#yuki-from-nightcord-official ¡! ❞

[kittyena]

Hey, ‘nanners. Thought we should. . . Talk, I suppose. If we are both… dating Kanade. Gotta, uhm… coordinate how to make her feel. . . Loved at all times.

- @yuki-from-nightcord-official

.. that. Well yes, that is a good idea, but how exactly do we do that?

... 'Nanners?

[k-n25-archive]

Kanade? Are you okay?

Speaking - very soft. Very quiet. :(

- @yuki-from-nightcord-official

I . Don't know . I don't think so . Everything's so loud .

[k-n25-archive]

W . What does this mean ?

miss the wife. she took the kids in the divorce. all I have left is this hat. I don’t even wear hats.

[nightcord-luka-official]

Vocaloid masterlist

(i got permission from miku mod since they are unable to update the masterlist, question marks next to ones that arent coming up as i type this, ones from mikus list are added first, if an account is inactive or i cannot go on the blog it will be removed, ask to be added)

part two!

@hatsunemiku-official (hiatus)

@kasaneteto-official

@megurineluka-official

@meikovocaloid-official

@kagaminelen-official

@kagaminerin-official

@kaitoshion-offical

@ryuto-official

@vflower-official

@gumi-official

@zatsunemiku-official

@tohokuzunko-official

@fukase-official

@vocaloidcul-official

@yokuneruko-official

@meiko-offical

@galaco-official

@meikahime-official

@meikamikoto-official

@utanekoe-official

@sakinemeiko-official

@mayuofficial

@moonbase-alpha-tts-official

@ia-official

@namineritsu-official

@tone-rion-official

@maika-official

@kawaiine-official

@macnenana-official

@dex-official

@yohioloid-official

@zhizidongfang-official

@kokone-official

@rana-official

@xingchen-official

@yuki-official

@fionetheutau-official

@sfa2miki-official

@momonemomo-official

@sounetaya-official

@haganemiku-official

@yokunerook-official

@official-emo-miku

@yamine-renri-official

@mikuo-official

@avanna-loid-official

@nightcord-luka-official (you are here!)

@kirune-official

@sukone-tei-blog

@kojonemiku-official

[pjsk-story-summaries]

Nightcord at 25:00 Main Story Summary

TL;DR: Nightcord at 25:00 is a pre-existing music circle consisting of Yoisaki Kanade (K), the composer, Asahina Mafuyu (Yuki), the lyricist, Shinonome Ena (Enanan), the artist, and Akiyama Mizuki (Amia), the animator. The four work remotely through a messaging app called Nightcord late in the night.

Over voice chat one night, Enanan brings up a mysterious new composer named OWN starting to gain lots of popularity with their cold, empty songs. The next day, while Yuki and Amia are working during the day, Mafuyu's mother interrupts the call, telling Mafuyu she's proud of her for helping struggling students but wishes she'd spend more time around academically gifted people. She also hands Mafuyu documents for medical school over dinner while saying Mafuyu is allowed to do whatever she wishes. However, Mafuyu realizes she has no idea what that is.

After this, Yuki suddenly stops logging on to Nightcord. Worried, the other three try and look for clues, stumbling across a strange track called "Untitled" in their shared folder. There, they find Mafuyu, who is angered by the three's intrusion into her SEKAI since she just wants to disappear, and knows the other three do just as much. Miku forces them out of SEKAI by Mafuyu's request, but not before asking the others to save her.

Ena is frustrated by Mafuyu's actions. She's openly jealous of the talent Mafuyu possessed and her seeming lack of care for having everything she's wanted. Mizuki understands her feeling lost in the pressure to be what everyone else wants her to be, since they've experienced similar things when it comes to their presentation. Kanade just wants to write a song to save somebody since it was her own work that brought her father to overwork himself to the point of hospitalization.

Kanade decides to not give up and write a song that will save Mafuyu. She returns to the SEKAI with Mizuki, but Mafuyu feels that she'll never find herself no matter what they all do. Ena arrives in SEKAI to yell at her, and Mizuki and Kanade affirm they also don't want Mafuyu to disappear. Eventually, through Kanade's selfish wish to keep composing until she saves Mafuyu, she decides to keep hanging on, realizing her true feelings of wanting to be saved.

Official English YouTube upload / Song (Composing the Future) / Animation

Chapter 0: Kanade reflects on how happy her fathers music had made her, but feels insurmountable guilt over the fact her own compositions drove her father to hospitalization. She vows to keep composing in order to save someone. In the present day, K works on a song with Yuki when her monitor suddenly flashes, transporting her to the Empty SEKAI. Miku asks Kanade to help "her" find her true feelings before she is forced back into the real world. Kanade believes she simply had a strange dream, but denies herself more rest to keep on composing.

Chapter 1: Nightcord at 25:00 is introduced as a mysterious music circle with hard-hitting, emotional songs through social media posts. After recieving a check-in from her grandmother, Kanade prepares a meal for herself. She then goes back to join the rest of the circle on voice call, introducing each character, their personality, and their role.

Chapter 2: Nightcord stops working around 4 am. The next morning, Mafuyu bids her mother farewell before heading to school. Ena struggles with a drawing while her selfie gets lots of comments, wishing her art account got the same attention. Mizuki gets a call from their teacher about supplementary classes while putting together both an animation and some cute outfits. Kanade worries about her father while checking the comments on Nightcord's most recent video. She remembers her promise to make songs that save people when suddenly, her monitor fills with Miku's face, asking her to come quickly.

Chapter 3: On their next call, Enanan asks if any of them have heard of a mysterious new composer called OWN. She descibes their music as impactful, like K's, but colder. Enanan wishes her art could be like that, but Yuki reassures her that her drawings are perfect for K's songs. After Amia and Enanan leave the call, K and Yuki listen to OWN's works. They're both impressed, but K feels like she recognizes bits of it. She asks if Yuki wrote them, but Yuki denies it. They reminisce on the origins of their troupe, when Yuki mentions she felt like K's song had saved her. However, she exits before K can ask her to elaborate on it. Mafuyu clicks through OWN's songs on her own, confused by what she had said earlier. She is also revealed to be OWN.

Chapter 4: Mafuyu's teacher asks if she wants to submit her essay to a contest. Her classmates all praise her before asking for help with homework. They're impressed by Mafuyu's natural talent and humbleness and ask if there's anything Mafuyu wants to do for herself, to which she denies.

Back home, Mafuyu logs on to Nightcord to find Amia already working. The call is interrupted when Mafuyu's mother comes in and asks how the study session went. She's proud of Mafuyu for helping, but also wishes Mafuyu would spend time with more people who will challenge her. Once her mom leaves, Amia comments on how it was rude of her to say Yuki should pick better friends, but decides to brush it off.

Over dinner, Mafuyu's mom asks how her entrance exams are going. She hands Mafuyu applications to a bunch of medical schools while saying Mafuyu is free to go to wherever she wishes. That night, Mafuyu doubts if there even is such a thing she truly wants to do. She just wants to stay in SEKAI forever.

Chapter 5: Kanade listens to more of OWN's music before going to visit her father. He's still in poor condition, but slowly beginning to improve. She then logs onto Nightcord with Enanan and Amia, but Yuki is mysteriously absent. A week passes, and Yuki is still missing. They decide to try and figure out a way to contact her. While digging through files, they find a new one called "Untitled" belonging to Yuki.

Chapter 6: The three are transported to SEKAI and meet each other face to face for the first time. They wander around, but only find more emptiness. Suddenly, Miku finds them, explains what a SEKAI is, and asks them to save "her". Mafuyu then appears, having been looking for Miku.

Chapter 7: Mafuyu asks to be left alone. Kanade questions if she's going to continue working as OWN, surprising all three of them. Ena is also frustrated about her not saying anything before. Mafuyu wants to quit Nightcord at 25:00 because even that wasn't enough to save her. She wants to disappear. Mafuyu asks Miku to send the other three out of SEKAI before commenting how they want to disappear more than anyone else. Miku obliges, but wishes they'll find a way to save her.

Chapter 8: Back in the real world, K, Enanan, and Amia discuss the strangeness of what just happened. Amia suggests they log off to figure out what to do the next day. Kanade feels guilty that she couldn't save Mafuyu, and Ena is jealous that she got so many views and now doesn't even seem to care about them. Ena's father, a famous painter, walks in, and she lashes out at him. Akito walks in to check on her. Ena continues her drawing, frustrated that Mafuyu of all people was right about her wanting to disappear.

Chapter 9: Mizuki goes to supplemental classes and overhears students gossiping about them. While walking out, two strike conversation with them, one asking why they dress like that. Mizuki responds simply with because they want to. Mizuki walks to the mall, where they overhear two students who had just earlier supported them questioning why they're like this, just as the others had. Mizuki acknowledges that Mafuyu might be right about them wanting to disappear, but they're not so sure that's truly what Mafuyu wants.

Chapter 10: Enanan and Amia suggest they find a replacement for Yuki, but K decides to take on all her roles herself. Kanade collapses since she hasn't eaten since the day before. While watching OWN's new song, she remembers the past. She had wanted to write songs just like her father did. He was struggling with a new song, so she had suggested a new part for it.

Chapter 11: The memory continues. Her father ended up winning the contest, with Kanade's section being the highlight. Two months later, he still struggles to write new music, so Kanade wrote a song to cheer him up. The next day, she found him collapsed on the floor from exhaustion. She also found his diary, where he talked about Kanade's natural gift for music. This made her grow upset, since she believed she's the whole reason her father ended up like this, and now she wanted nothing more than to disappear. In her despair, she accidentally knocked over her mother's music box, a gift from her father. Kanade decided to never ever stop composing, in order to save someone.

Chapter 12: Back in the present, Kanade decides to go to the SEKAI and wallow. She hears Miku humming the song that first led Mafuyu to her. Miku explains that that song has been in SEKAI since the beginning, and that it must have touched Mafuyu in some way. Miku theorizes that it connected with Mafuyu since she's also in despair. Miku knows Mafuyu doesn't want to disappear and asks Kanade to help her through music.

Chapter 13: Mafuyu recalls some scattered memories of middle school. She had told her mother she wants to become a nurse that helps people, to which her mother suggested she becomes a more prestigious doctor instead. She decides to do that instead, since it would make her parents happy. Her classmates also believe Mafuyu would make a great doctor since she's so talented. Her mother had bought a celebratory cake, but Mafuyu can't taste it. She also realizes she doesn't quite know what she likes anymore, nor who she is.

Chapter 14: Amia joins the Nightcord call with Enanan, but K is now also absent. Enanan decides they don't need Yuki after all. Amia tells her about the conversation she had overheard that day, theorizing Yuki's the kind of person to go along with what other people think is right, to the point where it became overwhelming. They both get a notification of OWN mass uploading songs that have grown even darker.

Chapter 15: K joins the call and declares her intent to write a song to save Yuki. Amia asks to join K, but Enanan refuses. K begins composing the song, but begins to question if she's only going to end up hurting Mafuyu. However, she remembers Miku's words and continues on. K finishes the song, gets approval from both Amia and Enanan, and heads into SEKAI.

Chapter 16: At school, Mafuyu starts slipping from her "good girl" mask. At home, she finds her synthesizer laying out. Her mother was planning on throwing it out since she doesn't ever use it, also offering to introduce her to a private tutor. Mafuyu decides to give up and goes to SEKAI. K and Amia go to SEKAI, and Enanan reflects on the situation more, deciding that it's "unfair" for Mafuyu to disappear.

Chapter 17: Kanade and Mizuki confront Mafuyu to show her the song. Miku doesn't listen when Mafuyu asks her to force the others out of SEKAI, so Mafuyu hits Kanade's phone out of her hand. Kanade explains how she understands Mafuyu's desire to disappear, revealing her father's tragedy. Mizuki asks if it's really Kanade's fault, to which Kanade affirms she truly believes it is. Mafuyu calls Kanade out for being selfish in her desire to save others, but Kanade decides she doesn't care about that.

Chapter 18: Ena arrives in SEKAI to tell Mafuyu she's jealous of how talented she is, and even though she hates her, she wants her to live and keep creating more and more. Mizuki says Mafuyu doesn't have to do what others want her to, but still, they understand what it's like to try and change who you are to fit in. They don't want Mafuyu to disappear, either. Mafuyu truly believes the thing she is searching for simply does not exist, despite it all, and just wants to be done. Kanade says she'll keep composing, keep living until she finds a song that saves Mafuyu. Mafuyu calls her crazy, but that's Kanade's selfish wish. Mafuyu decides to keep hanging on just a little longer.

Chapter 19: Miku reveals that SEKAI's feelings are taking the form of a song: Composing the Future. Mafuyu realizes her true feelings weren't to disappear; rather, she wants to be saved. All four of them return to the real world. The next day, Kanade goes and tells her father the big news.

Chapter 20: All four of them meet at a local diner, officially introducing themselves in real life for the first time. Mafuyu has also stopped masking around the others. They order food, and Mizuki calls for an official toast to Nightcord at 25:00. That night, Yuki texts K. She'd finally listened to the song and thanked K for finding her.

Virtual Singer Chapter 1 (Pre-Chapter 0): Mafuyu comes to the SEKAI to compose. Miku says she must enjoy doing so, but Mafuyu doesn't know. Miku wonders if there's anything she can do to help Mafuyu find her true feelings, but can't think of anything. Miku starts singing a song that Mafuyu recognizes.

Virtual Singer Chapter 2 (After Chapter 7): Miku questions if it was the right move to force the other three out of SEKAI. Miku starts singing one of Mafuyu's songs, but she's surprised to find it doesn't sound quite like what was written; rather than sounding desperate, it sounds like Miku wants to be saved. Mafuyu asks to hear the song from the other day again.

Virtual Singer Chapter 3 (During Chapter 16): Mafuyu tells Miku she's done writing music. She asks Miku to stop singing that song since it didn't work. Miku asks if Mafuyu wants to close her eyes, but every time Mafuyu's done that before, she's only ever thought of ways she can make other people happy. Mafuyu breaks down.

Virtual Singer Chapter 4 (After Chapter 20): Mafuyu arrives at SEKAI to give Miku a song. Miku comments that it feels less lonely than before. Mafuyu also reveals that she's going to stop writing as OWN. Ena, Mizuki, and Kanade join them in SEKAI, so Miku asks if they'd all like to sing.

[amiaaa-official]

Ah. Amia, could you help me with something, please?

- @yuki-from-nightcord-official

Yea! Ofc! What's up Yuki?

[ena-shinonome-official]

Hi, ‘nanners ^-^

- @yuki-from-nightcord-official

Do not call me that.

...Are you- ok? With the whole. Pain. suit?

[asahina-mafuyu-official]

Hello, I'm Yuki, lyricist for Nightcord at 25:00.

//

This is a roleplay blog for Mafuyu Asahina from Project Sekai: Colorful Stage, and is not affiliated with any official sources.

Mod and Mafuyu both use she/her pronouns.

I somewhat know Project Sekai, but am fairly new to most of the characters, having only done the Nightcord at 25:00 storyline. I will do my best to be in character, but will likely slip up at points considering my current lack of knowledge.

Tags:

#roleplay -> temporary tag for in character stuff

#// -> temporary tag for OOC posts

#asks -> self-explanatory

(I use character specific tags for some blogs, just haven’t figured out my tagging system yet.)

[kanade-yoisaki-official-archived]

hey. k. can you come here and hold this thing for me. like super quick. please ^-^

@yuki-from-nightcord-official

i'm going to say no because the caffeine wore off and i don't want to explode like tsukasa

you should have tried that yesterday ^-^

[moonlightmelodies]

Welcome to the official Moonlight Melodies Blog :D

hello!!! welcome to the official tumblr blog of moonlight melodies♪ im the composer and the original member: pianpian!!!（╹◡╹）♡

here's the list of all of our other members!!!

Pianpian🎹 ~ Composer

Yuki❄️ ~ Lyricist

Phenny🐥 ~ Artist

Minorin🪽 ~ Animator

now a little message from everyone~

"Hello my name is Yuki. I'm happy to meet all of our fans. If you ever need to ask me something let me know" -❄️

"HIYA!!! im phenny and im the artist of moonlight melodies＼(^ω^)／ the art you see in our mvs and on our blog is made by meeee!!! let's all be super duper wanda wanda wonderful friends!!!!" -🐥

"hiiiii im minorin and omg i am SO nervous haha!! it feel so crazy to have so many fans i almost feel like an idol AAAAAA!!! um i love to chat and i LOVE LOVE LOVE idols if you ask me about idols i will not stop talking about them!! my FAVORITE idol of ALL TIME has to be haruka kiritani she is just the most wonderful person i have ever seen everything about her is SO cute like her hair, her eyes, he love of penguins..." -🪽 (this continued for like five pages haha i needed to shorten this down lol)

OOC

The Lore

this blog takes place in a shuffle unit au and specifically focuses on the nightcord equivalent. while other units are not as relevant they do exist and are the following

Blue Skies After Rain (Band)

Ichika, Toya, An, and Haruka

M4GIC (Idol)

Shizuku, Honami, Nene, Kanade

Colorful Wolves Squad (i really need to figure out a better name for them)

Shiho, Akito, Ena, Airi

Pegasuses Piercing the Heavens (Show)

Tsukasa, Kohane, Mizuki, Rui

Ichika, Saki, Honami, and Shiho haven't spoken to each other for a long time and Saki is doing online classes instead of in person due to health reasons. Kanade however is going to school in person. Kanade and Mafuyu are in the same class but they don't know each other that well.

Ships are ambiguous and no one set pairing is "canon" to the au

SEKAIs definitely do exist in this AU. However if you ask the girls about their SEKAI someone else may answer instead.

Rules

No NSFW. Ever. They are children and I'm a minor (admittedly one who is turning 18 in april but that's beside the point) be normal im begging

Asks using the girls' real names will be ignored (doxxing is not very cool) please use their usernames when asking questions

idk be nice i guess? i'll probably think of more later

[yoiasa]

Changes made in Nightcord's past stories so they're more in-line with the Ribbon is tied event

this could range from some minor tweaks, to adding and removing and changing the dialogues entirely.

i will use the official en translation (if there's any) to the dialogues pre-revision, and my own translation or will simply just change the en tl a bit, in both pre (if there's none) and post-revision.

this post contains all the changes made in the stories (main, event, and cards). the changes made in their self-introduction videos will be on a separate post

(1st image- pre-revision; 2nd image- post-revision)

Main story (Chapter 3)

minor change from DM to message.

from "I was really surprised to get a DM asking to make songs together from an account with zero followers and no profile picture." to "I was really surprised when I got a message asking to make songs together from an account with zero followers and no profile picture."

Kanade's 4☆- From Feeling To Melody (Part 1)

minor change. removed the SNS.

from "When I first saw Enanan's art on social media, they instantly caught my attention."

to "When I first saw Enanan's art, they instantly caught my attention."

(the actual official en translation for this line is "The first time I ever saw something she made, I was blown away and just kept staring." and i think it this one won't get changed at all in the en version. i just translated both to highlight the difference)

Someday from the Depths of Despair (Chapter 8)

whole dialogue was changed.

from "Yes. Enanan started drawing illustrations for us right after Yuki started adding vocals to our songs..."

to "Yes. After I started composing songs with Yuki, Enanan and Amia uploaded a MV inspired by them."

the line where mizuki was creating mvs for fun was removed.

from "Same. My jaw dropped when I saw that you messaged me about some videos I made for fun."

to "Yes. I was surprised when you found the video that I did."

And Now, the Ribbon Is Tied (Chapter 5)

ena's reaction to mizuki messaging her about using her art was changed entirely.

from "...Someone saw it... Someone looked at my art seriously..."

to "Thank goodness. My art... is not worthless..."

And Now, the Ribbon Is Tied (Chapter 6)

dialogue was changed entirely. mizuki also went from being surprised to proud of ena.

from "🎨: Because at that time, I realized that I could still draw. 🎀: …Oh, I see."

to  "🎨: Because the artwork that I drew in a frenzy was used in their MV. 🎀: Hehe, I see. I'm glad to hear that, Ena."

and this one was added after the above dialogue

When I ran across Kanade's music, I was finally able to face my art head on for just a little more. Because at that time, I realized that I could still draw.

[amia-nightcord-25]

“We’re out of band-aids. On an unrelated note, I might need to go to the hospital.”

- @yuki-from-nightcord-official

“Wait what?!”

oh no no no what happened to him?!

“Yuki what happened?!?!”

[k-n25-archive]

Of course you can . :]

[ Tiny fluffy tail wags . ]

it's- nothing. I was just trying to bring the bunny ears and stuff back since. why not yk? but I forgot the sensitivity was a thing and stuff.

I'll admit, the bunny ears are cute . I wonder what others think ?

[k-anadeyoisaki]

oh really. god. not another one. . .

- @yuki-from-nightcord-official

" i ... can only assume i'm the latest in a long line of kanade ...? kanades ...? kanedi ...?

[pjsk-story-summaries]

Insatiable Pale Color Event Story Summary

TL;DR: Ena finds a poster for a local art competition and decides to submit a work, despite her father telling her she won't make it. However, when she receives the letter back, her work hadn't made it to consideration for any prizes. Enraged by the lack of recognition for her work, Ena decides to quit art and trashes her room. Akito tries to calm her down, but fails. Ena retreats to the SEKAI.

Worried, Kanade, Mafuyu, and Mizuki try looking for her in SEKAI. They end up finding Rin, a new member of the Empty SEKAI. Knowing Ena might react poorly to a search, Miku and Rin decide to talk to her instead.

Ena hears someone singing in SEKAI and goes to search for them. There, she finds Rin and Miku. Ena vents to them about how she really does love drawing, but doesn't feel like it's worth it to keep going if her drawings won't reach anyone. She hates the part of her that needs attention for it. Miku reveals that Rin's song was composed by Kanade for her, and that there are people who truly do love her art.

Kanade, Mafuyu, and Mizuki enter the SEKAI again to talk to Ena this time. Though Kanade and Mizuki try and reassure her that they like her art so it matters, Mafuyu questions if it's really so bad to want to be appreciated. Thanks to their words, Ena decides to try illustrating for Kanade's song. That painting ends up receiving praise from Mafuyu and even her father.

Fan translation (Ren) / Official English YouTube Upload / Song (Infinitely Grey) 3DMV

Chapter 1: Yuki finishes lyrics to the new song. Amia comments on her skill, as well as the success of their last song, Marionette. Enanan's happy to see a commenter praise her art in the comments. Amia teases Enanan for only wanting likes, and K praises her genuinely.

After the call, Ena decides to work a little longer. When Akito refuses to get her snacks, she realizes her dad is still awake. She remembers him telling her she doesn't have any talent. Though she wants to believe it isn't true, her art account hasn't gotten any new traction recently despite her quick selfies getting immediate responses.

Chapter 2: After finishing some work with Amia, Ena goes downstairs to find Akito getting ready for school, and some flyers for Shibuya Art Contest. Upon noticing her interest, her father tells her she likely won't win anything if she applies, but can try if she really wants. Ena decides to enter to prove him wrong.

When out buying new paint, Ena runs into Kanade on her way home from the hospital. Though Ena's nervous about the contest, Kanade reassures her that she likes her art and wishes her luck. Ena goes back to start working on her piece.

Chapter 3: Nightcord at 25:00 meet at a diner after the release of their new song. Ena's art commenter left nice messages on that song as well.

Back home, Ena's letter from her art contest submission arrived. Though she was hopeful, the work ended not reaching consideration for any prizes. Frustrated, Ena checks the song comments again, only to see people talking about how the art for the videos isn't what matters to them at all. Ena's father comes in to ask about the submission and, upon hearing her loss, tells her talentless people have to work even harder. This only frustrates Ena more.

Chapter 4: Marionette continues to gain views. Enanan, still in a sour mood, complains about Yuki getting attention for things she doesn't even care about before logging out. She feels a bit bad about taking her anger out on the others before deciding to throw out all her art stuff. Akito tries to make her reconsider, but she blows up at him, too. Ena goes to SEKAI to forget everything.

Chapter 5: K's worried about Ena, especially her comments about just being an accessory. She truly believes Ena's art makes the music reach more people. K realizes she might have gone to SEKAI, so all three follow. Mizuki tries searching for her right away, but Miku warns them she may not want to talk. Kanade wants to look anyways. Rin suddenly appears and asks to join.

Chapter 6: Ena still isn't back by morning. Akito asks his father if he'd be easier on Ena. He explains his harsh treatment as trying to teach her how to keep drawing even when nobody cares about your work. Akito asks if he could try looking at her art not as an artist, but as a father.

Meanwhile in SEKAI, Ena hears somebody singing. She decides to follow it and finds Rin, who explains she was singing for her. Ena vents about how she wants to keep drawing, but doesn't see the point if nobody will care about her works. Miku points out that isn't true, revealing that the other three circle members sent the two, and that Kanade wrote the song Rin was singing. Miku tells Ena to go find them all.

Chapter 7: Miku goes back to the real world to grab Yuki, K, and Amia, who had gone back to their call in the meantime. Ena apologizes for making them worry. Kanade asks if Ena would draw something for that song. Though Ena wants to, she's scared nobody would like it and explains her fears of not being recognized outside their music circle. Kanade and Mizuki try explaining how much her art means to them and that she doesn't need that outside attention. However, Mafuyu questions why there's such an issue with wanting appreciation. She should just keep drawing until someone notices. With these words, Ena decides to give the illustration a shot.

First, she has to clean her mess of a room. When putting art stuff away, she finds her old sketchbook from elementary school. She asks little her if it's really ok for her to keep drawing.

Chapter 8: Ena remembers back to a time in middle school. A few classmates ask what Ena wants to do for school. Ena tells her about her goal of making it into a fine arts school, so she can be an even better painter than her father. Later, she goes to ask her father which school she should apply for, but he tells her she shouldn't bother trying at all. She doesn't have the talent or resolve to make it. Enraged, she decides to prove him wrong.

Ena hadn't ended up making it into art school. Even though she knows she has no talent, she wants to keep trying for the others. She logs on to the Nightcord meeting to show the others her finished work, a girl looking up at parting rainclouds. Even Mafuyu thinks this one is good.

In the morning, Ena goes to apologize to Akito and explains she'll keep drawing. Akito tells her about his conversation with their father, trying to explain he's just not great at expressing his true concerns. Ena goes back to her room, only to find her father looking at her Nightcord illustration. He thinks it's good, even if the colors are a bit unbalanced. Ena decides to touch it up a bit more.

[shinei-shinonome-official]

hello mr shinononomenmen sir ma’am girl. Boy. Thing. Sir. Hi.

- @yuki-from-nightcord-official

My name is Shinonome. Please refrain from making any variations of my surname, it brings back... unpleasant memories.

With that out of the way, good afternoon...Yuki. what brings you here?