Noli abire.

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Mana

So, this is Mana's first time on a stage play.
Minami-san taught me a lot.

Uika

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Uika

...

Mana

I'm going out to dinner with her after work today too.
Ui-chan, you can join us if you want.

Mana

Ui-chan? Are you okay?

Uika

Eh? Yes...

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Mortis

—♪
Play from the beginning again...

Mutsumi

Please stop...

Mortis

I won't stop. Could you not distract me when I'm trying to stay focused?

Mutsumi

Give me my guitar back. Stop pretending to play.

Mortis

Then play as Ave Mujica.
If Mutsumi-chan is going to play guitar, you can have it back.

Mutsumi

I told you, I...
want to try to reunite CRYCHIC once again...

Mortis

...! I told you! CRYCHIC is over!
Don't make me say it again!

Mutsumi

Saki in CRYCHIC always seemed happy.
However, the Saki in Ave Mujica... always seemed in pain...

Mortis

So, do you mean I should disappear?

Mutsumi

...

Mortis

...! Mutsumi-chan and Sakiko-chan, you don't understand anything!
You will be in trouble without me, Mutsumi-chan!

Mutsumi

Mortis, listen to me.

Mortis

NO!

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Mortis

Haa... Haa...
I will not listen to you...

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Sakiko

(Mortis wants
Mutsumi to continue playing as Ave Mujica.)

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Sakiko

(The days when Mutsumi suffered and fell apart
will continue on into the future...)

Sakiko

(I can't let that happen...
I can't continue as Ave Mujica.)

Sakiko

(I shouldn't.)

Housekeeper

I am sorry.
She wants to play guitar today.

Sakiko

Guitar...?

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Mutsumi

Again.

Mutsumi

I want to reunite CRYCHIC with you, Saki.

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Sakiko

(Mutsumi, you mean it...)

Sakiko

(Then, what I can do for Mutsumi is...)

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Sakiko

Tomori, Anon-san.
I apologize for calling you so suddenly.

Anon

That's fine... what's the matter?

Tomori

...

Sakiko

I will be straightforward.

Sakiko

Tomori, would you reunite CRYCHIC
with me again?

Anon & Tomori

...!

Sakiko

I... Both Mutsumi and I are serious.

Tomori

Mutsumi-chan...

Sakiko

Yes... Mutsumi wants to revive CRYCHIC.

Sakiko

I was aware of Mutsumi's suffering, but I didn't reach out to her
and took advantage of her with Ave Mujica.

Sakiko

If Mutsumi wants CRYCHIC,
I want to make it happen.

Anon

I-is that...

Sakiko

Of course, I will not cause any trouble for MyGO!!!!!
I'm well aware that you can't respond right away.

Sakiko

I'm going to talk to Taki and Soyo as well.

Anon & Tomori

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Soyo

Goodbye. See you tomorrow.

Taki

We've been slacking lately after the live.

Soyo

Is that so?

Taki

For sure, gotta decide the next one.

Anon

Sorry, can I change topics for a bit?

Anon

Sakiko-chan wants to revive
CRYCHIC for Mutsumi-chan.

Soyo

...

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Anon

How's everyone leaving me on read... Come on, say something!

Anon

Huh? DM? From whom?

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Uika

"Can we meet, just two of us?"

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Anon

What? Uika!?
W-What? Why!? Huh~?

Tomori

...

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Anon

Um...

Uika

Anon-chan, over here.

Anon

Ah! Uika-chan.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

Uika

It's okay, I called you on such short notice.

Anon

Not at all! I've always wanted to try this place.
Oh, what's that?

Uika

Hazawa blend...

Anon

I'll try that one too!
Excuse me! Can I get a Hazawa blend?

Anon

I was so surprised to get a message from Uika-chan.
What did you want to talk about today...

Uika

Um... I want to ask about CRYCHIC. This.

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Uika

Do you know anything about it?

Anon

Is it the one Soyorin posted? They performed live recently~
This is a photo from that time.

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Uika

...!

Anon

Tomorin wrote new lyrics,
and used MyGO!!!!!'s rehearsal time...

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Uika

(Saki-chan... looks so happy...
This expression... she never showed it in Ave Mujica...)

Anon

Sakiko-chan wants to continue CRYCHIC~

Uika

Eh?

Anon

But why do you want to know about CRYCHIC...

Uika

...

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Interviewer

Okay, next group.

Nyamu

I'm Nyamu Yūtenji from Win-Wing-Production.
Thank you for your time.

Candidate A

I'm Gokebayashi Sakura
from Hard Landing!

Interviewer

Start your act please.

Candidate A

"I told you, you should've stopped.
You're the one who's going to suffer!"

Nyamu

(Ah...!)

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Nyamu

I... I...
"I know... Still..."

Candidate A

...?

Nyamu

"I'm..."

Interviewer

Yūtenji-san? Are you okay?

Nyamu

Ha... Haa... Haa...

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Nyamu

...!!

Nyamu

(How pathetic!!
Why did that happen at the most important time...!?)

Nyamu

(The band is over...!
I have to use everything as a stepping stone to move forward, but this...!)

Candidate A

That was terrible! My partner froze up~

Candidate B

Huh, that's annoying. It was Nyamuchi, right?

Candidate A

Don't come here casually just because the band failed.

Nyamu

...!! ~~~!!

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Umiri

Wakaba-san has decided to join.

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Nyamu

Ah...

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Umiri

What? I'm going back if you have nothing to say.

Taki

Eh... H-How are you doing lately?

Umiri

I'm doing my best, as you suggested.

Taki

Ah, yeah... Did you hear something?

Umiri

What's something?

Taki

Did you do something to Mutsumi?

Umiri

...! What do you mean by something?

Uika

Umiri-chan! I will be in Ave Mujica!

Umiri

Eh? Okay.

Taki

...?

Uika

...! That's all.

Taki

Huh, what...?

Umiri

Did you do something?
It's quite something to be glared at by Misumi-san.

Taki

Huh?

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Uika

President, please!

President Katsuura

Uika-chan, look up.

Uika

I know it's selfish. Still,
I want to revive Ave Mujica!

President Katsuura

*Sigh*... I understand how you feel.
I still can't approve it.

Uika

...

President Katsuura

Ave Mujica's revival can't be decided by the agency alone.

President Katsuura

It's stopped from the "top."
Uika-chan, surely you know what I mean, right?

Uika

Huh...!
Then, I...

Uika

...!

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Staff

Huh? The outfits?
I heard Ave Mujica's outfits were discarded.

Uika

...!

Staff

I wonder if those are still in storage...

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Uika

Saki-chan...!