Vivid Street

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Akito

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(Let's see it, Tono.
Show us what you're made of.)
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Arata

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Okay...!
Live houses are nice, but the street is where I grew up as a performer. I feel right at home.
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Arata

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Time to unleash...
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Toya

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(Wait, everything just...?!)

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Arata

♪————————!
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Akito

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What...?!
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Audience

W-Whoa...
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Audience

This is way different from before!
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Audience

He still has the energy to sing this much...?!
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Toya

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(Th-This singing voice...! It goes way beyond good. What is this sensation...?)
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Toya

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(How is he able to do this...?!)
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Arata

♪————! ————!
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Akito

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...
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Akito

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(This feeling...
Where have I felt this before?)
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Akito

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(Wait, I know...)

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Akito

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No...

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Audience

Arata! You're the best!!
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Audience

Encore!
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Arata

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Phew...
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Arata

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So, about our little battle...
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Akito

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You being serious...?
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Arata

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Excuse me, that may've been in bad form. I will say that you didn't do so bad yourselves.
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Akito

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...!
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Arata

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But I didn't think that you'd be baited so easily.

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Arata

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Are you really that invested in your friends, in RAD WEEKEND...?
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Akito

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Of course I am...
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Akito

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After that event, I knew what I wanted to do with my life.
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Akito

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I learned that living life without a goal or something to strive for is completely pointless.
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Akito

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RAD WEEKEND is what kickstarted my life.
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Akito

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And I'm willing to spend my life on trying to surpass what I saw that night.
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Arata

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Spend your life...?
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Arata

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That's but the minimum.
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Akito

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What...?
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Arata

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If you want your dreams to come true, that's the bare minimum you have to be willing to pay.
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Arata

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I mean, you can't seriously call it a dream if you don't, right?
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Akito

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...
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Arata

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To be fair, that's just what my partner said...
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Toya

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Um, Tono...?
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Toya

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What happened to this partner of yours?
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Arata

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They're far away in a different city now...
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Akito

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In a different city? So you're not performing together? Don't they want to surpass RAD WEEKEND too?
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Arata

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They can't sing anymore. Not after the accident...
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Akito

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Accident...?
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Arata

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A traffic accident. This car ran through an intersection and...

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Arata

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Well, they lived, but some parts of their body became paralyzed. Singing was no longer really possible.
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Toya

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I'm so sorry...
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Arata

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After saying that we'd surpass RAD WEEKEND, we started practicing, performing in events, singing...
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Arata

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Before I knew it, I was completely invested in the idea of actually making that dream come true. Just as we were hitting our stride...
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Akito

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...
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Arata

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A lot happened after that...
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Arata

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But I decided to carry on and make their dream come true. I'm going to surpass RAD WEEKEND.
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Akito

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...
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Akito

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(His partner can't sing anymore...)
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Akito

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(And he's come this far all on his own...)
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Toya

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Why are you telling us all this...?
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Arata

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Hmm... I'm not sure...
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Arata

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Maybe it's because we have the same goal in mind?
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Arata

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You're nowhere near where I am, but you seem to be serious about it so...
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Akito

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...
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Arata

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Since we're here, let me give you some advice.
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Toya

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Advice?
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Arata

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If you're truly serious about surpassing RAD WEEKEND, I'd like to see you get much better first.
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Akito

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You don't have to tell us, especially after what just happened...
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Arata

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In that case, let me put it another way.
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Arata

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I talked at length about your teammates, but there's one thing I left out.
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Arata

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Shinonome, you're the least interesting one of the bunch.
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Akito

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What...?!
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Arata

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I do believe that you're a good team. You sing well and put on good performances.

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Arata

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But every single person that performed during RAD WEEKEND was a genius or even more than that. I'm sure you saw that too, no?
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Akito

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I...
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Arata

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Performing well as a team is important, but I believe that each individual piece also needs to be polished to perfection.
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Arata

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Now do you understand?
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Arata

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Your teammates are all more talented than you realize and they may even become first-rate performers in their own right in time.
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Arata

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But it's too hard for me to believe that you'll be up there with them when that time comes.
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Akito

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What...?
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Arata

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You've been feeling the very same thing, have you not?
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Akito

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I...
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Toya

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Please, stop...!
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Toya

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I understand that we won't be able to surpass RAD WEEKEND just yet, but Akito doesn't deserve to be blamed like this... I still haven't...
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Akito

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Toya...
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Akito

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It's okay...
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Toya

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But Akito...
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Arata

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Now, if you'll excuse me.
Let's keep trying our best...

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Toya

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Akito...
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Akito

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Damn it...
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Akito

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Noooo!!

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