Now that you're back, Emma, it seems like this will really work out!

I didn't quit in the first place, but, you know!

Look at you, worrying people like that! Harrumph!

Are you anyone to taaalk?

Ahh!

Anyway, that aside. Let's talk about getting the last former member back in the club!

Setsuna Yuki, right?

What kind of person is she?

Hm, wellll… She's hard to sum up in a word, and the details…

The details…?

The details make me want to sleep.

Let's share few enough to keep you awake, then.

I'm sure you already know this, but Setsuna called the shots around our club.

She was like a dump truck with a cute face.

A cute dump truck…

She was the most motivated of us, and since she'd been a solo school idol, she was pretty famous.

I'd heard of her, too. I was really surprised that someone so famous joined our club!

Wow, Kasumi, you really know your stuff when it comes to school idols.

I've got to nip potential rivals in the bud—er, rather, I want to pick up a lot of promising hopefuls for the group!

Well, she sounds like she'd really stand out, but…I haven't heard a thing about her around school.

Yeah, really.

I know she's in Nijigasaki, but I've never seen her anywhere but the club.

I'd always run into her when going to school idol live shows before, but she hasn't been in any of those lately.

Wait, could she have…quit being an idol?

No way. She loved school idols from the bottom of her heart, so there's no way she'd quit.

She really wanted to spread her love all over the world, so I can't help but think that she's hiding.

Setsuna was amazing. She was so good at singing and dancing. And her proportions were great.

Oh-hoh! Speaking of proportions! I remembered there was a girl I wanted to invite to the club! Let's get her before we look for Setsuna!

What's she like?

Apparently she's an…amateur model in magazines.

Oh really?

I'll call her!

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Hmm… School idols, huh?

How about being a school idol with us? You'll have lots of fun, guaranteed!

I see. Well, I've gotten a lot of invitations, but never to the school idol club. But…could I pull it off?

Of course you could! You look like a model, so I think costumes would look amazing on you!

…Feeling relieved, Kasumi?

…No. Just thinking about how unfair god is.

Hmm… It does sound interesting, but…

Th-Then?!

Are you sure you want me, though? Frilly dresses and stuff don't agree with me. I'm pretty good with tight-fitting or revealing stuff, though.

R…Revealing?

Yeah, like…costumes that show off the moles on my chest the girl next to you keeps glancing at.

I-I'm not looking at anything!

Kasumi, you…just admitted it.

B-But I just thought she was so pretty, and… Uwah…

*Giggle* Thanks for the compliment.

Sure, I'll be a school idol, but I have one condition.

I want to become my own type of school idol. Is that all right? I'll join the club, but I guess you could say that I don't work too well in groups.

Ahh, I see! That's it! That's perfect!

Nijigasaki's school idol club won't force its members to work as a group!

Huh?

Kasumi, you said that school idols can go solo, right?

R-Right.

And Shizuku, you said it was cool how everyone wanted to do different things, right?

Yeah…

I think things fell apart last time because you forced yourselves to work as a group too much - even though everyone's really unique and has things they all want to do.

So what if we all came together as a group, but we all tried to become our own ideal school idols?

We'd both compete with and help each other. Wouldn't that type of club be perfect for us?

We don't have to all go in the same direction. Everyone can go down the path they want to!

Hey, that sounds great. I'm for it.

…You mean we don't need act as a group?

Well, we'll try things. We don't have to act as a group, or act alone all the time. How about we work on our strengths and interests?

Karin, please, work with us to become exciting school idols like there's never been before!

Like there's never been before, huh? Heh, sounds interesting. I'll join up, then.