Anon

This is bad, this is bad...!

Anon

(That girl Rāna... Her personality is weird, but her guitar skills are like a pro's...!)

Anon

(And yet... Talking about "G" and "F," just how embarrassing can I possibly be!)

Anon

(And, if that Rāna girl joins the band... then I'll be as invisible as air!)

Anon

Ah~~ What do I do~~!?

Anon

Even if I start practicing now, it's not like I'll get good right away...

Anon

Hm? A notification on my smartphone? Nyamuchi's makeup video, a new one's been uploaded!

Nyamu

"Good Even-nyamu-nyamu~ Today, I'm going to show you more make-up recommendations~"

Nyamu

"Everyone has a certain way they want to look, right~?"

Anon

...?

Nyamu

"So, this time, I'm going to show you easy, perfect make-up!"

Nyamu

"With this, you'll be fine even on busy mornings! Let's make things easier by using time-saving techniques and level-up a rank!"

Anon

Make things easier by using time-saving techniques...

Anon

...! This might be it...!

Anon

Hey, Tomori-chan, what do you think about writing a new song?

Tomori

What?

Anon

I was thinking that a new band really needs a new song!

Tomori

A new song...

Anon

And about the guitar part, I thought it might be nice to start off with something a bit easy.

Anon

I mean, we have other stuff to get ready, too. So something quick and decent would be good...

Tomori

Anon-chan... I'm sorry. I can only write lyrics...

Anon

Oh... right! Sorry, I was getting ahead of myself... haha...

Anon

(Ugh... The "Make Things Easier by Saving Time Plan" has failed...)

Tomori

...

Anon

Um? What's wrong? You seem a bit down...

Tomori

Uh, um...

Anon

? Something hard to say?

Tomori

Um...

Tomori

I don't... want to perform live...

Anon

What...!?

Soyo

You don't want to perform live? Why...?

Anon

We don't have a band name, and we don't have costumes either. Tomori-chan said she wasn't sure about doing the live show, too!

Tomori

...

Soyo

Tomori-chan, why not do it?

Anon

I just told you!

Taki

Tomori, why...?

Anon

I just said—

Tomori

It'll end...

Tomori

If we perform live... That'll be the end of the band...

Soyo・Taki

...!

Anon

What...?

Anon

That'll be the end... You mean like the last band...?

Tomori

...

Soyo

Tomori-chan, thank you for telling us. You're scared, right?

Soyo

But you know, this time we'll talk about everything, so it'll be all right. So... you see? Let's try playing live, okay?

Tomori

...

Taki

...

Soyo

Taki-chan, are you all right?

Taki

...

Soyo

For Tomori-chan... what happened with CRYCHIC really was a huge shock...

Soyo

But at this rate, everything will turn out the same way.

Soyo

Should we give up on the live show?

Taki

...!

Soyo

We can just keep going like this, never performing live. We can play as a band just in the studio...

Taki

I want to perform live.

Taki

When I first heard Tomori's song... I thought it was about me. All the feelings I couldn't put into words, Tomori turned all of them into a song...

Taki

It told me that it's all right for me to be alive.

Soyo

Taki-chan...

Taki

That's why... when we were going to be a band again, it made me really happy... I thought Tomori felt the same way... but...

Soyo

Hehe... You should tell Tomori-chan all of that.

Taki

It's all just coming from my own ego, so...

Soyo

Why is it that we can never say the things that are most important? That's why everyone in CRYCHIC ended up not connecting with each other...

Soyo

But we don't want to repeat the same thing, right?

Soyo

Taki-chan, you should try telling Tomori-chan how you feel.

Soyo

Just like Tomori-chan's song reached you, I'm sure that your feelings will reach Tomori-chan... I just know she'll understand.

Taki

...

Taki

I don't ever want to make Tomori feel lonely again.

Soyo

I agree...

Tomori

...

Anon

So, what's this about...?

Soyo

Today, I want to have a real talk about what we're doing next.

Anon

By "what we're doing next," you mean the live show, right?

Soyo

No, I'm talking about further in the future.

Soyo

Right now, we're all on different pages, right? Is there really any point to being in a band like this?

Tomori・Anon

...!

Soyo

When we decided to form a band again, we said we'd make sure to talk everything through, right?

Soyo

But we're already failing to connect... At this rate, everything will go wrong again...

Taki

I think doing the live show is the best option.

Tomori

!

Taki

I think that for all of us to come together and move forward, we need a common goal.

Taki

It's because we don't have a goal that we haven't been able to rehearse. And some of us won't even try to practice.

Anon

...

Taki

I think everyone should hear Tomori's song. That's why...

Taki

I think we should do it so that this doesn't end. Do the live show.

Tomori

...!

Anon

But... Tomori-chan is saying she doesn't want to perform!

Anon

And isn't it way too short notice to perform this time? Let's get everything ready the right way and perform at our best!

Tomori

Anon-chan...

Anon

If we do that, then I think that even Tomori-chan will want to—

Taki

Who do you think you are?

Anon

What?

Taki

You keep pretending you're advocating for Tomori, but you just don't want to perform, right?

Taki

Tomori is worried that the band will break up if we do the live show.

Anon

That's...

Taki

You're using that to run away, aren't you?

Anon

...!

Taki

You're running from the guitar.

Anon

I... I'm not running away.

Taki

You can't play guitar, can you? You're always trying to dodge practice.

Anon

I-I am practicing!

Taki

The only things you seem fired up about are things like where you stand, the band name, or stuff like G and F chords. If we don't perform live, you surely will run away.

Taki

Because that's what you've done up until now...

Anon

!! I'm not running away!!

Tomori

! Anon-chan...!

Taki

Ah...! Tomori...!?

Soyo・Taki

...

Soyo

It was something someone was bound to say eventually.

Taki

...