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Season: Summer of ES! timeline

Location: Rooftop

Characters: Akiomi, Anzu, Jin, Hokuto, Tori, Chiaki

<1 month later>

Akiomi: Hmm.

Thank you for the explanation, transfer student.

I looked over the report you wrote for this “Mr.Bossman” as well, and its contents were nicely summed up and easy to understand.

Even I, a complete outsider to Project-Saga, was able to understand the current status of the project.

To summarize, the temporary unit created by Jin and the students, “Rain-bows” successfully passed the application process and has been approved by the student council…

And they have been steadily increasing their activities in the month since.

Even then, all the members appear to be rather busy.

It seems they’re only barely able to gather everyone for a lesson once a week. This project sure is amping up to take an awful long time, don’t you think?

Like this, it’s more like they’re gathering to do circle activities together than doing proper idol work.

Well, it seems like they are able to relax and have fun with it, and looking in from outside it seems almost fun enough to make me jealous.

Jin: If you’re jealous then switch with me~, Akiyan. Aa~, I’m beat…

Akiomi: Hey, Jin. If you’re going to lie down at least move to a different bench or do it on the ground. You’re disturbing my meal.

Jin: And why are you eating in a place like this? I can’t relax if you’re sitting there watching me.

Akiomi: Hmph. I was worried that you might be slacking off instead of working properly.

I came over to scope the situation out while eating. I won’t be interrupting your lesson in any way, so please don’t mind me.

Jin: But I do mind. And your entire body is sending out some seriously bad vibes.

…Oh? Akiyan, is your bento homemade?

Gimme a bite, I’ve spent all my energy doing too much exercise… munch munch ♪

Akiomi: Hey, stop nibbling on my food.

Hokuto: Why are two adult men sitting and acting like a couple of schoolgirls?

Don’t slack off, Sagami-sensei. Come back and continue your lesson.

Jin: Uu~. You youngsters are too energetic, you’re shining too bright for me. I can’t keep my eyes open.

Hokuto: Don’t go to sleep either. If you need to rest, then rest properly. Don’t just lie down out of nowhere, or else you’ll get sore all over. You’re not young anymore, Sensei.

Akiomi: Fufu. Looks like you’re going through it, huh, Hidaka-kun.

Hokuto: Ah, Kunugi-sensei, nice to see you. Sorry for interrupting your meal, did you come to check on us?

Akiomi: Yes. It’s not that I’m lacking things to do, though. But I took a personal interest in whether or not Sagami-sensei is properly working hard…

Plus, I received some strange orders from the top.

Hokuto: The top? Strange orders?

Akiomi: Please don’t pay it any mind. For now, it’s just some paranoid old people who are panicking over nothing~, or at least that’s what it feels like.

Hokuto: …? I don’t really understand. Since you came all this way, why don’t you watch our lesson and let us know if there are any points we can improve on?

It seems like it’s all Sagami-sensei can do just to make sure he is acting like a proper idol, so he isn’t able to give us any pointers himself right now.

I’m worried about whether or not I’m doing okay.

Chiaki: You’re doing absolutely fine! There’s no problems, we are certainly becoming more and more like a proper unit!

You think so too, right Himemiya? Is your youth burning brightly!?

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Tori: Please stop bothering me with everything…

Aah, I’m tired already. fine’s lessons are harsh as it is, but Rain-bows’ lessons are mentally exhausting.

Akiomi: Oh. Morisawa-kun and Himemiya-kun, good work.

I’m sorry that you’ve been roped into this troublesome situation… I’m sure you’re having a hard time dealing with Sagami-sensei?

Chiaki: No, this is actually like a dream come true for me! I’m thoroughly enjoying myself!

It seems like Himemiya is having a rough time keeping up physically, though. Are you doing okay? If you’re tired, then feel free to take breaks, okay?

Tori: Don’t take me so lightly. It’s true that on days when we have Rain-bows lessons during lunch and I have fine lessons after school, I barely have the time to relax and it’s super tough.

And in addition to all that, I still haven’t gotten used to being at Yumenosaki Academy yet.

However. It seems like the president is actively cheering me on.

It seems like no matter how much I complain, I won’t be able to get away from this troublesome party. So I’ll mentally prepare myself, no, I’ll give up and do my best.

Aaargh, why did things come to this?

Chiaki: Hahaha! You’re such a hard worker, Himemiya, I really admire that part of you! There, there, there ♪

Tori: Umyah!? Stop hugging me all the time, you’re too clingy, I’ll bite you!?

Akiomi: Ahaha. It seems like you’re getting along surprisingly well.

Hokuto: Well, Himemiya still hasn’t gotten over what happened during DDD, and I still feel like there’s a certain tension between us…

But since Morisawa-senpai is skillfully acting as the mediator between all of us, the atmosphere is pretty harmonious.

I’m sure that is the kind of quality necessary for a leader. I should learn from him.

…Well, on paper, the leader of Rain-bows isn’t Morisawa-senpai, but rather Sagami-sensei, though.

In other words. Stop being lazy and get back to work, what kind of leader are you if you don’t take the initiative and work hard?

Jin: Alright… The four of us can only meet up once a week, during lunch break, after all.

No matter how we look at it, we don’t have a lot of time. I guess we really have to make good work of the time we have.

I do understand that. But this old man is tired, I can’t believe I used to be able to keep up with this lifestyle when I was younger.

Akiomi: Your youth was even harsher than this, wasn’t it?

You were supporting the entertainment industry all on your own… Watching from beside you, I couldn’t help but admire how superhuman you seemed.

In the end, I could never imitate you.

Jin: Hm. The unit system was probably put in place exactly so that those responsibilities could be shared between several people. If one person is left carrying it all on their shoulder, they’d break down after all.

Honestly speaking, I’d like to leave all the hard work to the youth.

Akiomi: Honestly now. You’re already this beaten down, huh… Jin. Are you sure you’ll be okay from here on out?

…Maybe it would be better if I stopped acting as a bystander and instead joined in to support you. That is what the top ordered me to do, after all.

Jin: Eh, what? Did you just say something scary, Akiyan?

Akiomi: No. I was just talking to myself. Please pay it no mind.

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