"Who's feeling inferior?"
However, hearing Anon's consolation only made Taki's face darken a little.
But a certain pink-haired girl didn't seem to care.
"And besides, you also have lots of strengths."
As Anon said this, she seemed to feel a little embarrassed, so she directly pulled Kamijou Mutsuki in as a shield.
"That guy Kamijou definitely thinks so too, that's why he chose you to be a member of the band, right?"
"Exactly."
Kamijou Mutsuki stroked his chin with a serious expression.
"She's very pretty and has a great figure. I took a liking to her at first glance!"
Wait, what exactly are your standards for choosing band members?
Anon was greatly shocked and almost couldn't keep it together.
Meanwhile, Nagasaki Soyo blushed slightly.
He keeps emphasizing her figure…Is he hinting at something?
Ugh, pervert!
Wakaba Mutsumi: Then what about me?
Mutsumi just needs to be cute.
Kamijou Mutsuki reached out and patted the little cucumber's head.
"Huh?"
Taki reacted rather strongly.
"What stupid nonsense are you saying now?"
Off to the side, Yahata Umiri watched with a somewhat profound look in her eyes.
After the round of joking around, the girls' emotions gradually settled down.
After this little episode, Taki also felt that the so-called gap in talent didn't seem that important anymore.
Recalling the plot she had just watched, there was absolutely no way she would make the same mistakes as in the anime a second time!
Wait…Taki suddenly realized something was off.
Wasn't this episode supposed to be about her and Takamatsu Tomori?
Why was it still that pink-haired one again?
Not only Tomori, but she wouldn't even spare her either?
Could this be the legendary yuri?
Her orientation was perfectly normal!
Instinctively, Taki shifted a bit farther to the side.
Anon: ?
[On the television, Episode 7 of MyGO!!!!! was now officially beginning.
Right from the start, it showed the girls of MyGO!!!!! preparing to participate in a live performance.]
Seeing this, the band girls involved all became serious.
After watching so many episodes, they had already gained some understanding of the special nature of this anime.
In a certain sense, it could be treated as a preview of reality.
And in reality, they were also about to hold their first Live performance, so they could use the anime as a reference.
[As the camera briefly flashed past RiNG, the scene shifted to MyGO!!!!!'s soundcheck.
However, the girls didn't perform very well—especially Takamatsu Tomori.
As a result, even after the OP ended, she still seemed a little bothered by it.
"During the actual performance… there will be an audience, right?"
Tomori didn't seem to be in high spirits.
"I guess most of them will be fans of bands like Afterglow."
Shiina Taki was as consistent as ever, once again demonstrating her high emotional intelligence.
Sure enough, after hearing that, Tomori slightly lowered her head, looking even more dejected.
"At the last Live… someone in the audience asked why I was trying so hard…"]
"Tomori, why would you care about something like that?"
The real-life Taki couldn't help speaking up when she saw this.
"I've already blocked that idiot!"
"..."
The real-life Tomori, facing Taki's eager display of loyalty, instead looked a little at a loss.
"But the plot in the anime… it kind of looks like things aren't going well."
Off to the side, Chihaya Anon voiced her concern.
"It was just a small mistake during the soundcheck. When the real performance comes, it'll definitely get better!"
Nagasaki Soyo spoke up to comfort her.
"After all, we've worked so hard. There's no way we'll mess up!"
Although she had ulterior motives, she still hoped the Live would proceed smoothly.
After all, MyGO!!!!! was the foundation for the revival of CRYCHIC.
Even if something really did go wrong during the Live, she would definitely try her best to fix it.
After all, there was no way she would take the initiative to blow up the band, right?
That was absolutely impossible!
At least on this point, Soyo was very confident.
"True, nothing will happen!"
After hearing Soyo's words, Anon—who had been somewhat nervous earlier—gradually calmed down.
This was her first performance since forming a band. Even if she didn't stand out, there was no way she would embarrass herself, right?
[In the anime, the MyGO!!!!! band began their official performance.
As the lights came on, Takamatsu Tomori stared blankly ahead.
"Um…"
"Tomori, the notebook."
From behind, Nagasaki Soyo reminded her.
"Nice to meet you all, we're the opening band filling in for today."
Seeing that the situation wasn't looking good, Soyo spoke up to ease the atmosphere.
"Right now, our hearts are all beating pretty fast…"
At that moment the camera cut to Chihaya Anon—she was already drenched in sweat, completely frozen.]
In fact, the real-life Anon was also starting to sweat profusely.
That shouldn't be the case.
She used to be a student council president—one of the most outgoing among the outgoing!
No matter how you looked at it, she shouldn't be the type to get stage fright.
["We hope everyone can watch us with gentle eyes."
It proved that as long as Sakiko Togawa and CRYCHIC weren't involved, Soyo was still very reliable.
"Is everyone ready?"
Only after Soyo stared at her for several seconds did Anon seem to snap back to her senses.
She turned to look at Soyo and nodded somewhat stiffly.
Then the music's intro gradually began. Anon was the first to make a mistake in the performance, muttering "Sorry," and they restarted.
However, this time, Tomori stood there blankly, completely motionless.
"Sorry, could we start over one more time?"
The group began the performance again.
However…
Tomori: program not responding.
The performance was forced to stop. Anon jogged over to Shiina Taki's side.
"Sorry, actually this is our first time doing a Live."
Seeing that the performance had already fallen apart, Soyo quickly tried to salvage the situation and started a comedic back-and-forth with the cat.
"Um… Raana-chan, what about you?"
"I play in many places."
"What kind of songs do you usually play?"
"Whatever song I feel like playing at the time."]
Meanwhile, the girls in reality weren't doing much better than their anime counterparts.
If Episode 5 had been a public execution for Chihaya Anon, then this episode was a public execution for the entire MyGO!!!!!.
Watching the events in the anime unfold, they were so embarrassed they felt like they could carve out a whole RiNG with their toes.
In fact, it wasn't just them—almost every viewer was suffering from secondhand embarrassment.
A certain pink Tsuchinoko, in particular, completely gave up the idea of playing in a band.
So this was what a real band was like?
It was simply too terrifying!
Just thinking about how joining a band meant not only being pressured by your bandmates but also being publicly executed on stage during a Live made her feel like her soul was leaving her body.
Meanwhile, a certain shining red-haired girl was also sweating just like Anon from that other world.
Her guitar skills were even worse than Anon's, and recently her senior had also mentioned something about performing at a Live…
Putting herself in Anon's place, she felt like she was about to die.
Maybe… she should just run away outright?
Even though she knew that would be terrible, the girl still couldn't help but have the urge to flee.
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