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Futaba, Minori, what’s going on? Eh? Eh? Ehhhhh!? So, um, my little sisters back in Nagano called me the other day, and apparently, I was on TV! Isn’t that amazing!? Oh no, that means the whole country probably knows about the Bloom Garden Party! Ah, but—but wait, was I okay? I wasn’t making weird faces or anything, right? How did I look on camera? Now I’m curious!

It such a great song, righ? “Otome Anthology!” This time, it was actually Ginko-chan who came to me and said, “I want to turn how I feel right now into a song.” That’s really rare for her, you know! That was the real beginning for Ginko-chan... She started digging through every single page of the School Idol notebook that Kozue-senpai used when she wrote her songs, and every day she’d bring me new lyrics—only to say, “This is no good at all,” and scrap them herself. How do I even describe it... she really had a tough time, but giving it her all! It was tough, but it was fun. Oh, and while all that was happening, I was... fufufu... practicing my piano skills!! So? What do you think? Maybe I’m getting a little better at this...?

You know, I’ve been watching Ginko-chan every single day since the moment she entered this school. I’ve known her ever since she was this tiny! People who just started following us this year might be surprised, but when we first met, she used to be much more tsundere. That was cute. Still, I think I like the Ginko-chan of today even more. She’s earnest, hardworking, serious, and always so caring toward the people around her. No, that’s not quite right. Ginko-chan’s always had those wonderful qualities. It’s just that lately, she’s finally started showing them to all of us. I love the way she is now. Ginko-chan wrote the lyrics, and we made this song together, “Otome Anthology,”. It’s full of both her feelings and mine. I’ll sing it with all my heart! So let’s send this song into the future, together!