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Time: Later that night

Location: A luxury hotel in Hawaii

Mitsuru: Phew… I’m stuffed! Getting to eat all that yummy food was pure bliss…♪

Hajime: Fufu, this hotel has some really delicious food, so much so I might’ve eaten too much. 

But it’s surprising, I didn’t realize that we had so many different Hawaiian foods in Japan. Like Loco Moco.

Tomoya: You’re right. You see Loco Moco so often around Japan that it’s easy to forget it's originally from Hawaii. 

It was my first time trying Lau Lau too, but it was just as good~ 

Nazuna: Ahaha! You guys sure are having your fill of Hawaii, aren’tcha~ 

I’d like to sit back and relax a little myself, but it’s about time we shift gears. 

Mitsuru: Absolutely! We’ve only got one day of fun in Hawaii, right? I remember, don’t you worry! 

And starting tomorrow we’ll make sure to give it our all at MM…! 

Hajime: Right!  Although I would've liked to enjoy Hawaii a little bit more… 

Next time though, on my own time. It’d be nice if we could all come back and have fun together. 

Tomoya: I agree. One day just didn’t feel like enough time to experience all Hawaii has to offer…

Wait, we’re getting off topic again. Pause, pause, we’re shutting this conversation down! 

“Starting tomorrow,” if you let yourself think of it like that, then you’ll just be stuck in vacation-mode forever. 

In favor of switching up our mindset, let’s go ahead and make a gameplan for tomorrow! 

Nazuna: Well said. What do you think we should do for the world tour, Tomo-chin? 

Tomoya: Let me think… Well, for starters, it would probably be a good idea to work towards helping people abroad get to know Ra*bits. 

Mitsuru: “Get to know us”, why…? 

Tomoya: I mean, we’ve never really faced the global market head-on like this before, have we? So I bet there’s probably not a lot of people out there who know about Ra*bits. 

Nazuna: Overseas in particular, it’s safe to say that we have about the same amount of notoriety as Spri does. 

Not only that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were more well known than us.

Mitsuru: Eh, really!? 

Nazuna: Spri did play a pretty big role on the Mega Stream, y’know~ 

Hajime: Esu-kun and Raika-kun, Yume-kun as well—they were all chosen for the Selected Six of Song, weren’t they? 

Compared to us, Ni~chan was the only one who made it.

Mitsuru: You’re right about that! Uu, it makes me really frustrated now that you mention it! 

Tomoya: I feel the same way. Hard to believe we’re losing out in the trends to our juniors who barely just debuted. 

Nazuna: That’s right. It’s precisely because they’re freshly debuted rookies that we can’t let down our guard. 

Hajime: …”Let down our guard.” You’re right, I might've done that without noticing… 

Thank you so much, Ni~chan! I was finally able to get my feelings in order thanks to you! 

Let’s show them what we’re made of during our match! We absolutely can’t afford to lose! 

Nazuna: …? Ah, uh, yeah. I guess so? 

Hajime: This time for sure, I won’t allow him to look down on any of us. Let’s take home the win, so he’ll have no choice but to acknowledge him! 

Tomoya-kun isn’t ordinary in the slightest! He’s actually really, really cool! 

Nazuna: What’s with the sudden switchup in priorities, Hajime-chin!? 

Hajime: Eh…? Um, did I say something weird? 

Nazuna: No, well, you switched to talking about Tomo-chin halfway through, didn’t you? 

Hajime: Eh? Ah… Just asking, but did I say that part out loud? 

Nazuna: Yup. It was actually kind of out of character for you, Hajime-chin. You put a lot of power behind it. 

Mitsuru: The whole bit about admitting how cool Tomo-chan is, what’s that about? Did someone say something to you? 

Tomoya: No clue…? Did someone say something to me…? 

Hajime: No way! Did you really forget, Tomoya-kun? About what Yume-kun said to you! 

He called you “The One with the Ordinary Face,” —that incredibly rude thing, remember!? 

Tomoya: Ah~ you’re right, he did call me that didn’t he… 

But didn’t that happen ages ago? I don’t really mind it that much now. It is the truth, after all. 

Hajime: It is not true whatsoever! You’re the absolute coolest, Tomoya-kun! 

Not now, and not back then either—I still haven’t forgiven him in the slightest! 

Tomoya: So that’s what it was? Thanks, Hajime. I mean, for getting angry for my sake. 

Even so, I don’t think you have to go as far as picking a fight over it. 

Hajime: …I know this might just be me caring too much, I understand that. 

But whenever I see Yume-kun I can’t help but worry about a whole slew of things. 

It was one thing for him to be incredibly rude to you, Tomoya-kun. But you can also see it in his behavior during the Mega Stream. 

Selfish, unreasonable, always has to have things his way, causing nothing but trouble for the people around him.  

After seeing all of those sides of him, I guess I’m a little put off by him altogether.

Tomoya: Ah~... I see, so that’s the reason… 

Mitsuru: Yup, yup! I totally get you, Hajime-chan! 

When someone I don’t like says something, it gets stuck in my head for some reason and leaves an awful taste in my mouth. 

Nazuna: Well, yeah. And then those feelings of contempt just keep piling on top of each other. 

But I'm surprised. I never thought you of all people would say that you’re put off by someone. 

Hajime: …That’s because I try to keep my distance as soon as I realize I won’t be able to get along with someone. 

If I don’t, I feel like I might just turn into a nasty person myself… 

But I know I can’t keep avoiding him forever. 

Yume-kun… No, I have no other choice but to face all of Spri head-on during our match. 

I have to, so I can get rid of all of these pent up feelings. I’ll fight fair and square! 

Nazuna: Ahaha, I can already feel your personal grudge flowing out… 

Well, aside from that, at least your drive to win hasn’t changed.

Tomoya: I don’t like being talked down to either. I’ll make sure to show Yume just who it is he’s up against during our match. 

You’ll feel better if I do that, right, Hajime? 

Hajime: Of course! But even if you don’t, I want you to know you've always been the absolute coolest to me, Tomoya-kun! 

Tomoya: Ahaha… In any case, like I mentioned earlier, we’re going to put our game plan in motion tomorrow. 

To reiterate, we’re going to work towards getting the people of the world to acknowledge Ra*bits. 

Mitsuru: About that, what’s our plan exactly? Streaming again? 

Tomoya: Yeah. I think that’d be the best way to help people get to know us. 

It might even be a good idea to do a livestream where we introduce ourselves in English.

Anyway, the main goal is for us to create as many chances as possible so people can come to know us.

Nazuna: Sounds good to me. Another thing, I want us to try winning votes in Hawaii too if we can. 

It’s going to be broadcasted all over the world, that much is true. But one downside is it’ll only draw in viewers who are already invested in the first place. 

Tomoya: In that case, let’s do something proactive in addition to our MM showdown, like a mini-live! 

Maybe if we pass out flyers for it, it’d help get our name out there for the people who knew nothing about us from the start. 

Hajime: Fufu, that kind of reminds me of when we used to pass out flyers at Yumenosaki♪

Nazuna: You’re right, and that was back when nobody knew anything about Ra*bits at all. 

Mitsuru: Mhm! That’s why we tried everything we could to help people get to know all about us!

Tomoya: I guess this means we’re going back to square one. Our situation is basically the same as it was back then. 

Taking one earnest step at a time, tackling any problem that comes our way—that’s the best shortcut there is. 

Alright, now that that’s been decided, let’s hop right into our intro stream! 

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TL Note:

Loco Moco is a Hawaiian classic, the bottom layer is white rice, topped with a hamburger patty, gravy, and a fried egg on top.

Lau Lau is another Hawaiian dish that is steamed pork, fish or beef wrapped up in kalo and ti leaves

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