Te: Haah. I'm nervous. Today's the meeting with HighxJoker for the collab CD.

Te: As an adult, I must show that I'm reliable.

Te: Does the tie match? Or should I have gone for a more flashy one?

Te: Don't want them to think I'm some lame old man.

Te: Alright, no point fidgeting about. Time to go in. ...Huh? What's that sound?

Ht: Tarararaan~ Jajaan! Like that, leading into the final hook?

S: Aaaah~ That's totally awesome! Your ideas are the best as always, Hayatocchi!

S: Then the hook will go all out like DOKKAAN! Lalalalaaa~ Lala~

Ht: Oh, that's good. How about lyrics like this? MIENAI~ MIRAI~ [The unseen future]

S: That feels mega good! Aaah I want to sing it soon!

Te: Oh, those two from HighxJoker are having their own meeting.

Te: They probably always write songs this way. It's the feeling of youth!

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Te: Hey! Hayato, Shiki! Good morning [OHAYOU] from OHIO. Just kidding.

Ht: Oh, Teru-san! Were you listening now?

Te: To the one that goes chalalalaa~ MIRAI~, right? It's a good song!

S: You think so too, Terucchi? I'm all hyped up for it!

S: If you like, I can do an acoustic version right now!

Ht: That won't do, Shiki. It's almost time for the meeting.

S: Oh, right. I completely forgot we weren't at the usual studio.

Te: It's fine. There's still time. I was also early.

Te: (They're excited. I feel foolish for worrying about being older.)

Te: (We can make a fun song together with them.)

Te: (With the strengths of Dramatic Stars and HighxJoker combined...)

Te: (I'm looking forward to the resulting music!)

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Te: Oh, Hayato, Shiki! Good work at the meeting yesterday!

Ht: You too, Teru-san. It's good that we sorted out many things.

Te: Yeah! CD release hype is on!

Te: Oh, and you two were writing a song right before the meeting, right?

Te: I thought it was great and wrote one of my own. Would you have a listen?

S: A new song already? That's amazing! Are you a genius?

Te: Fufu~n. Praise me more! Alright, then. Listen to my killer tune. [CLICK]

Ht: Oh, it's on.  Uwaaa. Amazing. Getting hyped right from the intro.

S: Th-this... feels like the birth of a legend! What's the title of this song?

Te: "Container of Lemon." [LEMON no iREMON]

Ht: Eh?

Te: It's "Container of Lemon".

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K: Fuyumi-kun. Need to ask you.

K: For our unit collab, what kind of music style do you think is suitable?

J: Considering Dramatic Stars and HighxJoker have different music styles, it's something to worry about.

J: If we match the style of Dramatic Stars, then we go for a straightforward danceable idol song.

J: If we match HighxJoker, we go for the style of a rock song for a band.

J: But there's no accomplishment in that, right? We need something new.

K: How about we change direction completely and go for something like a ballad?

K: With your keyboard skills, we could make a great song out of that, Fuyumi-kun.

N: (Kaoru-san calls Jun "Fuyumi-kun".)

N: (Usually says "student" instead, so I thought maybe he doesn't remember his name.)

N: (Jun looks like he's enjoying this music talk with Kaoru-san.)

N: (If Jun's enjoying himself, I'm happy too.)

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J: As for a style of music we haven't considered before, let's see, how about something like rockabilly?

K: Or breakbeat sampled with a classic phrase.

[TL note: This is most probably wrong. I have no music knowledge so all this sounds like gibberish to me. Sorry about that.]

J: Or french pop, no, maybe industrial.

K: I see. There's a lot of room for discussion. Bassist, what do you think?

N: ...Eh? Me?

J: Want to hear your opinion, as our band's bassist.

N: Jun... Um... I...

N: ...It's good to do something new, but I want to see everyone's strengths better.

K: So you mean we should make use of the music we've made so far?

N: Yeah... What I want to hear is not different kinds of music, but our music.

J: Our music...

K: Music that only we can make, huh.

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K: That's a very good point. Certainly, we should've considered that as the subject from the beginning.

J: I think I also missed that very basic point.

N: Maybe.

K: That's more than enough, Sakaki-kun. With that settled, let's get started on the song.

J: Alright, let's bring everyone in here. Want to get Hayato's opinion on lyrics.

K: Let's bring in Kashiwagi from our side. Maybe "him" too.

J: Natsuki, call Haruna-san and Shiki-kun.

N: ...Okay, got it.

N: (Kaoru-san and Jun look like they work together very well. If so, I'm glad.)

N: (...Oh, Kaoru-san used my name too just now.)

N: (So he did remember. A little surprising.)

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Hn: Damn, I'm the only one who can't remember the dance steps for this song.

Hn: Can't show an uncool side to everyone else. Practice, practice!

Hn: ...Hm? There's someone in the lesson room.

Ts: 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4... No, this won't do. Once again.

Hn: Oh, it's Tsubasa-san. Tsubasa-san also came to practice.

Hn: Man, his hands and legs are long. Normally has a gentle mood about him, but looks so cool when he dances.

Ts: Ah, Haruna-kun!

Hn: Wah! He found out I was watching.

Ts: You're going to practice too, Haruna-kun? Come over here.

Hn: O-okay.

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Hn: Do you always practice like this?

Ts: Yeah. I don't have a big enough mirror at home, so I can't confirm my form.

Hn: Are there steps that even you can't do, Tsubasa-san? Considering you're really good at dancing...

Hn: Even now, that clean finish was so cool.

Ts: Ahaha. Thank you. But I've got more to improve on.

Ts: I don't have Kaoru-san's singing skills or Teru-san's leadership skills.

Ts: So I want to support them at least with dancing.

Hn: (Support them... I think I get it, being the big bro of HighxJoker.)

Hn: Alright! I also aim to dance well to support everyone!

Ts: If it's the new song, let's practice together. I've also been wanting to practice it.

Hn: Great! Can you help me at difficult parts?

Ts: Sure, if it's something I understand, I'll explain anything.

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Hn: 1,2,3,4... and done.

Hn: Aaah... I'm tired. This is probably my limit.

Ts: That's great. You got all those previously mentioned points down, Haruna-kun.

Ts: You really did well. Good work.

Hn: Really? Yay! Going to celebrate with donuts!

Ts: I'll treat you to donuts. Reward for doing your best.

Hn: Really? Great! How about this month's new special? Haven't tried that yet.

Hn: Hold on! I'll be ready in 5 minutes!

Ts: For someone who just said he's at his limit, he sure is energetic.

Hn: Tsubasa-san, please be ready to go broke. I'm really hungry.

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J: It's just 10 minutes to the real thing. Wonder how many people have come.

S: Crap, I'm so nervious it feels like I might forget all the lyrics!

Hn: Calm down, Shiki. It's no good if you can't show the results of your practicing here.

Te: Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't panic! Guys, think only about the performance.

Te: Our 8 man collaboration is going to be a great performation!

Te: Something like that...

K: Stop being a bad influence on the kids, Tendou.

N: Collaboration... Performation... Pfft...

J: Natsuki?!

Ht: That was fun, Teru-san.

Te: R-really?

Ts: Amazing! They actually like it, Teru-san.

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Ht: Everyone, how did you like the our performance?

Te: Did you enjoy it? Glad to hear that!

S: Was a little nervous, working with Terucchi and the others...

S: But more than that, all the way from practice to the real thing, it was really hyper mega max fun!

J: Yes. And it was a performance that let us learn a lot of things.

K: It was a rare kind of experience for us too.

Ts: Our ages differ from them in HighxJoker, but...

Hn: ...We wanted to do a performance that would make everyone happy. That feeling was the same for all of us.

Ts: Yes. We got to know you guys better as well.

N: [dozing off]

Ht: Well, then, we've got one more song. Please listen.

Ht: Dramatic Stars and HighxJoker wrote this song together.

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Ht: 1,2...

Te&K&Ts&Ht: Good work, everyone!

S&J&N&Hn: Good work!

Ht: To think this will be the end of the work together by all 8 of us...

Te: Now, now, don't cry! We should celebrate with a smile!

J: I think working with you as members of the band will be a good memory to me.

S: Dramatic Stars was really in the groove!

Hn: Thanks to Tsubasa-san, I think I really nailed the dancing part.

Ts: Position changes in an 8-man performance was difficult, but I'm glad we did it.

J: Nothing you'd like to say, Natsuki?

N: ......Thanks. It was fun.

K: Yeah. Every now and then, this kind of thing isn't too bad.