The show opened and the studio audience reacted to LUMEN walking out the way Japanese crowds reacted, contained but electric, the specific energy of people who had learned to express excitement at a volume that still allowed the broadcast to function.
The hosts wasted no time.
First segment: ranking challenge.
The studio audience would vote on each question in real time, with numbers appearing live on the screen behind the members. The members would react to wherever they landed.
"Daiichi mondai!"[1] Tanaka-san announced. "LUMEN no naka de, zombie no mokushiroku wo ikinobiru kanousei ga ichiban takai no wa dare deshou ka?"[2]
The interpreter relayed it quickly in Korean.
The audience buzzed.
Numbers started appearing.
