Chapter 110 Komaba School Festival (2)

Before you know it, the Komaba Festival has quietly arrived.

The fallen leaves on Ginkgo Avenue have long been cleaned up, and the campus is decorated with lights. In addition to students from our school, many students from other schools have come here, wanting to spend this happy festival together.

The slightly empty sports field has been occupied by stalls set up by students. Most of these stalls sell food, such as octopus balls, fried cod, oden, charcoal-grilled squid, etc., because Japan is surrounded by Surrounded by the sea, I like to eat seafood very much. Daily snacks basically contain this kind of ingredients, unlike Chinese barbecue stalls, which mostly use pork, sheep, beef, and chicken.

In addition to food, there is of course a lot to drink.

The simpler ones just make milk tea, and students who found empty rooms in school even opened a few maid cafes. The senior students in charge of sales all put on cute maid costumes, and when they met customers, they shouted in unison: "Guo" Xijisama (Master), the boys who patronize them don’t mention how happy they feel.

In addition to these, there are many interesting games and activities in the school, which are organized like an amusement park, and they are basically free, so anyone can come and have a good time.

However, these have nothing to do with Luo Quan and others. There is a performance in the morning, afternoon and evening today, so there is basically no time to rest, and everyone is a little nervous, so there is no thought of going out for fun.

"Teams participating in the National College Student Singing Competition are asked to gather at the indoor gymnasium near the third teaching building. The first competition is about to begin. I repeat, please gather at the indoor gymnasium near the third teaching building immediately..."

The campus radio has already begun to announce, but the participating teams have already arrived. For such an important competition, they must arrive in advance.

There are a total of eight universities participating this time, and the strongest among them are the teams from the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University. These two teams are both bands that have already debuted and are very popular. The championship is likely to be between these two teams. Between the bands.

As the host, the Love music band was arranged to appear sixth, just behind the Super band. This order is not good or bad. In short, this competition is to see who performs better and sings more infectious songs.

The indoor stadium hosting this competition is very large and can accommodate several badminton courts. The place where the players sing is a metal stage more than one meter high. There are lights above and below the ground, and the sound equipment is temporarily replaced with the latest and best.

Student representatives from various universities who had received tickets had already gathered under the stage, and there were many Japanese TV reporters nearby to broadcast the event live.

Lights, sound, cameras, audience, everything was ready. In the high-spirited voices of two student hosts, a male and a female, the National College Student Singing Competition officially began.

It's said to be nationwide, but it's actually just a gimmick. It's not an official event. It's just organized by the University of Tokyo and several other schools. The competition allows bands and individuals to perform on stage. The first person to perform on stage is a girl from Waseda University.

"Hello everyone, my name is Yamazaki Yuko, and the performance song I bring to you is "Lemon"."

"It's actually my song?" Luo Quan smiled backstage. Speaking of which, this song has been very popular since its release. Even the release of "Coming of Age Ceremony" has not affected the performance of this song. It is still on the Oricon Chart. It is still in the top ten songs, only "Don't Give Up" and "First Love" can slightly surpass it.

"Is this a fan meeting?" Kamiya Suzune joked.

The accompaniment sounded, and the girl opened her lips lightly.

Her voice is a bit childish, which is often called a baby voice. It would be very good to match the lolita voice in anime. I didn't expect that her singing would also have a different flavor.

The breath and pitch are very good, and it can be seen that he has received professional training, which is better than Luo Quan who just traveled through.

But when she reached the climax of the song, perhaps because of the continuous high notes, she became short of breath, and her breathing was loud, which was a huge negative for the entire song.

From Luo Quan's perspective, this girl's performance could only be a pass at best.

At the end of the song, there was applause. The girl smiled sheepishly, bowed to everyone, and then said: "I'm sorry, I know I can't sing well, but it's me who can sing this song in front of my idol." My long-held dream has now come true, and I’m really happy.”

The girl said, turning to look at Luo Quan and waving.

Luo Quan also smiled and nodded.

Amidst the applause, the girl came off the stage with a red face.

"It is indeed a fan meeting." Natsuko Miyano sighed.

The competition continued, and the next few contestants were basically bands, with varying strengths. The songs they chose were mainly Japanese rock, and they were not particularly exciting. The atmosphere was a bit fiery, but it was not overwhelming. Completely lit.

Then, the Super band came on stage.

Just hearing the host announce their names, the students in the audience cheered excitedly and shouted the name of the lead singer Kimura Hiroshi.

The "Re:make" that Luo Quan gave to this band before can be said to have helped their popularity rise to a new level. It has gained a huge reputation and once reached the top ten of the Oricon Chart. It has also been recommended as a hot song on MS programs many times.

Nowadays, young people in Japan can basically hum a few lines, and there are quite a few videos using this song as BGM on TikTok.

In terms of popularity in Japan alone, the Super band far surpasses the Love music band.

Although the song they performed in the first game was not "Re:make", it was still a hit song, and everyone knew it was that song as soon as the intro was played.

The atmosphere at the competition was finally ignited, and the vocalist's singing ability once again showed everyone his strength. Although Kimura's voice condition is not as good as that of Kumoi Akira, his skills are obviously better. The two's singing skills are considered to be the best. Indistinguishable.

As soon as the song came out, everyone on and off the stage got excited. Some students even shouted "One more song!", turning the competition into a concert.

Seeing this, everyone's expressions were a little grim.

"The opponent is very strong." Yu Amuro said uneasily.

Kamiya Suzune also frowned: "Many of these students are their fans."

"Then let them become our fans!" Kumoi Akira hung the guitar around his neck and encouraged everyone: "We, who bear the expectations of the entire University of Tokyo, must win the game today no matter what, everyone must Muster up your energy!"

Apart from Luo Quan, Akatsuki Kumoi is probably the most confident and optimistic one, and he has always been like this.

"Now we invite the University of Tokyo team, Love Music Band, to perform on stage!" the male host shouted at the top of his lungs. Students from Tokyo University in the audience also began to cheer for their contestants, and the sound resounded throughout the stadium.

"It's our turn!" Luo Quan stood up and walked onto the stage with the team members.

The song for Love Music's first game was "The Phoenix".

As the cheers gradually died down, the band members' hearts also calmed down.

Before going on stage, they were still worried about gains and losses, worried about whether they would make mistakes on stage, and worried about whether their results would be too bad. But after they actually stood on stage, they were surprised to find that all their worries seemed to have disappeared, and only one person was left. Thought, then play this song well!

Natsuko Miyano took a deep breath, put her chin on the violin, and her right hand responsible for playing the strings began to shake rapidly.

The rapid violin sound suddenly sounded, followed by drums, guitar and Kumoi Akira's singing. This was a rock music song that was high-energy from the beginning, and Kumoi Akira was also playing at 200% at this time. He strives hard to impress all the audiences with his passionate singing.

Especially the extremely long sound at the final climax and the excited shouting made everyone's skulls resonate together!

After finishing the song, the Love Music band and the audience were all sweaty.

To thunderous applause, the band members smiled in relief and bowed deeply to the audience.

This time, they can be said to have performed at a superb level. None of the previous MV reshoots performed as well as this live performance. It can be seen that everyone is still very satisfied with this performance.

Objectively speaking, the performance of the Love music band is slightly better than that of the Super band.

None of the contestants who came after them could reach their height, which simply served as an eye-catching foil for the Love Music band's performance.

The performances of the first round of competition have all ended and the voting has begun.

Each student who participates in voting will receive three votes, with a maximum of one vote in a round. You can vote for whichever one you think is better. In the end, the average of the three votes will be added.

Because many students watch the live broadcast on their mobile phones, the voting channel is also conducted online. Anyway, only 1,000 students from each school are eligible to vote. This time, with twelve universities participating, the final number of votes will not exceed 12,000. .

The final voting results totaled just over 10,000, and a considerable number of students did not pay attention to the competition.

The first round of votes has also been tallied. Super band currently ranks first with more than 6,200 votes, while Love music band only has more than 2,700 votes, less than half of Super band.

Although everyone was mentally prepared, after the votes came out, they were still so surprised that they couldn't say a word for a long time. Kamiya Suzune and Miyano Natsuko even turned pale.

"Sure enough, students from other schools still choose to support Kyoto University."

President Mizuno, who had been paying attention to the competition, cracked the disposable transparent plastic water cup in his hand with a loud crack, with a disgusted expression.

"There are still two rounds of competition, and there is still hope." The vice president comforted him, but he obviously lacked confidence when he said this.

"Now we can only believe in Kumoi and the others. They must succeed." Mizuno Ryosuke silently prayed for them in his heart.