#also I'm sorry to say that I've defnitely peaked at 'honestly i have a valkyrie' and I will never come up with something that good again

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A3! Translation: A Song from the Heart (A Person Who Loves Spring)

It’s hard to remember this far back but I think this was another provided by @reddoransu​ !!

The translation is under the cut. If you see anything that doesn’t seem right, please let me know!

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A Song from the Heart

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Misumi: Who’s souvenir is this~? It’s a pretty triangle~

Izumi: Ah, that’s the perfume that we bought for Azuma.

Misumi: Cool~

Azuma: I’ll give it to you once it’s empty.

Misumi: Yay~!

Azuma: This has an unusual scent.

Kazunari: It smells so great! It’s SO Zafra!

Izumi: I was hoping you’d like it, but...

Azuma: I’ll use it. Thank you.

Izumi: And then for Sakyo-san, we were a little stumped, but we bought this.

Sakyo: A wallet?

Chikage: Zafran cloth is durable, so it won’t break even if you hoard 500-yen coins.

Sakyo: How did you know I’m collecting 500-yen coins?

Izumi: (So Sakyo-san’s saving up 500-yen coins...)

Tenma: How was Zafra? You did some sight-seeing too, right?

Sakuya: It was fun! Tsuzuru-kun’s older brother showed us around. We went to places like a suspicious antique store, a suspicious fortune-teller...

Tenma: They were all suspicious places?

Muku: There’s so many souvenirs too~!

Itaru: When you consider everyone, it ends up being a reasonable amount.

Taichi: I’m so jealous that you guys got to perform abroad!

Tsuzuru: Oh yeah, the Summer and Autumn Troupes haven’t been to Zafra yet.

Kumon: I wanna go someday!

Muku: Definitely!

Tenma: I want to try performing in a foreign country.

Kazunari: For sure!

Yuki: If we go, a place that’s not too hot, not too cold, safe, convenient, pretty, and reachable in less than five hours would be nice.

Tenma: Don’t be so unreasonable.

Citron: Everyone, this is big, so very huge!

Izumi: ? What’s wrong, Citron?

Citron: We have another performance!

Sakuya: Huh? A quartet performance?

Izumi: I didn’t hear anything about that, though.

Tsuzuru: Don’t tell me we’re going back to Zafra?

Citron: No, no! This performance is a festival performance!

Masumi: A festival performance...?

Itaru: By festival, you mean THAT festival?

Kazunari: What is it?? It sounds lit!

Citron: The Harugaoka Quartet has a performance in the Veludo Way Music Festival!

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Sakuya: I haven’t touched an instrument in a while.

Tsuzuru: Me too, I haven’t opened the case since our performance ended.

Citron: Everybody went through the trouble to be able to play, so it will be a waste to let it rot away just like that~!

Citron: We must do a live performance!

Izumi: You guys certainly went through all the trouble to practice, so it could be a nice opportunity.

Itaru: Isn’t the performance this weekend?

Tsuzuru: Yeah.

Sakuya: Will we be able to play a song by then...?

Tsuzuru: Aside from Masumi, there’s no way.

Masumi: Then I’ll play alone. For you.

Izumi: In that case, the point would completely change!

Chikage: Tsuzuru and Sakuya can only play one part of “Spring,” so what will you do for the rest?

Itaru: I’ve got a sinking feeling you won’t survive your 10 minutes up there.

Citron: Worry not~ I will cover the rest with a solo!

Sakuya: What are you going to play?

Citron: We will undress my newly written piece!

Tsuzuru: Unveil(1), you mean. Wait, Citron-san, you can write music!?

Izumi: Amazing! You can even compose!

Citron: Well enough.

Itaru: Also, when did you...

Citron: I secretly wrote it during our performances!

Sakuya: What kind of piece is it?

Citron: Because I was supported by everyone in the Spring Troupe for this performance, I wrote it with gratitude thinking of everyone.

Izumi: Ooh~ I’m looking forward to it!

Masumi: I’ll write a love song dedicated to you too.

Tsuzuru: You don’t have time for that right now!

Masumi: I’ll manage somehow.

Chikage: The fact that he actually seems like he'll be able to manage it somehow is what's scary about Masumi.

Izumi: You can do that next time! For now, we need to get through the quartet part.

Masumi: ...got it.

Sakuya: I’ll do my best!

Citron: Starting today, we will do incentive chaining!

Itaru: Intensive training.(2)

Tsuzuru: This is gonna be harder than play practice...

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3

Izumi: There’s always a lot of foot traffic on holidays, but there’s even more today!

Tsuzuru: Wow, surprisingly.

Itaru: Ah, there are food carts up too.

Chikage: I have to hit the food carts carrying super-spicy Asian food.

Tsuzuru: Glad the guys who aren’t performing are so care-free.

Izumi: Are you nervous, by chance?

Tsuzuru: I am. The atmosphere’s different from that of a theater stage, and this is the first time I’m doing something like a recital.

Itaru: There there.

Tsuzuru: Are you guys not!?

Sakuya: If we can do it like we did in practice, it’ll definitely be alright!

Izumi: You seem calm, Sakuya-kun.

Sakuya: I wouldn’t say I’m “calm” exactly, but I’m planning to play as if I were Yu Yoneda-kun.

Sakuya: That way, I’ll be able to stand on the stage feeling the same way that I do during our usual plays.

Tsuzuru: I get it.

Izumi: That’s a nice way of thinking.

Tsuzuru: I’ll try doing my best as if I were Katsumi Hino too.

Citron: Everyone, sphinx, sphinx~

Tsuzuru: You probably meant “relax,” but doesn’t that go beyond the scope of slip-ups!?

Masumi: It’s almost call time.

Izumi: Ah, we should get ready. Whose sheet music is this here?

Citron: It is mine~

Izumi: Huh? Is it fine for you to only have the quartet music? Where’s your solo?

Citron: When we were practicing in the training room this morning, it blew away in the wind~

Izumi: Eeh!? That’s bad! We have to look forー

Citron: I could not find it at all, so I gave up. I will play without the music.

Sakuya: You memorized the whole piece!? Amazing!

Citron: Honestly, I have a valkyrie.

Itaru: You mean a vague memory.(3)

Chikage: Will you be ok?

Masumi: So like we planned, I’ll play my love soー

Tsuzuru: No no no, that doesn't work either!

Citron: Worry not. Even if I do not remember the melody, the theme of the piece, everyone in the Spring Troupe, is always safe in my heart.

Citron: If I play what my heart wants to play, it will be ok!

Izumi: In Citron-kun’s heart...

Izumi: (Yeah, if everyone in the Spring Troupe can stay by his side, it’ll surely be fine.)

Host: Next up, the Spring Quartet!

Izumi: Everyone, break a leg up there!

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Citron: ...

Masumi: ...

Tsuzuru: ...

Sakuya: ...

Izumi: (Alright, they’re a little nervous, but they’re managing to play like they did in rehearsal.)

Izumi: (Citron-kun and Masumi-kun are leading, so the balance is good, and the harmonies are pretty...)

Citron: ...

Izumi: (Citron-kun’s solo part starts here.)

Izumi: (The first section is a warm tune arranged from the melody of “Spring”...)

Citron: ー

Sakuya: ?

Izumi: (Huh? Citron-kun turned to face Sakuya-kun.)

Izumi: (The tune changed. A lively and positive melody that feels like it’s bouncing... is this melody by any chance Sakuya’s?)

Citron: ー

Masumi: ...

Izumi: (Next up is Masumi-kun. A quick-tempoed allegro centered on technique. A change from the stiff tune, resolving into a gentle melody...)

Izumi: (He’s expressing how Masumi-kun’s opened his heart to everyone in the Spring Troupe.)

Citron: ー

Tsuzuru: ...

Izumi: (This is Tsuzuru-kun. The warm and melodious tune is altered and repeated over and over.)

Izumi: (Does this represent Tsuzuru-kun as our scriptwriter?)

Citron: ー

Itaru: ...

Izumi: (I wonder if it’s Itaru-san this time. It’s kind of like a background track from an RPG.)

Izumi: (It goes from a melody that’s like flying without a care, to the boss character’s entrance... heheh, it’s so Itaru-san.)

Citron: ー

Chikage: ...

Izumi: (This is Chikage-san. A slightly complex melody in a minor key... harmony from dissonance... a change into a sweet tune...)

Izumi: (It feels like Chikage-san.)

Citron: ...

Izumi: (Who does it represent now?)

Citron: ...

Izumi: ?

Izumi: (Citron-kun’s looking this way. Is this melody, perhaps... me?)

Izumi: (Everyone’s melodies are sprinkled throughout it, like it’s wrapping everything up...)

Izumi: (So this is Citron-kun’s impression of me. I’m kind of happy.)

Citron: ...

Izumi: (Surely, everyone in the Spring Troupe exists in Citron-kun. The time we’ve spent together until now is piling up and taking form.)

Izumi: ...hm?

Izumi: (This is...)

Izumi: Zuizui Zukkorobashi!?(4)

Chikage: Is this the finale?

Itaru: It checks out.

Audience A: Ahahaha!

Audience B: Why here!?

Audience C: That’s so funny~!

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Citron: Everyone, I thank you for listening~!

Izumi: (Closing such a lovely piece with a laugh... how very Citron-kun.)

STORY CLEAR

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Notes:

1. Citron says “ウイロー” (uiroo, willow). Tsuzuru corrects him with ��披露” (hirou). 2. Citron says “徳くん” (toku-kun), which Itaru corrects as “特訓” (tokkun). 3. Citron originally said “ウロボロス” (uroborosu, ouroboros), the symbol of a snake that eats its own tail forever. I really wanted his mistake in English to have a similar feel so I’m glad I was able to work that out! Itaru corrects him with “うろ覚え” (urooboe). 4. The same nursery rhyme that Citron plays in the event story.