So Harada

Synopsis

At the Orchestra Club he came to observe, Aono ends up playing alongside Saeki, whom he's meeting for the first time. The two's advanced playing sets the members abuzz. Before long, Saeki began changing the tempo as if to provoke Aono. Aono bites back, and with their fierce clash, the two's sound rises higher and higher. Praise from concertmaster Harada, and unstinting applause from the members. But from amid it came, out of nowhere, his father's name—Ryuuji Aono. At the memory of that day resurfacing, Aono freezes.