THE iDOLM@STER #23 TL

THE iDOLM@STER #23 TL
Author: Mana



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[Left]
Futami Ami (1) starts here!!

[Producer] H-Hey, cut it out!

[Producer] Ugugu...

[Mami] Well, Nii-chan?
[Ami] You give up?



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[Producer] I...I give up...

[Miki] Miki's gonna do it too!
[Yukiho] Mi...Miki-chan!?
[Yukiho (floating below bubble)] Wait a...

[Ritsuko] Hey!

[Ritsuko] Knock it off!
[Ritsuko] You two are always, always...

[Ritsuko] Good grief...
[Ritsuko] You're not going to be kids forever...



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[Ami] Huh~? Ricchwaaaan~?
[Mami] Do you admit that we've grown up?

[Ritsuko] N-Normally, I would!
[Ritsuko] But the two of you have only grown up physically. You haven't grown up at all on the inside!

[Mami] Ricchan, could it be...
[Mami (floating)] oomph~ ♥
[Ami] That you were looking at us with those kinds of eyes...?
[Ami (floating)] noooo~ ♥

[Ritsuko] Wha...



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[Ritsuko] Don't get carried away with your antics!
[Producer (floating)] Phew...

[Kotori] Fufu,
[Kotori] Your hair's still all messed up.
[Producer] Ah.  Yeah...

[Kotori] It gets lively the moment Ami-chan and Mami-chan show up, doesn't it?
[Producer] Haha...you've got that right.

[Ritsuko] Get back here!



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[Upper-right text, horizontal]
Chapter 23

[Upper-right text, vertical]
Futami Ami (1)

[Center text]
I'll definitely
grow up first.


[Bottom-left]
Original work    BNGI/PROJECT iM@S

[Bottom-center]
Script           Takahashi Tatsuya

[Bottom-right]
Manga            Mana



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[Ami] Ah!
[Mami] What's up?

[Ami] Ami's on day duty today.

[Ami] I'm going ahead.
[Mami] Okay.

[Ami] Mami!  Look out!
[Mami] Eh?



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[Mami] !

[Ami] Mami!  Are you okay!?
[Mami] I-I'm okay.

[Mami] Ahh, that surprised me.
[Boy A] Sorry!

[Boy A (floating)] haa
[Boy A (floating)] haa
[Boy A] Are you okay?  That didn't hit you, did it?



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[Boy] Geh!  It's Ami and Mami!

[Ami] You...clumsy oaf!
[Ami] You almost hit Mami with that!

[Boy A] I-I'm sorry...

[Ami] If 'sorry' was enough to fix things, we wouldn't need the police!
[Ami] What were you planning to do if you had hurt an idol!?
[Boy A] L-Like I said, I'm sorry...

[Mami] It's fine, it's fine.  It didn't hit me.
[Ami] But Mami...



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[Mami] And it's because you called my name right away, Ami.



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[Mami] Hand ball!
[Mami] Right?

[Boy A] Ah.



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[Mami] Be careful, okay?

[Boy A] Y-Yeah...



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[Ami] Mrrr...
[Ami] They suck at it and yet they're always kicking it as hard as they can, and they're causing trouble for the people around them!

[Mami] Aside from that, Ami.
[Ami] Hm?

[Mami] Are you okay for day duty?

[Ami] I forgot!



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[Ami] There we go...

[Ami] Phew.

[Boy A] Even so, to think those two are idols...



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[Ami] !

[Boy B] That reminds me, you also went to elementary school with the twins, didn't you?
[Boy A] Well, yeah...
[Boy C] Did you feel like they were gonna become idols back then?

[Boy A] Nah.
[Boy A] Those two are total brats.

[Ami (thought)] Haa...look who's talking.

[Boy B] But the older one...



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[Boy C] Mami?
[Boy B] Yeah, her.

[Boy B] She feels a little more adult-like, doesn't she?

[Boy A] They're twins.  They're the same.
[Boy B] No, no.

[Boy B] She has kind of, y'know, a different aura around her, or something.

[Boy C] You sure that's not just because of the hair?
[Boy B] Maybe you're right.



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[Boy A] ...

[Boy B] What's wrong?
[Boy A] N-Nothing!



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[Ami] Hey, hey, Nii-chan!
[Ami] Answer my questions honestly from this point forward!

[Producer] W-well, sure, if I can answer them to begin with...

[Ami] Which one of us do you think is more of an adult, Ami or Mami?
[Producer] Which one, you say...

[Ami] Nii-chan, look at me with the eyes of a man and answer me!



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[Producer] D-Did something happen?  Asking me that all of a sudden...

[Ami] Y'know, yesterday, I tried asking Ricchan the same thing.

[Ritsuko] Huh?
[Ritsuko] Which one of you is more of an adult?

[Ami] Yeah!  I mean, Ricchan, you were saying it before, weren't you?
[Ami] That we're not kids anymore.

[Ritsuko] You're identical twins, so there's almost no difference between the two of you.



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[Ami] Like I said~!  It's not just about our bodies~!
[Ami] Who's more grown up on the inside?

[Ritsuko] Oh, in that case, the answer's obvious.
[Ritsuko] It's like I told you before.

[Ritsuko] You're both kids!

[Ritsuko] Good grief...you two only grew up physically...

[Ami] And that's how it is. Ricchan isn't answering me properly~



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[Kotori] Yes, yes, I know how you feel.

[Kotori] Ami-chan, girls who are around your age
[Kotori] long to become adult women, after all.

[Kotori] It's as if you're both an adult and a child...
[Kotori] ...stuck right in the middle of those two extremes.

[Ami] Piyo-chan, that's a distant memory for you, isn't it...
[Kotori] Y-You're mean!



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[Ami] Hey, Nii-chan, what do you think?
[Ami] Which one of us is more mature, Ami or Mami?
[Kotori (floating)] boo hoo

[Producer] Hmm, let's see...

[Producer] I may have said this before, but
[Producer] Ami is Ami, and Mami is Mami.  Both of you are different.

[Producer] So it really depends.

[Producer] And that's not just true for you and Mami, it's true for the others as well.



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[Producer] Even though Azusa-san should be the oldest out of all the idols here, there are times where she acts like a kid.
[Azusa (floating)] Mmm~ ♥

[Producer] On the other hand, Ami, there are times when I feel like you and Mami are the most grown up of all.

[Ami] Like when?
[Producer] Well,

[Producer] like whenever you're trying to get the others to smile.



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[Producer] That makes me think you've grown up.

[Producer] If we're talking about you and Mami...
[Producer] The fact that you debuted and started performing first makes me think you've grown up a little...



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[Producer] And right now, Ami, being this worried about who's more mature
[Producer] makes me think you're being a kid.

[Ami] Y-You're right.

[Ami] But...



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[Ami] I'm really glad I talked about this with you, Nii-chan!

[Producer] I see.



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[Ritsuko] Eh?  Ami said that?

[Producer] Well, it feels like nothing's really changed, though.

[Kotori] Come to think of it, about Ami-chan and Mami-chan...
[Kotori] Recently, they haven't been working together that much, have they?
[Ritsuko] That's because they're busy with their own things...

[Producer] Ritsuko.
[Ritsuko] ?



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[Producer] About that performance that's been left up in the air...
[Producer] It's been a while, so how about we let the two of them do it?

[Ritsuko] Ah, that might be a good idea.


[Margin text (right)]
Next issue comes with a cover illustration!! And that girl from 876 Pro also appears!?

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Continued in August issue