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

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

Time to unleash...

(Wait, everything just...?!)

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What...?!

W-Whoa...

This is way different from before!

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

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

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

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...

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

(Wait, I know...)

No...

Arata! You're the best!!

Encore!

Phew...

So, about our little battle...

You being serious...?

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

...!

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

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

Of course I am...

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

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

RAD WEEKEND is what kickstarted my life.

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

Spend your life...?

That's but the minimum.

What...?

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

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

...

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

Um, Tono...?

What happened to this partner of yours?

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

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

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

Accident...?

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

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

I'm so sorry...

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

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...

...

A lot happened after that...

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

...

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

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

Why are you telling us all this...?

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

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

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

...

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

Advice?

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

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

In that case, let me put it another way.

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

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

What...?!

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

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?

I...

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

Now do you understand?

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

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

What...?

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

I...

Please, stop...!

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...

Toya...

It's okay...

But Akito...

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

Akito...

Damn it...

Noooo!!