Arale

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?

Arale Nakamachi!

Arale

!

Nonoka Miyanaga!

Nonoka

Heeere~

Yuno Sengoku!

Yuno

...

Miyako Fuji!

Miyako

Wha!? M-Me too!? Seriously!?

That's right! Put the four of you together, and you've got... MewType!

Arale

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!???

Nonoka

This is gonna be fun~

Yuno

Nobody told me.

Miyako

R-Right...! I thought I was only handling the illustration side of things...!

Nope! It's in the contract! I remember explaining it to you in the meeting room. I even underlined it in red and everything!

Yuno

Oh... right.

Miyako

Back then, I'd been pulling back-to-back all-nighters... I was barely conscious...

Don't mess with contracts~~~~~~!!

Arale

U-Um...

Hm?

Arale

U-Um... groups... They j-just bring back so many bad memories...

Arale

Just thinking about it is t-t-t-t-too much~~~~

Yuno

Whoa, what brought that on?

Ah! Don't worry!

It's a "B-A-N-D," not a "group"! So you'll be fine!

Arale

Ah, a band~? Well, in that case...

Arale

Wait, nooooooooo, that's not the same!

Exactly. It's not the same as a group.

Arale

No, that's not what I mean~~~~! A band's still a group of people working together, isn't it?!

Yuno

I'm with her.

Miyako

...

Yuno

I'm kinda over the whole band thing anyway. There are already plenty of bands. They don't need us.

Miyako・Arale

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Yuno

Whoa... That's kinda scary.

Geez... You girls really have no idea what you've got. With this lineup? A band's practically guaranteed to blow up.

Everyone except Fuji-san already has a decent following on their own channels. And one of Miyanaga-san's cover videos has racked up over a hundred million views.

Arale

A hundred million?!?!

Nonoka

Huh?

Nonoka

Bunnies are so yummy, way up on the hill~♪

Arale

Haha! It's Usa Eater-chan~~!

Yuno

Wait, that was you, Miyanaga-san?

Nonoka

Nono-chan, age five!

Arale

Whaaat?!

Arale

Wooow~~! It's "Usa Eater-chan"—that video everyone's seen! I can't believe I'm meeting a living meme! This is amazing!!

Nonoka

Ehh...?

Nonoka

You upload videos too, don't you, Arale-chan?

Arale

...

Yuno

...?

Nonoka

Um... That cover you uploaded the other day...

Arale

Ah...! That one?

Nonoka

Yeah. Nono-chan watched your cover, Arale-chan... You looked like you were having so much fun singing...

Nonoka

I love it~

Arale

Y-You loved it?!

Nonoka

Mm-hm! I really did~

Arale

W-Whaaaat... M-My... My singing...? Really...? Hehe...

Arale

It's not good enough to deserve all that praise... Ehehe. I've been told I have a loud voice in class before, but... For someone to actually say they loved it...? N-No way, no way, no way~~

Arale

Um... So... You really loved it?

Nonoka

Yep! Nono-chan absolutely loves your singing, Arale-chan~

Arale

Aaaaaaaaaahhh!!!!

Yuno

Instead of starting a band now... wouldn't it make more sense for everyone to lean into what they're already good at?

We've got branding to think about too!

Miyako

U-Um...

Miyako

I... I'm really not ready to jump straight into band activities...

Ah! Don't worry!

Miyako

...

I've already made sure there's plenty of practice time!

Group practice will follow this schedule! Fit your individual practice in whenever you've got free time!

Arale

...

Nonoka

Nono-chan on guitar~

Miyako

K-Key... board...

We'll keep everyone engaged with uploads on your personal channels while you work on band practice, then it'll be time for your first live!

Miyako・Arale

A live?!?!

I want at least one original song in the set, so we'll work on that alongside rehearsals too!

Arale

B-B-B-But I can't show my face...

We'll have Sengoku-san compose, and Nakamachi-san write the lyrics. All right, let's get to work!

Arale

I-I-I-I can't do thiiiiiiiiis!!!!

Arale

...

Arale

A band... A live...

Arale

I can't do either of thooooose!!

Arale

I can't even stand in front of people, and showing my face is completely out of the questiooooon!!!

Arale

I thought all I had to do was sing~~~~~~

Arale

Ugh... I start high school tomorrow, and now I've got all this hanging over me...!

Arale

*Sigh*...

Arale

Wait... Does that mean...?

Arale

If I don't sing, I won't have to be in the band?!

Arale

Then I wouldn't have to play a live show or show my face either! I might be a genius~~~~!!

Arale

Heh heh heh! I'm done singing for a while!

Arale

La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la~ La-la-la-la, la-la-la~♪

Arale

Hey, hey! Did you know talking can turn into a song?

Arale

If my songs could make everyone smile...

You're so loud!

(A)

Apparently, she never listens to anyone.

(B)

They say she got kicked out for always insisting on doing things her way.

I wish she'd listen to me for once too~

(B)

Always making everything about herself. She had it coming.

Could you be quiet for a second?

Guess she nuked her account and ran away after all~

Better luck in your next life.

Dreams are power!

Arale

...

Arale

Mm...

Arale

Will I... ever be able to dream again...?