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Sayaka:
P-Please! H-Hasunosora Girls’ High School! Will be holding! Its Rindou Festival! We hope you’ll be there!

Kaho:
Sayaka-chan, Sayaka-chan! Say stuff about us, too!

Rurino:
Yeah, yeah! You know you want to, Sayaka-chan!

Sayaka:
Then, why don’t you two do it!?

Kaho & Rurino:
‘Cause you’re the leader, Sayaka-chan.

Sayaka:
Guuuh…! Understood…!

Sayaka:
We hope you’ll come to our Rindou Festival! Because we the members of the Hasunosora School Idol Club… will definitely hold a great performance!

Sayaka:
We definitely, definitely will!!!

Kaho:
Yeah, yeah! You said it, Sayaka-chan!

Rurino:
Now there’s no way she’ll cancel our performance on us!

Sayaka:
Oh, come on! How did my life even come to this!?

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Kozue:
…Next week, the second of our three school festivals, the Rindou Festival, will finally be upon us.

Rurino:
What’s with this menacing atomsphere…?

Megumi:
It’s “atmosphere,” Ruri-chan.

Tsuzuri:
But they kinda sound the same.

Sayaka:
We’re having a serious discussion right now, Tsuzuri-senpai.

Kozue:
…Haah… It seems things are proceeding the same way they always do. I expected everyone to be a bit more serious.

Kaho:
Is there something special about the Rindou Festival, Kozue-senpai?

Kozue:
Ah… right. It’s somewhat difficult to explain, though...

Megumi:
Yeah, I was injured at last year’s Rindou Festival, after all.

Kaho, Sayaka & Rurino:
!!

Megumi:
Hehe, you guys don’t need tol look so stressed! That goes for our first years… and you too, Kozue.

Kozue:
…Megumi.

Megumi:
Right. The past is in the past. Now is the present. We’re not the same as we were last year. Wouldn’t you say so, Tsuzuri?

Tsuzuri:
Yeah. So much stuff happened. Since we lost Megu.

Kozue:
Right…!

Kozue:
That being said! While for us, this year’s Rindou Festival is a second chance… There is something else equally as important!

Rurino:
Ooh! And that is…!?

Kozue:
The upcoming Love Live! regional qualifiers! We’ll be using our once-a-year performance at the festival as our entry!

Kaho:
Love…!

Sayaka:
Live…!

Rurino:
…! …? …Is that what Megu-chan was talking about before?

Megumi:
I think everyone’s talked about it!

Megumi:
It’s the big school idol festival!

Sayaka:
So the time has finally come…

Kaho:
We’re gonna be in… Love Live!

Tsuzuri:
Wow…

Kozue:
Why are you reacting like it’s your first time too…?

Rurino:
But Kozue-senpai? What do you mean we’ll be using our performance at the Rindou Festival?

Kozue:
Ah, yes. Allow me to explain in more detail.

Sayaka:
Yes, please.

Kozue:
Now, most importantly, the Love Live! competition has three stages: the regional qualifiers, sectional qualifiers, and finally the national championship. The regional qualifiers we will be soon entering are held through video submissions.

Sayaka:
Videos… huh? Ah, I understand. So…

Kozue:
Correct. With how many school idols there are, there isn’t enough space in all the reserved venues. Therefore, they hold this round of the competition online.

Tsuzuri:
Oh, right. A lot of school idols enter Love Live!.

Megumi:
It seems like you think this’ll be nice and fun, but it won’t be that easy! I didn’t want to bring this up, but last year I wasn’t able to qualify!

Rurino:
But that’s because you were injured, right?

Megumi:
I guess. I mean, of course I always believe in myself, but… Honestly, I couldn’t say that I’d advance even if I hadn’t injured myself. I’m serious when I say that the competition is fierce.

Rurino:
Oh… That tough, huh…?

Kozue:
It’s exactly as Megumi says. The regional qualifiers are not to be taken lightly. If even one subunit advances, then Hasunosora will have a representative at the Hokuriku competition… but… I want all of our subunits to advance past these qualifiers. To do what we could not last year.

Sayaka:
…But what about the Hokuriku competition onwards?

Megumi:
We’ll worry about it then!

Sayaka:
Huh…?

Kozue:
Anyway. I want all of us to advance past the regional qualifiers, no matter what. That’s why we’ll be using the Rindou Festival!

Kaho:
…I get it! It’s something suuuper fun, just like the Nadeshiko Festival!

Kozue:
Exactly! I want to make the most of the energy going into the grand setting of the Rindou Festival and send it into our entry for the qualifier. That’s our plan.

Rurino:
Ooh! Using the Rindou Festival would be a great advantage! We’d be able to have everyone there for the festival come watch our performance, wouldn’t we!?

Kaho:
That sounds great! Alright, let’s do our best to get a ton of people!

Rurino:
Yeah! …Yeah? Huh? But if we did that, then I’d be totally spent by the time the performance starts! But now that I brought it up, I’ve gotta deliver!

Kaho:
You don’t need to push yourself, okay!?

Rurino:
It’ll be fine! You can just take the box on stage, Megu-chan!

Megumi:
Didn’t I just say to take this seriously? There’s no way you want me to perform as Fujishima Megumi, featuring Cardboard Box, do you?

Tsuzuri:
So energetic.

Sayaka:
A-Ahaha…

Kozue:
Everyone, focus up! This isn’t the time for games!

Kozue:
It’s not just Rurino-san. Every one of us needs to make sure we stay healthy leading up to the festival! Starting today, we all need to take practice seriously so we can put on a perfect performance!

Kozue:
You all seem ready. I’m sure we can do it. All subunits advancing past the qualifiers… and holding the perfect performance at the festival. With the weather getting colder, we all must be even more diligent to stay healthy!

Kaho, Sayaka, Tsuzuri, Rurino & Megumi:
Yeah!

Kozue:
Don’t any of you dare catch a cold!

Kaho, Sayaka, Tsuzuri, Rurino & Megumi:
Yeah!

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Kozue:
…I’m very sorry.

Kaho:
I-It’s alright…!

Megumi:
Good grief… after you stressed how important it was to not get sick. Did you go and practice behind our backs?

Kozue:
Ugh… There isn’t any excuse for this… But I stuck to our planned practice schedule.

Tsuzuri:
And everything else?

Kozue:
…I had more presidential responsibilities as a result of the Rindou Festival. And then, I wanted to work on songwriting and fine-tuning the choreography…

Rurino:
I-I don’t really get it, but it sounds like you had a ton of work…

Megumi:
So basically, you were practicing the same amount as usual, but you ended up doing more other stuff. No wonder you turned out like this. I guess we never noticed because we don’t know how hard it is being the club president.

Tsuzuri:
What’s her temperature?

Sayaka:
39°C…

Kozue:
It’s still under 40, so I should be able to…

Kaho:
Denied! Um, you guys should leave, too! It’d be bad if we caught what she has!

Kozue:
Guh…You’re right… if I spread what I have to you all…

Kaho:
Yeah, that’s right! We need you to rest and recover! I’ll do everything I can to nurse you back to health! I’ve got this!

Kozue:
I…

Kaho:
“I”?

Kozue:
I can’t believe myself!!!

Kozue:
Ah.

Kaho:
Kozue-senpaaai!!

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