Special for Princess! VS Ra*bits - Kokua - Chapter 7
Characters: Hajime, Tomoya, Mitsuru, Nazuna
Translation: Sleepy
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Time: Dozens of minutes later
Location: Star House - Ra*bits’ room
Mitsuru: We’re hooome~...☆ Coming back to this room feels kinda real nostalgic in a way!
Nazuna: Ahaha, I get what you mean~ We have been staying at the hotel in Hawaii this whole time, after all.
I mean, we’ve been busying ourselves with MM ever since we got here. I don’t think anything bad’ll happen if we take a little break.
Ra*bits are in the lead at the moment, so it’s not like we need to rush.
Tomoya: Agreed. That’s why you can take it easy there too, Hajime.
Hajime: Yes… I’m sorry for startling you earlier.
Mitsuru-kun wanted us to have a fun showdown, but then I just had to go and spoil the whole thing…
Mitsuru: Nuh-uh, don’t you worry about that. Although it is a bit of a shame we ended up splitting up after a fight, even though I wanted us to all enjoy ourselves…
But it can’t be helped, especially after Yume-chan spoke his mind about hating the whole thing.
Tomoya: Right. I didn’t think we could continue practice with Yume feeling that way.
Actually, lesson aside, how are you holding up, Hajime? Are you feeling a little better now?
Hajime: I’m still shocked. I never knew I was capable of getting angry like that…
Tomoya: Haha, you don’t ever raise your voice in anger do you, Hajime~?
Mitsuru: I’m also super shocked! That Hajime-chan—the first I’ve ever seen it, that’s for sure.
Hajime: …Yeah, I guess it is. I’m really sorry.
Mitsuru: Why’re you apologizing? You didn’t do anything wrong!
Nazuna: Exactly, and you had a completely valid reason for getting angry, didn’t you?
Everyone else got pretty pissed off at Yume-chin’s comment too, after all~
Tomoya: That’s right. That’s why it made me happy to see you react like that, Hajime.
Honestly if anything, I feel like I’m the one who owes you an apology.
I should’ve shut it down right away and given him a stern talking to, but instead you were forced to step in.
Hajime: T-that’s not true at all! I didn’t get angry with those kinds of good intentions in mind.
It was more that I just couldn't stand it anymore after hearing all of those selfish things come out of Yume-kun’s mouth…
That’s why… I think I really have become that nasty guy you’ve all been warning about…
Nazuna: Aw, hey we told you there was no need to worry about all that. Always the worrywart, our Hajime-chin~
If being a nasty guy is your main concern, then I think that applies to Yume-chin more than you.
What do you mean there's “nothing to learn from Ra*bits”? Even though we wiped the floor with you in the first round~!
“Middle schoolers just say things like that,” is an excuse that’ll only get you so far!
Mitsuru: Mhm, mhm! No doubt about it, Yume-chan’s got no sense of respect!
Hajime: …Everyone, thank you so much for cheering me up. I’m feeling a lot calmer now thanks to you all.
Tomoya: I’m glad to hear it. Honestly, that stubbornness of his was a big headache when we teamed up for our shuffle unit.
I kept having to break up Sengoku and Yume’s fights, it was really tough~...
Nazuna: He gets into a lot of fights, that Yume-chin. He’s a problem child through and through.
Tomoya: Ahaha, but well, that pickiness of his is one of his redeeming qualities, after all.
Hajime: …I just don’t see it. What makes you think that, Tomoya-kun?
Tomoya: I mean, the fact that he’s started nitpicking every little thing means he’s finally taking this competition seriously.
It’s not like he’s going around acting selfish to get a rise out of anyone on purpose. I don’t think he says anything out of spite, y’know?
Being stubborn is just his way of communicating that he absolutely cannot compromise until it’s something he’s wholeheartedly satisfied with.
That’s why, Yume definitely won’t be compromising for the next match. He’ll be going with what he thinks of as the absolute cutest, we can be sure of that.
I felt like I got a glimpse of that fighting spirit today.
Nazuna: Now that you mention it, Yume-chin really did hit the nail right on the head, didn’t he?
For Ra*bits, I mean. Saying we don’t have any one defining characteristic that makes us cute.
Hajime: …So it really is a bad thing, isn’t it?
Nazuna: Hm? What is?
Hajime: Out of everything Yume-kun said, that was the one point I couldn’t find a response for.
Maybe since Ra*bits is a unit that embodies many different types of cuteness, there’s not one single thing that we can call the cutest…
Nazuna: That’s true. But I think of that as a good thing.
Hajime: Eh, a good thing?
Nazuna: Yeah. I mean, if we decided on one thing that we hinge our cuteness on as Ra*bits, that’d only serve to limit our cuteness, wouldn’t it~?
Same with the other thing Yume-chin said, aiming to put on a performance to make everyone in the world say you’re the number one cutest isn’t wrong either.
It just means Spri and Ra*bits are working towards separate goals.
The cuteness we’re aiming for is the one you described, Hajime-chin, so don’t go second guessing yourself.
Ra*bits is striving to embody all the cuteness this world has to offer.
So no matter what kind of preparations Yume-chin is making for his ideal, perfect “cuteness,” we’ll be sure to serve it right back to him on a silver platter, Hajime-chin…♪
Hajime: …I see. Thank you very much, Ni~chan!
You’re right. I don’t need to worry about whatever Yume-kun has to say, do I?
We’ll just keep doing as we do best. It’s enough for us to do whatever makes everyone who’s supporting us, our fans, think we’re cute.
Nazuna: Exactly. In that sense, today’s fight might’ve even served as a good declaration of war. ‘Cause this time, it doesn’t seem like either side will be wasting any effort going for the win.
I think we might’ve unintentionally accomplished the initial goal of the joint lesson, livening up our showdown.
Tomoya: That’s exactly why we can’t afford to let down our guard heading into the second round. Especially since Spri is likely to make a move this time.
This might even mark the start of our real Mega Match.
Nazuna: We’ve still gotta do what we gotta do regardless!
We’re gonna meet Spri head on with all the cuteness we got, so much so that they’ll regret ever looking down on Ra*bits…!
idk man sometimes i like it when video game writers are allowed to plan a series of events that happen in a specific order and affect each other in turn to become an overarching narrative, and i don’t mind trusting those writers to take me through those events in the order that is emotionally effective. i don’t really care if a game forces me to go through the forest area first before i can attempt the icy area because maybe there’s things that happen in the forest area that inform later scenes in the icy area. maybe we don't need more superficial player choice open world concepts if it comes at the cost of the ability to write a story with actual significant plot events and character development in each section
my friend's discord server has a "proof of touch grass" channel where they post pics of them doing regular activities outdoors/in public. i think many online spaces could benefit from such a thing
when i was super depressed - like struggling to eat anything barely able to get out of bed to pee depressed - my good friend asked me every day to send her a picture of me holding a leaf and a picture of a meal i was eating and it helped me significantly
(also, she was never judgey - if my meal was a single potato chip she would simply say good job eating a potato chip today <3 )
which is to say, i agree proof of touch grass is a good idea for online spaces
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