This is it...!

The day when Leo/need shoots its very first video has finally arrived!

<Yay♪>

<Hehe. This should be fun.
Especially considering how much you girls practiced for this day.>

<Ichi, you gotta sing the best you possibly can today.>

Yawn...
Oh, um... Yeah...

<Did you not get much sleep last night, Ichika...?>

<Maybe it's because of all the practice you've been doing.>

No, I'm just...
Yes, I'm a little tired from practicing, but there's another reason...

Oh, really?!
Did you stay up late playing video games or something?!

She's not you, Saki.

I don't stay up super late playing video games... That much...! Even if I do it sometimes with movies and manga!

<Don't those all fall into one category?>

Are you sure you're okay, Ichika?
Do you feel tired because...?

No, I'm okay.
There's no need to worry.

I'm actually almost finished with it.
I just need to make some final adjustments.

...!
Really?! That's wonderful...!

But choosing just one is taking more time than I initially expected. I've been trying to remember what Kanade said the other day, but...

It's okay to give something important a lot of thought. In any case, Ichika, I'll be looking forward to hearing your song.

Oh, what are you two talking about?

Uhh... N-Nothing!

Anyway, let's start shooting since we've asked Miku and the others to come over from SEKAI.

R-Right.
I brought a few different smartphone tripods with me today. I'm hoping that they'll allow us to take a nice video.

<Oh, I haven't seen one of those before...>

I was wondering why you were carrying so much stuff today, Hona! It was all stuff for our shoot!

But do we really need all these tripods...? We're only using one camera, right?

No, it'll be difficult for us to make a dynamic video with just one camera. Using several will give us shots from different angles, which we can stitch together for our music video.

So, would it be okay if I borrowed your phones...?

Sure, I don't mind...

You're always super reliable, Hona, but you seem like you're really on your game today!

Th-Thank you, but this is nothing special, really!

But I want to do what I can since this video is going to help determine Leo/need's future...

Honami...

Alright, let's take a really awesome video!
Get ready! We're on standby♪

Wh-Whoa...

Wait, Saki, don't push...

Okay, we're in position now...

How do we look?
Are we all in the frame?

<No problems with this camera.>

<Same here!>

<Ours looks good too.
I think you girls can start shooting.>

Alright, then...
Should we start playing?

O-Okay...

I'm getting nervous... And not like when we're about to do a show either...

To be fair, we're not trying to do this in one take. We can always shoot again if we don't like what we see. So, let's just give it a try.

Right...
Then, let's just try to relax and play the way we practiced...

Okay, I'll count us in.
One, two, three, four...

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(I don't understand. We all seem to be playing just fine...)

(But something feels different...)

<Hmmmm...?>

<We've done quite a few takes already...
But something does seem strange here...>

<Yeah...
And it's not like they have been playing bad...>

<But it's like...
I dunno how to describe it!!!>

<They're not playing with enough power...>

<Yeah, that!
Nice one, KAITO!>

<They're all clearly playing like they mean it... But they're not quite fully committed.>

...

Wanna stop for a sec...?

I knew it. We're missing our usual power.

I kept trying to refocus myself after each take, but I can't seem to play the way I do during shows...

The way we play during shows...

Yeah, it'd make for a great video if we could play like that.

That's easier said than done...
We were able to play that way because of the crowd and the atmosphere.

<Then, why not try to recreate that...?>

Wait, what do you mean...?

<Oh, I think I get what he means.
I doubt you girls have a spare live house just lying around...>

<But what if you had some spectators?
We can be your crowd!>

Does that mean...?

<Oh, I get it!>

<We get to have Leo/need play a special concert just for us☆>

A special show just for you...?!

Yeah, that could actually work...!

I agree.
It'll help to have a visible crowd that we want to have hear our song.

We'll do everything we can to give you guys the best performance possible, Miku...

<Hehe. Let's see what you can do.>

Okay, it's time for Leo/need's special show...

Let's go.

Yeah!