Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy - Class 1-A
Student
Class is adjourned!
Students
Finally... Time for lunch.
Students
I'm starving. Let's eat together!
Kohane
Phew... Lunchtime, lunchtime...
Minori
Kohane!
Let's have lunch together♪
Let's have lunch together♪
Kohane
Hi, Minori! Sure!
Huh...?
Huh...?
Kohane
Shiho? You're not with Ichika and the others today?
Shiho
No, they're all busy with committee stuff today.
Kohane
Oh, okay.
That's actually sort of nice since it's been a little while since we last had lunch together.
That's actually sort of nice since it's been a little while since we last had lunch together.
Minori
I know, right?
We can have a special classroom lunch today!
We can have a special classroom lunch today!
Shiho
As in just having lunch in class?
Minori
It's special because you're here, Shiho!
Let's put our desks together and...
Let's put our desks together and...
Minori
Let's eat!
Kohane & Shiho
Let's eat.
Kohane
Oh, Shiho, your Salisbury steaks look so yummy.
Minori
She's right!
Are these homemade, not frozen...?!
Are these homemade, not frozen...?!
Shiho
Uh... Yeah...
My mom makes these pretty often.
My mom makes these pretty often.
Shiho
She apparently wants to make sure I have plenty to eat since I'm always busy with the band and stuff.
Kohane
Hehe. Your mom sounds like such a nice person.
Shiho
Yeah, she really is.
Shiho
By the way, how's practice been going for you two lately?
Minori
Huh? Lately?
Shiho
Yeah. I'm kinda curious as to what kind of stuff you guys all practice.
Shiho
Take the Fan Festival for example. Remember how you met up with Kohane's group to practice singing, Minori?
Shiho
Ichika even talked about how that practice really opened her eyes.
Shiho
So I'm wondering if there are any good drills or tips you could tell me about.
Minori
Good drills...?
Hmm... Do you have any ideas?
Hmm... Do you have any ideas?
Kohane
Oh, maybe...
Kohane
My team is usually at its best when we have the same image or ideas in mind.
Minori
The same image?
Kohane
Yeah. We started working on this song and began wondering how we could capture the “serenity of a forest” so to speak.
Kohane
And it turned out that one of our teammates had never been to an actual forest before, which sort of kept us from syncing right.
Kohane
So we decided to go camping in a forest to fix that. As a result, we were able to sing this song really well because we all had the same image in our heads.
Shiho
I see...
That is a pretty good idea.
That is a pretty good idea.
Shiho
We watched a DVD of this famous band's concert together the other day and it really helped us get in sync.
Shiho
That must've also been because it gave us such a clear picture of what we needed to do.
Minori
Yeah, we usually work on dances while watching footage for a show as a reference and it always helps us get in sync!
Kohane
Is that true...?!
Minori
Hehe. It's like we all arrived at the same solution. Talk about a coincidence.
Shiho
It probably means having a clear picture of what you want to do or become is just that important.
Minori
What I want to become...?
That's easy! A great idol, just like Haruka!
That's easy! A great idol, just like Haruka!
Shiho
That's just you, Minori.
I was talking about what each of our groups are striving to become.
I was talking about what each of our groups are striving to become.
Minori
Oh, right!
Hehe...
Hehe...
Kohane
Hehe.
Minori
Oh, that reminds me.
You guys are trying to surpass that one event... RAD WEEKEND, right?
You guys are trying to surpass that one event... RAD WEEKEND, right?
Minori
Does that mean you watch videos of that event as a team?
Kohane
Oh...
Kohane
Um... There aren't any videos out there.
Shiho
Really?
Kohane
Yeah. I tried asking An and the others a while back...
An
Yeah...
There aren't any as far as I know.
There aren't any as far as I know.
Kohane
Not even one?
Akito
Yeah.
No cameras were allowed during RAD WEEKEND.
No cameras were allowed during RAD WEEKEND.
Kohane
I see...
That's really unfortunate.
That's really unfortunate.
An
To be fair, there probably wouldn't be any videos left regardless.
Kohane
Wait, what do you mean?
Toya
Based on what Akito's told me...
Nobody there would've been taking pictures or videos.
Nobody there would've been taking pictures or videos.
An
Yeah, the whole place was nuts.
They were all probably too immersed or focused on the show to record anything.
They were all probably too immersed or focused on the show to record anything.
Akito
Since everybody has smartphones now, there's usually some kind of evidence out there showing that an event like that happened.
Akito
But that's not the case for this one.
It's part of why it's become such a legendary event.
It's part of why it's become such a legendary event.
Kohane
I see...
Kohane
(So there's no way for me to see what happened...)
Minori
What?! Is that really true?!
Shiho
That's really unfortunate.
Kohane
It is...
But it also tells me that it was just that incredible.
But it also tells me that it was just that incredible.
Minori
But...!
Not being able to see it just makes you want to see it more, right?!
Not being able to see it just makes you want to see it more, right?!
Kohane
You're right...
Kohane
(I was really hoping to see what An and Shinonome experienced, but I guess there really isn't anything I can do about it...)
Kohane
(But...)
Next Chapter: Following Those Footsteps