EpsilonΦ Band Story - Chapter 3, Episode 5

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Chapter 3: Episode 5

Resonance
With each member holding on to their own thoughts and feelings, the solo live begins. Their disparate hearts come together to create a singular sound—

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— Live House —

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Nice to meet ya—we’re EpsilonΦ ... thanks for comin’ today ...

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‏‏‎Are you all ... ready to be played with?

 Haruka:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎*(Fucking hell ... !! I can’t hear anything over the bass!!)*

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‏‏‎*(Kanata ... I’m not going to play along with you anymore!!)*

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‏‏‎*(I’ll leave you in the dust ... let’s see you try and keep up with me ...!!)*

 Kanata:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎*(Hahaha! Aniki’s getting serious now ...!!)*

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‏‏‎*(Do you really think you could ever escape from me ...? You’ve got nowhere else to go—you’ll only ever stay behind me, in my shadow!!)*

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‏‏‎*(I’ll always be moving forward ... staying far, far ahead of you!!)*

 Tadaomi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎*(Ah ... the sounds ... the words ... they’re overwhelming ...)*

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‏‏‎*(Is this what it feels like to turn a tox box upside down ...? This is how good it feels ...?)*

 Tadaomi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎*(Guitar, bass, drums, vocals ... if this performance was put into words, what would the lyrics be? Let me hear more ... )*

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‏‏‎*(More ... more, more, more,* more, **more***—!!)*

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎*(... There was no need for any sound matching.)*

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‏‏‎*(Haruka, Kanata, and Tadaomi ... their playing is all exploding with emotion.)*

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‏‏‎*(Shu ... did you calculate all of this beforehand? If so ... then truly, what a mess ...)*

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‏‏‎*(And yet ... I ...)*

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*\*Flashback\**

 Tadaomi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Do you like Shu-kun’s music?

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*\*Flashback End\**

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎*(... yeah ... yeah ... ! I like it ...!)*

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‏‏‎*(In this moment right now, that’s not a lie—!!)*

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*\*Applause\**

 Kanata:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Woooo——! Let’s go———!!!!

 Haruka:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Hah ... hah ... a ...

 Kanata:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Aniki!! I really thought that you were gonna kill me with your sound!!

 Haruka:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Shut up ... hah ... just, shut up for a second.

 Kanata:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Haha ...!! Is that what they called being immersed? I guess so ... it’s not every day you get to play on a stage like this ...

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎The crowd was going crazy ... I heard that even all the standing tickets were sold out.

 Tadaomi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎...

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Tadaomi ...? Are you okay ...?

 Tadaomi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎We’re ... quite strange ...

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎...?

 Tadaomi:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎We don’t get along like the other bands do ... and I don’t think we understand each other very well ... and yet ...

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‏‏‎And yet ... I wonder why ... we resonate so well with each other ...

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Tadaomi ...

 Haruka:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎...

 Kanata:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Haha ...! You’re not wrong ...

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Hehe ...

 Staff:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎They’re calling for an encore! Come back out when you’re ready!

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Let’s go. The audience’s waitin’ for us. Let’s go out with a bang.

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*\*Applause\**

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎Thanks for the encore. I’m glad ya liked the new song.

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‏‏‎We’ve got one more important announcement to make today.

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‏‏‎We’re playin’ in the upcoming LRFes. And of course, we’re gonna win.

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‏‏‎However, I’ve no intention of partnerin’ with Duck River.

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎*(...!?)*

 Shu:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎EpsilonΦ has started a new label. Its name is—

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‏‏‎**"Sky Fox Records."**

 Reiji:‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎

‏‏‎—!!

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‏‏‎Shu ... why ... that name ...

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‏‏‎My father's ... company name ...