OSHINOKO (【推しの子】)

Oh my God!

Anemone's creativity is on fire here.

I really didn't expect quality like this.

She's a helluva creator.

When are you posting it?

I planned to do it tomorrow.

But I think I need time to strategize.

Strategize?

Yeah, prepare the buzz machine.

Buzz doesn't just happen. You create it.

Aqua, come see our music video. It'll blow your mind.

You've got to see this. Anemone is awesome.

I will later.

- What? - What? No. Come watch it with us.

- This part is so cute! - What's his problem?

He really ticks me off.

If I'm around, he hides in his room.

You're imagining things.

He's trying to be mindful of Akane.

What?

Did you resolve things with her?

Yeah.

We decided to date for real.

Fine, whatever. It's not my business who he goes out with.

But…

does he have to avoid me?

It hurts my feelings.

Kana, don't cry.

I'm not.

It's Mem.

Come in.

Can we talk?

What can I do for you?

I want to ask you to stop avoiding Kana.

Lately, you've been acting kind of, well, immature.

I need to put some…

distance between us.

Why? You can still reassure Akane without alienating Kana that much.

You owe that much to both.

Arima's star is rising.

And it'll only continue.

But if there's even a hint of a man…

what will happen?

Like tabloid photos.

Or an online leak.

A crazed fan might snap, and harm her.

If that were to happen, I simply couldn't handle it.

Could it be that Aqua's fallen hard for Kana?

One week later.

Pizza!

ORDERED EVERY PIZZA FLAVOR. IF WE EAT THEM ALL, WE'LL SHOW YOU OUR MUSIC VIDEO!

You can do it, Mem-cho.

B-Komachi's first music video went on YouTube.

CHANNEL DASHBOARD UPLOAD MUSIC VIDEO "TWILIGHT"

It quickly went viral.

Ruby's slightly dark and mysterious vibe, in particular,

gained attention.

B-Komachi's name recognition rose.

"TWILIGHT" BY B-KOMACHI OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

When the video's views were tallied up,

they totaled over 20 million.

DEBUT SINGLE "TWILIGHT." THE RETURN OF B-KOMACHI!

- Ruby-chan! - Love you, Ruby!

B-KOMACHI MEET AND GREET "TWILIGHT!"

One could sense

that B-Komachi was on the verge of breaking out big.

"TWILIGHT"

Finished at last.

I'm absolutely starving.

Let's go out for ramen.

I'll pass.

What? Party pooper.

I'm going home. See you later.

See ya.

How about you, Ruby?

I'm gonna pass, too. Good night.

Let's move on to our next topic.

Foods I can't eat.

Something has gotten into Kana and Ruby lately.

How so?

Well, in Kana's case…

she seems vaguely impatient about something.

And Ruby seems to have lost her bottomless cheerfulness.

What about you, Aqua?

An animal I don't like?

It's dogs.

- Aqua has changed a lot, too. - What? Dogs? That's rare.

People change with each day.

DIGGING DOG'S ONE CHANCE

HIS LEAST FAVORITE ANIMAL WILL SURPRISE YOU

Hey! What are you doing?

How dare you?

- RUBY SHOULD BE CENTER. - I LOVE RUBY.

KANA ISN'T CENTER MATERIAL

THE CHILD ACTRESS KANA LOOKS LIKE THIS NOW

I knew this would happen.

All right.

DIGGING DOG'S ONE CHANCE

Aqua.

Were you…

waiting long?

No, not long.

Good, I'm glad.

- Shall we? - Yeah.

Thanks for making time. You must be busy.

I think that's my line.

I figured once my shoot starts, it'll be hard to see each other.

When does filming begin?

Next week.

We're doing readings now, but it's hard work.

Director Kindaichi, right?

Your personality has really changed, Aqua.

It has?

You're more positive than when we met.

I've done a lot of thinking lately.

About life's meaning.

Why was I born? What is my purpose in this life?

I ultimately came to the realization that there is none.

People are born, they live, and then they die.

So we must live in the moment.

I agree.

I wanted to find the man who drove my mom to her death.

Me and Ruby's father.

I saw taking personal revenge on him as my life mission.

But this year, I finally met one of my half-siblings.

It turns out our father was a struggling and married actor,

who committed suicide with an ex-actress.

An ex-actress and a struggling actor?

It doesn't matter. It's all over now.

That's good.

I once heard that Mr. Himekawa's parents died of a double suicide.

AIRI HIMEKAWA, SPOUSE, SUICIDE

His mother, Airi, was a marquee actress at Lala Lai.

I believe his father, too, was an actor.

Aqua learned of his half-sibling only this year.

It aligns with his meeting Mr. Himekawa.

AIRI HIMEKAWA, SEIJURO UEHARA

I knew it.

A LOCAL TRAGEDY

9/16/2011 THEME : SADDEST DAY EVER

Yes.

On the 16th?

Understood. Thank you.

I'll confirm her schedule and get back to you.

Understood.

Thank you.

What's with all the calls?

We're getting flooded with work for Ruby.

Not for B-Komachi?

No, just Ruby.

But none of it is work an upstart idol could do.

It's as if someone's pulling the strings.

Digging Dog's One Chance!

Welcome to another edition of Digging Dog's One Chance.

This week's Digging Dog question.

Has anyone actually named their child Pikachu, and does that person exist?

For that, we turn to our newest reporter.

Who?

THE SEARCH FOR PIKACHU

Hello! Your appointed Digging Dog reporter today is Aqua's twin sister,

me, Ruby Hoshino!

Hey there, Big Brother.

No way.

What do you think of my appearance?

- You're getting it at home. - No way, no way.

Now, be nice.

Please take a seat for now.

Does the rumored Pikachu actually exist?

And if so, where?

That's what I'm here to find out.

So let's unleash the Digging Dog!

Adorable.

There you have it. Our big surprise was for Aqua.

What a darling sister.

What was that, Mr. Kaburagi?

- I'm afraid I can't take credit for that. - Then?

It was your sister herself.

Ruby did it?

She sent a well-written proposal.

Someone must've put her up to it.

What's the big idea?

Sorry?

Going directly to Kaburagi with work.

- Hey, it helped the show. A win-win. - At whose suggestion?

I thought of it all myself.

I find that hard to believe.

It's like you're pressing.

Why are you selling yourself cheaply like that?

Didn't you want to be a straight-up, beautiful idol?

Be serious, Big Bro.

Can anyone be a straight-up beautiful idol in this industry?

Ruby!

Ruby…

I love you.

I have to make it big in this business.

Otherwise I won't be able to draw out

the creep who killed Mama and Doc.

Deep down, I think Aqua hoped to end his vendetta.

That's why he overlooked something so obvious.

DO NOT REMOVE