YuYuYui - Culture festival 2021 - 1

Create! Colorful culture festival - 1

[Hero Club room]

Tou: The battle is about to begin.

Sum: Let's prepare.

Kar: Jukai warning...!?

Kar: ............... Wait! It's not ringing!

Tou/Sum: ...

Fuu: Tougou, Sumi! What's going on? Your faces look scary.

Tou: Fuu-senpai, aren't you aware? About this year's newly created competition during the culture festival!

Fuu: Competition?

Sek: Aah! You mean the paper dress contest.

Anz: Paper dress... Those dresses literally made out of paper?

Aka: Eeh!? Won't they break in no time? Why would you do that...?

Wak: To compete in beauty. Paper is one of Shikoku's most important traditions.

Suz: Right, there's a city in Ehime that's called the "City of paper".

Uta: That doesn't explain why Tougou-san and Sumi-kun are so passionate about this.

Mit: Even though "Paper dress" is written only using katakana.

Tou: In former Japan, there was an era with talks of zero fighters being made out of wood.

Sum: It never came to fruition, however now is the time to settle the creators' ancient grudges!

Kir: Hold up there! We're talking about paper here. What's that got to do with wood?

Ren: Hmph, Shizu-san, your knowledge is lacking. Paper can be produced using wood.

Ren: Your desired great undertaking is to produce an inconceivable creation using wood. Is that what you are thinking?

Sum: As expected of Renge-san! You understood us perfectly.

Tou: In conclusion, the entire Hero Club will participate in this paper costume competition!

Kar: That sounds more pompous in full Japanese...

Yuu: But it'll be interesting!

Fuu: Alright! A new challenge is in sight for the Hero Club who won last year! This year we'll dominate the paper dress contest!

Everyone: Ooh!


Create! Colorful culture festival - 2

[Hero Club room]

Tou: The first step in paper clothing creation is taking measurements!

Sum: Tougou-san, I brought the tape measure.

Tou: I knew you worked fast, Sumi-chan.

Its: Uuh... You two, aren't you skipping a few steps...?

Sek: Yeah, not mentioning design, we haven't decided on a model yet, who are you going to measure...?

Tou/Sum: Ha...!

Fuu: First things first, let's start model selection.

Yum: If that is the case!

Sek: By the way, being a paper dress model is harder than with regular clothes, it's a heavy responsibility.

Yum: Is it the case?

Meb: It's made out of paper, you need to show appeal with nothing but modest movement because of its fragility.

Fuu: Makes sense. Then if anyone with this new knowledge would like to volunteer! Raise your hand!

Yum: ...

Shi: You're not... a candidate?

Suz: Miroku's movements are too gaudy. It's not for her this time.

Yum: Kuh...

Fuu: Hmm, no candidates it looks like. Anyone would recommend someone who would be a perfect fit for this?

Wak: I suggest a miko, what do you think?

SON: Ohooh~, the reason being?

Wak: If you watch them when they're praying, they usually stand still, don't you agree they show great expressions?

Son: That's ancestor-sama~! With only modest movements they give off an aura of wonderfulness~.

Gin: Listen here! I personally recommend Aya-san.

Aya: M-Me...!?

Gin: That time we were idols together, you looked like you were sparkling on stage!

Aya: But...

Suz: Woah, that brings me back. Ayaya was so cute back then.

Meb: Aya-chan will step on the stage once again... I predict the Hero Club's victory!

Fuu: Everyone's on board with the idea, Aya, will you do it?

Aya: Hmm...It's an important duty of representing the Hero Club, are you sure you should entrust it to me...?

Wak: Don't think too hard about it, I'm sure you will do wonderfully.

Hin: Wakaba-chan is right. We'll support you in shouldering your responsibility.

Aya: ...Understood. If I can be helpful to you, I'll try my best!


Create! Colorful culture festival - 3

[Several days later]

[Dojo]

Hin: Aya-san, this is the beginning of your model training.

Aya: Okay! I will be in your care today.

Wak: First of all, in order to build up your patience and concentration, you'll meditate with me.

Aya: Okay!

Suz: Meditating to train to be a model... is that necessary?

Hin: Training your mind is essential for people who go on stage.

Wak: Let's begin, sit down, quietly close your eyes. No intrusive thoughts, slow down your breathing.

Aya: Yes. Do not think... Do not think...

Aya: Ha! Sorry!

Wak: What is it? Did you let a distraction into your mind?

Yum: Kokudo-san's distractions... I am curious.

Aya: Sorry, my gratitude for everyone's daily guidance has spilled into my thoughts.

Suz: You're scary, Ayaya. Even your distractions are pure.

Wak: I see, I am grateful you feel that way but you can't meditate like this.

Aya: I'm sorry, I lack training...

Wak: No, emptying your mind is difficult for anyone.

Wak: When that happens, think about a calm water surface.

Aya: Right! Calm water surface. I'll try.

Aya: Calm water surface... calm... calm... ........................

Wak: Impressive tranquility. I didn't think you'd master serenity so fast.

Meb: That's our Aya-chan.

Kir: A'ight! Next's the miko team's dance practice time!

Yum: Dance you say? Although she will not dance on stage?

Hin: Exactly. Aren't Japanese dances performed with grace even wearing heavy kimonos?

Hin: Studying their elegant gestures will surely come in handy.

Aki: I'm not too good at this but Kokudo-chan, let's try our best together!

Yos: We will support you to the best of our abilities...

Aya: Sure. Thank you for your guidance.

Yum: Kokudo-san's intensive training seems to be free of trouble. Where is the essential paper dress currently?

Suz: The results of the design contest will be revealed any minute.

Yum: Design contest?

Suz: Fuu-san said it. The design of the dress will be chosen at the end of a club-wide design contest.

Shi: Kusunoki, you participated...?

Meb: I did. I wanted to do something for Aya-chan. I'd be happy if mine was selected.


Create! Colorful culture festival - 4

[Sanshuu middle school - Hallway]

Suz: Mebu, the results of the design contest are displayed in the club room!

Meb: Let's have a look.

[Hero Club room]

Meb: Oh? There are 5 different designs displayed here. What could it mean?

Its: Everyone voted once and 5 people ended up drawing for first place....

Fuu: So we're thinking of holding another vote to decide between those five.

Sek: What about making real ones? We still have time to spare until the culture festival.

Nat: Right... If it's possible, I'd want to see those in three-dimensions...

Fuu: Yeah, this is an important contest that'll decide on what will represent the Hero Club, let's do it like that.

Yum: Although it would be a shame for the 4 other dresses to exist yet never to be seen.

SON: I know, let's use the other dresses for a club photo session, what do you think~?

Its: This is great! Whether we win or lose everyone will have fun.

Fuu: That's how it'll be then! Everyone, from this point you'll be working in groups.

Fuu: The five designers will pick who they want in their team!

Sek: I'll go with Itsuki-chan, Gin-chan, Natsume-san and senpai if that's okay.

Fuu: I recognize your judgment for picking me! I'll even say you're the favorite!

Kir: Nope, I won't let you be the favorite. My team's the elite, watch!

Kir: Hina-chan, Mitorin, Suzuyan and Hana-chan's Miko team! We can't possibly lose!

Suz: Woah, everyone's so into it. Mebu, who will you pick?

Meb: My team is the regular sentinel group. I'm counting on you.

Yum: Are we truly fit for such an important competition?

Meb: Nobody knows Aya-chan's charm better than us. We have nothing to be afraid of.

Fuu: That leaves us with Anzu's team and Chikage's team. Huh? Anzu, are you sure you only want Tama in your team?

Anz: Yes. My design is simple, Tamacchi-senpai is all the help I need.

Chi: I think the same way. Takashima-san and I will try our best just the 2 of us.

Fuu: Alright, we're done with team compositions, dress makers, give it your best.

Everyone: Yees!

Yuu: Huh? Tougou-san and Sumi-chan aren't participating?

Kar: They were so excited, were their design rejected, you think?

Sum: We of course submitted one. But...

Tou: The paper Juunihitoe we designed was deemed off-topic...

Sum/Tou: Haa...

Yuu: Tougou-san, Sumi-chan, cheer up!

Kar: Right, the people who aren't part of dress making teams will be dealing with requests as usual, that's an important mission.

Fuu: Yeah. We are the Hero Club. In our dresses and our duties, let's all help each other and do our best.

Everyone: Yes!


Create! Colorful culture festival - 5

[Home ec. room]

Meb: Hmm, the change from cloth to paper alone makes it a drastically different task.

Suz: Mebu, is that okay? We can't help you at all like that! What are we gonna do?

Yum: Do not succumb to panic. Since Mebuki-san is struggling, the other teams as well must naturally...

Anz: Waah, this is amazing, Tamacchi-senpai! The curved hemline looks fantastic.

Tam: It does, I know right!

Shi: Doi is active... it's a little surprising...

Tam: If you think about it like constructing rather than sewing, it's a piece of cake!

Tak: Waah, amazing, Gun-chan! It's taking shape rapidly.

Chi: Combining differently shaped parts is a skill I trained at with puzzle games.

Yum: Against all expectations, it would seem Chikage-san and Tamako-san are shining this time around.

Tam: Mmmh, say what!? Chikage's the one person I refuse to lose against!!

Chi: Likewise, I will not lose when paired with Takashima-san.

Tam: I see, I should make the shoulders softer like Chikage is doing.

Chi: To give the skirt more volume, if I overlapped two types of paper like Doi-san...

Nat: You two have impressive concentration.

Meb: Focus on your work and learn from each other. This is the advantage of friendly competition.

Kir: We won't fall behind! Miko team, let's do our best.

Tam: It's done! It's not the final version, but it already looks pretty much like the dress, Anzu.

Anz: Yes! I want Aya-chan to wear it soon.

Anz: Oh right, Tamacchi-senpai, would you like to try it on? You're about the same size as her.

Tam: Hmm, there are still temporary fixes but I'd like to see how it's like worn.

Anz: Okay! Let's do it slowly so the glue stays in place.

Tam: Aah. Careful... Careful...

Anz: I'm getting nervous when you're saying it like that.

Tam: We don't want it to break. Slowly, slowly, careful... caref-...

Tam: Gyaah! The Vertexes didn't listen!

Anz/Tam: Aaaaah!

Tam: Aaaaah... It broke. Tama's, Tama's precious dress...

[Jukai]

Tam: Wooooooooooooh! Vertexes! You won't get away with this!!!

Tam: Give back Tama's dreeeess!

Suz: Amazing... Tamako-san is in unparalleled violence mode!

Chi: I understand her feeling very well. If I had to experience the same thing...

Chi: ......Kuh, I won't forgive you!!

Chi: Doi-san, I will back you up. Haaaaaa!!

Tam: Chikage! Thanks. Alright, let's join forces!

Chi/Tam: Taaaaaaaah!!!!

Tak: Incredible, they're in perfect sync!

Nat: Impressive cooperation.

Wak: It's regrettable that her dress broke but what she obtained in the process is very valuable.


Create! Colorful culture festival - 6

[Shopping district]

Anz: Tamacchi-senpai, you were so cool. You defeated all those Vertexes in an instant.

Tam: But that won't bring back the ripped dress. Haa...

Tak: Tama-chan, cheer up.

Chi: Want to go get soft serve? It's my treat once in a while.

Tam: Uuh... Thank you but Tama's not in the mood for it...

Anz: She even said she'll pay for it. This is pretty serious...

Tak: Too bad. And we finally found a store who did "Oiri soft serve".

Tam: Oiri soft serve...? What's that?

Tak: Oiris are colorful sweets similar to arare and they look so cute on soft serve!

Tam: I don't know what it is, Tama wants one! Chikage, your treat!

Chi: In the end, your curiosity won.

Tam: T-This is oiri soft serve!?

Anz: It's cute. Look at all these colorful round candies!

Tam: On top of pure white cream is pink, yellow, light blue, green! I'm excited just looking at it!

Chi: Ha, that's it!

Tak: It is!

Anz: What happened?

Chi: Will you let us reuse your broken dress?

Tam: Eh? But it's torn apart, what're you going to do with it?

Tak: Something like oiri!

Chi: Your dress was colorful, using parts of it would make ours look gorgeous, I think.

Tam: Kuuh, I didn't think of that! Anzu, you're fine with it, right?

Anz: Of course!

Tam: Okay, then it's decided!

Tak: We're now a 4 people team!

Tam: Tama and Chikage together have incredible strength!

Chi: That's right. We can win like this, I feel it.


Create! Colorful culture festival - 7

[Club contest's last night]

[Home ec. room]

Tak: Haa, it's finally complete! I'm glad we made it in time!

Anz: Some parts differ from the design, but recreating it to such a degree is already a great accomplishment.

Tam: Different? Anzu, what parts are you talking about?

Anz: We have slightly fewer ornamental flowers than we intended.

Chi: It should've been the same number, it gives a different impression when you see it in reality.

Tak: But we made so many different paper stuff, we'd be late if we made much more.

Anz: That's right, it's already beautiful, it'll be okay. I'm sure.

Tak: Wanna go get udon together to celebrate the dress' completion?

Anz: I'd love to!

Chi/Tam: .......

Anz: Huh? Tamacchi-senpai, Chikage-san, what's wrong?

Tam: Go enjoy udon together. Tama's staying to make more decorations.

Chi: Doi-san... The exact same thought crossed my mind just now.

Chi: We worked so hard until now, I don't want a compromise.

Tam: You got it! Our goal's the club contest's first place!

Chi: Let's keep working to make it reach its ideal form tomorrow.

Tak: I agree! I'll help you out of course.

Anz: As will I!

Tak: Almost there... Almost there... Yawn. I'm starting to feel drowsy for some reason.

Anz: It's gotten dark outside before we realized it, we were so focused.

Tam: Anzu, Yuuna, you're tired, right? You can rest if you want.

Chi: As she said, assembling the small parts is mine and Doi-san's strong suit.

Tak: Really? Then I'll take on the offer and sleep a little. Phew.. ZZZ.

Anz: Me too... ZZZ.

Tam: They fell asleep instantly!

Chi: It's only natural, this delicate work went on for a long time.

Chi: It's okay to join them if you're too tired.

Tam: This is nothing for Tama! What about you, isn't it getting unbearable for you?

Chi: I'm perfectly fine. Doi-san, would you mind moving your hands with the same energy you run your mouth?

Tam: Yeah, gotta focus...

Tam: I-Its over! We actually got all the flowers ready in time!

Chi: We did, Doi-san, you should put the decorations.

Tam: Why? You worked hard too, we gotta do it together until the end!

Chi: Fufu, preparing the culture festival with you was fun.

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Tam: Right, I didn't imagine it'd be this exciting doing something other than playing video games with you.

Chi: Well, I see this kind of work as some sort of extension of video games.

Tam: Of video games?

Chi: Assembling small parts together has some similarities with video games.

Tam: So that means Tama's pretty good at these games too?

Chi: It would seem, I have a bunch of these in my room, you can come by to play if you want.


Create! Colorful culture festival - 8

[Club contest final day]

[Hero Club room]

Tam: Kept you waiting! Here's our dress!

Fuu: We have hangers over there, put it there with others, will you?

Chi: Will do. The other teams also did very well.

Tam: But our "Oiri soft serve" dress is the best!

Sek: Oh, right! I thought I had seen this dress before, but you made it after an oiri soft serve.

Ank: Huh? By the way, Sekka-san, does your team not have a dress?

Sek: Well, on that...

Fuu: We bit more than we could chew and couldn't be ready on time...

Tam: That's one team disqualified so quick! So our rivals are...

Hin: Take a look at our dress.

Chi: This... looks like a Miko outfit but it's a dress.

Kir: "Figure skating Onmyouji"! Ain't it great?

Yum: Your dresses are equally splendid, although do not count us out!

Suz: The sentinel team's theme is "Origami rabbit"!

Anz: Amazing, you've even done the rabbit ears with origami!

Tam: But the paper's thin, are you sure it won't break?

Meb: Fufu, it is for this reason that we consolidated it with a cardboard framework from behind.

Kar: I recognize you there, Mebuki, no blind spot.

Fuu: Alright everyone, cast one vote for your favorite dress out of these 3!

Fuu: Sorry for the wait, the results are in! And the winner is...

Anz/Tak: Gulp...

Fuu: Tama & Chikage's team for their "Oiri soft serve" dress and...

Chi/Tam: We won!

Fuu: Wait a second, it's too soon to celebrate. Mebuki's sentinel team tied for first place.

Chi/Meb/Tam: Eeeeeh!

Meb: We will have to go through another vote then?

Tam: Eeh, my heart won't take it. Isn't there a quicker way of choosing?

Fuu: Let me see, quick...

Nat: Should we let Aya decide...?

Aya: M-Me!?

Hin: Indeed, I have a feeling you picking the dress you would like to wear is the most suitable way.

Fuu: Good! Then please choose quickly. Aya, which one do you want to wear?

Aya: Uuh, I don't know...

Chi: Kokudo-san is concerned about Kusunoki-san's gaze. She's being considerate...

Tam: We don't stand a chance then?

Meb: ...Aya-chan please don't be considerate of me. Pick the one you yourself want.

Aya: Mebuki-senpai... Then... Both dresses are beautiful but...

Chi/Tam/Meb/Suz: Gulp...

Aya: I want to wear the "Oiri soft serve" dress.

Chi/Tak/Tam/Anz: We woooon!

Suz: Kuh, if only you were being considerate... Ayaya, what made you decide on theirs?

Aya: Good question, they both are very attractive but...

Aya: With the oiri soft serve's local appeal, it would make everyone around here happy.

Meb: Your thought process extended to regional economic activity. That's our Aya-chan.

Fuu: Now that we got our design, let's start preparing the photoshoot with the rejected dresses!