Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy - Rooftop
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Airi

What?!

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Airi

We got a performance request?!

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Minori

S-Someone wants to see us do a show?!

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Haruka

Yes. I just found a message in our mailbox asking us to do just that.

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Minori

Our mailbox...?

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Haruka

You know, the email account we made when we decided to form MORE MORE JUMP! It's an account just for our group's business.

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Haruka

And somebody just sent us this request.

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Minori

Our own email account...

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Minori

Oh!

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Haruka

We'll need a portal for contacting us about possible job opportunities as well.

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Airi

Yeah. If someone wants to get in touch with us and doesn't know how, they might just call the school or something.

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Airi

It'd be nice to have a phone dedicated to this, but we'll have to make do with just an email address for now.

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Minori

Whoa! It's really starting to feel like we're actually idols!

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Shizuku

Hehe. We'll have to work hard to make sure that phone gets lots of calls.

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Minori

Yeah, we did make an account!

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Airi

Don't tell me you'd forgotten about it until now?

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Minori

N-No, I didn't!

I'm just really surprised by how quickly this request came...!

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Shizuku

Hehe. I understand how you feel, Minori.

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Shizuku

We're still only just getting started as a group, so I wasn't really expecting to receive anything like this so soon.

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Haruka

I'm just as surprised as you are.

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Haruka

The joint stream we did with Hayakawa helped grow our subscriber base, but it must've had a bigger effect than we realized.

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Airi

Yeah, that was definitely a huge break for us!

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Airi

But at the same time, the new segments we've been doing in our videos have been pulling their weight too, right?

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Shizuku

Everybody watching always seems to really love the ideas Haruka and Minori come up with.

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Haruka

Hehe. Minori has a talent for seeing things from our fans' perspectives.

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Minori

Hehe... At first, my ideas were pretty much all just things I personally wanted to see... But I'm glad everybody likes what we're doing.

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Airi

Look, Minori, you've been working hard every single day since we started and got results, so have a little more confidence in yourself!

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Shizuku

So what does this request entail...?

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Haruka

Apparently, it came from a group of elementary school students from the suburbs, and they want to put on a graduation event a little earlier than usual.

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Minori

Graduation? Now?

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Haruka

Yes. It says that their school is about to be closed down.

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Airi

It is?

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Haruka

Yes. Enrollment for this school has been going down and it currently only has around thirty students. The ones remaining are going to be sent to other schools it seems.

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Haruka

Normally, students would graduate in March, but the school itself is also showing signs of dilapidation so...

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Haruka

They're having a Farewell Party for the school after they come back from their summer vacations.

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Haruka

That was also apparently when one student asked for us to be there, as MORE MORE JUMP!

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Shizuku

That means... They want us to perform there and provide them with one last memory of their elementary school.

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Minori

That's so sad... Their school's just going to disappear...

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Minori

I'm not sure what I'd do if a school I went to just vanished one day...

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Shizuku

I wouldn't know what to do either. Not being able to see your friends would be terrible too...

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Minori

That'd be awful...

Being scattered to the winds like this...

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Airi

That's it! We're doing this!

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Minori

Eep!

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Airi

We should feel honored that they invited us to perform at such an important event!

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Airi

Their school will be gone, but we have to make it so they can smile one last time and have the courage to move forward as the world around them changes...

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Airi

We have to do everything we can for them as idols!

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Shizuku

Airi...

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Haruka

I agree completely.

I'd like for us to accept this request and perform as MORE MORE JUMP!

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Minori

Yeah, me too!

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Shizuku

I'd like that as well!

I'm looking forward to it already.

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Haruka

Great. I'll send them our response now.

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Haruka

Oh, also...

This school even gave us permission to livestream this event.

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Minori

Wait, really?

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Haruka

Yes. It'll be an important log of what happened for the students, but they also seem to want us to benefit from it as well.

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Airi

I see...

That's very thoughtful of them.

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Shizuku

That means we should try to give these children as much hope as we can in return!

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Minori

Yeah!

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Minori

Oh, and...!

Why don't we do something else on top of a show?

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Airi

Something else?

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Minori

Yeah! We're performing for elementary schoolers this time, so I thought it'd be nice if we could play and have fun with them!

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Haruka

Right. If we think of it as a full event, we'd be able to expand upon what we've been doing online...

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Haruka

We'll have to discuss details with the school, but I think it's definitely worth asking them.

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Shizuku

I agree as well! I would love to do something with the children!

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Shizuku

But what should we do with them?

I don't have much experience with events involving children, so I'm not sure which activities would be best...

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Haruka

I don't have much experience with those kinds of events either...

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Airi

Right. I've been a part of a few, but...

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Minori

Oh, I know! I have an idea!

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Airi

Alright, Minori, let's hear it!

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Minori

Since everyone's saying goodbye to the school and each other, wouldn't they all want to make it a really special moment?

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Minori

That's why I want to make a yearbook with them!

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Haruka

A yearbook? That could be fun...

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Haruka

Oh, hold on. It says that the school's already working on one...

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Shizuku

I see. If we are going to make one, it'd be nice for ours to be distinct from the official version...

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Airi

And cost is gonna be an issue too.

Physical books won't be cheap.

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Minori

Right...

I didn't think about it like that...

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Airi

That's okay, Minori. This idea might not pan out, but we should still try to come up with more.

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Haruka

I agree. We can't let ourselves be limited by what's possible or not possible.

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Airi

Yeah, so let's keep brainstorming!

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Minori & Shizuku

Okay!

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Haruka

Yes, I like it.

Let's wrap things up and...

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Minori

Huh? It's already time to go?!

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Shizuku

Oh, you're right.

We must've been talking for quite some time.

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Airi

But we got some great ideas, so why don't we call it a day?

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Haruka

Okay.

This is probably a good place to stop. Although, we don't have much time left to work with on this...

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Minori

I didn't know planning an event like this would be so hard...

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Airi

I know, right...?

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Airi

(But I really do like the ideas we came up with and it feels like we're just one step away from having something solid to work with.)

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Airi

(All that remains is...)

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Airi

(Yeah! If we do it like that show I used to be on, we might be able to include all of our ideas!)

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Airi

Hey, would it be okay if I finish summing up all our ideas?

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Minori

Huh?

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Haruka

Okay, but are you sure?

We know you're busy and...

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Airi

I'll be fine! I came up with an idea for the whole thing, so it'll only take me a second!

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Shizuku

I don't see why not.

I'm sure she'll deliver for us.

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Haruka

Then, if you don't mind...

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Airi

You got it!

I'll have something for you all tomorrow, so stay tuned until then!

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Minori

Okay! Thanks, Airi!

Next Chapter: For the Kids!