桜内梨子/エピソード/EN/Episode 5 For Me, For Everyone

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Riko	Umm... Okay, do you have a song request? As long as it's something I can play. 1
Player	You can play whatever you want. You don't even have to play a song.
Riko	What do you mean? 2 +
Player	You can just hit a single key, or slam both your hands down on the keyboard! Or just hit whatever keys you feel like.
Player	Of course, play something with a melody if you want. A real song, or just improvisation.
Player	I just want to hear you play the piano freely.
Riko	Freely... 3
Riko	Whew. 5
Player	That was amazing, Riko!
Riko	Y-You think so? I honestly just played whatever came to mind. 6
Riko	It felt so good, though, and now my heart feels clear. I can't believe I actually just let my hands play without thinking. 7
Riko	It was like back when I first started playing. 8
Player	What you played wasn't a song, right?
Riko	Yeah. I tried to improvise, but it came out all garbled. Sorry. 9 +
Player	Don't worry about it. It was relaxing, but proper, a little touch and go, and exciting.
Riko	Whoa, that's a lot of emotions for one song. 10 +
Player	It felt like it was perfect for Aqours.
Riko	What... 11
Player	You said yourself that the music you write isn't just for yourself. It felt like you were kind of sad when you said that.
Player	You might have thought something only you enjoy wasn't good enough, but it's like you've been putting cutting yourself out of the picture.
Player	I think it's important to know the members who sing your song and about the place everyone lives, but...
Player	But you're part of Aqours, too. You live in Uchiura, too. I think you can put more of your own feelings into the music.
Riko	I... You might be right. I think that I was leaving myself out of all this. 13
Riko	I guess I just don't have that many memories here. I feel like an outsider. 14
Riko	That's why I wanted to understand this place and everyone in it so thoroughly. I thought I had to. 15
Player	But even if you've only been here a short time, a hundred years couldn't dampen those feelings.
Riko	Yes. I'm a member of Aqours. My heart is with Uchiura. ...So that's what my teacher meant. 16
Riko	Thanks. I feel like a tremendous weight has come off my shoulders. 17
Player	No problem. I hope I didn't come off as pretentious or anything. I'm glad you feel better, though.
Riko	I think I can finally write a satisfying song. I'm going to go right home and see what I come up with! 18