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Crawl Green
Tatsuya
(...Jeez, Azusawa's one hell of a beast. Looks like I was severely underestimating her, expecting just a replica of her STAY GOLD performance.)
Tatsuya
(——But...this air feels great! I won't let the atmosphere that Azusawa created go to waste!)
Tatsuya
We won't lose here either! Let's hear you cheer until your throats tear to shreds!
Audience cheering
Backstage
Kohane
*pant*, *pant*...*pant*...
Akito
...Kohane!
Akito
Your solo rocked the house. All you've gotta do now is rest up 'til our turn, make sure your voice doesn't give out!
Kohane
...! Yeah...! Thank you, Shinonome-kun.
Kotaro
That song just now powered me up too! You can even lie down if you need to, just focus on recovering until you're up again!
Kohane
No, I'll be alright...! I wanna see everybody's performances from the wings...
An
...
An
...Kohane! Good job!
An
Here! I brought a drink for you, so don't forget to stay hydrated!
Kohane
...Yeah, thank you. I'll drink up.
Tatsuya
Next up is——this guy!
Audience cheering
Kotaro
(...!? The venue is...the floor is so hot, it's on fire!)
Kotaro
(Azusawa created the best atmosphere possible, and then EVER blew that through the roof.)
Kotaro
(In that case——I've gotta show them what I can do too!)
Kotaro
You guys can get even more hyped up, can't you!! Let's tear up the floor and have some fun!!
Kotaro
♪——————! ————!!
Audience Member
I had no idea Kotaro was this good!? His songs sweep you up so easily!
Kotaro
(My voice is coming out better than usual, and my tongue's rolling well too~! The crowd's seriously getting into it, this is the best!)
— Some time later —
Kotaro
Touno! I'm leaving it to you!
Arata
(Haha, this is astounding. I've never felt an atmosphere like this before. It's so hot, even just breathing makes my throat dry out.)
Arata
(And above that——Kohane-chan's song won't leave my head. I've been wanting to sing ever since I heard it...)
Arata
(——I can't hold myself back. I've reached my limit.)
Arata
Hey, everyone, you haven't passed out yet, have you? Keep up until the end!
Arata
♪————!! ————!! ————!!
Audience Member
Woah! Touno's improved a ton too!
Audience Member
Actually, was he always this aggressive? It's so intense that it's giving me chills...!
Toya
Azusawa, it's almost time to go. Do you think you're ready?
Kohane
Yeah! I'm warmed up again, so I can sing whenever!
An
...
Akito
...Oi, An.
An
Ah...what?
Akito
You're ready too, right?
An
...Yeah. Thanks, Akito. I'm fine! Just leave it to me.
An
Plus, we all promised. We're gonna hype up the audience here as much as we can!
Akito
...Jeez, you've got one hell of a memory.
Arata
...Then, all that's left is the finale! I'll leave the rest to you, Vivid BAD SQUAD!
Akito
...Right, let's go! We'll make the audience and the owner acknowledge that this is the best event ever!
Tatsuya
You guys, go out there and hit them with everything you've got!
Kotaro
Akito! Show 'em a performance that'll blow Shepherd outta the water!
Akito
Yeah, of course!
Audience cheering
Toya
(This is...what a tremendous heat. Seeing it from the wings is completely different from feeling it on stage.)
Toya
(It's so suffocating, it feels incredible...!)
An
(I've never felt this hot before...)
An
(Ah—! I wanna sing my heart out!)
Kohane
(...I wonder why. I can see the audience's faces even better than before.)
Kohane
(Everybody's so sweaty, and so tired they can barely stand...but it looks like they're saying that they want our song to get their blood pumping even faster!)
Akito
——Let's go. Keep it up until the end!
Akito
♪————! ————!!
An
(...It's fine. Up here, there's only one thing I'm meant to do!)
An
(Right now, I'm not gonna think about anything else, I've just gotta focus on singing...!)
Kohane & An
♪————————!!
Kohane
(...She's so reliable. When An-chan's singing next to me, I feel like our voices can reach places I couldn't get to alone.)
Kohane
(Right now, for us, anything is——!)
An
(Right now...Kohane is so amazing that it's almost scary.)
An
(...But, it's strange. When I sing with her——I feel like we can do anything.)
Akito & Toya
♪————!! ————!!
Toya
(It feels like Azusawa's singing is pushing us further and further up.)
Toya
(Right now, is everyone taking the lead for themselves? The heat is surging so much that even that feels difficult to ascertain——it feels comforting.)
Akito
(I thought it was impossible to know how far Kohane's singing would go, but...I never imagined she'd improve this much.)
Akito
(...But, her voice is pulling us higher.)
Akito
(If that's how it is, there's no use hesitating. I need to use this momentum, and keep pushing the limit!)
Kohane & Akito
♪——————!
Kohane
(...Shinonome-kun came forward all of a sudden. His singing right now is so beautiful and powerful...!)
Kohane
(The audience is more pumped up than I've ever seen. The venue is even more passionate than when I was singing alone.)
Kohane
(I thought I'd already got it all out of my system, but I'm sweating again. My body temperature just keeps rising.)
Kohane
(I want to reach the peak, and then, I want to keep running even higher——!)
Kohane
♪————————!!
Audience Member
This is kind of a crazy event...!
Audience Member
Yeah! Some crazy interesting guys have shown up!
Crawl Green Owner
(...This event, it really is...the momentum is on par with RADder's first live...!)
Crawl Green Owner
(——I see. So the kid from back then can put on an event like this now...)
Flashback
Crawl Green Owner
With RADder's debut, and the birth of RAD WEEKEND, and with how it's called a legend now——
Crawl Green Owner
I'm sure I'll never see another event like that for the rest of my life.
An's Father
...You might be surprised to hear that I don't really agree with that.
End flashback
Crawl Green Owner
...Maybe Ken was right.
Taiga & Ken
...
An's Father
(So this is what they're capable of.)
An's Father
(I thought it might be possible, but...)
An's Father
If there's anyone who could surpass that night, it'd be——
Taiga
...
Taiga
(The day I met the little lady was the say I saw her in STAY GOLD. I saw a little bit of Nagi in her, but she was rough around the edges...)
Taiga
(That's why she piqued my interest. ——I thought that's all there was to it.)
Flashback
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Nagi
Beyond the horizon of our dream...I'm sure the next generation will be walking in that light.
End flashback
Taiga
...I get it. The next generation, huh——
Taiga
(Heh... I didn't think I'd hold the same feelings as Nagi did——)
Taiga
(But...)
Taiga
(——I'm not like that.)
Taiga
(That night, I decided that I would shoulder our music, that I would move forward——)
An's Father
...Taiga?
Taiga
——Jeez, they shouldn't stick their hands into something with half-assed feelings.
Taiga
I'm off, Ken.
An's Father
...Are you sure?
Taiga
You should know by now——
Taiga
I hate leaving things unfinished, even if I do them in the spur of the moment. One last thing I need to take care of just popped up.
Taiga
I'll get that over with quickly, then get back to my own path.
An's Father
——I see.
— Some time later —
Akito
*pant*, *pant*...
Kotaro
...Ahhh, I'm all outta juice! I don't wanna move another inch~!
Akito
Yeah, I'm beat too... Well, everyone looks dead on their feet.
Arata
Yeah. I'm gonna have to build up more stamina.
Toya
You're right... But, even still, I think today's event might have been our best performance yet.
Toya
And that is, without a doubt——the influence of Azusawa's song.
Kohane
...*pant*...*pant*, *pant*...
Akito
And it looks like she's the most exhausted out of all of us. Well, it makes sense, since she sang more than any of us.
An
Kohane...you were amazing!
Kohane
...Ah. Ehehe, An-chan.
Kohane
...I-I did it. Because everyone believed in me, and sent me out.
Kohane
Because you told me you wanted to hear my best song...
Kohane
I was scared to stand alone, but I'm glad I tried... Thank you for believing in me, An-chan!
An
...
Kohane
...An-chan? Is something wrong?
An
Ah... ——No. I was just thinking about how tired I am! That's all.
An
...I'm gonna go take a breather outside.
Kohane
Ah...okay. Take care.
Audience Member
We got to see an awesome event! Especially that girl who came out at the start, she was insane!
Audience Member
Nah, the other guys were crazy high level too! The whole place was on fire...those guys really are planning on surpassing RAD WEEKEND.
Audience Member
If it's those guys, they might seriously be able to surpass it!
An
...! Hey, everyone, did you hear that...
Toya
...It sounded like they said we could seriously surpass it.
Akito
...Yeah. We're definitely getting closer. But, we can't let our guards down here.
Kohane
But, it makes me happy... I wanna keep up this pace.
Kohane
(...Oh, right. I wonder if Taiga-san and An-chan's dad enjoyed themselves?)
Flashback
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End flashback
Kohane
(I don't know if we managed to surpass Taiga-san and the others' first event...)
Kohane
(But, if they were able to enjoy themselves at our event, even if it's just that...for now, I'll——)
Less than an hour later
Vivid Street
Vivid Street
Taiga
I don't have much longer before I've gotta get going.
Taiga
...Now then.
Taiga
——Little lady, our "important thing" isn't something to underestimate, alright?