Vivid Street
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Toya
But you'll end up collapsing before that happens at this rate. All your effort would go to waste!
Akito
But I won't be able to surpass RAD WEEKEND if I don't do this. I have to be able to handle anything that's thrown at me and do absolutely everything I can to make it happen.
Toya
Then how about this? Let's say that at your current level, Akito, that you can't surpass RAD WEEKEND...
Toya
The first-rate performers Tono was talking about are still in the distant future. We all have to keep getting better to succeed.
Akito
(When I joined together with Toya, I started practicing like no other to make sure I didn't disappoint him.)
Akito
(I finally thought that I made it to a respectable level, and we even met An and Kohane. It felt like we were actually making progress towards our goal.)
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Arata
Your teammates are all more talented than you realize and they may even become first-rate performers in their own right in time.
Arata
But it's too hard for me to believe that you'll be up there with them when that time comes.
Akito
(I have to start working even harder if I actually want to surpass RAD WEEKEND with them.)
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Weekend Garage
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Kohane
I'm really worried. He always seems so tired and won't tell us if he's actually been getting any rest...
An
He just said thanks for giving him some advice and sort of just shrugged it off from what I gathered...
An
If only we could learn why he's acting the way he is now, then we might be able to come up with something...
Street SEKAI
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MEIKO
He's right. You two need to be a little more appreciative of him since he taught you about how to use a sampler.
Kohane
No, please don't mind us!
We heard a really nice song playing and started wondering where it was coming from...
We heard a really nice song playing and started wondering where it was coming from...
Crase Cafe
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Miku
I know he's the stoic and hard-working type, but trying to do this all on his own seems a bit much...
Kohane
After you settled things with your father, you started getting better so fast, right...?
Kohane
Maybe he saw this as a sort of warning that told him to keep up, and it started making him anxious...?
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Kohane
I think he wants to be able to help us, especially the person that's always next to him...
Toya
I was under the impression that after that incident with my father, I finally reached his level...
KAITO
When things aren't going well, you cheer each other up, and you make each other better when things are going your way.
KAITO
But now may be the time when you need to reach out to him, especially since you're all chasing after the same dream.
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Kotaro
I'm supposed to be in this event with Akito today, but something's wrong with him...
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Kotaro
We're doing a battle event today, but this other guy, Arata Tono, just decided to crash it. Akito looked like he'd just snapped or something...
Kotaro
I don't know how to put it into words, but it's like he's his old self again, you know...?
Kotaro
You guys had it pretty rough back then, right? The older musicians were picking on you, and even the crowd was always getting in your face...
Toya
We did. But that was also when we were desperately doing everything we could to get better. Akito in particular had this aura about him, even during practice...
Toya
He worked so hard on trying to make it as a performer and surpass “that night”. I struggled to keep up with him.
Kotaro
Maybe that's how it looked to you, Toya, but not to us. That went way beyond what the rest of us called “hard-working”...
Kotaro
He kept at it, even when you weren't there. Day and night, regardless if he could even physically sing.
Kotaro
I couldn't get much out of him then, but I think he was trying to keep up with you...
Kotaro
Yeah, you have a classical music background, so your musical intuition is through the roof. He probably felt that someone way beyond him just came onto the scene...
Kotaro
Other people have even been saying that Akito is living off his partner's talents...
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