As the host's voice fell, what answered was a tidal wave of cheers from the audience below, roaring as MyGO!!!!! took the stage.
Bocchi also noticed that the number of people in front of the stage had increased by more than half because of MyGO's upcoming appearance.
Moreover, most of them were wearing MyGO-themed itabags and outfits, holding glow sticks printed with the band's logo, shouting the band's name in unison.
Both the merchandise and glow sticks had been sold earlier on the website together with tickets. They only featured MyGO's logo and weren't cheap—but even so, most people had still bought them.
In fact, Bocchi had originally wanted to buy them too, but after being scammed and losing all her money, she had no choice but to give up.
Looking at the people around her with their MyGO merchandise and glow sticks, Bocchi felt both envious and shocked.
So MyGO was actually this popular?
If she joined a band in the future, would her popularity also…
Wait—what kind of arrogant thought was that?!
The girl hurriedly shook her head, dispelling the fantasy.
What level was MyGO, and what level was she?
Wasn't that way too delusional?
And when she thought about the band atmosphere in the MyGO anime, she even had the urge to devolve into a wild snake.
If she were put under that kind of pressure, she would really die!
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On stage, the members of MyGO gradually walked out one by one.
However, what puzzled the fans below was that even after all the members had appeared, the stage remained completely dark, making it impossible to see what was actually happening.
What kind of move was this?
Were they trying to build mystery?
Thinking about how the voice actors with the same names had never shown their faces publicly, the fans below couldn't help but admit—their curiosity had been successfully stirred.
But along with that curiosity came concern.
After all, most of their love for MyGO came from their emotional attachment to the characters in the anime.
Although voice actors were the closest representation of those characters, there was still a noticeable gap between them and the characters fans truly loved.
If that gap was too large, even if they could understand it rationally, they would inevitably feel a bit disappointed.
However, as the first beam of light lit up, they realized they had been overthinking.
"First up—the guitarist, Raana Kaname!"
A spotlight suddenly shone down on the "cat," making her instinctively raise a hand to shield her head.
And the moment the audience saw the Persian cat-like girl holding a guitar on stage—
Silence.
"That is… Raana Kaname?"
After several seconds, someone finally spoke in an uncertain tone.
"Aren't MyGO's voice actors named the same as the characters? What's so—HOLY SH*T, it's the cat!"
Some fans who weren't that deeply invested were still replying to messages on their phones, but the moment they looked up, they were startled.
"Am I hallucinating? I think I just saw the cat step into reality!"
"It really is the cat… this feels like a dream…"
"Could it be cosplay?"
"What kind of cosplay could be this real? And it's the voice actor herself!"
"That presence… if that's not the cat, then who is?!"
"If someone is named Raana Kaname, and looks and feels exactly like Raana Kaname—then she is Raana Kaname!"
"Raana-chan is just too cute!"
They had just been preparing themselves for the gap between character and voice actor—
Only to be hit with a massive surprise by the festival.
"And next—the guitarist, Anon Chihaya!"
As the host's voice fell, Anon made her dazzling entrance.
And unsurprisingly—
She looked exactly the same as in the fans' impressions.
No wigs, no colored contacts—not even makeup.
It was simply the real, unaltered Anon Chihaya!
"Drummer—Taki Shiina!"
Taki stepped into the spotlight.
"Bassist—Soyo Nagasaki!"
The bassist, who was usually "invisible," was now shining brightly on stage.
"That's…"
Looking at Soyo on stage, Nijika Ijichi couldn't help but widen her eyes.
"…the Soyo-chan from earlier!"
She was certain—the Nagasaki Soyo on stage was exactly the same "perfect Soyo cosplayer" they had met before.
No—thinking about it now, that wasn't cosplay at all.
That was the real Nagasaki Soyo.
Wait… you're serious?!
This is bad—they actually ran into the real Soyo!
Her thoughts became a complete mess, unable to process her emotions.
Could it be that MyGO wasn't just an anime, but something that truly existed?
"Finally—the vocalist, Tomori Takamatsu!"
As Tomori, who had the aura of a little penguin, stepped into the light—The entire venue fell into silence once again.
For a moment, MyGO fans felt dazed, as if they had stepped straight into Episode 7 of the anime.
"Did I… time travel?"
Someone muttered unconsciously.
Aside from the stage being bigger, everything in front of them was almost identical to the anime.
Only this time, they were no longer spectators—
They were inside the scene.
"Did the anime characters come into reality?"
Some fans were already unable to distinguish between fiction and reality.
"Or rather… the MyGO characters were based on real people from the start…"
"I just checked—Tomori and Anon really study at Haneoka, and Tsukinomori also has Soyo and Mutsumi…"
Before the performance, Kamijou Mutsuki had deliberately suppressed information about the band members, even using the system's special tools.
Now that the restrictions were lifted, people quickly dug up their details.
"Even the band Crychic actually exists—there are videos of them performing Haruhikage online…"
"I told you Crychic and Tomori were real!"
Someone who had known them in real life couldn't help but complain.
"We've been fans since Crychic first formed—we've seen them perform Haruhikage!"
"But none of you believed us!"
"Who would believe something this absurd?!"
"So the events in the anime are all real?"
"MyGO really exists!"
As the majority of fans finally grasped reality—
The entire venue… exploded with excitement!
In fact, this wasn't strange at all.
Imagine a MyGO fan in real life going to what they thought was just a voice actor concert for the anime—
Only to discover that the ones appearing on stage weren't the voice actors, but Tomori Takamatsu herself, along with the entire MyGO band.
What kind of feeling would that be?
That was exactly how the fans at the venue felt right now.
For the more passionate fans, their rationality had already evaporated—they were completely losing their minds.
After all—
This was Tomori.
This was Anon Chihaya.
This was MyGO!
Not voice actors.
Not 2D characters behind a screen.
But them—their real selves—
Descending from another dimension, standing right in front of them.
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