Anime Crossover: There are a lot of beautiful girls who like me.

She can't even lift a drum, let alone play it?

"Hey, you must be mistaken?"

"I can't play the drums!"

"And I don't even have a drum set."

"You don't mean you want me to buy a drum set, do you?!"

Once she came to her senses, Anna Hanami quickly sent a message to Yu Kitagawa asking what was wrong.

"Yeah, didn't you really want to help Hakamada-kun form a light music club?"

Kitagawa Yu asked a question without expression, which immediately left Yanagi Anna speechless. Yanagi felt a tightness in her chest and her eyes widened involuntarily.

That's right, she really wants to help Hakamada Sosuke form a light music club, and she's willing to learn to play the drums from scratch for that.

But...she has no money!

Because Karen Himegami mentioned a drum set last time, she was curious and even looked up the price of a drum set when she got home.

And then... for her, who had never even touched Fukuzawa Yukichi before, even if she saved all her allowance for the next three months without eating or drinking, it might not be enough!

And you made her not eat snacks for three consecutive months?

She might as well just die!

Meanwhile, in the activity room, Kitagawa Yu, seeing that she hadn't replied for a long time, seemed to have guessed her current mood. Her originally somewhat disappointed and depressed mood finally improved a lot.

"Idiot, I was just kidding. You just need to download a drum kit app on your phone. There are tons of drum kit emulators in the app store."

"..."

As she was pondering who to borrow money from and what to do if she couldn't repay it, Anzu Hachimi was speechless with frustration after reading this. Both of her Devil Fruit powers nearly exploded with anger.

If Kitagawa Yu were right in front of her, she would definitely grit her teeth and pounce on him, giving that 'annoying guy' a punch.

Let Kitagawa Yu know how powerful she is.

Unfortunately, Kitagawa Yu isn't here right now, so...

"Do those apps cost money?"

"No need, most of them are free~"

When Hana saw Anna finish reading, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Because her family's financial situation was not good, she didn't have much pocket money each month. In addition, she had a sweet tooth and couldn't resist eating delicious food, so that little pocket money was really not enough for her.

However, Kitagawa Yu then continued:

"Can this assessment be justified by the excuse that there wasn't enough time to prepare the drum set?"

"This excuse won't work next time the student council comes to inspect."

"So I'll still need to buy a drum set later~"

After reading it, Anzu's lips drooped again.

With her meager allowance, she couldn't even afford a guitar, let alone a drum set!

So what should we do...?

"Dangdang!"

Anna Hanami picked up a bottle of orange soda that had rolled out of the vending machine and cost only 50 yen, and walked toward the activity room with a gloomy face.

At the same time, Kitagawa Yu looked at Himegami Karen across from him, who had a curious expression on her face, hesitated for a moment, and then told her about forming the light music club.

"What? Um... Hakamada-san proposed to form a light music club?" Himemiya Karen frowned subconsciously.

She's just thick-skinned, not stupid, and she immediately guessed that Hakamada Sosuke's enthusiastic suggestion to form a light music club was definitely not for good reasons.

However, she didn't know that Kitagawa Yu no longer wanted to form the light music club, and thought that forming the light music club was also Kitagawa Yu's idea.

In addition, there is a minimum number of members required to form a club, and Hakamada Sosuke is also Hanami Anna's childhood friend.

So she didn't try to dissuade Kitagawa Yu from forming the light music club, but simply asked, "Will Yu be the club president?"

"Um......"

Kitagawa Yu glanced at Shikiya Yumeko beside him, then said very frankly, "However, I usually have to go to extracurricular classes, so I don't have much time to manage the light music club. Therefore, I'm afraid the management of the club will have to be left to you and Hanami-kun."

Himegami Karen was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, but then, as if she had just thought of something, she instantly perked up.

"It's okay! Leave it to me! I'll definitely help Yu manage the Light Music Club!"

"..."

Kitagawa Yu blinked, looking at Himegami Karen's excited expression, and felt that something was amiss.

Just as Yanami Anna reached the door of the activity room and was about to say "I'm back," she was drawn to Himegami Karen's bright, spring-like smile, and a flash of inspiration struck her once again.

"That's right! If I switch to playing the piano, I won't have to spend money to buy instruments anymore, right?"

So when the three of them finished their lunchboxes and came to the piano, just like yesterday...

"Didn't Karen-chan want to play the drums? Then I'll take care of the piano part!"

"???"

Seeing that Anna Hanami volunteered to play the more difficult piano part, Karen Himegami, who was about to sit down, hesitated for a moment before giving up her piano bench.

After all, even Anna calls her "Karen-chan", doesn't she?

Moreover, she is indeed more interested in playing drums than piano.

Then......

Kitagawa Yu looked at Yanami Anna, who sat down next to him and gave him a sweet smile. Seeing the corners of her mouth turned up and the tension, excitement, and a hint of pride flashing in her deep blue eyes, Kitagawa Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Until Hana saw Anna impatiently ask, "Nii! Kitagawa-kun, how do I play it?"

Kitagawa Yu finally snapped out of his reverie and casually began to introduce the song: "I wrote this song myself. It's mainly based on guitar, and the melody is quite soothing, so both the piano and drum parts are relatively simple..."

The guitar should be the main instrument, while the piano and drum kit parts should be simple enough, and the bass should be optional.

Using this as a standard, Kitagawa Yu quickly selected "Horizon" as the representative work of Back Number, a top-tier Japanese band from his previous life.

In its previous life, this song "Horizon" served as the support song for the 2020 Japan National High School Sports Games. It reached as high as number two on the Billboard Japan Singles Weekly Chart Top 100 (hereinafter referred to as the Billboard Weekly Chart), remained on the chart for more than 100 consecutive weeks, and had more than 600 million streams in three years.

So when he was thinking that if he couldn't find anyone or form a band, he would debut as a solo artist, he listed this song as one of the candidates for his debut single.

Now, he plays it quite skillfully.

"Place your left pinky on this key and treat it as 1; place your ring finger on this key and treat it as 2... then your thumb..."

"Place your right thumb on your...index finger...little finger..."

"Then the order of playing is 451..."

It has to be said that the piano looks simple, but it's not easy to play.

At first, Anna was full of confidence, after all, she thought she was definitely smarter than Karen Himegami, that 'clumsy, stupid cow girl'.

However, within two minutes she realized that her situation didn't seem to be much better than Himegami Karen's yesterday.

Even though the pace of Depth Line isn't as fast as Pokémon Masters, and the button presses don't require such a large range.

She still felt that her two hands and ten fingers were simply not enough to keep up.

then......

"Um... how about I learn to use one hand first?"

"Okay then~"

Seeing the embarrassed expression on Yanami Anna's face, as if she had just finished a big meal and realized she didn't have money to pay the bill, Kitagawa Yuya had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

Then......

"Huh? They changed the person so soon today?"

Chapter 61 Narumi Seina's Guilty Feelings

On the wooden bench under the cherry blossom tree outside the window, Narumi and her two companions listened intently to the smooth, flowing piano music coming from above.

because......

"Oh my god! This sounds like another song I've never heard before!"

Yes, because Anzu's playing was so clumsy and even messy before, it wasn't until now that Narumi and the other two realized that this was another new song they had never heard before.

Moreover, unlike "A Romantic Moment" and "My Goal is to Be a Pokémon Master", "Horizon", as a cheering song for a sports event, is more similar in style to "Sunflower".

Although the melody is very soothing, it is full of positive energy, making people feel gentle and healing when they listen to it.

This undoubtedly hit the nail on the head for Narumi Sena, who was exhausted both physically and mentally from preparing for her debut, and Shiina Mahiru, who looked like an angel on the outside but was always shrouded in gloom on the inside.

It was like a ray of warm sunshine breaking through the dark clouds and falling on them.

"Wow! This senior from the piano club is so talented! To write such a beautiful, gentle, and positive song, he must be incredibly handsome and have a super kind personality, right?"

It wasn't until Hayasaka Akari excitedly praised her in a low voice that Narumi Sena and Shiina Mahiru, who were engrossed in listening, came back to their senses.

Then, Shiina Mahiru turned her head slightly to look at her with a strange expression, thinking to herself, "These two not only don't know that anyone who likes piano can apply to join the club, but they also don't know that Kitagawa is a member?"

On the other side of Hayasaka Akari, Narumi Sena, perhaps sensing Shiina Mahiru's inner monologue, lowered her head guiltily and ate her bento in small bites, looking even quieter and more obedient than a little rabbit.

Logically speaking, Hayasaka Akari was a close friend she had known since middle school, so she should have told Hayasaka Akari the 'truth' about the piano club much earlier.

Just as Shiina Mahiru subconsciously concealed, anyone who is interested in piano can apply to the piano club.

She didn't know why, she just subconsciously 'forgot'.

Yes, that's right, it's 'forgot'~

When I tried to explain later, I felt the timing was a bit off, and it would be a little awkward to say it, so... I'll just let Hayasaka Akari continue to misunderstand!

It's not a big deal anyway, is it?

Amidst the soothing and healing piano music, Narumi Sena and Shiina Mahiru quickly forgot about their little thoughts.

In front of the old piano in the old classroom, Kitagawa Yu and Yanami Anna's figures gradually drew closer and closer.

"Nene, how did I play?"