Parallel World - Prologue

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Parallel World - Prologue

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Writer: Akira

Season: Winter

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Tomoya:

“Come on and kick the crap out of a world that’s rotten to the core!”

Mitsuru:

“**** [REDACTED]! **** [REDACTED]!”

Hajime:

“Listen up, **** [REDACTED]! Ya bunch of **** [REDACTED]! Never mind pretendin’ to be prissy lil’ goody-two shoes and  **** [REDACTED]!”

Nazuna:

“That’s it, lemme hear ya yell! Unleash your rage! Set your souls on fire! Spit in the face of everyone up on their high horse thinkin’ they’re so **** [REDACTED] virtuous!  **** [REDACTED]!”

(The first year after the founding of ES. End of March. Starmony Dorm Theater Room.)

Nazuna:

No way~ No more, I can’t bear to watch another second of this.

Mitsuru:

You seem real down, Nii~chan. You okay? Do ya have a fever? Hey, hey?

Hajime:

Th-That was certainly… intense. We did make a request for a version of us that would completely overthrow who we’ve been up until now…

But this doesn’t just overthrow who we are—it’s turned us into completely different people.

Tomoya:

Yeah… And maybe it’s because the technology is not entirely there yet, but we’re saying these shocking things and yet smiling as cutely as we always do. Composite footage really is incredible.

Hajime:

It does feel incredibly disharmonious, doesn’t it? …Just watching it makes me feel really out of sync, like, I’m getting all woozy.

Mitsuru:

Nii~chan, Nii~chan! What does “**** [REDACTED]” mean?

Nazuna:

Shtop that! All of you fwoget what you just saw wight now! Ewase that filth fwom your mind!

Mitsuru:

Oh… Nii~chan slurred his words for the first time in forever…

Hajime:

Well, it seems to be something that happens depending on his mental state. He tends to slur his words when he’s under heavy stress… Here, Nii~chan, drink some water and take some deep breaths.

Nazuna:

In… Out… Ugh, I can’t believe what we just watched. I’m gonna have nightmares about this.

I don’t think I need to say this to you guys, but there is NO WAY we’re doing anything like that.

I’m not letting any of you guys copy that. It doesn’t make any sense for our image as Ra*bits.

Mitsuru:

But then what should we do?

I thought we’re supposed to kick the crap out of our current image?

Nazuna:

Don’t say that! Watch your language!

Tomoya:

Niichan, you normally swear the most out of all of us… Kind of fascinating that you’re the one who’s having the most adverse reaction to this…

Nazuna:

I’m allowed to swear! I’m the claws and fangs of Ra*bits! If any assholes come for you guys, it’s my job to bite their fucking head off!

But I don’t want to hear you guys using foul language! I want you to stay pure and clean the way you all are now~!

Hajime:

But isn’t that where our problem lies in the first place? Or rather, we’ve reached a plateau—that’s why we’ve been told that we can’t stay the same cute, pure way we’ve been up until now.

It’s the whole reason we’re in a bind right now.

Tomoya:

Yeah. Why did this have to happen to us?

Mitsuru:

You guys are so dark! You’ve gotta smile about it, smile! Mr. Fortune comes to those who smile!

Tomoya:

And who exactly is “Mr. Fortune” supposed to be?

Nazuna:

Anyway! There’s no way we’re going down this road! 100% out of the question! Personally firing whoever came up with that idea! 

That said, I do accept I’m not the current leader of Ra*bits—and therefore the final call is Tomo-chin's to make and not mine.

So I don’t actually have the right to shut this down.

Tomoya:

It’s okay, Nii~chan. I’m sure everyone feels the same. I was seriously questioning what we just saw too. On top of being painful to watch, I just don’t think there’s any way we’d be able to reenact that sort of behavior in reality.

It's not possible to dress in the sort of clothes that are completely out of our style.

Mitsuru:

That’s right! Tomo-chan, you just said somethin’ super ordinary!

Tomoya:

Huh? I feel like I came up with a pretty creative metaphor, if you ask me.

Anyway. Thanks to pressure from our agency and That Senpai, it’s become necessary for us Ra*bits to change up our style.

I can’t believe we have to toss aside the “cute” direction we’ve been pursuing so far.

On top of that, finding a new style to pursue isn’t easy—it’s looking to be a huge hassle. I seriously wonder what we’re gonna do.

Hajime:

Well, I think all we can do for the time being is have a look at as many different styles as possible to expand our knowledge of what’s available. That’s why we’re exploring all these different kinds of Ra*bits right now.

We’ve been using the SSVRS technology to have the other idols take on our appearance.

In doing so, they’re letting us see a completely different version of ourselves while still looking exactly like us—and they’ve all agreed to help us out with this and play the part.

In other words, we’re seeing a “parallel world” version of ourselves.

Though the results don't really look too promising right now. I really get the feeling that the best option is to keep going exactly the way we are now.

I wonder just what is the right “answer”?

NEXT CHAPTER

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Translation by:

Ara @. nazunyan427

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