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Ciel Bleu

Ciel Bleu performing.Beck reads about Erica Blige’s death in the papers. Koyuki tells Saku that he hasn’t seen Izumi-chan nor Maho-chan since that day. Tanabe volunteers to be the vocalist (he’s a horrible singer though) for Koyuki’s band at the school festival (Tanabe is trying to score with the ladies). Tanabe names the band Ciel Bleu (French for blue sky) and while they’re practicing, Hyodo and gang comes in, trying to cause trouble. Saku tells Hyodo he’s a fan of Hyodo’s father and Hyodo punches him. Beck worries about financial matters. During the school festival, Ryuusuke, Taira, and Chiba show up to see Ciel Blue perform. Chiba meets Rikiya in the bathroom and he tells Rikiya about Hyodo’s blackmailing (i.e. asking Koyuki to pay Y50,000 for Rikiya’s guitar). Ciel Bleu plans on wearing their DyBre shirts on stage but Hyodo’s gang rips their shirts up so they have no choice but to go in their PE clothes.  Hyodo’s band plays first. Hyodo is good, as usual, but Ryuusuke comments that Hyodo’s playing lacks feeling and is all technique. Ciel Bleu goes on stage next. Hyodo’s gang works up the crowd to boo Ciel Bleu. Ryuusuke grabs a microphone, climbs a table and tells everybody to shut up. As soon as Tanabe saw the crowd booing them, he backed out and Koyuki has no choice but to sing in his place. Ciel Bleu starts playing and soon, the crowd starts cheering for them. Hyodo leaves the gym, only to meet Rikiya who then beats him up. After the performances, the awards are give and Ciel Bleu wins as the best band (Tanabe gets to hold the trophy). Rikiya makes Hyodo apologize to Koyuki and return his money back. Koyuki and Hyodo both win as best guitarist but since there is only one trophy, Koyuki shares it with Hyodo.