… And that brings us up to now. So what do you think? Wanna go to this festival and see μ's perform?

Gaaah! That sounds like so much fun! Of course I wanna go!

The festival takes place on a Saturday, correct? In that case, shall I contact Aqours and inquire if they can stay at Nijigasaki?

Could you? Thanks so much, Shioriko!

It'll be just like a training camp! This'll be so much fun!

It's a bit unconventional to have a festival at this time of year.

Now that you mention it, I guess it is. Pretty much all we have is the Bon dance in summer.

I read online that this is a festival with a long tradition behind it.

That's no surprise. Their town has a rich history.

The festival the neighborhood association puts on where I live is lots of fun, too!

What kind of stuff do you do?

Wear cute yukatas and walk around eating delicious food!

Sounds pretty typical…

Maybe, but it's still a blast!

Every festival's top priority should be to make sure people enjoy walking around and eating!

For the shopping district festival, I always go all out and come up with a special one-day-only menu for the occasion?

Does it include meat?

If you promise to come next time, Lanzhu, I won't chicken out. I swear I'll beef up my menu with lots of meat! No bull!

*Squeal* I will absolutely be there!

I love the local festival in my neighborhood, too.

What are the festivals in your area like, Karin?

Most of them are pretty traditional, but the Freesia Festival is one I'd love for you to come and see someday, Emma!

A Freesia Festival? Where you can stroll through fields of blooming flowers?

And you can even pick some for yourself. Whatever colors of freesia you like best, you can make a bouquet and take it home as a souvenir!

That sounds wonderful. I'd like to experience that someday.

Same here! I'd love to come and visit your hometown, Karin.

Karin, you're from Tokyo, aren't you?

I sure am!

But even in Tokyo, you can still find places to do activities like that.

Cool.

What about you, Emma? Lanzhu? Mia? What kind of festivals do you have in your hometowns?

We have all kinds, but I guess the Camellia Festival is my favorite.

Camellia… Referring to the flower, correct?

The Lunar New Year celebration is the most exciting event of the year! Family members get together to feast and bring each other good fortune!

Big dinners with lots of friends and family are always fun.

I would always go to the Thanksgiving Parade with my family.

It's the second oldest festival in the States.

Now that's an event with great historical significance. I'd like to see it for myself someday.

And I'd love to show you!

Christmas and New Year's are tons of fun too!

You'd be amazed at how big the celebrations get in my hometown! I wish I could bring all of you there and show you!

I wanna visit Emma's hometown and Lanzhu's hometown and Mia's hometown so bad! I don't know who's to start with!

We'll have to find a whole bunch of part-time jobs so we can afford to visit them all!

Let's do it!

Leave all the communication to me and my body language!

Kasumi, you should really make an effort to learn to speak…

I'd rather focus on my strengths! You can handle the verbal part, Shizuko!

Argh!

It would be amazing if we could also attend different festivals in the Ai-verse.

Can you make that happen, Ai?

Nice idea, Rinari! Imagine being able to experience festivals from all around the world!

Tell me all your festival stories, everyone! I need all the info I can get!

Sure! I've got all the stories you can handle!

Talking's all well and good, but shouldn't we start practicing pretty soon?

Oh, shoot! We got way too carried away with chatting. I'm going to start with some running! Anyone wanna come with me?

Let me tag along!

Me too, please!

I'm going to do some stretching first.

Me too. I need to stretch.

Okay, everyone! Let's practice hard, so that when festival time comes, we can enjoy it to the fullest!

Yeah!