some food for thought: bassist kaoru

yknow how hagumi more or less knew how to play the guitar from her older brother, and only picked up the bass bc harohapi needed a bassist and the bass is similar to the guitar??? (god bless hagumi. a talented bean) so imagine if kokoron had scouted hagu first, then kaoru afterwards — basically, imagine an alternate universe where kaoru played the bass and hagumi played the guitar for harohapi

bassist kaoru who'd marvel at the deep thrum of the bass, and liken it to her voice or something. bassist kaoru who'd spend days mastering the bass, and then become a bass god. bassist kaoru who'd point out that despite the bass not standing out in the greater scheme of the band, she's able to fully draw out its potential with her overwhelming charm

but beyond that, consider bassist kaoru bonding with the other bassist girls. bassist kaoru being thrilled to bits to learn that chisato herself is in charge of the bass in pasupare (chisato is of course far from thrilled) and they'd be able to bond over how they had unexpectedly picked up the same instrument # just childhood friends things. bassist kaoru practising the bass with her classmate lisa, and lisa is able to feel more confident about playing the bass again after a hiatus bc she can count on kaoru to lend her a hand. and, of course, bassist kaoru being even more cool to himari & rimi given the fact that they play the same instrument and they wonder how on earth they too can play the bass as cool as their idol does.

also guitarist hagumi would rock your socks off because guitarist hagumi but please consider. bassist kaoru.