Ép. 2: Kano et Mahiru recrutent Mei pour composer de la musique pour leur groupe d'idols JELEE.

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A girl is shown preparing to play the piano in front of a panel of judges. Mahiru is in her room and feels embarrassed about her decision to join JELEE on the livestream. Mahiru's younger sister notices that Mahiru has started illustrating again. Working at a cafe, Kano and Mahiru strategize on their approach to making JELEE a success. Mahiru decides they need another member capable of composing music. Kano and Mahiru discuss financing and realize they need 900,000 yen to fund their artist group. A super fan of Kano named Mei enters the cafe and offers Kano 100,000 yen. Mei explains she recognized Kano from the livestream and insists Kano return to the idol industry. Kano rebuffs Mei and hands her the money back, stating that she is done with the idol industry. Heading back home, Kano realizes Mei and her bags got swapped. Mei's bag contained a cover of Kano's music and they realize that Mei is a great musician. Kano, Mahiru, and Mei meet up once more. Mei offers to write music for Kano on the condition that she sings as an idol, not as JELEE's vocalist. In a flashback it is shown that Mei was actually a girl named Kim that had troubles making friends when she was in middle school. It is shown that Kano's idol persona helped Kim get through her troubles. Kano and Mahiru show up at Mei's piano exam. After the performance, Kano calls Mei by her real name, Kimura. After realizing that Kano truly cares about her, beyond just her idol persona, she stops feeling alone. Mei Kim officially joins JELEE afterwards as their music composer. (Source: Wikipedia)