The audience for our performance today was way smaller than before!

It doesn't matter how many more live shows we put on if there's no new songs. Mia! You'd better let us hear your new song today!

Don't blame me for your own shortcomings.

Excuse me?!

Okay, okay, calm down, you two. Your friend Ai here would like you two to see Ai-to-Ai.

There must be something wrong with you if you think now's the time for your stupid jokes.

C'mon, you guys. Ai's right. Just calm down.

Lanzhu, getting irritable isn't helping anyone. Given the circumstances, now is exactly when we should be coming together to discuss what to do.

Are you kidding me? We KNOW why everything's getting all screwed up, and it's not me. I've been at the top of my game, like I always am!

But you saw that lukewarm response we got. They're tired of the same old stuff. They want a new song!

But Lanzhu…

I mean, doesn't it upset you too?!

Upset? I'd say I'm more disappointed, I guess. If we have to say how we're feeling now.

I'm the same. I mean, just look at how things are with the Club. They don't have a new song for every performance, but everyone's still enjoying the heck outta their shows.

Are you saying they're better than me?!

Lanzhu, we've talked about this before. This isn't a competition.

Does it seem as though one of us here might be slacking off?

There's no way. After all that hardcore practice we do every day, it'd be impossible to slack off.

Let's just take what happened today on the nose and use it to make us better!

You know what they say—out of adversity comes opportunity! This should get us more fired up, y'know? We could learn a thing or two from the Club!

Not anything of worth.

Lanzhu!

Why are you all singing their praises, anyway? They're the enemy!

I have never once thought of the Club as our enemy. And I think that goes for the rest of us as well.

Exactly. Just because we moved to a different group, it doesn't mean our bonds have faded.

Though, Kasukasu did call us a bunch of traitors.

…Why are you all coming after me, now?

We're not trying to attack you. We're just trying to discuss how to move forward from this.

I'm pretty sure I told you how we're going to move forward. Mia has to make a new song. That's the way we've always done it.

C'mon, Mia. Show them what you've got.

I don't need you to tell me to.

We're trying to convince the members of the Club to join us by proving our way of doing things is right, aren't we? Well, at this rate, it's not happening.

If you want them join us, you should fix your attitude, first.

I don't have to fix squat!

Yeah, whatever. I'm leaving now. You'd better get practicing. Make sure your body can handle this next song.

Fine, I will. I'm off to do some strength training. You'll regret ever saying that I have shortcomings!

[Fade in/out.]

I can't believe how many of you showed up for our surprise performance today! Thank you so much!

Thank you for all your support!

Did I make your heart skip a beat?

Looking out at the audience today made my heart skip a beat. Rina-chan board says, “Heart-eyes.”

Your smiles bring all of us so much joy!

And for all that joy you gave us, we have a little thank-you gift!

We've got encore after encore for you! So stay with us!

We are the Monitoring Committee!

You are to break up this guerrilla gig at once!

Aw, but we were just getting to the good part…

I'm so sorry, but it looks like that's all for today, guys!

Run awaaay!

Wait, you! Hold up!

No way, Jose! You can't catch meee! Nyeeeh!

[Fade in/out.]

I don't get it… I just don't get it! I don't know what I'm gonna do…

How did I make all my songs before all this? How do I make a good song now?

After seeing Shizuku perform, every song I've tried to write has been garbage… If this keeps up, our audience will become even smaller at our next live show…

I'm a genius. I have to be. I'm supposed to be better than anyone at writing songs…

I don't get it… I don't get it, I don't get it, I don't get it!