Double Planet Episode 7

Double Planet
Episode 7: A Challenge from Kanda Yota
Satoru Aono (Furuta Jun & Kanda Yota / Radio Shonan Personality)

"I am the hero. I am good at it. If you think like that, courage will come out of you.
Don't lose! Win no matter what! Do it proudly!
Not just to win, but to do it coolly and proudly!!
Don't lose! Win no matter what! Do it proudly!
Let the words of miracles bloom in full glory."

It was the first time in my life that I had been so focused for two minutes and 30 seconds.
"Miraculous Words" was heard on the radio show "Love & Music ."
Kanda-san added a melody to the lyrics I wrote and turned it into a song.

It somehow didn't seem real, and it felt like it wasn't something that was happening to me.
No, no, no!
Sound judgment wakes me up.
These are the lyrics I wrote. This is the moment when the lyrics I wrote became music.
This realization hit me when the radio broadcast ended and I was lying alone in bed.

I felt happy, but at the same time, I had to acknowledge this emotion that was welling up inside me.
As the melody of "Kiseki no Kotoba" flowed through my head, Kanda's voice made me feel regretful.

I sent an email to the radio station asking for a song. I never thought Kanda-san would accept it. For a while, I was in ecstasy. What did I do in the two months that followed? Nothing. I didn't try to compose again, and I didn't write new lyrics. For two months, I just waited for Kanda-san with my fingers in my mouth. Like a loyal dog. No, like a dog with its fangs removed.

My high school life was starting to get back to normal, and I was distracted by that, but that was just an excuse. I had stopped making progress in my growth.
The lyrics flow along with the melody.

"I am the hero. I am good at it. If you think like that, courage will come out of you.
Don't lose! Win no matter what! Do it proudly!
Not just to win, but to do it coolly and proudly!!
Don't lose! Win no matter what! Do it proudly!
Let the words of miracles bloom in full glory."

I don't think music is about winning or losing. It's not about winning or losing, but I felt like I was losing right now. I lost to Kanda's vitality, and I lost to myself. It was a big defeat.
It was an uncool way to lose, and not dignified at all.
Like irony, every word of that statement hits home for me right now.

I can't lose.
I want to win.
I want to win against Kanda and against myself.
Unless we win, we can't move forward.

That's what I honestly thought.

But what should I do...?

I remembered one thing.
Last month, Kanda said on the radio that he would like to write a song for a play written by a high school girl who is involved in theater.

If I remember correctly, the title is... "Sky Puzzle"? "Sky and... Puzzle". That's right, "Sky and Puzzle".

Apparently, Kanda-san was inspired by the title and declared that he would write the lyrics and even compose the song. While I thought it was an incredible act of vitality, I still felt like it was something that didn't concern me. But now I can't let it be something that doesn't concern me. I don't want to lose to Kanda-san's vitality.

Perhaps this was a challenge from Kanda Yota directed at me.
This time, I want to compose my own music. I will never be able to flourish forever unless I do that.

Once I made that decision, I couldn't sit still.
Where should I start?
The lyrics. First of all, I have to start by writing the lyrics.
Kanda-san said that the title "Sora to Puzzle" was the only thing that inspired him to write the lyrics, but I don't think I have the ability to take it that far right now. If that's not the case, then I'll just have to listen.
What kind of story is "Sky and Puzzle"?

picture?
Wait.
Ask...who?
To the author?

You'll just have to ask the girl who wrote that story.
I thought about sending an email to the radio station and asking the kid indirectly, but I quickly rejected that idea when I realized that such an exchange would become known to Kanda.
I want to finish composing the song without Kanda finding out and impress him.

It looks like I have no choice but to contact the child directly.

Realistically speaking, this feels like a very high hurdle to overcome.
I'm not bragging, but I don't have good enough communication skills to be able to have a frank conversation with a girl. In fact, I'm not very good at it. But before that, I have to get to her first.

First, I tried searching for the words "sky and puzzles" on Twitter.
I want it to catch on to something.
I looked at the search results with a prayerful feeling.
Scroll slowly.

My fingers stopped.
The words written in the profile instantly burn into your retina.

[ RUKA ] "Kanagawa Prefecture. Second year high school girl. Drama club. I wrote 'Sky and Puzzle.'"

you're kidding?
All the words in the profile match.
It must be this one.
Social media is amazing.

RUKA . Luka. Luka-san. Come to think of it, I think that was his name.
Although I was nervous, I decided to send a message via direct mail.
 

"Hello, Luca. I'm sorry for this sudden message. I'm not suspicious at all. I'm a high school student in Kanagawa Prefecture. I'm a male second year. I'm not suspicious at all. I'm not suspicious at all. Please, please read to the end. I learned that you are doing theater on the radio show I always listen to, Love & Music . Kanda-san was talking about a piece you wrote called Sky and Puzzle, and I'm very interested in it. If you don't mind, could you tell me more about the piece? Thank you for reading to the end. Aono Satoru."

"to be continued"

 
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