Chapter 191
"After a final confirmation, except for a slight change in the scope of contestants for the Idol Song Battle, everything else is the same as what was said before."
Before the first day of Idol Song Battle began, Fujimaru Ritsuka was giving final additional instructions to the participating members. In the last producer meeting, because there was an overlap in the scope of the participants, after the final discussion, the producers unanimously included the various Divisions that originally belonged to the Idol Song Battle area and the Central King area's Kotonoha Party into the Uta Prince Award and Love Live lists respectively.
But first, before the first day of competition begins - just like a sports day, this Idol Utopia Live "All-agency Joint Concert" will hold a similar large opening ceremony.
"You remember the order of appearance correctly, right?"
Behind the scenes of the concert, many idols gathered together - regardless of agency, everyone gathered together, chatting with each other and forming a circle to cheer each other on in the last bit of free time before the show started; only a few members who did not need to go on stage at all were tasked with staff duties.
“We are the first group.”
Compared to idols from other agencies, the outfits of Chaldea are quite casual - it's better to say that they are not performance clothes at all, but just their daily clothes.
And now, AMP48, who in the eyes of others dress quite casually, as the first group of idols to open the curtain of the opening ceremony to warm up the audience, have squatted on all the lifting platforms in the main stage of the venue, waiting for the signal to start the performance.
"So, what's the opening signal?"
The second group of idols who were already waiting in the backstage asked questions to their companions.
"It's... the sound of a balloon exploding."
Someone who was part of the producers' meeting answered this question.
"Listen, it's about to begin."
As the sound of the balloon exploding rang out, the lift platform carrying all the members of AMP48 bounced up violently - and the accompaniment music also resounded throughout the venue at this moment.
『キミと一丝がいちばん
好きよってもっとぎゅっとね
キミを新しい Place へと影っぱってっちゃう
る·らんら! 遅れないでね』
"The melody of this song is surprisingly easy to remember." The idols who hadn't taken the stage yet gathered together to discuss the performers on stage. "Come to think of it, I didn't expect the members of Animusphia Agency to actually be willing to perform this song in front of others... I thought recording a video like they did to announce their debut was the limit for them."
"Very lively, very cheerful... Come to think of it, there are so many people in AMP48." An idol said with emotion, "I thought -"
"Many of their teams don't have any suitable jobs for idols, so they work as staff members at each project site." The man's companion explained briefly, "However, this number of people - it seems to be even greater than the number of staff members..."
"There are still quite a few people who haven't come." Nanami Haruka, who doesn't have to perform on stage as a composer, passed by the two idols who didn't belong to Shining Agency and pointed out that there were still members from Animusphia Agency who hadn't arrived. "I went to listen to Clover's concert, and in addition to the composers they invited, the audience was full of their own people - most of those members didn't show up at today's concert."
"By the way, it's time for the next group of members to take the stage."
Different from the first group's appearance - after the lights on the stage dimmed and the members of Chaldea returned to the backstage in an orderly manner, the new Mankai Theater and GODZA, which were the second group of idols to appear on stage, and the first generation group that also appeared here, were divided into four seasons and appeared on the three derivative stages and the main stage respectively.
The first beam of light fell on Sakuma Sakuya, the leader of the Mankai Theater's New Spring Group, who was standing in the center of the main stage.
"梦をいっぱい咲かせよう"
Just like every time he performed on stage as an actor in a stage play, he took the lead in opening the curtain of the performance for all members - and at the end of the first line of lyrics, all the lights in the venue lit up, and the members of the troupe continued with the next line, combining everyone's voice into one.
『君とパッパッとパッと
Patto☆mankai
"Hmm, using flowers to compare actors in a play..." After returning to the backstage rest area of Chaldea, a world-renowned playwright looked at the screen in front of him showing the scene on the stage and commented on the members who represented a world, "It's really an excellent analogy - actors are like flowers that will bloom on the stage while performing their roles... Hmm, this is really good!"
"Indeed, the Mankai Theater and the four groups of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter..." Andersen sat on a stool, shaking the drink in his hand, and tilted his head to look at the actors on the screen who caught Shakespeare's attention. "Should I say they have strong ambitions or are they too naive and romantic? However, making the flowers of the four seasons bloom continuously - this is really dazzling."
The third group that follows is the one that best fits the definition of an idol among the members that have appeared so far.
The lights in the venue dimmed, and after the members of the second group left the stage - when the lights came back on and the song accompaniment sounded, the campus idols took to the stage on different stages, divided by group.
『生まれたのはトキメキ
I'm so angry
あの日から変わりはじめた世界』
"Shining and light...this is a real idol." Ritsuka Fujimaru looked at the campus idols on the stage through the monitor screen backstage and sighed softly.
"I remember that most of them have the same nationality as Ritsuka, right?" Olga Marie, who had no intention of returning to the lounge, turned her head to look at Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was sitting directly in front of the monitor screen. "Haven't you ever been a fan of a celebrity before?"
"I'm not a fan of idols... I'm not Dr. Roman." After thinking for a moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka decisively answered, "But I've seen idols before. You should know about the Warring States Period in Japan, right? Before I entered Chaldea, fans of idols called the Japanese idol market at that time the Idol Warring States Period."
"New idols emerge one after another, and few veteran idols can be remembered by fans forever."
"But how should I put it..." Fujimaru Ritsuka blinked, his eyes falling on the shining idols on the stage, "Although I am not a fan of idols, humans will yearn for such a beautiful existence, right? To exaggerate, idols are the existence that can turn dreams into reality - people who are attracted to idols mostly hope that they can become like that... In other words, although girlfriend fans and boyfriend fans regard idols as lovers, before they come into contact with idols, they essentially just hope to have a lover that meets their fantasies."
"If it were the original me - maybe I would have fantasized about appearing as an idol. But that was a long, long time ago... It's a very vague memory now."
The fourth group is the only group of idols whose accompaniment continues seamlessly from the end of the previous group.
As the lights dimmed, with a prelude that sounded almost like a symphony, the eighteen idols from Shining and Raging agencies took the stage wearing the opening costumes from the previous two days' concerts - like real princes, they calmly walked to the designated positions of their groups, stood still, picked up the microphones and waited for the lights in the venue to light up again.
『This is the beginning of the present
メロディー出れる梦の呗よ
The sky is colorful like a rainbow
So strong
Strong
Kimimo Ichio
We love you. My princess!』
"It's just like Fate." In the lounge, Lansermello, who could observe the development of different worlds, sighed softly while looking at the opening ceremony song list in his hand, "Although the requirements for the opening ceremony song selection are still those originally proposed by the Yan Zhiye Party, the songs selected by each group can represent their world itself in a sense."
"As expected, this is the opening ceremony of the creation of the Holy Grail."
The second-to-last group, Starlight Academy and Dream Academy - with the help of their unique puppet system, the stage setting of the venue was changed to the most suitable scene for their performance.
Their performance costumes are also different from those of other idols, as they have the most uniform style - so uniform that they look like the uniforms of Chaldea.
『
chest
Similar to the second group, the spotlight fell on top idol Ichigo Hoshimiya, who stood in the center of all the idols.
The girl's singing announced the start of the performance, and when everyone started singing in chorus - the entire stage lit up, turning into a sweet pink color that matched the style of a girl idol.
『きらめくライン』
"There is one last group."
"Are you ready?"
"Everything is ready."
""ヒプノシスマイク-Division Rap Battle- +" Konoha Party additional version accompaniment preparation."
After the lights dimmed, the last group of members took to the main stage and the sub-stage respectively - the three members of the Yanzhiye Party from the Zhongwang District undoubtedly stood at the center of the main stage, and the other six Divisions were dispersed to different sub-stages.
After everyone was in place, the accompaniment of the last song began to sound.
"Contestants take oath!
A life of death!
The decision is invincible and the invincible man
译艉は神やマシンガン
またはFuture GuideくCompass Dial
Trinity
It's show time
歴史に克む俺らのスタイル
Wandering about life and death
Say What
"No wonder they were put last in the final arrangement." The members of the producer meeting who had a moment of free time stood together and discussed the rappers on the stage. "Even if we don't consider the offensiveness of the hypnotic microphone, rap itself has a strong offensiveness in music… Well, it is a style that is very suitable for announcing the start of a battle."
"Although we are having an idol competition and not a real fight."
"But this song has that kind of atmosphere!"
"I agree."
"I'm beginning to wonder if the decision to revoke their permission to use hypnosis microphones in combat was necessary—"
"It's already banned, so don't think too much about it. Besides, it'll be interesting to see them go to the Uta Prince Award region."
"But it's clearly a variation of DRB, but in the end it looked like an internal war between Animusphia Office and the male idol singles competition..."
"cough."
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