only……

No matter whether you hate it or not, it’s different from forming a band!

“Ah -“

Kitagawa Yu was about to refuse.

However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that the sleeve of his school uniform jacket seemed to be pulled by something, and he subconsciously turned his head to look over.

Then he saw that the kind-hearted Himemiya Karen and Yanami Anna beside him had been touched by Toyokawa Shoko’s words, which seemed plain but actually had a very emotional effect with her unique tone, and they looked at Wakaba Mutsu with sympathy in their eyes.

And then……

“Yuu~~ Shall we let them try?”

“…”

We are ready to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first? ?

At this moment, it seemed as if a crow with a long row of black spots was flying over Beichuan You’s head, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Chapter 108: Unexpected Decisiveness and Sudden “Judgment of Fate”

“Is this the legendary fierce and brainless guy?” Kitagawa Yu was too tired to complain.

Although, he knew that, except for a very few, most of the beautiful girls in romance anime were relatively simple, kind, and very compassionate.

Whenever I see a puppy abandoned on the roadside, I have to step on it… No, I have to touch its head and help it find a new owner.

If it rains, I would even foolishly leave the umbrella to the puppy and go to school in the rain, or simply carry the puppy home in my school uniform jacket.

But isn’t it too easy to be moved? Didn’t they think that Toyokawa Shoko might be lying?

However, when he thought of Bai He Yue Ai and compared himself with Bai He Yue Ai, he finally felt better.

At least, both Himemiya Karen and Yanami Kyouna are much smarter than Shirakawa Tsukia, aren’t they?

After realizing that Himemiya Karen and Yanami Kyouna once again took the lead in unifying the front and expressed support for Toyokawa Shoko and Wakaba Mutsu’s attempts to join, Kitagawa Yuu looked at Toyokawa Shoko again.

“These are Himemiya Karen and Yanami Kyouna, who are in the same class as me. They are also going to join my band as drummer and sub-guitarist.”

“If Toyokawa-san and Wakaba-san want to join the band, I can give up my keyboard position and let Toyokawa-san take over.”

“Then Wakaba-san will be the bassist, I will be the lead guitarist, and my teammate Tsukimi Eiko will only be the lead singer.”

“But there are some things I need to make clear in advance. What I value most when I form a band is that we stay as good friends for life.”

“Although we consider ‘music’ and ‘band’ as our main careers in the future, we don’t have much ambition for achievements or making money.”

“For example, unless we are very interested in some commercial performances, advertisements, and variety shows, we will not accept them even if they are very profitable.”

“Also, whether to perform live, hold fan meetings, concerts, etc. is entirely based on my mood. I will never make myself too tired or too hard.”

“To put it simply, we are just lazy people. So Toyokawa-san, please think about it again and try to join my band!”

Kitagawa You looked straight into Toyokawa Shoko’s eyes and said with a very serious expression.

Although he knew that relying on the memories of his previous life, he would sooner or later be able to stand at the top of the neon music circle in this anime world.

However, he didn’t know how big Toyokawa Shoko’s “career ambition” or “ambition” was, and how much money she needed to earn or how high her achievements needed to be satisfied.

He may not want to take on some commercial performances or advertisements, but Toyokawa Shoko values these opportunities to enhance fame and increase income, and encourages everyone to take them.

This is bound to cause trouble for him and even the atmosphere within the band.

For example, as for concerts and live performances, even if they are very profitable, he will never hold them too often because it will hurt Tsukimi Eiko’s voice.

Haven’t you seen that after the anime “The Crying Girls Band” made the voice actor of the protagonist Jing Serina Jina famous, Rina, in order to strike while the iron is hot and consolidate and increase the popularity of the band, Rina frequently performed live and held small solo shows for a period of time, and almost ruined her voice by singing.

So even if it meant giving up those very important opportunities that could increase his fame and income, he would never allow this to happen to Tsukimi Eiko.

“Is this so…”

Toyokawa Shoko frowned slightly, but did not avoid Kitagawa Yu’s gaze.

She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Beichuan You seemed to have a deep understanding of her, which made her very confused.

However, the questions raised by Kitagawa Yuu are indeed somewhat in conflict with her current thoughts.

Will the band members remain good friends for life?

This is the naive idea that the naive girl once had.

After experiencing major family changes and social abuses, and having to work as a customer service operator every day to earn money to support herself, she no longer holds such naive ideas.

Of course, if Kitagawa Yu and the Baisha Band could really become the “tools” for her to achieve her goals, she would definitely protect Kitagawa Yu, the Baisha Band, and the relationship between each member more than anyone else, even if she had to kneel down and beg them.

But can Kitagawa Yu, who is so casual and even willful, and decides whether to accept commercial performances, advertisements, and variety shows based on his mood, and whether to hold live performances and concerts based on his mood, really help her achieve her ambition?

At this time, Toyokawa Shoko really wanted to ask Kitagawa Yuu why he was so confident that he could make everyone in the band live well with such a lazy approach.

She also wanted to listen to other songs written by Kitagawa Yu to provide more basis for her decision.

It’s a pity that if she really did this…even a fool would be able to see the utilitarianism that she had deliberately concealed before, right?

Toyokawa Shoko subconsciously glanced at Himemiya Karen and Yanami Anai beside Kitagawa Yuu, especially at Himemiya Karen’s two huge devil fruits. She paused briefly and suddenly became a little shaken.

“If it’s this fierce… maybe…”

Toyokawa Shoko quickly shook her head vigorously in her heart to dispel her wild thoughts.

Then, just when Kitagawa Yu thought that she should go back and think about it carefully, Toyokawa Shoko, who had been thinking about it since last night, made a very decisive decision.

“I understand. Kitagawa-kun is not only the captain of the band, but also the soul of the band. So when everyone has different ideas, Ruoye and I are willing to listen to Kitagawa-kun! Please allow Ruoye and I to try to join the Baisha Band!”

Toyokawa Shoko looked directly into Kitagawa Yu’s eyes, her gaze firm and sincere.

According to her original plan to form a band, with the help of all available resources, she was sure that Ave Mujica would break through the “underground level” and become a third-tier band within two or three months, and be promoted to a “bottom-tier second-tier” band within the next two years.

Because she knew very well that Sumimi’s popularity had stagnated and she was stuck in the “middle of the third-tier idols” and couldn’t go up. It wasn’t because the lead singer, Mikasa Chuhua, wasn’t pretty or didn’t sing well, it was simply because they didn’t have any good works and the agency’s strength wasn’t that great.

As long as she can write a few more songs of the same level as “Kasuga Shadow”, coupled with the singing ability of Sankaku Hatsuka, as well as the popularity of Sumimi, Yutenji Wakamugi, and Wakaba Mutsu himself, it will not be difficult for her to be promoted to the ‘bottom of the second line’.

However, after being promoted to the ‘bottom of the second tier’ level, she was no longer sure if she wanted to move up.

Because bands are different from idols, when they reach that level, they really have to compete in their creative abilities.

And having only one or two representative works is not enough. One must also be able to create excellent works continuously, and there must be at least two or three masterpieces.

It’s just like the popularity of the anime “MYGO” and “The Crying Girls Band” in the previous life. Although it brought popularity to the MYGO band and TOGENASHI TOGEARI (刺团), it allowed them to reach a relatively advanced level among the third-tier bands in a very short period of time.

However, even with this, and with the full support of the artist agency and music company behind them, they still failed to cross the threshold between the third-tier and second-tier bands and be promoted to second-tier bands.

Especially the Ci Group, under the encouragement of the ambitious agency behind them, they rushed to the “Tokyo Dome City Performance Hall” (not the main body of Tokyo Dome, which can only accommodate 3000 people at most) and held a special show.

As a result, after a long period of warm-up, the attendance rate did not even reach two-thirds, which was embarrassing.

Later, it was only after performing with MYGO that I dared to go to the “Tokyo Dome City Hall”, a “second-tier” venue that can accommodate 3000 people, to hold a compilation concert.

The biggest problem here is that they lack high-quality works.

In fact, the representative works of the two previous bands, “Haruhi Shadow” and “Busy, Our City”, seem to be very popular and sound good, but in the J-POP circle where competition is very fierce and good works emerge in an endless stream, they are not even small boutiques, but can only be regarded as “high-quality” level works.

It’s the kind that you can find beautiful without watching the MV or animation, and you can put it in your playlist and play it dozens of times on loop.

A song like “Hola no Bako” doesn’t even reach the “high quality” level, it can only be considered pretty good. Apart from the fans brought by the anime, ordinary listeners will not play this song on repeat for dozens of times.

As for the rest, including those selected as anime EDs and interludes, they are just mediocre works in the J-POP circle.

Most people may forget a song after listening to it once, and they may not even think about the name of the song, let alone remember it.

Even in anime, because the settings and style are more realistic.

After joining the thorn group of the ‘Golden Shooter’ agency, its popularity has increased a lot due to the agency’s strong publicity.

The number of followers on ins has increased from more than 300 to more than 2,000.

Spotify’s listenership also rose by more than 700.

24 hours after its new song “Flower of Destiny” was released on Spotify, the total number of plays was only a pitiful 103.

Even if this was a deliberate attempt to suppress the plot, the fact that among more than 700 “fans”, less than one-seventh of them listened to the song in its entirety can reflect the quality of the song.

As for the other songs of the group…in the final live showdown at the end of the original anime, even with the agency’s strong promotion, less than 300 tickets were sold, which also speaks volumes.

In comparison, the ending band in “Lonely Rock” is much better than them.

Although there are no masterpieces, there are three or four works that reach the “high quality” level, such as “Youth Syndrome”, “Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet”, etc.

In addition, “Lonely Rock” is more popular than “MYGO” and “Crying Girl Band” and has more fans.

Therefore, the ending band that just started in the anime actually quickly crossed the threshold and was promoted to a second-tier bottom-level band after the anime in the previous life ended.

Toyokawa Shoko believes that she has the ability to write a few more high-quality works comparable to “Haruhi no Kage” and lead the band she has formed to reach the level of “bottom-tier second-tier”.

But when she went further up and started competing in the number of high-quality products, she lost confidence.

As for the two songs released by Kitagawa Yuu so far, “Sunflower” can probably only be regarded as between “high quality” and “small boutique”.

But the song “Horizontal Line” has reached the level of a “masterpiece”. It has been on the Billboard weekly chart for four or five consecutive years without falling out of the top 50. It is a timeless masterpiece that has been played on repeat countless times.

This is a song she will probably never be able to write in her lifetime.

Therefore, in her eyes, Yu Kitagawa, who was able to write “Horizontal Line”, undoubtedly has a very high ceiling.

Even if Kitagawa Yuu is unable to write songs of the same level as “Horizontal Line” in the future, this one masterpiece alone, plus a sufficient number of high-quality works, can raise the band’s level ceiling to the top of the second-tier.

In this way, whether to satisfy her own “ambition” or to help Ruoye Mu, she will definitely choose to join Kitagawa You’s Baisha Band.

Even if Kitagawa Yu doesn’t like to hold too many concerts, he can make up for the lack of quantity with quality.

A top second-tier band can hold a special show for around 10000 people, and one show is equivalent to 5 shows by a bottom-tier second-tier band, or 10 shows by a mid-tier third-tier band.

If they could become a top band…Kitagawa Yuu wouldn’t mind even if she only held one or two concerts a year.

In fact, due to a clear understanding of her own strength and talent, her ambition is not as big as Kitagawa Yu imagined.

And her reason can restrain her ambition very well, so Kitagawa Yu’s worries are completely unnecessary.

“Then… let’s give it a try first!”

Kitagawa You was unaware of what she was thinking.

But since Toyokawa Shoko said so.

The most important thing is that Himemiya Karen and Yanami Kyouna, whose sympathy was aroused, also thought that they could try to form a team.

Then he could only agree reluctantly.

“I have to go to the talent class in Takadanobaba to take a music arrangement class later, so let’s exchange contact information first! Then I will send you the scores of “Sunflowers”, “Horizontal Line” and three other songs, and you can practice them by yourselves first.”

“What? Three more songs!?”

Toyokawa Shoko was stunned at first, and then she, who had just been relieved about successfully joining the band, suddenly became nervous and worried.

“What if his other songs…”

Shoko Toyokawa, who had never expected to be “judged by fate” so soon, subconsciously forgot to breathe.

However, only less than two minutes had passed, and after she finished singing only one song out of the three songs, “Announcement of Spring”, all her nervousness and worries had been swept away, leaving only joy and excitement in her heart.

While being full of confidence and expectations in his decision, he also made up his mind to hold on to Kitagawa Yu’s thigh tightly.

But if this happens… those who want to join Kitagawa You’s band will be depressed.

Chapter 109: The pattern is too small?

“What? Kitagawa-kun’s band is already full!?”

In the corridor outside the arrangement class, Rupa and Ebizuka Satoshi, who came here specially for the trip, couldn’t help but show expressions of surprise after hearing the news.

“Yes, just after school, two girls who were also looking for someone to form a band came to our school to find me after listening to my songs, wanting to join my band. Then my other teammates thought they were pretty good and that we could give it a try, so they agreed.”

As Kitagawa Yuu was speaking, his mind couldn’t help but recall the time when Toyokawa Shoko enthusiastically invited Himemiya Karen and Yanami Kyouna to have dinner together to celebrate, and said, “As the newcomers who just joined the band, she must treat you to this meal,” and Yanami Kyouna had an expression on her face that said, “You are really a good person.”

The corners of my mouth couldn’t help but twitch slightly.

However, Rupa and Ebizuka Satoshi on the opposite side were dumbfounded after hearing it.

“What? Just now!?”

Rupa couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

At the same time, Satoshi Ebizuka, who was still struggling over whether to join the Baisha Band until the last second before he opened his mouth, was filled with only depression and regret.