Harbor Song

So you turn here, one, two, three…

Like this?

Yep! Taotao, you’re getting better at this! And Raitin, you’re looking totally perf. ♪

Dancing and martial arts pull from similar foundations. I think I got the gist of it.

(Everyone’s dancing and singing have improved so much over these past few days. Especially Chihiro-kun and Tao-kun!)

(Kuguri-san’s dancing style is a little too sexy… And Kinari-kun’s is a little emotionless…)

(But everyone’s been participating in their ambassador work without complaining. Now we just need to put the whole performance together…)

You are all doing fine individually, but not as a group. You need to improve your performance as a team if you want to be prepared.

I’m not doing this because I want to. I’ll do everything my own way.

That won’t work.

It’s alright, we’re still just getting started. It’ll work out if we take it one step at a time.

You’re, like, always so reliable, Raitin. I think so too.

Haha, that’s really relieving to hear.

(Raito-san can be overly optimistic at times, but he might be able to keep everything balanced as the leader. Chihiro-kun and Tao-kun seem to trust him a lot.)

Well, well… I see you insist on being the king here too.

…I need to turn up the pressure.

‘Kaaaay, practice is done! We don’t have work tomorrow, right? ♪ I’m totes excited! ♪ There’s somewhere I really wanna go. ♪

I’ll be going on a noodle food tour tomorrow.

I have an announcement, everyone. We have arranged for you to perform at a hotel banquet hall tomorrow night.

What?! Th-That’s so sudden!

Performances always come at sudden notice. You don’t have any work tomorrow, but please reconvene at the hotel before the show starts. This is your first performance, so you need to stay focused.

(When did Nayuki-kun prepare that…?! Their first performance… I’m so nervous!)

We’re not gonna be off for the whole day? I mean, I’m excited for the show, but…

You won’t have any ambassador work to do tomorrow, so you’ll be free in the afternoon!

(I’m really excited to go sightseeing too. I wonder where everyone else is gonna go?)

Aw, now we can’t go to all the places I wanted to go to.

Where’d you wanna go?

Nayuki, would you like to join me tomorrow?

Chief, we won’t be able to go tomorrow, but I hear there’s a beach in Oita with beautiful sunsets.

I think the view would suit the Evening Team quite well, so, if we have time, maybe we can go there to take their promotional photo.

Huh? Oh, sure… Nayuki-kun, I think your brother was trying to invite you to something.

I don’t have a brother.

(He’s giving him the cold shoulder again…)

……

(Kuguri-san looks like he has something on his mind. But I can’t really bring myself to ask him about his plans for tomorrow…)

Kinari-kun, are you planning on going somewhere?

I will follow you, Master. I will stand five meters away, so I will not interrupt your sightseeing.

Huh? We can just walk around together.

…Order accepted.

Wow, you can see all of Beppu Bay from here! Isn’t it so pretty?

Yes, Master.

There’s a standee over there! Let’s take a picture behind it.

Hmm, I don’t think there’s anyone we can ask… Let’s just take a selfie instead.

Photographing Master. Photographing Master.

Huh? No, I don’t mean a picture of myself.

I want a picture with both of us. Make sure Beppu Bay is behind us… Okay, you can get in!

Yes, Master.

Looks good! I’ll send it to you.

I heard this tower was built in 1957. It’s so old.

It’s shorter than the Landmark Tower in HAMA, but…it’s really nice that you can see the ocean from here.

Do you like the ocean, Master?

Yeah, I like it a lot. I was able to visit the ocean all over the world at my last job.

But coming back to HAMA made me remember how much I love our harbor.

They talk about it in the Yokohama city anthem too. “However many harbors there may be, none compare to Yokohama…”

“However many harbors there may be, none compare to Yokohama.” ♪

I see. Order accepted. I will sing as such.

It’s not really an order… Why haven’t you been singing like that up until now?

You usually sing kinda…robotically.

This singing style is one of my functions. However, there was no order to access it, so I did not consider it necessary.

Functions…? That sounds like something an android would say.

(But there’s no way an android would be in a human prison.)

Also… Um, you don’t have to talk about this if you don’t want to, but…

Can I ask what you were arrested for, Kinari-kun?

(I’m not sure if I should be asking, but…I want to understand him a bit better.)

……

Ah, I’m sorry. We can drop it…

No. Order accepted.

I…killed a person.