Great job and thank you guys so much for today!

Let's toast to that!

Cheers!

Great job, everyone.

There sure were a lot of visitors! I guess the big city is just full of people, huh?

I wish Uchiura had that many people, too.

I don't think I'd like that too much…

*Chuckle* One of the great things about Uchiura is how peaceful and quiet it is, after all.

You might be right about that!

But Nijigasaki really does do things on a different scale than us. Their school tour almost became like a little festival itself.

Yes, I could see how much effort was put into the running of it.

Not just the school, but the clubs themselves really went all out.

I guess that's what it means to be gifted in academics and everything else in between.

Hey guys? There's something I wanna tell you all. Shioriko just said we could perform live shows at school festivals.

Wow, the school idol club's finally been recognized! That's so good to hear!

People really do change when they get to experience school idols for themselves. I'm so happy you guys don't have to worry about your club being abolished anymore.

I was sort of hoping for something like that to happen when I heard she was joining in on your practice sessions.

I bet Ayumu's live show cast a little spell on her.

I-I doubt that.

Don't be like that! Your performance was outta this world!

Thanks. I'm really glad to hear you say that.

I think your live show really influenced Shioriko as well.

So that's why I've been thinking…

What do you all think about holding the School Idol Festival at Nijigasaki High School?

Whaaaaat?!

At Nijigasaki?!

Yeah. I mean, look back on what the school tour was like today.

We can use the auditorium for live shows, and we could probably set up a few outdoor stages since we've got a spacious courtyard and sports ground.

The home economics room that the life design course uses is also pretty big, so we could use that to prepare food, right?

We've also got the cafeteria, and I'm sure we could handle any traffic rather smoothly since the station is just nearby.

And! Doesn't holding a School Idol Festival at an actual school just seem like the natural thing to do?!

Ooooh… Now that you mention it, maybe you're right!

It never even crossed my mind to use the whole school as the venue for the festival, zura.

Well done, little demon. Your sharpened eyes have pinpointed the perfect location!

We had the answer right under our noses, huh!

I do think it's an interesting idea…

Yes, very much so…

What about from the perspectives of our two student council presidents? Is it a bit of a stretch, maybe?

It's hard for me to say, since my school and Nijigasaki work on completely different scales.

I would say it would be difficult if I was looking at it from the perspective of my own school.

But what you're saying makes complete sense. I guess maybe all that's left is to think about how to convince Mifune.

Right…

I like the sound of it! You have my vote! Let's go in with the mindset to break through any barriers we might come across!

*Chuckle* I wanna avoid breaking things down if I can.

Just the idea of holding the festival at our school is gonna create a buzz itself. It's totally gonna rock.

The School Idol Festival will also be good publicity for our school if it's a success.

Maybe the school would be more receptive if it means they'll have more potential enrollments?

If that really is the case, then this idea is full of positives.

It's a win-win!

Maybe this'll make Shioriko happy, too.

She's practically an honorary member of the club already, so I'm sure she'll be thrilled.

Maybe she will even take to the stage with us if we hold the festival at our school.

I like the sound of that!

Shioko's a great dancer, so I could totally see her being one of my back-up dancers or something.

She might stand out more than you.

You're one to talk. I bet you'd be the one outshined by her.

*Laugh* All right, so are we good to put this suggestion to Shioriko?

For sure!

I hope this saves us from the trouble of needing to find a venue.

Yeah, I really hope so too. I want to tell all of the school idols from around the country who've contacted us about where the festival venue is as soon as possible.

I'll go ahead and talk to her about it tomorrow!