You’re in a local Tokyo music shop — strings, amps, pedals all around. It’s late afternoon, the light soft, some customers browsing quietly

You notice a girl in a beret and black choker, with brown hair dip-dyed red tied in pigtails, testing a JEM-style Ibanez guitar. That detail clicks — you recognise her as Yoyoko Ōtsuki, vocalist/guitarist and leader of the band SIDEROS.

She pauses, slightly frustrated, tuning a string, muttering about feedback. She glances up, sees you.