Episode 9 –
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Camus announces to the gang that Cecil has left and why. The guys are devastated and Haruka is as well. Especially he left behind his song and his pendant. Cecil has promised to return, but Camus is sure that he won’t be able to change his fate.
The guys think about how much Cecil has already influenced them in the short time they’ve known him and can’t believe that he’s left them. They hope he can come back, but if he’s going to be a king, that seems impossible. They hear Haruka playing the song that she had just written for the new seven member ST☆RISH group. It seems that she does believe that Cecil will return and the guys decide to support her.
Haruka gives the song to the guys and they are very happy with it, however, as much as they want to, they won’t sing it until Cecil returns and they are seven again. But they will start writing the lyrics. The seniors can’t believe how naïve they are and don’t understand how they will ever survive in a business where such friendships are impossible.
Shining arrives with the news that he has already chosen their next song from the ones that Haruka had already given him. Haruka explains about her new song and how she wants to include Cecil, but Shining refuses, knowing that Cecil has returned to Agnapolis and is already living his new life. He tells them to forget about Cecil. Haruka pulls out Cecil’s pendant and says that he would never leave it behind. She seems to think that it’s a promise of his return.
Shining has another reason not to let Cecil join ST☆RISH – they’ve already been nominated for the Uta Pri award! He will not allow an upset in the balance of a perfect existing six. And if they don’t behave, Shining will decline the nomination. But the guys protest – they will wait for Cecil and sing as seven. A plane flies overhead and someone jumps out just as Shining tells them that they will be watching the award ceremony as spectators only.
The jumper is Cecil! He parachutes safely down and as he drifts towards them, he uses a bullhorn to ask Shining if he’s really satisfied with a six member group. He wants Shining to listen to their harmony before he makes his decision final. Cecil lands right next to them and the group performs their new song for Shining – gee, they wrote those lyrics pretty darn fast! The seniors hear the singing and join the listeners. And it seems something is happening with Haruka – she’s glowing! In fact, the guys are too! Shining and the others are mesmerized. This song is pure magic!
After the song, Shining is convinced that he’s seen the true form of ST☆RISH and perhaps he’s finally found that “elusive wave” he’s been searching for. Everyone was impressed by their harmony and Cecil always thought that music connected people to the gods, but sees now that it can also connects people to people. Haruka gives Cecil back his pendant and tells him that they all believed that he’d return to them. They all beg Shining to let Cecil officially join ST☆RISH. But Shining had already made that decision and proclaims the seven of them to be the new ST☆RISH!
The royal family may still be a problem for Cecil, but he tells everyone that he already has the king’s special permission to join the group and shows them his “permit” scroll. Shining seizes the scroll from Cecil – I guess he’ll keep it somewhere safe. It seems that Reiji may have helped Cecil get the king’s permission too. Suddenly lights go off all around them and from somewhere, an announcement is made. The final groups for the Uta Pri award have been decided and it’s down to two - ST☆RISH and HEAVENS!
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