The wall of ice has started to shatter, movements are being made in the entertainment industry, and a miraculous stage is almost here. Akihiko Suzuki must live with the fact that he is no longer just a school idol producer, he must now take to the s...
*SHINE HOUR SET - TAKACHIHO BROADCAST STUDIO - TAKACHIHO - MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE - KYUSHU*
The lights are surgical. They burn straight through the blazer, straight through the skin, like they're trying to expose every doubt I've ever had. My pulse is a drumline in my ears.
I bet in the back, Fenix is watching, hoping I don't trip over my own tongue on national television and make a complete ass of myself.
I promised the girls I wouldn't.
I promised myself I wouldn't.
So I'll walk out smiling like my heart isn't trying to punch its way out of my ribcage.
The theme music slams in like a knockout punch. Kira Kamijiro explodes onto the stage, arms flung wide, eating the roar of the crowd like it's his birthright.
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KIRA: "Welcome to The Shine Hour, Japan! Tonight we've got fire, we've got tears, we've got dreams big enough to swallow the Tokyo Dome whole! Give it up for the guy who dragged the School Idol Festival out of its grave and made it bigger, louder, and more dangerous than ever, Akihiko Suzuki!"
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The applause is a tidal wave. I wave, sit, fold my hands so the cameras don't catch them shaking.
Hearing a crowd cheer for me is just...weird... But I see why the girls live for it so much.
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