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Chapter: Black Bunny - Ra*bits with Jumping 2

Writer: 西岡麻衣子 Nishioka Maiko

Season: Fall

Location: ES Practice room

Mitsuru:

Hm? I don’t really get it. Why can’t we be both?

Tomoya:

Huh? Uhh - well, look at it this way. If an entertainer had already established himself as a comedian, then suddenly started singing powerful ballads, wouldn’t that confuse the public?

Everyone would be like, well what kind of performer are you trying to sell yourself as? It’s the same thing as that.

Mitsuru:

Nah, I don’t think so! I think people would be all, whoa - that guy’s funny AND an amazing singer!

Just bein’ able to do one kinda thing is boring!

Tomoya:

“Boring”... Look, you’re thinking about this in way too simple terms -

Mitsuru:

Nah, you’re the one makin’ things complicated, Tomo-chin!

Sayin’ we can’t go both ways. I don’t think for a second that the world is that cold a place!

You guys accepted me both before and after I lost my memories, right? It’s just like that!

So I don’t think we’ve got anythin’ to worry about!

You’re full of, uh... What was it called again...?

Oh, I remembered! You’re full of groundless incomprehension, Tomo-chin!

Tomoya:

...Groundless what?

Nazuna:

Mitsuru-chin, Mitsuru-chin. I think you mean “groundless apprehension”, right? I think the only “miscomprehension” going on here is the words you’re trying to use.*

Mitsuru:

Yeah, that! I meant “groundless apprehension”!

Everyone has both good and bad sides to ‘em, that’s what makes ‘em interesting and what makes you like ‘em more!

It’s WEIRD if the only thing we can be is cute! I wanna show our audience both our cute side and our cool side!

The more great stuff we can do, they’ll just come to like us all the more, right?

Everyone’ll be happy! Fans who love our “cute” side, fans who love our “cool” side, and fans who love both!

And then they’ll come to love us even more! ♪

Hajime:

You’re right...! It’s just as Mitsuru-kun says. Just because we try something cool, it doesn’t mean we’ll lose that cute side to us.

Nazuna:

Ahaha! They’ve got you there, Tomo-chan~♪

So why don’t we go for it—fall into Underland?

Well, I definitely get what you meant about wanting to take the safest possible action as the Leader, Tomo-chin. You just didn’t want to put the rest of us at risk, in case you made the wrong decision.

But look—we Ra*bits aren’t gonna be shaken up that easily.

Up until now, no matter how bumpy the path we went down, we’ve always managed to jump back up and overcome whatever troubles came our way.

Tomoya:

......

You really are Mitsuru, huh...

Mitsuru:

Huh? Yeah? I’m Mitsuru.

Wait, don’t I look like Mitsuru Tenma to you, Tomo-chin...?!

Tomoya:

That’s not what I mean. It’s like you always manage to make the truth so straight-forward...

I was just thinking about how many times you’ve given us the push we needed forward, or the courage we need to keep marching on with all of our strength.

It’s never “can or can’t” with you—it’s always “will or won’t”. And that’s really important.

Mitsuru:

Yeah, right! I prefer takin’ action to thinkin’!

Tomoya:

...You’re right. It’s way too early to try to “preserve” what we have. We’re still growing and developing as a unit after all. We’ve got to make everything we do a source of nourishment for us.

All right! Let’s challenge ourselves...!

Let’s give our fans who are counting on us an even more amazing performance than they could have possibly imagined. And for anyone who says we’re going against our brand, we’ll make them love us so much that they’ll take back their words!

Ei, ei—

Hajime + Nazuna:

—OH~!

*Mitsuru tries to say the Japanese word kiyuu (groundless apprehension) but it comes out as “kyuu” instead, which causes Nazuna to react with, “you sound like you’re turning into a white ghost”. This is probably a reference to Little Ghost Q-Taro, whose name sounds the same as the word Mitsuru ends up saying by accident.