Kirameki no Shou 19

Clever Choice

Kirameki no Shou 19 - 1
[Hero Club room]

Hin: Our new helpers should be arriving soon, I believe.

Kar: I think I’m done bringing up this room’s capacity at this point.

Shi: You’re likely to succeed if you squeeze...

Fuu: What a terrifying application of our tenets.

Sek: Since we’re getting reinforcements in this kind of situation, can’t help but think they’ll be something special...

Wak: But the girls this time are neither Heroes nor have they been burdened with any secret duties.

Sum: It might be for the better not to have too many expectations.

Nat: Exactly. We need the resolve to beat our foe even without their help.

Suz: I wonder what kind of people we’ll get… Imagine if we got a fourth Yuuna.

Aka: They say good things come in threes, but we could get a fourth too.

Tak: The Yuuna quiz would get a bump in difficulty.

Ren: I could guess Yuuna correctly even if there were a hundred of them. As her rival, I’m simply obliged to.

Kir: What period will they be from? DE? AD?

Anz: They could be era-defining personae…

Tou: Possible… We need to practice for that. Attention! Salute!

Gin: Yep, still the same ol’ Sumi.

Son: Mino-san, you’re looking at Wasshi-senpai like you’re her mother… How lovely.

Yos: The summoning is complete!

Its: Yuuna-san, please give them the usual.

Yuu: Welcome to the Hero Club!

Kirameki no Shou 19 - 2

[Hero Club room]

Meb: Additional manpower… What kind of people could they be?

Tou: Banzai! Banzai!

Lil: What, what?! This is… Our school?

Tou: Ban-... Huh?

Tam: Wow, we really did land a fourth!

Yuz: Hmm? How did we get here?

Tak: Okay now, let’s calm down first. Relax, in the sky!

Kar: That makes zero sense. And if you come to the front, you’ll…

Yuz: T-Two of Lily!? Wait, nevermind, different people.

Lil: Absolutely astonishing! Two of me!? This is crazy!

Aka: Nope, not just two.

Lil: Gyaaah!

Yuu: I’m here too.

Lil: Y-Y-Yuzuki-kun!

Yuz: Hiding behind me won’t help… Look, they have differences.

Wak: Girls, Hinata will give them the explanation now, so hold it for a moment.

Lil: N-Nogi-sama! Uesato-sama! But so young!

Wak: You know of me?

Uta: Oh, I think I know around what year they’re from now.

Kir: A lil’ earlier than us, I reckon?

Hin: Can I invite the two of you for a chat over here?

Kirameki no Shou 19 - 3

[Hero Club room]

Hin: And we’re done. They understand our situation now.

Lil: Unbelievable! To think we’d encounter something so mysterious!

Yuz: *sigh* Not the best of news…

Lil: My name is Fuyou Lilienthal Yuuna. 2nd year of middle school. Half-Japanese.

Wak: The two of them came from 29 DE.

Hin: And judging from what we pieced together, the school they used to go to went on to become the Sanshuu middle school.

Its: Wow, so you’re our senior alumni!

Yuu: And our club was the Hero Club!

Fuu: Huh, Hero Club!? What a coincidence, ours is named the same.

Yuz: Well, it was an association and it wasn’t officially approved…

Yuz: I’m Yuzuki Yuuna. Same year as Lily.

Aka: Huh, you’re Yuuna as well?

Ren: A remarkably different Yuuna.

Yuu: Welcome, Lily-chan! We’re all Yuunas here, so let’s be friends!

Tak: Make yourself at home, Lily-chan!

Aka: I guess Lily’s the youngest sister here.

Lil: Glad to be on board!

Meb: Let’s all introduce ourselves too.

Aka: Okay, that does it for everyone. Now that you’re here, we have a whole 5 Yuunas.

Lil: I can’t believe we’re so similar… Could this be a bond from beyond?

Aka: By the way, Yuzuki-chan, you’ve got some supple muscles there!

Yuz: …

Sek: (Oh, that one’s feeling awkward. Initiative is key here. Sekka, take action!)

Kirameki no Shou 19 - 4

[Hero Club room]

Yuz: I’ve got something to say if you don’t mind.

Yuu: Go on, Yuzuki-chan.

Yuz: I am named Yuuna, but I’m a totally ordinary person, no powers at all.

Yuz: And this whole affair is… too sudden for me to understand. So I get that you’re welcoming us, but…

Lil: Really now? I wouldn’t say you don’t have power.

Yuz: Lily, your opinion is what they normally call biased.

Yuz: It’s a matter of readiness, you know… It’s not like I’m here to pick a fight or anything.

Sek: No, I get you. Throws you for a loop, right? Especially after a normal life.

Anz: It was easier for us to accept it because we’ve been Heroes and Miko prior to this.

Suz: If I got thrown in here as suddenly as you, I’d be somewhere on the floor foaming at the mouth.

Tak: Hina-chan, how about we call it a day here?

Hin: Okay. I’ll take you to your rooms, so rest up.

Aya: Over here, please.

Lil: But I want to talk more!

Yuz: How constructive. Well, it’s your choice.

Lil: Wait, wait. I can’t very well leave my fellow club member behind.

SON: Well, they seem to be on quite good terms. Splendid. Can’t wait for them to integrate with the rest.

Uta: I think it’s a matter of time. They looked quite spirited.

Kar: Sanshuu Middle’s history runs a while back, huh. Never considered that.

Tou: …Sumi-chan, I’d like to talk about something.

Sum: …Yes, I’m probably thinking the same thing.

Kirameki no Shou 19 - 5

[Fuyou’s room]

Lil: Okay, time to decide what I’ll be doing tomorrow. First, talk to the others…

Lil: There’s just too much I want to know! Running, ruminating, rambling and researching… I’ll be busy tomorrow!

Lil: Oh, who could it be at this hour? Yuzuki-kun?

Tou: Good evening, Fuyou-san.

Sum: Sorry to bother when you’re resting. Could we ask you a little something?

Lil: Go ahead. Tougou-kun and Sumi-kun, was it?

Lil: To think that multiple versions of the same person could exist in one timeline… Fascinating!

Sum: Um, Fuyou-san, you said you were half-Japanese, but what exactly is the other half?

Tou: Germany, or perhaps Italy?

Lil: Oh, I’m half-American. My mom was from America.

Lil: I like hamburgers and stuff, must be her influence.

Lil: W-What’s the matter? Uh, Sumi-kun? Care to explain the full Nelson I’m in?

Tou: Sumi-chan, keep her like that.

Tou: *stare*

Lil: ???

Tou: Sorry, that was sudden. I’m fine now, it subsided.

Sum: *stare*

Sum: Same here. Sorry for my rudeness.

Tou: Would you like some botamochi?

Lil: Gladly… Wow, they’re good!

Sum: Let’s be friends.

Lil: Yeah, sure thing!

Kirameki no Shou 19 - 6

[Hero Club room]

Fuu: Well now, Tougou and Sumi, I’ve called you here today to talk about a certain something.

Tou: Are you talking about Fuyou-san, by any chance?

Fuu: Yes, glad you understand. Now, I do believe you’ll be acting nicely, but with your regular conduct in mind…

Sum: Don’t worry about it. We went to Fuyou-san’s room last night.

Kir: What, the two of ye were already on the move!?

Tou: We’re over it. She might be half-American, but Fuyou-san is just that, Fuyou-san.

Sum: We’d like to be friends with her.

Kir: Phew, that’s a relief. Guess we were worrying for nothing.

Tou: I mean, we are trying to negotiate with Misaki-chan, whose ideology is parallel to ours.

Sum: Now isn’t the time for fanaticism. And Fuyou-san really is just that, Fuyou-san.

Kir: Togo, Sumirin, that was a wise decision.

Fuu: Now we can mingle without reserve.

Fuu: …Damn, Forestization warning!

Tou: Let’s leave the two of them out for today, it’s too sudden!

Fuu: Yeah. The rest of us can manage.

[Jukai]

Yuz: So this is the Jukai. It really exists…

Lil: And these are the Vertexes. They actually exist…

Lil: Seeing them up-close is tremendously terrifying.

Yuz: And the Heroes that fought them were an actual thing… as it turns out.

Yuz: (Are they expecting me to do the same? For crying out loud, Shinju-sama is a slavedriver…)