Leo/need (2024)

"A band formed by a group of childhood friends who have learned to overcome their differences."

―Profile

Leo/need, often abbreviated as L/n and Leoni(レオニ), is an all-female band consisting of four childhood friends.

Background[]

The members of Leo/need were once childhood friends who played music together. However, their relationship became strained after a certain incident during middle school. When Saki returns during high school, the band reforms with the help of the VIRTUAL SINGERS.

One day Ichika discovers a song named "Untitled" on her phone. Upon playing it, she is transported to School SEKAI. There she meets Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka, who welcome her to the SEKAI and invite her to play with them, with the objective to reunite the old band again and help the girls find their true feelings.

SEKAI[]

The School SEKAI has a school campus theme, specifically set sometime after class ends. It always stays at a certain time of day, near golden-hour sunset, until the members' emotions change the time.^[1] There is one main classroom that all characters enter when they access the SEKAI; however, it is known that there are other classrooms within the SEKAI, as well as an accessible rooftop. Fluffy clouds can be seen passing by the classroom windows, while the rooftop showcases a beautiful, dark starry sky. The roof has gates surrounding the perimeter, the top being curved. In the hallways, there are desks stacked near the classroom doors and the school windows. There are also speakers and cables scattered all over the ground.

Inside the main classroom, the room is painted grey with black edges and has a wooden floor. There are several desks with other desks stacked on top of each other, scattered near the corners of the room and the windows. This leaves an empty center, allowing the characters to practice without interference. There are three chalkboards (referred as blackboards in-game), the middle chalkboard being far wider than the ones on the left and right. The left chalkboard has multiple papers stuck onto it and the right chalkboard is completely empty. The middle chalkboard has a diagram of a star map, which is animated in the SEKAI world. The star diagram is said to originate from Honami's feelings.^[2] Underneath the left chalkboard, there is a small bookshelf filled with books and a jar sitting atop it. In front of the middle chalkboard is a teacher's desk with a small telescope perched on it. There are suspended lighting fixtures throughout the room, though there are also some lights directly attached to the ceiling.

A noticeable difference is that in the story, the lighting is much more pink in hue than the SEKAI world version. There also is a telescope on the teacher's podium, as well as some sort of CD album on the chalkboard. On a desk, there are two closed and opened books with notes stuck onto it. Four differently-colored Phenny plushies sit on the windowsill. In the SEKAI world, none of those items are seen, other than the telescope and the Phenny plushies when they are purchased.

The Night Sky We Saw That Day, Someday in the Distant Future introduces Leo/need and the VIRTUAL SINGERs to a new part of the SEKAI which has formed - a sheltered train station accompanied with a metro train that the members are able to board. A raised platform on the train station shows their sprout.

Members[]

Hoshino Ichika

Tenma Saki

Mochizuki Honami

Hinomori Shiho

VIRTUAL SINGERS[]

Hatsune Miku	Megurine Luka	MEIKO Joins in Don't Let Doubts Hold You Back
Kagamine Rin Joins in Unnamed Harmony	KAITO Joins in A Bright Future!!	Kagamine Len Joins in Putting Feelings Into Words

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Trivia[]

• Leo/need is named after the Leonids, a meteor shower that happens in the radiant of the constellation Leo.
• Leo/need's instruments are modeled after actual, real-world instruments.
  • Ichika's electric guitar is a Fender American Original '60s Telecaster (Lake Placid Blue).
  • Saki's synthesizer is a KORG KROSS 2 61-Key Synthesizer (GO, as in Gray-Orange). She shares this synthesizer with Rin.
  • Honami's drums are Yamaha Stage Custom (Cranberry Red). She shares this with MEIKO.
  • Shiho's bass is a Fender American Elite Jazz Bass (Ebony, Ocean Turquoise).
  • Miku's electric guitar is a Fender CS 1959 Stratocaster, Aged Taos Turquoise, Masterbuilt Jason Smith, Journeyman Relic.
  • Luka's bass is a Fender American Standard Precision Bass (Candy Cola).
  • Luka's electric guitar is a Gibson SG standard (Heritage Red)
  • MEIKO's electric guitar is a 1960 Mosrite The Ventures (Candy Apple Red).
  • KAITO's electric guitar is an Gretsch G5655TG Electromatic Center Block Jr. (Azure Metallic).
  • Len's electric guitar is a Gibson Custom 1958 Korina Flying V.
  • Rin's electric guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Junior Special Humbucker Satin Yellow (2012).
• The girls' surnames are references to different celestial bodies: Hoshino (“星”, star), Tenma (“天”, sky), Mochizuki (“月”, moon), and Hinomori (“日”, sun).^[3]

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