>Such as, in the game's mix of "Don't Say Lazy" not only does
>Azusa finally have a part to play, but she gets the lead part
>and the solo to boot. Makes me wonder at which point Yui decided to
>offer that, because Azusa may make demands of her bandmates to
>practice, but she's never asked for the lead part. Outright refused it
>before, even.

It's probably worth noting that the official tabs that came with the soundtracks reportedly sometimes get Yui and Azusa's parts backward, and it's not entirely inconceivable that the game designers did too.

However! I've long assumed (think I noted it in another thread) that, assuming Azusa rejoins the band after she graduates from high school, the two of them would eventually grow up to be sort of co-lead guitarists, sort of like Phil Collen and the late Steve Clark in the Def Leppard of the '80s. There are a few hints of same in the HTT catalog, places where Azusa's part is an awfully lead-y rhythm guitar line. (She's got a little mini-solo in the outro of the movie version of "Fuwa Fuwa Time", for instance, where she makes the song's rhythm line pay in blood for how repetitive it is. "I bought a wah pedal, you bastard! How do you like me now?!" :)

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