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RinRin
... This should keep the boss from moving... Ako-chan, now!
Demon Princess Ako
Alrighty~, leave it to me! Dark Flare~!
Demon Princess Ako
Yay~! We killed the boss! Nice job, Rin-rin~!
RinRin
No, it was you, Ako-chan(*ﾉωﾉ) I expected more trouble because of the feature update and how long it's been since we played, but we still pulled off our combo!
Demon Princess Ako
Yay! Just goes to show that we're still the best team around!
Demon Princess Ako
Alright~, let's keep this up and head to the next dungeon~!
RinRin
Oh, can we head back to town first? I want to stock up on items(○ ' ω '○)
Demon Princess Ako
Sure! I wanna eat my snacks, too, so let's just take a break then~.
Ako
Oh, hey! Is it just me, or has the town music changed? It feels different from before.
Rinko
Now that you mention it... I think there was an announcement about updated music and sound as well...
Rinko
It's so much easier to see what's happening on the screen during a fight too. This update has actually been pretty amazing...
Ako
Yeah, and they posted about it way ahead of time too! I'm so glad we get to play on day one of the update~.
Ako
I mean, work's been busy lately, and things have been pretty hectic with you going off to college and me becoming a second-year, right?
Rinko
Yes... I was so preoccupied with the collab song... that the only bit of NFO I could do was finish dailies...
Ako
Tell me about it~. So let's play as much as we want today! It'll be our reward for finishing our collab song!
Rinko
That would be... By the way... a lot of people seem to be talking about our collab song...
Rinko
The other day at college, some people who like Erde approached me... They apparently found out about us because of the collab...
Ako
The same thing happened to me! Students from other classes and even grades have told me how great our song is.
Ako
Some of them have even become Roselia fans!
Rinko
Fufu, having lots of people listen to our music is nice, isn't it?
Rinko
We're probably going to get a lot more opportunities to have... not just our fans, but also other people... hear our music...
Rinko
...
Ako
...? Is something wrong, Rin-rin?
Rinko
Um... I was just thinking... that there might be times when people will expect us to conform to their definition of what being "truly Roselia" is... just like the collab...
Ako
Hmm~... I know I said this before... but I don't think we can ever be something we're not.
Ako
We'll make tons of songs, do lots of shows... and keep along the paths we believe in...
Ako
A Roselia who doesn't just wouldn't be Roselia for me.
Rinko
True... I feel the same way...
Rinko
But... I thought about it again...
Rinko
So long as we belong to an agency and play music for a living... the Roselia that others expect from us will be something we'll have to deal with...
Ako
Rin-rin...
Rinko
Oh... by deal with, I don't, um, mean attempt to satisfy...
Ako
I know. You mean we need to find out how other people see us, right?
Rinko
Mm-hmm... It would be nice if we could pursue music... and take on new challenges... while giving people the Roselia they want...
Rinko
I know how naive and unlikely that is though... Ideals alone won't let us succeed as professionals...
Rinko
Even so, I still want us to always make choices that will let us remain true to who we are...
Rinko
No matter how much our choices make us suffer... I don't want our pride as Roselia... to ever waver...
Ako
Rin-rin...
Rinko
Oh... I'm sorry for suddenly going on about all of that...
Ako
Nuh-uh, don't apologize!
Ako
What you've been saying is the same as NFO.
Rinko
The same as NFO...?
Ako
Yeah, the latest update added new features and changed up the UI, right?
Ako
But NFO is still NFO, and it's just as fun!
Ako
And I think that's 'cause there are parts of NFO that don't change~!
Rinko
Fufu, you might be right...
Rinko
So what we have to do... is slowly update ourselves in our own way... making sure that we don't change what matters to us...
Rinko
Listening to you... reminded me of what Yukina-san said... before the Future World Fes...
Ako
You mean Dark Walker?
Rinko
Yes... If it's to protect the things that we believe make us who we are... there's no darkness that the five of us can't walk through...
Rinko
Together with you... I want to protect what Roselia needs to hold on to... so that we can light the path we have to walk...
Ako
Rin-rin~! That was, like, so cool!
Rinko
O-oh... r-really...?
Ako
Yeah! It was like all boom and super cool and stuff!
Rinko
Fufu... Thank you, Ako-chan...
Ako
I'll do my best with you, so let's always keep being the ultimate team!
Rinko
Of course... Let's do our best together...
Transcript
Rinko
These reference materials might be easier to understand...
Marina
Hm? Hey, Rinko-chan.
Rinko
Hello... Marina-san, BanG Dreamer-san... Are the two of you also here to shop?
Marina
Uh-huh. We came to check out magazines for CiRCLE. What about you?
Rinko
I'm looking for some reference materials I need for an assignment...
Marina
Oh. By the way, you seem even busier than usual.
Marina
Roselia recently did a collab with a fashion brand, right?
Rinko
Yes... It was a very challenging job...
Rinko
And not just challenging... trying even...
Rinko
Especially for Yukina-san. She was stuck between their request and our wants... Her struggle was probably far greater than ours...
Marina
Based on the little bit we heard from Yukina-chan, it sounds like things were really rough.
Rinko
Yes... I even found myself thinking it was better to simply make what was being requested...
Rinko
Yukina-san apparently felt that way too... and she managed to write a song that did just that, but...
Rinko
When I saw the sheet music, I just couldn't think of it as a Roselia song...
Rinko
What made it even worse was the suffering of hers that I felt through the notes...
Marina
I see... That's a really tricky one.
Marina
Prioritize their requests too much, and the song stops being yours, but prioritize your identity too much, and you end up further away from what's being asked of you.
Rinko
Yes...
Rinko
However... there's one thing that I realized again... What's inside me must never waver... no matter what...
Marina
What's inside you? Like your core?
Rinko
Yes... My convictions, what makes me who I am... and allows me to be part of Roselia...
Rinko
It's what I need... if I hope to protect the precious things that Roselia must never lose sight of... while being a professional band...
Marina
Protecting what's precious, huh...? I think that's a great idea!
Marina
That desire of yours alone will be enough to help everyone for sure.
Rinko
Marina-san... Thank you very much...
Rinko
Talking to you... has helped me organize my feelings... I'll work even harder now...
Marina
Best of luck! Just make sure you take a break when you need to though.
Rinko
I will... See you both again at CiRCLE then...