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After Going All Out |  |
Tomoe
I'm home~!
Ako
Ah, you're finally back! Welcome home, Sis~! I was worried about you~!
Tomoe
C'mon, worried? You're being overdramatic.
Ako
But it's already pitch black outside, and you hadn't come home yet. Lately, you've been leaving super early and coming home super late...
Tomoe
Haha, thanks for worrying about me. We've got our big joint show coming up, so I've been really going hard at practice.
Ako
Oh... That's right. Our show's tomorrow!
Tomoe
Yep...! Oops...
Ako
Sis, are you alright? You dropped your bag!
Tomoe
I'm fine, I'm fine! My hand just slipped... Umm... Ah, is the bathwater hot? I was seating like crazy.
Ako
Yeah, it is. Well, after you take a bath, let's have dinner together.
Tomoe
Great. Okay, see you in a bit.
Tomoe
O-ouch... Man~, my skin is peeling pretty bad... I guess this is what happens when you play the drums that much.
Tomoe
I'll slap a bandage on here too... I can't let Ako see my hand looking like this.
Ako
Sisss~! Can I come in~?
Tomoe
...! Ako...?! Oh jeez, I've gotta hide this box of bandages... Safe.
Tomoe
O-okay! Come on in~!
Ako
Sis!
Tomoe
What are you all excited about...?
Ako
Tomorrow, I'm gonna face off against you as Roselia's drummer with everything I have!
Tomoe
... Ako...
Tomoe
Gotcha. Of course, I plan to do just the same. But didn't we talk about that already when the joint show was decided?
Ako
We did... But I was thinking so much about tomorrow, and felt I just had to tell you now!
Ako
I'm really excited about tomorrow! I've been so fired up ever since we decided to do the joint show. I was even practicing harder than usual.
Ako
Because I don't want to lose to the coolest big sister in the world!
Ako
That's why I had to tell you again that I'm going to go all out against you!
Tomoe
... Ahaha! You really are cool, Ako!
Tomoe
(... I think Ako's cool. I worry Ako's doing better than me. I feel pride when I do something cool...)
Tomoe
(All of these feelings are real, and there's nothing wrong with having them. So...)
Tomoe
... Ako, you worried about me because I've been coming home late, but all of that has been for me.
Tomoe
So I can be as good as you.
Tomoe
I'm gonna cram all the emotions I want you to feel into my sound. So tomorrow, please listen with all your heart.
Ako
Sis... Okay!
Ako
Then... as rivals, let's shake hands before our match!
Tomoe
Huh?! Sh-shake...?
Ako
Yeah! Come on, Sis, put out your hand.
Tomoe
W-well~, should we do that kinda thing after the show's finished?
Ako
I need to do it now! Hurry up~!
Tomoe
Ah, hey...!
Ako
...! S-Sis...?! What happened to your hand?! It's covered in bandages...
Tomoe
Well, um... Some skin's peeling, and I popped some blisters, so... Ah, but it's okay 'cause my hand doesn't hurt at all!
Ako
...
Tomoe
But it's pretty lame of me to let you see stuff like this~...
Ako
... You're way cool.
Tomoe
What...?
Ako
Your strong feelings are pouring into these hands. But... I'm going to show you how cool I am too! Me versus you, no holding back!
Tomoe
...
Tomoe
Okay. I've also done everything I could to prepare for tomorrow, so be ready for it, Ako.
Ako
I am...!
Transcript
Marina
Ah, maybe we should stop by the bookstore. We need to buy new magazines to put out at CiRCLE... Hrm?
Tomoe
Ma... This is sooo cool...!
Marina
Tomoe-chan, hi. What are you reading?
Tomoe
Ah, Marina-san, BanG Dreamer-san! Hey!
Tomoe
Both of you, check out this magazine! It's got an article on Roselia. Look, there's even a picture of Ako here!
Marina
Wow, she looks cool in that photo! I see. So that's why you were looking so happy.
Tomoe
What? Was I smiling? That's kinda embarrassing...
Marina
Fufu, I think you're a great big sister. That's amazing, though. I can't believe Ako-chan is in a famous music magazine.
Tomoe
It's crazy, right?! It still feels weird to see my own little sister in magazines like this.
Marina
Well, she's a high school student who's a professional musician. That's remarkable.
Tomoe
... That's true.
Tomoe
Honestly speaking, there were times when Ako had just gone pro when I felt like were living in totally different worlds.
Tomoe
We were still rivals, though. I tried to be positive and told myself to just keep believing in my coolness and moving forward...
Tomoe
And yet... there were some feelings that I just couldn't let go of.
Marina
Right, right. I think it's only natural to have certain thoughts when things change this much.
Tomoe
Yeah, buy I figured something out when we had our joint show the other day.
Tomoe
The relationship that Ako and I have goes beyond things like being a professional or amateur musician.
Tomoe
What's important to us is to be really cool drummers. So that's why we can stay rivals forever.
Marina
Rivals forever, eh? It's cool you two have something like that together.
Marina
Ah, that reminds me. I heard about your joint show. They say it was a really exciting performance.
Tomoe
Thank you! I'm glad we could give one heck of a show.
Tomoe
It seems like the things I wanted to communicate with my sound really got through to Ako.
Tomoe
I went all out, and she listened to every note I played. That made me super happy.
Tomoe
Seeing Ako like that made me realize again that I'm going to keep sticking to my cool ways.
Marina
We'll keep rooting for you, Tomoe-chan!
Tomoe
Thank you! Well, I'm gonna go to the checkout and buy this magazine.
Marina
Alright. See you at CiRCLE sometime!