Life is all about having as much fun as you can!
YOLO!
Jesus!
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You've still got this.
Immortal Insurance.
Too true.
Which is why...
we'll be hosting the Ohana-no-Mitsu U (& affiliated schools) Spring School Fest!
Spring School Fest? You want to hold one every season?
Wait...
How is it still spring after all these eps, aye?
"Even the source is still in spring."
What's more, we've already arranged for big name artists to perform for us!
Is Yonezu doing the halftime show?
Yonezu will not be coming.
Shucks. I woulda gone goo-goo for Iris.
It's IRIS OUT. Not Iris by the Dolls.
Who did you invite, Mother?
The super-popular idol group, TKG48!
Ooh!
A Week Before the Fest
I'm so sorry! One of TKG48 fell during a dance routine,
took the whole group out like dominoes, and now everyone's got fractures!
Creak-Crack Hospital No way!!
Entire Group Breaks Bones
How does that even happen?!
On that note...
Do you ladies want to be idols?
Wha?!
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We don't have enough time left to book another idol group.
Consider it a huge favor to me and fill the slot, please?
Yeah, but do we have to be idols? This script makes no sense!
I'm not unwilling to entrance the audience with my beauty.
Singing and dancing sounds fun, aye!
Hahari-sama's wish is my command.
Even amateurs and teachers can be idols!
That's freedom! That's the American dream!
We need to spread the message to all the school peoples!
Huh? C-Come on, you need to think this through.
Singing and dancing takes lots of stamina. I think it'll make for good training.
Anything to make memories.
I'll help out if you need me to.
Stop it!
This is too sudden! There's no way we'll make it in time!
It'd be so goshdarn cute if you all sang and danced together!
I-It's not like I care, but fine, I'll do it!
Here we have a Japanese pushover.
I'll do it too!
If everyone's in, so am I.
This is going to be fun.
You're getting in the mix too, right, Hahari m'woman?
Huh? I-I just wanted to see all of you being idols.
I knew it.
Okay, you're not getting off the hook or the stage.
"I would like to join if I won't be a bother."
I-I'd like to be part of this, too.
Oh, but please put me all the way in the back!
You girls...
I think you can... No, I know you can put on the best show ever!
Save that for the speech before we go onstage.
I'll do everything in my power to help, too!
Let's go, Rentaro Family!
Yeah!
This is Coach Kuori Tina.
She'll be overseeing our rehearsals.
Nice to meet you.
The former top idol?
She's famous for being able to coach anybody to stardom!
Do you know what's key to an idol's success?
Hard work!
It's the quality of the performance!
I made it to the very top of the idol world by putting on quality shows.
Now...
I'm going to make sure you qualify!
What? Qua... right.
Quality! Quality!
These two have potential.
They have the high-spec quality to easily copy every move they see.
This is Hahari-sama's command.
And this one...
She embodies elegance in every movement from head to toe. Beauty quality.
These two get better the more they practice.
And they've got stamina. Endurance quality.
On the other hand...
Grade-School Dance Show Quality!
What's a lesson anyway? Is it like a raisin?
I'd kill for a raisin butter biscuit right now!
krrrrr
grr grr
Zero-Mileage Quality!
Heavy...
All this jiggling hurts!
They're going to fall off!
Booby Quality!
Japanese Quality!
This won't do. This is nowhere near good enough.
Good work, everyone! I got you towels and drinks!
Next up, singing lessons.
I want to hear you qualify!
Love, love, you always have my heart hnghing
You two! Keep it down!
Daydreaming about you...
And you! Turn it up!
Love, love, how I love you so...
What is this, opera?
Hngh, hngh...
Whatever this is, enka is not it!
What is even your deal? Aren't you an American?
How does everything you do turn into traditional Japanese?!
S-Sorry! All the lessons I took as a child...
Aren'tyouanamericanAren'tyouanamerican
Aren't you an American?
What are you getting smug for?!
Quality! Quality!
They fell off!
They did not!
They fell off!
I can't! I'm a slave to my boobies!
Up.
Mei-san?!
D-Don't, Mei! I can still go, Coach!
Rentaro Family
Bro
Some have the skills.
Some have the stamina.
Some that just need food to keep going.
Some are more suited to a desk.
Some are Holsteins.
Some have the Japanese soul.
Idols are defined by their quality.
Let's do our best together.
Yeah!
Everything must be high-quality.
Get up!
Eschew everything in pursuit of quality.
Enough. Get out.
And Kuori, you ought to aim higher!
Yes, ma'am.
That's how I made my way up.
What must I do to make them shine their brightest?
The six of you go take a break.
We haven't done even one full good run.
The school fest D-Day is coming up...
I-I'm sorry. I'm holding everyone back.
No, I could say the same.
"We'll never be ready by the day if this keeps up."
We can't put on a shoddy show.
We'll make a laughingstock of the rest of us who are keeping up.
Maybe we should sit this one out.
Let's talk to Coach Kuori and the others.
If you want this to go well, it'll have to be just the seven of you.
You have what it takes to put on a quality show for the audience.
But that will all go to waste if you perform with the rest of them.
Whittling it down to you seven is the only way I see this working out.
All in agreement?
Nay!
Nay, indeed!
Nay, aye!
Nothing is impossible if we work hard enough!
More fun with everybody, aye!
It'd be more effective to make memories including all of us.
Hahari-sama's mere presence is a blessing.
Nothing they have done should go to waste either.
Don't you understand?
Not only will including them tank the quality,
it'll make a laughingstock out of all of you, too!
I mean, we're not perfect either, and they never get on our cases.
If anything, they make us feel better. So we're gonna do the same for them.
I dunno, maybe we only got this far because we had them by our side?
Not that I feel that way or anything!
Do we or don't we?
If you want to put on a horror show, I'm quitting as coach.
Understood.
Think about it for a second!
Skree! Do whatever you want!
Whoa! You were here all along?!
You guys!
Please don't tell me you heard all that.
"I dunno, maybe we only got this far because we had them by our side?"
Screw you!
But what are we going to do without a coach?
Well, if you girls don't mind, could I take over?
I watched recordings of your rehearsals until the discs melted.
I've never even heard of discs doing that.
I think we can alter the choreo to highlight every single one of you.
The good dancers can cover for the whole group,
and the others can take on more of the singing load.
But that'll raise the bar for each group. Would you still be game to try it out?
Of course!
Mhm, indeed!
Of course, aye!
We'll do our best, too!
We'll do our best in the world, too!
We want to stand on stage with them, too!
We will not give up!
All right.
Let's do this, Rentaro Family!
Yeah!
Skree!
Qualiskree!
Day of the School Fest
Thank you so much, Momoiro-zaka-46-Z!
Who will be our next surprise guest?
You all did so well to get here.
You're all the greatest idols ever!
Save that for after the show.
Go for it! You can do it!
All right!
The stage is yours, Rentaro Family!
Who?
Students?
Too cute! You're shining bright!
Want to check something else out?
Yeah.
The pink girl, the bangs girl, and the eyes-closed girl are so cute!
The blonde scowler, tomboy, and the one with the short black hair are so cool!
The smol floof, the cat-mouthed girl,
and the small glasses girl are so adorable!
Squee! The hot lady's too beautiful!
The cool, silver-haired beauty's got it going on!
The pink lady's way too sexy!
The blonde American girl's too pretty!
You can do it, everyone!
I mean, sure, they're hastily put-together amateurs,
and the universe conspired to keep the girls' families away, but still...
How can they have nobody watching?!
Hey, I hear TKG48 are here!
They're signing autographs, doing meet'n'greets,
and taking pics with us!
Let's go, man!
Please sign this!
I'd love a handshake!
We'll get to you all, so no shoving in line!
Sorry to call you out here, broken bones and all.
Don't be. We owe you everything, Coach Kuori.
You rejected me and quality.
You ignorant fools will learn your lesson today
and see how harsh the world of idols is.
A poor-quality show...
is a show nobody wants to see.
Squee! So lovely! Check out those moves!
Damn, why isn't he here? He's the only one I can count on!
I want to go look for him, but I can't leave them like this!
Where is he?
Sorry I'm late!
Dad?!
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Uncle Hiro! Wait, why are you injured?!
I got hit by a tanker on the way here.
Why do you keep attracting random tankers?!
Luckily, this cushioned the blow and saved me from serious harm.
Yeah, uh, I'd say this is plenty serious.
Compared to missing Chiyo's show, this is only a flesh wound!
Agreed!
Let's get to work!
Right!
It isn't only the idols who hype up a show.
It's also the audience's job.
Uncle Hiro and I got busy making these and practicing to do just that.
Is this a party trick?!
Rentaro Family is the best!
Yay, glasses girl!
Yay, pigtails girl!
I'm gonna have nightmares about this.
Dad...!
So many Rentaro-kuns!
Oh, but I only have one body!
I can't have all these Rentaro-kuns coming at me at once! I'll break!
Humans are social animals. We're drawn to groups.
I love you!
Yay!
All we have to do is become our own crowd!
If Uncle Hiro and I can move and cheer for another ten people,
that's a crowd of twenty-two already!
The girls worked so hard for this show!
It has be a huge success!
It has to be an unforgettable memory!
I will not let it be anything less!
Go for it!
Darn it.
We missed the start. All because you got worked up playing Struck Out.
Ugh, my bad.
I knew it! They were the Rentaro Family on the flyers!
We apologize for sucking at reading maps!
But the loud cheering helped us find it, ook.
Okay.
This is our second song, "Ark."
Flyers?
What flyers, aye?
Wait, could it be?
It was Rentaro-kun?
He didn't just help us rehearse.
He made those puppets and practiced.
All while he was coaching us.
Rentaro-chan... you...
Just how much work have you put into this show?
We've got to try just as hard!
Yay!
Rentaro Family is the best!
You can do it, Chi-chan!
Wanna watch?
Yeah.
Hey.
Looks like there's a crowd gathering by the stage.
Let's check it out once we get our autographs.
I'm stepping away for a second.
There's a crowd gathering? No way.
What kind of quality show are they putting on?
This is awful. Amateurish to the core.
So why do they appear to be shining so brightly?
Oh, I see.
This is the kind of show I always wanted to put on.
Thank you! Come again!
Thank you!
What's up, Coach?
You girls wrap up the autograph session and come to the stage right away.
I don't want you following in my footsteps.
When did so many people get here? Chiyo's cuteness is terrifying.
Ooh, Jesus.
Why? I want to keep watching,
but I can't stop crying.
They're shining brighter than the sun.
I love you!
That was pretty good.
Yeah, a total surprise!
Hey!
Great work, girls! You were amazing!
Y-You all...
What?!
That famous idol producer, Jesus Nakai, wants to sign us?!
Yes. It appears he was at the school fest and saw the show.
That's my family!
Wow.
It's me, Jesus.
Welcome to the Jesus Agency, the agency for only the tippy-top.
My eyes have never been wrong.
I think you have what it takes... no.
I know you can be world-famous idols!
Don't you worry. You can keep going to school like normal.
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"Lovey-Dovey School Life Arc," fin.
Your jewels will only shine when you can be yourselves.
All I need you to follow is one rule.
If you can uphold that, the whole world will come to love you,
you'll get everything your heart desires, and life will bend to your will!
The Next Chapter: "Idol Road Arc" begins.
"No way."
What?
For real?
Wow!
Me too?
And that rule is...
No romance allowed!
Huh?
Good meeting!
Huh?
W-W-Wait a second!
We're going back to being regular girls.
"Idol Road Arc," fin.
Next episode, a new chapter: "Lovey-Dovey School Life Arc," begins.