Hmm... A pin-up photo shoot? I wonder if we should take this request...
Nazuna
The request is from a reputable magazine, so there should be no problem there. But what do you guys think?
Mitsuru
I wanna give it a shot! It’s not like we have much lined up, anyway. Maybe we can continue to work for them afterward, too.
Nazuna
That’s quite some wishful thinking right there. That’s what’s so great about you, Mitsuru, you’re always so quick to say what you’re thinking.
Mitsuru
Yup. That’s right! Just keep those compliments coming!
Nazuna
Hey, don’t get ahead of yourself now.
Nazuna
You gotta shape up a little...You know how worried I was when you dashed out of the nurse’s office earlier?
Nazuna
You should be a good boy and rest a little more, at least until your wounds are healed.
Nazuna
I know you’re sick of me asking this but how’d you get hurt in the first place? I demand an explanation!
Nazuna
I guess that can wait. We should focus on work first.
Nazuna
This is a pretty high profile magazine we’re talking about. At least we should decide quickly if we’re gonna do this or not so that we can give them an answer.
Nazuna
If we take this, it’ll be really good experience. But the job doesn’t exactly match our cute Ra*bits image.
Nazuna
If the photoshoot was more adorable, I’d be willing to say yes.
Tomoya
But we’re always doing the cute thing. I’m actually kind of sick of it.
Tomoya
Like in drama club, I always have to play the princess role. It’d be nice to do something cool for a change.
Tomoya
Hajime, what about you? What do you think?
Hajime
Oh, um. I’m kind of interested in doing this, too.
Hajime
Lately, people’ve been telling me how I keep getting cuter and cuter. Honestly, I’m not too thrilled about it.
Hajime
Though, I can’t really complain.
Hajime
It’s thanks to Ni~Chan’s “cute-ify Ra*bits” strategy that we’re getting a lot more fans now.
Mitsuru
But there’s a limit to how cute we can be. I, for one, want to go beyond that eventually
Mitsuru
There’s gonna be a time when being cute is not enough. We need to gather everything weapon we can now!
Nazuna
Yeah. Mitsuru-chin’s right.
Nazuna
Being cute is working for us now, but we’re gonna need more ammunition! The entertainment industry is a dog-eat dog world. And we need to fight to survive.
Nazuna
But keeping our image is kind of important, too. What to do...
Nazuna
It’s like if a girl-next-door pop star suddenly started smoking, she’d be subject to some pretty harsh public criticism for sure.
Nazuna
If we’re not careful with this job offer, we’d end up like that, too.
Nazuna
Just look the cover of this job proposal. Everything screams out dark side!
Nazuna
Even the name of this project is “Bad Boys!”
Nazuna
I’m just not sure how I feel about us changing our image that much—so much that we end up turning to the dark side.
Nazuna
This is a pretty reputable magazine we're talking about. If this doesn’t go well, it could mean game over for us.
Nazuna
I guess we’ll just have to discuss it with the magazine producers first.
Nazuna
We can even get Kunugi-sensei to talk to them, too. He has quite a bit of power in the entertainment industry. We could ask him to tell the magazine producers to not destroy our image.
Mitsuru
Ha ha ha!
Nazuna
Whoa? You startled me!
Mitsuru
Sorry, my bad! But I’m actually kinda relieved.
Think about it, when we all first started out, we were just babes in the woods, not knowing which direction to go.
Mitsuru
We were totally lost, barely surviving as a unit. But now we’re spoilt for choice!
Mitsuru
We’re much stronger now than before. We’ve really come a long way.
Mitsuru
You know me, Ni~chan, I’m always dashing around and ending up in the wrong place.
Mitsuru
I know I must cause everyone a lot of trouble. But as long as I’m a part of Ra*bits, I know I’ll be just fine.
Mitsuru
You always know where to sail our ship and you set my course right.
Mitsuru
And even then, if I start to stray, I have Tomo-Chan and Hajime-Chan to get me back on track.
Mitsuru
So don’t worry when I’m dashing about here and there! Just decide on the destination and I’ll be there!
Mitsuru
Think of it as me testing out the waters first to make sure our ship doesnt sink!
Mitsuru
I’m a bad boy, remember? So I have nothing to lose!
Nazuna
I guess my calling you a bad boy has really been bugging you, huh?
Nazuna
Don't take it the wrong way, though. I meant it in a good way. Besides, there was a time when calling someone "bad" was a compliment.
Nazuna
Some people are so scared of being rejected that they just stay quiet.
Nazuna
And keep their ideas and thoughts bottled up.
Nazuna
They're so afraid of hurting other people that they're constantly walking on eggshells.
Nazuna
That's not a good way to live at all. People like that end up never making meaningful relationships.
Nazuna
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. It's decided, then. We're taking this project on!