OVER★Hop Across HRCN! - ROCK RABBIT 6

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Season: Spring

Location: Downtown, Underground Live House


Nazuna: Here's fine! Yes, thank you very much.

(This isn't good. It's not just Tomo-chin, but I can't get in touch with Hajime-chin or Mitsuru-chin either.)

(After the call cut out, I was only sent their location info, so I rushed over, but......)

(Isn't this an underground live house? Why're Tomo-chin and the others somewhere like this?)

(Going off of how that phone call went, there's no doubt in my mind that they got into some kind of trouble while I was gone......)

No. This is no time for speculation...... Let's go, Kuro-chin!

Kuro: ...... My fault, Nito.

This's an emergency, right? So I got into this taxi with ya on impulse, but it seems like it was too rough for me......

It's 'cause we wanted to meet up with them quickly, so we hurried over as fast as we could......

Nazuna: No, this is my fault. Sorry.

Don't push yourself too much, Kuro-chin. The taxi ride was pretty rough, and even I felt a little nauseous.

Leave this to me, and you can go wait somewhere close by.



Nazuna: Everyone, you okay!?

...... Huh, where is everyone?

Koga: Next, press down on the strings like this......

Mitsuru: Hm......? Um, pointer finger goes here, middle finger like this......?

Koga: Alrighty. Now play it like I told ya just now.

Mitsuru: ......! Whoa, amazing! The sound's toootally different ♪

Koga: Heheh, don't be too amazed just yet. If ya play it while changin' the strings yer pressin' on like this......!

~ ♪ ~ ♪

Mitsuru: Ah, I know this one! It's an UNDEAD song, right?

Koga: Yup. Ya got it ♪

Whaddaya think? Ya got a little better idea of what a guitar's like, yeah?

Mitsuru: Yeah! It's harder than I thought to place my fingers on the right places on the strings!

Nazuna: Mitsuru-chin! What the heck're you doing......?



Mitsuru: Ah, Nii~chan! Look, look, Ko-chan-senpai taught me all about the guitar!

Whatcha think, 'm I super cool? Do you get a rock Ra*bits kinda feel?

Nazuna: Ahh... You are super cool, but......

I just have no idea what's going on anymore......

Koga: Yer a li'l late, huh, Nito-senpai.

Nazuna: Yeah. Though, why you're here is a mystery to me, Koga-chin...... Anyway, aren't Tomo-chin and Hajime-chin together somewhere?

Koga: Ahn? If yer lookin' for them— There ya go, they just got back.

Tomoya: Nii~chan, you made it!

Nazuna: Tomo-chin, Hajime-chin! Are you okay? You're not hurt anywhere?

Hajime: Hurt? We're completely fine, though?

Nazuna: That's good then, but... the noise over the phone call was so loud that I couldn't make out a word Tomo-chin was saying, so I was super worried, you know?

Tomoya: I thought that might be the case. I'm sorry, Nii~chan called right when Oogami-senpai was playing the guitar.

I also had a hard time hearing Nii~chan's voice on my side, and I wanted to go outside so we could talk better, but Oogami-senpai stopped me and went "Where d'ya think yer goin'?".

I couldn't hear Nii~chan's voice, and Oogami-senpai was set on having me listen to his performance, so I just sent you our location instead.

Nazuna: I see. So that was the situation. I thought for sure that you and the others were dragged into some kind of trouble......!

Kaoru: Well, you see. It looks like Koga-kun's excitement ramped up when he saw that someone close to him had a newfound interest in rock, so please be lenient with him.

Koga: Hah? Hakaze-senpai, whose excitement ramped up!? I'm just like I always am!

Kaoru: No, you look obviously happier compared to your usual self?

I know it's nice to have someone interested in something you like. Really really ♪

Koga: An' I told ya 's not like that~! It's 'cause I'm teaching these guys the spirit of rock'n'roll......!

Kaoru: Right, right. Putting that aside, you got here quickly, Nazuna-kun. I heard you had a prep meeting at your university so I thought it'd take you a bit more time.

Nazuna: That's because I was so worried about everyone that I rushed all the way here. I mean, nothing was wrong, so I'm really relieved.

But anyway, why are you all here together, Koga-chin, Kaoru-chin?

Hajime: Um, to summarize it briefly......

Mitsuru: I was hopin' Ko-chan-senpai would teach us about rock, so I asked him, and then Hakaze-senpai brought us all to this live house!

Kaoru: I'm nowhere near an expert on rock either, but. I thought it'd be nice to come to a place where rock is actually performed, and that way you could get a feel for the instruments too.

Tomoya: He showed us the drums and stuff in the back earlier, too.

Hajime: And we were able to try out the guitar! It was really exciting.

Tomoya: I was worried about whether or not it was really okay for us to be touching everything, but......

Koga: Ha, where's that hesitation comin' from? There's no way yer bein' told ta keep yer paws off these guitars, okay?

Mitsuru: That's right! Here, look, Hajime-chan. I learned from Ko-chan-senpai, and now the sound of the guitar's ringin' out!

Hajime: Wah, Mitsuru-kun's super cool!

Mitsuru: Ehehe ♪ I'll teach you too, Hajime-chan!

Hajime: Umm...... Can't you play it super well, though?

Kaoru: It's your first time, so it's not necessary to play it well right away. That's why it's important to practice lots of times.

That sound right, Koga-kun?

Koga: Ha, speakin' from experience? Hakaze-senpai.

Nazuna: I see. ...... Mitsuru-chin and the others have been working on lots of things for Ra*bits' sake, huh.

Mitsuru: Yup. There's Ko-chan-senpai and everyone who all know lots about rock, after all! We'd be missin' out if we didn't ask them, right? ☆

Tomoya: Well, Oogami-senpai's explanation was too abstract, so I didn't really get it......

But when I heard a real performance, I guess I thought something like "rock really is a cool kind of music after all~".

Kuro: ...... Now that I can finally make myself get movin', this is Hakaze's live house after all, huh.

Kaoru: Huh, Kiryu-kun? Your complexion's kinda bad, are you okay?

Kuro: Ah...... I'm doin' a lot better than before. But I'll go rest on that chair over there.

Looks like nothin' happened anyhow, so.

Nazuna: Yeah. Apparently I jumped to the wrong conclusion. Sorry for dragging you into this, Kuro-chin.

Kaoru: Well, today there's a couple of live stages later, so if you'd like, please come enjoy them.

Nazuna: That's true. ...... We went through the trouble to come here, so I guess I'll stay and learn a little about the organization of live houses.


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Notes:

• as always, my japanese is not native-level and thus is prone to error! please understand that this is a fan translation unaffiliated with happy elements.
• a live house is, as far as i can tell, maybe a japanese term mainly only used in east asia? i didn't realize this, i'm sorry! if you didn't already guess, it's just referring to a live music venue where artists perform live music, generally smaller artists. the venue itself is usually smaller and doubles as a bar (think western dive bars). they host a variety of music, but rock, jazz, and blues are the most popular.