

Alright, let's give that a try.

Huh?

I know getting on the same page so to speak isn't going to be easy...

But I'm sure we're going to sound even better if we figure out how to do that.

So, let's do our best...!
For Mr. Ota, Mr. Shindo and everyone who we want to feel moved by our music.

Okay...!