Ch. 12 Ep. 7: Us Too!
The μ's and Nijigasaki girls are fired up after seeing Aqours' early-morning practice. One day, after returning from Uchiura with a renewed passion for the School Idol Festival, you find the whole club looking through your notes.
Player
All righty, practice time! Another day, another 110-percent effort! Wait, what are you guys doing?
Ayumu
We're looking through this.
Player
That's the notebook I've been using to keep track of you guys' practice…
Ayumu
Yup. The club hasn't even been around for that long, but looking through this sure does take me back.
Ai
You've been keeping really detailed notes on us, huh?
Shizuku
Not only have you written what was covered in our lessons each day, but you have also been analyzing all of our traits, strengths, and weaknesses. You are incredible.
Rina
Every page is chock-full of notes.
Emma
You might know me better than I know myself.
Karin
You've been so observant of us.
Kanata
You even made note of every time we made your heart skip a beat or get emotional. Seeing it all written out like this is a bit embarrassing, actually.
Kasumi
So I suppose this means you're a big fan of mine then, huh?
Player
Hahaha, you know I am!
Kasumi
Really?!
Player
But not just of you. I'm a huge fan of everyone in the club.
Kasumi
Man, did you have to say it? This sucks.
Player
But what made you guys want to look through my practice notes all of a sudden? Are you guys upset with the practice regimen I've come up with?
Ayumu
That's not it at all! It's just that there are so many notes here, ever since the day the club was founded. So we just thought maybe we could use them as a reference…
Ai
I know she's super sharp, but you can't expect her to understand if you can't get to the point.
Player
Uh, so… What are you using them as a reference for?
Setsuna
I can't stop thinking of how Aqours looked while dancing in Numazu this weekend. It's simply burned into my mind.
Shizuku
The fact that μ's was so determined to catch up with Aqours left a deep impression on me.
Kasumi
They were so amazing, even μ's was feelin' a bit left behind.
Kanata
Compared to them, we're total nobodies.
Player
Aqours and μ's might be amazing, but all of you have individual traits that stand up to theirs. You guys are just gonna keep growing more and more from here on.
Ai
Yeah, I know. All we can do is make whatever progress we can each day, right?
Rina
There's no way we can expect to just suddenly level up.
Emma
Yeah. It wouldn't be fair to Aqours and μ's if we got to where they are without too much struggle.
Ayumu
It's normal to want to reach the same heights though. You shouldn't ever lose sight of that feeling. Right?
Player
Of course!
Ayumu
I've always felt like I wanted to better myself, but it was more like a dream than anything else. Something that wasn't really tangible.
Ayumu
But now that I have had the chance to work with you all and see everyone's efforts up close, I realized that we just have to work hard to get to that level.
Kasumi
So then, we all started wondering what draws people to us so we decided to check out your notebook!
Setsuna
We figured that we might be able to get an objective view of our appeal if we perused the notes you write about us every day.
Ai
But when we actually flipped it open, we were shocked by all of the words crammed into each page.
Rina
The love is intense.
Emma
Yeah. We're so lucky to have you always thinking of us like this.
Kanata
Thank you for always looking after us, supporting us, and cheering us on more than anybody else out there.
Karin
And sorry for all the trouble we cause you too.
Player
C-C'mon guys, where's all this coming from? It's really not that big of a deal.
Player
If you love something, you want to see it succeed. That's just common sense. I'm cheering you guys on because I want to. I don't think of it as trouble at all.
Setsuna
We really are blessed to have you around.
Rina
This club probably wouldn't even exist if it weren't for you… Rina-chan Board says, “Terrifying!”
Karin
Thanks for protecting the club and bringing us all together.
Player
I just said, you don't need to thank me… You're making me blush.
Kasumi
Hold up, everyone! You know I'M the one who protected this club, right?
Emma
*Chuckle* You did stay back to man the fort for us. Thank you!
Kanata
No need to remind us a thousandth time.
Kasumi
And now we have permission to keep practicing too!
Ai
I guess good things really DO come in small packages. Isn't that right, Kasukasu?
Kasumi
My name's not Kasukasu! And I'm not little!
Karin
*Giggle* Isn't this great?
Setsuna
After we went to Numazu, we were able to reaffirm what we needed to work towards for the School Idol Festival.
Ayumu
Exactly. We're gonna put together a performance worthy of sharing the stage with μ's and Aqours. That's our new goal!
Shizuku
So we are counting on your continued support!
Player
You don't have to tell me twice! So now, today, and every day forward, let's work our butts off and make everyone's dreams come true!
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