Oh, there. The date just changed.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Happy New Year!

All the best for the new year, everyone!

Yeah. Let's have a good year.
But wow... Look at this crowd.

Yeah, it might be a while until we get our turn at the shrine.

But that gives us more time to think about our New Year's wishes♪

<What are you going to wish for, Luka?>

<Hehe. That's a secret!>

Hmm, what should I wish for...?

(Maybe to get better at playing guitar?
Hmm, or...)

The line's moving pretty fast.
It'll be our turn soon.

Let's get our coins ready!

Look, I brought loads of 5-yen coins!

But you're supposed to throw in only one.
You didn't have to bring so many...

(Everyone's having a good time.)

(This time last year I wouldn't have imagined we'd all be here like this. I'm happy things worked out...)

(Oh, I think I know what to wish for now...)

Okay, we can check that off!
Now, let's take a look around!

Saki, that's really all you've been thinking about since practice...

But it's the best part of doing this♪

Hey, look!
There are so many stalls!

Wow. They're selling cotton candy, chocolate-dipped bananas and... It's like a festival.

Ichi, see that yakisoba stall over there?
Wanna go get some?

Sure. Let's buy enough for everyone.

Oh, thanks.

<Just looking at all these different stalls is a lot of fun.>

<Yeah. Everything looks delicious!>

We can buy some stuff here and bring it over to SEKAI later if you'd like.

<Really, you'd do that for us?>

Everything's boxed up, so it's easy to carry around. And I'd feel bad if you just watched us eat and not be able to join in...

<Thanks, Shiho. You're so kind!>

Miku, Luka, look...!
There's a fortune box for omikuji over there.

<Oh, I see the sign.
It says for good luck.>

Do you want to try it?

<I'd like to, but I'm not sure how we can...>

I can get one for you if you'd like.

<Oh, you'd do that for me? Thanks!>

I guess I'll draw one for fun too.
How about you, Miku?

<I don't know... I wouldn't like it if I got a great blessing and used up all of my luck for the year...>

<Hehe. You're assuming that you'll get the best fortune there is?>

<Don't worry. Even if you do, it doesn't mean your luck will run out or anything.>

<Well, in that case...
Shiho, could you draw one for me?>

Yes, no problem.

Okay, I'm going to draw one for Luka first!

Let's see. It says...
Great... C-C-Curse?!

<Oh dear...>

I've never seen one of those before...

I-I'm so sorry, Luka...! I've doomed you to bad fortune for the entire year...!

<Don't worry about it, Honami. Drawing fortunes is just a fun custom. You haven't spoiled Luka's luck or anything.>

<Exactly. Besides, this fortune says, if you work hard, you'll be rewarded, so it's not all doom and gloom.>

<I'll just carry on as always by working on my music, and everything will be just fine.>

Luka...

No, I still feel really bad about it!

<Oh?>

We can count this one as mine, so let's draw another one!

This one says... Curse?!

Honami...

There you are!
Shiho! Hona!

Hm? What's up?

There was free amazake, so I got you some too! It's really good!

No, thanks. I'm not into sweet drinks.

What? But it's sooo good!

Wait, what happened to you, Honami?
You look like the world just ended...

Sob...

That was an awesome shrine visit!

Yeah, it was.
Well, most of it...

You don't have to get so hung up on those fortunes, Honami...

By the way, what did you all wish for?

Huh? Oh, you mean when we prayed at the shrine?

Yeah! I was wondering what you all wished for...!

My wish was just for us to have another fun year together.

Huh?

Ichi, that's exactly what I wished for too!

But mine wasn't just for this year...
It was for forever and ever!

Hehe. My wish was something like that too.
How about you, Shiho?

Same...

That's amazing!
We all made the same wish!

<Hehe. Looks like your feelings for each other haven't changed since you found your song.>

<They really haven't.>

Oh, look at the time. Should we head back?

Okay, let's go.

I hope we can do this again next year...

Ichika...

You're already thinking of what we're going to do next year?

There's nothing wrong with that!
I wanna do this again next year too!

Okay. Then let's promise to do this again next year!

Hehe!

<You look happy, Miku.>

<Because I am!>

<It makes me happy to see them all planning things for the future like this after being apart for so long.>

<Right. They might go through some rough patches this year too...>

<But I'm looking forward to seeing how things go for them, so let's keep on supporting them.>

<Yeah!>