Momoi Taro wants to form a "don" brother duo, but it's a music anime.

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Chihaya Aine felt that her mind was probably a little off. No normal girl would invite a man into her home when she was alone. Maybe it was because this person was too upright and too handsome? Was she just attracted to good looks? Was she really such a terrible girl?

I'm sorry, Mom and Dad, for raising such a terrible person like me.

Ai Yin sincerely apologized in her heart. However, what she was really thinking about was that since it was a music-related package, maybe the deliveryman knew a little about music.

That's why I asked him to take a look at my guitar. Yes, that's definitely my true thought, and it absolutely has nothing to do with being a sucker for good looks! Absolutely not!

“Look, this guitar sounds completely wrong,” Chihaya Aine led the other person to her room door, took out a guitar from inside, and proudly displayed her C chord: “See, isn’t it strange?”

"Can I take a look?" The man pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hands. Chihaya Aine picked up the guitar and placed it in his hands, saying, "There's no reason why you can't play it."

He tried plucking a string, then started turning the headstock knob: "It probably wasn't tuned; it looks like it hasn't been used for a while."

"Ahaha, is that so? Oh right, the tuner, the tuner." She walked towards the drawer and rummaged through it: "Where did I put it...?"

The man ignored Chihaya Aine's actions, strumming the guitar strings and tuning the instrument by twisting the headstock.

"Ah, I found it. Try this..." Ai Yin turned her head to give the tuner she had found to the other person, but found that the other person had already handed over their guitar.

"Huh?" She put down the tuner, took the guitar, and tried playing her proud C chord. The sound was exactly as she remembered:

"Really? You can tune it so accurately without a tuner? Do you have some kind of perfect pitch or something?"

"Yes, I have perfect pitch," the man replied very seriously. "Also, the strings are a little rusty. Although they're not unusable, we need to find a way to fix them."

"Is...is that so?" Aine was a little uncomfortable with this kind of straightforward guy. She glanced at him briefly, then her gaze fell on his name tag: "Momoi Taro...?"

"Yes, Momoi Taro, that's my name." The man named Momoi Taro replied very seriously.

"Are you in a band?" Looking at Momoi Taro's handsome face, Aine had a wicked thought in her mind.

[Forming a band with such a handsome guy would definitely attract a lot of attention. Plus, he seems very approachable...]

"I want to be the guitarist..." Just as Aine was about to reveal her wicked plan, Momoi Taro spoke first: "I see, you want to be my servant."

"Servant? Huh?" The pink-haired dog opened its mouth and bared its teeth: "What kind of talk is that!"

“Forming a band, isn’t that just being my servant?” Momoi Taro handed over the guitar that Aine had tuned and that originally belonged to her: “Come on, let me see your skills.”

Huh? How did it turn into me being interviewed? The pink-haired big dog sighed slightly, but she still took her guitar. Momoi Taro opened her package and plugged in the effects pedals for her.

[Hmph, since things have turned out this way, then I'll use my strength to thoroughly subdue her.]

She confidently showcased her guitar skills: "Heh heh~ How about that? My C chord."

"How was it?" Momoi Taro pondered earnestly, head bowed. Aine, seeing Taro's downcast expression, felt a pang of anxiety. Did he think she played terribly? Was he trying to find a gentler way to comfort herself?

After seemingly having thought it through, he answered seriously, "Hmm... if the maximum is one hundred points."

"Five points!" He laughed excitedly, pointing at Ai-yin with his finger and giving his score.

"Huh?" The pink-haired dog bared its teeth again.

“Your skills are very rusty, but your demeanor, or rather your stage presence, deserves a five out of ten,” Momoi Taro explained very seriously.

Ai Yin felt a little speechless. You might as well not have explained at all. Isn't this just saying your guitar score is 0? It's even more upsetting!

"Would you like to join my band?" Momoi Taro asked, looking the other person into the eyes.

How did the topic turn to this? Wasn't this man against his guitar? Is this the legendary tsundere? Hehe, tsundere doesn't get popular with the opposite sex. It's time for the hardworking and brave Chihaya Aine to properly correct this tsundere boy!

"Didn't you say my guitar score was 0?" Ai Yin lowered her head slightly, pretending to be a little disappointed. She then raised her head slightly to steal a glance at the other person's expression.

"Yes, my goal is to bring happiness to everyone, and I think you have that potential." Momoi Taro's tone was as sincere as ever.

"Then... I want to be the guitarist and lead singer."

Aine is starting to feel something for him.

"reject."

Momoi Taro refused without hesitation.

"what?"

"Can I borrow your guitar?"

Faced with Aine's breath, Momoi Taro didn't explain anything, but simply stretched out his hands. It was simpler to speak with music than with words.

Although Aine was grimacing at what this straightforward guy said, she obediently placed the violin in his hands.

He struck a pose, played a short intro, and began to sing:

"It's as if everything has become transparent, and everything just brushes past you. Have you ever had this feeling?"

(まるで transparent になったみたい, ぜんぶ自分をすり抜けていく. そんなふうにSense じてたのかい?)

(PS: I will translate this into Japanese myself later.)

From the very first line sung by Momoi Taro, his powerful voice resonated deeply with Aine. The guitar and vocals blended seamlessly, like waves crashing against one's heart, like a conversation with oneself, a dialogue with one's inner self. Could one sing such a moving song?

Perhaps to deliberately highlight his voice, his guitar playing wasn't particularly striking, but even an amateur could tell that his technique was already quite proficient.

"Young man, if you are to embark on your journey, on a sunny day, stand tall and proud..."

Ai Yin truly felt the care emanating from the song; a surge of emotion filled her heart. She thought of her failed study abroad experience in England, and it felt like an older brother was encouraging her. With this feeling in her heart, the guitar playing became more urgent, propelling the song towards Climax.

"Hit the beat! Keep your beat! Go find a place that will shake your soul!"

"Hit the beat! Keep your beat! Discover things that no one else can do!"

"That is the echo in your heart!"

Wave after wave of voices, accompanied by the sound of a guitar, seemed to be telling a story, offering comfort, and extending an invitation. Aine felt that Momoi Taro's voice was the cry of her own heart. He was telling her that his invitation to her was to do this kind of thing, to find a place that would shake her soul, to do something that only she could do.

After his singing stopped, his fingertips danced on the guitar, producing a dazzling sound, showcasing a very impressive solo.

This is the call from within my own heart...

Ai Yin savored the other person's singing.

That's right. Normally, with Momoi Taro's guitar skills, few people would refuse an invitation, right? But he wasn't inviting anyone else, but herself, a complete novice. She began to believe his strange words about wanting to spread happiness to everyone, and she believed that was why he invited her, and she also believed that she had that power.

So, after Taro stopped playing the guitar, she sincerely grasped his large hand, her eyes glistening with tears, and said earnestly, "I want to play in a band! I want to try what you said! I want to discover things that no one else can do, and I want to join your band!"

"Okay! Welcome to Donbrothers. You'll have to practice your guitar diligently from now on. I'll teach you." Taro nodded solemnly and said seriously, "From now on, we'll call you Guitar Dog in the band."

"Yes! I'll practice hard!" Aine nodded vigorously, then after a while, she realized that what Taro said seemed a bit off, and instinctively uttered a short syllable: "Huh?"

The second time, they invited...

Taro Momoi was hailed as a genius from a young age. He could learn almost anything with just a little exposure, but there were exceptions. There are three things that still puzzle Taro to this day.

First, there's happiness itself; second, there's lying. These are two things Momoi Taro could never learn. And the third thing is music.

Music is the most special thing. It's the only thing that Taro Momoi learned without ever having been exposed to music. From childhood, strange melodies have been playing in his head. Without a doubt, this is a revelation from heaven, as if telling him that his mission is to bring happiness to everyone through music.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Ai Yin kept listening and felt something was off. This person had been bragging about himself, but hadn't said the important thing yet: "What does this have to do with your band and the fact that you're calling yourself Guitar Dog?"

"Don't you understand now that I've explained it this far?" Momoi Taro looked at Aine with a surprised expression.

Looking at Momoi Taro's overly sincere expression.

At that moment, Ai Yin began to doubt herself. Had she missed something?

Seeing Aine's puzzled look, Taro sighed slightly and then explained very seriously, "This has a lot to do with my name."

“Momoi Taro, so what?” Aine replied immediately, then frowned: “Isn’t that Momotaro? Speaking of which, if we’re in the same band, we’ll have to call each other by name sooner or later, but Taro is too common a name. Calling you Momo sounds cute.”

“I refuse.” Momoi Taro decisively rejected the nickname Aine had given him: “It’s too rude to call someone food.”

"Don't be like that, Momo, why do you call me Guitar Dog?" Ai Yin asked in a sweet, cloying voice, "Can you explain it to me properly? It would be best if you didn't call me that~ okay?"

Although Aine usually speaks with a slight lisp, this subtle lisp doesn't come across as offensive; instead, it accentuates her cuteness. Now, her deliberately lisp-like voice, while lacking any seductive quality, is so adorable it's almost melting your heart.

Regardless of gender, it's hard for anyone to refuse Aion's voice when she speaks like that.

But this man is an absolute exception.

“Because Momotaro’s first companion was a dog, the guitar you’re using is obviously a guitar dog.” Taro said matter-of-factly, “This is our Dong Brothers’ worldview, based on Momotaro’s worldview. Don’t ruin our band’s worldview.”

Aine nodded in agreement.

"I see. In that case, it seems there's a similar format in the UK, where they take on some inexplicable nicknames, wear very abstract clothes, and sometimes even cover their faces to perform in stage plays with very awkward plots... Our band probably won't do that, right?"

The thought of joining one of those kinds of bands gave Aine goosebumps.

"Also, we're not going to have to use code names too, are we? No way. If we're going to do that, then at least ten years after I die!"

If I cover my face, won't I be unable to become famous? No way!

Aine resisted from the bottom of her heart. In her mind, a pink-clad, beautiful girl appeared—it was herself, of course, accompanied by her guitar. Hmm, perfect. Then, a strange, large black dog head mask was placed around her neck. No! No! This is going to look weird!

Then, wearing this strange headgear, she encountered two people who seemed to be fans.

[Ah, isn't that the guitar dog from the Dong Brothers group?]

Yeah, yeah. How about we go get an autograph together?

[I'd better not, because it looks weird, and I don't want to expose this hobby in public.]

In her inner monologue, Aine angrily ripped off her hood, and then... no one spoke to her. After all, everyone only knew her as "Guitar Dog," not "Chihaya Aine."

This is understandable... my foot!

"Absolutely not!!!!"

"What strange things are you saying?" Momotaro looked him up and down. "Guitar Dog is at most a code name. When you introduce yourself to the audience on stage, of course you will be introduced by your real name."

"That's good, that's good," the pink-haired big dog patted his flat chest with relief, then suddenly seemed to remember something: "Speaking of which, what does the name of this band, Dong Brothers, mean? It sounds weird."

"...I still have work to do. Come to a RiNG store at 5 pm tomorrow. I'll wait for you there, and I'll teach you guitar." Momoi Taro placed the guitar on Aine's bed, took out a sticky note, wrote down the address, and got up to leave.

"Ah! They escaped!" Aine stood up and pointed at the other person.

"We didn't run away!" Taro's expression remained unchanged as he stated matter-of-factly, "In the end, the band's name should naturally have been suggested by me, the leader."

“Um!” Ai Yin raised her hand, striking a pose like a good student asking a question: “This kind of thing is called dictatorship by the world.”

"Besides, shouldn't the band name be something that all members discuss and decide together?"

“I understand!” Taro calmed down and replied very seriously, “I will tell you properly when I come to RiNG tomorrow.”

"There's no need to be so serious..." Looking at Taro, who was genuinely sincere, Aine reluctantly lowered her hand and stole a glance at Taro.