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Ch. 4 Ep. 7: The Festival Begins!

Chika won't give up on the festival, and everyone in Aqours feels the same. Will the last-ditch effort to clean the town really work?!

Chika

This is the last bag of garbage. Hup! Maybe now we can take a break?

Player

That went a lot faster than I thought it would. It looks even better than before the typhoon came.

Dia

So the typhoon clean-up has made the town even more beautiful.

You

Thanks to everyone that helped.

Riko

The stage and food carts' tent repairs seem to have gone well, too.

Ruby

The paper lanterns are back up. It's starting to look more like a festival every minute.

Kanan

The food cart owners are getting ready to start serving as well. At this rate the festival should start this afternoon.

Hanamaru

The venue is starting to smell so good, zura. There's gonna be a ton of food out there soon.

Yoshiko

We might not have time to walk around and eat.

You

Oh yeah! We have to get ready, too!

Mari

Everyone!

Chika

Mari!

Mari

I've got some miraculous news. In an hour they'll have the opening ceremony, and then the Summer Festival is finally going to start.

[Fade in/out.]

Player

Two takoyaki skewers, two Nibble Mikans, and one yakisoba, coming right up. We're making the takoyaki right now, so it'll take a minute. Yoshiko!

Yoshiko

I heard you! They'll be done in a minute! Gah… I named them Bloody Moon Sticks, but they're still calling it takoyaki!

You

Well, with bloody in the name, I think it might be hard for people to imagine what it might be.

Yoshiko

I still don't like it.

Yoshiko

And call me Yohane!

Chika

I'm back!

Player

Welcome back Chika and Riko.

You

How's the festival going?

Chika

We went and saw the mikoshi shrine. Oh, the taiko drum performance, too. It was amazing!

Riko

Everywhere you go it's so lively. The whole town feels like it's one giant festival.

Player

Really. Just looking around here you can tell there's tons of people. The food is selling like crazy.

Riko

Dia and the others helping at the main tent seem awfully busy dealing with lost items and lost children.

Chika

Riko and I will handle the store, so you three go enjoy the summer festival!

Yoshiko

The time has finally come for Yohane to bless the festival with her presence. Humans drunk on the festiveness, prepare to fall from grace!

You

Heyyyy! My festival blood has been running hot! There's an event where you can try out taiko, right? Let's go to that!

Player

Hey, you guys! And they're gone. There are so many people I can't even see them anymore.

Chika

You should go, too. I want you to see the festival we all made together.

Player

Yeah, I will. Gotta take a lot of pictures, too!

Everyone

See you later!

[Fade in/out.]

Ruby

Thank you all for coming today.

Ruby

The event was nearly canceled because of the typhoon, but thanks to everyone's hard work, we're all enjoying it.

Player

(It's Ruby's announcement! I don't remember those lines in the script though. Is she ad-libbing? That's incredible!)

[Fade in/out.]

Dia

Can you tell me your name and your address? Did you come with your father or mother?

Dia

Oh, please don't cry!

Hanamaru

Sorry to keep you waiting. Your lost item was this pink foldable umbrella, zura? I mean, right?

Player

Dia, and Hanamaru?

Hanamaru

Welcome! Oh, I guess that's weird to say in the main tent, zura.

Dia

Hard at work, I see. Are Chika and Riko taking care of the food cart?

Player

Yeah. What about Kanan and Mari? I thought they were here. Oh, can I take some pictures?

Hanamaru

Sure. Oh, that gets me kind of nervous when you ask, zura. Kanan and Mari are helping with the Bon dance contest prep.

Dia

I wouldn't have been able to do all this myself, so I asked Hanamaru to come over and provide some assistance for a while.

Player

I see. Wait, so is Ruby alone right now?!

Hanamaru

No need to worry, zura. Listen.

Ruby

One of the famous things about Numazu is all the wonderful fish you can catch in Suruga Bay.

Ruby

In spring: bonito, whitebate, and shrimp. In summer: horse mackerel and abalone. In fall: flying squid and alfonsino. In winter: sea bream and mackerel. Treats in each season!

Player

Wow, she's speaking so confidently! It's almost unbelievable she was so nervous. She was even ad-libbing about the typhoon!

Dia

Oh, Ruby… She used to follow me around crying, and look at her now. She's grown so much!

Player

Dia, your cheeks are soaked with tears!

[Fade in/out.]

Player

(The Bon dance contest is going to start soon. I really need to get some pictures of it! Where was it again?)

Mari

Okay, one, two, three and four! Yo yoy yoy!

Kanan

Aqours' Bon dance is starting!

Player

There they are! Mari, Kanan!

Kanan

Oh, you came! Get over here!

Player

What?! Hold on, everyone will see me here! Put me somewhere in the back.

Mari

Your shy, little heart will disappear in the heat of the festival, so it's no problem. You'll be missing out by not dancing with everyone.

Player

This rhythm is for the Awa dance… Hold on, something's not right here.

Kanan

Just forget about Mari's strange way of talking and revel in the liveliness of the festival!

Mari

This is Aqours' original Bon dance that your idea helped create. Now, let's dance all together!

Player

E-Eeek!


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