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Set B is much smaller than Set A, although a large part of that is because we'll be making a very short visit today.
Before we go inside and meet the director again, our favorite cleric is hanging out on the left side of the building. You know the drill by now.
>Itsuki accepted the quest "Ditch the Deadbeats"
Right... I need you to track down that butter-voiced Inferno and his friend, the cocky Blackscale Rider. Oh! And I forget his name, but the last one in the trio is the worst. The worst! Get the slowest slowpoke ever!
Well, the Inferno is easy, and the "slowest slowpoke ever" is pretty obviously the knight, so that's already taken care of. We haven't seen any Blackscale Riders yet, though.
Once we're inside, we're immediately greeted by the director and another barrier. Nowhere else to go, so we might as well see what he wants.
Dia Witch Iroha
We had a singer lined up, all squared away. Set to sing a certain song. But now? Cancelled! No replacements! No understudies! Too last minute...!
But I think some of you kids might have the chops for it. I want one of you to fill in! Could you give it a shot? Now the song, right, the song is the main theme for Dia Witch Iroha!
Well, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't that. I guess it makes sense though, this is Barry's idolasphere, after all.
What!? After all that running around, you want us to sing some anime song!?
You can't be serious... We gotta sing here?
This is too much...
Daitou TV always stick to their show schedules, even in emergencies. But really, man? Anime? HERE?
...I don't know that song at all.
Oh, I remember Barry making a big deal about the limited-edition box set for this anime! I think...
I don't even know why they provided the other choice, really. 
Now, Touma! Sing! "Dia Witch Iroha" and "Masqueraider Raiga" both air on Sunday mornings, right? I'm sure you've got this!
What!? Wait, how do you even know that!? Look, Sundays or not, I've never watched that anime before!
Nope! Good voices. Fine voices! But none of you know the words! Come on, isn't there something you can do?
Looks like we've just got to buckle down and learn the song... Let's head back. We've got two professional singers with us, I'm sure we can do this.
What, you guys need a meeting first? Fine, let's take five. But we're on the clock here! Got it?
So, we're stuck here until we can sing the theme song to Barry's favorite anime. Time to head back to the studio!
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Hey, Barry would probably have CDs and DVDs of "Dia Witch Iroha!"
*sigh* Why do I have to do all this research on a theme for an anime that I've never watched before?
And there's a little poke from Ellie if it wasn't immediately obvious what you needed to do.
To Iroha from Me
Let's take a listen.
Everyone is intently listening to the music, but someone is clearly more into this than the rest of them. No points for guessing who.
Hmm, the professional intently listening and in love with it, or the panicking teenager? :thunk:
Tsubasa, can you do it?
U-Ummm... If I had more time...
What about you, Kiria?
...
...This voice... It's so...adorable...
Uh, Kiria?
Huh!? O-Oh, nothing! It's fine, I'll sing it... Please let me handle this.
Kiria Kurono's soul as an entertainer has achieved a new awakening! Kiria's inspiration has taken form as a new performa: To Iroha from Me!
Go go plot coupon!
All right! Next stop, the Bloom Palace! If Kiria's shining with that kind of performa, we've got nothing to worry about!
Anyway, this is where I originally intended to end the last update, so I went and did a bunch of offscreen stuff between the last recording session and the next one. So here's a bunch of out-of-place stuff that doesn't really go anywhere!
Itsuki and Ellie get Sword and Fire Boost respectively.
Prize Winner increases the money and performa bonuses that we get for doing sessions.
And we get a host of new weapons, our total haul being the Poison Arc for Ellie, Mill Cutter for Itsuki, Yggdrasil Rod for Kiria, and Eligor for Touma. Now back to your regularly scheduled content!
So, now that we've learned the song, let's blow the director away.
Dia Witch Iroha, Part 2
Well? Chop chop! Let's hear it!
...Looks like I'm up. Leave it to me.
Dia Witch Iroha
Lyrics posted:
Shining bright, I can feel a glowing light
Shining in my heart
Here comes a perfect magic spell!
(Healing!) (Feeling!) (Appealing!)
100% and reaching out to you -
Dia-Dia-Witch-Witch Sweet!
I'm Iroha, a witch in training!
Everyone ready?
1, 2, 3, 4!
Everything goes round and round...
Kiria is uh...exceptionally excited to sing this song, and you should really watch the video for this scene. That's all I'm gonna say on that particular song.
So, what'd ya think?
Hm... This might be even better than the singer we originally had planned for the show... Awright, this'll do just fine! You guys go wait in the next room! I'll go on ahead!
Phew... Yeah. Not a bad song at all. Okay, let's get going.
Immediately after the director, we run into the wrong side of a one-way door. Hang a left, and...
Well, we get ambushed first. At least there's no savage enemies in this one!
So yeah, we hang a left from meeting with the director, and then immediately run into him again. Thankfully this is the last time.
Our guest musician's performance got extended, and we can't squeeze in the anime song...and the script got changed. Please deliver these new scripts to the tall guys standing outside. Book it!
"Book it"? Do you want me to make an appointment with them, or-
We gotta start shooting before the writer changes his mind, otherwise he'll change the script again! It's a race against time!
That countdown on the bottom of the screen isn't a joke. I don't know how long the timer is (based on when I got the halfway prompt, it's around 10-15 minutes?), but if we don't deliver all three scripts before it's over, we'll have to do the entire segment again.
The actual area outside is just another terrace maze. I'll spare you the details and just hit the highlights.
Troublemaker increases the success rates of inflicting status ailments for the entire party as long as Ellie is in the active party. It's...okay? Status ailments in general aren't that useful, but it's a nice support skill if you specc'd Kiria that way, I guess.
We finally run into a Blackscale Rider, and like their Fire Emblem counterparts, they're basically just beefier peg knights. Same weaknesses, similar strengths, they just trade some Res for a healthy chunk of HP and Def. Would have been cute if they pulled from Radiant Dawn and were weak to Thunder instead of Wind, but TMS rarely acknowledges that those games exist anyway.
There's three of these guys we need to hit, one each in the north, south, and east.
Itsuki trades Res Boost for Quick Step, which boosts his evade against physical attacks of all flavors.
Endless Act is as it always is, a filler skill that might accidentally save your ass some time.
And a handful of goodies scattered around the area. The performa is part of the combination for Itsuki's Prize Winner skill, as detailed above.
Anyway, the whole thing is pretty easy, and as long as you don't go out of your way to fight literally every single enemy you see, you should have plenty of time to get all the scripts out. Back to the director!
You can listen to that big guy's live show. I don't know what it is, but his techniques are really something. It's not every decade you get to see a superstar! Go for it! Just don't cause any trouble for the performer!
Phew! Okay, who's hungry?
True to his word, we walk out the north door and we're at the end of the dungeon. Next time, it's Barry's big show! See everybody then!