< BURN MY SOUL | Story
Chapter 8: Light The Fire!
火をつけろ！ (? (edit))
火をつけろ！ (? (edit))
Character appearances:
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Vivid Street
Kohane
Do your best...Shinonome-kun...!
Akito
——Then, let's get this started.
Akito
(...! That's...)
Akito
(...I see.)
Akito
(Watch closely, Mita.)
Akito
——Everyone, it's been a while.
Crowd chattering
Akito
I know there've been rumors floating around about us.
Akito
That since we got beat by Taiga-san, Vivid BAD SQUAD has disbanded. That we've run away from this town. But——
Akito
——We haven't given up on anything!
Akito
We will surpass RAD WEEKEND!
Akito
Today, I came here to light the signal fire!!
Crowd chattering
Kotaro
...Those guys...
Kotaro
I knew those guys hadn't really given up...!!
Akito
(...This is our first step.)
Akito
(It's weird. Even though this is an important role, one there's no coming back from if I screw up——)
Akito
(I'm itching to start singing already...!)
Akito
♪——————!!
Kotaro
...Kh!?
Crowd chattering
Young Musicians in Town
Wh...What the hell!?
Young Musicians in Town
It's so intense...!
Akito
♪——————————————!!
Crowd cheering
Crawl Green Owner
Is that seriously Shinonome-kun...!?
Kotaro
...What's with his singing?
Kotaro
How much did you have to practice to get to this...
Kotaro
That guy...he's come so far when I wasn't looking...
Kotaro
(...No.)
Kotaro
(Now that I think about it, it's been that way from the start.)
Kotaro
(In the beginning, everyone made fun of him 'cause all he had going for him was that loud-ass voice. I thought that too.)
Kotaro
(He was nothing special. Just some ordinary guy with no talent.)
Kotaro
(But, since he put in so much effort all the time, he surpassed the guys who made fun of him in no time at all——)
Kotaro
(...Before I even realized it, I started to love his singing.)
Akito
♪————!! ————!!
Young Musicians in Town
...Seriously, what the hell happened to that guy!?
Young Musicians in Town
Are we...aren't we listening to something insane right now!?
Kotaro
(Me and him...what's the difference between us?)
Kotaro
(What's...)
Kotaro
(...The answer to that is obvious. The reason I suck no matter how hard I try is 'cause I just don't have the guts...)
Kotaro
('Cause I gave up so fast and ran away, and I didn't face my music 'til the end, like he did...)
Kotaro
(That's why...I can't be like him...)
Kotaro
(I wish I could...sing like him...)
Kotaro
(...I don't wanna give up either. Even if I suck right now, someday...I'll be like that...!)
Akito
♪————!! ————!!
Crowd cheering
Kotaro
(And then, it'll be——)
Flashback
End flashback
Kotaro
(It'll be just like that day again...!)
Akito
♪——————————————!!
Crowd cheering
Akito
...Do you see it now? Our resolve?
Akito
This is nothing compared to the four of us together. We'll show you something even crazier!
Young Musicians in Town
Something even crazier...!?
Akito
——At our next event!
Akito
At our next event, at COL, we'll surpass RAD WEEKEND!!
Young Musicians in Town
Huh...!?
Young Musicians in Town
Is he serious!?
Kotaro
The next...!?
Akito
——RAD WEEKEND isn't just a legendary event.
Akito
All of the feelings and wishes that were poured into it...we know them, too.
Flashback
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End flashback
Akito
But——
Akito
We'll shoulder those feelings and surpass it!
Akito
You'll all see that night——no.
Akito
We'll show you a new legend!
Kotaro
...!!
Akito
So, follow us.
Akito
——Everyone who wants to surpass it with us, follow our lead!!
Crowd chattering
Kotaro
(With you...)
Kotaro
(...I wanna...!)
Kotaro
(...No...I can't.)
Kotaro
(There's no way that I could just go back to them so easily, not after I gave up and ran away already...)
Kotaro
(Besides, I don't know if I could face them...)
Crawl Green Owner
...You're not gonna go?
Kotaro
Eh? Ah...no, I...
Kotaro
I...
Flashback
End flashback
Kotaro
...I don't wanna drag them down any more.
Kotaro
And...I don't wanna feel like such a pathetic loser again...
Crawl Green Owner
...Are you really satisfied with that?
Kotaro
...Kh.
Kotaro
(Am I just...)
Kotaro
(Am I just...gonna end up running away again?)
Kotaro
(Am I gonna keep being this cowardly, incompetent person...and live with a bunch of regrets for the rest of my life?)
Kotaro
That's...
Kotaro
...I don't want that...
Kotaro
...I don't wanna give up anymore... I wanna face my music, just like him, even if it's just a little——
Kotaro
...Akito...!
Kotaro
——Akito! Wait!!
Kotaro
Let me go with you! One more time, together...!!
Kotaro
Even if you're furious at me for showing my face here again...please, on my hands and knees...! I'm begging you!!
Akito
Mita...
Kotaro
I...I wanna sing like you...
Kotaro
With you, with all of you...I wanna surpass RAD WEEKEND...!!
Akito
Feelings like "I wanna sing with you" and "I wanna surpass it with all of you" aren't gonna cut it.
Kotaro
Ah...
Kotaro
...
Akito
Can you find the resolve?
Kotaro
Eh?
Akito
"I'll do anything to surpass it". Do you have that feeling——do you have the guts?
Kotaro
...Kh.
Kotaro
(Do I...have the guts...?)
Kotaro
——I do!!
Kotaro
I'll never run away again!!
Kotaro
Together, with you guys——I'll surpass it!!
Akito
...Jeez, took you long enough to find your resolve.
Kotaro
...!
Kotaro
Let's do it. Together.
Kotaro
...Thank you! Akito...!
Akito
I didn't do anything worth thanking me for.
Akito
Besides——
Akito
You say you're garbage, but that's not true. Your singing...it has fire.
Akito
We need your singing. So...let's surpass RAD WEEKEND, together.
Kotaro
...! Yeah!
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WEEKEND GARAGE
Akito
——That said.
Akito
You guys, we got one of our teammates back.
Kotaro
Ah...
Kotaro
Um, I——
An
Welcome back, Kotaro!
Kotaro
Eh...!
Toya
Thank you very much for returning...let's do our best. Once again.
Kohane
Let's surpass RAD WEEKEND together! Mita-san!
Kotaro
——Yeah! Let's do our best together, guys!
Ken
——Akito.
Akito
Ah...Ken-san.
Ken
C'mere. Take a look at the folks out on the street.
Young Musicians in Town
Those guys, they said it'd be their next event...are they serious!?
Young Musicians in Town
And hasn't COL been closed for years? What was that about?
Young Musicians in Town
No idea, but, that singing just now... If Shinonome could pull that off by himself, they might actually...
Ken
That's the fire you lit.
Akito
...Right.
Akito
But, today was just the first step.
Akito
I'll make that fire burn even brighter. Next time——
Akito
With these guys.
Ken
...I see. I'll be looking forward to it.
Akito
Yeah. And we'll surpass those expectations too. Definitely.
Ken
Now then——thanks to Akito, a fire has been lit in the audience.
Ken
Next, it's your turn.
Akito
(...That's right. This is where the real battle begins.)
Akito
Let's do it, you guys!! We'll shake this town to its core!!
An, Toya, Kohane & Kotaro
Yes!
Yeah!
Yep!
Yeah!
Yep!