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Chapter 2: Strategy Meeting
作戦会議 (? (edit))
作戦会議 (? (edit))
Vivid Street
Kotaro
Akito...!
Young Musicians in Town
Is that...Shinonome, from Vivid BAD SQUAD? I didn't know he was still singing around here.
Young Musicians in Town
But, why is Shinonome by himself?
Young Musicians in Town
I guess they really did break up after Taiga-san beat them, huh?
Akito
(...I expected that reaction.)
Akito
(Ever since that day, anyone in this town who expected somethin' of us disappeared.)
Akito
(But——)
Akito
(The fact that things're this cold means there's all the more reason to heat it up.)
Akito
——Then, let's go!
Flashback
[[File:A few months ago
WEEKEND GARAGE|700px]]
WEEKEND GARAGE|700px]]
Ken
In that case, let's talk about our activities moving forward.
Ken
Simply put——this is a strategy meeting on how you're gonna surpass RAD WEEKEND.
Kohane, An, Akito & Toya
Okay!
Yes!
Yes!
Ken
First order of business——
Ken
What do you lot think needs to happen for you to say you've "surpassed RAD WEEKEND"?
Kohane
What needs...to happen?
Ken
Right.
An
...I——
An
If we can surpass the passion from that night with everyone, I think I'd be able to say we "surpassed RAD WEEKEND".
An
But...I still have no idea what we need to do to make that happen.
Toya
...Yes. I'd always thought that as long as I gained enough strength, I would someday be able to surpass it... But now that I know the other side of RAD WEEKEND...
Ken
——Right.
Ken
There's just one way I know of for you to surpass the passion that was born at RAD WEEKEND.
Akito
Eh...!
An
Dad, do you mean...?
Ken
Nagi's wish, the path that we walked as RADder, was born from that...the feelings of everyone in town——
Ken
You'll have to——write over those feelings with something new, something that's your own.
Kohane
...Write over?
Toya
That's...what are you trying to say?
Ken
That day——when I told you the truth. You said it yourselves.
Ken
That you'd definitely surpass RAD WEEKEND——that you would prove you could go beyond RADder's dream.
Ken
You turn those feelings into music...turn them into your own event, and show everyone.
Ken
...You all gave your own dream——your own feelings.
Ken
Nagi——she hoped that you, "the next generation", would go beyond her dream, and I want to see that scenery for myself.
Ken
All of the old faces in town wished that Nagi's dream would come true.
Ken
Your audience and the younger folks around here might've cooled down, but they should be thinking somewhere, deep down, that they want to see the moment guys like you surpass that legend.
Ken
Everyone's got their own selfish feelings...after all.
Ken
But, when everything finally ties together——when everyone knows for certain that you lot will be able to go beyond that dream...
Ken
I bet that the passion that can surpass RAD WEEKEND will be born.
Ken
...So?
An
That's...I think so too, and I think it'd be nice if that could happen.
Kohane
Yeah...you're right.
Akito
(...But problem is, right now, we don't have that power.)
Akito
(It's not just raw skill. We don't have any teammates. The town's completely cooled off. We're facing 100 problems——)
Ken
...I know that it's a difficult road ahead for you.
Ken
But——I believe in you all.
Akito
...!
Ken
I hope you can all go beyond that dream. I'm first in line to think that.
Ken
...Nah, I'm actually the second. The first one who wanted it was her.
An
...Dad...
Ken
Deep down, this town hopes that it'll happen. So if you reawaken those feelings, and respond to them...the path should open for you.
An
...Yeah, you're right. Let's do it.
An
'Cause obviously, nothing'll happen until we go for it!
Akito
...Right.
Akito
If we can't do that, we won't be able to surpass RAD WEEKEND. So, we've got no other choice.
Kohane
Yeah...! I'll do my best too!
Toya
We'll be in your care then, Ken-san.
Ken
Alright. Then——let's talk more generally from here on out.
Ken
The way I see it, you can split up the things you need to do into two categories.
Ken
The first is pretty simple, it's to gain skill. If you can't do that, there's no point even talking about it.
Ken
And the other is, like I said earlier, to take your new feelings and bring them to the town——you'll have to put them on full display.
Ken
When it comes to improving your skills——there's no better way to gain strength than hands-on experience.
Ken
That's why I'll be taking you to live houses where only high level performers gather. You'll take part in competitive events there.
Toya
Where only high level performers gather...would that mean somewhere like Crawl Green?
Ken
Yeah. The type of place where just being "good" won't even get you through the door.
Kohane
Through the door...
Ken
——We'll do that alongside your regular practice, almost every day. After school, I'll come pick you up in my car and we'll head straight to the live house.
Akito
Your car...are we going out far?
Ken
Yeah. There are people of unbelievable skill just outside town.
Ken
Just like RADder, they were born in and rose to fame in those towns.
Ken
From now on, you'll be competing with people like that. Luckily, I've got connections.
Akito
(...I see. That means, from now on, we'll be battling against the cream of the crop, like Ken-san...)