Josei Danshi 21

Josei Danshi 21


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21st: I Can’t Wait to Make Music!!

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[computer]: Kotori: What are you doing right now?

[sfx]: Rat-a-tat-tat

[computer]: Kotori: What are you doing now? / Ageha: Practicing my guitar.

[computer]: Kotori: What are you doing now? / Ageha: Practicing my guitar. / Kotori: When are you coming back to the band?

[phone]: Kotori: What are you doing now? / Ageha: Practicing my guitar. / Kotori: When are you coming back / Ageha: I don’t know.

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[phone]: Kotori: When are you coming back / Ageha: I don’t know. / Ageha: But I am coming back, so wait for me.

*Click*
*Click*

[computer]: I am coming back, so wait for me. / Kotori: Okay. But we’re not going to sit around and do nothing. We’ll keep Sora moving forwards.

[phone]: We’ll keep Sora moving forwards. / Ageha: Okay. Sorry for acting so selfish.

[computer]: Ageha: Okay. Sorry for acting so selfish. / Kotori: Come back soon!!

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Thank you,
Kotori…

[TL/N: Again, angle brackets == spoken in English]
<<Ageha! Ageha, where are you?!>>

Coming!

[sfx]: Shut

<<I’m up next!!>>
<<No fair!! It’s my turn!!>>

[sfx]: Close

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It’s been ten days
since we started working here.

Okay, girls!! Let’s keep it up
and practice hard today, too!!

Yeah!

Oww…

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Pochi,
/ you all right…?
I-I’m fine!
/ The guitar’s kind of tricky. I’ve been playing every day lately, but I’ve barely got the chords down…

*Sigh*.

Maybe it’d be better if I, you know, didn’t play the guitar.
I feel like I’m just getting in the way, so…

[sfx]: Slump
I’m sorry.

Not a chance!! Pochi, we need you on guitar going forwards,
so you have to keep at it!!

Huh? We do?
/ But we have Ageha-chan on guitar, so…

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……..
/ About that…

?

Rather than wait for Ageha to get back,
let’s start playing at clubs, just the three of us!!

?!
Huh?!
/ Why would we…?!

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Remember earlier, when we talked about playing in a big concert?
You know, the Moon Black concert!!
/ The truth is, a while ago, Ageha actually applied for us to try out for it!!
[poster]: Moon Black / [covered up]: Taking band applications

Huh?
/ Aren’t the tryout and the concert—

The tryout’s on September 10th; the concert’s on September 27th.
/ Today is August 7th. Which means…
There’s only about one month left until the audition!!

Huh?!! B-But that’s no time at all!

Yeah. If Ageha hadn’t gotten so depressed and taken a leave of absence from the band,
the plan was for us all to work here, build up some funds, get experience playing in small clubs, and then go for broke with the audition.

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What’d Ageha say?

That she didn’t know when she’d be coming back.

……

…--

But she did promise she would return!!

------…
/ Ageha-chan…

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So let’s trust her. Until she’s back, let’s have the three of us play in clubs as Sora,
and try to gather as much recognition and fans as we can before the September 10th tryout!!

Can we win…?

Honestly,
/ I don’t know.

But trying out
/ costs us nothing.
Besides, on the ‘Net right now, Pochi’s songs are on fire.
/ I don’t want to let this chance slip by!!

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H-Hey, Kotori-chan,
/ do we really get anything out of being in that concert?

The most popular band at the concert…
gets the guest slot in Wing Sony, a rock festival!!

!!

Wing Sony…!!
/ If we play at such a huge concert as that, it’ll put us on the verge of a major debut!!
--So you’re saying that record company people might come to check us out?
/ Is that it?

Yep!!

A professional debut…!!

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Just quit dat band
and join me own band!!

[sfx]: Clench

If we do play in that concert, and people like us,
I’ll be known by tons of people as Sora’s vocalist!!

And then, even Michael..

Even she’ll have to admit we’re good!!

[sfx]: Giggle

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…Let’s do it.

Pochi…

Let’s play in that concert, come in first, do a show at the rock festival,
and professionally debut together!!

Kotori-chan, I—
I’ll follow you all the way!!

Pochi…!!

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And besides, I believe in Ageha-chan!!
/ She’s the one who wanted to play that gig!! I’m sure she’ll be back in time!!

Yeah.
[sfx]: Raise
I’m not opposed, either.

But…
Kotori, it’s not like you to push for something like this.

…………

Well, I guess… I can’t really get what Michael said to us
out of my head, either.

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It really pisses me off…!!
The sooner we debut, the better. Then we’ll show her who’s boss!!

-------…
Understood.
[sfx]: Nod

Okay, let’s do it!!
Yeah!!
/ Thank you both!!

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YEAH!!

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[sfx]: Bathump x2

[sfx]: Bathump x4
Ooh…!! I knew it! With both of them next to me,
my heart’s pounding so hard I can’t sleep!!

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Ever since I ran into that molester…
[sfx]: Bathump x2

Pochi, we can’t leave you alone!!
Who knows when that pervert’ll go after you again!!

--So except for in the bathroom,
[insert]: Where are you going?
Kotori-chan and Tsubasa-chan follow me wherever I go!!

[sfx]: Sit up

Will they notice I’m a boy?
[insert]: So hot…
*Scratch*
/ *Scratch*

And when we’re changing, oh…
/ I’m nervous the whole time!!

But even so…

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When we’re like this every night,
I can’t get any sleep!!
*Squirm*

[sfx]: Step

[sfx]: Chirp x3

[sfx]: Slide

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[sfx]: Bend x2

Umm, I do this here…
and then…

[sfx]: Freeze

A huge
concert hall…

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[sfx]: Cheers

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A real stage—
It’ll be nothing like before…
[sfx]: Bathump x2

I’m so nervous…

But that feeling’s dwarfed…

by how excited I am!!

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I never imagined playing our music for others
could be this much fun!!

[sfx]: Heh heh…

Ageha-chan… I can’t wait to make music with you…!!
So hurry back!!