Intentionally showing off and acting aggressively in front of girls, with a short temper;
Always doing things they think are cool, but in reality, only make people feel embarrassed;
Liking to brag, but never having any grounded plans;
Being glib and self-righteous, liking to play devil's advocate no matter the situation;
Being chauvinistic, believing that men should go out to earn money while women should stay at home to take care of children;
...
...
In short, in the eyes of Rin, most of the boys in school were of this type.
"That is indeed hard to like."
Hearing the other's description, Akira nodded in deep agreement.
Let alone in this era, even when he was in school in his previous life, he had more or less seen the types of people Rin described, and they were often the troublemakers in class.
"However, besides these problem students, most people are still normal, right?"
"Hmm..."
Rin nodded hesitantly and said:
"These boys do seem to be in the minority, but I don't deliberately observe the boys' situation, so I don't know much about the others."
Too real.
Akira had nothing to say.
The ones who could attract her attention were all the troublemakers in class;
While most other ordinary boys, because they couldn't attract Rin's attention like the troublemakers, effectively became invisible.
However, it was actually the same on his side.
Most of the girls with whom he hadn't had deep contact during his school days and who had always appeared unremarkable were almost completely forgotten two or three years after parting ways.
That said, in that case, what type of boys did she like?
Akira thought about it, but ultimately did not ask the question.
Back to the topic.
Next, the two began to prepare to arrange the two songs and fill in the details.
Unlike the previous "Glory of the Knight King", this time they didn't need to make the two songs complete; they just needed to roughly polish them.
Next, they could record the two songs and make demos to send to record companies.
If a record company liked these two songs and signed them, they could then use the other party's team for more professional production.
As for the preferred record company, neither of them had one, so it was actually easier; they would just submit to those companies with better conditions and treatment.
However, before that, there was one more thing that needed to be confirmed—
"Speaking of which, why does Miss Shimizu want to become a singer?"
He asked Rin:
"If you just want to sing, even being a street singer would be fine, right?"
"Hmm."
This question went straight to the truest desire in Rin's heart.
To this, she said somewhat embarrassedly:
"Actually, the reason I want to become a singer is that, like other singers who sing anime songs, I want to be able to sing for an anime I like one day."
So after all that, she just wanted to become an anime singer?
But I have to say, this really did fit Rin's situation; she was a veteran otaku.
Akira was a bit dumbfounded, but at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.
If she wanted to become, say, Japan's number one diva, that would be very difficult even with his help.
But if she just wanted to be an anime singer, that was much easier.
In comparison, Rin's wanting to secure a contract with loose terms was actually harder to achieve.
Therefore, he smiled and said:
"Since that's the case, then securing a contract with loose terms will be our primary goal."
"Hmm!"
Rin nodded in agreement, and the two quickly reached a consensus on the main goal.
With this as the primary goal, the three major record companies like Sony, Universal, and Warner were temporarily out of the question.
As newcomers, it would be difficult for them to negotiate favorable terms with such big companies; it would be better to cooperate after they become famous.
And for the remaining local Japanese record companies, there was actually one very obvious target for them—
Being.
Being was founded by Nagato Daiko in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in 1978. It covered artists such as B'z, ZARD, and WANDS, and was a music production company that was all the rage in the first half of the 1990s.
The singer better known domestically, Sakai Izumi, was the lead singer of ZARD.
Of course, they weren't aiming for Sakai Izumi, but rather they had their eyes on the company Being itself.
At its peak, Being's music dominated the Oricon charts. From the last week of '92 until the last week of July '93, a period of over 7 months, the top spot only went to others 4 times.
And for the rest of the time, it was occupied by Being's singers!
Among the top 50 annual singles, 32 of them were from Being!
However, now in 1999, because of the impact of the new generation like Utada Hikaru, plus the fact that they hadn't added fresh blood for a long time, Being's momentum was gradually weakening.
The momentum was weak, but its own strength and resources were still there, and it was in urgent need of fresh blood...
These were all very favorable conditions for them.
More importantly, Being's president, Nagato Daiko, valued creative ability and could give musicians great autonomy. The artists under it could deeply participate in production, and ZARD was a typical case.
At the same time, Being also held a large amount of anime music resources, such as long-term music cooperation with "Detective Conan".
Great autonomy for musicians, a large amount of anime music resources...
These were the conditions they valued.
The only problem was that because Nagato Daiko valued creative ability, the standards for signing newcomers were very high, which was also an important reason why Being hadn't had fresh blood join for a long time.
In fact, originally, Rin's first target was Being, but unfortunately, her creative ability was insufficient, and she didn't even touch the threshold to be notified by them.
But this time, with the addition of Akira, and with "Marigold" and "Snow Flower" as stepping stones, she believed that the result would definitely be different from the past.
"Then let's temporarily set Being as our first target for signing."
"By the way,"
Speaking of which, Akira thought of something else and smiled at Rin:
"Since we are debuting as a music group, we should think of a group name, right?"
"Does Miss Shimizu have any ideas?"
"A group name..."
This was indeed a very important matter, but Rin was a bit troubled because she wasn't very good at naming things.
Coincidentally, Akira was the same.
So the two stared at each other, instantly feeling awkward.
How about calling it Ave Mujica... Never mind, don't use such inauspicious memes.
After a long silence, Akira suddenly had an idea and tentatively said:
"How about..."
"How about『Tsukirin』?"
The name『Tsukirin』was simple and direct; it was actually formed by taking one character from the names of Akira and Rin.
"I think it sounds quite nice."
Rin had no objections to this, just had a small doubt:
"Generally speaking, shouldn't one think of『Suigetsu』first?"
"Of course, I thought of that name at the first moment too."
Akira smiled helplessly:
"But it feels like the meaning of this name isn't very good."
Suigetsu, 'flowers in the mirror, moon in the water'.
I just feel like if we go under this name, it's like we're going to flop right after debuting.
"..."
Hearing this, Rin couldn't help but be silent for a moment, then said nonchalantly:
"Then let's go with『Tsukirin』."
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(T/N): Tsukirin is formed by taking one character from each. In a creative or narrative context (like the characters Wise and Belle from Zenless Zone Zero, whose Japanese names are Akira and Rin), the logic works like this:
• From Akira: Using the Moon (月) radical found inside the most common kanji for Akira (明). In Japanese, "Moon" is read as Tsuki.
• From Rin: Taking the name Rin (凛) directly.
When combined, you get Tsuki + Rin, creating a name that translates to "Dignified Moon" or "Moonlight Coldness."
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