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Agency - Meeting Room

AraleI'm really sorry...

Manager*Sigh*... I need you to reflect on this. Deeply. Really, really deeply...

ManagerI'm talking ocean-floor deep...!

AraleYes...

ManagerI mean, pulling another group's member out in the middle of their own event... I've never even heard of anything like it...

AraleI'm sorry...

ManagerThat said!

Arale...?

ManagerIf they hadn't forced you onstage when you weren't even involved in their event, none of this would've happened.

ManagerSo that's what we'll use to fight back!

Arale...

RitsuArale-chan.

AraleHuh? Oh...

RitsuAre you okay?

AraleYeah... I got scolded...

Ritsu...

AraleI thought... my life was over back then...

AraleBut here I am. And today, I thought this time... it really was over...

AraleBut it wasn't.

RitsuHuh?

AraleMs. Manager said she'd fight back and told me to go back to doing what I always do as soon as I can...

AraleThat means I can keep doing this, right?

Ritsu...

RitsuI'm done looking back.

RitsuYou pulled me out of there, Arale-chan. I'm not turning back now.

AraleRicchan...

RitsuWe'll be okay... I'm sure of it.

AraleHehe...

AraleI am so, so, so, SO sorry!!

NonokaWhoa.

YunoIt's fine... You just did what you wanted, right?

AraleUrk!

YunoWait, that's not what I meant...

Yuno(Did I seriously push her in the wrong direction?)

YunoOh... You won't be streaming for a while, so that should take some pressure off, right?

AraleUuurk!

YunoWait, I'm not...

AraleN-No! You all have every right to be mad at me!

YunoNo, we're not...

AraleI am sooooooooo sorry!!

NonokaIt's okay~ Let's get to band practice!!

AraleI know saying sorry isn't enough! So if there's anything I can do to make it up to you, I'll do absolutely anything...!

YunoCareful. Keep flailing like that and...

MiyakoHuh?

NonokaWhoa! Are you okay?

AraleEeeeeek! I'm so sorry!

NonokaMiyako-chan, you've got dark circles~

MiyakoI'm... in the final stretch of the artwork for the preorder bonuses...

NonokaWhat's a preorder bonus?

AraleOh! Yako-sensei's new manga volume comes out next week, so...

NonokaOoooh~

AraleBookstores have six stickers in all, with three designs at random. And one anime shop has an ultra-cute mini clear file!

MiyakoI was asked to draw two of the designs.

Arale! We are so blessed~

AraleAnd that's not all! A bookstore in Akiba will display the legendary illustration that won the very first Magilulu fan art contest!

YunoIndoor voice.

MiyakoUgh, my head...

NonokaPain, pain, go away~

MiyakoI'm fine, thank you.

AraleOh...

Yuno、Miyako、Nonoka?

AraleY-You can't even tell how sorry I am, can you...?

AraleThis happened before, too... Whenever I think something's amazing, I get carried away and don't come across as...

AraleYow?!

YunoWe get it. You don't have to keep proving how sorry you are.

AraleYuno-san-chan...

NonokaYour lively self is the best!

MiyakoI agree.

AraleYou guys...

AraleThaaank yooouuuuu!

Arale! Very much!!

Yuno、Miyako、Nonoka...

AraleMmmmmm... *Sigh*...

Arale...!

AraleMiyako-san... Yuno-san-chan... Nono-chan-san...

AraleMy phone, my phone...!

AraleOkay...

Arale...

AraleNgh...

Arale...!

Arale(This hurts... I don't want to see this...)

Arale(But...)

Arale(If I'm going to move forward, I need to know exactly what's going on.)

Arale(Otherwise, I won't see it coming if Viola tries something.)

Arale*Inhale*... *Exhale*...

Account APoor Viola.

Account BWait, Elea's still in high school?

Account CWasn't there a video compiling all the awful stuff she did?

Account DI've followed Clematis since her La-La-La-La Girls days, but I'm done. After this, I can't support her anymore.

Arale!

AraleRicchan...

Arale...

AraleThose tears are fake. She's doing exactly what she did to me.

Arale(I couldn't see it back then, but now I know Viola did the same thing to Utami-san.)

Arale(I won't just take it lying down anymore. I will never go back to who I was then.)

AraleI...

AraleThis time, I'm going to fight baaaaaack!!!

ManagerDid you manage to get some proper rest today?

Manager

AraleThank you! I'm doing okay!

Arale(Ms. Manager is so nice...!)

Arale(But I can't keep leaning on everyone's kindness...)

Arale"I dragged one of their members away and ruined the whole event." That's still true... How do I make that right?

MiyakoArale-san?

Arale! Miyako-san!

AraleWow~ what a coincidence!

AraleWooooow!

AraleIt's the original fan art piece~! This is amazing! So amazing! Wooooow!

MiyakoThey put together this special display ahead of the new volume's release... and I wanted to see it for myself...

AraleThat's incredible! You drew this in elementary school...?!

MiyakoThe lady next door ran an art class, and she'd let me use all the paints and supplies I wanted.

AraleWhoa... So that's how...

MiyakoIt took a lot of trial and error, but I was so happy when I won the award.

Arale...

Arale(She must've worked harder than I can even imagine to become a manga artist...)

Arale(She puts out a new chapter every week even with band practice. She works so hard for her fans, and yet...)

AraleI don't want her to hear all this ugly noise. How do I make it go away...? A firestorm... Put it out... But how...?

Miyako...

Miyako(Your entire inner monologue is coming out at full volume?!)

Miyako(Am I even supposed to be hearing this?! This sounds extremely private!)

Miyako(I-I-I don't really understand, but I'm sensing powerful waves of compassion and serious distress...)

AraleYako-sensei, I really love the stories you wri...

AraleHmm...

MiyakoAh...

Miyako...

Miyako*Sigh*...

Miyako(The tragic reality that I can't think of a single helpful thing to say when Arale-san needs it most!)

Miyako(I can write endless lines of dialogue, but when it actually matters...)

Miyako*Sigh*...

???Excuse me!

Miyako?

Viola...!

Miyako(Who is she?!)

Miyako(I don't know anyone this gorgeous! Wait, me?! Does she actually need something from me?!)

Viola...

Miyako(Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!)

Maru-kun(Get a grip, Miyako!)

Miyako(Ghk!)

MiyakoU-Um...?

ViolaI knew it! You're Fujimi Yako-sensei, aren't you?

Miyako...!

Maru-kun(Miyako...?)

Maru-kun(H-Hey, Miyako! Miyakooooooo!!!)

ViolaI've been wanting to meet you...

ViolaOh, I'm sorry. I happened to overhear you talking in the bookstore earlier.

ViolaAnd I'd seen a photo of you online before...

ViolaUm, this illustration...

MiyakoThe very first piece I ever posted...

ViolaI fell in love with it at first sight.

ViolaI wanted to know what kind of person had drawn it, so I looked you up and found this article.

MiyakoYou recognized me from a photo this tiny...?

ViolaHehe.

MiyakoGhk...!

ViolaI'm sorry for taking up so much of your time.

ViolaI'm so glad I got to talk to you.

MiyakoI-I'm honored...

Miyako(She probably charms everyone like this and just breezes through life without a care...)

ViolaHehe.

Miyako(Ngh...!!!!!)

Maru-kun(Miyakoooooooooooooo!!!!!!)

ViolaThank you very much...