Final Chapter

The Stars Gather Together — Part 1

Kokona
We're finally here…! Astrolabe Hall…!

Shizuka
Since it's a brand new theatre, the interior's really beautiful too.

Chisa
Yeah, yeah. It really feels like a theatre the whole world can be proud of. To think a place like this would open up in Ueno…Japan's really riding a wave right now.

Kokona
Waaah, what do I do…I'm getting really nervous all of a sudden…!

Kokona
…Ah, look, you two! The performers over there are from the theatre troupe Tanba!

Chisa
Ooh, as expected of the Dai Star Festival. Big names, one after another…

Shizuka
Getting to stand on stage in a place like this really fires you up.

Chisa
Nice, I can really feel the motivation radiating off you, Shizuka. So much so it's practically stabbing everyone around us-

???
Everyone, this is finally it! Let's show off everything we've worked so hard for, right here!

???
Y-Yeah…that's right…haah…but I'm getting a little nervous…

???
You're a Dai Star too, you know, so just act like it and hold your head high.

???
That's true, but…that's exactly why it feels like so much pressure……haah~…

???
Whoa, Mito-chan! If you sigh like that, happiness will run away! You've gotta breathe in slowly and get that runaway happiness back!

Chie
Mito…? Which means, this voice must be…Gekidan Denki!

Iroha
Ah, it's the Sirius girls! Hello! I was wondering if we'd run into you somewhere, so I'm glad we got to meet up right away!!!

Kokona
Iroha-chan! And Mito-chan, and Towa-chan too! Huh? Where's everyone else?

Towa
Everyone's finishing up their own personal stuff first, then joining up later~. Kamira's doing a stream, and Tsubomi said she's reading our fortune for today.

Towa
Kaname and the rest of the staff said something about a bathroom break or whatever and wandered off somewhere too.

Chisa
Come to think of it, I think Panda mentioned doing a stream before the show too.

Iroha
If she happens to run into Kamira-chan, the two of them might end up streaming together!

Kokona
I bet some Gingaza people are here too, so maybe Hikari-chan will join in and it'll turn into a three person stream!

Shizuka
Hey, speaking of which-isn't that...Koyomi-san from Gingaza, and Xue-chan?

Iroha
!!!

Koyomi
Ara…the Sirius girls, and the Gekidan Denki girls too. What a coincidence, running into you all in a place like this.

Xue
To think we'd run into such familiar faces in a place packed with famous troupes from all over the world. Guess it's fate or something.

Kokona
It's really reassuring to run into people we know, isn't it, Xue-chan! …This place is full of amazing people, so I was getting nervous…

Xue
What are you saying now. Aren't you the ones who got invited to the World Theatre League too?

Koyomi
That's very like you, Kokona-san-humble, with rich sensibility. But once you step on stage, you shine like a completely different person.

Kokona
Ahaha…hearing it put that way makes me embarrassed…but I'll make sure to live up to your expectations. After all, I'm a performer too!

Xue
Oh, look at you, talking big now.

Koyomi
She's a performer who's stood on the same stage as a Dai Star, after all. Of course she'd have that kind of pride.

Mito
Um…Koyomi-san, it's a pleasure to meet you…!

Koyomi
Mito-san, thank you for the polite greeting. The pleasure is mine as well.

Mito
Sirius is…um, isn't Yae-chan with you?

Shizuka
I think she's probably already arrived, but she came separately from us. Apparently her parents are driving her straight there.

Mito
I see…since we'll be on the same stage, I thought I'd properly say hello again, but…

Chisa
I'm sure you'll run into her soon enough.

Chisa
…Anyway, this means all the troupes with Dai Stars are finally gathered here. Quite the line up.

Xue
Nah…like I said before, from where I'm standing, it's just the usual bunch.

???
Huh, so if I join in, does that make it even less fresh and exciting? Also, we don't even have a Dai Star on our side~.

Kokona
Iruru-san…! Wait, does that mean, could Eden be here too…?

Iruru
Yep. Lucky for us, Eden got invited to the World Theatre League too.

Iroha
It might be rude of me to say "surprising", but…I really am a little surprised to see you here.

Iruru
No, that surprise is totally justified, so it’s fine. At first, Hatsumi was even reluctant. She said, “I won’t pander to authority”.

Iruru
But, well, a lot happened, and they decided to accept the invitation after all. Thanks to that, I guess Eden's joined the ranks of the participating troupes too?

Kokona
Then that means…everyone's really all here now! Here at Astrolabe Hall…all of our fellow performers, together.

Shizuka
Heh, nice. …Let's show off our performance to the World Theatre League judges and the audience alike, Kokona.

Kokona
Yeah! Let's do it, Shizuka-chan!