Ch. 41 Ep. 5: After the Live Show
Aqours have completed another successful live show. They gather in Tochiman along with μ's and Nijigasaki and throw themselves a big after-party!
Dia
Cheers to another successful live show!
Everyone
Cheers!
Player
I know it may be odd to mention this now, but I wonder if it's really okay for us to participate in the after-party.
Chika
Of course it is! Come on, eat up!
Lanzhu
Hǎo hà o chī! Delicious! What is this…?! I've never had sashimi this fresh in my life!
Kanan
This was all fished here in Numazu this morning.
Lanzhu
Wow! Now I love the fish here as much as I love meat!
Kanan
Whoa, that's high praise coming from you!
Ayumu
Shioriko, where's Miss Kaoruko?
Shioriko
She said she was going to sleep in the car. She has to drive us all home, after all.
Ayumu
Oh, right. I feel bad for asking her to drive us around so much…
Shioriko
Not at all. That's just what she does. She has a license to drive large vehicles, so she would take any excuse to drive a minibus.
Shioriko
After she got her motorbike license, she insisted on taking me along for a ride… She told me she wanted to go see the vast…expanses…
Ayumu
Shioriko, are you okay?!
Shioriko
M-My apologies. I started feeling a bit faint. It is…a rather frightening memory for me…
Riko
Are you okay with fish, Mia?
Mia
Heck yeah, I love this one that's been cooked in sweet soy sauce… So good… *Munch* *Munch*
You
Ooh, you look like you're really enjoying that. Fish cooked in soy sauce is great, but so is fried fish! Eat up!
Player
I just want to say again that today's live show was the best yet!
Mari
Tell me about it!
Dia
All of our hard work has paid off magnificently.
Player
The performance you gave was unlike anything I've seen Aqours do before. It was fantastic. You've all come so far.
Setsuna
My excitement's still going through the roof!
Ai
I feel the same! It makes me feel like getting up onstage and doing a live show right now!
Hanayo
Me too! I can't get Aqours' live show out of my head!
Maki
Me three! I'm sure I'll be seeing that live show in my dreams tonight.
Honoka
Don't hog all the dream stuff for yourself now! I want to dream about it too!
Kanata
I'm going to see Aqours' show whenever I dream from now on… Zzz…
Karin
Honestly, Kanata. You'll catch a cold.
Karin
Hey, Emma. Kanata's—
Karin
Oh?
Emma
Shhh, Karin. Ruby's about to fall asleep.
Ruby
Nnn…
Dia
Oh, she's leaning on you. I'm sorry about that, Emma.
Emma
I don't mind, honestly. She worked super hard today, after all
Hanamaru
Yeah, she certainly did, zura. *Yawn*
Emma
*Giggle* Looks like someone else is sleepy too. Come lie down here, Hanamaru.
Hanamaru
Mmm…
Dia
Surely having both of them on you has to be heavy, right?
Karin
It's fine, Dia. Emma's stronger than she looks, you know.
Emma
Yeah, you bet I am!
Kotori
Say, about today's live show… Did you guys also make that exhibition space? I was so happy I got to see your costumes up close.
Yoshiko
Well, of course! Both the exhibition and the pamphlets were part of today's live show experience!
Umi
I respect that attention to detail. The pamphlet was a very worthwhile read.
Nozomi
Yeah. The love for Numazu that I felt from it made me want to take a tour of the town.
Yoshiko
It really does have that effect, doesn't it. It was the perfect masterpiece!
Riko
Still, those mic issues really had me worried for a second there.
Eli
Huh? It didn't really look that way to me.
Kanan
Believe you me, my head was in full-on panic mode! I had no idea what we were gonna do, especially since it happened just as the excitement was reaching fever pitch.
Chika
That's why we were so relieved when your Prez started singing.
Chika
Everyone in the venue used her singing as their chance to join in. I'm going to remember the sight of it for the rest of my life!
Dia
Yes. I've never felt so emotionally uplifted as I did in that moment.
Mari
I can truly say that the whole venue came together as one.
You
Thank you. You came to our rescue yet again.
Player
Oh, please, I didn't do anything…
Nico
Okay, I know you're all having a moment and all, but I just need to say that μ's accepts your challenge, Aqours! We're gonna show you how far we've come at our next live show!
Kasumi
Heeey! You can't just go saying bold stuff like that while ignoring us!
Shizuku
I agree with Kasumi! We're going to show just how far we've come too!
Rina
I'm gonna build a special Rina-chan training machine!
Rin
Ooh, when you do, let me have a go on it!
Nico
Oh, I see what you're up to, Rin. You clever little spy!
Maki
And now we see Nico's true colors!
Nico
W-W-Wait, forget I just said that! Okay?!
Rin
But I really just wanna play on Rina's training machine!
Player
(Everyone's spontaneously finding stuff they want to do and moving forward.)
Player
(Kaoruko told me there's no need to fret… That as long as I do my best and focus on the things I want to do right now, I'll be just fine. Still…)
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