Asumi Kohei's AiCon Performance: Stage 35

* **Performer:** Asumi Kohei
* **Episode:** 18
* **Song:** Imitation Rain
* **Outfit:** Navy Vesper Coord
* **Appeal:** Cool Charm
* **Stage:** Milky Way Stage

## Before Performance:

Kohei looked at Hikari’s performance, and then just took a deep breath. Kohei wasn’t interested in the other performers to even choose a member to join SATURN, all except one person- Itsuki. Only him. That's it.

## Performance:

**As the piano for the intro occurs, Kohei starts to walk forward from Heaven’s Gate.**

*Imitation Rain*

**He whispers this before dancing to this song, the stage all turning into shades of blue.**

*You said "I will be the sky and you will be the sun to shine"*

*Fake dreams start to shatter like glass roses*

**The first line hits him- Kohei feels like he is pretending that Noel is saying Kohei is the starry sky, and Noel is the sun that will light the way. Will that work for SATURN?**

*Imitation Rain*

*At times it's a downpour, drenching my heart*

*Shall we play this game*

*And be drenched in the rain until we're painted crimson*

**Kohei walks out towards the runway, singing through his heart, as the stage then turns to normal. His aura appeals, as he starts to sing with his mellow tone. But it still affects him, as a crimson tear comes down through his cheek.**

*Dancing in the rain 'till love comes to life*

**Kohei ends at the runway, saying those lines, until the final bit, when he whispers it. He softly winks at the crowd.**

*What's the meaning of life*

*What's the point of getting it right*

**Kohei felt this question he was saying- what is the meaning of life if SATURN changes. His feet start to wide open, preparing to dance.**

*Cause everything is fake*

*Everybody blames*

*To keep the faith*

*Just say, everything breaks*

*Price of fame. What's to blame*

*Cuts my mind like a razor blade*

*Breaking down. I'm breaking down*

*Piece of mind is shutting down*

**Noel’s voice is heard as Kohei does his solo dance, closing his eyes, thinking that his friend was there with him. The aura of Kohei appears more strongly. The signboard tilts left, making a royal blue spotlight with raindrops coming downwards.**

*Should I play this endless game?*

**Kohei opens his eyes, as he and Noel speak this, before Kohei comes back to the stage. As the piano starts to play, the hole of rain starts to form a digital person- his mother, who would always be there to support him.**

"Do your best Kohei- if SATURN changes, it’s okay, because you will never change."

**He touches the digitalised palm of his mother before his mother disappears in a glitch. Kohei becomes shocked. As he sees his mom disappear, he remembers those words and he then walks towards the spotlight, singing with his voice.**

*Looking back to a past I can't return to*

*Stopping the flow of time*

*My friend, one day we'll reach it*

*To a world of dreams*

**Kohei starts to feel more emotion that he does when he’s out of stage, as he starts to sing more strongly, especially through the “My friend”. He hopes that- even if it would be two, or five, or six- he won’t give up. Noel and him won’t give up. They will make it to the world of dreams.**

*Imitation Rain*

*At times it's a downpour, drenching my heart*

*Shall we play this game*

*And be drenched in the rain until we're painted crimson*

**Instead of the key starting dying down, he starts singing in this new key, as he does a special appeal of Cool Charm. He is proud of all the support he has got, from his friend Noel, his mother, and his classmates, as then, a tear drops down in his eye. The spotlight ends there, as he turns to a silhouette of him, the crowd cheering in excitement.**

## After Performance:

Kohei took a deep breath as he went back- it was a good shot for his debut. He hoped that his mother and Noel would be watching him.

Noel was.