A band simulator, but all girl-heavy!

"You're right, Aoi-san. I had a premonition when I saw Crychic now... I hope this band can go even further, to the ends of the earth!"

Xiangzi took both of your hands in his, a smile on his face. "Since you've decided to debut your original music, why not go a little over the top! Perform two numbers and wow everyone!"

You were surprised by Xiangzi's confidence and ambition, but then she sighed with a distressed expression, "What a pity! Will this put too much pressure on Deng? Not to mention the lyric writing, she's still a novice when it comes to vocals. Wouldn't it be a bit difficult to sing two songs in a row?"

"Deng has made great progress recently. His singing skills shouldn't be a problem. The problem lies in the lyrics. If I hadn't discussed it with Deng beforehand, it would have been very stressful for him."

You reminded.

"Well, since it was proposed by the two of us, why don't we write it?"

Xiangzi smiled brightly, looking at you with hope in his eyes, "I'll compose the music and you'll write the lyrics, how about that?"

Oh no, why does it feel like a trap? I unlocked this plot right after I gained the ability to write lyrics... Or will this plot be automatically triggered when cohesion is high?

Aoi was a little conflicted. After all, she also practiced music in real life and knew that it was not easy to come up with a good original song in a short period of time, not to mention that the band also had to leave space for rehearsals for performances. Crychic was not a punk band, so it was impossible for them to go on stage without rehearsal.

but....

It’s just a simulator after all! Go!

[You agreed to this request, Xiangzi was very happy, and suggested that everyone be mobilized to come up with ideas for new songs. The goal is to write a brand new song so that crychic can make a big splash in their first live performance.

This proposal was strongly opposed by Li Xi, but it was accepted by Su Shi, Deng, and others, and was ultimately implemented. However, due to the lack of a target, they had already reached an impasse over the song style. Therefore, they decided to vote, with the style receiving the most votes being chosen. Everyone then offered their opinions...

The final result is being drawn based on the emotional lines of all members in this simulation....

The deduction is complete, and the final result is: love song. 】

PS: I was unconscious, woo woo, and woke up in the middle of the night. I felt like I had drunk a lot of strong alcohol! 5

12: Sister, you are not a nymphomaniac, are you?

Ok?

This, this, isn't this right?

The lyrics of a song can often explore a wide variety of themes. For example, in Japanese music, there are many themes like friendship, youth, dreams, and criticism of reality. Of course, love songs aren't necessarily special. It's true that music from all cultures celebrates love, but the problem lies...

What does "simulating based on everyone's emotional connections" mean? Does it mean everyone likes love songs? Why does that feel a bit off?

But Aoi thought about it carefully. This is a band simulator, not a love simulator. Besides, they are all girls, so there shouldn't be such a strange plot.

I guess it’s just the tradition of music anime to not miss love songs.

[After deciding on the style of the song, Xiangzi trusted you and gave you the task of writing the lyrics. Although you had never been in love, you still promised everyone to write a very romantic song.

Enter the songwriting phase! Composition/Arrangement Skills: Level 1, Lyrics: Level 3. Song Theme: Love Song. Due to the unique nature of this theme, you can choose whether to include characters as inspiration for your lyrics (character favorability may affect the final lyrics).

After playing the band simulator for so long, I finally saw the band content in the simulator. Although it is a bit strange that you can choose the inspiration object when writing love songs...but should it be like a certain famous idol animation, interpreting the love songs as the love of all members for the team?

Aoi thought about it doubtfully for a moment, then clicked on the option to add a character. On it, she saw several names ranked by favorability, from high to low: Nagasaki Suyo (65) → Takamatsu Touma (62) → Wakaba Mutsu (60) → Toyokawa Shoko (58) → Shiina Tatsuki (52).

She was really helpless with Li Xi. After that, she tried to invite Li Xi out several times, but her favorability only increased from 48 to 52.

So here we choose the one with a higher value... huh?

After choosing Su Shi as the object of inspiration, Aoi discovered that there was an optional plus sign next to it. When she clicked it, it still showed everyone except Su Shi.

Hmm... I guess the meaning here is, "I love everyone and crychic the most," right? It feels like a love song for the band and everyone...?

After all, isn't this a light novel?

So, without thinking too much, Aoi directly selected everyone in one go. Girls' band shows and idol shows like this probably follow the same path, and the rule is that no one should be left out!

[Song deduction in progress...

Unlock the bond locations one by one in the personal story...】

Ok?

[Since you have never had any experience in love and have never felt the ignorance and youth of love, although the progress of writing has stagnated for a while, you see that there is not much time left for practice, so you have no choice but to seek help from your bandmates one by one.

During a break in practice one day, you asked Lixi about her troubles in writing lyrics, and her answer was very simple.

"what?"

She didn't seem very happy with your progress, but she sighed helplessly and replied, "We don't have much time left. If you keep agonizing over it, you might not be able to keep up with the original repertoire! Besides, no one says that writing a love song requires you to be in love. Why not try to find some similar songs and learn the lyrics?"

(Due to insufficient favorability, the personal exclusive plot was not unlocked.)

On the way to the recording studio, you happened to mention to Xiangzi the difficulties you were having when writing lyrics. She seemed to blame herself and smiled sadly. She apologized to you and then gave you some advice:

"My impulsive idea seems to have put quite a bit of pressure on Aoi-san... Actually, you don't have to write a love song. How about expressing your innermost feelings? Just like a lamp!"

(Due to insufficient favorability, the personal exclusive plot was not unlocked.)]

[Since you and Su Shi go home in the same direction, on the way home from school every day, you confide your troubles to Su Shi and curiously ask her if she has ever had any love experience.

"No~ After all, I'm just a third-year junior high student like Xiao Kui. Besides, the school rules in Tsuki no Mori are so strict, how could I possibly have any experience in love?"

Su Shi answered you jokingly. Although she had no experience in love, she suggested that you try to simulate the feeling of love through role-playing. This method of interpretation is often used by famous cartoonists and screenwriters, and it might give you some inspiration.

You agreed to the proposal, and in order to find a quiet and deserted place, you went straight back to Su Shi's house, sitting together like you were playing house. At her suggestion, you first made up a role to play for each other, and then tried to experience the feeling of love from it.

So, she plays the role of a senior who is about to graduate, and you play the role of a junior who has had a crush on her for a long time. You both prepare your lines and start this slightly embarrassing "playing house".

The script is naturally a very old-fashioned template. It is nothing more than that the senior is about to graduate, and as a junior, you realize that if you don't express your feelings, it may be too late. So one evening after school, you ask her to come to the school courtyard, and you start a conversation with her.

"I, I don't think...it's unnecessary to work hard to get into the same university as my seniors."

You slowly got into the drama, "Because, there are still many people who become estranged after not going to the same school."

"Hey~~ So, Xiaokui, do you want to continue being my junior in college?"

Su Shi looked at you with a smile as you immersed yourself in the play, and seemed to find it a little funny.

"...No."

You shook your head, looking into her eyes, “I want to be with you forever.”

"Eh?"

Su Shi suddenly stopped laughing and stared at you blankly without saying anything. You thought she had forgotten to continue reciting her lines, so you called her name in confusion. Su Shi took a long time to come back to her senses, apologized to you, and continued to role-play the confession with you.

Nagasaki Suyo's favorability increased by +7, currently at 72. Nagasaki Suyo's personal storyline, "Girls Playing House," has been unlocked.

Su Shi couldn't laugh anymore, and Aoi felt a little bit overwhelmed as well.

She had a feeling the choice she'd just made was a little off. Wouldn't it be better not to choose everyone? This personal storyline felt like a sweet episode from a stock market anime...

And there's something wrong with Su Shi. If the simulation didn't say that it was Aoi herself who was immersed in the role, she would have thought it was Su Shi who was immersed in the role. Why did her favorability increase after hearing the confession?

Sister, you are not a girl, are you?

[After going to karaoke together one time, you told Deng about your troubles in writing lyrics and asked her where her inspiration for writing lyrics usually comes from. As a result, you learned that many of Deng's lyrics are just diary entries, and the lyrics of Kasuga Ying also come from the textual reflection of her daily thoughts.

To answer your questions, Deng takes you back to the Takamatsu residence. This is your first visit to Deng's home, including her bedroom. True to her usual personality, it feels like a hamster's nest, filled with her meticulously collected pebbles and other small items, as well as numerous astronomy-related books on her bookshelf.

Deng took out all the notebooks she had kept since she was a child. They were the same notebooks in which she wrote the lyrics of Kasuga Shadow. It was almost a small exhibition hall of Deng's journey, but the timid girl on weekdays lowered her head shyly, telling you that you can look at it freely.

You accepted Deng's offer and flipped through the diaries. Deng's writing was always exquisite, revealing the sensitive, love-hungry heart of this animal-like girl, tinged with a uniquely Deng-like melancholy. It suddenly occurred to you, if these were all diaries, and if the lyrics for Kasuga Ying were written with the same sentimentality, in a lyric format...

"So, does 'Spring Shadow' contain all of Deng's inner thoughts?"

You looked towards the lantern curiously and excitedly, "Is it for Xiangzi?"

“No, no…!”

Deng quickly denied it and lowered his head again, "It's... written for everyone."

"It sounds like a love letter from Deng to crychic."

You smiled at her, "In that case, on behalf of everyone at crychic, I'll write a reply letter to Deng. This should be a good idea!"

"Xiao-Xiao Kui..."

The lamp did not object to your statement, but its head drooped like a sunflower at night, and only its trembling voice seemed to be mixed with shyness and joy.

Takamatsu's favorability increased by +8, currently at 70. Takamatsu's personal storyline, "Love Letter," has been unlocked. An important memory with Takamatsu, "Love Letter," has been obtained.

Why even the lights...

Aoi stared at the screen, lost in thought.

So, does that mean that the wooden man Xiao Mu also has his own personal story?

13: Kasuga Shadow is your lie!

During lunch breaks, you could always find Xiao Mu in the garden. Like a diligent gardener, she came to her little corner of the garden almost every day, meticulously tending to the cucumbers, tomatoes, and other small crops she'd been growing for a long time. That day was no different. When you arrived, she was watering the cucumbers. When she saw you, she just stared at you silently, saying nothing.

You know, this is Mu's way of getting along with others, so you greeted her warmly, walked into the garden, carefully examined the branches and leaves growing from the small sunflowers, and while doing gardening with her, mentioned that you were writing lyrics.

Xiao Mu looked at you quietly, thinking seriously for a moment before suggesting a word: "movies." Getting to know Mu and the subsequent conversations, you realized she meant watching romance-themed movies to find inspiration for love songs. This surprised you, but you happily accepted the suggestion.

But Xiaomu didn't take you to the cinema. Instead, she led you back to Wakaba's house, into her private movie room, a house that was just as luxurious as Saotome's. She showed you the large collection of movie discs in her parents' room, hoping you would pick one that interested you.

You picked out one or two famous romantic movies with touching plots. You were moved to tears, clutching Xiaomu's hand mid-movie, weeping for the protagonists' emotions. But Xiaomu remained expressionless throughout, even quietly offering you a tissue. Even after the movie, and with the evening drawing to a close, you still had no inspiration. Your mind was completely blank, so you asked Xiaomu how she felt, but she just shook her head.

“It’s different than I imagined.”

This was her reply.

"Imagination? Xiaomu's imaginary love?" You were a little curious. "What is it like?"

"do not know."

She just stared at you quietly, her golden eyes sparkling with luster, reflecting your puzzled face, "Next time, let's watch it together?"

"Hmm~ Although there is no problem, it seems that there is no effect."

You felt a little distressed, but then you noticed Xiaomu gradually lowering her head, and the corners of her mouth, which had been slightly upturned, drooped a little. You immediately noticed the change in her emotions, which she rarely showed, and quickly said, "It's actually quite effective. Do you want to come watch a movie with Xiaomu next time? Can you come more often in the future?"

"Ah."

The movie viewing continued in this way. Although I didn’t get much inspiration, I always felt that Xiao Mu seemed to like this kind of activity very much. Did he like movies...?

Wakaba Mu's favorability increased by +10, currently at 70. Wakaba Mu's personal storyline has been unlocked: The girls' ordinary movie viewing.

To be honest, is there something wrong with the favorability settings of this simulator?

Xiangzi had to work so hard to increase his favorability a little bit, but how come the remaining few people were able to increase it so easily? Xiaomu's favorability soared to the sky just by watching a movie together, and he got the highest number so far.

Maybe I don't know enough about him...? Does Xiao Mu actually like movies? After all this time together, Aoi only knew that the child liked mango juice and gardening, and knew almost nothing else.

All in all, this progress should be normal, right? Aside from Li Xi, everyone seems to be getting along better and better, which is a good sign.

[The song has been developed and the lyrics are being unlocked (love song direction)...

Due to the bonus of bond value, the inspiration for writing lyrics exploded!

The unlocked song is: "光るなら (If You Could Shine)", performed, composed and written by the band Goose house. It is one of the band's most famous works and is also the opening theme song of the famous manga-adapted animation "Your Lie in April".

When you handed the lyrics to Xiangzi, she was deeply moved and said that this was a song that was as heartwarming as Kasuga Shadow, and she would do her best to write a song that matched it. Finally, with the joint efforts of Lixi and her, your second song was completed. It was almost like a gamble, and you decided to show the brightest side of Crychic to the audience at your first live.

After playing Band Simulator for so long, I finally see some music-related content.

Aoi had heard this song before. Almost everyone who had been involved in the ACG circle of that era had heard of the tragic work "Four Lies" and its theme song. Although it was not considered rock music, the arrangement was very suitable for violin and was a perfect match for crychic's music.

Originally, she thought that music creation would be original music, but she didn't expect that the simulator would carry the famous music from her previous life as materials... After all, there are no familiar works in this world now, and it is quite touching to hear these familiar melodies.

Now, there should be no problem with the performance, right?

After intense practice, the day of the official performance is almost here in a flash. The upcoming live performance makes you excited and nervous, and you are looking forward to the future of crychic.

On the day of the live, you encouraged each other to stand in front of the stage and started the crychic band's debut with full enthusiasm.

Calculating band member data...

Instruments: Guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, violin

Vocalist: Takamatsu Touma

Music: "Haruhi Shadow", "Hikaru Nako"

Evaluation score: 91 points. Popularity points: 1.1.

The performance was a great success, like the warm spring shadows, like a ray of sunlight rippling on the water in "If Light Could Bloom", in the soft and slightly sad voice of the lamp, in your instruments, in the beautiful piano tones of the keyboard and the elegant long notes of the violin, everyone seemed to sink into the world created by you, and indulge in the music you played together (after this session, your songwriting skills and violin skills will be slightly improved).

The audience applauded loudly and their eyes were filled with tears. Everyone's emotions were connected with you who were performing, and they felt the voices you wanted to express in your music.

After the performance, you were all deeply moved, hugged each other tightly, and expressed your wish to perform live again next time...]

Seeing this, Aoi couldn't help but sigh and murmured subconsciously, "The world line has converged again..."