Gargan Music Festival
(Izuru arrives at Kanazawa Station.)
Izuru Uugh…
Izuru (Wherever I go, there’s people, people, people……I want to go home already… No I don’t……! The band’s, let’s see………)
Female Students Gyaaaa~~~hh!!!
Izuru Eep!?
Female Students Gyaahh! Ijeong-kunn!
Female Student A Sano-senpai! Please look over hereee!
Female Student B Toki-kuun! Do your best okayyy!
Toki …Aah? More like, tone down. This isn’t a live, it’s a concert, you know…!
Tsugumi Hey Toki, consider your manner of speaking.
Toki But Big Bro, this—
Ijeong Everyone, annyeong♪ You’re all good guys, so shhh…okay?
Female Students O-…o-okay.
Seriya We’re drawing in quite the audience, I see. The power of the fan club sure is admirable~♪
Mashu Why aren’t there any fans of mine~, Serichan-senpai~!! That’s weird! That’s definitely weird~~~!
Seriya Oh my, they’re here too, you know. Your fans, Zuumin.
Mashu Eh!? Where!
Aunty from the Shopping Street We’ve come to watch since Seriya-chan contacted us, you know! Everyone! We’ve passed some snacks for you to your teacher advisor, so please eat them later okay.
Mashu Sobbb. You are all so niceee~, thank-shu for the snacks!
Everyone Thank you very much!
Vice-Principal Sensei, we’ll definitely draw attention if we were to give a good performance here! It’s a chance to spread the news of Ibuki Concert Band’s revival, to redeem ourselves!
Sensei Yes. We’ll go show everyone the power that we have right now, so that everyone’s performance can be properly delivered.
(The band is backstage.)
Kojiro It’s starting to get nerve-wracking isn’t it, Nii-chan…! I wonder if I’ll be able to play well.
Daisuke You’ll be fine. You’ve been doing your best by Nii-chan’s side all this while, haven’t you.
Daisuke More importantly, I’m worried about whether Mother is properly filming this down for us, you know.
Daisuke Kojiro’s gallant figure, and my very first performance with Kojiro… We’ll want to record down this brilliant memory properly, after all!
Akane ……
Mikio Akane…? What’s the matter, are you anxious for the first time in a long while…or something?
Akane Don’t say dumb things. You’re the one who’s feelin’ anxious, ain’t ya. Ya seriously never get used to it, do ya. The anxiety before a performance.
Mikio Hahaha… But you know, compared to right in the beginning of our first year, I’ve become just a little better, right.
Akane ‘Course. I’d be concerned if yer the same as when we were startin’ out, man. We’re already second-years now. We’ve got juniors behind us.
Akane They’ve gotta be led, by us.
Mikio Yup.
Mikio I wonder if…Mitsuyuki and Ikumi have come?
Akane Who knows. Mitsuyuki aside, there’s no way Ikumi will, right. But—that’s alright.
Clapclapclapclap clapclapclapclap
Akane Oh, seems like the performance before us’s ended. It’s finally our turn, huh. …It sure is nostalgic, this feeling.
Mikio …Indeed!
Venue Announcement —The performance up next is by Ibuki Prefectural High School Concert Band. The piece is ‘SUNNY DAY’.
(The audience applauds.)
Sensei Let’s go!
Everyone Yes!
(Sensei raises their baton.)
Everyone ……——
Sensei (Aiming for the best performance that we can deliver right now, one chosen and created by everyone here on their own—)
Sensei One, two-…
♪~. ♪~~, ♪~~~
Minato (When our sounds ring out, everything gets coloured.)
Minato (This is fun—♪ Lots of colours are overflowing, even more than before…)
Kuri (Look at that guy Minato, making such a face of enjoyment.)
Kuri (…This guy always looks like he enjoys playing, come rain or shine.)
Izuru How amazing, everyone is……
Izuru (Unlike me…they’re steadily……)
Ryotaro (I wonder if I’ll manage to film everyone from around this angle.)
Ryotaro (…To think that I’d be called out on a holiday, to be in charge of filming. Seri sure works people tough.)
Ryotaro Just this once, alright…
♪~♪~……
Ryotaro Geez, they sure look like they’re having fun.
Tsugumi (—I’ve already decided not to regret any longer. Being half-assed will set a bad example to the guys who have sent me off.)
Toki (Big Bro sure is cool, as I thought. I’m glad that I’m getting to do this with him; just like Big Bro, I’ll become even more—)
Kojiro (The stage that I’d looked up to…! The horn that I’ve always wanted to play!)
Daisuke (To get to play the horn together with Kojiro, like this… Thank you, Sogaku-kun, Ijeong-kun… Everyone!)
Ijeong (It really is sparkling. Not just us onstage, but the smiles of the people in the audience too.)
Sogaku (There wasn’t much that I could do. All I could do was trust in everyone, and wait.)
Sogaku (However, I got to believe that I’m glad I did. Like this, my pals have increased little by little, and my friends have come back for me.)
Akane (Things’ve changed in form compared to back then, but… This space sure is great, just as I’d thought.)
Mikio (I want to see this view with everyone again. I want to perform with everyone again—)
Sensei (Alright, next up is the trumpet solo—)
Kuri ——……
♪~♪~~♪~
Kuri (Sound by sound, precisely. Loyally. The stavei is our signpost, guiding us to our destination—)
(Minato plays the solo.)
♪~♪~♪~~ ♪~♪~~♪~
Kuri (…Huhh!?)
Minato ♪~♪~~
Kuri (Guh, Minato…! That was My solo, you know…!!)
Soshu・Osei・Hibiku (He’s intruded into the solo…)
Junta (What a burden… As I thought, that guy really didn’t get it, huh.)
♪~♪~♪~~ ♪~♪~~♪~
Minato ♪~♪~~……——
To be continued…
Musician’s Notes
i Stave: The sets of five lines in a piece of sheet music that music notes lie on.
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Minato: Takara, that sure was fun!
Takara: Y-Yup… But Minato, was that okay?
That solo was supposed to be played by Kuri, wasn’t it…
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