Hi! Are you guys planning to translate card stories/event stories and the like? I'm interested in translating a number of card stories but I don't know if you guys will be working on them. Thanks in advance!
Yes, definitely! I plan on working on both the main story and individual charactersā card stories simultaneously. If you have any particular characters or events you want translated first, please let me know and Iāll give them priority. Have a nice day!
Apologies for the wait! Iāve finished things with work, so Iāll be back to translating things starting tomorrow and hopefully Iāll be updating more frequently. Thank you for your patience thus far.
A sudden notice had granted me with 19 artists and this building.
Director: Itās small compared to Reveās office, but this is too big for me to manage as just one person.
Haruka: Things look pretty serious, huh? Looks like Iām moving toĀ Op8āŖ too, so be good to me, Kitten āŖ
Director: 18 more artists like him, huh... The responsibilityās weighing down heavy, but Iāll do my best. First off, a confirmation of the facilities weāre working with here...
Director: This is a practice studio... Thereās a recording studio too. The other floors have nothing on them..... theyāre all rather spacious, though, so they can all be put to good use somehow.Ā āOp8āŖā still doesnāt have anything yet... What does the name of this place even mean?Ā āOpā as inĀ āopusā? And 8 as in... title number 8? Hm...
I check the roster of artists transferring to Op8āŖ once more. As a major label, Reve Music has different subsidiaries for classical, jazz and the like... There are plenty of names on the roster along with labels that seem like they can transfer to. So why transfer to Op8...?Ā Making a brand new label so suddenly... just what kind of label is this āOp8āŖā supposed to be...?
Hibiki: Pardon the intrusion! Under Op8āŖ as of today, Nanahoshi Hibiki! Letās get along! Wait... huh?
Director: You... earlier we...!
Hibiki: Ehehe! Truth is, just after that, I got a call from the president saying that I passed!Ā
Director: Congrats! Iām happy for you.
Hibiki: Could it be... youāreĀ Op8āŖās director...?
Director: That would be correct. I look forward to working with you.
Hibiki: Woah... youāre the director... Director! Please treat me kindly! Yāknow, I... if Iām with Director, I feel like I can shine!!
Itsuki: Hibiki, you two know each other?
Hibiki: Kinda! Director, this is Ikki... he plays piano in my group SHINE.
Itsuki: Youāre the director...? My name is Reizei Itsuki. Iām confident weāll rise to great heights. Itās a pleasure to meet you. And...
Yuta: Good work today, boss! On French horn, Iām Sunami Yuta!Ā
Eisuke: Iām Makita Eisuke on bassoon. Nice to meet you!
Hibiki: Yshm, you too!
Yshm: Hm... the colour of your soul is quite fascinating.
Director: Huh?Ā
Yshm: It looks like weāll be able to produce good music if weāre together. I am Yshm, the oboe player. Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
Director: ...You too.
Iād thought that was all of them, but I noticed there was still one more hiding behind a pillar.
Yuta: All thatās left is Riku-chan! Introduce yourself quickly.
Riku: A-ah... I... s-sorry. I-Iām... u-uh...Ā
Itsuki: Calm down, Amou.
Riku: I-Iām sorry...! My name is... Amou Riku... I play the flute...
The stuffed toy in Riku-kunās grasp let out a squeak.
Yuta: Riku-chan, youāre too nervous! Youāre crushing Mochida-san!
Riku: Ngh...
Hibiki: The six of us together make up the group SHINEā å½”! More or less, Iām the one who started up the group, so...
Itsuki: Hibikiās the leader of this unit.
Hibiki: Ehehe... thatās right! I might not look reliable, but nobody can beat me in terms of energy and willpower! ...Director, letās work hard together!
Director: Same goes to all of you. Letās work hard.
Their eyes were shining as they looked back at me. Only Riku-kun had his head cast downwards in anxiety.Ā
Director:Ā For the time being, can I hear how you guys sound?Ā
Hibiki: Of course! Everyone, letās show Director what weāve got!
Aside from this being an intro to the gameās main storyline, this post will also serve as a sample for future formatting. Please pardon any editing in advance.
Movement 1, Episode 1: The Beginnings of Op8āŖ
Endless cheering and a dreamlike stage shrouded in light. Artists shine beautifully in its centre.
The sound emitted from their instruments echoes within the captivated hearts of those in the audience.Ā
AhāI also wish to put forth music like this into the world...!
I was at the office for the industryās largest music label, āReve Music.ā Iād been working as an apprentice for management.
(Is that...?)
Kanato: The upcoming job weāve got seems rather interesting, doesnāt it?
Soma: Looks like it. Itād be good if we let the other two in on it. (?)
Kanato: Ritsu isnāt going to get just how interesting this is just yet, will he?
Soma: Maybe, yeah.
The two Iād stumbled upon at the entrance were none other than the genius twin violinists, Yuzuki Kanato and Yuzuki Soma. Theyād been leading in sales under Reveās classical label at the time.
(Itād be amazing if I got to work with artists like that...)
Thatās what Iād thought, and then...
Hibiki: Uwah!
Director: Wah...
Hibiki: Are you okay?!
Director: I-Iām fine.
(Who is this...?)
As a new hire for management, I knew the names and faces of countless artists, but this was my first time seeing this particular young man.
Hibiki: Sorry, I was spacing out..... Actually, I just got out of an audition. Guess I was caught up about the results... hehehe.
Director: Good work. Itād be great if it turned out well, right?Ā
Hibiki: Ehehe... yeah. I couldnāt play all that well, though. But itās fine! I just have to keep auditioning until I pass!!
(How optimistic... what a good kid.)
Hibiki: Also, it seemed like the chairman had lots of fun listening to me play! Really! So even if just now didnāt go so great, I can still keep shining on! ...Yeah, Iāll shine for sure!
Iād felt as though his smile seemed like it was shining. That it could give energy to whoever saw it.
Director: Iām sure that if itās you... youāll shine brighter than ever.
Hibiki: ...Fufu, thank you! Well, I keep weāll see each other again!
Giving him a light wave, my eyes followed the boy as he left.
(Uh-oh. If I donāt make it to my office soon...)
Tap-tap.
Haruka: Err...
Director: Yes...?
Haruka: ......
Director: .....Hello? Did you need something?
Haruka: ......
Heās in a band under the jazz label... ah, Shiba Haruka from SunsetRouge.
Haruka: Oh, sorry. You were talking to me, werenāt you? Kitten was just so cute that I ended up forgetting what I wanted to ask. Is it okay to ask for a small favour?
Director: What is it? If itās something I can do, sure.
Haruka: Thank you. ...Do you know where the bulletin might be? Apparently whatās posted right now is really important, but I canāt seem to find it.
Director: If youāre talking about the bulletin board, itās over here.
Haruka: Is that it? Thereās already people crowded around it... Thanks, KittenĀ āŖ
Director: No problem.....
Haruka: Hm...? Wait a sec, your name...
Director: ...?
For a moment, he compared my name tag and the bulletin with wide eyes.
...Meanwhile, a beautiful man had passed by. MuraSomaās own Mikami Ren.
Ren: O... P... ei.......... hm. Doesnāt matter where Iām working, so long as I can keep re-innovating our sound.
Leon: Re-innovating sound, huh...? Aināt that interesting!
(Even Mugen Leon from Apeiron...)
Haruka: Come through a little.
He beckoned me over to the front of what was posted...
Leon: ...! Theyāre here! The one whoās around my age!
As soon as heād muttered that, heād gone off and taken his leave elsewhere. Thanks to him, there was room for me to take a look.
Haruka: Think you can finally see it now, Kitten?
Director: I can now, yes. Eh...Ā āIn a revision made to Reve Musicās top-down system, all labels will now be participating under the same subsidiary to cultivate improvement via means of mutual encouragement.āĀ
Director:Ā All of the labels under the same subsidiary...?! I... now how is management going to work...
Haruka: It looks like all of the former label heads will be directors, but...
Just as heād said, notices had been posted to the each former head of department. Not only the artists, but all of the companyās employees had been listed.Ā And as I hurriedly looking for my own name.....
