In the studio.
Flowing Time's performance ended.
The audience gave an enthusiastic round of applause, but the discussions weren't as enthusiastic as they looked on the surface.
"Great song."
"Yeah, it sounded good."
"But I feel that something's missing!"
"All the songs are children's songs today!"
"Yeah, we already heard three such songs. The new replacement masked singer sang the first one, followed by Sunset Glow, and then Flowing Time. The other replacement masked singer's song added an excerpt of a children's song to the end of his performance as well, except that he slightly arranged the melody. That was the only hint of creativity I saw today. Even though it was very enjoyable to listen to, this is too much. It's good that there's positive energy, but isn't this too goddamn positive, don't you think?"
"What can they do other than this? The contestants have been called out individually and criticized!"
