Main Story - Chapter 1, Episode 3

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Chapter 1: Episode 3

Meetings and Reunions
One by one, the band representatives from all over Japan arrive to the venue. The last ones to arrive are GYROAXIA, who have a close relationship with Argonavis.

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— Meeting Hall —

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎If I recall correctly, I think εpsilonΦ's one of the bands participating from Kyoto-

 ???:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎This is so cool!! Tokyo's venue is ginormous, isn't it!?

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎..!?

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎What now...that energetic onii-san's here..

 ???:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Oi, Futa! Act a little more behaved, can you? You look like a country bumpkin out here!

 Futa:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎What’s wrong with that, Aoi? I am a country bumpkin after all! There’s so many people here, so I’m feeling super energetic anyways!

 Aoi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Aah- give me a break. You're already making us stick out!

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎(I’m pretty sure I’ve seen those people in a video before. I think they're from Kyushu..)

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Fujin Rizing’s vocalist and trombonist, correct?

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Ah, right. Those people..

 ???:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Fufu...What a lively and interesting band. This Fes will surely be an entertaining one, right?

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Huh...uwa! That surprised me...w-who's..?

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎So the vampire onii-san's here too.

 ???:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Oya, why if it isn’t it Dark River’s president’s son. You seem to be in quite a good mood today.

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Hehe..well yeah. You're supposed to be havin' fun at a festival, right?

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎(Are they acquaintances...? I think I’ve seen that foreign man in a video too..)

 ???:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎ Feli-san! This is where you were?

 Felix:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Oh, Tomoru. You were over here, I’ve been searching for you everywhere.

 Tomoru:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎I’VE been the one searching for you! Geez, You always end up wandering off and disappearing somewhere.

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎(Ah, that's right! They don’t have makeup on right now, but these people...are from Nagoya’s Fantome Iris!)

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*\*footsteps\**

 Yuto:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎So so sorry, Ren! The drink station was really full back there! Wha...what kind of situation is this?

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‏‏‎All the bands are gathering up...Are you already butting heads with each other this early on?

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎It just kinda...happened.

 Felix:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Oh my, it seems that the final band's arrived.

 Futa:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Look, Aoi! Don't they seem really cool?

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Took 'em long enough. Actin' like they're all that.

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎...GYROAXIA!

 ???:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎We barely made it, right Nayuta? The kick off meeting's already started.

 Nayuta:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎What a pain...you go and listen, Satozuka.

 Kenta:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎...Understood.

 Host:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎From now on, we'll be commencing the Live Royal Fes kick off meeting!

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‏‏‎First of all, we'll give a general overview of the whole festival.

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‏‏‎The bands participating will first perform a starting live as prelude.

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‏‏‎The Starting Live will be held for two days, starting from the day after tomorrow. Dividing the bands into groups of 3 and 2, the lives will be held online.

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‏‏‎The combined number of votes from watchers, as well as the view count, will determine the order of each performance at the main festival.

 Yuto:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎I see. So they're getting an idea of how popular each band is from the starting live.

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎It really is...a competition after all.

 Futa:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎I don’t really get it, but we just gotta liven up the crowd, right?

 Aoi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎It's a bit far off...but I guess it's not wrong either.

 Futa:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Then that’ll be easy! We’ll be sure to make ours more exciting than the others!

 Tomoru:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎It seems like the people in other bands...are all younger than us...it must be good to be so young and energetic...

 Felix:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎You were worried about such a trivial thing, Tomoru? There's no need to worry!

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‏‏‎In the world Fantome Iris has created, all we need to do is sing. We definitely won’t lose.

 Kenta:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Oi, Nayuta...where are you going?

 Nayuta:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎I’ve shown my face. I'm going home now.

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‏‏‎Whatever happens during this, we'll still win in the end.

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎That onii-san’s so full of himself. The others are too, workin' their hardest and givin' their all..

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‏‏‎How sad. No matter how hard they try, they'll never win.

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎That's correct.

 Yuto:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Ooh! Somehow, I'm starting to feel more excited than before!...What's wrong, Ren?

 Ren:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎It's...it's nothing.

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‏‏‎(I don't really like the idea of competing... but..)

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‏‏‎(All the bands are overflowing with confidence...What kind of performance will we see from them?)