Ch. 12 Ep. 9: Promo Video Complete!
You've shot the footage of ÎĽ's, Aqours, and Nijigasaki practicing together for the School Idol Festival promo video. Seeing all three groups working as hard as they can reassures you that the performance is going to be amazing.
Kasumi
Team Shop 'til You Drop is back!
Nico
Ughhh, it's so heavy my arms are gonna fall off.
Honoka
Thanks for the help!
Hanamaru
I-It was amazing… It was so bright, even at night… That must be why they call Tokyo the City of the Future, zura…
Karin
I'm pretty sure you're the only one who calls it that…
Maki
What's with all of this stuff? What on earth did you buy?
Rin
A whole bunch of candy and soft drinks!
Kasumi
We got some cards too!
Eli
We didn't just come here for fun and games, you know.
Dia
Eli is absolutely right. Do not forget that we obtained special permission from Nijigasaki High School to stay over and edit through the night.
Kasumi
I know… But you gotta take a break sometime!
Shizuku
Given that you've gone out of your way to buy a pack of cards, it is abundantly clear that you are not thinking of this as a break-time activity.
Nico
Oh, don't be such a wet blanket. We can't all be editing the footage at once and there's no fun in just sitting around staring off into space.
Nico
Besides, it's a sleepover at school! Who wouldn't get excited?!
Emma
She's right. I'm giddy just thinking about how much space we have all to ourselves!
Kasumi
Yeah, Nico! Emma! I knew you'd understand me!
Nico
That's it, keep the compliments coming. I know I deserve 'em.
Maki
Nico, you're an upperclassman. You should start acting like it.
Nico
All the shackles are off at this time of night!
Hanayo
Is it just me, or is the school kinda creepy at night though?
Kotori
Yeah, I'm kinda scared a ghost might pop up any second.
Eli
Ghosts?!
Kanan
D-Don't be silly! There aren't any ghosts around here!
Eli
R-Right. There's no way.
Chika
But, you've heard that every school has seven mysteries, right?
Ayumu
No, that itself sounds like a mystery to me. Who came up with that nonsense?
Karin
Also, how could every school have the same seven mysteries?
Emma
Wh-What are these “seven mysteries” you're talking about?
You
Oh, you don't know? Every school in Japan has seven mysteries that are passed down. Like, at night, there's an extra stair on the staircase! Stuff like that.
Riko
There are also stories about music room portraits whose eyes start moving, pianos playing on their own…
Nozomi
Don't forget the one about the anatomical model in the science room coming to life.
Emma
You're kidding! That sounds like fun! So basically, little school fairies come out to play, right? I wanna join in on their games!
Eli
You're a life-saver, Emma… I like the way you think… They're all just fairies playing around.
Kanan
I've decided that that's the real truth behind every mystery I'll ever encounter from here on out.
Kanata
Well, in that case, why don't we hurry and finish editing so we can go on a little ghost hunt?
Eli
Absolutely not!
Kanan
That's a big NO from me, too.
You
Aw, but you said it'd be okay if it was just fairies playing around!
Yoshiko
Zuramaru will protect you if anything does show up. Her family runs a temple so she can handle a ghost or two, no sweat.
Rin
Don't forget Nozomi either! She's a shrine maiden!
Nozomi
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't have that sort of holy power.
Hanamaru
Me neither. And to temples, ghosts aren't monsters; they're just Buddha in a different form, zura.
Eli
In any case, no ghost hunting! The main reason we asked to stay the night at school is because our work might take a while to finish! We don't have time to waste.
[Fade in/out.]
Ai
How's it going, Rinari?
Rina
Hmm…
Player
It might take a pretty long time. I want to use all the footage, so it's hard to cut it down.
Honoka
Oh! You're definitely gonna use this footage of Aqours' dance practice, right?
Hanayo
You HAVE to keep that in.
Chika
Huh? You filmed us practicing?
Player
I just happened to get some footage of you guys practicing on the beach early in the morning after our meeting in Numazu.
Riko
What?! You were there?! I had no idea…
Yoshiko
You kept your presence hidden from me? Blasphemy! People of the shadows, no doubt!
Umi
No, just regular people.
Nico
Sheesh. I couldn't believe you were being so sneaky about it. You could've invited us along to practice with you.
Ruby
We thought you might've been exhausted from the long trip over, so we decided to let you all rest.
Dia
I never expected that you would have been filming us… What other scenes should we include?
Mari
Well, there is something I would really like to have included. Let's see…
[Fade in/out.]
Player
Here's how it turned out. What do you think?
Ayumu
I think it's great! It's a promo video that gets you really excited just from watching it.
Chika
Yeah, I'm sure people will want to come to the festival after watching this.
Honoka
It was totally worth all of the hard work. I even teared up a little!
Player
So, does that mean we're all done then?
Eli
You betcha. Great work, everyone.
Riko
The sun's about to rise…
Kasumi
I'm so, so sleepy. I can't fight it anymore…
Dia
Me too… *Yawn*
Kanata
*Snore*
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