"I have never been the kind of person to stand in the middle, and now I don't have any real sense."
"A person who can become a TE must be someone who can bring out all the good qualities of the people around him. I have heard someone say this."
"I hope I can be like this."
In the afternoon, Oda, who was sitting in the music rehearsal room, was thinking about Nishino's speech in the morning when he was selected to become a ter.
What surprised Oda was that Nishino didn't cry this time. Even after the recording of the series ended, he just lay on Takayama's shoulder, trying hard to hold back his tears.
"Na-chan, you have grown up a lot." Oda muttered silently in his heart. In the nearly one year since Nishino moved away, Oda and Nishino's contact could be said to be inseparable. The two seemed to have a good relationship, but
We don’t have much contact, but in some places we would inexplicably want to go together, but they are both worried about a special thing and dare not take the initiative to reach out and touch each other.
"Oichi, what are you thinking about?" While Oda was thinking, a pair of hands suddenly pressed on Oda's shoulders.
"I'm thinking...how to teach you!" Oda grabbed the hands of the man behind him and turned around to stand up. Then he stretched out his hand again to hold down the head of the man who was slightly shorter and bigger than himself. "You really screwed me up."
It’s a difficult problem.”
At the second anniversary concert, probably because the Nogizaka members had performed very well in recent times, the management gave each member of the front row a chance to choose by themselves, that is, to choose a song and then choose the designated one.
Members perform together - of course, time and schedule permitting.
Then, Akimoto chose to star in "The Flight of Bamboo" with Oda.
Perhaps because Akimoto's singing and dancing were completely different from Oda's, the management thought that such a contrast would be interesting, so they arranged such a program and urged the two to rehearse carefully.
Although it sounds interesting, it is Oda who suffers.
Although Akimoto's dancing and singing abilities are already average among the members under the guidance of Oda, the song "Taketori Flight" will use some bel canto techniques, and the rhythm of the dance part is also very difficult.
The song is big, which means that for a person like Akimoto, whose high notes are unstable and not very flexible, the difficulty of mastering this song can be said to be the Chinese level of table tennis.
"It's okay. I have practiced this song many times at home." Qiu Yuan nodded more confidently, "It's just that there is still a little problem with the dance. I need you to give me some guidance, Xiaoichi."
"I taught you a lot of your singing and dancing. Don't I know how you are doing?" Oda complained in his heart, but he still turned on the accompaniment and asked Akimoto to sing it to him.
However, somewhat unexpectedly, Akimoto sang very well in the verse part, but he was shaking badly in the chorus and bel canto parts, but it can also be seen that he did spend a lot of time practicing in private.
"Speaking of which, Manatsu, why did you choose this song?" After listening to Akimoto sing it once, Oda praised it slightly and then asked.
"Actually... there is no reason." Qiu Yuan reached out and touched the back of his head, "Maybe it's because you have helped me so much from the beginning, Xiaoichi, so I want to be with you, Xiaoichi, just two people
Let’s perform once.”
"Isn't this the same as the ancient times when disciples had to repay their gratitude to their masters?" (For example, Yucheng Judai's pure hero deck versus Mamma Mia's ancient giant machine) After finishing speaking, Akimoto tilted his head.
He tilted his head and smiled at Oda.
"This..." Oda actually didn't expect Akimoto's reason to be so sincere. He couldn't say the words he originally wanted to complain about, so he could only stick out his tongue, and then changed the subject and said, "Then I will sing it again.
, you can listen to the difference, and then we can sing it together and see how it goes."
"Yeah." Qiu Yuan nodded.
As the background music played again, Oda opened his mouth and started singing with all his strength.
From the first sentence Oda spoke, Akimoto could actually tell the difference between the two. How should I put it, although Akimoto always felt that Oda's voice sounded good every time he heard it when practicing singing, but
After listening to it live, I felt it was particularly magical. It seemed that God was unfair. While giving Oda such an excellent voice and body, he also gave her a smart mind and a stubborn character.
Then, it’s time for the chorus. In fact, Akimoto has never been confident in singing the high notes. Because his belt is relatively thin, Akimoto’s high notes naturally sound harsh and can easily become unstable and out of tune. However, Oda can
Precise enunciation, every note was sung perfectly, but Oda's closed eyes and arms waving up and down with the music gave Akimoto a little comfort - if Oda really sang like this
If the difficult songs were casual, then she would really look like the protagonist in a Mary Sue novel, rather than joining the group Nogizaka.
"That's pretty much it... I didn't clear my throat much just now, so some of the notes I sang may not have been quite right." Oda coughed a little, then picked up the water glass next to him and took a sip, "Let me rest for a while, and we can sing a chorus.
Take a look at the situation again."
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At the end of work today, after Nishino picked up his bag in the lounge, he didn't know why he came to a certain door again, and there were five familiar large characters "Music Rehearsal Room" written on the door number.
This time, the song coming from inside was Oda's solo song "Taketori Flight". Hearing the melody of this song seemed to bring Nishino back to a year ago, when Oda was a front-row member of the fourth single.
He is also the second member among the members to have a solo song, and performed this song at the last encore of the first anniversary concert. The graceful figure that was illuminated by the spotlight and attracted the attention of the whole audience made Nishino envious but also a little scared.
But I don’t know why, but now the fear in Nishino’s heart has slowly dissipated, and the voices surrounding her that are expelling her no longer appear in her mind.
So, she grabbed the door handle and pressed it accurately.
The door was pushed open a small crack, and music and melodies spilled out from the small crack. However, Nishino discovered that there was a strange chord mixed in Oda's graceful singing.
Nishino pushed the door open forcefully.
And it was Oda City who was standing in the door singing songs.
Opposite her was the person Nishino disliked the most - Akimoto Manatsu.