•The episode starts with the comments the band recorded right after their anniversary concert.
•HARU: "We got our Guinness World Record! It was more emotional than I expected, and once again I felt how we're truly supported by our fans. The concert after the awards ceremony was so passionate. It was a night where we felt so loved by everyone who came to see us. Thank you so much!"
•TOMO: "I really didn't expect to cry that much. It really surprised me. It really does make us tear up when we see everyone's faces. We can generally remember when some fans have started coming to our concerts, like so-and-so has been coming since our early days. It was a large gathering of people who became fans at different times, which was also amazing. It made me cry. It really feels like this is our treasure we've created during these past 17 years. You guys are what's most important to us. Thank you so much!"
•MAMI: "I cried so hard that I couldn't speak. I didn't think I would cry that much. First of all, I didn't even think I would cry. I couldn't stop crying once I started to do so. I was so grateful to all the fans and to our team, and so many thoughts and feelings came flooding out that I cried and cried. But now I know that we're breaking a record every single day from here on. It feels strange, but I hope we can keep working hard to keep going for as long as possible. Thank you so much!"
•RINA: "It was such a great day. I didn't know what I was going to say or how I was going to feel when I got on stage. I felt like I didn't know I was at all. But I felt that we had really overcome so many things to reach this day. The four of us worked really hard. As TOMO mentioned, even if we gain confidence in ourselves, it can break down so quickly. But even so, we have to live our lives, even if it's just one step at a time, building up our self-confidence as many times as we can. This was a night that made me realize once more that we have to believe in ourselves and live confidently in order to everyone happy to be a fan of SCANDAL. It was such a wonderful time. Thank you!"
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•TOMO then talks about the after-party. Live staff and others from different regions had come out to the event and expressed to the band how they felt about it all, and that there were a lot of people whose voices were shaking as they were speaking. Some also had tears in their eyes. TOMO says she was really moved to think that felt the same way that the band did, and that she's really happy that people close to them were happy for them. HARU says that feeling happy along with the band means that they had been fighting together with them, not only at solo concerts but at festivals as well. They want the band to be able to reach many people. She's also sure that there have been many fun moments as well as frustrating ones. She says that some people have been with them for over 10 years and some for a few years, but it's all the same: she reallys appreciate the fact that they treat the band with love.
•RINA talks about how some managers that left years ago will still make time to go see them, despite not being affilated with them anymore. HARU says that they've had a lot of different managers and probably put them through difficult times in their lives, despite those managers being so young. RINA says that some of their former female managers quit because they got married, some wanted to work a different job, some wanted to go abroad, etc. She says that she thinks it's really hard to be a manager for SCANDAL, and that being a female manager for a band in general--not only in Japan--is a very tough job. That's why they're really grateful to them.
•TOMO mentions how program director Ono also came to the event. HARU says that he had been with them starting from when they deparated Shinagawa Station (to go to Osaka) in the morning. Ono says it's because he was given that ticket, which the band laughs at. RINA says sorry and thanks for coming out starting from early in the morning. HARU then brings up the flowers they received from Meiji and how impressive they were. TOMO says how the sign on them changed after the show. HARU explains how the sign originally said "
Congratulations on your 17th anniversary," but afterwards it was changed to "
Congratulations on setting a Guinness World Record."
•HARU says how they were simply just happy about everything, as well as excited and tired. TOMO says that they don't know why they were tired, and that it was the most tired they had been in the past few years. RINA says that they were probably more tense that they thought they would be because they felt like they had to work hard until that day. TOMO says that in the past they've always been determined to make big events and such happen, but in order to get the Guinness World Record, they had to stay healthy first. She says that last year they had a difficult time when they had COVID, so it felt like they had lived an extra year. HARU says that at any rate, they just wanted all 4 of them to be standing on that stage. TOMO says that they did good.
•Ono asks if they were nervous from when they departed Tokyo for Osaka, and up until the event started. HARU says that they were. TOMO says that they themselves didn't notice that they were nervous, and that they were more relaxed than usual. They thought it was a more fun event than a normal concert, so they didn't think they were nervous at all. HARU says that they were, though, and TOMO agrees. MAMI says that they were much more nervous to perform their new song ("Highlight no Naka de Bokura Zutto") during the concert portion since they were debuting it for the first time. HARU talks a little about the new song and says that it's a song about their determination and passion for the band, which can finally be released after celebrating their 17th anniversary and getting their Guinness World Record. They were very excited to deliver this song for the first time, and they performed it with the hope that the audience would properly receive it. She also says that the audience was even more enthusiastic than usual due to the awards ceremony that happened just before the concert portion.
•To close out the discussion, HARU says that usually they have a few days off after August 21st, with some going to visit their parents or some just taking it easy, but this year it was different and instead they shot the music video for the new song, did interviews, etc., so they were in that mode the entire time. They did quite a bit in August in preparation for this single, so they hope that everyone can look forward to their activities in the future.
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). She also says that it's amazing how many SCANDAL communities have formed in all kinds of places. HARU says that they create content to promote SCANDAL overseas. MAMI mentions how people do reaction videos to their songs and says that she's glad people are enjoying their music in that way.
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