Period of NOCTURNE/Story

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Period of NOCTURNE
Story Information
Chapters												8
Key unit												Vivid BAD SQUAD
Characters
Translation Information
Sources												? (edit)

Chapters

Image	Chapter Title	Featured characters
	Staff Lines Don't Intersect
	Restricted Melody
	Something Lacking
	Words that Won't Reach
	What Each of Them Believes In
	Words of Encouragement
	Cantabile at The End of The Night
	The Light Grasped in Those Hands

Summaries

Chapter 1 - Staff Lines Don't Intersect

Miku helps clean cups at the Crase Cafe, when she notices one of the cups has a crack.

After returning home from a gig, Toya's father, Harumichi Aoyagi, confronts him for coming home late. The two argue, Toya's father angry with his decision to abandon performing classical music, and Toya frustrated with his father's disrespect for his choice to pursue street music. Toya tells his father to stay out of his life moving forward.

At practice, Kohane tells Toya, An and Akito that her parents have found out about her performing activities and are opposed to them, as they think they're dangerous. An tells Kohane to invite them to their next performance so they can see the environment for themselves.

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 1

Chapter 2 - Restricted Melody

A regular customer of Weekend Garage comes into the cafe while Vivid BAD SQUAD practices. He asks the group to perform for him, and they agree, eager to receive his advice. He compliments Toya for his ability to stay on pitch, but also says his voice sounds flat and inexpressive because of it.

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 2

Chapter 3 - Something Lacking

Toya goes to talk to Akito, which Akito is surprised by, telling Toya that he usually bottles up his problems, as in the events of the Main Story. Toya tells him that it must be Akito that caused the change.

Toya confides in Akito and Ken about his voice. They don't believe there's anything wrong with his singing, and Ken suggests it's something in his life that's making him feel differently. Akito asks if it might be his conflict with his father, and Ken suggests he confront him head-on.

Kohane and An arrive, and Kohane tells them that her father agreed to attend their event.

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 3

Chapter 4 - Words that Won't Reach

Despite Akito's uneasiness, Toya is determined to confront his father so he doesn't drag down the group. However, when he tries to do so, his father insults street music again. Toya responds by telling him that he was unhappy doing classical music, and felt like a slave who was only doing what his father told him. Toya runs from his house, upset.

The next day in practice, Toya can't focus, which worries Akito. Kohane and An notice, and encourage him to confide in them. They suggest many solutions, such as asking Toya's brothers or mother to talk to him, or even An herself talking to him, but everything they think of would only worsen the situation.

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 4

Chapter 5 - What Each of Them Believes In

The group laments that they aren't able to find a solution, but Toya is grateful for their effort. They decide to travel to SEKAI for a change of scenery.

In the Crase Cafe, Miku is trying to think of ways to reuse the cracked cup she found earlier when the members of Vivid BAD SQUAD arrive. They confide Toya's problem to her and MEIKO.

Miku points out that Toya and his father both love music, so they ultimately feel the same. Kohane suggests that his father loves classical music and wants Toya to appreciate it.

Toya realizes that his father believes exactly that - from his point of view, Toya is abandoning something that will make him happy. Toya intends to confront him again, this time attempting to make his father understand that he loves street music as much as his father loves classical music.

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 5

Chapter 6 - Words of Encouragement

Akito reassures Toya that he truly loves music, and urges him not to forget that. Toya waits for his father to come home, and when he does, he asks his father to talk. He tells him that he loves classical music, and admits that he turned to street music just to rebel against his father, but it evolved into a genuine love of the genre.

Toya gives him a ticket to their next event, and thanks his father for teaching him to love music.

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 6

Chapter 7 - Cantabile at the End of the Night

The day of the event rolls around. Kohane's dad enters the venue with a camera, and security confronts him as filming is not allowed, worrying Kohane. Toya tells the others that he invited his father as well, but doesn't know if he intends to come. An and Kohane encourage him, telling him he's the backbone of the team.

Vivid BAD SQUAD get on stage, from which Toya doesn't see his father. Regardless, he's determined to put on a good show. As they begin, he feels a strange sense of clarity and harmony with his teammates, and when he sings, he startles the other members. As they walk off stage, Akito hugs him, impressed with how he sang better than he ever has before.

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Main article: Period of NOCTURNE/Story/Chapter 8