Ch. 4 Ep. 9: After the Festival
The festival turns out to be a huge success. Aqours overcomes hardship and puts on a wonderful show for everyone. At the after party with the still-excited members, you ask Chika about something she said the first day you met her.
Mari
Here's to the success of the Summer Festival!
Everyone
Cheers!
Chika
*Glug* *Glug* Ah, that's good! It really hits the spot!
You
Nothing beats a cold drink after working up a sweat!
Riko
You two sound like old men, not high school girls.
Mari
Everyone! Let's relax tonight! Drink up, sing, and get wild!
Dia
Partying is fine, but please don't forget that there are other guests in the ryokan. Please keep the excitement to a reasonable level!
Everyone
Okay!
Dia
That was too loud!
Kanan
You're being just as loud as us.
Player
I feel like this has happened before.
Hanamaru
This golden, fizzy drink… Is it that classic party drink that you pop off the cork of?!
Ruby
Eeek! Oh no, I drank it even though I'm underage!
Mari
Don't worry! It's nonalcoholic apple ginger ale. Drink as much as you want.
Yoshiko
You should know by the smell of it. Besides, it was in a plastic bottle. I opened it right in front of you.
You
Let's open the food cart stuff! We got yakitori, fried chicken, okonomiyaki, hot dogs, castellas, chocolate bananas…
Riko
You sure bought a lot.
Chika
Hey, do you still have that camera from this afternoon? I want to see the pictures you took.
Player
Sure, here you go. I hope they came out all right.
Chika
*Giggle* Let's see! Oh, it's the mikoshi shrine! You got so close to it.
Riko
I think that's zoomed in. I doubt you can actually get that close to it.
Kanan
The next one is…oh, the shagiri concert!
Player
I've never seen anything like that, but it was so exciting. It made me want to move my feet.
You
Your body just moves to the rhythm when you hear the beating of those drums.
Hanamaru
Oh, this is the Bon dance contest, zura. Kanan and Mari are in this photo.
Kanan
It was incredible.
Mari
You had some nice dance moves, too.
Player
Ahaha, I guess… I felt like I had two left feet though.
Riko
I can hear the voices of everyone having fun in every picture.
Chika
This is the picture we took with everyone before the show.
Riko
*Giggle* You look kind of tense.
You
I told you to smile.
Player
B-But, I didn't think I'd be in the picture, too!
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Player
That live show was so moving. The audience was so excited, too. Lots of people really love you guys.
Chika
You think that's true? I'm glad.
Player
Shine…
Chika
Hm?
Player
You said when we first met that the Summer Festival would give you a hint to what your own way to shine is.
Player
Did you find it?
Chika
…Nope.
Chika
The Summer Festival was a blast. I was so sad when they said it was canceled, but we worked hard and pulled it off.
Chika
It felt like everyone that came to watch was connected deeply in their hearts, too. It's amazing.
Chika
But as for our own way to shine… I didn't see it this time, hehehe.
You
It's probably something very hard to find.
Mari
Yeah. Looks like your shine is very shy. We should do our best to keep looking for it!
Ruby
A shy shine?
Hanamaru
A pun, now of all times, zura?!
Mari
Oh, what have I done? You can laugh, you know!
Yoshiko
It's not even funny!
Player
I…I thought you were all shining brilliantly!
Player
From prep to clean up, and especially during the live show.
Player
You looked like you were shining as bright as the sun, the whole time.
Chika
So we were shining, huh. Oh, that gets me! We didn't even notice ourselves! That's so unfair!
Player
S-Sorry?
Dia
You don't need to apologize. However, this does prove that our audience can feel something we don't understand.
Kanan
Maybe you're right. We seem to have been shining, so maybe we're getting closer to noticing it.
Chika
Hmm… Tell us just how we were shining!
Player
I mean, I just said you were like the sun, so bright.
Dia
Explain it a little more concretely! Details, please.
Player
Seriously?!
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