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Chapter 1: A Carefree Singing Voice
自由な歌声 (? (edit))
自由な歌声 (? (edit))
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Street SEKAI
Kohane
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Kohane
...Yes!! I managed to maintain my volume right to the end this time!
Toya
Yeah, you did a great job. Next is--
An
...On it! I'm up next!
Toya
Right. Go ahead.
An
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An
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Akito
Oh, nice one, you sound a lot more energetic than before.
Kohane
Yeah! An-chan, you're so cool!
An
Fufu, riiight? All thanks to me working my ass off in street lives!
Akito
My turn now, then. Here goes!
Akito
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Toya
(When Azusawa started practicing with Taiga-san, Shiraishi seemed off somehow...)
Toya
(I see she managed to get her old attitude back. Thanks to that, the atmosphere here is good.)
Toya
(I wonder if I could do something to keep up that atmosphere——)
Toya
(...That's right. There's the book about vocalization techniques I picked up a few days ago. Maybe that could be useful for us to learn from.)
Toya
(I'll try to contribute my knowledge to our team.)
— Some time later —
An
Mmm~ We really outdid ourselves today!
Kohane
Right! I sang so much, I feel all warmed up now.
An
Same~. Good thing we have this SEKAI, huh. It's raining, so we can't use the usual park.
Akito
If we practised in that cold and rain, we'd all catch a cold right away.
Kohane
Ah, but I think Taiga-san said he practises even when it's raining.
Akito
Huh? You're kiddin' me.
Kohane
He does. He said that if you focus your mind, even the rain will burn up.
An
Ahaha, it's just like him to practice in the rain like nothi8ng's different.
An
...Wait, he's not dragging you into that too, right!? You'll ruin oyur health!
Kohane
Ah, it's not like that at all!
Kohane
Apparently Taiga-san doesn't mind the rain because he just never had colds, but he said he wouldn't recommend it to anyone else!
Kohane
Well... Practice with Taiga-san is often a little weird like that.
Toya
Weird?
Kohane
So, um, sometimes we listen to a lot of songs and talk about our thoughts.
Akito
Your thoughts?
Kohane
Yeah. It's not about how good the music is, or how much we like the chorus...
Kohane
He gets me to compare how I feel about it to something else, like it feels like being in a field of sunflowers, or watching a sunset settling on the ocean.
An
Mm~? I wonder what the point of that is...?
Akito
Training your ears...or somethin'? That guy's hard to get a read on.
Kohane
Ahaha... Maybe it's not the kind of practice we're used to, but...
Kohane
I'm sure it means something, so I'll do my best to take what he says to heart!
An
——Right! We're rooting for you, Kohane!
Toya
Now, after this——
Toya
Like we discussed before, are we all still okay with looking for a new song to add to our repertoire?
An
Yeah! If we're gonna be going through a bunch of songs, let's go to MEIKO-san's cafe!
Kohane
Okay! ...Huh?
Akito
What's up?
Kohane
That person scurrying around over there, could it be...
Akito
Hm? ...Ah!
An
Luka-san!?
Luka
Eh? ...Ah! It's An-chan and the gang! Long time no see~♪
Luka
It's good to see you!
Toya
Where have you been lately? We haven't seen you at the cafe...
Luka
Hahaha, I've been checking out this SEKAI, and I got wrapped up in how fun it was.
Luka
Since I was hanging around in different places, I think I kept just missing all of you~
An
Ahaha! That's very Luka of you.
Kohane
Fufu, it's nice to see you. I'd be happy to sing with you sometime!
Luka
Ohhh, good idea! Let's go for it then!
Kohane
Eh? Is that okay?
Luka
Of course! We'll celebrate us meeting again. Akito-kun, Toya-kun, you down?
Toya
Sure. It's been a while since last time, so I'd be thrilled.
Akito
Well, no reason not to. Singin' together's not half bad for a welcome present.
Luka
Thanks! Okay, let's go for it!
Akito
'Kay. I'll count us in. One, two, three, four...
Luka
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Kohane & An
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Toya
(...Luka-san's vocals sound so relaxed.)
Toya
(She sounds so free, and she's so responsive to the people she sings with.)
Toya
(It's like she's very flexible. I wish I could sing like that, too.)
— Some time later —
Luka
Mmm~! I really sang my heart out on that one!
An
Phew, that felt amazing! Hey, Luka! Gimme five!
Luka
Woo! Fufu, you're just as good as ever.
Luka
All of you guys have improved so much, huh? Your voices are so much more clear now!
Kohane
You really think so?
Akito
If it's that noticeable, then our hard work's finally payin' off.
Toya
Right. Let's keep this up and make this our new standard.
An
——Oh, that's right!
An
Hey guys! Why don't we get Luka-san to help pick out the new song for our repertoire?
Luka
New song?
An
Yeah. We wanna challenge ourselves with a new song that we haven't done anything like before. We all brought a buncha options with us.
An
So I thought maybe you could give us your thoughts on them!
Kohane
That's a great idea. Luka-san, if you wouldn't mind...!
Luka
If that's all you need, than count me in! Let's go!
An & Kohane
Alright!