THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! #04 TL (v3)

THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! #04 TL (v3)
Author: Monji Yuki



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Monji Yuki   [Original Work]
             Bandai Namco Games

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Big sensation!
The story of
765 Pro's
new idols!!

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Chapter 4: An Irreplaceable Dream

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Everyone to the sparkling stage!!
READY? GO!!



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[Konomi] Yes, I see. I think that's a great idea.

[Kotoha] We'll succeed for sure.

[Matsuri] Will this make the princess's castle more and more gorgeous?

[Elena] I could go for a pork bowl for lunch ♫
[Elena] Producer, what are you having?

[Producer] AHEM
[Elena] The beef bowl looks good too--



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[Producer] Th- then everyone agrees?
[Producer] In the regular live two weeks from now, we'll go with this new plan of attack.
[Producer] There's not a lot of time, but this will surely end up being a big plus for everyone,
[Producer] and with this, the Live Theater will be put on the right track in one go!
[Whiteboard, top]
May's regular live - Management meeting
New plan: "Live Theater Cover Challenge"

>NOTE TO TS: "New" should be placed inside the shock bubble.

[Whiteboard, left of vertical line]
1st day (Sat)


[Shizuka] 765 Pro Cover Challenge?
[Mirai] ...what's that?



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[Kotoha] It's the new plan for the public performance.
[Kotoha] The Producer and the current management members came up with it.
[Kotoha (floating)] Here's the project proposal

[Kotoha] We still don't have many songs of our own yet, right?
[Kotoha] So we'll create a corner where we sing cover songs.
[Kotoha] This will surely be a live where both new and returning customers get more fired up than ever.

[Kotoha (background poster)]
Please clean up
the dishes you used!

[Kotoha (floating)] Let's eat



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This month's question

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Where is your favorite place? (ToriiP)

[Kotoha] The song that I and Elena will perform has been decided, as well as the song for Konomi-san and Matsuri-chan.
[Kotoha] Shizuka-chan, that's the song the Producer requested you perform.
[Shizuka (right floating)] The Producer requested...
[Shizuka] 765 Pro's "GO MY WAY!!"... huh.
[Shizuka] This is for the two of us...
[Background]
Matsuri     Konomi
Kotoha      Elena

[Kotoha] It's an urgent plan, so there's not much time for lessons at the studio.
[Kotoha] The stretching room above is being left empty, so please memorize the choreography there.
[Kotoha (top floating)] Sorry
[Kotoha] Here's the DVD
[Shizuka] I- I'll do my best.

[Mirai]
Rrf wrrf rr rrfrr grf mrr fbrrf brbrr!
(At last, I also get my stage debut!)

[Mirai]
Wrrf rrf frr mrr!
(Leave it to me!)



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Cast

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Mogami Shizuka
"A quiet place where I can concentrate... um, excuse me for a minute.
...Mirai! If you're going to hum, then hum over there! ...geez."

[Paper]
765 Pro Cover Challenge

A Group
Tanaka Kotoha
Shimabara Elena

B Group
Tokugawa Matsuri
Baba Konomi

C Group
Mogami Shizuka
Ibuki Tsubasa

D Group
Yokoyama Nao
Satake Minako

[Mirai (floating)] Kasuga Mirai...
[Mirai (floating)] Kasuga Mirai...

[Mirai (floating)] Kasu...

[Paper]
C Group
Mogami Shizuka
Ibuki Tsubasa

[Mirai] ...Shizuka-chan, you deceived me.
[Mirai (floating)] You said "us"...
[Mirai (floating)] You said "the two of us"...
[Shizuka] Don't say such scandalous things!

[Shizuka] I thought something was strange about the way you were acting earlier...
[Shizuka] You just joined the office last week, there's no way you're already going to get a live.
[Shizuka (floating)] Mirai, you're coming too?
[Mirai (floating)] Of course!  Let's do our best!!



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Cast

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Baba Konomi
"In my room, there's a really comfortable sofa, but it's dangerous...
once I almost ended up spending the whole day there."

[Shizuka] Mi-ra-i?

[Shizuka (floating)] Maybe I said too much...

[Shizuka (SFX)] click click

[Shizuka (floating)] One, two, three, four

[Mirai] Haa-



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Cast

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Kousaka Umi
"Lately it's really been the lesson room, I guess!
But anywhere is fine if it's wide and I can run around.  Ehehe ♪"

[Shizuka] If you're just going to get in the way, I'm kicking you out.
[Mirai] A joke!  It's a joke!
[Mirai (floating)] Shizuka-chan, your face is scary!!

[Shizuka] Good grief...
[Shizuka] Mirai's acting like this, and Tsubasa's running late when I need her.
[Shizuka] I hate to think what lies ahead...

[Mirai] Hey, about that Tsubasa-chan, what kind of girl is she?
[Mirai] She's the one singing with you in the next live, right, Shizuka-chan?

[Shizuka] Tsubasa?
[Shizuka] Come to think of it, you still haven't met her.
[Shizuka] Umm...
[Shizuka] She's the same age as me,
[Shizuka] and I'm not sure whether you'd call her "unrestrained" or just "self-centered"...



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Cast

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Tokugawa Matsuri
"The stage, nanodesu.
You cannot find a princess in a place she does not like."

Tanaka Kotoha
"In the audience seats after a live has ended.
It's as if the air of excitement from the fans is still there... it gives me strength."

[Shizuka] A cat?
[Shizuka] She's kind of like one

[Clerk] Hey!
[Clerk] Yes, you over there...

[Clerk] Would you like a free sample
[Clerk] of our ice cream?

[Tsubasa] Ehh~ ♥
[Tsubasa] Really!?  You mean it~!?
[Tsubasa] Ah, but instead of the chocolate flavor I kinda wanna try that strawberry one~
[Tsubasa] And then I'll try the lemon sherbet,
[Tsubasa] and then, and then, the honey cookie~
[Clerk (bottom bubble)] Eh?
[Clerk (left bubble)] Umm...



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[Tsubasa] ...you can't?



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This month's question

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What's your favorite season of the year? (FUL P)

[Shizuka] ...Tsubasa.
[Shizuka (bottom right floating)] Haa-
[Shizuka (top left floating)] Haa-

[Tsubasa (floating)] lick

[Shizuka] I told you to meet me at the theater at 12 o'clock!
[Shizuka] Look at your watch! It's 6 o'clock now, SIX!
[Shizuka] You didn't answer your phone either, what were you doing!?
[Tsubasa (floating)] Sorry~
[Tsubasa] I was talking with my friends and it looks like my battery ran out.

[Shizuka] Geez... I guess it can't be helped.
[Shizuka] Did you bring a change of clothes?
[Tsubasa] Let's see~

[Tsubasa] Hmm~
[Tsubasa] 6 o'clock?



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Kasuga Mirai
"It's spring!  Because the kanji for 'spring' is in my name!
Ah, but summer has summer break, and winter has winter break...and autumn has all that food...ugh~"

Shinomiya Karen
"I- I like...spring.  It's warm, a-and it has a very pleasant scent...
Ah! I also love, the scent...of the theater..."

[Tsubasa] Uh-oh~ I gotta go home.
[Tsubasa] Good girls have to obey curfew~
[Shizuka] Huh!?

[Shizuka] You just want to watch your TV dramas, don't you!?
[Tsubasa] Ahaha ♪　So close!
[Tsubasa] As expected of Shizuka-chan ♪

[Mirai (thought)] Shizuka-chan's been doing nothing but practicing since then.
[Mirai (thought)] She's going to get hungry soon.
[Mirai (floating)] Minako-chan's pork buns ♫
[Minako] It's today's snack---

[Mirai (floating)] Ah-
[Mirai] Shizu...



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Shimabara Elena
"The hot and open summer, I guess?
Doing the Bon dance with everyone at the beach is fun~!  Even though I dance all year ♪"

[Mirai] Wah~

[Shizuka] Mirai!
[Shizuka] Don't let her get away!

[Mirai] Eh?
[Mirai] Eh?
[Mirai] Umm...
[Mirai (top left floating)] Don't let her...

[Mirai] Secured!

[Mirai] Shizuka-chan, Shizuka-chan!
[Mirai] It's amazing!
[Mirai] She smells really good!
[Mirai (small bubble)] inhale
[Mirai (small bubble)] exhale
[Tsubasa] Ahn~ the ice cream~
[Shizuka (floating)] Sigh---



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Cast

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Ibuki Tsubasa
"Hmm~ winter, I guess!  Ah, actually, it might be summer.
More importantly, I'm thirsty.  How about we go on juice time!?"

[Tsubasa] Shizuka-chan, which part are you gonna play?
[Shizuka] I'll be Iori-san.
[Shizuka] Well?  Have you realized it yet?



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[Shizuka] This is our senpai's song that we're going to sing, so a half-hearted performance is unacceptable.
[Shizuka] We need a strong fighting spirit that can surpass this stage.

[Tsubasa] Hmm~
[Tsubasa] In that case...

[Tsubasa] If I can pull off these dance moves better than you, Shizuka-chan,
[Tsubasa] then can I go home for today?



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[Shizuka] Mirai.
[Shizuka] Mirai!
[Mirai] Haa...

[Mirai] Umm... I don't get it.
[Shizuka] You really were asleep.
[Shizuka] There's no need to force yourself to keep me company during practice.
[Shizuka (floating)] Why don't you head on home?

[Mirai] But Shizuka-chan, you're working so hard.

[Shizuka] ...geez.



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[Shizuka (floating)] Then why don't we learn this together?
[Shizuka (floating)] Because sooner or later, you're going to stand on stage too, Mirai.
[Mirai (floating)] I'll do it!

[Mirai (floating)] Like this?
[Shizuka (floating)] Good, good.

[Mirai] Hey, Tsubasa-chan was...
[Mirai] ...amazing, wasn't she?
[Shizuka] ...she was.



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[Tsubasa] Huh?
[Tsubasa] I- I forgot what comes after this part.
[Tsubasa] Can you let me off today... with this?



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This month's question

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On your day off, what do you do to pass the time? (BitterChocoP, SharuruP, EisukeP, EikoP)

[Shizuka] I can't flatter her and say that was perfect,
[Shizuka] but at the very least, she was much better than me, even though I've been practicing all afternoon.
[Shizuka] ...it's frustrating, though.
[Tsubasa (right floating)] Okay then,
[Tsubasa (left floating)] I'm going home~

[Shizuka] So I need to catch up to her quickly!
[Shizuka] I can still keep on going today!
[Mirai] Yeah!

[Kotoha] Hmm...

[Kotoha] Just a little more... are there any good ideas...
[Kotoha (floating)] Hmm...
[Elena] I think fireworks would be good ♫
[Elena (floating)] With a bang!

[Elena] Hey! Hey! Kotoha, Kotoha!
[Elena] Look, look ♫ They're so cute.
[Elena (floating)] They're like parent and child
[Kotoha (floating)] Fireworks...



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Mochizuki Anna
"..........mmm...
...I spend all day..........in my room."

[Shizuka (floating)] I'm sorry you had to wake me up
[Kotoha (floating)] Make sure you don't oversleep on the bus

[Elena] It's rare for Shizuka to doze off.
[Kotoha] That's certainly true.
[Kotoha] Even on her commute, she's always studying and such without falling asleep.
[Kotoha (floating)] For a middle schooler, she's mature



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[Kotoha] But I'm a little worried that she might be overdoing it.
[Elena] Overdoing it?  Kotoha, look who's talking.
[Elena (floating)] Speaking of which...
[Kotoha] Wha-
[Kotoha] Wh- why are you making this about me~?

[Mirai] Shizuka-chan, let's cut through the park.
[Mirai] It's a shortcut, a shortcut.
[Shizuka] Yes, yes.

[Shizuka] Haa, I can't believe I fell asleep in a place like that...
[Shizuka] I must really be exhausted today...

[Mirai] But it was fun!
[Shizuka] Mirai, you say that about everything.
[Mirai] That's not true.



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[Mirai] And besides, Shizuka-chan, you're the same as me, right?
[Mirai] I mean, you're working this hard to be an idol.

[Shizuka] Me?

[Shizuka] ...for me,
[Shizuka] it's what I first told you back on the rooftop.

[Shizuka] It's my dream.



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[Shizuka] C- come on, Mirai!  I'll r- race you to the top!
[Mirai] Ehh!?  That's no fair!

[Shizuka] ...you know, I...
[Shizuka] want to become an idol.

[Shizuka] And not just any idol,
[Shizuka] but an idol who's loved by everyone...
[Shizuka] and who's acknowledged by anyone.
[Shizuka] That's the kind of idol I want to become.

[Shizuka] And then...



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[Shizuka] Someday...
[Shizuka] I'll sing in front of countless fans at the Budokan.



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[Mirai (floating)] The Budokan...

[Shizuka] Umm...
[Shizuka] Mirai?

[Shizuka] Geez... don't stay silent at a time like this.
[Shizuka] Th- this is the first time that...
[Shizuka] I've talked to a friend about this.

[Mirai] I was just thinking what a big dream you have.
[Mirai] Thank you for telling me, Shizuka-chan.



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Cast

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Matsuda Arisa
"Of course, I spend all day taili- ...I mean, watching the idol-chans!
I guess you could say that Arisa is even busier on her off days ♪"

[Mirai] It would be fine if you told your friends at school, too.
[Mirai] I'm sure they'd all cheer you on.

[Shizuka] ...how do I say this?
[Shizuka] I can't do that yet.
[Shizuka] Because I still... need to step up to a higher level.

[Shizuka] And besides, it's not like everyone understands idols...
[Shizuka] Being recognized by those kinds of people is when you're truly first-class...
[Shizuka] Hey, are you listening?
[Mirai] Yeah, I'm listening.
[Mirai] Ehehe ♪



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Satake Minako
"Usually, I'm waving a pan around and helping out at the shop!  Afterwards,
I'll use the pan for things like making gifts for the Theater and cooking dinner!"

Nagayoshi Subaru
"Playing catch, running, and generally anything that involves moving my body around.
It's not that different from when I'm at the Theater!"



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[Right floating text] The day of the regular public performance

[Umi (floating)] The salesgirl group's also gonna get pumped up for the day!
[Fuka (floating)] Let's do our best ♪

[Konomi (floating)] Yep!  The poster looks good too!
[Elena (floating)] I'll send a picture to maman-



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Cast

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Yokoyama Nao
"During my break, I go out shopping, play as much as I can...
...a lot of times I'll just zone out thinking 'I gotta do that~' "


[Staff] Alright, Mogami-san, Ibuki-san.  Rehearsal OK.
[Staff] Please get changed and put on your makeup.
[Tsubasa] Thank you very much ♪

[Tsubasa] Well, Shizuka-chan?
[Tsubasa] Did I look good~?

[Tsubasa] ?
[Tsubasa] ...Shizuka-chan?



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[Mirai] Good morning.

[Mirai] This is a gift.
[Mirai] My mom told me to bring these...
[Mirai (floating)] Ehehe

[Elena (floating)] Kotoha...
[Minako (floating)] It'll be alright, okay?

[Kotoha] ...yes.
[Kotoha] I understand.
[Kotoha] We'll do everything we can to fix this.
[Kotoha] We're fine here, Producer, so please take care of Shizuka-chan.



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[Mirai] Shizuka-chan?  What happened?
[Konomi] Mirai-chan...

[Mirai] Konomi-san, where's Shizuka-chan?
[Konomi] It's okay, so just calm down and listen.

[Konomi] About Shizuka-chan...
[Konomi] She came down with a high fever and collapsed during rehearsal.
[Konomi] It seems that she stayed after hours for several days in a row.  I'm sure the fatigue must have taken its toll on her.

[Kotoha] I take responsibility for not having realized this...
[Elena] Kotoha, please cheer up...
[Elena] Okay?

[Konomi] Right now, she's at the hospital.  I've received a message from Producer,
[Konomi] and at this rate, she's going to be hospitalized for one to two days.



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[Konomi] It's unfortunate, but...
[Konomi] Shizuka-chan can't appear in today's live.