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I don't have any special skill I can brag about, let alone anything like talent, so...
Details 14:21
- Chapter
- Décor for Floral Adornments
- Duration
- 14:21
- Release
- Dec 31, 2025
- Characters
- Hotaru Shiomi , Natsume Izawa , Nagi Kotohira , Mahoro Hamasaki , and Houka Izumi
- Player / Rank
- Rank 6
- Band / Rank
- millsage / Rank 2
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The Next Day
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The Garage
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Natsume-senpai, can I borrow your tuner?
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Didn't you have a clip-on tuner...?
I forgot it.
Seriously? What kind of guitarist forgets their tuner?
And mine's a tuner pedal, so no.
It's already wired into my board.
It's already wired into my board.
Fine. I'll use Mahoro's, then. Mahoro.
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W-wait, I'm using mine too!
(Ugh... Our first real rehearsal is about to start...
My heart won't stop pounding...!)
My heart won't stop pounding...!)
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Are you nervous?
Eek?! H-Houka-san...!
Hehe. It is only practice.
You needn't brace yourself quite so hard.
You needn't brace yourself quite so hard.
R-R-R-Right...!
(I memorized every song we're practicing today, just in case, but...)
(This is nothing like classical accompaniment...
There's no way I wouldn't be nervous...!)
There's no way I wouldn't be nervous...!)
Is this really the right place for me to stand...?
Am I in anyone's way...?
Am I in anyone's way...?
You're fine right there!
Relax, Hotaru-chan. Deep breaths!
Relax, Hotaru-chan. Deep breaths!
We're still easing back into things too.
Let's all take it little by little!
Let's all take it little by little!
We'll practice hard, then have snack time!
What kind of snacks do you like, Hotaru-chan?
What kind of snacks do you like, Hotaru-chan?
Huh? Um... I like egg boro cookies.
E-egg boro cookies?! Do we have any of those...?
Then let us take this at our own pace.
Y-Yes! At our own pace!
Nagi, are you done tuning?
All set.
Hotaru, you too. You're ready, right?
Ah... I'll give this everything I've got! Thank you for having me!
30 Minutes Later
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Ngh... I-I'm sorry...!
You're stiff as a board.
Nothing like last time.
Nothing like last time.
Mm, ahaha...
Hard to believe you're the same person who went toe-to-toe with Natsume-chan.
Hard to believe you're the same person who went toe-to-toe with Natsume-chan.
Your technique itself is not the issue. And yet...
somehow, the sound refuses to come together.
somehow, the sound refuses to come together.
N-Next time, I'll listen more closely to everyone's sound...!
(I-I have to get this right! I'm a support player,
so I have to support them properly...!)
so I have to support them properly...!)
(And I can't let my guard down. Not for a second.
If I see those rainbow colors again, like when I was little...)
If I see those rainbow colors again, like when I was little...)
...!
See? I told you. If rehearsal sounds like this,
a live is still asking too much.
a live is still asking too much.
!
(At this rate, I'll ruin the live...!)
(But Mahoro-san said she wanted to play it...!)
One more time! Please... please let me try one more time!
I don't mind, but... Mahoro?
Hmm...
All right, break time!
What!?
Hotaru-chan, come take a walk with me!
Wh-What?
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Road Along the Shore
Mmm~ What a nice breeze. The beach may be artificial,
but it's still pretty, isn't it?
but it's still pretty, isn't it?
Ah, yes...
Um... Was it really okay?
Stopping practice like that...
Stopping practice like that...
It's fine, it's fine.
We needed to pick up some egg boro cookies anyway!
We needed to pick up some egg boro cookies anyway!
But...
(They're spending precious practice time on me...)
...
Hotaru-chan, you used to play with Kanata, right?
Huh...? Yes.
What was it like? Was it fun?
Um... I'm not sure if... "fun" is the right word.
I wanted to make music like Kanata-san's,
but most of the time, all I could think was how far I still had to go.
but most of the time, all I could think was how far I still had to go.
What kind of music do you mean, like Kanata's?
Music that can make everyone happy...
After Kanata-san played, everyone in the audience would be smiling.
They all looked so happy.
They all looked so happy.
Hmm~ I see, I see.
At first, I thought you were just nervous.
But you looked like you could barely breathe the whole time.
But you looked like you could barely breathe the whole time.
Then I remembered Kanata once saying
you looked like playing was hurting you somehow, Hotaru-chan.
you looked like playing was hurting you somehow, Hotaru-chan.
...! Did I look like I was in pain?
Well... sort of? In a faint, hard-to-explain way?
I'm sorry...
No, no, that's not something you need to apologize for.
I didn't know what it was, but I figured there had to be a reason.
I didn't know what it was, but I figured there had to be a reason.
...
(The reason I can't face music head-on.)
(A bitter memory I never told my mother... or anyone.)
(I always thought I'd tell Kanata-san someday, but...)
When I was little... I used to see rainbow colors.
Rainbow colors...
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When I played well, my mother and my teachers would smile...
and then everything in front of me would start sparkling.
and then everything in front of me would start sparkling.
The notes would burst open,
and it felt like the whole world was shining.
and it felt like the whole world was shining.
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I loved that sight.
When I saw those rainbow colors, I could play well...
and I won gold again and again.
and I won gold again and again.
But... because of that,
I ended up hurting the other kids who were learning piano with me.
I ended up hurting the other kids who were learning piano with me.
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So I tried not to see those colors ever again...
...
If my piano... ever makes someone sad...
I think that's what I've been afraid of all this time.
I see... Thank you for telling me.
Yeah... I see... I see...
...?
I... I'm no good at this! I tried acting like a big sister and asking, but I can't give you any advice at all!
I'm sorry, Hotaru-chaaan...!
N-no, not at all!
Just having you listen is enough!
Just having you listen is enough!
Thank you... You're so kind...
Rainbow colors... rainbow colors, huh?
Rainbow colors... rainbow colors, huh?
That kind of sounds like
the "zone" athletes talk about, doesn't it?
the "zone" athletes talk about, doesn't it?
I don't really understand it myself...
Just that I see it sometimes.
Just that I see it sometimes.
Hmm...
Is it really such a bad thing, though?
Is it really such a bad thing, though?
Huh...?
I mean, I don't actually know
what those rainbow colors are like, but...
what those rainbow colors are like, but...
If something feels that beautiful to you,
it seems like such a waste to shut it away.
it seems like such a waste to shut it away.
I don't have any special skill I can brag about,
let alone anything like talent, so...
let alone anything like talent, so...
It sounds almost like a gift from god. I might even be a little jealous.
...
Besides! If we're talking about wild performances,
Kanata already gave us plenty of practice!
Kanata already gave us plenty of practice!
In both good and bad ways, I mean.
Hehe...
In a band, maybe it won't bother anyone as much as you think.
In a band...
Exactly! If one of your members can play something amazing,
that's only ever a plus!
that's only ever a plus!
...!
(I never thought of it that way.)
(That the rainbow colors might actually help someone...)
(If that's really true... then I...)
Oh, it's from Nagi-chan.
"Are you about done with your walk?" ...she says.
"Are you about done with your walk?" ...she says.
Ahaha, maybe we wandered a little too far.
Let's head back.
Let's head back.
Yes!
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One Week Later
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...!
(I'm starting to get used to band practice, even if it's just a little...!)
(This is a kind of music unlike competitions or accompaniment.)
(Every sound has its own personality.)
(Houka-san's drum...)
(Her form is beautiful, and her rhythm is always so precise...
but every now and then, I can see something burning underneath.)
but every now and then, I can see something burning underneath.)
(Nagi-san's guitar...)
(She holds back one step, then slips right into
whatever space needs filling.)
whatever space needs filling.)
(Natsume-san's guitar...)
(Cool, always at full power.
Like it's shouting, "Look at me!")
Like it's shouting, "Look at me!")
(Mahoro-san's bass and voice...)
(Unadorned music, honest and direct.)
(Balancing both still looks really hard, but...
Mahoro-san is working so hard.)
Mahoro-san is working so hard.)
...
(What Kanata-san told me back then...)
(When she called it a treasure.)
(I think... I'm starting to understand it, just a little.)
(Not playing alone, but taking someone's hand...)
(And playing toward the same place.)
(This... feels so nice.)
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(Wait... just now...?!)
(There's no mistaking it... This view... It's the rainbow colors...!)
(I haven't seen them for years...
So why now...?!)
So why now...?!)
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Hotaru...!
! O-Okay!
(What do I do? What if this becomes like back then again...)
See? You can do it!
Huh...?
Play like that from the start!
You're finally starting to sound like yourself!
You're finally starting to sound like yourself!
Senpai, how about praising her normally?
Like, "That was good."
Like, "That was good."
Wait...?
Was that... good...?
Yes. It was truly splendid♡
It was really good.
And, Hotaru-san. Did you notice that?
Just now, you...
Just now, you...
Huh?
Nothing... never mind.
It really was wonderful. Wasn't it, Mahoro-san?
It really was wonderful. Wasn't it, Mahoro-san?
...
Mahoro?
Huh...? Oh. Yeah!
That sounded amazing!
Let's keep that going, okay?
Let's keep that going, okay?
...! Yes!
(Thank goodness...!)
(Maybe Mahoro-san was right after all!)
(If we're a band, being different colors can still be okay!)
I see... So it's okay.
All right, let's do that again before you forget how it felt!
We've already been going for an hour straight.
My, how Spartan.
Enough, first-years! Just get in position!
Hotaru, you too!
Hotaru, you too!
Y-Yes!
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Hotaru-chan really is amazing...