Story episodes from the special 2020 Countdown Live Dream Live Parade event on the JP version. Episode 1
I've got news! Aqours are planning to perform a New Year's live show!
Huuuh~!! Aqours are doing a live show!? I'm super hyped! I want to have a live show, too!
Did the Aqours girls tell you about that?
Chika did!
Kasumin also wants to perform a live!
Let's do it then
I really want to, as well!
I'm always ready for a show~
So, it's pretty much decided, right?
Hold on. Did Emma say whether she's going home to Switzerland?
Emmaaaaaaa
If Emma can't take part, I'm not sure about having a live...
Oh, I'm sorry for not replying! I was taking a bath
I also want to do a live show!
I'm not traveling home this year
So let's do it
Alright~
Alright~
Yay!
I want to do something special
Kasumin will be able to show everyone how cute she is, even right before the year ends
I'm so excited!
You know how they always have those big historical plays on TV around New Years
[1]I want to do something grand like that!
Let's do that!
We don't have much time to plan this out. Let's discuss tomorrow?
If we're planning a live show, it'll end up like usual...
The same discussion as always...
Well, if we're starting on that... I'll be the first one to perform, okay?
I knew you would say that!
Episode 2
Thank you for coming to Nijigaku's live show! We saw your messages right before the show, they got everyone
really fired up!
Your live show was the best~!!
It was super exciting!
That's right!
I got suuuuper hyped up!
Are you imitating Ai?
We watched your live, too
I was really exhausted at the end...
That was a fine show, my little demons
I'd like to do a big show like that, too
Yeeeesss
I want to do a live that will surprise everyone!
How about I bring my helicopter to our show?
[2]We're not doing anything dangerous like that!
Why!? It's not dangerous at all
You know, doing a live while swinging down from a helicopter sounds like fun
I think it would be freezing cold, though
Ah, right. It's December, after all
When you're inside in a warm room, it's easy to forget about that, right?
I'm tired from cleaning our entire place for New Years
It's really starting to sink in that the year is almost over!
With the magic power that I wield, we will not need a helicopter
I have a suggestion as well
Oooh, what is it? Is it better than the helicopter?
Don't ignore me!
We could make matching shirts
That sounds nice!
What kind of design did you have in mind?
I've got an idea I want to try out
[3]Tell us, tell us~!
Episode 3
Hey, Aqours' live show was amazing, wasn't it!?
I need something to drink after all the cheering
Aqours' live was also fantastic, though during Nijigaku's show I cheered so much that my throat was all dried
out!
Yeah, same here~!
I have a suggestion!!!
What is it
You see...
You want to do a live show as well, right?
How did you know? You're amazing, Nico!
You were using three exclamation marks, and we all know that whenever you do that, you're talking about
something you really love!
Aaah, I'm too late!
Yeah, me too
?
I wanted to suggest having a live show too
Umi and me are here with her
The three of you are together right now?
Yep, we were at the live
We were talking about it afterwards, so we did not follow the group chat
I apologize
How about you, Maki?
I know you're there, I can see that you've read the messages
Get over heeeere
You can't run, stop hidiiiiing
Yeah it's fine I guess
What is fine? The live show?
Yeah
If we're doing this, I want to make it a great show
So Maki is excited for it, too
It's decided then! We're having a live show!
We won't lose to Aqours' and Nijigaku's performances!
We'll start with extra intensive training tomorrow!
Oooh, Umi is getting fired up~
Episode 4
Good job on the live shows, everyone!!!
To think that I got to see you all perform again before the year ended!!!
And it was three shows back to back, too!!!
I'm so happy, it's like it's both Christmas and my birthday happening on the same day! Times ten!!!
You're typing really fast!!
Did we get you that excited?
If we did, I'm happy
We got super motivated seeing Nijigaku
Kasumin was really cute, right?
Kasumin is always cute ♡
I love you, Nozomi!
I've used more and more glowsticks as we got closer to the end of the year
I wonder whether you used more than me...
Kayochin, you spent all of your pocket money on them, didn't you
Really!?
I regret nothing
You have defeated me
Alright, you all
Don't you have any compliments for me?
Your performance was amazing!!
We sang along with you!
I went wild copying your dance~
I'm glad I could see everyone's live shows but I feel lonely
What's wrong, Rina?
It made me want to get together with everyone
Me too. It makes you want to have a show with all of us together, right?
But it's almost New Year's Day. I'm sure everyone's busy...
There's probably no way for everyone to meet, huh?
Hehehe
Did your phone mess up?
Nothing messed up! And it's not a typo, either!
How about we host an online live on my channel?
Yoshiko, you're a genius!!!!!!
Feel free to praise me more. Also, it's Yohane
If we do an online live, meeting up won't be a problem
It's like a New Year's Countdown online live!
I'm so happy all three groups are free! We can have a show with all of us again!
Kotori! That's a good pun!!
Huh?
"Three" and "free", right?
[4]You're really good at finding puns everywhere~
Do these just come to you naturally? Are you a genius?
I wonder whether I can perform wearing my pajamas~
If so, I want to wear an animal onesie
You Nijigaku girls are quite whimsical...
[5]That's just how they are
When you say it like that, it sounds like a problem...
Shioriko would not be a member of Nijigaku if it was, right
Since all of us are getting together, how about we coordinate our outfits?
Oh, we have something that might work!
Kanan designed a T-shirt!
Yeah, I think that shirt would be great
You're right, that's a good idea!
I'll send you a picture later
I'm really proud of it, so I hope you like it as well!
I can't wait to see it
We get to do so many lives... I'm so happy!
Alright then, we're having an online live! Let's do our best!
Episode 5
I'm exhausted~
Me too~
It feels like it's going to be a great year
I'm so sleepy~
That's my line~
Umi already fell asleep
I'm really happy with our performance
Was Kasumin cute?
You were!
You were wonderful too, Nozomi!
It's fun watching you two
Nozomi, you're pampering her too much
Do you want to be pampered too, Yoshiko...?
It's okay to want to be spoiled a little
You can ask everyone here to pamper you!
Nah not me, I'm good
If any of you want to be pampered, I'd be happy to~
Ooh, me!
Me too!
Well then, can I get spoiled by you, too?
You're pretty popular, Emma
This year was so much fun thanks to all of you
It was great year, wasn't it
How about a live for the start of the year~
I want to do another live together with everyone
Yes, let's!
Umi, you're back? When did you wake up?
Let's have a chat about it another time
Hey everyone, look!
There's still viewers on the stream!
???
Look at the chat
They're all calling for an encore
Well well, it sounds like they want to see more Nico
In that case, we can't not do an encore!!
Alright, hang on just a little longer, everybody!!
~Translation Notes~ [1]↑ Formerly,
TV Tokyo broadcasted period dramas for 12 hours straight
on every 2nd of January. After being dramatically cut down to 3 hours, they have stopped doing this since 2017. I
can't find whether any other channels still do something like this, but
Jidaigeki.com has a best-of for New Years historical plays.
[2]↑ Possibly a reference to
a running gag in the Daily Theatre series.
[3]↑ Seiyuu joke: The original idea for the 2020
Countdown Live shirts you can get from the DLP and Pass shops for this event
came from Suwawa.
[4]↑ Original pun: Our "three schools" doing
another live is "the best". "three schools" -> sankou, "the best" -> saikou
[5]↑ You have no idea how many days it took me to
find a fitting word to translate this message well... and this is the best I could come up with......????
