School SEKAI

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Saki

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So, because of that, we've decided to do our next show all by ourselves!
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Rin

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Th-That's so cool...!!!
Does that mean you're gonna go pro soon?!
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Len

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Slow down. That's not what they said.
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Luka

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But you may be given a chance to if your solo show goes well, yes?
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Shiho

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Yeah, that's right...
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Shiho

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So, we want it to succeed no matter what.
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Miku

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Good luck, girls.
We'll help you in any way we can.
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Honami

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Thanks, Miku!
We'll do our best...!
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MEIKO

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So, have you already begun preparing for it...?
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Honami

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Yes, we have. We're currently in the middle of figuring out what we need to do as we prepare for it...
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Honami

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But the more we research, the more we realize that putting on a show by ourselves is a considerable amount of work.
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MEIKO

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Yes, I'm sure.
This is different from battling against other bands.
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Honami

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Right. In terms of time, we've become accustomed to being given thirty minutes or so to play a set of three or four songs...
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Honami

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However, a solo show will need to last an hour at the very least. Even including the time we spend talking between songs, we'll need to have about eight songs ready.
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Honami

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Then, we need to book a venue, gather all the equipment we need, make fliers and online accounts for advertising and sell tickets.
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KAITO

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That is a lot of work...
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Saki

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But we're gonna do our best to both practice and get all those things done!
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Saki

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Especially since our dream of going pro depends on this, and it'll be our very first solo show!
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Ichika

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Yeah...
Let's do everything we can to make sure it's a good one.
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Shiho

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Anyway, now that we've had a chance to report on everything that's happened, let's put our backs into practicing.
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Saki, Ichika & Honami

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Yeah!
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Ichika

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Which song should we start with?
One that still needs work might be preferable.
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Shiho

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Yeah, I agree...
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Shiho

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But for today, I'd like to see how much we can handle.
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Saki

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Huh? What do you mean?
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Shiho

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Remember what Honami just said?
We're gonna need to play like eight songs for our show.
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Shiho

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Of course, just playing them shouldn't be an issue for us.
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Shiho

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However, if I asked you guys to play the way we did with anemone for eight songs, would you be able to?
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Ichika

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You're right...
I was out of breath after three songs that time...
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Saki

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Yeah, since you have to sing and play your guitar at the same time...
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Shiho

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See what I mean?
So, I wanna see how much each of us can handle right now.
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Shiho

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Which is why I'm thinking that we try playing seven songs back to back, excluding our new one... Ideally, we'll be able to play five or so no problem.
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Ichika

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Okay...!
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Honami

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(We've never played that many songs in a row before...
I'm a little concerned...)
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Honami

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(But I'll just have to give it my best shot...)
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Honami

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(For the sake of our big chance!)

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Ichika

♪——————!
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MEIKO

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That's four...
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Honami

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(We're finally at the halfway mark, but...)
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Ichika

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Huff... Huff...

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Honami

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(Ichika is getting winded...
She did sing with just about everything she had...)
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Honami

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(Saki's also slowly falling out of rhythm, and my arms are starting to not move the way I tell them to. I'm not sure if we can handle three more songs at the same pace...)
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Shiho

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Alright, next song...
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Honami

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Shiho, mind if we take a quick break...?
I mean, we'll have time to talk and get a drink of water between songs during the show...
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Shiho

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Honami...
My goal for today is to see how much we can handle.
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Shiho

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If we can't get through our whole set during practice with energy to spare, we're gonna run out of gas when it really counts, even if we do have those small breaks.
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Honami

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But...
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Ichika

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It's okay. I can keep going...
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Saki

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Same... I wanna keep going until the end!
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Honami

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Ichika, Saki...
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Honami

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Okay...
Then, let's keep going until the end.
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Shiho

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Alright, let's continue.
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Ichika

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Huff... Huff...

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Shiho

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Nice work...
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Shiho

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As I suspected, we really fell apart towards the end...
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Ichika

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I wish I had more stamina...
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Ichika

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I couldn't sing as loud during the second half and was too tired to focus properly...
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Saki

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Me too... I was totally exhausted towards the end...
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Honami

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It's incredible how much of a physical and mental toll this takes...
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Shiho

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Anyway, now we know where we're at...
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Shiho

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So, in order for us to play all the way through, we should practice more moving forward and throw in some strength training to build up our stamina.
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Ichika & Saki

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Okay...!
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Honami

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Oh...
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Honami

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...
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Saki

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Hm?
Hona, is something wrong? You look kinda concerned.
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Honami

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Oh, um...
I was just thinking that I'll have to make adjustments to our schedule if we're going to practice more moving forward.
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Ichika

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Oh, right...
We'll have to think about how often we can work too.
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Honami

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*Nod*
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Honami

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(Also...)
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Honami

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(We'll have to set aside time to prepare tickets and get the equipment we need.)
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Honami

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(Between added practice and all the work we have to do... This schedule might end up tougher than we can imagine. I'll need to figure out a better way than normal for us to get through it...)
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Honami

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(No, if I have time to feel worried, I have time to do what needs to be done...)
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Honami

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(So that we can go pro together...!)
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Miku

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