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Eve
"Please come back to Saga anytime. We are waiting for you!"... Fufu, I would love to...!
Maya & Hina
Good morning~!
Eve
Oh, good morning, you two!
Maya
You're early, Eve-san. What's with the computer? Wait, are you...?
Eve
Yes. I am checking my radio show's email. I thought it would be nice to take a look before our lessons begin.
Hina
Oooh, lemme see! Hmm, what do we have here...?
Hina
"The Gabai Gabai Festival concert was the best! I had so much fun! Please come back to Saga soon!"
Maya
This one says... "This was my first time watching Pastel✽Palettes, and I was touched by how you managed to overcome so many problems. You've got a new fan!"
Hina
Wooow, there's so many messages from people in Saga here♪
Eve
Yes, there are! They all sent us emails about the Gabai Gabai Festival.
Maya
Jeez~, I was panicking at the time, but seeing all these people telling us they loved it anyway makes me really happy.
Eve
Yes! It feels extra special! There are many other comments, too... Ah, Hina-san, Maya-san, look at this!
Maya
Hmmm... Oh. This is from REO-REO, huh?
Hina
Hm~? Who's that? Do you know them?
Eve
Ah, REO-REO is PAREO-san. She is a regular Bushi-star!
Maya & Hina
Bushi-star?
Hina
What's that? What's Bushi-star supposed to mean?
Eve
Ah, I am sorry. It is what I call the listeners of my radio show "All Day✽Bushido."
Maya
Huh~. That's a good way to make your listeners feel special. And it really helps make your show feel popular, too!
Hina
Yeah~! And? What's PAREO-chan... uh, "REO-REO" got to say?
Eve
It is very long, as always! Um...
REO-REO
"Great job playing at the Saga Gabai Gabai Festival! I was sooo looking forward to Pastel✽Palettes' first adventure outside of Tokyo!"
REO-REO
"I was totally ready to follow you all to Saga, but I had something I needed to take care of here that I absolutely positively couldn't miss... It was so heartbreaking to realize I couldn't go..."
Maya
RAS did have a show scheduled, didn't they?
REO-REO
"Though it really sucks that I couldn't see you, just the thought of Eve-chan and the rest of Pastel✽Palettes doing their best under the same sky as me filled me with motivation."
REO-REO
"You are all like a good-luck charm for my heart. Wherever you may be, I always think of you as right by my side...!"
Eve
Under the same sky... PAREO-san's passionate message... makes me very happy.
Maya
Yeah. That's really inspiring to read!
Eve
I understand what you mean. Whenever I read our fans' messages, they fill me with energy like a battery being recharged!
Eve
And when I read them, it makes me think about how there are so many different ways our fans support us.
Eve
There were people who came all the way to Saga to see us at the Gabai Gabai Festival.
Eve
And, like REO-REO, there are people who support us through messages like these.
Eve
No matter where they are or how they do it, their warmth and encouragement feels the same.
Eve
That is why I do not want to perform only for the sake of the people who we can see in front of us...
Eve
But for all of our fans who share the same sky as we do!
Hina
Right! Ohhh, now I'm in the mood to play a show~♪
Maya
Yeah, me too!
Hina
Hey, Eve-chan. It looks like there's still more to REO-REO's message.
REO-REO
"Regardless, I'll definitely be there at your next show! Whether it be Saga, New York, or the other end of the Earth, I will be there! I'm so excited to see you play again♪”
Eve
"The other end of the Earth..." Does that mean... Should Pastel✽Palettes go worldwide?!
Hina
Ahaha♪ I like that! I wanna play on the other side of the world~!
Maya
Ahaha... The other side of the world from Japan, huh...? Would that be Brazil?
Hina
Gosh, Maya-chan. The antipode of Japan would be the Atlantic Ocean, right in the middle of the water~!
Hina
But that's not what I meant! How about the South Pole?! Or Mt. Everest! I wanna play somewhere super cool!
Maya
Th-the South Pole? Ahaha... I wonder if anyone would actually come.
Eve
Yes... It is just as REO-REO says! Pastel✽Palettes will travel the world!
Eve
We cannot claim to be unrivaled if we stick to Japan! After we conquer Japan, we will move onto the rest of the world!
Hina
Ohhh! That's the spirit, Eve-chan! Go, go, go, go, go!
Maya
Hina-san... Did Tatsumi-san rub off on you?
Eve
Maya-san, Hina-san! Let us begin our lessons! Forward!
Transcript
Marina
Mmm~, the weather is so nice today~. Still, I don't think we had to get up this early just to pick up some new equipment.
Eve
Oh! Marina-san, BanG Dreamer-san! Good morning!
Marina
Good morning, Eve-chan. Are you out for a run?
Eve
Yes. I have kendo practice after this, so I thought it would be a good idea to jog a little beforehand.
Marina
Wow~, look at you, all fired up. Is there a match coming up soon?
Eve
No, there is not. But something happened a few days ago that made me realize I must reapply myself to strengthen my bushido.
Eve
It happened in Saga when we went there for work...
Marina
Ah, I heard about that from Aya-chan. Sounds like it was just one problem after another, huh?
Eve
Yes. As soon as we landed in Saga, we had to work while facing many different obstacles.
Eve
Even so, I thought that we would be fine. I was certain we would be able to do our jobs properly.
Eve
But then a certain man told us... "We were dead."
Marina
Dead?! Wh-what do you mean?
Eve
Oh, I am sorry! I did not mean to surprise you...!
Eve
I think he meant we were so focused on trying to deal with our problems that we could not do our jobs properly. We were not Pastel✽Palettes.
Eve
Basically, Pastel✽Palettes' identity was dead.
Marina
Ah, that's what you meant. I wasn't expecting such language from you, so I was so surprised~.
Eve
I agree. When I heard him speak at the time, I called him very impolite! But that was simply an emotional reaction... In reality, it was just as he said.
Eve
However, after hearing those words, we were re-energized. We overcame our problems and were able to perform a proper Pastel✽Palettes show!
Marina
I see. Although that's an awfully blunt way of putting it, he still managed to encourage you all into rising to the occasion.
Eve
Yes, exactly. At that time, I had not realized that our sense of identity as Pastel✽Palettes had died.
Eve
A true walker of the path of bushido would have realized their own faults immediately.
Marina
I-I see. Bushido's really something, huh?
Eve
Thanks to that incident, I learned I still have a long way to go. Bushido is about holding fast to one's values, but without a strong foundation for those values, it is all for nothing.
Eve
Which is why I am out here running! To strengthen and polish my bushido spirit! I must refresh myself!
Marina
Sounds like you learned something really important. Good luck! I'll always be cheering you on, Eve-chan.
Eve
Okay! I will continue polishing my bushido and growing stronger so that one day I can become a real samurai!
Marina
Fufu, well, you're certainly motivated, at least. Just remember to stay hydrated, okay?
Eve
Yes! Thank you for your concern! I will head to practice now!
Eve
See you later, Marina-san! BanG Dreamer-san!