Blue Hometown

What was this called again? A “hospitality live”? I don’t know if this would appeal to an old man like me.

The ward mayors we met today all worked really hard to put this together, so I hope you enjoy it, Matsushige-san.

(I don’t expect much from a live performance put on by amateurs… But since many of HAMA’s guests are young women, I suppose I see the merit.)

I don’t really expect a whole lot, but all of the mayors in this city are SO cute!

Yeah, I’m really excited to see them perform!

Hyah… *pant, pant…* Chief, you’re here…

Yachiyo-kun? I thought you were working backstage.

Idols are best viewed from the audience!! Wahhhhh, I’m so nervous…

They are not idols, Fuefuki-kun. I shall be joining you. Shff.

(Sakujiro-san… When did he get that Kafka uchiwa?)

Oh, everyone’s here. No one would notice if I just dipped, right?

Stay here and watch, please. It’s part of our job.

(All of the HAMA Tours employees are here to watch. This will be our last act of hospitality for the day, no matter how it turns out.)

(You can do it, R1ze!)

They’re here! They look so good together!

Today was super fun!

Thank you for coming to HAMA. Um… How did everyone like the tour?

It was awesome!

I’m really glad you enjoyed it. I worked with all of my buds in R1ze to make it happen.

Do you guys wanna say something too?

Hope you liked the fish.

Here’s a good luck pose from all of us. Ready, and…yayyy.

I hope everyone enjoyed my ice show. I’m planning on putting together a new program for the next tour. Please look forward to it.

Thank you all for coming here today.

For any guests who were looking to get a second piece of flower word art, I apologize for the trouble. We’ll work to improve the experience.

We’re going to be holding many more tours from now on, so make sure to stay updated by following us on social media.

I’m going to hand it back to our leader, Renga.

All of us are members of R1ze. We’d be happy if you kept us in your memories.

…I work as a celebrity, but…I do almost all of it for HAMA.

I’ve never talked about this before, but…

I didn’t have a lot I could call my own when I was a kid. But HAMA still forgave me.

I met people in this city who treated me with kindness… There are so many people I want to express my gratitude to.

So I’m here today to do just that. I’m grateful to all of you. Thank you all so much for choosing HAMA!

I hope you enjoy our first song as R1ze… “Brand New Dawn”!

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(Renga-kun came up with one last show to end it off…! Please go well!)

Woah… What’s with these blue lights…?

They’re making everything blue… It’s like we’re in the ocean…

The sunrise… I see, it’s a representation of mornings in HAMA.

It’s so pretty…

It’s like the sun is rising up out of the ocean…

(This is what I wanted to show everyone.)

(For my whole life, I’ve prayed that the sun will rise on me someday, no matter how insignificant I may feel.)

(Even if I have to give my life back to the real “Renga” one day…)

(The life that I’ve lived isn’t fake. Everything I’ve experienced won’t disappear… Just like Grandmother wanted me to…)

(I’m going to live my life to the fullest and burn brightly, like the golden sun.)

This sunrise is our treasure as HAMA residents, but…now it belongs to you too!

HAMA will always be your second home. So come back whenever you’d like!

I’ll be waiting for you… I’ll always be waiting!

Rengaaaa! Can you say the thing?!

“All that matters to me…is the real deal.”

And that means all of you! You all matter to me!

You worked really hard on this, Yachiyo-kun. Everyone put their energy into practice to make it succeed.

I’ve never heard of seeing a concert after a tour, but it was even better than I expected! I wanna see it again!

The choreo kinda reminded me of that one really popular internet idol… Is that just me?

The song was really good too! I wonder who made it? I’m gonna look it up when I get home.

Hey, what ward should we choose for the honorary citizen thing? 3 for Renga, right?

But I met the mayors from Ward 0 and Ward 4 first today, and I really liked them…

It’s a hard choice, but I choose Ward 1! I can’t stop thinking about Ten-kun’s knife show!

Yukikaze’s performance was so good! I chose Ward 2!

Ahhh, but I want all of the badges! I wanna be a citizen of HAMA with them!

Let’s sign up for more tours and collect them!

Yeah, I really wanna come back!

(Wow, they really seemed to enjoy the tour… Everyone’s gonna be going home happy. That makes me glad.)

Chief.

Oh, Kafka! Good job up there.

Thanks. Take a look at this. It’s the JPN designated tourism region rankings. It’s updating in real time.

*gasp* W-Wow…! HAMA’s in first place!

Looks like our first day was a success! ♪

It really was… Ah, I forgot about Matsushige-san! I need to see him off!

Hm? He was sitting right next to me. Where’d he go?

Oh, the old man? He already left. He seemed fine, so don’t worry about it.

Really? I thought he had a hard time walking on his own…

(Hm. HAMA suddenly rocketed to the top of the rankings… I suppose that makes sense. Everybody seemed to enjoy the performance.)

(Even someone of my age got swept up in the enthusiasm from the crowd a bit. Just a bit!)

(But this is only the beginning. What is your next move, Kafka?)

Now that the Morning Team’s succeeded, we’re going to move immediately onto the Noon Team.

We’re still holding our tours…but that makes sense. Time is money, after all.

We need to find mayors for that team, right? Are we holding another audition?

I have an idea, actually…

H-Hey, Kafka! Chief! Didja guys see?! HAMA’s trending on social media right now!

R1ze is trending too!

That’s incredible. I’m happy for you, Renga.

Oooh, I guess that means this was a success. It worked out better than I expected.

Ten, how are you so calm?! Th-Th-Th-This is insane!

Shut up. Keep your voice down…

HUH?! Stop acting like you’re too cool for us and be happy for once!

…Kafka.

Hm? What is it, Chief?

I realized this today, but…this unit really revolves around Renga. He’s like your sun.

…Heh.

Yeah. Maybe you’re right.

Trying his best is all Renga can really do, but…maybe that’s all he needs to shine.

(Everyone can shine when they’re covered in light. I think that’s the type of group that R1ze can become.)

(The sun has only started rising. HAMA is finally starting to see the light!)