Unnamed Harmony

After school
School SEKAI
1
Miku
Welcome, everyone.
2
Honami
Hello.
3
Ichika
Let's give it our best again today.
4
Shiho
Right. We can start practicing right...
5
Saki
E-Everyone, wait...!
6
Saki
Before we start, I want you to hear this song I wrote!
7
Ichika
A song... Like a completely original song?
8
Saki
Yeah...!
9
Saki
I feel like it's the best one I've come up with out of everything so far...
10
Shiho
I see...
11
Rin
I even helped her write it!
It's all nice and sparkly too♪
12
Honami
Rin, you helped...?
13
Miku
She did. It took us all by surprise.
14
MEIKO
Rin looked like she was having so much fun too.
15
Saki
But thanks to her, we were able to come up with a really good song!
16
Shiho
Okay. Mind playing it for us then?
17
Saki
Of course! Just sit back and listen!
18
Saki
——♪　—————♪
19
Ichika
Oh...
20
Honami
...!
21
Shiho
Saki...!
22
Saki
——♪ —————♪
——————♪
23
Saki
(I spent so much time looking for a way to help and contribute to this band somehow.)
24
Saki
(I wasn't playing well and couldn't even come up with any good song ideas. Not being able to do either started to really eat away at me...)
25
Saki
(But...)
26
Shiho
You find the things that you want to do and make sure you'll actually be able to do them, right? You've helped us so much already by doing just that.
27
Shiho
That's why I believe you'll be the first one to figure out what kind of feelings we want to convey as a band.
28
Saki
(I finally found it...
I know what I want to say with this song...!)
29
Saki
(I want this song to...!)
30
Ichika
(It's like this melody's telling me exactly how Saki feels.)
31
Ichika
(This is nice... It's making me want to give it some lyrics now...!)
32
Honami
(Saki...)
33
Shiho
...
34
Saki
————♪ ———♪
35
Saki
*Sigh*
36
Saki
That's about how it goes... What do you think?
37
Ichika
That was amazing...!
38
Ichika
Saki, you're amazing!
It really hit home and made my heart pound...
39
Saki
R-Really...?!
40
Honami
Me too...! I was so moved by it!
41
Honami
I can't quite put it into words, but I could feel your optimism through that song, Saki...
42
Miku
She's right. It was clear how much thought went into that song.
43
Luka
I agree. Listening to it was like you being there to cheer us up.
44
MEIKO
How about you, Shiho? What did you think?
45
Shiho
...
46
Shiho
If I'm gonna be honest, parts of it felt unpolished and its chord progression occasionally felt a little off...
47
Saki
Oh...
48
Ichika
Sh-Shiho...
49
Shiho
But...
50
Shiho
I also thought that this is the kind of song we should be playing as a band.
51
Saki
*Gasp*...!
52
Shiho
Thank you for writing this for us, Saki.
53
Saki
Shiho...!
54
Ichika
Um, Saki...
Would you mind playing that for us one more time? I'd like to try playing along with my guitar.
55
Saki
Yeah, you got it!
Here's the sheet music!
56
Ichika
Thanks.
57
Ichika
I was thinking that I could play this part like this...
58
Ichika
———♪ ————♪
59
Ichika
What do you think...?
60
Saki
Whoa...!
Just adding a guitar made it sort of sound like a real song!
61
Honami
Then, would it be alright if I made another suggestion...?
62
Honami
This part may benefit from not having any drums in it at all so that your instruments can get a chance to shine through a little more.
63
Honami
And I could gradually bring back the beat here right after Saki finishes on her synth.
64
Shiho
Then how about I give it a bassline that stands out a little more than usual.
65
Shiho
Since you'll be singing fairly high here, Ichika, you might want to go easy on your guitar. My bass can make up for the rest.
66
Ichika
That sounds good...
We'll be counting on you, Shiho.
67
Saki
(This is so cool...!)
68
Saki
(Everybody's helping turn it into a full song...!)
69
Shiho
But just as a warning, this is where the hard part begins.
70
Shiho
After we adjust all the chords and overall rhythm, we'll need to work on our sound as a group. Then we need to come up with some lyrics.
71
Honami
Right, lyrics...
We'll have to discuss that too.
72
Ichika
I...
73
Ichika
I'd like to try writing, if that's okay...
74
Honami
You will, Ichika...?
75
Ichika
While Saki was playing this song for us just now, I wondered what it would be like if it were given lyrics to go along with it.
76
Ichika
I'd like to give it a try.
I want to come up with lyrics that match our song.
77
Ichika
I-Is that alright with everyone...?
78
Honami
Yes, I'm all for that!
I even thought the lyrics you showed me the other day were really nice too.
79
Shiho
Me too.
How about you, Saki...?
80
Saki
Of course, I'm all for that too!
81
Saki
Ichi, please give my song some lyrics like you did with my tune before!
82
Ichika
Thank you, Saki.
I promise to try my best.
83
Miku
And we'll be there to cheer you on, Ichika.
84
Rin
Me too! Me too!
Ichi! Sakki! Hona! Shihoppy! I believe in you, girls!
85
Shiho
Didn't I ask you to stop calling me that, Rin...?
86
Rin
Oh, that's right!
Sorry...!
87
Saki
(I'm so happy...)
88
Saki
(I actually turned my thoughts into music and told everyone exactly how I felt through my song...)
89
Saki
(I... I didn't realize how good that would feel...!)
90
Saki
Alright!
I'm gonna keep writing songs like there's no tomorrow!