Crossover Anime: A Musical Anime - Lighthearted and Enjoyable

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He patted the two on the shoulder from behind and greeted them, "Good morning, Kita, Ichiri."

"Good morning!."

Kita's eyes lit up, and he naturally revealed a sunny smile. Bai Qiu and Ichiri couldn't help but feel that the fatigue from getting up early to catch the train seemed to be dispelled by Kita.

Kita always looks forward to and enjoys these kinds of team activities, especially since it's the end of the band that's so important to her right now.

Moreover, Kita felt it wasn't bad to be able to see Hakushu on the weekend.

"Looks like we're the first ones here," Kita said cheerfully.

"Hmm... Good morning."

Yili nodded slightly, answering a little slowly.

Suddenly, someone patted her on the shoulder from behind. Yili was terrified, thinking she had encountered some criminals. She turned around with a pale face and saw that it was the familiar Bai Qiu. She felt relieved.

Seeing Yili breathe a sigh of relief, Bai Qiu asked, "Yili, did I scare you?"

"It's nothing, nothing!" Goto Ichiri quickly shook his head. "If it's Aki... it won't scare me."

Bai Qiu chuckled softly and praised, "It's amazing that someone from one li can come to such a crowded place."

In the past, Yili would never have dared to come to such a place alone.

“Yes, I also feel that Ichiri has improved a lot,” Kita chimed in.

"Hehehe... Is that so?" Ichiri scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and gave the two of them an innocent smile.

Bai Qiu praised him, and Yi Li thought to himself.

“That hasn’t changed,” Bai Qiu said, resting his chin on his hand.

While chatting, the three moved to an open space by the roadside to claim the next area in advance.

However, at this moment, looking at Ichiri's pink hair, which resembled Aine's, and feeling Kita's smile, which resembled Aine's, she felt a connection to Ichiri.

Bai Qiu couldn't help but think of Ai Yin, but she would only be able to see Ai Yin tomorrow.

If you combine half Kita and half Pochi and then refine them, will you be able to get a complete Chihaya Aine?

Of course, this was just Bai Qiu's wild imagination, and it was quickly banished from her mind.

Just then, Ichi Nijika, pulling an enormous suitcase, laboriously made her way through the crowd to the front of everyone.

The suitcase contained Hongxia's drum, and the drumsticks that Bai Qiu had given her looked like they had been carefully wrapped up and tucked into her waistband.

A few strands of golden hair, damp with sweat, clung to Hongxia's face.

After exchanging greetings, Hongxia sighed softly with a pained expression:

"Waaah... I envy you guys so much at times like this. Moving a drum set is such a hassle."

Bai Qiu and the other two chuckled and touched their convenient instrument cases.

Kita took out a tissue from his pocket and handed it to Nijika, unable to resist teasing her, "At this rate, Nijika-senpai will really become a strongman."

Ichiri touched Hongxia's suitcase, thinking that she would feel very safe hiding inside.

Although she had done a roadshow with Bai Qiu before, and everyone was around her now, she wasn't particularly afraid, but that didn't stop Yi Li from having such thoughts.

"Being a female drummer is really tough," Bai Qiu said with some emotion, then helped Hong Xia take out her instrument.

"By the way, did everyone vote today?" Hongxia remembered the online voting and gently reminded her with a smile, "Don't forget every vote!"

Kita and Ichiri nodded to indicate that they had voted.

Bai Qiu also said that he voted for End of the Band today and Mygo yesterday, which elicited a burst of laughter and subtle glances from the three girls.

Isn't Bai Qiu too good at playing both sides?

In addition, Kita made the greatest contribution to the campaign. As the top popular girl on campus, Kita Ikuyo has the most friends since childhood, and many of them still have very good relationships with her. Everyone is happy to help her.

Next are Bai Qiu and Hong Xia, with Yi Li and Liang at the bottom.

"We've reached 19th place today," Bai Qiu said to the three of them.

Mygo is ranked around the same.

This ranking is currently achieved solely based on the quality of the song's music video and the effort put into campaigning for votes.

The music video for the song the band used to end their online voting campaign was titled "Guitar, Loneliness, and Blue Planet."

After much deliberation, the five members unanimously agreed that this song better represented the style of the End Band.

This song is also Boqi Jiang's first great attempt at writing lyrics, marking the end of the band's first original song, which is of great significance.

It's worth mentioning that this song is different from the one that was first written, mainly due to the collaboration and improvement by Bai Qiu, Liang, and Yi Li.

After all, as time goes by, both Goto Ichiri's lyric-writing ability and Yamada Ryo's composing skills have genuinely improved.

Therefore, the song needed to be improved, and now its quality can be said to be very high.

Given Bai Qiu and Yi Li's professional-level skills, it's only natural that they achieved a good ranking.

"This ranking is a new record high for us!" Kita exclaimed excitedly, raising his fist.

"Hmm! It must have been really tough!" Hongxia's eyes lit up, and her expression was somewhat emotional.

After all, Hongxia wasn't very confident about the music festival at first; she just wanted to give it a try.

But unexpectedly, through concerted efforts, we have actually made it this far, and now we really have a chance to advance to the live performance.

Seeing hope, Hongxia was even more unwilling to give up so easily, and her desire for victory burst forth.

"Liang, we've arrived too." Ichiri, who hadn't dared to speak because of the voting topic, suddenly spoke up to tell everyone.

The group turned around and saw Yamada Ryo, wearing a white shirt, a black pleated skirt, and her classic black stockings, walking over breathlessly, her rosy lips panting.

"Liang, you're late!" Hongxia, the team leader, reminded him kindly.

Yamada Ryo, clutching his back and wiping the sweat from his forehead, complained, "Why...why so early?"

"Ryo-senpai, it's already late at nine o'clock," Kita said with a smile, as he rarely slept in.

Hearing Kita's rebuttal, Yamada Ryo shook his head and sighed in denial:

"Weekends should be a time to sleep in at home."

Liang then turned her gaze to Bai Qiu and Boqi, trying to find two teammates, "Qiu, Boqi thinks so too, right?"

Bai Qiu nodded with a light smile; on this point, he and Liang shared the same idea.

However, starting at some point, Su Shi would visit on weekends and bring him breakfast, forcing Bai Qiu to get up early.

"Alright, alright, this is all for the band's sake, Liang, so stop complaining," Hongxia said with a smile, trying to soothe him. "Besides, if you come early, we can all have lunch together later."

“I have no money,” Yamada Ryo replied instantly.

"So self-righteous," Bai Qiu said with a helpless smile, hands on her hips.

"Aki, can you treat me to lunch?" Yamada Ryo leaned close to Shiraaki, putting on a pitiful expression. "I can do anything."

Having witnessed Bai Qiu's extravagant spending several times, Yamada Ryo understood that Bai Qiu was not short of money; in fact, she could be described as a wealthy tycoon, making her an excellent candidate for free meals.

Moreover, as long as she softens her tone, Bai Qiu will be too embarrassed to oppose her like before; Bai Qiu responds better to gentleness than force.

"Liang, I still prefer your unruly self." Bai Qiu sighed softly.

After the small talk, everyone got into position, exchanged encouraging glances, and then Kita Ikuyo's clear singing voice, accompanied by the chorus of instruments, reached the crowd.

Chapter 225 Pochi Wants to Do Something for the Band

"Thank you everyone for your votes, we are really grateful! We will be performing around here again this afternoon."

"If you like our band after we've ended, you're welcome to come to the Shinsei Live House in Shimokitazawa to see us perform!"

Kita Ikuyo and Iji Tomoka bowed slightly, expressing their gratitude to the audience while promoting the band.

Yamada Ryo declared that she had burned out, and she lay down on the roadside steps without any regard for her image, using her violin bag as a pillow, openly taking a little break.

However, during the performance, although he complained about being sleepy, he rushed over without having breakfast.

But when she actually played the bass, Ryo still tried her best, which could be seen from the beads of sweat on her face.

Besides, Liang isn't really suited to handle this kind of situation. Rather than letting her cold face and indifferent tone scare the audience away, it's better to let her rest.

Bai Qiu and Goto Ichiri faced the audience from the other direction, handing out flyers with QR codes for voting on the end of the band.

At this moment, Yili stopped and tugged at Bai Qiu's hand, as if he had something to say.

"What's wrong? Yili."

Bai Qiu turned around, her voice carrying a mixture of relief and doubt.

Yili is now slowly becoming more willing to hand out flyers to strangers. Although she sometimes struggles to say more than a few words, it's still a huge step forward!

Under Bai Qiu's gaze, Goto Ichiri first glanced back at Hongxia and the others, and seeing that their attention was not on them, he moved closer and whispered:

"Um... Qiu, I'd like to use my Guitar Hero account to help the End Band get votes, is that okay?"

Yili looked at Bai Qiu with expectant eyes.

Thinking that she hadn't asked many friends to vote for her, Yili felt a little ashamed, but luckily she still had Guitar Hero.

If she can use the Guitar Hero to garner votes, she can make a contribution, right?

Goto Ichiri also wanted to do something for the End Band and wanted the End Band to rank higher, so she came to Bai Qiu to discuss it.

"Of course you can." Bai Qiu blinked, somewhat surprised, and replied.

Turning his head to glance at Kita and Ryo, Bai Qiu suggested, "Why don't we take this opportunity to tell Ryo and Kita that Ichiri is a guitar hero?"

"Huh?!" Ichiri froze, shaking his head and trembling as he said, "No, I can't do it... Someone like me being a guitar hero is unbelievable."

"Don't worry, Yili. The skills you've shown so far absolutely deserve the title of Guitar Hero."

Bai Qiu gently patted Yi Li's shoulder to encourage him.

Originally, he wanted to pat Yili's head, but seeing this pink hair, he inexplicably thought of Aine, causing Bai Qiu's hand to suddenly stop and eventually move to her shoulder.

"Is that right?"

Goto Ichiri stopped shivering and gave Bai Qiu an uncertain look.

Ichiri has never had a clear understanding of the strength she has demonstrated.

What if Ryo and Kita don't believe her at all? What if they blame her for hiding it from everyone?

"Yeah, of course."

Bai Qiu nodded affirmatively, and then gave examples: "Didn't you perform very well in the previous performance at Ring and the roadshow just now?"

"It's similar to your video."

Yili hesitated for a moment, thinking that Bai Qiu had already said so.

Maybe she's really strong now?

"Let's tell everyone when we eat later," Bai Qiu suggested, giving Yi Li a push, seeing that he was already clearly interested.

“…Okay.” Ichiri smiled slightly, her cheeks flushed.

After handing out the flyers, the group packed up their belongings and, on Yamada Ryo's recommendation, went to a restaurant.

Despite saying he's broke and lives on grass, Yamada Ryo is still quite adept at finding restaurants.

The five of them chose a seat by the window.

"I want this... um, a large one!"

"Another steak, and for drinks and dessert, hmm... a barley tea and an ice cream would be fine, and..."

"That's enough." Seeing Ryo casually ordering from the menu, Hongxia couldn't help but interrupt, "Ryo, didn't you say you didn't have any money?"

Yamada Ryo cast a pleading look at Shirai Aki, "If Aki had that, that would be great."

"No problem." Bai Qiu nodded with a smile and looked at Hong Xia. "Hong Xia, just give me Liang's salary for this month."

"Eh? Okay." Hongxia quickly smiled.

"No, no!" Liang's face changed, and she gasped, "That would kill me! Please, for the sake of how hard I worked this morning..."

"Senior Liang..."

Seeing Liang in such a miserable state, Xi Duo felt a little sorry for him and took out her wallet, but Bai Qiu stopped her.