Yeah, I should use this sound here.
There isn't a huge difference, but I feel like it's more reflective of the kindness I'm trying to capture.
That just leaves the key change between the bridge and the last chorus...
Okay, the bridge should be all set now.
Come to think of it...
I had to think a lot about what sorts of phrases I wanted to use for the bridge.
But I'm glad that I did.
You only get to hear the bridge once, so it has a fairly different kind of presence compared to the chorus, which is played several times.
I wrote it with everyone smiling in mind. As brief as this phrase is, I wanted it to become this unforgettable glimmer.
That's why I won't use any effects.
I want to use just raw sound. Next is...
Okay, let's see how this sounds...
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*Gasp*
This song... It's even better than I...!
B-But I shouldn't be patting myself on the back just yet. I need to hear how it sounds when Miku sings it...
Ready, Miku...?
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(This is incredible...)
(I-If I showed this to Miku, she'd probably...)
She has to hear this...
Miku needs to listen to this song...!
Hmm... I'm playing pretty well today...
It might be nice to jam with someone else...
Miku, are you there?!
W-Wah! You scared me...!
What's wrong? You seem really flustered... You also seem really happy, though...
That's because I am...
The truth is, I've been working on my own song...
Your own song?
Yeah, I worked really hard on it...
And finally, today... I'm finally finished writing it. Which is why...
Please, Miku...
I want you to listen to it....!
Of course.
I'd love to hear your song, Ichika.
H-How was it...?
Amazing...
You've created a wonderful song.
It's clear that you put an incredible amount of thought into it...
You can tell...?!
Yes. Each note gently showed me just how much you care about the others, how you want to be there for them and cherish their brilliant smiles.
Not only that, you chose the instruments that Leo/need uses. You must have had the others in mind while writing it.
Oh...
That's right...
I wrote this hoping that we'd play it as a band.
At the moment, only Honami knows that I'm writing a song...
But now that you've given me your seal of approval, Miku, I think I can present it to the others as our newest song.
I see. That means...
This song is going to let me sing with all of you in your world.
Miku...
Obviously, I'm not the same Miku that's in your world...
However, while listening to this song, I got the feeling that it connects me to all of you girls.
(Oh...)
I felt that too...
I thought really hard, trying a lot of different melodies and having you sing them...
At first, I felt so happy just to hear you sing phrases that I'd come up with, Miku...
But after a while, I began to feel bad about having you sing all these incomplete melodies.
Ichika...
But I was able to approach the sound I was going for with the help of a certain someone. I was able to produce a melody that I feel satisfied with because of them.
And...
Miku, when I heard you sing that melody for the first time, I...
I thought our hearts were in perfect sync.
The way I wanted to show how much I want to be there for everyone and how brilliant their smiles are... Miku, through your singing voice, you said that you understand.
That made me so happy.
Which is why when I finished writing my song earlier...
It felt like we made it together...
I didn't create it alone. This song felt like our song.
Yes...
I have to think that my counterpart also feels the same way.
I mean, she sounded like she was having so much fun while singing your song, Ichika.
Miku...
I also want lots and lots of people in your world to hear the song you and her created, Ichika...
This song, your thoughts, your feelings, this melody... The people who need it most are going to be so touched by them all.
Yeah...
I hope so too.
Um, Ichika...?
Would you mind if I tried singing it?
Huh...?
I want to sing your song, too.
*Gasp*
Then, can I... Can I sing with you?
Did you think I was going to say no?
Let's sing!
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Okay, here I go...
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(...!)
(Our voices are becoming one...)
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(This is so much fun...!)
(I wrote this song with Miku, and now we're really singing it together...)
(This is the closest I've ever felt to Miku.)
(Music really is a wonderful thing...
Not only does it have the power to resonate in someone's heart, it has the ability to tie people's hearts together...)
(I want to keep writing more songs... With Miku.)
(Songs that really move people's hearts.)
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