Momoi Taro wants to form a "don" brother duo, but it's a music anime.

Episode 6 of "Dong", Personality

"I'll definitely write lyrics that have the flair of a top band," Pochi said with a smug grin.

But he didn't notice that Yamada Ryo, who had been signing autographs for the people around him, had stopped, looked at him, and murmured, "Such style..."

Both Momoi Taro and Aine stared intently at Pochi. They exchanged a glance, and Aine spoke up, "But... I don't think this is right, you know?"

"Huh?" Hearing Aine's question, Pochi looked at her in a panic, wondering why Aine would say such a thing. The usually cheerful and easygoing Aine was looking at her with such a serious expression. Had she said something wrong?

"If a band doesn't have the individual personalities of its members, it can't be called a band." Ai Yin looked at Boqi very seriously, her previously relaxed face completely changed.

"Huh?" Pochi stood up abruptly! What happened? The whole atmosphere suddenly changed. She looked left and right, and saw Taro, who was equally serious. Her gaze locked onto Taro.

“Ah, that’s right.” Taro raised his head slightly and looked down at Pochi: “A band is a band that blends the personalities of five people. If you only think about chasing trends, a band can’t last long.”

It seemed that something Taro cared about had been touched upon, because the hiccups suddenly disappeared without him noticing.

"Ah!" Pochi trembled even more violently. Had he actually done something that would cause the band to break up?

"Well... it's not that serious, is it?" Seeing how serious the two of them were, Kita wanted to ease the atmosphere. Nijika looked at Ryo but didn't say anything.

"I think they're right." Liang's voice carried a subtle hint of seriousness. To be honest, she hadn't wanted to say it, at least not now; it should have been in a more private setting.

However, since these outsiders, who weren't in her band, cared about this even more than she did, she couldn't help but glance at Aine and Taro again.

To be honest, Ryo initially didn't think much of Taro. As she said, she had seen RAISE-A-SUILEN's live performance. Taro's guitar technique was undoubtedly impeccable, but his playing lacked spirit and soul, like a drowning person unable to scream, pitifully unaware that they were drowning.

She had thought that this man named Momoi Taro was a purely commercial musician, but she never expected him to say something that pleased her.

So, under this serious influence, Liang Kongkong made a decision and decided to bring up the topic: "Little Boqi, do you know? Before this band, I was in other bands."

“Liang…” Hongxia looked at Liang with some concern. She didn’t expect Liang to reveal his story here.

"Ah! I know, I saw Ryo-senpai's street live performance before!" Kita said excitedly, "That's when I was attracted to Ryo-senpai."

“I used to really like those naive yet frank lyrics,” she said, her head down, her already gloomy face becoming even more somber. “But everyone’s desperate pursuit of fame has led to increasingly unconventional styles that follow the mainstream.”

She rested her chin on her hand, looking at the ceiling light... This light seemed to be working way too hard. Liang couldn't help but think this; the light from the incandescent bulb was a little too bright for her eyes, irritating them and bringing tears to her eyes.

To maintain his superior image, Liang stubbornly refused to lower his head, letting tears stream down his face, looking quite sad: "I didn't like this, so I quit. There was even a little dispute when I quit."

"Wow! Senpai..." Kita looked at Ryo, who was crying, with great admiration, and imagined tens of thousands of words of plot for her in his mind.

Aine was also very surprised to see the blue-haired female passerby. She hadn't expected that these things could make the other person so sad. She wondered if she shouldn't have brought it up.

Taro nodded in agreement, seemingly unaffected by Ryo's tears.

Pochi clutched his head in panic, inwardly screaming: "What do I do? What do I do? Am I going to become the band's scapegoat? Is the band going to break up because of what I said?"

Hongxia looked at Liang with suspicion, feeling that Liang wasn't that kind of person.

She lowered her head and rubbed her eyes, which were sore from staring at the light. To others, it looked as if she was trying to hide her sadness.

“Once you give up your individuality, it’s no different from being dead.” She looked very disappointed. Taro, who was standing next to her, nodded in agreement and praised, “Not a bad sentence!”

Pochi suppressed his inner panic slightly, first looking at Taro, then at Ryo, and called out somewhat uneasily, "Master Taro, Ryo-kun..."

“So you don’t need to think too much and force yourself to write boring lyrics that sound like those of a popular band,” she earnestly advised. “Just write them the way Pochi likes them.”

“But…that would turn into a dark melody,” Pochi still hesitated.

“It’s alright!” Hongxia slammed her hand on the table and stood up. “I only entrusted the lyrics to you because I was afraid of touching on Boqi’s taboos. If I make you force yourself to write lyrics you don’t like, wouldn’t that be putting the cart before the horse?”

“Yeah, and it would be really interesting to have a winner in life sing such a dark song,” Ryo said, trying to comfort him. Boqi imagined it for a moment and realized it was indeed very interesting.

"A winner in life? Who is that?" Kita asked with a smile, completely oblivious to his own shortcomings.

The other three members of the band stared at Kita simultaneously, thinking to themselves: [We're talking about you!]

Liang coughed lightly: "Different personalities come together to create a unified music for the city. This will become the underlying tone of the band's finale."

"Ryo-senpai! So handsome!" Kita looked at Ryo with starry eyes.

"Oh! This is what Taro meant when he said that everyone's personality is the same when they are forged together," Aine suddenly realized.

Taro nodded in agreement and smiled, "That's right. Only when each member has their own personality can a band be considered a band."

Boqi looked at everyone, then lowered her head and thought seriously for a while. After that, she raised her head, looked at everyone, and said earnestly, "I know, I will do my best."

"Oh! I'm really looking forward to seeing you!" Hongxia patted Boqi on the shoulder, giving him a very positive look, and Boqi seemed to have received a strong response—

A week later, the lyrics for "Loneliness, Guitar, and Blue Planet" were born.

Episode 7 of "Don", the five or six shadows of the band that ended.

"Taro has work to do and can't come... but why?" Aine asked, pointing to her lips in confusion, as the band ended their performance.

"That's because Chihaya-san and Momoi-san are both members of our End Band!" The red-haired Kita said with a smile. After the party that day, Kita also changed how he addressed Taro.

"Huh? Am I that important?" Aine thought for a moment, realizing she hadn't done anything particularly special, so how did she become the fifth member of the band's ending? But she sighed and asked, "So, what are everyone's plans for the future?"

"Let me think... We didn't think of that during the last meeting, but there's actually another way to improve the band's image," Hongxia said, gesturing with a photo: "It's a promotional photo."

"Promotional photo... what's that?" Ai Yin secretly glanced at Boqi, who was still grinning foolishly as everyone praised the lyrics he had written.

"It's just promotional photos for artists. Didn't Chihaya's band take any?" Kita asked curiously. Aine looked up slightly and said somewhat awkwardly, "There is one group photo... ahaha, the one on social media."

"This is the one," Ai Yin said, opening her social media. The four members of the band gathered around, their heads touching, forming a circle.

Standing in the very center is naturally the lead singer, Momoi Taro. To his left and slightly in front is Aion, who is trying to take the center position, tilting her head and making a peace sign. Her canine teeth are sparkling under the lights. Further in front is a silver-haired girl with a lollipop in her mouth, who seems indifferent like a cat.

The big internet celebrity that Ai Yin mentioned earlier stood next to Taro, making a peace sign. In front of them stood a very rock-and-roll girl, who was the one who did a street performance with Boqi that day.

Kita hesitated for a moment: "If that's the case..."

Hongxia forced a smile: "Hmm... These photos have a lot of band characteristics and personal style."

“Hmm, the group chat is very unique.” Liang nodded from the side, then looked at Aine’s head being held down, covered his mouth and made a pfft sound.

Ai Yin puffed out her cheeks and said angrily, "Laugh if you want to!"

"Hahaha—" Upon hearing this, everyone in the band couldn't help but burst into laughter. Even Boqi couldn't help but chuckle twice, and Ai Yin puffed out her cheeks: "That's so mean!!"

On the other side, Taro put the package into the truck. A blue-haired girl with twin tails ran up to Taro carrying two boxes and handed them to him, saying, "Taro-senpai, this is the last one."

"Thank you. You've been a great help." Taro took the package from Xiangzi and put it in the back of the car. He then checked the delivery slip again.

"Senior, have you had lunch yet?" Xiangzi glanced at the other person and whispered, "Ms. Sanae isn't coming today, if possible..."

As she said this, she picked up a thermal container wrapped in cloth from the table next to her and handed it to Taro, saying, "Please accept this if you don't mind. It's ramen I made!"

Taro was slightly taken aback, then she smiled and took it, placing it on the table beside her: "Thank you, then I won't be polite."

He opened the insulated container and poured the soup over the slightly clumped noodles. He stirred it gently with chopsticks to break up the noodles. The freeze-dried scallions and large pieces of pork chops were poured into the boiling brown soup. In the brown soup, the noodles and naruto rolls around, looking very appetizing.

"Alright, I'll start eating." Taro bowed slightly, then quickly finished the ramen that Xiangzi had given him. Xiangzi looked at Taro nervously, her twin ponytails taut, and cautiously asked, "How is it?"

"Thank you for the treat! It was delicious!" Taro nodded in agreement, put down his chopsticks, and commented, "Although the noodles clumped a bit because of the time, the key is that they weren't fully cooked. The real secret is in the moment the hot broth was poured over them. The rich broth paired perfectly with the meat juices. You're very talented!"

【Very good! 】

Xiangzi secretly cheered inwardly, even dancing with joy for a moment. However, she quickly suppressed her excitement and cautiously asked, "So, how many points can I get?"

"32 points!" Taro patted Xiangzi's shoulder, whose smile had frozen, then closed the trunk, got into the car, and drove away.

Shoko patted his stiff face, relaxing his facial muscles, and smiled again: "Toyokawa Shoko, we can't give up here! We must make ramen that our seniors will approve of!"

She shook her head and went back to the company to sort packages. Meanwhile, a blonde woman in a baseball cap and sunglasses, who looked completely unsuspecting, watched the scene with gritted teeth.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Ai Yin and the four members of the End Band were on the street. Hong Xia explained to Bo Qi and Ai Yin, "The current promotional photos for the End Band don't include Bo Qi. So we need new photos. Also, the weather is nice today, so let's go out and have some fun as a team-building activity, and maybe have a celebration party."

"Huh? The live performance hasn't even started yet, why are we already having a celebration party?" Aine asked Nijika, puzzled. "And what's the point of the existing promotional photos?"

"Ah~ Didn't Xiaoboqi tell you?" Hongxia explained, "Xiaoboqi joined later. At the beginning, the band only consisted of me, Kita, and Ryo. The current promotional photos were taken to cover up the previous live performance. Do you want to see them?"

“You guys have already done a live performance... That’s great…” Aine leaned closer to take a look. Ryo and Nijika’s photos were taken in real life, while Kita’s photos were photoshopped into a standing position, without even showing his legs.

"Because Kita ran away before," Ryo explained from the side.

Kita instinctively clasped his hands together in apology: "I'm sorry!"

"Master Taro also came to that live performance," Boqi said, revealing what he knew.

"Huh? Really? I didn't see anything." Hongxia's eyes widened slightly.

“It seems to be outside the venue, I saw it,” Liang said calmly.

"But do we have to film outside?" Pochi seemed a little uneasy.

“We don’t have a budget, so a photo studio won’t do,” Hongxia said, making an X with two fingers. Seeing Boqi’s troubled expression, she explained, “Although we could go to Fanxing to take photos, it’s quite important that the promotional photos showcase the band’s style and the members’ characteristics.”

Kita seemed very motivated: "Then we have to film it seriously."

“That’s right. We’ll use it for homepage announcements, flyers, and magazines; it has to be impactful wherever it’s placed,” Hongxia explained, holding up her finger.

Ai Yin thought about her photo with the magazine. Should she really use that for the magazine? It would definitely become a laughing stock! She shook her head repeatedly, then asked somewhat reluctantly, "Since it's such an important matter, why did you call me here?"

“Of course, we’ll appoint you as our photography minister!” Hongxia said happily. “Although Aine didn’t join our Ending Band, she is still a shadow member of our Ending Band, and Aine also contributed to the creation of Bochi’s lyrics.”

"So you're just letting me take the photos, right? I understand, leave it to me!" Aine patted her chest loudly, trying to reassure everyone, then looked at Hongxia suspiciously: "Um, I have a question."

“Please speak!” Hongxia appeared very generous.

“I’m the Minister of Photography, Kita is the Minister of Social Networks. Pochi is the Minister of Lyrics, and Ryo is the Minister of Composition, right…” She tilted her head, then her gaze locked onto Nijika: “So, Nijika-san, what are you in charge of?”

……

There was a brief silence, then Hongxia suddenly raised her hand and shouted, "Alright! Let's head off to take some promotional photos! Go!"

[They got away with it—]

Ai-yin's eyes widened slightly as she silently complained to herself.

The girl is playing.

At the White Bear Express, Taro's car stopped outside the company. Taro got out of the car, and then Shoko came over immediately: "Thank you for your hard work, senior."

"Hmm," Taro replied casually, then asked, "Are you off work? Let's chat for a bit."

"Yes! I'd love to!" Toyokawa Shoko and Taro returned to the changing room (separate for men and women, of course), changed back into their casual clothes, and then went to the Seikara Ramen shop together.