...

(My heart's still racing...)

(The way I just let out what I was feeling... I still sort of can't believe what happened...)

(Huh...?
Now that I can relax, I...)

Th-That was so tense...

Yeah...
We were just watching the show, and then somehow ended up having that conversation...

But you really came through for us back there, Honami... Honami...?

Huh...?!

Hey, are you okay?!

Hona, what happened?!

I-I'm so sorry...!
My legs gave out after I took a sigh of relief...

How do you feel? Can you stand?

Here, grab onto me!
Whoa! Your hand's shaking like crazy...!

Oh... I must be realizing now just how scary that was...

Um... I'm really sorry, everyone.

Huh?

A record company reached out to us, but I ended up taking a stand against them...

If we end up not receiving an offer from them because of this...

*Sigh*
Is that what you're worried about...?

I just said I agree with you, Honami.
And it's the truth.

We were able to stay true to our feelings because you were willing to act.

...!

She's right, Hona!

It was starting to feel like we'd have to make some really ugly choices if we wanted to go pro...

But you saved us. Because of what you said, I realize now that we have to protect the thing we care about the most!

Yeah.

Thanks for saving us back there, Honami.

Girls...

No...
I should be the one thanking you...!

Alright!
Now we've gotta put on the most powerful solo show ever!!!

The most powerful...
That sounds kinda dumb.

What?!
N-No, it doesn't!

Hehe. But we should try to make it our best show yet.

Yeah.
So, why don't we have another set of intense training sessions starting tomorrow?

Another? Like the ones we did when we were preparing to battle against anemone...?

Yeah.
I wasn't sure if we could because of everything else we had to do for our solo show...

But you did a lot for us there, Honami, which means we have a little time on our hands.

Right... Yeah!
I bet we'll improve super quickly if we practice hard together!

I agree!
And it'll give us a chance to perfect our new song...!

Honami, you in particular haven't been able to practice as much since you've been so busy getting everything ready for our show. So, let us help you get up to speed...

We're going all out, so I hope you're ready.

I'm ready...!

Huff... Huff... Huff...

Um... Did we just...?

Yeah.

We did it... We played the entire set with everything we had!

W-Woohoo...!!!
We did it! We did it, Hona!!!

Eep...! Oh, Saki...
You know it's not safe to throw yourself at me like that.

I couldn't help myself! I'm just so happy!
Oh, Miku, you guys... How'd we do?!

Do you have to ask? It was a wonderful performance.

If we can do this, then we should be more than ready for our solo show...

Yeah.
But we can't let our guard down.

Right! It's our very first solo show, so we've gotta make it lots of fun for everyone who comes to see us!

Hehe...!
We couldn't have made it this far without you, Hona!

(Thank goodness...)

(I neither write songs for us nor can I lead our performances, so I didn't think I could contribute much.)

(But this time...
It feels like I'm actually helping us move forward a little.)

Okay, now that we've cleared our first hurdle, let's start working on each individual song.

Everyone ready?

Ready!