How to raise a random guy's wife

How to write it.

Making a decision is simple.

But everything is difficult at the beginning.

Then the middle part is difficult.

The final touches are difficult to achieve.

The background music needs to match the visuals and the storyline.

To create atmosphere and evoke emotions.

I want the background music to achieve this effect.

This requires the composer to have a considerable understanding of the atmosphere and emotions in the animation.

However, the emotions depicted in the story are too far removed from Shibuya Kanon's life.

Childhood sweethearts and such...

Her best friend since childhood was Arashi Chisato.

The two lived together from kindergarten to high school, and only separated during college, but they still kept in touch frequently.

I feel absolutely no regrets.

After explaining the difficulties she was facing, Shibuya Kanon looked at her companions.

He received four helpless glances.

The five single people looked at each other, none of them having had a similar experience to the two main characters in the animation.

How am I supposed to write this...?

“I feel we don’t need to be too rigid about the formalities,” Kobayashi Sora suggested. “We can try a different approach.”

Shibuya Kanon pressed, "How about we change our approach?"

“This short story tells a tale about regret,” Kobayashi Megumi further explained. “The female protagonist Akari and the male protagonist Takaki are both vehicles.”

"In other words, from a comprehension perspective, Akari and Takaki are not characters in the short story, but can be understood as images," Kobayashi Sora summarized, "a concrete representation of the concept of regret."

If understood in this way, it is not simply a matter of romantic love between a man and a woman.

Takaki is the male protagonist, and can also be interpreted as a missed job or an opportunity that he failed to seize.

Akari is the female protagonist, and can also be interpreted as a lost hobby or an unfulfilled goal.

In this way, even without having a similar experience to Akari Takaki, one can understand their regrets and feel similar emotions.

This is also why Kasumigaoka Utaha chose regret as the theme, rather than a failed romance.

Increase the audience.

Not everyone has been in a relationship.

However, everyone has some regrets, more or less, due to subjective or objective reasons.

It might be people you didn't meet, trains you didn't get on, schools you didn't get into, or scenery you didn't see...

Shibuya Kanon understood what the Kobayashi couple meant. "What a pity..."

Everyone has this feeling, but how should it be expressed in a way that resonates with people to the greatest extent?

This is the problem that is troubling Shibuya Kanon.

The animation conveys a simple message: memories of the past, the joy of seeing the other person, and the helplessness of parting.

Kasumigaoka Utaha uses a simple three-part story to tell the beautiful past, the expectations of the present, and the helplessness of the future.

I remember our past, but our present will eventually become the past, and we can only accept the future.

Eriri uses exquisitely beautiful visuals to express all that is beautiful.

Just like how people always unconsciously romanticize everything in their memories.

Were the cherry blossoms that Akari and Takaki saw really that beautiful?

That's not necessarily true.

But that scene was etched in their minds. In the endless flow of memories, all the unpleasantness was erased, and all the beauty was beautified and perfected time and time again.

The final result is a dreamlike and beautiful scene.

The more beautiful something is, the more regrettable it becomes.

Both the story and the visuals effectively convey the theme of regret.

So... how should music express this?

How can we ensure that while resonating with most people, we also have the power to touch the softest spot in their hearts to the greatest extent?

Regret, an emotion that everyone experiences, what commonalities do most people share?

Shibuya Kanon vaguely felt that as long as she grasped this commonality, as long as she found people's first thought when facing regret, and wrote it into the song, the music would be a success.

“Speaking of regrets…” Kobayashi Sora suddenly thought of something, “Perhaps you could take a look at this.”

"Huh?" Shibuya Kanon asked curiously, "What?"

Kobayashi Sora opened the website, "Forum".

The star cluster members all gathered around to browse the content on the webpage.

[Excuse me, which group is this? They look so cute!]

[Wow, people are even asking about star clusters?]

Is this very famous?

[You know RER, right? The super popular virtual idols?]

[RER, who recently collaborated with Ghost Castle on a virtual concert?]

[Star Cluster is the first group in RER's Superstar project]

[Isn't this a real-life group?]

[Stargroup was originally a school idol group, but later joined the Superstar project.]

[I initially wanted to mock those who didn't even recognize star clusters, but then I realized they graduated high school three years ago. In this rapidly evolving world, maybe I'm the one who should be laughed at.]

[Has the activity ceased?]

[It's not that I stopped being active; I was busy with my studies after starting university, so I had very few activities.]

[The theme song for last year's Kaguya-sama: Love Is War movie was sung by Stardan.]

[After all, it's a movie produced by RER.]

[fine]

[I recommend the Liella! Superstar trilogy, which basically tells the story of them from their debut to graduation. Even if you're not a fan, the game itself is of high quality. The sticker value system is very interesting, and the character design is by Fumio Sagano, who is now a very famous virtual idol illustrator.]

[The light novel is also fantastic; it's written by Shizuko Kasumi, and the manga adaptation is by Eri Kashiwagi.]

[So strong?!]

Does anyone still remember "The Cherry Blossom Promise"?

There aren't many people playing visual novels anymore.

[How about trying the mobile game? The card art is pretty good.]

[Or you can just watch the anime; the opening and ending themes feature original songs performed by Star Cluster.]

[It's quite difficult to recommend Star Cluster. Unlike the current virtual idols who don't show their faces and the real-life idols who do, they developed both real and virtual characters simultaneously. I don't know what kind of people I should recommend them to.]

[Recommended for archaeology enthusiasts]

[Grass]

[I really miss those days. The live streams and videos were so much fun, especially Lianlian's live streams.]

[Do you like watching Lianlian's live streams? Do you prefer chatting in other people's live streams?]

[I was just eating homemade strawberry jam when I saw Lianlian's recipe and remembered that I learned how to make it from her.]

[The video reviews of Coco back then have now become a required course for virtual idols.]

[Xiao Jin has really become a star now!]

I saw Chihiro at the competition before.

[It's been a long time since I've seen Xiangyin play guitar...]

[Is it too late to start promoting now?]

Their era is over; let's find some current idols to watch.

[There was once an idol who was active, but I didn't cherish it. If only God gave me another chance...]

[Heaven: No way!]

Chapter 528 One More Time

[Actually, it's not so bad. It's much harder to end a fire safely than to have one raging.]

To be fair, that's true.

Even within the RER group, several groups have had falling out.

As a viewer, all I can do is wish them the best for their future.

That's what they say...

Ultimately, this is what idol graduation is all about: knowing they're there and having their own careers, but it's no longer relevant to you.

[They weren't related to each other at all.]

[Shut up!]

[They probably don't have much contact anymore]

[It ended just like youth.]