Ch. 28 Ep. 5: The Perfect Live Show
Lanzhu has decided to disband the Association and return to Hong Kong. She even stops attending school but puts on one last live show for herself. The girls who know about the live show rush to see her. What will they witness?
Player
So we still can't get in contact with Lanzhu.
Ayumu
She hasn't been coming to school and we don't know where she lives… What should we do?
Rina
…Um. I found her. Maybe.
Kasumi
Huh?! Where?!
Rina
Here. Look at this. There's a whole bunch of information about a live show on this Association fan site.
Shizuku
You're right… It looks like she's putting on a live show.
Kanata
If we leave now we can still make it. Let's go!
[Fade in/out.]
Lanzhu
This is…my last live show.
Lanzhu
It's too bad it all had to end like this, but I had so much fun.
Lanzhu
I want to hit the audience with everything I've got. I'll give them a live show they'll never forget!
[Fade in/out.]
Player
Wow! Look at all these people!
Kasumi
Prez, come over here. You can see really well from here!
Player
Okay!
Lanzhu
Here we go! I want you to feel everything that I have!
Mia
Wow…
Setsuna
I can hardly believe this is Lanzhu.
Shizuku
There's something so different about her.
Rina
Yeah. It's hard to say what, but…
Karin
Her performance is as perfect as always, but that's not all…
Ai
It's like she's taking in all of our emotions.
Player
Lanzhu is calling out to everyone…
Kanata
I know. I feel it too.
Ai
I feel like I've only ever gotten to see her when she's at her peak…
Karin
I never thought that she was expecting anything from us in return.
Lanzhu
Time for the next song! We're really gettin' into it now!
Lanzhu
(I hope I can make this an unforgettable show.)
Lanzhu
(I thought that coming to Nijigasaki was the right choice. I'd never had so much fun in my life.)
Lanzhu
(It was all because I thought we could be friends. I was just so excited to hold joint events or training camps.)
Lanzhu
(But this will be the last thing I do. I'm going to leave it all right here.)
Lanzhu
(I just wanted friends! I wanted friends who would always, always be there to give their all with me!)
Lanzhu
(None of us would give up. We'd all push each other to get better! That's the kind of life that I wanted here!)
Lanzhu
(So come have fun with me! And really put yourself into it!)
Ayumu
Lanzhu's feelings are coming through in her song.
Kasumi
I feel it too. I feel like she's saying she wants to compete with us!
Shioriko
Lanzhu… So you really could put on an emotional performance like this.
Player
(Lanzhu… I finally get it. I finally understand why I was so drawn to you.)
Player
(You've been crying out with your whole being… I've been completely taken in by the intensity of it.)
Emma
I can hear…Lanzhu's inner voice. I can really hear it.
Emma
I'm sorry… She was crying out so desperately, but I had no idea.
Emma
I just thought she wasn't doing things the way a school idol should. I couldn't see eye to eye with her.
Player
Emma…
Emma
Lanzhu has been trying her best to be a school idol in her own way.
Emma
She's been trying to tell us that she wanted to be with us this whole time…
Setsuna
I can hear it too. Lanzhu's true voice.
Setsuna
She's crying out to us.
Setsuna
We have to answer her with everything we have, right Emma?
Emma
Yeah!
Emma
Lanzhu!!!
[Fade in/out.]
Kasumi
I've burned out… Shioko, are you okay?
Shioriko
No, I'm not okay. I always wondered why she wanted so badly to be perfect… Now that I finally understand why I have so much to consider.
Shioriko
What I thought was just her selfish arrogance was really her desperately trying to tell us how she felt.
Mia
When you think about it, that really is just like her.
Ai
Yeah! Overcoming any hurdles with intensity is just super Lanzhu.
Player
So this is how Lanzhu performs as a school idol. My heart is just filled with thoughts of her.
Emma
I don't want the Association to disband. Even if the Association and the Club have opposing views, I understand now that there's a lot we can accomplish together.
Emma
I know this is selfish of me, but I want to be a school idol with Lanzhu.
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