It was a beautiful sunny day that seemed to fill even the darkest corners with sunshine.
"Hello everyone, this is KOKO-chan~"
【koko sauce!!!】
[It actually went live! So exciting! ]
[Koko-chan looks good today, too]
Tamamo Haomi looked at the barrage of comments floating by, swiped her card and walked out of Yotsuya Station, while continuing:
"As agreed today, Hao Mei will broadcast the graduation ceremony live."
"Please rest assured, I have already obtained the school's approval."
Coming up the uphill road, the camphor trees on both sides are lush and green, and there is already a feeling of spring under the sunshine.
"This is the way I usually go to school. It's a bit tiring, but now I'm..."
As she was speaking, someone greeted her.
"Wow, so beautiful." It was a female classmate.
"Ah~" Tamamo Haomei no longer paid attention to the barrage in the video and chatted with her friends.
【？ ？ ？ ？】
【Grass】
[Listening to the conversation of high school girls, my heart has been healed]
[Kankawa High School graduation ceremony? Isn't that a high school with an extremely high admission rate? ]
[Newcomer? My Koko-chan is Kamikawa’s student]
[What newcomer? Koko has only been live streaming for half a month, right? We are all newcomers]
"The seniors are graduating today."
"Well, we talked for a long time in the band group yesterday."
"There are so many people in the wind band, will there be enough time to reply in the group chat?"
"Not everyone chats, you know. I can't chat with the saxophone guys."
"Ahh, is it because of that?"
"Those people are so weird, don't you think? They're almost as annoying as Watanabe."
"By the way, speaking of Watanabe-kun, did you know that he is so beautiful? He will represent the first grade to go on stage and read the farewell speech!"
“Ugh~”
[Beautiful girl vomiting! ]
[My mouth is already open]
[You guys are so disgusting... What? My mouth is actually open?! ]
【Grass】
【Grass】
[You guys are enough]
[Hao Meiming is a beauty YouTuber, why does she have so many male fans?]
We walked up the hill and entered the campus. The 25-meter-tall oak tree would still take some time to bloom, probably in April when school starts.
Change shoes at the shoe cabinet.
【Beautiful girl's feet】
【Beautiful girl's feet】
【Beautiful girl's feet】
[Can boys die?]
[Please don't harass Koko-chan]
Tamamo Haomei took the time to look at the barrage, and couldn't help but say:
"Why are there only perverts who like feet? It's disgusting."
【Grass】
【Grass】
【Hahaha】
[The person above who posted hahahaha, is it a remnant of the previous generation? ]
【Grass】
Tamamo Haomei turned her phone around and introduced the layout of the first floor corridor:
"It's very ordinary. I think everyone's high school is the same. Shoe cabinets, vending machines, and bread machines."
No bread machine
[The shoe cabinets in our school have no doors]
[There is no Koko sauce in our school]
After a brief introduction, Tamamo Yoshimi waited for her friend to change her shoes and went upstairs with her.
On the wall of the stairwell, there is a poster advertising the permanent recruitment of new members for the Art Department.
There are pictures of a cat, a dog, a giraffe, and an earthworm in the four corners of the poster .
I went to the third floor and walked into Class 1.
On the blackboard, the monitor is writing today's schedule.
"Gather in front of the gymnasium at 9:40"
「9:50 Entrance Ceremony」
"11:27 Exit"
These are the times for ordinary students, as the members of the wind orchestra have other arrangements due to their tasks.
"Ah~"
"Ah~"
This kind of greeting is popular among young girls.
"Good morning, Kiyono-san~"
"Good morning, Tamamo-san."
[The sound is nice]
[Why are you blocking the camera at this time! ]
[Seems like I’m looking at this one]
"Kiyono-san, I think you should go read the farewell speech instead of the first-years."
"Thank you, Watanabe-san is the best in the country."
"Really? Apart from grades, how is that guy better than Kiyono-san?"
"a lot of."
"No!"
We chatted until 9:15, when several members of the wind orchestra in Class 1 left the classroom together.
"Next we're going to the wind orchestra." Tamamo Yoshimi said to the people in the live broadcast room.
【Long awaited】
【Kamikawa Ensemble Department! ! ! 】
[A school that has never even entered the Kanto competition won the national gold medal in one year. I have long wanted to visit it]
【I took the entrance exam for Kamikawa this year, but was not accepted】
[Me too, there are many more applicants this year, and the admissions process is more stringent]
Tamamo Mimi was chatting with the live studio about her exams last year, when she suddenly spotted Ikki Aoi in front of her.
"Hey!" she shouted.
"Yeah!" Ikki Aoi jumped and turned around.
Friendships between girls are shallow and fickle, but Tamamo Yoshimi considers herself and Ikki Aoi to be true friends.
"What are you doing?" Ikki Aoi pointed at the phone on Tamamo Yoshimi's selfie stick.
“It’s live broadcast.”
"Live broadcast?" Ikki Aoi leaned closer.
"Live broadcast on YouTube." Tamamo Haomi also moved her face closer.
They both fixed their hair in front of the camera.
Compared with barrage, the girl cares more about her image.
Too close, too close
[I envy Koko-chan, she has such good skin]
[Many female YouTubers dare not get close to the screen even with the beauty filter turned on, but Koko doesn’t even put on makeup, she is so beautiful! ]
[Can't see the makeup = no makeup]
【Boys are all idiots】
"Aoi, I heard that the first-year representative is actually that guy Watanabe."
"Of course, Watanabe-kun ranked first in the country in the final exam again."
"Hmph, disgusting."
[Fuck, how much does Koko hate this Watanabe-kun]
[We will blacken him wherever we go]
[Could it be the ex-boyfriend? Was he cheated on? ]
[Koko, he doesn't love you, but I love you]
"I envy him too. I heard that he was the one who pinned the corsage on Mai-senpai."
"Is this true? Why?"
"I heard from my classmates in the News Department that the school has invited a reporter from the Asahi Shimbun to cover the graduation ceremony. This arrangement was made for publicity purposes."
"publicity?"
"Well, the Asahi Shimbun will pretend to introduce this year's graduation season, taking everyone back to their youth, and at the end will inadvertently write "At the graduation ceremony of Kamikawa High School, the girl on the left ranked third in the country, and the one who pinned the corsage on her was a freshman, and this year's freshman ranked first in the country."
"The adult world is so hypocritical. No wonder Watanabe was chosen."
"Hey, if you do this, won't you even let Mai-senpai down... Oops, I forgot you were live streaming. Will it be a problem if school matters get out?"
"It doesn't matter. I only have 2,000 fans, and only a hundred or so people watch Haomei's live broadcast."
[Koko, share your life more and you will become a great YouTuber]
【Photography|Real, I will buy 100 copies by myself】
[If there are swimsuits, I will buy 100 of them too]
[I've already mentioned that Koko is a beauty YouTuber! ! ]
"I see. By the way, I also play YouTube, mainly watching some gaming YouTubers. You're so beautiful. What's your name? I follow you."
"【The life of Koko-chan who plays the trombone】"
“Are you planning to live stream for the rest of your life?”
"How is that possible? Hasn't Aoi read "The Life of the Disliked Matsuko"? "
"No."
“It’s very pretty.”
"Really? What did you say?"
“Never give up hope in life. No matter how broken life is, you must work hard to survive. ”
"That sounds interesting."
"Yeah, how about coming to Haomei's house after school today to watch it? I have a Blu-ray disc at home."
"Okay, do you want to buy some on the way..."
While chatting, the two walked into the wind band.
There was another round of greetings, everyone watched Tamamo's beautiful live broadcast, joked with each other, and finally talked about the seniors who were about to graduate, and the atmosphere became sad again.
Some of the emotional girls even cried.
9:25, Tamamo Mimi put her cell phone in her chest pocket with the camera facing outside.
Everyone took their musical instruments and entered the gymnasium in advance.
The basketball court in the gymnasium was newly waxed and looked like a mirror.
On the curtain on the stage, it was written "Graduation Ceremony".
After sitting down, Tamamo Mimi put the trombone on her lap and took out her cell phone.
The trombones and tubas sat at the back, next to the timpani, and she stood up, aiming at the entire gymnasium.
[Such a big stadium? ? ]
[Compared to the three in our school]
[There is even a place dedicated to the wind band! ]
[When we graduated from school, because the gymnasium was too small, only six people attended the wind band out of 50 people]
[Who's in charge of the gym? I want to see the high school girls in the wind band!]
[Is there a trumpet in front of the trombone? The side profile is very nice]
At this time, some people came into the gymnasium one after another.
Tamamo Haomei secretly pointed the camera over there.
Male teachers wear suits, female teachers wear suits; male parents wear suits or jackets, female parents wear kimonos or suits.
The leaders sat on one side of the stage, the teachers sat on both sides of the basketball court, and the parents sat in the audience seats on the steps.
"That's our principal, that's the dean, that's the physical education teacher, we call him Xiao-chan, and that's our class teacher, a super good art teacher."
In addition to these people, there are some people who are obviously middle-aged but are obviously not parents of students.
They were holding high-end cameras, and they were probably reporters from the Asahi Shimbun who were colluding with Kamikawa privately and preparing to write an article that seemed to be reporting on the graduation season but was actually propaganda for Kamikawa.
[It’s about to start]
[What a sense of ceremony, reminds me of the day of graduation]
[Our school’s graduation ceremony was in February, and I failed to confess my love]
[If I have a confession later, can Koko-chan do a live broadcast? ]
[A cute girl appears]
[I like this type, and I also like the type of Haomei]
[You like the type that is only cute, right? ]
【Grass】
[Hmm? Why is there another handsome guy? ]
[It's so handsome! I'm jealous! ]
[Ah——So cool]
[You girls are so disgusting, can you please stop looking at faces and focus more on talent! ]
Graduation representative Asu Mai and first-year representative Watanabe Toru were also among those who entered early.
"That guy is Watanabe," Tamamo Yoshimi whispered, "He's a super scumbag."
“Don’t talk nonsense, Hao Mei-chan.” The girl in the trumpet section turned around with a smile.
"If Watanabe-kun hears this, he'll start swearing again."
"Speaking of cursing, I recently dreamed that Watanabe-kun cursed me."
"What did I scold you for?"
"Why are you so cute? You made me fall in love with you. Let's get married. I said, no, Watanabe-kun, you are not yet eighteen years old. Please wait until that day to propose to me!"
"It was a dream indeed."
"I feel like it's her delusion, not a dream."
"Ah, how annoying! You guys actually guessed it."
"I've thought about this plot of yours ten times in my mind since I first met Watanabe-kun."
"Ten times? Yuka, you're amazing."
"What's this? I heard that Chi Chi from the art department drew a girls' manga based on Watanabe-kun, and it has been published by "Housewife and Life"."
"Housewife life?"
"It's not what you think. It's a publishing house. The main thing is..."
The girls talked about endless topics.
Toru Watanabe and Mai Asuka were seated close to the stage, making it convenient for them to go up and speak later.
After chatting for a while, at 9:50, the first and second graders began to enter.
Once they are seated, the third grade will be next.
"Everyone, let's start." Hayami Xun didn't hold the bassoon today, so she was in charge of the command.
Tamamo Haomi put her phone back in her pocket, leaving only the camera exposed, and picked up the trombone on her knees.
As Hayami Kaoru waved his baton, the solemn symphony slowly began to play.
To the sound of music, the third graders were divided into groups of two and entered the venue in an orderly manner.
At the door, they will bow to the teachers, parents and juniors in the stadium, then walk through the corridor formed by the juniors and come to the front of the square.
[Ah! I can't see anything! ]
[The trombone is at a disadvantage]
[I am satisfied just by looking at the back]
[I want to see the handsome guy just now! ! ! ]
[It doesn’t matter. He will go up to speak later and will definitely see it.]
Everyone took their seats, the music stopped, and the dean of studies presided over the graduation process.
"Dear parents, dear friends..."
After a long opening speech, he said, "Now please invite the first-year representative, Toru Watanabe, to come to the stage and speak."
Inside the venue, the applause from the students, especially the girls, was much louder than that from the parents in the audience.
Some parents speculated that the children were fed up with the dean’s remarks;
Some parents speculated that this student, Toru Watanabe, was very popular;
Some parents also speculated that the children just wanted to make the graduation stage more grand through applause.
Following the children's gaze, a student near the stage stood up.
He is slightly taller than the average male high school student and has a very handsome appearance.
He walks confidently, and although his steps are not fast, they seem to be carrying the wind.
His back was straight, his eyes were looking straight ahead, and he occasionally looked around, just like a ray of bright sunshine piercing through the dark clouds.
People like him are very smart at first glance;
A man like him, at first glance, is a man without any black spots;
People like him are sincere at first glance.
In addition, there is strong self-confidence.
Believe that you are the best young person, believe in your own talents, and believe that you will own the whole world in the future - this is such a confident person.
Just as everyone was marveling at the boy's temperament and their eyes were obsessed with his handsomeness, a beautiful female teacher suddenly walked over and stopped him.
Everyone looked over curiously.
The female teacher spoke to the boy in a low voice while quickly buttoning up his open school uniform.
Afterwards, the female teacher bowed and apologized to everyone around her, then quickly walked back to her seat.
The second graders who were standing nearby burst into laughter.
"Watanabe-kun also has his moments of confusion." The wind band was also discussing this scene in a low voice.
"He's used to opening his school uniform."
"It's okay in the summer, but in the winter it's just showing off." Tamamo Yomi insisted on her 'Watanabe Black' stance.
"But Watanabe-kun is just as handsome whether he buttoned his school uniform or not."
"I agree!"
"I agree, but the style of being handsome is different."
"Are there any problems with your eyes?"
"Hello Mei-chan, why do you keep saying bad things about Watanabe-kun? Is there a contradiction?"
"You are the weird ones, haven't you forgotten that he scolded us?" Tamamo Yomi couldn't understand these people.
Watanabe-kun walked to the podium.
"Hello everyone, I'm the first-year representative, Toru Watanabe."
The clear and pleasant voice came through the loudspeaker and reached everyone's ears, and the gymnasium fell silent.
"The grass sprouts, the oak blossoms, the breeze blows warmly from the sea..."
The voice doesn't have much emotion, but it makes people feel particularly low and sad.
Just hearing the words "oak tree in bloom" made Ikki Aoi feel sad.
She looked at Mai-senpai who was looking at the stage.
After today, no matter how many times I come to school, I will never hear the beautiful sound of the senior student playing the euphonium coming from the corridor again.
She will never be by her side again.
She would never play the euphonium beside her again.
"Next, please invite the third-year graduate representative, Mai Asuhi, to come on stage."
Hearing this voice, Ikki Aoi came to her senses and found that her eyes were blurred by tears and she could not see the farewell party in front of her clearly.
She wiped away her tears quickly.
Not only her, but many people in the wind orchestra had tears in their eyes.
Maybe they are reluctant to leave Asuka Mai, maybe they are reluctant to leave the club leader Komatsu Misaki, and the saxophone section may be reluctant to leave Miya Madoka-senpai...
Everyone has their own treasure.
On the stage, the first-year representative pinned cherry blossoms on the third-year graduates.
"Hello everyone, I am the third-year graduate representative, Asuhi Mai..."
After finishing his speech, the Dean stepped forward again and said into the microphone:
"Graduates, stand up."
The third years stood up and everyone looked at them.
"Sing the school song together."
The wind band played music and the third grade sang the final Kamikawa school song.
"The Yotsuya hills, the school building where crows fly over, our alma mater, Kamikawa."
This is the school song.
It is a song of welcome at the beginning of the school year;
During the competition, it is a song of glory;
Now, it is a song of farewell.
It roams the vast, enclosed space of the gymnasium.