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Chapter 1: Fight
戦い (Tatakai)
戦い (Tatakai)
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Morning
Vivid Street
Vivid Street
Kohane
Um, it should be left at this corner...right?
Kohane
(I'm here early today, so the streets are emptier than usual.)
Kohane
(That said, though...I wonder why she called me out here?)
Kohane
Ah...!
Kohane
An-chan! Good morning!
An
Morning, Kohane.
An
Sorry for calling you out here even though we don't have practice today.
Kohane
No, it's okay. I've been waking up early on weekends to practice vocalizing these days anyways.
An
...Of course. That totally sounds like you, Kohane. You're super motivated, even on weekends.
Kohane
Ehehe, thanks.
Kohane
Anyways, what was it you wanted today, An-chan?
Kohane
You said you had "something important to tell me", but...if that's the case, wouldn't it be better to talk in the cafe, instead of in the street...?
An
——It has to be here.
Kohane
Eh?
An
...To tell you the truth, I wanted to ask you to do something for me, Kohane.
Kohane
You do?
An
Yeah. It's about my assignment.
Kohane
Ah... You mean the assignments Ken-san gave us, right?
An
Yeah.
An
I thought a bunch about all kinds of stuff and finally figured it out. What I have to do to clear it.
An
But that's...not something I can do alone.
An
So I wanted to borrow your strength, Kohane.
Kohane
...Yeah, of course I'll help!
Kohane
What do you want me to do?
An
...Thanks, Kohane.
An
——I want you to fight me.
An
Right here, right now.
Kohane
...Eh?
Flashback
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A few months ago
WEEKEND GARAGE
WEEKEND GARAGE
Ken
——So, next up...
Ken
An. This is about your assignment.
An
Alright.
An
——It doesn't matter what it is. I'll pull off anything you assign me.
Ken
...Is that right, aren't you reliable.
Ken
But...
An
...? What's wrong?
Ken
...No. Don't worry about it.
Ken
An, the thing I want you to do is——
Ken
Something you're familiar with——it's to "get all the old faces in this town serious".
An
...!
An
You want me to get everyone in town...serious...?
Ken
That's right.
Ken
I've told you this a few times before, but...the reason RAD WEEKEND became a legend was because the magnitude of feelings poured into it was beyond the norm.
Ken
And those feelings were nurtured over time, here...on Vivid Street.
Ken
In this special town, where people who love music from the bottom of their hearts gather.
An
...
Ken
If you want to surpass RAD WEEKEND, you need to involve the people who have been in this town since the old days.
Ken
...The feelings those guys have are overwhelmingly strong.
Ken
If those guys hadn't seriously thought that they wanted to "send off Nagi's final wishes", RAD WEEKEND wouldn't have turned out the way it did.
An
...
Ken
That's why it's necessary to get all of those guys up and moving. But...
Ken
Those guys still won't even look in your direction. ...No, they can't even see you.
An
...In our direction...?
Ken
Right.
Ken
Nagi entrusted her wishes to the next generation——to you lot. That's why they want you guys to go beyond Nagi's dream.
Ken
But...somewhere, they're still chasing after Nagi. Subconsciously, they see Nagi's shadow...they're looking at an illusion.
Ken
...With that, and the guilt they still feel over what they kept from you, they might not be able to face you properly.
An
...
Ken
——Because of that, An.
Ken
You have to make those guys realize it.
Ken
They don't want that dream to come true——just because Nagi entrusted it to you.
Ken
"I want to see the moment those kids' dreams are realized with my own eyes, no matter what." You need to make them seriously think that.
An
...Seriously...
Akito
... I get what Ken-san's saying, but...
Kohane
...
Flashback
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An
...Why!? Why!!?
Whump
An
Why am I the only one who didn't know something so important!?
An
Isn't that messed up!? I thought you were all my friends, I thought you were my family!!
An
Then, why!? Why was I the only one...!!
End flashback
Kohane
...
Kohane
It has to be An-chan...doesn't it...?
Ken
...Yeah.
Ken
This is something only An can do. ——Only An, who was raised in this town just like Nagi was, who is treated like family by just about everyone in town.
Ken
Those guys have always been watching. Watching An as she grew up, chasing after Nagi.
Ken
An, the person Nagi wanted to entrust her dreams to.
Ken
That's why An's the only one who can get them moving.
Kohane
...
An
...Thanks, Kohane. For worrying about me.
An
But——I'll be fine. I'll pull it off.
An
I still can't forgive everyone for keeping quiet after Nagi died.
An
But...I get it. Wanting to listen to Nagi's final wishes.
Toya
Shiraishi...
An
...And, the other day, I talked to everyone. The owner of Crawl Green came over.
Akito
He did?
An
Yeah. And——
Flashback
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Crawl Green Owner
...I'm really sorry, for keeping my mouth shut.
An
...
Live House Manager
...It was our bad, An-chan! We kept something this important from you for so long...!
Curly Haired Record Store Employee
We're...really sorry...
Crawl Green Owner
...We won't ask for forgiveness. We don't have the right to demand that of you.
Crawl Green Owner
Just...we're so, so sorry.
An
...I...
An
Sorry... I can't...talk properly right now...
Crawl Green Owner
...Of course. Sorry for springing this on you out of nowhere.
Crawl Green Owner
...Thanks for meeting with us, An.
An
...
End flashback
An
Back then, I couldn't respond to everyone properly, but...
An
I'm okay now.
An
Because I get that I, and everyone else——we all loved Nagi-san the same way.
Ken
...An.
Ken
——We're counting on you.
Ken
Your feelings, they run so hot that they won't lose to ours. Go prove that to everyone.
An
...Of course! Leave it to me!