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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...)

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Oh! Magilulu!

Arale

Eep!?!

???

That's from the new movie!

???

Wait, they made that into a sticker?!

Arale

Uh...
Yeah. I... really like Magilulu.

???

No way! You're one of us!

???

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

Arale

Mm-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~

Arale

Oh! That's so cute...

Raki

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

Bota

Raki says she likes both versions~

Arale

M-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...)

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Manager

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

Arale

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

Arale

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

Manager

Nice!

Arale

Huh?!

Nonoka

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

Manager

Who's that?

Nonoka

Nanaka-chan! My little sister~

Manager

Right. Next! Fuji-san!

Manager

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

Miyako

Y-Yes...

Manager

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

Yuno

For a while.

Nonoka

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

Arale

Um... I guess...

Manager

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

Nonoka

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

Arale

A-Are you serious, Miyanaga-san?!

Yuno

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

Arale

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

Nonoka

Oh, guess not~

Yuno

How good are you at playing, by the way?

Nonoka

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

Miyako

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

Arale

A manuscript...?!

Manager

Fuji-san's got her own manga series.

Arale

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

Miyako

I'm still just starting...

Arale

Maybe I'll recognize your pen name!

Miyako

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Miyako

This is it...

Arale

*Gasp*...

Arale

...

Miyako

...

Arale

Yako Fujimi... Yako-sensei.

Miyako

Y-Yes!

Arale

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

Miyako

!

Arale

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

Manager

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

Arale

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

Manager

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

Arale

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

Miyako

...

Manager

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

Arale

Eep?!

Manager

Switching floors now~

Nonoka

Wheee~!

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Nonoka

Ooh~

Miyako

Wow...

Manager

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

Nonoka

Okaaay~

Arale

Oh, there's a mic too!

Arale

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

Manager

Sengoku-san has a ton of practice tracks.

Yuno

...

Manager

You do, right?

Yuno

Just... give me a second.

Nonoka

INSTRUMENTAL~

Manager

Is that one of Sengoku-san's songs?

Yuno

Beats me.

Arale

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

Nonoka

This one's hard.

Manager

Okay. How about you, Fuji-san?

Miyako

I could probably manage it with enough time...

Nonoka

Hmm...

Nonoka

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

Arale & Miyako

?

Nonoka

It's a song Yuno-chan wrote!

Yuno

How'd you know?

Nonoka

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

Nonoka

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

Yuno

I see...

MewType

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Manager

Whoa, what just happened to the vibe?!

Nonoka

Hm?

Manager

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

Nonoka

I'm in~!

Nonoka

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

Arale

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

Nonoka

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

Arale

Okay...

Nonoka

Ready, set~!

Arale

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

Arale

Nngh!

Yuno

Huh?

Miyako

...!

Nonoka

Arale-chaaaaaaaaaan!!!

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Manager

All right, she's not bleeding.

Arale

Yeth... (Yes.)

Manager

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

Arale

Mmkay...

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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...)

Arale

Hm? This track... sounds familiar...?

Arale

We should do "Night of the Seagulls" too!

Miyako & Yuno & Nonoka

?

Arale

Because 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"!

Arale

And 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!

Yuno

What are you even talking about...?

Arale

...

Nonoka

Oh.

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Arale

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Arale

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

Arale

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

Arale

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

Arale

Fail-fail-fail-fail...

Arale

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

Arale

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

Arale

Third!
Absolutely no talking or singing!

Arale

Mhm! Good night!

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Arale

School's out, and I survived!

Arale

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

Arale

Hm-hm-hmm~♪

???

Hm?

???

Ritsu~ Look, look~

Ritsu

...?

Ritsu

...

???

Hehe♪

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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.

Ritsu

You...
changed your hair.

???

Yeah~ Your pigtails were so cute, though.

???

Did you change it because you joined a new group?

Ritsu

Huh?

Arale

How 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♡

Viola

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

Viola

Wait...! But...

Viola

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

Arale

...

Raki

Hey, Arale-chaaan!

Bota

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

Viola

Hello.

Bota & Raki

Hi there~
Hey.

Viola

Are you friends of Arale-chan's?

Raki

Yes.

Bota

We go to the same school.

Viola

Really~

Arale

...!

Raki

Arale-chan?!

Bota

Huh? Wait up!

Raki

Arale-chaaan!

Ritsu

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Arale

So she transferred schools...

Arale

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

Arale

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

Arale

No! That's all in the past!
I've gotta do my best right now!

Arale

...!

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Arale

Hmmmm~♪

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Viola

The event's officially set, then.

Bell

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

Popo

That's just you being an idiot, Bell.

Bell

Mrrgh... I knooow that!

Popo

Just copy and paste proper nouns.

Bell

Proper...?

Staff

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

Viola

That's mine.

Staff

And here's the melon sorbet parfait.

Bell

Me!

Popo

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

Bell

Whoa! Wait, all she did was play guitar?

Popo

What else would she be doing?

Ritsu

...

Popo

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

Bell

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

Viola

Riiitsu~

Viola

Open wide~

Bell

Nyagh! So precious~!

Popo

Go on, eat it for her.

Viola

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

Viola

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

Ritsu

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Raki

Thank goodness...

Bota

Yeah... What a relief.

Arale

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

Raki

We're gonna stop by the bookstore~

Bota

See you~

Arale

Bye-bye~

Arale

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Arale

No one's here, right...?
I even took a different train line, so I should be safe...

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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...)

Arale

Whoa! S-Sorr—

Ritsu

Oh...

Arale

(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!???!!!)

Ritsu

Um...

Arale

W-Well~~~~~~ what a coincidence!

Arale

Sorry 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!

Arale

I'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!

Arale

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

Arale

Like 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!

Arale

It'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!

Ritsu

You've gotten so far away...

Yuno

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Yuno

They've got history, huh...?

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