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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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