Voice of Uehara Ayumu
Onishi Aguri
Voice of Nakasu Kasumi
Sagara Mayu
Voice of Osaka Shizuku
Maeda Kaori
Voice of Konoe Kanata
Kito Akari
Voice of Miyashita Ai
Murakami Natsumi
Voice of Asaka Karin
Kubota Miyu
Voice of Emma Verde
Sashide Maria
Voice of Tennoji Rina
Tanaka Chiemi
Voice of Yuki Setsuna
Kusunoki Tomori
Studio Rehearsal
Today will be a full rehearsal, so thank you for making it out today.
Thanks for having us!
It’s that, right?
Oh, I see.
Which one?
Whoa, that’s amazing!
We get to see them?
Amazing!
Yay!
Oh, it’s starting now?
She spoke!
Oh my!
Sweets, huh?
Cute!
What was that?
A kitty.
Who was that?
There was a cat, right?
“I’m gonna do it!”
She has knee-high socks.
Wow!
That’s so cool!
“Smile!”
Amazing.
I can’t believe we get to see it already.
I can stretch this way, but not that way…
I wonder why…
I’m gonna die!
It hurts!
Don’t lose to her!
That’s amazing.
She’s a pro.
’Cause she’s a pro.
I’m not a pro.
She’s been an idol for seven years.
Start of Rehearsal
Q.What are some concert highlights?
We’re all solo singers in Nijigasaki,
so we have to be the main singer by ourselves for quite some time on stage.
But as Ayumu, it’s very… because she’s your childhood friend…
She’s like the closest person to you like, emotionally and physically… or like, she has that air about her.
So I’ll do my best to make you feel that.
There’s this part where Kasumin’s waving her flag around.
And her flag is being sold as merchandise for the concert,
so I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone wave them around.
My songs are quite catchy with quite a few calls,
like “hey hey” and “yeah!”,
so I hope everyone can raise their voices.
I want to be like, “C’mon, let’s sing!”
I hope we can create an exciting concert together.
Like, let’s go crazy together! Let’s get hyped!
For my part… Kanata-chan’s songs are pretty calm,
so instead of making a lot of noise,
I hope to see people calmly listen to my song.
Oh, and for them to immerse themselves into Kanata’s world.
Kids.
There’ll be kids performing during my part.
All of them are really cute,
so I’d love for the people in the back, too, to watch them perform.
Q.What do the fans mean to you?
Ever since I was young, I’ve been a very introverted person,
to the extent that I couldn’t raise my hand in class.
I’m still a very shy and timid person now,
but as long as the audience is there,
I’ll somehow become more positive and confident.
I believe that it’s thanks to the audience that I’m able to stand on stage.
We don’t have to get rid of our individuality,
Q.What do the other members mean to you?
so it feels comfortable being here.
It’s because we’re performing solo that…
Some of us need five steps to cover this distance.
Others, three.
Because we can just be ourselves,
I can also do my own thing,
so it feels really comfortable here.
Q.Any worries about the concert?
Hmm, yeah, I’m not really nervous…
I think it’s because everyone’s here with me.
For other concerts and stuff that I go on stage for,
since I’m alone, I’ll have to overcome it by myself,
and I’ll get really nervo— uneasy.
It’s like, we’re looking out for each other.
Uhhh, I am getting more and more anxious.
I’m really looking forward to the performance itself,
and I’m also really looking forward to spending that time with everyone,
but I’m really anxious about standing on the stage as the headliner.
Thank you very much!
Then, for this part…
The MC.
Let’s line up again.
Once again.
Thank you very much!
Alright.
Then, Setsuna-chan goes in the middle.
It’s the MC portion.
Kanata!
I’m sorry!
Bye-bye!
Sorry!
It’s embarrassing!
Sorry!
We look really weird, don’t we?
We’re a bunch of weirdos here.
Yeah, we are!
Sorry for being such bad examples!
Go forth with this as an example of what not to do!
Don’t become like this when you grow up!
All right.
Say cheese.
Thank you very much!
One more. And… cheese!
Q.With the rehearsal over…
We just finished our first full run-through today!
Really looking forward to it, aren’t you?
I can’t wait for the actual performance!
Let’s do our best!
I’ll do my best!
C’mon!
You can do it later.
You can spotlight Shizuku later.
But why?
Today was pretty tiring.
Right? We did the whole thing after all.
Yeah, the whole thing.
Seeing everyone’s performances for the first time was fun.
Definitely!
That was the first time.
Because we’ve been practicing individually…
That was the first time I’d seen it— the first time I’d seen Audrey.
How was the quick costume change?
You really went for it.
The entire time, I was like, “You got this! You got this!”
The ribbon was also huge. The entire time, I was like: “You got this! You got this!”
That’s right.
It was to hide that right?
Yeah, I wore a huge ribbon on top to hide another ribbon.
Was that what it was?
Yeah.
It was just as big as your face.
Seriously?
It was like a second face.
That’s pretty crazy.
All of you guys cheering really helped me out.
I know what you mean.
Seeing your hands waving in the mirror is almost like seeing everyone’s faces.
We were like, “Your childhood friend is here!”
Yeah.
“That’s us!”
We were the ones having the most fun.
Yeah!
It was fun.
Everyone having matching costumes for Love U my friends was super cute.
Right?
That made me super happy.
We finally got matching costumes, huh?
It really is nice, isn’t it?
We’ll do our best!
To my future self— remember to smile!
I’ll work hard so that I won’t end up feeling like my practice run was better than my actual performance.
Since I’ve also been entrusted with the role of headliner,
I’ll work hard so that everyone will be able to enjoy the concert.
I look forward to your support!
First Live - Day 1
Right after the Shinagawa event,
Q.The moment the first Nijigasaki-only concert got confirmed
I realized that I wanted to perform live more, so when it happened…
I was really surprised.
I was really happy about it.
It was fun performing my part,
but watching the others perform during the Matching Festival was fun too.
To be able to watch that again…
I’m looking forward to it just like an audience member would.
Even though I always get nervous, to the point of feeling nauseous, during concerts,
by the end, I always end up having fun.
So I’ll believe that it’ll go well today too.
I hope I don’t mess up my lyrics.
I’m feeling super nervous.
“To have fun.” I’ll do just that.
I’m really nervous now, like…
But I’m looking forward to it, yeah.
It’s the pre-concert high,
but I also have my own responsibilities as the headliner, so I’ll do my best.
It was announced when all of us were present, so…
Q.The moment the first Nijigasaki-only concert got confirmed
if I was alone, I might’ve been more worried and unsure of what to do.
But since all nine of us were present, I felt more happy than worried,
and started to look forward to it.
But after some time, I started feeling uneasy.
I remember starting to doubt my own abilities after it was announced.
But Shinagawa’s concert was really fun,
so I was really looking forward to being able to have that much fun again.
Like, “First Live… and the venue is huge too!”, “Two days!?”
But there were a number of things that were difficult to take in at first.
Q.The moment the first Nijigasaki-only concert got confirmed
“Will it really be okay?”
“Is it okay for me to stand on that stage?”
There were many aspects I was worried about—
so much so that I can’t count them all,
but I thought that if we didn’t enjoy it,
neither would those who came to see us.
So, I’ll work hard today so that I can enjoy this,
and then be able to look back on today as a fun time.
So I almost started singing during Aguri’s part.
Really?!
I was way too excited, and…
Like you had too much adrenaline.
“This isn’t my part!”
Thank you very much!
And so, we’ve reached the end of our time together.
Awwwww…
Seriously, it really is “Aww…”
Ah, my nose is dripping.
How about we end with one more huddle?
A huddle...
Yeah.
That phrase.
Let’s go! To make a nine-colored rainbow bloom!
Nijigasaki!
With the first day over…
Thank you very much.
It has been an amazing First Live, right?
Yeah.
Though I couldn’t hear you.
It has been, right?
It was fun, right?
Yeah.
I love all of you ♡
It’s Kasumin~
Yes.
I’ve been hearing about it! Did you make fun of her on Gasaraji?
Eh? I didn’t—
I heard you were doing something like this.
I wasn’t the only one.
All of us were guilty of it.
Thank you very much! It was really fun!
Thank you very much!
We did it!
It was really fun!
That’s the end…
It was really fun!
We’ve still got one more.
There’s still one more tomorrow.
I’ll do my best tomorrow too!
Bye bye~
I cried so much that my head hurts.
It’s still the first day, y’know?
What’ll happen tomorrow?
I won’t cry tomorrow.
You’re just setting yourself up…
Nope.
But I really had to hold my tears back after hearing your speech.
Sorry…
But it has really been a fun concert, hasn’t it?
It was great, right?
The view was really amazing.
It felt like such a big step forward.
Together with the Nijigasaki members, with everyone,
let’s keep this up and paint out a huge rainbow for the second day too!
We’ll do our best!
See you again.
It was fun!
Thank you!
First Live - Day 2
I think that everyone did well yesterday.
I believe that we’ll be able to give them an even more enjoyable performance today,
so let’s do our best!
Let’s go! To make a nine-colored rainbow bloom!
Nijigasaki!
Let’s do our best!
Gonna hug everyone like this.
Let’s do our best!
Holding onto something small—
I am indeed.
“Something small.”
I want to do even better than I did yesterday, of course.
I want to at least make it so that everyone has fun,
and so that they’ll look back on this day for years to come…
I would love for it to become a precious memory that they’ll never forget.
The first day was pretty tough.
There were a number of things I wish I had done differently,
so if I could fix those…
I’m ready to get on the carts to see all of your individual faces,
From the bottom to the top.
and go to meet all of you.
“I should’ve been more expressive here.”
“My dancing should’ve been sharper here.”
After reflecting on yesterday’s performance, there were a few things I thought could’ve been improved on.
I’d like to master those and hopefully be more like Karin-chan.
I’ll have fun…
and try not to mess up my lyrics.
Based on yesterday’s concert,
I now know just how excited the audience was for it.
With that in mind, I want to make them feel even more of that excitement.
I hope that today, too, we can all have fun together. I’ll give it my all!
Today, huh…
I hope to get closer to Setsuna’s ambitions,
so that people will say that they’re glad Setsuna’s the headliner,
and to have a performance where all nine— eighteen of us can shine.
I’ll do my best!
Pay up!
Hey hey!
Give us your money!
I’ve only got a few coins on me!
This is bullying.
It really is.
Q.What do the other members mean to you?
How are we— the nine of us— able to get along so well?
We were selected by audition, too.
It’s not like we were told to be friends when we were assembled, either.
“Even when I line myself up with the rest of them,”
“I don’t feel out of place— I’m one of them!”
I always think back on that and keep it in mind,
as I continue to push myself alongside the others.
Good evening, everyone!
Good evening!
We’re the…
Nijigasaki School Idol Club!
Let’s have a great time today!
Q.What do the fans mean to you?
They’ve given me strength, or rather,
they give back the feeling of encouragement I try to give them.
They’re the reason why I’m doing this job.
Ready...
Kanata-san, wake up!
Kana-chan, wake up!
And…
Happy Birthday!
You all remembered my birthday?
How does this whole set-up work?
Should we know? I sure don’t…
Oh this way, oops.
It seems like it’s always from here.
Also, I wonder if I’ll get it.
Now, all together…
To everyone who was watching today,
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Senpai, I’d be delighted if you enjoyed it!
Please continue supporting Kasumin in the future too!
Thank you so much!
She cried—
No, I didn’t!
It’s not like Tomoriru got me with her crying or anything!
The person famous for not crying cried.
It was fantastic!
Jinx.
I love you all!
I love you!
Thank you!
It was fun!
Bye bye!
Thank you very much!
We made it!
It really was a fantastic concert, wasn’t it?
It was really fun!
I want to do it again!
Yeah!
Please call for us again!
Please let us sing again!
Yay!
It was amazing!
Did you hear?
We’re getting an anime adaptation!
You must be surprised!
We could finally announce it!
“Wait, no way!” you might be thinking. It’s real all right!
It’s for real.
I’m so happy that all of you were excited by that announcement.
I’m really happy.
It was like something I’d see in my dreams.
Yeah, really…
Yeah… I want to perform again!
I want to perform again!
I fell in love with performing, so I want to do it again.
Hopefully, this gets somewhere.
I want to sing in a single or something again, don’t you?
Yeah.
And for the solos,
it was something all of the Nijigasaki members decided on together.
Totally.
’Cause it’s fun for all of them.
Yeah.
But I want to stand on stage with all nine of us again.
Yeah, me too.
On stage.
With nine of us, please.
Please do look forward to the anime!
You’ll have to watch it!
Ciao~
Bye bye~
Future goals
Q.What are your future goals?
Someday, in separate venues all around the country,
we could do solo concerts simultaneously,
and broadcast them live to each other…
It would be interesting.
Please stay right
by my side and
watch over my growth
Q.What are your future goals?
Personally, since our subunit CDs will be released soon,
I’d love to have an opportunity to perform those songs.
Let’s deepen our bonds
even more, Senpai!
Q.What are your future goals?
I’d love to introduce Love Live! to those who don’t know about it,
or have no interest in it, or don’t even watch anime.
I hope that many more people can become fellow fans of Love Live! too.
I hope that I can
be your ideal heroine
forever
Q.What are your future goals?
I think that having our first solo concerts,
like “Asaka Karin’s First Live”,
would further nurture Nijigasaki’s appeal.
Please continue
to keep your eyes on me
forever
Q.What are your future goals?
I’m in a subunit, “DiverDiva”, with Karin,
and being able to be part of it with Miyutan,
who I respect very greatly…
I can’t even imagine what it’ll be like.
I won’t think that I can’t do it.
Instead, I’ll imagine us nailing our poses together,
picture what my vision for the subunit is, and go forth.
Seeing your smiles
gets me super hyped!
Q.What are your future goals?
Of course, I want to do my best on my solos,
and I want to work hard together with everyone else too.
I think the subunits are also something new that we’re trying,
so I hope that it gives you all another way to enjoy following us.
Thank you for everything
Let’s dream sweet dreams together
zz
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Q.What are your future goals?
“Though we each have our favorites, I love all of Nijigasaki.”
“I love their atmosphere.”
If we could hear those words,
I’m sure that would make Setsuna the happiest.
I “love” hearing you
exclaim about the things you “love”!
Q.What are your future goals?
I want to keep working towards the next thing,
so for us to have a 2nd Live, or other events,
I hope that over the next two days,
we can all do what we need to do well enough.
I hope that I can
continue to be a healing presence for you
If I were to dream big, it would be a dome venue.
Q.What are your future goals?
I hope we can become a group that even people who are unfamiliar with anime will know.
I hope that my best “Smiley”
will be able to reach you
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