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Season: Spring

Location: Empty classroom

Characters: Chiaki, Tori, Hokuto, Jin, Anzu

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Chiaki: Hm. Himemiya, since you’re a new student here, you probably don’t know about the origin of the name fine, do you?

chiaki+tori

Tori: Eh? I, I dunno… I feel like I read some article where the members were asked about the reason behind the name though.

Wasn’t it something like “we want to end the old era and create a new world~”?

Fufu. The first time I read the name I thought for sure it would be pronounced like the word fine, you know.

I liked it cause it sounded so positive… it took me a while to realize it was actually a musical term.

Even though I was taking violin lessons, so I was familiar with the term already.

Once you convince yourself something is true, it gets kinda hard to reset that information inside your brain, doesn’t it.

To be honest, there are still some moments where I almost say “fain” on accident. …Keep that a secret from the president and the others, okay?

Hokuto: Huh… so Himemiya has also done violin lessons. I was made to learn it by my parents as well.

Tori: You were? Wait, is Hidaka-senpai also from a wealthy family? I can’t remember ever seeing you at any events though…?

Hokuto: Oh, my parents might have attended some.

Well, my family only recently became wealthy, so it might have been difficult for them to show up at social gatherings for distinguished families.

Tori: N~. This area is surprisingly elitist, after all. My family is also rather new money, so sometimes those gatherings make me uncomfortable as well.

Those gatherings are filled with old families who brag about how their ancestors have lived in this area since the dawn of time or whatever.

Chiaki: Ooh, what a bourgeois conversation… If I remember correctly, Sagami-sensei is the son of a long line of doctors. It feels tough to be the only commoner in the room.

Jin: Ahaha. Shouldn’t humans’ worth be based on how we chose to live rather than how we were born? Not that I care.

Rather than that, we should be trying to think of a unit name right now. Does anyone have any good ideas?

Tori: N~. Maybe we should take a page out of fine’s book after all and choose a name related to our goals?

Hokuto: Hm. There’s no red thread between the four of us, after all. It’d be impossible to find a name based on our members’ impressions like with Ra*bits.

It would be difficult to summarize this disorganized group with just one word.

Chiaki: Hm. If we try to think based on our goals…

We were created because of Project-Saga, so what? Do we find an English term for “master and pupil” or something?

Tori: N~, I can’t really think of any. This project is centered around Sagami…sensei, isn’t it? Why don’t we try thinking from there?

Sagami-sensei, what kind of unit were you a part of back during your active days?

Jin: N? No, when I was active, idol units weren’t trendy at all yet.

It might sound unbelievable to you guys who are so used to the unit system nowadays though.

I used to do all my activities solo, under the name Sagami Jin. Meaning I used my real name as my stage name.

Tori: Huh, so that used to be the norm…?

And here I was thinking we could have taken Sagami-sensei’s old unit name and played around a bit with it or something.

Project-Saga is a plan for reviving old-fashioned idols, isn’t it?

I thought that if we could borrow the stage name from such a legendary idol, it might give us some dignity and give the fans something to be excited about.

Hokuto: Hm. Then what about making a pun based on Sagami-sensei’s real name or a nickname?

…Fufu. Trying to think of something like this is kind of like a puzzle, how fun.

jin+hokuto

Jin: Eh~? Trying to arrange my own name into something cool makes me feel self-centered, I don’t like it…

Doesn’t it make you cringe? It’s like a nickname a middle schooler would pick for their twisted net persona.

Well, the name Project-Saga already makes me feel like that though.

Chiaki: Hm. Thinking about nicknames for Sagami-sensei, it has to be “Super Idol”, doesn’t it?

Hokuto: That’s true… Then, how about pluralizing it and making it “Super Idols”?

Though the rest of us aren’t really super idols yet, so we might be setting ourselves up for failure with that name.

Tori: Eh~, that’s too lame. Make it something more glam!

Jin: Ahaha. I feel like idol names are more popular the more silly and easy-going they sound though… Is that point of view old-fashioned already?

Chiaki: Oh, eureka! Sagami-sensei used to be the legendary hero, “Ryusei Rainbow”, didn’t you?

What if we used that name as our basis and named ourselves “Rainbows”?

Tori: That’s also lame, you’re making us sound like a baseball team!

Hokuto: …I actually like it. It’s a rainbow, doesn’t it give off a pretty impression?

Tori: Eh~, you guys have no sense of style… Do I really have to do idol activities with such a group of baboons?

I don’t want to spend too much time on just a name though, so if everyone else wants that I’ll go along with it too.

At the very least leave the katakana out of it. If we use Latin letters it might actually look a little bit cool.

Chiaki: …Hm? The transfer student is noting something down in her notebook?

Oh… I thought you were just scribbling all this time, but you’ve already summarized our meeting in a report.

You’re a producer, though, so I’d like it if you could participate in the discussion instead of just doing secretary work.

I see. You tried writing down the unit name in Latin letters to test it out, transfer student?

And while you were at it, you tried designing something like a unit logo… you say?

You sure work quick. But that’s very helpful, it really helps to see these kind of things with your own eyes before deciding.

…Nn? “Rain-bows”? Where did that hyphen sneak in from?

Oh, that’s just a stain or a trace after erasing something? I kinda like it, though. It feels more meaningful when you divide it down the middle like that.

Hokuto: It feels more meaningful even though the word itself somehow means less now. Well, that might be more like us.

It might work as a metaphor for us, who met by accident after going down a detour.

Jin: Then, is everyone on board with “Rain-bows” as our official name?

If everyone agrees, then I’ll report it to Mr.Bossman and then I’ll submit the application form for our temporary unit.

Chiaki: I’m on board, Sagami-sensei! As for the application form, it feels wrong to make you spend your time on it, so leave it to me!

Hokuto: No, the transfer student says she’d like to do it. It seems she’s never made an application form before, so she’s curious.

This should be a good experience for her, so I’d like to let her do it.

Fufu. You could say that Rain-bows is the first unit you’ve created from scratch.

To be able to be a part of that is an honor. Though I feel a little bad for Akehoshi and the others.

Tori: I’m still not completely convinced about this awful name…

I guess it’s fine, whatever. Hey, if there’s nothing else we need to talk about today can we call it quits already?

Jin: That’s right. We’ve decided on everything we needed to decide on and I’ve told you all there is to tell.

If we agree to meet back up in a week or so, we could end things here for today.

The detour ends here for now, so everyone should hurry back to your original paths. Good work today, everyone.

And once again, let’s keep working hard together from here on out… Rain-bows. Haha, to think I’d participate in a unit for the first time at this age.

jin