And so, despite all of your generous support, the student council presidency has gone to Mifune.

I see, so you lost the election… Well, you might be reeling from the results, but cheer up and keep on fighting!

Thank you very much. However, I think the cards fell just where they should have, so I'm okay.

Wow, you're so strong, Setsuna.

Sad as it is, she won fair-and-square, so there's no point in fighting it. The real problem is her attempts to disband the club.

Indeed. She really is taking it too far.

All tyrannical despots must one day be struck by the bolt of justice, after all.

Bolts of justice aside, what are you going to do about this?

Well…

Excuse me… Oh? And who might you be? You appear to be from another school.

I can't believe you don't recognize me, the one-and-only super idol, Nico Yazawa. Who the heck are you?

I am the student council president of this school.

You are? Forgive my delayed introduction. We are μ's, a school idol group from Otonokizaka High School.

And we are Aqours, a school idol group from Uranohoshi Girls' High School.

Thank you for your courteous introductions. And what brings you all here today?

We're here to talk about the School Idol Festival!

What? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that canceled after the committee disbanded?

Huh? You know about the School Idol Festival?

I merely caught wind of it. So why is it you are holding a meeting for an event that has been canceled?

Cause we're not going to let it be canceled, duh! We're going to make sure the show goes on.

What do you believe you all can do?

Is it so wrong to try?

It was canceled because there's no need for it, correct? If I'm not mistaken, management withdrew from the event because there's no demand for it, didn't it?

That's not true at all.

Have a look at this.

What are these, messages? What about them?

They're messages of support from school idols around the country and offers from people to help out as volunteers.

All of these messages are?

That's right. You get it now? And have a look at all the supportive messages Nijigasaki got.

There are so many of them…

We need the Nijigasaki girls' help to pull off this event! So please don't say that you're abolishing the club!

Even as the student council president, I don't think you have the right to abolish a club without a justifiable reason.

Indeed. You are being far too totalitarian. I would not be surprised if this were to be seen as an abuse of power.

I see. I understand where you're coming from. There does appear to be quite a bit of support for the club.

Then there's no need for us to disband!

That being said, I am not suggesting we abolish this club without proper reason. The point of being a student is to study. I presume there are no objections to this.

No, I suppose not.

Yes, to neglect one's studies on account of their club activities would defeat the whole purpose of attending school.

…

Kasumi? Why are you looking away? And Kanan… What's gotten into you two?

You too, Honoka, Nico.

Urk!

If I may be so frank, Kasumi and Karin's grades are lacking in every single subject.

Emma and Rina have horrendous grades in the subjects they struggle with. And Nana, your grades have fallen considerably since you joined this club, haven't they?

While it shames me to admit it, you're entirely correct.

It certainly is a problem if your club activities are impacting your grades.

S-So if we manage to get our grades back up, you'll let us stay together?

We can talk about that once you've all shown tangible improvements.

Then we'll convince you with our upcoming midterms!

Then you must get 60% or higher in every subject. Otherwise, you will be prohibited from club activities until you do. You must focus on your studies. Understood?

Got it! You better make sure you keep your promise as well! We won't have you saying otherwise if we score 60 or more!

You have my word. Now, please excuse me.

Well, that's great news. 60 isn't so hard! I'm sure you'll all be fine.

Nope, nope, nope, nope! There's no way I can score 60 on everything! *Wail*

What do a couple of exam scores matter in the grand scheme of life, anyway?

…If I may ask, what were all of your grades like on your last exams?

Um, well…

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You all really scored that poorly?

Sounds like Mifune was right.

And it looks like the Nijigasaki girls aren't the only school idols with inadequate grades.

Academic abilities have nothing to do with being school idols!

Yeah, what Nico said!

They most certainly do! Why do you think we're SCHOOL idols?!

It appears as though everybody here has quite a bit to think about.

One thing's for certain, you're all scoring 60 or more on these next tests. Understand?

Whaaat? Us too?

What do you think would happen if you got held back? We'd be the laughingstock of the school idol world if our leader had to repeat a year.

*Whine* Kotori…

We'll get through this together, Honoka.

This is a great opportunity. You can bet I'll be giving you a thorough education!

All we can do is study our brains out together! While we're at it, let's make it a competition. I think that'll motivate us to study even more.

You gotta be crazy if you think it's okay to judge people by their grades!

You're just saying that because you don't think you can win.

Th-That's not true! All I've gotta do is put a bit of effort in, and it'll be a piece of cake. Yup, a whole cake, even!

So you'll show us what you've got?

Oh, I'll show you! I'll show you I'm not all talk!

Such a simpleton.

Then let's make this a battle of the dunces! Whoever scores the worst will be crowned the queen dunce until the next exam.

I couldn't think of anything worse. If Mito found out that was my nickname, I'd never live it down!

This isn't fair at all. I don't know the first thing about studying!

Karin, that's extremely not something to be proud of.

Then why don't we all study together? I'm sure we'll make way more progress if we teach each other.

That's a wonderful idea. Let's do that. We'll put our minds together and improve our grades!