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Thanks for your patience and we hope you enjoy these wonderful shorts as much as we did working on them.

Next will be working on the long Okinawa short (it's as long as Ensemble Contest if you're aware of how long that was), so this will take some time, but the year 3 shorts will be done soon.
In the meanwhile, our colleagues will help translate the shorts from the 10th anniversary drama CD.

Everyone’s Stories 8 – Adult Appetizers A certain izakaya named “Kokoro” located in the shopping street alongside Uji Bridge was bustling with local customers again today. On the countertop were several colors of plates, carrying dishes …

And our last short is a short focusing on the advisers to the Kitauji band enjoying a celebratory meal after Nationals Gold.
This brought tears to our translator while writing it, so please embrace yours as you read about the adult appetizers.
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Everyone’s Stories Intermission – Grave Those cries of joy would forever stay in her ears, Surging heat flushed her cheeks. Kanade’s movements throbbed. Her delight shivered in the air as her excitement kept flowing. Today, Kitauji High …

Next is another of the shorts telling Kanade's perspective from Kumiko's final year. Here we see her confront Mayu after the performance at Nationals AND a flashback to the soli announcement.
Can Kanade finally get a W at last?
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Everyone’s Stories 6 – Spider Lily Apparition The red spider lily was blooming. Red petals swooped upwards like inverted fireworks. Motomu squatted behind the school building looking straight at one single flower. How would a flower bloom in t…

And we're not only looking back at Kumiko's first year!
Here, we take a look at a really emotional meeting between Motomu and his friend from Ryuusei, Higuchi, at Kitauji's cultural festival this year!
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The first year shorts will be compiled into an epub at a later date, so please look forward to that. Today's emphasis was translations, not epubs (sorry!)

Secret Stories 14 – A Certain Winter Day “Reina, want to go home together?” “Wait a minute, I’ve got to get ready.” “Got it. Then I’ll wait outside the music room.” “Understood.” The red light seeping from the window blended in with the b…

Our final first year short was adapted into the very beginning of the "Our Promise" film, but has a lot behind it. While this does establish Kumiko and Shuichi's romance, please pay attention to how adorable Riko and Gotou are! They're such a cute couple!
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Secret Stories 13 – The Young Man and Father The first instrument she ever practiced was a piano. Her father’s acquaintance managed a piano classroom, so she went there every day. Her teacher was in her forties and Reina loved her. Even with …

While the #anime_eupho anime added some original content in season 2, ep 11 with Reina discovering about Taki's past, her meeting with Noboru Taki actually started when she was younger in the novels. See how the two of them met via her father from this short!
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Secret Stories 12 – New Third Years’ Meeting After the competition ended, the third years who had given their best to that point finally met retirement. The management of the band, which we had left up to the third years previously, also had …

Next, season 2, episode 13 showed the first meeting of Yuuko and Natsuki as band president/vice-president, but how did that go over in the written version?
Here we take a look at it from the perspective of Gotou, our favorite Tuba-senpai!
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Secret Stories 11 –  Kitauji High School Cultural Festival The hot air scratched Kumiko’s face as it flew beside her. Pressing down on her uplifted skirt with her hand, Kumiko leaned against the handrail of Uji Bridge. As the sun was setting, there were a …

First, you may have seen Kitauji's Cultural Festival in season 2, episode 6 of the anime, but there were a few differences between it and the novels. See how Kumiko and Shuichi came to go to Reina's haunted house here!
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Hello again!
Apologies for the delay in releasing "Watching As You Fly Away." We're still working on editing it to ensure it's a fantastic read.
In the meanwhile, since it's Black Friday worldwide (yes some areas are on Saturday, so Black Saturday too), let's release some shorts!

To all Lizes and Blue Birds in the world,
we are proud to announce that "Watching As You Fly Away," the novel with Natsuki Nakagawa as the protagonist/POV character, has been fully translated and is now in the editing process.
Thank you for waiting and we ask you to wait just a little longer.

So 6 shorts ready to go! We all hope you enjoy reading these as they're delightful little carryovers until the next novel comes out.
And we'll update you to let you know that the first chapter of "Watching As You Fly Away" has been translated. Chapter 2 is in progress now. Look forward to it!

Everyone’s Stories Intermission – Agitato “These fireworks are pretty pretty tonight. Here,” Ririka lightly tilted the fireworks she held. The tip would brightly shoot out pink and before long, as it sounded a “shuu shuu” noise, it would c…

And while it's the last one today, it's simply an intermission. What did Kanade think during the training camp of her second year when Mayu was chosen to play the soli at Kansai? This is the novel version of her finding out what type of person Mayu really is.
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Everyone’s Stories 4 – The Four of Us are Childhood Friends As the fourth Saturday of July approached, the shrine at Sari’s family’s house was busy with preparations for the upcoming Lotus Festival. The various blue basins placed around the grounds of the s…

We saw the four of them join the band in Kumiko's third year, so how did the new Minami Quartet become friends and go to Kitauji in the first place? Find out in "The Four of Us are Childhood Friends" teamoumae.wordpress.com/2025/01/12/e...

Everyone’s Stories 3 – At Lunchtime Included in the fruit salad she brought for lunch today was a large strawberry covered with fresh cream. Combining the acidity of the strawberry with the sweetness of the cream, the aftertaste was …

After that, why not have a pleasant lunchtime with the rare trio of Sapphire, Reina, and Mayu?
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Everyone’s Stories 2 – I Feel Like She’s Interested It was now June and the weather mixed between rain and not raining. The indications of summer infiltrated through the glass windows mixing with the rainy air inside the school building. Placing his…

After that, we really need something light, so why not figure out if someone's really interested in Shuichi's friend Chikao?
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Secret Stories 10 – The Day You Weren’t There That day, Nozomi wasn’t seen in the music room. The chair that she was supposed to always be sitting in was naturally gone. She looked around the room and it felt like there was more space inside t…

Next is a tear-breaker called "The Day You Weren't There" during the year before Kumiko's first year. I think you can guess who's perspective this is from. A must-read for all Eupho fans.
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Secret Stories 9 – Complex Sapphire did not like her name. “How do you read this? Such a strange name.” Each time someone said that, she wanted to leave the spot immediately. In elementary school and in middle school, each y…

Hello everyone! We hope you've had a good holiday break because we have some new shorts to highlight for everyone!

First a reminder of one that we published during the break, featuring some details about Sapphire and why she prefers to be called "Midori"
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Secret Stories 9 – Complex Sapphire did not like her name. “How do you read this? Such a strange name.” Each time someone said that, she wanted to leave the spot immediately. In elementary school and in middle school, each y…

We hope that everyone is having a lovely holiday season. As a little present, here's a short short from Kumiko's first year featuring some backstory about why Sapphire was named.... Sapphire?
It makes sense when you read it.
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It's a pleasure to be with everyone again and we can't wait to share more of Kumiko and Ayano Takeda's wonderful stories with everyone.
Have a wonderful evening, day, afternoon, or night depending where you are!

After we finish the short stories for her third year, we'll venture into the side stories for Natsuki, "Looking as you Fly Away", and Azusa, "Welcome to the Rikka High School Marching Band!" before finishing Kumiko's first year.

Team Oumae Welcome to a very tumultuous final chapter

Hello all!
We have joined the blue skies to help promote the Sound! Euphonium novel series!
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We've covered all of Kumiko's second year at Kitauji and most of her third year (short stories in progress)