Ch. 10 Ep. 9: Exams! Over!
You and Ayumu gather at your place to study together. While you're enjoying your time studying and chatting with Ayumu, she gets a little jealous after seeing all of the messages you receive from the other girls.
Karin
It's over… It's finally, actually over this time.
Setsuna
It was a long, arduous battle. Now we're free.
Kanata
I've still got vocab words floating around in my head. I'm gonna go to sleep so they don't disappear. Zzz…
Rina
Go, went, going… Buy, bought, buying…
Emma
I'm starving!
Karin
I feel like I've done a lifetime of studying in this past week.
Kasumi
Yeah. I think I deserve to pat myself on the back.
Shizuku
You did such a good job, Kasumi. *Pat* *Pat*
Kasumi
Th-Thanks, Shizuko.
Rina
I don't want to study for a while now.
Player
Great job, everyone. All that's left now is to wait for our results.
Kasumi
I don't even want to know how I did. I'm way too scared.
Player
You studied a lot, so you'll be fine.
Kasumi
I think my grades will be better than usual thanks to the study sessions, but I've never felt good about my exams.
Player
You've given it everything you've got, so I'm sure your grades will be great.
Rina
You think mine will be too?
Player
Of course they will! All of us tried our hardest, so there's no way we're gonna get bad grades here.
Setsuna
Hearing it from you really makes it feel true.
Rina
Yeah, I feel like things will turn out all right.
Karin
Now, now, enough with the study talk! Let's all go hang out together!
Kasumi
That sounds like a great idea! I want to throw off my shackles and reward myself!
Emma
Going out with all of you sounds like it would be a great time.
Rina
Yeah, it does!
Karin
Then I think that settles it.
Ai
Stop! I said, stop! STOP!
Kasumi
Huh? What's wrong, Ai? Exams are over! You don't have to do the drill sergeant thing anymore!
Ai
Don't tell me you think the end of the exams spells the end of everything.
Emma
It doesn't?
Ai
You need to evaluate yourself and review the areas you failed. There's no point in all of that studying if you don't commit everything to knowledge.
Ayumu
She's right. Even if we got the score we were aiming for this time, it'll mean nothing if our grades drop on our next exams.
Player
That's a good point. It's probably best to keep our grades up while Mifune monitors us.
Ai
Do you really want to let all of your painstaking studies go to waste by forgetting everything? You'll totally lose out if you don't keep that knowledge.
Karin
So that's how a grade-A student thinks.
Ayumu
You'll be doing yourself a favor by remembering everything.
Rina
In what way?
Ayumu
Well, you'll always be able to use that knowledge once you memorize it, right? It'd be a pain to have to learn it all over again, don't you think?
Kasumi
Eek! Having to start from scratch would mean going through that nightmare again! I can't handle that!
Shizuku
Persistence pays off. In acting, you discover what needs improvement through constant practice, which allows you to deepen your understanding of your role and make it your own.
Shizuku
This also applies to studying…and really all sorts of other things too. You're not doing yourself any favors by preventing yourself from growing and developing.
Karin
Okay, fine, I get it. I'm not about to throw a tantrum over it. We just have to stick around, right?
Kasumi
Aww, does that mean we're not going out?
Ai
No one said we weren't.
Kasumi
Hm?
Setsuna
She's saying we should all go and hang out after we've finished studying!
Rina
Really?
Ai
I'm not THAT much of a monster! C'mon, you've all been working your little tails off!
Shizuku
It's all thanks to you all taking the time to look over our studies! Thank you so very much!
Ai
C-Come on, Shizuku! You're making me blush! Seriously, don't mention it! More importantly, let's give it one last push so we can treat ourselves for it!
Emma
Yeah! We'll grade ourselves, review, and then let our hair down after that!
Kasumi
Well in that case, let's hurry up and get started! We gotta get this over with so we can play our hearts out.
Player
Hahaha, you're so calculating, Kasumi.
Ayumu
Okay everyone, get your exam papers out.
Ai
Make sure you ask someone if you come across a bit you don't understand. Don't just ignore it.
Player
You're so reliable! I'm glad I invited you to join the club, Ai.
Ai
Man, what's with you all? Ahaha!
Player
You have the power to pull everyone along with you, which is an important power for a school idol to have as well.
Ai
Oh, stop! You're killing me! Besides, someone had to drag you along or you'd be dragged into make-up exams!
Everyone
Hahaha!
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