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Arale(The principal wants us to become the kind of people who always have "something we want to do" in our hearts... huh.)

Arale...

Arale(No, no! The principal's speech can wait. Right now, I need to figure out how to walk into class! Is "Hi!" okay? Or should I sound a little more cheerful...)

???Oh! Magilulu!

AraleEep!?!

???That's from the new movie!

???Wait, they made that into a sticker?!

AraleUh... Yeah. I... really like Magilulu.

???No way! You're one of us!

???We love Magilulu too~ It's so cute, right?

AraleMm-hm...!

Arale(Wow~ Now that's what I call good taste! This exclusive sticker from Yodoshima Big Electronics was all gone the second the doors opened!)

Arale(My whole family fanned out across the Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Yurakucho stores, and by some miracle, we scored two! This is one of them!)

???Look, look~ My Magilulu water bottle~

AraleOh! That's so cute...

RakiArale-chan, do you prefer the old design too, like Bota-chan?

BotaRaki says she likes both versions~

AraleM-Me too! I... I like both...!

Arale(There are other Magilulu fans in my class?! "Magical Physical☆Kururu" fans?! This has to be fate~~~!)

Arale(Maybe I can actually survive offline after all... Thank goodness~)

Arale(That just leaves one problem...)

VR Floor

ManagerLike I said last time, we'll start with solo videos. Nakamachi-san, yours is "Cover Video"! Any song in mind?

AraleThen I'll do the Magilulu opening... Mmph!!

Arale(No, no! I said I was done singing!!)

ManagerNice!

AraleHuh?!

NonokaNono-chan's gonna play "Nana-chan Love-Love Song"~!

ManagerWho's that?

NonokaNanaka-chan! My little sister~

ManagerRight. Next! Fuji-san!

ManagerOh, right. Your other job comes first this month.

MiyakoY-Yes...

ManagerSengoku-san has composing work to focus on, right?

YunoFor a while.

NonokaSo it's just the two of us~ That's kinda lonely.

AraleUm... I guess...

ManagerThen we'll follow up the solo videos with a collab.

NonokaOh, sounds fun~ We can collab on one of Yuno-chan's songs~

AraleA-Are you serious, Miyanaga-san?!

YunoI've got a work deadline, so I can't take on any more composing.

AraleI-I don't think I can sing either! *Cough*... *Cough*...

NonokaOh, guess not~

YunoHow good are you at playing, by the way?

NonokaHmm... If I've never played it before, I'd probably need lots of practice.

MiyakoUm... Sorry to bring this up so early, but I may not be able to make our next practice... I have a manuscript due...

AraleA manuscript...?!

ManagerFuji-san's got her own manga series.

AraleThat's amazing! What's the title?!

MiyakoI'm still just starting...

AraleMaybe I'll recognize your pen name!

Miyako...

MiyakoThis is it...

Arale*Gasp*...

Arale...

Miyako...

AraleYako Fujimi... Yako-sensei.

MiyakoY-Yes!

AraleYou're the one who used to draw "Magical Physical☆Kururu" fan art...?!

Miyako!

Arale~~~~~~~! I-I've been following your art since sixth grade...!

ManagerFuji-san handles the art for MewType's account too.

AraleWhaaat?! N-No way! I need to see it!!

ManagerHere. Our shiny new account, hot off the presses.

AraleA-A-A-Amazing~~~~~♡♡♡ It really is your style, Yako-sensei~~~~~♡♡♡

Miyako...

ManagerWe want to keep those updates coming, so band practice is up next!

AraleEep?!

ManagerSwitching floors now~

NonokaWheee~!

NonokaOoh~

MiyakoWow...

ManagerFeels more like a real band now, right? Everyone, go check your instruments.

NonokaOkaaay~

AraleOh, there's a mic too!

Arale(Wait, no! I said I was done singing!)

ManagerSengoku-san has a ton of practice tracks.

Yuno...

ManagerYou do, right?

YunoJust... give me a second.

NonokaINSTRUMENTAL~

ManagerIs that one of Sengoku-san's songs?

YunoBeats me.

Arale(Instrumental... That means I won't have to sing.)

NonokaThis one's hard.

ManagerOkay. How about you, Fuji-san?

MiyakoI could probably manage it with enough time...

NonokaHmm...

NonokaOh! This one's Yuno-chan's~!

Arale、Miyako?

NonokaIt's a song Yuno-chan wrote!

YunoHow'd you know?

NonokaNana-chan asked me to play songs by Yuno-chan's band, so I practiced them a whole bunch. That's how I recognized it.

NonokaYuno-chan's songs make everyone happy, so I play them a lot.

YunoI see...

MewType...

ManagerWhoa, what just happened to the vibe?!

NonokaHm?

ManagerAll right! Calling each other by your last names is way too formal. Why don't you try nicknames?

NonokaI'm in~!

NonokaArale-chan can be... Ara... Are... Re... Arere-chan!

AraleM-Miyanaga-san! I'm fine without one!

NonokaThen Nono-chan can just be Nono-chan~!

AraleOkay...

NonokaReady, set~!

AraleHuh?! N-Nono... N-No... Nono-nono-nono-nono...

AraleNngh!

YunoHuh?

Miyako...!

NonokaArale-chaaaaaaaaaan!!!

ManagerAll right, she's not bleeding.

AraleYeth... (Yes.)

ManagerOkay, let's start instrument practice! Nakamachi-san, you can watch and give that tongue a rest.

AraleMmkay...

Arale(Wow, amazing... Miyako-san's already gotten this far.)

Arale(...)

Arale(I'm glad I don't have to sing, but I'm so bored...)

Arale(Come to think of it, I wonder what band Sengoku-san used to be in.)

Arale(Searching "Yuno Sengoku"...)

Arale(So... they disbanded two years ago. Let's see... Discography...)

Arale(Wow... She's got so many songwriting credits... She did a song for "Nobishimo Chronicles"!)

Arale(That takes me back~! That legendary free indie game! After all the goofy nonsense in the earlier entries, the story went brutally dark. My friends and I beat it in sixth grade, sobbing the whole time...)

AraleHm? This track... sounds familiar...?

AraleWe should do "Night of the Seagulls" too!

Miyako、Yuno、Nonoka?

AraleBecause this track became "Peach Tree Storm," the theme from "Hijiyori Chronicles," right? That's the second game in the tragedy trilogy that started with "Nobishimo Chronicles"!

AraleAnd it's a companion piece to "Night of the Seagulls," the "Nobishimo Chronicles" theme! We have to start with "Night of the Seagulls" or the lore won't line up!

YunoWhat are you even talking about...?

Arale...

NonokaOh.

AraleAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

AraleUuugh... I was a fail-fail-failure at life today~~~~~

AraleI did it again...! I got all carried away, started blabbing nonstop, and even tried to sing, aaaaaaagh~~~~~!!

AraleJust because school went okay, I got cocky! Then I made things weird for Yuno-no-san-chan-san! I blew it!

AraleFail-fail-fail-fail...

AraleUgh... Maybe tomorrow I can keep it to just fail-fail...

AraleOkay, tomorrow... First! No blurting things out! Second! No singing!

AraleThird! Absolutely no talking or singing!

AraleMhm! Good night!

The Next Day

AraleSchool's out, and I survived!

Arale(I'm doing okay at school! Maybe I'll really be fine if I keep this up!)

AraleHm-hm-hmm~♪

???Hm?

???Ritsu~ Look, look~

Ritsu...?

Ritsu...

???Hehe♪

???Araaale-chan~

Arale...!

???It's been a while~ How've you been?

Arale...!

???You haven't seen Arale-chan in ages either, right, Clematis?

Ritsu...

???Clematis? You two used to be in the same group. Say something to her.

RitsuYou... changed your hair.

???Yeah~ Your pigtails were so cute, though.

???Did you change it because you joined a new group?

RitsuHuh?

AraleHow did you...?

???Heehee, of course I know~ It's the latest news about my darling Arale-chan, after all.

???Speaking of which! We formed a new group too♡

ViolaWe're holding our first-ever in-person event soon! I'd love for you to come too, Arale-chan~

ViolaWait...! But...

ViolaBut if any of your old fans recognized you there, wouldn't that cause all kinds of trouble...?

Arale...

RakiHey, Arale-chaaan!

BotaSorry for the waaait~ Oh, are they friends of yours?

ViolaHello.

Bota、RakiHi there~ Hey.

ViolaAre you friends of Arale-chan's?

RakiYes.

BotaWe go to the same school.

ViolaReally~

Arale...!

RakiArale-chan?!

BotaHuh? Wait up!

RakiArale-chaaan!

Ritsu...

AraleSo she transferred schools...

AraleShe got into such a selective middle school... She could've stayed there all the way through university...

AraleMaybe it got too hard for her to stay there... Because of what happened to me.

AraleNo! That's all in the past! I've gotta do my best right now!

Arale...!

AraleHmmmm~♪

ViolaThe event's officially set, then.

BellManager's always mad at me lately~ She says I repost announcements too late and keep misspelling words in English~

PopoThat's just you being an idiot, Bell.

BellMrrgh... I knooow that!

PopoJust copy and paste proper nouns.

BellProper...?

StaffSorry to keep you waiting. Here's the strawberry cream parfait.

ViolaThat's mine.

StaffAnd here's the melon sorbet parfait.

BellMe!

PopoAnyway, Ritsu's guitar stream the other day hit a thousand concurrent viewers.

BellWhoa! Wait, all she did was play guitar?

PopoWhat else would she be doing?

Ritsu...

PopoIf the manager wants bigger numbers, she should just let us do things our way.

BellHaving to get the agency's permission every time we stream is such a paain~

ViolaRiiitsu~

ViolaOpen wide~

BellNyagh! So precious~!

PopoGo on, eat it for her.

ViolaRitsu, you've seemed down ever since we ran into Arale-chan. I just wanted to cheer you up...

ViolaI might just fall apart without you, Ritsu...

Ritsu...

RakiThank goodness...

BotaYeah... What a relief.

AraleThe Magilulu collab Café was seriously the best...!

RakiWe're gonna stop by the bookstore~

BotaSee you~

AraleBye-bye~

Arale...

AraleNo one's here, right...? I even took a different train line, so I should be safe...

Arale(Maybe I should've chosen the online course after all...)

Arale(But I had to give myself some reason to get out, or I'd have stayed like that forever...)

Arale(No, no! Happy thoughts only! When I get home, I'll put up the stickers I got at the collab Café...)

AraleWhoa! S-Sorr—

RitsuOh...

Arale(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!???!!!)

RitsuUm...

AraleW-Well~~~~~~ what a coincidence!

AraleSorry I couldn't talk yesterday! It'd been so long since we'd seen each other that I panicked! Your school's around here, right? Mine too!

AraleI've never commuted by train, so rush hour nearly kills me every morning. But abyss logic gets me by: when you're shoved, you're shoving someone too!

AraleAnd Akihabara has so many stores for everything I'm into! The second I get off the train, it's nothing but fun!

AraleLike the Café I just went to with my friends! Order all eight items and you get every sticker, no random pulls! So fan-friendly! I'm gonna burst!

AraleIt's up on the seventh floor, and the food's great even without the collab! You should try it! Hope it's sunny tomorrow too! Bye!

RitsuYou've gotten so far away...

Yuno...

YunoThey've got history, huh...?