Chapter Summaries

Lianye teased Honoka and the other girls before explaining that Amagi Brilliant Park was near Tokyo and hinting that interesting events awaited there. Later, he reviewed the park’s visitor numbers with Isuzu and learned that his social media campaign had caused a weekend surge that overwhelmed the staff.

• Lianye comforted Honoka about her chest size, then revealed that he favored large breasts.
• Lianye told the girls that Amagi Brilliant Park was in Koukan City, less than an hour away by train, and hinted that interesting things might happen there.
• Lianye returned to the park at ten on Sunday night to check whether its visitor totals were on pace to reach one hundred thousand within two weeks.
• Isuzu reported that visitors had surged on Saturday and Sunday, catching Mofuru and the park staff unprepared.

Lianye told Chitose Isuzu that Amagi Brilliant Park’s visitor growth was not enough to reach 100,000 by the end of the second weekend. He ordered the park to maintain its attractions and performances while he looked for another way to make up the shortfall.

• Isuzu reported that weekend attendance had risen to 3,106 on Saturday and 4,396 on Sunday.
• Lianye said the current growth would not be enough to reach 100,000 visitors, especially with Monday approaching.
• Lianye explained that the fake PV had already brought in as many guests as online promotion could reasonably attract.
• Lianye told Isuzu to make sure Mofuru, Misu, and the others kept their attractions and performances at the same quality.
• Isuzu asked how Lianye planned to make up the remaining shortfall of tens of thousands of visitors.

Light Butler assured Isuzu that the old gymnasium would be repaired in time, while Honoka and the others celebrated passing their quiz and continuing their school idol activities. Lianye then raised the question of who should lead μ's.

• Light Butler told Isuzu to expect results in two weeks and asked her to assign mole workers to renovate the old gymnasium in Second Amusement Park.
• Isuzu said the mole workers could finish the renovation within a week without her supervision.
• Honoka Kousaka celebrated scoring fifty-nine points, and Lianye noted that Rin and Nico had passed as well.
• Honoka asked whether they could resume their school idol activities, and Lianye said no one could stop them now that Eri Ayase had been won over.
• Lianye suggested they decide who should be μ's captain.

μ's discussed who should lead the nine-member group now that their school idol activities could continue. The members asked Lianye to decide who would be best, and he agreed to consider it.

• Nico Yazawa raised the question of who should lead μ's.
• Umi and Kotori questioned why Honoka Kousaka was no longer considered the leader.
• Hanayo and Maki considered the choice, with Maki looking toward Lianye for guidance.
• Lianye mistook the members’ attention as a request for him to stand at the center onstage, and Eri Ayase clarified that they wanted him to choose the leader.
• Kotori and Rin Hoshizora said they trusted Lianye to decide.

Lianye helped μ's settle on Honoka as their leader through a singing and dancing competition, then shifted his focus back to Amagi Brilliant Park. The park’s recent publicity had faded, and with five days left before its deadline, attendance remained far below its target.

• Lianye suggested choosing μ's leader through a competition in singing and dancing, and the nine girls agreed.
• The girls failed to pick a winner in their competitions but gradually accepted Honoka as their leader.
• Kotori, Umi, Maki, and Eri took over costume design, lyrics, music, and dance coordination, freeing Lianye to focus on the park.
• Amagi Brilliant Park recorded 2,935 visitors for the day, with 56,899 more needed and five days remaining.
• Lianye noted that attendance had fallen from the previous week as interest in the fake comet shower faded.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Amagi Brilliant Park's visitor numbers are rapidly growing, nearing but unlikely to reach the 100,000 visitor goal within two weeks.
• Lian Ye, the acting manager, inspects the park and finds a positive atmosphere, with staff working enthusiastically.
• Lian Ye discusses the visitor numbers with Latifa, who acknowledges the challenge but trusts Lian Ye's judgment.
• Lian Ye asks Latifa about her future if the park goes bankrupt.

Character Developments

• Lian Ye: Shows concern for the magical creatures and their efforts, but has reservations about those who don't try to help themselves.
• Latifa: Maintains her optimism and dedication to the park, despite knowing the gravity of the situation. Reveals her reliance on 'Soul Power' from human visitors.

Significant Themes

• Perseverance and hard work: Lian Ye admires the magical creatures' efforts, and Latifa continues her kitchen duties despite her frailty.
• Trust and responsibility: Latifa trusts Lian Ye's judgment, and Lian Ye feels responsible for the magical creatures' well-being.
• Reliance and consequences: Latifa's reliance on 'Soul Power' highlights the dire consequences if the park fails.

Character Interactions

• Lian Ye and Latifa: They discuss the park's situation candidly, with Lian Ye showing concern for Latifa's future and Latifa maintaining her optimism and trust in Lian Ye.

Latifa explained that a magician cursed her by draining her Soul Power, and that Amagi Brilliant Park was the place where she could survive. She said that if the park went bankrupt, she might have to seek work elsewhere despite her frail body.

• Latifa told Lianye the fairy tale of a magician who drove back a dragon in exchange for marrying a princess.
• Latifa explained that the king broke the agreement and sent an army after the magician, who cursed the princess before falling into an abyss.
• Latifa said the curse drained the princess's Soul Power, leaving her weak and bedridden.
• Latifa revealed that she was the cursed princess and that Amagi Brilliant Park's abundant Soul Power kept her alive.
• Latifa told Lianye that if the park went bankrupt, she would have to move to another amusement park and try to work.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Latifa reveals her story, a traditional RPG narrative with a twist.
• Lian Ye understands Latifa's innocence and the injustice she suffered.
• Lian Ye reassures Latifa that miracles will happen, referencing his Light Butler persona.
• Amagi Brilliant Park's attendance remains stable but short of the goal, causing Isuzu anxiety.

Character Developments

• Latifa: Maintains a calm facade despite her inner turmoil, revealing her vulnerability to Lian Ye.
• Lian Ye: Shows empathy and understanding towards Latifa, offering comfort and hope.
• Isuzu: Grapples with anxiety over the park's attendance, praying for a miracle.

Significant Themes

• Innocence and suffering: Latifa's story highlights her innocence and the unfairness she faces.
• Hope and miracles: Lian Ye's reassurance to Latifa and Isuzu's prayer emphasize the theme of hope and miracles.

Character Interactions

• Latifa and Lian Ye: Lian Ye offers comfort and understanding to Latifa, acknowledging her pain and promising miracles.
• Isuzu and Lian Ye: Lian Ye bluntly states the park's attendance situation, dashing Isuzu's hopes for a regular increase in visitors.

Lianye explained that the Second Amusement Park’s stadium could draw an unconventional number of visitors by hosting events rather than simply inviting people to exercise. Isuzu reported the stadium and access road were ready, and the chapter ended with her understanding his plan.

• Lianye told Isuzu that they needed an unconventional number of visitors to make up the shortfall of forty thousand.
• Lianye asked about the Second Amusement Park, and Isuzu reported that the stadium had been cleaned and repaired.
• Isuzu explained that the route between the First and Second Amusement Parks had been cleared and repaved.
• Isuzu questioned whether people would come to the stadium just to exercise, and Lianye suggested sporting events, concerts, and esports tournaments.
• Isuzu understood that these events were his plan to attract the needed visitors.

Lianye proposed drawing tourists to Amagi Brilliant Park with a concert and revealed that he could perform as an online singer. He began a death-rock demonstration for Isuzu, leaving her to hear his transformed performance.

• Isuzu wondered what kind of event could attract tourists to Koukan's stadium.
• Lianye announced that he would perform a concert himself.
• Isuzu doubted that Lianye had the fame or singing career needed to draw an audience.
• Lianye explained that singers could perform without revealing their identities and mentioned the rock group Pentakill.
• Lianye adopted a sinister aura and began demonstrating death-rock for Isuzu.

Lianye transformed into the Death Singer and revealed that his planned performance involved a Pentakill Rock Band. While Lianye was away, Kotori missed his guidance, and Nozomi teased her about liking him.

• Lianye changed his appearance and voice into the Death Singer, impressing Isuzu with the transformation.
• Isuzu realized that Lianye had described a rock band, so he would not be the only performer.
• Kotori took a break from μ's weekend practice and remarked that the shrine grounds felt strange without Lianye.
• Nozomi teased Kotori about missing Lianye because she liked him, making Kotori blush and deny it.

The girls at the shrine worried over Lianye’s unexplained absence, while Umi, Maki, and Nico suggested he might simply have an urgent reason to leave. Rin then raised the possibility that he might never return, leaving the others stunned.

• Kotori sighed over Lianye’s disappearance, and Umi suggested that he might have vanished like the urban legend Light Butler.
• Honoka choked at the possibility and mourned Lianye’s absence, while recognizing the care behind his strict teaching.
• Umi considered joining Kotori and Honoka on the steps as they sat in matching melancholy.
• Maki said Lianye could return instantly if he wanted, and Nico agreed that his sudden entrances and exits were normal.
• Rin suggested that Lianye might stay gone forever, leaving the others speechless.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lian Ye, the Light Butler, has disappeared, causing concern among the maidens.
• Hanayo Koizumi discovers an emergency announcement about a concert by DJ-Sona and the Penta-kill band at Amagi Brilliant Park, featuring previously unseen band members.

Character Developments

• Eri Ayase expresses frustration and concern about Lian Ye's disappearance.
• Nozomi Tojo remains composed, believing in Lian Ye's return based on her metaphysical beliefs.
• Hanayo Koizumi, initially oblivious to the maidens' conversation, becomes excited upon learning about the concert.

Significant Themes

• The power of belief and trust in Lian Ye's return.
• The impact of music and idols on Hanayo's life and emotions.

Character Interactions

• Eri Ayase and Nozomi Tojo discuss Lian Ye's disappearance, showing their differing views on the situation.
• Hanayo Koizumi's excitement about the concert contrasts with the maidens' worry, highlighting her unique focus on music and idols.

The members of μ's discovered that Lianye, who had vanished for the day, was appearing as the lead singer of the Pentakill Rock Band alongside DJ-Sona. They realized he had changed his usual look to perform in a public concert.

• Hanayo Koizumi spotted promotional posters for DJ-Sona and the Pentakill Rock Band and recognized Lianye as the rock band's lead singer.
• The members of μ's gathered around Hanayo and wondered why their adviser had disappeared and changed his appearance.
• Kotori recognized Sona as the keyboardist in the poster, and Umi explained that Sona had arranged their song “Start Dash.”
• The girls concluded that Lianye had spent the day preparing to perform with Sona at a public concert.

Hanayo and the others learned that DJ-Sona and Pentakill Rock Band were holding a concert that evening at Amagi Brilliant Park, and they decided to attend. By 6:30 PM, a large crowd had gathered outside the park for the hastily announced show.

• Hanayo found the concert details beneath the promotional poster: it was scheduled for 7:00 PM on March 17 at Amagi Brilliant Park Stadium.
• Honoka realized the concert was taking place that night, and Maki explained that it followed Mister Fairy's disappearance.
• Eri questioned why the concert had been arranged so quickly at an amusement park, while the girls agreed they could not miss it.
• At 6:30 PM, a large crowd gathered at Amagi Brilliant Park, drawn by the performers' online popularity and promotional images.

Kotori and the others arrived at Amagi Brilliant Park for Pentakill Rock Band’s free concert, only to find the venue packed with thousands of people. Nico failed to force her way through the crowd, so the girls resigned themselves to waiting in line outside.

• Amagi Brilliant Park staff struggled to manage the crowds at Pentakill Rock Band’s free concert, which was meant to help save the park.
• Kotori and the others reached Amagi at six-thirty and saw a long line of concertgoers stretching toward the gymnasium.
• Honoka, Umi, and Hanayo reacted to the huge crowd and worried they had arrived too late to get good spots.
• Nico tried to squeeze through the crowd but was pushed back out.
• Eri suggested that the girls wait in line, and Nozomi stopped Nico from trying to force her way through again.

Chitose Isuzu found the u’s girls while patrolling the concert grounds and offered them a way into Lianye’s concert. The girls welcomed the chance to attend, leaving their wariness aside.

• Chitose Isuzu approached Honoka Kousaka, Kotori Minami, and Umi Sonoda and confirmed their identities.
• Eli Ayase recognized Isuzu and felt irritated by her brief, misleading enrollment at Otonokizaka Academy.
• Isuzu offered the u’s girls special channels to enter the concert venue.
• The girls brightened at Isuzu’s offer because they did not want to miss Lianye’s concert.

Lianye brought Honoka and the other μ's members to watch the crowded first live at Amagi Brilliant Park, where DJ Sona and the Penta-kill band were set to perform. As the concert approached, Lianye introduced the band backstage, leaving Isuzu uneasy about what their music might do.

• Lianye used his former privileges as acting manager of Amagi Brilliant Park to help Isuzu guide Honoka and the other μ's members to the renovated gymnasium.
• Honoka decided the group could trust Isuzu, and they followed her to premium seats near the front.
• Hanayo explained that DJ Sona and the Penta-kill band were popular online despite having no official albums, while Nozomi warned that the concert was about to begin.
• Lianye introduced Penta-kill members Mordekaiser, Yorick, and Olaf backstage and joked that their death-rock descriptions were literal.
• Isuzu expressed uncertainty about the combined impact of the Penta-kill band and Lianye's death-chanter role.

Lianye introduced Pentakill Rock Band to Isuzu and explained that DJ Sona was its keyboardist despite her radically different appearance. As the festival began, DJ Sona appeared on the darkened stage and started playing her Aihua.

• Lianye reassured Isuzu that Pentakill Rock Band’s supernatural appearances would not be a problem at Amagi Park.
• Isuzu asked who the band’s fifth member was, and Lianye explained that DJ Sona was its keyboardist.
• Lianye and the other heroes agreed that heroes had to adapt to radically different styles.
• Lianye announced the start of DJ Sona’s music festival as the clock reached seven in the evening.
• DJ Sona appeared above the darkened stage and began playing electronic music on her Aihua.

Sona performed an electronic music set that carried the audience through kinetic, concussive, and ethereal stages. Her music and Aihua stirred the crowd into a frenzy before the final melody soothed them.

• Sona began her performance with Kinetic, and the audience synchronized with the rising electronic beat.
• Sona shifted into Concussive, intensifying the music and crimson lights until the audience danced along.
• Sona used Aihua to give the sound waves physical force as the crowd swayed and bobbed their heads.
• Sona ended with Ethereal, changing the lights to pale purple and calming the exhausted audience.