Hello.

Hey there! I saw the last live show! It was just the video, but still, I was super impressed!

Chika! If you start rambling on like that all of the sudden, you're going to scare her! I'm sorry.

I-It's all right. When you say live show…are you talking about the event that Nijigasaki's School Idol Club performed at?

Yep! Everyone's dancing and singing were equal parts cute and cool. It was wonderful to watch!

My heart was pounding like I was right there at the venue, and sometimes I even forgot to breathe. I really wish I could've been there in person to cheer everyone on.

It really was an excellent performance. My heart was shiny and burning with passion, too!

*Chuckle* Thank you. That event was the first time in a while that the whole club was able to perform together. Everyone was more amped up than usual.

I see. Since the girls from Nijigasaki usually perform solo shows, they aren't all together for every event, huh?

It hits me every time I watch Nijigasaki, but it's really amazing that you guys can put on such an impressive show even while performing solo.

The acoustics and stage direction play a part, but the performers' abilities themselves are the most important thing. You cannot underestimate the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Um, this is just an idea, but…why don't we also try doing that? Solo live shows.

What?!

That sounds fun! Now that you mention it, we've never sung solo before, and this way we can try something different on stage that we can't when all nine of us are up there!

I see… It could be a good experience for us to try singing and dancing alone on stage, too.

S-Singing all alone, zura? Gahhh. Can I really sing by myself?

You've sung by yourself as part of the choir, haven't you? Isn't it too late use that as an excuse?

A choir solo and a school idol live show are completely different, zura!

We're already planning to perform at a small regional event, so maybe we could try performing solo songs at that?

But haven't we already registered as a group of nine?

That's true. I'll try talking to the executive committee about it. If they give us the okay, then let's do solo live shows!

Things are really gonna get busy if we're writing a solo song for each of us. Chika, do you want to write the lyrics as usual? Or do we each want to write our own songs?

How about we write them ourselves? Each of us has to sing our own song, after all!

Me, write lyrics? That'd be a first! Hopefully I'll be able to handle it.

I'll help you all, too. I'm the one in charge of writing songs for the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, so I might be able to lend a hand.

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Huh? Mari?

What? Oh, sorry, what's up?

Well… I noticed you haven't been talking much. Is something wrong? Are you not really feeling the idea of doing a solo live show?

That couldn't be further from the truth. I love a good challenge! And I'm excited that Aqours might be discovering some new potential!